T1IH TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., Ai'ltlL 2, 1878.
THE COLONEL'S HEIR. ,
t.'ONCLl'DBD.
" T CONSENT, sir," lie aid, after
jL long consideration, Influenced, per
Imps, by the reflections thus suggested,
"to place you In a situation which you
certainly do not seem Intended to fill. It
Is chlefly,however,tue constraint and ser
vitude of tho position which I cannot
alter that I regret for you. My horses,
.sir," said the courtly old gentleman,
with n courtly old bow, "are goutlemen,
too; I think you will find them so. I
hare not myself considered It degrading
to be much among them, and spend
much time and care on them, nor has
any of my my family. I am sure they
will not be the worse for having a gen
tleman to wait on them instead of a
mere mercenary clown j and though It
certainly seems an anomaly, I trust that
the same reason will Influence our mu
tual relations." ,
The anomaly, who had liuteued re
spectfully to this disclosure, hat in hand
now took his departure, and had the
honor of being escorted by the colonel
himself to the scene of his future labors.
The stables, which he well remember
ed, were handsome and roomy, and fill
ed with fine horses; for Col. Hudson's
Mock was celebrated, and he had In his
younger days ,been fond of racing, and
of betting on races foibles which lie
quite forgot when banishing his nephew
for similar crimes. An old Arabian,
rather small in size, but of ,, beautiful
shape, and spirit unbroken by Increasing
years, had the best and warmest stall
usslgned him, and was fed and tended
with peculiar care. He had been Im
ported expressly for Hugh in the days
when his uncle was proud of him and
his horsemanship; but the heiress own
ed hhri now, and, as the stableman said,
visited him every day, and fed and ca
ressed him with her own white hands.
A chamber immediately above, lately
vacated by some departed William or
Hen, was the coachman's heritage and
thither Hugh transported Ills trunk ;
and after administering upon the effects
of his predecessor, by throwing an old
hat and a flashy cravat out of the win
dow, 6!t down with Husette pressing
cloBe to his side uneasy lii her new
quarters to breathe his native air, and
look about him, wondering at the
strangeness of the events which brought
him there. It was a clean, comfortable
;lace, neat, sunny, and airy a Paradise
y contrast with his squalid city room ;
-but had it been a mere hole or den, it
would have been Paradise still to the
xvanderer, in being home.
His new duties were not heavy or dif
ficult to learn. The ladies usually took
on airing every day " for the baby'B
?afc? but often In a little pony car
Aige, driven by themselves, or with
Col. Hudson and his favorite horses,
whose reins he had never yet relinquish
ed to any one else. When for some
change, real or fancied, in the sweet
spring weather Annie preferred to shel
ter her idolized infant in the close coach
the young driver respectfully handed
them out or in, and mounted his box
with professional Indifference. Both
agreed that he did not attempt to assert
his superiority to his present position,
thereby in their minds establishing It
the more ; and the wayward heiress
chose to use her gentlest words and smiles
when she addressed him, as If with
womanly kindness intending to soften
his servitude, but only succeeding In
increasing Its bitterness instead, by
awakening a sentiment strong enough
to have swayed a mind far more Arm
and well-governed than that of her gen
tleman groom.
In his restless, roving, robust life,
Hugh had hitherto fallen but little un
der parlor and boudoir influence, and
never felt the power of feminine fascina
tions. He was to learn it now. Thrown
daily Into the society of a beautiful wo
man, really his relative and social equal,
aud whose willful whim it was to treat
him as such, and by the graceful sweet
ness, the high-bred simplicity of her
manner, dissolved the distance he main
tained between them ; he could only
yield, and love, and suffer, by honor
kept silent and made strong. In the
promises exchanged by their dead pa
rents, which pledged them to each other
In their infancy by a bond hitherto held
sacred In their family, he had a real and
tangible claim to seek to renew her ro
mantic, childish attachment to himself
and win her from their uncle's inimical
protection to his own, to plunge her in
to poverty and ruin, and compel her to
ear tbe penalty of the faults and follies
cf his youth. But of such a course the
generous scapegrace never even dreamed
"What be had alone invoked must be
t orn alone ; and be did not relax in his
resolution, ven when he bad grown to
fancy that something more than sym.
pathy or pity looked at him out of Font-
ibell's tender, dark eyes.
