WITHOUT A PROFESSION. AUTHOR OF BY CHARLES ROWCROFT, TALES OF THE COLONIES OR THE ADVENTURES IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET. THE MAN WITHOUT A PROFESSION. CHAPTER I. "Now sit thee down, and tell me all this story; Than of the subject matter of their tale, But of this child." THE LORD AND THE SERVING-MAN. In the winter of 1803, a lady and gentleman sat by a cheerful fire in the old-fashioned library of a country house. The gentleman, who had rather a military air, had reached his fortieth year; the lady, who was still hand |