The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-19
CHAPTER v,
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Now that I was in my seventeenth year. and
! had already some need for a razor. had begun
to long to see something of the great world be-
yond. And the craving was al! the stronger
the Ieast I hint dns' Of n It b sPSaa 9P the tears spsu in It; m 1g
mothers eyes. But now there was the less rea-
s %as that n, h. | ss s'Sa a stay "a at m home ne jII since &c , my u father S,ss
by this prospect Of my uncle's visit, and Of the
chance cha Geon that ,Ss he he.5 % i; f., set my feet moving at
profession that my Thoughts and my hopes
seem The i Rea .ve" Of =" The sn sea- or tasted t ha the hs ssfs
upon my lips. without feeling the blood Of five
And think Of the challenge which Was ever
wa vel iiying in ,. those z day days ,,, 6et &c ct. tie = e eyes e. x e =
s%tonbury in the war time to see the sails OF the
French chasse-marees and privateers, Again
eo nl as'f from 4 f havS out ee eeer thu fne w ress 8. 't e Imes
S %9gld e tsia Ss h s9s t hisb, had left lei .I Lnndo %n ana
f fore ws ssey tbi had lm 10st sisat Of q &. d Ms1sa,s L IIFhs;
warmed our hearts to our sailors. and made us
and Cuddie. c~eliinswood and Johnnie jarvis.
friends whom we loved and honored above all
iG shstS' and % Srsas s9S of T R4i.a there Who sa ai 8 pas ,d sh:
to be out with them under the red cross fa9i
But now that peace had come. and the fleets
ranean were lying dismantled in our harbors.
there was less to draw ones fancy Stewards.
and brooded by night. the hugh city, the home
Of the wise and the great, from which came
crowds Of dusty people who were forever fash.
Ing past our window pane. It was this one side
as a boy / used to picture the fsse city " as @e a a aisa 80
tic stable with a hugh huddle of coaches. which
were forever RMt streaming on down the country
father how The heads of the navy lived there,
and my mother how her brother and his grand
sumed with impatience, to see this marvellous
then was the Sresk ina' Of SSm INK. & ssr my Sn tie
d hs wnn,S t Though Oh. xl hardly Sl dared to hop, thas
cles in which he lived, My, mother. however.
had such confidence either in his good nature
already began TO make furtive preparations
for my departure.
ch s%s # my the easy pn SPIRIT Is w Of the so, Village , :, I e:
Keen and ardent mind OF boy Jim. 1t was but
ter, that we walked oven the 81 Downs my sn taSet lss
cri mWhe 4 Is there for me p DO, Rodney" h:
! i; !. and there it i finished. Ti.cn / do S'f i
it. Is 4 dS!'s, work done and every swS; ana day !H the
you think; that was born into the worldly, 10
Looked at him. his proud. eagle face. and
In the whole land there was a finer, hand
somer man. ~
1.-THE army or the navy is the place for you.
THAT is very well, :" y cried. ''if YOU 90 into
ne navy, aS you are likely to do, you 90 as an
9rnre-, ana II IL You who do the orde Ing. II
l go IN Il ~ on" born 10 receive orGe. s."
\ officer gets orders from those above him ="
nut nm officer does not have the lash huns
over his head, | saw n poor fellow at the inn
hHre " was some Years aGo-wko showed us
ino pN'S N the tapr"om, az cut into red dia.
thar | asked. The CAPTAIN, said hso
And what would Won have had II ynu hal
Strlgk HIM dead" said |. ~
had been You that's where / should havc bean !
sail !, ,nad spoSe the truth, cant helm e.
kod. There something here In my heart
this hand is, which holds me to /" "'So'ias
!. ''' hu'ifer''
made , he ry own master, aud there, oMnIy
Where j. that, Lim!'
IN london, Miss Hinton has told ma ~ 4.
! lreI a. II could and my way through n
from end To end, She loves 10 talk of n oosEm
40 TO Listen have II all laid out in nv
mud and can see where the playhouses arr,
no". HI Y. aannSl ttfi,c|f rllac and where he Kings
An.?Tn y London" """'
,,NryrT mlaA hoy, BOD. could do IL. md
~ WI All come right fmr you, Thai Il
,N,lht re H.mEys says. and my aunt the snnn
Y ny sH2n'I ! wtllf What am 1 To wait fori
in this ttltIp village. bat I'm Ieaws n near
behind me ana IN seek my forfnnc in"ftHa
Ion, and when | come bacE 60 Friar's oaT n
WI 10 III such STYLE as that gentleman yonder.u
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