The teacher, realizing that she was alone, and not well understanding her influence, feared for a moment to interfere; but as matters were growing worse, something must be done.

She made an effort to gain the ear of the monitor, and asked why he did so.

He, confident of being in the right, answered, "'Teacher, he didn't mind you; he spoke, and I licked him; and I'll do it again if he don't mind you.' "His services were of course no longer required, although he had done his duty according to his understanding of the case.
"Thus it was at the beginning of this work nearly twenty years ago," said the missionary.

"Now we have an orderly school of over two hundred children, who, but for the opportunity here given, would grow up without even the rudiments of all education.

Is not this a gain upon the enemy?
Think of a school like this doing its work daily among these neglected little ones for nearly a score of years, and you will no longer feel as if nothing had been done--as if no headway had been gained.