True Love (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...the thieves came, and how they went; tracked them back into the road, where all traces of them were lost. Considering the ground was covered with snow, these discoveries were not to be wondered at. Lady Vere, taking into consideration all the circumstances, and feeling at the same time that no loss had been sustained, --the doctor, too, having assured her she need be under no anxiety as to her wounded servant, --gave little encouragement to the police to continue their researches. Shaw was brought up, and he admitted he had entertained a few respectable young men that evening at supper, but that they had left early. He did not attempt to deny having taken more than was good for him, and he submitted, with a good deal of fairness, that after his friends left his house, he could not be responsible for their proceedings; an assertion which could hardly be denied. But Shaw's conduct and his notoriously bad habits were so well known to the police, and so clearly stated to Lady Vere, that he was immediately dismissed from his employment; and though his miserable mother did all in her power to obtain his pardon, Lady Vere refused, reminding her this was not the first time James Shaw had disgraced himself while in her service. In a very brief period Shaw left his cottage, and on that day was cast adrift on the world, as great a scamp, and as stupid a fellow, as it is possible to imagine. The days passed away rapidly, the winter disappeared, and Sydney settled down in his new home. His many winning ways, and his readiness to please, had greatly endeared him to his aunts; and though a shadow daily crossed the house, --a cloud that none of them understood, and of which Sydney alone had a glimmering, --they were a happy and contented family. It cannot, ...