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dt'why ever hadn't yea COMO, afer-
their. he talked, teetilY1 "Sir Arthur
eaid hitneelf you had as mach right
QMthe boy as I had myself."
""Me Mae? What, and me right in
the Middle of the plurn Jain? And
Sarah eo more fit so much as to stir a
poon when your eye's caller," return,
. Mrs Meade, dropping the Stocking
she was mending and. looking across
the candle's dim pyramid of flame at
her husband. "There, Meade, I will
Bay this • for ye?, of all the. menfolk I
/ever Cann. RCM* you're the very Worst
for rtting any upderstandin into.
Nett; tit you've your good points, and
. 4AV° been a middling hueband, as
4.&Twbands 'gm."
' "Well,ll, lbere, Martha, I can't say
,
tt, Feet of a wife you've a been, for
ifi".the replied, "but I wish
von% hrtler replied, a mealy wives to try you
the
Acieuee *1094 fly Off With your jam,
450?, Anybody Med think .tha world
de_peaided ripen your jade." ,
The waele world may depend upou,
11143jam," retorted ll
Mre, eade. "Any
. y in the land n3ight Walk into my
ki fierf to -morrow morning and throw
all the jam I've got across the morn, if
she'd a iniad to; it' r jellied that solid,"
MattheW , Meade did not stop to
dotibt ' the probability of high-born
:03 wishing to throw jam across Mrs
eekle'it kitchen, but went on to ex-
plain the importance of Sir Arthur's
mission, to tell of the series of clues
by which he had traced Philip's ident-
ity, and of his great desire to take him
into his own care and bringhim up.
j
The merits of Mrs Meade's am were
airy- as nothing to her; when the
thought of losing Philip, whichpene-
trated but slowly into her brain, did
at last reach it,•she put away her work
and cried at the thought. "The many
we'Ve buried, Meade," she sobbed,
"and it did seem as though the Lord
had sent us this one to make up."
'And the Lord did lend him,' cried
Meade, smiting his fliJi on the table so
that the candle jumped and the flame
flickered. "You mind what I said,
when I brought him home seven yeat s
ago, Martha. A voice seemed to whisp-
er plain to me. 'The same hand that
made you childless, made this boy an
orphan; save him from the workhouse,
and he'll bring a blessing on the hearth
you take him to-"
"Yes, Meade, and he did bringa
blessing," interposed Martha, drying
her kind eyes; "there was , little Jessie
sent us in our old age-"
"Ay, the little maid was sent, bless
her!"
"And such a boy as he was, and no
trouble with him. I mind that night
when you came home from Ceichester,
'Here's a present for ye, mother,' you
says, and it was long since you'd a
called me mother; for it always made
me sorrowful, thinking of them that
was gone, and so I felt all a tremble.
And I thought to meself, 'I do hope
Meade haven't been spending his
money on nonsence to pleasure me,'
though my best bonnet was that shah -
bed I didn't like to go terchurch of a
• flne Sunday. 'It's alive, mother,' you n.
-.sayssart-of-exeiteth --And-1-thoughta
I
sure it must be -some prize poultry, i
he've,494„ Then I went out to the e
Catlin tileciaiirari-eillearzl-a-iittle child
crowing to itself, 'and I began to cry
thinking of them we'd lost. And you
told me to look pleasant and not fright-
• en the little boy. 'For,' you says, the
Lord has sent us an orphan child,
Martha.' And we brought 'him inland '
he cuddled up in my arms, and laid his ,
little head again my arm and went off °
to sleep like a little angel," o
"Right," corroborated Meade, "that's
quite right, Martha, and you took to e
him as though you'd bore him in your a
own body. And we wasn't doing well, y
,if you mind. So many farmers failed,
and we'd been unlucky with the dairy,
and there was bad debts in the town -
and one thing andanother;but you said, °
the child's bite and sup was nothing,
and I thought he'll be better off in the
poorest place than in the workhouse,
though I did want to breed him up'a °„
gentleman, knowing, as the landlady -
told me, the poor dead mother was an
honest woman and a real lady. Bnt I ,
thought may be we shall see better _-
days before 'tis time to begin the boy's 7
schooling. Right enough. Sd it fell 1
out. Everything throve with us from
the day the child came. And now I'm
reckoned a warm man hereabouts." a
, '"Yes, Matthew, you are warm, and t.
thankful L am, when I think of them "
times," replied Mrs Meade; "and so
Randal was the wrong name atter all?"
