The Sentinel, 1881-12-09, Page 6AVENGE -D Alt} 14.1L -ST
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• A steer oe 1.4ave andflearingi
:the author of "Vaud taei_ci7t_?,:y,
" Gwendolintes Harvest," f oth
popular novels.
= laty laid his strong. hands on the -_reehe
Atka strove. with might and Main to turn
over; but it dict not move- in its damp
• settirigra_ hair's breadth. • Thee toiled - in
•, his-- first oleo, and angryat being foiled,:
•
Gideon Carr made another attempt to gain:
'his- end. He kneltdown, and scratched'
the sandetway- with beth his hands, as .
' 'terrier scratches -at -the bum:ea-of-a rabbit;
, but when he had made a considerable:hole,
..he desisted, "for,"'. muttered he, ash.e. Will
take: it for a grave, perchance,, as indeed it looks. like_ one. "But, nevertheless, this.
cash . Will I have." The :hole" was small;
but he bared his brawny sada and lying
down within the !hollow he had made,
thrust it in to the. .very shoulder. The
fingere reached what . he sought,. but as he,
grasped: it, the pleb .in -its teen, with its
toothed claw, seized them like at rack and
Vice in one. - For one instant the man felt
a _faint with agony, but rage soon conquered-
.
pain. "Whim I. get out, my friend in
'armor,": muttered he, "although I shall
have' no time to take you lieme to boil,
• .awillf dram wedges into these claws of :yours
, he thing which I am tom youfedo not like),,
and leave you to die, without, stippipg,like:
the - rest :Upon certain dainty Yes,
---,you will come notwithstanding _ that you
stroggleeanclare so very large.azid-strotig;"
and, indeed', huge as the.creaturewate. the
' giant strength of Gid.een, Carrawas, dragging
-it forth, and had brought it almost to the
• Very mouth of its dwelling, whensuddenly:the huge, stone itself, und.erroined by the• ,
previous diggitg, and shaken by the present
contest:: toopled-ena felt forward—only' a•'
_ few-inch.ea,but within there was included_
oiaeowenaked:NiristionVhich it pressedlike
a:new world on, Atlas,' Taken even • at this
arighthildisedvalitage, the n3ah could still,
, perhaps,. have wrenched out hie maimed;
• ;
Limb, but for the tenacity Of thee -tab, whial-
,-heirt on tolitnentore resolutely tharh ever;
his oloaed fist .forining with the twee-
. threeitselt e- -tort :Of gelid -knot, .which it
was alninst iropessibie: to withdraw through
. the, now rtarroaaed: aperture,,
.•i
For the -first tirno in haileng lite—ut view
at letistof any readetiale clen (=cal:a-Lathed:amps
of fear gatheredhp.04 the brow of Gideon
'Carr. The frightful thought; What if
•this creature holds the till:the-tide -conies,
.Upand drowns- met sped with a sharp
agony through his brain, Bue Straightway
• he -Weenie himself agaih; reeointe,
• lableecalm. Without motion. ---for Was not.
• every moment now a. loss rrieelesa
- Strengthr,Z—helaY, 'Calculating his: chances.
She. would surely come, this, Mildred -for
• whom ; he liad _been waiting, ;se long,
but not tiotif now, impatiently. Ho had
•-felt quite certain of her eorcifig,
• Minute ago or so, when ,hai *wee free.
andout of all_danger then why should he
doiTht now? His own misadventure could
not have- altered her -plans-. No; ehe, must
• • neede. come. . He wo-ahl. set her to dig. at
the sand about his Wrist, and -then, when
he was loose—yes, - bo. would drown her
• eta He was not like: Clement, Mange:
"Ye Powers of good; if ye will help nae now
• I will henceforth serve yOu." Wh,y was it
not through this woniteas_ tatcliuesseacurse
her 1? -----that he was tOw.-*Iying humbled and
reeked.with pain? There, was no better
however, ,brokene-he, knew that; hothieg
to prevent his ' wire thing away when the
. time:came, But suppose 'she _heard' not
. free him with all her effoxte. Then he
- Would .• hold her • there, and. they
• Should drown. together, f Ay, but
they should. ,There. •shmaa. - be; no
lying story of righteous: retribution,
foreoeth, told about .Gideon cam As he
had lived, implacable, unbelieving; defiant,
se Would he, But pslieee! why think
of-deeth.,? He should not, could net die!
...Were all his Mighty plans for the, future to
be scattered by a paltry creature that was
sold in the market_ for sixpence? Was
Clyffe Hall to beipluo,ked, frern. his grasp,
• forever, and tens o'fihousande of pounds to be .lost --for it he did: not get th.em, -were they
'
not lost ?—and thirst for vengeance not -to
. 7 be slaked after -all., butenly whetted?: For
What Was BayndOndta. death? He had
written to 'Grape last night; "The; jitst step
• of the: tout you, think 80 perilous_ has been
taken. gens.;?' -,-The -first step!
