THE TIMES, NEW 1VL00ME1EL1), PA.. 3IA1KJII 20, 1878. THE COLONEL'S HEIR, HUC 1 1 JU1DHON was fortunately alone when he broke the seal of the following letter : 1 Dkah H'.ik At the request of our client, your great unele, Col. Hugh Hud son, ot lluiisou Hills, it beootiies our unpleasant iluty to Inform you of his lenlre that nil eomiuunleatiou between yourself and his family should cease Vroni this tl.-t.tr-; nnd that you will con sider yourself as having, by your -nndtiet abroad, forfeited all eiulnis of 'interest or ntteetion upon him. Your own property, amounting to some fif teen tliousanil dollars, which he placed In our hande tor your use, some time since, we have appropriated, us you re piested, to the payment of your expen se during your foreign tour; and It has exactly outiiced for that purpose, as the inclosed statement will snow. You are, therefore, left clear of debt, but other wise unprovided for. Our client for warded, with his communication, the accompanying check for five hun ilred dolia'is, which he trusts will re sieve you from any temporary ineonve liencein this sudden change of atl'airs. Trusting that you will not hold us, indi vidually, responsible for our client's opinions, (In which we yet hope an al teration may he etleeted,) and that you will still continue to honor us with your regard and confidence, and command us whenever we can he of any service in your future career, we remain, etc., Your obedient servants, LHTTON fc IiKTTOy." "A pleasant greeting home,'' said Hugh Hudson, tossing the letter aside, "'after ten years of absence ! 'I could scarcely have had a colder reception from those Newfoundland Icebergs, had we sunk among them that foggy night, when we iiever hoped to see our own dear land again. Htep-mother Fortune, it was Jiardly kind to let me live !" Half sad, half smiling for his cheer nul custom was to laugh at fate, and .gather courage whereothers found abun dant cause for despair the young nian drew his writing-desk across the table, and set himself seriously to the compo sition of his reply for this ungracious epistle had been waiting for him a week, and could not lie answered too soon. Tbetawik ns tpiickly done; a brief but note despatched to the old lawyers, in which he "acknowledged the receipt of their favor," and thanked them for their interest, without giving any inti mation of his future plans or prospects, with an inclosure for his uncle, in wrlt TTi which, some drops of moisture vlslt 11 1 his eyelashes some pangs of bitter and not undeserved regret assailed his lieart. Within the second of these let ters he placed the five hundred dollar t-jipck; and having carefully sealed them, 'for ihe last time," as he inward .ysJeoided, with a handsome seal-ring, inri ajimtpre's present, he promptly rose, .pushed hig chair away, and walked over to the fire-place to get a full-length view 1 f his position. "After, all, there Is no great harm done," he cried. " I have mined my elf, with nobody else to blame for it that's all. Many a man has done the same before me; I must only goto work and make myself over again. Thank heaven ! I tim able to do it ! I am young strong and active. I should have been ashamed to depend on my uncle in any case the dear old boy may keep his money ; I wanted only his good opin ionand that 1 will have yet, if it is to 1 earned!" A beautiful English pointer, aroused by the unwonted commotion, thrust her slender head Into her master's hand, and gazed up into his face with a look of human affection and comprehension. Both pair of eyes were handsome; I hardly know which was most do, dog's r man's ; both were brown, clear, gen tle, velvety soft, and tender, yet capable of lighting up with courage and keen intelligence. They evidently under stood each other ; and Hugh was com forted by his friend's silent sympathy, for his spirits rose rapidly as he played with her silken ears. ' We must take accouut of stock, Su ette," he continued, "and see how near the prodigal is to his husks." Digging in his pockets with deep solemnity, he tirought forth their contents, one by one and laid tbcin on the table tefore the dog, who examined all with a ludicrous imitation of his earnestness, successive ly rejecting them as Inedible and unin viting. The pile of property was not very imposing, even after being recruited irona his traveling-bag. Handkerchiefs, gloves, shirts, socks, and slippers, prop-t-rly belonging in the half-filled trunks that stood near, but crammed with char acteristic carelessness in this smaller re ceptacle, were- pushed aside to make roam for an odd jumble of treasures, oolleoted during his years of foreign it-revel. Add to these a Persian hookah, nv'r'M h cumbrous appendages, intended forbis uucle, a set of silver and coral jewelry for hi lotted cousin, a German gun, a Swisn watch, a dozen dictionaries of different languages) a good wardrobe, m handsome dre,sing-caBe, a large bundle it f cheroots, and a collection of the cur rent money of the realm at that time possessing a substantial weight, and M)Ud metallic, ring, much missed In it tiixce not exceeding fifty dollars In val ue. Upon these assembled effects, Hugh continued to gaze with philosophical cheerfulness, but with some wonder. "Ten years," he mused, "and twenty thousand dollars; and this Is all the re sult I Rusette, my girl, you see before you the reaplngs of my wild oats. They