. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . At the same time he tried,in many cunning and sly ways, to poisonWills mind with jealousy of me. It was not long, therefore, before we were cj / / again in antagonist positions, and at last anopen breach took place between us. Inprocess of time Will went to learn the tradeof a carpenter, at the distance of a mile ortwo, and then I seldom saw him. When-ever we met we did not speak to each was the state of things when the acci-dent happened which laid me on a bed ofsickness. While I was recovering, I oftenthought of Will Bury
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . At the same time he tried,in many cunning and sly ways, to poisonWills mind with jealousy of me. It was not long, therefore, before we were cj / / again in antagonist positions, and at last anopen breach took place between us. Inprocess of time Will went to learn the tradeof a carpenter, at the distance of a mile ortwo, and then I seldom saw him. When-ever we met we did not speak to each was the state of things when the acci-dent happened which laid me on a bed ofsickness. While I was recovering, I oftenthought of Will Bury, and my heart re-proached me keenly for permitting my bet-ter feelings to be turned against him. Inshort, I y3arned to see him ; and it was whileI was one day thinking about him, that I saw THE SICK-BED. 85 him come softly to the ioor and ask Raymondhow I was. I instantly called him tc mybedside, and I never felt a warmer emotionthan when he came. He, too, was muchaffected, and tears—the first I ever saw thegay-hearted fellow shed—fell upon my From that day \ve were friends; and I thuslearned to put a just value upon a generousheart—though it may belong to a poor was one of the benefits for which I wasindebted to a sick-bed. In about two months after my accident, I WIT BOUGHT. rose from the sick-bed, and was permitted towalk abroad. Although it was autumn, andthe sere and yelJow leaves were now nearlvstripped from the trees, the face of nature borean aspect of loveliness to me. I had so longbeen shut up, and excluded alike from freshair and the out-door scenes of life, that I waslike a man long deprived of food, with aravenous appetite and a full meal before enjoyed everything ; the air, the landscape,the walk—each and all delighted me. Myfever was entirely gone, and having nothingbut weakness to contend with, I recoveredmy former state of health and strength in thecourse of a few weeks. But I was not restored to my full flow ofspirits—nor, ind
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