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Again Mr; Cator reli'eved his feelings by
_peal atter peal of discordant laughter, and
'Yap-in:the_ unwilling _reeks- returned his
. mirth. •
AVENGED AT LAST, -
A. story 01 tove andg.
rin
the author of "What He Cost
" Owendoline's Harvest," and other
popular novels.
CHAPTER I.
IN CRAVEN:
"Who travels by Domierblick Scars
takes.a bad road," runs ..a locat proverb in-
-:, Craven; ,and, like m.ostproverbs, a _con-
.. tains a half fi'uthe • The ..cart -track is in
• tick wratolieci 'that: it- has no-right:to
• the name of the toad,. tpepeeiallYtio,- since
in the winter time it is not used bymeat at
all, but is the.'sole- occupation of a ro„euae:,
tain torrent. Suck being the case even MI
-this present, when Craven (British, Craig-
* van, "-piStriet• of Rooks the stremer.
haunt of teurists., demanding:to-be carrfea
everywhere. in wheeled oonveyaneeti, we
may imagine it was. n� better -.in' the
year of grace 1820.. At that !-very date,
• however, a,ft somewhere- abed. midnight in
September; two: travellerd Might. have -been
, seen -(for luckily. for theta there was a
Moon) ekraying that ill -reputed waY
in a gig; -,t,reatern Yorkshire, as geegra,-
. phers are a4vare, does not fringe the sea-
. -cdast, and yet' the left hand of the
wayfarers arose wall of cliff as sheer and
-niassive as any which oppose itself t�
ocean; scattered fragments- of rook, too,
similar to these which'. axe found oh the
• spa -beach, strewea the track, and in such
numbers as to be unavoidable. What.thers
was of roadway, inclePendent -of these was
-a natural lime -stoker 'pavement,. with
fissures in it at unequel. in.tervals. The
vehicle, one Would have thought,musthave
been made of boxwood it, least to- have
.resisted such pontinuous shooks; and hew
the springs- -stood wOuld. have been a
marvel to such as were unecquainted.With
thelact that the gig had tict.springs-•
"Now, -Cator, pull up, and let me - out,"
pried one of the inmates, after a ceochssion
,whicla-Up4e, eery timber in' the-hemely
conieywn-ce rattle and ' crea.k. "I' -d rather'
get along upon all fours, if that be necessary,
than- sit through another jolt like. at.
°eine, Jet me out, -------------
-
-"lit, where ye be,. I say. My orders
were,-rwas- never to loaeliceld-en yesior that
ye were nu -fitted te walk atone." • -
Btt: look you, what
a:bump-I - protest -1. thought my" utillar-..
bone was, broken. How dare you. talk • to
me in thatlfaShien?: . not -I your Mas-
ter, sirr • -
Ay; ay, that's like enough bit my
ordere :come from the Master -of both of. ns.
Bit you' down I say ;" and -the seized
the other's *lit, as he- strove .to -_and:
°reed hiar dewy with, iron grip to the _
eat
-•
"-_Well, Upon my word; this is pretty
reatMent;" observed the victim_ qteru-
ously ." it really is, .-Cator.. Why,: you
-eu•idult treat me much worse if I was one
the -patients,"
-"Melt" cried the drker, -slepping his
high, "but that -is - a• -good- one couldn't
teat_ you much Woree 1" Here he laughed
o loud and harshly- that the Mountain-
alls ,were forced, though sullenly enoughi
re=echo his cheerless "Ah, -Mr.
lement'Cerr, b.ut think. I.could."
"Don't laugh like that," exelaimed. his,
empanion, -earnestly; " don't- do it; pray
cin't ;- and don't talk -of such .thin'gs-.IIy
-
tether said We Were never -to talk of them,
Ven te:xone another." "
"Ah, did he?" replied -the.marithatVas
allea Catot, in a- sobered tone. ."
en, I ax his pardon. , Mr..Gideon. a
owing tpie; he'.is, else what could. be the
arm of- talking about any mortai. thing on.
onnerblick " Scats it midnight, with
body but the. devil -who knows. ell about
-already, I reekon1.-Within heating,- is
ere than I can tell, -and devilish- 'tinny."
"Cator, be quiet, I say," interrupted lilt:
it- almost with &scream... "Don't speak
anyithing dreadful likelOat ;•• and don't
ear -for Freemen's sake don't swear -.-
_til we tome to the turnpike road."
" Then I shall talk like a-' parSen to the
' of •this journey that's certain Mr:
ement. There is- no turnpike, or any -
ng like it, between this and Clyfre Hall.
hy,. you're never 'satisfied, you Ain't.
t didn't like the.-moot-track,as we 'came
ng, any- better, just- because it was- a.
le slushy -like." ,
It was quagmire," answered the
er„ Shuddering, at the bare recollection;
was a- shaking, quaking, Avamp."
