The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield

s.-James determines to fit Himself for a Teacher.-Geaug

his berth to tend the bow-line. As he began to uncoil the rope, it caught on the edge of the deck; he pulled several

was no hope. Suddenly he caught hold of something hard; it was the rope which had become entangled in

took the rope and tried to see how it happened to catch in the crevice. Six

exclaimed, and then he began to wonder if he could not make a better us

hing and exposure. He thought of his mother and her hopes for h

he malaria asserted its sway over him, and for a long time he lay between life and death. It was six months before h

r, and was full of his school experiences. He told James how economically one could live, by clubbing together with other students, and the result was that in the following spring, Garfield and his two cousins, William and Henry Boynton, went to Chester and rented a room just across the street

me attending the academy was a studious young girl by the name of Lucretia Rudolph, but the boys and girls seldom saw each other except in their classes, and James was so shy and awkward he did not care much for the society of young ladies. He watc

was trying to introduce into the school a grammar of her own construction, which was totally at variance with all other systems. For instance, she insisted that but

st these new ideas which, to his clear, well-balanced brain, presented nothing but absurdity. It is to be hoped that th

at this time is thus desc

tgrown, and reached only half-way down the tops of his cowhide boots. It was his one suit, and the threadbare coat was so short in the sleeves that his long arms had

esolved to be examined by a physici

Bedford, who happened to be in t

say frankly whether or no it is worth while for me to take a course of liberal study. It i

peaking of this

them strong and capable of making good blood. I felt his pulse, and saw that there was an engine capable of sending the blood up to the brain. I had seen many strong, physical systems with warm feet, but cold, sluggish brain; and those who possessed such systems would simply sit around and doze. At the end of a fif