Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-21


solved 10 give away The rema, nder OF
| his stock Ia tho poor families who regu
larry dealt with hun, and the very next
morning his shop was swar med, and he
was 50 happy.
by the evening his shed was entirely
! cleared, and he sent To the Blue Anchor.
and borrowed chairs and ttbles, and or
dered hot supper,wllh oceans OF drink,
tor al his friends aud their families in
he neighborhood, amounting TO about
thirty persons IN all. II wus.in truth "a
merry meeting and the conylvialiiy was
kept up till late hour.
His chum, Tom Simpson, was eloquent
and grateful, for job had dropped IN on
the morning to invite him anu tod him
he had bit OF good luck in the way Of
legacy; and then toucacd upon the GOV
eted new front 10 his premises
IN stand tr.ile towards il. Here,
catch hold, Toni said he, putting
! twenty pound note into his hand, sand
don't forget 10 come at eight and away
he ran leaving the aStonished grocer in
eXtacles al his transformations lIbcrality
The next day the empty sized was o.
pened as usual; aud 1T eleven O'Clock
Job and his spouse repaired again TO
Llncoln'S Inn Fields. Furiunnt Iy they
had fallen into excellent hands, Tor the
hrm was not only highly respectable
but the Mr.. Robinson they had seen was
a gentleman, and man Of property and
teit great interest IN the honest Lena
tee. Tie took house for them, and fur
nished lt-and AT once roposed that the
two girls should be forthwith sent 10 n
first rate boarding school.
In respect Of the father and mother,
there existed n greater difficulty, for as
job quantity observed, III was a difficult
thing 10 teach an oil dog new tricks
Mr.. Robinson. however, reCommended
young gentleman OF polished manners,
but blessed with no fortune. who was TO
MI up the situation Of tutor steward, sec
rotary, a d companion TO Job: and also
provided Mrs. Cole with companion
and houSekeeper, TO lIrn her mann ers
as b SAID Laughing.
They both, howeyer,had sense enouub
20 see the proPrIety OF this arrangement.
and ~ SIX months had certainly made
considerable advance, especially Mrs
Cole, Tor women Of al! grades are naiur-
ally more gentecI than the male part of
the creation AS for Job, he could not
for the life Of him give up his accas
toned Pipe,and his rint of porter in the
veritnale pewter, before he retired for
The highland this was the only luxury
OF his former days that he could not be
prevailed upon 10 alb ndoa. The Girls
rapidly improved aud Job himself de
cIared thai be was convinced that edu
cation was fine thing. after all.
they could not, however, expend one
nan OF their IncOne-the Injuries of
the richly born they could neither IN
derstand nor appreciate but they gave
away vast sum in charity although Job
would not allow his name to be suck
IN the papers.
Mr.. Robinson who was n real friend
inviteI them Frequently TO his table in -
iamIIy Way,unul finding they were pre-.
scntabIe, he gradually introduced them
and their children into Socicty-and, as
there was neither pri 10 on Jobs part. /
nor a vulgar assumption on his wile's. |
lhey were everywhere well recciveI.anI f.
gave IN return such pleasant parties.un.
der the direction and management of
Mr.. Frederick Lawson, the tutor. who /
was every way fued by birth anI taste |
10 DO honors in an admirable manner-
mat their numerous acQuaIntances en-
ger y accepted the invitations.
alter the first party, when many went
out Of mere curiosity but returned home
with expressions Of de ight and amaze.
ment at the display. JOB had dscrimi.
nation enough to discover that il was
not his money alone that made these
parties pass so pleasantly, but that it was
the skIllul arrangement Of his tutor.
On his lirst engagement he had paid
him Two hundred per annum but hear
lug that he had a widowed mother and
two sisters, whom he supported, he GEN
erously added another hundred. and gave
a hint TO Mrs. Cole TO make them pres
enls now and then out OF her supernu.
tiles, which the kind soul most readily
complied with.
When Fanny,his eldest daughter, had
attained her eighteenth year, he took
her from school, by the advice Of Rob.
insOn, and engaged an accomplished wo-
man 10 finish her education. She was
quick, sprighGy girl, and very p!ettv,
and had already acquired a tone and
manner which surf rised and gratiied
her excellent parents.
About a month after Ter return home.
Job, addressing his tu:or,said, Mr.. Law.
sou, Mrs Cole aud me have been think
ing
'Mrs. Cole and have been thinking.
&C sou please, SIR interrupted Nr. Law.
son.
We'll, usyer mind grammar, and all