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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-04-20, Page 8eteeee emicasesse• • *IR BOY AT, LAS1Ps A $Q,qI.,71?' the aekho'r t•ef,4, flt:gdith tre41,9, I "Forrest Home," eiohateausechOrrete.:''• The' blood rushed at oho° to IMaddy's e, •and she could not repreee •a bile Guy laughed aloud, saying 'toiler. oftly "For your eels°, I tried' xn y akin to stop what I knew must animes you. 'Pardoia me if I did wrong they turhihg 141kUnc1e ilettePhi})es,i,gave. the desed: er ••asithesion, togethey' ;With he proie,f • handsome spittooh, down on the morrow. With a WOW Uriele • Joseph tux' lied away, muttering tcehimself, " High dieugs, now Martha's gone; but new lotds, iiewalawssal trust he's not going to live hero etendsverytedyly milted -Vlore, if the lewd ' Governor had ,'brought his thinge? At this point Grandpa 'Markham •earste in, and to him Guy ' appealed at once _fp know if he ware not willing for Maddy td return to eehool. said Afil might :if she, thought: ,ifita. the thffilefeephk.tha' se sadly that Maddye- sesfetataase altAvinedIxoutidetheseld., Mahe neck,`Wli'llpeafid said to him : - "Tell mellenedtly which you prefer. I'd , like so rauchto pi* school, but I am not sure I (Aloha be lattfiny there, knowing how lonely you. were stehOhiROffiayegrandpae which do you prefer ?" inidtMaddy tried to ' speak plhytully, theugh, hee heart -beats were alraoet audible ash for the. answer. . • topl.',ES;ers'e Grandpa, could riot diceivelaere ' '" wanted his darling sorely, and slieV'evented • her to be happy," •he -old. Perhaps they could get nu just as well without her. When Ilar. Guy was talking it looked as if they relight, he made it all se plain, but the sight of Maddy was a bOmfortes:She was • all he had left. Maybe he. ,ahOeil4*1 • live long to pester her, and if wouldn't she always feel hetteeehiehhaving • stayed with her old graudpa to the leak? He looked very Pale and thin, and his hair was as white as snow: He couldnot live many years, -and, turning resolatelye from Guy, who, so lone as haheld, her eyes, controlled her, Maddy said: • ' "I've chosen ohee for all. I'll stay with grandpa till he dies," and with a cohyuliniet sob she clung tightly to his neck, as if fearful that without shell hold .an him her resolution would give way: t,'• • • It was in vain that Guy strove te change,: Maddy's decision, and late in the afternoon' he tode beck to Aikenside a disappointed', man, with,however, the feeling that Maddy had done right, and that he respected her all the more for withetanding the tempta- tion. CHAPTER X1X.. LIEt AT THE : CoTTA:0E. • It was arranged that Flora. should, for the present at leaat, remain at the cottage, and Miiddh accepted thekindheategratefullyS Sleta had become E30. O111011- aceustomedto be 13 cared for. by Guy that She almost eed upon it as aniatter.otenuesaaa,thedi s not think whatothers might ' teessilelY s ; but when, in as. delicate ahrdannets as . Jesible, Guy suggestedfurhishinge, the: • cottage in better, style, •. eVentairopoging.atieh •Snodernize it entirely in:the .spring, Maddi objected at once. They were already indebted ta him for more than they coal& ever pay, he said, and she -would ricteuffer. Pit. So Guy submittedethoiegliit ,grated #7 upon his.sense of the .beatetifuliandstegnede -terribly, : to see Maddy eandideao liuuble . surroundings. Twice a, weelteated,' '8Otilees, times oftener, . he rode down to ,Honedale, and Madly felt that without these visits life would. hardly have been endarable. During the vacation Jessie . spent :.ttepart. of the time with her, but Agnes reiaihatelY• resisted 'all Guy's 1 ,entreaties thatshe • Should at iesat . call .on Maddy who. :expressed a wish to 'Bee''hereZahd;etiho, eh account of grandfather's health,; and the: childishnees with which Uncle Jeseph. clung to her, could nee well •go' '4 to Aiken, • side. Agnee ' would not g.to 'Honedale, neither wouid she give other reasons for the obstinacyn the -apparently' foolish One that she tadeitot wish:to 'see" .a.,,creayamah;,' as imehtliitigs Made her nervous. Still she' did not objet to Jessie's 'going es often :t88 she liked, a,n(I she sent by her ,ndahy hide, delicacies from Aikenside, some for grandnise. . but mosthfor, Uncle Joseph; ,Whe prized -i highly Eittlitything ficnie "the' • ....11iadana,"and sent bitok to her more than onestrange-hi-Worded message, which made the Proud woman's. eyes' everfieW wheh• , sure that no One could see her.. . • • ee •.-Biit Ibis kind of inteecohtie.hanie. to aii • end 'at last, The vacation was (were Jessie: • had gene beak to school. And Maddy beganetri sober earnest the new Iife before herhFlora, it is true, relieved . her '.of ali househeld drudgery, but no one cohld sharp the burdea of care and anxiety pressing eci heavily upon her; anxiety for her, grand., lather, whose health, seemed,failhag so,fast,': and who alwayseelooke'dheci-distuebedeilea. shadow Were•resting on her haight, face, ' if het *ohm Was leee cheerful inits time ;: caie•for the imbecile Joseph, 'WW1 clung to :her as a child clings te its motheretelusede • to be cared for by any one elisecand often' requiring of her mere than • lieraetrength could endure- for a greittslerigthhofhtimeh seelhe gave him hishreakfatit in theinerOirla; amused him . through the daye end. hind 'ter he was in bed .at night often sat•by e side tills late hour; singingete hini the' .esotigis, or telling Bible•atoties until he Wag ..Theisif lie awoke, as he freielhellOf sh'sflict; there -wee' a cry ,fore Meddkeandthe Soothing_proceseleadsteeiseareeesseeekeeitil hthat 'her, 'graeadMatitherehadadgegliflind= • htsidetily, Wondering iretth,ehhthit Silah4gd hired tia4aso long and ,borise •Sthi' These were ''dark, 'Wearisome heves to Maddy, and when the long; Cold winter was gone froni the New England.hills„ and the early buds of spring' were coming up by the cottage door, the. neighbors began to talk of the change which had emiee , over the young girl, once so full' of.: life and health, but now so latiguid.ehd, nide. 