Little Will (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... "He liveth well, and hungereth not, whose God knows what he needeth, He safely goes, nor ever strays, whom God in mercy leadeth. H. S. IME went on. Will lay on his couch and worked at his lessons, growing tall apace, and Dick went about his work, and was bullied by Mr. Radford or Will every evening, and advanced in his education with moderate rapidity, and thought less of Lucy Rogers every day. He had what he wanted, plenty of work to do, and something to work and care for, and could not have been unhappy if he had tried, which, not having read any novels or poetry, he did not think himself bound to do. One autumn afternoon, Mr. Laurence came up to see Will, and a strange gentleman with him. The boy was alone, busy and happy, with all his books and apparatus about him, and he looked up brightly and not at all shyly to greet his visitors. "This is my brother, Will," said Mr. Laurence, "and I have brought him up to see you. What are you at just now? Latin, eh?" and he took up the book and looked across at his brother. "Mr. Radford wanted me to learn it, sir," said Will, smiling, "and I like it well enough, but I don't know that there 's much use in it." "It may come in useful some day. And how do you get on with Mr. Radford now?" Will's face sparkled and dimpled all over with fun. "He told me last week, sir, that it was a mercy I ever learnt my letters, but how I 'd managed it he couldn't think And it was all I could do to keep Dick from turning him out of the house " Mr. Laurence laughed. "You don't seem to take it much to heart," he said. "No, sir, not a bit. I don't think he means half he says. And he 's so clever " "And how are you yourself, Will? How does your back feel now-a-days?" It was Mr. Laurence who asked the question, but the strange gentleman leane...