He learned now to measure time by
the hours In which he saw her, the days
in which he saw her not; to watch her
coming and going, and exercise a secret
surveillance over her actions and pur
suit. He knew when she would come
Into the balcony to tend her flowers, or
into the parlor to feed her birds; what
time she would spend in the garden, and
what at her music, and from what hid
den ambush this could best be heard;
how she sat sometimes in the twilight
at the window, her pure, fulr profile clear
against the soft spring sky, her clilit
supported by her slender hand, dream
ing or thinking, till some ofllclous ser
vant brought in a brilliant lamp and dls
solved the dear picture, showing only
her shadow on the lighted wall. lie
knew, too, the first acceuts of the coo
ing, murmuring voice, thht thrilled him
every morning in the stall below, where
she came to pet her pony ; but he always
lingered, listening In his loft, and never
dared enter the stables while she stayed.
Not so Pusette, who received the heiress'
admiring overtures with lady-like con
descension, and usually trotted down trt
receive her tribute of attention, suffer
ing her silken ears to be threaded through
those fnlry hands, her gentle head to be
pressed against that pink velvet cheek;
not unfrequerttly deserting her maRter
to accompany the fulr owner back to the
house for a romp with the baby, and
wondering at his ohtuseness in neglect
ing this chance of enjoying superior so
clety. But Hugh had learned to trem
ble at the touch of those soft hands; to
avoid the innocent, questioning; eye9 :
to be thrown into a fever by the flutter
of her light dress, or the souud of her
sweet voice approaching ; to pass hU
days In dreamsy his nights In restless
wakefulness, and know no peace out of
her presence or within It.
The country roads Were settling after
the spring rains, and growing harder,
the twilights growing longer, and tbe
young lady of tbe house resumed her
usual summer evening rides, with the
new attendant as groom. Perilous rides
they were, when she came down fair
and elegant In her becoming hat and
habit, rested her light hand on his shoul
der, left her small foot In his hand in
mounting, gave him her pony's bridle
or her whip to hold, while she arranged
her dress and fastened up her falling
silken hair, received the services he ren
dered with as graceful gratitude as if he
had been, not her paid servant, but her
chosen cavalier. She 1 treated him as
brother, friend, and equal ; she made of
him the intelligent, pleasant companion
he was capable of becoming ; she drew
him on with a w itchery he could not
resist to talk about himself a subject
usually delightful to his egotistical sex,
but hitherto carefully . avoided by one
unselfish specimen his travels, his his
tory, his fuults, his fallings, his past
life and future prospects, ' were all un
folded before her, soft gaze; she was his
confidante before he knew it, as she had
been in childhood, reserving only the
secret of his Identity and his love. In
vain he strove against this gentle influ
ence, and tried to maintain the distance,
mental and physical, which custom de
manded should be preserved between
them ; in vain he resolutely averted his
eyes and closed his lips in determined
silence, and persistently reined In his
chafing horse to the proper and pre
scribed distance behind her own, as
stolid and automaton-like a squire as the
sturdy Bill, her last attendant, "who
knew his place," and kept It But she
always fell back to her escort's side on
one pretext or another, requiring his
help to adjust her bridle-rein, to lead
her pony over broken ground, to push
aside the boughs that threatened to
sweep across the path, to pick a wild
flower she particularly wanted to wear.
If he still remained sternly proof against
these innocent advances, she would lift
to his face such a bewildering look, half
pained, half pleading, as he remembered
ed In her childish eyes, when he first
came to Hudson Hills as a boy, and
laughed at her odd, old-fashioned name,
or failed to give her her own sweet will
and way. And then her haughty little
head would droop In soft submission to
his mood; her lovely, long eyelashes
would fall slowly in sad and thoughtful
meditation ; her coaxing, caressing tones
would be suddenly silenced ; her liquid
laugh would be heard no more till he
chose to speak. Proud and pretty as she
was, Fontibell was but a spoiled child
at heart, and reasoned after the manner
of one.
And he V He should not have under
stood her but he did. He should not
have remembered that he was cousin
and lover but he remembered nothing
else; he should probably, in strict hon
or, have rushed to Col. Hudson's pres.
ence, betrayed her secret and his own,
renounced his employment forever, or
never mounted a horse In her service
again. But he was young and impas
sioned, and did not immediately take
this wise course, for, fancying he kept
the letter of his vow iu governing his
words and actions, he rode at her rein
aud looked In her face ; he let his eyes
linger and his lips smile; he suffered
the natural language of his heart to be
spoken through his countenance, and
there was a conscious thrill In each clear
voice, a happy flush on each young
cheek, as they rode home slowly through
the summer silence.
