THE STORY OF A LIFE



and to employ Mrs. Carr as Associate Princi.
pal,-the same relationship she had held to-
ward Robt. Graham at Hocker. This corre-
spondence is interesting, and throws light upon
Mrs. Carr's ability as a woman of business.
Not only does she gain the various points for
which she contends, such as the number of
hours she is to teach, the amount of salary she
is to receive, etc., but she is jealous of her offi-
cial position, and will have none of its privileges
abridged. President Bryant is a man who
loves his joke, and is inclined to illuminate con-
tested ground with the glow of good-fellow-
ship; but Mrs. Carr will none of his humor un-
til all her propositions are definitely accepted.
At last, May 23, 1878, President Bryant
writes:
  "The propositions of yours of the 21st-
eight in number-are the propositions of our
agreement, as I understand them. So Chris-
tian College and Floral Hill College are one! I
congratulate Christian College upon the ac-
complishment of so desirable an end. Please
allow me to say that your spirit of self-sacrifice
has not gone unnoticed. Instead of assigning
reasons to the 'Fulton Public,' would it not
be better,-'To the Public'-For Floral Hill



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