The History of Jack And His Eleven Brothers Displaying the Various Adventures
The History of Jack And His Eleven Brothers Displaying the Various Adventures
Lewis Sharpe Ware
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" The company applauded the generosity of the old man, and, in the course of a few days, the youthful pair were married. Jack's mind was not in the least lifted up with any pride on this sudden change of fortune. His affability, condescension, and good- ness, won him the esteem of rich and poor. He employed his leisure hours in reading the best books, and visiting the sick, in which he was always accompa- nied by Mary. They were known throughout all the neighbourhood by the name of the happy co...uple. Jack longed to see liis father, mother, and little sis- ter; he dreamt of them every niiiht. 52 THE HISTORY OF JACK One day, as he was walking at a little dis- tance from the castle, he met an old man weighed down with age and fatigue, with whom he entered into the following con versation. Jack. Father, you seem to be quite fatigued, lean on my arm. Old Man. Thank you, my son; I have travelled far, and you see by these scanty white hairs, thatthe days of my pilgrimage have been many. I had a son like you, and very like you in youth and figure ; he was the prop of my old age, and the light of my eyes; but it pleased heaven to take him out of a troublesome world, before he was tainted with its vice.
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