Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02

She looked dumbfounded, and listened
with increasing bewilderment | went
on 81 am your only child. After SIX |
years of matrinony you and my father |
were a wretched couple. You were child |
less. and this, the only flaw in your |
domestic bliss, was fatal one. The fam
lily property seemed likely to fall natur-
ally to my uncle--a scapegrace relation
Won were ashamed of-and his heirs.
Suggestions children have been intro
duced into households from slighter
motives than these. The practice may
even be frequent, since only those clumsy
attempts come to light where the artiiice
fails. The deception would have revolted
you, no doubt, and ali deception is wrong,
Still the strength Of the temptation, and,
above all. the laudable mntive-the be-
queathing of your wealth to an individual
carefully trained by yourselves instead
OF to my codsin Frank, who might reason
ably be expected to grow up scamp and
spendthrift like his father-these,
say, were extenuating circumstances"
"NOnsuch, she gasped, breatiless,
''are you laughing at ME You must be
mad
But persisted. Now the subject had
| been preached felt it behooved me, in self
| justification. to make the strength Of my
position as clear as possible. Where IS
tile nurse who took charge OF me as an
infant Yuu do not know. Dead or dis
appeared. Could SHE he found her evil
dence might support your testimony, or
it might not. Ia default OF such evidence
must hold my Judgment open TO accept
any theory that may Offer"
II cant believe my ears, y abe ialterrd
aghast, as proceeded.
Consider, resemble neither You nor
my father in any notable particular. |
have gifts of mind and person Of which |
search in vain for the slightest trace in
you. The peoofs, so far as they 20, are
against you. Briefly, have accepted the
theory of my birth on the same ground
as, at six years old, | accepted the his
tory of Jack the t-killer-oral
evidence
She started up thought she was 60
ing 10 fly into a passion, and eXpostu-
lated ''YOu have no cause for displea-
sure. dear mother. | will always call you
SO. if you like. Indeed you may he my
nother-you probably are! assert noth-
ing. The case is one OF conflicting possi-
bilities. ON What grounds am 10 choos,
between them
YOU'RE talking nonsense, Non-uch,
She said sugrly.
II readily grant" sootlrngy re
sponded, that Ill hypothesis -Nccp
ou+-that AIN your -on--seem extrava
: CANT and improbable. This, however, !,
meiely The way in which they strike 81
our imagination.
was going 10 rlucidata when at thi
. juncture my father entered the room, am
: asked iii some alarm what was the matter
for my niother--uch is the nyeteratel,
unphilosophie habit Of the female mind
seemed nearly beside herself with indig
nation. The salient contrast Of SO yrhe
nlent a temperament with my own coul,
!, not but strike me furrihly, confirming NJ.
u doubt respecting my origin.
3 Hear what he says she eXclaime
: to her husband distraetrdly, THROWN
!, up her hands that he is not our son
- may, nay, demonstrated, am
fastened 10 resume my chain Of reason
=, ug promising it by solemn assuranc
. that indebted to them as was Tor nurtur
= and education, my regard was establishe
un solid basis. Only III the qurstio
before rs refused To b- biased by graf
tude or affection, OF anything, indeet
hut reasonable argument.
;, | knew my fathers irritability, an
, dreaded on outbreak. | strOve 10 avrl
it. nut III vain. \ storm IT irrrlrya,
Y approaches burst from his lips. Frr>
- augmentation on my part provoked onl
~ 4 fresh yullry oi injurious epith"te-
5e caught At the on unnatural
'e MY sentiments, you state are sut
= AZ in child OF yours would he abnurma
y This, if true tells in favor OF my hyp
d. thesis" -5@-
at y :
! he said II don't know il eau credit II
~ senses. Answer me this Do you mes
ne 10 tell me yeu want further proof Of Vol
P' parentage before you subscribe TO it r..
re As matters stand | have no warfa
~ for subscribing to it, | replied. wit
y heroic frankness. NO pro5f is fort
Of coming but your statement. Evidence
Is, be satisfactory, must liz a. good a. q
oil we'll be- IMAGINED. And If any theory
Ell barely possible. sucll a. that Of nv .u
OF pusitiorls birth am houud MOI ia !
ed i-ct it-at last not without cali
IS thorough investigation.
~ draw veil. ont of regard for my =
es, ,,,.J ta,i... ' ~, 49,. W -
y, 10 saw was forbidden his hous.. his II,
an s.nr.-prospectivnly rftt off win a Iii
lse fny-tra,t4i in sh,rt nr..cis.lv as tl,ou
Ice w.r. mn ali.n TN. n.r,. st,,,,,nstinn
= which pas-ibijtv bnd orcasi0u4d ii
ote uuroar, point-d ont this inco,l,fst.n
Ia tba ..ld,.rs bnt il mar.lv aggrnva+
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