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There ss' as a great deal in this that
made the Dtotur very angry,—so angry
that he cid not i:now how to restrain hint.
self. 1. e matter had been argued as
though he had employed the 'clergyman in
his ohuroh after ho had known the histur .
"For aught I might know," he said to
Mrs. Wortlo, "any curate coming to me
might bave three wives, all alive."
"That would be most improbable," said
Airs. Wortle.
"So was all this improbable,—just, as
improbable. Nothing
could be more Im-
probable.
Po we not all feel overcome
with pity for the poor woman because she
encountered trouble that was so improb•
able? How much more improbable was it
that I shoula come across a clergyman
who had encountered such improbabili-
ties." In answer to this Mrs Wortle could
only shako bar heart, not at all understand-
ing, the purport of her husband's arou
went.
But what was said about his school hurt
hem more then what was said about his
church. In regard to hes ohuroh he was
impregnable. Not even the Bishop could
touch him,—or even annoy him ntuch.
But this "penny -a -liner," as that Doctor
indignantly called him, had attacked him
in his tenderest point. After declaring
that ho did not intend to nlodd:e v ith the
• school, he had -gone on to point out that
an immoral Terson had been employed
there, and had then invited all parents to
tae away their sans. "He doesn't know
what moral and immoral mottos " said
the Doctor, again pleading his owncase td
his own wife. "As far as I know, it
would be hard to find a man of a higher
moral feeling than :.r. Peacocke, or a
woman than hie wife."
"I supposes they ought to have separated
when it was found out," said Mrs. Wortle.
"No, no," he shouted; ' I ho d that
they were right He was right to cling to
her, and she was bound to obey him.
Such a fallow as that,"—and he cruseed
the paper up in his hand in his wra•h, as
though he were crushing the editor him-
self,—"such a fellow as that knows noth-
ing of morttiity,nothing of honor, nothing
of tenderness. What he did I Would ha to
done, and Pll stick to him through it all
in spite of the Bishop, in spite of the
newspapers,and in spite of a:1 the rancour
of all any enemies." Thon he got up rand I
walked about the room in such a fury that
his wife did not dare to speak to him.
Should he or t hould he not answer the
newspai er? That was a que tion whioh
for the Bret two days of er he had read tbo
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CK
E
Ho was almost ashamed of himeelf as
Ito rode back to Bewiol.,--first, beuausoile
hats ocndescende:l to ask advioo, and thou
because, tabor having aoked it, he had been
so thoroughly scalded. 'There was no one
n would atm! to
• r Mr. Puddle tube wn 11 admit whom one
have boots wrong in the matter eseept tho
Doctor hinisclf, And yet though ho had
been so eoutt'elled and so scolded, ho had
found hitn;olf obliged to apologise before
Ito left thn house! And, too, Iia had boon
motto to understand that ho lints bet tor not
rush into print. Though the 'Broughton
Casette' should conic to the attttult again
and again, he must halt( his pew.° That
roforonco to Mr. .E'udtlioombo's dirty boot
had convincod him. He could 8430 tho
thoroughly squalid look of the boot that
had burn scraped in vain, and appreoiato
the who esO11t0ness of the 11na tilt tcratod
amts. '1'nora was 111ar0 in the nitro than
iu' hati over aokuowloflgall beforo 'Toro
was 0cuneistenoy in him, and fit courage,
and an honesty of purpose; but thoro was
no softness of heart. Had there boon a
grain of tenderness there he could not have .
spokes) so often as he had dono of Airs.
Pott000ko without oxpressing somo grief
at tho unmerited sorrows to which that
poor lady had boon subjected. Ills own
begat milted with ruth as he thought,
while riding home, of the oraoltyto which
sho had boon and who subjected., Sho was
all alone there, waiting, waiting, waiting.
N till tho dreary days shnutd have gono by.
And if no good news should eomO,—if Mr.
Peacoo •o should return with tidings that
hor 1tu nand was alive and woll, wliat
silo old sl a do then? What would the world
then have in store for her? `If it were
mo," said the Dootor to himself, "I'dtako
htlr to some other home, and treat her as
My wife in spito of all the Puddioombes
in creation;—in spite of all tho bishops "
The Dootor, though he was a self-assert-
ing and somewhat violent mean, was thor-
oughly soft-1>)earted. It is to be hoped
than rho readoe has already Iearned as
intwit as that 1—a man with a kind, tender,
affectionate. nature. It would perhaps be
unfair to raise a question whether he
would have done as much, been so willing
so sacrifice himself, for a phtin woman.
