The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-11

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Yes Sir Jasper ?"
"You speak bravely. You are sure
my daughter loves you?''
kate says So" the young man re-
pied, "and she never speaks falsely"
"Then 1 give my consent" said Sir
Jasper. "But Katherine is too young to
marry vet. She mast wait a year or
two. The child is but Just seventeen.
Come back in two years time, to claim
her, If in the meantime you have made
A position for yourself. L do not care
that you should make money, but do
care for the other"
Il will do it Sir Jasper" he replied,
',anI YOU will help me. l shall study
under you-help me with your in
flucuce. There is a borough vacant
now. Hep me to place my foot onthe
hrst rang OF the ladder, aAd will never
cease until reach tie top"
Long after Lord Wynleigh hal left
him Sr Jasper sat silent and motion
less, listening to the sound OF the Joy
bells - listening TO the music and
laughter which filed the old Chace.
What WAS ne TO do > When the sanSuine
Young lover lett him, dark AMI bitter
thoughts came TO him. He was an
Enulishman, with hatred OF all fraud
AMI deceit What sould ne DO? lie
could never allow Lord Wynlei-h TO
marry Kate under the impression that
she was hciress TO the grand domain OF
Queens Chace and Hurstwood. She
WAS no; so in reality. All ms broad
lands belonged by right to his elder
ch.ld, the beautiful dark-eyed Veronica.
Before Lori Wynleigh married Rather
inc he must know tine truth. Sir Jasper
rose from his seat.
Il am a brave man, and a strong
man." he said; "but l would rather
face death than tell my story now"
It seemed so far away TO The middle
aged statesman, the story o; his youth
the mad love that had alt red his
whole life. II would be pro.anItion to
him to hear Giulia's name mentioned
now. He could imagine the snecrs.
the comments that would follow. The
Opposition journals woulI bc sure 10
get hold Of it, and hold up, 10 public
r.diculc, the one treasured poem OF his
heart. He could not bear it. Come
Whist might, he would, he Tust keep
his secret vet little longer; and in the
meantime he would have his WI pre-
pared Will IN which the truth slorli
be told and Queens ChaCe, With all
the broad lands round Hurstwool
given to his daughter Veronica. At
the same time he would put all the
papers that went to prove her identity
into one pa, ke;, ant give them 10 her.
Why, because her mother was dead,
should he rob her of her Lirthr:cht?
What could he do to atone to her ior
her long cherries youth, her cold, joy
les IF; He could not dcirAud Gil
ulia's child. II be could have divided
the Inheritance, all would have been
well, but that was impossible. In the
Brandon family, where there was no
male heir the eldest daughter succeed
eli to the barony, TO the title ana
estates; and there had been several
harnesses. Therefore the Inheritance
must 20 to his eldest daught,r Th~t
WAS Veronica.
What would those proud Valdoraines
the proudcst people in England say
10 Inn when they heard that kath-
crime was not his heiress after all
katherine Brandon's name was known
all over England. Sir Jasper was at
loss. His sense of justice and his love
ol night, his love and his prid., his
honesty and his sensitive reserve were
all Al war. There was hut one gieam
oi comiort. The marriage between
Iorl Wynleigh and katherine would
not take place yet. Some Unforeseen
combination OF circumstances might
take place before then,
1t Is not quite the kind OF marriage
that ! expected for Kath rinc," said
Lady Brandon, when her husband sent
ior her 10 tell her. "Still l shall make
no opposition-there is a chance, IS YOU
know"
What chance ~ asked Sir Jasper.
''They tell me that the young marquis
is no; only very unsteady, but that he
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Lady brandon. ii it should be so,
then Alton viii be Earl OF Woodwyn
That vouli be high POSITION should
be quite satisfied"
My dear wife" remarked Sir Jasper,
"no good comes OF hoping for dead
mems shoes"
Il am not hoping for them" said
Lady Brandon; 81 am merely saying
that it would be an excellent thing for
Katherine.
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"veronica, said Katherine, @oome to