The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-12

Copyright, 1896, by S. II. crockett4
father" said Billiam, with dc
S:Ssoision; II am not half good enough ~ 70
make q parson Of. You must give the
s living to Harry. He will make first
@rater. He is all the time mousing about
1 .amcng books"'
II Billiam and his father were standing
4 together In the rectory garden, whici
SMlooked over the beautiful vale of S.
SsJohn. Hellvellyn slept above then
&stretched out like n lion with his heo
~ low between his paws. The lake glinl
flight midsummer haze. Bees humme
Sin the old garden, and the flowers q
Abwhich they made themselves drunkc
ssreeled and sho:k with the press of H.
= jewellers.
The old rector of Applethaite wa.
SSde8d. This day of midsummer had been
d his funeral day. An old man full of
the brim of years and dignities, he had
& lived all his life under the wing of his
4 bro ther. the squire, rooted safely in the
sffamily living dining every Sunday and
Il Thursday at the Hall, and reading his
400, sermons in n rotation rs settled
4 and regular as that CT the crops. But
.snoW the old order was changed. and,
II according to the Squire's providential
& hA-Billiam.
real name was William. with
& something very distinguished after It,
~ ct nobody thought of calling him any
kSthfng but Billiam-eXcept only the
Esquire, when, as at present Biliiam
s8And he differed In opinion. Then, he
{; said William Reginald Setoun Orm-
ssatthWaitc, VIII You dare to disobey your
II father?" And Gillian hung his head,
n 1a,,
SsHhen he would.
AT school he was called Buliam.
Tor the reason that Yorker is called
"a orker, because it was obvious that
me could be called nothing else. The
boy whose Latin verses he. did said
$40 hlm, NOW go on, old Blliam, hurry
up! l want to so out TO the PLAYING
l5lelds 10 smite that young toad, Scott
4 miner, for making faces at me and
I making me laugh at chapel" So to
SsaFe time, Billiam gave him his own
copy Of verses, and saw the plararisi
pass to the head of the form next day
ION the strength OF Biiliam's iambics
;Efet that boy never even thought of
&thanking the auth9r and origin of his
%alstinclion Why should he? 1t was
S"only old Billiam"
5h Biliiam failed also in gaining the love
and respect OF his masters, to the cx-
tent which, upon his merits, was his
Idle. For one thing, he was for ev,.T
sbrInging all manner of broken .dur,r
ssparrows, manned rabbits. ana three.
legged dogs into the dormitory. Their
eamellS OF diverse kinds arose an,
bred quarrelsome dissension of n Very
spOsitive kind. The house master c,n.
up one night to find Billiam with a,
open knife in his hand driving ncrcel,
INTO throng Of boys armed witt
cricket bats and wickets Where uooJ
he promptly dashed at the young DIES
sperado, and wrestled the knife out O
his hands.
III DO you wish to murder somebody
cried the house master. shaking him.
81 fiY es- said Billiam. stoutly. ''if Low
Sther throws my white mice out OF tn,
window"
mo further proceedings we're taken
because, upon examination, Billiau
proved to be scored black and blu,
with the wickets OF his adyersarios
ne re was, however, from this time fortl
gwen bedroom upon the ground
shoor. with little court In front wbirl
kl !sI upon the laundry. And here
I Ff.ohiiam' stiii unrepentant. was allow.
va 10 tend ms menagerie in peace. pro-
;stueu alWays that 1t did not entirely
s1estroy the sanitation Of the scnc,oI
sbul then the governing committee
1919 'Ilie " inspect the premises the hon a
master carefully pioted them ms; no
entrance of the court wherein liver,
{ iaiiiim. Keeping we'll to windward or
IN anybody else would have bo.,,
promptly expelled, but Billiam's Iathor
WIS very important person indccd
,ahd the head master had know, lin, g.,
ss1t.iimiately at college beside; mn n W.
could sss,'tild possibly have expelled EiI,,,
s. Inc ne very rnfTians who whac,;cu I'll,
Win cricket bats would strn;aht ,,,.,, ,.
nave nave risen In mutiny. q
fs By-and-bye Billiam's father .r,.a
aatEO1Sford. but, though Billiam stoia MN nm
GERMS, he would have none OF - , Gs
when the rectory fell vacant 81 se 90
sEH that could be done to make orra neu
sinents by which Biliiam Womb s,, aase,
:aili. uncle. The Right Honora HE %,
maid Setoun Ormithwa!te. P;,, io e :
Spater." saw no difficulty In the n,a aat, 5
He had been at Elton and Chris, tHh,.
with the Bishop OF Lakeland ,na aut re- n
tIiatter lent itself naturally to this .ne
engagement. Everyone felt this ~ he ar
final solution of most difficult nro,,,. .re
even remotely cnnnSno,n ~
sr3t he family was consulted. and 81,
gM pressed their several delights with "a
sstsf and alacrity. But In the n1eant,roo
A sasothinE wac said to Billlam, who had q