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Meadow Brook
left "me. and thr/wgiwut the entire
-night 1 was awake. cpeet•ulating upon
the probable relation in which tie
. stood to her and nuc' w(1011 it duds
-dimly uet•urred to me tilos possibly
they were married. the Ware 'dually
'started to toy erase
r t e1iiourr sped ua;Tit7 rTu leer
a few 'low' spoken words. whereupon
eke .Laid her head upon lea rhwulder,
es if that were it,t natural resting -
hplace, while he threw his arm around
er, bidding her "eleep if she could."
Of course rhe was hie wile. i Haid,
and with much of bitterness at my
Mart. 1 turned away and watched the
slowly -moving lights of the canal -
boats, discernible on the opposite aide
of the Mohawk, along whose banks
we were passing. Whether Ada liked
her pillow or not, she clung to it per-
tinaciously until it seemed to me that
her neck must snap asunder. while
with A martyr's patience he supported
her, dozing occaeionalte himself, and
bending his head eo low that his
glossy hair occasionally touched the
white brow of the sleeping girl.
"Bride and groom,' I heard a
rough -looking man mutter, as he paas-
ed them in quest of a Beat, and as this
confirmed my tears, I again turners
towar4g the window, which I opened.
so that the night -air . might cool my
burning cheeks.
That night I made up my mind to
be an "old maid." Nobody would ever
want me I kaew, I was an homely.
and with calor resignation I thought
how much good 1 would do in the
wdrld, and how i would honor the
sistelrhood! Very slowly the morning
babe-e•meeetruegling in through -the -
dirty windows, rousing the weary pas-
een their red-rim-
medre who, B
nubbin
eyes, looked around to see who
their companions were. It wars nearly
noon when we reached Canandaigua.
and eo carefully had I kept my face
hidden from view that Ada had no
suspicion whatever of my presence.
At Canandaigua I took leave of my
eomfoenion and 'stepping out upinthe
platform i :.ont of the depot, ooket1
anxiously around for Herbert, but 1 •
was not there. Thinking he sou .1
soon' be there, 1 found my way to the
public parlor. Which for a few mo-
ments I occupied alone. i had just
removed my dusty bonnet, and was
brushing my tangled hair, when the
door opened, and i stood fare to face
with Ada Montrose, who started back.
and -for a moment evidently debated
the propriety of *cognizing Inc.
Thinking she might do just as she
pleased. I simply nodded. ad I would
to any stranger, and went on with my
toilet, while throwing herself upon the
sofa. ehe exclaimed, 'Dear me, hue
tired 1 am! Do you live here". • -_
"Of course not," 1 answered: "I
am on my way to visit my sinter Anna,
whore you perhaps remember."
She turned very -red, and reedit, I
by asking if I were' is the. train whir's
had just pared.
Yee I answered; "I occupied the
seat directly behind you and -your
husband -is it not?"
1 felt that I must know the truth,
and hence the nallelre tftl7Rinent
question, which, however, did nut
seem to displease her in the least. Af
fecting to be a little embarrassed, she
said, "Not my husband -yet. He came
on to Boston to accompany me home
and wishing to ee a friend -of -hie situ
lives here. we have stopped .over one
train.••
I know not why it was, but her
words gave me comfort; while at the
same time the state• of eingle-bleesed-
nese appeared to me far less attrac-
tive than it had a few hours before!
I was on the point of asking her about
eny aunt, when the door again opened
aid there stood before us a slovenly-
looking
lovenly
looking mea, attired in a slouched
hat, muddy pantaloons, grey coat, and
tinge cow -hide toots. So complete war
the metaraorphoie that neither of us
recognized hint, until be bur! exclairn-
ed, as his eye fell- upon Ada, "Goad
Heavens, Ade !.How came you here?"