have been long In sowing, longer in growing, and proved a costly crop. Thank heaven, there Is no more money to spend the planter Is a bankrupt, let us administer his estate. The presents we'll keep till those we love are not ashamed to receive, them from us; the clothes we'll wear ; the curiosities we'll give to some greater fool than ourselves if such there be; the dressing-easels the appanage, of a gentleman who shall take it from me. For the rest, the gun must go Into safe keeping, nnd the cheroots be suppressed till we have an Income; but you and I will never part while there is starvation fare for cither." Whistling melodiously, for one of his misfortunes was an exquisite ear for music, he tumbled the miscellaneous pile of property Into his trunks, taking the ungual precaution of locking them; then quitting his elegant apartments with a smile, he strode down the inter minable stairs of the hotel, and sought the clerk's office to pay his bill and give up occupation' at once. Many people turned to look after the handsome dog and man, as they passed down the street a little later, followed by a patient dray man with the baggage, and seeking care fully among the poorest neighborhood for lodgings, small and uncomfortable enough to meet Hugh's newly-acquired ideas of economy. From these, when at last obtained, he dally went forth on the weary search after employment, of which so many have had bitter experi ence before him, and which he was both by nature and habit peculiarly unfitted to commence. Ilearded and brown, a model of su perb strength aifd vigor, he walked in upon the pale city men like a haudsome Arab as he was, startling them from their stools by demanding a situation. What could they do for him f His edu cation had not fitted him for their pur posesa careless, happy, desultory life could not so suddenly be turned into a new channel. A thousand times a day he had occasion to wish that since so hard a service in the battle of life had been reserved for him, he might have begun the necessary training earlier, and entered the ranks a younger soldier. Country born and bred, he had been brought up from his orphan infancy on his uncle's magnificent estate of Hudson Hills as the heir and successor. At a suitable age he was sent to the military academy, where he excelled in all physi cal exercises, and with much reluctance took what part was needful in more In tellectual studies. Arriving with diffi culty at the end of his probation, through numerous pranks and scrapes, it was gently hinted to him that he could never pass the examination, and he promptly resigned ; a favorite even with the stern mentors who thus advis ed, not willing to see him disgraced. Without returning home, he besought his uncle to allow him to finish his neg lected education elsewhere, and was linv mediately entered at an English univer sity. Here his sporting tastes led him Into the company of "fast" men, among whom he was speedily elected the "prince of good fellows," at the ex pense of his own private fortune and his uncle's magniflcentallowance, which came more rarely and reluctantly as the elder discovered how it was expended. His college course over, Hugh found himself not greatly the wiser, but much the poorer; and receiving nd invita tion to return to Hudson Hills, in which he now considered he had forfeited all right, wrote a brief and kindly letter of farewell, in answer to-his uncle's last severe epistle ; and finding the remnant of his fortune placed at his own disposal set off upon a series of travels that con tinued till it was exhausted. One dark November day, he drew the last draft at his London banker's and took ship for America, not with any Intention of claiming aid or support from his uncle, but with a wild longing to behold again the dear western hemisphere; and so full of the prodigal's yearning for home he yet found himself forbidden to cross its threshold. I am not about to depict a scene of genteel starvation, with Interludes of pawnbroker's shops and penny-rolls for I do not believe these episodes need occur where people are really willing to work. If there is employment enough for every green Irishman who steps up on our shores, why need a gentleman want who can bring to the task a better head than Paddy's and hands not less strong V It was on these latter members that my hero finally placed his depend ence ; for though he was a good account ant, and wrote a handsome hand, had plenty of general information,' and a practical acquaintance with three or four modern languages; ' was eminently intelligent, and quick at learning every thing but his detested classics, and the musty lore of the schools. He found his abilities ' btill unappreciated, and himself still unemployed, till he dressed In flannel and velveteen, and became a porter, thereby earning a sufficient sum to keep Husctte in her accustomed luxu ries, and himself In tolerable comfort. His Ideas of economy were still rather vague. He would unthinkingly buy the morning paper, nnd find himself obliged to go without a breakfast In con sequence; or give up his supper for a segar. Sweet-tempered, cheerful, and energetic, lie never failed or faltered ; and, owning the justice of his fate,spent no time in idle complainings, but In the silent evening, and during his hours of leisure, his loneliness and isolation tried him sorely. Not a soul In