50 HAKD NECESSITY. 



unlike themselves the old because lie forced them to remem- 

 ber the place to which they were hastening. But the youth 

 seemed likely to precede them. His daily labours, so close 

 and solitary his evening rambles, so late, so damp, and dreary, 

 acting on his feeble frame, were not without their inward 

 effects as well as outward tokens ; and he grew so much worse 

 that he was obliged to give up both his work by day and walk 

 by night, and, what he thought worst of all, to open his 

 strong box the mimic Tomb of the Tomkinses in order to 

 satisfy the demands of his old landlady, now further aug- 

 mented by her charges as nurse. As for doctor, Tim had 

 none ; and, owing perhaps to this deficiency, he once more 

 rallied, and, as the days lengthened, seemed to gain strength 

 and spirits in proportion. He was quite able, he said, to 

 resume work ; but that was now easier said than done, for the 

 village tailor, by whom he had been employed, had taken an 

 apprentice during his illness, and no longer required the ser- 

 vices of his late assistant. Timothy was not, however, utterly 

 cast down. Of his monumental remains were still left the 

 sum of four pounds, and he determined (if possible) that this 

 should not be reduced much further. 



One fine morning in June it was that of St. John's day 

 



he set out very early, that he might walk, often resting by the 

 way, to the nearest market-town, about four miles distant, to 

 make inquiries after a new employer. After many failures, he 

 at last succeeded in meeting with a master -tailor who, being 



