Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-04-15
Dayton, Nevada, Saturday. April IS, 1903.

But your uncle, Mr.. David, was not
always old" replied the lawyer, land
what may perhaps surprise you more,
not always ugly. He had fine, gallant
air; people stood in their doors to look
after him as he went by upon mettle
horse. have seen it with these eyes,
and ingenuousl confess, not altogether
without envr, for was plain lad my
self and plain mans son, and in those
days it was case of obi te, qui bellus
es, ISABELLE"
sit sounds like dream" said |.
AYE, aye" said the lawyer, "that is
how it is with youth and age. Nor was
that all, but he had spirit of his own
that seemed to promise great things in
the future. In seventeen hundred and
fifteen, what must he do but run away
to join the rebels. 1t was your father
that pursued him, found him in ditch
and brought him back multum gemeus,
to the mirth of the whole country.
However, majora canamus-the two
lads fell in love, and that with the
same lady. Mr.. Ebenezer, who was
the admired and the beloved, and the
spoiled one, made, no doubt, mighty
certain of the victory, and when he
found he had deceived himself screamed
like a peacock. The whole country
heard of it; now he lay sick at home,
with his silly family standing around
the bed in tears; now he rode from pub
lie house to public house and shouted his
infn hn lI1or Nf l;a1- nd
Harry. Your father, Mr.. David, was a
kind gentleman, but he was weak-dole-
fully weak-took all this folly with a
long countenance, and one day-by your
leavel-resigned the lady. She was no
such fool, kowever-it's from her you
must inherit your excellent good sense
and she refused to be banded from one
to another Both got upon their knees
to her, and the upshot of the matter for
that while was that she showed both of
them the door. That was in August,
dear mel the same year | came from
college. The scene must have been high
ly farcical."
| thought myself it was a silly busi-
ness, but could not forget my father
had hand in it. Surely, sir, it had
some note of tragedy" said l.
why, no, sir, not at all, returned
the lawyer. For tragedy implies some
ponderable matter in dispute, some dig
nua vineice nodus; and this piece of
work was all about the petulance of
youug ass that had been spoiled and
wanted nothing so much as to be tied up
and soundly belted. However, that was
not your fathers view, and the end of it
was that from concession to concession
on your fathers part, and from one
height to another Of squalling, senti-
mental seltishness upon your uncle's,
they came at last to drive sort of bar
gain, from whose i'll results you have re-
Gently been smarting. The one man took
the lady, the other the estate. Now,
Mr.. David, they talk a great deal of
charity and generosity, but in this dis
putable state of life | often think the
happiest consequences seem to flow
when gentleman consults his lawyer
and takes all the law allows him. Any
how this piece OF quixotry upon your
fathers part, as it was unjust in itself,
has brought forth monstrous family of
injustices Your father and mother
lived and died poor folk. You were
poorly reared, and in the meanwhile
what time it has been for the poor ten
ants ON the estate of Shaws And
might add Gf it was a matter l cared
much about what time for Mr.. Eben-
ezerr'
And yet that is certainly the stran-
gest part of it all, said |, that mans
nature should thus change"
True" said Mr.. Rankeillor. "And
yet | imagine it was natural enough.
n handsome part. Those who knew the
story gave him the cold shoulder; those
who knew it not seeing one brother dis
appear and the other succeed in the
estate, raised a cry of murder-so that
upon all sides he found himself evited.
Money was all he got by his bargain.
Well. he came to think the more of
money He was selfish when he was
young; he is selfish now that he is old,
and the latter end of all these pretty
manners and fine feelings you have seen
for yourself"
well. sir" said /, "and in all this,
what is my position|
The estate is yours beyond doubt"
replied the lawyer. 1T matters moth
ing what your father signed, you are
the heir of entail. But your uncle is a
man to fight the indefensible, and it
would be likely your identity that he
would call in question. A lawsuit is
always expensive, and family lawsuit
always scandalous; besides which, if
any of your doings with your friend
Mr.. Thomson We're to come out we
might find that we had burned our fin
gers. The kidnapping, to be sure, would
be "a court card upon our side if we
could only prove it. But it may be diff
ticult to prove: and my advice upon
the whole is to make a very easy bar
gain with your uncle, perhaps even
leaving him at Shaws, where he has
taken root for quarter of IA century,
and contenting yourself in the mean-
while with fair provision"
told him | was very willing to be
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