Then we knew it wM Hotbed Laze -
ley
So astonished was I that it wile
some time ere Mound voice to return
his rather noisy greeting. 'fn at he
would, he could not conceal the fact
that he was rather disconcerted at be-
* seen by Ada in such a plight, and
after a little he stammered out au
apology ea' rng he was a farrner now,
and lived in the country. uud of
course could not be expected to dream
as he used in the city. Thin, I knew,
way no excuse, and 1 trembled lest
he might be changed in more points
than one.
"How is your wife, Mrs. Langley?"
raked Ada, in • mocking, deferenti$1
tune.
Instantly the whole ex teasker� of
Herbert's face was changed, and there
was a look of tenderness and pride in
his eyes as he advanced' towards Ada,
and whispered in her ear something
I cuubl not their " which I did r
it was, it made her- bllrah ap she re-
plied rather sneeringly, "of coarse I
congratulate you."
It ban always been my milder
to leerat.her etupid7n some ma re,
and- I had not the least idea what
either of them meant, or why Herbert
wee to be congratulated. Poseibly 1
might have asked an explanation, but
just then the town clock struck the
hour of one, and turning toward. me,
he said, it was time we were on our
way, for the fall rains had made the
roads almost impassable, and he WAS
afraid we should not reach home be-
fore dark. "So put on your things
quick," he added. "The carriage is all
may„
This last he said laughingly, for the
carriage proved to be a long lumber
wagon, such as is seldom found in
Massachusetts. or at least, I had nev-
er seen one like it before, and it be-
came a serious question in my mind
ae to how 1 wan expected to epter it,
there being no possible way of doing
en, save by climbing over the wheels,
which were reeking with mud. Her-
bert seemed to enjoy my embarrass•
ment, for he asked me it i didn't
think I could step from the ground
into the box," a distance of several
feet? I wag soon relieved from my
difficEty by the porter, who placed
before me some wooden steps, ea
which I mounted safely, and seated
myself in the large armchair, which,
With it. warm buffalo -robes, was real-
ly more comfortable than the olrl-
fashioned one -home wagon. of New
England, though 1 did not think so
then; and when tel spirited hone., at.
a crack from Herbert's whip, sprang
forward. while I, iosing my balance,
pitched over backward. I began to
ory, wishing in my heart that 1 was
back in Meadow Brook.
H was a oold, raw, aatumnel day
The roads, as Herbert had aid, were
horrible: and ae we ploughed through
the thick mud, which, in soma plass
was up to the wheel hotel, 1 took, 1
believe, my firiit. lemon in genuine
ham.-aicknrw, which, in my opin
ion. i. about AS hard to bear as love
sickness' Indeed, i think they fool
mneh alike - th. latter being. perhaps.
• very litre the worse of the twat It
was in vain that Herbert pointed out
to me the many hantsnnes !armlet -ewe
which we pas.eel, expmtietin upon
tel fiances and fertility of the soil,
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Author of " Tempest and Sunshine," "Lena
Rivers," "The English Orphans."
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CHAPTER XV.
''!• koi!" cr hasnntee. •'o %under. then,
that his head grew dizzy and his heart
"Meadow Brook Statiop' Stop five sick as he thought of leaving it for -
minuted for refreshment: "' shouteel ever; and when at last the trying Ino -
the conductor, and alighting from the .nein name, when wt,th' trembling
noisy, crowded ears, I stood once more hand he signed the deed which "made
ill my own native town, gazing with hien homeless, who shall deem hint
a feeling of delight upon the sunny weak. if he laid his weary head upon
hills, dotted over with the old -fashion- the lap of his aged mother and wept
ed gable roofed houses, and upon the like a little child?
green, grassy meadow, through which A small house in the village was
rolled the blue waters of the Chicopee: hired. and alter a few weeks' pre -
1 had not stood thus long, when a partition, one bright June morning.
