Ellsworth American., 1877-06-28

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Tin not fit for groom, Sir James" he
! SAID. The only horses have a turn for
are cart horses. Tm going on the farm,
Sir, and I'm going to make IL pay"
But it pays now. said Sir James ;''your
mother has made 4 gooc thing out of
It for years"
''But IL shall pay better. Sir James" the
boy answered, "because | shall learn the
work, aud well do without baliff''
well. have your own way," said the
Squire, seeing how the boys mind was
set upon his scheme-''only the learnng's
hard work for boy like you, for you might
do better, Philip" the old man went on.
kindly.
So. from watching the ploughs at work
from "A comfortable stile between the two
fields, Philip was promoted to guiding the
strong teams over the soft brown ground,
and 70 sowing the seeds in spring time aud
harvesting In the autumn and it his moth
eT sighed sometimes over her vanished
dro ans of greatness, still she was thank
ful too, when shee looked at the bnny face
or the other side of the table, aud at the
hands that had always some work to keep
them employed.
"iIe might have done onything, Sir
James" she said TO the Squire fretfullv
once when they were having talk over
the boys iuture-''he's so sharp aud bright
he might have done me credit any where
II he'd only taken to bookes; and though
I'll not deny but what he's a good lad
still he has no good-lcarning, Sir James"
Never mind. Mrs. Leigh" Sir James
answered, "hc1l do you credit yet. no
doubt. | hear down in the village that the
carpenters and caryes wood OF an even
Ing"
And that the he do. Sir James" said
Dame Leih. brightenin.,: but, when al's
ssld and done, its work that any carpenter
could do"
Not quite, said Sir James, lifting up
the chair with the carved rockers to exam
inc II more closely; there, fine work
here, aud well done"
Hes always after queer. .out-of-rhe-way
things said his mother, half proudly.
'iie fixed me up spinning heel the
other day. out OF his odds and cud,-not
To usc 50 much, for I've no call to use
such queer things, but, for model he
said; andit's clever thIng Sir, james, |
take it
"A very clever thing" Sir Jamcs aus.
wercd. moving over 10 look at the curious
complication OF wheels and rops aud tread
les that stood by the window. made. as
Mr.. Leigh had said, out o;the nere-; odds
and ends. why. my boy has been taking
lessons m carving and carpentering for
these last five years. and he does not come
any where near this yet. Take heart.
Mrs. Leigh, it, such great comfort when
boy has a turn for work of any kind.
It's better than nothing 10 doubt.
said Mrs. Leigh, grugngly "Good-day,
sir James, and thank YOU" Aud then, her
heart mls.iving her that .he nAd been
"ronging her boy, she went to stand and
wat WATCHED tor 70 sln Wtttye at lbs aaqf~- mlsht be
~, .Ight nl his mothers gentle face Ia the
Every thing that Philip Leigh touched
the neighhors used to say, turned 70 god.
The farm nourishud, aud they added to II
field by field. until it was one OF the larg-
est IN Eyrrsham village. There was mon
ey 10 lay by, too, against a rainy day ana
money to add 10 the cottage every comfort
aud luxury for which they could ind room
or need Mr.. Leigh grew stout aud con
Portable, and lost. In great measure, the
worried look that had deepened Oh her face
while she was sin Young and =, for Phil
iphimself.he worked steadily on at the farm
until the months grew into years, and he
was eighteen When the bailil va, t'~-
dismissed, and he took the management
himself.
And no one more lit, I'm sure. Mrs.
Leigh" the bai.iff said, the day he gave
over he farm into Philips keeping. He
knows his work now As thoroughly as |
can teach IL; he's gone through every
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aged. and Phlllp stu took prlde ana de-
Ilsnt ~ the iatin-stl'l w9rAeu hleht alleT 'r
ni5nt at MS inooeis, ana E!eahof Gray SUI,
held the candle AZ the dhhculI parts anu
at ny "hcn h'i'p "Ao "e"tS
anu no chahge seemed ever IiAey 10 come
to their uheVehtiui iiVes, chan8e came
IL was one evening 10 the sprihG-ah eV-
ehlhS that Eleanor Always relneihoers WIN
duiI, acnluS palh-'hat IhHlp came III
from t,e neius carrier thaii usual anu "a
down beside his mother with his arm about
her neck:
are thlhgs gong on we'll fhiilp' Ste
asked
very weii' he answered. iittie her
Vousiy IN iact' mother. SO We'll that
am thinking OF leaVlhs the larm lh your
charge Tor While ana gong away
where TO- fhlilp: she asked ma trein-
Dllng voice.
10 IpnGoh' nc answered
but thought you were happy mere
Philip looked across at the chimney
cerner, where Eleanor Gray st knitting
WIN her head oeht down. ana ne sa" that
the steel needles were nashihS win ner-
vous haste ln the lampllght.
80 am mother ne answered put