'Still; Maddy was not unhappy, not was the, diseipline, too soveres for by it. she:learned at last the great object of 'life.; letithed . to • take her troubles and , cares :eo ;One, Who helped . her bear them so cheerfully; that those Witte pitied her:Moat never dreahied, how heavy was her -btirden,':. so patieritly and sweetly be • bore it.: sOccasionally there-cab:le eb hbr lettere • from the -doctor, but latterly they gaits) , her iese pleatihre than pain, for as ofteh as she reed One 'ef his kind, friendly raeseages. •of sympathy and reinembrance, the,tenapter „whispeted o hektatthough hedid not love hina ast She • oughttp love het husband, s life, With hith Would he far preferable to the iife, she was reoeipt of his lettere always gave her apeng which lasted until Oen came down to Hee her, when it heaally neared. Agnea was now at Aikenside, and ' thus Maddy freqaentlethhad JeSsie at the •pottage, bht Agneenevereittne; and. Maddy little .gueseed hew often the proud' woman cried hoteelf hi Sleep . 4f6er liatenihg to° : Jessie's reeital ot alt MaddXhad to de for the crazy man, arid hew patio* ,she did it. He had taken a fanoythatIlIaddy:rimet • tell him stories of Beteehedesetibing her as 1 he was noW,,• and not as sliteheadatolse ,When be knew her. • " What ii elle • now How :does site look ? What chiesh'ilie wear? Tell, me, telt. me!" he would plead, until Maddy, forced to tell him something, and having distinctly in her but one • fashionable woman h •gai ' ehe fancied! 1,Sserah might be, Olds' hire �f Agnes. eniihffon, describing shethissehe was inhehhriatur,e beauty, with her heavy flowing curls, her brilliant color, her gashing diamonds and coetly laces, and Uncle Joseph, listening to her with parted lips and hushed breath, would whisper, softly, "Yes, that's Sarah, beautiful Sarah;: but tell me --does she aver think of me, oe of that time in the 'orchard ,when lwetse theapplehlossonie in her hairwhere elte' diamonda are nova ? She loved nae' then; she told rasetio. Does ehe know how sick, and sorry, and foolish I am ?-how the aching iu ray poor simple brain is all for • her, and how you, poor Maddy, are doing for mewhatitshould have , been her place ':to'do? Had'I a Voice,h-aud the crazyanan would grow excited, as raising hinaseT4iii bed, he gesticulated wildly, "had D a 'voice to reach her, I'd ' cry shame on her, to let You do her work, let you wear your -young life and fresh„ bright beauty, alt. awaje,for• me, whopi she ruined." •, The voice he craved, or the echo of it, did reach her,. for Jessie had been present when the fences fait seized- him toltdier of Sarah, and In the shadowy twilight she told her mother all, dwelling most upon the touching sadness of his face when be said, "Does she know how sick and sorry • The pine* which Agnes; pressed:that was Wet with tearg, while in her heart was AA:stilted a:germs:if gratitude and respect for , theyOueig'girl deetig: her work, for her. ,All that shebatild ffis for., Heady Without &lag *reedy to: her She did, devising many 'attioles of comfort,' sending' her fruit and flowers, the laist. new books or Whatever else She thought might please her, and always finding.. a • willing messenger, in Guy.' He Was miserable,.'ariel 'managed When. at. 'home tee, make' Othere se around him. The sight -of -Maddy bearing' her burden, se uncomplainingly .alraost • 'Maddened, him. Had she'',fretted or :corapleinedhe'could have borne it. hotter, he, said', but he did, notsee the necessity for her t� lose all her apirit.or intereat in everything and every- body.' Once when he hinted as much . to Maddy, he had . been awed -into silence by the subdued expression of ,..1par . face as she tedelliire ;in. part what it was which helped her'tei• bear and' made the rohgLenlaces so • enioOth. He had Seen, something • like this • in Lucy, When pataxysins, of win were •eaoking her delicate .feeme; but be °mild - not 'Understand. et ; he only knew it was atipeettiing he °Maid...not touche-something 'again:at • .whicla his • arguncients, beat help- lessly;. and so with .azi edded respect for Miiddyelyde he smothered his impatience, an, determiningto help her all heeeOuld, ' rOdisloteh ,to Eisine,dislesevery day, instead ettWitiehis, Week; aa he lieil.,diene before. • •':,°Attentiens se Marked ,could not fail to be Commented upon; and While poor, unsizs- peOliihg Madclie was detivingeo rauch.dom- sPet*oha, his ditily'viSits, .deeraing that day hlerTY141g•which::did•hot bring' him...tether,- •fethphIlimedalegosSipe, Of which there; were s . :man them over at their, numerous tetadrinkings, •diethrissiieg them , in the streets, and finally *tha'deuilting, where, they met in solemn deeiding thee. for .a giriS like 'Maddy a Clyde; it, did