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Winter came, and James pursued his studies at home. The long winter evenings were spent in reading. WINTER CAME AND JAMES PURSUED HIS STUDIES AT HOME THE LONG WINTER EVENINGS WERE SPENT IN READING
 tidy. And when the day came round, Mehetabel set out with Jimmy on her back, and her younger sister by her side. When they returned, Mrs. Garfield and Thomas eagerly questioned the scholars, who declared that they had had "such a good time." Full of excitement, they described the events of the day, and regarded the twenty-one scholars present as a most astonishing number. Yet the school was but a log cabin, like the one in which the Garfield family lived. The teacher was a young man, who taught school one part of the year to earn money to pay for his education in the other part. The teacher received a certain sum of money for his work, and the parents of the children took him by turns to board in their houses. James was an apt scholar, and at once began to question the teacher, to the no small amusement of the scholars. When the teacher told him anything, he wanted to know why it was so, and how the teacher knew. And this curiosity extended to the names of the letters of the alphabet. DREN MIGHT APPEAR NEAT AND TIDY AND WHEN THE DAY CAME ROUND MEHETABEL SET OUT WITH JIMMIE ON HER BACK AND HER YOUNGER SISTER BY HER SIDE WHEN THEY RETURNED MISSUS GARFIELD AND THOMAS EAGERLY QUESTIONED THE SCHOLARS WHO DECLARED THAT THEY HAD HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME FULL OF EXCITEMENT THEY DESCRIBED THE EVENTS OF THE DAY AND REGARDED THE TWENTY ONE SCHOLARS PRESENT AS A MOST ASTONISHING NUMBER YET THE SCHOOL WAS BUT A LOG CABIN LIKE THE ONE IN WHICH THE GARFIELD FAMILY LIVED THE TEACHER WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO TAUGHT SCHOOL ONE PART OF THE YEAR TO EARN MONEY TO PAY FOR HIS EDUCATION IN THE OTHER PART THE TEACHER RECEIVED A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY FOR HIS WORK AND THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN TOOK HIM BY TURNS TO BOARD IN THEIR HOUSES JAMES WAS AN APT SCHOLAR AND AT ONCE BEGAN TO QUESTION THE TEACHER TO NO SMALL AMUSEMENT OF THE SCHOLARS WHEN THE TEACHER TOLD HIM ANYTHING HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY IT WAS SO AND HOW THE TEACHER KNEW AND THIS CURIOSITY EXTENDED TO THE NAMES OF THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
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