Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-01-20

I'll 60 to school, Charlie, and I'll do
Just as you like, end you'll see il won't
be man, and I'll win the Greek and
Latin prizes, too, if / can; but you
know I'm not clever, Charlie, so you
mustn't be disappointed if don't do
that all at once. will YOUR
" I'll trust you, Teddy, my boy, to do
the best you can, and none of us can do
more than that. shall miss you sorely,
Teddy, but theren be jolly long holi-
days, you know, and we shall have
pleasant times together then. And now
come on and let's see how you'll guard
your wicket. If you don't do me credit
as cricketer, I'll sit on you.n
The poor lady's heart was very sore
when her Doy had gone, and she felt
herself alone, and many and dread were
the misgivings that darkened her mind.
And Charles, too, felt himself alone.
Mrs. Penberton's married life had
been outwardly calm and uneventful /;
but she was out of sympathy with her
husband, q man of easy, jovial tempera-
ment, who scarcely noticed her cold
ness, and never troubled himself about
it; and she had sought consolation in
religion. She had fallen under the in
| fiuence of certain meek persons, who
held that the world" and things of
the world, were forbidden to them.
When her husband died, leaving her
only a ife-interest in moderate prop
erty, and making his eldest son sole
guardian Of the boy, she had made
some efforts to win over Charles to her
views; but his honest, healthy nature,
was absolutely impervious to these mar.
row notions; he was, according to the
Jargon OF her sect, given up to re-
probate mind" and day by day the icy
crust of reserve in which she lived be-
came thicker and denser; and it was
rendered more hard by the feeling of
bitterness inspired by the provisions of
acutely. He tried to be, and he was, a
good son, but all attempts at filial con-
idence were repulsed. The kind of
fatalism which she had accepted made
her bow with resignation to the will
which had decreed the eternal perdi-
ton of her elder son, in common with
thatof the overwhelming majority of
the human race; but with something of
inconsistency she prayed with passion
ate earnestness that ber younger son
might be given to her, and might be
gathered into the fold of the elect.
The boy thrOve at school. His health,
now tina. he was freed from maternal
coddling, improved rapidly. As was to
be expected he did full justice to his
brothers diligent coaching in athletics,
and what no one had expected, he devel-
oped a wonderful faculty for mathe-
matics. Nothing could be more satis-
factory than the reports of his conduct
and progress; and nothing brighter and
more beautiful than the lads healthy
condolences with his brother in his
happy holidays, when he described his
school life and the young hopes and am
billions kindling within him.
When the term Of Teddy's school life
was drawing to close the head master
of the school strongly urged that he
should go to Cam bridge; and the lad
himself, pleased with the idea, was en-
couraged in his desire by the fact that
the dearest of his school friends had just
entered there.
But this was an extension of the
educational course which had not been
contemplated. By the will of his father,
only a very moderate sum had been
assigned for the boys education, and
this had already been doubled by
Charles out of his own limited means
in order that he might have the advan-
tages Of q superior school. If he went
to the university, the funds must come
entirely from his elder brother, who
would have to deny himself in many
ways to arrange matters. And it was
especially hard to do at this time. for
the opportunity had just occurred of
purchasing on advantageous terms some
fields on which he had long looked with
an eye of rational desire.
Mrs. Pemberton had been looking
forward with hungry desire to the clos
ing of the chapter of Teddy's school
experience. He was still young and
impressible, and she would have op-
portunities daily and hourly of guiding
bis thoughts in the only direction in
which, according to her views, they
could be proitably employed. Her ma
ture, which hardened more and more
to all the rest of the world,
concentrated all its tenderness and af-
lection on this boy; and her dearest
hope on this side of the grave was, that
it might be through her Instrumental
ity that he should separate himself
from the world, even as she had done.
When, therefore, Charles announced to
her his intention of sending the boy to
Cambridge, it was to her cruel and
bitter blow.
For few moments she sat in silence,
the gloom deepening on her face, and
her heart growing icier than ever within
her.
:" 1t will not be with my will or with
my consent, she said at length, s that
he goes. But, know my will and my
wish have no weight with you, and that
you delight TO thwart them.''
s. Nav mother - said hp mildly ssT