The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 20, 1884, Page 2

sretiecicniit sit, ‘ OF A TR RIGH Cuapter I. STORY Iam an old man now, my bair is white. my back is bent, and the tur- rows of age are on my cheek and brow Nearly sity years have pass ed over my head since 1 neyer to- bee orgoiten day whea I first became acquainted with a te rrible portion of our tamily nistorv. The remem- brance of my irouble haunts me still, d I sometimes tear will hover as a phancom near my bed when the last scone of my earthly existence closes. I was a vounger son; my elder | brother inberited that which had be- longed to our ancestors for genera- in later on the tions. [will exp nature of his birthright. brothers more unlike People my Never were than Carlos myself. used to say that he took father, who was a man ot rough ex- | inflexible | and after terior, iron nerves, and will, and that I resembled my er in appearance and disposition. I she died moth- | never knew my mother; when I was barely tour but I have vague recolleciions of a bending years old; gentle, soft-eved women over mv bed at mght, pressing me to her heart, and saying that she was thanl:jul that I, her darl*ng, was not the eldest son. When I came to years of reason, 1 too was _ tharktul for that circumstance. We were Spaniards.no alien blood flowed in our veins, for our family had never intermarried with toreign- ers. The house in which we lived was situated about three miles Burgos, and had come down in an unbroken line from father to son dor centuries It wasa low, flat bu:ld— 3, consisting of only one story, and painted bright red outside. There was nothing unusual in the internal decoration, and the rooms were com- fortably furnished ; but no one ever entered the house besides curselyes. The windows opened upon a !oree garden, around which was a field, from or rather common, about an ace in us We entered the after a few weeks I began io wonder let me introduce whv I made no friends among the : Pe cee aitau 11 it tt st you to my friend, Alfonzo Mendo— vovs like the rest. learnt t © oe Bred Za. cret on my tenth birthday. d : : : > rid none knew me or my : my school-tellows, Fernan- In Va !rid no n 5 One of my school-tei ae Sap aE GS, ee » Torrodeas, was kiader to me than parentage. 5 é ; mf t iL asked hins to come | area im the capital I had adopted he others, anc asked flr € f e : : es ‘ A it our house, as | the name I stil bear, that of Mendo- spene 3c «6evening at u i se, 4 it was my birthday. He colored, - | ; f ““Pake r customary place, old and stammered out a refusal. I Take — = : us e = bri -. tellow,’’ continued Fernando ‘and pressed him to come, and bring his eece: £9 inue ; ; ith him—a pretty Iittle girl | We will enjoy ourselves together. sister with him—d ett g hisedss yo! z : I I had never spoken. He Nothing loath to pass the evening whom had ever Sf - ee : in refused. Then Lt asked him h Fernando and his handsome again retused. = a i i : e i sister Pew y chair close to the the reason. After a little hesitation j S!ter. 1 dre ao = 3 : r ire z glanced at the latter, to - he told me the truth. Young as I fire outs : € e : ; was, I at once understood all that certain if she had any recoliection of as, a once a j : me. I came tothe conclusion that bad before been incomprehensible to Ithanked Fernando for his | the fourteen years which had elapsed me e is Se - ae trankness, and was turning away | Since I quitted Burgos had effacec id s : | o , - er elt. ar when he seized my hand in _ rough j €¥ery trace ot my former self, and i v | an no risk scovery as bovish fashion and said. ‘+Never | that I ran no risk of di cover | far as she wasconcerned. In fact it! mind, poor little Altonso; you can’t help it, you know. And, not the eldest son.’” otherwise, for mere besides, | could not bave been i the now grown-up girl was a child when I lett home Juamta Tor— you are I walked home 1m silence, and, as : 2S jusual, alone. My reflections were; rodeas was very beautiful—of the | very bitter that night; and when Ij true Spanish type otlovelines —with Was am hed and sure nobody could clear dark complexion, large liquid = see me, I'cried hitterly. From that | black eyes, is hair a cue aon = am 2 sal rosv . and day my sensitiveness increased ten- | S4Me€ hue, small rosy mow an She was short possessed that regular, white teeth. imagined premeditated 5 but well made, and none told, and Tf slights where in all probability were meant. Soon afterwards I left ly sweet voice. great charm in a woman an exquisite- | the senora’s school and my _ brother - ee tetumed Home. T seom discovered As we Sat chatting round the fire, : : ; b Z ever 3 a that his society was by no means I thought I had neyer seen my; congenial to me, for he was rough friend’s room look so pleasant be- and rude in speech and brutal in fore. The soit light of the lamp fell } manners, This obnoxious bebay- | 0? Juanita s face as she bent over ior was always more obsetvable | S0'P delicate embroidery and ab- when he and my tather returned stracted gold taread and sparkling from one of their periodical absences. beads from a work box on the table . he bla; My only consolation was in books, | beside her. The blazing logs on the hearth threw out « ruddy glow. for they diverted my thoughts from myself and my miserable position. After a time 1 implored my father to let me seek employment | crimsoning the old mahogany furni- the chairs and antiquated sota glit- abroad ; : On an old piano ter like diamonds. but he retused, and said I must re- oe : d to Juanita’s moth- : that had belong main where I was another year, and | ss er, and which had arrived trom Bur- then go where Carlos had been to} The year at home was gos the preceding day, lay a heap of complete my education. thought of another music, chiefly, as Latterwards learnt, quaint old Spanish ballad that ot the glories of Madrid in days gone unbearable, and 1 resolved to. run ture and making the brass nails round | told | extent. The whole was sur-ounded | away. F ty vhic Z : . ; by; and