El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-01
Condensed NooeI Series-One 4 Dqg
HENRY ESMOND
(Condensation BY Mrs Annie D. Hubbard Lttton. Mass

N me Gays MAEu the stuart was
playing his losing game for Eng
lands crowd. a sanow faced. precoc-
ious boy was growing up. half-loved.
half-neglected. in Castlewood House.
knowing all the secrets Of its hidden
chambers, where cavalier and priest
could hide for a lifetime Harry was
reputed the Legitimate son OF
Thomas Esmond. lord Casdewood.
whose childless wife, herself an Is
mond. had been a beauty and king
favorite once. After viscount Castle
wood had died. fighting for king
James at BOyne Water. and king VIII
Iam's men had taken his lady prison
.er. hiding in her bed, painted and
powdered, resplerdent in her brocade
gown and gold-clocked red stock
lngs by her side tie japan box hold
ing the papers Of the Royalists-an-
other kinsman. Francis Esmond, had
taken possession Of the old house.
% dea cerre.' little Harry Esmond
said in his heart, when Rachel. the
new Flady Castlewood. in her lovely
girlhood, met him in the yellow gal
lery, and there stirred in him the be-
giauiugs OF q Iifetime's devotion 70
her. 10 her beautiful children
Beatrice and Frank. and TO his ioviaL
new patron, Francis, Lord Castle
wood As q loved kinsman now. Harry
had grown to manhood, when sudden
" the smallpox ravaging the
neighborhood, destroyed for a time
Lady Casuewood's beauty, and her
gay husbands heart turned 70 les
ser loves. though he stiu cared
enough to be wildly jealous. when lord
Aohun, a Londcn blood, made love
to her The two men fought. and
Francis foully murdered by Mohun,
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statement that he had long known
from the priest who heard Thomas,
Lord CastlewOod's. dying confession
that Harry Esmond had q right 10
the name he bore. and was head OF
the house Of Castlswood-
This paper. stained with the blood
OF his dear master. Harry burned,
and voWed-thankinE Heaven that
he had been enabled TO make the
righteous decision-that his mistress
should never know sorrow through
him. and that little Frank should
become Lord Castlewood IN his faith
er's stead
Fate dealt hardly Just now with
Harry Esmond, for as ne lay wounded
and in prison as a result OF his part
in the duel his dear lady, visiting
him. chose TO believe that he might
have prevented her husbands death.
Perhaps because she felt IN her heart
a tenderer love for him than she
dared confess. she forbade him her
home, and even her friendship. The
living Of the parish church OF Castle
wood, long since promised him. was
given elsewhere, and Esmond would
have been penniless and friendless
mad not the old dowager. his fathers
widow, who had long cherished pique
against the younger and 1airer Lady
CastleWood- summoned him to her
house at Chelsey- As he kissed her
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Warehouses. something IN his assured
bearing made her guess that he knew
he was her husbands true son ana
chief Of the house. Half frightened.
she drew from him the story Of his
remuneration and when he told her
that his fathers son would not az
Eravare the wrong his father had
done her, and asked only for her
kindness. her worldly old heart was
touched Henceforth he vas son
Esmond- TO her, AID when her in
ftu6nC5 a. court had procured him
an eusiFu's commission. she was
proud OF him and his laced scarlet
coat
Esmond served with some distinc-
ton under Marlborough abroad and
was wounded at Blenheim. but the
best thing his campaigning brought
him was a chance encounter in ST.
Gudules church at Brussels with
Father Holt, the tutor Of his boy
hood, who told him his mothers
story. She had been Of that very
town, and a most tender. faithful
creature His father had deserted
her. married her secretly, and again
deserted her, and she had taken her
broken heart TO that covenant Es-
mond kneIt by her grave. took q
flower from the hillock. and as he
listened to the choir chanting from
the chapel, realized afresh that love
and humility were all that counted
in life.
One great happiness had come to
Esmond before this-he had seen his
dear lady, her face sweet and sad
IN her widows hood. in Winchester
Cathedral and when their eyes had
met, the time OF enhancement was