Had lar. Stantiloup, or Sir Samuel Griffin
if he had suddenly come again to life,
boon found to have pri r wives also living,
would the Doctor have found shelter for
them in their ignominy and trouble? Mrs.
Wortle, who knew her husband thorough-
ly, was sure that he would not have done
so. Mrs. Peacocke was a very beautiful
woman, and the Doctor was a man who
thoroughly admired. beauty. To sae that
Airs. Wortle was jealous would bo quite
untrue. She liked to sec her husband
talking •to a pretty woman, because he
would be sure to be in good humour, and
sure to make the best of himself. She
loved to see him shine. But she almost
wished that Mrs. Poa000ke had been ugly,
because there would not have then been so
much danger about the school.
"I'm just going up to see her," said the
Doctor, as soon as he got borne,—"just to
ask her what sho wants,"
"I don't think she wants anything,"
11: is lnll)Ilcd," said the Dooms, "that
I allowed %Ir, Peacocke to preach in my
oh moil afttlr I knew his marriage was in-
formal."
' Thar) is no such stateme
paragraph." said Mr. Puddicol4
ta:voodoo repnrasal of the ttrtljitl
in the
e, after
r. "Tho
writer has written in a hurry, lits suoh
wr,t,'re generally do, but hale made no
statement such as you presume. Were you
to answer him, you could only ao so by
air elaborate statement of the exact state.
uit'nt of the exaot facts of the case It can
hmrdig bo w rth your while, in defending
yoar. o f against the 'Broughton Garotte,'
to tell tho whole story in public of Mr.
l'eacucke's life and fortunes."
"You would pass it over altogether?"
,,
' Gortalnly 1 would."
"Ands so acenowlodge the truth of all
that the newspnpr'r says."
•' I do not know that the paper says
anything untrue," said Mr. Puddiootnbe,
lea, looking the doctor in the face, but evi-
dcurly with the determination to say what
het thought, however unpleasant it might
bo. `•The fact is that you have fallen into
a—misfor. nue."
"I don't acknowledge it at all," said
the Doctor.
••All your friends at any rate will think
so, letthe story he toles as it may. It was
at .d:sfurlune that this lady whom you
Lott takee into your establishment should
I.,ve proved not to bo tho gentleman's
vile. Whon I am taking a walk through
tae fields and get one of my feet deeper
Levu (Att'iI Tutu the mute always endeav-
or to boar 1t as well ars I may before the
eye" of those who moot me, rather taan
',cage futile efforts to get red of tho dirt
a id look as though nothing had happen-
ed. 'Te,o dirt, when it is rubbed and
s nudged and scrt►ped, is more palpably
uirG 111t►u the hOnett mud."
"1 will not admit that I am dirty at
ail," said the Doctor,
"Nor do I, in the case which I de,
torii3Os 1 adroit nothing; but I let those
w..o see me form their own opinion. If'
any one asks me about my boot, I tell
hint that it is a matter of no consequence.
I auvise you to do the same. You will
only matzo the smudges more palpable if
you write to the 'Br; ughton Gazette.' "
"Would you say nothing to the boys'
paronts?" asked the Doctor.
"There, perhaps, I am not a judge, as
I never kept a school;—but I think not.
If any father writes to you, then tell him
the truth."
If the matter had gone no farther than
this, the Doctor might probably have left
Mr. Puddioombe's house with a sense of
thankfulness for the kindness rendered
frim; but he did go farther, and endeavor-
ed to extract from bis friend somo sense of •
the injustice shown by the Bishop, the
Stantiloups, the newspaper, and his ene-
mies in general through the diocese. But
hero he failed. signally. "I really think,
Dr. ',Norge, that you could not have ex-
pected it otherwise."
"Expect that people should lie?"
"I don't know about lies. If people
have told lies, I bavo not seep the or
heard them. I don't think the' .. p has
diad.
n
,
. ,
Bih thou I don't mean the s on, 0
u
tido
think that he has shown a great want of
what I. may call liborality towards a
clergyman in his diocese."
••.10 doubt he thinks you have been
wrong. By liberality you mean sympathy.
Why should you expect him to sympathise
with your wrong -doing?"
