Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-05
T TRESSILIAN COURT;
 OR,
 The. Baronet's Son. By MRS. HARRIET LEWIS. AUTHOR OF ''THH DonBLE LIFE, s'THE BA- LUF's sCHEME, THE sUNDERED HEARTS" 1" 'sTHE LADY OF KILDARE" ssA LIFE AT STAKE" s'THE HOUSE OF
 SECRETS" ETC., ETC., ETC.
CHAPTER I. A HATEFUL CATASTROPHE.

CHAPTER I.
 HATEFUL CATASTROPHE. 1 A wild storm was raging upon the Med iterranean Sea, near the close of dreary November day, and the sky and waters l were black with the gloom of the sndden l and furious tempest, before which small sailing vessel was scudding under bare poles. Her build and rigging proclaimed her Sardinian. She was The Gull, Captain l Varino, master, on her way from Cagliari { to Palermo.
 She had on board two seamen and two passengers.
 These passengers were Englishmen, who had procured passage on 1Ae Gull to Pal. ! ermo, whence they intended to embark by steamer to Marseiiles, the following day. While the Captain and his assistants were attending to their duties. and expres- sing apprehensions as to their safety, the two Englishmen stood apart, leaning against the bulwarks, and 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 in his bearing, tall. slender and handsome. with frank, smiling mouth, a pair of fearless blue eyes, set undera wide and massive forehead, ,and tawny hair blow 1 ing back from his face. Noble, generous and kind hearted, be had an adventurous disposition and a dauntless courage. He was Guy Tressilian. the only son and heir of Sir Arthur Tressilian, Baronet of Tressilian Court. England.
 His companion presented a remarkable resemblance to him, being also tall and slender and fair, with tawny hair and mus tache, but he had not the frank smile, the bright fearless look, or the joyous spirit that characterized young Tressilian. Young as he was, he had seen much of the dark side of life. and his experiences had been such as to develop in him some of the worst qualities of his nature,
 He was Jasper Lowder, Guy Tressiian's s hired travelling companion and bosom friend ns
 The meeting and connection of the two had a touch of romance. Young Tressilian had spent four years in a German univer- sity, whence he had been graduated with honor. On leaving the university, in obe- dience to his fathers written command, he had undertaken tour of the countries in closing the Mediterranean Sea, iE company with one of his late tutors. This gentle man being unexpectedly promoted to 8 professorship, abandoned Tressilian at Ba- den, leaving him to find another travelling companion.
 On the evening of ths very day after this assertion, as Guy Tressiian was sumter ing through the streets of Baden, he had been assaulted by trio of his own conn- trymen, all more or less intoxicated. It was apparent that they took him for anoth- CT, and intended to wreak vengeance upon him. Without allowing him to speak, they getting the worst of the conflict, when Q and in few moments the two had put the ruffians to flight.
 This stranger who came SO opportunely to Guy's assistance was Jasper Lowder. His resemblance to young Tressilian awak- ened in the latter romantic interest. He questioned Lowder, learned that he was poor and alone in the world, and took him with him to his hotel Believing that the similarity of features indicated similarity of tastes and natures, he engaged Lowder as his travelling companion, and the past year they had spent together more like
 
 ''This storm is regular Leganter, said Lowder, cliuging with both hands to the bulwarks. Do you think the craft will stand it. Tressilian2"
 "Oh, yes," answered young Tressilian, wiping the salt spray from his face. "The Captain knows the Sicilian coast perfectly. In two hours or less, we shall be in the bay of Palermo. In three hours We shall be domiciled in the best rooms of the hotel Trinacria, with the best supper which Ra- gusa can furnish. And tomorrow at noon," he added, ."we shall embark for Marseillesi in Messageries steamer"
 '.And from Marseilles you will proceed to England and to Tressilian Court, said Lowder with some bitterness. 'And r.. what is to become of me ? I have had 8 year of unalloyed happiness, and now comes back the drudgery and hopeless toll, the anxieties of the wretched old life. You picked me up at Baden, poor adventurer seeking to gain living by teaching Eng lish, and the same destiny is open to me now"
 Tressilian turned his handsome face up- on his companion in surprise and affection ate reproach.
 .'Jasperr' he exclaimed, .you talk strangely. Do you suppose have called you friend and brother so long, and loved you 90 well. to lose you now Imeant to have written to my father concerning you and your future, Jasper, but his sudden recall. received yesterday, causes me to re. turn home without writing. shall tele- graph from Marseilles that you will come home with me. And you will, will you not? You will not abandon me my friend :? I will charge myself with your future. I will see that you obtain the position to which your talents entitle you. You have no ties to keep you on the Continent?: F A strange expression passed over Jasper Lowder's face.
 'sNo, I have no ties," he said huskily. "And you will go home with me ?' 1 "What will your father say to my com ling ?" demanded Lowder. ssHe will think your generosity Quixotic. He will dismiss
 from his house the hired companion who Idares to resemble his son"
 A sudden urch of the little vessel, a
 wave sweeping over the deck, interrupted the sentence.
 "You wrong my father, l" said Tressilian, his blue eyes kindling when the vessel had Ilrighted. aHe is the noblest man in the world. He will welcome my friends as his Town. You will love him, Jasper, as I do, .when you know him" . 1 ''Hs does'nt seem very affsctionate." l" re.