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IN . THE CONSERVATOR:
- k.? gat we mnstretural . What- sdY- ?
IA I knew i0.s twit), nice - -
111 thewindow here, frornkthe others away,
Withataste;. now and thou, of the ice.
And no* and then f- Oh, you: wre:cb I
- It wasn't at all recoired I ••. . -
-That you should illustrate thts with a, sketch - -
7-4e speech that of course you admired,.
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ulAtter • how YOU. have
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. The- ‘-das,Acal Oiec,iaaltra-
In which: yon like, Iny hairto be cone
-,---- And 1 re Illy- don't know what _
• Other you hav't clone t You'rjust
.Y.OR .clueeze like a
hybarf_tyou; men take' something OA trut.; • •
. And be moirtiainty apd nice? 7
There!, - rnx ready, aqw_. 'Flia.ti Jad: vac
- - vote? - - • - = .- . • - -
Oh!- aren't Y -c -it adirling•tease ?.
- And love nie- so?-40,7i.e.,- two, three, four!
• ,Thetet-to. imity,-dearest, please, l -
. •I'm. almost as id Of the parlor. glare;
, - - 'Whelk they 0614at mit -ups. they'llsee -
• - The kisses, upon them."' - .No, not tlipv.:-;
But, oce.et- 'in.yoUr eije. maybe." .
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THE- SHADOW WITN
BOOK
:Prgt.m.-...(corirprozna,
mait tell you what I have been long -
ink to ieveal to you:: for 'Months h,
Would give worlds, to be able to,
• Wodast•ya.'Would be- wocied4Ilint, no, 1. have
but the heatingiof a countryicliiirLz
- 'not:fashion:lay Words, like Sonodern bean, I 41
•-r----ean only :telryou the truth es- I' feet it it
wells Tup from My heart. Maud, -
me Wiien I tell. you so, 114,- Mand.„ dove
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:ShO was silent.' Her hand had been -eoylyt
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• -Withdiajillf, 44_41, her head was turned,aWay
ife-could not see that expressive face, wit
glorious eyes and soft_ brown. ..cli4eks.;
-"-which now Wore the hue of ia bed_ of pitrple
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•'tram- mad -to -speak yo a in these bras,:
tut I ;hail with delight iny madness. It has
• been torture to ma to concoaCray fee1ii0 To
ave you near meito know you Were breath---
• 111cr the, same air, and yet to have -had .to re-
: strain-sMyself, to guard eery glance; tti,beat .
• baek, every thought... But all that is ;�ver.
• '" VOU ge-t_w,-know• my- secret, and I sant jatie-,
'fiat 1 triumph: in Tay *Sery."
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;8 was Still -th]iead was
,turned:away,: . - -
t 1 I; 4
sa rump continuee4.. "1
give up- fortnre for . baAisliment. 11•:have_
yielded. at last te the fatal:pleasure of die,I4-
•..ing.,iny passion, a.n.d. to-morroW'l leave Trd,
• Iterhe- courtfor eVer.-h*
"; Not for ever•.she Wkispered:.
-.XTAX-p...44Yp 44.1?;71i1.1,*fi
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"Marriage,".whispered Mark; • And then
he smiled. and kissed_ her hand. "My _best
beloved, come: -what will,, I shall feel hen -6e,
forth that I have notlived in _vain. - Yon.
know that 1 love you,. and: my happiness is
complete."! ..,•• - .,
She StOoped.... down foolishly . and --picked!.
him a flower. •• . •
See,"_ she -said, "here is arosebud..- Keep.-
it—put- it into water—anci before it reaches
full- bloom you will find What I say is true.
Papa -will tellyou that you may hope. "
• And if 1 am right and you -ate wrong—
Heavenforgive me for my selfishness -Maud-
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1,0 'promised -Id ,Uirti_ over tik neWA ,_sai„,.
-Mirk, 4- heartily:7.as he:could; .: • ,-- ,,
"And hasn't he made the Bailie .proinlie a
..score Of tinties,beferei., J.x4.1*, .. it IC a!cruel :
thing that a father filionldhaVe. to . say hard'
-things about hiS absent -son; butassure•- as -
-vie_ait hero, _Malvin will be the cause of My '
death. . He will break my heart"1:-.
"'But Mr Treherne,-.you have promised
f to allow the past to:be the -.past."
"But will Ittalwin- to be a party if..), The
bargain?. Ne„ ' no, Mark, do _ not -deoeivo--
yeurste_lf, Ailyie91.1 cannot -change his nature,
i and his naturd is utterly tad. :For years I
,'-but you wilt '12,e• true:to. me for a li
-ttle - . have 'dreaded every -hour of the day to her
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while?' - _ . •
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She looked him --full in the face with her
• glorious , truthini eyes , and said -soleinnly,
!_c I Will be, true tO.yonIllor eVer.."., -.--::,-. • -
. Once more their _lips met... It was a .long
embrace, tender and Sad. -Mind tried t� feel r
. the - confidence She had expressed, and Mark„,
;strove to 'beat' down- his •Aoubta. : He tore -
'himself away., ' . - .:- - : , • . ., . • - . ..
