Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-07-28
A FAMILY AFFAIR
BY HUGH CoNw Az.
xufAor o )"Cailsd Back- and "Dark Doys'



1t isa -rcat oomt,llmant. H h. sald
Yes" answered. Beatrice, "scry Crcat
Are you go.ngF
That i for You 10 do,ide. Mt for mc.'
80 dropp.i her cyos ani vas zleni
Prank vaiici
"no you foriii it~ h. askci In that az
ihoriia,ive volos which women lotc "a hoai
with man. stan shc vas silcni. ile ~.
I.aicl 'hc quostion.
n have ~ rlght b. furhii IT, ihc all
"You have every right We do NO
allutc b. The past, hut ve do noi fagct ~
iook up AMI answer me-. shall | 50 q
Hasiersodf
strange o. sav. h. fI-lke In n commanding z
way. sch o. h. hal never lcforo trp'afol
uhen a.idr,-sing hcr r,rhaT~ sho lioi hm
noue tho 49, for ~ With On chot sh'
Taiand hcr cygs 81 his
nismo.t INV -. 20 shs Whispered
"Unwso you moan for ne, q oour., - D.
al. qu.ckly. That part 4 for me - dcr. dr.
M far Nnu'
s,ohsii ou, her hand impuiavcly. I've
ran b, frcnis. Prank. she .ah
"Alaars' answered CarruthsrS "Ani
nov vc may a. vel settle 81 g. down o.
rfbrf
Tot this she made no o. bs-ction. sni Fnnk /.
i..efaklug cn.io.i f1r ths time. Hs dr,anl'
lat ri.-ht nav have l-sn pleasant orla, lui
rs f.r ILnirico she at Or hour, In her rU'u
elnuf into tho firr with Ta.nr,i. boz.
IL On hcr faoc. Tho little line vhich Frank
hal onoc notioci t.ivecn hsr bruvs nsncl
to have grown desfsr ani more disiinCt
n Carrlthcrs bal hofsi fra grcat dscl
from that iurnsy o. BAcstoNn D. ua.
q .afu~i o. h. Disappointed f,cuts oslr.oi
at Haliewei nou-e vhich tx l-aifios
ta-k In he haste ani alono.
one ni1fulng iloraoe ani iisgl-rt rlr' ia
earufst diacrlssion rosT.sfinza n hip luih. fh'
faint n which showed agns - wear. To
ous.tlun was wheihsr 10 should D. mt o. tha
aurfia aus..r's AMI la for The Tt prov. oi
should D. rvjaVauns.l llcrt-rt, ~ho va'
given g. temyoriang. favored thc roIaraiiDn.
Horace, Who was moro thorough in h.s tloas,
thought 10 shall ~ a, onoc o. Tho falcruofn.
Tl,e matter 80 80 Important and interesting
that neither n tho hroihsrs heari uo slunll
n oarriase vhe.ls ouisii- The houo
Tho Wheels ecrc thaso l.lon.iug b. a sac.
a genuine. uumisiakalls gig. Nhltiak0r.
~hn .as 10 cumo up The drive AMI si'p 81 tls
fruui. D.. ille sllc dor. vas mulh dls..sis'L
lie ar nof know ths Traditional rosI.s liability
enjoyed ~ tho driver ofa gis Hotrs tha
line a. do-carts Sylvanus' trIic.e vr'
oniy l-srne With t..-au.s it oarr.sl "a ,i.ry-
man
Tho sis In qaos,lon vas d.f,n ly a nan
~ho dl.ino an,si AL hsil~l to tho grouui "a
woman WITH a su.d tciur.rci looking shiny
fane. al sho was dr,...sl In Tr,r'ahinFly
hrisht cUi0ra Ouo q them rang th' lsl
umAIly. anil a!t.r l.itting iuicrial d.
d.ynia.,l Wh.uak.r Conlesrnded to oisu
tho DIR Tlls man a.kei n the Men.
Taii.rt were in. This coilo,tivc si1 .o lartd
ui.ln Wl.iiakCr. uhl hai lava la iAe iar.Ill
Ing en1urh o. rrmemler the tine when
'.NasrL Talsrt anil Co vas a vel. .a0ul
larm n aiI-,st Iis rcile,l tLat A. IsI
l..rt onl ar. iiefl.rt wcro in, bu; ni Irosr.
