Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-30
EiQhted at Last.


hope His little cap, the shoes, ano
Jacket, found on the bank where ne nae
laid them when he went in TO bathe-
silly child d!-had not been enough tC
convince the mother that her miSsiaI
hoy was lost TO her. Yet it was clos'
TO where the river fell into the sea- ant
where the tide WAS strong-how, then,
could she hope' But this latter news
the finding Of this hali-decaved body o
9 little boy, which the finder had beer
Obliged 10 bury at once-this was TOO
plain to be denied. She must give hin
sp.
Nrt. Beaufort closed her doors anc
sat down in her splendid mansion to
mourn. Her servants came aud wen'
aronud her, but sho would sec no one
slse. Her ewn kindred were too II
away, scrost the ocean in the new
world. to come to her; and she nae
known these Of her husbands peopl'
only during the year that be had beer
master of Beaufort Manor.
He had been separated from hi
ftiends, a homeless wanderer, and they
had cared nothing for him, till old Mr
Besuford the bachelor lord Of The
manor. d, ing, had, TO their aston'sh
ment and iudi 1nation left the greS
fortune Which they bad confidently ex
uected would be divided between t"t
families nearest Of kin, to scapegrace
wandering Bernard Beaufort. 1t was
for this, then. that they had ha'tereC
and pet,ed the sccentric, cross old man
Il WAS for this they had lied to hiu
over and over, and vowed that they ex
pected nothing from him, and ~anle'
nothing, aud came to see only him, nO'
,he maner. They had borne his iar
donic grins, when he listened TO thei
lslsehood. only that Bernard Beaufort
| Nh om they hardly acknowledged Tor
relation, and his American wife, whom
they had never acknowledged at all
| aud their boy, should inherit Beaulor
| Manor and all the old mans property
-xcspt the 1lO0 apiece which he ha
mockinsly beQueathed his two cousin
ard their twelve chiliren. all told.
! II was unbearable! And all becsus
R.rnsrd had the art 10 name his DO
ptiip. after the old man. Had no
zach Of his cousins Philip-her eldest
Rut he said Philip lad given hln u
notice of the naming. as they had ha
a.ked no christening present ; and 'ha
| ne the old man bad heard the child
naue only BY accid-ut. Therefore,
must have been named from some reco'
lection.
When the new heir and his wife cam
home the relations pocketed their "rat
| 40 far a. to visit them. 1t was nc
| worth while to shut themselves out
ltha Mace because it was not 10 be their'
urs. Beauford astOnished her ne" re-
Ia,iyes. They expected 10 see cou
lmou per,on they found lady NOR
Ihyhly bred and educated than then
,elyes. AN elegant form, habited wit
exquisite taste; classical tacs' psrsi.
BALE; rich, dark hair; bright, dark cIe'
aud admirably selt-possessed-such wa
the new lady whom they went to crll
clse and pstronize.
Scarcely had the bereaTed molh
mourned for her son a month whsn
law yer's misslve reached her; and sh
. .vske 70 the fact that it was not on
ner sou who was lost, but the heir
B.suf.rt Manor. Tne relatives a,
hair had allowed her to stay so long o'
| of regard 10 her feelings, and becau
they wsuld rather she had proposed
| %. and they were sorry she hA1 ooilEs
lth.n TO remind her, that, by the LAT
, Philip Beasforts will. the property vi
| 20 20 70 the son Of Bernard aud
case he died childleso. to be divided D.
Itseen tive cousins, the elder having u
. manor for life, the eldest son OF u
Iyeungsr to inherit it at his DEATH
The childless widow rose upan1 we
out OF the sorrowlul home that h'
, been hers bat year and half. !
I-ympsthy nor kindness were offer
Iner nov. They paid her the modera
\ uroyisi,n that had been assured ht
land said goodbye" With no oinvitall'
= ts remain or visit them. She was |
E, lsnx.r necessary to Them, and tn
J, could resent her past coldne"L
sti Even when her husband died,
e mopths after their coming TO the P'
perty, she did not much seek their co..
paniooship, Though they then redouOI
their attention, as their hopes increase
D Bernard had been an afectionate D
a dissipated husband; and II Ills "
uievsd for him it WAS not as one VII
out hope. little Philip, her, Idol, n
J two years old, was left her aud $
SSsEtsrned to him with all her heart.
!. 20 And now he was gone Three ye
:, ss,iold,s aud 80 venturs1me How bad
Z sludsd servants aud mothrr aOd pl'
= ,sa,esf He bad done so, In spise
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