4y, and -k-now who was a shaking;
eking stitenaut edge," replied_ the other
liciously. 'gust in that 'ere place, when
as a -telling you that-- pretty story about
young. Woman and her sweetheart who
s lest in that very quag years and years_
, and Was dug out since, only the other
, as One might say, all fresh ahd
asant, only ---a trifle browned with .the
t, and: all of -a, sudden . we plumped in up
the axles -my didret.youturn
tty eolor-
•-"-This is !truly horrible," observed Mr..
Clenaent fart, as he- ening in agony of
terthr to the side rail of the gig which was.
now descending a sort of precipice---" to
-travel such a road.as this in -company with
such a man!" - •
_
He spoke in a tone pf-pious reprobation,
such -SA would ha -ie- galled most people
clothed -with any remnant. of self-Xespect..
But Mi. Cater, who had long parted with.
his -last rag, only -laughed the more. "Welt,
Of .allthe lily-livered °haps :as ever I- came
• across, strike me' blind --but you are,--;-"
" Dora," groaned- the- other, the image
of his omnpanion, sightless, irmitediately
presenting ,itselt before him. "There is
. lightning in the 'aim Pray don% How
-should ever find My way alone out of this
• howling wilderness?"
"`Ay, howling it is," rejoined the driver,
looking over the; shoulder grimly at his-
uhconscieus eempanion-a shortbut corpu-
man of middle . age, who might be
;led "gentleman' so far as a new suit
rciadolloth. and a decent hatband couldi
carry -him towards that social elevation;
0 you never spoke a truer word than that;
Mr. Clement. Have you: net heard
strange; -sounds ever singe -we passel
• the Kirkstent, like the rushing and . rolling
. 'of thunder ?". . • -
" Yes Cator -yes. Ithought---arathoped
. -it- Was only a sert of. singing in. my oval.
*-
ears. What is it, my good -friend ?-what
•;., on e,arth is.* ?" . • • #
"'It's nothing on earth,": Mr. Clement,"
, responded the other- gravely ;:
waters underneath us on their ,way to Heir
" He Vell forgive me, he. man's gone
mad 1"s:ejaculated the stout man, the thin
red lin 'which were his lips growingwhito-
with fe r. . , •
•"We1, and wh4- if -1 waPmad, , Mr.
•Clemen ?".pursued the other with a leer.
1
"You.Facia know how to quiet me, I sup-
pose„, . well.as any man except Mr.
Gideon that is tosay, you would if you
had ine t.the Den`ahhough here, per -
haps, I hould ratli
of you,. eing the
two. *like, but
game if'you Were
your triCks in that
one Of t ose poor wretches whom we have
left d yonder catching You here
&Ions, u der the harvest moon, andSettling
his long cconnt against you for •
You' e -note „ alk about Cator;
you're n� to talk ab ut it," inferruptedtthe
other 'Di eously ; "id besides, we do it- all -
for the: if I but get safe
e done again, so help
lever one," obsenvecl
gly, "and you've- a
ou-that I will. gay,
such an everlasting
k of yourattempting
sin that way! It's
d -that's a faCte
ace to set about it.
11 as I do that if you
•
•
have the advantage
ore poweiltd of the
t.mould be a pretty_
to be paid out for all
ery way!- Think of
good ; -an
home, it Shallnever
- -
me-itir Vet shall!"
..
- " Well 1, yet are a.
the ail ' r, ' admi '
certain. pluck about
although :yoti are
. , .
_coward. -1•Tow, to th'
to garrart it Providen
a - out & ' eve 14,-. a
shoulthe I have . the
Why, yo -. know as w
than eV, ..;--for vion't 'yo.n.-beetaking"..it out
11
miry- get :safe Out...o this bad. road and,
indiffere t company„ na once fihdyourself '
iti-cloVer- ' gain at the pent), you'll bevorie
be - taken f of, hitt!" ,-The sanctimonious
1
of them . 0 is left; fer all the -terrors you
have. sniff' red in bringing this newsof"our
deer lam nted friend s has exchanged our
"nmble: g ardianship- for -ft place where we
are.asspr il. even yet ore tender care will-
snufile..-w thwhich th se last'..Words. --were
delivered [preelaimed- them at once to -be- a
; frent-Mr.yC ement'Carr--hintts.elf,--
inary speech; when . not under
n.ce. Of ala zni it really rather
arodied.. o. delighted,- at all
a Ur. Cator With the succeSsef
tion that that ' e indulged himself
tref-his-jo lesesereboheiLiThis"
.
es Usual; with -the.
umming1-sound not
--nel.- --"-There," .6--b;:
uraphantly, -" that's
to. gammon .Provi;-
iratesabiling." - - -
' " I •-tru t the :sten d may not open,"
ejecniate the stout Mean, piously-" I only th lg,round: raa .-n't open with using
-
such wic ea words." - _ _. .-_ ' __. .
