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such a ^ dii % j * efi % \* m \ ift ; 4 $ ydui&etf to be one of their writers orcadebs . I 6 ^ r seethe fequ ^ l fef Calcutta , and I ' ve been to a ^ jpreciBiis ^ ight of jria : ce $ with out regiment , Master Ste ^ fi e ^ T ^ fe ^ heavenliest place I e ¥ er * 'sei , 0 y 3 s '* bjt " ift-t 6 y fife ; To be sure , that Madras is a poor pl&c £ ? driti * t go to ill&hftg , Master Stephen ; it ' s no more like tn& ^^ e ^ en \ f ' pl ^ e 9 ^ M 6 ^ tt ^ y lli&ti — -- ^ - " but Stephen interi ^ aped tlife vdiatiifity ^ f ' the good woman ; for he well knew that
when she once began to dilate upon the " heavenliness " of C ^ y lifta ^ ^ he WotlM Ti fevef stop of Her own tree-will . So Stephen Quitted the shop , and the old dame followed him to the do ? 6 r . ; Sfi 4 ; w&fched him a ' little while , and as she watched ¦ niifrfefae' ^ f ^ eartfi to " -bfe debating within herself whether she would take a certain step , the propriety of which to her perplexed understanding , seemed dubious . But presently
she stodped & 6 # ri arid , took one of her shoes into her hand , saying to heYsel'f , '" shall I do it ? He won t be angry , I think- — yes , I \ VH 1 do k- —Ican ' t see the harm of it , and it may bring ^ Obbtflfek to jrou , Master Stephen /' she cried aloud—^ th e old \ ir 6 iiian s blessings go with you ! "—and as she said this she thirevV' hefshoe after him , the tears streaming down her face all the ^ fiile . •""> ¦ < - ¦¦ ¦ ' " ¦ ' ' ¦ ' . '¦ : . =
I " db '" ribt Exactly sfee what effect this act of throwing the shoe could be expectea to have upon Stephen Cam ^ ron ^ B fortune ^; but the ofd wortian , dofrbtless , had her reason !* f 6 r p ^ fol'iiSinig the ceremony described . ^ - ¦ ¦ So Stephen went to London , and week after wefck , ifronth
after nionth , ' passed avvay bringmg no tidings of tne absent one to his family , . They thought that he had gone to sea . It was possible , ndy more , it was probable ; yet it wajs strange that he Had liever Written to them . They began to •* fcirfcboae evil things , and a spirit of globtn took possession of t > he ikiba"bitants of the old Fort . ! i 4 -
At length they heard from him . A ^ few hasty lines informing them that he \ Vhs still unemployed , and thati 4 (^ wanted some mpre moiiby . ¦ ; - ' . '¦ ' r ' ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' " " ; ' ; ; : ' ' ;; '' His father feent hihl the money—almost the wh 6 le of ^ tivo 6 r
three years' savings . He did not upbraid his ' son * but he ventured to expt&d a lio ^ e that Stephen had not fallen amongst evil people , dtfdUiat though idle he might Temain inno ^ tltf ; yet the father ' s heai't misgave hitn that such was little likely to be the Case ; . •¦ ¦* . Then there was another long , long silence—another weary season of painful incertitud e ^ Art acquaintance told them that he had seen Stephen At Paris , another thstt he had rilet the youth at Edinburgh . S 6 Stephen was a \ Vanderer ujport the
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Or , The M&ri ^ itfidiftd Ca lling . 373
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/55/
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