Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-29

stances sand he, with my mothei ""u
brothers. live in the house where All OF US
except my mother, first saw the ngh!,
At the time the event here recorueu
took place lived with them. but nave
been away from home many year 'loI'
The house is large, rambling pullu,
inc. constructed of red BRICKS anu
Astounding in. numerous, long, low
rooms. We are simple, primitive pep
ple. aud gcnerally sit and take our means
i'm room leading out OF the kitcne.i.
But we have two state parl0rs, which, IN
our eyes at least. are very grahu, anu
which we use on those rare OCCASIONS
when we wish to make show IN .ne
world, or rather in the eyes CT tnose rev
and isolated members of it who, at long
intervals, come our way. -ar 5 l.
NV name is Sebastian Gregg reiton'
and am one of family OF five, al pVys'
i'm which occupy the generally uhe,lsn-
7, BILE position of being inthe mioeiss s
generally unenviable, because, DIS "a: -
the eldest and youngest. OF fanny s.a
the best of it, and the others ratner ~ "
the wall But in my case l. hau hoenips
to complain of, as happened 10 De my
mothers prime fayorite,
Several reasons conspired to produce
-
very delicate child and great doubts had
been entertained as to the possibility of
rearing me. Children that cause most
anxiety are generally liked best, and. as
I had rewarded my mother Tor all the
care Bestowed upon me by growing into
a tail, observation-disclosures fellow who
seemed quite to have forgotten what ILL
health was. she naturally felt grateful to
me and inclined to think mea very mer-
itorious character. Another thing that
disposed her in my favor was, that had
been infinitely more troublesome IMAM
IL Ter other boys put together, as. wheh-
ever nv health allowed it, had Deen
from my earliest infancy in some mis-
chief or other: though, to do myseIi JUS
flee I had never been guilty OF anything
man or underhanded. There was one
other circumstance that made me loOked
anon with favor, not only by my mother,
bnt by the whole family as WELL ana
that was that was considered TO nave
expectations. In other words II was
thought to have very goou chaiice Vi
being heir to an aunt OF my Iathef, VINO
had 4 very comfortable little fortune oi
her own. But will talk Oh TINS py anu
by when have told the reauer n'lio
more about myself. al
AT the time Ol JILL otoiJ
twenty wears Old. six feet high, broadly |
I'm lt enough TO match my height, and
my native modesty recoils from writing |
this-yery good looking. In disposition
/ was lighthearted and full OF fun, my
former leaning toward mischief having
by no means deserted me.
Though but one-and-twenty, had lor
some years been engaged TO Clarlbel
Myer, the. daughter OF a yell-to-qo miller
who lived not very far from US. 1She was
!, pretty lively little being, with dark
hair and eyes, rougish smile AMI
sweet figure, and she was great pet !
with every body. =
But TO proceed to the more important
part of my tale.
One evening, as we were all sitting at
tea. the postman came to the door-in IT
self so unusual an event that 1T caused
quite an excitement. There was a gem
eral rush to see what he had got, anu L,
being nearest, was out first and obtained
tbe letter. 1t was addressed to, my
mother. and everybody was much inter-
eSted in the opening ana reading OF IL.
1t turned out to be from the aunt froa1
whonI was supposed TO have my expect
ations, and after w ON received my
bes,tifuA second napas OF Gregg
Here let me stop for Il moment to IN
form the reader that our notion us to my
chance was by no means unf0unded. IL
did not arise from 4 general feellng Oh
covetOuSness on our par or from the idea
that seems common i'll some families That
every one is bound TO leave them proper
. tv Shortly before Twas born Miss
Gregg wrote to my father, saying that,
should tue expected h d prove a boy,
she WOULD be much compilmented II he
would give il her name, and concluded
with certain dark somewhat mysterious
hints which it seemed to him could bear
but one interpretation. | need hardly
observe that when appeared, and turn
ed to be boy, was duly christened ac-
cording to my aunt's wishes. She had
never set eyes upon me, or, indeed, taken
the slightest notice of me from that mo-
Inent to this; but still the hope of ex-
. pectations, if it burned rather dimly
sometimes, never went out.
When it was discovered from whom
the letter came the excitement naturally
increased greatly, and, my mothers spec
tacles not being forthcoming quickly
enough to suit the Impotence of the
company, as j was considered to have
the greatest interest in the matter, and
was also believed to be the best scholar
in the family, the epistle was put into my
hands with an exhOrtatiOn to read it
aloud. did so, and read as follows: q
DEAR MADAM: Your son who bears
my name, must by this time be pretty
well, if nOt'quite grown up, and have a
sancy to know what he is like. With
your permission / shall, therefore, come
to your home on Friday next, and, also,
with your permission, will remain the
night. am, dear Madam, yours truly,
--@- >ir- PRISCILLA GREGG.
When Ihad finished the perusal. silence
reigned for some time; everybody was
too much astonished to speak. When
they recovered themselves they all turned
TO me.
ssWelL Sebastiap,r said my father, 'sthis
is chance for you; mind you make the
best of it." - rs, g..-~t..,
"You know, Sebastian chined in one
of my brothers, ''yous have very pleas
ant way with old ladies when you choose,
and now is the time for showing it."
Yes, indeed" remarked my eldest
brother; lit will all depend upon your
pleasing her or not, whether you come
in for the money" ..- :.
asOf course Sebastian will please her, .
retorted my mother, taking my part
against them. Then, not wishing to lose
Lne opportunity Vi d ilIIl0 ou'ioo VI ~
own account, she went on "But 90
mind, Sebastian, that You are particularly
nice to her, and very attentive and deffer-
AOh, please don't give me any more
directions, mother" answered, stopping
my ears 81 shall get so confused L
shan't know what to do at all" 30 say
ing left the room and went to. tell Gar
libel what was about to happen.
This important letter had come on a