, it't the- ve y_thing _its- -&-going
,
t� --db," r turned: the .-ether with a -Sneer ;.
so what S the Use of :trusting -?, Here we
aret.look, • t the very dge of - Bodefi Pot: -
..otherwise •.-called:. He -Gatee-a,nd. its. a
sight:to e "seen, "-Ai 't .the ground just
opertedwi evengeance, ehEM.r. Orel:dent ?"
140n, - e. rightlia a, side of the cetN.
track, t4 separated f om-it by no fence Of,
any kind; gaped a. hue .ellipticel chasm,
far down n Which the. unseen. Water was
bubbiii* lid : sinurienug, as: ' though . it
indeed di hen. --------: . •• • 1"-
• ."- Wind you:, t to - step out now
and litet rano. ovet-. - bit ?"inquired •the-
tala
last „ -ape er,-,ifiaalici May, . pulling the
powerful.. lack- rnareli- `AlroVeiso. suddenly
.upthat eh - teared,w1 in a few feet of the
-
frightful 6 'vity:, "W1,1 . , &arned, if the man
isn't sbutt g his eyes -shutting his -eyes,
but . movi g his lips. 'Why, yot. ain't . a
ganarnonin • providence again, surely-.
There, the 's •right ; tate. a- good - long look.
'at' it. Pee le come fr m iniles away Sena_
spend 0. -de 1 ,6!., money o see Roden Pot
even whe it aiift-aA" g as it is to -night.
Butyou'r in luck, you are." ' -
-,.., - If Mr. - enient Carr .part'propriictor of
. . : ,
that lam°
gentry of -.
. Dena, -Tor
Present cicc
no Vulgar
In -fact, if
'Veracious:
would hay .pronoun ed. him- to have:
been: in _t Worst hi k ' conceivable,. se
abject ' was his appeer nee, as,. clinging to
his fa,v9rit i_raiI,- -and bowing his whole
weight out e Sideof t e gig, moat :remote.
from -the ob pet of his t rrors,-ke "regarded
a at the etae-" arid Y'et T
1
the curious. ..atural: phe ornenon thus pre-
s-einted-to hi ' notice- . ' • : • -
. . -. L.
and bred ineraMen myself,"
e.. keeper., for such was the.
oh -the -d • tr. of the vehicle
ears,•
. . youcalled --it------inpty. themselves
en ..thresi t but once before.
ave been -a deal of rain On the
moors , of late, that's Certain. There's.
here.. but a' for biling; that's. rare.", . .
;
always rein- limigh, of: ourse,--. for ell -the
underground1 rivers. at' -yen liave heard
e -rushing be Oath you.- he singing in your
• "1 have hite -,.satisfied -My 'curiosity,
Gator," obse -ed Mr. Carr in.& hollowvoioe,
and speakin .with no little:difficulty 'on
actount of '
quotatio
whose o
the infiu
haPPllY
events, w
the itnit
With axe)
was duly reverberate
addition f a curious
discernib e the ori
served Cator,- t
what at es- of trying
dence., ete's Hell
asylum
berrated
shire, Was
sion, his co
umph, or
e had not
r. Cater t
r the nobility and
telleet, celled the
in lu.Cle- Upon the.
ntenance eithibited
even complacency.
a& the Word Of the
the _contrary, one
- "I was
continued t
position w
occupied w
have never
There must
Ftibbleside Pit which you Should see -by
the bye), or ithg111 Wells, all country,
seats of his in these parts -he is sure to be
in Roden Pot. See how the white water
churns down yonder, -just where the Moon
catehesit, like ;the -L. -froth -on- .ar-madman's
lips. One hundredand eighty feet-isheer,
they say, Mr. -Clement, from Where the
rankgrass *Sep. to grow ; and 'there, at
the -very edge, do you see a footprint deep
in the stone, With the toes. pointing cream-,
ward?" . ' '
• Following the direction of the speaker's
fin*, his companion could just .discover a
bare spot, something of the ,shape of a
human foot. - The suggestion of a fellow-
, .
creature-, having ever stood in such a
position might have -sent& chill to- a bolder -
heart than Mr. Carr's.
"1 -see, I see -zit is .-too frightful,"
answered he,Arastily ; " it looks like cer-
tain death." -
• "I'shduld think it did," reMarked Mr.
Cator, dryly.; "and -it ' have been
death too, if the man had not been dead
already.". _ ,
. - " Dead - already.? " echoed the other.
"How could a dead. man plant a footstep
like that? " -
Ah 1 how, indeed, Mr. Clement? You
must aslithe judge befpre . whom the case
was tried. a century. ago. Now, thihk of
your nobknowing that, and you, a relative
by marriage. of the party in question.!
don't mean the Poggart-althotigh have
seen you under. circumstances when you
might have passed for own broter to him
-but Guy Clyffard Clyffe, -aricestor
of the very man whose sudden and _deplor-
able death=" ' •
' " Heaven is my witness that could not
be helped," interrupted his +companion
earnestly. "Hebrought it upon himself,
Cator. -It was aquestion ef his life or Ours.
