The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-10-27


, kind than to interest himself actively
. in the rough-and-tumblc of life. lie
= was not, however, without an OCCASION
al stimulus from his father, who, as the
$ representative Of an ancient and we'll
/ endowed family, doomed it incumbent
, upon himself and his heir, among other
duties by no means neglected. to extend
the hand of good-tcllowship to his
ncighbors, and OF hospitality to every
deserving individual (ahemD who
came within the quiet sphere of his in
fluence.
"Thus comfortably and satisfactorily
things went on with us, till the near
approach of day of considerable inn
portance to the family of our worthy en-
tcrtaincr: nothing less, in short, than
the marriage of his heir to the daughter
of ncighboriug proprietor; n match in
every way suitable and full Of promise
for coming generations Of Westertons,
for such is the name we will now know
them by.
"The family estate was strictly en-
tailed, and in case Of the death of the
younger Wcsterton, would go to dis
\ fan, cousIu, then in the army and on
s,sutv in Int,ia Tho old gentleman had,
lin his yo ith, uflercd some ratherscvorc
! love disappointment, and was long sup
noscd to have tax an an irrevocnblc vow
lagainst any further dealings with tho
raitorous sex; during this period it was
n.,t he had his ncphcw and heir to live
will him; und the young man, seeing
na f. ct Of hcirship reflected on every
side. naturally came 10 look upon ms
ir,tinat, accession to- thc property as
io,,,ost q tr1ing Of course, and when his
inncla shock OF the dow-drops from ms
luomc.' and provided himself with q
Ito o,1 in d lc time q direct heir to
I1ba estate, felt no dc Dt a deep amount
OF chagrin and dIS ppolntmo't. Ile
had. however, no af r-roason TO COM
plain, for his odvarce.4 mt III lie was rs
carelully looked TO as ii Ire had p@eh u
. Younger son; which, take IL - ~!
that. under the circumstances, could
rcascnably he expected. 1horoW'S not
much cordiollty, fear, but certain
amount Of all-1ery-wcll sort OF fntcr-
course kept up between them, their rel
ative positions being well understood
and appreciated On both sides.
"There was some Troublesome war or
other on hand just at the time l speak
of, and we were accustomed to look over
the news Of the day with the sort Of in
terest one is expected to take in the rel
In, 4 nj l.
riosity to know whether they arc going
to be made field-mar3hal4, or, IN Amer
lean phrase, had already gone under
, when we were startled by the arrival,
~ totally unexpected, of our cousin him.
self. nl-health formed the plea for his
IL arrival in England; the contemplated
~ marriage, heard of on his landing, iol
" his presence in the north.
ID "IIc did not come alone. y wonder
III full collection of Oriental curiositios ac
conlpanicd him, from the wing Of a but
Of tcrHv to the handkerchief Of Thug
rs curiOsitics which were under the cSpe'
RS cial charge of HindOO retainer, Gholab
ur and n retainer's retainer, who, II they
Of were not Thugs themselves, looked,
er could not help thinking, "minently wei
lg qualified for the dignity. That he shouio
of have brought these WOrthic5 with hin
lit excited our surprise; but that he eX
es planned by informing us Of their dcVot
ne ed attachment to himself, for SOME vita
u, service rendered to them in India.
Ii think it was the saving of Gholab'5 life
ej- but whether from a tiger, bullet, O
Us the ga!loWs, will not undertake to say
IT. "Both Gholab and his master Wcr
st much occupied about the museum OF GU
lst riositics before mentioned. In truth,
" think never came upon the former hu
es. that he was rubbing, polishing, or il
nd some way working upon some queer
II, uncouth looking object or other. Ono
ne / came suddenly upon him in planta
nd ton at some distance from the house
tie and, as M curiosity had always bee
ms somewhat excited on his account, Sto0
&C. for some moments Observing his labor
nd before advancing on him. You knoN
Est what bangles are"'
les "To he sure. Indian ornaments 70
I'm the ankles"
I'm u~l 80. w Gil, cll Al lNil'i W 40 '''''A'
m engaged in altering and shaping Whn
on appeared TO me to be an ornament o
ur- Shis description, adding to it stron
at chipping spring, and Il link or two o
ed chain. lie started no when he bcca!n
ar- conscious ofmy vicinity, with a gfrute
lrc appearance 0f fri Iht and Il moro Wilt
sal ness of gesture than | deemed the ooc,
)us sion justified, though he WAS an Cricl
tQI, and we were in = plantation at
ave short distance from IN English squire
ish huH; and in reply to my simple qlestio
ere as to what he WAS about, uttered SON
the uuintclligiblc gutturala, and gc,ticuIa
les, ed in Il manner meant possibly to be e.
ms, planatory, but which had, to me, an a
'c', poarauce wonderfully resembling I!
all PAST, Of Herr Irctto, thttOuj wine
mo especially bent upon . process Of ban
ing h1pAmg,
1t" "lut this and many othersm ma
was tcrs besides, which have since acquire
end significance, passed away from my min
ern at least from the surface of ito lodi
i'm themselves, however, in those mystcl
ars, Gus recept0clcs where | do believe eve
hose atomic affection on our senaoria, AT ~
e is time experienced, is indeatructtb!y lyil
lcnt and still capablc of being mndC prom