The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-18

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JOHN @. WAiaier.
TIE TRANsFusED TRAssFORAlD.
A Tale Of Blood.
II you live in Downshire and do not
know the iende,ls of iendell Court,
you are unknown indeed; the circum-
stance of their name being spelt with
two little fs,- and pronounced EeAdall,
stamps 1t with q peculiar aristocracy.
Radicals, indeed-persons who interest
themselves in roots-assert that there
was at one time NO such thing as q cap
ital in our alphabet, and that it was in-
dicated by the duplication Of the small
letters. As intelligence increased, cap
itals were Invented, and the lsst per-
sons to use them were, OF course, the
most illiterate; 80 that the retention of
the two small is is not intellectually
speaking-a feather in the iendell
cap. On the other hand. as q token of
antiquity. it is invaluable. The pos
session Of name that nobody can pro-
nounce without instruction is also OBJ
viously o great inheritance, and in this
case e was the more valuable, since
there is no record of . iendell of
Downshire having been distinguished
in any other way. The family had
"dourished for centuries, in the sense
that an old tree is said to flourish, and,
like it, most of it was underground.
Sir Geofirey Fendall, Cfor we will
take the liberty Of spelling his name as
it was pronounced, as though he were
an ordinary Christian.) the present
tenant of the Court, was q widower,
childless, and stricken in years. The
long line which had moved as directly
a. pawn in chess for 50 many genera
tons had at last failed, and the success
sion was going aslant ,aay, even zigzag
like the knights move-to . second
cousin, young Percival Fendall, of Lin
coins Inn, barrister at law. His father
had subsisted on very moderate prop
erty, the income from which had been
in no way supplemented BY the head of
the family. apd bad hequeathed it in .
former had discovered by bitter expe-
spelt with two fl did not enhance its
financial value at, the back Of Q bin,
while the latter was serio6s1y thinking
of discarding the peculiarity StoeSthey.
as An afectation out At which nothing
had ever come but rid5cules tfhSn 3tid-
denly old Geofrey, acting under ad5
vice. (not lagal. but 1nedic1.j akoke
to. the fhct of his heir ibrG9nmptiSe,A
existence. He wrote from Downshire
with hia own hand to invite Percival to
tFendan Court
Most young men would have jumped
at such an offer, nor was Percivsl. him.
/ self by any means blind III pnsfble
advantages; but he was . man OF thar
disposition which. in poor people. is
called obstinacy, in persons Of honest
smeans, frmness. and in rich people,
determina&ion- OF character. SThauks
to nobody but himself, he was surely,
buts slowlys making hh way n tho
world, and he was not disposed to bar
ter his Independence, even for the re-
version Of the family estate.l This was
not entailed upon him, bpt, il would
have been contrary to all traditions of
the house with two fs that Cousin
Godfrey should leave it to any other
person than the natural heir. The
young man knew, in fact, that unless
he gave his kinsman some great cause
of offense. he would one day reign in
his stead. Would it not be better,
therefore, as he had not an idea in COM
mon with the old Squire, that they
should keep apart, 50 that NO o6ense
could be given himr Percival certain
ly did not wish to 20 to Downshire. It
was November, and. since he was no
sportsman, he greatly preferred Lon
don 1t that season to the country; Just
new, indeed. he preferred it at all sea-
sons, from the circumstance that it con-
tanned, in Gloucester place, . young
lady called Mary Blake, whose name It
was his intention to change to Esndall.
with one F. as soon as his income had
become sufficient for him 10 nsrryup
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Her father was hop merchant, and
no doubt given to speculation in his
own line. but strongly opposed to con-
tngencies in connection with his
daughters settlement In life. He had
at first refused to take Percivars great
expectations into consideration &C ali; /;
but when this invitation came from the
old Baronet he had visibly thawed, and
even held out . hope that he might not
now insist upon seeing Percivals 3 ledger
setting forth that he had receiyed in
fees. ETC., at least E500 . year, before
he would give consent to his daughter's
marriage. tl0-.e .Jr.; .sssi
To the young man himself, this re-
taxation Of Mr.. Blake's proviso gave
much less satixfactien than that gentle.
man had anticipated. In his own mind
he was persuaded that the match would
be disagreeable to Sir Geefreys and
render his expectations even less prom
ising than before; and this was one q
| the reasons that made him decline to
| be very dutiful TO his venerable cousin
at distance, and through the medium
| of the Post-ofiicc. He did not like the
old gentleman; he, had resentedF the
coldness he had shown to his father;
| and he did not appreciate the overtures
| now made to himself, which he thor.
oughly understood were not owf1g to
any personal regard. but only because
circumstances had made him the sole
surviving member Of the house of two
II. At the same time he was much
too sensible to throw away the bril-
liant prospects, which had thus pn-
folded themselves to his de2, q he
1 cb32d retain them with seAffespect' 'xhd
tIithout much inconvenience. Although
I y yery unworthy descendant Of hia race
- regarded the belief in. their blue
blood-which he looked upon either -
Imaginary. or as . very serious physical
stlment-he had inherited o ssro4e In
disposition to b bored or troubled.
Old bir 0scfrsy himself. Win his So: