Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-11-26

~ ShSSS9 HANS una iiaH
wei bngn iy sr;r-
ing a few lines to thos, of anot Aer ma
man on whose grave the grass mas been
growing for MANY long wear.
His uame was Julian Lorain.. His home
from the dav when first / knew him to the
dav Of his death, was Herstal Abbey, fine
OLD house in that part Of wooded Somerset
shire here railways have not yet ne.
Although Mr.. Lorraine was man OF
wealth. and moreover, by education uni,
believe, family fully entitled to take Iii n
social position, Herstal Abby was not his
ancestral home He hal acquired 1t by
simple right of purchase, having bought out
an old, improvident, but popular county
family-bought it out so completely
that, if he did not literally step into its
shoes, he sat in its very chairs and used its
very tables.
Such wholesale buying up of one of their
own class by en- unknown man always
annoys, perhaps frightcns. county people,
and Julian Loraines neighbors for some
time looked at him askalce. He took none
of those steps by which new conner may
occasionally gain acces; to the mag. &c county
circle He brought no introductions. lie
gave no large subscription to the hunt-:n-
deed, there was not much hunting N that
part He did not, in covert way, let hi;
willingness to give grant cntertainn .ent lie
known. He simply completed the pur-
chase Of Herstal Abbey and its contents;
took up his abode in the old house, aud
troubled nothing about his neighbors, which
no doubt annoyed them all the more.
Little Julian Lorraine cared for this. The
truth is he was one Of tie most unsociabe
men alive, and his cynicism, if distributed
through the county, would have made
Somersetshire a region in which life would
have been unbearable. He was-I pen the
words reluctantly-an utter disbeliever in
humanity. Perhaps the life which he had
Hitherto led brought him to this state Of
mind.
For in very short time his neighbors
found out that he was by no means the un.
known man they thought him. People who
knew London life had much to say about
this Julian Lorraine. 1t was soon mads
clear to the countryside that the new mans
social claims to the right hani of fellow
ship 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
he was still wealthy. At one time it was
thought he had run through everything, for
be had disappeared, and no onesaw any thing
Of him for years. But it turned out be had
only been leading a rowing life in far coun-
tries. 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.. Lorraine at arms
length. Had he cared for it, be might have
enjoyed mixing with the pick of county
society. But he treated civility almost as
he treated GOODNESS, with complete indiffer.
ence; and it soon became underst TODD that
the owner of Herstal Abbey was man who
no longer cared to mix with his kind.
It was, Of course, incomprehensible tina!
any one should buy fine property and
settle down to the life Of a recluse; the
Of life, handsome and wealthy. But Julia,
Lorraine was an incomprehensible man. I
for one, have never been able to determin,
his true character. Perhaps have shunne(
investigating it. Perhaps, Lad l tried,
should have been unable to gather trust
worthy information as to his true nature
from the fact that tales afloat concernin;
his early life would reach me last of all.
When he bought Herstal Abbey he was
widower with ono son, boy Of 2. Thi
boy he petted and neglected alternately
There were days when the child was viii
him from morn to eve; there were weeks il
which be never saw him from Sunda
morning to Saturday night; there wer
months during which Mr. Lorains wen
wandering of, heaven knows where, leay
ing the child to the care Of servants.
Whether at home or abroad, he kept u
his establishment in q lavish, wastefr
manner. He threw his money about in
cynical way, as one who cared not how
went. He expected his servants would no
him-no doubt they did. Thishe considere
but human nature, and troubled nothin
about it; but woe to the man or woman VIII
in the slightest degree neglected anything
which his comfort or whim demanded Hi
Dependents soon understood their master
peculiarities, and by the exercise Of du
care managed to keep their places for year
and years, and no doubt grew rich upon til
money he wasto1.
or the greater part Of the above, from hear
say. The following incident in Mr.. Lor
aines life l Gun vouch for, as / heard j
from his own lips.
In the year 1853 he was returning fror
Australia. He did not tell me what La
taken him there, hut l suspect he went il
search Of health. He was in a sailing We;
sel-the Black Swan was her name. Their
were other passengers-men, women an
children. One night there was q crash,
horrible grinding sound, a recoil, AMI th
Elack Swan quietly settled down to til
bottom of the ocean. Whether the disaste
was due to q collision or to O sunken roc
was never known. All was over in fiv
minutes. and Julian Lorraine found himsel
swimming for life, vet without O hope c
saving it.
In swimming. rs indeed in every mail
exercise Lorraine was all but unrivale
but even his great Strength was ;,ols whe
he felt hali1 OF his collar AMI vas pu,ic
all but inse2slbls into small boat. w.iicl
it appeared, was the only one that had lie
lowered, or, at az rate, had succee led /
getting away from the wreck.
The seq, ,rtunate.y, was compare "
smooth or tn, tiny bca5 could not V
outlived tie night. When the moran
'.o!e, Juiian Lorraine saw al that survive
Il re ship and her freight.
Himself, four sailors, ,hre, women AMI
,'aby in arms!
The sailors were pulling, no. from th
Il pe Of rea hing laal, lu. TO keep the boat
;'eal TO the waves The mother, with he
c.i:id clasned 10 her breas, and the tw
Cther tonlel, were crouci4lng In tn, ster
sheets.
In the boat were a dozen biscuits and
sm,ll keg of water.
With the light, all turned to Lorraine f.
advice and AID. He WAS a man OF con
handing presence, to whom people If
lower organization would naturally turn
difficulties. Ee assumed the response bil.ts
He told The mel 10 step the mast az.
hoist What sail they thought sate. AMI the
to steer as clos, to the wind as possible
He assured them that land was not far of
His only reason, he informed me, for takin
this course was that he hated the labor {
rowing Any hope Of their lives bein
saved he secuted
However, before nightfall they did reac
land-a bare rock Tut land.
By this time one of tue women was lyin
in the bottom of tho boat, moaning, Liz
one in agony. Her companions of the SAN
sex were exchanging frightened glance
The door thing was carried ashore and Il