The Penn's Grove record., 1885-10-24

You'll never be a mani It's a pity I'm
not the elder; I'd have upheld the honor
of the Graham better than you will ever
do"
"sAs this speech escaped my impet-
uous pupil, l caught the glitter OF his
Cousins eye, and it was not long before
Sir William spoke to me-, lamentlng
that envy of his brothers prospects
should have taken such hold of Hugh's
mind. l attempted to undeceive him
but in vain.
"sIt was at this time that a Colonel
Fraser purchased an estate in the
neighbour ,od of Heatherburn. The
eldest daughter, Alice, was a sweet,
lovely girl, and | bslieye half the young
fellows in this part of the county lost
their hearts to her; but it was soon evil
dent that Hugh was the fortunate one,
though there was no absolute engage
ment between them.
"tI was sitting In this one day,
engaged with a book, when l heard a
commotion in the hall outside; | heard
the heavy tramp of feet, and then
screams from the servants. L rushed
out. There lay Walter Graham, dead
his fair skin and bright hair ~bedabbled
with blood. Sir William had thrown
himself on the corpse of his son, and
was raving like mad man. Pereiyal held
a gun in his hand, which he was show
ing to those neal to him.
SIT was Hugh's; and a Glengarry
car that was picked up on the spot
whence 1T was supposed the fatal shot
WAS fred was also Hugh's. The game
keeper stated that he had seen Mr..
Hugh go out with his gun; MI. Walter
AID Mr.. Percival had gone out together
some little time before, and Mr.. Hugh
asked what direction they had taken.
"tPercival said, in continuation. that
Hugh had in fact joined them; that the
two brothers began to quarrel n that
Hugh had used threatening language
to Walter-Walter retorting by declar-
ing that he would insist upon his being
banished from the house.
"'''Fearful of consequence, | dragg-
ed Walter away" he continued; ''but
we had not gone many yards before a
report was heard, and Walter fell
dead, shot through the brain. was
kneeling in agony over the body when
nv uncle came up; what followed | need
not describe. l pointed out the direc-
tlon whence the shot had been fired
| could only say Hugh My uncle
darted off in that direction; l presently
heard his voice raised in tones of VIC.
lence, and when he returned he seemed
half mad, as you see him now By this
time the game-keeper, hearing the shot
had Joined us, and together we bore
Walter home, and he pointed to the
body: as he did so, he caught my eyes
fixed upon him, and would have skunk
away, but l held him by the arm.
"s''Where Is Hugh?" l asked stern
iy.
"sAt the sound of the name Sir Will
liam burst forth into a torrent of i'm
precautions that made my blood run cold
Truly at that moment he was mad, and
knew not what he said. | found after
wards that, thoroughly believing Hugh
to be the murderer of his brother, he
{. ad driven him away, ~forbidding him
ever to appear again in his presence
more.
az mourned deeply for both the
brothers, but more especially for Hugh
knowing what he would have to suffer.
[ sought by every means to trace him,
but in vain; | never heard of him again
till he suddenly made his appearance
here tonight such was Mr.. Macdon-
AIDS story.
SIN the morning, after breakfast,
Hugh Joined us. He was very pale
from recent emotion, but his counte-
nance expressed the Joy he felt In the
restoration of his fathers affection and
In the establishment of his innocence
He in his turn inquired what had taken
place that fatal day, and Mr.. Macdon-
aid had to repeat to him what he had
told me.
"sThe villainI' Hugh exclaimed. q
had left my gun and cap in the hall and
he must have taken them, as l could
not find them when l was going out. |
never Joined poor Walter. Not a word
passed between us. / heard a shot as |
was Fastening to join them, for Walter
handled a gun so awk wardly that l was
always afraid he would do himself ONT
mischief. What followed you know.
My oaths, my protestations, were not
believed; branded with the crime of
murder, l was driven away. | knew
not which way to turn, nor what to do;
but at last l determined to go uB to
London and wait there till the truth
came out. as | believed it would.
81 suppose at the time l had to
scold you SO dreadfully for your mis-
takes, YOU had heard OF your Cousins
illnessp' | said.
"sYes, the servant who had travelled
with Mr.. Macdonald and me- replied
Hugh, smiling, met me n day in
London, and after that came to me
several times, and kept me informed of
what was going on at home. He Is ac-
aualnted with Miss Fraser's maid, |
believe that is how he gained his in
formation
"a propos of Miss Fraser. l have
something to tell you,' | said. l then
related my adventure at Lady Blake's
party. l had not told him before, for
| thought it was sheer cruelty TO help
to nourish q hopeless passion.
"Hugh's cheeks glowed like q girls
the tears sprang to his eyes. Heaven
bless my darling Alicei' he cried.
s'In spite of Hugh's ~entreatles, /
could not wait to be presented to Sir
William that morning; | { could not pro-
long my stay, for business was pressing
AS / left Heatherourn, the old servants
of the house assembled in the halt the
word had gone rourd that 1t was | who
had befriended Mr.. Hugh IN his adver-
sity. They came up, eager to shake
hands with me, and wish me God
speed.
1T was about six months after this
that, on entering my Office n morning
| found Hugh Graham's card on my
desk, with an invitation to dinner for
the next day at the hotel at which he
was staying. l went, and there | found
Hugh and his wife they had just e
turned from their wedding tour. !
cannot say more than that Alice Ora
ham was as lovely as Alice Fraser had
been.
at was In the following year that
Sir William Graham died. His health
mad been broken down by the suffering
he had undergone, but the latter days
| of his life we're made happy by the de-
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