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CHAPTER XLIL
ulietoea eliaeacie eert zee-
Aieseeei as Rupert Clyffardehad parted
from Mildred,' he sent Word to his step-
mother that he wished to see her upon a
Matter of the last. importance in what he
Was pleased to term his 'business -room.
Likemany Mecither dignified by the same
name, er even that more ambitious one,
"the stela:ye' thischamber gave no
evidence. of its -title in ita contents.- For-
merly, a few of the more faded family
pictures, for whicji. even the great gallery
had no -room, had adorned the walls; but
the preeent inmete had caused -thein to be
• exchanged for the Portraits of such of his.
ancestors Upon whom, inlater life, ;the
• eepposed anceetral curse had fallen,: or
who, in other .words, had been distin-
.
,guisleed in eccentricity." Of Guy. Clyt:
fard, -a fell:length had been taken, when:
_. advanced in life, attired in his favorite
• hunting -dress of grey; .sed but ethat
Rupert's- coat was a red - one; the picture
this frame might have almeseaatised for
.a. reflection of the living -Man es° like; as
• -Lucy had said, had the young Master of
Olyffe in these- late years grown to Ihie
estrange- forefather ; unshorn was his long.
White - hair, unkempt his *Ageing -mous-
tache, and epee hie- worn cadaverous face
dissipation had set the sam�. sad marks
weicla physical and mental illness had
• iniptinted upon the face Of his deseinidanie
Rupert's greet uncle, -Roderic, tee, was
-
there, who had lived and died his cant
:master - as well as Master of Clyffe; but
whohad yet been enough to think -he
wouldecortte te life again to inherithouseand land; the features not unlike those of
Ralph Clyffard; but less -firne, and, ,not
:without a touele of cunning. Uncle Cyril's:
well-known face Was the last of that reeg
line, with lips that beamed forth kindnese.
, and good -will, as • they had ever done • on
him. Where they now ' kieked upon (for he
had loved his brother's boys), but'witla a
certain glitter of tbe eye • which boded evil
to the Milli that %OTC -ASO MID. But -there
, was one picture, to 'Which Rupert's glance
had been: directed from the moil:met ,he
entered the -teeth, and which he was -con-
templating now; with heed aside, 'while he.
_
waited Mrs. Olyffard's co-ming-the-bend--
oomest face otail, so beautiful and waxen
delicate- that it might. have belonged to
some fair girl, save for the silken fringe
• eipten the lip, e • • . • -
“ How eateld'ehe have played hien false?"
- inure:Lured ,Rupert, his clan sunk on his
hand. "With one mech. as he toJeve her -
and very kind he was, they say,- when he
was pleased -why did :Ole.' not thee please
him? Whyetuftle that broad hrawa- Why
Mar that loving smile? And he too -Why
• for that, -fair :Jezebel so straegely. hike—"
"He heard the 'austle, of a dress - at the
ceee door, but he did' not stir -4 hair-
breadth-" so very, very like her portrait."
Yeu.sent for me, Rupert, did you not ?e
said Mrs: Clyfferce laying her fingertips
• upon his arm, _
"Yes, mothere-I canyonmother because.
•. Hamlet did -but. why I sent :for you has
'escaped me altogether. Perhaps it was to:
askyour opinionieboet Bertrate here. .Now.,
what do you thiek of him?"
"Well, -he was a foobeile, headstrong. boy;
. enamored- of a woman false as she was
:"Bow - very, every like my lather!".
observed Rupert. . • - •
“yeb,:a little. :like," returned errs. Clye
fiat& carelessly; "they were.beth dark,
and very handsome in their youth."
But this one was never eld."_--
“ ; he died young.” -„
"Ay, and shut up, poor fellow," remarked
Rupert, Pitifully. ; • - • -
"The better for him, stepespn,.-otherwise
he would have been hanged. _Da yolinoe
, -know that for jealousy of that same wan-
• tenet° slew his brother Ciereaise_?"
"Ay," Rupert faced: "suadeiely around,.
and asked with __fierce ienpatimiceree-But
why: did he ecit kill her instead?. Those,
creel oyes of . blue, why -did .he not shut
• thern, close? Timeelying lips, why did he
not maim thern.--- dumb? :These serpent
- locks,why did -lice net take them, as I
might yours this instant, and Wind them
about her snowy neck until sheohoked?"
Grace Clyffard's- face was ,ashen pale;
but heeeyes did_ not quail, -leer her voice
*remade, as she answered sternly,- "Ask her
yourself, Rupert; you have seen her once,
• and will Perhaps see her again."
