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    himself , that he might shake off entirely the oppressiveness which results from an over-exertion of the brain . I feel mysel f at this very moment , a desire to rush into the streets shouting ; yet , if I were to do so , I should doubtless be taken for a mad *

    man . It was next given out in the school that White was about to leave us . I asked him , and he confirmed the truth of the report ; he was going to College— -to a college in Wales—St Mary ' s , I think—and the Bishop of had given him a promise of ordination . He had long desired to become a

    minister of the gospel , and for this , year after year , he had toiled with unremitting perseverance . " I have worked very hard for this , " he said in a touching voice , which brought tears to my eyes , " and now do I think that I have heaped up money enough and knowledge enough to sustain me until I enter the haven towards which I have been steering so long . "

    It was now easy to account for the economy and the studiousness of the usher . That which had once been mysterious was now plain . That which had once been deemed ignominious was now looked upon as ennobling—the reprehensible became the laudable , and poor White became the fashion . The upper boys were kind to him , and they threshed the lower boys Who insulted him , and the sheep-dog , for the last few months of his sojourn at Dr R - ' s , was suffered to drink his roasted corn in

    peace , and to learn his Greek primitives in quietness . But still I discarded not my belief in the story of the widowed mother and the maiden sister , whom White ' s savings maintained * I clung to it , for if it were a delusion , it was a beautiful one , and worthy to be cherished .

    So White , the " sheep-dog / ' left us , and another took his place in the school-room—a stylish young fellow , of good family and bad morals—a very indifferent classic , but a most unexceptionable cricketer . * * # # # # ' ** And nothing was heard of poor White , until one morning , about a year after his departure , a weary traveller , unwashed and

    unshaven , his clothes covered with dust , and his feet forcing their way through his shoes , presented himself at Dr R——* s many-windowed mansion , and claimed to be immediately admitted . The servant who opened the door knew him not , and as her master was engaged she would have repulsed him , but the stranger was importunate ; he said that he was wearied and foot-sore , that he had walked all the way from Exeter , and that now , being ; hungry , athirst , and a beggar , he was much anxious to nee Dr K- —— .

    There was something singular in the aspect and in the demeanour of the stranger , which excited the attention aud the

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    Sheep-Dog . 148

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/17/