The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-04
III.
<fR SHOULD like to go to Oxford.
mother" said Sir Carlos, one
lovely spring morning.

lovely spring morning.
On the previous day his tutor, the
Rev. Mr.. Pierce, Who la spent two
years at Firholme, had left abruptly
He had fallen in low with beautiful
Lady Carew, and In some way the
young heir had discovered his tutors
love for his mother. and he resolved
that the Rev. Mr.. Pierce should leave
Firholme at once.
my mother. sir" said Sir Carlos,
haughtily, to the astonished gentleman,
lis a lady and an-angel. My mother
thinks as much of my father now as
she did when he was living. She is just
as much his wife now as she was when
he was here at Firholme with her"
His passion seemed to gather with his
words. do you Know" he continued.
that, although life and death divide
them, my mother talks to my father? I
have heard her: and she talks about
me-"
you are very selfish" returned the
baflled lover: you would have your
mother devote her whole life to you"
Certainly / would" rejoined Sir Car
los. My mother has but me. Do you
think she is so light of mind and of
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man in my fathers placer"
II do not see why your mother should
not marry again, as well as other peo-
ple.' said the tutor, gloomily.
81 do" replied his pupil, with flashing
eyes. my mother belongs to my father
and to me-we will fill her life. And, re-
member this. that if she did marry
again, she could and would choose from
the noblest in the land, and not-I have
no wish to insult you-not such a man
as you"
81 have good blood In my veins, and
my family is as old as your own Sir
Carlos" cried the irate clergyman.
"That may be: but ladies' like my
mother do not marry the tutors of their
sons. You must leave Firholme, Pierce
you cannot remain here another day"
II shall not take my dismissal from
you, Sir Carlos
~ think you WILL said the young
heir. ~ am sixteen. and no man re-
mains tw~enty-four hours in the place
who dares to make love TO my mother"
81 have not made love to your
mother"
Not yet" interrupted Sir Carlos;
"bu you would if you remained. You
have been presumptuous, and you must
go. I will teach myself for h future.
My mother and you. indeed!"
In a state of great Indignation Sir
Carlos went to his mothers boudoir.
She was seated there in the midst of
flowers and books, calm, serene, beauti-
full as the morning Itself. As usual,
when she saw her idolized son. every
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her book fell to the ground and she rose
from her seat and went up to him with
murmured words OF love and tender
ness.
She stopped suddenly, for there was
something in his face she had never
seen there before.
what Is the matter, Carlos?' she
asked, passing her hand caressingly
over his hair.
Mother" he said. abruptly, would
you ever marry again?'
Her face paled. and a shudder as of
horror passed over her.
"I marry again. my son? Most surely
not!"
He laid both his hands on her shoul-
ders and looked into the eyes that had
never expressed anything save love for
him.
us 1t not true that you talk to my
father, although he Is dead? Dead! /
hardly know what the word dead
means. But is he not the same to you
as hough he were living with us?"
Eyes, the same. but dearer." she re-
piled, in wonder. What had caused her
son to speak to her in this strange way?
II knew it," he said, proudly. Mother
that tutor of mine must leave tomor.