Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-09

OF HuDerts mother, though, In point OF
worldly advantages, on a humber social
plane. And since his mothers death she
had been his fathers faithful housskeep-
err and his younger sisters preceptress. :
So, clearly, keturah vas the person to
ask. He would replace that letter quiet
~ in the drawer and. in the most casual
way, so as to tempt Keturah to make a
mystery of the thing. he would ask
keturah about this Haberton family.
Say. Keturah,' he began, in his most
ofr-hand hammer, did you ever know any
people in these parts by the name Of
Haberton?"
"Haberton % said Keturah. with a sud-
den smile. as if the name reminded her
of something, why. what's set you on
to the Habertons?"
"Oh, somebody was talking to me
about them the other day and I said
there was no one here of that name now"
That's where you were correct. HUI
bert" said the old woman. 1.-The last
man of hat name I ever heard TEN Of
died before your grandfather. Then-let
me see-there were two girls
"Yes?'
Well, one of 'em married an English
man, and the other married down south
! somewhere"
Here was a stumbling block. His old
grandfather, Hubert knew, had fought
under jackson in the war of 1912, and that
would make it probable that his friend
Haperton would be a man whose family
traditions We're opposed to a marriage
with an Englishman. At the same time.
the family traditions of pretty nearly ev-
erybody in that neighborhood would be
opposed to a marriage with a slave
holding southerrer in the lays of HUI
bert's grandfather. The daughter refer
red to in the letter might equally we'll
be either of the two. This was vexatious,
because Hubert, who had recently taxi
en- 1t into his head that he ought to
marry soon, had now conceived a ro-
mantle idea of effecting that union with
the Haberton family any1ow-if he could
only find a daughter. or even a grand
daughter of the Haberton young woman
who objected to marriage with his father
or grandfather.
1t ONLY remained for him to find out
which of these two was the rejected
sutton, n On that Keturah soon en-
llShtened him by assuring him that his
grandmother had died a widow. 1t was
plain that the negotiations between Mr..
Haberton and Mr.. Upton had concerned
a SON of the latter. And Hubert had
no uncles on his fathers side.
Here Julia Upton came into the plot.
Julia made one of her periodical vis-
it's to her sister in New York and there
met Mr.. Baldwin of Texas. Mr.. Bald
win fell In love with Julia.
Now 1t was no uncommon thing for
young men to fall in love with Julia
Upton, who was a most striking girl Of
a certain blonde. willowy type. But It
was seldom, if ever. that anyone had
made owe to her in the impetuous UNI
lntermltting manner adopted by the
Texan. Probably the novelty of the
thing pleased her; but. however that
may have been. the Texan prevailed in
less than two weeks.
Say" he impetuously asked his Ver-
mont sweetheart, do you think your
brother will object?"
II thought perhaps he mightn't like
a Texan brother-in-law."
why should hep
why, will your Texan relations Al
ject tO-a Yankee"'
They've got no right" said the young
man. my grandmother was a Yam
keep"
What state?'
vermont"
why, that's my stated"
You don't say!"
The sequel OF this conversation was
that Mr.. Baldwin wrote to an elderly
aunt in Mississippi for an account Of
his Vermon grandmother, and this aunt.
only too glad for an opportunity to tell
a romantic tale once more, wrote an an
swer which her nephew thought too long
to read himself. but Which he gladly
turned over to Julia.
Soon after this Hubert made his ap-
p%earance i'm Now York. announcing that
ne hau sot an extension OF leave and
was going to E~rgland-in January.
When asked why he should go to
ENGLAND at this unusual season, Hubert
said that he had some business to at
tenu tO-the truth was that Hubert, with
very little else to occupy his mind in his
empty nome had brooded on the mystery
of that old letter and, With a little more
pumping of keturah, had reached the
conclusion that the lady who might 9TH
erWlse become his mother had married
the Engtishman. He had also found out
mat the name of the Elglishman in aues-
tlon was Norreys, and that he belonged
to portsmouth. He was actually going
to hunt for a wife of the name of Nor
reys.
But Julia had things to tell her broth.
er. Ana one thing was what the letter
OF the Mississippi aunt contained.
think. Hubert-Dick' aunt-Mr.
Baidwin's aunt-says that her mother
was a Miss Haberton-"
"What?' Hubert almost shouted.
MISS Haberton of Slingsby, Vermont"
ana she married a southerner?"
on, then you know the story? I
dldn't She ought to have married papa.
and, instead of that, she ran off and
married Mr.. Baldwin of Mississippi. And
they all objected to the match, because
ne had negroes. you know. They were
al SO keen on abolition in those days"
Wnen Hubert met his sisters sweet
n.art MS first words were. Excuse me,
slr-Have you any sister?'
No" said the Texan. rather slr-
prised.
ANY female cousins on your fathers
side? ~
"Two-both married"
"Ihat settles it, said Hubert. "You
are welcome to the family. Mr.. Baldwin"
II was not until years later that HUI
pert explained this mysterious language
10 ms brother-in-law He told. at the
same time. how it came to pass that ha