And entaitaceatlit:it befated that hewas
notto take .a! Second.1 Pated 1 that word,
thOuglinnformabihie. lies, Sent & tremor
throughout his frame. a What had the foot
laiymond meant to his last agonybyave
trig that he save the winding_ -sheet 1 bound
high about him,: the- token of black doom
• idenediateiyimpending Doubtless a lest
• malicious- effOrt, to give him discomfort._..
that was, all—Hal the rustling of e. dress._
• _and that of more than. Meg They, are
coming, at last the more the, better, for
•,the .1line is_ getting short and
Gideon (Tarr did not conclude that thought,
. but groaning, passedahisediseugaged atut
for the second time- aorosa his forehead.:
It was no 'rustle of a areoft which be had
healaihuithe echo of the. Arst sibilating
wave as swept -the sandy thresholdtof the
• Mermaid'sVavernq, yea, that here -Wet the
rising spring -tide had given its fatal warn-,
-ing-bylthat he knew, -although -he:bairld.
not turirteeeeit, that _the rite of beach
- was now tong,eta theta .f,3r
neementahlit iron leeatt, gave way, and a
• . Bhrill soream O. terrorbroke from his
laboring lungs; sound—the
inarti-
'onlath confession; elle:eat—they beflever-
aient-forth, before, and even now landia.net
-appearto Heaien, nor yet to au.
•1 The cOaet-guerdemair sitting lazily idpon
the cliff ah9ver was startled" by it, and
looked out sharply' for the. Orange sea-
birdthat had uttered so harsh a hetet and
• Mrs'. HepburnheardlitiMthedownheYond,
and asked her friend what sound it was,.
who told her it was but the, west wind... If
• -- he had ,repeated it .—biit no voice Could
• have framed a seConcltitnealvece terrible,
the coneentreted anguish ofa. hopeless
hearta-perhape help might have come. No
trothan- could poseibly, have i!"31easechillina:
• from his position, but the strong arm.: .of
Robert Andrews might have:clone it. Even
as it was, unaided, this impidioned. wretch,-
•' .made,fieneied by his peril, liettaed PP the
rook 1)7 a trem-etidous effort somequarter- of an back, se that heavr. the. creature
'Mutt 'wag „,thti„raella etliehtx.
-. loam Sank .41oWl,4-1thd,:phlkene
aloe* asbeferaa - -
And now, When he kiieW- that Ids awn
ee-
1
his whole lif awned -to have been coi•
n- yea,rned for it as hover 3 e nee or
prisehad , ever felt so confident of bridegroom ; then_prayed for it, ea tot Mime
.reesette. Mildred would come, of course, and .blessed boon, _ahnost_ .berind . tlya- oWer of-
eieeing the tide up, would conclude that ati heaven to grant, . and f -still e her iusband
itecident had. occurred—that, he had hada came -not; ' Mildred . had . heard fr m Mrse
fit, or .spraliu3d an f ankle, and would Carey , of the frightful fate ot" the Mali
hasten at once, for what was getting- her Stevens, othoW one of the Sandh fisher,.
feetavetin comparison with 'savings,- fellow- men hadegozte to the Mermaid's q _ ern for
creature's life? That was the way the crihs at -theanext love tide, and f und the -
woman would reason; doubtless, she must drowned man stillimprisoned like another
be positively. eel -tithe he wa.s. thene. She Milo by the pitilese gone, with his • wrist
musthave seen the cutter that anouChthim half out through, and, the knife still-, leaped
pass by Sendby. Where .else could he be? in the other hand. - Iairectla she he rd the
Andehad not her usband. told her— Once news a shudder. had :run .throu h her
more, the guilty wretch slitidderedafrorie frame, not upon hisiaccount alone w o had
head to heel; for his thoughts touched the thee perished, but because she Also; eemed.
Raymond, an icy bend was laid upon 'his to See a retribution 'he it for some c 'me at
limbo, as though a ,corpse had . clasped present undivulged—the -finger. 'df the
them. -Up, up ie crept, .and With it a
stealthy "found,. lie, tide had reached his
.feet, and higher yfft Though the -floor cif
the cavern sloped hweads, his very mouth
was only a little
_ . _ - .
there he lay; nay,
• Which his own hen
him. to drown mor
. that it looked 1i
dreamt that, his
He had jaded of a
making ea the
avengere-pointing to another- Tfata1 °etas,
trophe, in fAtich Rayrnendaiown lite might -
be involved.. And when, after a little, news'
arrived tat he had never reached Yar-
Weer than hue feet as 'mouth, a:weer-got to the ehdof the journey
the hollow.of the sand, begun with thia. dread eompanion, then
s.had dug Would cause indeed -her husband murderecl, and her
quickly. He had said helpless child. in the power of herbitterest
a a- grave,: hub never foe—at seemed that there was, no new.
