Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1919 — Personal Illustration. [ARTICLE]

Personal Illustration.

The master of a Glasgow school was presiding over the reading lessons of the third standard when the child whose turn it to read came across the word “hireling.” “What Is a hireling’?’ asked the teacher. The boy thought for a moment or two, and then replied, “I don’t know.” The question was next propounded to the entire class, with a like result. The master then explained the meaning of the word as lucidly as he could and, at the conclusion of his expla nation, repeated the. question. “Please, sir,” replied the ooy at dressed, “you’re a hireling; JO’*** paid to teach us."