The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-28
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II think you had better LEI him plead
his own cause, John; and if he takes the
tone you do, he will get turned out of
the house pretty quick; as YOU will some
of these days, Mr.. Barker"
"We sha'nt 60. neither of u.s." said
Mr.. Baker, but with a sudden tone of
affectionate respect, which disarmed
the words of their true meaning. lie
added. hanging his head for the first
time, Poor young gentleman. afraid to
face his own father"
whats he afraid of" asked the Colo
mel. roughly.
""Of You cursing and swearing at him"
said John.
"Cursing and swearingw cried the
Colonel-"a thing never do now. Ours
ing and swearing, indeedl You be--w
There yOugo," said old John. Some.
Colonel, be father. What has the
poor boy done?'
"lle has deserted-a thing have seen
fellow shot for, and he has left me a
prey to parental anXieties.".
And so he has me, for that matter.
But forgive him. Anyway. / should
like to hear his story before / condemn
him. Why, he's only nineteen and four
months, come Martinmas.. Besides, how
do we know?-he may have had some
very good reason for going"
Ills age makes that probable. doesn t
it?"
Il dare say it was after some girl,
sir"
Call that a good reaSon?'.
Il call it q strong one. Haven't You
trayed into winking). From sixteen
tn ciyty n u-nnan will Iru,., ., u,.n y.bnra
horse can't"
"Since that is So" said the Colonel,
dryly, you can tell him to come to
breakfast
Am i to say that from your
mo: you can take that much upon
yourself. L have known you presume Il
good deal more than that, John"
We'll, sir" said John, hanging his
head for moment. "Old servants are
like old frienNs-they do presume a bit:
but then" lraising his head proudly
"they care for their masters. young and
old. New servants, sir-why. this lot
that we've got now. they would not
shed a tear for You if You was to be
hanged"
why should they" said The Colonel.
"A man is not hanged for building
churches. Come, beat retreat. I've
had enough of You. See there's good
breakfast"
Oh said John, I've took care of
that
When the Colonel came down he
found his son leaning against the man
tel-piece; but he left it directly and stood
erect, for the. Colonel had drilled him
with his own hands.
Ugh" said the Colonel. giving q snort
peculiar to himself, but he thought.
"IIOw handsome the dog isl" and was
proud of him secretly, only he would
not show it. Woodworking, sir" said
the young man, with civil respect.
Your most Obedient, sir" said the
old man, stiffly.
After that neither spoke for some
time, and the old butler glided about
like cat. helping both of them. especi-
ally the young one. To various delicacieS
from the side table. When he had stuff
eel them pretty well, he retired softly
and listened at the door. Neither of
the gentlemen was i'm a hurry to break
the ice; each waited for the other.
Walter made the first remark-"What
delicious tea"
AS good as VIII re you come from:'
inquired Colonel Clifford. insidiously.
"A deal BETTER" said Walter.
"By-the-bye," said the Colonel, where
do you come frOmw
Walter mentioned the town.
"YOu astonish me- said the Colonel.
II made sure you had been enjoying the
pleasures of the capital
MY purse wouldn't have stood that,
Very few purses can. said Colonel
Clifford. Then. III ali Ot1-hand way.
Have you brought beralong with yOn?"
Certainly not said Walter. off his
guard. Her? Wbot'
why. the girl that decoyed You from
your father roof"
mo girl decOyed me from here, sir,
upon my honor"
whom arc we talking about, then?
Who is herg"
Her? Why. Lucy Monckton."
"And who is Lucy MoncktOnY"
"Why. the girl fell in love with. and
she deceived me nicely: but found her
out in time"
And SO you came home TO snivel?"
"No. sir. didn't; I'm not such muff.
I'm too much your son to love any WO-
man long when have learned to de-
spise her. ! came home to apologize,
and to place myself under your orders,
if you will forgive me. and find some
thing useful for me to do"
$50 will. my boy: there's my hand.
Now out with il. What did YOU go
away for. since il wasn't Il petticoat"
well, sir, am afraid shall offend
YOU
"Not bit of it, after I've given YOU
my hand. Come, now. what was ity"
Walter pOndered and hesitated, but
at last hit upon way to explain.
Sir" said ne. until ] was six years
old they used to give me peaches from
OddingtOn House; but one fine day the
supply stopped, and ] uttered small
howl to my nurse. Old John heard me,
and told me Oddington was sold, house,
garden, estate, and all"
Colonel Clifford snOrted.
Walter resumed, modestly but firmly:
IL was thirteen; l used to fish in a
brook that ran near Drayton Park. One
day was fishing there, when brown
velveteen chap stopped me, and told me
was trespassing. 'Trespassing! said
/. Il have fished here all my life; l am
Walter Clifford, and this belongs to my
father Well said the man, I've
heerd it did belong to Colonel Clifford
onst, but now it belongs to Muster Mills;
on vnn muct fish in yOur own water