The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-14

loses in comfort Then Catarina came
with hot meats and fried potatoes, and
Mr.. Glascock was compelled to help
himself. A o.
~ am but bad trenchermsn myself"
said Trevelyan, "but shall lament my
misfortune doubly if that should inter
! fere with your appetite" Then he, got
up and poured out wine into Mr.. Glas.
cocks glass. "They feline that it comes
from the Baron's vineyard" said Trevel-
yam, abiding to the wine-farm of Rica-
soil, land that there is none better in
Tuscany. never was myself q judge of
the grape, but this to me is as palatabie
as any of the costlier French wines.
How grand thing would wine really
be, if it could make glad the heart of
man. How. truly would one worship,
Bacchus II he could made ones heart to
rejoice Bat If q man have real sor-
row, wine will not wash it away-not
though q man were drowned in it, as
Clarence was"
Mr.. Glasceck hitherto had spoken
hardly word. There was an attempt
at joviality about this breakfast-or, at
any rate, of the usual comfortable lux
ury of hospitable entertainment
which, coming as it did from Trevelyan,
almost locked his lips. He had not
come there to be jevial or luxurious, but
to perform most melancholy mission;
and he had brought with him his sad
dest looks, and was prepared fer few
sad words. Trevelyan's speech, indeed,
was sad enough, but Mr.. Glaseock could
not take up questions of the worship of
Bacchus at half minutes warning.
He ate morsel, and raised his glass to
his lips, and felt himself to be very m
comfortable. 1t was necessary, however,
that he should utter word. "De you
not let your little boy come into break
fast :" he said.
"He is better away" said Trevelyan
gloomily.
"But as we are to travel together"
said Mr.. Glascock, eve might as we'll
make acquaintance"
"You have been little hurried with
me Oh that score" said Trevelyan. II
wrote certainly with a determined mind,
but things have changed somewhat since
then"
"You do not mean that you will not
send him W
"You have been somewhat hurried
with me, i say. If remember, rightly,
l named no time, but spoke of the flu
/ ture. Could have answered the mes
sage which 1received from you, would
have postponed your visit for week or
So"
Postponed it Why-I am to be
married the day after tomorrow. 1t
was Just as much as l was able to do, to
come here at all" Mr.. Glascock now
pushed his chair back from the table,
and prepared himselfto speak up. "Your
wife expects her child now, and you will
never break her heart, by refusing to
send him."
Nobody thinks of my heart Mr.. Glas-
cock"
But this is your own Offer"
Eyes, it was my own offer, certainly.
1 am not going to deny my own words,
which have no doubt been preserved in
testimoney against me-"
"Mr Trevelyan what do you mean 7"
Then when he was on the point of boil
ing over with passion, Mr.. Glascock re-
membered that his companion was not
response BILE for his expressions 81 do
hope you will let the child 60 away
with me-" he said. "You cannot conceive
the state of his mothers anxiety, and
she W i'll send him back at once if you
demand it,"
as that to be in good faith :"
] Certainly, in good faith. l would
lend myself to nothing, Mr.. Trevelyan,
that was not said and done in good
faith"
"She will not break her word, excus-
ing herself, because am-mad I"
~ am sure that there is nothing of
the kind in her mind"
perhaps not now: but such things
grow. There is no iniquity, no breach
of promise, no treason that woman
will not excuse to herself-or a man
either-by the comfortable self-assur
ance that the person to be injured is
mad. A hound without a friend Id not
so cruelty treated. The outlaw, the
murderer, the perjHrer has surer prlvll-
eyes than the man who Is IN the way,
and to whom his friends can point as
being-madw Mr.. Glascock knew or
thought that he knew that his host in
truth was mad, and he could not, there
fore, answer this TRADE by an assurance
that no such idea was likely to prevail.
Have they told you, wonder" contin-
ued Trevelyan, "hOwit was That, driven
to force and ambuscadc for the recovery
of my own child, l waylaid my wife and
took him from herf | have done moth
ing to forfeit my right as q man to the
control of my own family. / demanded
that the boy should be sent to me, and
she paid no attention TO my words. l
was compelled to vindicate my own au-
thority; and then, because L claimed
the right which belongs to father, they
said that was-mad! Ay, and they
would have proved it, too, had not tie d
from my country and hidden myself in
this desert. Think of that, Mr.. Glas-
cock! Now they have followed me here
not out of love for me; and that man
whom they call governor comes and
insults me; and my wife promises to be
good to me, and says that she will for
give and forget! Can she ever forgive
herself her own folly, and the cruelty
that has made shipwreck of my life 7
They can do nothing to me here; but
they would eutice me home, because
there they have friends, and can fee
doctors-with my own money-and
suborn lawyers,and put me away Ssome-
where in the dark, where shall be no
more heard of among men! AS you are
a man of honor, MI. Glascock-tell me;
is it not sol"
81 know nothing of their plans beyond
this, that you wrote mo word that you
would send them the boy"
"But know their plans. What you
say is true. did write you woodland
/ meant it. Mr.. Glascock, sitting here
alone from morning to night, and lying
down from night till morning, without
companionship, without love, in utter
misery, taught myself to feel that |
should think more of her than of my.
self"
'If you are so unhappy here, come
back yourself with the child. Your
wife would desire nothing better"
"Yes-and submit to her, and her