Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-02
CHAPTER XVIII
1 GO IN QUEST OF NY INurp1 -

CHAPTER XVIII
GO IN QUEST OF MY INHEp1r,Nc,
Here | made what change / could in
my appearance; and blithe I was 70 lool,
IN IN the glass and find the beggarman .
ING OF me past, and David BaIfour
come 10 lie again. And yet | was
ashamed of the change, too and oborn
all, OF the. borrowed clothes. When oyT
nad zone, Mr.. Rankeillor caught me on
the starr, made me his compliments, and
had me again into the cabinet
g. slt We down, Mr.. David" said he
anu now now that you are looking a little
e e IKE yourself, let me see if | can
i nliu you any news. You will be wonder
ing, no doubt, about your father and
your uncle? To be sure, it is a singular
I; ana the explanation is one that I
plusn 70 nave to offer you For.'' saws
ne, really with embarra ssment, THE mat
Ter 81. hinges on love affair."
1rply, said l., Il cannot very well
JOIN that notion with my uncle.''
But your uncle, Mr. David, was not
always DID, replied the LAWYER ..and md
Whal may perhaps surprise you more. NOT
Always ugly. He had a fine, gallant air.
people stood in their doors to look after
MN, as ne went by upon a mettle horse
l nave seen it with these eyes, and | in.
genuously confess, not altogether without
envy; for was plain lad myself and q
plain mans son; and in those davs #
belle" NJ Detu' Co. ga
1T sounds like dream" said |.
Ay, ay, said 7 the lawyer.
tnat IS how it is with youth
ana age Nor was that all, but he had
a splrlt OF ms own that seemed to prom
Use great things in the future In 1715.
what must he do but run away to ioin
the rebels! 1t was your father that pur-
sued him, found him in a ditch. and
brought him back multum gemeus: 10 the
mlrth 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 be-
loved, and the spoiled one, made, no
doubt, mighty certain of the victory; and
when he found he had deceived himself,
screamed like peacock. The whole
country heard of it; now he lay sick at
home, with his silly family standing
round the bed in tears; now he rode from
public house to public house and shouted
his sorrows into the lug of Tom. Dick
and Harry. Your father, Mr.. David
was kind gentleman; but he was weak
dolefully weak; took all this folly with
long countenance; and one day-by
your resigned the lady. She was
no such fool, however; it's from her you
ana she refused to be banded from one
to another. Both got upon their knees
to her; and the upshot of the matter was
that she showed both of them the door.
That was in August; dear me! the same
year [ came from college. The scene
must have been highly farcical."
| thought myself it was silly busi-
ness, but | could not forget my father
had a hand in it. Surely, sir, it had
some note of ira gedy" said T.
''Why, no, sir not at ALL returned the
lawyer. For tragedy implies some
ponderable matter in dispute, some dig
nus vindice nodus; and this piece of work
was all about the petulance of young
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 enc
height to another of squalling, senti-
mental selfshness upon your uncle's.
they came at last to drive a sort Of bar
gain, from whose ill-results you have re-
Gently been smarting. The one man
took the lady, the other the estate. Now,
Mr. David, they talk q great deal of
charity and generosity: but in this dis
putable state of life, | often think the
happieSt consequences seem to How when
q gentleman consults his lawyer and
this piece of Quixotry upon your fathers
part, as it was unjust in itself. has
brought forth monstrouS family OF IN
justices. Your father and mother lived
and died poor folk; you We're poorly
reared; and in the meanwhile, what Il
time it has been for the poor tenants on
the estate of Shaws! And l might add
Gf it was a matter / cared much about
what a time for Mr.. Ebenezer!
"And vet that is certainly the strang-
est part of all" said 1, that a mans
nature should thus change"
True" said Mr.. Rankelllor. ana
vet | imagine it was natural enough;
He could not think that he had played
n handsome part. Those who knew the
story gave him the cold shoulder; those
who knew it not, seeing one brother dis
onnear and the other succeed III the es-
fare raised a cry of murder: so that upon
ali sides he found himself eyited. Money
was all he got by his bargain: Wen. ne
came to think the more OF money. ne
T,raS seIfsh when he was young, be is
selfish now that he is old: and the lattef
end Of all these pretty manners and !, line
faelinps YOU have seen for yourself
aWell SIR said l. land in all this,
what is my position! .7o,,b+ ;,
sThe estate is yours beyond doupt;
replied the lawyer. lt ma!leIs 49,
;np what your father signed. you are
tbe heir of entail. But your
uncle is a man to- flsht ,., me
indefensible; ard it woud Lab be u dIss
ION lawsuit is always expensive,
a alofI' family lawsuit always seand 1!m:
besides which. if any OF OF your uo raTe
with your friend Mr. n mhq that we I had
10 roade orr mr. fingers. The KIDNAPPING, to
BE- would d 6S on fSa ProS ssra u Bu
our SIDE II w S;f; curru TO prove: and my
It nd1 mas h 20 1.-THE the whole is to make a
bargain with Sj E0ssEh a rRss where pss
.haps even LEI, LEAVING raet ht for I. quarter of
he nent hrS and and contenting yourself in the
n @eeanWiiie with fair pr0T i;,;ns to be
told him ! y was .srr very FAMILY miE't Concerns
easy and nd t naS to w saFrs 5ep from which
net Ras nataral much ayeFse De II the fe
neaatms haE IN that to- m SCHEME on Which
"e ..T i'bes great affair, | asked, y -