Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-05

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''sse ho,c 20" hare changed ltfe for me"
"Ah! yes; greatly, no doubt. I wonler
what YOU woull ave- been nowT
"Tell me wha. l am now.
$50 far as l know, u ycung man of IL,
thor roughly we'll elucltei, ool.lookiny,
full OF church ami stats principles Why,
the rector stcppei me ye iterday and assured
me you wers ono Of he finest young fellows
no ever knsw; quite a credit to thu county"
This banter seemed to st" b me.
TELL me, sir" I Gail, "ought I to thank
you for what You have lone for m,!'
Personally, I h,te expressions Of graft
;ude; but if it gives you any satisfaction.
thank me by all means"
mo: I do not thank you. Had you
placed me in some humble position, suited
to my birth, and let me make my way in
the world, Icouli have thanked you. But
for yeals to let ms be callel your son: why
did you do it. sirE
II had some reason at the time. l almost
forget it,
over"
$50 you told me, Julian. Go on"
"You may laugh at me, but I consider
that 1 have a great claim upon you."
He simply raised his eyebrows, but did
not deny my assertion.
"Y"u have kept ms in ignorance for
years." l continued, speaking quickly.
''Ycu have brought mo up, ami let me 70
out in the world under false colors. Now
just as l enter upon manhood you tell me
vino / am, or rather who ! nm not. Why
you did this, you alone know. You had
some reason for it. III return. l lave a
right to demand something"
"Demanli A right Never mind. Go
on"
lhad,expect,d ar outbnrst of rage. His
calm encouraged INC.
ives, sir; l ask that I may be allowed to
finish my course at Oxford. Then, when I
my own living as hest l can. I shall. of
course, o calf myself BY some other rame.
Can you suggest onef'
MI. Lorraine laughed a curious laugh. 81
like fellows who demand better than those
who bog" he said. Go lack TO college bv
all means As to IA name, is not Julian
Lorraine good enough for yout You arc per-
fectly welcome 10 ,lse it"
But it is MOI min.."
Never mini; use it. l choose that Won
shall use 1t SO long rs you are dependent on
me. also choose you to he thought NV
son. No'-he saw HE about to spsak-.I
will give no reasons; perhaps l have none.
You may be sure that it will be no hin.
drance 10 our future, being thought a rich
mans son. Besid> -, l hate changes. Now.
don't talk any more. You nave demanded:
l have acceied. Go away
Puzzled and dissatisfied, l loft him. I
had fully persuaded myself that | had a
light to claim what l had claimed from
him. 1t was also not hard for me to learn
to think that if it was Mr.. Loraias's wish
that / shoull sill pass rs his son and hear
his lame it was my duty to do so. Be-.
si~des-lemamb,r, was but a boy, AMI 50
need not he ashamed OF the truth-with all
my assumed Independence, the thought of
proclaiming my humble and unknown par.
entece to my friends was gal. and worla.
wood to M. To sink from the pos :tion
which l held as Mr.. Loraine's son to that Of
no one at all was a change greater than l
could picture to myself with cQuanimity,
So l obj.cted no more; AL as Mr.. Lorraine
stcrnly forbal. the subject being reop,
ed, my life, in spite Of its cloulel future.
we 1t on in Its accustomed groove.
He e, to avoid any mislea ling, l may say
that a ! | everlearnrd about my true parent.
age was what Mr.. Lorraine told me. Wuo
and what was my i'll fatei mother know
no more tam l know tor what reason nv
ceputed father allowed inc to be brought VI
as his s,n.
The terms oad tn, vacations went hy, I
did not, during the latter. sea a great deal
Of Mr. Lorain,, nor dill lie pre- 81 ME to sread
the time ut Herssal Abbey. Bus a certain
feeling, If not OF gratitude, Of what secmel
right and proper. inluc,d me to stay tn re
on several occasions. There was really little
hrpfrent chan % i'll the relations between
Mir. Lorraine and myself. What c..ange
there mi hi I've wa, perllap, for the better.
! was tcceptin. his ben ,tits, but accaptin.
them because l considered had a right 20
them. Moreover, | was determined that,
When the tiine came, l would be quit, i nile.
pendent of lis favor. l enicavoral now
and AGAIN to show him my feelings on THIS
point; and, in spite of the mocking smil.
with which hs received my hints, l do not
think he liked me the less. am not sure
but in time a sincere friendship mi h. have
sprung up between us: for, whatever may
have been Julian Loraine's inner nature,
when he chose TO meet any ono on terms Of
equality and "compauionship he could max,
himself one Of thu most charming mon in
the world. His talk, alt Tough dangerous
and bitter, was witty and brilliant.
But time would not allow this ~incipient
feeling to grow up. Just after my twenty
first birthday WA; summoned in hot haste
from Oxford. AIR. Loraine was dying.
l reacbel Herssal Abbey just III time.
My Observation-Disclosures, I must call him 30
was just sensible, but speechless. I bent
over him and took his hand. His fingers
gave mine a faint pres ARE. Even at that
solemn moment I wondered at this show of
feeling. And I wondered at the strange
look in his dark eyes. They met mine
vearningly. and I knew that the dying man
had much he wished to say to me; yet,
somehow I knew it was not about myself he
wished to speak. Istoopel down closs to
him. His dry lips moved, Int could not
articulate. Hs gave a faint sigh: his eye.
lids fickarei. and all was over. Whatever
were those last worls he wished {, speak
they remained unsp,ksn-
l rose aud left HIM I walked to the
room which was known as Mr.. Julians
room, and, I am thankful to say, went.
After all, this man had given me much.
But for him I might have been Consigned
to the workhouse; might now be nothing
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