Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-24

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 II mont. There are muny books that l. though man of no great erudition, can remember which gain much of interest from the pertinent and appropriate comments with which the writer has seen lit to illustrate any striking situation From such books ,sn observing nun may often draw the exactest rules for the regulation ot lie and conduct, and their authors may therefore be esteemed public henrfactors. Among these l. Jasper Trenoweth, cnn claim no place, yet venture tu think my history will not alto gcthrr lack interest and th.s for two reasons- IL deals with the las, chapter Il pray Heaven 1t be the lustl in the adventures of very re- markahle gem, none other in fact than the Great Ruby of Crylon, and 1t lifts, at least in part the veil which for some years has hidden n certain mystery of the sea. For tho moral, 1t must be sought by the reader himself in the following pages.
 To make all clear, must go back half century, and begin with the strange and un- accountable will made in the year 1857 by my grandfather Amos Trenoweth of Lantrig, in the County of Cornwall. The old farm house of Iantrg heritage and home of the Treno- wctls as far as tradition can reach, and Heaven knows how much longer, stands sono few miles northwest ot tho Lizard, facing tho Atluptir gales from behind scanty veil of tan!nrisks on Podn-glns, the northern point nf a small cove. much haunted ot old by snug clrrs, hut now left to tho peaceful boats of the Puk;:nhra fishermen. In my Srandthth'rs tinYr however, if tales be true, Ready Money Cove GaW many a midnight cargo run, md many Il przo 0f GOGnar and lace found It's wny to the cellars and sturer0Om ot LantTlG, Nav there is story (hut for Its truth will not vouchl of Il struggle between my grand fathers lugScr, the Pride Of Heart, and certain revenue cutter, and Of an unwonted shot that found Il Preventive Officers hcart. But the whole tale remains to this day full or mystery nor would mention It save that It may bc hlAd tQ throw some light on my grand fathers sudden dlsarmanAre no long unla after Whthrr he went none clearly knew. Folks snid to fight the French; but when he returned suddenly some twenty years later he said lit;lc about sea fights. or indeed on any other subject nor did many care to question him for he came back Il stern, taciturn man, apparently with no great wealth, but also without seeming tn WhNt for much and "t any rate indisposod to takp ihu WarlQ lEfn hlh confidence His father had died meanwhile, so he quietly assumed the nRtst1rshIp O! l.an- trir, nurscd his failing mother tendrrly until her death. and then married ono of the TrSS5 of Mullvon of whom was born my father, Ezekiel Trenowcth.
 have hntuA. what fear is but the truth. that my Srnndfathor had lpd hot and riotous youth, fearing neither God, mai, nnr tho IaNl,
 BrturH his return, however, he had got re- lgiun" from sonc quarter and was confirmed in it by the preaching of one Jonutfan Will kns as 1 have heard, a MethodS: from up the country" and q powerful mover Of souls. As might have been expected in such man as nv grandfather, this religion was of a joy Iocc ,l lr-lp fin authorization hell fire and conYiGtua pt the sntulness Qt ordinary folk. But II undoubtedly was sin- l cere for his wife Phillippa believed in it, and | the master and mistress of lnntr1g were alike | the glory and strong support Of the meeting house at Polkimbru until her death. After | this event her husband shut himself up with | the lurturcs of his own stern conscience, and l was s9nn by few. In this dismal self-com- muning hr .iisd Ga the 27th of October, 1887, I leaving behind him unn llautnnp. Ala aaa | Ezekiel, then strong and comedy youth of 1 twenty-two.
 This brings me to my grandfather's will, | discovered amongst his papers after his death; ; | and surely no stranger or more perpleNlnS l document was ever penned, especially as Ill | this cnsa any will was unnecessary, seeing | that only one son was left to claim the ln- 1 hertance Men guessud that those dark years of secluSion and srlrepress1on Aa4 LGen | spent wrestling Wlln neNloEleS ol Il Slllul 1 and perhaps criminal past, and predicted that l Amos Trcnoweth could not die without con- | fession They were partly right, from knowl- l edge of human nature, and partly wrong, from ! Ignorance of nay grandfather's character. l The will was dated "JuRo l5th, 1887. aud l ran iLs follows:
 | II limos rtmo,reth. or La,tt,'io, hI the Pt'ish l AQC IolEijlbIu aud County 0l CoIntrdU fee|tnQ m | .thfs pYn pf G,rIte EiGhtsem hu'ntred aud thirty l q tR l sHola diu,rInJ nelr eittH StaU 0e C0l4d 10 dc- ! .cottnt ror my Many and GI'etOuS Sns, do here | "bv make IrorSion fOr my DedM aud also JOr mV
 .son EEekiel rlGetltPr trith such DesC*'ndantS as | .loU hee0 rIs,' be born 10 him. To tiIS nlV SOit l "Esetiel glue aud beq"t1tm the Fu'-n and House l "or EuHtrf0. tclth dU HtY Worldly Goods, aud add
 .lv ttITnsst ho!ls thNt HS m0y SttJfce 10 support | "botI. hiin and his DeS,tHdHHta l HDthtt6Sa Gisd | "CoEtt1ltrnt1H, knO,rf'ig Jour greatly meSR FEtel l ..the Wealth QT this World and the Lasts or the l .Flesh. Bn EHotring also the mutd6iltV O
 "sdrrhIy things, ! do hereby con,nldnd and e'joi'.
 "that rat any time He O. Ills Descendants bP in | "strexs aud urbuldtiOn Qr pONFfN tte Head QTour
 "Funf{v or I5rlotrrth shall strictly aud .Fnttt1up | "obev these mp LdtrSt pfrfrttpnR, He RhdU ShiF
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