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0:my loveling, to shield you and cover you,-
'
From all the bleak- wind.s. that riot and rave,
To have and to hold you; to love and watch over
you-
.. This is theiMIX- Of 411 others I CrfiVe
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iS it, God Or -blind rate that denies we
,This boon that a.lone dan give value to life.?
Mt is:it God_ or blind -Vate thaA dedesme-
Totarn all your innocent,days into strife?
•
0 inDOCentidays, with never a blight there
•0 -innocent- heart of my innocent dove
God gile me the gface it he (dyes me- to right.
- there: •
To-.Sho.i her -the best,. not the worst or my loVe
. -
.. , •
-God give methe grace to give her, if need he, _
' Only pabsionlees oeagc, oply tendereet care; ' •'
Throagh year after year, though agonies: lead me
St 11 year after year to the Wes of despair.
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Let me sillier alone'the 'pan - of-repressiOn;
i
Let the conquer and d -- ft be
be, for my InVe,
Or conquer and live.t.nrO. , ** " clef ts of -confeee.
sion,'* - : . _1,_
. -While unconqueredotn armeditest4- my innocent '
- dove.- , - -
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ADM WITNESS.
13 UR NA ND AND- Ala HU R
A BECKET. -
. BOOK IL—SPRINING THE MINE,
01-kl3Ttits.V.,
vox% .k*o-st THE DEAD._ -
- Mark pained before he opened_ ,the letter.
• It was an oIct envelope; which koreran ancient
date., ..lt had,: been Sent frofn Australia -
'. .: Oree ari4 twenty years ark when. Nark had
, been _only four years Old; - The moment he
- had often longed or was now at hand; he at
length had the o' ortunity of discOvering
his parentage. , He: held the record of . his;
1>irth in bis own hands, written by his OWn,
father., ' -Ailia yet- he pauied. He • was afraid
- --tp- read- .;- the known_ was at thianiothentiess
*terrible to him than the unknown. ' .
"1• must_ read it" said he, and Opened, the
letter. Two sheetir of paper met his view.
•, One was covered with 1.!.,'riting;.: and the
-4vriting- seemed to be the, handiwork .of an• .
unaccustomed scribe-, It appeared to ihice
- thatthe writer must have taken Up' Iiiik.peri
after along-pause—after it had been out of
-- - .. _ .
_use,for many yea". The first -paper was .a.
_ contrast to the envelope, The - letter' had
evidently been read. but once' or. twice ancl
• then replaced- in; lin-- ite.-- receptacle. .:Its
contents..., dolga not . liaya "pleased the
• receiver - -Keeping- theL-s eand.-paper-lor
,s.ubsequeut,examinationif ark Opened.. the,
first. it ran as follows':
name of a. eiCottildiei, who. has only robbed;
thelaninian by getting !ot-like a .beast of
- prey t e day may come when the name of
!-Mark Treherne' may once more belong_ to
man who Can hold up his head-- -amongst
•hisfelloWS. So let my boy . be called Mark -
. .
Treherne. _ • ••
. 0 -And now will you. look: after him? I
don't wantliiin to follow in my footsteps.It's no _use preaching- to: you (you were
-always- airig, Jack), but I dare say rmight
have been - a. better man had 1 only an
opportunity of .pnlling hp. But I neverhe&
It was down hill With me.- One fake •
atep. ied me ta2--thiri tangled bush,. where -I
lie dying as fast. as I can, Well, 1 want to
give this baby face before ma a ,chance, if I
.can. So help him, Jack, if you can—help
him. if you can: .• •
"„Black Duff told me this writing 'woad -
do for me,but I have 'spited, him and. have
written as xtuch.-as 1 can. • But after all
he wadright. and I was wrong:-• :1; can feel-
my-life•gaing from Me, and 1 must Make
_haste to ar.telticle; • - .1--
" If Mark turnii. Outs well, do not tell him
of his .parentage until the time arrives "When
he proposes to take some serious Step in life,
for instance, When he thinks - of marriage.
If he idworthy the _name of Treherne he will
act like a.. gentleman; and should. know • of
his disgraceful origin; SOT ask you, in the
name of God, (I know -you believe .in_Mini—
andfin this 'last hour so do I) to carryout my -
direetion.s. Should. he turn out bid, give
him one morechance and. "Ian& him .this
. letter it on-MKb- It May .be a warning to him
to learn that his father's life of shame ended
in a:_death of Misery and despair: - -
"And -now I aMgoing to try to pray—if
.my pais will only -let me.' - - - • •
:
, •
Thr SOVT4' AV.STAALfA,, oZeren-
- . eer, •
`4 MY DEAR hauritik Will be
-surprisedta receive this letter, air .Very,:pro-
bably you and- my father have imagined me
this time dead. t. . 'You won't have been
far out, as when you get- this letter I `Shill
he underAke'tnrf,. - am dying, and Black ,
Duff, (Our doctor, L clever. - min toa) . says
that this letter will finish Me: off. • What* Of ,
that? - Mark Treherne never shied at any-
thing living, then Why should he shun any-
-thing dying? here gees-, ' I have always ,
said I -would write to you before I -gave up
the ghost, and you :see. I have kepi my
War& • - •
"Why need need I tell you my 'after leav-
ing England far ever. I said it :would be
for ever, . and far ever was quite correct.
Here r am in 'the 'mall; a 'score of. inilea,
•?,--aWaY"ftottra_honse; ding ,- like a- dog, Whit.
