Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-11-26
CHAPTER XXI.
TWO corrEssroxs.

OF two. gazing ut the street ift0Ntt+ 4
he resumed his seat. and handing me
the letter asked very quietly what
thought OF It.
This question. coming from such
source. greatly embarrassed Ire. and
my cmbarra ssnicnt was increased
rather than alia~ed by my uncle's I'm
expected behavior in these peculiar
circumstances Instead OF indignant
~ repudiauDg The charges brought
against him. or admitting their truth
by some outward and visible sign OF
depression he cOntentcd himself with
merely asking my opinion OF the mat
ter. and while be awaited my reply
sucared his coffee and buttered his
toast with rs great on air o. ndifIer-
cncc as II ne had asked my opinion OF
the weather.
Il don't know what 20 think: my |
brain is in a whirl. ] no sooner sur
mount one difficulty than 1 am con
fronted by another. Are the state
ments in my fathers letters true?"
you are too dfscursive." said uncle
Sam. let rs settle one thing at 81
time. II Won don't know what 20 thinA
I can tell you-st least 30 FAR as re-
CARDS the subject or that letter. To
allow your brain 70 get into what you
call a Whirl whenever you receive IN
welcome intelligence is bad: you must
conquer that weakness. or you VIII al
ways bc the sport or events. or course.
7 as soon as you surmount one difficulty
another difficulty confrOnts you: Il was
ever so with every man. and you will
] fr,a f,n Vol
! confronted by death-the last difficulty
not 20 be- surmountcd or evaded by any
+ OF us As for your direct question
unhesitatlngly assure you that the
statements in your fathers letter lex
cept where he seeks by a spurious an
alogy 10 associate me with the loss OF
his seQuinsl are perfectly true. and
not only are they true. but. as regard
the game OF life. they are perfectly
"a Is-N',~
This declaration shocked me. I hac
never before met with anybody who
, entertained such unscrupulous Opin'
, ions. or was so honest IN the expires
, sion or them.
I Most people continued uncle Sam
: would Infer from that letter that
: was guilty OF great treachery to you
= grandfather Wolsey. whereas the yer!
= reverse Is the case. I loved his e.des
\ daughter (she who afterward becam
\ your mother). and my s1it was ap
? proved or by no one more than D,
. William Wolsey. But when later o
i, your father bent his glances In TN
!. same direction that same William Wo
p sey discouraged my visits 20 his farm
- favored the visits OF your father. an
~ not long afterward cOcrced his daugl
ter into marrying him. well kncwin
=, that she had promised herself % m
~ And why was thiss Not because
=. any fault in me. real or alleged. b'
M FOR that sovereign quality in the ne
suitor-ownership Of a couple OF tho
. sand suffolk acres. fOrsoOth"'
!, Here uncle sam paused and laughC
y, scornfuily. Presently he continued
- 1T was that circumstance which mr.
gave my mind q cynical turn. and !
duced me 10 devote myself 10 the a
Quisition or money. which l conceive
was the prime mover OF our kin
- Twenty years experience has conhrl
- ed the opinion then formed. I Ia
not gone ont OF my way 70 avenge &
~, wrong old Wolsey did me. but VIII
N about four years ago / accidental
met one who greatly resembles 2
~ girl I used 10 ramble with in the mel
"a ard lanes OF HoldenhuTst l did not
~ strain myself by any consideration
the man who had treated me so bad
That she has secluded herself fr'
~ her father as long as possible hss be
ner own wish. and was always a m
ter OF Indifference 10 me"
- Uncle Sans sophistry was very (
So chatting TO me. Systems OF reasonf
- which in others l should have
- ~ nounced "a Illogical and absurd vi
- presented In his words. aud with
S ease and charm or manner Tor VIII
~ lac Was distinguished. seemed 10 !:
80 none OF the essentials OF truth.
- first Il appeared TO me monstrO
"a But ny uncle's way ~ stating
case obScured these considerations.
- led me rather 10 think OF the pert
OF my grandfather Wolsey. which y
the origin OF the trouble. and TO mar
-. how my father could have aceep
-, for his wife a woman whose love
had not fairly won That the 81
ment was true I had no doubt vi
ever. for uncle Sam had very Ell
lively alluded 70 the circumsta
when he denounced his brother.
the latter had suffered It to pass "
me- out challenge. Another. though an
was tirely different consideration. amor
d 10 me much qualification. and that