Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-09-18

time, anyway. Just give me som
water, will YOU: Thanks. Well,
ought to commence with Inv name.
suppose. 1t is Edward Tracy. VI,
the second sOn Of Northumbellan
squire, who had just enough money t
keep up the place for my brother, an
no more. A fine old place it was. an
the only happy days ] can look bac
to were spent there. That was whe
l was a boy-homc tor the HOLIDAYS
eager about cricket and foot ball. an,
to whom gun and the range of til
rabblt-warren were perfect happiness
After awhileitwas unpleasant enou.l
My br?ther-a lazy, good. looking fiel
low, who knew how to ride and t
shoot, and only that-was the idol O
my mother and sisters. All deferre.
to him except little Mary. my pet. VIII,
used to follow me around like a kitten
Poor little girl. wonder if she eve
thinks OF me now. Younger SENS in
poor family have a hard time of it.
only wonder more don't go 20 the ba.
than do. Brought up as gentlemen
they are then thrown on their own re
sources, to live by their wits, either il
some beggarly profession, or as hang
ers-on where there are any rich rcla
tons. They must put up with being
snuubed and thrown over, whenever
they come in the way-made Use O
and then east aside; at least, such WA.
my experience. l was proud aid pas
siOnate, and so felt these things more
than others, | dare say. l wanted t.
go into the army, but my father said
lie couldn't afford it, would be al
ways getting into debt, etc.-and so
was apprenticed to London barristel
"a great pOmpOnS man whom l cOrdi
ally detested before Il month was out.
He had way OF agravating me when.
ever we came in contact that used ta
make me long for an excuse to pitch
him down stairs. l believe III present
ments. ! knew that man would injure
me some day. l saw more trickery
and under-hand dealing while in that
office than l had ever seen in my lite
before. Mr.. PiersOn was a. man of
tnct, not talent. He had gained sew
,ral good cases, which made his repu-
'atinn, and he had a way of making
people believe that if black was not
ust white, it Was certainly gray, which
proved very useful to him.
] was about twenty-five when / went
nto Kent for few weeks, partly OH
business for Mr.. Pierson, and partly
o visit an uncle Of mine. Am firing
;ou, sir, with this long story!n
"Not at all, Tracy; go on."
All started at the unfamiliar name.
which the doctor slightly emphasized.
lis breath came quickly, and his voice
vas husky when he spoke again:
"WOuld you think, now, that man
ould hear his own name so seldom
hat when it was spoken as you spoke
0 me it could make the past come
'ack like great wave, almost blot
ing out the present! ! haven't heard
ny name for more than ten years. he
7ent on musingly. II don't wonder it
ounds strange to me. It was in the
ummer when l went to Kent; the
me for falling in love, as it is called,
nd, of course, l did it. l don't won
er at myself, even now, when l re-
lember all that has passed. We were
lrown very much together. Lucy
as an orphan, living with a rich
lai,len aunt, whose place adjoined my
ncle's. l had always fondness for
laying the part Of protector; and she
dis clinging, dependent little thing,
it'll long golden curls and a delicate
daisy face. l had never
lred for any girl before, and from the
rst loved her madlX. Its the old,
Il, story, and needn't make a fool Of
yself again by telling it to You. Be-
&c l went back to town we had ex
ranged rings, and she had promised
love me through eternity. A leng-
y eternity it proved!
Our engagement was to remain
cret until should become a great
wyer, and then l was to claim her.
,is was Lucy's idea. l wanted to
cak to her aunt, but she begged me
It, giving dozen different reasons (
r my silence. | believe, even then,
e thought it best not to bind herself I
0 closely; but, of course, l never .
spected this, for, with all my faults,
lad always been perfectly honest and
lthful. In the winter Mr.. PiersOn {
ID me that the business l had been !
tending to had now to be completed, I
d that he was going down himself {
vas, of course, very anxious to go, q
t he did not give me the chance. I
lcy met him at a couple Of dinners, {
d, from what she said, l knew he S
d been very attentive to her. He i
8 . good looking man about forty, t
d could make himself very agreea. q
, when he chose to do so. wrote Il
Lucy Immediately, telling her what q
hought of him. She replied, ac- u
sing me of being jealous, and say Il
!, she was sure l was prejudicetl
ainst Mr.. Pierson, who had spoken h
" highly of me, and to whom | t
md she had confitled the whole story a
our engagement. | was very angry,
wrote rather harshly to her, l G
cy, for l remember she told me | "
d not love her as l once did, That a
5 our first quarrel and it was soon 4
de up. and for a few weeks We cor b
Donded as usual. Mr.. Pierson re- s.
ned to London, but went back to II
Mt in q week or two. he SAID he 5
) collecting evidence for an impor- a
4 case b