Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-29
CHAPTER I.
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WI" owl i wac iaSinS upOu ll'
Mediterranean Sea, near the close O
a dreary November lay, and sky ant
waters were black with the gloon
of the sudden and furious tempest
before which a small sailing vesse
was scudding under bare poles
der build and rigging proclaimed
her Sandman. She was The Gull
Captain Varino master, on her way
from Cagliari to Palmero.
She had Oh board two seamen ane
two passengers.
These passengers were English
men, who had procured passage OF
Tie Gull TO Palmero, whence they
intended to embark by steamer &c
Marsellles, the following day.
While the Captain and his assis
tants were attending to their duties
and expressing apprehensions as to
their salty, the two Englishmen
stood apart, leaning against tho
low .bu!waiks, and surveying the
wild scene around them.
These men were both young, ap-
pafently of the same age, about three
and twenty, but evidently they were
not of the same station in life.
One, the more striking of the two.
was a'istccratic in his bearing, tall,
slender and handsome, with a frank,
smiling mouth, pair of fearless
blue eyes, set under q wide and mas
sive forehead, and tawny hair blow
ing back fro a his face Noble, gen
erous and kindEeartel, lie had ana
adventurous disposition and daunt.
less courage.
He was Guy Tressilian, the only
son and heir of Sir Arthur Tresllian,
Baronet, of rrcsilian Court, Eng
land
His companion presented q re.
markable resemblance to him, being
also tall and slender and fair, with
tawny hair and moustache, but he
had not the frank smile, the bright.
fearless look, or the joyous spirit
that characterized young Tresilian
Young as he was, he had seen much
OF the dark side of life, and his ex
I erienses had heen such as to devel-
op in him some OF the worst quail
ties of his nature,
He was jasper Lowdcr, Guy Ire
silian's hired travelling companion
and bosom friend.
The meeting and connection ofthe
two bad touch ofromance. Young
Tresilian had spent four years in a
German university, whence he had
been graduated with honor. On
leaving the university, in obedience
to his fathers written command, he
had undertaking the tour of The coun
tries inciosing the Mediterranean
Sea, in company with one ofhls late
tutors. This gentleman being I'M
expec!edly promoted to a professor
ship, abandoned Tressillan at Baden
leaving him to find another travel
Ing companion.
On the evening Of the very day
after this desertion, as Guy Tresil.
ian was sauntering through tue street
Of Baden, he had been assaulted by
trio of his own countrymen, all
more less intoxicated. 1t was APP
parent that they took him for anoth.
er, and intended to wreak vengeance
upon him. Without allowing him
to speak, they forced him to defend
himself. Guy was getting the worst
of the conflict, when a stranger came
running to his assistance, and i'm Z
few moments the two had put the
rufiians to flight.
This stranger who came so oppor
timely to Guys assistance was Jas.
per Lowder. His resemblance tc
young Tressilian awakened in th.
latter romantic interest. he ques
toned Lowder, learned that he wa.
poor and alone in the world, and
took him with him to his hotel
Believing that the similarity of fea-
lures indicated similarity OF tastes
an natures, he engaged Lowder q,
his travelling companion, and tn,
past year they had spent together
more like brothers than like employ
er and employed.
This storm is a regular Levan,
ter" said Lowder, clinging with boil
hands 20 the buIwarks. ado 70,
think the craft will stand it, Tressil
ian?"
"Oh, yes." answered young Tress
ilian, wiping the salt spray from hi
face. "The Captain knows the Sic
ilian coast perfectly. In two hour,
or less, we shall be in the bay O
Palermo. In three hours we shal
be domiciled in the best rooms o
hotel Triuacria, with the best sup
per which Messer Ragusa can fur
} nish. And tomorrow, at noon,
he added, tive shall embark 70
Marseilles in a Messageries steam
+ or"
j. "And from Marseiles yoa will pre-
ceed to England and to Tressilia
Court" said Lowder with some Bit
terness. ssAnd I-what is to bs,
come OF me? l have had year {
unalloyed happiness, and now come
back the drudgery, the hopeless tot
the anxieties ofthe wretcLed old lifi
r You picked me up at Baden, q poo
: adventurer seeking TO gain Twin
: by teaching English. and the sam
.. destiny is open to me now" q
Tressilian turned his handsom
r face upon his companion in surpris
{ and affectionate reproacll.
= Jasper" he exclaimed, "yo
: talk strangely. DO you suppose
: have called You friend and broth,
J, 40 long. and loved you so well,
lose you nowi meant to na,
written to my. father concerning 20
|. and your future. / will see that yo
> obtain the position to which 20,
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