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"-1 will go at oncei"..said he, and walk to.
ward .. the house: -Ilis head'was bowed. . down,
and hisbrews were knit together With aux-
ions.thenght. He. walked between,' the_roses.
'regardiess of their exquisite 'perfume. The
blue sky had no -attractions- for him. He
.did net hear the songs _of -the birds': . :His lips
Movedi asif he was. utteringia-prayer. , As he -
.*canie tothegarden-gate. and look towards
- his love—she was standing Where he had left
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- her ---She wa.Ved-her hand encouragingly and
smiled..-. . Ha -raised his hat,- anill"„With .one
' last 'fond,-`,pasiionate glance at the w.ercian he
loved. best In:the -world, he enteredher, fa-
ther's limise.- ,- - .:: •, z : ' • , -
• `-i: Master, sir,"; 'replied: the servant in in.
,s,wer: to Mark'SqueEtion, " isin- the library..
-He haS been asking for you sir- ''t - ' -- - •
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6i,Letr•TER.
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cENsurzATioN.;:i
• Mark entered -tile -7 halI,-and'Uivie the best-
- of his Way to . the library, The-,-.0eurt.was
-very :comfortably,. furnished, but it -ducked..
relies.:The •armour and ancient- Weapona
; that so frequently decorate_ 914 -,eotintry,
houses were - conspicuous by: their absence.
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They Were stored in the armoury. The. pre-
• sent: ow -mei- had his crotchets, and..07ffe- of
theta. was that everything should he keit in
its -proper place. Henee,;brongeicamion and
venerable- :fowling pieces, heiniets and .
lafeastplates, were sent. to a distant Teem in ,
another -wing of the:. Again, the
family -portraits, instead, of being difitribut;
ed in the passages, Were craMped.tqgether in.-
. a wretched. apartment -known- aa- the
Plante- -•
• Mark Walked_ tip the-Stairdise to the:first-
goer, and --knocked' at the door: He. was-.
told to ",eeme-'..in;".and entered the Squire's
sanctim.t It was a- fUriiished.-apart,'"
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merit It the library, on account -
of. boasting a few . bookshelves. full of vol.,
On_ the -walls were suspended. parts
of some -story of •-.dishonor, some shameful
scandal associated -with-: the time he bears.
Although_ blood is thicker -than water,: it was
an absolute relief to. me --when 1 he sailed .-for
India. I thought - as .he left My presence, this
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passage will r.delay ,the evil hour :for . a 'little
while' - and I-aur4hankfuli - • Before_ leaving -
me,- he declared, that hahadlold .me .every
thing, and Yet I couldpsee.in his eyes.: that he
l'"Nras telling his own father . a deliberate . lie
;No, n�, Mark, if -I an •ever to' 'see the jilatp6
of .Treherne disgraced I muse. die son—yes,
my- boy!, .Imust die Soon". ' .
got up and iaced th'eleor in agitation,
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and then he resumed his lieat.: He seemed
ta be striving to throw off aheavy weight of
• anxiety. Ah last he said - . -
. "True, we will hope for the[ best. MalWin
is on his way to India; :and if he can blit be-
have like a *gentleman for twelve months; he
will home, - quit the arinyV sand enter into ma-
trimony With the best:cit.-girls. If any One
can; reform him,. Miry TreVyllYan wilL- Her
father was quite right to insist upon :the
.: year's • prebation„although, for my part. I
-wenld have been better pleased to have -seen.
thew married at once, Ph, Mark, Mark;
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may you never knew what t m to have • an
•unworthy sun.. [t 'would kill me Were he to
be dishonored, Mark, because -for-. his
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ther's sake, nay., with all his faults, for his
own, I love
The water gathered' in:: the Squire's eyes..
It was not often that he .Wits thus deeply
rnov-
ed, but he hadzindt lost -his son.. For the._first
time the °dean. =relled•-between . parent and
child. - • '
-"And now ler our consultation: Tell nrie.
-mark, -; waat. -do you thing of Sir William
Terrell! Be fMtik with Me; and ./et:rriehear
whit ion think of him." -
"Sir William Terrell,'- replied Mark, ,
"appears to ane to be a Very' worthy Old gen-
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"*Yein-',Oonsider 'him old ?" •'
"In"..staraina, certainly: __Seine iien of
',seventy are imager than some men of ferty, •
but --Sir Williain does not belong to- their :.
-class. He Can scarcely be older than- you,
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Mr: :Treherne, •_ and; yet • he looks twenty
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years your senior."- _
"Appearances are• deceptive; in his, case
he is :Just kVe- years my junior." .
- May I. ask - how yon- carne to
learn the. interesting fact?"
"Certainly; .he has - written to.:tell me
Written- to tell yen so 1".
