The sun., 1892-01-03

| and the cooling remains OF q deserted meal
One Of these persons is the old lord. tall erect,
square shouldered. white haired. stern
browed. man who shows character in every
feature. attitude. and movement and carries
his 20 years as easily as most men carry 50.
The other person is his only son and heir. q
dreamy eyed young fellow. who looks about
2e. but Is nearer 30. Candor. kndliness. hon
esty. sincerity. simplicity. modesty--it is easy
| to see that these are cardinal traits OF his
character: and so when YOU have clothed him
| In the formidable components OF his name
| you somehow seem to be contemplating q
| lamb in armor; his name and style being
| the Hon. Kirkcudbright Hanover Mar
joribanIs Sellers Viscount Berkeley OF
Cholmondecy Castle. Warwickshire PRO
| nounced Kkoobry Thlanover Marshbanks
Sellers vycount Barkly Of CHUNKY Castle.
Warrkshr.l He is standing by a great win
dow. in an attitude suggestive OF respectful at
| tention to what his father is saying and equal
ly respectful dissent from the positions and ar
Ruments offered The father walks the floor
| rs he talks. and his talk shows that his temper
| Is away up toward summer heat.
"Soft-spIrited as you are Berkeley. I am
| quite aware that when you have once made up
your mind to do a thing which your ideas Of
honor and justice require you to do. argument
| and reason are for tho time being wasted upon
you-yes. and ridicule. persuasion. supplca-
tion. and command. as we'll To my mind"
Father. II you will look at It without preju-
dice without passion. you must concede that I
am not doing rash thing, thoughtless. will
ful thing. with nothing substantial behind 1t
| to justify 1t. l did not create the American
| claimant to the earldom OF Rossmme: did
not hunt for him. did not find him: did not OBJ
| trude him upon your notice. He found him
| self. injected himself into our lives -
And has made mine n purgatory for ten
| years with his tresome letters. his wordy rea-
sonings. his acres OF tedious evidence
which you would never read. would never
consent to read. Yet in common fairness he
was entitled to hearing. That hearing would
either prove lie was the rightful earl-in
which case our course would be plain-or It
would prove that he wasn't-in which case our
course would be equally plain. have read
his evidences. my lord. l have conned them
we'll studied them patiently and thoroughly
Tho chain seems to be complete. no impor-
| tant link wanting believe he is the rightiul
| earl"
And ! a usurper-a nameless pauper. o
tramp! Consider what you are saying. sir"
Father. IL he is the rightful earl. would
you. could you-that fact being established
| consent to keep his titles and his properties
from him day. an hour. minutef"
You are talking nonsense lurid
idiocy! Now. listen to mo. / will make con
fesslon. II you wish to call 1t by that name.
did not read those evidences because I had no
occasion to: l was made familiar with them in
the time Of this claimants father. and Of my
| own father. forty years ago. This fellows pro-
decessors have kent mine more or less familiar
with them for close upon $50 years. The truth
is tho rightful heir did 60 to America with the
Fairfay heir NJ about tho Sama ftma kut iii
appeared somewhere in the wilds Of Virginia.
got married. and began to breed savages for
| the claimant market: wrote no letters home:
was supposed to be dead: his younger brother
| softly took possession. Presently tho Amori-
can did die. and straGhtway his eldest product
put in his claim. by letter-letter still in ex-
| istence-and died before the uncle in possess
| sion found time. or maybe inclination. to
answer. The infant son OF the eldest
| product grew up-long interval. you see-and
| he took to writing letters and furnishing evil
dences. Well successor after successor has
done the same down to the present idiot. It
was q succession OF paupers: not one OF them
was ever able to pay his passage to England
or institute suit. The Fairfaxes kept their
lordshlp alive. and 80 they have never lost it
| to this Gay. although they live In Maryland.
Their friend lost his by his own neglect You
| perceive now that the facts In this caso bring
us to precisely this result: Morally the Amer
ican tramp is rghtful Earl OF Rossmore: le-
Rally he has no more right than his dog. There
! now. are you satisfied"
There was pause. then the son glanced at
the crest carved in the great oaken mantel.
and said with regretful note in his voice:
'Since the introduction Of heraldo symbols
the motto Of this house has been SUM
cuique'-to every man his own. By your own
| {okr I1r,fr nfoaa an INV Lard In h,
come Q sarcasm. II Simon Lathers--"
Keep that exasperating name to yourself!
| For ten years It has pestered my eye and tor
tured my ear. till at last my very footballs
time themselves to the brain-racking rhythm
OF Simon Lathers! Simon Lathers! Simon
Lathers! And now. to make its presence in my
| soul eternal. immortal. imperishable. you
have resolved to-to--what is it You have re-
solved to dof"
ITO 60 to Simon Lathers. in America. and
change places with him."
what? Deliver the reverslon Of the earl.
dom into his hands ?"
"That is my purpose"
MAKE this tremendous surrender without
even trying the fantastic case in the Lords2"
YES" with hesitation and some embar-
rassment.
by all that is amazing. 1 believe you are In
sane. my son. See here. have You been train
| ing with that ass again-that radical. II you
prefer tho term though tho words are synony-
mous-Lord Tanzy Of Tollmache?"
The son did not reply aud the old lord con-
tinued:
"Yos. you confess. That puppy. that shame
to his birth and caste. who holds all hereditary
lordships and privilege to be usurpation. oil no.
bility q tinsel sham all aristocratic institu-
tlons fraud. all inequalities in rank legal.
lied crime and an infamy. and no bread honest
bread that man doesn't earn by his own work
work. pahr'-and tho old patrican brushed
imaginary labor dirt from his whito hands
"You have come to hold Just those opinions
yourself. I suppose" he added with sneer.
A faint flush in the younger mans cheek told
that the shot had hit and hurt but lie answered
with dignity:
"Ihave. say it without shame-I feel none
And now my reason for resolving to renounce
my heirship without resistance is explained.
wish to retire from what to me is false exist
snce. q false position. and begin my life over
again-begin 1t rght-begin 1t on the level OF
mere manhood. unassisted by fictitious aids