Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-08-05

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Have you any choice?" @
81 cannot say that have, since can
no longer dwell beneath the roof and
wander in the paths endeared and hal
lowed by the presence of my uncle. He
was very kind to me, Mr.. Stafford. A
father. could not have been more so"
"And yet he knew that by neglecting
to provide for you, you would be thrown
penniless upon world that has no sym:
pathy for aught but itself Iea a,E 9fr.
81 don't believe that he did neglect
to. He even one day limited to me that
/ should find myself amply provided for,
and was going on to tell something
more, when, looking up, he saw that
hateful Prynn standing in the doorway"
"Prynn was Carkley's AGENT"
eyes, while Carkley was absent from
this country"
GAS you decline fixing on any place Of
residence, will you leave it to me?"
"Certainly." asyaG vUa t95 5aa
81 have reasons for preferring this
town to any know of 80. -
az can think Of no pleasanter place,
and on one condition I shall be willing
to make it our home.' s. do1G3e 10 aol i
\ "What is the condition." eIj aiyget
''That we don't live near enough to
ARENAS Carkley to have him for a
neighbor. | am afraid my feelings to-
ward him would not be such as ought
to cherish, should [ often see him in my
old familiar haunts." ~ =
81 should be as averse to living near
him as you possibly can be-"
The rich purple which stepped the
distant hills was now fast fading to a
cold gray, and Eleanor, accompanied by
Stafford, at last turned her step toward
the fine old mansion, which she was to
leave early in the morning, and which
she expected never more to enter. ~ ~
"Three weeks from TODAY YOU NAV
expect to see me-" said Stafford, as be
unloosed the gate which opened on a
garden of shrubs and flowers. Ii gaT
4" ono place would seem exactly like
home to me without a flower garden, q
said Eleanor. l'1H1- ~ Ds'e -'i tii4'tAh
''You shall have one,"was Staf'ords
reply. "There's a rosemary-that's for
remembrance. Ipray you love, remem-
ber," he added, quoting from Hamlet,
and; he presented her with sprig of the
| fragrant herb 'Go3 .., - %
Though the pale flowers had been
withered and gone for months, the green
leaves were still fresh, and their aroma
tioated around them on the dewy air.
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But you told me we were not to live
in the neighborhood of ARENAS Clark
| ley's estate" said Eleanor, as the car
riage in which she was seated by her
husbands side approached the broad av-
enue which led to the stately old man
sion which had been her, former home.
81 told you we shouldn't have Clark
| ley for neighbor; and we shan't." "a
Just as he finished speaking, they. ar
rived at a spot where lights, previously
intercepted by out-buildings, could be
seen beaming cheerily from the frost
windows of the gray stone house.
s''Look!" said Eleanor. Carkley has
arrived"
81 think not" replied Stafford, and
the next minute the carriage turned in
to the avenue. .1sgil 8a air
"What does this mean?" asked Ell
eanor. ..o 10 .aIboo " 3rGaI A
5t"Y onder fine old mansion is to be OUR
home, and not Carkley's-", q Ia 7}as.r.s
Glow can that be? | can't under
stand"
''But you will, when I tell you that
am your late uncle's adopted son. y
"You? Impossible!' 4s.a
"Not at all. Did it never occur to
you that my name is the same as his was
previous to his taking the name of Her
bert?" a.t- -. .-,...r... ....
81 knew that his name was Stafford,
but then, though in most places it isn't
a common name, within half dozen
miles OF here almost every other. house
is inhabited by a family of Stafords,
while many Of them are SO remotely con-
nected by ties of Kindred, that no ac-
count is made of the relationship. And
then, his name was Hollis; yours is
Frederick" ,.J .0;.e.. ,,,',s XII
eyes, Frederick Hollis Stafford, OF
rather Herbert, for, according to the
will, must resume the name your uncle
gave me, which, by his command, re-
linquished when we parted"
cit seems strange that no one among
those who knew you at the time you left,
should have suspected who you were.''
"Not so very strange. The man of
twenty-four seldom bears a striking re-
semblance to what he was at the age OF
twelve. AS the mind natures, it not
only changes the expression of the coun-
tenance, but in measure moulds the
features. My uncle and aunt, with
whom have boarded since / became a
schoolmaster, alone knew that was the
late Mr. Herbert's adopted son. / had
not heard of his death when first arriy-
ed here, and when | was told that he
died without remembering me, and thai
the whole of the property would pass
into the hands of Carkley, I decided to
leave, never more to return. Isaw you
and altered my mind. / knew that
ought to go, but couldn't resist the in
clination / felt to remain. So looked
round for some employment, for / could
not afford to be idle, and was so fortu
nate as to obtain the situation of district
school teacher" sa3ni
"And Carbohydrate you seen him.
eyes, he arrived the next day after
you left, but found such serious obsta
Gle to his taking possession of the es-
tate, that, after heaping upon me many
opprobrious epithets, and threatening t.
contest the will, he took the advice O
his lawyer, and concluded to let the mat
ter DROP"
| BY this time the carriage which hat
been slowly advancing, stopped at the
front entrance of Eleanor's old home
Elsie Weld, who had been the house