The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-05

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BY being thrown from his horse. Ny
father came into riches and honor
by those deaths. At last, deciding
to rid himself Of mo, he took me dowl
TO Brighton, to my old GRANDMOTHER
Her sons were dead !; she had giveI
up keeping dodgers, and was grow
misorly. He promised her iiv'
hundred pounds year to keep mo
and TO keep also the secret Of my
| parsnity, solemnly promising 4
acknowledge me some day as hil
son snd heir. The old womal
agreed - carry out his Wishes. { Sh,
wonld ha4e dons anythingfor money
Inever saw my fatlsr AgaiAs I wsn'
to school, grew up, and at the age o
twenty-one came into my grand
mothers money, the fruits Of year,
of saving, she dying At that time
Ny father had deliberately abandoned
mo. I did not know whore ~ sssl
him; If l had wished to. 1 to0k my
money and came abFoad. r. had
been two years on tho Continent
and bad spent my little fortune when
4 met you. The rest you know"
"An odd, romantic story But
why did your father abandon you r.
That he might be freed Of on
cumbranoeto make AgrAnd marriage.
Prom what my grandmother said q
different times, I conclude that my
father wasin love with . titled l>dy
before my mothers death. No doubt
he married this lady. III be lives,
this lady's son may be his acknewl
edged heir. Ny Esther has utterly
disowned the son Of his first hasty,
ill-starred marriage. I have . fancy
that I shall meet him eoms day" sAd
Jasper's brow darkeued 70 deeper
blackness. "Howsver, I stand no
chance Of sver receiving justice at
his hands." ~
uWhat IA your fathers name.
Jasper =, askei Treaailian. s.,
Inwder;s f.ne darkened He b;t
his lin savarelv. "a
What I have told Won about INV.
self / learned from nv own obeerye-
t;on ~ ftom chance vorfls ~ nv
narents and crsndmothsr. Nv moth.
era maiden name was Jesnetfa I,ov.
der. al our London lodeinrs. nv
father bore the name az f,owder. +
don,t know hin reaI name Init I
should know his face anywhere.
although I have not seen him in
thir.sen vears. NV mother vaa
actuallv married. Tressilian. bnts /
never heard nv fathers name. The
sclerrvman who married nv mother
was decd the xitnesses aIso. when
INV orantimotber WA dying she tried
20 tai ma the storv. sho mt Il 81
too long. An that 1 couid under.
stand of her mnmbIinos vaa the
name az Devereux. I sbail never
forOet that .nsme-.DxvEnruxl-
Probably that was my fathers name
my bwn r;ohtfnl name. Bnt "a I
shonId never find him IF / soupht
him and "a he wonld repnlse ma r I
did f;nd him ! stand no chance Of
;nhar,t;ng h;s nronertv He NAV be
dead. ne NAV have other sons who
have succeeded him. II isaIl q mvs.
tarv hnt the nrominent truth 4 tbat
/ am nm outoast moor iisovnsd and
friendles." -1
Ha Iaanod over the bniwark tha
sprnv dashinp over his face violent
II
Trass;l;an,s heart varmad n him
aMv noor friend in he so;d aMnst
Tsav aua;n won are NOT fr;endless
while I i've NV father has influence
anouoh to Obtain for Won a govern.
cont snno;ntmant This taneia NAV
straichten itself out some dav. Bnt
ifvo1 don,t YOU are resolute enough
tn r,.ka vour ovn hann,nsss
- He grssrad I.owder,s hand and
,ooLsa w;th warm hr;rht ava. tuii n
svmn.thv into Tovdar,a lovar;n :
Gec
Th.-. had ham . tenro-. III,
!, .h~ s.crm Rat 81 thn 80 y..r,.i -I
,tha-s - - tha tamnast rsr;vsd srS .-s,,s -
s..ss 81 -;Id q. - ,n.dd...d =. y.
IN IT.. go - t;,a. g. 49,
The Wind rosa 40 h;rh that yorT.
-as,5 .o....alr hs,ahs., S;s.;n .r;.S
ed. The storm that had gone before
had been but play to this awful ont.
burst. The weasel drove on. .creak .inp
and groaninr. q mere cookie she'll oI
the 6illows.
aMothor of Mercies 1" walled th,
captain. aIt's all up with us. sis
nores. I can't make out the CAP
| r. thia darkness. We shall 90 ON th
rocks. ST. Anthony save us i"
The seamen echoed his cries.
The two Young Enclishmen. com
prehepdinp their peril. clasped hand
in silence.
For the next few minutes It SCENE,
that q Pandemonium reiened.
Then q noise like the report of
cannon suddenly doomed through
the storm and the darkness. III,
little vessel shiversd, staggered, ane
careened upon her side.
She had struck upon rock.
A moment later crew and pas
sengers were struggling in tn
waters.
A few moments of buffetings an,
tossings, Of vain struggles and agoniz
ed, involuntary prayer, and thel
Jasper Lowder ielt his senses sli]