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Gregory, through the offices of his friend, Mark Blake, found a teacher for Ida before the end of the week, Mr. William Cullen Whalen, Professor of English in the Butte High School.
Mr. Whalen's present status was what he was in the habit of designating as an ignominious anti-climax, considering his antecedents and attainments; but he always dismissed the subject with a vague, "Health -- health -- this altitude -- this wonderful air -- climate -- not for me are the terrible extremes of our Atlantic seaboard. Here a man may be permitted to live, if not in the deeper sense -- well, at least, there are always one's thoughts -- and books."