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

rapidly Tnpfot Ting fieighborhtod, and tha
|, the tenants ara up tofall sorts Of dOdges
avoid having their rents raised, perhap
an agent who was not sharp might mis-
a. tsIa 8 aSFaRtagsa hers and tIt tas2eJTfor in IN
lpewal of a lease the other daysaad,{ {l1is
Covered that he tenant who sh8a beel
Il pay ihg forty 9oahds year, had sunderle
for the last three years at a hundred an'
! ...bor, how sharp you arell, 81 ~ 5go1 ,
-Es 6 WE'LL Twas mot bormin Yorkshire fol
! nothing. Z do not know ofmor6than ont
! person. who ever regularly to0k, liner in
that young rascals Tom iScottS Whorobbee
me hye yearsago,",- s4aI Sssfyr eassadF
nj AZ, that was very shockipg,s = said thi
good wife, soQthingly;%r but 4 them you
know, he was brought up in your office.
hthen,a that he 1eafued .tiish6ne esty there
EneFeF expected an epigram of that sort
from your mouth. would have you
know that could put at, least a, couple
/ of thousand a year in -mypoeket from the
Lobyear property alone, without chance
1 Of detections If l. ohosehto be disdonor
able ...K 90 gats sSaRs5 .slr>9S -sl i
] Iam sure I NEVER meant to eaA You
an epigram or any other name,N erie
sMrss sFieL astonished at this outbreak. {"
only said that a. breach of dEnst wast easy
for that Scott, beeauee he had been under
you for some time and probably he had
/ Opportunities. ~ hsoGsEoo Lli5s'ssd 4 =
%Oh; that Iisp different, Vt said her. hns-
band, cracking an egg. Is was not a ten
der conscience which made Mr.. Fiel SO
touehy-for though 4priding himself upon
keen shreWdness,. he was perfectly. ap=
right and trustWorthy-shu the. Thought
OF Tom Scott. There is this disad advantage
IN reckoning yourself to be eleYererl than
the rest of the YQrld, that If ever you are
taken In, 1t rankles. So the remembrance
of Tom Scott always frritated him. He
shadstaken fancy to the sharp lad, and
put him in the aoffleeS where he favored,
encouraged, and trusted him more and
more every year. and the result had been
cunning bitiof roguery, and dight. There
was one consolation, heshadS caught the
scoundrel, who was ssentenceds to two
years lmprisonments ri Had Tom Scott
got on with impnnitys his heart would
quite a lad when his father went to for
eigR paris ~ said Mrs9F ieB presently, re-
tuEningto the pumpshandleI 81 e15Efis-
20 AS he is not of age syef,s.I- suppose he
must have, beep," replied her husband,
continuing tp fiQW.s I.l zsSssW y'cu r
.sa ss. Was heIeducatedg in England before
mentioned him beioFs. have writ, wi L.
tens regularly 70 to = :, advise. him how
his affairs stood, and he has, from
time to. !, timese briefly acknowledged
my letters, declaring, himself satis[
fed, telling me to do what thought best,
saying where he wished his r4mittaAess-
sent, and now and then requesting me TO
unfieftale certain commissions for Ahimi
connected with his pursuits, but not at all
with my business However, as he has
always behaved very handsomely, have,
done my best totobhge him, and mean to
do SO still, though this present Job is'rathA
er delicate affair, 1and quite ont oftrnyi
line what call a regular bit of diplo-
Macy ..5, a., - .5ts,-, a bas :2rjII9
eyes. Tt seems that the young irrl man has
! inherited his fathers fancy. for q rowing.
fife 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 Z Mr..
Lobyear, senior, went to China tfofn
Japan q year and a half ago; and his son
joined him at Hong-Kong, where he. init
mated . desire to go stod England for a
while, and have SPELL of of.eomfOrtableai iy-
ing. The father was willing enough 10
let him do so, and gave, him, O. Letter OF
credit to me, and he started in one Of, the
tea sailing sRipaO But affer heThAd sailed,
sMr, Lopyear, senior received information
from affrieHd that his sons principal rea-
son for desiring to visit sE6glak d was the
hope, Of meeting with YRa tadventaf684
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; abnt had
since smiled by letter on his suit and she
is a most, undesirable wife for him This
news having come to me by steamer, has
of course long preceded the youngster's 8
actual arrival and my mission Is to pre-
vent this marriages This can be dome
with comparative ease while heis q minor;
but he EiiI come of Sge il sigA WSnsIl
deisy kSSIsj iGt a1Sat 3! hope u
break it off altogether:
l'' Exactly. And don't you think that if
he were thrown into the society of an in
noceht, accomplished, and attractive girl;
his infstuatfon for this creature would the
sooner be got 0Terf@ 70.
! We'll, well; send for Sarah If you
like she7would be leaving any how at the
up to thinking this youngster is "a very
great catch, for his father may have other
children, and older ones, for aught /
know. Or he may spend all his5money
in building pagOdas, or aquariumsa or
black. Beetle museums; or in fitting out
expeditions to discover the South Pole,
Which Esay Sgg6s e hays srtK taEn atteT
not by any means sure that it is a good,
thing Marthas,' 4i494iiJ - 7lS'it = -
<, AS Mrs 5Fiel 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 2 Light Sgmething like
Wifel And ere man could city: "Con-
duetor, hold I'f thee Atlas had de-
It isbnetSing @ SR al a sai1i5rsSip so ,bs
telegraphed and smother forsit 60 arrive In
port. A heavy gale tantalizeds the. crew,
and Spassengers or the Chi pchow, And It
iswas week before Mr.. Fiel and his clients
son met, by which time the ;aecomp ished
/ sarah was safely established sund the
paternal roof; for her mother thoueat the
lawyer Exaggerated the chances against
/ the young MAI, inh eriting a good fortnne.
| and stuck to her little Intrigue. It Is Ger,
1 tain that she herself over estimated her
| daughters attractions Sarah was a good
girl enough, but commonplace, and not
sbeautifql II q pellet AafG fGlgN alcHlated to
drive out another very firmly fixed IN, the
pop-gun heart of lover. Ut - t"'=
/ However, the designing mother and
unwitting daughter had a fair chanees for
Young LObyear accepted the offer. Of hos
pitalfty made Him by Mf.. Fiel, and estab-
! f.-R ea1f fhair AoY1oo until hp