that great city line w of, or cared for him. Should he die there which many as strong and young as he had done he would be hur ried into a pauper's grave, unknown and unniissed. Perhaps nt home they had foigotten him; even his little cous in, who was his playmate, and was to have been his wife when she grew up, as everybody agreed, nnd as he had un hesitatingly promised when he left her at twelve years old, frantic because she was not a boy and could not go to school with him. Hhe was sole heiress now and mistress at dear old Hudson Hills; her girlish letters, which had continued to follow him in his wanderings long after their uncle's had ceased, he had carefully preserved, and now pored over for hours, trying to picture in his mind the new beauties of the place which she described, and recalling the old; thinking of the fair little writer herself, the sweet, generous, unspoiled nature, sometimes haughty to others, always gentle to him, the lnnocent,dark eyes, so clear and fearleBS ; the graceful, Imperious gestures ; the witching, win ning ways, the quick, musical tones; the dark curls that danced in the wind, and the light, childish figure that flew so gayly down the lawn to meet him when he had been away on short ab sences, and was welcome home. These reminiscences could bring only remorse, regret, and enervating sorrow, till, vow ing against cowardice and useless retro spection, he locked the letters securely away, and compelled his mind to live on sterner stuff than day-dreams, save when in slumber it escaped his power and revealed In wild visions, in which he revisited that Eden-like home, aBEve in her sleep might have retured to Para dise. His novel ideas of economy, however, happened to do him good service at last. Seated one evening over his dearly bought newspaper, for which he had sacrificed half a dinner, his eyes fell on the following advertisement: " Wanted a coachman and groom. A faithful, intelligent man, who thorough ly understands bis business, and is ac customed to the care of horses, will find a good situation and a liberal salary on the estate of Hudson Hills, Hudson county, N. Y. Apply to Netton & Net ton, 3 Travis' Block, New York, or on the place." A long reverie followed Hugh's read ing of this notice, during which he fre quently raised his eyes to the scrap of looking-glass with which his landlady had ornamented his apartment, with an eager scrutiny and interest that contain, ed no vanity. " It's all I'm fit for," he softly argued with himself, "and they would never know me. Eight years have made great changes, and I should like to see little Fontibell." He sprang up whistling gayly; the dog barked Joyfully about the room youth is elastic and Improvident. He went off at once to throw up the situation at a hardware-man's that was his daily bread ; and the next afternoon the pair were walking along the high road that skirted the estate of Hudson's Hills. His heart beat quickly as he hurried on, and almost stopped his breatli while one familiar object after another came in view,and lastly, the tall chimneys of the house itself. The broad, winding track he was pursuing seemed to led to these too slowly ; he sprang over the fences, and cleared the hedges at a single leap, in his feverish excitement to take a shorter cut, passing through bloomy fields and waving woods, whose every feature was as well known to him as his own face in the glass, and never resting till he bad gained the grounds, and stood In front of the fine old mansion, the gray-stone walls of which had not grown a shade darker in all these years of wind and weather; while its later architectural ornaments of porches, roofs and bay-windows had been visibly re newed without altering their character The returning prodigal looked long and lovingly at his home. His heart was full in that moment, and he could have thrown himself upon the velvet tuif, and cried like a school-boy, but that the long, French windows in the front were open, and through one of them he saw two ladies seated at their work within who would be sure to dis cover him shortly. There remained, therefore, only to walk up to the en. trance door and ask to see Col. Hudson by the name of Harris. . . The servant, who answered his knock, ushered him Into the south - parlor, where the master of the house wob sit ting with the ladles Hugh had seen from the lawn. Doth of these looked up at his entrance, and the colonel arose with stately dignity to receive his guest. Time had slightly sharpened the lineaments of his fine face, and turned ids gray hair snowy white; but Hugh was glad to see that sorrow and anxiety for his prodigal nephew had ploughed no rresh traces in his broad forehead.nor bowed his grand old head. Excent for these trifling Indications of age, the colonel looked as upright, stern, and strong as on the day they had parted. The two ladles were less easily Identi fied, though Hugh soon recognized one as his distant cousin, Annie Orr, some two years since made Annie Asten by his old friend and schoolmate, Fred. Blender and chlldlsh-looklng, with her light hair and delicate, dimpled face, she sat In a French nr.gHye, all ruffles and tassels, though it was afternoon, rocking herself languidly in an easy-chalr, and playing with a waxen ' baby, as he Inst remembered her playing with a waxen doll. But the other could It be little Fonti bell V He