The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-26

through q long while, he lived rather
hn odd, unnatural life for q boy, per.
haps. Boys who fight their own way In
the world frsqucntly do, In fact, 1.-Two
odd lives. Watching up thoro In tho
unlit tower by night, ho oonjurcd many
q strango fancy In his young brain that
tho old boll.rlngor litilo dreamed Of.
Thon ho stole home In tho first light Of
the morning, TO sleop, and next to
busy himself with q passion that for tho
time drove NIL olso out Of his mind.
fcw over saw him going up or coming
down tho dark, rlckoty stairs Of tho old
gossiplng littlo community II contained
Know much about him or tho sad, lonely
widow who kept herself aloof In tho
small, noat rooms on tho top iloor.
Thoy had enjoyed moro prosperous
days onoo. BACK In tho past there had
been a pleasant homo In quiet village,
that Philips mother liked to thlnk
about; and sometimes In tho long even
ings, whom she was a'ono, she cried q
littlo over her recollcctlons. But Philip,
watching In tho tower. did not know Il.
"Keep up u good heart, my boy"
she said, occasionally, hiding her own
misery. "Somo day Il will all change,
perhaps. shall got stronger and 10
able TO do more work for tho shops, and
theu you shall go 70 school. It's all
very wrong now, very wrong, but"
"Novor mind mo, mother" Philip
always answered. intorrupting her. 1T
IL you who neod moro than ! do, and Il
is not wrong for mo to work tho best l
can TO help YOU"
Tho poor. sick woman usod To 500 hor
boys oyos iill with tuars and his features
become hard and soL Onco, too, aftor
looking at hor tromulously q moment,
he put his arms on tho table before him
and gave up 10 his feelings. "Ohl II
away from hcroW. ho said. Afterward.
shut up alone In his room, no walked
tho floor. thinking about her. He know
that she was growing thinner and palor
every day; that sho ought not TO sow
from mornlng until night; and that
muuh Of tho Omo she went Without
medicine she NODDED and other neees-
slttos In ordor 10 provide him littlo
dalioacics. Was therc not something
no could do 10 earn moro money than
ho did by watching with tho old boll-
ringorp he asked himself over aud ovor
again. Hut thoro was no ono TO holp
him. no must depend on himself and
walt, go H.. 1 Cd
He opened an old trunk In ono COR
ner of tho room, and drcw out from un.
dor somo cast-oif clothing q small piocc
Of sculpture la olay--n partly flushed
head and bust Of his father, as an old
dagucrrcotypo represented him. II was
what he had boon dreaming over and
working on In secret, the ono thing out
Of which he got tho greatest pleasure
and happiness. And somo dayl--yos,
his mother was looking forward TO o
futurc day, and so was ho. "find out
what you can do best, lad" an old
teacher hNd said to him onoe, "And
then do Il with all your might" This
was what no could do. Ho felt 80 sure
OF II that Il never occurred to him TO
doubt II. ...... 10 ..- .---=
A month later. ono afternoon, whom
Philip was walking Alon4 = groat street
windows, ho happened TO stop before
ono whore two mon wcrs at work carv-
Ing small portraits. or cnmoos, In lava,
for tho large. Hat bosom.pins that la
dies then worc. Lying In front Of them
wcru pictures, which they wero repro.
ducing In tho sAmo manner ~ he had
tho bust Of his fathor; but as thcy only
cut . prohle face, their work did not
appear nearly 90 dlflculk In fact, why
could NOT he try thisp He wNiched
thom . nomout moros then walked
away, then RETURNED, 70 look AxSin.
Finally he wont home. smuggasd The
bust out OF his room, and came back.
Ho would muster sufficient courage, at
all events, to show them what he had
dono, and nsk Tor employment II they
laughed at himl Desperately, iuipind,
however, OF the mood liis moi lcr ami no
had OF money, .he did not hesitate to
consider, but opened tho door and went
In. f.-a - VIC. N.f.}f-- -
A pleasant old gentleman In the rear
Of tho store proved TO bo the proprie-
tor; and, after adjusting largo pair
OF speotaeles, and comparing the bust
with tho daguerrootype Il represented.
no said, kindly:
"Yes. yes; very wen done. indeed.
And you did Il all yourself, You sayp"
"Yes. sir" Philip answered. eatoh-
ing gleam OF hope from the old gen.
tleuans oountenAnce.
"Really--indccd! Mr.. Joyce, will
you step herep' no said, addressing
one Of the men busy ., the window.
Tho u,an camo. and looked curiously
at both Philip and his work. Tho bust
showed that tho boy had great talent,
the real artistic instinct, he thought;
but II was crude. Ho needed instruo-
ton.
| "You ought to study In ono OF the
evening art schools, lad" he said.
Philip explained that he could not.
He hoped to do so some time. when he
obtained different employment.
Tho old gentleman examined the
bust again. took of his spectacles and
rubbed them with q colored silk hand
kerchief, then stroked his beard mo-
ment thoughtfully.
"Come In tomorrow. lad" he said.
"I think I can help you."
II had been a long while since Philip
experienced rs much pleasure rs these
words gave him. He walked home
| bright with pleasant anticipations. All
through the night too. he never let The
old gentleman, his little store. or the
work he hoped to obtain alp out Of his
mind. 1t seemed such q long, long
time he had been waiting for some-
thing to happen In his favor. Shut up
there In the tower every night, sleeping
days. never having any chapge-how
could he ever bridge tho guilt that lay
between him aud the world OF his
dreamsP "lts an 9ncommon year,
though, my lad" Mr.. Trexler had said,
"that doesn't bring It's comforts as well
as its trials" ...'' "a ID! b..
A couple OF years afterward, when II
had all passed, and the watching in the
tower, together with great deal OF
hard work for the old gentleman, was
completed aud left behind, Philip could
look back and understand that 1t was
out OF these longings, dreams and
struggles with poverty he had got much
of his power. In the school to which
he had been admitted many Of his as
sociates could copy from models with
rare skill; but they did not seem TO be
enough In earnest, sufficiently lost In
any work Of their own, to give It q part
Of themselves, to make It living and