Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
GOLDSMITH AND AMeR,oA

GOLDSMITH AND AMGR,oA
Ne Paid HE Passass 20 THE ceuntry,
Although He DID Not Cone.
oliver had but lately completed .
rather Wild and irregular course Of
study In college, and bic klnsfolk had
insisted that he should become coun.
~ parson, 40 his poor father had been
before him. He felt bis unntness for
such q calling, but he cared less for
that than for some Of the irksome re.
0traints that II would impose. For In.
Stance. he could not bear the thought
OF being obliged to wear q long Wig
when he preferred a short one, or Of be.
Ing always dressed In black coat when
one Of bright color suited his fancy 90
much better. He had frankly told his
relatives that he preferred pretty
clothes to the hard lot Of poor par.
son; and yet, as neither he nor they
could think Of any other business for
which he was better fitted, he at last
consented to apply for holy orders. But
when the time came for him to go to
the Bishop Of Elphln to be ordained.
he could not resist the temptation to
wear . pair Of beautiful scarlet breech.
es with long hose and the brightest
buckles. For would he not become q
parson tomorrow, and be forever after
ward condemned to sober black? The
good bishop was Mortified ut such lev.
ity, and refused to ordain him. Per
haps upon examination he found that
the young man was entirely ignorant Of
the catechism.
This failure Of divers had been
much less Of disappointment to him
than to his friends. But as he was now
q years old, and bis mother was very
poor, It was highly necessary that he
should ind something to do. And 80
he had found employment % pr.
vate tutor In a wealthy family near
Lissoy. From his pupils point Of view,
he was, no doubt an accomplished and
successful teacher. He was only q
great boy himself, and life would have
been one long holiday to everybody II
he could have had his own way. But
his way did not please his employer,
and finally, after q quarrel for which
Oliver was doubtless to blame, he was
dismissed. The money which he had
earned at tutoring, however, was SUI.
ncient to equip him a. knight Grant,
for Il enabled him to buy the horse and
the splendid new suit Of clothes with
which, % I have said. he rode one fine
morning into the city Of Cork.
To bis great satisfaction he found q
ship already In port waiting only for
favorable winds to sail for America.
He lost no time. therefore. In selling his
horse and In making q bargain with the
captain for his passage to the New
World. Then he sailed out to see the
town. He had no difficulty In making
friends; for he had money In his pocket,
and he proceeded to share It with all
the beggars and street loafers that he
met He was ready to relieve every
case Of distress that cams to his notice,
and many were the boon fellows whom
he helped to entertain at the tavern.
Several days were passed in this way,
and the thirty pounds In his pocket
had dwindled to but little more than
thirty shillings; and still the ship, upon
one pretext or another, delayed it, sail.
ing. One fine night however, while
Oliver was In the country enjoying him.
self with some newly.made acquaint.
ances. o favorable wind sprang up, and
the captain. entirely neslectful Of his
passenger, ordered the vessel to be cast
loose from her moorings and the sails
to be set for the voyage. And In the
morning, when Oliver sauntered leis.
urely down to the wharf, no found that
he had been left behind.-St Nicholas.