Don't you think the mare is sufficiently.
rested; -my good friend.? The moon is
sinking; it is getting sensibly darker."
- " _.sudden. -and
able,,- Clenaent.?i '
-could - have caught ine'•
More sharply, if -, :had •hinted -
cOroiterrelquest. Guy -0.1yrfar.a, then
a fa,rawayvaicestot, -art ugh in -the
of 'our, late ted -friend
patient; an. • there; ad been -sue
establish ., en as -the ene -in- those
.oughtmo ertainly have been -p
there • under-,, t - phra
.judicions naiveties ;amt. -Rut there *
benevolent ..qustitution Of the --kind,
exterit, and se • this :mad-- fellow we
lame. . I Can't:- tell', you ..whatlie-,-41
rather What he did not dO, .to make'S
lus friend, but it . certain he •brotigh
-Curet -The* is
:ugly - Story about his: having left a Me
aria 9hild :the- :Caves tinder -Ribble.f
yonder, to -find% -their way out by"..t
selves; but at all 'events he- When
Meral.- character, like -e: you and -,me.
*married. a A-neer:wife; too. The Clyff
haveoften done that,,Althonghit leen
late years that they -belle. Married ben
them -nay, don't be angry, Mr.- Clete*
mean no _offenceto-MisaGrace-aS
in :that respect_ i.Guy-Cly..gozd outdid t
-all.. No pair Were. ever so ookaially h
As they -by the , - Well,ta
e pretty long'lease oflife; and;havingso
:his fall. crop of tares, as a. parson_w
•Squire 'llsidt and..Wee. not
pected to:Me-over., 'Mont:that-. tin:16;e
certain day-Xune, one Mr. Howarth:
family; liVe in_ Thorpdale- yeti Was
hunting in.Beden Beek --.4t breake-ipto
open - 06v° and below -the: POthere; an
etill famed fept-,-.--otters±-0.--and there• -,-WO,
.inatter of: four-and.tWenty:fctlks,with
on foot and on harseibitek..:
Were- atcheok, net. a hundred .yarde fr
where we are ,Standing,hOW; 4.-CehPle
men carte running Up the Fell With exte
ingswiftnes*-. -
• . " •‘_Theee-- be Well -winded, said • fE(di
to his Ittintsman ; neverdid I -see menr
..se fait before.'- , ' . • .• "
Why, Heaven ea -volts the oneing
.isr.SqUireGny Clyffard,' replied' the hue
man.. ' in. blaek.that f011o
him se close?' .. •
• "But -nobody .enswered.- that,' althon
all . the hunt had -.got theireyes,fiked up
the adVtuichig :They ran on at he
king speed right towards the Pot '(it was
called .Hell Gates_ then),. . and -GUY'S if
looked 'like a hunted hare'Sthey -1314.,id, --So
is likehektieW -who was behind Min
he fled-downthe cleft, though all jeried.o
to him to stop, and into the Yawning; gu
as if ter shelter, and that Washislest fo
step which ia printed. there... 'There Was
ether mark or sign,. .though the man
black took the same toad-. Clyffard's:lie
they . sometimes- it. -There was
more otter -hunting ;but Hower
-goes straight -honie; and. tells WO Wife' he
Mire the Squire dead, for he -has just Se
him :chased by the devil into Baden • P
Ana. sure .eiioneb he had breathecthis lit
in ClyffeHallItithat verttinie„- You
suppose how thieWaitalked -Of over t
IPell-side:; ee nniech 'Om; e at,... Made,
Olyffard„ the - wido* ken: t her -tittle
ublishing. :j
i••er •=-e.eatie
usband driven- :hell- ;- and- e e defence_
Set -up. -was- this, -that he. hica-se
She laid damages -at fiVe- thousand
pounds. wee- -tried: 'before '..-Judge
13oltby; • - - York,.- in -- 1687. - The .wit-
ziespea -.for Madera -Vero' -the --dOCtor and two, Who - had been with the -Squire
when he died.-- He had refused to -g� •M_
bedi and insisted upeth dreesed: in a
neW grey `htinting-suit„ whit*. to take
the field' the -moment he felt •b_etter.-_ But
Howarth,: on his. - part, had his four -and,
-Awenty:inen;- of whipn the litintsznan- and-
tietty-otherS swore the„_veubuttonaon,
thesaidsuit, Which they.hadobsetYed were
covetedWith the same:,eort-Ofekt,th. whereof
theeloth Was- made.; is in:Toe-011e te-
'resist _tiach -testimony Tand-thelndge gave
into -it -like the red: 'Lord have. mercy--
upon:neer said be and grant 1.inik-gs4si:
geovhaityou have seen; ette.,.or two may
be-niistaken, but five;and,twenty cannot -be'
retislaken.'. .*.So Madara Qlyffard lost her
cause." : • ... -
"Butthe Boggarf e*clainied-:Mr Ole -
w. -..4
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tendency of his -tongue_to againstir.-Efowarth _for
"Very goo ri- Sir'," repli .d the otherwith
In
cleave -to te 'Oa of his outh, . scandal that -he had see
mock respee . "1 am lire your wishis
ray law rout ., Mr. Gide said I' -was to
take the .gr, tes4 care :1 this here marc;
and she's co' b a long * 'and wants rest;
and here's a nice' bit f‘ level ground --
there's not -m eh of it ki. reven-as.seeme
to be put a -p ose'lor - er tO -rest upon.
