South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-04-17

ing reader, and WAS able To UNDER
stand what che re ID.
siie's surprising boy said Pete-,
a he and hls master were converting
OF Alonzo. lie not only teaches Isa
bel. bit he teaches me. He toacbe.
me about books and teach him A.
cont fruits and flowers.-And he 10
so gcod!'
The merchant related this 10 HE wife,
and II Was finally concluded that the
boy should spend a part OF the even-
lngs OF the coming winter in the IL
brary of the MANSION.
Aud 80 II came To pas and a great
thing 1t was for Alonzo WIghtman.
when he found free access TO the rich
~ stored library of his guardian.
When The boy was twelve years OLD
MIR. Glover had talk with his wife
and II VAS concluded that Alonzo
ehould he sent to school until he wa.
sixteen: that lie should remain sp in.
mate of the gardeners cottage, where
he Mas happy and contcnted; that he
should make himself useful az he
pleased; aud that at sixteen he SHOULD,
II he wished. be taken into the store
there to make his way upward rs rap
idly as lac could.
Two years later, when the lad wa,
fourteen the merchant said to him:
'Alonzo. during your vacations,
would you like ~ spend your time in
the store. so as TO be making yourself
&C iuainted with the business
The boy answered that he would do
whatever his guardian though, est.
so far as his own tastes were concern
ed. he would prefer to help Peter 10
the garden and in the greenhouses.
Don't take him away, sir, begged
Peter. You've no idea how much
he does. The new flower-beds. that
your wife aud Isabel set such store by.
are all his own. He made them. and
trained the flowers. aud takes the
whole care Of then
Alonzo was allowed to spend his
spare time IN the garden; and on
pleasant days. IN the time Of bloom.
Isabel spent much of her spare time
there also.
There was college in the town
one of.the very best in the country
and one OF the professors thereof had
been q playmate and schoolmate.
and always Gear friend of Lewis
Wigh;man, and be found ont Lewis
Wlghtman's son and invited him TO
visit him at the college. This man
was Professor o. Natural History
Alo no not only visited his new friend
very often, but he became so deeply
interested IN the study OF that depart
ment. and so apt nt grasping and un-
deratandlng, that he very soon came
10 be ct assistance IN preparing ond
classifying specimens. Other profess
ors noticed him aud took an interest
IN him. The Professor Of Modern
Languages was surprised TO find him
able to read French and German of
course, not huently, but yet under
standirgly. The boy explained that
his father had been thoroughly versed
IN those languages, and that he had
his fathers books to study from. He
had been able TO talk little French
with his father before he was ten
Yeas old
About this time Stephen Glover
WAS elected tt Congress, where he serv-
ed with marked distinction, and
where he was known tor told, fear.
less and honest man.
Ihe summer was passing away, and
with the falling OF the autumn leaves
Alonzo Wightman would be sixteen.
During this summer n new visitor
came TO the mansion, lie was a youth.
two years older than Alonzo. named
Christopher Brett. lie was an or
phan, as was orr hero. but unlike the
latter, he had been left heir 10 for
tune His father had been a heavy
manufacturer, and the possessOr Of
great wealth. The elder Brett and
Stephen Glover had beer boys toceth.
er, in play, and men together in bust
ness, and as they were associated in
the laying of the foundations OF their
fortunes, the thought was often ex-
pr sscu between them, after the birth
Of Isabel, that the two fortunes might
some time he united tbs q union Of the
children. No compact vas made, out
the contamination was desired: or il
was most earnestly desired that The
children should go grow mp to ma,uri,
t. that union would be blessed
Christopher had Just returned from
Europe, having been al schoo! in Ilsi-
deIberg, and II had been arranged
that at the commencement of the az.
preaching term he should enter col.
lege. lie was proud of his heirsbip
to wealth, and lac was proud Of tic
distinguished position in the fashion
able world given him through the goi.
den channel. lie had found Isabo'
Glover far more beautiful than he had
anticipated, and he was not slow 10
perceive tnat she was educated and
accomplished beyond most girls Of ber
age. And this gave him additional
pride, for he regarded the beauty "a
hi6 own property mover deprTinu n