,."4,y, she never said but 'twas wrong :
bla'aeir- Phe waa Wan, and the lad ;
hada right to hie chriateaed name."
"And they left Jahn to the work- P
house, his own flesh arid blood!" she
cried; "and now they think to take
him from we after all we have done
for him, and he grown a fine lad, as
well spoken as you could wish to see,
and a good boy, Mat, though I say it
myself "
"Ala! But so fur as I can make out,
they hev a right to en. Then there's
his_prospera rreckon you don't stand
in Phil's light, Martha, just to let him
bide long with us!"
"Prospexl what's prospex,"she cried,
"alongside of a mother's heart?"
Mr Meade thrust his hands deep into
his pockets and frowned over this
question; the candle burnt down, he
lighted another, and the two went on
discussing the question till hard upon
midnight. d
faller But Sir Arthur, he've got
right over. the eb114, too, and 'tie plain
eseplame we can't both hev 44444'
only the lord himself can .iutifre be-
tween us. I've tried opening the Bible
ha :•batard, but can't light a nn 'What
will serve the turn. Only come t
'Out of the months of babes and suck
Hugs' twice, and it was borne in upo
me that Philip must settle for hiniaelf.
° The argument was unanswerable
and in much grief and trepidation
Mrs Meade accepted the office of ac
quainting Philip with the Choice tha
lay before hint.
"Lither tongues," Mr Meade con
tinued, "was never meant for wen
folk, Martha. I nevei was good a
puttingwords to what's going on in
aide o me. Think I can, as well as
any man. But. darned if I can tel
what I nt thinking,of. You.may mind
the time it took me to come to the
point when courting."
I "To be sure, Meade," she replied,
with feeling, '01 did think you was
never going to say 'mum,' and folks
knew I was ready to say 'budget,' and
there was a laugh against me in WI the
countryside. If you can't bring him
on, Patty, you'd better throw him off,'
cousin Jane heve said many a time;
‘if he had any nowt., he'd a 'known it
was time to speak up long ago.' 'What
ever we should have done if it hadn't
been for grandmother's great gander,
I don't know; kept wiverin' on till
now, I reckon."
"Right," replied Meade, gravely;
"you're right, Martha, but even the
grit gander would ha' been nothing
without your tongue. I beat the en-
der °WM ye, and you cried and clung
on to me, and there I stood like a grit
zote and•couldn't tell for the life of me
what to say next. It did seem that
simple to blurt out, 'Marry me, Mar-
tha,' all of a sudden right in the middle
of the common with the wild gender
and all the geese staring and hissing at
us. I'd a given ye a kiss but I had to
keep my. eye on that gander all the
time. Then you said, 'Please don't
leave me, Mr Meade; I am that fright-
en!' And that put it into my head to
say, 'I'll never leave ye, my dear, if
you'll promise to go church with me,
afore two months are gone.' And se
't was done, but it drove the sweat out
of me, and you was all of a tremble in
a pink Sunday gown, and the church
bells ringen. And the old gander kept
on hissing and running, so I was forc-
ed to keep my arm round ye all the
way across common. I never hear a
goose hiss but I think on 't," he said,
pensively.
"'T wasn't the first lead I gave ye,
either," laughed Mrs Meade, brighten-
ing at the tender recollections; "but
there, courten is like a cool hand at
pastry; its born with some, and there
are those can't do it to save their lives.
'Mat Meade's that nog -headed,' Cdusin
Jane used to say, 'I'd rather die an old
maid than put up with such a dunce
chap.' But I thought to myself, 'Matt
Meade has a good headpiece enough, if
he is wanting in tongue. I've enough
for both. And courten is only wanted
over a lifetime'"
"I don't doubt things are ordered
right," Mr Meade commented; "but it
seems a pity the concern isn't done by
the woman. I'd sooner unload ten
waggons of floor than feel how I felt
for months and months before your
randmother s greatgander ran after
" Any Wonean wieuld-ha' -done it -
hat easyayou'd scareely know you'd
en. Ihrough-anythiriga. their tongues
wist and turn about like a well -broke,,
teedermouthed filly."
