“Whew! is that so? That’ll make some trouble—not much, however,—I can run up to San Francisco or to Sacramento city; have a few thousand circulars printed and distribute them on my way coming back. Jingo! it’s good I’ll have to go so far, don’t you see?”
“Where will you obtain your pupils?”
“From every part of California! Fact is, I should not wonder, after the Institute becomes known thro’ the Atlantic States, I should draw quite a number from there. You see, Mr. Wainwright, I’ve teached before, and I’ve got a reputation up in Connecticut. What do you think of it, Mr. Wainwright?”
“Perhaps you will succeed—hardly as well though as you seem to anticipate. I presume you would run the institution yourself.”
“I shall be the head of course—the principal; but I shall organize a faculty at once. Mr. Doolittle there will be just the man to be professor of mathematics, and Mr. Birchem professor of the natural sciences.”
“Can you get them to do enough talking to fill their positions?”
“Plenty, plenty. Fact is, Mr. Wainwright, teachers do too much talking altogether. They’re just the men for the position, I swan if they aint.”
“And yourself?”
“Professor of Belles Letters, modern languages, &c. I’ve got another idee!”
And totally unable to control himself Mr. Swipes boiled over, laughed, gave utterance to several strange squeaking screams, which drew all eyes toward him, and wound up by declaring,