“Then he took his sister from off the ship, and conveyed her to a cheap, respectable boarding-house.
“Within a month after this the Oriole sailed again for Liverpool, and the brother and sister lost their kind friend.
“Joseph Wyvil and Lil had both written to their poor Joe before leaving England, telling him of their new hopes and plans.
“They wrote again on reaching Baltimore, telling him of their better fortunes, and of their one object in making and saving money as fast as possible to go out and join him.
“But ah! Joseph Wyvil’s prosperity did not continue. When the house on which he had been at work was completed, he and his fellow-journeymen were thrown out of employment, and despite their utmost endeavors, remained idle for the rest of the winter.
“But about the middle of March a change came. A certain capitalist of Baltimore had found out a favorable part of the Jersey coast for the opening of a new summer resort that should combine cheapness with everything else that was desirable in life.
“He had leased the one large hotel on the place, and was about to build a number of small, rough cottages and bathing-houses there to accommodate visitors.
“All the carpenters who happened to be out of employment, and were willing to leave Baltimore for several months, were engaged at good wages on the work.
“Joseph Wyvil was among the rest, and he went to Seawood, taking his sister with him.
“The other workmen got accommodations in the fishermen’s cottages scattered here and there along the shore, but Joseph Wyvil took his sister to a little inland village about two miles from the sea, lodged her in a farm-house for a few days, and then rented a cheap cottage with a little garden, furnished it with the bare necessities of life, and put her there.