Text Appearing Before Image: go to Washingtonwith her husband, but remained in the cabin, sick. The posi-tion of mistress of the Presidential mansion was filled byher sons wife, the aunt of the boy Ben, and sister of hismother. John Scott and William Harrison had married sisters. The new President gathered around him such counsellors asDaniel Webster and Henry Clay, and began a policy thatwould have wrought out great things for our government hadhe not been cut ofl in one month from the beginning of hisadministration. The news was brought to North Bend that hewas sick with a fever ; and then the sad news came that he wasdead. His body was placed in a vault at Washington, butwas subsequently removed to North Bend and placed in a tomboverlooking the Ohio River. Carrying with him the ineffaceable impressions of the pastyear, the boy went on with his learning ; and when he hadreached the age of fourteen, he was far in advance of mostboys of his age, and ready to try new experiences for the sakeof higher attainments. Text Appearing After Image: Chapter III. THE YOUNG STUDENT. THE BOY GOES FROM HOME — THE HOME HE LEFT — FARMERS COL-LEGE— KEEPS UP HIS REPUTATION HIS TEACHERS RETURNS HOME — DEATH OF HIS MOTHER — GOES TO MIAMI UNIVERSITY —TWO YOUNG FRIENDS —JOINS THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —PROFESSORS AND CLASSMATES—A SUCCESSFUL TWO YEARS —INCLINES TOWARD THE LAW — ANOTHER COLLEGE IN THE TOWN— A ROMANTIC EPISODE — HE GRADUATES WITH HONORS. When it was decided that young Harrison must go away toschool, it was also decided that he must go to a school as nearhome as it was possible to find a good one ; and Farmers Col-lege, at College Hill, Cincinnati, was the school chosen. He was perhaps the youngest and the smallest of his class,and had it not been for his quiet, grave demeanor, would havelooked younger than he was. He had a tow head, but a largeone, on small and frail, but square shoulders. He spenthis vacations at home, and as far as his habits were concerned,they were but little like vacations. He was s
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