Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-19

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"Welcome to Lulworth - said Sir Rave
Wharf. ~ hope YOU will make your hoine
here for many happy years"
The words were kind, and the boys
heart warmed 10 the speaker. one warm
sultry evening in July the travellers had
reached home. No surprise was expressed
in Sir Raves household when he brought
home with him Il youth who seemed 10
take the place of AL adopted son. sir
Raye never did the same ~ other people.
| He was a genius; therefore 1T was impos-
siblc for HIM to marry and be happy, or TO
have Il son; he must, just because he was
a genus, love unhappiiy, and adopt some
one cIse's child.
Lulworth was a .'reyelatien' to Vane
Fraser; he had never dreamed of such i
place. 1t was Il magnificent old country
mansion with oaken doors, oricl window>,
corridors as large as rooms, stately towers,
iNN-clld turrctS. and grand terraces that
siopcd down to gardens filled vita Mowers;
a mansion with an old-fashioned c.iarm
about it, yet furnished with modern luNt-
~; and tni> superb abode was hcnceioi-
ward t. be the abode OF the boy VINO liid
nothing to distinguish lin save scaius.-
No wonder that he was \ little da2cd by
his good fortune, and considered it a grand
thing to be a genius.
Sir Rave was delighted with his protc-
&c. The boy was soon quite ut home in
the mid, Of his luxurious surroundings;
b> 20 word or gesture did he bctray him
self; he was quick aud keen, and he
waited always TO SEQ first what Sir ltayc
did ut table, then he initiated him. Before
II week had passed, Nane knew as mlc!
OF table etiquette as though he had liked
| AT LulWorth ali his life; tic consequence
WAS thIt in no way did hn, behavior jar
upon SIR isayc, WHO WAS one OF the most
ii,tidIouS OF mca.
TWO pleasant rooms were set apart for
Nanc's use, and the privilege hc valued
most, Il place la Sir lsaye's studio, was Civ
cn To him. lie made wonderful progress,
as lis patron had @iorc.ccu lc had already,
"a Ai, studies AT home, mastered lntdy %
the rudimcnts OF knowledge. After Il tcW
lessons and a little patient teaching irOal
Sir i,aye hc became OF the greatest assist
aDcc to rs master. 1t pleased sir itI!c
70 see the thoughtful head bent oNct pa-
pcrs, plans, and designs Of all kind,-Nanc
was 50 much Ike himself, 50 silent at "is
work, 50 absorbed IA it,, never interrupts
ing Il by an idle or careless word.
..lou are more like a hermit at his de-
NptlDiiN lliit - Niiu'it - io iNS9biNs HAit
sir Rage TO him one day.
After Il time he began TO take keen de-
light in the work OF his protcge.
..Giyc me your notion, Nalc, Ola bridge
that should span a river, with aills Oh e.
| thcr bank" or show me something original
in the shape of a pier that is TO run half a
mile out To sea-" Aud then with proud
delight he would examine his pupils
sketch.
you will be more clever some day,
Vane, than | have ever BEEN" he said 10
him one morning.
al shall owe everything 10 you, sir"
was the grateful reply.
Inc year following, when the pressure
Of business mad in sOme measure uJLtcd,
Sir Kaye resolved TO take his protcgc Tor u
Continental tour. Nothing, he was o.
opinion, would educate MIN one halt 30
quickly. lie would let him sec some OF
tlc greatest bridges OF the world, bridges
that mad Dccn Duitt III spite OF almost H.
s~urnountable diticultics-let him see thg
trlImphs OF science, and how men cotuu
DrIIg the very elements under control
1nc greater part OF 4 year was spcEC ~
trayc,iug aJolt, and tney saw nearly cN-
,fy engineering work OF magnitude.
When Nanc returned win his patron 10
LulwortA, nc WAS only nineteen years OF
age, but nc was u mtii. n fair moustacac
siadcd the sensitive moulin, the citI,ter Of
far mar nad grown deeper IN coIos, tuc
tail slender figure hld la it the grace and
strcngtn Of nuauhood, and his mIunc,,
were perfect. lie was grave, kindly, ahd
courteous, dcterential to all woaIen, pleas
ant 10 All Ancn. Although only nineteen,
the world had begun 10 talk absut him.
lie had taken 4 warm interest in Colucct-
~ England and France by means az 4
tunnel under the sea; he had pondered it,
studied 1T, and layished skill and genius
GA IL; aLa one morning the scientific world
was taken by surprise, tor II pamphlet APP
pcarcd called sine Best and Safest VA
TO France Under the SEA" That littio
brochure made him famous. Every one
mad asked VINO had writtcu il, and tac
answer was, '.loung NiDLrt.'' No oIc
mentioned tnAt he WAS only an adopted
SON OF Sir islyc's, and The world in genera,
careless enough, never stopped 10 inquire,
50 that the general IMPRESSION was tIattnr
rising genius Of the day, ..young Wharf"
was tue son Of the tlmou, SIR RAPE. Of
thc thousands who read his book, not more
tnan twenty knew that he was not the
real son OF the master OF Lulworth.
"lour way IN life lies straight before
you, Vano," said his patron; ut will be
one quick march on to victory. You could
do without me now, but l could never
again live without you-without my adopt
cd son-never again"
When nattering notices and honors were
lavisled upon Vane, Sir Raye gave hun
one more piece Of xdyice.
tzs h Caasiaued.l