Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-24
CHAPTER ~.

CHATTER y.
Domiciled in the lulegiI'agc Of llor-
bury, over which the learacd Doctor
rcigned with undisputcdysw away, was a
widow, humble of spirii, hnd sad of
heart, for OF all the ties III life one son
alone was spared her, e1d she loved
him with melancholy love, for he was
likeness Of the lost Bloreover, he
was the last Of the race theonly survly-
ing pledge of n union TOD happy to en-
durc AMI the widow, While she gazed
on him with an air of resigned sorrow,
peculiar to her conntepGnce /; an air
which had banishod the s,2ile, bu, not
the sweetness from her iPs felt that
in him were concentrated oil the ties
that bound her to existence.
Send Cyril to me, saio the Doctor
to Mrs. Dormer, when he called to wei
come her to the village. mo thanks
l knew his father weIl-rcspected him
loved him. like an old iamIy be-
long to one myself, thoughI have still
to learn the benefit it has been to me =
Il lcar,' replied the widow, timidly,
for the recollection of very limited re-
sources smotc painfully across her, 'at
least l feel tho requisite pccunary CON
sidera,ion. - "
He shall pay when heJ(sy fellow of
his college shall neyssA Now il be-
fore ! You're nothing to do with it
but then | shall erad il You will
dine in his rooms at Trinity, and he
shall lionize us over the building. !
have long wished to sec DR.. Words
worth-good man, sound scholar--bui
have been too busy these last twenty
years to manage it. It's a bargain,
then. You'll send him tomorrow ("
/ And the adcclionate interest which
the Doctor took in little Cyril the
pains he bestowed on his progress, and
the evident anxiety with which he watch
ed aud aided the development of his
mind, were one among the many fine
traits OF character which belonged to
this warm-hearied but unpublished hu-
moist.
/ To Dormcr, for some undcfinab!e
reason, Dcsborough had conceived the
most violent aversion. Neither the
youth of the little orphan, nor his pa
ticnt endurance of insult, nor the rcadi-
ness with which he fnrgavc, nor the
blamclcssuoss of his disposition, served
to disarm the lerocity of his tormentor.
Desborough, to use his own words, was
resolved to drive the little paupcr from
their community, or tense his very heart
out
Ills love Tor his mother, his fair and
eilcminaio appearance, his slender
figure, and dlminutive stature, were the
object Of his tormentor's attack. Com
PLAN, Dormer-complain at home =
was the advice given him by more than
one Of lis class-icliows.
1T would only grievo my mother he
replied IN his plaIntive, musical voice,
and she has had so much-Oh so
much to distress her. might, too,
lose my present advantages aud the
good doctor is so very, very lcnlcnt To
me. Besides, surely, Desborough viii
become kinder by.and-hy, even If he
does not grow weary Of iIl-lrcating me >
And thus, chccrcd 10y Hope, the lit
tie martyr Struggled on, and suffered IL
silence.
The fourth of September was the doc
tors birthday, aud was invariably kept
a. sort of Saturnalia by all under his
roof The day-always short-- was
devoted IL cricket, and rovelry, aud
manly sports aud meadow nj the
back of the shruhbcry, which from it,
being low and marshy, was drained 10y
dykes Of all dimensions, was lavoriic
resort of those who were expert at leap
ing with pole The whole part, were
~ motion AT an early hour, and Cyril
among the rest Either purposcly or
accidentally hc was separated from the
others, and on sudden, he found him
self alone with Dcsborough and ROLES