OLD JOE MEEK AND MR.

SPAULDING.
One day a man in a buckskin habit came to the door of the school-house and looked in upon the school.

His face was that of a leader of men, hard and powerful; one could see that it feared nothing, and that it looked with contempt on whatever was artificial, affected, or insincere.

His form had the strength and mettle of a pioneer.

He rapped a loud, hard rap, and said, in a sturdy tone: "May I come in ?" The master welcomed him cordially and courteously, and said: "This is Mr.Meek, I believe ?" "Yes, old Joe Meek, the pioneer--you have heard of me." "Yes, yes," said Mr.Mann.