Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-11

ings. on the Forest road, az II was =
called. on their prancing horses, he :
bending fondly above her. whispering
words of love and tenderness, and she :
listening TO them with flush on her !
cheek aud q smile upon her lip. re-
member one evening that l stood
watching them rs they rode down
from the Wild Glen, bathed in the
golden halo that the gorgeous fires OF
the sunset threw upon the scene, while
the summer zephyr. loaded with the
perfume of wild flowers. blew back her
massive hair from her queenly brow
until the scene seemed 10 be celestial,
and She an inhabitant OF celestial re-
giOns. Just then she caught sight OF I
me, as / looked at her almost en- T
/ tranced, aud spoke something In low !
[ tone 10 her companion. What II was
/ 7 never knew. but they both looked at
me on instant, aud then the air rang
with their laughter, aud heard him
saw something about presumption and
impudence, aud ! guessed what It was.
IL was hard 20 be thus tortured simply
for no other reason than because lhad
a heart aud could not control its Inn
pulses. and when / look back on that
time il seems 20 me like some terrible
dream.
Misfortunes. they say. never come
singly. aud they always come, too,
when we least expect them My mother
suddenly sickened and died and was
thus left alone wretched octeast on
! the earth As stood over hcr grave
il seemed to me that bad buried
. every hope. l determined TO leave
q that spot where had seen SO much
, misery. 1 cared very little whore
; went. Anywhere far away from there.
General Linton paid nue. what little he
owed me. and / struck ont for the fa'
<, Mast Railroads a.ci steamboats, Were
4 nos half as numerous then rs they Ar'
! now. and even il they had been I wa
!. too poor 20 avail myself of their al
= ! vintage I walked therefore. many
= weary mile, until after several days @
, travel J found myself az the outskirt
OF "A growing city. Eere l stopped be
], cause thought had gone far enough
and for the best of all reasons. becaus
- my money had given ont. L had
a. do something large mansion vat
4 beautiful grounds stood before me.
I applied 20 the owner Tor labor. n
a said he was very much IN need of
az gardener. but did not like 10 emplo
nj me without references.
ed After hesitating for while, hoy
N ever. he concluded 20 engage me Tor
no month. aud II he liked me he won
,ut engage me permanently, he said.
10 found out in short time that he "
M a lawver Of extensive practice. lmmens
ror ly wealthy. and lived az has ease.
: followed ont the rule / had adopt
iva through life 70 be honest aud lnduSt
yer ous under all circumstances, and
Sc the end of the month my employ
no whose name was Parker. sent for n
,cb he said, to pay me nay month wag
ms He then surprised me by asking m'
I'd | could read and write. l told hin
"a a could, thanks to interchangeable enel
lis and perseverance at the little cabin
as General Linton's farm. during
long winter evenings when the lab
Ian OF the day were over. | had requi
i'm the rudiments of hrstrate Eng
- il education. Ny employer then
her me that during the past month he
and observed me closely, and that he
ooLs lieved me 10 be an hone st man.
de- will tell you something more,
,.r;u- he. that / have discovered. lou
eadv a young man of extraordinary int
and gence. Gardening Is not your prs
,,,ow avocation. l am doing an extern
nol,e practice of the law, and 1 need
n the Que to stay in my office. / kno
- no one who Is better suited
this you. With your application an'
Ell. dustry. within one year from now
, ha~ NAV be admitted TO the bar. Nou
:, bsr consent TO become my student"
a nv 1 didn't know exactly how II was
! well suddenly Judge Parker aud the
;re IN seemed TO become inverted, and
laws room went whirling around, and
reich we all seemed flying of throng
,,hat T air, like Aladdin's castle, and
made next thing j knew j was sobbing
knew my head upon the table.
He didn't say anything until
&c and regained my composure, and
from told him ALL What hard time
linton had through life, and how tins
! sum been the only light that had
o. gem shown on my dark pathway
He sprang into the old mans eyes
hand told him, but he said i must new
rs not. spair, and he was certain
n -. | co,,a ont victOriOus.