The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-21
AN EnoLIsH VENDETTA.


the Usual Result.
The prologue Is IN the King
Bench prison The time Is 1879 or
Whereabouts II Is a summer even
ing. In one Of the cheapest rooms
man Of about 40 lies dying The
foul air, privailon, disappointment
and Imprisonment have killed him
By his bedside sits his wife weeping.
There also stand two boys, aged 10
and Is. awed and silent.
Take them away, Lucy" says the
dying man; II shall ~ gone before
morning Take theiS out Of this ac-
cursed country. Take them to Amer
lea. Teach them 20 hate Eng and.
Teach them 20 remember the man
who sent me here and kept me hero
10 die like a rat Teach them TO take
revenge ON his children and his
grandchildren
In this fine Christian spirit the Inn
piisoned debtor departed this world,
and now lies buried IA the church
yard Of ST. Georges, southwark. I'M
der the windows OF Marshalsoa. and
close 10 the body Of Bi.nop bonner
A hundred years later his great
grandson. the first Of the line who
has ever got on. for bad luck was In
the blood. mas made some money,
and has come over to see the old
country. Ills grandfather, the boy
Of lf,ecn. never forgot the death bed
scene and his fathers last words llo
would iain have crossed the water
himself 10 execute that revenge But
circumstances were too strong for
HIM. lie invented reyonges which
he could not carry out lie lima lined
himself hunting down his enemy.
pursuing his cncmy's children But
he could mover muster up money
enough to leave the little town whore
he worked.
And 80 he died unrovenged His
son inherited the vendetta, together
with the papers connected with the
case But with him tho desire for
revenge had become feeble passion.
Perhaps he would have done a bad
turn TO his grandiaiher's enemies II
Il had involved no trouble But,
like his father, he could never afford
TO leave his native town. SO he Ia
turn died. Aud still that great in
jury remained unayongcd
Then the grcat-grandson inherited
tho papers and the duty Of revenge,
But by this time the desire for re
vcnge had dwlndlcd down TO yerj
mild emotion indeed This great
grandson. however. broke tho family
record Of ill-mck lie became
lawyer aud an orator. and mad,
enough money. while still a younl
man, 10 make visit TO the old coun
try. OF course he was an American
through and through AMI he regarded
Great Britain with mixed feelings o
contempt and oavy. Tho latter he di,
not acknowledge. but Il was there
The contempt lac avowod.
We have a house OF lords. you SCI
all proaigates ami achurch rollin,
In riches. II was at this time that
made his acquaintance. lie told M
about she cherished and hcrcditar
vendetta | asked him wha, he pro
posed to do when he found the dc
scendants OF his foroiather's enemy
lie laughed. lie said that he didn
know what he could do. but he shonl
like TO find them ont Il he could. II
spoke vaguely Of coming Fight
saw him no more Tor six month,
when met him walking along Tie.
dilly lie was not alone There wa
with him a young woman. and Their
was n something In his manner
lie greeted me with friend
illness when he lauged. Il told 20
all about the vendetta, didn't l?n h
said. Horrible thing having a fam
~ vendetta. isn't Il? The one thing
because the other side might get
first. Well. I've settled our old vet
delta. but It's wonderful | did cl
actly what had been taught % d,
! hunted them down. | followe
them up found them out An
this Is one o. my enemies Let M
Introduce you TO Miss Florence
call her Florric Aud have take
the most awiul-The most tcrribl
tho most oar,h.quaking. opocl
making, shuddoring, ghastly revclg
you ever heard Of For I've mad
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