wn forte would fill it, sorrow, as no icy, left in. the world for Mil -
eve inches more Or less- dred. In -vain Mrs -Carey besought' her to
leave her ow a desolate home and ' remove
•
to "Lucky out of reach of further
hurt:'
Ne," answered she, With bittern' ess ;
'11est 'thy -sla.iif RaYenond's spirit, Wahdee;
hither, should seek me in vain; or least,
• hen Grace .deeniii' it time • to smite, 4 that
of payeturaered Milly should' return, ahd
wait -foe me about the-hesolitte home which,
is the only one she knew. While se to
further hurt, thy friend," continued
"1 would thank this aunt of mine td send
and slay me, asthe most weleorne reVenCe
she can take." - ;
If friendship nd geneine sympathy.
erotic° as to , survivor-,
shipne such a. case as, this, and now, thus-
prostrite,heVaS dbomed to drown sooner.
1
than any child a y ars old. He remakked
for the first time that the °seem was
growing dark,- and that a greenish tinge
Wag mixed witlevehat light_therewas ;elided.
turning as well ite he couldahesawatlie tWo
approaches to the p 'ice heat -filled. with th
rising tide, and onl a jagged *crescent o
blue sky above it. vett while he longed; it'
tall, white.created ave hissed- in, and
swept him- to the very neck, and dabbed
his face With spray. Th'e, freshness of the
foaiii: seethed to re ive him ; lt,ncil With a
gleam of hoe in hi - worn end anguished
face, but with . a -c tel leak upon .it too
even though the co mg pain was to he his ,helped_her, leakier them,' oast guard and
own, he drew forth chisp•Inife from his srn uggletsfor the. firsttiroeunited in boom -
pocket ; then:. drag ing it ()pen with his mon object—in striving to bring her cona-
teeth, las began to s ve the blade -against feit. If the stealer of her child hadlfallen
• Ifthe had but thoughtof this alittleearlier; Merriment and good nutere had left his
i
the sinews of his ca,- tive wrist: He would iit,o the harida of either -party 'it mould
... ,
escape gill, ay, that he would: ,What wSs leave.' gone hard • with him - indeed. - The
a hand mote or less Conapared with life? lieutenant was quite a changed Man ; all
• but even how it was not too late.' _A:mighty eyes; like a keightetrant under a- vow of
wave here whelmed him from foot to head. vengeance, avhci abjures feast and tourney,
" Too late too late"( it echoed thunderincr and even puts in abeyance his fealty to Ilia
_in- "_Too- late, too- ate -P' the- screaming own sovereign lady, so did Lieuteneut .
beach replied-, dragg0., down by its return. Carey forsake:pipe and glass, and even his
_Blinded by the salt teeter,Gideon could tot cluty to his fair -mistress the revenue, and
find the place to aim at, but like an inex- laboured the country, bight and day, and by
petite:iced Woodman-, cut and knocked the •land and sea, in. Mrs. Hepherna ' cause.
„could hav.e mitigatedeuch woes its Mildred's,
therewere many who would have ladly
limb at randoni.
sWept in, and revert
leisure, and. fell:bac
,splenclid roof. and w
and another, thinider ng doom !
CligPT
idEso
allow shall ,r tell
cemee honie_?" wass,t1
• occupied poor Milhre
f was. not. diwelling upo
a How. shell find
thittwe are desolate,
late, for that is what
has snatched our darh
.to Godt". - The cagony of the mother was
the more insupport ble, since she was
forced to remelt! in etive—since hothing
could be done, save What already had been
done. She could not aka coach to Clyffee
°man there,. "You
Wekj convinced as
S the. case, site had
to • sapport the,
Then another weve
d about the °Dare at
upon hira from the
1; aticl then another.
XXI.X.
ATE.
Raymond, when he
e thought now
"s mind, whenever i
her lost Millya. fate.
orda to, let him -know
ay, worse than dese-
we 'say when death
gs only to give their,'
and cry to the wohith
• have atolea my Iarnba
she was that such w
• not a particle of proof
cusatione It Was use ess to inform the
te of the case, since
hem to take. no
. When the actual
uld be tracked' and
police of the tree st
• thet would enable
further step e at preseh
-stealer of the ihrld sh
seetieed, then, indeed, onee blow znight be
strticle, at her who had. set him, on. But, at
present; there. was heehhig for it but to
weit, and weep. Perhaps,when Raymond
is
°sine,- he might sugg at some, course of
• tuition, and yet the terr r of having te tell
luta, - Our Milly. is , telerea so weighed
dawn her soul that she ecarceawished him
back. It wourd. haveaIgi
-tc, her, in her lonely an
a messenger -from Mar
business Iteeps me her
interim,- perhaps the ro
tured, the child restore
herseff might relent.