-
"True, -true," stammered, the other; "let
us not talk of that: I could not bear. to sae
- her; it would drive mea -----e- I am sure I
:could not - beer-- it. The last_ -time-I
marked it in the eiroamse hero -wag the
•-vera day of my poor father's death- L
wonder witether„she appears before all
deaths. One, two, three, four— What
:- are you staring at, Mother?' Do you not
know that! EMI here to sign the almanac,-
. the thing that you have plaguedmete de
a. thousand times. . Hoer: does one sige an
aleiatuas? --Let me write down Capoek for
• my nae, because he was the braes crab•
that nipped your brother Gideon, and kept
hiin, tighteetile the - tide ed.= up, fot.
• which I hold him in everlasting honor:"
"Do you -reeap that you are ready" to
.
sign the -parchirieute which` you have
• hitherto refused to do until you ere -mare
kied to Mildred?"
•- "Jest BUi. it is only to -day instead of tcs•
-Morrow ; why not?"• .
Grace Clyffard strove in vain to quench
the gleam- of triumel that stoleover her
-.white fade,- and Modeler cold eyes glitter
with eager greed: but she made answer
carelessly, "As you please, Ru_e.; but. We;
-mast have witnesses, or the deed would
,
only be waste. paper': • Shall we seed for
My brother Clement and William Cator ?"
do," said Rupert slowly: "Give
me the deed --you keep it somewhere here,
I know -and I will read it While yon fetch
theta men. One -should read whet one
From a• locked drawer, • in e cedar
cableet,Mrs: Clyffard- drew forth a pereh-
Merit neatly folded, and placed it in his
hands It was Rupertecown will; whereby,,
itecaee his brother died before him, witlea.
„ "e issue, all the blade Of Clyffe were
fed to hie step -mother sorely. She
_aeto the "placewhere presently he
e I se and where the names of .her
(eater were to be attached.
io you sign ?" asked he •
- ' said she-.
"But that will not do," cried u r ;
"your name AMA he. set down."
- "It is set down," replied `she impatiently
"Thee, there, and there again -have you
no eyes? I will go Xing for lama, and she
will brirtg the other two."
"One -two -three --four," ;obseeved the
Madman slowly--‘‘ Grace, -.Clement, Cator
•and L This is to do all our -wills ,in one,
then: No five is in it also; but then he
never stole' my love away, as Gervaise
as the 'd.,
served poor Bertram; that was only an
evil, dream. Time has not fle
whispering fiends would persuade me. All
between is but one long, long night; This
sureltis my own Enema marriage eve."
He took the parchment to the.
almanacs,- and compared it with a date
marked with a white cross'. "Yes, *Ei the.
selfeame.day. To -morrow, I wed ney Mil-
dred. To -morrow, one goes to the bridal
and three to the bier. Ay, here they come.
Now, see me sign, my honest withesses.
Clement the fool, put • thy name ' below
here; Cater the knave, write thine beneath
it; and as for Grace, the foul fiend with
the fair fade, as Raymond used to call. her
-Grace is everywhere, like sin.- ea do
not smile, mother. That is hard, i
have done all this to please You. Now, I
You
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4
go to nailed— By the bye," he added,
stopping at the door and looking at her
fixedly, "to -morrow being Mildredei hus-
band, I shall be your nephew; Will that
Make any difference in - one's calculations?
One -two -three-four. No; it all 'comes
1
out as it should do. But I'll e.sk my ether,
nevertheless." .
What does he mean by that ?" asked
Clement uneasily, and not before the echoes
of Raperts heavy footfall, so unlike a Young
man's tread, had died away down thee:adieu
stair.
"There is no meaning left in him,"
returned Ma. Clyffard, contemptuously.
"1 suppose he refers to some ramble _ on
the roof -top which he intends to take to-
night, be hopes to meet .with poor Ralph's
spirit, which forsook him there- I 'often
hear him on the leads above My chamber."
"Hear him I Hear whom?' askedCle-
ment.with apprehension. -
"Why, Rupert of course. Do You think
that dead men walk?" ' I
"1 have heard," returned Cleineet
seriously, "that spirits will sometimes
re-enact the . self -same scene which was
fatal to them, or to those dear to them in
this life, and in the self -same place." 1.
"Then you have heard Hes, brother,
which itis not worth while to reeeat.
