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,