The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-11-27
STR Rupert, the Reckless.

Ii Was 10 common wilGaess that
gained hiIa this title He was not &
bav. iust from college oy home. s0w.
ing his FIRST crop Of wild oats. but g
man of the world-iadoleat, careless
and very wicked. The circle in which
be moved was the mosl fashionable
and exclusive IN the citv. and the
ether men Of hls sei we're not by anv
msans quiet. yFeil-behaved OF steady.
They were cd men Of The world
blGse and wicked: bat their wsvs
were a. the ways of goodness when
compared with his They were not
zt az given 20 seztinsnL ard nick
names were unknown among them
bai when Morgan. the artist. painted
ArthuT Avery a. SIR Ruberf. Ihe
name fastened Itself a. bin. and erery
one remarked that THE HaIae and tie
man were in peTieet harm nv.
There were many stories told sb0ui
him. and The majority Of them. IF 10;
actually trnc. bordered % nearly Upon
Truth = 70 answer the same purposes
Ties told bow he had lost thousands
= dollars IN one nights PLAY and
aeTe, changed feature. how be bad
brokea the bank three nights IA sue
cessiOn. with the same careless. indo-
ieai snils upon his face: how Be
drank bottle after bottle of vic. with
ouf SEEMING 20 feel any eHccl: how
De losfand wen fortunes az the races
and vet locked On a. uRccncernedlv
a. though be had lot given OF taken
the Odds against The field il thousands
MANY such stories we're aa0Gi about
town. vet be never took the trouble
TO confirm OF deny them. He went
Cd IN lie a. careless e. ever, doiag
precisely a. be pleased, and regarding
neither the smile nor tie frown Of The
world
Was be condemned and thrown cat
4 society
Not -, nv child There are but
few seti0ns which eSuse a mans ex-
pulsion from the charmed circle Of So
eieiy. and, as il happens, dissipation
Is not one of them There are sever
al reasons why be was Dot condemn
ed The men admired bim and cop
led his dress, his carriages. and. as
far - they could. his life. The ma
irons rolled up their ewes al his many
sins. and sighed over them in private
bit there vas not one mairon among
them al who would not have been
delighted 10 cali him s0n-in-iaw, be-
cause his fortune was immense and
his style iTreproaehahle. The young
ladies adored him; TO them his word
was law; his taste exquisite. and bis
perfection His NOUS
tache was The wonder and envy Of
tie men, and ibe delight Of tie ladies;
his black, curling hair was wonder
fully beeomine; and his dark Ian
gushing eyes, witb their weary, hun
-ry look, could speak az eoald 10 9th
r eyes IN their set HIS manners
were T,erfec; and his smile SO wiz
ming that il disarmed the s1riciest be-
ieTer IA the doctrines Of Prop,iety;
lnd even Mrs Nanderdeeken-who
thought dancing sinful, and the thea
ire the gateway 70 Ferdiiion-was his
friend; and did battle royalty for him
gpoD many rreaslOrS
Thus, voc see. be had the men, the
narons and the maids al upon his
.ide, and had nothing 10 fear from So
siety
Notwithstanding his dissipsted
habits, his ways with womea were
above reproaeh He never airted
10 IaaideD-heart was broken through
aGlt Of bis; and no woman had ever
osf her good name and standing In
society through his iastrumentality
II hat Il was that p2Ge him 80 defer
.ntial 70, and careful Of, the sex, was
! fruitful tcpie Of conversation, and
10 one as YET had unrsvelled the mys-
cry. There was vague story Of an /.
.ariv love affair whispered about;
,uf il was 50 indistiHet rumor that
10 one could discover whether it had
II had not any foundation in fact
sof one could remember the name Of
be lady; no oDe had auy distinct
Of any circumstances
onnec;ed with the affair; aad, if
frs Yanderdecken know Of II. as many /
uspected, she held her pesce and re-
1sed 70 speak
1t was 8 recognized faet that Sir
Rupert vas . very wicked man; and 4
ne d4y II began 10 be noised about
hal be was also odd How, for !,
xanple, had be treated young Lanes
saDe had fallen into disgrace. through
o fault Of his own; aad Avery, be-
1re the very face OF the leader Of his
FL. Mr.. Wen SAINT. had shaken him
ordi2lly by the hand. and had driven
i'm dosa Broadway behind his span
{ horses. Aid how had he treated
.ing-king. The banker Mr.. King
ad failed in business, and, as this is