Leave such idle tales to -folk like yonder
-madman. Wethathavewits mast use
them to better purpose .• Now -look you,
Clement and Cater, this Rupert Clyffard is
growing something worse than intractelle;
heis getting to be d.aiigerowee .I
"He has been fit for the Dene this aong
time," grunted Cater. - !
"I know- that," returned. Mrs. Clyffard,
sharply, "and, what is worseeverybody
about him knows the same. This deed he
has just signed would be quite worthless,
but for the date, which sets it two years
back." , ,
- "But is not that for -fore -forge y ?"
stammered Clement.. . .
"No, fool, or if it is, what then 9 itich
. -
of us three would witness against the ot er ?
Not I, not Cator-of that, at least, I am
-I
euro, I Wish I could say • the same o my
own kin."
She spoke with such contempt and lit-
_
teenees that Clenient seemed to shi ink
t
within himself, and cower like some' hel-
terless beast in a Storm. '. " Forge y !"
repeated she. "Why, if I could not 'haye
got this Man to sign. do. vou think -that I
- like to his asI -.
would not have written 'Rupert Clyffard'
here with my own land,as
could make it? , Have I gone BO' far •upon
my road -arid yours -to halt for thi or
that? Have I done my part, takenmy
share of risk -ay, and more,. then., my
share -that you should stare because - I say
I . would have done -- this thing? ! -Do
you deem that if tbis Madmen's -wild
caprice had notechanced to be thus -favor-
able; or if this Mildred should have failed
tomakehire so to -morrow, a would have
sat down . submissive, like .a perplexed,
-maiden. before- her eeinbroiciereeframea
whereon. the pattern haseeb-e-eti woven
amiss.? . Do you think that Clyffe 'and all
yotasee„ brother, from yonder -*bedew, and
thrice as much again, and gold in b4nk,
and coEd in Durham -Mines -read, red!
lis here !-is all this to be got by me, - and
Oared by you, without suspicion, peril, ay,
perchance, and -even risk of your own
Worthless neck? What! think .. you jto
Make me your cat's-paw-eatc !-and never
let your fingers feel the fire, but only itch
for what I keepmyself,after all's done ."
"I am - sure, , sister," said Clement dog.
gedly, "I have always wished you vele!"
"Wished!" hissed Grace. . "1 weeder
that you do not tell me I have -ever had
your prayers! What have you done e --bet
that-yourwillhave-some difficultyid-enswer-
big-come, what are you prepared to do?"
21r. Clement Carr looked ruefully at his
own signature scarcely; dry upon the lying
deedeasthpugh he Wouldhave said, "Theta
not a little risk to -run, .according to My
prudent notione ;" but his lips murmured
something: about his being ready to do any-
thing that was required of him for the
• ..e
common good; • •
"Taal is well answered, brother. There
is -beia. one - thing -and an easy- thing -
which you can do; and it must be done at
!mice."
" Whitt is it 2" asked -Clement .huskily.
" 'won't have anythingeo do with Rupert."
"01 course not, because, as I have said,
he has groat' . dangerous," returned Mis.
Clyfford scornfully. "No, let Rupert be my
charge. YOU Will find him quiet and Sub-
dued enough to -morrow, thanks to a-Or-
tain treatment invented by myself, end -
quite unknown to you wise folks, who make
lunatics their study. But with respect to
your task, brother -you have read. this i
deed?'" - - • . i
"1 have, Grace. Rupert 'payee pell to t
you without reserve in cage Of Rayntiond's c
death, and Raymond is dead already." 1 _ t
e Yes; but not without issue."
A cold de* suffused the fat lace of Ole- b
ment at these Words,
,.
- "True'," continued his sister, "the land 1
is entailed to male heirs only, and re'
chance the will might hold; Of thils I Mee
ncif sure. But if this ehilkliveeshe being
Rupert's neat and Only relative-.weeleneld' y
have qraude or at the beet aineustiaee b
heaped upon us in lier nainaby all. Sege f
picioil would be aroused, investigation C
instituted, and -all that may, followais s
written in your tell-tale face, brother." w
For the third .time in that :short space h
..,:,
Olen:lent Carr ase d_ h ''.. erc ere;aer
his clammy forehead:- :,..e,
..
“EtetCater do it," bfaitill:Ullerea;,3.
"Do what ?" asked Mts. Clyffard _quickly.