Th. futnre is, in your' hands," he aiawey..:;. the Treherne estate and maps of the coun,-
sorrofulIy. I have been guilty :ty• .On a side -table: was a fincodeliof some:
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treason. I Godyardoa me, IneVerrheant bourerecottageti which had evidently. been
.coTruit tiwerime but I must make. rtpdra. constructed with a view giving the maxi:
tion n2y= i44•iorig.4s.--yoa -did; of comfort- tics the. tenant at. the mini-
_Dept- My secret, I was at. liberty to-'01nplys,. Eolith of expense.* ;:Any One looking at the
rooni,With its guns and fishing _tackle,- and
' ..Itere4:4 but• _now how deniandi that"' ShOuldt;
- its hunting whips, -would' have set down the
"/Vt. • owner as a emintry gentleman of the best
You, must not" she sax • tArning
Ionia with -1dOwneast- ,eyes and flashed type. The.teld and the farin seemed to be ,
cheeks, - - - _ equally Well; repreF3ented.- - -
-He looked at ker, and, Ida eyes brighten- Squire T erne was a m .;a out -fifty -
of. Age,. His hair which -Mad 'once -been
- .eeL with. hope, iBut light ,sedri faded. years of
t- black) waanow turning_ white; - He hadhi;
you. know who who I ,241., Maud?" - said daughter's eyes, and -his face Was. rosy With •
be.:"1, -maa without family -401a `.0f the glow of, health. 'lie was Very precise in. -
•,--.bearing-the name' have. assumed; beeanse his dress. He wore' a spotless shirt, a suit Of
some day it may be ,centested and 1 nay shooting - clothes,coat
be7tekl- that I have nO right-tehold it Do. coati and kniekerbockers complete. Round-
•yo.u.- think, I would evdare do,Weany his neck was a white and 1?Ine tie, and and he
. eyes with the vision of the intense h4iness "vi; -aa closelyshaven,except - *hire a'PM-r of
,of cl -•;a_Ming` yzri-• as, a bride.? neatly - trined Vihiskers,. it!orldered
his
plane.. knowdliat 1 mila tourist... . cheeks. He looked, every inch of him, .a
object : of your father's thorough ngliSh-lgentieniam - -
• h-at1rn a,s...mUch a beggar as. apatier wixo' "Ah, Mark, lamM:eatte .see:y01,1,'? . said
- leaves the house tottrainp- the country he, heartily,as his secretary entered the:
.srparelt of alms. That I am less hapk,i.: than. - Toone - We did. not Meet at breakfast. - • .
'ho;because•be„ at least, ean'Peintto the pa- ',• replied "1 rode over to see
• rib books„ to Prove his parentage." - how poet Jenea. wasgettingon ff am afraid
- ,‘-%..alr, do. you ,tall me all this," §he,said 7. he Will -not 144., long 5; the fever has left him
. gently.. - "Do, I. notknow- that you are but he is
" I am glad you went," said the Squire,
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And hee.eyefic were raised:- to Mi.'. We- oUghtto look after -our tenants, Poor- .
zwouhl-have. been More or leas - than •Mortal : creatures, heiven, knows: they ' require our
man had he rejectedthat appeal': TlieSe eve helo. And how :Were Mrs.- Jones and the..
-4-$aid; in ,the 1/104 elek t language-, -- ' Mark children ?"; • . '
„1..love you, hut_l P ten you so. -Mark, • "Thanks- to your bounty, getting on fa...
I love yoii in Spit. of everything:- Mark, = •
_ 'wliat is all• the world to mei .if I lose': You r ." Don't talk nonsense,' Mirk. - .11ty bet*.
1 lis arm encircled her waist, and their- IipsA .ty, indeed.; Why, I only:hold this land
„met. He had scarcely kissed her, before he -; trust. I Should be a very bad landlord if
g.tartedbackaS if he hadcoannitted_ somej. didn't see after My people;
Miserable: criai4 • • - secretary, "duty or net,
forgive he said. "i:XV-hat I alit- .sure- you will be,glad W learn,- Mr.
- have I done:I"' ' • . '• ••. •! •• Treherne/-that Jones ewes his- chance. of re
soVery,dreadful;":sliesaid. with eoVery", if he. has one to Your kinchicis.:-.
Mark, I Will be as fratilt with - ':Thedoctor told. Ind that ever sincehaS
you, as you .have been with'ino. 1(di have known that you have got his eldest 'Son into
told Me thakyon love me, and I tell you that a situation,: he has been easy in his mind,
Ives returned.. Becanse yeu haVe:Seen me - and in his:case-the absence -of anxiety is -eV-
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merry and. cheerful you must.not _imagine erything. • ,
that am frivolous love shall be as " H -e is. very fond. of. that boy Of his eh ?"-
--;. lasting as your ONV11.. Yowhavaray.heatt, and . observed, the.Scppre, Musingly. - -
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.nycone-hut:you 011 this Wide earth shill ever - "Yes ; he is a -very good lad. He onght.
possess my. hand.,"- • , ; . to be proud of lite is self-taught,: you
" My sweet Maud -itis my duty bi- tell know. - He picked- up reading and writing&
'your father what has pa betweezius, and the fields, Whenffhe7was-1oo1dng---after-the
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:then you, will See he wil tell .ra
never -Meet again:, -•-•1 s
- iteaven only kn *het( our
-11-+••e 3dU, an.
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once more„'
da, not t .•Wt, pit are quite: just -to pa;..
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pa,' Mancl
,anssiter0."_He- loves tile dear -
y, and is very:: inaf, ten -Pap • y---4.11:
:means, and hope- for the best"- -
"Xcan put Myself Uri., his- position, and
• feel were I in his place 1 shoutokadt-ds:
.-` .,SP:re he will a.et.• 4:
" Ilope„"sani Maud,. "It -is a 1)ret0-Word.
