The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-03-07
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pecr t..W |U morning paper down
ON ua U...t u.n with wu.,
tIIurr. u .I.uU U hu rose FROM
hb pl..f MI M. Uu q commanding
p0siIlUn 900 OH. H.mUF tAe hO.lur 10
lnce hIH hIF WH.I md Nll hHI rA-
poutrl uWuHun.
Tho Iuwa.r Countess Of Knullmg
hamo WA iIp uWdg dame, that Ull the
world realized, iUr was she not born q
pendau0n ol Imlogcl, a family which
claimed tu have lived For many gcnoN-
tlons before over the Norman laid the
Saxon low And 0s II II were not hard
enough 10 know that her eldest son was
confirmed old bachelor with a mania
for moths, here was her fnyorlto child,
her BENJAMIN, threatening TO 6ully the
family cscutchrpn hy u contemplated
matrimonial alliance with u simple
manulacmrcra daughter, 90 whose chill
dren the time hun0rpd title Of knoitiug'
hame must In all probability descend,
Tho great cheerful hroakias, room NJ
ErldOm hOuHp was 70 perfect blaze OF
warmth aud sunshine ON this bright Sep.
tombur morning, bat the faces of both
mother and son were Cloudcd and dark,
aud tho barometer stood obviously ut
"fluUmy"
oif hOr father had only been In some
decent trade, / should not have minded
half Hn much" OhuVpl the lytH dow.
agor, after melancholy pause But ]
must ruy, my dear lrunCa do draw
the lino at buJtonBr
"Wpll mother, it'H not 90 ho dcnied
that the great firm OF Harding. Metal a
Co, did mako their money by The manu-
fncture OF those useful little articles, but
i don't Hec what that mntterRt A button
rampant win mako q nice change IN
tlm family arms, with their endless
dragons and wyycnesW Aud q smile Of
lazy amusement crossed Lord Francis
well bred face as he glanced mlschlcy'
ously ut his agitatCd parent
"Now look here, my dear mother ho
continued with sudden gravity, "let Us
face tho whole position quietly, aud then
think YOU win very likely come round
20 my opinion without another word
It's no novelty TO you 10 hear that ! nm
hard up, Tor / never was anything Cho
30 lon. as can remember but uB yot
my impccuniOsty has been merely steady
aud chronic, Now, however q crld1
has arrived, aud II simply comes 90 this
i can't 20 ON any lunlpH lluow that
Kuoltughamc cart afford lD do moro
for mo than he has done, aud ! won't
tako unulhcrppHny of your-l'yr robbed
You both enough ul 10 iA But money
must hnyo, hy hook on hy urooE and all
/ asl, You g., 10 help mo procure " by
what seems tho most feasible wayl This
daughter Of old lludmg thn millionaire
Is the daughter Of one OF your oldest
school friends, no matter whether the
latter married "a button manufacturer or
% kings therefore II s caar enough for
you TO aslg her 10 como and Iuy hero for
u bit, and 85 aho has neither father nor
mother to consult, and has seldom lplt
her drva,y home Um0ugt the smoky
factory g0imucyJ o. tho Black Country,
itB easy also 10 predict that Gho will very
GLADLY accept our invitation, VOLTA tout
"No, It's not all" moancd The dow
agcr, refusing 20 DO comlougd. "NcNt
week a. iust the very last In which /
should Ike 10 aBk any questionable per-
sons 10 the house, when you know well
how particular our Aunt DuliWm h
with regard 10 whom she moc,8l'
AHHu look passed over Lord Francis
Eyll1uu face, making him appear '.n
yvln Older than had been the case liy1
minutes before, UHho said dCcigiyuly,
"Muthcr the woman ! consider 10 l1
bo my wifp Il surely lit for oyal luo
dawagur duchess Of DullrmB gpelNyi
II MI rpparg concerning her grace iu
day8 gone by are true, the 'unllmoa3 lies
moro ON my great cunts side than on
that of this young girl
Lady Nnottnghumo kept q 6oycrc
silence. Perhaps thcro was moro truth
IN her sons words than II was well 70
own, for the high born ladies Of tho
house Of poudrgon had been moro rc.
markablo IN times past for beauty Of
person chan ngidity Of virtue
conc more reason ! wish 90 urge
against asking Miss Harding hero next
wcols "a, that Laura Fairfax will be with
us then, and tingcof 0rstocratlC spite
was apparent IN her lgdyships tones "a
she spoke
Lord Francis brows contracted with q
look of deep yoXatiuu, but he looked his
mother straight IN Che face with his
keen dark cycs before which her own
sank as he raids
"All The moro reason for her 10 come
then, mother should soy, lt8m we'll
tu mako sure That one really las lived
down the lollir5 ol ones youth before
asking some enc glHo 10 shHra the wis.
dom Of ones middle uge,' ANA Lord
Francis careless laugh told how uJHily
his thirly.llyo years sat on him, Ia spite
Of dcbtl duus and difficulties
"Wgll my dear II II must be, u
must, Lady Nnullnghamo wan never
very long IN coming round 10 any ideas
entertained by this son Of her heart
"I'll wriio to MSS Harding at once, II
you wish iti and, Oh! my donr boy, how