The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-09-29

"a VAGABOED."
"Conle inn

"COme in"
The speaker. q sallow-faced, no
very agreeable-looking young man Of
about twenty, looked up rs the dool
burst open, and something like a smile
lit up his features as he nodded q well
come TO his visitor, q bright, frank.
faced youth about two years his junior,
who came bounding In, flung himself
into q chair, his hat one way, his cane
another, and then began to speak in
eager. excited tones, and with an air
Of boyish enthusiasm.
Congratulate me, CIementp' be
cried. ''My nomination as cadet ar.
rived last night, and start in two days
for WOOlwich," and Horace McrvVn
looked exultingly at his particular
friend. Clement Hastings, who an
sWeredI
''And ], too, have good news, Hor-
| ace; tor leave soon for London, my
uncle having written me to come on
and read law in his office"
( mo dull law for me, Glenn" ex-
claimed the other, "fOr l long for life
Of excitement. and intend TO rise rap
idly as q soldier, while You are brow
| beating witnesses and endeavoring to
6nd out, by legal lore, the identity Of
John Doe and Richard RE"
''Ahi I shall divide my time between
. law and literature, as have a purticu-
lar desire to become a good writer, and
you know have already written some
very readable articles for our county
papersI but come, return home with
me, for this will be our last day to-
gether for many n year"
The two hal been companions from
their earliest bOvhOod, the one being
The son of q widow in moderate cir
cumstances, and the other the heir of
Sir Richard Mervyn, the weaitbiest
man IN the county where the youths
lived.
Fond Oflife, yet free from dissipation,
and both Of them handsome. Gashiag
youths, it was predicted tha- they would
make their mErk in the world, and as
they bade each other farewell he one 10
enter the academy at Woolwich, the
other to take chambers in the Temple
and real law, they mentally resolved
that they would not 90 through life like
dumb, driven cattle, but
EWould ave behind them
Footprints IN tue sands Of Tine"
From the day of his entrance at the
Academy, Horace MerVyn set out to
stand at the head of his class, and this
determination held to him through the
arduous years of study, and places his
name at the top of the list tie day he
bade WoOlwich farewell,
In passing through London on his
leave, prior to joining the battery Of
Horse Artillery, in India, 10 which he
bad been gazetted, he called upon his
eld-time friend, Clement Hastings,
with whom he had kept up o regular
correspondence.
''Wen. Glenn, I EgraduGted with first
honors,n he said, after the two had
grasped hands in warm welcome.
81 am glad to hear it, old fellow,
though you have surprised me, as you
know you never were very fond Of
books"
True, q gun, dog or horse had more
attraction for me in those days of lang
syne;' but stuck to work with will,
and now have my foot on the first
round Of the ladder of promotion. But
how have You faredP'
''MeP Oh, very vol. I read law,
and was admitted to practice; then I
dabbled in medicine, and q month ago
my diploma to kill by science,
and
''Whatl lawyer and doctor, both,
ClomentP'
stOL vos. F,,. IN ,,,v- ,,-of,z.{o,
should know a little of everything"
''And what is your professi0ne'F
"Ahl I thought 1 had told you. ]
am an author. Aud there was con-
egotism in the reply Of ths
young aSpiTant for literary bonors.
True; you sent mo some Of your
writings, and enjoyed them because
you wrote them, old fellow, though
must confess they seemed 4 little too
pedsntic; but you know besb and I
hope you are making your pen pay you"
'Ah, yes, Horace; but it is uphill
work at first, you know. Yet I have
set the ball Of success rolling up hill,
and am engaged on sketches for some
sIcTies for others, and
hayo ia hand some dramas for our
why, you sro busy; and wish you
every success y And after q dinner to /
eether the two friends q second tins
parted,
Six months after that parting Horace |
MeTvvn WAS winning famo upon the
frontier IN an Indian war, and ad been |
twice recommended for promotion, and |
often mentioned in dispatches for gall |
l8ntry on the field.
And Clement Hastings was piOdding
away in London, driving his pen hard, |
nud riiing I'D MS, but finding its |
value Just enough to keep /
him comfortably, and not allow him t0 /
get ~uch ahead; and his mother being /
3ead and hsviHg hal only life inter /
.s-aSt in the property that hal sup
ported har comfortably, the young man /
had to dcpand wholly upon himself.
One day he received q letter from |
Horace Meryya, wgioh particularly in- |
torres. .e7 him. for il asked him to cal |
lp0n Miss D2v"aQut tho daughter of q |
officer vino has lately re-
turned TO EaCaud from the East.
"A5i=s D.ynnaat," added Horace, .'is |
The one girl in the world for me, and /
Dne Of t.cse days iueni to ask her /
b be my wife, 81 I visl vou to see her,
Clement, and tall M waat you 'hjn5
Of err; and, ~ the way, don't forget |
10 throw in a good word for yours |
.ru.v."
OF course Clement Hrstiugs called /
Dr. K to Daveasut, and, at sight, he /
fell in loyo with the beautiful girl,
whose character was IS lovely as were |
her face and form.
Aud, at a glance almost, he diseoV- !
sred that her opinion OF Horace was /
such that, when she was asked to be-
come his wife she would not refuse, for,
when about to take his leave, she said, /
earnestly:
"On. MIR. Hastings, please write to
Lieutenant Mervyn and ask him to be
oss rash. for You do not know how
rerv reckless he is, and the officers and
neu say he will surely be killed: you
will tell him to BE- careful. for 1 know
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