Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-09-30
THE CARPENTERS BOY.

iH Help yourself to a seat in the entry, you
will be attended to presently was the haugh-
~ reply Then turning to an individual
with whom she had been conversng, said
with sneer, (having noticed that the lad
desiring an interview had some carpenters
tools in his handy Il have such dislike to
speak to mechanics; hate to encounter
one
Possibly he is on business, said the in
alividual.
oh, never speak to one, except on bus
iness,' was the reply. lie has come pre-
sumo, to erect an arbor We applied to
MIR. Thomas this morning, to have one
built, aud take this to be his apprentice
DAD Mr.. Vermont, the father Of Leila, (for
this was the lady enquired for, was a mer-
chant of good standing and considerable
property; hence Lelias naughty, aristocrat-
ic pretensons to rcSpectdbihty She had
at an early age, imbibed the too prevalent
doctrine, that no individual who earned his
bread by the sweat of his brow, had the
most remote claims to responsibility. Had
Mr.. Orville lived, the father Of the carpen-
ter's boy, Albert had no doubt, occupied as
lofty, and perhaps Il much more prominent
position in society, than did the infatuated
Leila. But alas Albert was an orphan
boy, desolate stranger in strange land
lie had now seen but little more than nine
teen years Of actual life, but his heart had in
that time, lived an age of misfortune, grief
and endurance. He was alone in the wide
world, entirely lriendess but he does not
weep. No! he has no tears left for himself
he has shed them all on the far-off grave
l.
are fearless. But under all this, his spirit
quals not. No there is lofty pride and
consciousness of power within, that will not
let him yield to the pressure of outward for
tune. He almost glorfcd in his lorlorn des-
tiny, strange as it was for one so young.
PITY he is only a mechanic," exclaimed
Leila, as she gazed with unspeakable de-
light upon the green goose of a mechanic
Gas she deemed him) while sitting in the en-
try. clad he been lawyer, doctor or
professor of some sort, he might have"
"A noble SOUL interposcd Mr.. Shiny,
(thc individual with whom she spoke,) who
was professor, though not an aristocrat
81 was going to say, from his appearance
he might have merited-"
"Be cautious, Leila"
"Allow me to express my sentiments
lie might have merited the hand of one in
the higher walks of life. lie is noble
looking lad"
"But were he lawyer, doctor or professor,
INDUCING iii the views he now doubtless
chershes, my word for it, he would aspire
to something noble"
"And where should we seek for noble
spirits but among the respectable class Of So
ciety?"
"Ah, Leila, many noble heart has throb-
bed beneath the leathern apron of the me-
chanic, as ever swelled beneath the slken
yestments of the lawyer, doctor or professor.
Mr.. Shiny, | am surprised to hear you
uphold such low, vulgar set of blockheads,
all of whom you know 10 be as ignorant OF
refinement as the aborieincs of the far West. ,
Not ALL, Leila
But who ever heard Of mechanic be-
coming great MANI
Il have. The ABLEsT men were me-
chanics. Name but Awkright Fulton
Watt, Franklin, Whitney, and whole list
of others, | could mention, and where dc
you find their equals! The greatest men
in the annals of the world-,he men who
have done most to enighten and advance
the prosperity and the liberties of the hu.
man race, have been mechanics
1t is mental employment, and beneath
the station of gentleman
Not So Leila there never was a doc
trine more untrue. They are almost the
only professions that have subsistence, re-
ality aud practical utility
Il am sorry, Mr.. Shiny, to see yon endev
or to elevate the mechanic to the level of re
spectacle society,"
why, Leila, to the wise they are food
gates of knowledge and kings and queens
are decorated with their handy work
Here the conversation was interrupted by
a gentle rap at the door. The lad had be
come impatient, knowing that his maste
would require certain amount of work tC
be done. With modesty seldom equal il
one of his sex, he requested Miss Leila t.
give him the necessary directions relative t,
the location of the arbor. The prolesso
and Leila attended Albert in the garden
The arbor was soon finished, and the scar
penter's boy" almost as soon forgotten.
About two years from the period of whicl
we were speaking, Leila made visit t.
Albany. The coach company and thos
constituting her travelling companions, sh
was informed by the proprietor, were to con
sst of Doctor W., Lawyer b., Professo
NJ B., and young merchant, all of tn
city of New York Leila, in view Of tn
select company, began to anticipate pleas
ant journey. Just Them the whole compan
were thrown into CONSERVATION by will
shrek from the driver. Leap Leap, 70
your lives resounded through the coach
The horses had taken fright. The
were descending long hill. The drive