If he wanted to speak to a pupil, either for reproof or approbation, he would generally manage to get one arm around him, and draw him close up to him.

He had a peculiar way of shaking hands, too, giving a twist to your arm, and drawing you right up to him.

This sympathetic manner has helped him to advancement.

When I was janitor, he used sometimes to stop me, and ask my opinion about this and that, as if seriously advising with me.

I can see now that my opinion could not have been of any value, and that he probably asked me partly to increase my self-respect and partly to show that he felt an interest in me.