"What have I dono wrong?"
"You have countenanced Immorality
and d,'coit in a brother clergyman."
"I deny it," said the Doctor, rising un
imiestuously from his chair.
• Then I do not unclesr. tand the position,
Dr. Wortlo. That is all I can say."
"To my thinking, Mr. Euddicatnbe, I
never came across a better man than Mr.
eat+ocko in my life."
"I cannot make comparisons. As to the
1081 lean I met in my lift, I might have
t, aoknowleilge that even he had done
r: rung in eor,ain circumstances. As the
i ..etter is forced upon me, I have to co -
e toy op:nlon that a great sin was
0. •,u,ltittell both by the man and by rho
t..0114t11. Ynu 1101; only eondono the sin,
eat tleolar.t both by your words and deeds
t .at you sympathise with the sin ne well
t.-, with the s nners. You bave no right
to espoct that tho Bishop will empathise
with you in that; --nor can it be but that
10 such a country as this the voices of
many will be Ioud against you."
"And your) as loud as any," said tho
Doctor, angrily.
"That is unkind and unjust," said stir.
Puti,lieoiabe. "What I have said, I have
:•r4i:t to yourself, and not to others; and
c;,:nt. I have said, I have said in answer 10
tltb•8tio11s asked by yourself." Then the
to o c or apologised with what grace bao
oa.d. But when he left the hone@ his
.,e.vc was still bitter against Mr. Puddi.
colni»,
artiole greatly perp
have ho..a very ready to advise any other
man what to der in such a case "Never
notice what may be wr t e 1 about you in
a news). a:ler," he wooed i ave said. Such
is the a :vice which a man always gives to
hisa,
friend,
But when the a (o nes (,
s to
himself be finds it sometimes Impossible
to follow it. "What s the use? Who cares
what the 'Broughton Gazette' says? let it
pass, arid it will be forgotten 1n three
days. If you etir the mud yourself, it will
ban; about von for' months It its just
What they want you to do. They cannot
go on by themselves, and so the subject
res away from them ; but if you write
rod hders they have a contributor work-
ing fc.r them. for nothing, and ono whose
writing. ss111 bo mush more aoceptabl0 to
thailleoadors than any that comes from
�,etheirliston an•tilynadus scribes, It is very
disagr.rateo to .o worrie:t like a rat by a
dog; bit, wiry should you go into, the ken-
nel anal un,. •ccs airily put yourself in the
way of it:" 1 hit Doctor had said this
r11oro Ciao once to clerical friends, who
were hurrain, with indignation at so)110
thing that tu'd been written about them.
But new as w,ie burning himself, and con.d
hardly keep his fingn's from pen and ink.
In this emergency he went to Mr. Puct-
dieonrl.o not as be said to himself, for
advice, but in order that ho aright hear
what Air. I'ncldicombe would have to say
about it. II° did not like Air. I'uddicom be,
but he h1 t wed in trim,—which was more
than be quite did with the 131210p. Mr,
Puddiconibe could tell him his true
thoughts Mr. Pudclleombo would be un-
pleasant; very likely; bat he would be sin
acre and friendly. So he went to Mr. I'ud•
dloombe "It some to me," be said, "al-
most neceilsaro that I should afvwur such
ell Atiill°.. na rot se -for tete s tltn o: truth "
"Yoe. lett• ..•d :' .1opt Hirth
of the 'Brf,ugnton Gazette,' " ee,i'1 Mr
Ptiddiclom.ee
Baur I luaa reacpIIII*Ilttt t0 a (al delta de.
that roots tel shall not les • ros..sea
ow tw *. :t0.10 1lt101 O u',•.)
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Ing that they should perforin this task day
and day about, ---titre should his wife omit
Tho duty ho must go. in, his wife's puce.
What would all the worldofliowick Bayle
the Dootor wore to visit a lady, it young
and a baatti
ui lady, everyiaY, whereas
his wife visited 110 ia4y not at all? Thom -
fore they took it turn about, osoept that
sometimes tho Doctor aecontpaniett his
wire. The Doctor bad oaeo suggested that
his wife should t Atm the poor lady out in
her earriago. But against this even Mrs.
