Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-02-12

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Mr.. Lloyd's hands trcmblrd, and his tears
fell fast over the letter as b. hurricdly pc
ruscd It. !, seemed by his broken, inyolun-
tary cjaculations, that old thoaphts aud mem
orcs wcrc deeply stirred within him
Poor girl'-so Young, 20 gentle, and 81
s0ely tired Her mothers very turn of
thought and phrase. Owen, too, artlcss,
honorable, Just as he was ever, except whIn
the dupc Of knaycs and villains"
He seemed buried IN though, for some time
after the perusal of the lcucr and Mr..
Smith. whose cue il was To avoid exciting
suspicion by too rrca, eugcfucss OF speech,
was growing fdgc,,y. At length suddenly
looking up, he said in a deiyIcd tone, " II
this j. all YOU have aSccria., We seem a.
FAR oil a. over. can allu.tsspu n, htlp."
al am not sure of that, "rrplicd Mr..
smith. let MS louk calmly at the matter.
Your brother j. evidently not living in Ion
don, and that accounts for your advertise
mcnts not being answered. ~
Truly"
"If you look n the letter 1tlcnil,cly, YOU
will perceive rha, three imporlan, vorls, IN
the forest. have been partially erased. 30
YES, n is indeed ~ but what
" Now, Is there no particular locali,y m
the country 10 which your brother would b.
likely to bctakc himself IN prcicrrncn Ia an.
o,hcr' Gentlemen nf fancy and sentiment, 90
added VI. Smith, Usually hll hack, /
have heard. upon some ia,ou,c hauu, Of early
days when pressed by ad,rrty
"It IS natural they should, replied Mr.
Lluyd, needless of the ,nccr. | have felt
that loarur for old haunt, aud Old fires M
ntrus,,t force. even when was what the
world call,.pro,pornr tn strange land, and
how much murr-- Bot no hc would uu,
return % Walc,-,o Carmar,hcn-,n hr
Looked down upou by ,ho,r amonr,, whom
our rmIy lor - mNuy generation, s'ood
equal with lhc highest Br,rd,. ] h7,rpcr-
>oualIy ,ou,h, HIM ,hrr-ru ,arn."
But Dor, v,ty-o,, J, no, . u,,n, " ,hr
pr.ucIali,y q"
"No Ah' rcmrmh.r Tn. forrest
l,mus be- ,o' Caroline ll,,uorh. whom
Ne Gr,t met rn the Isle or Wight. r, native
uf Bcauhru. q village in lhr New Forest,
Hampshire \ small, wy small pmp,Hy
there, hcqurarhcd by an uuc'c. belonged ,o
her, and perhaps has no, been disposed of--
How c1nc uo, 10 think ~ ,hls hriu0'
will -r, ont a, onrc--l0d SCI pressing bu,r.
uc,, requires m, ,ny here lora ity orivo.'
"Th. gentleman, Mr Waters, cau pro
crrd to icaulru mmcdlai.ly"
Tia, must do, then. You will call on
mo-, Mr Wawr.-h.rr BE- my aIdr,,-hr.
. lorr Won ir,u uuuu. Thank ,uu. Nud,
GnI bless YOU, ,ir," hr'adi,d, ,uidrul1
-c.uu, Mr. smith, hand, &c l,r ,hr lightly YOU
have thrown upun thIs vcarur, and ! fear.
ri, hnp,lr,, >,arch Noa ncei not br sci
anxious, slr, to send q special messenger ru
rlra,r your son from hl, promr, ul mar.
rl,r tony n.rrr None uf us. b. assured,
viii lr. dr,rrnu, of fowrrr hrr upon r.
Iurrm family" H. thrn 'DN.I and with.
drrw
Mr. Waters" sad Mr Smith with a
,uol deal ol ,,rmnr,s. "a, ~"ou 70, wr wnr
alone, - ',Ircr that uo sentimental rro'rl.
rr viii prevent your doing your duty lu ihl,
maurr'"
"Wh, night" ! answered with some
heat, &" have YOU, sir, To make such ava u-
-uuluou 30
Because perceived by your manner,
that you dr,approycd INV questioning Mr.
Lloyd a, To the lkcicst mode Of securing
hl, brother
Nv manner bu, interpreted my thoughts.
still, ,Ir, ! know VIA, belong, to my duty.
and shall perform IL
Enough have nothing morr To slv. 90
. drew ou my gloves, took zap my hat, and
was leaving ,hc room, when VI. Smith ~
claimed. " Stay one moment. Mr Water,
you see that lny grra, ohvcI b, To break of
the connection between my son and Ms,
Lloydw
lido"
Il am not anxious, YOU will remember, to
pres, the prosecution n ly a jraul, ,r1nr
ooaf,,Von Of he's grnh, Oven Lloyd place.
an inscparablc bar between his child and
mime You underestimate
Perfectly Bu, permit me To observe,
that the duty YOU Jus, now h.ntcd | might
hesitate To erlom, will NOT permit me to be-
q party to any such Transaction. Good day.
waited on Mr, William Lloyd -oon after.
warls, and listened with painful interest To-
the brief history which he with child-likc
simplicity, narrated Of his own and his broth
cr's fortunes. 1t was sad, oi.told tale
They had been early lcN orphans; and de-
prlycd Of Judicious guidance, had mn-Wil-
liam mare specially Wild career Of dI,sI-
patton, tll all was gone, Jus, before the
crash came, they had both fallen IN love with
the same woman, Caroline IIeyworih, who
had preferred the mcckcr, more gcntle-heart-
ed Owen, to his elder brother. They parted
in anger William obtained situation a.
balliT and ovcrsccr of an estate IN Jamaica,
where, by many years Of toll. good fortune
and economy, he at length ruined his health
and restored his fortunes, and was now re-
turned io die rich in his native country; and
As he had tll an hour before feared, unla
mcnicd and untcndcd save BY hIrclings. ]
promised 10 write Immediately after had