Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25

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 II mcnt There are m.ny oo.ls that I, though man of no great erud:;iun, can remember which gain much Of interest from the pertinent and appropriate comments with which tho writer has seen fit to illustrate any striking situation. From such books an observing, man may often draw the pXactest rules for the regulation Of lie and conduct and their authors may therefore be esteemed public hcnefactors. Among these I, Jasper Trrnowcth, can claim no place, yet venturn to think my history will not alto gcthrr lack interest and this for two reasons. It deals with tho last chapter q pray Heaven it be tho last in the adventures of very re- mark;tblc gem none other in fact than the Great Ruby of Ccylon, and it lifts, at least in part the veil which for some years has hidden d certain mystery of the sea. For the moral, it must be sought by the reader himself in the fOiNNiirS pa!r,'S.
 
 century, and begin with the strange and un- accountable will made in the year 1887 by my grandfather Amo, Trenoweth, of Lantrig, in the County ol Cornwall The old farm house of Lnntrig heritage and home of the Treno- We;hs as far as tradition can reach, and Heaven knows how much longer stands some few miles northwest of the Lizard, facing the Atlantic gales from behind a scanty veil of tan:ariSkS on Pedn-GlaS. the northern point ot
 e cNll h1,, ClrrS lat now left to the peaceful boats of tn. | l'%,ituEru fishermen. In my Srandfather's tn.r however, if tales be true, Ready Money Cove SAW many |; midnight cargo run, and many il prize of cOSnac and lace found Its way to the cellars and stOreroOm. of Lantrlg. Nav there is Il story (but for its truth ] will not vouch) of a struggle between my grand- fathers luggrr the Pride of Heart, and a certain revenue cutter, and of an unWonted shot that found a Preventive Officers heart But the whole tale remains to this day full of mystery nor would mention it save that it may l,, held to throw some light on my grand fa;A4r's sudden disappearance no long time after x hNhcr he went none clearly knew Folks said to fight the French; but when he returned suddenly honlu twenty years later he said little about sea fights, or Indeed on any other subject nor did many care to question him. for he came back a stern, taciturn man, apparently with no great wealth, but also wi;hout seeming to want for much; and at anp ru. indisposed to take the world into his coI.l!i!.9lae His father had died meanwhile so he quietly asSulnph tho mastrrship of Lan- tris: nu:Scd his faiiin4 ,f2Mther tendcrly until her daath and then married une At the TrlSgs of Mu!lvon, of whom was born my father Ezpl: I Trcnoweth.
 i.lv,, hintcd, what I fear is but the truth, thl; l..v grandfather had led d hot and rlotous vouth fu,ltiAg nnither God, man nor the devil. Before his return. h9W@Ytr, he had got re- ligina" from some quarter, ami was eQniirmed in it hv the prcac hing of one Jonathan Will kil, ;ls l have heard q Methodist from up tkr country" and powerful mover of souls. Az might have been expected in such a man as il, ' grandfather, this religion wns of a joy les, and gloomy order, full of anticipation of hcl! lire and conJirtiOu of the SnfulnesS of ordinary folk. But it undoubtedly was sin cere, for his wife Phillippa believed IF it, and the master and mistress of Luntrig were alike thu glory and strong support of the meeting hol!~.. at Pplhimbr; until her death. After th;S event her husband shut himself up with the torture of hi own siorH tnnSclcnce, and was Secn by few. In this dismal a6lt=coms muning nc died on the 27th of October, 1887. leaving behind him one mourner, his son Ezekiel thrn Il strong and comedy youth of twenty-two.
 This brings me to my grandfathers will, discovered amongst his papers after his death; and surely no stranger or more perpleXlnS document was ever penned, especially as ill this case any will was unnecessary, seeing that only one son was left to claim the in- heritunce. Men guessed that those dark years of scclusion and self-repression had been spent in wrestling with memories of sinful and perhaps criminal past. and predicted that T, tl Pott ii uTifh hnI1fa fession. Theywere partly right, from knowlr edge of human nature, and partly wrong, from ignorance of my grandfather's character. The will was dated June 18th, 1887" and ran aS follows:
 HL Amos Tre7o1rPth, QJ Ldnt1ig, in the Parish sQf I'OIkinbya and county Qf Coln,rdU eelin9, i1a "thiS YeCtt' or GTqce Et0'tteen hundred and hi17V "sere1, tat lty Bodily Po'cerS d1'e htp0 aud the sH01u GrdlrinJ nedr 'cAeh Shdll De CdllHd 10 dc 'coat1af Jor my Many and G1'ierouS Sins do here "by make I'FOriSon or my Death aud also Tor 7y 'so11 Ezekiel, tOJethfr l"th such peSoenddntS as Hnldp he7e01Ter be born tQ hlpl, 4q mts mn soa "EseEi4 oiue and beQuedh the Fn'1n aud HQllSe ''or ;HHt'g, tcith all 1nu Worldly Goods, and add t11lp earnest hope that UiS ntag sttUtce 10 support ..both him aud his Descendants fn G0dltneSS and "CoitCntnle1t Hnoacfaeg hotc greatly these ercet .sthe BeItth 0J this World aud the L1tStS QT the .'IIesh. But E7lOlct,lg also tue nlutd6uty O ''edTthIy things, do hereby command and en}oin rttat lf fut any time He or His Descendants be in .stress and ttiauldt0n GT pore11p tlee Head Qf onr .FanlRV QT l7rnoareta Shat strictly fiG h!tIfeliV ,-obep these 7lp Latest Drectiolis He shall ship "dnd go t:nto Bombay iil India, 10 the house Q1 "Elthu S11ade1son Esquire, or his Hef''S, and ',theyP presenting tll person Nts my lnst WM and "Testdme,u, together ,ctth the Holy Bible rao,o b. "tng in the third drdlccr QTrnv Writing Desk, "shaU d,ay and Sc1'upulouSlV erec,He such f1- .Str-uctfO1lS as the SdLd Ethu Sdnde7Son or ms "HefrS shdU lay upon htnL
 "ALso command and enioin under pain Qr mp rDutno Curse. ulnt tue Iron Kev nOtc hanging ,jon the lfddls Betlln SIf ghe F7Qlt 1fpT bf lfC; Touched O. noted '1ltil he ipho ufadei{1kfS tS "TusE shall hare retul'1ied and hare crossed the "tis'esho3d of Ldnt'tg. har,lg duly pero17'ed Glt "ths said Instructions. And ft'thei5noTe thqt he asagd Task be not ande1taken lightly or eroept fa Gdfrest Need, aRaeE paar Qf Grseu0'1s and Sore a' ..atctton This say kaoagtn0 a0elt the Spiritual d and trorldlv Perils that shall oeset such dn one. "dnd hating nlvseU been brought near to DCst,uc- "tton or Body and Soil achtch latter hldV Christ in "His Mercy auNT
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