Wortle had rebelled. "Under such eiroum-
stanees ns hers she ought not to be seen
driving about," said Mrs. Wortlo. Tho
Doctor had sublultted to this, but thought
that too world of Bowiok was very cruel
Mrs. Wortle, though sho outdo no aeon
plaint, thought that sho was used cruelly
in the matter. There had boon an inten-
tion of going into Brittany during these
summer holidays. '.rho little tour had
been almost promised. But the affairs of
Mrs. Pato mike ware of such a nature as
not to allow the Dootor to be absent.
"You and Mary eau go, and Henry can go
with you." henry was a. bachelor brother
of Mrs. Wortle, who was always very much
at the Doctor's disposal, and at hors. But
certainly sho was not going to quit Eng-
land, nob going to quit home at ail, while
her husband remained there, and while
Mrs. Peacocke was an inmate of the
school, It was not that she was joalOus;
th; idea was absurd: but sho know well
what Mrs. Stautiloup would say..
CHAPTER XIV.— 'EVERYBODY'S
BUSINESS.'
But there arose a trouble greater than
that oocastuned by time Broughton Gazetto.
There mine out an artiole in a London
woekly nowsdaper, calved 'Everybody's
Business.' wihoh nearly drove the Dootor
mad. This was an the last, Saturday of the
holidays. The holidays had been com-
menoed in the iniddle of July, and went
on till the end of August. Things had not
gone well at Buwiok during these 'creeks.
The parents of all the four nowly expected
boys had•-ohangod their minds. Ono
father had discovered that ho could not
afford it Another deularod that the
mother could not be got to part with her
darlitg quite so soon as he had expected.
A third held found that a private tutor at
home would best suit his purposes. While
the fourth boldly said that he did not like
to stud his boy because of the "fuss"
which had been made about Mr. and Mrs.
Poaoouke. Had this least oomo alone,
the Doctor would probably bavo resented
such a communication; but following the
others as it did, he proferred the fourth
)}ran to any of the other -throe. "Miser -
Milo cowards," ho said to hinisclf, as he
docketed the totters and put them away.
But the greatest blow of all,—of all blows
of this sort,—name to hien from poor Lady
Ann Clifford. She wrote a piteous letter
to him in which she implored t lose to al-
low her to take her two boys away. • been made subjoot to a foul calumny by
"My dear Dr. Wortle," sho said, "so . such insinuation.
many people have been telling so many 1 'Everybody's Business' fell into some
dreadful things about this horrible affair. such mistako as this, in that Tory amusing
pay his butcher's bill.
Thon, just at the and of the holidaysat.
scae good-natured !rind sent him a copy*
of 'Everybody's Business.' There is no,
(Luty whioh a man Owe, to himself
more re•
O!EarlY than tint of throwing into the:
waet0-paper basket, unsearched and oven:
unopened, all nowsptapers sent to him
without at previously declared purpose.
The sender has (Otltar written something:
himself which he wishes to force you to,
read, or else he has boon dosirous of wounds
ing you by surae ill -steered criticism,
upon yourself. 'Evorybociy's !Justness"'
was n paper which, in the natural course,
of things, 010 not find its way into tile•
Bowick rectory; and the Dootor, though
bo was no doubt acquainted with the titleo
had never even looked at its columns. It
was the purpose of rho periodical to amuse:
its ro:tdors, as its name doctored, with the:
private affairs of their neighbors. It went
boldly about its work. oxousing itsolf by
the assortion that Jones was just as well 1
inolinod to be talked about as Smith
was to hear whatever could be said about
Jones. As both parties Wero served, what
could be the objoetion? It was in the main;
good-natured, and probably d1d most fro
fluently gratify the ,Tonosos,while it afford- :
ed considerable amusement to the listless
and numorous Smiths of rho world. If you,
can't read and understand Jones's speech,
o at anyrate have•
in parliament, you may at v
Mind enough to interest yourself with.the
fact that ho never composed a word of it;
in his own room without a ring on his
linger and a bower in his button -hole: 11
may also be agreeablo toknow that Walker
the pont always takes a lnutton•ohop and,
two glasses of shorry at half -past one,
'Everybody's Business' slid this for every-
body to whom such exoltomont was agree-
able. But in managing everybody's busi-
ness in that fashion, let the writer be as
good-natured as he may, and let the prin-
ciple be ever so woll founded- that nobody
is to be hurt,stili there are dangers. Itis
not always easy to know what will hurt
•anti what will not. Anel then sometimes
thoro will come a temptation to be; not
spiteful, but specially aniusing. There
must be danger, and a svriter will some-
times be indiscreet. Personalities will
lead to libels even when the libeller• has
boon most innocent. It may be that, after
poor oat never drank a glass of
all, the p
sherry before dinner in his life,—it may
bo that a little toast -and -water, even with
his dinners, giros frim all the 1 ofroshment
that he wants, and that two glasses of al.
