The Dillon tribune., 1886-02-27

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[I ISS hero OF these
NSA\z MI tn soy 60 much
fairs that may
we'll begin by spar.
ing lew lines tn those Of another man. .
man on whose grave the grass has Teen
growing inr many a long year.
His name was Julian Lorraine. Ms home
from, the day when first knew him to the
LAY Of his death. was Herstal Abbey, fine
I'D house IN that part Of wooded Somerset.
shire where railways have not vet come
Although Mr.. Lorraine was man OF
wealth, aud moreover by education and,
believe, family fully entitled to take high
social position, He.stal Abbey was not his
ancestral home. He had acquired it by
simple right Of purchase, having bought out
an old. improviient, but popular county
fan,ily-bought it ont 81 completely
that. il he did not literally step into its
shoes, he sat in its very chairs and used its
very tables.
Such wholesale buying up Of Que ut their
own class by an unknown man always
aunoys. perhaps frightens, county people,
and Julian Loraine's neighbors TO: some
time looked at him askance. He took none
Of those steps BY which a new conner may
occasionally gain access to the magic county
circle. He brought no introductions. He
gave no large subscription to the hunt-in-
deed. there was not much hunting in that
part. He did not. in covert way. let his
willingness to give grand entertainment be
known. He simply completed the pur-
chase of Herstai Abbey and its contents;
took up his abode in the old house, aud
troubled nothing about his neighbols, which
I'D doubt annoyed them all the more.
Little Julian Lorraine cared for this. The
truth il he was one Of tho most unsociable
men alive. and his cynicism, il distributed
through the county. would have made
SOmersetshilp IL region in which life would
have been unbcarablc. He was--I pen the
words reluctantly I'm utter disbeliever in
humanity. Perhaps the life which he had
hitherto letl brought him to this state Of
mind.
For in u very short time his neighbors
found out that he was by no means tho un-
known man they thought him People who
this Julian Lorraine. 1t was soon mads
clear to he countryside that the new mars
social claims to the right hand vi fellow
ship were in,lisputable; but other things
were also made clear.
Lorraine had letl II terrible life--the very
fastest Of the fast. The wonder was that
he had survivel-even greater wonder that
he wGs still wealthy. At one time, it was
thought hc had run through everything, for
he had disappeared, and no "nesa W any thing
If him for ye ars. But it turned out he had
only been lcadin. rowing life in far coun.
tries. Rerenting. let us hope. No; Julian
Lorraine WINS not nice man.
But, nice or not, no one had ANY longer
the wish 10 keep Mr.: Lorraine ut arms
length. Had he cared for it. hc might have
enjoyed mixing with the pick Of county
society. But hi treated civility almost AZ
he treated cnldness, with complete ilmliffer-
ence; and it soon bscamc under, TODD that
the owner Of Hcrstal Abbey was a man who
no longer cared IT, mix with his kind.
|, was. M course, incomprahensible thu. /:
any on, should buy fine property aud
settle down /" the life Of Il recluse; the
more SO as tn" man was still in tho prime
Ut life, handsome and wealthy. But Julian
Lorraine. wa an ncolnprehensihle man. i,
for one. have newer been able to determine
his true character. Perhaps have stunned
investigating it. Perhaps, had ! tried.
should have been unable to gather trust
worthy information as to- his true nature
from the fact that tales atioat .pncernins
his early life would reach me last Of all.
When /" bought Herstal Abbey he was :
widowcr with enc SON. Il hoy of T. Thu
hoy he rrttel and neglected alternately
There wc,s' days when the child was witt
him from morn to eve: there we've weeks i,
which h" never saw him from Sunda,
morning to Saturday night; there wer
months during which Mr. Lorraine wen
wandering ntf, heaven knows where, leav
ing the child to the cur. of servants.
Whether ut home or abroad, he kept Vi
his establishment III lavish. wastef,
manner. He threw his money about in
cynical way, as one who cared not how
went He expected his servants would re-
him-no doubt they lid. Thiste considers
Int human nature. and troubled nothin
about it; hut woe to the man az woman VIII
in the slightest degree neglected anythin
which his comfort On wlii,n demanded! Hi
dependents soon understood their MASTER
peSuliariticS. and by the exercise of du
care managed to keep their places for yeal
and years, aud no doubt grew rich upm til
money he wasted.
As will soou he seen. have related al
~ thu greater part NJ the above. from heal
say. The following incident in Mr.. Lo,
Aine's life | tan vouci. Tor. rs ] heard
from his own lips.
In the year 1863 he was returning fro,
Australia. He did not tell me what ha
taken him there, hut ! suspect he went |
search Of health. He was in sailing We
sl-tln Black swan was her name. The,
were other passengers-nen, women an
children. One night there was a crash,
horrible grinding sound, recoil, AMI il
black Swan quietly settled down to Il
l"ttom Of the OCEAN. Whether the ,lsast.