Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-24
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birth be the noblest in the land
and If we miss none of these
things in each other, what need
have we to question farther"
"You speak warmly, Vaughan;
In my place you evidently would
engage this sou of village shop
keeper to help to educate noble
men and gentlemen's sons e
ave do not often question each
other on our birth and early life,
said Owen. Sand do not often vol
unteer to talk of it unquestioned. I
Then will it never I've that we may
Judge men 10y what we find them
respect or dispise them, not accord
ing to the rank they bear, but
according to the part they act 2
"Bettcr in theory than in prac-
tice, Vaughan" said DIR. Hope,
lightly. "Still my objection is the
want of truthfulness at starting.
"Many of our highest families"
said Alice, shave been founded by
one man who has risen from the
people, and they arc proud to trace
back to such an one. Why be-
cause we are contemporaries,
should we scorn him for it :"
"Suppose," said Owen, glancing
rapidly into Alico's face, while his
heart beat gratefully for her words
= suppose DR.. Hope, that one of
your own masters had come to live
among you, Of lower birth even
than this candidate you speak of,
and had told you nothing of his
antecedents, feeling that if he
were suitable for the post, You
would soon discover it; suppose
Won had liked him AMI associated
freely with him giving him a well
come always in your house, and
had then discovered his history
should you blame him for his
silence! 7"
"Blame him. echoed the doctor
hotly. Il should turn my back
upon him promptly, | assure you,
were he the finest scholar in En-
gland"
Slowly and darlxly the color rose
in Ovens face. "That is the gene
raj opinion, suppose" he said, and
Alice was not the only one who
noticed the tone of pain in his
voice.
"What should you do yourself,
Mr.. Vaughan :" asked Mrs. Hope
merrily. "Come next to the doctor
himself, you are the one most like
" to be placed in such q position"
81 think" said Owen quietly,
"that | should merely care what
the man himself might be. 1t
would signify as little to me
what his father had been as
what his son would be years and
years afterward.'
"Wait until some one imposes
upon you," returned the doctor !;
she would not like it, would he,
Alice ;" he added, laughing up at
her as she rose to follow her mother.
Eagerly Owen waited for an an
swer.
IL do not think really low-born
man could succeed in such an i'm
posture, papa" she carelessly said,
seven if he tried"
The Christmas mirth had all died
out of Owens eyes when he joined
Alice again, and her shy kind
words could not bring it back
neither did her memory bring q
tender smile to his lips when he re-
called them afterward.
Well and bravely had Owen KEEP
his resolution while Alice frou
the sombre rooms of the old schoo
house, listened in vain for the OLE
pleasure his coming ever gave
And hel He performed his OLE
tasks Just as he had performe'
them always.
As the spring came on she droop
ed and pinned so sadly that they sal
she neehed the sea air, and the
begged her to except the invitatio
of an old school friend who ha
lately married and gone from he
home in Scotland to stay with hi
husbands relations on the Welc
coast.
alt is to LlanvTiar I am goin
Mr.. Vaugh&n," said Alice, q lit
YEARLY. as she told Owen Of h'
approaching departure, while /
stood steadily before her lookir
into her face. "Papa says
thinks shall be close TO yoI
home. May / take anything f
youl Is there anything can do