father lived, and when evil days approached, he had proved himself
a cheerful Stoic.

It followed from John's inertia, that the duty of winding up the
estate fell into the hands of Charles. He managed it with no more
skill than might be expected of a sailor ashore, saved a bare
livelihood for John and nothing for the rest. Eight months later,
he married Miss Jackson; and with her money, bought in some two-
thirds of Stowting. In the beginning of the little family history
which I have been following to so great an extent, the Captain
mentions, with a delightful pride: 'A Court Baron and Court Leet
are regularly held by the Lady of the Manor, Mrs. Henrietta Camilla
Jenkin'; and indeed the pleasure of so describing his wife, was the
most solid benefit of the investment; for the purchase was heavily
encumbered and paid them nothing till some years before their
death. In the meanwhile, the Jackson family also, what with wild
sons, an indulgent mother and the impending emancipation of the
slaves, was moving nearer and nearer to beggary; and thus of two
doomed and declining houses, the subject of this memoir was born,
heir to an estate and to no money, yet with inherited qualities
that were to make him known and loved.



CHAPTER II. 1833-1851.



Birth and Childhood - Edinburgh - Frankfort-on-the-Main - Paris -
The Revolution of 1848 - The Insurrection - Flight to Italy -