- -Mark, and one, you-O.an_uie withoittiopre
hension. Trust a Woman: for an iistinet.
- Men are wise, and ciever,-andAnow a:World
Of things; ,but. only a W.s.iman"- can ,,divine:
:X6w, instinct:to:US m4that Papa will
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tell you to hape•'-': :
Mark shook his heak•artd. then yiel`iledlo-
the- sweet 'pleasure- of MaudYS- 6911ipany:• ,
The, two lovers walked up and down -the gar -7
d▪ en,•.diseuSsmiLplan upon Theibuilt-
--castles in'," the- ait that, were stately_ kit uiag,
but stiEl castles resting upo_il
eloud-
fundations. At last the -sun ,began to get
high in the heaven; the mOriiing7*aS last.
slipping away„• ,-,
Take my advice, de-aiest Mark
_pa at once. YOU will find that 1 am
return to me, With the nMs that
ana-has-coliientell to
."Ile ought to_ be proud of him,"--1-eplied
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• • ;lea IritTliVea "" "i «y son; - ark
• —I wish I could be proud of -him." _
Mark was silent fo,r a moment,.and then
he said, "the servants told. me that you
wished. - see 'me:" •-
f‘ Yes," answered -Mr._ Treherne I want
to have a little chat -with you on familrinat---
ters. • 'Te -clay We will give up work. See, I
'havenot been idle. I have written to BOB.- -
eeby; the builder, to put' these cottages in
hand at Once. And here I have anticipated
-374., and -answered all these begging -letters.
Dear, dear, some of the appeals were heart-
breaking -; but experience has taught us,
hasn't it, -my boy, that all that glitters is
not gold, that out of sit -cries for help,: five
cOme from ,Well-filled mouths. We will con-
sider Workfinished-for to -day, Mr., Secretary,
andgive ourselves up to talking. r am -going
toicOnsult.you.".
!-`. Consult me ?"-
"Why- not? You are -my right-hand in
matters of business, and You have Hired with
me for Years.: I_ have had an opportunity of
studying your character,.Marki and I knew
:yon't.kbe the very soul of honor. I would
that-,MalwinWere more like you.". -
• " You. know Mr.- Treherne, that your 804.
- CHAPTER IV.
tkikinfr -8)te Atte
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Thetwoinen Were'Silent, Atlas t &;6I -
der -spoke. • To the surprise of the 0 -nger
his tone Was and dial:tab-Oen*" but
there Was sadness' about - it which was
' Sinful to listen- to. The Squire 81:10 e a -s if
-1.bad: been rthighly awakened• from seine -
dream. -. - - -
"?:Mark,'I conceal from you that
what you have just told me has Cause me
great sorrow... I have knoiiii you too.1 g•to
condemn you without ,a hearing.. - Will
not believe that . you have deceive'Me.
When did. you begin to lOv_e dadg
• "1: Cannot tell you . sir," replied ark;;;;
"but I -only. knew Vim' I loved her stet-
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day; when I: was accusi34 of Oaring fo. her,
then . I Searched ..04 heart; and ; (Sipa
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that the .Charge - was true.-."
"Does she knew of this,"
replied Mark. 1, The Squire 1 eked -
_ Up , angrily: "I--„reVealed secre this
morning. • Had I been able to,centro *Yt:-
• self,-had:she reinained-:itvignoranee of y -.
happiness, _I Should have lingered here y her.
side. But : my tongue turned trait and
I On here to bid you goOd:bye.P •-
]": dO-!nOt nnderstandolfrou.-
- Caine into this room to tell yon Whit
had happened, and to ask your to
leave the Cinirt, -Mr.. Trehetne.'..:-Ye ha4e,
been the kindest friend, hay, !the. only riend
I have ever had, and I Would rather n my"
off -
arm o than injure you 1 have ac like
an honorablemanhitherto,. and I am rying:
:hard to 'act like aa honorable Mau now Let
inc go." :- : ..•: • .1 . • •• ' - I.
: "ttinSted you implicitly,-, Markt - id -
it.4- Squire; "and. how have; !ye paiid....
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• i"With - fidelity," ' replied , his -..seer -tary.
' -.11ani.„not ashamed to leek you in -ilf i face;
-Mr. Trelierneofer I have AOne- nothing need
sbhisli''far; , I co,iiictnoti•lelpioying-M4 it. -11:
could not helg:telling her se. . Ifaci,..11.: OW!' .
that 1.-shoUld have loved her, that - I . head.
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have tarn. her thati- loved her, I wont . ---have
asked i3OUr permission t� :,-lea*e', -YOur'.'i tVi01,
:long ago; .:I,diknot-knOW what ''t .1 tura
was :te. bring forth. -;: ....I Ciiiild-nOt co
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:heart. - . But when I found what it . that:
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I -.-.had. done Thad.hastened I& -Mak .para7
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tion. Couldil de More:
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. , . The. Stiiiiii.ze: knitted his b ow ' nitt
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nuireki: i‘f The boyjs right": - .
