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A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE'S DAYS. 265
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travels taking his Stay degree ing , some to accompany weeks at the a Hague young gentleman they had lod on ings his
there with . the widow of a burgherbetween , whose only g child Rebecca , and the young priest , a strong , attachment sprang up ,
thoug ht h of as it Jo one sep to h the said other , u Save seeing a word we were at parting poorboth , we of spoke us . "
However noug , within that same year , , Joseph's cousin , , or somebody elsed him this little cure of Rathlinand then the lover
, procure , blessing wrote content at . th once at The Rebecca , good begging woman should - of , m the herself arry widow one Eng of lier lish her d b own aug y birth hter countrymen , and and wel her l
readily promised both . Joseph , after laying out pretty nearly , all he was worth on making the house habitablewent joyfully
over to Hollandto fetch his bride and her mother , . As to the furniturethat was , Rebecca's dowrytransported free of charge
, , much p by arson her content , uncle ending , a as good his falls story -natured to , the " here lot Dutch of we most ski have pper men lived . and cc ever Thus have since , " had said , in but our as
one great sorrow— -when the good mother died , . " " And what may be the amount of your stipend' _* asked the
guest , after a pause . Perhaps he was thinking if , any change could be one for the better with these happy people .
" Well , something under thirty pounds a year , " was the answer lc Thirty . pounds a year ! " echoed the other ; _" whyniy
friendhow in the name of fortune can you contrive to live , on thatand , maintain good housekeeping too ? "
His , host smiled with honest pride . " It is no miracle ; you know she felt , sir her , what husband Solomon 's praise says . " throug The wife h the 's cheek latin was of the burning text . ;
housewives " Yes , sir , " ; lie we went keep two on , cows " my , and Rebecca sell the is indeed cheese and the butter best of .
you We can see , grow the flax spinning and - graze wheel a goes few _sheejD daily , . which That I shear provides , and our as
clothing . Then our bees , not less busy than ourselves , bring p lenty _j with of killing honey . a _jp Our ig in g winter irls keep , and hen a s , sheep and the on great boys go occasions fishing , , .
we think our table handsomely furnished . Such learning' as I pounds hav The e myself stranger laid up I give against twirling my children any his sore ; gold need and . thank snuff " -b God ox , between we have a those few
dainty have fingers their , lot quoted , cast Horace in Arcadia . iC Ah but r my tell friend me honestl , few of us do like ; you
you never you never long thoug for ht something , that while better you than , a scholar this poor and p a lace gentleman y ? , Have ,,
toil on here , men , not nearly so deserving as yourself , enjoy great benefices ?"
VOL . XII . T
A Story Of Queen Anne's Days. 265
A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE ' S DAYS . 265
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 265, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/49/
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