The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-04

Old Henry Hardin's Windfa,l-The Grandson OF
an Earl, the Brother Of Countess and the
Uncle Of a Iaronet-0ns Phase Of the
Great Hardin Will Case in New York.


promptly appeared. and as he stepped from his
cabin a venerable looking man of warts man, with
ewes like ierret's and lace as rough as q nutmeg
crater drew himself up and touched MS cap with
the precision OF an Algerine soldier. The old salt
was dressed in clean blue mastering suit, car
ried q lack knife taste ned to q snow white Ian
yard and had slowed in his starboard cheek some
thing less than a quarter OF pound OF tobacco.
.sWell, my lad what do you want ~ asked the Cap
tain. The old sailor hauled or his cap. slowed 1t
under his arm, let out
QUART OR so OF ToBAcCO JUICE,
and then hauled out from inside his shirt letter
covered with foreign postage stamps and domestic
dirt.
ter, he said in reply.
Let's see, your name is Hardin, isn'titS The
last time you went ashore you got beastly drunk,
and We had to pay $40 to get you out OF the lock-
up,n and the Captain was about to order the Old
seaman forward wnen something in the appear
Ance OF the letter in the mans hand made MIN
hesitate.
WHATS your letter abouts Let me see It," he
asked. The letter was addressed to Henry Hardin,
United States ship -, Mare Island, cal. IL was ~
IN arlstocratic looking eplstle having q coat Oh
arms in blue and gold, and delicate water lines
across the sheet. The envelope was square anu
also bore the same heraldic device IN naming
colors. The handwriting was neat and beautllnI
style, and the captain glanced att he thought
II was written ny q woman.
THE CAPTAIN ASTONlSHED.
The letter ran as follOws:-
ARxAcH County Armagh, Sept, "A, 1873
than eight months ago 50 do know you yet on
boarl me though | hope So Tor mpHrii "a at
long went away from home and you hsve iea
mann aRa yaur rees here and
You remember Uncle Georse fathers yqunge broner
recsly very lit e glr them was lust about the
@s x ySs So mote Gnce George
c4 as hE n be adda new hSrk
more by lucky estate speeu'stons in and around
Important The old ges*man's death which &C,
Cured 1t several months as9 HIS estate Is San an
snsras Of Gh iSnS Rs at over
ny, ever married, though believe there Is
naH an IN shs V w
be able though think to prove her marriage ana so
gre many heirs family has 50 many sranehes
sa m hRs ihsr who S Knew
thinks the properly permitted to lie and not sold
some j ia large irass-iiss what is Known Sesi
chester county near New York where b 5hy az al avs
70 be sod Cousin Sir Robert hardin-you remember
go 70 New York and arrange for meeting Of the heirs
pS n az 20
He would be glad to see you, | know; think dear
TAKE YOUR PLACE ONCE MORE -,
Thns Of III You have na .
about the world accomplishing nothing but losing much
and viii H
a. se n I'm w % aan 10 d
Kirby, is still living She oieb speaks OF YOU, and
Der Of the family So too does your nephew Sir James
o' H Would be- OPEN to YOU as
always has been to me. Therefore. Henry, come home
Write and let know what action to take
e'"' ,'1' As''''''''e anu ~ HENRIETTA HARDIN.
ARIsTocRAcY IN Blue
Tha f1a Of tpr
looked at the weatheroeaten tar IN utter amaze
menr
person addressed in this letter? Why, you've been
. man-oi-wars man LOT twenty years OF more.
Yen sailed with me IN me Lancaster In $500 ana
you were then a gray-hared man. Why Ia the
world don't you go home ?n
Old Hardin has a voice that SOUNDS, even in its
softest cadences. like the noise OF three dozen rats
shut up inside a brass drum. He rumbled out, IN
hOarse, cultural way
.'wa'ai, Cap'n, that's Just what want to see you
about. I've been in the service now, man and
boy nigh on TO 35 year, an II this 'ere money :
. comm TO me I'D like to git hold OF 1t. That's an
.'But, Hardin" said the Captain, ''what good
would it do you? You know you can't let lum
alone, and your money would soon put you under
the cod u you didn't refoTm.o
That's so,r said the old salt; ''but guess as
how III reform now. Mebbe you can GIT some idee
from that letter that amt always been a blue
jacket. am almost ashamed to say ii thefe some
thing like drop vi salt water coursed Gown
through the corrugations in the weather beaten
face), but, Capn, l ought ha' been something else
At Is year old than
DRUNKEN OLD sHELLBACK.n
$50 gather from this letter, Hardin - said the
Captain, '.and must confess 1 am surprised.n
'sYes,r Hardin went on, after emptyng his
mouth Of another quart OF tobacco Juice. yes;
amt allus been an old SHE'LL My latner (here he
drew himself up and something like a scin tlllation
Of pride flashed out Of the lerret-like eyel-my
father, sir, was sir Robert Hardin OF Hard place.
Armagh. Forty years ago he was High Sheriff Of
Armagh county aud Master OF the Rolls. My
Of Kslsne, and my sister not this one pointing
to the letter. but another One-is now the wife OF
the Earl o. Denbigh knew my Uncle George well.
Have seen him in New York o. ten, and once dined
with him down in the Washington House on Broad
way. Know where that is, don't your But tnat
was before | got disguised and took to rum. l
don't believe he'd let me put my Old rummy tim
bers under his mahogany now If he was alive.
Well he's dead now, aud lett 900, and they
say Pm ricn. Funny, amt 1t, sir, that SIGH an old
wreck as am should hist aboard SIGH lot OF bal
last at this late day ~
"Well, Hardin" said the Captain, "what do you
..Wa'al, want to be lookin' after this business
ia like 20 go down to Frisco first and see some OF
them lawyers"
II can't let You DO that, Hardin, for know you
VIII get drunk, and, perhaps, be shanghaed on
board OF some merchant ship. But If you want to
20 East and see your cousin-whats his name,
again p
SIR ROBERT HARDIN,
why, win discharge you and, If you have money
enough, you can start right from Vallejo here.
s.WaIai, Capn Ia kinder like to see some Of
them lawyer chaps first. You see, SIR I've seen
something in the papers that there is goin' 10 be
.anc s'pose, as / don't know much about law,
why mebpe I'd better git some advice"
"Wen," said the captain, think IL over; but
first you had better get my clerk to write letter
Tor you in reply to this one, and -"
.'Oh," said the Old man. ~ can write little yit.
i rsed to drive pretty good quli!, but you see
handin' marlinspike and seIzin riggin kind o.
knocks a mans dedication ont OF hlm. still,
gutss / kin write letter. III show you, Cap'n,
what write, cause don't want to go wrong,
anyways
THE CAPTAIN STILL MORE AsToNIsHED.
ft,{a uar lied W m "A IN
he was seen seated on the deck between two guns
VITA hrs dItty box on his knees and diapldaIed
gooseauin In his hand. He wrote rapidly and APP
parently with ease and readiness OF expression. In
an hour ne laid before tue Captain the following
letter, written in bold, easy styIe:-
UNITED STATES NAVY YARD, !
VALLEJO Cal. Oct. n.
, NY DEAR HFSpryrrA--Your letter with its sad and
seine VIVA, surprsng intelligence was received yes,er-
DAY ,ou were quite In supposDg that mao lor-
gotten Uncle oeorge saw him number OF years aso
ID New fork, ana we formed delightful acquaintance,
he entertain d me at his hotel In princey style AS TO
the ASTONISHING M ormauou that you and and the
Countess OF Dehpigh are made rich own right by
the demise OF poor Uncle George hardly what
he As fhat I nj ~