“God gives certain persons special talents for these special callings, so that they enter them as if by instinct.
“Many others are providentially thrown into them, having no particular choice or inclination in the matter.
“Others still enter them from choice.
“Those who enter any profession from choice, should do so deliberately and understandingly, and not suffer themselves to be misled by a thin veil of romance.
“All employments are honorable, so far as they are useful in themselves, and are pursued in an honorable manner.”
Mr. Davenport read the above after Whistler had taken it down, and then handed it back to him, saying:
“There, Willie, you have a legal opinion, without fee. You may keep it among your valuables, and give Clinton a copy, too, if he wants one. You may not fully understand these principles now, but you will by-and-by, and they will be of great value to you, if you follow them.”
CHAPTER XIII.
SIGHT-SEEING.
“NOW for school, once more!” exclaimed Whistler, as he threw his well-filled satchel over his back, fifteen minutes before eight o’clock Monday morning. “Don’t you feel queerly at the beginning of a term? I do. I’m glad to go to school again, and yet I feel sort of bad, too, because the vacation is over. I feel worse than usual now, because I can’t go round with you.”