The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-26

] in reckoning Yourself to be cieverer than
the rest oi i,:e world, that if ever you are
taken in. it rankles So the remembrance
of Tom Scott always irritated him. He
had taken fancy to the sharp lad, and
pat him in the office, where he favored,
encouraged, and trusted him more and
more every year; and the result had been
a cunning bit of roguery and flight There
was one consolation he had caught the
scOuDdrel, who was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment Had Tom Scott
got off with impunity, his heart would
have been near breaking.
suppose this young gentleman was
quite lad when his father went to for
eign parts." said Mrs. Fiel, presently, re-
turning to the pump handle.
AS he is not of age yet, L suppose he
must have been," replied her husband,
continuing to flow.
WAS he educated in England before
he went out to his father"
81 don't know; Mr.. Lobyear never
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 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, have
done my best to oblige him, and mean to
do SO still, though this present job Is rath-
CT delicate affair, and quite out of my
line; what call a regular bit OF diplo-
macy
ABR
"Yes 1t seems that the young man has
inherited his fathers fancy Tor 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 DIR.
Lobyeyr, senior, went to China from
Japan = year and half ago; and his son
joined MIN at Hong Kong, wnere he init
mated desire to go to England for
while, ami have SPELL of comfortable liv-
ing. 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 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 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 most undesirable wife for him. This
news having come to me by steamer, has
OF course long preceded the youngsters s
actual arrival; and my mission is to pre-
vent this marriage. This can be done
with comparative case while he is minor;
but he will come of age in eight months,
and it would De poor success merely to
delay matters for that time. l 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 iniatuation for this creature would the
sooner be got Over?"
Well, well; send for Sarah if you
v , she would be leaving any how at the
Il the quarter. Only, don't put her
I TO thinking this youngster is very
great catch, for his father may have other
children, and older ones, Tor 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. l am
not by any means sure that it is coed
thing, Martha"
AS Mr. Fiel uttered these last words, he
looked at his watch, and then took "A cigar
out of his case; whereupon Mrs Fiel
brushed his hat, and brought it to him,
together with light. Something like "a
wife. And erea man could cry: Con
ductor, hold" the City Atlas had de-
vOured him up.
1t is one thing for a sailing ship to be
telegraphed, and another for il to arrive in
port. A heavy gale lantalized the crew
and passengers of the ChipchOw, and it
was week before Mr.. Fiel and his client s
son met, by which time the aecOmp shed
Sarah was safely established und the
paternal roof; for her mother thought the
lawyer exaggerated the chances against
the young mans inheriting good fDrtune,
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 liked in the
pOp-gun heart of a lover.
However, the designing mother and
unwilling laughter had fair chance, for
young Lot year accepted the offer of hos
pitalIty IN ide 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 rfive-end-twenty.
It 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 MIR.
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
t. 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 tc
g her so assidnOusly the first evening, that
) Mr.. Fiel listened to his wife's statement o
pros and cons with seriousness that night
81 have no doubt his father means wei
BY him at present" said he, cor he woult
d hardly show so much anxiety about hi,
t contracting an unfavorable marriage, a,
l To give me almost c0rte blanche in the cos
of preventing it, Neither would he nam,
SO handsome sum as sixty pounds
r month for expenses, if he intended u
G leave him penniless at his death. But thi
: is all conjecture"
| But rather strong, surely, dear; and h,
is certainly smitten with Sarah" said Mrs
C Fiel
1 "Don't you be too sure of that. Yer,