Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-04-15

'My father was Alexander Balfour,
schoolmaster of that place" said |, land
my mother Grace Pitarrow; | think
her people were from Angus"
"Have you any papers proving your
IDENTIFY asked MIR. Rankeillor.
mo, sir" said l, "but they are in the
hands of Mr.. Campbell, the minister.
and could be readily produced. Mr..
Campbell, too, would give me his word,
and for that matter do not think my
uncle would deny me-"
Meaning Mr.. Ebenezer Balfour?''
says he.
"The same" said /.
"Whom have you SEEM" he asked.
"By whom | was received into his
own house" | answered.
"Did You ever meet "A man of the name
of Hoseason?" asked Mr.. Rankeillor.
II did 50, sir, for my sins, " said |, "for
it was by his means and the procure
ment of my uncle that / was kidnapped
within sight Of this town, carried t. sta.
suffered shipwreck and 4 hundred other
hardships, and stand before you today in
this poor accoutelncnt."
"You say you We're shipwroeked, said
Rankcillor; 'whero was that
"OGf the south end of the Isia Of Wnn, ."
said |. "Th0 name Of the isle on which
I was cast up is the Island Earraid"
"Ah!' sal he. smiling. won are deep
er than me in geography. But SO far, |
may tell you. this agrees pretty exactly
with other informations that / hold
Bot tyousay you were kidnapped; in what
senseI'
In the plain meaning Of the word,
sir said |. Il was on ny way TO your
hoGSe when ! was trepanned on board
the brig, cruelty struck down, thrown
below and knew no more Of anything
Iil we were far at sea, was destined
for the plantations; II fate that, il Gods
providence, have escaped
The brig was lost on June TWEEN.
ty-scveuth," says he, lool.inS in his
book, land we are now ut August
twenth-fourth. Here is a considerable
hiatus. Mr. Balfour, Of near upon two
months. I, has already caused vast
amount Of trouble to your friends, and
own l shall not be very well coGtented
until it Is set right"
"Iudeed, sir said /, "these months
are very easily filed uQ; but yet before
told my story would be glad to know
that was talking to friend
This is to argue in n circle said the
lawyer. Il cannot be convinced till |
have heard you. lcannot he your friend
until am properly informed. If you
were more trustful it would better beiit
yorr time Of life. And you know, Mr..
Balfour, we have Il pgoyerb in the coun-
try that evildoers are aye evil dreaders." "
you are not to forget. sir, said l.,
''that | have already suffered by my
trustfulness; and was shipped off TO be
a slave by the very man that Of rightly
understand) is your employer"
All this while / had been gaining
ground with Mr.. Rankeillor, and IN pro-
portion as gained ground, gaining con-
tidence. But at this sally, which made
with something of smile myself, he
fairly laughed aloud.
mo, no." said he; lit is not SO bad as
that. Fui, non sum. Twas indeed your
uncle's man Of business; but while you
dmberhis juyenis custode remoto) were
galliyanting in the west, good deal OF
water has run under the bridges; and II
your ears did not sing, it was not for
lack of being talked about. On the very
day of your sea disaster, Mr.. Campbell
stalked into my Office, demanding you
from all the winds. | he'd never heard
of your existence but had known your
father; and from matters iii my compe-
petence Ito be touched upon hereafter)
| was disposed to fear the worst. MI
Ebenezer admitted having seen You;
declared (what seemed improbable) tha"
he had given you considerable sum9'
and that you had started for the contin-
ent of Europe, intending to fulfill your
education, which was probable and
praiseworthy. lnterroSated how you
had come to send no word to Mr. Camp
hell. he deponed that you had expressed
a great desire to break with your past
life: further interrogated where you
now were, protested ignorance, but be-
lieved YOU were in Leyden. That is
close sum of his replies. | am not eX-
actly sure that any one believed him,
continued Mr.. Rankeillor with smile;
"and in particular he so much disrel-
ished some expressions of mine that, III
n word, he showed me to the door. we
were then at full stand, for whatever
s,,ravd suspicions we might entertain
we had no shadow of probation. In the
very article comes Captain Hoseason
with the story of your drowning; where
mon all fell through, with no conse-
onences but concern to Mr.. Campbell,
iniury to my pocket, and another blot
upon your uncle's character which
-aa,,1d ,,nrv i'll afford it. And now, MIR.