The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-14

1 my w Nv Hiil' " NNHut Utt ~ Hil
weak state, CRY again with pleasure to see the
pride with which he set about his letter. My
| bedstead, Invested " its curtains, had been re-
| moved, with me upon IT, into the sttiug-rDpm,
| As the ARREST and largest, and the carpet had
been taken away, and the room kept always
| fresb and whOe.oDs night and day. At my
| own vriiing-iablc, ppshel INTO a corner, AMI
eumi'ered with little BOTTLES, Joe now sat down
70 his great work, first choosing pen from the
| pen-uAy as II Il were a chest Of large tools AMI
| tuck M up his sleeves ~ If he were going TO
| WELD q crOV-bar or sled1e-hamu.r n was no
| cesary for Jos TO hold on hslvilv to the table
| with bis bh elbow and IN get his ri ,ht leg well
out behiRd him. before he could begin. and when
| hc did begin b. made every dpwn stroke 40 slow.
| ~ that 70 night have been xix feet long while
a, every uI-stroke I could hear his pm splut,er-
4, ing extensively. lie had a curO,is idea that the
| hkstand was on the side Of him where II was
| MT, and cont sRtly dipped his PEN into space
aud seemed qUits satisfied with the result Oc-
cisionnlly he was trippcd up 10y some orthogr4-
! phical Stumbling l'lOck. but on the whole he got
| on very well indeed, and when he had signed his
name and had renovel q finishing hot from
| the paper To the crown ui his head with his two
foreiingors, he got up and lowered about tho ia
| blc trying the effect Of his performance from
various points " vier, as it lay there, with un-
! bounded satisfaction
| Not to- make Joe ut,casy Ivy talking too much
even II had bccu able TO talk much, | deferred
askin- him about Miss lIlyishlm until ne st dav.
| lie shook his head when then asked him if she
had recovered
rs shc dead, Joe p
| why, you see, old chap, " said Joe, in a tone
OF rcmonstrance, and by way Of getting at it by
| degrees, 81 wouldn't go 10 far as To say that,
| for that's deal to say; but she Amt"
LAYING, JucY'
That's higher whero it is, said Joe; "sho
! ain't living"
"Dd n, lingor long?"
"Artrr you was took H., pretty much about
| what you might call Of you was put to in a
week said Voc, still determined, on my ac-
count, To- COM at everything hy degrees.
I'D ar Joe have you heard what becomes OF
her pop riy2"
wei, Old chip" said joe at do appear that
she bad settled the most Of 4, which mcan,cr-
say ted itup, on Mis-. E,tclla. hut she had
Wr / ,ut a tile cOddlc,hcl in her own hand a
dry or two aiure the accident leaving a coal lour
thousand 10 Mr.. Matthew Pocket And why.
do YOU slppose, above all things, Pip, she | fl
that cool four thousand unto him /? 'htctu-c If
PlPs account OF him, the said Mathew am
Id 10y Bddy that air the writing, said Jo,, re-
| pcailrg the legal term as if It did h m infinite
good, account Of him, the said Matthew
| And u cool four thousand, Pip"
never discovered from whom joe derived the
| conventional temperature oi the four tLuusatd
pound'; but 1t appeared TO make the sum of
mo- er moro to him. and he had u manifest rel
| ish IN insisting On III being cool.
This acguuIt gave me great joy, AS II perfected
the only good thing ! had done since LETT the
! forge. asked Joe whether he had heard if any
! Of The Other rrl atons had any legacies2
miss sarah, said J,e, ''she have twenty
| i've pound pcraunium fur to buy pills on &C,
| count Of being bilious. Miss (leorgiana she
have twenty pound down. Mr,-whlt's the
name or them Wild beasts with humps, old
chap"
Camel, ?" said /, wondering why he could
| possibly want a. know.
Joe nodded. "Ms. Cimel-," by which |
presently understood lac meant Camilla. .'shc
have five pound fur to buy ru,hlights 10 put
| her IN Spirits when she wake up in the night
The accuracy Of thee recital, was sufficiently
| Obvious to me to give me great cuuidan IN
| loc's information. "ind now, said .Ipe. ''yDu
al Z that strong yet, old chap, that You IN take
in moro nor one additional shovellul today.
