Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-27

II . conrratuiato-y or conSolatory WY c
to occasion required This was about 81
t2s correspondence which passed betweal
tGa:-.. When Hosa>e and Herbert wlr
la----- boys il Elton jackets and rosirtl co!la-
frank C2-ruthcrs vas born. anl actual
lived long enough to Give promise Of GROWN
up Indeed. his fathcs. before he died say
his only surviving child a strapping youn
fellow of seventeen.
Mr.. Carruthers lett his widow an aanuis
for life and a few hundreds in re&dy money
She lived well within her income and ez
pended her capital III finishing her sons c,iu
cation. She may have had some of cid To-
herts views of things in general, alshour
lacking his means of carrying them out
A.. way size sent her boy TO Oxford
There, for three or four terms, he behave
disgra" cfuiiy
He got into Ssrapes, difficulties and deEt
So taT, indeed, into the last that his mcthe
Tor tho fiIst and only time i'll her life apple,
to Mr.. lGlbeTt fer assistance. This was give
readily, eld the Young man was once NOR
set OF straight
Then suddenly Mrs. Carruthers died. Gu
of her annuity she had saved enough eacl
year to pay premium of assurance, en-.
Frank, when just twenty-one, found that he
foresight and love put him III possession o
some seventeen hundred pounds.
Whatever his faCits might have been Ii
was pass n2tely attached to his mother
Icy deah seemed TO make a chSnged man Q
lii. lie Immediately paid back Mr. fGl
bs~t'S loau-b2ttcc still. he went to work liz
II hoTse-an intellectual horse, Of course. Tn
consequence waS that he became one Of III
most shining liEhtS Of his year, and was i;
duo time rewarded by Il fellowship.
This was LUCKY; fnr aft,r having, repaid Mr.
Taioert lie E2d On: c-,olgh money LETT t
carr hiEi - lie ca | - LIS Oxford course
EveItu&l,- H. aa.al Il down to try anC
make Ii living, or y. n2ly the C,nolumeac,
OF his fellowship, Z al Oxford "coach." \
that particular tinie the supply of eoac!.e
was beyoli the demand, SO Tor some yGars;, il
spite OF his br-liia.i; repu$aticn, passearc,',-
Or publishers few. Bat he stuck to The b,,$;
ness, end latt2-ly Eal baaa given as lai.ch
even more, than Ee could manage Hence
the ovCrwork
All this tncle Horace told Beatrice in his
own faski2n-:H c-sce,51 the wildcat episode.
That was pas, ard more; Frank was row a
successful man, 50 his youthful sins might he
forgotten.
Beatrice until now knew nothing about her
fractional co;:sin. An intermittent and Ian
gushing correspondence had existed between
her mother AID Mrs Carruthers, but upon
the death of his frs wife Sir Maingay had
not the least i2te"}:. il keeping up any form
of relationship v-;Ih Hrs. CarrutherS. 1t j.
doubtful whether hG even knew of her exist
ence. The Talherts who were far too proud
to disown any OF Ter kin, had met the young
man several times and had liked what they
had seen of hiIn. They had asked him to
OakbIry, and after excusing himself once OF
twice he was now coming there.
us he a clcrgymanr asked Beatrice.
''He must be, suppose
"No,n said Herbert. He never took
orders. The fellowship he holds did not
make that Indispensable
''They ought all to be like that" said
Beatrice. Men cuShtn't to be forced or
bribed TO enter the church. Besides con
tinued she, they ought not to make maj
give up lis fellowship when he maIrieS. Ju 4
as he wants moro money they take it from
him. He must either give up his wife or his
income
Miss Clauson was growing quite philo-
gopher Oh the subject of marriage She
spoke about it as if it were ali impossibility
that she herself would ever be interested in
the matter
'My DEAR" said uncle Horace, gallartlv
~ don't think man would consider two hun
bred a year great sacrifice if YOU were il the
question.
She SAILED family at the compliment.
"Still the system must he bad" she said at
might lead to all sorts Of unhappiness. A
man might keep his marriage dead secret
might not marry at ali Al sorts of misery
might result"
''You may be sure said Herbert, ''what
is Is best"
Exactly so, said Horace.
81 am sure it i; bad, )" she said, decisively.
Miss Clauson must have been in advance OF
her day, the authorities now having in a
great measure adopted her views and changed
the system.
'Shall we write and tell him to come n
asked Horace. 1T won't be any ANNOYANCE
to your
''Why should it be-what difference will il
Nuke? Ask him, by all means"
Then, hearing the patter of little feet out
side, she left her uncles to answer their letters
and in a few minutes was out III the garden
romping with the child
Horace wrote beautifully worded letter to
Frank CarrutherS, expressing the pleasure he
and his brother felt at hearing of the prom
ised visit. He begged him to fix his own day
for coming, and to say as long as he conve-
niently could. The letter was handed to Her
bert Tor perusal AMI approval. Herbert read
it, and aftar ncdding his head continued to
hold the letter in his hand, whilst kind of
puzzled, thoughtful look spread over his face.
Strange to say, Horace also fell into rev.
erie. For some ten minutes the two brothers
:aG facing one another, stroking their boards.
If that vulgar wretch from whose rank mind
hat feline nickname first sprung could have
seen them he would, / am afraid, have been
quite satisfied that he had chosen an appro-
pirate designation when he dubbed them the
Tables
Herbert and Horace knew without speaking
hat their thoughts were running in parallel
lines. They often thought of the sane thing
without previous word on the subject. The
similarity OF their natures, no doubt accounted
for this.
Herbert, " said Horace at last, ''you are
thinking OF what Beatrice saidI"
''Yes, l am
$50 am /. 1t seemed a revelation, but
we oughtn't TO jump at conclusions
''No, said Herbert, but tic fact remains
Some four years ago he bad nothing but his
fellowship to live upon
You ere right, nothing. Beatrice spoke
justly. Size may by chance have struck the
mark"
II aIn afraid SO. Still, we must not be
hasty. Yet, whoever sent the child must
have fancied it had some claim on u.s.
1T is ridiculous TO suppose that an entire
stranger would have done such thing"
Quite So said Herbert
He may have been much tempted: at that
time have been driven to his wits end. 1t Is
4 sad affair; let US try AID piece it together :"
Then, Exc ccCplo Of cd women, they began
o construct .Icir rev theory.
'sYyc VII. cass-, began Horace, t'he was mar
led four years ago"
{. was d1slonozable enough To con-
:. = thai lie right hold his fellowship
of course this is all suppos;tion," Gc-5
e.; ice. The ri dishonorable in conn
81 with one - his own kin grated on
xr.
Exactly so,7 said Herbert. 81 should 81
pect Tat his wife diei-perhaps receutly
perlao5 shortly after the birth of the chilli.
ne latter, should think Frank mall
L. income now, and could afford 70 CIV
Up 20 h1-d-e1 q ytarn
t.Ycs.= s.I Herbert. the wife died aftc
the birth CT fi2e l5ov. The elder the child q
tie E.ore t-ou5,s he found it to conceal i.
id-n,ity. ThercCDca he sends il to US, t-USt
ing W. Eaay Keep l.
AID now c422eI Herbert, latter d.
d-als former ElE-tstio-a, I've comes to u