broad hand was laid upon my shoal- when the flowers we had watched over
sloe. and the next instant my alas and tended with Dare were itt Loom,
were around the neck of my father, ; w -----
hen had robins returned to their nest
sites
who, i thought, had changed much year the maple tree, were singing their
e in
sins hat I saw him; for his lace wan sweetestP songs, and whenig blue
titin and pale. while threads of sit- 'on gently nd he, theh- blue
leer were scattered through his soft, ' id i bent
brown hair. i adieu to the spot, looking back with
It was the loss of Anna. i fancied; wistful eye until every trace of our
rout--anhen--we meeeet Aesop seated io- o ver � da depeered.ar Farewell
reewrll (or -
the buggyt and oka f noway- home, 1 where now other footsteps tread and
ha,•t
erred
b s of her,and1 •
pork
to tel
him of the favorable � eport we heard other children play than those of
of Herbert. Bit naugl t which I said "Auld lang Syne." The lighta and ahe-
Reetnett-to Tote letm; and at last I, down of years have fallen upon thee
too, fell into !be Rause thoughtful since that summer morn, and with
mewl. in which even old Sorrel char- them have come changes to thee as
ed. for he move.; with his head down, hell as to us. The maple. whose
scarcely ones leaving the slow, meas- branches swept 'the roof above my
ured walk he had first assumed,4 w�'iiidow,'making oft sad, music when
When, at Iasi, we reached the hill -top, turn rt ley -the autumn wind, -ttaa beers`
from which could 1* seen the Home cut awayj and the robins, who brought
stead, with its maple trues in front, , 0 u orhe first flown to other of
haunn•-"The
full long mown of apple tries, now to moss -covered bucket which hungin
excfulllaiming,
imingbloomi" the rear, I started sup the well" has been removed; thrb,
czdaiming, "Home, sweet home. t whose edges were worn by childish
hands, is gone; while in place of the
-violets and daisies which- encs blos-
somed on the grassy- lawn, the thistle
and tel burdock now aro growing,
and the white rose bush by the door,
from whence they plucked the buds
which strewed the coffin -bed of our
baby brother. is dead. Weeds choke
the garden walks, and the mose grows
-teen and damp on the old stone wall.
Even the brook which ran so merrily
past our door baa been stopped in its
course, and its sparkling waters, be-
reft of freedom, now turn the wheel
of a huge saw -mill, with a low and
sullen roar. All it changed and
though memory etill turns fondly to
the spot which gave me birth, 1 have
learned to love another home. for
where my- blessed mother dwells. 'tis
surely horse to me. By her side there
iAnew.w.A.,...t.I.14..a.ii..inn.
heart a lonely void. which weight on
earth can fill; but. while, she lives,
snd-1 know hist Mere is in the world
fur pie a mother and a mother's love,
can I. nut feel that 1 have indeed a
hew. lough it be nit tie ,u,ut when,
first. ah ,blesseel me aA. tier child?
never looked half so beautiful to me
before."
in a moment, hoit•ever. I checked
niyaelf; for my father groaned aloud.
'while his face grew whiter than be -
fere.
What is it, father," I asked; "are
they ,disk, br dead'~' •
Xeither. ii Cher," he replied, at
the wane -ten* chirruping to old Sor-
rel. who peeked up hie ears, and soon"
carried ue tu'yhe door of our house,
when. I was warmly greeted by all.
And still there wad in what they
sant" and .did an air of melancholy
which puzzled me; vied when I was
alone with Lizzie, 1 asked her the
cause why they looked so,x ad? Runte
ing into tears, she replied. "This, is
not our home any longer. We mast
leave it, and go; we dont know where
-to the poor -house, pa sometimes,
Rays. when tie feels tileee Orii.--alio
then grandma cried 16o hard -oh, it's.
dreadful!" • -
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Monday Wednesday, Friday,
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tlatnrday l.In I' M --
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traine ane and six between Parr
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'9iid witj moist we leave it?" I 'ek-
ed; and Lizzie answered, "Pa has
dined notes fur i'ncle Thomas, who
t;a:o failed, itml now the homestead
court' be sold to pay his debts -and
they to proud, t n, '
It nay as 1.i: had raid. Uccle
Thiene: Hardin, was any mother's
brethe•r, who Tiered in Providence. in
tar greater style, it was said, than
he was able to support. Several times
bad .tuut Harding visited us, together
pith her two daughters, Ellen and
Theocheria. They were proud. haughty
girl:. turd evidently looked upon us.
