dispossessed minister thought that as a matter of course he should
be restored to his living; but it was not so. As in hundreds of
other cases the new occupant conformed at once to the new laws,
and the Rev. Thomas Stilwell, having no friends or interest, was,
like many another clergyman, left out in the cold.

But by this time he had settled at Oxford--at which university he
had been educated--and was gaining a not uncomfortable livelihood
by teaching the sons of citizens. Late in life he married Margaret
Ullathorpe, who, still a young woman, had, during a visit to some
friends at Oxford, made his acquaintance. In spite of the disparity
of years the union was a happy one. One son was born to them, and
all had gone well until a sudden chill had been the cause of Mr.
Stilwell's death, his wife surviving him only one year. Her death
took place at Southampton, where she had moved after the loss of
her husband, having no further tie at Oxford, and a week later Jack
Stilwell found himself domiciled at the house of Mr. Anthony.

It was in vain that he represented to the cloth merchant that his
wishes lay toward a seafaring life, and that although his father
had wished him to go into the ministry, he had given way to his
entreaties. Mr. Anthony sharply pooh poohed the idea, and insisted
that it was nothing short of madness to dream of such a thing when
so excellent an opportunity of learning a respectable business was
open to him.

At any other time Jack would have resisted stoutly, and would have
run away and taken his chance rather than agree to the proposition;
but he was broken down by grief at his mother's death. Incapable of
making a struggle against the obstinacy of Mr. Anthony, and scarce