not ,/oOk: totfaVii Sienhach to do with.youngii,eniington„ who, seesetylsedy knew, was engaged to somebody in Eng1and." . • ' aess' and Would have been. martied long- eigeh . it Wasn't for this foolin' .with 'Maddyr aimed in Mr. Joel Spike, throw-. ingtheticetatilk aeross thequilt to Water,: tT.EiPlieni.Marvels who wofideiedll Maddy. thought he'd eyerheve her. • , • . felVecouree be Won't.. :Sie knows 'what elhOighabinite He is het given enough to raatitiatandha Marisham's daughters. and if aletedOn't look out, She'll get herseliinte. :aspretttlitiape. It •dotat-lhok *ell,ay .120*hlereheie to be putting on airs, an she, haiditaie eVeresieice•big.folke took her up." Ail this and much more waiesaid; and by the time the patchwork -quilt' Weeds:Me, theteremained, but little to be said either , for •OrSgainet Guy Renaingtoti and Maddy Clyde,which had not been said by., either' 0.411i47,0454.ci. • 1, , ' . I • • • 444.04,g. the .P.Ivited guests at that quitting Waktiaehvitifei of farmer Greene .Maddy's ini,rnieet friend in Honedale, and the :one Witiallidhet best to defend her, ageihst. the atteelith of thoserewhoge remarks she Well knew ware hanged More by envy than bra*. peisotial dislike, to Middy; wheivaed to:Is:liege ',reach taf ahnet until her superior nt ' Oa ; tNt,ret,':.:Grreen WrsestairelY ittlestegegheieparated, her . in. a measure from IWztoutai inee the least blarnsng y, -s "eatiehi,ahadebeetteitieubledhatethe ..freqheney of Guy's visite to ,the cottaae. It. wasdotfriendsbip alone which Mole him thar9;ehe weieshree: and knowing that' lie ,waithhgage,dealie'feated for Maddy's happi- ReskrtistSfirsta and afterward, When. .:ptieeie begabetntalkaplie feared for her .gbed:nanae: Serriethitig.hilbit be done, and, though: she . 711,41-gedirglissatlys-Eithrwassther oue-to.dod ektitiOrdinglyenext 'day ..she ,started' fer the ,e.Olt#ElSi'llicherhy had jixst lefthand this -Weber' :Opinion acoonnted •. for . the bright eheekandethe sparkle in lOr'eye: GuOtestleeentliere,•bringtiag ahch leaving a Woidd.of .siinelithes • but, alas, 'hi eliances fsir ootaingagam, es he had-1orre .Were fearfully small when .et tho eloee of 'Mrs.. Green's Welhineant vi5i Maddy lay her. bed, hee White,. frightened face . buried in 'the ; and. liergelf .half. ;wishing she had 'died before the last hour Isactoome,- with the 'terrible , aivakehing, it had brought hayeakening to the feet that of' all livingbeings, Gey Rernington was- the one She hived the beet -the one withOut Whose presence it eeemed toiler she ociuld not lives but Without Which ',she now knew she must, • ' . • With the hest of intention Mrs. Green had made a bungle of the whole affair; •but had sueceeded in giving Maddy a general impression that 'folkswere talking awfully . about Guy's Coming there, and doing for her sice much like an accepted lover, when 'everybody ,leheve liewite engaged, and wohildn't be likely' to marry a poor girl if he was not; that untess She wanted to be ruined, teetotally, and lose all her friend, she rnatsst contrive to stop his visite, arid not see him so much." , ," Yes, 111 do anything, only please leave me now," Maddy gasped, her faces as white as,ashee and her eyes fixed pleadingly upon Mrs. Green, Who, having been young herselfeguessed the truth, and, as she rose to go, laid her:motherly hand on Maddy's, head, saying kindly • . 'rtier child, it's hard to bear now, hut" you'll get over it in time." " Gist -over it," Maddy moaned, as she shut and bolted' the door after itlr. Green, died then 'threw herself upon the bed, ", I never shall till I die I" She alraost telt that she was dyiug, so desolate and so dreary the futhre looked to her. What was life worth 'without Guy, and why had she been thrown go much in lie way; why permitted to love -him She kneva she did, if she must lose him now? • Maddy could not cry; there as atightnees , about her eyes, and a keen, 'eutting Vain about her heart as she tried to, pray for strength t� oast Guy Rernieigton from her, , heart, where it Wits a ein for him to be;, and then she asked to be ,forgiven , for the wreng she had ueveittingly done to Lucy Atherstene, who trusted her iiiaplicitly, and who; in her last lade/abed said : "If I had not so TO11011 faith in ,Guy, I should be jealous of -one who haft so.neany opPortunities for etealing his heart from me, but I trust y012,1110.113/ Clyde. You would net do a thing to harm me, I -am Pure, and to lose Guy new, afterthese years of cruel waiting, would kill hae." . . There was in Lucy'S heart a faihtetirehag offettr test gaddy Cly,de Miglat he O. shlidow hie her pathwayhelse she .had never written 'that, ,to ter." But Lueyte eauge was safe in Maddy's hands. -Alivaya 'sealed tn_dola treacherous at, OM was OW 'Atha tained by anothee and holier principle, which of _itself Would have kept her from the wrong. But for eafew moments Maddy abandoned herself to the blies-eel: fahoeing what it would beto be loved by Guy Remington, as she loved him. And as she thought, 'there crept .into her ;heart the certainty that in'some degree he did love her; that his feiendship. wee_ more thae a meeeliking for the girl to whom he had been s_o kind: In Lucy's 'absence she was. essential - t� s his happiness,- and - that...was why he essughther society so rauele. : Be, menabering everything , that had passed, -lent more partioularlythe incidents' of that memorable night ride to