Sharp County record., 1880-09-23

thing. This was unsound throughout-not a
timber that did not creak, not square inch
that did not portend laundering.
"Truth and lovel-rubbieh!" said Hugh
/ contemptuously. Understand me" he then
continued turning back and speaking to his
son with hardness, anger, decision and impa-
tence all in one. "If you marry that girl you
may live as you will or as you can. | cannot
prevent your coming into the estate; butwhile
l am alive not one sixpence shall find its way
from my pocket into yours
"That will be so much to the good of my
moral nature" was the answer Of the incor-
rigi6le. 81 shall learn mans duties before
me and assume husbands responsibilities "
"Julian! how can you be so insane, so
wicked" cried his mother. If anything she
was even more disgusted than his father, and
took the disgrace and shame of the whole
thing more to heart.
81 am not insane, and l am not wicked in
my love for Deborah, y said Julian, sacrificing g
so much to the genius of the moment as to
give his beloved's whole sonorous name. ''She
is noble, she is magnificent, and human worth
is a higher thing than mere caste and
fashion,
"Hughl he must be madm repeated his
mother, looking at her son with compassion
ate kind of suspicion breaking through her
Indignation.
"Mad or not if this thing goes on he must
be banished from home, " said his father stern
ly.
81 shall be grieved," returned Julian; "but
l must wait in hope and possess my soul in
patience. You will do me and her justice in
the end"
"Leaye the room, sir,n thundered his
father. "Your insolence, your pedantry are
intolerable. Leave this room now-l give you
till tomorrow morning to know whether you
will have to leave the house as well,n
"Father you will be sorry for your hardness.
| You do not know what an angel Of goodness
you are rejecting said Julian gently; but he
obeyed the command and withdrew, leaving
his two handsome and unhappy parents in de-
spair at this untoward event, and without
much hope that their wrong-headed son would
see the errors of his ways-and, seeing, would
amend them.
If they were outraged, what was Clarence
His indignation against his nephew went as
| far beyond theirs as his love fell short; and
had there not been the gallows in the distance
he would have put pistol to that disturbed
and disturbing head with no more cOmpunc-
tion than he would have killed a weasel in the
| henrOoSt, or a canker worm at the root OF
saplng oak.
lunatic asylum,n said Clarence. "You owe it
| 10 yourselves, ~ our anu Jul pdSl, uOJ
to allow such disgrace as this to stultify our
whole history He must be confined close
we have case enough for certificate"
But the father and mother, though they did
not reject, did not quite indorse the sugges-
ton. A badly-married son was an awful in
Fiction to their family pride, truly; but mad
son was almost worse. Between the two what
comfort was left them3 And there was no
chance ofJulian's submission.
The next day found him as firm and fixed as
he had been the day before. He loved Debby
Scambler and he meant to marry her at all
costs; and neither tears nor reproaches,
neither prayers nor threats moved him from
his resolution. So that nothing was left to
| Hugh Armstrong and his wife Julia, save the
carrying out Of their ultimatum and the banish-
ment from home of the son who did not respect
the traditions of that home. They could not
keep him out of the estate, but during their
lifetime they determined that he should enjoy
nothing which should uphold him in his wick
edness, or make his crooked path more
straight or smooth.
81 do not know what can do to earn my
daily bread,n said Julian with quiet, half mel
ancholy philosophy; "but | will do something.
When you want me you can send for me; but
until am sent for ] shall not trouble you
with my presence again"
B. And with this he left the oldhome and went
up to LondOn-that maelstrOm OF youthful
| hope and energy and incapacity and despair
to see how best he could make his bread with
never a trade nor profession at his fingers
ends, and in world where competition is so
| fierce and workers so much in need OF work.
1t had to be done. If he were worth anything
he must show that he was able for his life's
worl--that he had strength and energy enough
to carry out his plan and to justify his action
of ability by his maintaining his ground. He
told Deborah to keep up both heart and faith !;
to believe in him and to love him; to resist all
temptations that would be offered her-temp-
tations of wealth if she would abandon him,
of doubt in his sincerity, of belief in his death.
She was to be steadfast through everything
and in the end all would be well. He would
be faithful and she must be firm, and together
they could conquer love and the world.
To all of which pretty Deborah said Yes"
weeping in her lovers arms and feeling that
her heart must break-it could not bear SO
much despair and not give way. But hearts
do not break, in spite Of all that poets say and
lovers feel; and the two poor young people
parted and went on living and eating and
sleeping much the same as usual, only very
unhappy and feeling very desoate.
OF course James Scambler, Deborah's faith
er, was against the match He was a fine, SEN
sbe, faithful, kind Of man, who had no false
|
"Like to like he said when Julian spoke
to him on the matter; che was dead against
all unequal pairings in man or beast. Joe
Williams, the senior gamekeeper, was the man
to his mind for Debby; and she would be better
off in everything but money if she took him
rather than the young Squire for whom she was
not fit.n
He set his face like a rock against the match
but what could he do? Debby was of age and
must marry with whom she had mind He
would only forbid all intercourse with the
young Squire, by letter or by word of mouth
alike, while she was under his roof and for
the rest he was as powerless as the great folks
at the Hall itself.
All this he said to Julian himself and re-
peated to the Squire and his lady; and as
they were fair-minded people they confessed
that they had no case against him, and that he
was as little to be blamed and as much to be
pitied as themselves.
They took his word for it that he would
keep Debby close; and they did not dismiss
him from their service as at first they thought
they would have done. When they thought
more calmly Of it they considered it would be
better policy to keep him on. They would
have him more under their own eye, as it were,
/ and would know Debby's mode Of life and
movements.
To all of which Clarence gave his assent.
Ever revolving his plan in his own mind, but
taking no one at the Hall into his confidence
as to what that plan was.
One day, not long after Julian's departure,
James Scambler received letter, telling him
that an old uncle of his, who lived at an un-
pronounceable place somewhere in the heart
of the Welsh mountains, had died and left him
his farm, and that he was to go down at once