Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-01-04
AIFFLINTOwN. jUNlATA COUNTY. PENN'A, JANUARY 4,

"For years my mother and lived
those stuffy. obscure lod .ings until he
bloom bad faded. and che had grown thi
and wan and nervous. My father visi
ed Us at stated seasons. once or twice
week. but he never brought any of hi
family to call upon US. doubt if bi
aristocratic relatives even suspected til
existence of the faded wife and son Q
whom he was secretely ashamed. hav
good reason to believe that he had fin
LODGINGS at the West End. where he wa
supposed to be bachelor. and that h
went into fashionable society. while m,
poor mother and lived obscurely. II
was proaigate and roue. but he had
an air of fashion that awakened my boy
ish admiration. and aroused my mother
affectionate pride in him She was al
ways pleading to be introduced to hi
relatives. and to have her son publicly
acknowledged. But my father alway
put her off, saying that be was not ready
Worn out and despairing. my mothe
died when l was ten years Old
Again the wind shrieked past, again til,
little vessel lurched, the sea sweeping
her deck.
The captain screamed his orders to hi.
men. and for few minutes disorder
reigned. -..
"A nasty bit of weathcr!' said Low
der And bad sky T.
Yes. bat I've seen as bad" returned
Tressilian. 1--WE shall make port al
right. never fear. We must be well or
toward the Cape di Gallo. And it's only
seven miles from the Cape to Palermo.
'But the seven miles in a storm ar,
worse than seventy in good weather.
These coasts are dangerous Tressilian
Lowder shuddered as he surveyed sea
and sky. -r -..:..
But about your father Jasperl" said
Tressilan, who had become deeply inter
ested in his companions story. "Wha,
did he do after your mothers death T.
Il remained at the old lodgings with
our single old servant month or more,
my father visiting me several times. and
expressing anxiety as to what he should
do with me. A week after my mother
death he told me that his brother wa.
dead A month later, his father was
killed by being thrown from his horse
My father came into riches and honors
by these deaths. At last, deciding to
rid himself of me, he took me down to
R.;gl,tep To my old grandmother Her
sons were dead che had given up kee-
ping dodgers, and was grown miserly.-
lie promised her FIVE hundred pounds a
year to keep me, and to keep also the
secret of my paternity. solemnly prom
Using to acknowledge me some day as his
son and heir. The old woman agreed to
carry out his wishes. She would have
done anything for money. never saw
my father again. l went to school, grew
up. and at the age of twenty -one came
into my grandmother's money, the fruits
of years of savings, she dying at that
time. My father had deliberately aban
doned me | did not know where to
seek him, if l had wished to. l took
my money came abroad. had been two
wears on the Continent. and had spent
my little fortune when | met you. The
rest you know" ...... ....
IAN old romantic story! But why
did your father abondon you :"
"That he might be free of encum-
brance to make grand marriage. From
what my grandmother said at different
times. l conclude that my father was in
love with titled lady before my moth
er's death. No doubt he married this
lady. If he lives, this lady's son may
be his acknowledged heir. My father
has utterly disowned the son of his first
hasty, i'll starred marriage. 1have fan
cy that shall meet him some day" and
brow dlrkened to deeper black
ness. "However, I stand no chance of
ever receiving justic, at his h,nls."
What i. your fathers name, Jasper 2
al ked Tressiian.
I.owder's face darkened. He bit his
lip savagely. . .r. .a.5s sa
What have told you about myself |
learned from. my own observation, or
from chance words of my parents and
grandmother My others maiden
name was Janet,e Lowder. At our Lon
don lodgings, my father bore the name of
LOwder. l don't know his real name
but | should know his face anywhere, al :
though l have not seen him in thirteen
years. My mother was actually married,
Tressilian but never heard my fathers
name. The clergyman who married my
mother was dead the witnesses also
When my grandmother was dying she
tried to tell me the story. She had put
it off too long All that l could under
stand of her mumblinss was the name of
Deverux. l shall never forget that
name-DEvERUx! Probably that was
nv fathers name-my own righ,ful name.
But as should never find him if l
sought him. and as he would repulse me
if ] did find him. stand no chance of