Honedale, with all that had follewed since; she could not doubt it, and Softly to herself she whiepered, a' Ile loves me, he loves. nee," while little throbs of joy came and went in herheart ;but only for an instant, and then the note of joy was changed:to sorrow as she, thought hew sheniust hencefoeth.i seek to kill that love,hothler her oWii•' Sake -and for Tehey's. .Guy must hot come.there 'any 'mere. , She could not bearit now, even if the neighbore • 'had never meddled with her. • She _could, not see hiroas she haddone anatiot betray her. realfeelinge toward hinasHe he'd been that day •;be would home to -marrow, and she could see:bin:Omit as he would look cohnng hp the walk; eisey ahd self-POesessed; confident of his reeeptien, his handsonae face beaming with kind ilamightfuliniiiit for her, and his voice full of tender concern, as he 'asked how she was; and bade Fiera see that she did. not . overtax herself-ands11 this must cease.. , She had seen it, heard -it ' for the laet time! No wonder that Maddy's heartsfainted Within her, as she thought how. desolate, how dreary would be the. days when, Guy no longer earaothere, • That 'the yictory was gained at and strength imparted forethe task she had to . do. Going to the tableshe opened her port. fOlioethe gift • of Guy, and *tote to 'hien whet the neighbors were saying, and that, he .must come there nomore'; aitleitst,thely oncein a great while, because, Whe did,. ,She could not see bim. .Then, when thia was . written ehe went down to. Uncle • • jegepli,:whohwas beginning, to call for . her, and sit by him as ilSii01; Oil:411300 him the stings helevedsso well, and a which .this night pleased hinaSespeeisaly,' because • the vedee which sang theta was So plaintive; se' full of woe. 'Would he never go .to sleep, or tbe hand. which held 'hers 'so firmly relax ate. hold? • Never, it '. seemed, to Middy; who' sat andesangSwhile the night - bird. on a distant tree; awakehed by . the. hew songoittered • a responsive 'note, and the hours erept on to Midnight:Human nature ceield.endiire ' More, and when the crazy man said to her, "Now 'sing of Him. Who died on Calvary," • Maddy's &newer tease, gasping cry as she fell faent. ing on the pillow. • . .• ," It was only a nervous headitche,"..she Said to.the frightened Flora, who came . at Uncle; Joseph's call; ;and helped her young Mistress 'up to. bed. " She. would be better' ianietnhee.mr. orning.„ and She: would rather be So Flora lather, thit went often to her door, until "assured .by: the low breathing. sound that Maddy was sleeping at last: It was EteheayyS14.0p, and W.hen Maddy awoke the pain irther teinplesWas still there; iilie • hould not rise, and was , halt glad' that she cohldnot, iriaginuch as her illness would be a reason why she eould ,net Bee, Guy. if , he. tame. Shedidnot know he was • there • already, until she heard his voice apeakiieg.- 'to her grandfather,. It waeleter than -she imagined, and he had ridden down early because he could not stay away. ' 1-" leant gee bins, Flora," . Maddy said, when the latter came hp With the message that Mr: Remington was. .there with his buggy, and asked if a little ride weak" not ,do her geed. "1 can't see but giye blin this," and she .placed in Flora's band the note, baptized -with' so, many tears .and prayers,. ,awle, the -contents of which made Ghy.furioue ; • not at her, but at the neighbors, the irig.uisitive., ignorant, , meddlesome neighbors; who, had dared' to - :talk of him, or tehreathe a.simpicious Word against Maddy Clyde He. would Make theni 'sorry fcirit.theyelroxldtakeback- every word' ; and they shouldheg forgivetiess for the pain theyhad pithead , All this, and much more,. Gey thought,, as,. with Maddy's note in ' his , hand, he walked up and down the sitting,roona, eragingslikethahyhtitig-litineandethreatenin-g- yengeance upon everybody. This' *as not the first 'intimation Guy, had received' Of the peoplee, gosaip, for only that morning Mrs:Noah-had' hinted that his'eSurse yeas not at 'all . calculated to de Maddy any good, while Agnes had repeated to hint some thingths -which Ske had' heard 'touching the frequency of his visite ,to Honedale ; but these Were ,nothieg to ttie calmly -worded 'ineseage which , banished • him effectaally from Milady's., presence.• He • knew Maddy, and he knew, she.meant• What she Wrote, but he hould heti:lave it so. He 'must see her ; •he would see her and,so for thenexthaltheier Floes, was the bearer of written raeseageete andefrarci Maddy's room; messages of earnest entreaty en theehe hand and cot firth denial on the oeher. Atlaet'.11addy wrote; • • , • • " If you ; care for me inthe least, or for my respect,' leave me, and AO, hot come • again until, I , send fee. , You. - 1, „am not insensible to your e kindness. feel it all, but the, world is nearer right than you: suppose. It does not -leek well for you to come here so much, 'and I prefer that you shauld not. JuStice to Lusty requires that you stay away.". • That roused. Guy's pride, and writing back: "You shall shall be obeyed. Good -bye' --he sprmiginto his .buggy, and Maddy heard him -as he drove furiously away. ' . Thoseavere ong, dreary days which foie, lowed, .and but for .her grandfather's increasing feebleness Maddy would -almost have died. Anxiety for • him, however, , kept her from dWelling toe much 'upon herself, but the excetement and the -,care were upon her 