"You not yet keard_what-theee *to
`do. And besides, CEitor -has-elone-ensayele
to elie*-- inneself-- faithful, risked enough;
done all but -gebeed enceughellew, it is
tall,""1 Will -not commit a—"----
. . " Hush, fool I" priedeGrace,_holding.rie a
*seeing -finger, "that -le net required be
you; but .you wile bewhatyou have
already been to -day -Ha witness- We Must
Make these- things -sure. e I will take no
Man's word. .Ceideon's Weed I-clidetakeetint
I.will take. no other's; no, Cator, noteven
yours." . - , ' • --I.:- ' ,- - -.7-7-:T-
mThen this is my job, is it, Mistress, and
Mr. 'Clement is trileak on? " observed the
serving -man sullenly.ee- - ,t- _ __ --: -'- - _net, he must be ;late, and would presently,
.
For once, 'ate& Clyffard winced. Her 'ftellowe'jleati into the cave. Iii. el-thole:aim.,
heart was hard as the. nether Millitenee there was hope Of help, which uP1-1010=-;her
and she had never _felt thesentimentof sicking heart. _ • ' . . • _ - - . . -- - le -
shame: ' She could have borne -with. - - --"What . would you with me, eeeleicle
equanimity the._ loathing of the entire _p_letnent..?" a - - • . Ath
human faniily, if. only they wore made " Ayeait'a e /hate:- -Cleiriint ,11.6*Aifit2”
She Could &uteri:plate the frightful crime and your ladyship did your to b -die
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fear hei • but something even ' inherreturned howitha sneer. .' ". The las- and
nature shrank from this brutal - candor. only time we met, it was Xr: Geer; for - th,
she had in view with resolution e she -WaB &Ult. ISM not one to forget: these things,
actually; about to speak of the details of Mrs. Raymond Clyffard."
its execution ; 'and yet when leiteel-and "11 I was distant to you, it wa not
miiaiseer, who, compared with her, *Ete of , ttiy- :own will, but by my suet's bur
innocence iteelfe-growleeVforthee"--This-la. sister'sorders. Yoe know -that -those ust
Ina job, is it re her very blood to le - obeyed."
curdle. TO order Leith (for the sake of "T do, Niece Mildred: . We are he „ to.
the mint-sauce)_islone- thine,ebeteetriehear: day to obey them; are we not, Cator Hi
.. , . . et _
the butcher begin to. talk about hiS part - ---a e
.niven now, with ODly al poor shriltng
of the - business is .. another matter, and woman and her child aideetwieh,e4seeen
intolerable to 6 delicate stomach._ liked to aseure himeelf of a backer; Ivan
-“ Pray :be silent, 18 your now, on tee very el:freehold of his litikeiii.
tonSsbse'19abisiort -elay-t.sin-etet rataHry.itlpaSetttalip-TBSey9c,inurS- ailDie; he -drew senile shabby eel:aloft item
own acute eutelligence, :assisted' by that
of year - master Here, may devisesome
lett unpleasant enea,ns Of-. making this
document someteing, -better- theeerieeweste,
paper; but. e "riteth_ed:, more esafe, emore
absolutely without -peril to aiirselves, --1--
da not think that you will. hit upon._ For
listen., _ Byer _since this 'disabedient-girl:
has been held prisoner ' here-,-;she has
taken - it into - her head -to.. visit Ribble
Cave: ' ' Lucy tells _me- she ---dees-so-threegla
-soMe foolish seiitinient-connected-with-that_
-connected with her rate husband.- Lewes
--
in that plea, it seems,--thatzthe-lnitifirst
drew him on to deolare.- his eessicind:
laid the foundation of that .plot whereby,
for Et tjAte, indeed, -she thwarted us,but for
which she has suffered -sitiee, and is new
about to pay the penalty - to theettmost.
And does notthis . Jade deserve it?. Didel.
not send for her hither; the orphan of one
CHAPTER-IC.11H
VIUEND AND FOE.?
Villien those two evil dountenanc bruit
Mildredeieeprified gaze at the entrance of
the Cathedral Chamber, she meeleat4feally_
started back. .
_ "No ..no, niece," - cried- -Clement 'Mack,
iiiglee arid interposing his fat carcase as
to Sherbet' in; “y6fi have sfe :aria*
pleasant "hours- in this piece by yottgelf,
why should you be so anxious to 'Veit
now that yet: heyeefte r geed Oen-veal 1 "
"By ifinfself I he said," tlioughltigil-
-dred;,--then mandidnot know al- her
husband's having net her there, and alb:lost
being ;in existence. Was it pciesilat that-
Osetainleee if he did not haoie that, rhie,
Raymond had fled at their approach;ate he
had once done before, ifitce'Firibi Ilait? It
layiea it it. another's -deer. totieealed.
manner froze Mildred's blood within Mr.
