. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . stimation. 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 wereagain 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 of
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . stimation. 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 wereagain 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 betterfeelings to be turned against him. In short,I yearned to see him; and it was while I wasone day thinking about him, that I saw THE SICK-BED. 85 him come softly to the door and ask Raymondhow I was. I instantly called him to 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 we 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 8 86 WIT BOUGHT. rose from the sick-bed, and was permitted towalk abroad. Although it was autumn, andthe sere and yellow leaves were now nearlystripped 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 f
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