The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-02-16

Warrington, the beloved brother who
was supposed to have been killed two
years before. He quietly discharges
Harry's Indebtedness and the two go
away together happy as children.
But what a revolution the appear
ance of this elder brother makes in
society's attitude toward poor Harry
He is no longer the favored child Of
fortune. Debts are nothlng-every-
body has those. Nor is the jail dis
grace. Many a darling Of fashion has
passed a night there. But to be "a
younger son! Society turns up its
nose. Accordingly it is George Es-
mond Warrington who now becomes
the idol while Harry is thrust into the
background. Acquaintances pass him
by. What right had the wretch to
masquerade as heir to the Esmond es-
tates? The story of his brothers res
cue from death is a thin one. No
that George was alive.
Had there not been the deepest and
most enduring affection between the
twins such a state Of affairs might
perhaps have created a breach be-
tween them. AS it is they pay no heel
to society's cruel tongue.
George meets the baroness, the Cas-
tlewoods, and the Lamberts and i'm
mediately falls in love with Theo. He
also meets Lady Maria and after tell
ing her that Harry will now have no
fortune that far-sighted wording
breaks off the match of her own ac-
cord. 1t was the money she wanted,
not Harry.
Our young rascal is jubilant enough
to be free and in due time casts in his
lot with the army going with the Eng
lish to France and later with General
Wolfe against Canada. In both these
campaigns he wins distinction which
reinstates him with his former friends.
But he has had enough Of London.
His mother is growing old and he
will go to her.
He arrives just as the colonies are
on the brink of revolution.
Madam Esmond is still q stout roy
alist; but Harry, child Of the young
err generation, is Virginian, an Amer
lean. He joins General Washington
the friend Of his youth, and serves
under him through the war for indie
pendence.
In the meantime George Esmond
Warrington, dressed in a coat of scar
let, is serving the king in the COM
mand of General Clinton.
The two factions clash, but the War
ringtons contrive to meet and ex-
change greetings. Their politics may
differ but their hearts are unchanged
one toward the other.
Eventually George weds Theo Lam
bert and settles down In the old world,
an English gentleman; but Gen. Harry
Warrington ends his days in Virginia.
ION the library wall Of one Of the
most famous writer's of America there
hang two crossed swords which his
relatives wore in the great war Of in
dependence. The one sword was gal
lantry drawn in the service of the
king. the other was the weapon of n
brave and honored republican soldier"
says Thackeray. "The colonel in scar
let, and the general in blue and buff
hang side by side in the wainscotted
parlOr of the Warringtons in England,
their love never having materially di-
minished, however angrily the contest
divided them. These effigies
have always gone by the name of The
Virginians' by which name their
memoirs are christened."
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