mitotic mixture in the middle of the day
shall seem, whon imputed to him, to con-
voy a oharge of downright inebriety. But
the writer has perhaps learned to regard
two glasses of meridian wino as but a
moderato immune, of susbontation. This
reran is muoh Shattered if it be given to be
understood of him that he fails In love
with every pretty woman that he -.''or;
whereas another will think, that he :has
article which was written for the &loota-
that I do not dare to send my darling boys tion of its readers- in reference to • Dr.
said Mrs. Wortlo, weakly. hack to Bowiok again. Uncle Clifford north) and Airs Patacocite, TIM 'Brough -
"Does she not? She must be a very odd and Lord Robert both say that 1 should ton Gazette'no doubt confined itself to the
woman if sho can live there all day alone, be very wrong. Tho Marchioness has said clorical and higl'tiy moral 'VIM s of the
and not want to see a human ureature. so much about it that I dare not go ease, and, having dealt With rho snbjeot
"I was with her yesterday." against her. You know what my own ; ostially on behalf of the Close and tho ad -
"And therefore I will call today," said failings aro about you and dear Mrs. ')nirers of rho Closo, had made no allusion
the Doctor, leaving the room with his hat Wortle; but I am not my own mistress. to tho foot that Mrs. Peacocks was a very
on. They all tell me that it is my first duty to pretty woman. One or two other local
When he was shown up into the sitting- think about the dear boys' welfare; and of papers had boon more sourrilotts, and had,
room he found Mrs Pes000kewith anews- course that is true. I hope you won't be with ambiguous and timid words, alluded
paper in her hand.Ho nooldsooat a glance very angry with mo, and will write one
that it was a' Dopy of the 'Broughton lino to say that you forgive me.—Yours
Gazette,' and could see also the length and most sinoerely,
outward show of the very article which he "Anno Clifford."
had been discussing ssith Mr.Puddioombe. In answer to this the Dootor did write
"1)r. Wortle, sho said, "if you don't rnind, as follows:—
to the Doctor's porsonal admiration for
the lady. Mese, or the rumors creatod by
them, had reached one of the funniest and
and lightest -handed of the dontributors to
`I5verybody's Bnsinoss,' and he had son-
o cited an amusing artioln,—whioh he had
I will go away from this.""My dear Lady Anne,—Of course your not intended to be at Sall libelous, which
"But 1 do mind. Why should you go duty is very plain,—to do what you think he had thought to be only funny. He 1iar1
Away?" best for the boys; and it is natural not appre; iatad, probably, the tragedy of
"They have been writing about me in enough that you should follow rho advice the lady's position, or the sanctity of that
the newspapers." of your relatives and theirs.—Faithfully of the gentleman. Thore was comedy in
"That was to be expected." yours, Jeffrey Wortle." the idea of the Dootor having sent one
"But they have been writing about He could not bring himself to write in , husband away to .America to look after
yon." a more friendly tone, or to tell her that he the other while he consoled the wife in
"That was to be expected also, You forgave her, His sympathies were not England. "It )must be admitted," said
don't suppose they ban hurt me?" This with her. His sympathies at the present the writer, "that the Dootor has rho best of
was a false boast, but in such converse- moment were only with Mrs, Peacooke, it. While one gentleman is ganging the
tions he was almost bound to boast. But then Lady Anno Clifford was not a other as cannot but be expected,—the
"It is I,'tlten, an) hurting you?" beautiful woman, as was Mrs. Poa000ko. Dootor will bo at any rate in oourien•
"$on!—oh dear, no; not in the least." This was a great blow. Two othoe boys joying the smiles of beauty under his�own
"But I do. They talk of boys going had also been summoned away, makll1S fig.trce at Bowlok. After a hot morning
away from tho school." ;five in all, whose premature departure was
"Boys will go and boys will come; but owing altogothol to the virulent tongue of
we run on forever," said the Doctor, play- that wrctuilo:l out Mother Shipton. And
fully. there had boonfour who were to come in
"I can well understand that it should the pingo of four ethers, who,in the course
bo so," Thiel Mrs. Peacocks passing over of naturo, were going to carry on thoir
tho tas
parodyas though u h unnoticed
snore advanced studies elsewhere. Va-
"and I &Yroeive that I ought not to be candies such as these had always boon pre -
here "
re•here" ocoupied long b';furoband by 41181bitious
"Where ought you to be, then?" said parents 'These very four places had been
he, intending simply to carry on his joke. i preoccupied, bus now thoy were all vacant.