The morning after the third of these
delightful excursions, tbe colonel sum
moned Mr. Harris to the library.
"There is something I wish to see
you particularly about," he said. " Your
quarterly account and Hedges', my
steward, or bversoer, don't agree.
Don't misunderstand me, the deficiency
is not on your side, I am satisfied. He
manages everything, farms my land,
sells the proceeds, brings me the returns.
I have always trusted to his honesty;
half my Income passes through his
hands ; but I begin now to doubt , him,
He has credited tbe stables, as usual,
with enough provender for a cavalry
regiment; but I don't see any signs of
such a surplus in your receipts. If you
can give me an hour, W e'll look them
over together."
At the expiration of the hour, the col
onel rang the bell and sent for1 Mr.
Hedges. " He Is gone down to the city,
sir," was the report; "and won't be back
for a week."
" He will never be back," said the old
man, quietly; "helms fled with the
spoils of a dezen years. ' For half the
sum he has robbed me of I disinherited
my poor boy. I took this man Into my
confidence, 'I fed him at my table, I
lodged him In my house, from which I
turned away my nephew. What is his
crime to mine V The scoundrel I let him
go! My brother's grandson Is a home
less wanderer starved or murdered, per
haps; through my hasty anger; I have
none left for my unfaithful servant; I
think only of myself, and forget the
lesser sin In the greater. I was false to
my trust what am I that I should be
harsh with others V"
He looked up at a picture Which hung
above the mantel, with tears in his gray
eyes, us they met the earnest and affec
tionate expression of the vivid brown
ones In the portrait. "Poor Hugh!"
he said ; poor little Fontibell ! she shall
not plead lu vain." Turning from these
he encountered the soft gaze of a pair
how like ! lieneath them. The colonel
started, aud after a moment said :
" You remind me of my nephew, and,
I dare say, are in much the same posi
tion with your relatives. Perhaps I can
help you. I should like to try. Tell
me all about It."
A month before, Hugh would have
fallen on his uncle's neck and sobbed
out his simple confession ; but the love
of Fontibell lay heavy on Ills soul, and
his sense of honor would not allow him
to take advantage of this ignorant gen
erosity. In great agitation he blunder
ed out his story, of which his kinsman
was the only person who would not
have recogulzed the hero. The colonel
heard him through with deep sympathy
and wiped his eyes at the conclusion.
" Cheer up, my dear fellow," said he.
"It will all come right it must it
shall. Your relative has been too severe
on your youthful follies. I know what
they are, I was young myself. He has
treated you badly, though you won't say
so. I honor your reserve, sir! I will do
my best for you ; my nephew, Fred As
ten, who w ill be here to-night, will do
his beet; he is a lawyer, and may sug
gest something. In the meantime you
will be my manager In Hedges' place,
and we will drive over the farm to-morrow.
You will live at the house, of
course, aud take your proper position
with my nieces aB a gentleman and my
friend.'!
Mr. Asten duly arrived from a four
mouths' business trip, aud was eagerly
welcomed by his "gentle Annie."
" Your coachman smokeB good segars,"
was his remark, as he returned from a
visit to the stables next morning. " He
is a very handsome fellow, aud looks
quite a gentleman. I saw him last night
sitting at his window in the moonlight,
puffing away with rather a lackadaisical
expression on his classical features. You
have not been playing 'Aurora Floyd,' I
suppose, Miss Fontibell V .
" He looks like Hugh," said the un
conscious colonel, heaving a sigh.
" He writes suspiciously like him, I
should say, If this Is his hand," return
ed the young lawyer, taking up a docu
ment from the table. " These are Hugh's
very characters. Why, uncle "
He was cut short by the door opening
and the new steward entering to an
nounce the colonel's carriage. The heir
ess looked up, with a rose llunh on her
delicate face, aud Fred Asten started for
ward with outstretched hands ; but
stopped half way In bewildered surprise,
There was a moment's agitation and
embarrassment, which Annie skillfully
covered by proposing, to go with her
uncle ; and Bhortly after the whole party
were seated In the barouche, with the
colonel himself as driver.
