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Chapter 4

           AndyetMaryhadacquiredtwoBiblesinthisway—itwasthepatientworkoftwoyears—andaboyofGermanparentagehadwonfourorfive. Heoncerecitedthreethousandverseswithoutstopping; butthestrainuponhismentalfacultieswastoogreat,andhewaslittlebetterthananidiotfromthatdayforth—agrievousmisfortunefortheschool,forongreatoccasions,beforecompany,thesuperintendent(asTomexpressedit)hadalwaysmadethisboycomeoutand"spreadhimself. "OnlytheolderpupilsmanagedtokeeptheirticketsandsticktotheirtediousworklongenoughtogetaBible,andsothedeliveryofoneoftheseprizeswasarareandnoteworthycircumstance; thesuccessfulpupilwassogreatandconspicuousforthatdaythatonthespoteveryscholar’sheartwasfiredwithafreshambitionthatoftenlastedacoupleofweeks. ItispossiblethatTom’smentalstomachhadneverreallyhungeredforoneofthoseprizes,butunquestionablyhisentirebeinghadformanyadaylongedforthegloryandtheeclatthatcamewithit. 

           Induecoursethesuperintendentstoodupinfrontofthepulpit,withaclosedhymn-bookinhishandandhisforefingerinsertedbetweenitsleaves,andcommandedattention. WhenaSunday-schoolsuperintendentmakeshiscustomarylittlespeech,ahymn-bookinthehandisasnecessaryasistheinevitablesheetofmusicinthehandofasingerwhostandsforwardontheplatformandsingsasoloataconcert—thoughwhy,isamystery: forneitherthehymn-booknorthesheetofmusiciseverreferredtobythesufferer. Thissuperintendentwasaslimcreatureofthirty-five,withasandygoateeandshortsandyhair; heworeastiffstanding-collarwhoseupperedgealmostreachedhisearsandwhosesharppointscurvedforwardabreastthecornersofhismouth —afencethatcompelledastraightlookoutahead,andaturningofthewholebodywhenasideviewwasrequired; 

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