The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-05-25

makes q business Of travelling.
Why?'
Ard bis question had been ask
cd many times before he bad
grown old enough and wise
enough to ask it.
The reader will remember that
the condition Of life in which one
is brought up will, unless life be
made positively unhappy, be nat
ural to him. He will remember
that Robert had had the chance
to learn little of any other life
than the one be led. He was
! thrown with travellers; to- ojourney
long and widely was natural to
him.
We must not think that Robert
was loss acute than other Young
men, although he had never put
his slowly-formed conclusion into
words until that night.
She makes a business of travel
ing. Why p
And behind the fair face that
looked up at him in the gathering
twilight, with its wealth of love
and tenderness that had always
been there for him, was the
secret; for he began TO feel-to
know-that there was a secret
which be could not fathom.
Robert!
Yes, mother
DO you know what day to.
morrow will be 2
The twelfth of October
'How old are you|
'Tweoty-one tomorrow, mo-
ther.'
She made room by her side for
her son, and asked with the air of
one who has something to tell
which she shrinks from telling:
Did you never wonder Why
we travel about constantly? Why
VIC have always journeyed ?
i have wondered, mother ; l
was thinking of it not a minute
since. Wby?'
1T is time you should know. 1t
is time you should begin to help
me. We may succeed better when
we can work together
Il shall always help you: my
dear mother
4 know it, Robert, but you
must know all of my life. was
born IN London, as was your
father. He was wealthy, and 80
was I. He was engaged in a
| business which continues under
bis name to the present day ; a
business which earns a sum Of
money each year which is larger
| than l dare mention to you. You
would be more than amazed at
the income from your fathers
wealth. I manage the business,
although almost entirely by cor.
respondence.
when We vera married, how
ever, the business was Of much
less importance. Your father had
only one clerk then a man by the
name of James Watson-a man
always disliked. He lived with
US, and 1 fancied be would be glad
to make trouble between my hus'
band and myself. l was high
spirited your father was quick
tempered. How it commenced ]
have never been able to remem'
ber, but one night at supper g
slight dispute grew into quar-
rel, and the quarrel into a fierce
tumult of threats and denuncia
tion. At last your father seized
his hat, shouted back the threat
that he would never come bach
again, and rushed for the door
Five minutes later James Watson
said be must 60 with his master
and also left the house.
i went to bed that nlgnI sorry
for what had happened, for [ sin
cerely loved your father, and
know be sincerely loved me.
The next day the place of busi
ness was not opened. Ny hus
band and James Watson bad gone
that was certain. We advertised
for them both. 1 paid hundreds
of pounds out of my private
purse 10 London detectives. Moth
ing came OF 1t. Three months at
ter be left me you were born.
advertised that widely, asking mo-
my husband to come to me. bu
your father to come to you. The
advertisement appeared in every
capital city in the world. 1t die