I'm -sure you ouldat be cruel to animals-,
Mr. Clement; ,trueIty is ometliing totally
foreign to__,_3r nertature ; 'bur system is.
opposed to oleuce df 11 description,"!
here" he: MI ed. 'again,- • ‘s� let us bide a
bit, and wait. r 6 Bogg rt.:" ' .
'TheBogg t IP hisp red M. Clement,'
._ ,
hoarsely, cast,rig an p.rebensive glance
about him. fer rt inet t : i d then refiking
his gaze upon the ehas 4, - as though fas-
einated-by its horrid dept s, "-what is 'the
Boggart "
". When I h e Iit mypi e," returned Mr.
William- Cato ; suiting t e action to the
word, "1 sh be delight d to give you all
the informati in. In wet.= What a "
(piiff, whiff) { fortuhate an 'you' are to
visit Craven fo the first timith a guide
like me."' ,- this singular narrative. . - •
"Well, the Boggart had haunted Roden,
ever -since. Do you seelthese stones, as
Urge; as eggs, whicli he has cast up from
the water in hisrage; and- listen, you will
hear him. cursing RI himself far clownin
ced Mr.. William the depths -of -Hell Gates.' :
niore generally The bubbling and 'bOiling -iutd: by this
while he is: In time 'enbAided; but as -the pair listened
ormer name, as ttentively, - a_ dull, monotonous sound -
hen he is not doubtlese the glutting of the swollen -pool
Staynton • Hole, against the rook -Could be clistinctlyleard.
ER II,
POST-NOliTE !tnVEN'T
zethlIARD.• .
"The Bogga"eorance
Cator, isc., whatis -
known.as the ; .but
, these parts, he goes by the
a sort of territ #41 title.
elsewhere, here bo' at
• 011.0, t. w
and will cm.ry .on the Miiiing busbies% with
renewed vigor, audig turning out good gnsts
iq (Owl( timegu increased patrepege,frem
the- publi,c. All kiwis
GRA -JN ALN cr-stet
• con8tantlY:4, Ural. •
tielivored ally, Pa flu
• .
OF XII. OITZ •
•
Trans-Atli:id e Mali St
,Inverpeor,
of Europe.
Also
'rickets for
lew„eat rates,.
:,.
wfIlke-se
,
..-
amen; Tickets for
pklu, 01 go tP; .ands alrparts; .
Tiorr y Ohe. .r, first.class v,
t for, Be * -Lw of Steamer,.
1
nuipig, p all PaintsA,
a vest,
„.
The two Men listened for alittlopk,total
atioUR-re
silene-0,:thet, Cernelip,Inareeritne.n _ in
ejaculated .Mr.„,..Williani:_.:Cator-;-. 014
ha had enough the -PoggEgt.!'• bYlhelov-Olvm
-,..1-;eiBlyoe,;st.sevrhkeed, •ah.ittwdoar64- much of Ott hie. I tiatittt'oihde-._ ,
outburst of admiratioz.. -
Perilttia'.-WaY... Jo. well -,hehind,.1theMi, and 'cle.edi the picturesqueness
they -iveze..meiVing;swiftly along What -girt by its "breeChleeki"
Was hy comparison .a level - moat, and far Iess any of
-Aro there no More. ,boWlderei,:or under. assothatlenewhielt:hilghthW
ground rivers, Or Pets, - Williani?4,::i.uquire4- 'from, turret to latipment
Mr. Clenient Carrwith assumed careless- that.elainced their- regard,
ness. : - _ -.:" practical' consideration cif"hoteiceifet
Nethipg_niere, 'ifir;".-'-lieplied :his Tf-ifiti*:. inPoine:4191Pr9P#efoi-.0tsuch a
"Anion...With •sothe tinge conventional -must- needspeseess„
who could 1 -
respect apparent:. in . -his. Unice •for the firat such due andrepeir ; for -4"."'
