Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-02
CHAPTER xx-ceau.seA.y

G3USe0 U28 coming I'd U huuouIScA,
the ~yfscount made his way toward
Theodore's study, which he entered
without ceremony-to ind himself
alone therein.
Theodore having expressed his In
tention to introduce Emmeline 10 Wis
count Dareieigh. then reflected that IL
would be better perhaps that he
should first prepare his father for a
meeting which could not be without
emotion for both Of those who were
about for the first time 70 behold each
other.
Tiis thoughts on this matter explain
Cd. Doctor Forester was urged by
Theodore TO hasten In search Of Jar
Wis. and IL the coachman had returned
% his house, TO bring him Immediate
" 70 the young barrister that his dep
ssifion might be taken
And Forester having FASTENED away
on his crrand, Theodore conducted En-
incline into m apartment adjoining his
library, ~entreating that she would put
into writing the recital which be had
already heard from her lips, which
declaration she was to sign and after
deliver II into the hands OF her advo-
cate.
Emmeline seated herself TO her task,
and Theodore quilted the room, en-
c0uDfered the ~viscount, who was ap-
preaching II, and had almost reached
Its door.
They returned together to Thecdore's
study.
The viscount seated himself and
Theodore remained standing. and with
avery respectful air. before him
Pray pardon me. father. II I have
kept you wai.ing, but" /.
"Oh, yes, ! know" and the ~viscount
smiled. you were not alone-clIentsE
. consultation with the rising young
barrister."
And of that profession. father,
which ~ often you have .reproaehed
me that ! had c~hosen-of that title Of
barrister which y your ridicuIe, never
was ! more proud than at this mo-
ment; for now. In yonder apartment,
IL one who"
And Theodore would have proceeded
t0 ts1 Of Emmeline but was interrupt
ed by the Viscount, who, speaking
with the most amiable manner he
could assume, said:
You sre mistaken, Theodore-no
doubt ! have regretted that the heir
to the name and estates Of the Dare
leighs, since he would insist on choos-
Ing . profession. should have preferred
the gown to the s~word-but believe
that ] share with yon your ~trfumphes,
and that the praises which the world
bestows on your talent and your cha
racter are most highly gratifying to
NV Maternal prfdpL"
And Theodore did believe those oily,
shypocritical words: and since his
father rejoiced at his sons success.
Theodore had, At Last o from him
that love for which his heart had 80
long and vainly yearned-and beiiey-
ing thus, the young mar was now In
tensely happy, and pressing the Wis
counts hand, warmly and gratefully
he. exclaimed:
by how many years Of my life
would I have purchased those sweet
and precious words"
"Oh. I know you well, Theodore,
and have never doubted your heart"
While Theodore with great emotion.
said:
May the day arrive when you shall
have need TO test that heart, dear
father. and then shall you behold all
that II contains for you Of affection
and devotion"
There was now q long pause In the
conversation, and the yiscount rose
from his chair, and slowly paced the
room.
At length. he stopped. and placing
hts hand on Theodore's shoulder. said.
with q heavy sigh:
THAT day. perhaps, has already ar
rived"
And Theodore was delighted that it
should be n
OF his fathers early life. Theodore
had been told, and had heard, nothing;
ana concerning his past career. the
yiscount now proceeded to relate a
somewhat skilfully invented story.
In his youth. Norton Sowerby had.
he knew not how. incurred the dis
pleasure Of the then yiscount Dare
leigh: without knowing wherefore, had
been rejected by his relatives. and cast
forth penniless, to struggle with a
world with which, having been nursed
In the lap of fortune, ana reared In
a q and luxury, he had been little
fitted to contend.
And hts most unmerited sufferings
had been fearful.
Certainly he would have succombed
beneath the horrors of his misery. the
pangs Of ~hunger-for eve TO that had
he been reduced-but for the help
which had been most freely and gen
crously afforded by a noble family who
had had pity on the sufferings which
they were certain he had not deserved.
Continuing his supposititious his.
tory, the viscount said that five-and-
twenty years had flown away with
out his having again beheld bis bene-
factors. and without having effaced
from his memory the generosity Of
which he had been the recipient.
That having at length succeeded to
his title and his fortune, the yisceunt
had been eager, In some way to requite
those who In his misery had sc be-
friended him.
Theodore would readily believe, and
would rejoice, as greatly almost as did
the viscount himself. that found a.
gain were those who formerly had res
cued his father from abject misery
perhaps from death itself.
And Theodore. who had been moved
elmost - tears BY this atrociously
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