The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-28

way. and its only occupants were Harry
Gwynne Jones and Gwladys Thomas.
the mair maid Of Grougar Hill. who. on
their arrival at Carmarthen, were soon
made man and wife.
Harry at once entered the bank as a |
clerk At u fair salary, which was in
creased after he had been there only u |
few months, during which time he Wis., |
tied Gwladys only once a week, their |
marriage being as yet perfect secret. |
Six months had elapsed and the mar
riage was still their own secret; but
although no sin had been committed
and no commandment broken, prud- |
ence demanded that the secret should
be divulged.
Harry visited Paradise hall. and both
his father and mother being ut home.
he was greeted pleasantly by them.
Young. strong. confident and frank ma
turally. he disclosed the matter in a
most straightforward manner. The
scene that followed was pitiful. His
mother was completely prostrated, un-
able to move or to speak, while his
father paced the floor. and in u burn
Ing rage, vowed vengence on his manly
sons head. lie declared he would dis
inherit him then and there. and have
him discharged from the bank on the
morrow. and still be- unsatisfied. for
even his shadow in the country would
disgrace his noble ancestry. He must
go to some foreign land. and on the
morrow he should receive his last
bounty from his father in this life.
Harry, sad at heart, returned to his
wife and gently told her the sorrowful
news. Both were completely over
whelmed.
At length, Gwladys recovering. said:
Harry, darling, you must go to Amer
lea, which Is said to be the land OF the
free and the home of the brave, where
caste and classes are not known. Go.
and will follow you.''
Having thus determined, Harry called
to see his father, who spoke not word.
nor answered question until after he
had counted out a hundred English
soverelgns. when handing them to
Harry, he fairly thundered at his un-
happy son. go, now, to some foreign
country. and change your name from
that Of your honorable ancestors"
Thus Harry left Paradise Hall for
ever and returned to the Royal
Prince" Here again he had the un-
pleasant duty Of disclosing the secret.
Great was the contrast here, however,
for the grandly simple old couple grac-
iously blessed them, and offered Harry
the same rights as his young wife un-
der the thatched roof of the old hos
telry.
Gently but firmly resisting all their
opportunities, in three days Henry
Gwynne Jones was a passenger on
sailing vessel bound for America, and
in three months from the date Of his
departure from England he arrived at
New York after an unusually stormy
passage and upon that self same day
a dear little girl was born at the Royal
Prince" and the soul of Gwladys
Gwynne Jones' the sweet maid of
Grougar Hill, took flight to the better
world.
".
Unadvised of these two important
facts, Harry roamed from city to city
in a fruitless search for suitable en-
ployment month after month until his
funds were exhausted, and the eleventh
of April 1851, dawned, on which was re-
vealed the real intention OF the south
ern people in their assault upon Fort
Sumter The north arose in its might
| with grand unanimity. President Lin
| coin issued q call for seventy-five thou
sand men to uphold the authority of the
government The response to this call
was much more general than the most
SdllE ulIlt idu " CNpC't. Vh~
| thusiasm of the people was literally
unbounded, and Harry Gwynne Jones,
late of Paradise Hall, was one of the
| first to answer to this call He enlisted
| as a private, and long before the war
| ended he was colonel Of q cavalry col
umn. He also distinguished himself as
| a war correspondent for the Leading
daily newspaper OF Cincinnati. Ohio,
of which he afterwards became sole
| proprietor.
During the war he received a letter
announcing the death OF his handsome
young wife, but he was not advised OF
the cause, nor that q dear little daugh :
| ter was born unto them. and so he lost
| all interest in his native land across
the sea- and finally became one of
Ohio's leading statesmen and an orator
of national reputation, while the child
that was born at the "Royal Prince"
was tenderly taken care OF by its noble
old grandmother.
During this time, as might be expect
ed, Paradise Hall had undergone many
important changes. The squire and his
wife had grown old and feeble and their
children were dead. The old squire re-
GREETED the day he had so cruelty treat
ed his favorite son, and he continually
| sorrowed for the result of his unrea-
| SOIuDlt ANGER. lie IlIduc Cdl tiiS
reparation he could, even calling to his
palatial home the orphan daughter of
Henry Gwynne Jones and his hand
| some young wife, the fair maid Of
| Grongar Hill, and at his expense She
received the best education England
and France could give her. She grew
up to be a young lady of rare literary
ability.
Time passed. and the squire and his
wife died, leaving her the sole heiress
of Paradise Hall. Fond Of travelling
| she rented her palatial home soon after
the death of her grandparents, and
steamed to America, where she travelled
at leisure through the United States,
and thus she learned that there were
a large number OF the children of Gwa
lia at Cincinnati. So she visited that
large and prosperous city. and found
comfortable quarters at one of Its best
hotels.
At dusk one Saturday evening. while
returning from a long stroll in the city's
suburbs, she was followed by rutiian,
and within short distance of her hotel,
she was knocked down by him with the
evident intention of rObbing her. For
tunately, however. before losing con-
seriousness, she was able to utter one
scream, loud enough to bring to her
rescue IA number of brave men, where
upon the ruffian released her and made
good his escape. Among the rescuers
was middle-aged, athletic-looking
gentleman. who quickly. yet gently,
took her In his arms, carried her into
his own residence close by, and at once
summoned q physician.
on regaining consciousness she was
surprised to find herself in luxuriously
appointed chamber. and a sweetfaced
Welsh lady gently arranging the hand
age on her bruised and aching head.
In short time she was convalescent,
and one day. after lunch, her host,
whose kindly face she instinctively
loved and trusted at first sight, said to
her:
II have learned. at your hotel that