time; "IthOught youweula thinkitrather a -Hall- was; there Was ,not.:a -"ve
wild 'journey oVerthenr:•.-Fells," - about -it ; the. lawns that shop
"If I ever • .Conie• that Ii.0611BSecl, TOILa t170 moat side wetaethoothiy.s
again,!!_exclaimed-Mt.:.Clement, breathing With-benksbf flOWeri; 664 fro
vsty-herd,and shaking 'biE3 *it in the ditec, terrace_ hbove.tilett, faced with tt-j t,
,tion from which they :came, the. came news ota trim rose gtrdon. in -
fiend in truth aWay.With me, as thoge. odorous breath of the 'dooliatttnati
4it.t0Ahtinting feels- fancied they -taw ,lai.M "Fine pla,oct,Catar.," observ_ed----w:q
ari
• • • aethey -drove -,-over the,. stens .„..,bild-Of
SaiY,:," interrupted Mt- Williani.Cater„ thinly -covered with .ivy,..which-.0nly:n.,_late
-e,eoking 'hit.; _steed; for the second years. -.had.. replaced ,-4at -lees --convenient
"just you .take care'. what you aro... talking draw -bridge. He spoke not MilvetipreV7
-abetit."4`; •r • . .• with'a 'certaih air; of 1,;•park1„prot-:_-;
? Where 7 what?" interrogated the prietorehip which didnot:eseept,liik 0 -M7: -
other, .apprehensiVely::. "You .panion'Sattention,-.- .
_there WasnothinemOre. to be. alarmed et," , " Very -true, • Mr.' -Clenient;" -rethrned-"----
: you gOinaking jest in -:the. place " been. in _the.. family : in:one -- shapei;,
or
we'redomingrte of -what:happened Guy another_ More than -five Iiiinated.:=Years.-
01yffeta; Air.. Clement. The Clyffards are They Say- it has graired. this,
bit by bit,
an old- and hug their traditions fremiasingle.tower-that to tiio west,1
'after .Tafaehion Whieh., you _ mayn't. under- thinkit:was,"Where the --Willa • are..Sii(teen
-
stand, :They're , particularly, -.proud; - -feet- thiek,-- and the windows mere
believe, of the: ancestor who btought-. the *ith bars to theni-:-Wonderfilliyearittfileict-•:-
eurse npeu theta: If he didn't ga-downts,rd for our little business,. :eli;
Mr. Clement?
by the way of *Etiden- Tot, iacertehr But these great places don't
change hands
,toOklipine other road to the same place; very,- readily. You!, may smile .10
ur
lant it was -a :fine -thing, and:a compliment :niischieful: way, and Miss. Grace, as
to :the .'Ciyffards tO.he,fietchedby the Prince. 'is doubtless a veryeleyer,voician;.:•Iint:t
DarktiesS2' - ,Q1yffards '04.44-strikp._ -the bAok_
but
I am:- stare they are-. Weleome. -to any .that's the- .bloodhounds!
Well, 1 own it
.suPerstitietati. they .please,?.!-' observed - the Made my heart gopiteelpa,t. Did you
other with:a:grating-tangly. "Folly of hear such your life? -
soitii.alWayea 'step:in:Abe slight direction, seemed as. thoughthey had.4oVerhearlie.
and trust that Onemeitiber.of the fanaily;at- and '-guessed -.What:We. Wers.--..thinking-_,Of
leaet,.. may alweyit, latinself.„.for Thein very bloodhounds, learstWayeth
eir
reSiclenee .the pogs,r - fathers befotethetd, have been here these
AY, you may callit- three hundred 7years. :- Net :.e.ven.:
-a puppy,
Clement Carr; but if---yotfliatrliVecr boy they say, has ever been parted*ithby "the
And man for a',qtaarter of a .tenttry, family; - old -Y. a. fUll-grown .one, was killed
a Mile, •Clyffe you would not be 1.so : by . -,the king's :order; er:eomethingj.ike"---it
glib.: with sgui tougge ..•• for satigg:tke gate -keeper 'S child Squire
. " Yea -are an -ignorant .-and .'tittednepated Guy's . He swore it was such a pieco
man, Cator," returned- the . ether. loftily,- of tyranny as he would never put up Wit4,„
:" and therefore Such" dredhlity,Iosterea by but the 'dog waschung--;for.all that; :-"and'thetri.
local-prejudiee.,.ie in your case :only .storYgoes-that-hia-,Master
buried hiin in
L - • -I- • - . • . the ehapetyonder, and got e4ogitignioatsa
.
"Very good, Mr. C41..Ment,iiiisweredtlio by hisinieatfilor SUdoing, Hang thedogsi
Other :aryl:y.1. P-erhaps: W.0.---Shalldiffer leas- „Iliope their chains are strong/ Well, it?tir'-'
Abont.thiSinatter to4nOrrow,morningl" I oneway rousing the house, at 2.11-eVente!
