BOOK THE SECOND.
CHAPTER VII.
WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.—MR. COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.—WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM. THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
"God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
"What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply."
Mr. Courtland's house was surrounded by a high wall, and stood at the outskirts of the town. A little wooden door buried deep within the wall, seemed the only entrance. At this Walter paused, and after twice applying to the
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