The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-15

member, and the field of fairies all faded
away, and he was sleeping on soft
couch. He woke with start and looked
round him in surprise. The gray light
of the morning was stealing into the
room, and he saw that the apartment
was richly furnished. A clcck STRUCK
five.
At that moment the door opened and
q man in a striped jacket came in, and
gave him good morning. After this he
lifted him into cold bath. 1t was in
vain that Johnny protested he was moi
used to it, and did not like it. The
man only shook his head very gravely,
and went on plunging him till he was
satisfied; then he rubbed him dry with q
rough towel. After this he helped him
to dress, and Johnny had never had SC
much trouble before. 1t occupied
nearly an hour, and when it was over
there came tap at the door, and mes
sage to say that Mr.. Sterne was expect.
ing Sir Charles in the study.
'Who is hep said Johnny.
Your tutor. sir, of course.
What's he want with meP'
TO prepare you for the days exer-
cises.
4 can get exercise enough without
him. Just you get me some milk and
bread, and I'll have a run in the fields.
The man in the striped jacket held up
his hands in dismay. He assured John
ny the thing was impossible, and with
out further parley led him out of the
room, across passage, into chamber
with more books in it than Johnny sup
posed could ever have been written or
printed in the world.
Mr.. Sterne, stiff-looking gentleman
in suit of black, gave him good morn
ing with much solemnity, and then be.
gan to scold him for being late. There
we're Latin, English, and mathemati,
cal exercises to be gone through, and
they would occupy much time. With
q failing heart Johnny took up his book
and looked at the page. Strangely
enough to himself he could read it,
and when his tutor took the book and
questioned him about it, he could repeat
it-but it made his head ache, and he
felt sick and weary.
IF you please, may 1 have little
milk p he asked; 'or little waterP'
Certainly not 1t is time, however,
that you took your tonic.
In answer to Mr.. Sterne's summons,
the man in the striped jacket appeared
with wineglassful of-oh such nasty
stuff and Johnny was obliged to take
it, every drop. Feeling very much the
worsefor his draught, the poor boy went
on with his lessons till half Iast seven,
when Mr.. Sterne, in terribly frigid
way, said Sir Charles, it is the hour
for your constitutional promenade
Johnny at first thought he was going
10 have a dose of something more nasty
than he had had before, but he soon
learned that Mr.. Sterne meant that they
were to go into the gardens, which he
was very glad Of. But when he got in.
to the gardens, and they were grand,
beautiful gardens I can tell you that
and would have taken sharp run, he
was rebuked by Mr.. Sterne for his 'vul.
garity, and forced to walk as solemnly
as mute at funeral. Johnny began
to compose himself with the idea, when
he heard the breakfast bell ringing, that
he should have some wonderfully nice
things to eat. Visions of cold partridge
and pigeon pie, and ham and eggs and
fried salmon, fitted before him; but
alasl how mistaken was he. All these
things, and more, were on the table,
but not for him. He had bowl oi
bread and milk, and nothing else, on
account Of his weak digestion. After
breakfast there were more lessons-hard,
dry, dreary lessons. accompanied with
much rebuke. There was French
master, and a darcng master, and q
writing master, and a fencing master
there was O music master also, and ]
don't know how many besides. Poor
Johnny's head was very, very bad be.
fore dinner time; it seemed to him to
be made up of plates of red.hot iron
welded together with boiling lead.
Dinnerl Only one dish--roast mutton
"a piece of stale bread and glass Of
waterl Oh how Johnny yearned for @
hunk OF bread and cheese and slice OF
onion. There were more lessons after
dinner, and after that-the pony. But
by this time Johnny was 30 sick and
weary he begged hard that he might be
allowed to 60 to bed. Mr.. Sterne could
not hear OF it. So he mounted the
white pony, saw little girl, as tired af
himself, on cream-colored pony, was
escorted by servants in gold and colors,
and felt most miserable.
AS Johnny rode by the pastures where
he was wont to take care of the sheep,
he saw his own very self looking, oh
80 happy, among the sheep, with old
'Brownie'-that was the dog-full Of
his gambols. What would he not have
given to jump of the pony's back and be
| him self apain. hnt he conld not do III