Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-03-01
THE LOST INHERITANCE.
AN INSTRUCTIVE STORY.

garb Of a well-to do farmer; the other 4
youth of about ige-ana twenty, who
seemed to be waiting for some one to
come and meet him. 70 this person
the old man presently addressed him
self:
! May [ presume, sir" said he, ''to
inquire if you are Clement B.?
: Yes, my good man." replied the
youth, with haughtiness OF manner
ami | have no doubt you are Mr.. Mar
! tin.
"At your service, sir, replied the
other.
"Well, Mr.. Martin, continued Clem-
| ent, in the same tone, II began to mag
inc. you intended to keep me waiting
That would not have been the best man
ner in whicht have insinuated your
self into my good graces.'
The old man, instead Of replying, let
his head fall upon his breast az if in
deep attliction, ani conducted the new
conner toward large, old fashioned car
riage, to which a very rough looking
, horse was harnessed.
Here is your carriage, sir" said
Martin. "if you will be good enough
to get in, I will have the honor Of CON
ducting you to the Hermitage"
"That my carriage, sir?" cried Glenn
ent. "Why, [ shall be taken for a
travelling pcddler.
But few days before, Mr.. Clement
b., who now put on so many fine airs,
was simple clerk in a crockery ware
house in Paris, and possessed the rep
utation of being a quiet, unpretending
little fellow. What then, had brought
about this sudden and radical transform
alton? He had become, since the pre-
vious day, rich man, and it may be
we'll understood that the possessor of an
income OF twenty thousand francs a
year finds it difficult to retain the mod
est demeanor ola poor clerk. On the
previous day, while busting the large
piles of erockery under his charge,
letter arrived for him by the post, con-
yeying to him the startling intelligence
that one of his uncles, of whom he had
often heard as an eccentric and very
wealthy old man, but whom he had
never seen, had just died at his residence
in Burgundy, leaving his nephew, Glenn
ent, sole heir to his estates, to the exclu-
sion of many other heirs.
The letter was from notary in the
Province, who desired him to leave
Paris imme1aia y for Joigny, the town
near which his uncle had resided, where
he would he met by Mr.. Martin, an old
confidential servant of the deceased, and
conducted from the railroad to the ''Her-
mitase,' the name which the deceased
had given to the estate.
Almost driven out Of his senses by
such an unexpected stroke of fortune,
Clement hastened to obey the notarys
directions, and on his arrival at Joigny
joined Martin as We have seen.
On jolted the queer vehicle in Which
our hero had so contemptuously taken
place, until, after ride of several miles,
the occupants arrived at their destina-
ton Martin offered the honors Of the
Hermitage to the new proprietor, called
all the servants and introduced them to
their future master, and then conducted
the latter to his own apartments.
"This was the sleeping chamber Of
your uncle,' said Martin, as they en-
tered a large apartment furnished in old
fashioned style. at was in this room
that he died ten days ago"
But the nephew, instead Of evincinS
any emotion upon being shown the cham
Der Of his benefactor, threw upon all
around him look of scorn, and cried:
Upon my word, l can't say l think
much of the old boys taste! I never
saw anything so very ugly in all my
life"
Notwithstanding sir" replied Mar
tin, '.it is the best we have here; and, if
you cannot content yourself, | really
don't know where you will find other
lodgings
II live herer' exclaimed the young
man. "You do not imagine l am such
a donkey, I hope! For US young fell
lows, do you see Paris is the only place;
so shall sell this old crazy rookery at
once. and then be Off.
"Sell the Hermitage!' exclaimed Mar
tin; "our uncle's favorite place of resi-
dence? Impossible! And we servants,
who hoped to end our days under this
roof, what is to become of us?"
"Mr Martin" retorted the young
man, ''let me have none Of your com
plants, I beg. Get me some dinner, and
afterwards you will drive me to the no
tary's."
After having eaten hearty meal,
Notwithstanding he found the meats in
sipid and the wines sour, the legatee,
still accompanied by Martin, re-entered
the carriage, and the two started off.
''If am not mista ken" observed Mr.
Clement, after an hours ride, I'VE passed
this spot this morning; and that, point
ing to building, sis the railroad sta
ton. Do you take the train there?"
"You alone will do So" responded
his companion, speaking very gravely,
and in manner which caused the young
man to tremble in spite Of himself. 81,
sir, am your uncle, and happily I am
not deadl Having heard good accounts
of your conduct, l had resolved to make
you heir of all | possess; but, before
doing So | wished to ascertain if you
were really deserving of my generosity,
and had recourse to stratagem, which
has thoroughly exposed your true char
acter to me. "Good-by, Mr.. Clement;
return to your business, and remember
that your arrogance and ingratitude
have lost you that which will never
again be placed within your reach
London Family Herald.
R0T While walking down College
street last Sunday evening, "The Sub
scriber" came up with two negro boys,
'aged respectively ten and fifteen years"
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