The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-24
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Mortimer ChinpIor, lho oldest
child N tho family, was the spn n
an Old Virginia gentleman Prom
hI' infancy he lnd boon taught Ie'.
aona of pieiy and Glhl obedience Ny
his mgihef. md how, whsn he wns
reaching cloacly The verge u man.
hood, an1 beginning 70 enter upon
the trials and temptations n liic u
Il not TO be supposed he would forget
them. ilis father, immersed In The
cares and duties Of his position M
head of the family, was content Ia
leave the moral training Of hia chill
drcn 10 their mother lie was well
satisfied that they were in safe hands,
and II only remained for him to oc.
rasionally give them a lesson in
politcness, or a word or two In regard
10 their coniuct in their intercourse
with the world.
Mr. Claiming was not a wealthy
man. At the age Gf twenty he had
inherited an estate frola his uncle
and this, together with what he
received from his father, had COM
fortably settled him in life. AT the
age of twcnty-threc he married q
poor girl belonging to a good family,
and thus, up to the period our story
commences, he had about held his
own. lie was a proud man--could
give you the history of his family for
several generations back, and fire.
quently boosted that one of hi,
"illustrious predecessors" was
Kings receiver" of taxes in the
reign OF George III. BE this as il
may, he was a great .stickler for
"iamlly blood" and pride, and often
remarked, "there is as much to be
seen in the blood of a man as in that
of horse"
As a natural consequence, the mind
of his son Mortimer had become i'm
pressed with like ideas, and but little
danger was apprehendcd on the part
of Mr.. Claiming that any child o.
his would ever bring an odium OF
the family by marrying a person o
"low degree" Mortimer Claiming
several years previous to the com
mencemcnt of our story, had inner
tied from an uncle after whom h
was named, small estate, and this
together with what assistance hi
father could give him, had enablet
Mr.. Claiming to give his son elias
sical education, and at the early ag
of eighteen, Mortimer graduated
with first honors, and returned TO hi
home. His father was anxious 70
his son to enter Immediately upol
the study Of medicine, and not man,
weeks elapsed after his return iron
"Old Randolph Macon" before h
was articled" to a neighborinI
physician. Twas thus, it may b
said, he entered upon the battle Q
life. y
In the neighborhood of Mr.. Chan
, ming resided a gentleman and famil
! named Ezelle. Mr.. Ezelle was
man fifty years Of age. He was on
, of those stiff, unbcnding. iron-gra
, men, in whom there is no guile nc
shadow Of turning. For twent
years he had been an officer in h
church, and during this long perio'
> never had blot or blemish bee
: found on his character. He WI
active and energetic in every measul
: that sought to benefit the bodies an
), souls of his fellow-men. He WI
: renowned for his uniform piety, an
= none doubted the genuinencss Of NJ
|, Ezelle's religion. And yet, with a
y these virtues, he had an enemy-ol
= only in all the world. Mr.. Chal
y ming was his enemy. Before eth
! Of them ever saw the dawn OF da
J. their grandiathers became involv,
y !, in long and expensive law suit, al
y = the feud had been handed dow
= through the long intervening ycal
y y and the ill-will yet found a lodgil
!. y place in the heart Of Mr.. Channin
" Had the suit terminated Different
e. Mr.. Claiming would have inherit
VI the .riyer low grounds now belon
~ ing TO his second cousin and neig
$ Dor, Mr.. Ezelle. This was the DO
Gu :, of contention, and for years-all
O, life--had Mr.. Claiming 4" "mou,he,
ao and grumbled on this subject. \
ng Ezelle, in his heart, felt no i'll feeli
n for his relation, and often made ov
's, lures Of intimacy and friendship,
no to no avail. The rancor still exis'
. In the unregenerated heart Of J
~ |, Claiming.
~ Mr.. Efelle had never been bles
, with son. He had three daught,
oe two Of whom had already MARI
as and the youngest, Caroline, at
ny commencement Of our story, was
on on single, and living with her fail
ne Truly was she beautiful. IT'S use
~ for our feeble pen to attempt
=, scripticn Of her now, At the az
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