The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-01-05
ER EssIlikN COURT
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The Bagoast's S Son,
BY -. HARRIET LEWIS.
Auihor-oF "Tbe Double Life, HThe
BsihFs Scheme s'TheSundered
Hearts, p 1The Lady of Kill
EY dare. stsA Life at StakgH I'D
"The House of Se-
crets, etc, etc, sa.ass y.
CHAPTER f.
A FATErut oATAsraopHE.

A wild storm was raging upon tn,
Mediterranean Sea, near the close o
a dreary NoVember day, and SKI
and waters were black with the gloon
-6f the sudden and furious tempest
before which small vessel wa
seudding under bare poles. He
+Build and rigging proclaimed be
; Sardiuian. She was The Gull, Capt
I Yarino master, on her way from
iCugliari to Palermo.
| She had on board two seamen, ant
two passengers. .a s-
r These passengers we're Englishmen
who had procured passage on TH,
ON to Palermo, whence they intend
led to embark BY steamer to Mar
settles, the following day. EgE
| While the Captain and his assist
Rnts were attending to their duties
and expressing apprehensions as Il
their safety, the tWes ,ERglishmeI
stood apart leaning against the Low
bulwarks, and surveying the wild
scene around them,
h These men were both young, ap
parently of The same age, about three
and twenty, but evidently they were
mot of the same station ia life.
One, the more striking of the two
vas aristocratic in his bearing, tall,
slender and handsome, with frank,
smiling mouth, pair of fearless blue
eyes, set under wide and massive
forehead, and tawny hair blowing
back from his face. Noble, generous
and kind hearted, he had an adVen.
'T6rous disposition and q dauRtlesG
courage.
He was Guy Tressilian, the only
son and heir Of Sir Arthur Tressilian.
Baronet, Of Tressilian Court, Eng.
land.
His companion presented a re-
markable resemblance TO him, being
also tall and slender and fair, with
tawny hair and mustache, but he had
not the frank smile, the bright, fear
less look, or the joyous spirit thai
characterized young aFessiiian.-
Young as be was, be had seen much
Of the dark side of life, and bis expe-
IFienees had been such as to develops
in him some of the worst qualities oI
bic nature
He was Jasper L6wder, Guy Tres.
silian's hired travelling companion
and bosom-frieud. 4s4 ssI-, .sar
The meeting and connection Of the
two bad touch Of romance. Young
Tressilian had spent four years in q
German HnigersilY, whence he had
been graduated in honor. On IeuV
ing the university, in obedience %
-6is fathers written command, be had
undertaken a tour of the countries
inelosing the Mediterranean Sea, in
Company with one Of his late tutors.
This gentleman being unexpectedly
promoted to a professorship, aban
-doned TressiIian at Baden, leaving
him to find another travelling com
panion. . sass
: On the evening of the very day
after this dsertion, rs Guy Tressil-
ian was sauntering through the
streets Of Baden, be had been assault
ed by q trio Of his own. countFymen,
all more or less intoxicated. 1t was
apparent that they took him for
another, and intended to wTeak ven
eanceupon him. Without allowing
him to speak, they forced him to de-
fend himself Guy was getting the
worst Of the conflict, when a stranger
Came running to his assistance, and
in few moments, the two had put
the ruf6ans TO fight -----...
This stranger who;came 50 oppor-
tunely to Guys assistance was Jasper
LOwder. His resemblance to young
Tressilian awakened in the latter a
romantic interest. He questioned
LOwdeT, learned that be was poor
and alone in the world, and. took him
win him to his hotel Believing that
the similarity of features indicated a
similarity OF tastes and natures, he
engaged Lowder as his travelling
companion, and the past year they
had spent together more like brothers
than like employer and employed.
"This storm is regular Levanter," ,"
said L0wder, clinging with both hands
TO the bulWarks. ssDO you think the
craft will stand it,, Tressilian ?''
ooh, yes" answered young Tres
wipiug the salt spray from his
face. "The Captain knows the Sic.
ilian cOast perfectly. In two hours
or less, we shall be in the bay of Pal
ermO. In three hours we shall be
domieiIed in the hest rooms Of the ho-
tel Trinacria, with the best supper
which Messer sRagus5 can furnish.
And to morrow, at noon" he added,
ave shall embark for Marseilles in a
Messageries steamer.
t'And from MaFseiIles you will pro-
eeed 70 England and 20 Tressilian
Caurt said Lnwder, with some bit
tefhess. "And EZwhat Is to became
Of me &? Ihave had a year.of unalloy-
ed happiness, and now comes back the
drudgery, the hopeless toll, the ankle
ties, Of the wretched old life. You
picked me up at Baden, poor adVen'
'turer seeking to gain a living byteach.
ing English, and the same destiny is
open to me noW." S1N- -rt
Tressilian turned his handsome face
upon his companion in surprise and
affectiOnate reproach,
TJasper % he exclaimed, ''yOu
talk strangely. Do you suppose have
called you friend and brother 80 long
and loved You so well, to lose you now:
1 meant to have written to my father
concerning you and your future, Jasper
but his sudden recall, received yester
day, causes me to return home with
out writing. l shall telegraph frOn
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