Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-11-21
MIs US.
MR.. BANTING'S JUNIOR.


81, was capital hit and we'll delivered.
q full between the eyes Il sent the rccip.
lent, gaudiIy- dressed fop, spinning into the
gutter, much to the dctrimcnt of his fne an.
rarei, and served him right for insulting an
unprotected girl, whose hurried steps and
ttmId mauncr betrayed her uncasincss at be.
ing alone on the street at such an hour.
Having done his duty in the premises. and
waited to the bespartered coxcomb pick
himself up ungraceiuily and sink awav
abarhed and cowcd, Ned Armour turned to
see what had become of his PRoTEGEE.
She stood trembling, as though fright had
arrested her steps. Her pale face, on which
the light of a ncighboring lamp Glanced TO
fall, was of surprising beauty and Ned. be-
ing knight Us gallant as brave, begged per-
mission to see her safely home.
In sweet gentle voice, with n slightly
foreign tingc, she accepted the offer, and the
two walked on together, for the most part,
silently
"Will you not come in, sir ?" snid tho pirI,
stopping at the door of pIan-looki ing house
My father, am sure. will wish to thank YOU
for the kind service you have rendered He
is an invalid, and it was an crraud to procure
him some necessarics that took mo out TO
night"
Ned accepted the invitation. and that was
the beginning of his acquaintance with MIR
Bertrand and his charming daughter. Marie.
Ned Armour was the junior of law firm.
of which his uncle, Mr.. Blnting was the
head. lie had little love for tho profession.
hut had entered it to please his uncle, to
whom he owed everything, his rearing in
cIuded 1t is safe to say that after tho ad-
venture ju-t related, he spent two evenings
in the society of Marie and her father. 10 one
passed with Coke and Blackstone
Mr., Bertrand was an old soldier Of the frat
Emplrc, who. with the fall of his chief. had
lost sll; and driven into exile with his in
iant child, he had wandered from country to
country in the hope to mend his fortune
Now. his daughter and himself had no other
dependence than the earnings of the former
who turned 20 the best account sho could her
proficiency in music by giving private lessons
Ned would gladly have assisted his friends
from his own purse, had he known how 10 10
so without giving offence to the proud old
soldier
I've been thinking Of wife for you :" said
Nod's uncle one morning as the two sat to-,
gether in the seniors private Office.
$50 have l - replied Ned
"Ahcm." returned the uncle.
We picked OUT one for you, " he continued.
'S f'NhSN "Ht "ue IOI myself, SAID y ed;
'thst Is. provided can obtain her CONSENT"
The deuce you havew exclaimed the
head Of the firm, who had always regarded
the question as one within his own exclusive
jurisdiction
There is no knowing to what a pitch the
| discussion would have reached, but for the
entrance of two gentlemen, who came to coz
suit Mr. Bsntiug
a Frenchman. stranger, it seems had
died suddenly while on visit to the city
some years before. leaving large sum OF
money. One of the two gentlemen present
had been appointed trustee of the fund, and
the other claimed to be next Of kin to the
deceased, whose cousin he asserted him to be
THE deceased spoke of having brother"
said the trustee, sin search of whom be was
travelling"
'Yes his brother Antoine" said the other,
''who atscondcd from his country years ago,
and of whose death have ample proofs"
The papers were submitted to Mr.. Ban