Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-22

of Philips life-only TO her IL was quite
clear; and, If possible, she loved little
Philip more after she realized at what
terrible price his life had been saved for
her.
so little Philip grew up into boyhood
in the prejudiced light Of his mothers
eyes-grew into health and strength and
beauty" but no book scholar" as Mrs.
Leigh used to say to the Squire, shaking
her head sorrOwfully, when he was Civ
ing the boy an easy examination into his
tasks; but very imp for mischief" !"
she would think, looking fondly after the
strong young figure as he went running
over the common. Yet he was clever
with his fingers for all that, and q
likely" boy, the farmers said, who saw
him standing for while sometimes, with
his hands in his pockets, watching the
| plows and the teams at work. When he
put carved rockers to his mothers arm.
chair, the neighbors, coming In to look
and to admire, said that she ought to be
proud of such handy lad for a son; but
Mrs. Leigh, thinking Of the money that
she had laid by years ago to send him to
college, thinking of the way his face had
| lightened half an hour before when he
put his lesson.b books away said Eyes"
| half.grudginglY, but smiled q minute
later when she met Philips wistful,
questioning eyes, and read there a shad.
ow of disappointment.
SO the time went until he was fourteen,
and then Sir James Garnet, who had al
ways taken an interest in the lad, first
for his fathers sake and then for his
own, offered him place in his stables,
and promised him schooling in his leisure
hours, for the first year or so; but though
his mother fretted and scolded, and even
went the length of crying, Philip made
up his mind, and kept to it.
"Tm not fit for groom, Sir James"
he said. "The only horses l have n
turn for arc Garth horses. Pm going on
the farm, sir, and I'm going to make it
pay"
"But it pays now," said Sir James;
"your mother has made a good thing out
of it for years"
But it shall pay better, Sir James,"
the boy answered, because shall learn
the work, and we'll DO without bailiff."
"Well, have your own way" said the
Squire, seeing how the boys mind was
set upon his scheme" only the learn
ings hard work for a boy like you, for
you might do better, Philip" the old man
went on, kindly.
SO, from watching the plows at work
| from comfortable stile between the two
fields, Philip was promoted to guiding
the strong teams over the soft brown
ground, and to sowing the seeds in
spring.time, and harvesting in the au-
tumn; and if his mother sighed some
times over her vanished dreams of great
ness, still she was thankful, too, when she
looked at the bonny face on the other side
of the table, and at the hands that had
always some work to keep them EN-
ployed.
"He might have done anything, Sir
james," she said to the Squire fretfully
once, when they were having talk over
the boys future-"he's so sharp and
bright ne might have done me credit any
where, If he'd only taken to books; and
though I'll not deny but what he's a good
! lad, still he has no book learning, Sir
James"
Never mind, Mrs. Leigh" Sir James
answered, "he'l do you credit yet, nc
doubt. hear down in the village that
he carpenters and carves wood of an
evening"
"And that he do, Sir James," said
Dame Leigh, Frightening" but when all's
said and done, it's work that any carpen'
ter could do"
"Not quite" said Sir James, lifting W
the chair with the carved rockers to ex
anime it more closely; there's fine work
here, and well done"
"He's always after queer, out.of-the
way things" said his mother, half proud
ly. "He fixed me up spinning-whec
the other day, out of his odds and ends
not to use so much, for I've no call to use
such queer things, but for model, ht
said; and fits clever thing, Sir James,
take it,"
GA very clever thing" Sir James an
swered, moving over to look at the Gu
rious complication of wheels and ropes
and treadles that stood by the window
made, as Mrs. Leigh had said, out of the
merest odds and ends. "Why, my boy
has been taking lessons in carving anC
carpentering for these last five years anC
he does not come anywhere near this yet
Take heart, Mrs. Leigh, it's such grea
comfort when a boy has turn for worl
of any kind"
It's better than nothing, no doubt,
said Mrs. Leigh, grudgingly. "Good
day, Sir James, and thank you" AnC
then, her heart misgiving her that sh,
had been wronging her boy, she went t.
stand and watch for him at the door, 81
that the first thing to welcome him HON,
might be the sight of his mothers gentl
face in the doorway.
Everything that Philip Leigh touched
the neighbors used to say, turned to gold
The farm flourished, and they added t.
it field by field until it was one of tn
largest in Eversham village. There wa
money to lay by, too, against rain.
day, and money to add to the cottag
every comfort and luxury for which the,
could find room or need. Mrs. Leigl
grew stout and comfortable, and lost, il
great measure, the worried look tina
had deepened on her face while she wa
still young; and as for Philip himself, h
worked steadily on at the farm until tn
months grew into years, and he wa
eighteen. Then the bailiif was dismissed
and he took the management himself.
"And no one more fit, I'm sure, Mrs
Leigh, the bailiff said, the day he CAV
over the farm into Philips keeping
"He knows his work now as thorough
as can teach it; he's gone through ever
stage of it, you see, from the plowing
as one may say, up to the harvesting
and if he settles down he'll do we'll"
So Philip settled down." and tool
the reins of government into his owl
capable hands, and was acknowledged a
master by the men with whom he ha,
worked side by side; and in the evening
his mother would come and sit with hin
in the workshop while he planned an
, designed and carved; and Eleanor Gray
: the village school. mistress, held th
candle when he wanted higher ligh
thrown on the more intricate parts.
J "Thank you, Nell" he would say
when she laid the candle down again, Z"
don't know what mother and should d
without YOU" for Eleanor, being
stranger in the village, lodged with Mrs
Leigh, and was companion to her afte
, school hours were over,