The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-06-30

a very good prospect before him but
don't like the looks of him.
Why not?'
lie cuts too wide swath for me-
But he is handsome aud tonguey, anc
Grace seems to be very fond of him.
'Oh, we'll, dare say it is all right,
added, feeling that Browning had per
mitted mere prejudice to annoy him.
Perhaps it is; but don't like the
looks of him. --..
What is his family p
There is another pcint. He is very
shy on that subject. His answers arc
very iudt flute. Between you and m'
he is an illegi, innate child, and is no'
particularly fond of his lineage
He is not to blame for that
Nor I, either. lie says he was born
in Rio Janeiro; that his father and mo
thcr are both dead. Perhaps they are
but in my opinion he never saw his ia
thcr.'
Don't be too hard on him, Brown.
ing. lie may be an angel
Not very likely; angels don't wear
patent leather boots
Nor devils, either. Where does he
do business p
b owning gave his name, and that OF
the firm in which he was employed.
1 will look into the matter little
for your sake added.
Thank you; if the young man is all
right, have no objection. If be is not
what he should be, the sooner stop
this business the better
Just So 1 can give you history of
him in few days.
Before l returned home, I had the
opportunity to make the acquaintance of
George Lester, the young gentleman in
question.
] fully concurred with Browning in
his estimate of the lover. There was
something sinister i'll bis looks. He
was altogether too gay, brilliant and
dashiug for a sensible young man, and
| was satisfied that he had some bad ha-
bits, to say the least. l did not blame
Browning for being uneasy about his
daughter. 1 should certainly ave closed
the door against him.
And yet, after all, he might be an an.
gel though it was scarcely possible
1t d"es not always do to judge wen by
their physiognomy. They iuherit their
good OF their bad looks, and man with
evil iuclinatiops may be SO thoroughly
schooled as to be good man. r-
The next day | went to the city, l
put myself on the track of Mr.. Lester,
aud on the first day l ascertained that
he visited fashionable groggery Father
TOO ten for his health aud future pros
perity.
The member of the police department
are generally pretty well posted in re
gard to young men about town. [ was
well acquainted with several of them,
and in the course of week, 1 was salts
fed that Mr.. George Lester was not such
a young man as Brc wniDg would accept
as a. future sou in law Yet perhaps he
was not worse than majority of those
of his position in society.
Grace was a reasonable girl, and wh.n
her ather assured her that Lester was
dissolute, she consented to have him
bauishcd from her presence. Bat it was
evident that she suffered not little by
being SO reasonable. Her gay .s,niTe was
gone, aud sad aud moody look brooded
on her beautiful features. | couDselled
Browning to take her to Niagara aud
Saratoga He did SO, and with excel
lent effect. Though she could not wholly
bauish her thoughts, of the discar ded
lover, her appearance was much i'm
proved.
In the meantime Lester used every
means in his power to alter her determi
nation to see him no more, but his let
ters were returned unopened, and di
rected in the handwriting of her father
His messenger, for he employed the la
dy of the house at which be boarded to
iutercede for him, wasSrepulsed with the
same courageous determination.
Thus the matter rested for a month
Lester had appareHtly given up the
chase. But the sequel will show that
neither Browning nor myself had mis-
taken the man when we set him down as
unworthy the hand aud heart of the
beautiful girl. q
Early one morning, Browning came
into my Office, i'll high fever of excite
llent.
What is the matter with you Brown
ug?' 1 asked, without giving him time
to say word.
You will be astonished now if you
never was before, Dockit?'
What has happened p
The lost heir has come to light
Your brother George do you meau?'
Not exactly George himself, but his
SON
is it possible?' A
INNbo a ro,, th;pl- -,
Couldn't imagine
George Lester
'Whew !
He claims to be my nephew; and,
shat is yet worse, he claims to be Har
lie 's cousin
is it SOP -...
L don't know; that is matter for you
awyers to decide -
What does he say? Has he any evi
Ience to establish the truth of what he |
ays!'
He says that he can prove that he is
he son of my brother George who is
lead, and that lie is legally entitled to
ne half of his grandfather's estate
This is tremendous t .-
That is fact
But do you believe what he says?'
Il dou't know, what do you think about
t. .,-t
1T is very strange.
Il know of no reason why it may not |
e true. George went off; We know of
is having married Spanish girl in
'uba, and being on sugar plantation