The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-05-11

oo ~ hdu to oe-that oelhg cilncher
which no one in the household would
have thought for moment Of opposing
True, Jobs parents-siinple benghted
souls-thought the bov knew enough al.
ready. He cou d read, write, and cipher,
aud what more, in the name Of goodness,
could the child know, unless it WAS wick
edness, which he would he sure TO learn
soon enough But then, grandmother
had SAID he should have more learnin'.
and that was sufficient more he should
have-for grandmother's will was law.
And therefore Job was sent to Meadow.
rilIe-a rival village, some four miles dis.
tant, which, b"asting of bank, II paper
mill, tour stores, a regular seminary, and
BARRIERS shop. proudly looked down on
CIoverville (Job's native viIIsge), which
had no Gsmk, co semnsry-reguIar or
irreguIar-no paper mill, no BARRIERS
shop, and ou ' two stores.
job, ignorant Of the superiority OF the
Mcadowvieans, at first innoceutly sup
posed himsclf as good AS tbey-or at
least of that portion who daily attended
the Meadowvilie Seminary. But from
this delusive dream lie was destined short.
ly to awake.
For few days, events moved smooth
Iy enough. job came aud went, said his
lessons, went up head or down foot AS the
case might be, aud nothing occurred to
interrupt the tranquil tenor of his
thoughts, his feelings, or his way. The
boys occasionally stared at him but that
was TO be expected, he thought {; he was
new conner, and besides, from dis
tanc'-four miles Off AZ least.
But IN week or two, he was sudden
ly astonsbed TO learn that his name was
no longer job Thorndyk but, Glover
VILE job did not like this it sounded
d'srespectiul 5nt he fancled it might be
''he way Of the lcI'crs there aud he
smiled As /; ii we're a gopd Joke.
Ere long, CIover'ie WAS abbreviated
to Clover : this to Clio; and this (ov
red headed, freckIe faced fellow, lttle
taller than himself, and slender and wriu
: as an ce,,) rude'y, to old clothes.
Joo did not ike this ut all. He
thought such coudrct WAS very wicked IN
the boys; and didn't think he would do
II II sac was them.
lie said LotAiug how
hmseh with keeping alnof from them IN
pay h"urs, and sobcrly mak,ng his w.y
home directly when school was out. lie
laid the matter, afer a short time, before
grandmother and his parents but they,
smlIing, assured bin that the best way
was not 10 notice the grAcele,s youths.
Who "on.d then soon get tired Of their
nanghrness, and voluntarily give it up
But Job did not find this 20 he the
case. In fact, il was the very reverse
The more he did not notice, the more he
HAD to notice. From simply calling him
names, the Meadowvi!leans began TO take
liberties with his things. When, AT noon
he went into the entry, he would find his
cap where lie had not placed it. and his
dinner basket either empty, or with
s'one Or lot Of mud in the place Of what
he had brought.
All thus Was very AZ sravating, and job
felt his dander urging him to put in to
'tnat red haired f-ier,' who, he felt con-
WINGED, was at the bottom OF the mis-.
chief. But grandmother and h- parents
told him that II was 'hetter To suffer wrong
than to commit it, that fighting was
wicked and that his best course was to
pray that his enemies might be led to see
the evil Of their conduct, AMI 10 lot HIM
alone.
job shook his head; he thought lie
knew better way than that but he did
not want TO be wicked, and yielding to
the pious advice of the old folks, he pray.
IL TO-. 4. Il
ed feIler,' and all. Sill the prosecutions
continued and Job concluded that pray
ing did not do near SO much good as he
WAS satisfied his own plan would.
Nevertheless, he obryed grandmother
aud his parents, who. finding him one
evening, on bis return home. strongly
tempted to rebel, told him that, il he
wanted to be 'as bad as The rest, and 90
down forever to the Dad place, be had
better try it There
This was enough; and Job, sitting an
indignant sob, made up his mind firmly
10 tUrbear.
And he did.
Bu, il seemed only to invite the Mead
owvilleans to bolder aQgressions.
One day, at noon. while sitting down
on the green and eating his dinner, which,
TO secure from the thieves, he now carried
in bis pockets, lie was suddenly startled
by a number Of boisterous voices, laugh
ingly shouting behind him
Dicky, Dieky, don't
Conscious. from the newness and sound.
ness Of his uowsers, that this taunt could
not be appropriately applied TO him, he
sprang to bis feet 10 see for whom il WAS
meant, but WAS Immediately greeted with
loud roar Of screaming laughter, which
caused aim instantly to put his hand TO
that part Of his person to which the vo-
ciera.ing throng, headed by the red hair.
ed feller, were hootingy pointing.
On doing so, be discovered along
white article dangling comicalIy from the
rear OF his body to The ground Jerking
Il away and glancing at IL, he, 10 a mo.
ment, like flash, comprehended all.