Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-02

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GaaGI .! .s..I...i xc.- r.as 80. :
4 7awas induced t6 make inqdities about tn
natiopalityg of htso netheTs sbHtS as MI
} FieI had never known anything of MI
81 kebyear Before hee putt aHis Affairs in hi
J hands, on going ont to the East, and wa
even Ignorant, until quite lately, of th'
/ livery existence of this son, she could no
get much satisfactory information out o
HIM 2 So she concluded that Mr.. Eebyear
senieF's, Oriental tasteSwere notconfnec
u to, the fauna and fora; and the deeI
I blackness of the young mans hair, eye
fbr6ws, and long, dropping, silky NOUS
tache4 certainly tended to confirm ihei
!. theory. His mannersawere not very. good
I There was an evident restraint about him
land II in an unguafded moment he gave
4 nature her head she became boister0us and
vulgar. HE was very careful however
and only broke out once or twice, recov.
i ering himself almost fmfa aediately. : He
i seemed to, find that the safest plan was
to spoon. Sarah, and devoted himself to
Il her so assidhously the, first evening, that
| Mr.. eBlistened to his wife statement oi
\ lpTos and cons With seEiouspess tbatnight
Il have no doubt bis father means well
4 by him at present" said he, or he would
hardly show $50 mneh anxiety about his
contracting -unfaEsFable marriage, as
to give me almost carte blanche in the cost
Il of preventing It. Neither would he name
o{tnndsorne "a sum as1 sixty podids a
4 month for raexpenses, eif be Intended ito
lefye I've him pepniIless At his death. Bht this
boz But father strong; asurels, dear; and he
is CERTAINLY smitten with Sarahs1 1hssaid Mrs.
tis Don't you be- too sure Of that Gv7ery
Tikely ehe.carries on with everything in q
/ petticoat, orTout of one, in those Borneo
| parts, that he meets; or itmay be that fhe
his intrigue dwith this aold sOale1tta
Fef felt it 70 be iaAinp 81 inpol ni tant to pre-.
-bvent the young man giving him the slip,
i thath leftIhis other business TO the cIefks s,
and took upon him the, eflce of show
man, whereby he made acquaintanc with
iEmany@ London. sights that he had never
seen tbefoTe--the interior of Sta RauRs; to
| wit the top of the Monument; Madame
I Tussaud's wax-wofks; and certain beYil-
I1ering circular pictuFesS appaf fently seen
from the insidey sh fgene aFere p figure
EsPrsseptsd, called pan9rrapas1aA OF
Eyo1ngo man, who dheVertheIeSS owned
that, oni the whole, be- esIprefeEred1 Cal-
eutta- Mention of that city gave the law
yer an opening; he inquifed If therewere
much society there pleasant society !?
who5of Course c60fd mot be expected
to know his Shthsr'sl disee4efy and
eQmmuni nicatiVn 81 70 q his M6Yer, took
his cicerone into, condolences He adored
eutedl saint that ever excited 1.-The
jealousy of q spitefulI epterie. Her name
was Montacute, and she; was a. widow
without aehoumbrances. She had been
Fesitinzs-- flsiur-isaf tzof inc Isle of
Wight, but was now on her way to Lon
don and he had received a letter that
very morning directing himwhere to- find
her so he would not ,trespass on Mr,
FiaP s. hospitality after that day. Where I,
abouts was Duke street, Jefmyn street9
The cemplacent MrsFiel' conducted him
to that neigh hborhoodi and also, in reply TO
further questions, gave: him an outline of
the stepslit was necessary to take before q
gentleman and LADY, inclined that. way,
could be Joined, together. in holy ,matri-
monY, TheEe could be no harm done in at
fordfng him such scraps of information; |;
the first cabman passing would have driven
him to- the address, and the charming
widow probably had license and panns
formalisies at1her fingers ends me1i p3i.S1 =
"Of course, you are of ages' he threw
in at the end. ,,r
-tsI believe nay father would say I was
some months short of it,p replied the
young man, carelessly; stbut really his evs
idence is so little to be trusted in any mat
| ter, not connected with plants or. insects,
that mean to give; myself the benefit of
the eS DOUBT; That's gpodlaws shy 5adsrU /.
at his club that day.. and ,epteEtained his
guest an the evening with caustie obser-
vstions upon widows, and the dangers to
which voting men were exposed from
beautiful sirens, whose antecedents would
not bearsstrict exalninatio Illustrated with
numerous appOsite anecdotes, which the
young man seemed to enjoy heartily.
But he ewo1ldfpot apply them to his own
case; so that, at last, the lawyer. was
forced to be more explicit, and with much
apology asked whether the young man
knew who the late Mr.. rMontacute WAS,
and under what circumstances the fair
widow came to be alone and unprotected
in Calcutta. But the ardent lover would
not listen TO hint rejecting upon the OBJ.
ject of his affections, and got SO excited
and angry, that Mr.. Fiel dropped the sub
| iect at once. Where was the use of talk
| ing sense to. q man who declared that If
| all the world sworetO anything which his
mistress denied, he sahouldSta her word
in preference to the united cath z, ATotex-
pose his game by showing the, paternal
riage, would have been stupid indeed at
present that must be kept as the very
last resource, Yhens combined with con
I.siderations Of probable .disinReritanee, it
might have an effect. = What effect the
| lawyer asked himself unflinching1y when
quiet that night. Probably that Of MAX
ing young Lobyear dissemble for the
time, and marry his widow else ewhere, un-
known to the lawyer; yArnd If the agent
were deceived, the bridegroom might well
hope to. conceal the matter from. his. but
terfY- hunting father; at alllevents, for a
time. Young people. especially when, in
love- never, look far forward, but have a
confidence in things turning up. Mr..
Fiel g 42Xpea e with jq inward fhagEin that shs
saddeRlyI an idea mashed upon % a him ike
an Inspiration. Why not attack the. Wo7
mane he had her address - o1.' -, -.
OF course, y he said aloud, turning his
head ON the pillow. 81 Se5ii'sii.' ''o' '.', y
K&tssY What, my dear ?sH responded Mrs.
Fiel. a. b .,lir4 Ink .bau9 ifa;I s5=47ta
80" Nothing.p And he went to sleepod 2
! Next, mOFpiRg young bobyean LEFT Mr..
Fiel,s house, and sWent TO an hotel intJer-
myn streetsI o, bsZotgaF9 sgdt Eos1Sq
+ Mr.. Fie1S possessed very, sharp ofiee-
| boy, for in spite of the. trick " hichq had
been played upon him, by Tom Scott, 1he
I liked sharp boys; only he never meant to
| give another the chance of abusing his