Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-01-08
>LINGS AND ARROWS
BY HUGH CONWAY,
Aashor of "Called Back" Ozark Days"
"a Family Affair."" Etc.

See ho,v you haze changed life for meF'
'An! yes; grea ly, no doubt. l wonder
What YOU woul rave been now!"
t'Tell me what am now"
$50 far as know, young man OF 49,
thoroughly we'll eiucated, goo1-looking
full OF church and state principles. Why,
the rector stepped me yesterday and assured
me you were one of the finest young fellows
he ever knsw; quite a credit to the county"
This banter seemed to st. b me,
-sTell me, sir" I sail, Sought to thank
gou for what you have done for me?"
p srsonaliy, l hste expressions of graft
Jude; f,ut if it gives you any satisfaction
thank ME by all means"
s.No: do not thank you. Had you
placeI ,p., IN some humble position, suited
10 M birth, and let me make my way in
the wori L, / coull have THANKED you But
for wears to- let me be called your son; why
did you do it, sirg
II had some reason at the time. almost
.sMr Lorraine, I have thong int it all
over"
$50 YOU told me, Julian. Go on"
ssYou may laugh at me, bu5 I consider
that have a great claim upon you"
He simply raised his eyebrows, but did
not deny my assertion.
'sYou have kept me- in ignorance for
years. l continued, speaking quickly.
''You nave brought ma up, and lei me go
ou5 in the world under false colors. Now
Just l enter upoa manhood you tell me
VINO I am, or rather who 1 am not Why
you did this, you alone know. You had
some reason for it. In return, I have a
right to denanl someth.ng."
sDemanll A right! Never mind. Go
on
hal expected all ontburst of rage. His
CAIN encouraged me.
Yes, sir; ask that I may be allowed to
finish nv course at Oxford. Then, when I
have ;aken my degree, will go and earn
my own living as best can. I shall, of
course, now cali myself by some other ZANE.
Ca, you suggest one?'
Mr.. Lorraine laughed curious laugh. II
like fellows who demand better than those
who beg" he said. Go lack to college by
all means. AS to a name, is not Julian
Lorraine good enough for youa You are per-
fectly welcome 10 use it.'
"But it is nos mine"
'Never mini; use it. I choose that you
shall use 1t so long as you are dependent on
me. also choose you to be thought my
son. No'--he saw me about to speak-"I
will give no reasons; perhaps l have none.
You may lie sure that it will be no him
drance 90 our future, being thought a rich
mans son. Besides, hate changes. Now,
don't talk any more. You have demanded;
have acce led. Go away
Puzzled and dis atisfied, I left him. l
had fully persuaded myself that l had
right to claim what 1 had claimed from
him. 1t was also not hard for me to learn
to think that if it was Mr.. Loraine's wish
that shoull still pass as his son and bear
his name, it was my duty to do so. Be-
sides-remember, 1 was but boy, and so
need not be ashamed of the truth--vith all
my assumed indapend ence, the thought of
proclaiming my hunt le mi unknown par
entage to my friends Wa gall and worm.
wood to me. To slnIA IRON the position
witch held as Mr.. Lorame's son to that of
no ,ne at all was a change greater than l
coulo picture to myself with equanimity.
So 7 oh Actad no more; AMI as Mr. Lorraine
sternlv f, rbade the subject being reopen
ed. nv life, IN spite of its clouded future,
went on in IT'S accustomed groove.
Here to void any mislea ling, I may say
that ali I ever learned about my true parent
eoa was what Mr. Lorraine told me. Vino
and what wa, w Inflated mother know
no more than l know for what reason my
reunited father ali, ssved me to be brought up
as his son.
.he terms and the vacations Went by.
lid not, during the after, see great deal
If Mr.. Lorraine, nor dit I ne press me to spend
che time at Hers5al Al 1oey But certain
feeling, If not OF eratltAde, of what seemed
light and proper, iniuce me to stay there
3n several occasions. There was really little
apparent change N the 1 citations between
Mr. Lorraine and myself What change
here mi bit be wa; perhaps for the better.
was cceptiny h benefits, but accepting
hem because I considered l Iad right to
hem. Moreover, l was dete rmine1 that,
When tae time came 1 would lie quite indie
)endent of his favor l endeG vorad now
End again to show MIN my feelings on this
ooint; and, in spite of the hooking smile
with which he receivei my hints, l do not
think he iked me the less l am not sure
out in time sincere fir endshi might have
sprung up between us: Cor, whatever may
have been Julian Lora:ne's inner natnre,
when he caose to meet any one on terms Of
equality and compan. onship he could make
himself ons OF thu most charming men in
the world. His talk, alt Tough dangerous
and bitter, was witty and brilliant
But time would not allow this incipient
first birthday was summoned in hot haste
from o dord. Mr.. Lorraine was dying
I reached Herstal Abbey just in time.
Ny p.efactor-Yes, 1 must call him So
was just nsible, bu0 speeches.. I bent
over i'm and took his h nd His fingers
gave nine faint pres IRE. Even at that
solemn moment wondered at this show of