"
[Illustration: JACK AND HIS FATHER UNDER THE COLONNADE.--Marryat, Vol
X., p. 289.]
"Don't say so, father. You know that Virginia and I are both as fond of
you as you are of us."
"Well, mayhap you are; I don't say no. You are both good children, and
at all events would try to like me; but still I do feel that you can't
look up to me exactly; but that's my misfortune, Tom, more than my
fault. I haven't larning like Anderson, or gentility like your mother.
I've only a true heart to offer to you. You see, Tom, I've said all this
because you are always after Anderson; not but that I like Anderson, for
he's a good man, and has been of sarvice to me, and I don't think he
would ever say anything to you that would make you think less of me."
"No, indeed, father; on the contrary, I once asked him his opinion about
you, and he spoke most highly of you; and whenever I go to him for
advice, he always sends me to you to approve of what he has said."
"Well, he is a good man, and I'm very sorry to have any feeling of envy
in me, that's the truth; but still a father must have a father's
feelings. Don't let us say anything more about it, Tom; only try next
time, when you want advice, whether I can't give it.
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