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- ` Sit; doWnsagain; :Mark" he a 'ildly.,
. YOU- ViVelodifd*.ed like an honorable -man,"
and I *ave. nothing t� Sayypit, -I; am. (*pit:
grieved; 'i -As: you -Wish it we must pa t.:- .'It ---
is ith.e.neoeisary _Sequel • to • W kt Yo - haVe.
toid-546:1. • For your Own sake it w' e bet-
ter ...,:i
i -:..It" is alnieSt -Mi'unneoesS y u sten,
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lant I 'lint it to f3roW,t .1,presuineth t Mind :
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:does not retnrii,yeUr-iffaction'?"-j:
, - Mark Je4ecl- down. . '.- : : ' .-
* t,,xeu hiSitate;7- -eitclaiineal the • quire.
" 4.1 coarsp'she RIOS you as...a. brothe • :'• 1)Te
, ._ .:-14,6,0-..,.,.11.70,..-::regai,rdt:d.,y. o. u.... -.- 7 one Of.- the
' faM‘ily_; 'I lacit - it is not i More : -set! -.thl,ii
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"Yes • ; 40.6-iS his- letter," and the •S`qUire ' . :, t gaidon. Me," said Mark:. with .so 0: con-...
..proinced:a:eheet of nategiaper'cOvere' : with , fitiien;.1r but surely yen had)bette estieri:
-'4ritincr. - - • - ' .: -.- : -. - -. - MiSs Treherne herself ?"
. "B:ther.a...stringe sUbjeet for correspond- : -1 I asked. you, Mark, .44 1-r at, the
Mice,"-'. .• -. - * . - ....•:-.'-- - - :, -. -- - . question. - It is AI,serilpui Matter„ i d.-, false.
S 44 Not at: -.alt, Wheif-you know; sall,"_ replied. delicacy would. be Out of pita: ;in- a '::word
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M4 Treherne; -• . "He saysthat he. is , =Oa- ' does My daughter love Yea*? . . - •• . .1 -
.ble; Wealthy,. .kind-hearted, and ‘ fond of ',4%Shedias tont me so."i
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• hildren." - 7 ' . .• •. . - the.S.42uire started up, and ... paac e d t e ioOpi:
..q1. lia,4ttor doubt he is; but -why? otild.:. in ,tiie-..,,grea.te4 . agitation.. Mu
. dc - been
• .lie. tron.ble Tail on Snch subjects tP,':-:.--:' his ridhis73 6z:the' apple. of his 0.30, aficl
--• - "For the:best reasons"ssaid Squire Tre-, -hee'affeciiiona were given, tea- nam e i;401(i.,-
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hen* ._'_ ":ii William TerretWiahes tilv-- be- he;!--'nOtliquite.nametesS, for the y�ng man
come lthy stirk,iii-li*."• ---- , •..-- . - ':; . . • . newetandiug Se -Sadly before hilt'. had earrietI.
. -If al, homb-shell :,ho.a burst -in. the 1.10oin, the title �f an honest niaii.- ': . ---..-- • : - . - I
Mark •Could not have --been, more -astonished Lt last the Squire- Sat --..'doWn'..: ', Hi reste
than he was now, on receiving this unirel-hisil4hiii-,.iipon: WS hanf4.• and lookek Mark
. come plece,:of. intelligence. _: Iie_turned- .very-. -straight iii the face.
pale. . The...SqUiraiWas still. glancing. at the '.. : t',. Mark,' said he,`f-You have not forfeit,'
letter, . and Aid not noti-40.-hi -seeretary-agi-7-. ed. -;-?ay confidence. : ..-I Shall 'beat -Yon as of
ymit.-. I- No.nted• -to a4li your ladVic'e - abOut
•• "it .Wed, -1-4 :be la; vert g-C--9d•-:na.a.tch". -*x• • M‘dr,, future -44 :8411.seekit.r- J :_:4-)f Clousies --1
irlaiiSed:-Mr,-• Trelierne...- 4.,'You see -our ipro.-. , 'obahl.giVe Eh'. William Terre11-4t:celd com--
perties,adjoin each Other, .and'inr.tutnre ages: - -kit :..; and. new lees. think,-c4the.tfolre ' 1,-1-
the. sameMaiter ,.migh:t ..-i/oasiblY P0S-sess-: : .4n1 pose !.-y-Ou are prep.ared. - -tOrpiit. -:. imirsT -' elf
2.--11 do net think. that -Sir William has cinTte 004- lie-_ question in a matter 1.t whiohl
e aggerated-his geed pOint.-•:- 'He is the very - - .thehappinessof Maudisegeelii.,41_1--. •
• • et, - --.i.- - '
pink et.conrtosy, and would be Sure to make , -•,,,. ALA -course Mr. Treherne." • 1-, ,.
My little. Matid-a_-good. lkasband. - - When I • ..i.A:s -y0.1i say of ' Of Ceurse,". and the face of •
_. . . .. . _I . .
Maktrines. debts, and it -weed -40.a. great -• ter. .06a °iII9 - `4itt- 1' 04A imagine11640 '' worse.
.
