The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-14
A.T]RIjs:Il'..ss.

Keeping many years age and hich y
have ever held as sacred. The few
still living who knew the man whose
sbehest am carrying out, on reading
my narrative will at once recognize
him and their faith in the nobility I'M
,sherent 10 human snature y, Witch, for q
time at least, must have been shaken,
will be- streng thened. 70 the general
public the story oughts to- prove scarcely
less interesting, as itreyealsani instance
#of bound Hess love and sacrifice: syss
Ferrier was the most bril- liant 81 my
contemp oraries at q oxford and not only
was he the most disting uished scholar
$of his time but ~ may be- doubted Y
ever Def fore there had been any membef
of The niyersity whose Iacade micalsuc-
5 cess was greater. ugh Of course Q
steady work. he had achieved his
great sdistincti ion bout any exception
aIefort, and as lie assessed all the
qualities which command ssucc in the
more ambit lions path sof life his friends
had formed the highest Ell atoms re-
3ggarding his uture care er. ss5}:.5Es
q man end owed with Terriers
great gifts ambition il d second nature;
80, instead 81 rom aiming as i resident
fellow Of this coll ge,s and ngaging ii
tuition, he was cal to the bar; and
with the deternin lion to succeed il
his profession was united the desire to
! earn both literary and political fame.
In Lond he became the center Of a
small and EXCLUSIVE band Of young
men, who, like himself, had taken high
honors at5the university, and were al
ready making their mark in the sever
n careers which they had adopted.
\ The aim Of that talented group was
: no less than that; of influencing the
thought of the age in which they lived;
and more than one Of them-for good
or u has since attained this end
Z Ferrier was their acknowled ged leader;
but thrust he was not responsible for
some Of the opinions which / was
@grieyed to learn prevailed among them.
4 i. too. had come to town; i but, though
81 knew most of its members, T. was
neither invited nor did I care to be-
come one? Of the coterie.
There were several reasons which
4 kept US apart. Though 4 had done as
well as most Of them at the university,
81 seemed recently to have dropped be-
hind them, and could scarcely now be
considered as their intel lectual equal
Our ligious and political views were
opposed; and lastly, they were all
eager for social and material success
and I was working hard in 3 poor
sicuraey. Like most Of his Oxford con-
temp earies, i was much I'M erested in
Ferriers 8 career, and by-and- by heard
with surprise that he was rapidly maxi
ing his way at the chancery bar and
was already ooking out for; q seat in
Parliame q t. still occasionally saw
him, as we belonged to university
club, and on sall occasions when We
met he showed toward me an. undi-
unfinished friendship. We had been
members Of 1.-The same Coll and,
thong never one Of HIS most intimate
companions, L had at one time enjoyed
a consid erable share of his oc;ety.
can remember the surprise with
which I heard from 81 common friend
that Ferrier was about to be married.
81 had not thong he was d man who
was likely to take d wife on the thresh:.:
odd of his career, but that would
4 more probably wait till His position
was secure. ] was told it5was . love
match. That too, caused me to Won
der, as 4 knew that he was one who
was very unlikely to permit sentiment
ito Interfere it'll his ambition. rs And
that heswould BE- hamp BY his mar
Eriage was clear, as was informed
that the lady had no money, and /
I knew that Ferriers had not much Of his
own, and could not yet be- making .
large professional income. Soon after
ward 4 learned the tidings from his own
lips, and our intimacy had never! SEEM
ed to me SO close as when he made me
his confident on this occasion, He
asked mic 10 come to his rooms, and We
had q long talk toget ether. He had been
staying in the country, he said during
the long vacation. and had fallen in
love Then he related to me some inci-
dents in;his courtship which u am sure
tho would never have revealed to his
more INTEL ectual and CYNICAL coapan-
ions.
Soon afterward 4 read his marriage
1 in the papers and wondered what man:
Sner. Of woman she could be with whom
the brilliant Ferrier had linked his fate
When he returned Is town after the
hone moon he invited me to his house.,
You are the first Of my Oxford friends
who has dined with Us. e he said gayly,
4 as he received me. On seeing Ferriers
wife was no longer surprised at his
love mat h. There was some hing ex-
traordinarily fascinating about her
She was beautiful but to her comliness
I and grace there was added 4 charm
{ that was more attractive than hand
some looks she was not tall, but both
! her form and features were exquisite
and Ia her eyes there was a depth and
tend rness which have never seen
sequaled many other face. The world
has since endorsed the opinion I then
formed Of her. aa II afterward ac7
Ssknowledg ed her to be one of the most
lovely women Of her time. Is
They were evidently greatly attached
to each OTHER Il was easy to see that