Rather than appeal to this base -wrelchi
albeit her own kith and kin, she turned to
his grim hiireiiiig.
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YOA, at least,": she ceied in pitebin
*cents,- have never,' even volutitailly,,
wronged. I -did not come into the wfirld
,
Seufeeriemy, born of a hated stock, a,nc.l.teet
,yolie :awe. Although you may be .r6-bgh
and rude, you are still it,man, And ---4- X
know riot what harmernay be intended
and---this_poor iiipeceet child e but you will
not, -Surely you would not, lend your
to this unnatural *retch against
such foes as We are. Pity us -pity tths
little one, Mai you haveathome, an 4; if
not, thenpityrne,lor the -sake of your own
mother."
- Not e seund came from the stern lips of
the: serying man, but he Withdrewhiniseli
-
•-within: the gloom a little; as thedgla
who did nee deadly:wrong, and -place_ her
higher than she could have ever looked for
_ashatned to meet her -pleading eyes. V
--“"-You dare nceieok epee - ray wretd
in her mest. amhitioue dreams;and _would face," she ;cried, so much of divine pl.iy
I not hearigiven her -a position dwells Within you yet. Oh, . let yfllir
woman in thelencezeight have-beeia.-TprOud- better nature move you a little furthryt,
to elope ae_ girl likelier,- with en-a-----"eatt . •
nothing but her gipsy face for fortune -and "-Silence'!"
for return, did she cried Clement,. P.ere y.
betray me, cross "This is no timeefor , tears arid whin*:
Me; and almost, but not • quite, not (pate;
my soft -toned niece, defeat me'?" Take -spoke You should leve theught of some seal hr
with vehemence, and --Yet.-ras-thoukhz-she as thie when in thie very plaice you itici-
yetur trap for Rayttiond .Clyffard; And
held converse- with -herself ale-neenea.king aeweasee me and Gra,ae; you have
will
apology for.what sho. wee. about -to -du --said-that:Whit she orders !DUO be dons. Se
calling to mind her weonge;_ehen_sed:d_eeily orders:this : that ilever again shall el:uier.
fleshing her falcon eyes upon her hearers,
• thateursed-childe-ebut for whom no sigh
she -added mace -creel- dietiectneeaeeTberee i-.eate_eleee have aweaece,yeu,- tee.e.
yeu
fere it seere Site -teeteifitethea-Ribble-Ciee elesehoweyeereuniehmeet. agein. -crops +
,should be the place -of her usepaniseee-oerite
aceit Wes -,th-lirst_-S-Cene'of-'1-jter-viicked=dero to eec aatenev-
leritereyour own PerverSity-; I say we eat
M.:more-to frain
obedithCfl.":.110v-ieveT,_she_daily,:goes to this .leibbleCaveeee'e,
and her child -attended Up to •
this tinie by LticY-;:hul--to-day2-141cyl-.4411:- God et heaVenl wonld. you Murder
be
not go with-theM...-,Novi-;--Whati'o -I;110_,ehilSY'e•- fast-beatingxciriledIiietrld'111.1gging her bl
What. BO BAMOSCeertaioras that teis-feelieh_ •
•
girl, half -maddened .ley_leeetcentloiese and meeeenot yi.re only
&ELY, 0101114-epd---h-er woeebyplunging,with
this foolish fantasy . claaraafter_ Lassura-oureelVes that yonder stream hag
taken you botblroei a -Weald of trouble. t_s,
feeding ot-
her -lathe in Ribbleetresele?" -Sliteepeansede :.__Plit°6---satd'- I 'am sarty. for this hecei3i4
faceWhich, -ha-Weyer, you have. brought u
while Clemeeteterned_his.white,weeek,
towards Cater, Whieheite .if reflecting .seneee yourself; but, after all, drowning is an ea
thing of the servin&mmagruns of
,An e
d rs might have been Wo
purpose; greduallyagreyeefiremeeeliesnailed eeePeeiglet.theal40, cat" -.2."
.a siclay -einil‘ And 'murniured,_-_-_"_ "Good! ,have e.been ;Worts, re!!