"WbY.Comoi±Owgioiging::isigi-tkag.: . The feelings of Mr.. ()lenient _Carr
rny good Cator ?"..inquirsa the ,other, with set on the- side- .next the kennel) did.. not
an of Cereleas patronage. . s agniit .Of -articulate: Speech ; but got dewrz," - -
-" Beoaiitieyeh will have slept upon it _Sir,: with pinch more egility- which 18 senile often elter athalfeopinick, - been. -eXpected,ef a _gentleman: of - pro -
and
..ntore especially as youwilldone pertiohs,,andltintaing7-.reichd back - -of
-se -Clyffe,112.11.7-_-: . - • -,••• • the gig, applied himself to the knocker::
put. ,..there's-netjihig.. against . Of the nailLstiidded-front door -
my good Cato-, • :itii.".there? Mrs. cly1farcl. 'The, conrgyard in which : they now were • „
has never breethed:a• layllablepf anything -WO formed: by . three -taidea.', Of the castle, -
unpleasant:2'A ' - • - • . which. stared -1.49n them from, -Seere
cf
"Nothing,- 'nethihg; except_ those _ curtained windows, - as item. sightless 'eyes.;
• tales . which:4 eredulity;: festered by local but through both elintter. and 'curtain --
of
prejiiclice;'iisSO.::.apt invent, and Which one. of them. gleamed- a ,pale. and Sickly
igherant_end unedupated'Iolkeereso-ready light„tolling of Wakefulness • ark- wetching •
.to.. girt yonder Clyffe- even that slumbrous
itself; Shall; have 11,- :couple of hours' That IS Squire Ralph's Own chamber,"
Slee.P-betoredeYbreak :it we push one": cilserVedllar. Cator, nodding - cautiously in
"1shallgo to bed to -night," said Mr.- the _direction- in question ;- "end._ if ,-yetell.T.
• Clement ..Carr aectisively " would be take the of so.humble
an individual
scarcely worth Nubile." •:-. : Myself,. you will not, make such a dreed. .
. cater chuckled, aih)iid. ftil noise."
ing f',41a.d.lOokyott,Oator,perhapii biz stay- The ihocks which Mr. Carr was adininie;".
in the house Maybe looked upon as an tering to - the oaken - door . did indeed
intrusion' at this -period Of-, the family reverherateovet the whole building and--
To-,morrow-hight we will „'sleep• the.beying of the bloodhounds, mixed -With-. • -
at the ' ; the-, rattle.' of • chance ae they •straine4, -
•
"There no inn, Mr. -.Qlenient,'"returned break their:: bonds, - Made. -up hideetts-,' -
the :driver . -" Here are the denier, - The ]atter noise, . however, :Only '
lodge gates; -_--please-to.hoid. the rains, while incited Mr, Clement to -fresh- tkertiene -
I. getout andring.the-hell."' ,
:and .when. the door. Was suddenly- opergain. .
ampTaa III. .
•'BROTHER AND SISTER.
It was the quieteit. helix Of the tvienty
.four, 2,6-., We in :our egotism are Went t
speak, as though it/were not far otherwiS
:with the majority. of our -fella* --creature
on this orb, and busy niidday with our oWn
flesh :and blood intheunder world.- The
high harvest -moon at full was flooding the
silent woods with mellow -light; and etown-
ing the eternalhills.With solemn splendor.
Through -the : iron gates, ' the .avenue
stretched far and wide, And the -broad oakt
,threW each_ashadew of itself:oh the east-
ern sward, ite perfect as - though it Were a
dastneantle.- At the end of the long vista
real the midmost tower of Clyffe-liall ; and
..on both sidee, 'beyond - the. trete, Vast
masetof the stately • nianSion, or at least
of its girdling terrace, could !Sten Sleep
ingin It'lle moonbeams like some enchanted
pile of ifairyland. Around it spread the.
park, -1wooded - -and linowled, the '.ferny
.couching -place of many an antlered herd ;
and -behind it; as far ;Lathe eye could range,
-rose tlie-dailcbackgretind. of. Ripple -Forest
and Veil. It was a.seette _ to make the
lightest hearted thoughtful, ahd yeti_ if
Vietiedl aright, to lighten the burden of the
Most sorrowful. ' It mattes not _which Sort
belioldslit; or if =neither- _Abes: Atitumn
after. Orkin*, age after age, the innocent.
night wears still this precious jewel of the
harvestlimpotiupoti her brow; and thesoft-
effulgenee overflows the world,. and --steeps
it in heavenly splender, -whether mortals .
care to_IMark it ror no, as - tlatr-Vrini_ and
T_hurnmin Shone in the seine, whether he -
who looked upon them perceived the pre- -
settee, Of the Lord of Abate, cr:bnly beheld
a burnished breastplate. - ''' .- : •
..-" • Alike uponall theeroWded towns it shines,
-Where the -children - Of honest labor sleep
-11neonscious of it; as. upon the lonely deso-
late moorlands, where -there' is - none -,:te .
gaze. -upon Its lavish sheen„ .. Whatever it .
