The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-01-17
HUGH MALVERN'S LEGACY.

| mcI anu ljll, Wnen suddenly became
aware OF a pair of dark eyes gazing into
NINE, and then, the moment that they
met my glance, quickly and somewhat
confusedly averted.
They belonged TO tall, dark man
who was coming toward me, and who
now, as looked at him inquisltively,
passed and went by. Something in his
appearance struck ne as strangely ia
miliar, and inyoluntarily l turned and
looked after him.
A youngish man, shabbily dressed,
but with the unmistakable air of a gen.
tleman, for all that. | noticed that his
step was slow and heavy-no spring,
elasticity about it; it was the step of
one in whom failing health, or a heavy,
aching heart, had weighed the body
down.
81 know him, I know him % was
my mental comment. "Who on earth
can he be2'
Resolved to discover, l went after
him, intending to look into his face as
l went past but when within a few
feet of him, he suddenly turned, and
we stood face to face. | knew him
then.
Malvern p I cried. "Hugh NAL
vern - and springing forward, grasped
his hand. "God bless you, old fellow !;
how glad l am to meet you once
again"
He smiled sadly.
Il thought l recognized you," he
said. "You have not altered much.
You are the same falr-haired, bright
eyed, impulsive boy as ever. How
differently time treats US. These same
ten years that made man of you, have
wrecked me, wrecked me utterly !"
My dear old tutor. The pleasure of
meeting him was great, for years ago, at
college, had loved him dearly. There
fore, the welcome l gave him was a
warm one; and before long, seated in
my coy rooms at the - Hotel,
persuaded him to lay aside his sad re-
serve, and tell me his story. 1t was as
follows:
Hugh Malvern, who had originally
been educated and intended for the
church, had, upon leaving college, &C
copied position as tutor in wealthy,
aristoCratic family. Here, most unfor-
tunatcly, as it proved, he formed an
ardent attachment for his employers
niece, beautiful and gentle orphan
girl, penniless herself, but still, in the
opinion of her naughty relatives, tar
beyond the tutor in position. Indeed,
the very fact of her poverty made them
the more aeXious to have her marry
wealth, and discovering that she recip-
rocated Hugh S affection, they fastened
to dismiss him, and bent all their pow
eriul influence to compel her to marry
rich merchant, whose money was his
sole recommendation, with which he
hoped to purchase for himself lovely,
although broken-h hearted, wife.
Shrinking from the dreadful prospect
laid cut before her-a life of separation
from the man she loved, and union
with ore whom she Deutschland ter
rltled at her own powerlessness to resist
the stronger wills that were enforcing
her TO this hateful fate, the poor girl
wrote to her lover, appealing to him to
save her.
The appeal was answered; the SYM
pathies Of one of the female servants
were enlisted in the lovers cause, and
with her assistance Blanche 'contrived
to leave the house several days before
the one appointed for the wedding,
and, in the early morning, while the
household slept, she fled to her lover,
who was waiting close at hand, and
who took her Immediately to little,
quiet church, where they were mar
ried.
A short, sweet dream Of happiness
followed, from which the dread of com.
ing poverty aroused them.
Hugh's moderate means became ex-
hausted, and he sought earnestly for
employment for long time in vain.
His wife's relatives, not contented
with discarding the poor girl, whose
sole crime was that Of choosing a true
hearts love rather than wealth and po-
sition, actually exerted themselves, with
almost incredible malice, to injure her
young husband.
He could obtain no pupils they be-
came poorer and poorer; he saw his
young wife deprived of necessary COM
forts at the very period when she most
needed them, and at last this student,
this educated and accomplished gentle
man, was glad to take a position as
clerk in fourthrate dry-goods store.
The birth of little girl followed
shortly afterward, and then the poor
young mother died.
Il have struggled on since then to
support the child,' said poor Hugh,
YEARLY. But it's uphill work. l have
not much business capacity the con-
start strain has been too much for me.
| have lost energy, interest in life, hope.
To lie dopn beside my wife in the
the grave, and be at rest, seems, of all
things, the most desirable to me. |
have few pupils, and exc out living
by my pen--a poor one, and hardly
worth the fighting for, were it not for