The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-04-28

directions were given respecting the
boy.
Years passed away Under the man.
agement of his self-consttuted instruct
ors, the discreet, matronly Mrs Ford
and the coarse, but honest, good-hearteC
John, Walter Lewis grew up we'll
disposed, bold, and active lad, littl,
vain from the excessive praise contin
ually lavished on him for his handsome
face and his fine horsemanship, and, il
could not b. otherwise from the different
treatment daily shown him, somewhat
impatient and self-willed but Mrs
Ford saw no wrong in the one fault, anC
the other was very easily forgiven from
the strong affection she bore him while
John thought no more of checking his
pride and self-respect than of striving
to subdue the spirit of well-trained
pony,
Sir William, who had quite forgotten
the orphan he had so solemnly promised
to care for. on his return from abroad
was so well pleased with the appearance
of the lad, who was now fifteen years of
age, that he wished to retain him as a
servant in his family, though sense of
justice compelled him to make the youth
the offer Of return to his native land
or a situation where he might make
himself acquainted with the business his
father had followed; and young Lewis
was so much fattered by the noblcman' S
praises, that he consented to remain
The return of Sir William did not,
however, have the effect on the lad
which it produced on the rest of the
establishment, at least, after a brief
period had elapsed, his bright, cheerful
face was thoughtful and gloomy, he
absented himself from the society of his
fellow servants, and he became daily
more proud and irritable, to the great
grief of Mrs Ford and John, who had
given such favorable report of him to
their master, and to the amusement off
the new member of Sir Williams family
"a nephew of his lordship, who had
recently been entrusted to his guardian
ship-the inheritor Of large fortune,
and the heir apparent to the title of his
uncle, the only child of Sir William
being daughter.
Edgar Stanwood was two years the
senior of Walter Lewis, but he was very
little his superior in size, and notwith-
standing the advantages which education
and bis position in life, gave him, there
was much more of rusticity in his man
ners than those Of Lewis while in
beauty of feature, and in all accomplish
ments where strength and agility were
required, the oung lord suffered in COM
parison with the servant.
The difference between the two lads
was very apparent to one member of
Sir Williams family; and the little
lady Clara, child Of thirteen, perhaps
more to annoy her cousin than anything
else, remarked very freely on that dit
ference and the grave looks of her
proud and stately mamma could not
silence the little rogue, or prevent her,
when seated on her pony,
from bidding Walter-who would be
holding the bride of Edgar's horse,
while the young lord was slowly prepar-
'Hg to mount-leap into the saddle and
accompany her in ride through the
park.
A proud and happy boy was Walter
On such occasions, but the insults he re-
,eived from the heir of the house for the
preference shown him by the child
insults which he dared not return, often
made his servitude almost unbearablc
though the treatment he received from
o'anwood was not the only cause Of his
inhappiness, for when the youth return
I'd to Oxford, his former cbcerfulness
lid not come again to the boy When
his daily tasks we're over, he would
wander away by himself, sometimes for
hours sitting idly on the banks Of
stream, watching the falling leaves glide
lown the water, or looking through the
lark forests to the sky Big thoughts
we're in embryo in the heart of that neg
ected boy, and at length there came a
Jweet little voice TO call them into birth. !