The- thing looks ehli-efy, William, does it turned his grim. assistant;
not ?" ' : • - - What little Was -lett for Mildt _&
" IiilwayseaidMise-Greae-seeWae!eeSeee now hay, waaWelLaWiaref alone
in gain -
clover woman," _ growled Calor -edmitinglYe atig-timeee-Hereeeas; while they drank in
"1 do not speak thus of my mitt thought these words, Of dome,: were - straining fee
-
Alone," centinue.d--MtseeClyffeeadeae--Tho the echo .of ft.
.extieme of, the &lee -committing splash in thesulletestream behindletelfit
footfall: in . the tunnel, for e,
suicide r struck '_L-ncy-lierffelbliffor -her-
teliing.-me- that. she did not think the cave
was.fiefe for my --rdeee_tOev_isit,:peelieps I
shouldnever.haye hit tepee thisplan. And
look you; glerneet, shemey do -44-et-For,
my,eart,liktalfetherewheehear theetiewse
I shall co.nehide she_didltaand it youandCator should- have reason .to thiakeothere
wise, . pray you keep -itte-eyouifeelveae-- The total area of, bog in Ireland is est'
Seelflg thuserving-inan-44-abont_te beeeke -Intie_ed 2,830,000 aerate -nearly oueseyea
she -held surface of ..the.:ielelad.
to hear nothingnothing.ee-heteeliee time- theeseabega"-there are .,576,000eces'ef'j
for talkingeeDemOt seepeseethateitaeyoe-- 1,254,9e0 :weerare
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elone who -have -aost.-= ThislarchMent - Without elktOtigg, jig
being signed -and mode by you cheraidaltitails-, which; however, we are
.1 have to do *haat -hate beenpoetponealtoo preparedtode, we .rnay state ae.:*
,long already.' eT.herealias-- beeneelreadyuncontradicted feat glee netbieg• btit-*.srt,
much unpleasant ereneorae-cmicereank directed labor is required to -.:convert th?.
Rupert:: moreover, - Ieinietold that (luting greater portion, if not all. eathet land.n -
these- elase. .- fa* . days there - -have -been. waste, intti-the -richest pasture Of earl:flak
inquiries made, and even '011ie attempt at Drainage. is the first, and an many:PAWS
collecting evidence, respecting the y-oeee the only, requisite effect ;this. -Changilej
niaster'Setate of mime._ __Thieledeagetoese the-iiiiilecrief the hog.afteti,iyax4,-•
and the more so - since I: eannotguessthe some -places- :had an edneirala
quarter from which the danger comes. But result. Cleying ehe hog by .e2ttraotink-0. I
now they shall have evidence enough. They clay which lies :pao,of Sad ferine .
shall : no ; . More :complain that ..Rupert pervious - bed, and placing it es a tOpedre0e
Clyffard . is buffered to etakeehisierieentriad ing, is the method milli*, has been -fella*
*ay.. The - .other- .eiteet3; in our own Bridget.
- -
longer stare -- at -bis e wild doings. That -Water_Slevels; with the. result of turnin
shall be set 'right this very night." waste swamps into . the -rieliest pastureox
-
". What 1 . would you -harm him, too, n:dse hay -growing lands in the Whicn.
tress ?", inquired ., :Cater. apprehensively. ever of these methods' be adopted, thereis
"Deteat you thiiik that tkqe_fmch--_0(31*!. the - _teinatkable characteristic that.: oniy
a-eadden reinceeelseeithie-eheeteeelVelitailie labor is required. No neete.ea,pitel -iie
re -
would be a little suspicious ?" : qiiireda than suffice to =feed- the Weak
. . , .
Herm' him.? '! ;rejoined Mtge- Clyffard people. There Uifia-grep,t work to bedane
contemptuously. 'Why:- should --I - -work so.largo.: that it, is. beyond the re lee
the man'''. But 'since he hat become of mar private enterpriee; -a,- Work
mpracticeble, and eagle . of_etto__eneeemee .• yelying -immense national beneat.:
to Us, itis high time be: should-heeent-ete -neighboring landeowners-woUld.he-enrich
he Dente. We knew be will, be well taken_ by the reclannition- of this he
g.
are of by the Wee Who have:boUght - island would hieeee- e_leeneve
he. place .off our }Made: _ Onlyleeenetrekbe bounty' idded.p productive area.
a little more -ripe Butthat'sMoney need be sivalt-in,- b*: at. is'only,re-
ueiness ;-. dci. -yea ,see About your own; --.4tiisite-:ta to it-'-thattunsOulartorec.
Whatyou have to do nmet be done to. -44,-- ie`fratting itself jute :deetierirr-pOisitt
tie-time:that _you -should both set ferthefor anamwoilmenfope4 idleness., That 044,.
