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self, without requiring telling from anyone, that punctuality & promptness are the most important habits to inculcate & that half past nine or ten was not the proper time to open school - after the teaching you received at the Washington schools, better things were expected of you. Perhaps, however, that you will now go to a new school & do very well. I hope so I am sure & that these two months will have been a benefit to you. We shall pay you $15.- per mo. in future. Truly yrs. J.S. Lowell Sec. &c. You must write & report [[underlined]] punctually [[/underlined]] on the 30th of every month.