their country cuusins, with contempt;
Dotty tuleratiug us, because it was
e,ee enc to have --some place in the
c"antry where to while away a few
i:,w.,r, whiff', in the heated dusty
Pity, would otherwise hang heavily
upon their handy Lht such occasions
they 405.10 themeelven perfectly at
home, and eumehuw or ether managed
10 have my mother feel that she was
really indebted to them for the honor
they coulerreel upon her, by calling
her Aunt. by appropriating to them -
vivre the greater portion of the house.
by skimming the cream from the pans
of milk, by eating up the pie she had
saved for us children when we came
-hrnrgry and t'roee from school, and
be keeping old Sorrel constantly in
the harness, or under the saddle.
In return fur all thie, they some-
times gave us an old collar, • silk
apron, a eoiled ribbon, pr broken
parasol -and once. when my parents
visited them, they sent us • trunk full
id ,rubbish, among which was Field-
i,1e's "Torn Jones!" This my grand-
mother cautiously took from the trunk
,with lite tongs and threw into the fire,
therehy creating in me so great a de-
�ir__for a. enewl••ige ,of its ter
That. on the first occasion which pea
genteel itself, I gratified my curiosity,
feeling, when I had done so, that my
grandmother was right in disposing of
the votume a�ithe-41d: Maar old- hide,
her avet's1on to. everything savoring
to fiction was remarkable, and when
not long eines. a certain medium in-
formed me that she, my grandmother
one greatly distressed to learn that I
had ion tar degenerated aa to be writ-
ing a book, i thought seriously Of giv-
ing up my project at once, and should
probably have done it,,, had not anoth-
er medium of still greater power than
Al"1ER XVi.
tfhnt a tear
those' two word
bringing up vi -i
der stairs. wooden
inn and maple ..ug
of the hobgoblin+
("•ars, rattlesnakes, so ves, and "folks
elm don't know smote :" the latter,
1.•u,g ' ersally 'con idered- the
.,eta ism,' ria -e
bearing the name of "'Liu West."
Even western New York, with her
hundreds of large and flourish ig vil-
lages, her well cultivated farina,, her
numerous school, her educated;e in-
telligent people, and her vest sea th
is hooked upoi: with distrust by son •
of hey -eastern neighburs, because tur-
sooth, her boundaries lie 'farther -t`o-
wards the setting Sall. and because she
once bore the title of "way out we -t
in the Genesees."
01 course 1 speak only from _obese -
vtttion and personal experience; tis . 1
Meadow Brook, ten nears ago, many
fears were expreeeed lest Anna should
miss the society to which she had
been accustomed: and when after the
sale of the homestead, ehe wrote, ask-
ing are to come and live with her, 1
hesitated, for to me it seemed much
like burying myself from the world,
particularly a. Olin chanced to mei:-
tion that the schoolhouse was a log
rine. and that there were in the neigh-
borhood several buildings of the same
material. Never having seen anything
contester of the kind_ t under
Stara _that_ there. ie_olten in .n log
hewn far more comfort ,and genuine
happiness than in the stateliest man-
sion which graces fifth Avenue or
Bement -etroet: and thntaTie owners
of odd develtingtt.ars 1 --__ _fi; worth:
their thousand,-, and only wait for a
convenient opportunity to build a
more commodinu.e and imposing resi-
dence.