Ribble,- but not together- ner,rmisteeither properee mode for attacking ther::b41144..
f,ypu.. be: ion , _matter for ready_ scientific -deterineeetikee
You viIl haea tozinekeeelongereendbere* evere. Weeletieheceadetis_ aware. -What is
me elee at. And be yrinelightheeto bee. reqaeredifesineailaerionglelabet M18,04000 "
ut wait in the -Cathedral chamber; for--- tifi-adirection; EttiVwhen We refteck that
or what -fate: may send. wantthework to be donee as wel! as the
leneena-this- is the.; lastjtolow-:_we have men to' be employed, we think no iituW
trikee and there is none to Ward it; :pessary strain Wcitild. be. put on reoereitite
ithout it all . _have T done,and-..T_Teriled laber as a solution to the -prob1entio-I44
as been.hutlabOr and risk in vain.!' Beikkr. " ° - t
sheheard, nothing save the monotonous
aii-tri-dripee from the lime -stone roof, and
the stealthy flow of the dark tide. '
,(To becontinued.
_ IriSb lEtiogs Roe, elain;able. ,
JOHIAND
-
iphthxd*Iiikiht --itsendicant'vveds a Girt .
of 11.- •
• -
-Murray, only l4years -
Of ,age, and small and eliraly-built for her
years, was Married recently, to able:id-Man •
named Patrick Murphy; residing in st:_
Mary street, :1400* *$eventy-,The bride.
-
greeriabealitoutleehuila niati, Over - 501-.H
years -of :SO, and trir.'046 last e,le*eo years
has 'earned his living- in tItiS city -:bk
liehoitipg alteee beitig unable -b.-3 secureather --"-
-employment _owing to his.iniirmity. - The :
girl,,Alurrayis the daughter of:a pensionere
:new -deceased, and she lived with ,her -
motile; in the vicinity of
dente., :She . was employed -by .the blind :
roan to lead :• him through -the- streets,
and on -emulsions She , accompanied him
to Heareebuta and othee'cities m Penns
Vania":where, Murphy was in -the habit A
Making_periedicalvisits in search Of uiekels.
A itian,nanied:S011ivan, who keeps a cheap.
grocery _Stote. in: - street, told a .
.23ress' reporter yesterday that.," Murphy
gained ortean average as much as $15 a.
week -all the year round.-- Ilehada consid,"..
erable, HUM of money... SaVed" the bitnice
and after country . expeditioes.he-had often_
handed Sullivan $50 to 4$0 totake(lire eite' -
for Wine
".Why did; he marry 'se 4-oting :a girl'?"-:'
asked the reporter. • •
"Well; he wae.tteciyitanied to the young
lady," was .ehe reply... " :teed me- that
he ,'Iihotild ..not regerdler.ae his Wife .Mitie: -
she - had attained "woinaneoueu,.. but that
meanwhile he desired. to heve
he; so that he could bring her -up his -wan
way. She appears10eo'. perfectly eon-. atek
tented, itis a very good: m.atch for -her.
from money point el view. 1 -never heard
of Murphy owieg anybody a cont."
' "Well; were they .inarrieu.?"
-1-" Well, they , are; ; peoperey speaking,
Catholics, 'but , no priest.- wculd tie the
knot, the 'girl- being se young, and. so they -
went .to a Upitarilin minieter, and . he
Miarried them." - -
"Xtid Tee. ever bear how , -knrphy lost
his sight r asked. the reporter.
• "Yes.' I flank he -told -me he Met with '-
ail aecidiant. in a mechine-shap :clfic.ve-,
icted, Ohio; twelve -years ago. Ile.ceine to
this city With e3,000,.hie 'entire savings for
years, 4ta wo robbed et every cent of it
in a den in Alaska street tile nay-sfter his
arrival." _ ' . • •
- How -did that happen'?"
"Why, .got cOnverSation with. a,.
-stranger and tooliehly-. Spoke about -
money, he said lid wanted to put it in - -
a balak, He Was . simple sort .ot fellow,
and the Stranger hadno:diffiCuity in taking_
hineeizie He told ',2dui-p4 he Would
show -a • where-- -he • -.could
_place his eimeey in safety, -.aod. then told .
