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of a wounded spirit : and of ^ a certainty it i $ a goo 4 thing to act—oh ! much better than to suffer inertjy . And Ellen Cameron thought this , when she said to fceir iDrqthgiy . fn a tone of assumed playfulness , ' * I think Stephen ? tfiat it i ^ ^ veryseliisli In you to keep your boat so entirely to yourseVC , 1 ' sfcall not
suffer you to do so any longer . To-morrow I shall go with you ; nay , Stephen , you can ' t refuse me . I hayje ? noi ^ jslced a favour these many days , and you can ' tthink hp ^ fe ^ K ^ VIP of the water / ' . . - ..,.. : ; -.-i ?; . ,. ., . . .. . , n . ril ' ' . " ,, "¦ ¦ . , / . ¦« Jj .. i ( And I , too / ' said another of the sisterhood ^* ' ye ^ ilt ^ ke it in turn to oo with-you . " ,., * ¦ ^ T They did this ; and thus they saved their brotwr , a / The little boat now returned nightly to the shore ^ an ^ , ^ rs v ^ uieron closed her eye-lids in peace , v i Time passed over Stephen ' s head , and still he > v ^^ ^ ii Idle man * Day ^ fter day did he become more restless , J $ Q $$ craving , more miserablew He was little at . home ; , he ; $ ibpV > snvall pleasure in the society of his quiet family ; he yput abroad and he made acquaintance with his neighbours— - ^ acqu ^ ptjapee th
not always to be desired . He wanted money , ar ^ h ^ i ^ oer , though she stinted all beside , had always ^ pm ^ ca ^ Jij ^ r Stephen * She denied hsr daughters , tut never p ncfihe ^ spn , and these girls repined not at the partiality of their lWjther . But at kngth Stepheriwas driven to despair byrepeated mortifications . Thi ^ hopeless state of indQlence was
irisupportable to him . He codld not endure it any longer ; so he determined to effect a change , thinking ; that any change must be for the betteiv
He turned his thoughts towards the metropolis . He would g o to London ; yes , -he would set out to seek his fortune in strange places . Jle might fail , he knew-. th ^ 't—he might sink by the way-side , starve , perish , in the endeavour ; yet hcivould endeavour—he wpuld put forth his strength- ^ he woqld accomplish his end or die .
His father gave him a purse of -money , much more than he could well aflford togive * 3 nd Stephen $ et out for < the island capital to embark on board a steamer for Londpn . There was an old komasi w )\ Q kept a little shpp , not fa ^ from the abode of Stephen ' s parein . ts . Sbewns a soldierV widow , and
Stephen p ^ tcomxedx lver ^ -he ^^ ^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ gun ^ p ^ wder , at her shop , and sometime 8 > cig « rs , . St ^ phep coij ] i < i npt ^ j pass by this little shop wfthbut pa ^ p ) g : t 0 * t ^ i ^ e his f ^^ wrell ^ f the old woman . iHe stopped ostensibly to purchase a cigar ^ ¦ bi . it he told the good dame ^ rthat ^ r > va % iaboi | ^ tp ,. ^ ea \ 5 e tt ) ^ inland , and the grateful old creator l ^ pa ^^ cry . ^ , ,- , ; -k ... ; s , : ' * But if you ft ^ t ^^^ stqp ^ f ^ i ^^ . jsl ^ . saiji , " why not go to India at om §{! > . tja , $ }^ % ^ ywvoujd pe so glad to have
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 372, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/54/
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