The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-21
Rose TreVilliafl.
A ROMANoE.
continued from Last Week. /
III
rritten for the TELEGRAM.

Ill.
Rose Trevillian's Indignation,
aroused by the insolent language
Of lawyer Fuljames, caused her
to walk through the winding way
Of the park, with a very stately
step while she revolved in her
mind, what part of this CONVEX
sation should be divulged to her
uncle. She knew his. impetuous
temper, and feared the conse-
4 quences that might ensue yet
sne considered it a duty to in
form him of the lawyers threats,
so that if he could provide any
stay for the threatened legal
process, he would have time to
act.
As Rose approached the house
Col. bingham, tall, white-halr-
ed man of very imposing pres
ence, was walking to and fro, on
the portico. He noticed at once
the agitation of his niece, and as
she walked by his side and re-
counted to him, her conversation
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with the lawyer; the old Colonel
began to bring his cane down
with great force, and then to saw
the air with it, making cuts and
threats, as if he held a saber in
his hand. His language was
very emphatic and decisive in
regard to the character and con.
duct of Fuliames, and it took all
of Roses persuasive powers to
make him promise that he would
not wear his cane out on that
pettifogger, on sight" He said
finally, it would be disgraceful
for man like himself, who had
led soldiers in battle, to have a
personal encounter with such an
ignoble fnman, as, Fuliames !;
this is what he said in substance,
but rather more forcibly, than is
here expressed.
Col. Effingham of the cavalry
was gray-haired man, even in
time of the war with Mexico,
now ten years past for one of
his officers then wrote home /:
Our plume of Navarro is our
Colonel's white head, for it shines
through the smoke, and we all
have to spur very hard to keep
up with the ''old man." so he
wont do all the charging by him
self"
Hence, it is easy to be seen,
the Colonel is now too old a man
to begin life anew, should his
property be taken from him,
which seemed probable, as he
had been induced to go upon
notes of a brother officer, Col.
Dalton, who owned large posses.
sions in the shape of valuable
pine lands in North Carolina.
Col. Dalton died the year after
the Mexican war, and Effingham
'clalmed that the principal note
had been paid, as his friend had
written to him, to that effect, but
through some mischapce, this
note had not been cancelled, and
it fell into the hands of lawyer
Fuljames for collection, and
hmngham was the only response.
bic endorser left. This note was
for a very large sum, and with
the interest added, would take
the whole of Efingham's estate
to pay it. Such was the present
condition of his affairs.
Col. Dalton had left a son Ed
ward, who had been a captain Of
cavalry under Efingham, and
was a great favorite with him.
1t was largely due to his affec.
ton for this gallant Captain
Edward Dalton, that Col. Efing-
ham had involved himself to as
sist his father.
The year his father died Ed
ward Dalton went to sea as the
captain of a merchant ship, ana
mad now been absent from the
country for ten years. Col. Ehing-
ham had tried in vain to COM
municate with him. He believed
that Edward Dalton knew this
debt had been paid before he left
the country; else he would never
nave departed and left his old
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