The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-10

flag stones. Her little trunk and bandbol
! we're next taken out BY the same friendly
hand, and deposited beside be. This done
Eloverdew raped at the professors door
Il ives opened. The father and daughter
entered; and in an hour after--long befor'
which her father had left her-the latteI
was engaged in the duties Of her new sliua
tion.
Days, weeks, and months, as they will al
ways do, now passed awsy, but they stil
found Jessy in the service Or her GIst EN-
plovers, whose esteem she had gained y
the gentleness OF her nature, the mUdesiy G.
her demeanor, and the prop rIety d her con;
duct.
Al the time Of her first entering into the
service of Professor Lockerby, Jessy Flow
ers,sw had Just couEpieted her sixteenth
year. The charms Of her person had ne
then attained their full perfection. But now
tha, years more bad passed over her head
for this interval must be understood to ha7
elapsed before we resume our iaie-beT fac
ana figure had attained the zshiih of their
beauty, a beauty that struck every beholder
and in every beholder excited feelings Of ua-
qualified admiration.
II was about the end Of two years aftev
Jessy's advent into the tam " OF the pretcs
Sor, that the latter one morDlng, raising has
head from a letter which he hai just been
reading, and turning 10 the former, who was
in the act Of removing the breskfast equip
age, sad
'Jessv, my girl, will you be so good as to
put the little parlour and bedroom up stars
in the best order you can, as ! expect q
young gentleman Tomorrow, who IS to be
bosrder with us
Jessy curtseyed her acquiescence in the or
der given her, and retired from the apart
ment 30 fulfill it.
On the follow ing day travelling carriage,
whose panels were adorned with coronet,
drove up to the door OF Professor LockerbY
From this carriage descended a young man,
apparently between nineteen and twenty
years OF age, Of the most prepossessing APP
pearance. His c0untenance was pale, but
bore ar expression Of extreme niidncss and
beneyolence. HIS figure Was tall and slen
aer, but handsomely formed while bis
whole manner and bearing bespoke the man
of high birth and breeding
On descending from his carriage, The man
vas received by the professor with tue most
FcepECliul uSlclt-iCG-LOJ ptNAtAi5 A. cNIhA
ed to be, for the taste Of him to whom il was
addressed, for be instantly broke through
The cold fornality of the meeting, by grasp
ing the professors hand, aad shaking il
with the heartiest and most cordial good
will, saying
i hope see you well, professor.
'ln perfect health, thank you, nv lord ,
replied the professor. Il hope You left your
90. d LAZY mother, the countess, well
Quite well,-fm obliged 10 YOU, Profes-
sor-as lively and stirring and active a.
ever. Hot and hasty, and little queenly in
her style now and then, as you kaow, bnt
still the open heart and open hand Of the
Nistonburys.
4 have the honour Of knowiug the count
ess well, my lord,' replied the professor, and
caI, bear testimony 70 the hssnrhser4ss Of hes
nature ana disposition. have known many
instances Of IL
With such conversation as this, the pro-
lessor and his noble boar, er-for such was
the young man whom we haye just intro
duced to the readtr-entered the house.
Who this young mar was, and what was his
object in taking up his abode with Professor
Lockerby, we will explain in few words,
AARhOuIu SdOb BihidtADh 10 ANttuNlCtA III
part nearly unnecessary by the conversation
just recorded between him and the professor.
1t nay not be smss, however, TO say, IN
more distinct terms, that be was the Ear Of
WistOnbury, a raik which he had attained
just year before, By the su lden and pre-
mature death Of bis father, who did in the
forty fifth year of his age. Since his ac-
cession 10 the title Of his ancesr rors, the
young ear had continued to live in retire
Rent with his mother, a woman Of noble,
elevated and generous soul, well becoming
her high liueage-for she, too, was desct nd
ed of one Of the noblest families IN England
but ia whose temper there was occasion
ally made visible dash OF the leavet of ar
lstoeracy.
On her son, the young earl, her only sur
ytving child, she dotted with all the afiec-
uon of the fOBdest and tenderest Of moth
eTs; and well worthy was that son Of all the
love she could bestOw. His was one of
those natures which no earthly elevation can
corrupt, no Fictitious ~ stem deprive Of its
innate simplicity.
The promotion Of the young earl to the
head Of his iiiustrious house, was, however,
a premature one in more respects tuan one
One Of these was to be found in the circum-
stance OF the young mans being found un-
prepared-at least so he jndg himsolf-in
the matter OF education, t0 till with credit
the high station to which he was 50 unex
pect' dly called. His education, in truth,
bad been rather neglected {; aud II was to
maze up for tlis neglect, to recover bis lost
ground with all the speed possible, that be
was now come to reside witn Professor
Lockerby, who had once acted as tutor in
his fathers family to d brother rhn had died
young
Such, then, was the professors boarder,
and such was the purpose fOI which he be-
came so.
The favourable impression which the
youthful eaTfs first appearance bad made,
suffered no d;miI ution By length Of facquaint-
snce. Mid and unprt susning, he won the
love OF ali who came In contact with him
be little personal services be required, ne
s.Says solicited, never COMMANDED; and
what be could, with any propfiety, do him
self, be always did, without any other ASSIST
ahce.
A quiet and unostentatious inmate Of the
professor :, time rolled rapidly, but gently
and impei ceptibly, over the head Of lie
young ear, until a single week only inter
vened between the moment referred to,
and the period fixed ON for his return to Ok
ton Hall.
Thus, nearly six months had elapsed, NOT
very long perIoo, but one al Which much
may be accomplished, and in which mary a
Change may take place. And by such fea-
lures were the SIX months marked, which
the young Earl Of WistoDbury had spent ID
the house OF Professor Lockerby. In thai
time, by dibt Of unrelaxing assiduity and in.
tense application, be had acquired respect.
able knowledge Of both Latin and Greek
ana in that time, too, be lad taken steE
which was to affect the whole tenor Of HI.
after hfe, and to lake him either happy ol
miserable, as il bad been fortunately or un
fortunately made. Wh4s that step was, ",
shall divulge, through precisely the sam,
singular process by which 1t actually cam,
to tOe knowledge Of the other parties inter
ested.
One evening, at the period TO winch we
short while since aliuded-namely, about