THE YOUNG IDEA.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 63, 25 October 1900, Page 4

THE YOUNG IDEA.

Superintendent ofjj3ohoola he was in a western town, Fully 6qual to that exalted post he "s-fts, perhaps^xnore than equal. Eis^cree iaapirißg gravity indicated a lepj?niag that wag on n par with acy college eeuior in time of cotnaaenaemenk Thai morning he had ohosen a slass la the primary jgrade m y'mb, Aa he entered the schoolroom the teacher rose hurriedly with the customary ernfoarassmesfc, and as she shook his hand a warm blush climbed to the roots of her hair. After taking a seat fc'side the teacher's desk his piercing eyes bravely swept the hushed room so full of little men and women. The class wasireading the story of a little runaway dog that had fallen over a cliff to a cruel death. " I would like to *ujk this little girl in the. front seat a question Will you stand up ?< my little girl?" She was a beautiful thing with long golden curls anfi eyes as blue as .the summer skies. So white and fragile, she seemed more like an angel than a child of this world. The rose tremblingly and shyly shook her head. "Can you tell me," he said, " why the little dog when he fell from the cliff did not fly and so save himself ? " She evidently seemed distressed, and instantly showed signs of her inability to answer the query. A slight pause followed, then suddenly as an idea flashed upon her, she raised her head and said in a very soft voice ; . " I tan't -sir, but my papa says fools tan ask" questions that even wise men tan't answer. " As the superintendent left the school-rcom a moment later he mopped with -a large cambric handerchief great beads of perspiration from his brow.