afew tamily portraits that by a wall, beyond which I seldom |} A species of friendship had ansen | DY? *™ ay ft ce ; 4 went. | between Fernando Torrodeas and | }@¢ also come trom Juanita’s tormer Our family consisted of my father, myself trom the day he had told me | home graced the walls, and looked my brocher, myself and an old wo- the bitter truth concerning mv_ tami- Ittelike as the flickeriny light of the] man—a distant relacon of ours— ly. fle was a warm-hearted tellow, | f"¢ tell on th Phe deep -crim- who acted as ser . My tether and always regretted having been son curtains w : frawn across the always wore a browa voi'oem cimm- the first to tell me a painful tact, al j} windows, making the smali saloz ed with red and yellow. al.o a hat, | though it must have come to my| lock homelike and cosv. A large with very larges beads, on which Enowledaeeredbes bouqu ot hot house flowers stood ; i. g s- : - = were embroidesed certeim devices. | Beige i oGuedintece ea {ona siab near the Sreplace. and 3etore I carried into effect n - | These bright colors made a «reat | : : | few choice plants were placed here | - See és tention ot running away, I wrote to | impie sen on my child’sh imagina- Heraandboel ie 5 j and there about the room. z Sernando, who was studdying law es a tion. and when, on one or two ocea- a eae ‘Juanita’? said Fernando, as a} at Madrid, and asked his advice. He | sions, I was talen io Burgos, the untforms ot the officials [ sow on looking v be streets struck poor ia compe From childhood [ was me es v von. extremely sand this nurd timidity was incre-sed by my bro he: s rough and tyrannrcal conduct wards me. When Carlos was twelve years o'd he was sent io a part of Spain to finish his edu -stion, and I—fve years hrs junio;—acquir ed the rudiments of learning under the care ot a lady who hept a day scho | for boys in the neighbor- hood. **The lad has ab:"tes,”” timid and sens‘iv to remote my fath- er said, as he confided me to the care | of the Senora Loyados, and, as. be | turned io leave ihe room. he added: | “Poor hitle Alfonso’’—every one | cailed me ‘poor li. tle Al’onso"”—*is | the younger son, and will have decitie on his Inne of life betimes : so the more prozress he makes in studies the better. My eldest has his career marked out for him.’’ to his son “*Yes, ves—I know,’’ answered the Senora in a voice that trembled | alittle; aad, as we went to the! schoolroom, | tancied her hand trem- | bled too. My governess was very kind ‘o me; but my school-ellows seemed | to avoid my company, and never in In addition to this they always spoke in | when I vited me to join in their games. whispers approached. [' t nk the Senora was sorry for me. for she would often call me to her when I was standing alone in the playground, and, stroking my curly | beard, say gently: H “Poor little Alfonso, poor little | Alfenso!” t The conduct of occupied my thoughts less would have done had I not been too | ailing and timid for rough play; but | my companions han servant entered with a trav. we have had our chocolate you must sing that old romance I like so much the one about Don Quixote I mean.”” reply: what was older than I, and, before leaving Burgos, had promised to stand my triend in eof need. He answer- ed my letter, saving he was well ac- Q a The voung gir! made apparently she had not heard no head of a large that and E - es - } her brother said. could procure me a situation in the} WI I nl ' , ~ : = os at will you sell your though office. So, one dark night No- at as niemiage Zoe usps ‘or, Juani vember, I turned my back on my na- : 7 “8 laughing. **You look very serious. “Twill let you have them gr she replied ‘Iw quamted with the pubiishing frm in city, in asked Fernando, live place, with an earnest wish nev- er to see it again. After ing numerous difficulties en route. I undergo- s thinking reached Madrid, and went to Fer-| ™Y SEES Ba) hepa ty Caurane nando’s lodgings. The following SEES day he presented me to my employ- “Indeed! A lady or a gentle er, and I entered om my new duties | ™an?’” **Neither. A horrid man, without delay. | with a most repulsive face. Who Years passed, and, by the time 1 we vou think he was?” she asked | was five and twenty, 1 was gaming ath shudder a tolerable income on the staffon aj “‘I have no idea,’” answered her leading journal. I might have been | brother, **But, if he was so horrid, happy but ior ‘he one absorbing ter- i why didn’t you get into another ror ot my existence—the {ear that, | Compartment?" by some untoward fate, the birth- | ‘It was impossible, for he jump- sswhen | | double the money | lene tight would eventually descend ed into the train as it was moving. me. I led @ solitary liie, and and | had to travet with him more H than forty miles. It was the ex In a word. IT had no triend but Fer- press and only stopped at the princi- nando, and took interest in nothing | pal stations.’’ but the daily work ot my brain as he? to] tudi- ously avoided making acquaintances, | i | | ; ‘But who w: | i *Bravo, Alfonso! You have mv go—the public-—— ' congratulations.” One evening, a few years after my Just 5 ee Fernando t hastily, with a glance at my pale brother’s marriage. I went to Fer- i face, *sdo sing that ballad at there’s a good girl !’’ once— nando’s lodgings. Receiving no answers to my knock, | was turning away, when my friend came tunning She flushed angrily at the interrup- tion, but rose and went to the piano, merely saying as she selected the Tromance— up the stairs and bade me welcome. “Don't you go away, Alfonso,”” he said, hand warmly +My sister 1s here—just come trom shaking my to be continued. t “r } bee fe some ~ i? , My father had been dead some t didn’t intertere with vou m= any years, and my brother had inherited | way2” jthe birthr He was married, | ' ! {| ‘Oh no; certainly not He slept: and hag ason. T rememder, when | : bhpeie all the i ne—happily—but such a Ttold Fernando the news, he grasp- } : z s sri traveling companion! 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