ost been a relief
uish, if.he had sent
outh.to say, "My
' awhile." , In. the
ber might be cap-
; or Aunt Grace
o, that was impos-
t
mble. Even if she cou d, hay& hearddier
nieces- agony, Of the d Solation ' she had
• wrought irehearth and heart, of the utter
wreck of that humble little household,
which she had effeeted a by thelightning's
strokeoio touch -of Pity ould-havemoved
her; of that Mildred was as sure as of her
It still; oh -which,
ought which alone
ther suddenly' like
•of the &it snow
erey. --No, it was
vengeful woman
de her dread her
when Raymond
essenger to tell
ird evening of his
to night, then.she
rmost depths of
en. sounded even
• less itself. Hope she I
indeed,- gene she fed, th
she livedeand did. not 371
a flower beneath the pal
—but not in. her aunt's
• the thought of that heed,
which, more than -all, in
husband's coming. But
dill not come, nor. any
her wherefore; and -the t
absence Was thickening I
begateteefeel that the ut
wretchedness had not
yet. '•'
Terrible, indeed;are- t e_weapons_which
dodsbinefftheic Uses, or, '' His_ inexplicable
wisdom, suffers to housed againstifis. erect-
• tures for. their good. Lie austible is the
armory of his treneend us will. .-.' "The
The arrowsof His *retie have darkened
Iv
Lord hath &maths Lord ath taken way,
blessed be his name," is a ' ise sayitig r but
let no human mounter V nture to _add—
"' He can new take away o more; Ha has
done His Worst, or whet seems to be His
Worst," when in truth all i good. ... . .
• our stm, but the night -of otir toritsw has,
still, perhaps; .senne moon • of comfort.
,Whaa, thane -414h° flight of His chastening-
. darts continue yet; and darhee. it also, until
all indeed is night! The -413ieId of resigna-
tion is'sometinles raised in_vaizi—or what
'aeeros in Vain, • to our poor,.impatient,
• -through, we . lie prostrate in the dust, and
ignorant, fretful spirit, wit its " Ho* long '
• how long?" • and, smitte , through and-
titill are smitten. Then, What Was. aorrove
before, becomes alinostjoy hy contrast with
the more dismal present,. is. one who from
'inner gloona kaki' forth 1 on soine late
traversed dusky way, and Wonders liew,
with those gliminerhigestars above it,eit
ever could have seernedso dark. • '
tdii ir deLthErfsliadetf- of het
eeteliftWfd . d b.e.:.ffi Ur steel overp&oi
ohildbereft Mildred than illh f
t *
Every yard df -cliff, tied patticularly the
Beacon Cliff. about whichsuspicions had
been excited by Stavena' behavior in the
:otter, was examined by his own ,eyes in
his own boat ; eeetyfoot of ground traversed
byRaymond alopg, the down land on that
fatal day, was, gone • over with the eaireful-
hess of it leuth-hound. His men, too,
Whose hearts had been Won by Raymond's
anerosity and friendly bearing worked in
•t e.stuno cense with -will; nor, as I have
said, were the .free-traders backward in
ehowing their aympathy for the widowed
and childless lady, although they evinced
it ha it very strange manner. °
- ahey 'would not permit the bialy of.
Svevens tie lie by the side oftheir owe deadin
the little churchJytwl.' vain were they
told that they had no right to charge the
poor wretch with a crime Which it was not
eVen proved had been committed at all.
Ili vain. Was the •drowned Inait interred
With • all decency by clergyman and clerk.
-They. dug him up, again and again, and
oast his thshoubred limbs upon the way-
side stones; untilit was found .neCessitry .to
remove -them to a diStant looality. - Walter
Dietolon: whose 'boat: had visited the.
'Beacon Cliffs se ininiediately after Stevens
bed exhibited such an inexplicable dread of -
them, had come up himself to Peeves.
COttage, and assured poor Mildred; ewith a.
peofusion of -the strongest expressiOn in his:
vdcabulary, -that . ib. was out of eessibility
that any person could• heve heenepeslied
oaer the cliff in that part, without leaving,
to a practiced eye likehia (to which,: more-
caireia the place was knoWn as well as the
palm of his owl . hand); Some trale of hie
fall.- The evident desire .of the men to give
sotaescorefort so moved Mrs. Caaey, who
'WO present, tliatshe. rose' up and shook
both the free -trader -al, hands. But you
see it is no use, my man," she' Whispered,.