"Ah, well, 't was soon done and
ver after all," observed Mrs Meade,
egretfuly; "foolish times they were,
'm sure."
"It's what all must come to," moral -
zed Mr Meade; ',bound to be fullish
nce in a lifetime is all mankind, You
was a pretty,maid, Martha; not that I
was one to be took by a pretty face,"
e added, severely, knowing that fe-
male vanity dies hard. "No, my dear,.
somehow seemed to set on ye, I did
ot know why. Whether 'twas the
airy, or the cooking, or the gpodness
f heart, drew me on, I can't rightly
ay. But I was that dull and drug the
ays I didn't get a sight of ye. Bless
me, how fullisla we went onl" he ex -
'aimed, suddenly checking this flood
f tender reminiscences; for he was a
man of sober thq,ught and staid de
meanor, and kneav what was due to
onjugal propriety and their advancin g
ears. "What was I a -saying? Words
s what I never could handle easy. I
can heft anything you like to name
Ith any man of forty; but when it
omes to words, I'nit bound to make a
mess on 't. Words come natural to
he women folk. so you tell the boy,
Martha."
Thus it came to pass that Mrs Meade
ascended the creaking stair wadi went
nto the dim little attic in the ghostly
wilight, her footsteps on the uncar-
eted boards rousing the sleeping boy.
"Mother," he cried, starting up, "I
dna) take the plums, indeed I-didhaa."
"Dear heart alive," said Mrs Meade,
who s thinking of plums? I know
who had them, my dear, and it wasn't
you. You're never stinted in anythin
that's good for children, so you woul
not take plums, and youve never told
me a lie yet, Philip.';
Philip lay, back on the pillow and
wondered if the fowls had gotinto the
garden when he left the gate open.
"l3oys," said Mra Meade, giving him
a kiss add carefully tucking in the bed
clothes he had dashed aside, "are made'
that lither and sprack they can't bide
quiet long together, they're bouud to
be in some mischief, tearing and siling
clothes, upsetting and breaking things,
and stabbing all over the house. I cri-
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44144 mikriced their isine'hed
and often Iviclous, faces, and heard
theta lige feel Words, once he had been
taken to see setne ()neat the workhouse,
once a man in °Imre had been tried
for ill-treating a young workhouse
0 apprentice all he h etolen into the
n stout little arm into that of the kinal
1
„
Curt to hear thecae% Re wOund his
" gold who had been a mother to him,
, and stroked the thick hair off his
, forehead, Then she told him how
. Matthew had brought him home one
t night, that . he was of gentle blood
and of an origin known to Sir Arthur,
, who wished to educate him with his
'own sone.
t All this, in spite Of her husband's
. tribute to her eloquence and Philip's
eager interest and frequent question -
1 jug, she effected not without difficulty
and much digression and repetition.
"But Mother what is my name?" he
asked for at least the ninth time, for
he was tired out, with eight evasive
answers toithis important question.
"My dear," she replied en thus
being brought to bay, "it's little
chance you have of keeping the Fifth
Commandment with your poor mother
in her grave this seven years. It's
only her dying wishes you can obey,
which is, you was to be called Philip
Randal and ask no questions."
Philip sighed; he had long since dis-
covered that the whole duty of youth
'consisted ip not asking questions, and
the whole interest and joy of youth in
doing so. He gave Mrs Meade's ample
form a tight squeeze and asked if he
Was to be sent to Marwell Court to
live.
"Not if you don't want to go, my
dear," she replied, tenderly stroking his
hair on which the bright silver of
the moon now shimmered. "Me and
your father wants to keep you bad
enough, but we can't bring ourselves to
stand in your light, Phil. Sir Arthur
would make a gentleman and a made
man of ye."