! Oh O'lick he's been bu,tin' open dwelling
, Ousc."
''Who'e'" said I.
| well No, but what his manners is given
to blus,erous, said Jos, apoloScric,lly; "stll
| an Engli-hmlus 'ou,c Is his Castle, aud castles
must not he busted 'c'pt when done in war time.
! And wo.sumc'er the iailings on his part he were
u corn and seedsnan in lis hart
- il Pumhle,hcoks house that has beou bro.
| ken into them
That's il, Pin" sIid Joe; and they took his
| till,aud they took his cish-boX aud they dnnkcd
his wine and they plrtook of his whites, AMI
slapped his face, aud they pulled his nose, and
| they tied him up to his lcl-pu-t, aud they Civ
him dozen, and they stuffed hi, mouth full OF
! towering ANIMALS to prevent MS CRYING out.
But lie kuowod Ohick, and Orlick' :, in the cou-
| ~ jail
-, these approachc, we arrived at unrc. trictcd
| come satiOn. ! was slow tn gain strength, hut
did slow ~ and surely become less weak, and 10,
! ,inid with me, and fiuyied was little PIP
again,
For the tenderness Of Joe was 50 beautifully
| pruporinurd to my need that was like a child
| in his hands, lie would ,t aud talk 10 me in
| the Old confidence, and with the old simplicity,
and in the old unasscrtyc protecting way, 80
| that | would half believe that all my life ,mce
| the DAYS OF Il e OLD kitchen was one ui the men
tai troubles Of the fever that was gone. He did
| everything for me except the household work,
for which he had engaged a very decent woman
after paying of the aunlrcss on his first arrival.
(which do assure you, Pip he would ofen
say in explanation # thut liberty IL found her
n lappng the spare bed like a cIsk o. beer and
drawing OIL the feathers in bucket Tor sale.
Which she would have tapped vourn next and
drawed it Oh with Won LAYING ON IT, aud was
then carrying away the Goals grldiwaly in the
soup-turcen and weg"table-lishcs, and the wine
and ,pirits IN YOUR Wellington boots"
| We looked forward to the dav when ] should
90 out for ride, as We had once looked forward
to the day Of my apprenticeship. And when the
daN came, and an open carriage was got into tie
Lane, Joe wrapped me up, took me in his arms,
carried me down to il, and put me in, Us ii We're
still the small helpless creature TO whom he had
~ abundantly given OF the wealth Of his great
nature.
And Joe got in beside me- and we drove aw ~
together into the country, " here the rich sum
mer growth was already on the trees aud on the
grass, and sweet summer scents filled all the air.
The day happened to be Sunday, and when
looked on the loneliness around me- and thou .;ht
how il had grown and charged and how the
little wild flowers had been forming, aud the
voices II the birds had been STRENGTHENING, by
day and 10y night, under the sun and under the
STAR, while poor lay burning and tossing on
my bed the mere remembrance of having burn
ed and tossed there came like a Oh ck upon my
peace,
But when | heard the SUNDAY bells, and look.
ed around little more upon the outspreld beau
, ty, fit that was not nearly thankful enough
, that was too weak vet TO he even that--lnd
] laid my head on Joe's shoulder, as had laid
il long ago when he had taken me 10 the Fair
/ or where not, and il was too much Tor my young
: | senses.
More cOmposurc came 10 me after a Will. and
| We talked ms We used To talk living on the gras,
at the old Battery. There was no change what
e ever in Joe. Exactly what ho had been in my
| eyes then he was in my eyes still Just as sim
! ply faithful, and rs simply right.
When we got back aga in and he lifted me on
4 and carried me--so ea-ilv-acIo,s the court aut
e up the stairs, | thought Of that cycu..ul Christ.
mas Day when he had carried me over tho mar,
altN Ia had mot HNV. 4 III.