"He has led a hard life,
cultivating that rocky little farm. It has been hard work and poor
pay with him. I hope there is something better in store for him. If
I ever get rich, or even well off, I will take care that he has an
easier time."
After the next issue of the "Gazette" had appeared, Harry informed
Ferguson in confidence that he was the author of the article on
Ambition.
"I congratulate you, Harry," said his friend. "It is an excellent
essay, well thought out, and well expressed. I don't wonder, now you
tell me of it. It sounds like you. Without knowing the authorship,
I asked Clapp his opinion of it."
"What did he say?"
"Are you sure it won't hurt your feelings?"
"It may; but I shall get over it. Go ahead."
"He said it was rubbish."
Harry laughed.
"He would be confirmed in his decision, if he knew that I wrote it,"
he said.
"No doubt. But don't let that discourage you. Keep on writing by
all means, and you'll become an editor in time."
CHAPTER XVI.
FERDINAND B. KENSINGTON.
It has already been mentioned that John Clapp and Luke Harrison were
intimate. Though their occupations differed, one being a printer and
the other a shoemaker, they had similar tastes, and took similar
views of life. Both were discontented with the lot which Fortune had
assigned them. To work at the case, or the shoe-bench, seemed
equally irksome, and they often lamented to each other the hard
necessity which compelled them to it.
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