Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-08

the library opened uron a lovely lawn that swept
down like crescent slaninT itself TO the bav,
A little to the left. on the nubc road. was int
ting point from which a view of the na,h over
the crar was commanded. Ththcr he bent his
steps. In vain. however. did his eve range
from top to base in vain he searched every turn
of the foo'path through his pocket-glass No
Noel was to be seen. An old thorn stump that
rrew near the summit was. for a momont mis-
taken for the boy. and the anxious fother made
beckonirr sirns with his handkerchief Then
solitary bush, half way to the base, was sup
posed to be the woaried heir resting for a little.
Objects innumcrabe assumed the shape of Noel,
but Noel himself came not. He was in the act
of waving his handkerchief to one of these de-
lusve objects, his uncasiness passing into tear,
when he heard the opproach of footsteps and,
turning about to conceal his anxiety By the as
sumption Of an Indifferent air, and to see what
STRANGER was travelling on that lonely road, he
beheld one of the most singular figures he ever
CHANGED to set his eyes upon.
If orr readers would fancy Samuel Johnson's
head and shoulders perched upon short, spare
body. and the very smmest lcrs-these last
| particulars cncascd in dim shepherd tartan--a
camct cloak suspended from the aforc-mcn-
toned shnnldera and amplibiou= expression Of
/ youth and age over the whole they would SEQ
for themselves the traveller who now came for
ward to the earl and stood uncovered in his
presence.
lis ordship was in no mood to be troubled at
| that time but there was something in the de-
meanor of the traveller which commanded his
attention.
you have business with me 2 nsinnated
his lorlshp as the stranger continued silent.
6 Nav presume to know what you are 7?
Twas the schoolmaster of your late tenants
the stranger replied. Your factors servants
have exppllcd me this morning from my school
and home am now houscess and helpless.
MvwiGe and children are with me-
! As he smoke. he pointed to the weary group
resting on the beach, looking fxcdiy at the earl
and himself
! Now it was not sncciallv apparent TO the earl
that the po,r man who stood besides him wasa
victim to the policy which he had been pursuing
of late on bis estate. Between the effects of
that policy on lis old terantry and the policy
itself he had drawn a sufficient veil, 50 that he
Could Io,, Mt tbo one without being self-accu-
sinoIv troubled about the o,ler. lie therefore
li.,e,,ad IN the statement, which had lust been
made ne n formal in,lre would to a passionate
no, of no, ,,,iit,. ,,i,L nm almost entire indif-
Iarence arisin,, ont Of the conviction that such
th;nr. must Soccssorily occur. And yet the
oarl was NOT n b,l man lie was simply one
who lacked mnon human life from the position Of
, an carldom In tbe yerv nhosorhy which bred
HE indilinronra there was an element which
, tha sipht or tha ,yearied wife and children was
cy,cti, ftto5 70 brinr into action. We saw in
his Ia,ior ~ tbo conn.c.s that he considered him
self As an AGENT in the hand Of Providence, when
no wa exneing his unskilful tenantry. On
=. .;,nilar oronrJ hc held that his order was the
ranr,I c1,stoJier and the Amounted dispenser of
r The charities Of proyi1ence. Hense. few
months before he had hurried down from par
/ lament TO sit as chairman at a county meeting,
called TO consider the case Of the poor, and had
mods sneeches which we're circulated as the
). very cream and essence of bencyolence. And
hence. also. as if the action were the Irresistible
o effect of the sicht lie was directed to - rev y
o sovereign frum his purse, and held i. out 10 t.,
houspless teacher
. To his utter amazement. the roacher put the
e hand which held ont the pratuity from him. and
t said. with Great dirni,y.-
t NV lord. did net come to beg your CHARITY.
; God has endowed me with knowledge, and I
desire 10 impart it,
> A frown cropt over the earl's brow.
> The schoolma,tcr continued;
I i have applied for two schools and have boon
= unsuccessful. have no certificate. They who
G could best tell my worth or want Of worth are
. far ont on the sea. Your factor never heard Of
4 me- have no man to sneak for me. So have
t como to vogr lnr,lshiD. Your lorlshin's inGu.
ence may procure me a school which is vacant
@ on volr nciqlbor's estate.
Q You have come in a wronr spirit.' repIicd