pointing -to .1ilildrecl'e hopeless face ; "•and
even if you could give her hope,' it would be
thistaken'kindness- Nevertheless,1 owe
you *good. turn for this,' Wetter Dieksoe,
and will repay -ib you, -if it shohld ever be in
mypowera •
BI4s-iicitik kind honest Rice l'areturited
the smuggler with a curious scat of etraggle
op his own. weather-beaten feature. "H -
ever a, coaiikuardia,n goes thheaveititwilibe
your husband, who has an angel for' his
wife to show him the way. Perhaps it is
as you say; and nothing I canteff this poor
lady can ae her any. 'good, butif sheiWas-to
take the geed book to my old_ weniitiathis
•evening, asfUe has often done befciee, who
is down and abed with the rheilinatitie, and
nothing to think upon. excePt the boys we
lost at. sea, elder than: this peer. child
(who're please- God, we shall See- againl
and -therefore,. Worst to part - With., she
might maybe -forget for, a little this. sad.
trouble .of her oWn: There, at she
ain't gone to Put-on her bonnet and -s'ha*1
'already 1 We :Won't keep lier from your
conipanyee.thetas, thy old woman Won't -a --
not half an -hour. 'She'll read,' it is likely,
just a chapter out of. Job, something
teaches- folk to.put up with everything;
although Jolajaewareant—and saving your.
• presence, Mrs:'Cerey-a,never knew -what it
was to -be troubled with the Excise:"-
• Whether it was the. agof a; geed Cathig
lie at) readthe sacred volume in the 'Vulgar
tithe' to a female_heretio, deeervedlY suffer:
ing from •the rheumatics, was a question
with Which; I. fear, Mildred ClYfferd „did.
net -I-Oeneern, • herself, althingh she :Was
, •
probably the first of her nam e Who had
ever .cothinitted mortal sin in that particu-
lar., ' Perhaps the Church forgeVe her
consideration of her ighoranceiwia her goodintentione.-. -But certainly upon her returns
--..-which did not ' take Piece nearly aesoon
as Mt. Walter •Dicksee had speeifieda-she
did notpresept-the appearance afethe who
_hid incurred grave spirituel peneltietea.On
the eontraty, the. 'consoletion which she
had administered: she also seemed -to -have
Tartalgen:e4andthal SO largely ethat. Area
• Carey .could not :restrain an ejaculation Of
-ahyful surprise. You have • heard some
vecl news, cleat Mildred. 'Lam mire you -
have," exclaimed she_ excitedly.. ' -
• "I have nothing new to tellyou, Maiden,
but enly the carrohoration of
afe.
forgive inel - toe hard of heart' to
sckpowledge. You told me that God was
neVer thanked in vain. _ ;Within these feVi-
minntei I have friend, that: that
is a true saying, hut: please do not ask me
any questions." • • • -
-CHAPTER-
- AN uNExPNOTED
• I eannot think that- the pestmah
my district, W., whealeals- out :bir
death, indliappiness and misery, a
and ccimpatence,every morniegef
save Sendaysato °pear other of his _
ereatureS, does beer .himeOlf -rec
letter; Otherwise, he . &Add anot. sui
iholit his :Week With. -atieh met
impassibility,- I have watched him-
hiemorhing round—the one which
most big .,with fate, since little. aie.
the afterhoon'posteicept bilis and
tionta--I have often watched him,'
distaibutieg hie ,.momentous missive
not a feature alters whether he hands in
the black -bordered envelope, whiele -the
fingers of the recipient do not -venture to
open, -but told itan their :trembling gra,sp,
while the lipienuirmur a silent prayer; 'or
the • scented billet *Lai whieh - the lover
veva asunder in his haste,-but:the-,-meideh
hidesanher bosom tilk . she shall be alone
Nothing interests -him -except aeregietered
letter; at which.(notwithetateling that he.
• Must know it brings itileWelbeime-With it)
he.grunabliasl end -repines, because - he has
to wait while we sign our ieame. At Christ-
mas, though:he mug* 'hnew that '-those.
enormous oblongs he brings are bills; he
hap liot idmuch as an .".rm scirry for you;"
and an . underlined a Imthediate," red
ink; -which sets V tangling . all the blobd iif
one's body; does not afflict' him nearly So
tage,
he is
reent
dare,
tbp,'
ine's
n of
con-.
one
very
blue
held
airs;
. he.
te
eat.
h
tter
hat-
forost
nd
are
her
her
ita
of
ar
an
no
he
at
er,
tli
-
he
ir
t-
ir
is.
he
lie
;a
s,
e -
in this
and
nd 'ruin: -
hie lite,
fella*.
calve• a
rely go
hedicel
ftahing
-istbe
Ines by
invite
I say, 'she, " which -warned Me truly tbat--of. my
s and peer husband's fetea"...,,e1t can have he, worse
teeters for me noweee at, then,.if- it offer
some crumb of coM1 ?. Perhaps about
ray Milly !"
