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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt:...he cried, dashing his hand across his cheeks. "I wont stand this sort of treatment! It was a shabby and cowardly trick you played, sneaking home in this way, when you knew I did not expect you l I'd rather leave my home and place forever than be bullied and worried by you in the way you do and have done since the first hour you came into the house." Percy hesitated for words: his anger and bitter disappointment were too strong almost for expression. _ " I am sorry, Percy, you can look upon me in this light," replied the General. "If my conduct has been such as you describe, it has been in direct opposition to my feelings." " It has been such: you know it has! You have made yourself a comfortable nest here in my house, and now you want to kick me out; but you shan't. I'll show you that you're not master in my house. I'll have my party to-m orrow, whether you forbid it or not. I defy you to prevent it!" And Percy's hand trembled and shook as he raised it again to brush the passionate tears from his face. The General grew more grave, more sorrowful, as these bitter accusations burst from his nephew's lips; he seemed seeking for words, for thoughts, for help, whereby he might stay the torrent of these most unjust accusations. "Percy," he said at length, in a voice which seemed struggling with some strong emotion, " do not imagine for a moment I am going to seek to justify my conduct in your eyes. God is my witness that I have your welfare close at heart, and that as a guardian, I have ever striven to combine both my love and my duty. I have, as you say, found in my old age a comfortable and, I had trusted, a hospitable home. Your mother invited me here wi...