The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-01-28


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ma been widely dilefeni frgm youfs, Tfcsshiah.
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4 ouafrel Don't start, Tressilian, at my. IN
aial speech. Wait till you boar my story. Am
IN a desperate mood i0-nighi. This storm stlrs up
oil tie lad within me. A. nearly a. can discover.
Ny l,.!.e, ". lhs younger SOD Of a proud OLD
Gyot 40 not know. ihenr' asked Tresslllan,
pressing bis companions hand,
~ have no proofs Of IL. All positively know
V thi-. Nv mother was OF humble station, pretty,
wiih Hius eyes and an apple. blossom face, and
tender. apttnipg ways. She was the daughter OF
a widow, residing nj Brighton. The widow, my
grandmother, KEEP a clearinghouse, and my father,
a gay. dashing young fellow, came to lodge with
her. A. might have been expected, he fell in love
Nth hts landlRdy's daughter. He offered me
young gifi marriage, on condition that the union
should be kept -ecrst until his Affairs frightened
and he chose to diyulge Il. The young girl loved
bin. Her mother was ambitious and penurious.
The result was the lover had his way, and married
~ daughter Of his landlady quietly, almost &C.
cretly. rh.p be took his bride to London, 10
cheap and obas,rs lodgings, where, a year later,
WIS sOrnN
The wind for a moment drowned his voice. As
Il presently lulled, he resumed recklessly, and with
passionate bitterness:
NFof ysefs nv mother and | lived in those stuff
~, obscure lodgings EMIL ger blooI1 had faded,
and she had crown tain ara ~an and nervous. My
fntber visited us at stated seasOLE. once or twice a
wsek but he never brought any OF us fsnnhy 10
call uHcn VS.. doubt II his aristocraic relatives
even suspected She existence OF the faded vile
and son of whom he ~as secretly ashamed.
have rood reason to believe that he bad tine lodg-
ings at the West End, where he was supposed 70
be a bachelor, and that he went into fathi0napie
society, while my poor mother ard LIVED 70 obscure nas !.
sir o. fashion thai awakened my boyish admira-
tiop, aud aroused my mothers afectionate pride
IN him. She was always pleading to be introduced
to his relatives, and TO have her son puoilcly nc.
knowledged. But my father always. put her on,
sn, NC that he was not yet ready. Worn out and
dcspairing, my mother died when | was ten years
old..n ,,
Again the wind Thrisked past, again the little
vessel llrched, the sea swtspipg her deck.
The captain screamed his orders 10 his men, and
for . few minutes disorder eigned.
"a t,esy hit OF weatherln said Lowder. And
bad skyl"
I'VE shall make port all right, meyer fear. We
must be well on toward the Cape di Gallo, And
Il y only seven miles from the Cape to Palermo"
cut .hs ssvon miles in this storm are worse
tbaa seventy III good weather. These coasts are
dangerous, Tressilian.n
L5 wder shuddered as he surveyed sea and sky.
But about your father, Jasperf" said T~fessiltan
who had become deeply interested In his compan-
Ions Story. "What did he do after your mothers
deathfh .
81 remained at the old lodgings with our single
old servant a hLOnLl or more, MY father visiting
me several times. and expressing anxiety as TO
what be should do with me. A week after my
mothers death. he told me that his brother was
dead. A month latcr, his father was killed by
being thrown from bis horse. My father came
INTO riches and hOnors by these deaths. AT last,
deciding to rid himself OF me, he took me down to
Brighton, to my old grandmother. Her SONS were
dead; she had given up keeping dodgers, and was
grown risorly. He promised her five hundred
pounds a year 10 keep me, and to Keep also the
secIet oshly paternity, tolentnly promising 10 ac-
knowledge lie some uay as his son and heir. The
old woman agreed 10 carry out his wishes. She
would have done any hing for money. l never
saw lay fa,her again. weJt TO school, grew up,
and al tie aye OF twenty-ohe came rio my grand
mo,lel 5 AiOdey, the lfuits OF years OF SAVING, she
dylns a. hat tine. My ntier had deliberately
nbandored he. | diU no. know where 10 seek
him, If had wished to. | took my money and
came abroad. ned been Two years on the Cont
Pept, md bad spent 10y II. lie fortune when | met
yol. The rest you know"
Al odd. romantic storyl But why did your
father ghnntOn your
fTha. he might be freed OF encumbrance to
make a grand marriage. From what my grand
mn uar said at different times / conclude that nv
fa.her was in love with a tiled lady before my
mo,ber's death. No DOUBT he married this lady.
II he lives, this lady's son may be his acknowledged
heir. NV father has utterly discovered the son Of
his first lias,y, H. starred marriage. / have a fancy
thas / shall meet him some day." and Jasper's
brow darkened 20 deeper blackness. However,
sand no chance of eyef receiving Justice at his
hands,
"what is your fathers name, Jaspert" asked
Lowders face darkencd. lie bit his lip saw
agely. F,
from my own observation, or from chance words
of iay parents and grandmother. My mothers
maiden name was Jeanette Lowder. AT our
London lodgings, my father bore the name Of
Lowder. don't know his real name, but !
should know his face anywhere, although Il have
not scel him in thirteen years. My mother was
a~c,nally married, Tressilan, but | never heard
my fathers name. The Gle gyman who married
my mother was dead; the Witnesses also. When
lhN EIiluliptuti WOE u tINN w WI NV
the sorry. She had put Ii of too long. All that
| could understand of her mumblings was the
name OF Deyereu1. | shall never forget that
name DEyEREuxi' Probably that was my ia
theirs name-my own rightful name, But as
should never find bin If | sought him, and as he
| would raprlse me If | did find him, | stand nc
chance OF irheriing his property. lie may be
dead. lie may have Other tons who have sue
ceeded him. Ii Is all q mystery, but the prom
inent truth Is that | am an %outcast, poor, disowne(
and frlendless.n
lie ieaned d over the bulwark, the spray dashin,
/, over his face violently.
TfeSsiiiau's heart warmed to him.
l my moor fllendi' he said. Must | say agail
you are 10. friendless while | live. My father ha
S influence enough TO obtain for you a government
appointment, THIS tangle may Strengthen itsel
i out some DAY. But If it don't, You are resolut'
, enough 10 make your happiness" :,
He grasped Lowder's hand, and looked Wit
. warm bright eyes, full Of sympathy, into Lowder'
i LOWERING race.
There nad been a temporary lull In the storm
Bus as the two stood there, the tempest revivet
i and sweep. over tie wild sea In maddened rage.
Q There was no dine FOR talking now. The win
rose SO bi.h that words would scarcely hav
been distins aished. The storm that had gone be
fore had been but play TO this awful %outburst. TIL
vessel drove on, creakirg and g~roaning, a mer
cookie shell Oil the pillows.
q "uo.ier OF Me- cies! = walled the captain. st
all up with us, %signores. ! can't make ont the Cap
i In this darkpess. We shall go on the rocks. 81
Ar,hony save usl"
l. The seamen echoed his cries.
. The two young Engllshmen, comprehendin
b their peril. clasped hands In silence.
For the .iezt few minutes it seemed thata Pandt
monium reigned.
d Then a noise like the report Of a cannon sudder
Nv doomed through the storm and the darkness
The little vessel shivered, staggered, and csrcaae