Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-11-07
WOODSTOCK, W., NOV. Z, 1861.

In The meantime, how vas II WIN nslh l-
ton? Like new benL he stepped toIh from
the Old Inheritance. uui pat Iotlh his haud To
f worb for himself. He remembered his solemn
. plrlLe aud he was Determined 90 redeem -
lie said rhat he won Il show to the world and
, to hi, father, an independent, scF,us'alu,ng
, man aud he meaut TO do it. Aud then in hl>
now home he had an angel to sustain him. BY
every word aud deed by every look and
, Inlu.ht, did Cara seek to sustain aud enc ,ur.
aye him.
For The irst six months Mark made but lit
, tie apparent headWay. Yet he was diligeut
aud hopeful. aud laltercd not. lie was pune
tual at hi, Office, attending to such business as
, was left with him with prompt tni;hiunrss. and
.dcv0ting all his leisure moments 20 study. In
: his office and at home he studied, and the hard
er he worked the more did he tind to work Tor,
His prid,--his pride was leading him OIL
pride sharpcued aud intensified by resentment
= the most powerful incentive that could have
been given him; aud he was determined to rise
I to distinction. lie attended the courts, h,ter-
cd to the best IeaderS and then, when alone
! with his wife, he tried inlpromplu cases over
= again,
At the expiration Of six months he was en-
gagged TO detnd IL party who had been sued for
I trespass in removing Il building belonging to
the pantrii from land belonging to the said de-
, lcnduut 1t was case involving some nice
! points Of law, hu Mark Wilton proved himself
iroanI to the emergency, and gained vcrdct
5 for his client.
u Mark had now gained the tirt raupd of the
4 ladder, .n hc kept hls glze fixed eagerly up0n
q the top. Another case wax soon grined by him,
. in The coaduc ins Of which he displayed such
mprAel ability US to call forth the eucomiums
= f the court.
r Waen it became known that Mark Wilton
,yas II rising nlln, he had business enough hut
he would not mt hi. haud| to all that was OF.
Il lrrcC 1t was soon known in the courts that
, he was conscientious man And further
. more. i, wa, discovered NJ he did more hns-
- nrs., that he was punctuul, faithful and honor
u aple
4 Itwls an envahc reputation for vnnng
= lawyer. hu, he has! worked hari to gain II. -
!. Ave. he had worIrd wl'ho t cea>ing At
nome nud in vi. 'ficc over his books aud over
'. his thoughts. he had hcrn busy, win an eye TO
the one lder of his life Step ny r'ep he york
= ed himself un, iceug at every advance, that
h. was coming nearer to The station lrom which
\, ce cuud demand Of hi' father such recognition
It ns ooc unn i bound to give Gnnthrr VIII mcr-
rs !, IN honor Ah ,ha, was the h; N o.uI ot
, M. n,dr--,o reach .,,l,on in ,iG. e,n,j to III,
,,. HI. f.th.r h,d rr,cl.J L.g,,.. hi,, O b,v
=, ,,uI vo,id he he wh., h.. ho1 ,,;,o1 If
=, Hn, when Il, lad rn;us1 il, what would h,
e he? II " would he meet his father ?-how
- crescent the crown he had conquered liz
h could not tel. He would wait until the time
20 came
Aud did he see his father during these years
d of strngg'c? Yr4, he saw him occasionally --
, Hhey meet sometimes in the strce;s, and .nm".
e times IN the con is Tnry bowed and ra>~cG
y the bar commitments Of rccnqniion, but rotI,
,r in, more.
,e Aud how was j, in Mark Wilton's home .
l.. Go ask the nrgsls Of Peace and I.ovc Gr ,hns,
we're the un,e's ,h,, uuardnd the spot. A het
ter wife man never hul. Mark rcrcr recrct'c.
> tho stem he had ,nken-nevrr. And vet some
tines when the memories Of chlldhnod cam,
I Ihnck to him. his heart would 90 c,r in vearu
-, ino after parents love And in these mo
meats he prayel that his father m rht live :,
bless him, But he suffered not His wife rea,
TO- all his thoncht>, and she mu, cr"d TO all hi
needs and when she saw that the oh reeoe,
ID tioos were upon him, she wound her rrms aNou
nd his neck, and whispercd to him of the brish
IN promisee of the future
O Five wears had passed five wears Of IN hill
~ toil-and vet how rich in result how i.e.he,
~ with reward, that toll had been 1t had bee
rk most truly uo.hil-and far, far up the hill ha
ve he worked his wav.
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