THE first place I got when I began going out to service was not a very profitable one.

I certainly gained the advantage of learning my business thoroughly, but I never had my due in the matter of wages.

My master was made a bankrupt, and his servants suffered with the rest of his creditors.
My second situation, however, amply compensated me for my want of luck in the first.

I had the good fortune to enter the service of Mr.and Mrs.Norcross.My master was a very rich gentleman.

He had the Darrock house and lands in Cumberland, an estate also in Yorkshire, and a very large property in Jamaica, which produced, at that time and for some years afterward, a great income.