_-ditii-I.`Sha have but little ti;leave... - : eady- „ :thei; Sfl tote.began, to:brighten, . -1 T..te :,-/ou at
the eitate, - been.-eadlY-eacninliere4i ray ' :0nd:0-that IconSider the match -w9n1dia0t-be-a
lief..ta!nierte!_knoi**- that, Mandwas:provided- ... You are iclever, industrious, • :44.7-, atikiVe..-411- a
for., 1 ini4mie.that;Sii-- William --would be as -geirtlenian., ,.. if Mord. *Sops :0:pion:, it,. she
.kind.tO her its---"- shalliMarry you."- -.-_ - •z -:-i; 1 . i • - I -
:- •.", 014 Mt.: Treherne,. Mi-gratitad , ' begin
.,Mar, k; - I 1 --•
• .- - :-.•-• : .: - . - .11 -'!• ,.
- . •1 Don't talk ' -abOut-gratitude,
,. Jie
:cane -i am :Merely speaking .,to.',yeu.tia: a man
.,_
.1
Of .01e- world; . I- Want. you to aiiis *, -e,:. .and--
l.
therefore -1 speak frankly' to yolk.,- -- . That you
may thoroughly -underStand. -tile .,-pOsition,1 I-
:. ,,i.lutitudisiti I., eas?;;.wt. o., :-i3. ,lloiau!_bi uo.uli,titi:41.,e.v.tei Y. :_.Pricilii.4,11,tf."1:4111jk.7
. : • .. , "- - . • ' '
4-0h,- yes."- Cried Mark, -fluali* „ "IT
ter, aW
the master, with scOin by the boYs.',-
, : .... - ._= i .- -..... -
.- y-liad-friends :-Iiiid relatienr,, and -I *LW '1,
n ither'fronrene-yeafttend4e.._theether.. I :
i.
no holidays. .: . I:was: J:eft -behind.; When:•-:.
i the47SUMot-brOk,-70"*.tIV:',. aidPW,P.(ifit.P.sgetis-. - .-:- :-
1. Were hurrying off to ;their. homes,. I was Ob.." -- -
;Ji ed tosit...,-the: lOn01.Y:t;-0',.C.hciOlroOrit-'Nvith:
y _Validate My- ea're16-ikbep'.Orrt the joyous
s outs,-.Ilest -1 should -Wind into tears before -
t 1' e ;- appointed Ainie...„. " --the, appointed time, .
hen nature have her way, was when .
I: the; boys .,had gene and , -I. waitquite alone."
"PeoriellOW,r murmured Mr. Treherne;
di'tlififhe said alond,.-t"..but • Still youdid,
go to -;ichool,. . po.- you know wlio...paid for .
, your - School: bills -and. your allowance- at Or,. ,.
4f rdr i__-.:-•.:' - - i '..- .± ,-.. - '-'"-'..: :-.4..-.--- !... ' ,-.7,-
•[5..!.$0,?7-T.epti4 Mark;` '-`. all :My. efforts to ,
discover My benefactor Pod Mess him, who,,
er he may -bej. have enele.c1 in failure." ;
f then -loan tell .yon."1-.- ,..--. --..f.•-
"You Can -17-; ' - •
4
!tea, Mirk; after what has . passed be. -,
eenuste,dayitiemilyright that yen should
nOW that:it was I who sent you to college."
- .. .. • . . . „ . •
Mark spring -to-his- feet. .
"Nota word- Of thanki - My by," Said:the .
quire.'_.: ,`.•Youliay-e'been-Worthy .of my-sdis,
lni*atiOn. - -Vor a.lOnOinie.-I shrunk from *
seeing you—by -.Mid..byiyou will Understand
IclnihY.: But When iny.,agentat :dxford inform;,- . .
.-..nie that you Were nobly -refusing -to -accelt-'
I; now that yonWerelahle to Work,, 4 '. do,- :
-.ti'ermined uponmeetingyou.' I went to -my-. .--:
'agent's. office at the hour when you were---eXt
• Oeted to see him. You kno.W1h-OW' -We •-met, '
but 'Win you know ;that •inourent 14.
..
l
eek -a I liking-.- to .-yOn, -.ivliiCh- ofilvdiShonor
o : -
Uld wipe out. . . Im
.:made up.' y..Mind --tOi -
&tell over you like a sbn; tohave---.you al,,-', ,
aYS -near Me., • , - You know the rest,
Tji..p tors had gathered'in Mark's eyes :t, be:.
pproached. the Squire, ,:and warmly, ,claspe4.1, -
he outstretched hand. 1 : ' - •'
f -'" And-I49net regret.my decision for-4mb; '
)(f _ent„"fcentitmedMi: - Treherne, '"although
t haSended_in this. -.- When you cartietome,
alid was at school, and I :did: not:foresee (I- •
i.fr.
. as...Verk blind), that Sh:einditjeark to ,100,_ -
_ou; - It:is)my faiilt,ilit _iiiiSarable,f4mit",. -±
•-He-Was:Silent for 47Moinent-,-.!-1-and then he
rent sii14, .. ."I3u.tstill-I:have-more to say to
ou, -.• I have: now -Caine ti-.).- that:painful. part
finy.act of -duty: : Can you guess why I
ate:taken:so -great '0,ixitntereat'ili- you, Mark- .