_him that .was .the bank. - Vurplay - paid
cloven his nioney-on a kitchen table and got
a receipt from_ a confederate tif the Oily •
'stranger, and -the. unfortunate, :blind tnitn
was led„ into the street aiid -conducted a -
.scpeere or two and left leaning against:a
:lateplioet. 4 polide .tiffic0 soon. enlights
ened hiai • -as, to the se called bank, but
ncithitig coeld ba dieie to assist:him,. for
• liurphy had not the.Alightest "idea -where he
had been."-fhilqdelpitia 1re.
- ,, Cobden-a,nd. B.. eight as441147s. -.
. ..
, •
Cobden and Bright :have not only . been.
among the first speakers -of. their time, but.
they rendered .a..-Considerabie 'service by _.
their oratory to a country- to Which .good- .
spee.kiog is as important as good writing is -
to 'France. ,.toglish- I'arliuc:cntary and
.1 conga .oratery is: OcinStautiy liableto
deterioration-Aim:10,i the- S-E2ceodancy of a _ •
:particular .style. : Under thisiuilttence it.
-xroin time to time becomes.' stiff, . artificial
and stiltedwith the .best performers, and •
.with those Of a lower order Simply. intoler-
able, ;When -.Cobden and 'Bright were
young public Speaking. had beelietetined: in
the. school ;of - Pitt and POic, of .whom :.
CanningwasA brilliant -end -Peel- ,a7capablei '
diSeiple.. - The last echoes of thiwolassical,
oratory might _ be ',heard.frenu- MieGlide -.-
.1stone, It demanded :before all things Ele
-eirefili--education ; and et-reinieisa .
eences of , ancient -rhetariO: --, Just when it -
was failing into decay Cobden and -Bright
appeared; and ••: rendered to ,Engliati Apiiilit..- --
:nig. *lieu:* much the service -which the
Lakere had - rendered- to EngliSh poetry,'
It would not be correct- to say that they
Were uneducated Men; for no men educated --
:--"--- : •
themselves riaore highly as they w'g_. ---oir-'°
but they owed nothing -te.olassiCal fine,, IS
they took their languageSge Straight ftomthe
popular speech, and an the .caee ' of .-Mi;
Wight elevated it by the aid of a fine taste -.
and an ardent ..iinaginoinii.; Such has .
been Me.: Bright as ep orator. --. As an
-agitator; ' he has had one great success and',
no more, :- Itis,:quite true tame as has been
said, the Wu -ha -ph -alit -:teiceeee Of the Anti;
Corn LeW- Leagepalele46eeled:peoplerinto-e
the .delusion that rorgs,uiation, it it le-.. -
only on - a. sufficiently gigantic escale and. .:.
sufdpiently.Unrelenting in its importunity,
is Capable of -viririaing.-any .virtn-onn osusee ;
And .fiOni:•this -veTy. .Just observation.thec'
word "virtuous" mightihe'emitted. But
_We Bright's _ experience__ofail2.-egitations-,
save one . has- net been allnigetlier .happy..
Be and Cobden aontiened .- to agitate till
the eleath, Of, the* latter.. They- vise& :
s.-_ '
campaigns-Agiiinst -,intervention.: in -70*1.:
fZio#ffitri.tiBi ii:.t.-_ favor -of: .UniVersal-pjii
k
. eits,
favor at financialreforin, and all of these -
they -succeeded - very _ 'eliglitly..-oe. :failed- -
ignominioiesly,._ Theee Was wily one-agiti- -
. : e . , _
tion in which Mr. Bright; , after succeeding -
in oyerthrowipg the .0orn lia*S-, Can in -.
eetiee be said to ihave succeeded: - This was
the, Agitation* for lowericg the frapehieee: and here.- his own..eimeees filled him with
consternation. - Ia_poiet of: flier .he had n6 .
triumph after 180 until he joined::a wholly
new school Of agitators.-7-Pdit 31411-Gfizteite. .
. ._ . , .
'Eeeteriniarejoieleg over the recoveryof
her greet surgeon, Sir James Paget. No
member - of -the heeling art- ever- =stood .
higher in the estimittioe of his country-
men, or of the profession which he "41orns.
To profound science in his vocation Sir;
James adds winning .,manuerta u charming
presence, aad: _Oratorical, epowers which
wbuict have made him etnizient in the .
Oliva at the beie or it Parliament. His
PerStalielieleig.SPteaeiSaankitinleg91*1
benevolence tuaboutiqed„Ivi -
It hasbeen decided that the dome of the
colossal Pah& de Justice in Brussels, now
approaching completion, which was to have -
been of copper; shall now be constructed Of
papier Macke,. It will weigh about sixteen "
olle,
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