I don't know whether the ex-coach
man occupied with other matters had
neglected his duty toward the bay horses
and over-fed, or under-exercised them ;
or if Col. Hudson's sad abstraction
weakened his usual powerful grasp on
the reins ; certain It is, that his favorites
reared, and kicked, and plunged dlabol
lcally at every rod, and finally took the
bits between their teeth, aud ran away
with him. An inslnntof tiriible sus
pense followed, during which Annie
cried, her husband swore dreadfully, and
FontlMl called on the name of her
cousin Hugh ; then a strong arm seized
the reins from the bewildered colonel
there was a struggle a stop; an agile
figure sprang to the horses' heads and
held them till they became quiet, often
beaten down aud dragged along by their
convulsive resistance; but never relax
ing his hold till the colonel came to his
side, to whom he relinquished the reins
and sank down, bruised and bleeding.
Mr. Asten lifted out his trembling wife
and baby, and turned to help his cousin;
but Fontibell had sprang from the car
riage unassisted, and made her way to
the body of the fainting steward, over
whom she bent like an angel of love and
pity.
" Dear uncle !" she cried, "he has sav
ed all our lives and killed himself, I am
afraid; can't you forgive him now ? Oh!
don't you see it's Hugh V
The prodigal was taken home and laid
on the best bed, and would have had the
fatted calf killed for his eatlng.no doubt,
had such a diet been good for his broken
arm. Who so happy as he, recovering
lu the bosom of his family, unmindful
of the loss of his manly strength, of
winch lie had been so proud; the pain
of his broken limb, the bruises and cuts
w
hlcli disfigured his handsome fnooV
'he colonel hovered with delight alxiut
is recovered heir: thn Aatpna r..lol,.o,l
over him as over a long lost brother;
nut u remained ror Fontibell to admin
ister the most effectual consolation.
hlch acted upon him like a nowerful
tonic, when he recovered consciousness
on the evening of his accident. ,
" Dear Hugh !" she said, putting both
iter nrettv hands in his unlnlureil mm
and bending her beautiful face above his
own, 1 always loved you, and l knew
you from the first l"
An Anecdote of ben Wade.
SOON after he took his seat, a South
erner in debate grossly insulted a
Free State Senator. As no allusion was
mode to himself or his State, Wade sat
still, but when the Senate adjourned, he
said openly, If ever a Southern Senator
made such an attuck on hlin or Ohio
while he sat on that floor, he would
brand him as a liar. This coming to
the ears of the Southern men, a Senator
took occasion to pointedly speak, a few
days afterwards, of Ohio and her people
as negro thieves. Instantly Mr. Wade
sprang to his feet aud pronounced the
Senator a liar. The Southern Senators
were astounded, and gathered round
their champion; while the Northern
men grouped about Wade. A feeler was
put out from the Southern side, looking
to retraction ; but Mr. Wade retorted in
his peculiar style, aud demanded an
apology for tbe insult offered himself
and the people he represented. The mat
ter thus closed, and a fight was looked
upon as certain. The next day a gen
tleman called on the Senator from Ohio,
and asked the usual question , touching
his acknowledgement of the code.
"Iam here," he responded, "In a
double capacity, I represent the State
of Ohio, and I represent Ben Wade. As
a Senator, I am opposed to duelling. As
Ben Wade, I recognize the code."
" My friend feels aggrieved," said the
gentleman, "at what you said in the
Senate yesterday, and will ask for an
apology or satisfaction." '
" I was somewhat embarrassed," con
tinued Senator Wade, "by my position
yesterday, as I have some reBpect for the
Chamber. I now take this opportunity
to say what I then thought ', and you
will, if you please, repeat it. Your friend
is a foul-mouthed old blackguard."
" Certainly, Senator Wade you do not
wish me to convey such a message as
that?"
" Most undoubtedly I do ; and will
tell you, for your own benefit.this friend
of yours will never notice it. I will not
be asked for either retraction, ' explana
tion or a fight."
Next morning Mr. Wade came Into
the Senate, and proceeding to his seat,
deliberately drew from under his coat
two large pistols, and, unlocking his
desk, laid them inside. The Southern
men looked on In silence, while the
Northern members enjoyed the fire-eaters'
surprise at the proceeding of the
plucky Ohio Senator. No further no
tice was taken of the affair of tbe day
before. Wade was not challenged, but
ever afterwards was treated with polite
ness and consideration by the Senator
who had so Insultingly attacked him.
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