"Whero indoodI There is nowhere; but ; 'Thorn would be nine empty hods in the
wherever I may do le 1st injury to luno- sohoot wiu'n it mot again after the bolt -
cent aeoplo,—to peoplo who have not boon ; days; and the Daoror woll understood that
driven by storms out of the common path ? nine bods rem:truing empty would soon
of life. For this place I am peculiarly un- ! musts othOr:t to be emptied. It is success
fit." that °teet a succuss, and decay that pro -
"Will you find any place where you will duce; decay. Gradual decay bo know that,
be made welcome?" t he could not endure, Ho must shut up
"I think not." ' his school,—give up his omplovinont,-- n journey into Broughton for the sake of
"Then let me manage the rest. You l and retire altogether from the aotivity of discussing ft at the palace, Th are she ex-
plained n 1lo.m reading that dastardly article life. Ile Pott that if it carne to illi with it all to Mrs. leolland,having her,
in the paper. It will havo no e effect upon him, ho roust in very truth turn his ram self studied the passage so as fully to op-
ine. Look bore, Mrs. Peac sol e, tort to the wall and dile Would it,—would it preotato tho virus contained in it. "He
gou up ani hold her hand as though ho really 1°toot that, that biro. Stnnitloup passes all tbo morning in the school whip -
went going, but ho remained. some mo- should have altogether Conquered him in • ping the boys himself because he has sent
moots while be was still speaking to her, the combat that had sprung up between Mr. Poaeoo::o awe and then amuses
-'-stlll holding her hatid;—"it was settled doom? 1 himself in the evonilg by )raking Iovo to
bemoan your husbands and mo, when ho Belt yet bo would not givo up Mrs. Pea ay. 1--'eatcooke's wifo as ho calls her, Of
wont away, that you should remain here cooke, Indeed, eiroutnstanced as he was, course thoy will say that,—and a great
under my charge till Itis return. I am he could not giv.' bar tip. Ho .tad isrostate. deal worso." 1)r. Wortlo, whorl ho read
bound to Mian to find a honro for you. I ed nob only icor, but IIOr absent husband, and re -teed the artinlo,and wl)on the jokes
think you aro as much bound to obey that until his return utero should ben which worn made upon !trenched his oars,
hint, --which you tan only do by remain. Homo for her in the sohnulhuu,u. Thomas tlioy woro sure to do was nearly matl-
ing hero." would bo a cowardice in going bark from cloned by what ho nailed. rite linnrtiess in-
iquity k•rvottla wish f to obey him,
im, certainly." his Word rvhioli was altogether foreign to of the world; but hie State becamo
t,u ought to do so,—from o Decal- his naturo. Iso could( not bring himself still worse when he received an affection-
ate circusantalactS 111ore especially. Don't to retina from tho light, coon though by ato but solemn letter from the Bishop
trouble your mind about thn school, but doing so he might save himself from tho warning hint of his danger. An affection.
elo tart her desired. xhoro 1s no question but actual final slaughter which scanted to h0
with 'tupto' in the school, there will be
'Amo' in the cool of tho evening." And
this was absolutely sent to him by some
good-natured friend!
The funny writer obtained n popularity
wider probably than ho had expected. His
'Words C•i t
r oilers Mrs. Stantilount as woil as
tho Dootor, and were read oven in the
Bishop's palace. They woro quoted oven
in the 'Broughton Gazette,' not with ap-
probation, but in a high tono of moral
.severity. •'Soo the naturo of the language
to whioh Dr.Wortle's conduct has subject-
ed the whole of the dioceses" That was
the tone of the criticism made by the
'Broughton Gazette' on the article in
'Everybody's Business.' "What else baa
ho a right to oxpoct?" said Mrs. Stanti-
lottp to Airs. Holland, having rnado quito
Wertl'e.bught not.ta
i1e Mr's. Pea000ke' till s
tied herself diown•wlth,on
bandlot that legitimate
Ile might, The I3lshopdi
flrste make any roferenee by nate to
'Evoryobdy's Buslnessr'but ba stetted that
,fir " ken u
the. matropalitan, prose" had to p
tlmn matter, and that: scandal would take
placo'in the diocese if farther ceruse woro
givens "It is nos enough, tbo innocent,"
said,th° Blahop, "but. men must know
that we are so."
