New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
CHAPTER III.
AM BOUND APPRENTICE.

Although holidays were thing unknown at
the Genevan Hospital. yet discipline grew sehsi-
bly, lighter during Mr.. Scougalrs honeymoon
being left to Miss Plinlimmon on the Hnoer-
standing that In emergency she might can III
the strong and secular arm of Mr. George But
we all loved Miss Plinlimmon, and never grove
her beyond appealing to what she called our
better instincts"
Her dearest aspiration (believe 1t If you cam
was IN make gentlemen of us-of us doomed
to start In life as parish apprentices! Ana 10
this her curriculum recurred whether II hao
been divagating into history, geography, astIoh-
omv English composition or religious hho"i-
edge THE author of the book before me- d
B A.-otherwise a Bachelor Of Arts, but not on
that account necessarily unrnarr1eo-opselNe' Ne'
that TO believe the sun goes round the earth is
a vulgar error For my part l should hdrulS
go so far but 1t warns us how severely those
may be judged who obtrusively urge IN society
that which the wise in their closets have con-
dernned" The refulgent orb-another way, my
dears of saying the SUMS in the vicinity
of Persia an object of religious adoratloh' Inc
Christian nations, better instructed content
themselves with esteeming it warmly ana DIS
they follow its course in the heavens uIa"
from It the useful lesson to look always on the
bright side of things" Humble, benencent soui'
7 never met another who had learned that lesson
| the end of her dictation book a publishers COLO
,bon af a sundial with the word ffnis above It,
and underneath the words. Every hour
sbortens life " Now prefer to think that every
! hour lenethens it," said she, with one OF her
few, smiles; for her cheerfuness was always Sc
| rious.
| Rest of all were the hours when she read to
| MS extracts from her album AT least she eA-
| plafned II call it album ever lohseu ~
| possess one adorned with reTnarhs-ilo'a "a "
snriebtlv as the case might be-by the choicest
spirits of our age, and signed in their own mus
| trious handwriting But in my sphere OIL HE
+basa were hard-nay inpossible-to come py'
| ca an NV dilemma had recourse to subter1uee'
and having studied the career Of this or th0t
eminent man. 1 chose subject ana colnpo'e1
| what las it seemed to mel he would lhoSt ihei'
| have written upon it, signing MS nalle o''
hut In print that the signatures may hoC pass
| hereafter for real ones, should the oooh ION
| into the hands of strangers You lhuo' "
think therefore that the lines on statesrnalsiiip
| .,o, T ON about to read to you, beginning
| But why Statesmanship? Because my ioiu
| and gentlemen, the State is indeed a snip anu
| de,,ands 2 skilful helmsman-you must not
| .h,,1, that thew were actually penned oy the
pi,b+ t5onorab BILE William Pitt. But 1eel sure
| tho sentiments are such he would nave ap
| nroved. and perhaps might have uttered h"u
| the occasion arisen.
-rh,s nrzzled us and I am not sure that we
| +oo, anv trouble TO discriminate MISS FHhIlih
| mons share III these compositions from thdt VI
| their signatories Indeed. the hrst time set
| o,,aa an Lord Wellington (as he rode by US to
| rsnect the breaches in Cludao fNoulIsO' my
| r,aTnorv saluted him the Honorable arthur
| y,-a,Ies,av author of the passage "Ihough eou-
| a+ad AZ Eton I have often caught mysef en-
| wing the nraintIy expressed motto OF the more
.,o,en+ seminary amid the Hampshire chalk
hills / e. Manners makyth man anu ~ 'tii'
| dav I associate General Paoh with an aPo9
| .onba "c, Corsica! my country. bleeding ana
inanin,ater' ETC. and with Miss PhhIillliiloH
| <oo+note IN B.-The author OF these aIectiHs
lines himself a blameless patriot &ctudHy S'o0
Godfather to the babe who has since become the
infamous NAPOLEON Bonaparte. Oh. irony! "haI
had been the feelings of the good faoii' 0ou'O
-, h,,a foraseen this denouement, as he prom
| t.od and vowed beside the font! df they nave
sucb things in Corsica: point on Whlch am
uncertain)'
| du,aIl on these haIcyon days with Miss pm
un,n,on because as they were the last spent "'
| tho C,enevan Hospital so they soften al NY
| recollections of ii with their own een'ie pil7
| ,,a+ic haze In fact bare forthlShI hso so10
| b,y since my adventure on the splre "hei "d'
| a,,.,,rr,oped 70 Mr.. scougars parlor and there
toll and very stout man: and If her eyelds were
,irk Maid more attention to the stout man D
! b,cb wore trimmed with black-a more uh-
| ,,o, eiqb+ His neck too. was black up 10 d
u,al1 defined line the rest OF IT, ana MS ciee>''
| red with the red Of prize beer.
| .r.3 &c tho hov-hen-Revel of whom we
| 80 s,aal,ine' Miss Plnlinmon smiled at me
a,d blusbed family as she uttered the name
| ntIorrz, shake hands with Mr.. Trapp He mas
| come expressly to make your acquaintance
| cor,ebov I gathered that this politeness TOOK
| Mr. Tramp aback: but ne held out his hand' 1t
| was astonishingy black
"Prav be seated, Mr.. Trapp.
| THE furniture, ma am.
| "Ab IN he sIrew Mr.. Scougalrs freshly up
| bo,s+arad chairs had all been wrapped in hollano
coverings pending his return MT IraPp'
| Harry is "a chimney sweep
| oh" said 1, somewhat ruefully.
nand II I can answer for your character (as
I believe I CAM" she said with wan aiinos'
,,ste,,, smile. "he is ready to make you his ap-
| prentice. MI.
.But I had rather be soldier, Miss Pin
| limmon"
| cha s+tu kent her smile but I could read in 1t
| -. - Heading was useIess-that the decision
| really lay beyond her
| Rows will be boys Mr.. Trapp." She turned
| - him with her air of gentility- You Will
forgive Harry for preferrng red coat Toto
| vour calling" q thought this treacherous OF
| Miss PIinlinrnon. AS if she did not prefer II
| herselfD mo doubt he will learn IN time that
| all du.v is alike noble whether it bids a man
| mount tbe deadly breach or clnb-or do the sort
of climbing required in your profession"
| "I climbed up that spre in my sleep said
I sullenly.