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


which no one in the household would
have thought for moment of opposing
True, Jobs parents-sinDle benighted
| souls--thought the boy 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 be 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.
vilIe-a rival village, some four miles dis.
tant, which, b"asting of bank, paper
mil, tour stores, regular seminary, and
BARRIERS shop. proudly looked down on
Cloverville (Job's native viIlage), which
had no bank, co seminary gular or
irreguIar-no paper mill, no BARRIERS
shop, and only two stores.
Job, ignorant Of the superiority Of the
Mcadowvilleans, at first innOcently sup
posed himself as good as tbey-or at
least OF that portion who daily attended
the MeadowvilIe Seminary. But from
this delusive dream he was destined short.
" to awake.
For few days, events moved smooth
ly enough. job came aud went, said his
lessons, went up head or down foot AS The
case might be, and nothing occurred to
interrupt the tranquil tenor of hi,
thoughts, his feelings, or his way. The
boys occasionally stared at him; but that
was TO be expected, he thought he WAS
new conner, aud besides, from disr
tanc,-four miles off "A, least
But IN a week or two, he was sudden
ly astonished to learn tina, his name Was
no longer job Thorndyke, but, Glover,
vile. job did not like this it sounded
d,srespectiul but he fancI"d it might be
''he way OF the iellcrs there and he
smiled As il 1t were good joke.
Ere long, CiUvervie Was abbreviated
to Clover : this TO Clio; and this (oy a
red headed, trecke faced fellow, u Ii,tIe
taller than himself, and slender and wrig
: as An ce) rude|y, to odd clothes.
job did not ike this at all He
thought such coudpct WAS very wicked IN
the boys; and didn't think he would do
II II sac was them
lie said LotAiug. however-cc ntpnting
hmse,t with keeping alnof from them IN
play hours, and sobcriy making his way
home directly when school was out. He
laid the matter, afer a short time, before
grandmother and his parents but they.
smiling, assured him that the best way
was not 10 notice the gracele>s youths,
who "on!d then soon get tired Of their
namghrness, and voluntarily give it up.
But Job did not find this 20 be tie
case. In fact, II was the very reverse
The more he did not notice, the more he
HAD 10 notice. From simply calling him
names, the Meadowvi'Ieans began to take
liberties with his things. When, at noon
he went into the entry, he would find his
cap where he had not placed it. and his
dinner basket either empty, or with u
stone Or lot Of mud in the place Of what
he had brought.
All this Was very AZ yravating, and job
felt his dander urging him to put in to
'that red haired friler,' who, he felt con-
wheel, was at the bottom Of the mis-
chief But grandmother and hiS parents
told him that II was better To suffer wrong
than 10 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, AM 10 lot hm
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 plous advice Of the old folks, he pray
ed for the Mead"wvilIeans. The red hair
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 obcyed grandmother
and his parents, who. finding him one
evening, on his return home, strongly
tempted 10 rebel, told him THAI, il he
wanted to be 'as bad AS The rest, and 90
down forever to the Dad place, he had
better try it. There =
his was enough, aud job, sitting an
indignant sob, made up bis mind firmly
10 tOrbear.
And he did.
But it seemed only to invite the Mead
owvilleans To bolIer a0gressions.
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, he was suddenly startled
by number Of boisterous voices, laugh
ingly shouting behind him
'Dicky, Dicky, don't
Conscious, from the newness and sound.
ness Of his trowsers, that this taunt could
not be appropriately applied TO him, he
sprang to bis feet to see for whom IL WAS
meant, but WAS Immediately greeted with
a loud roar Of screaming laughter, which
caused aim instantly to put his hand TO
that part Of bis person to which the vo-
ci Grating throng, headed by the red hair.
ed feier, were hootiugly pointing.
On doing so. be discovered along
white article dangling comicaIly from the
rear Of his body TO The ground. Jerking
Il away and glancing at IL, he, IN mo.
ment, like Hash, comprehended all.