At keit, inter many' enneuitntinn.o
with my parents, 1 concluded to go,
'and about the middle of November I
ngain bade adieu to Meadow Brook;
and in rompany with a friend of my
tlee -firgt reosj$ s_. S4w1.u.4All,eJtop, rpt T�_wh2 ting lroing WeM, i etartei
stating sit, after due reflection, my fttr klnnrl, N 1'., wkieh is in the
grandmother hood concluded that w•estt'rtt pnrt of Ontario county, and
"1 might continue the story 'Abend fourteen miles from Canandai-
cnlled Meadow • Brook. provided 1 gun. at which place Herbert was to
showed off my Aunt Harding meet me. 1 had never before been
and her two daughters in their true west of 'Springfield, and when about
chnraetcr." Po, ns a dutiful child, it sunset I looked out upon the delight.
become. me to tell how my father, ful •prospect around Albany, 1 felt a
who was warmly attached to my thrill of delight mingled with a feel-
linele Thomas, tent him money from ing of pain, for i began to have a
time to time, and signed notes to tel vague impression that pi,ssibly
amount of nevem! thousand dollars, Situteaehusett., with all her boashxl
never once dreaming that in the end privileges, could not outrival the Em -
he would be mined, while my uncle, piss State. 1t was dark, and the night
inflneneed by hit more crafty wife, amps were already lighted when we
managed in POMP nnacconntable way entered the care et Albany; Inc we
Lo maintain nearly the same style of were In ride all night. in front of us
living an formerly, and it his proud was nn unoccupied seat, which i turn -
daughters' ever felt the ills of poverty ed toward, me Inc the better aceom-
it wait'eertainly not apparent in the moth' ion of my hand -box, which en-
rich silks and costly furs which they rained my new bonnet, and 1 was
eontinned in sport. about settling myself for a nap, when
11 was a terrible blow ee tie all, bat a gentleman and lady came in, the
neon nn ane did it fell no heavily as late r of wrrtsm stopping near urs, said,
upon my father. eruehing him to the Here. Richard. to • vacant seat.
earth, -wwrt- rv'wrleet.g him Heady so There folks Paul of course expect h.
pnwer1 .. sa is the giant oak when monopolize too;", at the same time
torn from its parent bed by the wrath- she commenced turning the seat hack,
fill etnrm. The old homestead was en• to the great peril of my bonnet, which,
desired to him by a thousand hallowed as it was made in Bouton, 1 won-
essncietion.. it was the home of his fidently expected would be the envy
boyhood, and around the cheerful end fashion of all Rockland!
fires, which years ago were kindled 1 wan sitting with my band over my
on ita spacious hearthstone, he had eye., but at the sound of that Iroise
played with those who long einem had i started, and, looking up, saw before
passed from him side, snore W mingle me Ada Montrose. and with het the
in the great drama of life, and others "dark gentleman" who had so mull
to that world where they number not interested me at the theatre. Instant -
by
years. There, loo, in his early man- ly throwing My veil over my face, for
hood had he brought his bride. my1 had nn wish to he resolute&, 1
gentle mother. and on the rough arwa hod him with a feeling akip In
of the toweringmaples, by the nide jealousy, while he attended $o tel
of his awn anhis brother's name's, enmfnrt of his companion, who de -
were nerved three of his children, all meaoed here's t, -s-• de hie Dinch
Erse bale Jamie, who diad ere his ns she h ' • • de Harbert
�.�s bed learned Ile egg el Langley. All Maltghta of writs heel
of eonflietingideas+ do
ly oftentimes awaken.
s of lug cnbius. Iad-
latche fried htmm-,
r, to say nothing
the shape: of
and telling ins how greatly superior
in everything New York was too New
England. 1 eeareely heard Vim. fur
even thought in all Mwtsachueetts
there was naught save the rocky (tills,
and sterile plums, it was my twine,
and from that :rot the heart Daunt
easily be weaned.
Rockland is a large, wealthy town,
embracing within_ its Untifs more than
the prescribed rule of six miles
square, while scattered through it are
two or three little villages. each bear-
ing a distinct name, by which they
ate known abroad. First, there was
Laurel Hill, tamed as the residenoe
of certain (entities who were styled
proud and aristocratic- W say nothing
of their being Episoopaluuded which
last Tact was by some rreeggarded as Cha
main cause of their haughtiueee Next
came the "Centre," .with its group o1
red housed, and its single spire, so
tall, so straight. and so square. that
it scaroe needed the lettering over the
entrance to tell to the stranger that
Presbyterians worshiped here. Lastly
came 1•'lattville, by far the largest vil-
lage in Rockland, and the home of all
the isms in the known world To the
south of Flattville, is a small lake, re-
nowned for its quiet beauty. and the
picturesque wildness of iLt shore+.
hounded on three bides by high hills.
its waters sleep calmly in the sunlight
of summer. or dash angrily upon the
sandy beach, when moved by the chill
breath of winter.
