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Toline of the Lachlan

           ItwasinreplytoaquestionLadyHelenahadasked,thatTolinesaidhewasstudyingattheNormalSchoolinMelbourne,andthattheprincipalwastheReverendMr.Paxton.

           "Andwhatdotheyteachyou?"shewentontosay.

           "TheyteachmetheBible,andmathematics,andgeography."

           Paganelprickeduphisearsatthis,andsaid,"Indeed,geography!"

           "Yes,sir,"saidToline;"andIhadthefirstprizeforgeographybeforetheChristmasholidays."

           "Youhadthefirstprizeforgeography,myboy?"

           "Yes,sir.Hereitis,"returnedToline,pullingabookoutofhispocket.

           Itwasabible,32mosize,andwellbound.Onthefirstpagewaswrittenthewords:"NormalSchool,Melbourne.FirstPrizeforGeography.TolineoftheLachlan."

           Paganelwasbesidehimself.AnAustralianwellversedingeography.Thiswasmarvelous,andhecouldnothelpkissingTolineonbothcheeks,justasifhehadbeentheReverendMr.Paxtonhimself,onthedayofthedistributionofprizes.Paganelneednothavebeensoamazedatthiscircumstance,however,foritisfrequentenoughinAustralianschools.Thelittlesavagesareveryquickinlearninggeography.Theylearniteagerly,andontheotherhand,areperfectlyaversetothescienceofarithmetic.

           TolinecouldnotunderstandthisoutburstofaffectiononthepartoftheFrenchman,andlookedsopuzzledthatLadyHelenathoughtshehadbetterinformhimthatPaganelwasacelebratedgeographerandadistinguishedprofessoronoccasion.

           "Aprofessorofgeography!"criedToline.

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