Mrs Meade went on to speak of
college education and of the expenses
reaching far into manhood, of launch-
ing a youth in any profession. "Then
my dear," she continued, "your father
and me are plain people, though com-
fortable, and we know manners as
well as most; and I will say that for
Meade, never a bad word comes out of
his mouth, and always takes his hat
off to his betters; and aggravating as
Cousin Jane may be, while 'under his
roof he's never nothen but civil to her.
The worst he ever said was one Christ-
mas time when Cousin Jane was un-
luckier than ever I knew, and said
things made me wish the vittles might
choke her. "I could wish, ma'am,
as smooth as cream, "your tongue had
been made no longer than your tem-
per. You'd ha' been a happier wo-
man." She looked pretty straight at
him, but it done her good. Your
father's a good man, my dear. You
never see him sit down to his meals
without washing his hands. But he
and me havn't got the manners of
Sir Arthur and her ladyship. They're
high folks with manners to match.
There's manners and manners, same
as there's plain sewing and fine needle-
work, and there's nothen, no, not
whooping -cough or scarlatina, catch-
inger than manners. So you must
think hard about, it, and perhaps you
might put it in your prayers, my dear,
to have a right judgment."
-Witla-these-words and---a„-knat kiss
and tucking -up, Mrs Meade stole out of
the moonlit tetaic,Jeaving_Plailip in a
fever of confused and agitating
thoughts and bewildering feelings.
He thought he should never go to
sleep; he heard the tall clock on the
stairs strike ten just as his mother left
the room, but before her footsteps had
ceased to echo along the boarded pas-
sages, with his arms still flung wide,
the sudden sweet sleep of childhood
descended upon his tired eyes and re-
mained there till morning.
A few days later Philip, in his Sun-
day suit and clean collar, with hair
freshly cut and an odoilrof soapsuds
pervading him, started for Maxwell
Court in a high dog -cart, driven by a
young groom, who was inclined to
smile at the tender farewell which took
place at the door. Philip looked back
as long as he could see them with a
sad, half -reproachful feeling; he seem-
ed to be deserting. But this lowness
of spirits was completely forgotten
when he reached Maxwell Court, which
he had seen many a time from a dis-
tance but only once entered. 'On that
occasion he was staying with cousin
Jane, the wife of a farmer in the neigh-
borhood, and arcompanied her on a
visit to the house -keeper, who patted
him on the head, which he did not like,
and gave him plumcake and currant
wine, which he did.
That he might ever be master of that
-fine building did not enter among the
many thoughts jostling in his small
brain as he swept up the avenue, past
one wing and reined in before a wide
porticoed entrance. Like a dreamier,
he got down from, the dog -cart
went up the steps and through doors
magically flying open of themselves to
dressed
him. Here were tall splendidly
gentlemen in colored velvets
silk, and gold, their heeds more floury
than those of the men at the mill at
home; kind and polite in spite of their
bewildering splendor. No longer Phi-
lip Randal, thenaller's boy, but 0, fairy
priectepenetratingto the heart of stnne
dark erichantnient, he passed through
a spacious and beautiful hall, with a
shining marble floor, with pictures on
the was and white figures poised on
i?edestals like wingless angels ready
or flight, with rich hangings half -
shrouding doors and windows, and
was almost startled when the hand-
some lad who had played with him in
the garden at home came bounding
down the wide soundless staircase to
redhive him.
"Hullo, Randal, here you are at last,"
cried Claude, bringing the fairy prince
from regions of dim enchantment to
the solid earth with a bounce. "How
,are you? Come tb my mother's room."
$ Philip answered him in a dazed way
and followed him up -stairs and along
thick -carpeted corridors to a room full
of strange flower -scents and pale blue
satin.
"Lady Gertrude's room," (Maude said
before he opened the dooa, in a low
tone that implied like awe. 1
"This is Philip Randal,
said, presenting him to t
plai1il.-dressed lady recli
°Pen witiddle.
r..So you ere Philip," she
ligu- hull* et. • ' ii
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST TURNING POINT•
All the next day Mr Meade pondered
silently upon Sir Arthur Medway's in-
terview with him, until evening came
again, and the children were gone to
bed.