—why .-I befriended you :before seeing your ...•
facer': ....- .- : - --`_. 2 • ----, - 7;.- . .. i- ' , - . : ' . '
,-,-"_Ne ;", and then,: *ark's ;face 41.UShed.'
crimion.--_ IleSaid,, "Perhaps you may be a•:, .
ivlartion:"I:-..:.-, _ .., - . _ . • - -- - - I.' . : - ', • : '
1 *."--Iii.the eyes :of the law, 410 -my. POOr boy
1;7•.-..in.:_the.eyeS.Of 0-94-, yes." - ,2.-.,. . ..-.,
, . . ., .
....The Squire walked up to a --Cupboard, 'aid -
-LunlOoked it. . He -Opened it, and on'thethir _
shelfwasanr:old: :writing ,:defik!-covered,*ithil-. -
dust:: -.- The desk the -Squire ''.66.0j1t; •down :and. -
iieedOnthe-tabie -before- his Chair..--
"-Mark," - -Said: he,, .!' I am. goingte-,. ,give *, .
ri-itiii: a totter .t.6 read.': It. WO written:by ad' .
i!ing mati,-..andjsent to • Me more than twenty .
tyearkiago.' it has:Only: been-readjbY me, and -
N'at One time I hoped. that ith Other litinian eye
- - - - i -- - - - - • - - .
Would ever 1 seeit...Bub now I -think it bet- • - - - • . --- • - - ••
ter that you84941 be _put,* possession -ef.i...-
ifacta. that under -other cir.ctiniStatiCes' might. --
,-laVe. been -,buried in the past. - 'The '7viriter-- -
1-. - - - - • - - 1 , •
has insieted'_upen- it, I obey iiiin,!--:.-_, ,
i.t' _-.With this be opened the desk. . .The .key --. --"
hiltned-ttifilyintlaerusty look! :. There :Were. .
in, number of old bills bearing :receipts. . .The• •
Squire l'itilled. Open:a drawer, 1 and took Out ..
f,:ian; envelope upon - which -appeared. _a foreign
-stamp and 4 -foreign post: Mark.- ; - He gave
• _is- envelope with its -enclosure to .Mail. - .- -:,•.
' -"1-will leave you '..i,viiiiSt you read it, - .said::.
... . as. .
"Who , is it:from ?- . et. _i ar -. .
-"Minn your father." . -'..-- . . - -, ' -.:-.-:.
, -"And who.,:was..i.*.r.-: - Mark was now:Tale
and trembling. - ;- - 1, --.,.... ,.; ---- ' - - • ; .
- - _ .. - , . . .
..--"-Ile Was my: elder.' 'brother;" 111 with -
is the Squire left the, room. 1
Ira be -ooktinu, 0 et.)
Miss ' -liainson:s. 1.4t -e._• - -
#4.fter41.3- Began . -a: Breach:. Of: Pronlise.
. --... - .• :.. i _i-- . . -.....-_, ..- --._.
•
't.,-, Snit Against ?armor -,-puze.1.1..,!- -
..
Miss Susan J. Hanson, Of Brookfield, N.
..-Wasiiiitrderek:i4::::X9Venite4 .,1-874.,..,244 y.
,,ta cletailSof the:ern-he Aran° W_develeped by:.
the cenfession. of Charles W ' book - of Fai--
'rniingten. i He aid the killing:ic4i a.,proxiiiFie 'Of -
. . . . . . , . . • .... ..
.1440-0-4eward--.:froin JJosephB.:.;Bnizell; 4-14,14 . :
mer OViii-eanS, , i 1.0iner luitor i.of-MISS Han -
sot, and defendant atthetune in 4-oe brea,c4 .
Olf. promise- init. instituted by. lier,' . .
II • :SUB= ,./:-: Hansen -Was a native and life-long
:resident ef Brookfield, •,34 years old„-„attraet,-- .-
Jive,. amiable, and culturedaboveniest.donni---.
try -.-- girls; . -',.' She and -Farmert Buis,e11--.. had
-rgrown - Up near -neighbors,: Were engaged ba.',.
fereshehadreached herfiventieth:yeat,iind,, :
iseveral .times he hail.',appoi4ed .and _post-: -
pOned the wedding day. • - -A.few,mOntlis in.:. -
'iftorethe tragedy„ the lover, to --_eyerybodys
'Snr•griiie, ' 'married.•airititlier Woman, . -; The -7
friends of 'Alias Hanson were naturally indig,' -I
knint,:aia,-at, their :earitest-...solioitatious. She, 7.
'boi*elitOd to sue Buz:sell- for li.reachi- of ._pro,„ .
