Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-30

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then the air rang with their laughter,
and / heard him say something about
and impudence and /
guessed what it was. 1t was hard
to be thus tortured simply for no
other reason than because [ had a
heart and could not control its i'm
pulses, and when / look back on that
time it seems to me like some terrible
dream.
Misfortunes, they say, never come
singly, and they always come, too,
when we least expect them. My
mother suddenly sickened and died,
and was left alone, wretched out
cast on the earth. AS l stood over
her grave, it seemed to me that / l..
buried every hope. / determined to
leave the spot, where l had seen so
so much misery. [ cared very little
where / went. Anywhere far away
from there. Gen. Linton paid me
what little he owed me, and / struck
out for the far west. Railroads and
steamboats, were not half as numer-
Gus then as now, and even if they
had been / was too poor to avail my
self of their advantages. | walked
therefore, many weary mile, until,
after several days travel, / found
myself in the outskirts of a growing
city. Here | stopped, because l
thought [ had gone far enough, and
for the best of all reasons, because
my money had given out. | had to
do something. A large mansion, with
beautiful grounds, stood before me.
I applied to the ownor for labor. He
said he was very much in need of a
gardener, but did not like to employ
me without references.
After hesitating for while, how
ever, he concluded to engage me for
a month, and if he liked me he wonld
engage me permanently he said. I
found out in a short time that he was
a lawyer of extensive practice, i'm
mensely wealthy, and lived at his
ease. | followed up the rule l had
adopted through life to be honest
and Industrious under all circum-
stances, and at the end of the month
my employer, whose name was Park
er, sent for me, he said, to pay me
my months wages. He then sur
prised me by asking if l could read
and write. / told him / could, thanks
to indefatigable energy and persever-
ance at the little cabin on Gen. Lin
toms farm, during the long winter
evenings when the labors of the day
were over. / had acquired the rudi-
ments of a first-rate English educa-
ton. My employer then told me
that during the past month he had
observed me closely, and that he be-
leved me to be an honest man. 81
will tell you something more, said
he, that / have discovered. You
are a young man of extraordinary in
telligence. Gardening is not your
proper avocation. | am doing an
extensive practice of the law, and
need some one to stay in my office.
/ know of no one better suited than
you. With your application and in
dustry, within one year from now
you may be admitted to the bar
You must consent to become my stu
dent
/ don't know exactly how it was
but suddenly Judge Parker and the
table seemed to become inverted, anC
the room went whirling around and
around, and we all seemed like flying
off through the air, like Aladdin
castle, and the next thing / knew
was sobbing with my head upon the
table.
He did't say anything until [ ha6
regained my composure, and then
told him all. What hard time
had through life, and how this hat
been the only light that had eve
shone upon my pathway. Tears
sprang into the old mans eyes as
told him, but he said / must not de
| spair and he was certain / woul(
come out victorious.
/ went into Judge Parker's office
and I studied hard, and at the end Of
the year, as he predicted, / obtained
my license to practice law. He thel
asked me what / intended doing
l told him that / was intending to @
off to some rising place and grow VI
with it, 'and if / ever do anything,
said I, remember you are the mai
that made me-
He said / should do no such thing
He was getting old, he said, and wa
unable to attend properly to grea
deal of his business, and he wante'
me to stay and assist him. 'Yo
must be my partner said he, ''wit
share of the profits.
Again the room seemed turning
round and round, but this time
managed to retain my feelings, an
only said:
May Heaven thank you, for
can't
Well, it was not long before tn
people seemed to take an interest i
me, and they elected me to the stat
legislature, and then after awhile t
Congress, and always continued il
the same honest. industrious cOurS