Then there name: a, sharp, and pressing
oorrospondonoe between file Bishop and
the Dootor, whioh lastod.faur or five days.
Tho Doctor,withotit roferringto any other
portion of the Bishop's letter, demanded.
to know to what: "metropolitan news-
paper?'' rho Bishops hats alluded, as, if
any such paper hent.sprop t scandalous it
pthe. lntaationadyia qiilyh to huostlilnion,•
it thowould be Do(ttal oepeo
Doctor's duty to. proceed. agates
newspaper for libel. In anwser to t
Bishop, in a note much shorter and
less affectionate than his former
sail that he did. not wish to nam
metropolitan newspaper. But tho Do
wou»h1 not, of course, put up with au
answer as this, I:te• wroto very sole
now. His lordship had spoken of goal
in the diocese. Tho•words, said the
tor, contained h most grave ohargo,
did not moan to.sny that any such man
tion had been mado by the Bishop mai
but such acousation mast Moto b mad
by some ono at least of trio London.
papers, or the Bisitop could not have
justified in what he ha'1 written. Un
ouch OirounistttnOSahe, Dr. Wortle, thou.
himself eutitlod to demand 't1(1111 h
i3ishop the Ilitill'e of the nowspapor in q
tion,anll the dato•on which the arttoid
appearr(L .
In answer to this (bore came no
ten reply, 'vete a copy of (110','veryho
Iiasinea t' s1:.ich t:i:o Dootor halt ale
Bunn. Ito 111141, r:o,,ouitt, known from
first ti,at it ss ae the funny 1•ar'tgraph al
t',tupto" and "ame" to which too Bi
had referrel lint in the serious s
which ne now intended to bake, he
dotertnlnod to botve positive proof f
the basals of the Bishop himself.
Bishop had not directed 51 e pertsic1
n• wsilraper wit II hie own (rands, but, if
1
won. not cion that it
d woo, 1
e 1pu, ( y
been sent front the palace by his ores
Hovis; moo/vital it, the Doctor wrote b
at 01)00 asf011ns:—
'Iilgiat [•lu';Orenwcl and dear Lord,—A
word amain z front yoar lordship'to and
of grave importance, as slibllill, h
be rill worst conxi,'tg from a bish to b s
elerrry; coal they aro of spooled 1117 rtanoe
wtr'u atlntat'llug rcpt 1o1, whether deserv-
ed nr nn.,u Orvuat. '.l"litl t,outril0tts t r d vul-
g.ar :5 t. tt. Matte 11;10ft mo in the news-
paper wtioh >-unr lordship has seat to me
wu,aitl a 1• haste boon worthy 1.f my s:lrious
nonce ha t It nos been made worthy by
yulir ur,i+..i;l as being the ground on
wbioir s.Utsn a latter was written to me as
Mat of your lot•aa:114'o01. the kith instant
x.tuw.ib itos boon invested with so much
Rhone ;dry by scow lu:•dlshfp's notice of it,
that I tool 't1 e • r olh;iced t•, defend myself
against it o1: p..i) Ice ; lotion.
"If [ 110v1.0 on jleeo cause of scandal
(11)
to the :4848, I will +fir both from my
livtug and fr,n e my s u 13nLWore
doing so I tote onalettvor to p•ote7 tdii►)•��•
novo elo.io tluiri,or. 'Chit I earl only do t!'9�.
l:WOO:long 1n 14 court of law all the oir-
eu,tistituuea in referent° to my connection
with .ta•'. nn 1 i:u:s i?na000ko As regards
tnyieeC this, th . i 1necessary, will be very
paiufal As 1u °.t+•.ta Aram, I cin inolinod
to thick that : le :„Ire the truth is known,
the more gout:rcl and tho mune generous
will b 1 the eye,' p,tthv felt for their posi'
• titin.