"The boy," he said to his wife; "i9
nine year old; he takes Ft threshing like
a man, aye, and has the grace to be
thankful for't. He knows already
more book -learning than ever I known
all my life. He'll tell you the Latin
for a cow or a cat smoother than you'll
print off your pats of butter, Martha.
Tis but right he sheuld know how he
was wine by and what he've got to
look to. Let ea choose for hisseif."
Mrs Meade- demurred at throwing
a tespntisi,Jility mi a child of nine
de like Wee
d terrible when mine were took, but
do think to meself at times there was
ercy in it. For however I could
eep the house decent with four stab-
ling about, the Lord only knows."
"I did mean to shut the gate," said
hilip, "but I forgot."
"Never mind the gate," my dear,
but mind to shut him next time,' she
ontinued, smoothing the sheet under
is chin. "For a boy you've been a
ood boy, and me and your father has
ever repented taking you-" here Mrs
eade's voice failed her and she took
ut her handkerchief to Philip's dis-
"faking me?" he said, after a pause;
where from?"
"From the workhouse," she replied.
Nobody knew so much as your stir-
arne when your poor Mother died
nd left ye, and there was nothing for
btlt th •ivorkheinie., If Matthew
e Won,: andthou ht Of t
4 ID
Rather," he
beautiful,
ing by the
looking
fumed face with her &fluty hana,white
as a lily and soft as a rose-leat
"No. ma'am, And I like ensalkyour
bowie, though it's the biggest I ever
was in."
Hp?
oryou like email lionises beet
"Well, you see, ma'am, I've been use
to small houses all my life," he explain
ea, "and just at grist a big one feel
strange, Besides, I didn't /mow tha
people lived in such fine places:"
"I hope you will be happy in ou
house," ehe saia gracioludy: "Claude
will show you everything. Run away
now, bays, and don't /get into more
mischief than you can help."
Philip kissed the hand that was un
der his chin with a natural unconsciolui
grace that gave pleasure, and the boys
left the tdem, Claude with an air of
relief.
"By Jove, Philip," he said,,when
they were outside her door, "you'are
made a conquest of her ladyship. "She
can't bear boys." And taking aim to
the library to Sir Arthur,he forthwith,
to Philaa's surprise, described the inter-
view with Lady Gertrude, at the recit-
al of which Sir Arthur -smiled and
pinched Philip's ear. "A born courti-
er," he said, enigmatically. Then send-
ing Clauda away, he spoke to Philip of
his origin and his intentions concern-
ing him, es Mrs Meade had already
done. -
"Your foster -father," he said, in con-
clusion, "wishes you to do exactly what
you like best. He is quite ready to
give up all claims upon you, if you like
to live with us and share my son's ed-
ucation and other advantages. There
is a pony for you already. You will
go to school with Hugh till you are
both ready for Eton. Run away with
Claude now."
Dismissing him with a wave of the
hand, Sir Arthur dismissed the sub-
ject as well, considering the event of
Philip's preferring Stillbrooke to Max-
well as too impLobable to be taken in-
to account.
The few days spent at Maxwell seem-
ed months to Philip, everything being
so new and strange. Claude and Hugh
were capital companions. for a boy
without brothers, the younger child-
ren and the little girls, too, were com-
panionable. There was so much to
enjoy, such variety of games and pas-
times. so many books, so many objects
of interest, such space for play. Claude
even had a gun, besides fishing -rods,
cricket -bats, carpenters' tools and a
boat.
Their rides in the park were delight-
ful; the pretty shy -eyed deer starting
away from them, the pale gray mass of
masonry everywhere showing itself in
some new and imposing light, the large
gardens, the home farm, the harriers;
all either pleased him or impressed his
fancy. He liked to go with the
other children after dinner into
the long drawing room, opening into
a long vista of drawing -rooms, and
glorified when he first saw it, by a
blaze of sunset falling through the
tall western windows; he wondered
at the ladies' gleaming arms and
shoulders, their jewels and silken
clothes, and liked their gentle manners
and refined accent.
