Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-05-27

nau teken Iancy 70 the sharp l0d, ana
put him in the office, where he favored,
encouraged, and trusted him more and
more every year; and the result had been
cunning bit Of roguery and fight There
was one consolation he had caught the
scoundrel, who was sentenced to two
years imprisonment. Had Tom Scott
got off with impunity his heart would
have been near breaking
III suppose this young gentleman was
quite lad when his father went to for
eign partsY" said Mrs. Fiel, presently, re-
turning to the pump handle. ''lI .H
"As he is not of age yet, l suppose he
must have been, replied her husband
continuing to flow. ~ tktl
"Was he educated In England before
he went out TO his father?"
/ al don't know; Mr.. Lobyear never
mentioned him before. 1 have writ
ten regularly to advise him how
his affairs stood, and he has, from
time to time, briefly acknowledged
my letters, declaring himself salts
fled, telling me to do what thought best,
saying where he wished his remittances
sent, and now and then requesting me to
undertake certain commissions for him
connected with his pursuits, but not at all
with my business. However, as he has
always behaved very handsomely, 1 have
done my best to oblige him, and mean to
do so still, though this present job is rath-
er delicate affair, and quite out of my
line what call regular bit of diplo-
macy" ..--...
"Ahp s...
Yes. 1t seems that the young man has
inherited his fathers fancy for rowing
life, though not his scientific tastes. He
has been living in Borneo for some years,
sailing about with expeditions against the
pirates, and / don't know what all. Mr..
Lobyear, senior, went to China from
Japan year and half ago and his son
Joined him at Hong Kong, where he inti-
mated desire to go to, England. for
| while, and have a spell of comfortable liv-
ling. The father was willing enough to
let him do so, and gave him a letter of
credit to me, and he started in one of the
tea sailing ships. But after he had sailed,
/ Mr.. Lobyear, senior, received information
from friend that his SON s principal rea-
son for desiring to visit England was the
hope of meeting with an adventures,
whose acquaintance he had made at Cal
cutta, and whom, in the ardor of a first
! passion, he desired to marry. The lady
had other views at the time; but had
since smiled by letter on his suit /; and she
| is a most undesirable wife for him. This
news having come to me by steamer, has
or course long preceded the youngsters
actual arrival; and my mission is to pre-
| with comparative ease while heis minor;
but he will come of age in eight months,
! and it would be poor success merely to
delay matters for that time. hope to
break it off altogether"
Exactly. And don't you think that if
| he were thrown into the society of an in
nocent, accomplished, and attractive girl,
his intatuation for this creature would the
sooner be got over?"F
"Well, well; send for Sarah if you
like; she would be leaving anyhow at the
end OF the quarter. Only, don't put her
up to thinking this YouDgster is a very
! great catch, for his father may have other
children, and older ones, ior aught |
know. Or he may spend all his money
in building pagodas, or aquariums or
black beetle museums; or in fitting out
expeditions to discover the South Pole,
which really ought to have turn, after
! all the fuss made about the North. am
| not by any means sure that it is good
thing, Martha"
AS Mr.. Fiel uttered these last words, he
looked at his watch, and then took cigar
| out of his case; whereupon Mrs. Fiel
! brushed his hat, and brought it to him,
| together with light. Something like
wifel And erea man could cry: "Con-
ductor, holdl' the City Atlas had de-
voured him up III.
1t is one thing for sailing ship to be
| telegraphed, and another for it to arrive in
port. A heavy gale tantalized the crew
and passengers of the Chipchow, and it
was week before Mr.. Fiel and his clients
son met, by which time the accomplished
| Sarah safely established under the
paternal roof; for her mother thought the
| lawyer exaggerated the chances against
the young mans inheriting good fortune,
and stuck to her little intrigue. 1T is GER
tain that she herself over estimated her
daughters attractions. Sarah was good
! girl enough, but commonplace, and not
beautiful; pellet hardly calculated to
drive out another very firmly fixed in the
pop-gun heart of lover.
However, the designing mother and
unwilling daughter had fair chance, for
young Lobyesr accepted the offer of hos
/ pitality made him by Mr.. Fiel, and estab
| lished himself in their house until he
could look about him. Travel in hot eli
mates had matured the young man, whom
you would have taken for fiVe-andtwenty.
1t had likewise tanned him and his face
and hands were so dark that Mrs. Fiel
was induced to make inquiries about the
nationality of his mother; but as Mr..
Fiel had. never known anything of Mr..
Lobyear before he put his affairs in his
hands, on going out to the East, and was
even ignorant, until quite lately, of the
very existence of this son, she could not
get much satisfactory Information out of
him. So she concluded that Mr. Lobyear,
seniors, Oriental tastes were not confined
to the fauna and flora; and the deep
blackness of the young mans hair, eye
brows, and long, dropping, silky NOUS
tache certainly tended to confirm her
theory. His manners were not very good.
There was an evident restraint about him;
and if in an unguarded moment he gave
nature her head, he became boisterous and
vulgar. He was very careful, however,
and only broke out once or twice, recov-
ering himself almost Immediately. He
seemed to find that the safest plan was
to spoon Sarah, and devoted himself to
her so assiduously the first evening, that
Mr.. Fiel listened to his wife's statement of
pros and cons with seriousness that night.
81 have no doubt his father means well
by him at present" said he, or he would
hardly show so much anxiety about his
contracting an unfavorable marriage, as
to give me almost carte blanche in the cost
of preventing it. Neither would he name
so handsome sum as sixty pounds
month for expenses, if he intended to
leave him penniless at his death. But this
is all conjecture" agvT
"But rather strong, surely, dear; and he
is certainly smitten with Sarah" said Mrs
Fiel.
Don't you be too sure of that Very
likely he carries on with everything in a
petticoat, or out of one, in those Borneo
parts that he meets; or it may be that he
Is throwing dust in my eyes, TO cover
his intrigue with this old Calcutta
friend" ..rt..T
Mr.. Fiel felt it to be so impol tant to pre-
vent the young man giving him the Slip,
that he left his other business TO the clerks,
and took upon him the office of show.
man, whereby he made acquaintance with
many London sights that he had never
seen before-the Interior OF st. Paul's, to
wit the top of the Monument; Madame
Tussaud's wax works. and certain bewil.
dering circular pictures, apparently seen