Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-07-24
LOST INHERITANCE.

paid.
ALOST INHERITANCE.
Tie Paris correspondents: Of the New
York Express writes thus:
have story to relate to your readers
this week; which, though occupying more
space than usually devote to incidents,
conveys SO excellent a moral, that have
yielded to the temptation to give it in full.
The train from Paris to Lyons, stopped
at the station Of J"igny. town upon the
route. and again went on. after leaving a
few passengers. The depot, for a few
moments, crowded with railroad agents
and lcokerson, was soon deserted by all
but-two-
One of these.was~ a11seld manSedressed
in the garb farm er s9tlRie
other, = youth Of! Eve and twenty, Nv 10
seemedAo. INV aitings for meenes to meet
him. TO this parsonage, ,+he, old, man f:
pslly addtessed himself. Z" May T. pre-,
me.ssirs'E said he,- ito enquire'if you
are Clement B 90, = -. -. - ~, a.,
Yes. my good man. replied the
YOuthsswitlfea'hauti ness'ofs manner and
have no. doubt you are Mr. Martini
"At'EyCtr service. SIR" returned the
other. ..a.5.s e..
"H ell,. Mr.. Martini" continued Clement,
in the same tone. II begin to imagine
you intended TO keep me waiting. That
would not have been the best manner in
which to have inSinuated yourself into my
good graces.''
The old man. instead of replying, let
Ills head fall upon his breast, as If in
deep "tt1iction, and conducted the new
conner towards an old fashioned carriage.
to which a rough looking horse was har-
messed.
''Hcre is your carriage, SIR said Mar
tin. elf you will be good enough to get
in. will have the honor Of conducting
Jou TO the Hermitage. ~
'Why. shall be taken for travelling
pedler." Notwithstanding. as there
seemed 10 be no means Of avoiding it, he
took his seat BY the side Of the old man,
but not without expressions of disdain
In another moment the man had seized
the reins, and the: horse started on a
clumsy,trut. .1 ... ..-.-a
But few days before, Mr.. Clement B =,
Yhp nov put on SO. many grand airs, was
a simple clerk in "a. crockery store in
Paris. and possessed the reputation of be.
ing q quiet, unpretending little fellow.
What then brought about this sudden
and radical transformation He had be-
come, since the previous day, rich man;
and it may be well understood that the
possesser Of an income of &c, 900 francs a
year finds it diicucult to retain the mo.
dest demeanor Of a clerk. On theprevi-
Gus day while busting the piles OF crocke-
~ under his charge, a letter had arrived
for him by the post, containing the starts
ling intelligence, that one Of his uncles,
Of whom he had often heard as an eccen
tic and very wealthy man, but whom he
had never seen, had Just died at his cha
teau, in Burgundy. leaving his nephew
Clement, sole legatee of his estate to the
exclusion Of many other heirs. The let
ter was from a notary of the province
who desired him to leave Paris immedi,
stely, for Joigpy. the town near which bis
uncle resided, where he would be met BY
Martin, an old and confidential servant oil
the defunct. and conducted from the rail
road to the Hermitage" the name which
the deceased had given his chateau and
his estate. which constituted the main
Almost driven on! Of his senses by such
an unexpected stroke Of fortune, he has
tened to obey the notary s directions; and
upon his arrival at Joigny, joined old Mar
tin, as we have seen. .... ...
On Iolted the queer vehicle in which
our hero had so contemptuously taken q
place, until after ride of several miles,
the occupants arrived at their destination
Martin offered the honors Of the Hermit
age to the new proprietor, called the ser.
wants and introduced them to their future
master, and then conducted the latter tc
his apartments. sal. a....
''This was the sleeping apartment O
your uncle., said Martin. as they en-.
tered q vast apartment, furnished in old
fashioned style. 800; 49,. +1.' ...
at was the room in which he died ter
days ago." " "a - t@--.'5=i - 81
But the nephew Instead Of eyipcing any
emotion upon Beng Shown tbs chamber
of his benefactor. threw upon Atlh ardhhd
look Of SOON and elisdS ~ pom my
word ilscanRt say Il think mulch Of the old
bo93s taststs I never 81 W anything SC
frighaEy agly5in all my life. !. ~ 30.
Notwithstanding. sir, replied Martini"
IT'S the best there is here; and if you
cannot content yourself here, do not re.
ally know where you will ind other lodg-
ings.1 EsS:Ts - 90 80 c.. ss.. ... 10
.''1sliye here! y on don imayiae | an,
such Sa'dognkey;I, hope
.%Fors US young fellows, dye see Paris
Is she.old place: so l shall sell this old
rookery al once, and be off,"
seSRII Hornnitas,ra- -. r.