'sadly, robbing, her,eye of its lustre ' arid ' her cheek of ate remelts - big broom; and. making Mrs. Noah err when Eihe came one day with jeeeie to see how they were getting on.. She had hoard frona•Guy of his bitniehisient,-and now that he stayed s,w'ay, she was ready to step ih; so she came laden. with sympathy and other mote ,substailtiel comforts brought „freha Maddy was glad to see her, • and for a time oriedsofty on berheilom, while Ma. Noah's tearskept con:twiny with hers; Not a word was amid of Guy, except whets Jessie told her that "he had gone to Boston, and it was SO stupid at home without him." With more than her -ordinary disoretioni Flora kept' to herself whattad passed when *Guy was litstethere, 130 Mrs. NOS11 'knew, nothing expept-whae be had told her, 0,,m1 What she read in Maddy's white staer,ing face. Tina last was ehough to excite all her pity, and , she treated: • the ,yeung' girl with the most motherly kind- ness, staying all night and herself taking care of grandpa, who was now too ill to sit up. There seemed to be no disease prey- ing upon hina, netlaing save•old age and the lois of one whofor more etleah forty year@ had ediared, ,all .hib io3r5 and BOT,TONF.'He 00121d.nOt livewitheut, her, ,atid oneshight,' thee° weeks after Ghyhedisheisselealee said. to Maddy as she was aboutto leave -Min "Sit with me, darling, for a little' whilee if yen are not , toe tired. Your grand- • mother seems near me to -night, and so doesAlioe, your reedier. Maybe I'll be with them before another day. I hope I may, if God is willing, and there's much 1 would say toyou." ' • He was very pale; and the _greattokeEtt drops stood on his forehead •and under his white heir, but Maddy wiped 'them away, and listened with a, breaking heart while theaged disciple,,admost home, told her of the peace; the joy that shone around his - pathway to the tomb, and of the °veriest: ing'arm bearihg Jahn so gently over Jordan. • Then he. talked of herself, blessing het for all she had been to him, telling her how happy, she,had made his life since she came home to stay, and how for a time he ached • so With fear lest she should cheese to gci beck and leave him to a stranger. "But • my dealing stayed' with her old grasps. She'll never be Sorry for it. I've tried yon S013203 times, I know, for old folks ain't -like young ; but I'm sorry, Kiddy, and ' forget it when I'in gone, darling Maddy; precieus child I" , and the trembling hand rested caressingly on her bowed head as , grandpa went on' speak of hit( littleiproperty,which was hers after the mortgage to Mr. Guy was paid'. ELAND, r &Dyne' Blathes Glattetelie for the blurdei Ris Sister-iplaw. A CRUEL ASPERSION OF TfIE PREMIER. , 17esse.,enivia44:4teL'ele,4:e:;tatsiittishlievezati4tey.,;..„![‘,.7s,lv,e, r• 4 i Aeficiliclanieablettm says : Tratie hate thel HonieleRnip hashtelien its pliteeitaI g renearke',#a the Irish Heine Bhifeci aiViieet" peactical•Polities beeauseEt Leith men are beginning to tee that they will eventually have to accept it. There is no more reason why we English should claim the right to make land laws for Ireland than for Canada or New Zealand. I ven- ture to prediot that within twenty -years it will be theught monstrous that we should ever have denied the Irish so self-evident A. great,and -painful Sensation .,,,has been ceasedby the, ietter of :Mr. Spaeth(); brother-in-law ef theladY who was. mur- dered in his earriage in • Ireland, -t(ht Mr: Gladstone... IledaYs : 1' lay Ilia guilt of • this deed- of blood at yoniscloar he the face . of the whole country; siinported as you are in that part °flour policy by the no tent' neeneblirs of Parliamerit, bytheir press an d ley some' of the frith bishops." Mr. Smythe ,goes on to say that the terteriam, under the Gladstone policy is so tremendous that few who abhor.ehe.orime would venture to denbunce:thei adsassiris had they seen them. If they did HO their livea Would be forfeited, while the prisoners would almost as .eurely escape after the farce, of a trial by. jury. This terrible letter received but a• short ;reply from' the, -Prime Minister,' who expressed MI -00(T arid heartfelt Synspa. thy, and said he was ,corificleht that Tar. • S thi d'l d h d "I've kept up the interest," heesaid, hut ,ieotetsern.iitHneortiluceatiheeseinty tth6rrte.11itargediyin i entotlinee 1 conld: never, get hird to take any of the requesting to be ineerneee ee, the; e..64.diion Principal- doreb know whY. he Is s°4°°c1 Of Lady Henrietta Monck, who Weis" in the tie Mee Tell hiisa,•Maddy, hove I thanked carniagewuthMr. selytheame the uefeetth 'and blessed him jiist beforeI died ; tell hina nate ledy, and who continues prostrated by how 1 11Sed • to pray for him every day that the, seesee.. Feerepe as was thie aseeeeinee wheilral_igihmt cheuoorese hthee wbentltersopmaert. ,dee3,.infd Hhee panne mind continues to view. nompiva. ,tieffi and° that 'isf- Mr.' Heilsert, the English hasn't been here of late, and -though my eld ' throe- with complaeency, the ; elreadful, eyes are dim, I can see that your step hee,seenes, daily enacted_ eh, the lonelyharid got slow, and your face whiter by manY bleak: mountain aidas, where cavalry; shades, einee he etaYed 'away. ,Maddy, infantry, and constabulary sessetereee land child, the dead tell no secrete, and I shall soon be dead. Tell rae, then, what it is betweenyou two. Does my girl love Mr. GUY?' " Oh, - grandpa, grandpa !" Maddy raoaned, laying her head beesde his own on It would be a relief to talk with sonie one of that terrible pain, which grew worse every day; of thatintense longing just for. one sight of the beloved one; of Guy, still absent ,frons Aikenside, wandering nebody knew where; and no Madder told the whole story, while thodying man listened to her, • and, smoothing her silken hair, tried to comfort her. " The worst is not over yet." he said. • Guy will offer to make you- his wife, sacri- ficing Lucy for you; and if he does, what will my darling'ido?" ' •Maddy's heart leap,ed into her throat, and for a raonaent prevented her from answering, for the thought of Guy's really offering to make her his wife, to shield her from evil, to enfold her he his tender love, made her giddy with joy. But it could not be, and itesaieswered through her tears: "1• shall tell hinallo." •• - " God bless my Maddy! You will:tell hire no for Luctets sake, and God Will, bring it right at kat," the old .man whispered, Isis voice growing very faint and trerauleus. " She will tell him No," he kept repeating, until, rousing up to greater •conticiousisess; he spoke of Uncle Joseph, and asked what Maddy Would do with him; would she send hiin back to_ theasylum or care for him thiare ? " "Ho will be happier here,"' he • egad, "but it is askingtoo m.uoli of a young 'girl like you. He may live for years." I do not knove,grandpie. I hope I may do right. I think I shall keep Uncle Joseph with nee," Maddy replied,a shudder • oreeping over her as she thought, of living out all her youth, and possibly middle age; withalimatio. ; But -her grandfather's whispered bless- ingsbrohght domfoet with therm, and a calm quiet fell upon her as she sat listen- ing to the words of ' prayer, catching si�w and than her own, name and *that of "1 am drowsy; Maddy.. Wateh while,I • sleep: s Perhaps 111 never wake 'again," grandpa, iaid, and clasping Maddy's hands he went to Sleep, .while Maddy kept lier watch beside him, until she too. fell asleep, from Which she was roused by a clammy ,hesidessifighoTilieratereheadshand-hUncle- joseph'esioice, which. said: ' • , - " Wake, my child. There's beeh a guest here while you slumbered," and he pointed to the rigid features of the dead. (To he continued). --0111ng'1he-Waves: The ship.Airiie, of the Dundee 'Clipper Line, arrived ine the Tay the other daY from Calcutta with a load of jute. 'Captain Foie:man-reports that° on the 28th February the ship encountered,a terrific gale, which • lasted fohrelays. For an hour and a half •therevesselday-on-her-beam-ends,_andein_ order, to eav,e theshipthe master decided on trYitig to allay with oil the violence of the see, which was running 7.nountains high; A number of. bags *ere filled with oil, and the bead having been perforated, so as to allow, the oil to escape -gradually, were towed for fort -eight houre ,to windward. Captain Foreman 'reports the eiperimitnt to hais - been ' eminently 'Successfill, ' the, water in the immediate vicihity of the vessel becoming " quite smooth.", A.. big' mountainous wave .rovouid haveheeri seen bearing down on the ship, and when selemze two shins' lengthEi or an ,from the Veesel, when it canie amongst the oil, it; world suddenly fall. Had it not been for the oil experiment, the captain as of opinion that if the vessel had not altogether fouridered, be woind have heti-liar decks cleared and- ustained considerable damage. Vennor's Prognostications. The year 1882, with Re Monday Christ. mas, has already commenced badly It long list of life and property destructioh nearly everywhere is apything but cheer- ing. The outlook for a healthy season - after such e season -ie but a forlorn one, whilst, as"l'ited Teemed it, the agricultural outlook is of a still reoee formidable char- , 'A .Premattrise sprieg has novev done a goiaturn yet, but many a1 bad. 'One. "Rapidly growing Vegetation under the ha- vigorating heat of the sprieig sun is a joy, oue pieture when Seasonable, but When this ia in progress in a period which experience teaches us has to be followed by frosty and generally unfavorable weather, the picture, en the contrary, becomes a sed one. scientist says that few people know that in had sepsis)* honey heart to be poi's- , onous ; that hi wherillowers are scarce, the leeesareebligedto gather it from poisenous , tlovrors. ' ,held at 50..per ,cieht.•aboVe the valtiatiOti the liaise -table creatures whose bodies and soulit can scarcely hold together. Who can -won- der that the exasperation ,of such sights Iia e produced that terrible, figure in modern history, the masked assassin! , • Major Twill, a resident magistrate, writes • !leom Clarenaorrie recommending that cer- ,tain death be the penalty for a,11 attempts at murder.