eade'r, have you .Cvar'.:had a 'letter in
yourhand directed to ''yotif, and onry:
.Waiting the touch of 3. -our tik mb and finger,
.whieh yet you dared not oPen ? A poor
farthing's worth of ..eaper, with a little
writing within it, which you have no more
vehttirectto unfold without seine psrepara.:
tion, thought or.spoken,:of tile heart, than.
thee of the Wandering ilace -would' hey(' -
vehterea to -break; ilTevt.rent_ly- into the
lloly,of If Sd, you. may remember.
that, notWithStandingyourIaith in heaven'
.tiercy, you delayed that ,Supreinemement
again and again; and even endeavored per- -
haps 'meanwhile . to. interest yourself in
Matters of little thotheet---eie the children
playing in the street, or -ie spzirroWs fighting -
for a 'straw. - Thus 'was' V,;..-ith Mildred
Hepburn, as with that precnaiAlnissive in
herfhand, she -turned attentien to its.
fellow letter, expecting to 'find in it, she
knew not, eared not what, •..butklonaething
that might help her to -put:771 for. a fe*--
Motnents longer the n f the fruit of
thatdread keowledgearee. But no sodner
had her eyes lit upon the handWriting,
than, with an inarticulate of hate -and
pain. she ran toWards alt.; &louse,. exclaim- '
Marieh, alarieealea
:Mrs. Care3;, who.ht.td Ipeen -i-vatchnigher •
front- the Window; :was :b -y her side an a"
ereigies.4.62-0;7013:04'Otwl*Mik0 a waiakle
on. the hutnan, leihwe tote. Of failure
an aieeppoietteeet.;_- e.ea. all had;
been done -rundone Of whibh .fOOltfeap is
capable;mthe.Wafer had" -hem evidently too
lavishly- Moistened, and then :hamlet -far°
-down- with a penny. Apq yet, -• without
evena w69;thi"Ueiotgn'i.11tboir: hit4OMP:lFiyijlepcioairLtla--
panioi4 it thet the eye of.: Mrs. gepbani rested With
-b'x2t,.i.T‘i!litisanlykelcyclothii-,e''. said she,-a-na. whil'e the-
Manstill lingered----" thank .you; and good
.day-;"" but-Eihe never took hor ekes off that
Straggling superscription, - Which might
i3risily.. have been .accompliseed, like the .
folding, by a - p1 '311c toot, and '
which Was Spattered all over with ink -to an
exteet inconeeiVaible by tho;ie- who have
not witnessed the modern mdtbed of trans •
-rerring turps ttidinner dcilevs. :
the SaMe handwtiting," MUr -
•
nauoh es trifietof iesuffieietitapoe
without hieing .relenbersed- for Which
quite prepaaea. to take the .uegeet _doge
eney oi-iopeoea ; id-o-e7Srek
tuppence -yes, _be 4oes- _dare exactly'
.-pence and -theta' all. liven Valent
Day, i 'indeed, he may show -setae sig
human' sympathy; hilt that -is. . mere
Ventional and -passing enthiisiasin„:, and
which is incidental to his:prefessien.-!-
It Now, the..country postrnan- is a
differeet eereen from this. red -and .
autoinaton of -the town, .end cloetahot
_limeself- so e high - above lienian kft
-jlomot est.: '11.e. is A -letter': Carrier, -.and
considers- nothing which letters contain
be beyond his sympathy oro.ut -of his b
you Want to., get- .00quitiotod
-country ileighborhood, .1knoveetain be
plan-tbs.* that of- accompanying the p
man in'One of -his.mOrning rounds.'W
an interest he ttikes in the Jotter
Widow Ch.a.reall, theliatd-Workingealion
Reel' who ,e0M'es :Out -Int the Cottage. a
'down to the garden gate -with'-her b
-aims, dame from, theyishing.: tub. end -
three chubby children ;banging rarbdiOr
skirts, and Who thinks it must .he 'm
take,. for who, alaak there:left to • wr
to her now, and; indeed,: for .the -.Matter.
