The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-05

duke turned 10 Tue Ntttidh Nailtatii'
who just then rejoined his command,
and said
"March thy soldiers back again,
and dismiss them; the zeal of the
sheriff has much mistaken his duty.
DIR. Todd, will thank you TO attend
to the injury which Hiram Doolittle
has received in this untoward atiair
Richard. you will oblige me by send
ing up the carriage TO the top Of the
hill. Benjamin, return to your duty
in my family"
Unwelcome as these orders were TO
most of the auditors, the suspicion
that they had somewhat exceeded the
wholesome restraints of the law, and
the habitual respect with which all the
commands of the Judge were received,
induced prompt compliance.
When they were gone, and the rock
was left to the parties most interested
in an explanation, Marmaduke, point
ing to the aged Major Eflingham, said
to his grandson
"IIad we not better remove thy pa
rent from this open place, until my
carriage can arrive"
"Pardon me, sir, the air does him
good, and he has taken it whenever
there was no dread eff a discovery. l
know not how to act, Judge Temple ;
ought L, can |, suffer Major Efingham
to become an inmate of your family p
"Thou shalt be thyself the judge"
said Marmaduke. ''Thy father was
my early friend. He intrusted his for
tune to my care. When we separated,
he had such confidence in me, that he
wished no security, no evidence ofthe
trust, even had there been time or con-
venience for eXacting it. This thou
hast heard"
"Most truly, sir" said Edwards, or
rather Effingham, as we must now
call him, with a bitter smile.
"We divided in politics. If the
cause of this country was successful,
the trust was sacred with me, for none
knew of thy fathers interest. II the
crown still held its sway, it would be
easy to restore the property Of SC
loyal q subject as Colonel Efiingham.
Is not this plain?"
"The premises are good, sir" con-
tinued the youth, with the same in
credulous look as before.
'Listen-listen, poy," said the
German. "Dere is not hair as OF
ter rogue in ter het of ter Tchooge."
eve all know the issue Of the
struggle" continued Marmaduke, dis
regarding both. "Thy grandfather
was left in Connecticut, regularly sup
piled by thy father with the means Of
such subsistence as suited his wants.
This l well knew, though | never had
intercourse with him, even in our hap
piest days. Thy father retired with
the troops to prosecute his claims on
England. At all events his losses
must be great, for his real estates
were sold, and ! became the lawful
purchaser. 1t was not unnatural to
wish that he might have no bar to his
just recovery?
"There was none, but the difficulty
of providing for so many claimants"
"But there would have been one,
and an insuperable one, had | an
nounced to the world that | held
these estates, multiplied, by the times
and my industry, a hundred fold in
value, only as his trustee. Thou
knowest that l supplied him with con-
siderable sums, Immediately after the
war"
"You did, untir'--
"My letters were returned unopen-
ed. Thy father had much Of thy own
spirit, Oliver; he was sometimes hasty
and RASH" The Judge continued, in
a self-condemning manner-"Perhaps
my fault lies the other way; may
possibly look too far ahead, and cal
culate too deeply. 1t certainly was a
severe trial to allow the man whom [
most loved to think i'll of me for seven
years, in order that he might honestly
apply for his just remunerations. But
had he opened my last letters, thou
wouldst have learned the whole truth.
Those | sent him to England, by what
my agent writes me, he did read. He
died, Oliver, knowing all. He died
my friend, and / thought thou hadst
died with him."
"Our poverty would not permit us
to pay for two passages" said the
youth, with the extraordinary emotion
with which he ever alluded to the de-
graded state Of his family; 81 was
left in the Province to wait for his re-
turn, and when the sad news Of his
loss reached me / was nearly penni-
less"
Sand what didst thou, boy" asked
Marmaduke, in a faltering voice.
II took my passage here in search
of my grandfather; for | well knew
that his resources were gone, with the
half pay Of my father. On reaching
his abode | learnt that he had left it
in secret; though the reluctant hire
ling, who deserted him in his poverty,
owned, to my earnest entreaties, that
he believed that he had been carried
away by an old man, who had former
ly been his servant. / knew at once
it was Natty, for my father often"
''Was Natty a'servant to thy grand
father" exclaimed the Judge.
'Of that, too, were you ignorant p
said the youth, in evident surprise.
elbow should ! know it? | never