Mrs. Brown. "Yes, he is—and has been for twenty years."
THE TEACHER TAUGHT.
Essay-writing in my schooldays certainly was not my forte;
"Lack of concentration" always figured in the term's report,
And my undistinguished diction made my worthy master snort.
Now enlisted as an usher—so a freakish fate ordains—
I employ my best endeavours and the remnant of my brains
Setting and correcting essays written by scholastic swains.
"Whether they derive advantage from this mental interplay,