that,' who ever -dig -Write, for bee -peer de
john 'waslio scholar. : But the -postin
assureS her that for her it is -and, for'
other, and liagera whilst she: breaks -t
seal; and learns with genuine pleasureth
a bit Of Money, it seems, is canYing tob
about which John. always iiSedIO:talkWi
a certain vague hope, - . • __
. •Then aWay by the •Shorteuttbroogh t
park; where the dear de not rease the
• heads atthe. sowed of his WelbkiiVvin 'fbo
fall .on. the path,.:nor the hares at the
:morning toilet mistake for a -Moment. h
letter -wallet -for game -hag--;, and 8-0-hy p
range of 'stables- to: the back -dooi, of t
Hall, 'Where,Ifthe .foetnitin -is not in th
way,„the cook relie,Ve-a; him of the _0841 ha
which ...she. uplocka. witlehet louryfinger
Sets, aide."-tneSe for master, tnase:.-fo
.thissus, and that Oir foreign paper -Joe- th
eldest - young - lady with -a; grin; -Which ou
peripatetic friend -reciprocates; for .h
nOt know all ithont her engagement to. th
'young 'soldierofficer
At the Manor Farin, again; lie-1AS
friendly -• chat: with, the guidWifeia.,,.Whes
bueliancl- Away at the cattle, -she*. i
-town, and who takes Counsel •WithLbina
to the propriety of ()peeing that letter wit
the Westportoven pbetmaik, whieh sh
feels :certain. hi Shout the heifer • and ough
to be aceith to at once a but - finally -decide
to abide by., his -Advide, and to_ -:_let it
be," peeticularlY shier; -• Mr. Leaseheld is
-so very .singular -respect Of a" -never
thinkhigeeilything -.tan, be, :pretierly seen
to except .by -hisselfa He is not in:
such 'a -hurry, , the: country peatman:--
alteethgh between stoppages, mind -you,
-he steps Out with shell; vigor that .00nverea-.
tionis reodemd.well-high iMpossible-abut,
that he has &cheery Word fer in-eete;
and When : he eppeoaohoe the _ house of
sericav, Ouch. RandpaSVOttage.,';he fiedi
time to .Ifireeinber; to omit to -Whitt :his--
horh ; andwhenthe lady of the liouse,'_""k.
deepest moarniege"hisiaiellastehalfOrth .1 to
Meet thee his :..voice heia.somethipg-fin it
which syMpathi.
_ _ . . .
I Thus it happened,'_ -at „least with the
postinan -frOna .WesepertoWnaajuste tecot.7
'Cited:froth his lete, andthMeeferte
herhapeitooto fullicUlhe of- hOrnan,
fondness than jewel,- ,tipen acettaan nierne
.ing_whiclerhaye in:ruymind. Mr. Rep.
burn bad stood by hire-uponacertain
Sion when he had. been -Wicingfully. acausedf
to . his =superiors' by old - Lea,
Absentee's agent and bailiff; of haying kept;
hack some •-:letters for tiienty-foni hours,
in order :save' himself -trouble, in s the
delivery•. thereeta. per were Qh7tistmas
bexpe-'neglected_ait,PatepaC•Cottage, tar.
was the -offer of egless akin inclement.
'Weatherattatogetherhhemecedeeithdest
•hospitable little hOnSe.
. 41 have twoletteralei yeti nia'ant this
. -
morpingl," observed be respeetfullyeel: one.
.of 'em franked." . And -if ever* face:added,.
-4.‘ And _I trust it -may bring you. dome hone -
fort ififyduetrottble dear lad
, e.
facnof, thet., gemar gelid
fellow was -well -aware that - h '
. pea
nig.' to =one-, whese.. huiebalid. '-hireleabeeh
yOtei1041-81-it tilliatqhed,0A90,57:b14# few days
before, and ..wheie. child... had, been ,as,
strahgelYatoletafrornhee a...hut:yet-he deemed;
that a letter. which, -*as *milled-- by iv
nobler/1m; and bore a. seal NiAth gkiaria.
.000.4f-1408..11p011,1t; must.-'neede OOflLain
**Boleti -eine The other
naeans aristeetatio appearitn '
'," See I" exclaim ed thd wxetehed woroa-.-
" this is the of (:_;r,I.:;e C13,ffard..
Not content with t.T:Ifs'ting 6,..er the ruin she '
has wrought, she idnA necaR Write to tell
Me that it isiter *or lc., tell you yes ;__
you do not knoW= v&-13, .what
revencie is .like. _ w..-91-T.Ici Tint -5edm to her
to be: complete unlc.:c;-•;c4c-he Niece. .
. . .
Mildred, I am even with you_ 'how. That
was my hand which gruck you, through
• "'If she writes that;
gravely; She ackr1i;:. c
inehts the punibhment."
. .
" Ay, trite;" 7.1i1.1r
those you loved.!-" . •.
Carey,..
crime,.and r--
ning-is as -great...as is 3;1,17 Le -s}eha let
mo know it,.then,:i?-y means: .
IS AJI.„ 1.,,.!tz : ibthyehills
.bloodto. toad' 3-,,arrAr L:%ver Which the
snyte -has: trailed ! that she a,
says? What oru4 .Whttt :
tabs? What lies.7-.1rBdt care not
what: she Says. harm me
worse by wicked aiiedS ;. why,: thee, eboola-
let:her *nand nric ears WItlf:her barbed, - -
Words-!" -
• 'Mrs. Carey took , the lott.er, opened "it,
and read it :slowly tO_ herself... It is inost
'andacicuS, barbarons and .1rAss.:," groaned
she. " ghe-hints) fear,. thaf "Mink is at
• -
'Then me Le.r interrupted
-a.
