The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26

sieur. Otto, the French Ambassador, and Lord
l wns premature with Lord Hawkestury.,"
an vastly honored,. SIR" said my father,
.RSUsing s s,eSyo%s 4 NH, bis g sSs; r fro% q gsss n MD
those twinkllnE eyes, It was hard to know how
"A woman, sir, hns her. love TO bestQw,"
said my uncle. "a man has his snun box.
Neither is to be lightly offered. II Is a lapse
Only the other day us / was seated In Waters,
i,ni box Of prime Nlacouba open upon, the table
beside me. an Irish Bishop thrust in his In,
6 I.ef't soi p"ffFi remove %%,'iS tf' The grs' man my meant NJ
insult, You understand but that class Of peo-
pie. must. be kept in their proper sphere."
"A Blshop!" cried my. father. You draw
You, line very high, sir" ,
epitaph upon my tombstone"
My mother had in the meantime descended.
and we all drew up to the table.
with me. Abernetby has me under his orders
A little white wine and n cold quall-it is as
much as the niEgardly Scotchm9n VII allow.
when the levanters are blowing said my
father. salt junk and weevily biscuits. with
a rio or a Tough Barhary OK when the tenders
tSerS. ST. III: 70" would have your spare diet
,straightway my uncle began to question him
father was telling him of the Milo and of the
Toulon blockade. and the siege of Genoa, and
all that he had seen and done, But whenever
ho faltered for a word my uncle a lvays had IL
ready for him. and 1t was hard to say which
kn STo mG { re %So ii.t tsS or o nst 7 said he. when
my father marvollcd where he got bis knowl-
edge. The fact Is that | can hardly pick up
Sir C-s does this.' or Sir C-s IS says the
other so ! take them no longer. But II II man
The Duke OF York tells me Of the army in the
morning and Lord Spencer chats with me OF
tn, the nay navy, IN the afternoon ana m 4, D ,Io as whispers
that | have little need Of the Times or the Morn
This set him talking Of the great world of
London; telling my father about the mon, who
were his, masters at the Admiralty. and, my
great ladies' at Almack's. but all in the same
light; ~fanciful way. 40 that one never knew
Whether ,Siet to laugh or 70 take him graveiy. |
we all three hung upon his words. OF some
he thought highly and Of SOM lowly. bu, he
ured was Sir Charles Treseilis himself.
As to the King said he. 'of course. ] am
FAINT dc tdmipc there. and even with you l can
scarce speak freely, as my relations are conf
God bless him and keep him from iii" cried
1T is pleasant to hear YOU say So" said my
uncle; One has TO come Into the country to
hear honest loyalty, for a sheer and n iibe are
grateful to me for the interest which / have ever
Prince has q man Of taste in his circle"
we'll IA f.Id the Primer" asked my mother. us he
He is a fine figure of a man. I a distance
some taste in dress. though he gets slovenly II
that l find a crease In his coat to morrow"
We were all seated, round the fire by this
lamp was lighted and so was my fathers pipe.
II suppose" said he. that this is your first
Ny uncle's face turned suddenly very grave
1T is my first visit for many years." said
hA - uvoa hnt Nrn and u.nr ,o NC re ara
WI, !, last I came here am not likely to Tor
ROYAL at the time of the murder, and i saw by
her face that my mother knew IT ALEC. NV
f ia bsji h9oweyer; l had c either never heard of it.
Wa it at the inn you stayedt"h he asked.
II stayed with the unfortunate Lord Avon.
his younger brother and fled the country"
We all fell silent, and my uncle leaned his
the fire. II | do but close my eyes now can
sec. the light upon his proud. handsome face.
and see also my dear father. concerned at hav.
little anxious glances at him betwixt the puffs
Of his pipe.
SIR" said my uncle at last; that YOU have lost
some dear messmate in battle or wreck. and
routine of your daily life. nntil suddenly some
word or some scene brings him back to your
memory mem tg: and md g go1 d find SoS YOUR IG.s sorrow as raw as
Ny father nodded.
80 il was with Inc tonight. I never formed
a close friendship with a mani say nothing
of women-saye only the once. That was with
Lord Avon. We were of an age, he n few
Years; perha ond N senior Snrorts but m our u1sts our u
only that he had in him a touch of pride such
,iDi ! h nside meyer ,SS Eii hpeT s5ib ii any y, o o ricb W nonng p man
OF fashion. les indiscictions dune jeuneSse dor6.,
! could have sworn that he was as good a man
"fIow came he then tn such n crime:" asked
my father.
l asked myself that question. and 1t comes
more home, to me to-night. than ever" All the
had gone out OF his manner. and he
had turned suddenly into a sad and serious
Was 1t certain that he did it. Charlesl"
Ny uncle shrugged his shoulders. ~ wish /
think it were not so: | have hay thought
suadenly to onn Madness @as viii Which fe drove "t'u him n"t To IT,
You have heard how he returned the money
which we had lostE", .,
1T is = very old story now; though we have
brother Capt. darlington. Sir Lothian Hume,
and 1hat %by by ass o 0d ' nf G Iba t Sest ! r EnsW l'' ahi S wss
deep in the hands of the Jews. Sir Lothian
has made an evil name for himself stncemtis
the affair at Chalk farm. hut in those days
there was nothing against him. The oldest of
til the Captain had cleared the board. We
were all hit, but our host far the hardest.
That night tell you now what II would
be n bitter thing for me to tell in II court of law
was restless and sleepless, as often happens
when a man has kept awake over long. Ny
mind would dwell upon the fall of the cards,
ard | was tossing and turning I'm my bed:
when suddenly "A cry fell upon my ears. and
then Il second louder one coming from the di-
rection of Capt. Barrington's room. FIVE min
ntcs later / heard steps passing down the pas;
sage, and. without striking a light. opened
my door and pecped out. thinking that some
one was taken unwell.. There was Lord, Avon
toward me. In one hand he held II
guttering candle, and In the other u brown
bag, which chinked Ms lie novel. His face
all drawn and distorted so much so that
my question was frozen upon my lips. Before
I could utter 1t he turned Into his chamber
and softly closed the door.
Next morning | was awakened y finding
him at my bedside. Charles, said he. / can
bear to think that you should have lost
money in my house. You vii find 1t
here upon your table,
1T was in vain that ! laughed at his saucam-
.shness; telling him that should most GER
tainly have claimed my money had won, so
that II would he strange indeed. II were not
10 pay il when | lost.
- 'NpithRr | nor INV hrptlpF Will touch if