THE BAKERY.
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1t is well known that Roderick was of low orr
gin. His father was custom house officer IN a
little frontier town, of small fortune, but much
knowledge and intelligence. Although he spoke
several languages, drew well, and played the
flute with skill, yet he never got beyond the
custom. house Andwhy2 Fortune favored him
not. While yet young man, he had lightly
taken part in silly scrape. All the others en-
gagged in it, escaped by the aid of money, fami-
ly, and influence, from the consequences; but he
having nothing, became the scape goat for the
rest, and passed ten years in prison. After the
expiration of bis time, he left his native country,
where he was disgraced, wandered long time
abroad at length broke leg, became copylst
on pinching stipend, and finally, by the grace
Of his friends, on whom, he wasa burden, receiv-
ed situation in the custom house. Here he
married poor girl and became the father of our
Roderick.


He gave the child an excellent education, in
strucling him himself for he wished to make
something out of him. Roderick had excellent
talents, and babe fair to realize his fathers hopes;
but just when he was ready to enter the Uni
versity. he found he had neither money nor pa
tron The old man plned over the disappont-
ment and died his wife had preceded him seven
years before to everlasting bliss.


At the age of twenty Roderlck stood alone.-
The property of the deceased scarce sufliced to
pay his debts; but from some charitable souls
Roderick received money to take him away from
the town; and he left it, for he was no longer
wanted there. Hesought another village, where
dwelt his fathers sister, a widow, and supported
her old age by the sale Of matches, tinder, flnts,
paper, pens, etc. Roderick met the sister of his
father, and apprised her of the death of her
brother and the poverty of her nephew. The
good old woman was deeply moved; she en-
braced her nephew, and promised to provide for
him.


And she honestly kept her word. She receiv-
ed him into her house, aud filled the place of a
mother. But some forms in him she thought
were necessary. "Then hast no money!" said
she, g nor have /. Think, then, no more Of the
University. That's well enough for rich pco-
pie Thy father had too much wit for his sta
ton and that was one of the main causes of his
i'll fortune. He sought the great and lost the
small. lie threw away the penny, to play with
dollars; aud so soremained always poor. His wish
es were never in Misplace, and where his wishes
where he could never get. That was his fault!
God keep him! tell thee what, Roderick, be
good boy aud lay aside thy books, which only
ruin the head. cannot pay for thy schooling,
and thou shall be a bakers boy. | have already
spoken to Master Brnenstiel nextweek he will
take thee. viii give thee halla dozen shirts
and Sunday coat In three years thou wilt be
journeymen, and then thou arr thy own master.
Labor has golden soil, and the baker never
wants for bread Roderick had nothing TO say
against this arrangement, for he conld make no
better for himself But Cicero and Xenophon
were too dear to him. he took them to the bakers,