The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-10-19
CHAPTER II.

Ingram was following or not.
The young man did so.
1t was tale Of some length to which
Mr.. Robert Ingram listened, some half
an hour later, from Mr. Richard, the
half-Ingram, in the poor little hostelry
at which this individual was staying. 1t
was, to the youth, one of absorbing in
terest. This illegitimate brother had been
reared with his father-William Ingram,
The two boys had loved each other
Then the one who had always been called
Richard Ingram, although without any
right to name himself so. had been placed
in the navy, and two years subsequently,
William Ingram had married.
"Your mother died"
"In giving me birth" .said young In
gram.
81 know It. I was a. your fathers,
i'll London, at the time. He purchased
Lanercort, the year after"
The youth NODDED aIirmativelv.
"He had the estate entailed upon you,
and your eldest son, if you had any
Should you die without issue, or before
coming Of age, it was to come to his il.
legitimate brother"
''How do vou know this ?.
"When you were two years old, l, for
the first time, saw Lanercort-for the on
ly time His sharp black eye shot out
a keen glance at his nephew. "Do you
know, why?"
"No! But l suspect"
Richard, the half Ingram, chuckled.
You are chip of the old stuff Viii
liam-good, dear William died''-a tear,
or something remarkably like one, spar
kled for moment in the uncles eye
"while | was next, away"
"And you never came back? 2"
"Until now"
"Did you know that I was living2'
"Not, until l heard you speak, and saw
your clear eye. l knew you at once, lit
tie boy! You are so like poor William"
The young man extended his hand,
which was caught in the grasp of that of
his uncle
"What is that 2" asked young ingram
as he released his uncle's hand. and ga
zet intently upon round, deep pit in
its centre.
"The cicatrice where the Algerines
nailed it to cross, and kept me two
whole days in the burning sun without
food, because l would not turn Moslem." !"
"Great heaven. And how did you es
cspe?'
"By Mohammed! became one"
The young man shuddered as he look.
ed on the half-Ingram.
'Six months since l was the Aga Sc
lin. / don't know but should have re-
manned so to the day Of my death, but
that wanted to know if she had put
you out Of the way as she did me"
"She!
Certainly, The brains Of the Medli-
cots are all Ingram"
81 will not believe it
"You 10 not suppose, that such fool
as this Medlicott could have formed such
q plot?"
"But'you dare not suppose"
The eyes of the young man looked the
horror that he felt at the superstition
that crossed him.
"That the accursed jade poisoned poor
William No" he said, quickly. 81
give her the benefit of doubt. If Ibid
not do so, would strangle her with my
own hands"
For some few moments both remained
silent. Then the Young man spoke again.
"And you think she has destroyed the
entail"
"Nom
"She would have been a fool to to have
played such game without doing So"
"Whsn poor William showed Inc the
deed, he told me where lie kept it."
And that VAS"
II will procure it for you"
"But where"
"The young are fools, as was once
You shall have it tomorrow or next day.
l will tell you no more. Now, rs Allah
is full of mercy to all of us, as he was
to rae, in marking me thus" he uttered,
with d:scordant laugh, as he glanced
at his hand, "let us break our fast"
Taking the bell from the table, he
sounded it, and the waiting girl Of the
hostelrv climbed the six narrow stairs
that led from the kitchen to the low raft
cred chamber of honor IN which they
had been sitting.
Bring in the food, my Peri !" he said
adding, scofingly: Remember that
there is no swine-fesh, and that we need
four TASKS Of the same old Burgundy /
had last night"
When the meal was placed upon the
table--truth to say, it was better than at
many of our modern first t.class restaur-
ants-justice must be done to the whole
as well as the half Ingram.
The first drank sparingly-that is, for
a man of the period.
He emptied only one bottle.
The Aga Selim finished the other three.
Whether his capacity was entirely Brit.
ish Or partially Algerine,he emptied them.
Once, during the breakfast. he turned
to the younger Ingram, aud said inquir
ingly:
WHO was the girl saw you kiss? Is
she Medicott 2"
NO. A distant relation of the In.
grams"
The young mans brow darkeaed, and
his cheek had flushed, as he heard the
question and returned the answer
81 am glad of it. Thin Bordeaux and
strong brandy mix, bat badly"
70 be Continued
Apolitician in Wisconsin having writ
ten Tong letter explaining his position,
an adversary thus ,epitomizes it: "If !