The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-08


happiness. AS she moves toward him
her fair face beams with the unconscious
but unmistakable light of love, and
leaves no doubt as to her beauty. while,
with the frankness which is not the
least of her charms, she says: 81 am SO
glad you have come; it is quite an age
since we met.
Anything but a coxcomb, Tim cannot
but see that the task that is set before
him is harder than he had dared to think
possible.
g You have found it So" he SAYS, ten
derby. as he takes her hand and sits be-
side her. And then there falls upon
them both that too eloquent silence
which tells so much OF course, she
was the first to find the advantage of
speech. But were things made better
as she said, with heightened color:
Ibid you get a letter from a name
less friend last night?'
yes" he answered, with amaze
ment. "Do you know anything about
"Well-yes, forgot you would not
know my writing, and 1 did not like to
put my name to such piece of advice
But have you seen your father?"
My father?" asked Tim, as if he
could not be further astOnished.
" All! l must explain. He was here
yesterday, and as Uncle Philip is rather
deaf, / heard, perhaps, more than was
intended. But" and her violet eyes
soften and fill with tears as she turns
them on his face, "why will you be so
reckless? Your father, though, allowed
there might be some excuse to offer. He
would not condemn you unheard, and
ha hof \
and promised amendment. he would pay
what you had lost once more"
Poor Tim! So Reggie had been right
after all. And he? Well, he had sold
his birthright, his love, his happiness,
and the sooner he crept away, ike the
hound, he felt, the better.
''Now for my trumps,'' said Tim 5
host, a few minutes after he had gone,
as he stepped into the perfectly appoint
ed coupe, which he ordered to be driven
to Lord Heghleigh's.
Mr. HoWard?n said the old Peer,
bowling stiffiy, as he looked inquiringly
from the card he held in his hand to the
face of his unknown visitor.
Yes, my lord. A friend-if l may
say so-of your SON.
''W hich?' was the question-put in
a tone which did not imply that he add
mitted the passport.
Captain Montague.
''Ah! you have come as his pleader?
He has not the courage himself to tell
what | know already"
q may say at once, if you allude to
has already arranged the matter
1.-THE dickens!' said the astonished
father. "Who has been fool enough to
let him have such a sum?''
g haveW is the calm answer.
The old man starts, looks at his visitor
keenly, sees that there is more to follow,
and motions him to seat s. You don't
look like the traditional spider" His
visitor bows ironical thanks. "Yetyou
are, of course, up to all the tricks of the
trade. You must know that my son has
absolutely nothing, and will have moth
ing but a small annuity"
He has a reversiOn," is the short
but significant answer.
l." To what?''
Your title and magnificent rent
roll"
You must first dispose of his elder
brother" sarcastically replied the
father.
q have; at least as far as the second
item goes.''
what! Agincourt has sold his right
of successionP ImpOssibler'
'''Tis true, nevertheless. The quiet
est men are often the deepest. You
have always kept him too short. He
got into an eXtravagant set at Christ
Church. He did not care to tell you.
Renewals at ruinous rates and increased
N4va re tC In C7.H
hold the reyersions of both your
sons.
Good Godr' and for moment the
ashy face and tremulous lips looked as
if the sudden shock would make the re-
versions a speedy certainty; but with an
effort, which the other wondered at and
envied, Lord Heighleigh claimed himself
and said: eff this be so, presume that
you have some further object than its
revelation in coming to me thus?"
81 have.'
The old peer bowed.
Some twenty years ago I was
tempted to deceive one who might have
loved me for my own sake. If l may
say so, | did not look what l was and
am. Travelling in Germany, l met her;
she was at the baths with an old lady.
After brief courtship 1 married her.
They imagined l was high-b0rn, like
themselves. Ny pride and my love COM
bined oddly to forbid their knowing the
truth, which, however, came out sud
denly and accidentally one day when
we were still abroad. From that hour
my poor wife dropped, and barely sur
vived the birth of her daughter. As
the only reparation in my power, l
vowed that her child should be spared
the knowledge which had killed her, and
as soon as possible l took the little one
to her mothers relatives, who were not
too rich or too proud to receive her on
the condition that she should be kept in
ignorance of her paternity. My first
thought is that child's happiness. /
know, how it matters not, that your son,
Theodore, has it more in his hands than
either of them may fancy. If be right
will you sanction their uniOn?"
Great heavens, sirr' cried the in
dignant father, springing impetuOusly
to his feet.
Zone moment, my lord" calmly in.
terpOSed the other, as Lord Heighleigh
strobe towards the bell; 4 came for
peace, not war. You had better listen"
And there was something in his tone
which made the old man hesitate and
say: "Well! what then?''
81 hold his written promise to marry
my daughter
Then, sir, you can call upon him
to fulfill the conditions of his bargain
without my aid. Good morning" And,
with frigid courtesy which speaks
volumes, Tins father bows his visitor
from the room.
Arrived at a house in Park Lane, Mr.
Howard is shown into a room, where
he is not keptlong waiting ere an elderly
gentleman greets him with a cordiality
not, perhaps, unsoOthing after his late
interview.
"Sir Philip" he says presently,
''what l have for some time foreseen