- He says that helms often been theestened, and has bees; warned that hie aisSaisination• 'hag' bean actually' Paid for, but be defies the assassins. He says he never travels without an escort of two armed policemen , and , an armed groom. Counting a Winchester rifle, the revolvers. • mad ishot gums of the , party, -there 'are tventy-fiVe "hounds' that bail be discharged as, Mailer 'seconds, with thirty-four in nurse. • His 'escort searches all planta- tions and hedges on the route, and the 'neighborhood ef his housetis patrolled all night by an arrned guard provided with' dogs to aid in the search for explosives; • and assassins. • ; Three men were arrested in Dublin to- day charged with treasonable practices, and .more cencealed arms were discovered. A Dublin despatele. eays: The Castle officials are considering a, &Mese of action ' to be recommended for adoption by Parlia- ment regarding the renewal oarepeal of the 'Coerhion Act. Alf the Irish law advisers ofthe Crown andaseveral magistrates and °entity int:theaters are here. Prominent officiale "generally ,take the glooraieit view of the state Of the hOuntry. . •• Mr. Gladstone -is again obliged to invoke • the protection of alarge body of police dur- ing. his holiday eojourn at Ilawarden Castle. . New YORI, April 9. -The World's Lon- don cable says : It. is' rumored in. usually well-informed cirolee that parnell wil :soon be liberated -probably as soon as the Gov - eminent carries the cloture Rehouse and is able to prevent systematic' obstruction hn the House. • • non, Queen Victoria:Travels. Of Queen :Victoria's journey to France the London • World says: "Though the strictest privaey characterized the embark-- , &don of Her Majesty in the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, yet the Queen showed that the recent attempt on her life has not in any way rendered, her nervous. When cheered at a, public 'railway, crossing at, Portsmouth Her Majesty roe° 'from her -seatsinethe.esalectri_carriage arid bowed)er acknowledgments from both- windiiiiTe7- . Since the -death of the Prince Consort the Queen has positively relined to be received with , royal salutes. The run from Portsmouth to 'Cherbourg was. most enjoyable, the watei being almeet as estill'as a millpond._ • Her Mitjestyarid the Princess Beatrice promenaded the aeek- sand spoke to both 'officers and seamen, the • Queeth when in lier yai3ht,:showing, ti dis- inclination AS) ceremonious' observances. While Her kajesty, viras in .the pavilion a, prettyelittle bird flew on to the qharter- deck, and after eating a fewcrumbs, ethrown-todt-laythe-Princess-Beatrice_se& one or two of the Officers and members of theiroyal finite,' went. forward and neade. • frietids, with some of the crew, returning sto the pavilion, where it • was caught by eonamand of the Queen, who, sent it back in the yacht to•Windeor Castle,propOsing to keep the bird as S. memento of her pleasant voyage." Suicide.of a Strange Character. A Detroit despot° says: Peter Hen- brath, the owner of a barn on the corner of , Walker and Woodbridgestreets, discovered • yesterday morning lying on abed in the upper portion of tbe building the dead body of August Hable, a truckman. A revolver, with one chamber discharged, was id the right hand of the deceased. Further ' exareination shoWed. that Hable had shot hmatself in the mouth, the ballet coming otit just behind the right, ear. `The remains were dressed in shirt, pants and speckinge. In the pockets of I the deceased were found $49.15 in money. 1The, evidence elicited showed that Hable had been miss. ing about tiih,daYs, and had for two weeks priorto that time showedr symptoms of insanity. He asserted to his twin brother that he intended to build a flying neachhae with which toy to heaven on April 1,th. He sold hi:esteems., mad with a portion of the hreceeds purchimed nails, lumber and a , lot of chevea horag. The horns were to be, nielted and turned intu,a substaticeresems Ming sheet iron, but much lighter. . Hable was a Geematt who came to Detroit about seventeen years ago, need was ab011t.30 • yeare Of age at.the time of his death. Ile was him:tarried, and slept alone in the bars ..cvhere his remedele 'were fohnd. • -The ouiitona of, caressing, and kissing deceeissedfatehile; etipecially those dyi hsf the entalifipiedshinie that.Shoeld bo ditoon,.. ' tinted; forsin altnetit livery case the persen ; hug indulgingie takeh with tho disease. Advice to Correspothients. The Harlington Hawkey s sti,13 a4ever write with Pen arid ink- It is altogether too plain, and doesn't holdhthe minds of the editere and printere closely ehough to their .work. DMA punctuate. We 'prefer to pu.nctuete all manuscript sent to us. And don't use capitals. Then we 'can punctuate and capitalize to suit ourselves; • and your article, when , you see it in print, will aetonish eveie it it doeis not please you. - ;Don't try' to write tee plainly. Poor 'writs iing is an indicationolgenius. It's about the only indication:Of' geniue that. ,a • great -Many men nasseidti Serahvhyour.ar tielewith :Ydur eyes shut: alid.Makeheyery „werd as illegible as you can. We get the samaprica, for it from the rag -man as though it were covered will ,copper -plate sentences. . Avoid all painstaking with proper names. khow tho , lull name of every naan,, woman and phild in the United States., and the thereat hint at the name is suffi- cient. 