Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-01-04

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very love for me causes him to urge
on this marriage ~
els It ?'i said Lowder dTyly, and
with q strange smile full Of sneering
bitterness. "My experience has been
widely different from yours, Tressil-
ian. Did ] ever tell you OF mn father 81
mo. took il for granted that he
is dead.D
perhaps he is. I don't know
said LoWder, with q reckless laugh
"But if he is living, he is a scoundrel.
Don't start, Tressilian, st my unflial
speech. Wait till you hear my story.
l am in a desperate mood tonight
This storm stiFs up all the bad within
me. As nearly as l ear discover, my
father was the younger son Of a proud
old county family"
You do not know, then ." asked
Tressilian pressing his companions
hand.
a have no proofs of it. All 1 posi-
lively know Is this. Nv mother was
OF humble station, pretty, with blue
eyes and an Rpple-blossOm face, and
tender, appealing ways. She was the
daughter Of a widow, residing at
Brighton. The widow. my grand
mother, kept alOdging-house, andmy
father, a gay, dsshing young fellow,
came to lodge with her. As might
nave been expected, he fell IN love
with his landlady's daughter. DE
onered the young girl marriage, on
condition that the union should be
kept secret until his affairs brighten
ed and he chose to divulge il. The
young girl loved him. Her mother
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result vas the lover had his way, and
married the daughter Of his landlady
quietly, almost secretly. Then he
took his bride to London, TO cheap
and obscure lodgings, where, a year
latter, Twas born"
The wind for q moment drowned
his voice. As it presently lulled, he
resumed r~ecklessly, and with passon-
ate bitterness:
"For years my mother and 1 lived
in those stUffy, obscure lodgings until
her bloom had faded, and she had
grown thin and wan and nervous.
Ny father visited US at stated seasons,
once or twice a week, but he never
brought any Of his family 10 call upon
US. 1 doubt if his ~aristocTatic rela-
tiyes even suspected the existence Of
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was secretly ashamed. j have good
reason to believe that he had fine
lodgings at the West End, where he
was supposed to be a bachelor. and
that he went into fashionable society,
while my poor mother and L lived OBJ
; scurely. He was q prohigate and 8
rogue, but he had an air Of fashion
that awakened my boyish admiration.
"a aw-rn@nI 49, I--Nha-Ta .EEamNEnnnMa
: pride in him. She was always plead
ing to be introduced to his relatives
! and to have her son publicly acknowl
edged. But my father always put bel
OF, saying that he vas not vet ready
= Worn out and despsiring, my mother
died when / was ten years old.n
= Again the wind shrieked past, AGAR
] the little vessel lurched, the sea sweep
= ing her deck.
The captain screamed his orders 4
T his men, and for a few minutes dis
s order relgned.
= "a nasty bit Of weather ." sal,
o LOwder. "And a bad sky!n
7 ayes, but I've seen as bad, - return
{ ed Tressilian. I'VE shall make Dor
well on toward the Cape di Gallo
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Cape to Palermo
"But the seven miles in this storm
are worse than seventy in good wealth
q er. These coasts are dangerous, Tres
silian."
: Lowder shuddered as he surveye,
sea and sky.
g but about your father, Jasper p
a said Tressilian, who had bec0m
II dazzle HmHa-~1HrI IN he n----a.HA-
. story. What did he do after you
b mothers death ~
e remained at the old lodgings witt
: ursingle old servant a month Ormore
: my father visiting me several times
/ and expressing anxiety as to what b
L should do-uiih naa--~Os-a Ets
e my mothers death, he told me tina
his brother was dead. AmOnth later
his father was killed by being thrOwl
b from his horse. Ny father came int
q riches and hOnOrs by these deaths
At last, deciding to rid himself OF me
took me down to Brighton, 10 my old
> grandmother. Her sons were dead
5 she had given up keeping dodgers, ant
was grown misery. He promised be
: i've hundred pounds q year TO keel
: me, and to Keep also the secret Of my
: paternity, solemnly promising to &C
knowledge me some day as his sol
and heir. The old woman agreed Il
carry out his wishes. She would havl
e done anything for money. I neYel
saw my father again. / nttOs school
grew up, and at the age Of twenty-OnI
> came into my grandmOther's money
Q the fruits Of years of saving. she
: dying at that time. Ny father de
e l~iberately abandoned me. / did no.
know where TO seek him, il l haC
e wished to. I took my money anC
: came aboard. 1 had been two year
u on the Continent, and had spent my
: little fortune when I met you. The
= rest you know"
An odd, romantic story. But WHY
did your father abandon YOU ?n
e THAT he might be freed Of encum.
branee 10 make a grand marriage
From what my grandmother said al
different times, 1 conclude that my
2 father was in love with a titled lady
, before my mothers death. No doubt
be married this lady. If he lives
this ladyis son may be his acknowl.
, edged heir. NV father has utterly
disOWned the son of his first hasty
! ill-starred marriage. I have a fancy
that l shall meet him some day" anC
! Jasper's brow darkened to deeper
, blackness. However, I stand Nc
J chance OF ever receiving justice a
his hands"
/ "What Is your fathers name, Jas.
per ~ asked Tressilian.
UOWder's face darkened. He BIZ
his lip savagely.
What I have told you about my.
self I learned from my own observa-
= ton, OF from chance words Of nv
parents and grandmother. My moth
. er's maiden name was Jeanette Low
2 der. At Our London lodgings, nv
father bore the name Of LoWder. ]
don't know his real name, but
should know his face anywhere, al
: though I have not e him in thir-
teen years. Nv mother Was actually
. married, Tressilian, but I never heard
= my fathers name. The clergyman
who married my mother was dead
= the witnesses also. When my grand
mother was dying she tried 10 tell me
the story. She had put il Off too
long. All that I could understand OF
her mumblings was the name OF DEV-
EREUX. I shall never forget that
name-'DEVEREUXm Probably that
was my fathers name-my own right
ful name. But as 1 should never find
, him If I sought him, and as he would
repulse me il I did find him, I stand
, no chance Of inheriting his propertv.