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

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i struction' ftUfn the wihd6w Of d newspa
Iper and calicature' shop; studied natura
J. ! history at 4 fshmongets s. ; lsetltwo boys tt
, i fight; exasperated a drunken man; pro
! cured I" culs hehind'', for several young
sters,, who, were riding without, paving
f their fare-All without losing. sight of thu
door he wal directed to watch, :. His. re
| port at the end Of the.day was, that. Mr.
Lobyear had left his hotel, and gone Ii
the house il Dnke street at II a. M A
2 half past T. a seryaut girl had come out
i with an empty dish; an" returned in ter
minutes with oy sters. = At 6 O'Clock Mr.
l11obyeaF hs1 at last come out, accofnpa
i MED by a JAdy, and they walked together
4 arm in arm, to st. James, HAIL. cc =
Never mind, !" said Mr. iFfel :" he
can't stick so close as thatzto5 hero long
however desperate his condition, may be,
j Tue enough, at. ,12 o'clock on the fol
flowing day Billy Daw summoned his
i master from the club, and informed him
1that Mr.. Iobyear had gone out for some
ftime, and the lady was alone. Asked how
he knew that his absence was not for q
few minuteso only, he replied that the gem
tlenan had mp his baccy directly he got
joutside the aoof.e,-8 .sE .bssfsFszq .
i. Mr. Fiel wasted no stime In sfurther
i Questioning bat hastened. to the heuse In
Duke street knocked and rang and in,
.quired for Mrs. Monticute, bro Yes the
servant girl said. she. lodged there, and
| was at home. What name? And the
lawyer was ushered into the front draw
IA LADY with creamy " complexion and
/ golden chair elegantly dressed in hHlf-
mourning, CLOSED the novel she had been
reading aud rose from her lounging chair
| to receive hiEasl Pretty, stAeught the Wis.,
litor, decidedly. pretty iFbut at 4least ten
\ u ears older than he is. = = = I
gTYoqd9 not fhadafAser the
object of my visit" " he said $50 l had
Fiel. and that lam the legal adviser of
lAffELebyeaF, the fathersof the gentleman
ysS2 WaG tssPH ssPtFss, Oeaisye e the honor OF
Mrs. M09taeStss bowed and requestsd
itFhoee JSne biltpardon o me'rsesSh-
ti9qed M; M5IFisl arSgRi9g i9tos 8 chair
! coneiiatorY as he, could " if what have
to say should prove in any way disagreea-
ble; IIIat6 but the mouthpieee Of my
client, you know Mr. Eobyear, senior,
| has heard, not from his son, but through
othersouFaes, of this projected marriage;
and kFegret to- say thatihe has conveyed
to me his dsappfoval."
o, sir - I<5,Fs83x ZFsrh4 1
His very. decided disapproval. He
has never Had f1e honor and pleasure of
seeing you, uladann, orthe would pEoba-
| bly, view the matter In q different, light,
and hesitate before depriving hisE only
child of the felicity SO nearly secured to
-foT 7Va1ded - Ssan fra5a sHDng=K long, and he
was then abe 70 return to Japan, so.that
theresare difficulties inthe way Of a per
sonal interview."i= z s,Aae1 ,7 zsfs1e=
u Really, Mr.-Mr. Fiel," said the
widow glancing at the card thst had been
L. l.,
Of all this. was certainly aware that
Mr.. Lebyesf had a. father very much de-
voted to various branches of natural his
tory, 1who, IF alive, lwas supposed to be
| somewhere in Japan; but that he takes
any notice of his sons affairs, Or processes
to exercise any authority Oyer him. is
quite a new idea to sme,n5s y sssk .sHA
To me also, madam, and believe it
! to be a very Unusual roceedipg sonGhis
part But marriage is an exceptionally
important IL thing, as his son y under
:7aUnder agef Thomas under age I'm
possible I" cried the widows 81 .I9o
Is"It is q fact, madam; but were ii other
wise, it would be of no Importance, since
Mr.. Lobyear is entirely dependent on his
| father, wholis determia aed TO discontinue
his allowance, and cut him out of his viii,
if he marries without his aconsent and ap-
!" Mrsy Montacutei femaiaed in pensive
| contemplation of very pretty, foot for
| some little time before she replied: ssEx-
cUse me for being oyer cautions, Mr. Fiel;
but you are an utter stranger, you know,
| and I should ilikest to see the letter from
Mr. LQbyearF''ss father, if yep have it about
"Certainly, madam" replied the law
yer. "a very natural and proper pre-
caution on your part I might be a rival,
promptedf by motives OF jealousy. Here
! is the letter, which, however, 1 fear may
| give YOU pain. Evil tongues" he con-
/ tinued, as the widow took the document
| and ran, her eyes rapidly over it, Itevil
| tongues have evidently traduced you.
| Alas the best and fairest cannot escape
slanderl Indeed, the greater the merit,
the more Virulent the envy. s..-o.ss -
evidently, genuine. Thank you,", said
| the widow, returning the letter, with ex--
traordfnafy composure, considering how
she was treated in it and then, once more
fixing her gaze upon her boot, which she
flgeted about, she relapsed into silence
eyes slowly to the lawyers and looking
at him quietly, but very fXediyy she said !:
/" Mr.. Fiel, you have come to me treating
this affair as pure matter of business, and
thereforeI Will not speak to you Of my af-
fections; it would prOlong the interview !;
/ anu pTODdDly you VIII NOT unQerSLanQ me.
/ 1 viii speak of the marriage enlightenment
between,me and Mr.. Lobyear, then, pre-
7cisely as if It were a mere commercial
transaction. In order 10 fulfill my part; I
have left India, where had a home, and
have come to England to live on my
! meagre pension. For, all his threats, L
consider It very unlikely that Mr.. Lob
year will really diHinherit his only
4 child" "f,-1 st.i5rtsi-,frya. Sftf
nothing is more prObableJ 0JThS tardof
II with which he pursueshis faYorite science
| amounts to mania, and I fear that he
i would be hardly sorry for am excuse to
I devote his entire fortune to the building
and foundations ofla mtseutnn Tfi hSi7
ifs I" There is a certain force, in. what you
say, ,7tfeplied' the widow, calmly "and I
do not conceal from myself that itiwould
/ be very great misfortune indeed for both
of us ifiMfk Thomas sL;obyesr were to be
j deprived Of his income upon our tmaFi
i riage. Stfli,' it would be worse for me to
break eoff, and iremaini here, FAR Eom
SNay, madam, not -pennfless !; some
compensation would beyoursdhe.nt sSfa
| % Lalgete VezaeTes Czpidtpssque-5jf they
didn't come presently to fair up and; down
/ bargainingH The matter was finally set
| 49, re, 70 m OF oT.t