The Tramping Methodist (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Tramping MethodistI can clearly remember that frown, though time and peace have long Since worn away all traces of it, except two upright lines between my brows. I first noticed it when, as a child Of Six, I caught Sight of myself in a mirror and saw the sullen, swarthy little face, with its beetling brows and angry grey eyes beneath them. I then realised how I deserved the epithets constantly hurled at me by my parents and Clonmel Of Little beast! Little devil!I was an unfavourable Specimen Of childhood - stiff, moody, sullen, and untractable, my bosom always seething with furious passions. I had no affection for my family, as I knew they did not love me or take any interest in me. Archie and Kit were coarse and rough, Fanny and Tilly were vain and would-be-genteel, my mother neglected me, and my father and Clonmel kicked and beat me. So I shunned them all, and would mope by myself about the house, Sitting for hours, my head sunk on my breast, in the recess Of some window-seat, or on the attic stairs, where, as they were rickety and unsafe with age, I was sure Of comparative peace.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.