Show A sam sain kate sanborn tells in ia abandoning an adopted farm a story of a big boy in in a country school who was clever enough in some studies but hopelessly hope lessl y deficient in mathematics the teacher a man who had bad little mercy fora for a stupid pupil one day lost patience with him entirely the boy had failed teodoa to do a simple sum in subtraction and the teacher rubbed out the figures on his slate elate put down six ciphers and six more under them he drew a line handed banded the slate mackto back to the dullard and said gravely therel there see if you can subtract that thal the poor bey razed gazed stolidly at the new ne w sum it I looked queer and harl hard ile he tackled it aloud making hideous grimaces as he progressed Naw thin from leaves naw thin from baic thin leaves naw thin from leaves naw thin thiu na athin from leave naw thin nt nawt from leaves naze there he paused confused but rallying an all his brain power he exclaimed if im ila ever goin to carry ive got t to carry nw nal from leaves we ell |