CALVIN: 



A STUDY OF CHARACTER. 



CALVIN is dead. His life, long to him, 

 but short for the rest of us, was not marked 

 by startling adventures, but his character 

 was so uncommon and his qualities were so 

 worthy of imitation that I have been asked 

 by those who personally knew him to" set 

 down my recollections of his career. 



His origin and ancestry were shrouded in 

 mystery ; even his age was a matter of pure 

 conjecture. Although he was of the Mal- 

 tese race, I have reason to suppose that he 

 was American by birth, as he certainly was 

 in sympathy. Calvin was given to me eight 

 years ago by Mrs. Stowe, but she knew 

 nothing of his age or origin. He walked 

 into her house one day, out of the great un- 

 known, and became at once at home, as if 