' .�.s the newspaper sena to ma,no doubt
by your +ortl.stl»p s oruors,front the palace,
! has bt,ru aconm,)anicd soy no letter, it may
be ntaussaly that your lordship should be
troub.od by a•subpocna,so as to prove that
rho nowspmper•alluded to l:y your lordship
is -the one against whioh )ny proceedings
will be to ..en. It wt,, be neoeisairy, of
0ours0, that l should show that the libel
in question has boon doomed important
enough to bring down ula) me encleslas-
tical rebu,.e of such a nature ea to make
*remaining in .1 le, 0.uceeo unbearable,
1 use it be shown to have bean undo-
se:.<s ed. "
Ther 1 was csonoternation in the palnoe
when this wa+ reoeived. Se stiff-nnokoa a
man. so Obsti.aat'a, so trnoler[c'atl,—so de•
tormtne:l to make Hauch of litho! The
Bi: hop had fait himself bound to wale) a
'Clergy luau that,for the+sake of the Chnreh,
he could not do actor"tdt•r art of her 111011
'
might. No dolga r•t•:ta'n Welles a •on
m..f h
0
around him,—•e.ii abet ly i,xcly iliac'„ ire(
111onison.—filltug 11, cora with toe bu.rurs
of the Doctor's proceedings. Tho gen Dom an
who 'lead written thn art:,tlo a;,•utb oho
Greek and tho Latin words hatid 86011 the
truth of tho thing at once --so said Lady
Margaret. Tho Doctor had condoned the
offence committed by the Peacoekes bo-
oauso the woman had been beautiful, and
was repaying himself for. his mere; by
'basking in her beausby? Thero was: no say-
ing that there was'not truth in this,
Mrs. 'Wortlo herself entertained a fooling
of the same kind. Itwas '1.'+ta�t,itltieessn,
faoe ofit, to all except Dr,W rtlo himso
=--and to Idris Peacock°. Mrs. Stantilot
who had made her way into the pal
was quite convincing on this point. Fiv
body know sho said, that he (vont ae se
and saw the lady all alone, ever
Everybody did not know that. If
body had been accurate, ovorybod
have asserted that he did this thi
other day. But tho matter, aet it
sontod to the Bishop by tho la
the assistance of one or two el
the Closo, eertainlfysoomed
lordship's interference.
But title that was tbteatettid was veru
terrible). There watts detormiffttlanabout
the Doctor whioh made it oleA? l
Blshop,thatho would boas bad as int
When, he, the Bishop, had spoken of s
dal, of course he had not intended to
that the Doctor's eondnet wasscandai
nor had he said anything of the kind,
had tested the word iqits proper eentee
and had doclared that offence would be
created in the Minds of people union an
Injn'inus report were stopped. "It is not
tdt
e• set.
to has.
be who
indeed, at
ate letter front a bi,hnls utast surely be
that you roust do so, Good -by, Mrs. imtnlnant, He thought only of making the most disagreeable missive which a
Wage, or I will camp to see Von to -mor- fresh attacks ttpOn his gummy, instoal of parish °Iergln= can mottos Affeotiotr
ro•rr." Then, and not till then, he drop• meditating flight from those which were from ono man to another is not natural in
1)
r.(1 her hand. made upon him. Asa dog, when another lottors, A bishop never writes affection -
though
nest (lay Mrs, Wortlo id call, dog has got him well by the oar, thinks ately unless he means ' • reprove sovorely.
though these visits wore to her an inbolet- iso( at all of his own wound, but only how \V!)nn he valla a al. .Tan "his door
able nuisance, But It was certain y hotter he may catch hie enemy 1»'the linen was brother in Christ.'( ro to go on to
that she should alternate the Visits With rho Dootor in regard to hire, 5tantlinull. show that site roan
r Icl O ver
4
than
that he should 0
1 Doctor t ay Whon tho two Clifford boys are taken
thisY w utitvtot'thy of thn na
tl
t
i
s
f3
day. The Doctor had declared that clear- Away, he took ammo joy to hinisclf to re- leaser note reaeirred
ity r uiuired that one of theist should hes rtiennboring that Mr, Stanttloup could not she Bishop amps*
tho poor woman daily, Rowan quite will -
altogether
vvas WW1 a
which
t L`lr.
1
►y.
ry.
orad
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men in
stify hia
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