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asked Ralph. "I never knew my mother, Mrs. Carey, and few women have come into my life; I have been too poor and too busy to cultivate their friendship. Then I came to Beulah and you drew me into your circle; admitted an unknown, friendless fellow into your little group! It was beautiful; it was wonderful!" ASKED RALPH I NEVER KNEW MY MOTHER MISSUS CAREY AND FEW WOMEN HAVE COME INTO MY LIFE I'VE BEEN TOO POOR AND TOO BUSY TO CULTIVATE THEIR FRIENDSHIP THEN I CAME TO BEULAH AND YOU DREW ME INTO YOUR CIRCLE ADMITTED AN UNKNOWN FRIENDLESS FELLOW INTO YOUR LITTLE GROUP IT WAS BEAUTIFUL IT WAS WONDERFUL
" Mrs. Carey replied quietly. "Gilbert was so rebellious about country schools, so patronizing, so scornful of their merits, that I fully expected he would never stay at the academy of his own free will. You have converted him, and I am very grateful." "Meantime I am making a record there," said Ralph, "and I have this family to thank for it! Your children, with Olive and Cyril Lord, have set the pace for the school, and the rest are following to the best of their ability. There is not a shirk nor a dunce in the whole roll of sixty pupils! Beulah has not been so proud of its academy for thirty years, and I shall come in for the chief share in the praise. I am trying to do for Gilbert and Cyril what an elder brother would do, but I should have been powerless if I had not had this home and this fireside to inspire me!" "_Tibi splendet focus_!" quoted Mrs. Carey, pointing to Olive's inscription under the mantelpiece. "For you the hearth fire glows!" "Have I not felt it from the beginning? S MORE THAN I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE AIDED YOU MISSUS CAREY REPLIED QUIETLY GILBERT WAS SO REBELLIOUS ABOUT COUNTRY SCHOOLS SO PATRONIZING SO SCORNFUL OF THEIR MERITS THAT I FULLY EXPECTED HE WOULD NEVER STAY AT THE ACADEMY OF HIS OWN FREE WILL YOU'VE CONVERTED HIM AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL MEANTIME I MAKING A RECORD THERE SAID RALPH AND I HAVE THIS FAMILY TO THINK FOR IT YOUR CHILDREN WITH OLIVE AND CYRIL LORD HAS SET THE PACE FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE REST ARE FOLLOWING TO THE BEST TO THEIR ABILITY THERE IS NOT A SHIRT NOR A DUNCE IN THE WHOLE ROLL OF SIXTY PUPILS BUULAH HAS NOT BEEN SO PROUD OF ITS ACADEMY FOR THIRTY YEARS AND I SHALL COME IN WITH THE CHIEF SHARER IN THE PRAISE I'M TRYING TO DO FOR GILBERT AND CYRIL WHAT AN OLDER BROTHER WOULD DO BUT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN POWERLESS IF I HAD NOT HAD THIS HOME THIS FIRESIDE TO INSPIRE ME TIBBY SPLENDID FOCUS QUOTED MISSUS CAREY POINTING TO OLIVE'S INSCRIPTION UNDER THE MANTELPIECE FOR YOU THE HEART FIRE GLOWS HAVE I NOT FELT IT FROM THE BEGINNING
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