The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

- AaD iaizs that i l may, may
ing n lew lines to .thoss Of smother man, n.
man on whose grave the grass ns' o''A
growing for many q long year.
His nam. Was Julian Lorraine. His home
from tue day when first knew him TO tne
day of his death, was Herstal Abbey, hne
old house il that part Of wooded Somesse''
shire where railways have not YET come.
Although Mr.. Lorraine was o man o.
wealth. anil moreover, by education ano'
believe. family fully entitled to taEe mgn
social POSITION, Herstal Abbey was moi us
ancestral home. He had acquired 1t oy
eimpl4 right OF purchase, having bought OUT
On oil, improvident, but popular county
fanilv-t ought it out SO completely
that. II he did not literally step into It's
sho,:, h. sas III its very chairs and used its
very tables.
Suci. q wholesale buying up Of one OF their
own class by an unknown man always
sennoys,s perhaps frighteps. county people,
and Julian Earaine's neighbors for some
-sEme looke 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. De
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 givc grand entertainment 30
known. He simply completed the pur-
chase Of HerEtal Abbey and its contents;
took up his abode in the old house, aud
troubled nothing about his neighbors, which
no doubt annoyel them I'LL the more.
Little Julinn .LoSaine cared for this The
truth is he was one of tue most unsociable
men alive, and his cynicism, if distributed
through, the county, would have made
Somers,tshirs region in which life would
have been unbearable' He Was-I pen the
words reluctan,ly-au utter disbeliever In
humanity. Perhaps the life which he had
hitherto led brought him to this state ct
mini. ~.
For in @ very short time his naighbors
found out, that he was by no means the un-
olsifrisi,I ecpse who
knew London life had much to say about
this Julian Lorraine. 1t was soon made
clear to the countryside that the new mans
social claims to the right hani Of fellow
slip were indisputable; but other things
were also made clear. .--...
Lorraine had led terrible life-the very
fastest of the fast. The wonder was that
he had survived:-even greater wonder that
be was still wealthy. At one time it was
thought he had run through everything, for
he had disappeared, and no oneSaw anything
CT him for yea ars. But it turned out he had
cnly been leading o rowing life in far coun-
tire. Repenting, let US hope. No; Julian
Lorraine was not nice man.
But, nice or not no one had any longer
the wish to keep Mr.. Lorain, at arms
length. Had he cared for it, he might have
enioycd mixing with the pick of county
society. Bur he treated civi!ity almost as
he treated coldness, with complete indiffer-
ence; and it soon became underst tool that
the owner CT Herstal Abbey was a man who
no longer clrcl to mix VITA his kind
II was, of course, in comprehensive that
anv on, should buy q fine property anI
settie dow, to the life Of Il rec,uso; the
ucrf, so as tho man was Sriil in the prime
OF lite, haudsolne and wealthy. But julian
Lorraine va en- illeompretcnsble man. /,
for one. huve never Le:m ;ble to determine
lis lru,, character. l lvi,ap: have Stunned
inv. s,::c:tiu. il. Perhaps. Lad l tried, I
s,uul: axe .ooa unable 10 gather trust
worthy inlur:uauol Z, to his true nature,
fl, m TIE t; CT ,ha. tales afoat concerning
his carry lie would reach me last OF ell.
Wnc, l.e sought Herstul Abbey he was
widower with one son, boy Of Z. This
boy ..r pc,ted and neglected alternately.
There were days when The child was with
hin from iueCn to eve; there were weeks in
which h. never saw him from Sunday
morning to Saturday night; there were
months during which Mr. Lorain, went
wan lerin- of, heaven knows where, leav-
i ~, of
Whether at home or abroad, he kept up
his establishment i'll d lavish, wasteful
manner. He threw his money about in
cynical way, as one WHO cared not how it
went. He expected his servants would rob
him-no doubt they did. Thishe considered
but human nature, and troubled nothing
about it; but woe to the man or woman who
in the slightest degree neglected anything
which his comfort or whim demanded His
depen icpls soon understood their masters
pecuLarities, and by the exercise Of due
care m:maged to keep their places for years
oad years, and no dou bt grew rich upon the
money he wastol.
As will soou be seen. I have related all,
or thr greater part Of the above, from hear
say. The following incident in Mr.. Lor.
aine's life I cun vouch for, rs I heard it
from his own lips.
In tie yecr 1853 he wassreturIling from
AuS:ral H. Ec did not tell me what lad
t:.k.n him there, but suspect he went in
Sc y, b OF heal;h. He we, in a. sailing ye,-
>cl-thc Hack Swan was l:cr uame There
we're other paSsengers-mcn, women aud
c., iI:ea. One night there wss a crash, Il
l.orrluic grinding sound, rccoil, AMI the
llacI Swan quietly settled down to the
b,ttu::i o. IL. cc,aI. W!.sther the disaster
we, due 10 4 collision or to q sunken rock
wcs never known All was over in five
nlla u;es, aud Julian Lorraine found himself
swimming for life, yet without a hope of
savin,- It.
In swimming. US indeel in every manly
exeIcis.. Lorraine was Ill but unrivalel;
but even li| great strength was gone when
he felt insni Oh his collar and was pulled
ell but iaselsibl, into small boat, which,
it appeared, was the only one that had bean
lowered, or, at any rate, had succeeded in
getting away from tue wreck
Tho sea, fortunately, was comparatively
smooth or tho tiny beat could not have
o1tli7cd the night When the morning