The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-06-13
HYDE PARK, VT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 49, 1871

alarming degree,
Educated in the most dependent
loyalty by his father, Mr.. Efiiingham
had, from the commencement of the
disputes between the colonists and the
crown, warmly maintained, what he
believed to be, the just prerogatives Of
his prince; while on the other hand,
the clear head and independent mind
of Temple had induced him to es-
pouse the cause of the people. Both
might have been influenced by early
Impressions for, if the son of the
loyal and gallant soldier bowed in inn
plicit obedience to the will of his SOW
ereign, the descendant of the perse-
cuied follower of Penn looked back,
with little bitterness, to the unmer-
tied wrongs that had been heaped up
on his ancestors.
This difference in opinion had long
been subject of amicable dispute be-
tween them, but latterly, the contest
was getting to be too important. to ad-
nit of trivial discussions ons the part
of Marmaduke, whose acute discern
ment was already catching faint glim-
merings of the important events that
were in embryo. The sparks of dis
sension soon kindled into blaze; and
the colonies, or rather, as they quick
ly declared themselves, the states, be-
came a scene of strife and bloodshed
for years.
A short time before the battle Of
Lexington, Mr., Efliingham, already a
widower, transmitted to Marmakuke,
for safe-keeping, all his valuable eff
fects and papers; and left the colony
without his father. The war had,
however, scarcely commenced in earn
est, when he re-appearedin New York,
wearing the livery of his king, and in
a short time he took the field at the
head of provincial corps. In the
mean time, Marmaduke had complete
ly committed himself in the cause, as
it was then called, of the rebellion: of
course, all intercourse between the
friends ceased-on the part of Col.
Etfingham it was unsought, and on
that Of Marmaduke there was a eau
tiOus reserve. 1t soon became neces-
sary for the latter to abandon the cap
ital Of Philadelphia but he had taken
the precaHtion to remove to the inte-
rior the whole of his effects, beyond
the roach of tho royal fnrnns innlud-
ing the papers Of his friend also.
There he continued serving his coun-
try during the struggle, in various
civil capacities, and always with digni-
ty and usefulness. While, however,
he discharged his functions with cred
it and fidelity, Marmakuke never SEEM
ed to lose sight of his own interests
for, when the estates Of the adherents
of the crown fell under the hammer,
by the acts of confiscation, he ap-
peared i'll New York, and became the
purchaser of extensive possessions at,
comparatively, very low prices.
When the war was ended, and the
independence of the states acknowl-
edged, Mr.. Temple turned his atten-
ton from the pursuit of commerce,
which was then fluctuating and uncer-
tain, to the settlement of those tracts
of land which he had purchased. Aid
ed by a good deal Of money, and di-
rected by the suggestions of a strong
and practical reason, his enterprises
throve to degree, that the climate
and rugged face of the country which
he selected would seem to forbid. His
property increased in a tenfold ratio,
and he was already to be ranked
among the most wealthy and impor-
tant Of his countrymen. To inherit
this wealth he had but one child-the
daughter whom we have introduced to
the reader, and whom he was now
conveying from school, to preside over
a household that had too long wanted
a mistress.
When the district in which his es-
tates lay, had become sufficiently pop
ulous to be set off as a county, Mr..
Temple had, according to the custom
of the new settlements, been selected
to fill it's highest judicial station.
We shall here close this brief ex-
PLANTATION of the history and character
of some of our personages, leaving
them in future to speak and act for
themselves.
Some little while elapsed, after the
horses had resumed their journey, ere
Marmadulke Temple was sufficiently
recovered from his agitation to scan
the person of his new companion. He
now observed, that he was youth OF
some two or three and twenty years OF
age: and rather above the middle
height. The eyes of the Judge, after
resting a moment on the figure OF the
stranger, were raised to a scrutiny Of
his countenance. There chad been g
contraction of the brows, and look
of care, visible in the features of the
youth, when he first entered the sleigh
that had attracted the notice O
Elizabeth, but whichhad been much
puzzled to interpret. But the
lines of an uncommonly prepossessins
countenance were gradually becoming
composed and he now sat in silent
and apparently distracted musing
! The Judge gazed at him for some tim'
with earnestness' and then smiling al
if at his own forgetfulness, bespoke
''I believe, my young friend, tina
terror has driven your name from m,
recollection-your face is very familia
| to me, and yet for the honor ofascor
: Of buck's-tails in my cap, could no