Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-09-10

but. indeed. / am sorrier for you than
for myself to-day He went rapidly
out Of the room but turned back a few
moments ~aftervSard to say: Never
mind the W~hitehaven cottages: l will
call and get latham 20 attend to them
The Few master Of Sweetheart cannot
be the old ones agent"
Dykes made no answer. his arms
were across the table and his head in
them Tom almost believed hat he
was crying and for one moment was
tempted to say q kinder farewell But
he lid not and on further reflection
was glad he did o Indeed. he
rather congratulated himself upon the
temperate way in which he had taken
the shameful wrong done him; for
Tom. ut this time. could imagine no
| circumStances in which IL would have
been right Tor such an old servant Of
Sweetheart To sit as master in its halls.
Dykes suggestion. however. about
his Uncle Peale appeared TO b. a good
n and he determined 10 90 % see
him before he made any other move.
What kind Of . man he might be Tom
had not the least idea. for in those DAYS
people did not distribute photographs
broadcast and a cotton spinner was an
unknown person in Toms little world
He found him a very imposinglookiag
man tall. stout. blonde. with his hands
IN his pockets and that air Of What
have ! got TO pay about him 80 COM
mon 70 the rich EngiiShman. He
booked indifer-ntly at the tall. hand
sosne fellow who lifted his hat and ap-
preached him until Tom. in his usual
confident boa Aomie. said.
Good morning. uncle, How do you
dor
~Eh. by Georgei uncle Why. who
are your
Tom Sweetheart
God bless you. Tom Why. I never
Thought Of such a thing. You are wei
come. sir. very welcome"
Tom. indeed. could not know how
welcome. for the one bit of romance
which Josiah Peale cherished was the
memory 81 his iove-match with the
beautiful Mary Sweetheart. the late
baron's sister Mary had lived only ten
months after the marriage. and after
her death and Josiah's second marriage.
the S~weethearts had quite ignored the
temporary connections: but still thai
ten months lay in Josiah's memory
Ike n charmed interval. love laden
and rose eoiored- To have Mary's
nephew come smiling in. and greet
him As uncle, was n real delight. lie
gave Tom both hands and took him
home in a kind Of triumph
Mrs Peale was equally ready 10 like
such a CHEEKY. splendid-iooking youth
. Her own two daughters had been long
married. one was in Bradford. the other
In Halifax She WAS very glad of some
new obl-c, in her monotonous life. an
very soon the stately house Of the
Pesles began 10 be thrown open and TO
echo IN young. light footsteps and
laughter and song
Josiah. though very sensitive 10 the
glory of his high mercantile position.
had all the Englishman's generation
Tor family" his connection with the
house of Sweetheart divided with his
commercial success his proudest and
deepest sentiments When. therefore.
after Tom had been a year in the
mills he added the old name Of sweet
heart to the firm he felt that every
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thrown out. and brought back here
Poor little Nellie
Tom stood a moment looking at the
exquisite face, the looseued glory Of
the rich brown hair. and the graceful
giriish figure. and wen. out on tip-,oe
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