Mildred, pasSionately: ..“.NaY, I will be-.
calM, dear Marion. Plea.se to read it out.
One likes to. kne* about one's dear oneS-
evan:how they die; -What news -is ;there of
my little Unpretected clarling in the- she -
wolf's den ?"' - ' -
" Even. she:wolves.- as one :reads,- have -
;some times, been ltind'to babes'," returned
Mrs. Carey, snotbingly. .‘c- I Cannot think,
that any be-aring the. ,name Of N-,.oisian would -
harm S your -s;"
But Mildred only -shook her head, and
signedthat Shelibduld read the. letter' Ont.
• " Nrt es -Ilitamisti,—I- thirth that i.,T have -,
noWlib cause toowe youany grudge.. How-
ever great May have _been an 'insult in the
first place, when, the duel bas been taught, .
threcotribatantseeltbeagh-ie noWise -friends,:
need :be no - len* -• ehenaies. They may-.
_even : act together ; when- 'their interests -
happen to be in Col:imolai whieli elienees to. a
be our own' came. It is of -importance t0.
me that you should come at to •Clyffe.':
You will have hothing tole* in so. doing, -
either from - hate -or - love. illy :wrath-- is
Ieite burnedpit ; While, As for Aupert, he; -
Is ill, poor fellow; audr:.,*eeds -* sick nurse
mo_rethen ever.--: If the ties of freletionship and your own natural benevolence de not -
Move yeti to accept this invitation, we are -
not withoot_auuther little etttacticin; or- ,
What I believe to be such. But. this -shall •;,-'
be,asecret till you. eamef'. - _: , • ' •
7 ‘..,Ay, she heldamy child," .'groaned 'Dili- •
dredo- as Marion 'ended i-- "..and, as I have _
_Seel& boys who haye 'robbed, an ousel% Ile
Ogiell. hoinn' its. yoting, and place. :thI,
where the mother may boar their erieli
and go herseffzhe Captured through her own
lovinginetinats, eo does- this -aunt of mine-. -
bait herfeattap for me Withniy very flesh
and blood: Well, What then? I -care not -
for -myself what happena to me; and • it I
see my Dopy 0000 af.,=,4iu: . -
,:lAitiated . Clyffard,”• interrupted_ :ISIrs:-.
Cary, solemnly,- "the thing 'w.hicli we do
a friend to avenge, -if not to protect her, -
in . ri--, despair is, rarely -tight; .Moreover,
ther as seardely. anything • the - doing Of :
which effeets-pureelveS onlY, and no other •,
While you live and are free, your ohilcl hatij-.
and thairetect by the thenaceof aVeligizig
This weman . feels this; : and therefore -
d ' .. le :you into, li r -power.- She -has .
ade 4 _thistike;.4-41 -t,biiali-- in.weiting.this '
Iter. ..Iler wrathhaseutrunher prudence,
d carried her it reach of the le*: Them
- mtich t(r.; explain' in thee and Which W
avetobe'explaieed. -befereijndge and "jut
Ihrt,Wkiet is that 'other letter Which you -
oldie 1 your.hand"' - - . .. ,_. : i :. ‘ • i
thliiilte)iellfaxliqd ' :41.14nOvii T- -and, ;alas,: .
"-1. had (almost • forgotten ',it,'-" - answered '
ildrecloe;- jgbilw.--,!f-ektboligb, 7 hetet° I -
Cegnized - Grace .-"Olyffard's - ..,,-bando• -it •
en.iedof u gent. Mement,..- ,It leIrortehini_
ho warned us 'et - thenaa4 Stevens. Yort '
Sr read it also, if yeit•pletiae.• :Thereria
thinginlie tofdlhaf tbrrpdvtfilings.'' .
"But. WA Is aerea 'stretrge," Saidalarach ,
atty.:: "Leek you,. the post is, the,
. _ , _ , .
. . . ..
- oont4nseci on- seielith page._ . - ' ' ;1:7
.,_ e re
preietiyelcipe.,..eponli; itaWaancit eef-easy. bit ' Se
turn out arneat.looking.'nOte'. kalnow;• sed.. w
the individatie wherhad foltleil thrs partieu% -n1
Wee ler docurdeptfiraCeithertteeeeinetta v r ' •'-n0..
georte.eauee_be enevalheg,e.otirionaehange, aeergleclia4noef #ght; shene longer feare4
aecoinplished this matter ingetiouilbut -
indifferent . eye for - rectangles Or ' - 'no
tlafttOeVer him ;,- he. had never --,-that ik fo- ' her litiehand'a aniaal; bat awaited for
still not welly with his --feet - instead of his- C
,
gay, within th °last ten InintiteS in -which
something
it eagerly', and at first hopefully;. then you said the other day, but which • I, heaven 'hands . it had a number: of those dirty
•