JasagsL
'Wo vii ualt until thcy can go a.. sail
Dc nan. ~ Whitaker D. the.n clmr ia'H
llo houe. Thsy wip-i thcir f'rt Cn enter
ing - car,fally AMI thorouga.y thai o..
doulss a. g. thar hang fsrsUos ofany im
portancc wcre at orco - 90 r,st NhiiiaAtr
len H. was quito night In odring tbun
chAlrs m he hall They were too rsl.rt
alls b. D. In sianling, lot The gig ani Oh.
fs..t rubbing cilmlaus.i fhop III thoy wC.o rot
% D. ushercl into III drawing gruom.
VIA nan.e shaii ! say r h. askosl
We are stranger. AL TIE man "hou
oan ,ay we have cal.ol ca private al o.nh
,ruilai bgeres.
"Yon had isfi,r give 10 your I-.-... tait
Wh.iiak.r
"Nr. ani NJ. Raain.,,- omDc-l the
w,fuan.
\, WLitakrr went up stair, found ha
masters. nni tn th1m tiat n NJ a.i IiI
Rawlings waniei D. ss'c them oa iilifaie AMI
oouflentiai hu.inos
"RawMnss, All lIcri.Tt. with a shuiler
I've know ~ enc ~iih such un awful name
Who are thly. Whitaker
Il have ~ iioa. sir. sAii Mhtiakcr A.
his masters aijuigci tho I.au horrible, D.
fslt half ofcnl.d a. 10 bring aif "a b.
knew any onc namsd hsv ling
.wl..rc are thy. a,kel liornoe.
"ln The han. ar7 Whittakcr folt thankful
ne had nj l.n tcup,cd toG.se th'm sitting
room holUr
"whI,takcr,- aid HioTac. gravtiy, eve
hall u crirmely annoyed N you have ht
fer.ous come inside cur h0uso Who arc look
hawker.. or. wor-e siill. thoes Who try o. luy
M e,nd hand clo'hos, ~ tho fsopie say
Thy oamo on private and confidential bua
ucsS"
However, ihry put thar cyo-glaSes w
ami went down q the hall and cunfruntad
thar visitors. They found n woman Shose
uhills.lul- attire - their tes.th On edge, and
a pale .facsd nan with rather prominent Light
hlue ewes AMI a weak looking. agitAtod Kind
n faoc Tho brothers wondcroi nightly
what tte.e I.ople oouh want with them
"Yon wish 81 spoak % usT sald Horace
suavcly. Although they kcpi pcr-cns al a
distance. a. long a. possible at arms lougth,
the Taltsr,s we're always polite AMI kindly
sYokon-
III you ploase, sir, ," aid tho nan. IIoruo
and Herbert waited
"wo should like to 80 you IN private, ~
aid tho woman, elAnc.ng round the hall -
Hertcrt oI.us-i the drawing foom dor, AMI
they all walked insids. Now, then, saie
Horace. oncouragingly, what can We DO for
you. Mr.. Rawling-I believe that Is your
namef
.sYos, sir. said Mr.. Rawlings, drawing
out a pocke,book, and handing Horace a
card. on which was printed, "Rawiinsr
DroS, Purveyors of Pork, Ia Gray stnst,
London.r Horace shivgcl. He felt very
angry.
sPork.- be sAi, ia q meat We never
touch. Then l., motionei 10 Herbcrt g.
ring the bell. But Mr.. Rawlings inicrpoeei.
Il didn't come on that soft 81 business, siF.
The fact Is. have heard that som' time Last
year a child. little boy, Was l"ft At your
house, sut from M cue know, whorc J.
this oofrcci, gcntlemenF
1T 4 quite true" snsver~i horaoe. He
was sfry h. had misJudsci The man In
thinking him a t0uting tradesman. "ini
xhy do YOU ask r h. added
The man grcw visihly excited. Me AMI
my wife, hss'd' "hsye s!rOns h'ps thai
The bro,hcrf faos- were perfect studies.
That two Ioople like this shouh lay claim h
Beatrice's boy was simply absurd 'lmpos-
abler they calculated in one breaih.
Don't say impossible said Mr.. Rawlings.
"we may ind our little boy at Last; We have
been hunting about all over England foF
foundlings such o. this. IL may H. this one
y ours
''why should IL have been srnt hcrcr
Il can't tell, sir. But won't leave a sion,
anturned. May We soe the boyr
Tho situation was growing ridiculous, and
n the Talbsrts dlsllkei one thing more than
another IL was q ridiculous situation. The
h.st way out q this one -ccmei 10 b. that
Mr.. Rawlings should 80 the child and h. at
izfied Il was not his missing offspring. ~
Horace rang the he'll and desired that The
little boy should h. brought down.
Mr.. Miller, the nurse, upon rcoeiving In
structions b. this effect, imagined that her
chsrVa Mas to Ia shown 10 visitors Of Inn