_bathes in its mild radiance, straight grows
fair, eXcept. the faces.- of the wicked. " -Fat '
and afraid, irresolute aialcruel,.. Cleinent -
Carr sat in the. sPringless gig looking like'
a vulgar -it-itellius. :The conntehance of
Mr.;William-Cator, also, who -did. net 'con-
trive to _waken the lodge -keeper (although '
he clung to the bell, as though he , were
taking pert - in a bob - major) with:: his
hist - nor :yet with his second- SuriiniOna
Was: harsh and gran as the: stone -deer-.
hounds that eat- on either side the Pertal.
.-When the,getes were oPened: at.--.1aht,404-,
lashed the neare -ihto _a -gallop, 'iot--:
She _ had keen the ;Cense ;Of '-tli r.`, 6
detentiOn,-:•. Still, even theite-_-inen;:1-6,e.the
emerged from -.-the . double: line of oaks, -
-Standing like -sentinels whoteoffieser Of
watch 'vvol Tiine itself, and -:•• elie
... . .. . , . ,.„....
front f hi
crying, " The degs, the dogs I Shut it, lock
it never mind. Cator! " without even cast4
ing a glance at the person who had admitted
o dhoim.s0,1fihit .:13`;aolularani-PliralaPbeirittaevae him to
e another direction.
Es He who stood in the doorway, glancing
in speechless indignation from. the intruder
in•the gig to -him who had made so uncere-
nice:nous an entrinCee was -.evidently no
serving Man. His face, theligh.:;-liaggard,
and, at the moment,. puekered.-.:With-, rage,
wore an air of conscious superiority very
s different from the well -weighed 'eupercili-
ousness of a hall porter; .while- his apparel,
' althqugh difiheveled, as _ though. he had
sought -repose (as indeed he had without
undressing,. was rich .and-' even elegant. -
But what rendered him most and
put it out of -the question ihst- he coul
be merely arptiner-of the establielimen
was that he wore WS hair, of whichlieha
571 elloTMOUS-• quantity, notwithstant.
that he - was far advanced 111 years,
plaits,. as race horses do in these daye,,,TA
from out of there his gray face peer.
inquiringly, RS 84 river god's 1S"'SOIneilinis3
pictured to do from his lell'ot
"How dare you Make this clattik-
door ? "he brokeforthafter awlailiei%.,
are you, fellow, in the gig, and who is
-cur whom youhavebrought with you?
.
His inquirywas LidaTOSSOCI to M.
Gator, but referred ,to - Mr. ,Cle
who; having climbed up to tfig hu
mantel -piece of. the hall
chair; had cleverly*ioked_A-AVet,
-isolate froni7-alt attacks
houndorothers;thete-=;..he
his legs swinging the rtn
exertions, but by no. Mean -63
less cenfidenee -.._ which -.son%
that motion in persons stoat -
stanced. -
"My naine is Cator, sir,' -retnine
ng
uuwo
hum
"We have isti
t,pa, - from 70b0,n:fial;._yhtpiffhPt:ga.1rPhavi;77'g14:(37::i'74-'' an ff 496''
own
Squir
before_
those three- tithes,
0 m, he rushed frantically -1n
. Bide 'tan* cernplaintS t at madgah
elaattlie• eminent a
or part of let,plen,g0no in the aforesaid By Law on1Stiturday theist .;day,:ef October.net at
o'eleek ute • . . ;4_ s-
- ItTRTFIER TAKE NOTIOE that any one intendin to applytc•bstve sneh By Law or any
par
. .
t thereof quashed; must within ten da aft et the final pastung, thereof :severe- a , notice in
writing• p e.'• ve.and'Clerk of the untinpality-of their intention to make Opplicition for
that purpose toome, ‘Tojesty's Superior Dort.. of-ji4w, atgeroripaylnlig,00-neit tem
Anz13,41,thet• By-Laww. - • • -
lactrie.,
if
merit
SVeab
said
e •
D. C MPBELL, . , Tevnt ,0-.` •
gon. Tel Co. Ani.• Esi*,re • co 0 '^
0 0
busi-
on by
As there
es and
le niay
k and exam,
where.:, All
ate' Tirni are
ey must settld
Have.You,TrIed.:10
It so yon eau testifteitelrairvelleni pow -
'
ere of -healing, and recommend kittc.
friends.-- -We refer to Dn.'.1".owlertii:Bitraet-
Wild' Strawberry, the 4grand4PeciAitfe
suniwer coMplaints,-,---„diorlices..,6 ordi
Cra-Pli)14-_O04.T. infants nt
stnmek ;end ---boviiktent xy4.-
adhlti-f; _Let iii.,:get-dtt- 7-4k