Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03
VOLUME XIII.

encouraged, and trusted him more an
more every year; and the result had bee
, cunning bit of roguery and flight. Their
was one consolation; he had caught tn
scoundrel, who was sentenced to tw
years imprisonment Had Tom Scot
got off with impunity, his heart woult
have been near breaking.
@ suppose this young gentleman wa
quite lad when his father went to for
eign psrtsf" said Mrs Fiel, presently, re
turning to the pump.handle.
"As he is not of age yet, | suppose h.
must have been," replied her husband
continuing to flow.
"W be educated in England betor,
he went out to lis father ?''s'
81 don't know; Mr.. Lobyear neve
mentioned him before. 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 remittance,
sent, and now and then requesting me II
undertake certain commissions for hin
connected with his pursuits, but not at al
with my business. However, as he hai
always behaved very handsomely, have
done my best to oblige him, and mean tt
do so still, though this present job is rath
er delicate affair, and quite out of my
line; what l call regular bit of diplo
macy"
"Ahp
"Yes. It seems that the young man hai
inherited his fathers fancy for rowing
| fh1x ~ H. foa% IL
has been living in Borneo for some years
sailing about with expeditions against tht
pirates, and don't know what all. Mr.
Lobyear, senior, went to China from
Japan 2 year and half ago and his SOL
Joined him at Hong Kong, where he init
mated desire to 60 to England for 9
while, and have srell of comfortable liV'
ing. The father was willing enough tc
let him do so, and gave him q letter oi
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 sons 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 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 most undesirable wife for him. This
news having come to me by steamer, has
of course long preceded the youngsters
actual arrival; and my mission is to pre-
vent this marriage. This can be done
with comparative ease while he is minor
but he will come Of age in eight months,
and it would be poor success merely to
delay matters for that time. l hope to
break it off altogether"
Exactly. And don't you think that il
he were thrown into the society of an in
nocent, accomplished, and attractive girl
his infatuation for this creature would the
sooner --~-" M,
"Well, Sarah
like she w leaving anyhow at the
end of the quarter. Only, don't put her
up to thinking this Youngster is very
great catch, for his father may have other
children, and older ones, for 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 a 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 a
wifel And erea man could cry: Soon
ductoE' elu5 ,9.sl holdl' the cisy Atlas had de-
1t is one thing for a 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 was 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 q good
girl enough, but commonplace, and not
beautiful pellet hardly calculated to
drive out another very firmly fixed in the
pop-gun heart of a lover.
However, the designing mother and
unwilling daughter had fair chance, for
Young Lobyear accepted the offer of hos
pitality made him by Mr.. Fiel, and estab.
| iished 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 rfive-and-tweHty
It had likewise tanned him and his face
and hands were so dark that Mrs. Fiel
x,o q l., d,,ood to ~ q bo in ouiri q oho,t tho
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.. Lobysar
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 hel
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. HI
seemed to find that the safest plan wa
to spoon Sarah, and devoted himself tt
her so assidnously the first evening, thai
Mr.. Fiel listened to his wife's statement o
pros and cons with seriousness that night
"I have no doubt his father means vel
by him at present" said he, cor he woult
hardly show so much anxiety about hi
contracting an unfavorable marriage, a
to give me almost carte blanche in the cos
of preventing it, Neither would he nam,
so handsome sum as sixty pounds ,
month for expenses, If he intended t,
leave him penniless at his death. But thi
is all conjecture"
"But rather strong, surely, dear; and h
is certainly smitten with Sarah" said Mri
Fiel.
"Don't you be too sure of that. Yer,
likely he carries on with everything in
petticoat, or out Of one, in those Borne,
parts, that he meets; or it may be that b
Is throwing dust in my eyes, to cove
his intrigue with this old Calcutt
friend" fT a,5 a
Mr.. Fiel felt II TO be 80 impol tant to pre-
vent the young man giving him the slir
that he left his other business to the clerks
and took upon him the Office Of show
1 man, whereby he made acquaintance wit
many London sights that he had neve
seen before-the interior Of 81. Paul's, +
wit: the top of the Monument; Madam
Tussaud's ax.works; and certain bewil
dering circular pictures, apparently seel
| from the inside. as II one were fgur
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