Mr. Smith was shrewd enough not to attempt to
instruct the classes in advanced classics or mathematics, as he did
not care to have his deficiencies understood by his pupils.
It pleased him best to sit in state and rule the school,
administering reproofs and castigations where he thought fit, and,
best of all, to manage the finances. Though his price was less than
that of many other schools, his profits were liberal, as he kept
down expenses. His table was exceedingly frugal, as his boarding
pupils could have testified, and the salaries he paid to under
teachers were pitifully small.
So it was that, year by year, Socrates Smith, A. M., found himself
growing richer, while his teachers grew more shabby, and his pupils
rarely became fat.
Allan Roscoe took a carriage from the depot to the school.
Arrived at the gate, he descended, and Hector followed him.
The school building was a long, rambling, irregular structure, of no
known order of architecture, bearing some resemblance to a factory.
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