"Well, Philip," said Lady Gertrude,
when he Stole up to a position behind
her sofa just after dinner, "do yoirstill
think this a beautiful houee? And
what do you think the most beautiful
thing in it?" _
"You, ma'am," he replied, without'
hesitation, _tei the great amusement of
some ladies staying In The -house, Who
were near.
It was a new wonder after this
limpse of enchantment, to see the
amiliar hedge -rows and fields float-
ing past him in the summer sunset
when he was di iven home again.
He arrived just as dusk was falling;
the lamps shone sparse and dim in the
gray streets and were reflected from the
bridge in the still mill -stream and there,
under the plane -tree, sat Mrs Meade in
her homely, familiar dress, with Jessie
half -asleep on her knee, and issuing
from the green shadows was Matthew
himself.
How glad they were to see him again
how Jessie clung to him, and how
pleasant and cosey the homelike parlor
seemed with the candle lighted, the
supper spread, and Sarah coming in
with smiles of welcome.
"Take your time, Phil, take your
time," his father said after supper,
when questioning him abont his visit;
"mind, it's for life, so don't decide in a
hurry. Philip looked in his face and
i
then n his mother's, and said nothing,
but in his heart he decided once for
all, "I'll never leave them," he thought.
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Castoria.
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pt asereritiptiontha4
known to me."
11. A. ASCITIER, 1st. a.
ut Bo. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. '
"Our physicians in the children's depart..
ment bavo spoken highly of their experi-
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medial.' supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that tho
merits of Castoria has won us to look ',Mit
favor upon it."
UNITED Rosrrter. am, pitlrinutorrt
- Boston, Me.44-.
ALL= C. Burro, Pres.,
The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New 'York City.
41111
RUMBALL'S LflLU FACTORY,
lauron Igtreet, Clinton
We have on hand an assortmeat of splendid
GUTTERS .- AND. SLEIGHS
Hi Which we guarantee to be of first-elass material and workmanship.
gallf you want a good article at the priee of a poor one, call and see us.
I. TJ1tJJ:4 -- CLINTON
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The Times Tea Warehou,
IS THE ACKNOWLEDGED LEADING HOUSE FOR
CHOICE CHRISTMAS and HOLIDAY GOODS,
A full assortment extra selected Valencia Raisins, London Layers, Royal Clusters, Black
Baskets; choicest and finest Filiatras, Patras and Vottizno Currant- New Figs and
Fresh Dates. Finest Shelled ALMONDS, WALNUTS and FILBERTS, New CAN-
DIED LEMON, ORANGE and CITRON PEELS, all of which will be sold at very low
prices. We have the largest and best selected stook of
FANCY CHINA, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE -
In town. Dinner Betts, Tea Setts, Toilet Sess, at greatl, reduced prices.
J.W. I RWIN, CLINTON
Sole Agent for the noted Ram Lal's Pure Indian Tea, andifist Leon Water.
A Real Genuine Cie
Out Sale.
Do you believe what is said in the columns of a ilOWS paper? If not, the
quicker you prove it the easier for your pocket. We are going in for
clearing out the balanc of our Fall and Winter Goode. Just look, a
800'11!CI-1 TWEIIaD SITIT
Which w 3 formerly sold for 124 is now reduced to *18. Blacks that were
125 are now out down to 122.25.
A GOOD OVERCOAT for $13, was $15
Come now, for two weeks is all we will cut prices.
A Good Singer Sewing Machine for Sale Cheap.
Walton : & ; ilfOrrison,
SMITH'S BLOCK. CLINTON 1°Pclieg:crte"
Remember the
place
W o Toy
• •
=NOWthe great value of our goode un-
less you can see them. We have a line of MEN'S SUITS at
V7,50, 1310 aria 812. Also MIMS OVERCOATS at 88.50, 89
and $10. YOUTH'S SUITS from 13 np that oan't be duplicated
in value within 113 to 85 of these prime, and no where else can you
get the faultless fit which characterize our clothing. Examine and
judge for yourself. Remember that we keep in stock a well selected
variety of the most fashionable in the Furnishing and Hat
by• and Cap Department. Our Seaiette Goods are hand-
some and away down in price. •
GI GLASGOW,
Searles Block, next to J. W
Irwin's,. Clinton.
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