Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-20

hohe vi WHICH uiiu Deen discharged. lie hat
apparently fled the country to avoid those OBJ
legations and it was soon known that he haC
gone to Europe. A year passed, and his bro
ther, then at William and Mary College il
Virginia, received one morning an Englisl
journal, which gave him intelligence of George
Hetherington's death. He had been killed il
drunken brawl, in a low London tavern.
Let me now speak briefly of the character
of Arthur Hetherington From his earl,
childhood, he had never known the tender in
ftuenceS of paternal or maternal affection anC
his brother had never felt for him, in spite oi
every eXertion upon his own part, the least
good feeling even. Jealousy of his birthricht
had dried up any emotions of affection in the
younger brother, and Arthur was thus left
alone The consequence of this isolation was
sombre and silent reserve, and an aSSiduous
cultivation of the powers of his intellect, rather
than those of his heart At Williamsburg,
whittier he went about the middle of the cen
tury, he became the intimate associate of Co
vernon fauquier, who was conscientious in
hdel and from this nobleman, and afterwards
from the writers of the Encyclopedia, young
Hetherlngton acquired a profound contempt
for that credHtIV which believes without the
aid OF mathematical reason, as we'll as for eve
ry species of philanthropy. Buried in his re-
mote apartment of Ocean View, with closed
shutters, and wax lights, he spent the long
hours of the day, and often the whole of the
night, in those dangerous and forbidden studies
which have so deeteriouS on influence upon
the character of Young aud uniformed mind.
He never saw company, the neighbors having
grown tired of being refused admittance and
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man had become confirmed msanthropc. and
finished infdel. He despised men most
heartily, especially the the canting knaves of
the church, as he called them as to women,
he did not dcign to beStow a thought upon
them He regarded them as sen>uous play
things, which some great men had had the fol
Iy to be ruined Gy he congratulated himself
upon having never so much as looked upon
them.
Such was the state of the Young mans mind.
and such his mode of life, when, one evening.
coach with four horses. driven bv black
coachmau, drove up to the door and from
this vehicle descended an elderly lady, who was
Immediately followed by a tall and queeuIy girl.
clad in the rich fashion of the period, with a
long slender waist, auburn curlS. Sprinkled with
powder, and blue eyes which gazed forth Sc
renely from beneath her snowy chip hat, Sc
cured beneath the chin by blue scarf pas
sing over the crown They entered the man
sion, bowed in by the lofty old steward, and
the chariot drove to the stables
Young Hetheriugtoh could scarcely believe
his eyes, Old Calvert, as the steward was
called, had express orders 10 deny his master
10 all visitors, ana this order he had hitherto
Scrupulously obeyed, never permitting any one
TO do 50 much as cross the threshold of the
mansion. What coad be the meaning of his
action now The Young man retired from the
window, and sat down, sternly resolving to
await the explanation of this strange intrusion
and diSobedience.
The explanation came in form which he
was not prepared for He had scarcely re-
sumed his seat when light step was heard
upon the corridor, the door of the apartment
was opened, and the young lady whom he had
seen enter the front door stood upon the threSh-
old
As her eyes met those Of the Young man,
she bluShed slightly and drew back Then, as
though mastered by sudden impulse, she adj
vanced three steps, and, with frank smile in
her blue eyes, held out her hand The young
man rose, and bo%ing Stiiiy, without so much
as extending his hand, requested the Young la
dy to be seated She colorcd and said
Tnen Won do not know NE, cousin Arthur.
and will not take my band | am Ecauor
Hairston, and mamma came with me
Tie young man understood in q moment
now Mrs Hairs,ou was the first cousin OF
his father, and lived lower down upon the V.r-
ginia side as he had often heard He there
fore, made the Young lady low and formal
bow. bestowed au icy shake Of the hand and
said he was pleased to see thcm-which cX-
preston Of pleasure was abladau.Iy contra
dicted by his cold and district dcmeauor.
Miss HairstonS beautiful lip assumed some
thing closely resembling poat Of diSplya>aCe,
and Size raised her iiae head proudly There
was something in the action which attracted
the somhre thinkers attention, and he felt, all
at once, that he stood in the presence of na-
ture quite as naughty as his own The con
yiction produced q feeling Of respect in his
mind. and with a courtly and IoTma!ly-resgect-
full bow, he led the Young lady TO the door of
the chamber TO which she had been directed
his study having been entered bv mistake He
then descended TO welcome Mrs. Hair>ton
which he accomplished with stiff ferna!ity-
They had been to the city of Baltimore, Mrs
HaiTstou said and finding themselves bcHight-
cd on the road, or nearly. had bethought them
of Ocean View, and 50, must treSpaSS upon its
owner for ni-hts entertainment The young
man bowed again, Mrs HairSton disappeared
under convoy OF a maid and the master OF the
domain retired TO his den 10 reflect upon this
novel aud uuplgaSiBg incident
| have narrated this scene in detail, because
it was the iuitiatory event in the series which
ended with what | am going to relate. Iu-
stead of night, Mrs. HairStoR remained Tor
j week owing 10 . severe accident which hap
pcned TO her coachman aad when she depart
cd with her daughter, she received promise
from Arthur Hetherington that he would speed
ily make q visit to the family mansion Of Hairs
ton.