The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-16

Coyent Garden there stood, about five
years ago, small house only accessible
by a dark passage, into which the light Of
day scarcely ever penetrated, and which
at night received small portion only OF
the mcager rays thrown by a struggling
gas.lamp placed at its entrance, This
house, at the time | mention, was occu.
pied by an old lady who let lodgings at
low rates to needy dodgers, One Of her
rooms had lately been tcnanted by man
of about six.and.twonty, the regularity Of
whose features showed, in spite Of the
havoc played by poverty and distress
that he was Of class higher than his
present circumstances seemed TO warrant,
Goorre Ioyelacc, with his wife, occupied
this room, His father vas the owner Of
a considerable property in Athertonshiro,
whose temper had been ruined by the
Incorporate habits Of rrofigate youth,
and whose judgment not unfrcquently
shown signs Of a taint Of insanity.
His one son, George, was born after he
had been married ,hroc years; but though
never inclined to be fond Of his SOD, he
had, during his youth, shown no signs of
any great aversion to him. and had treat
cd him not unkindiy, especially after his
mothers death.
Ono Of hie hnhhias was the English
aristocracy, and be ives anxious that his
son should marry the daughter Of a noigh-
boring carl, for whose family he had the
greatest respect and whose political opin.
ions were as conservative as bis own.
Affairs might have gone on as Sir
George wished, and this story never been
written, had not the younger Lovelace, in
fishing ramble in Broconsbire, met
with tbs pretty daughter ola Welsh doc
tor, George had trusted to Ethels cx-
treme beauty to win from his father his
approval OF a marriage Of which he had
said nothing till it was over.
Sir George fed into such passion that
the servants had come to his sons assist.
ancc, and with difficulty prevented him
from laying hands on George aud inhct-
ing personal violence
Out Of my sight" he said, Jnl he cal
led him hard name. i never thought
you were my son and now Ill own you
so no more. Take the Jade, who has
made fool Of You, away; and let hel
know that not one penny shall you or she
touch While live of when | am dead
No, not il you lie fo'ling in a poor
house =
And from tina; day Sir George had r."
fused to sec or hear from his son.
Then in mFny ways had George sough
for cmpoyment-a. Is tutor as clerk, a
n writer in the lower cla-s OF daily pubil
cations, as shop-lusa even, and as
messenger. Everything has fa'ied t.
secure MIN permanent work. lie wa
too old for one place; he was brciuse'
another a having DO tcsumon"lsi hl
father maIlee s'i aim turned out oi
third the ruin OF h'- employer had los
MN fourth. And week by week' month
10y MONTH a- eacn icy found hlm liquor
ant how he should hnd iood Tor the next
, he plodded on'getilng more and more des
pairing, seeing Ethei lace getting wan
ner aud more wan ana knowing that sh
was becoming less and less able to bea
: the trial which was coming upon her
Yet she had borne IT, and he: babe wa
an additional link which bound her hear
: to her husbands and gave them courag
to face the troubles which came so thickl.
across their path. And now they wer
struggling on, she too weak to do muc
e besides nurse her infant, aud he hardl
able to make wretchci pittance which h
E earned buy food enough to keep him fror
D hunger after he had given to his vile an
child Yet they loved each other, an
e though to each not unirequently came tn
thought that the others happiness in thi
I world had been ruined by their marriage
the perfect trust which each had IN tn
others affection made them together NOR
willing to share uufinchingly the diiticu
e ties which lay before them.
P Every effort made to visit his iathe
. met only with rebuff, and affairs, how
ever, looked dark for George and h
wife, and for week he was inclined t
l. despair Of ever rescuing her from th
distress in which they were plunged.
One day, six weeks after his his inter
view with Sir George which had term
. mated violently, George received form'
=, letter in business'like envelope, th
contents Of which fairly took away h
breath. 1t was from his fathers solic
tors, who told him that Sir George, hay
, ing been violently excited in the meetlr
d., with his son, had had rush Of blood
. the head. and subsequently fit OF apol
lexy, from which he had died about tC
~ days previous to the date OF the lette
Every search, they went on to sa
for will having been made, we have tt
honor to inform you that none has bee
= found, and that therefore, as heir at lay