Some amusing stories are told of the wit and wisdom of London school
children. A class of boys in a Board School was being examined orally
in Scripture. The history of Moses had been for some time a special
study, and one of the examiners asked,--"What would you say of the
general character of Moses?"
"He was meek," said one boy.
"Brave," said another.
"Learned," added a third boy.
"Please, sir," piped forth a pale-faced, neatly dressed lad; "he was a
gentleman!"
"A gentleman!" asked the examiner. "How do you make that out?"
The boy promptly replied, in the same thin, nervous voice,--"Please,
sir, when the daughters of Jethro went to the well to draw water, the
shepherds came and drove them away; and Moses helped the daughters of
Jethro, and said to the shepherds,--'Ladies first, please,
gentlemen.'"