. Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecot. The story of a short life . HE THAT THOLES, OVERCOMES. 73 so much before Jemima burst in (she was puttinghim to bed). My lamb ! my pretty ! You re always good-Dont tell stories, Jemima; and please dont con-tradict me, for it makes me cross; and if I am crossI cant be good; and if I am not good all to-morrowI am not to be allowed to go downstairs after there s a V. C. coming to dinner, and I do wantto see him more than I want anything else in all theworld. CHAPTER VII. What is there in the world to distinguish virtues from dishonor,or that can ma
. Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecot. The story of a short life . HE THAT THOLES, OVERCOMES. 73 so much before Jemima burst in (she was puttinghim to bed). My lamb ! my pretty ! You re always good-Dont tell stories, Jemima; and please dont con-tradict me, for it makes me cross; and if I am crossI cant be good; and if I am not good all to-morrowI am not to be allowed to go downstairs after there s a V. C. coming to dinner, and I do wantto see him more than I want anything else in all theworld. CHAPTER VII. What is there in the world to distinguish virtues from dishonor,or that can make anything rewardable, but the labor and the danger,the pain and the difficulty ? —Jeremy Taylor. HE V. C. did not look likea bloodthirstywarrior. Hehad a smooth,oval, olivartface, anddreamy, was notvery big, andhe was abso-lutely unpre-tending. Hewas a youngman, and onlyby the cour-tesy of hismanners es-caped the im-putation of being a shy young man. Before the campaign in which he won his cross hewas most distinctively known in society as having a. THE COURAGE TO BEAR, 75 very beautiful voice and a very charming way ofsinging, and yet as giving himself no airs on the sub-ject of an accomplishment which makes some menalmost intolerable by their fellow-men. He was a favorite with ladies on several accounts,large and small. Among the latter was his fastidiouschoice in the words of the songs he sang, and sangwith a rare fineness of enunciation. It is not always safe to believe that a singer meanswhat he sings; but if he sing very noble words withjustness and felicity, the ear rarely refuses to flatteritself that it is learning some of the secrets of a noble • heart. Upon a silence that could be felt the last notes ofsuch a song had just fallen. The V. lips wereclosed, and those of the Master of the House (whohad been accompanying him) were still parted witha smile of approval, when the wheels of his chair andsome little fuss at the drawing-room door announcedthat
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