Working and Waiting; Or, Patience in Well-Doing, by the Author of Children at Home

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV. Just, and strong, and opportune is the moral rule of God; Ripe in its times, firm in its judgments. Proverbial Philosophy. That week passed, and another week like it; and Frank could hear nothing which seemed likely to throw any light on the matter. A new week began. Stephen Barton had gone to Beverton. His uncle had written, to desire him to come up and speak to Mr. Johnson about the situation, and Mr. Eggar had been told that Mr. Johnson had engaged him. How he had managed to obtain a character sufficiently good to satisfy so particular a person as Mr. Johnson was represented to be, neither Frank nor the schoolmaster could discover. But they both thought the same thing--though neither of them expressed their opinion aloud--that there must have been some underhand dealing. However, Stephen had the situation, and, Mrs. Eggar prophesied, was not likely to keep it long, --such an idle young scape-grace as he was! Stephen, however, had made up his mind that he would neither be idle nor a scape-grace any longer. Until now, amusement had been the one object of his pursuit. He only wanted to pass away the time in the most agreeable, and the least fatiguing, manner possible, until his old uncle should be pleased to die, and leave him his house and money. But now his thoughts were turned into a different channel. He wished to marry Ruth Chester. He knew her father would not give her to a young man without a profession, --who had nothing to offer but expectations which might never be realised. So he resolved to turn over a new leaf, and begin to exert himself. And when he heard of Mr. Johnson's situation, and that his uncle wished him to come over and see about it, he set off at once. He knew he possessed good abilities, when he chose to take the tro...