.inise-; ., The legal :papers had been '.served,
but the night before the firsthearingof lhe,';
case, the plaintiff -Was. killed. :.- She, Wait ,sitit
4ii*.iin the early eVeging:-With. her '... inohet.
bi,other,•-ina..a-. little depueW; in -their coS '
NeW,Englarid•kitehen, When 'a ..blinding -.-
plosion -000nited-,- .theilaMp, -Went, --oat,
%S.. Hanson; fell dead. .-.-,A hole in the
Idow' and•T. seventeen sheik anal- sfiigs- i
. body dindOsed_the Work of an assassi
' -_.-Buszell- was ---natiirilly.: arrested;
-!chain: Of., circumstantial- evidence
Strong- enough to T'hant hint ,Th
-!b.Oxise was soon_ deSerted.by_iti;oc ..,_
.,,cause of its terrible asSOciations, f.,;
dere of
gave over qcpeeting_ttly
.il.d.erer 9f_ Susan Hanswouldb -
rnstice- in this. World.. - :-- Now C.- '
as-.folloWs.:. :- l-- -.., -.,..::;t-,"- 1 -
. ,l‘ Wo.w.eat up across
eadine,ir to.the-Hanatin.hous
-where the -.barn used to set
re-M=the house. . -I think:
e if I would kill
ithat Ihad rather. be kill
the would. give Me $,5
)iesieS,Who-j-WoiildaWo
i road: - We _ went to
ihOtise;: and looked '
saw Susan, her,lbrot
}:115-9,y. ,:B.uell' Wan
I'liad 'get: to do it ,
ft' - -I' was aft' *-
he gun, and tol
fired at Susanli
t•ridge's 'barn:
house• -7. :-:-;
-!` A father to a''daUghter,".: -sill Mark, TA':
thej bitterly. • . •
"I See3that you are stillharping upon his.;
age;- but is it not better to be an old raan's
darling, - rather than a Young- man's slave
Takemyword:forit, Mark,-, the match will
,be- a happy one.. youapprove,of it,•-•,
;34ar.k • , • --:__
.1 And, should Mand—I
herne, objeat • :• -
_ -that-easei'_ replied. the Squire, `,` innek
as I desire the Match;- the, Matter--.- vibuld be
--at - an end.: - Of course I wouldneverforce
my daughter's inclinations. Aland* happi.7.
f-nessi is rnylonly bare; and she shall: never-
- Marry ,a man -she Cannot respect." :
. . - , .
" Isn't love the properword
1
" Love.- grows out of respect," returned
• Mr. Treherne.-I"But Why shonld. Maud. ob.',
.jeeb to sd• excellent a -Man: as Sir Williarn.
.Terrell - She has .seen , something of . the -
wo- season . London • ball-
rooms are no had.akirentidesliiite.theiviaya.
•no/ 412,111•1 9kalleoLjAdi hose yearsshe-has-live
ear " • A iy-now_should. she refte-to
marryia man who .isestimable in every par-
ticular,. and who enjoys my .sincerestrespect
and friendship?'
"1 *think yon. will ,.find,- Mr. _Treherne,
that she has a very strong objection to Sir
. _
•
•
-.William Terrell. • -
"You surprise me; and. yet you ShOuld be
the better judge of the twe. - You are near-
er her own age-, and may: enjoy- her con&
dence. . She may look iipori you as a brother,
ahd:a brother' is in one 'sense a *nearei.-rela-
tionship than a father." . • .
-. Mark -- turned away his -.head—his. epit•-•
Science -smOte him. -
!!But- Mark, yoRjiave not answered my
question. I ask you, do you. -not -approve Of
-this match - -
Vatic:Screwed up his courage, and replied-
boldli; "No'Mr. Treherne, I -do .not ap-
prove of this match." • •
,
- The Squire looked surprised. Dear
. me," said he, "'you never give an Opinion
and so there Must :ha -something
grave- behind your -objection; -Come, tell
Me -why you -object to SirWilliani marrying
". Because, sir, I 1. Maud myself."
kilo* that no one. knows myparent
"You are kiiitaken " replied the
-
Treherne's faee but they soon.
Mark's eyes were raised hopefully
• . ' • -•
scanning' sorrowful express'
-•scanning
their gaze Was for
„ .
•
"Mdr13.-) you 'have. lived :with the
years." - •; • 1.
"Ever ; since '-two:and-twentyi
herns I have owed_ everything to y9
• - • "due. connection •commenced. at AI
date,- Mark. : YOU, were at Oxford.,"
"Where you met me,--Sir.i Do ye
4,inuecni;b17.*A.:sthyactt4 was
riwo.;eilaac_tcileideirsnwta3117.-
, • • .
was entering it, and you were kind
to take aa interest in me on account
name I- bore:" '
d -&-Let that pass. What had
thelaWyeel" -
. refused„tpAraw my-allo a
longer ' -unless- I were allowed VI_ kni
whence it •caine." `.-. •
• "„14ind the -lawyer answered
-.'4.That: I Mast satisfy Myself,.
- •
.•
uire,
after
u
• on
- -
rected. -
many
re -
earlier
I
not re=
intre-
's offibe
enough
of the
i:1 to
ce.- any
from
- -
th the.
knoWledge that .. the Money came from a
friend of my father's. This woUld no do,as
had neverseen my father, anci knew othing •
about hintI refused to receive a yth.lig
more and thanks to yonr-liounty, h e been
able to repay whit I had -mien receiv•
"And. yet, -Mark,' said the Squir -"our
acquaintance did not ccimmerice in ti at law-
yer's ofliee. I_ had ..known biou lon before
then."' -•
I-
" You had. iknown me before we met at
0-if(ird °
Tc,
es.):.-Ty4etyw
o reecro:et v
llencotyoe;hschat000_
I remenber I Was •reearded • t passion
. - .
'
it