recalled her image as she used to come running across the lawn to meet him with her light feet and her flying, flossy curls ; but thlsyoung lady, slight and girlish as she looked, was much too dainty and dignified a person age to have had such antecedents. Hhe wore a dress of bright brown silk, and what ladles call an "Empress collar" of costly old lace, which almost touched her pretty, sloplug shoulders, and was fastened about the white throat by a diamond pin like a single spark of light. Her graceful head rose above it with a little fastidious, haughty poise, that spoke the beauty and heiress, and re minded Hugh of her charming way. ward ways, and air of unconscious pride and distinction in childhood. Otherwise she looked gentle and good, as if her impetuous, ardent temper, and warm, aflectlouate disposition had been only educated, not wholly refined away with the growth of her lovely person. Her clear, dark eyes had the same innocent and fearless expression ; they were soft lyahaded by lashes of unusual length and glossy thickness; her silken hair was rolled back in shining waves from the smooth, white forehead; her brows were defined by delicate arches; her cheeks were oval, ivory pure, lightly tinted with the roseleaf color of her ex quislte lips. She looked fair, and sweet, and imperial, conscious of her station, and fitted for It ; and the generous prod igal admired her deeply, and did not grudge her one token of their uncle's favor, from the hot-house flower his own hand had placed in her dark hair, to the jewels that gleamed on her pretty hands half hidden in their lace drapery as she plied her embroidery. But In this long gaze, and the reflec tion that crowded swiftly upon his mind among so many familiar and beloved objects, Hugh was forgetting his busi ness there, and the colonel had bent upon him a look of courteous inquiry that plainly asked it. Brought suddenly down from the clouds by encountering his keen eyes, the visitor collected his thoughts and proceeded to make his ap plication. "I came," he said, 'in an swer to an advertisement." The colonel looked in evident sur prise. The young man before him was plainly dressed, but with an air of quiet elegance, and bad the manners and ad dress of a gentleman, an educated and refined one. His accent was pure; his hands were white' and smooth ; his per sonal beauty was even less remarkable than his perfect grace and ease. Like all amateur stock fanciers, the colonel was an enthusiastic believer In blood nnd pedigree, as well in the human species as in their quadruped depend ents. His horses were celebrated for their beauty and high breeding; his cat tie were all that.. cattle should be; his own race had never known "a black sheep" till that unfortunate Hugh. He .had always been considered an infallible 'judge of good or bad points in man or beast; but here was a superb creature that puzzled him by rating itself lower than his judgment would have placed it. No wonder he sat amazed, eyeing the applicant with keen regards, and hes itating for an answer. " I beg your pardon," he observed at last. " I think there Is some mistake. My advertisement hem was for a coachmau." "And I came to apply for that situa tion, sir," returned Hugh, with a smile, " I believe I can answer your require ments. Ican.be steady, faithful, and industrious : and lam accustomed to the care of horses." " But you have not you have not " I am not a professional coachman or groom, you would say ; but I am a capi tal driver, and "can soon become one It's all I'm fit for." Both young ladles looked up quickly, Annie's blue eyes wide with wonder, ber cousin's with an expression, not so easy to read, In their dark depths. The colonel sighed ; another young prodigal, whose pride bad refused his parting alms was knocking about the world some where, penniless and starving, jerhaps, or begging for such husks as these. Concluded next week. VEGUT1NE l'urlflrs the Blood, Itenorafen and In vigorates the Whole Hjslem. ITS MRblCAIj I'AOl'RRTIES AKR AllrrntlTe, Tonic, Solvent nnd JJiareuc. VEUETIXE. . llellnble Evidence. 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Dear Hlr, I have taken several bottles ot your Vegetlne, and am convinced it Is a valuable remedy I for Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint . and geimral debility of the cys i tern. i I can heartily recommrnd it t i all suirering tioiu the above com ; plaints. j Yours respectfully. VEUETIXE. VEUETIXE. was. m. ranter, sti Athens Street. VEUETIXE. , v i: a i: rv i is vz Prepared H. K. STEVENS, ' Boston, Mass. Vegetlne is ISoM bj nil Druggists. March 6. 18711. jyjUSSER & ALLEN CENTRAL STORE , NEWPORT, PENN'A. .Now odor the public A RAKE AND KLEUANT ASSORTMENT OF DRESS GOODS Consisting sf all shades suitable for the seasou. BLACK ALP AC CAS AND Mourning Goods A SPECIALITY. BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLINS,.;., AT VARIOUS PRICES. AN ENDLESS SELECTION OK PRINTS! ... We sell and do keep a good quality of SUGARS, COFFEES & SYRUPS And everything under the head of GROCERIES! Machine seedles and oil for all makes of i Machln. To be eouvl uced that our goods arc CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST, IS TO CALL AND EXAMINE STOCK. " No trouble to show goods. ' Dou'r forget the i CENTRAL STORE, Newport. Perry County, Pa.
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