Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-12-30

These passengers were Engllsnmen' NAO
had procured passage on The Gu! to Fal |
ermo. whence they intended to embark by |
steamer to Marsellles the following day.
While the Captain and his assistants
were attending to their duties, and ex-
pressing apprehensions as to their safety,
the two Englishmen stood apart, leaning
against the low bulwarks, aud surveying
the wild scene around them.
These men were both young, apparently
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
aristocratic i'll lis bearing, tall, slender
and handsome, with a frank, smiling
mouth, a pair of fearless blue eyes, set
under q wide aud massive forehead, ard
tawny hair blowing back from his face:
Noble, generous aud kind hearted, he had
an adventurous disposition and dauntless
courage.
He vas Guy Tressilian, the only son and
heir of Sir Arthur Tressilian, Baronet, OF
Tressilian Cuurt, England.
His companion presented remarkable
reese mblanco to BIN. being also tall aud
slender and fair, with tawny hair and mus
tachc. but be had not the frank smile, the
bright, fearless look, or the joyous spirit
| that characterized young Trcssilian. Young
as he was, be bad geen much of the dark
such as to develop III him some of the
worst qualities Of his nature.
He was Jasper Lowder, Guy Trcssiliaa' s
| hired travelling companion and bosom
| friend.
The nj citing and connection OF the two
had a touch of romance. Young lresslilan
| had spent four years in a German unlVer-
sity, whence he had besn graduated with
honor On leaving the university, in ODE
| ;Ak~ md hH
had undertaken a tour OF the countries 10
closing the Mediterranean Sea, IN com
panv with one of his late tutors. bis
gentleman being unexpectedly promoted
to a profeesorsbip, abandoned Tresslllan
at Baden, leaving him to find another
travelling companion.
On the evening of the very day after
this desertiop, as Guy Tressilian was saun-
tering through the streets OF Baden, he
had been assaulted by trio OF his own
countrYmen, ali more or less intoxicated
It was apparent that they took him for
another, and intended to wreak vengeance
uDon him, Without allowing him o
speak, they forced him to defend himself
Guv was getting the worst OF the conflict,
when a Stranger came runDlEg TO his as
sistance and in q few moments the two
had put the rufians to fight.
THIS stranger who came so opportunelj
10 GUYS assistance was Jasper LoWder
His resemblance to young Tress1llar
awakened in the latter romantic inter
J est He Questioned Lowder, learned thai
he was poor and alone in the world. anC
took him with him to his hotel. Bellev-
ing that the similarity of features indicated
a similarity of tastes and natures. be en-
gagged Lowder as his travelling companion
I and the past year they had spent togethel
more like brothers than like employer anc
employed.
J T,ovder. cl;nging with beth hands to The
bulwarks. DO you think the craft vii
: stand it, Tressilian o.
ooh, yes" answered young Tressli1an
wipiug the salt spray from his face. "Ih'
CAPTAIN knows the Sicilian coast perfectly
: In two hours, or less, we shall be IN thu
bav of Palermo. In three hours We shat
S be domiciled in the best rooms OF the hote
Trinacris, with the best supper whlcl
$ Messer Kagusa can furnish. And fo-mor
row. at noon" he added. ''we shall en-
, bark for Marseil!es in Messageries steam
l CT.
> .sAnd from Marseilles you will procee
. TO England and to Tressilian Court, sal
Lowder. with some bitterness. "And +
. what is to become of me? ] have had
l wear of unalloyed happiness, and no
! comes back the drudgery, the hopeles
r toll the anxieties OF the wretched OIL
!, life. You picked me up at Baden, poo
adventurer seeking to gain living D
. teaching English, aud the same destiny
open to me now.
j., T-essiiian turned his handsome fac
y upon his companion IN surprise and anet
tiopate reproacb.
;, casper J" he exclaimed, "you tai
q q strangely. Do you suppose have Gale
= YOU friend and brother so long, and love
:, you'eo well, to lose you now? L meant
= have written to my father concernln
S you and your future, jasper, put ms SUI
. den recall received yesterday, causes n
y to return home without writing. sha
. telegraph from Marseilles that you WI
= come home with me. And you Will, vi
- - Won not D.? You will not abandon me, N
:. friend I will charge myself with yot
- future I will see that you obtain tt
= position to which your talents entltie yo'
:, You have no ties to keep you On the 20!
= tinent ?"
4 strange expression passed Jasper Los
# der's face. -,
;s mo. I have no ties" he said husklly.
- 10 And you will go home with me ?"
y, ~ 'What will your father say to my com
70 inc ?'' demanded Lowder. HE will thin
e, 10 your generosity Quixotic. He will dismi
= from his house the hired companion WI
~ dares to resemble his son"
10 A sudden lufcn Oh tHo AGC1o N000c.s
Z wave sweeping over the deck, interrupte
~ the sentence.
y "You wrong my father, said Tressilia
3t his blue eyes kindliug, when the vess
St had righted. HE IS the noblest man
o. the world. He will welcome my frien'
n as his own. You will love him, Jasper,
S; I do, when you know him.
Ii s'He doesn't seem very afectionate' r
T marked Lowder. "You have been aW
of from your home for five years, and he
r. but just recalled you! !"
r. Young Tressilian's cheeks flushed,
J. Iowder saw in the lurid glow that "a
in mentarily lighted up the tempeStuo
ut scene.
th "You know. or can guess, the reaso
a. Jasper" he said. with something OF
IN effort. "My father has ward, the daugn'
in of an old friend. All hear that Wi
III shrek The gale is increasing J"
r. eyes," assented Lowder. And t
- ward is Miss Irby-the golden-ha1r