Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent
that the charm of home was gone. The new wife had stepped in between his father and himself. He felt sure that the marriage had not been of his father's seeking. To
sty maid, who had been in it before Jasper wa
asked, "how came my fath
oor and looked out cau
hen convinced that they were in no danger of listeners,
y believe tha
ow just how she'd do it. She'd tell him how she hadn't got a home, and must go out into the wide world, and
e stay as govern
or Florence, too. So there wasn't no need of Miss Thorne staying here any longer. Your father asked her to stay a while, till she could find another place. It's my belief she
, Margaret?" asked J
ugh when she has her own way, but she's got claws, and you may depend s
thought. "What can Mrs. Kent-a woman-do to injure me? I'll risk that
object to, Master Jasper. She's
father's property, if she will ma
oo sly, and knows her own
at, Margaret. I shall
Jasper?" said Mrs. Kent, softly, w
I ought to be gett
re right. We s
shall miss you,
If you are not feeling well at
promptly; "but I shall have better news to w
tribute to his comfort, you will
duty as well as my pleasur
of the relationship always
he depot. His father and step-mother looked
m-hearted boy," sai
nt, assenting, beca
" added his father, in a tone
me time I may have the chance." Of course she didn't venture to sa
ent s
an improvement on the parent stock. I see in him more m
?" asked Mrs. Kent, who by no mean
don't t
ty then. Jasper may be a fine boy, but he will
said Mr. Kent, smiling. "You
nt to herself. "I think you are an addl
"My marrying you is a proof
said her husb
rried him for a home and an establishment. But he never let his mind dwell on
arding-school. There was one who awaited his
Nichola
plan had succeeded, and she was now the wife of a rich man, and, secondly,
f. "So I'm to be her nephew, am I? Well, it's all one to
r was, she was yet devoted to him, and in so far was superior to him, for he cared for himself first and for no one second. The thought ori
sper had got back he
of intimacy which Jasper found very
en it occurred to him that, after all,
if your mother is well?" he
guard. His mother's le
red, impudently. "She i
exclaimed Jas
's wife, isn't she?" sa
dge no such relation
ep-mother, wha
. You told me before I wen
I have known no other," said Thorne,
r. "However, it is of little importanc
es us relations," said Th
t it does," said
dn't, I suppose," sne
desire so close a connection," sa
ough some time," said Thorne, wit
on his heel an