1Foriustanee, if yoriwrite a char- acter esontething hlike a drunken figure h and than raw a wavy line, we will :kridwtet once 'that you mean " Samuel Morrisen," even -though you may think you Mean " Lemuel Meesenger." Always write •oh both side 0! ,the_paper ; andvehett yeix have ' filled both • Sides of . every page trail a line upend down every margin, and bask to the top of the filet page, ' clesing your article by writing the, sighature just . above the date. How we •hdo iswe to get hold of articles Written in •this atylal And how we would, like thaget hold of the num who 'sends ihem„:" juet for ten minutes! Alone! in the Weeds, with a cannon in our hip pecket ! " • . Coarse, brown wrapping paper is the best.. for'writing your articles on. If you can tear down an old circus .poster, and write on the pasty side•Of it with a pen stick, it , will dostill bettsir:• • _ • When • your article is finished, 'crunch your paperein your peeket and °eery ittwo er.three days before sending it. ., Thi, rubs off the superfluous pencil marks and Makes ttlihterto handle. . . If you think of it, lose one page out of the middle of -your article. We can easily supply Iv a is miming, an _we love 10 do: -it We ha,Ve nothing else to do. • littrivAa Empty Stomach Saved a 1.1te. No regiment -from New Hampshire slit, fered more in action, than the 12th, and a narrower squeak for life than that of Capt.. e -but better known as Elder-I-Duegin is hot often recorded: In ORO or the many engagemente that the 12th participated in he was etruck by a bullet, which literally bored a hole through him just above the stomach., He fell amid a heapol killed and wounded, and was left for dead on the field. , A column of the eneitay advancing with a quick step moved directly over the ground, and, .as they were marching by, he was barely able to - make metion sufficieht to attract the attention of a , Confederate captain, :who • stoped, lookedat him pityingly, and said: Poor fellow, you are booked through. I can't help you, but I'll at least put you out of the way of further liarea,"-io, suiting the action to the Words,' he, took hire tenderly in his arms, carried tam some distance one sis e, and pieced him in a silting posture with his back against a tree. This saved his life, as he was shortly afterward found, treated for his wound, and ultimately re- covered. The surgeon said that had he had his beeektast that morning he would as- suredly have been killed. Thirty-six hours' abstinence,- being short sof rations, ,had contracted the stomach and saved his life. So . the elder lives, and is the life Of the an- nual reunions.a--Manelsesser (N. H.). Mirror. Peculiar Steerage' Passengers. ' Time, -2' Garden. Enter R..� Aiatoihe Pommeret leading a . huge bear, ,folioed by seven conaradeseaob,. leading ahear., Both, bears and" men were . steerage Passengers oh the steantship Cheteaa Leevillia.from Bordeaux. Custom -house officer appearing -from L. ' accost e &est ruffian -Hold on, you'll have to pair, duty on thosehears. Antoine -Me no got ze monaie, se you takeze bears. - ' ' Officer -No, no! Don't leave the cress. - tures here; they will eat wimp- • Antoine -Ah, oui; zear will not eat- like ze :cannibal. No necessaire for frighten ;. ala animals are perfectamente tame. • See I put my hand in ze month. • Officer -No, no. You cannot leave them here; we have no place for. them"; -Take them .away from here. . The eight Frenc.broen 'with their eight . bears then naarched in Single file into the rotunda, and, alter ;the name, •age, birth- place, destination and occupation had been taken, theyfiled ont of Castle Garden up -Broadwayeatowardellaxteh-street.-S-Pedes. trians seenaed only too anxious to givethern right of way, and either crossed the crowded thoroughfare or took refuge in the doorwaye. Pommeret said itwas absurd that anybody should be frightened at the animals; as they were perfectly tame. They -were -hot -to -be -used -for -exhibition, but would bet einployed in the West for - drawing small carts, as they had been s trained to'do that work. -/V: Y. ibune. • Plume Gonna-I/atoms has finally resigned as Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Old -3ageeand-poor-healthhhave_had_a_stublean man to conquer, but have triumphed. He is 84 years old, and has beeh in active official service 58 years, beginning as- • Secretary -of the Russian Embassy at Lon- don to 1824- He tierved as Minister Ett nearly efery European courts and represented Russia, in the famous' Vienna conferences of 1856. In 1856 he became Foreleg Minister. His greatest single act, was his bold circular of 1870 setting at' defiance the treaty of 1856, which -closed the Crimean war. He thus opened the way for the Russo-Turleish conflict of 1876-'77-'78, ending With the celebrated Berlin 'Conference, where were gathered the greatestdiplomats of Europe. Gortschit- koff,naust be ranked with Bismarck, Dis- raeli, Andrassy and Gambetta. - • Da. litABASLIATI, of the Bradford Infirm. • ary, has written to the British Medical . Journal Upon the question" Has the dura- tion of human life in England' increased during the- last thirty years?" His con- clusions aro: (I) That there has been an increase whiels is entirely attributable to the beaer management sued preyention of fevers; (2) that if the ' deaths. frOra `fevers , be deducted, the present tate of mertality higher thazrit vvas thirty -years, ago;' (8) that if the mortality among children and . yoling persons has sliredeished, the "nor- ° tality among males above 35 and females above 45 years of age has . 'markedly , increased; (4) that the main causee of the ' increased adult mortality are worry ,and anxiety, „affecting chiefly the nerious sys. tare, heart andhlfaileyehh The mortality , from diseases of the nervous system has increased 25 per bent. in thirty years ; that from diseases of the cireulation, 50 per °wet.; that from diteasee of tbe kidneyse. 148 pet cent. -r -Wisdom fotApril--Nevet never go out without yohr analerelle,--or some other per., sone.