The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-19
The Pride of the Corbyns.

ohlpwrecked too, Sir. and my mother
also l chung to a heneoop, and was picked
up half dead by the captain of the Boyne."
And your mother p
too was mercifully saved, as / have
been this day but as Providence willed it,
the captain who had picked her up sent her
aboard to US, his OWE vessel being bound on
a long voyage; and we had reason to be
thankful for it. or we might never have met
again in this world. But "-impulsirey-
ARE you my uncle, sirf You ask SO many
questions"
mo; Archibald corbyn has lain for
eighteen months in yoader tomb But 1
knew him we'll j see you are in a sad
plight. and in no condition to walk a long
distance so / recommend you to present
yourself at Corbyn Han-no matter the
hour, at this crisis. l do not suppose you
will be a very welcome visitor to Mr.. Wal
cot. Executors seldom like to disgorge
and if you can prove yolr identity as old
Archibald's nephew. you are heir to this es-
tate. and my gentleman viii have to turn
out. In any case, should he treat you rs
an impostor-as it is not unlikely-any of
the old negroes viii give you food and shell
ter. If they have it. You name viii insure
that"
"Ithank you. sir" was all that Archie in
his weakness and bewildering whirl of emo
tions could utter, as he bowed and turned
as directed towards Cogbyn Hall.
STAY cried the stranger. wheeling his
horse round. 81 am a clergyman and a
magistrate-the Rev. John Fulton, of st.
Andrews. There is my card. Show it.
Should Mr.. walcot reject you. call upon me
tomorrow or upon DIR. Hawiey Of Kissing
Bridge. Bridgetown. We will see You are
not wronged. My business is urgent, or
would accompany You now.
Bareheaded, barsfoo.ei, ragged. sea-
stained. weary. footsore, and bleeding from
sharp stones snd sharper thorns. the fam-
ished ship-wrecked heir dragged himself
slowly to corpyn Hall, to sink exhausted on
the very threshold ~
There he was founl by ever-wakeful
Dinah. whose Screams, "A ghost. a ghostl'
reused the whole tribe OF woolly-heads
from the mats on which they slept-and
downtown huts had filed house and piazza
10 overlooking.
"Massa Charles ghost - from n chorus
Of tongues reached the chamber where Mat
thias lay shivering with ague. Watchful
Stephen leaned over the balcony to seek the
reason of the uproar.
Quick as thought he was in their midst,
supporting the f~ainting youth in his strong
arms. Little need to ask his name the
likeness 10 a picture in the house told it
without voice.
Archie Ccrbyn was carried within and
while Scipio was despatched post-haste for
DR.. Hawley. he was restored. refreshed, and
tended with an assiduity no wa,cot had
ever been able to command. Tho previous
days hurricane had not created a greater
commotion than the finding Of the fninting
sailor it had blown amongst them.
Matthias Walcot, however, was not dis
posed 10 receive Archie Corbyn on the
strength OF a likeness and his own ipse dixit.
He put upon linn the onus Of proof, in the
secret hope (hrrdly confessed to himself)
that difficulties might arise and his own
position continue intact. AT all events he
would remain master in the interim and
but that he feared n rising amongst his
slaves, headed by his own son-so much
were his principles denoral;sed that, in the
face of conviction, he would have compelled
Archie Corbyn TO secs. A@ar quarters until
his rights were indisputably established.
Steve stood by the heir calamity, though
his coming did close the prospect of success
sion to a fine domain. So did DR.. Hawley
and the Rev. John Fulton, his first adviser.
Cufy and Dinah ~worshippcd him. But hs
had no warmer champions than Mary Full
ton and Augusta Wolferstone, with whom,
10 doubt, it WIS moro n matter Of feeling
than of legal right.
DR.. Hawley and Steve had opened their
purses to him. anil oaca provided with
means h. dressed and looked the gentleman
ne was. |
Archic's first care had been to write to his !
mother, begging her TO Lave England for !
Barbados without loss of time, armed with I
all ncccssa-y credentials. /
Scarcely three weeks after the despatch
of this letter, DIR. Hawley sought Stephen
Walcot at the wharf.
In less than an hour Sambo was driving n
party of four in the doctors phaton as fast
as the u~nrepaired roads would permit.
They alighted at Corbyn Hall.
AAShac SoiDyh WAC ~ tic phSOhdSc.
Steve was always glad of an excuse for a
visit there. Resuming his scat, he WINS
whirled thither. carried off Archie without
a word of explanation, and LETT the young
ladies excited and curious.
In the ~drnwing-room OF Corbyn Hall
Archie found, to his joy and amnzement. his
mother. With her was Captain Hudson, to
whom he was indebted for her appearance
on the scene before his own missive was
halfway over the ocean. The ~ssa-captain
had proved too good a seeker for Matthias
Walcot, who sat there nervous and fidgety,
with one arm resting on a side-table, on
which he kept up a %spasmodic tattoo with
his finger-nails.
What further credentials were wanted
than certificates of birth and marriage, and
mngisterial alterations. and Captain Hud-
sons testimony?
Corbyn Hall WINS once more in the hands
Of a Corbyn. and from Cu1y the news spread
like an electric fame.
Archie Corbyn was magnanimous. Set
ting Stephens heartiness against lis father's
hardness Che called it by no worse name).
he offered both n home until their own