On the brow of one of the high hilly
which overlook the Honeoye, and an
near to it that the sweep of the waves
OSB be distinctly heard in a clear.
still night, stood the home of my sis-
ta. -It was a huge. wooden building,
containing rooms innumerable, while
e enough
h twsel
even the basement erg ing
to a000mmodate one or more families.
Being the first frame house erected in
the town. it was of course looked upon
with considerable intermit, and as if
to make it still more notorious, it
bore the reputation of being haunt-
ed, and by some of the neighbors was
-sailed the- sit urtted Castle " —
Years before. when the country was
new, it was a sort of public -house,
and s young girl was said to have
been murdered there, and buried in
the cellar, from wbeuce she was after-
wards removed and thrown into the
lake. For the truth of this story there
was no proof, save the fact, that in the
dark cellar there wad a slight excava-
tion. supposed to have been the grave
of the Alt -fated lady. All this 'Herbert
very kindly told rue. as We rode lei-
surely al6g saying, when I asked
if he believed it, "Believe it! No! Of
course not. To be sure, it's the squeak-
iest old rattle -trap of a houae that 1
ever saw; and were i at all eupersti-
tioua, I could readily believe it haunt-
ed. particularly when the wind blows
hard But you are not frightened; are
youf" he asked, looting in my face,
which was very pale.
I hold that there is in every human
beast a dread d the supernatural.
aud.though I do not by any pteans'be-
Iteel in ghosts, I would certainly pre-
fer not to live in a house where they
yrs ewe, Deed he dwell..I�liiLL.L..S4&red
riot tell Herbert so, and.consequent-
ly, I uuly laa{{rtghed at the idea ut a
haunted house. saying. it war very ro-
mantic. It was atter sunset when we
at last turned into the long avenue,
shaded feu either- aide ley forest ma -
plea, which the first propria oir-eT'the
place had suffered to rewaiu; and as
my eye fell upou the Large. dark build-
ing, which Herbert said was hit
house, I involuntarily shuddered. fur
to me it seemed the very emit of all
others which goblin. would choose for
their..'nighty revels. The wind was
blowing from the west, and as I fol
lowed Herbert up to. We door. my ear
caught a dull, moaning sound. which
c•uwed Inc to quicken wy foot
while I asked, i:i scene trepist
what it wee. -
"That?-tIh-; 'tharr the r - r of the
lake. Don't•you see how r r it id t.,
us, directly at the foot r the hill"
and he pointed out to e the brood
sheet of water,
the gathering darks .e.
A sudden gust wind swept pant
me, and again I aught the low mur-
mur. There w: something busmen in
the tour, and , eugh for three years
I almost - " y heard that sound, 1
could neve fully Yid myself of the
impressio that it was the spirit of the
murders maiden which thus, to the
swells waves, complained' of the
trim long unpunished.
" ume this way, Rose," said Her-
", as I entered the narrow "entry"
o common in old-taahioned house,:
and following him. i was anon usher-
ed into a large square room. where n
bright wood fire was blazing, carting
a somewhat cheerful aspect over the
sombre, wainscoted walls of ancient
make.
In one corner of the room was a
bed, and on it lay Anna, who, the mo-
ment ahe,caw dove, uttered • ere 01
ler.
Have you told herr she 'eked of
Herbert, when the first pleasure of
our' meeting was over.
(T'} nA ( , T1Nl'r..rt)
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tape,
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Mother,
do you
know�9
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TM[ mouBLe
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II
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In silence. It is no wonder she is irri-
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