The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-12
JMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MAY l2. 1871.
CHUBB JACKSON.
From Ia 60 relua.i..

:.
Il = ID = =
CMUDB JACKSON.
|
From tAA LUl1el lelua.ia- -
Does Ahybody, wonder, know
| Thromort0n It IL in the weaid OF
Kent; and vet not actually in the
weaId, but on . little outlying spur
Of Il which projects into the great
plain of ROmney. There the tough
clay has marred the lily-white sand,
| and . bounteous spring has blessed
the union. There flourish noble
oaks, broad -leaved chestnuts, aspiring
elms in rich iuxuriance Of leaf and
emerald pastures are set amongst
their shades, and rich cornfields and
smiling hop-gardens cheqHer the
sides ofthe gently swelling slopes.
LITTER with me on the pleasant
| field-path winding ir and out among
the meadows and cornAelds look
back on the red-roofed town crowded
by Q massive 9othic tower-the even
| ing chimes are tinklink IN the still air
with 3 lOying linQerinR cadence, sug-
gesting 1 know not what subtle
| pathos of long.forgotten d.ys-and
own with me that borad England can
show few fairer nooks than fair
| Thro1morton town. I
Nv story hasn't much to do with
Throgmorton; but there it was / first
knew Chubb Jackson. He wasn't
unlike q club either as boy-wide
moathed, with little teeth set far back
in his head, and freckles 50 brown
that yon might take them TOR scales.
He was school mellow Of mine at the
Manor house school. Old Hockey
(not thirty then), our head-master,
| had taken him in as incorrigible, at
q double fee, to try and make some-
thing OF him. Possibly the attempt
might have been worth the money |;
but st any rate, 1t didn't succeed.
Passed through the regulation mill,
Chubb came out more ink and tear
stained, more sulky and more lazy,
than ever Dragged through the
4Eheid, he tumblcd over "Arma vi
rumQue cano :" showed into loga-
rithms, he couldn't even go through
the multiplicatien-table. His life
was q continual round of EXPOSITION !;
of impositions which he never got
through. of uniearHt tasks which no
mort power could, force him to
learn only the holidays freed him
from the ever accumulating load Of
nunisbment,
And vet i think he enjoyed him
self / fancy. as he sat by the open
window looking over the rambling
old-fashioned garden to the pleasant
annie and cherry orchards beyond,
his ewes and mind far away from the
wretched old lexicon and classics
nnder his nose. that the bees as they
hnmmed. and the birds as they twit-
tered and ali the hushed sounds of
Country life said a saw for him which
thew mttered NOT for ma. as we swiped.
and hawied and fielded. and kept
wicket In The cricket.field over be-
vond the CAST House,
wsS The oniv cbum he had per-
hans . ~ corresnonding yein'of idleness
n,ada ms svmnathize. at all events
We were gTeat friends and when his
amt M;ss or as She was called by
co,,r+osv Mrs. Chubh-he was an
orrhsr NOR fellow. and under the
c.re ~ maiden aunt-whcu she
came to take him home for the mid
summer holidays, she had liking
So- mo for her pephew's sake. and
w.nted ma to come and see them at
| Peihsm-erescent. Hastings. But
never went: and / saw no more of
Chnbb Jackson for I don't know
how MANY wears.
Twas serving out my articles with
Rumn and Podgers of Lincoln's Inn,
living in LODGINGS in Staahope street,
Hamnstead road. when coming from
Cha-fno Cross one evening by yell
low bns. I recognized next to me on
the knife-board, the image of Chubb
Jackson. tt couldn't be the imky
how of INV school days for this was
a nainfnl swell in lavender gloves,
most shiny hat, and shirt collar OF
nortentous size. Now Chubb as o
lad had a most inveterate stutter.
So when the youth turned to me In
tending I think, to ask for light,
having an unit cigar In his mouth,
and f1mbling vainly in his waiscoat
pocket, and I sawhis mouth working
/ In nainful threes to deliver itself a
the cmhrvo words. I knew that Be
mnst be NV former school-fellow,
and cried. unconsciously initiating
his sfammer. ssW-why, YOU must b
G-chnbh Jacksou p
he Was living. found, still with
his aunt Chubb, in Albany stree,
close by and we renewed our schoel
friendship forthwith. /,
Mrs. Chubb was always delighted
to see me. 1 was SO steady, she said
iudging. 1 fear, rather from my an
tecedents than from any actua
knowledge of my habits; and sht
always felt comfortable when Chubl