:brandy began, a hole, -throng*, the -lungs
made by .a ballet has corapleted.. Black
• Diiffjust took aldok at Me ten minutes since
and gave Me an hour to live, and then: they
all of.thenileft me. Curiethein FortiMate-
Tyler me, though, i. Bleck Duff -is superstitious,
• and- I 'have- that My ghost
Shall haunt- hiM- if he don't • send...! this
quietly, but when inquiries were -made „
was discovered that - she was absolutely
Her faintness had been caused b
the exhaustion of Starvation:, . . Mark had
rushed to the house to procure wine: and
food; and to him she tonsiderea-..-she owed
her life. After she bad recovered a little. he
helped her to _walk to Treherne T Court; and
there she was taken in hand by Mead, who
mined her through in illness.- The Squire
learned
-
learned her history, so far as it Was known,
-train a letter frara,a neighboring magistrate.
Mrs i Maynard had a school in a little •
village about twenty -Milos :from - Treherne.
For a long whileshemanaged to struggle On,
•but, when theStatetook up* education; bed
came upon her, and her :little ached:-
was_hroken up. The. Squire said . soMe-
thing about requiring -a companion for :his
daughter, At. dinner at which many. of his
neighbor's were present: .. The magistrate„,
remembering this, had given Mrs. -.Maynard
• a letter of introduction to - Mr;._ Treherne,
and she was on 1:her_. road to the,' Court
- - _
-when she fell, down fainting :by , the . way-
side: •
- .Mand's comyanion was -a woman �f about
*ire or six and thirty. - 'She _had a- pale, .
-whiteface, mach ,Cliefignred by a_ red scary
which hs,d been received in -a, railway.
dent. She had large 'grey eyes, _-and would
have been handsome- had not this horrible
sear seatned her face from hair to chin. She
-Was till and inus-cular, and her -movements
Were graceful: She Wat4.-Very:,quiet and :re=
tiring, and had, evidently :known IO -
sorrow. :Stich was 'the companian
se-
lected by quire Treherne his daughter
. ,
'The tears gathered in the young man
eyes, and he murmured, "My poor father,
my pear father:" And -them - he: rested his
head- in his hands, .and buried himself in
thought._ A `few minutes-- later the door
opened, and Squire Treherne' entered the
room. •
"My Poor boy," 'said the -Squire kindly;
you now know : all. ...You: will see that
have only obeyed your father's e01111MUldfil.
I repeat, that -at one time I 'thought that
this secret might have been -buried th.e
past, but now it is Well that you shoula -
!know all." I - •
-letterto you. And, cursehim, so I will—it'
lean!,
I was a bact lot. in England, you know.
that well enough; and have been a bad lot
over here. For the last six months I,liave
been defying theilaw,.with a -musket in my
hand. I -shot at"' couple of the polite just
now, _before r got_ my quietus. Their bodies
-areNeaching in: the yonder. We% it's
- wallas it IS., 2 After. all, I was scarcely
the man_ to: keep up Treherne Court it
•• should. bekeptitS the time I -thaught
any father hard UpoWie when he banished
g me.ileave the country ilecatise I
Dad written immeinsteact Of my own. - -I
thought hiresschriite,„ - After all I was 'Only
anticipating matters a -little. In the natural
- order of things his money would have eoine
. to me. Buthedid as he thought `best.i - He _
Mark handed back, the envelope With its
closures:. .
"Have you read the second Paper ?" atked
the quire, -
"NO, sir;"'Iwas the reply, and Mark turned
away; as if reluctant that any man_ should
witness the ernotian- Under which_heWasAtill
suffering. -
The i Squire ,saw and f appreciated the
actiton.1 -
. •
"1 will tell you What it is,"- he said,
• -
casting his eyes _over the page. • It is
letter from an agent in Australia, inforrning
me that hehadreceived a remittance from
Williarr Duff to pay for . -yew- passage
home, and enclosing. me your lather's let,
i
- clueing ainagnificent work of art worth
a Royal A einiCian?"- .-,...r, - '
_And the two ladies seited.utheasselves 'OD
mossy bankunderthe trees 'near the roa
. One took to her pencils, the other 'to 80'
light
_light fancy work, suggestive of embroider
cushion covers: :"They -were_ both site
the elder was thinking of the past,' he tO
of thefiiture. The sketch of the Lodge
. .1
not progress very rapidly, • Maud was
an impulsive artist, and liked signiflg_
drawings -before they were completed—BO' e-
tiMes before- they .were even commenc d.
On this peo,aiiion, after a few - roegli li- es
-with her pencil, she -Wrote in a tbeld ha 41. -
writing, "Maud- Treherne, ficit,i' a ; t en
she stopped - Her thoughts Were ' far a
froin the Lodge. She was dressed in bri
. _ „
-costume, waiting for her father to take
to- .the'carriage,-_-_whieh was to convey her
the church, Where she was to meet him -L --
one Tianshe loved, she . ever! could lo
- She Was to Meet him there, and then
to leave the church united for ever. ._
then her thoughts turned to another mat
of peculiarly feminine interest. : .;
.".I 'Wonder how it will look in theTii
.
she whispered to 'herself with a smile;
in a moment the .sketch of 9f the ledge ..
I
- turned -round,. and she began to write -9,11
back of the paper.. - , . • • - -
- As the ladies were thus engaged, two
were walking towards the Lodge.. One
many years -older thaa the other. . He
- dressed very neatly in sombre -Colored clot_
He was, broad-shauldered and clean-sh6
and wore a pair of neutral -tinted sPectae
From thisdescription the reader will-hav
- ' • te '
ter By thistime• Mark was composed.:- . . •
-4‘, And now, _my boy, us look at . the
future." •= .
-‘,.‘ I: am qiiite prepared to leave you,
sir, I -shall always remember you ma my
• prayers. - `As for Malik!' 014 then -bia "ice
broke; -
" Caine, -come; the matter_ may not be 80
bad • after all," said the squire, affeetionately.
"Now We are both men of the World, ; -and-
we ban discuss the. -matter- dispassionately.i-
At least, if you -can't,- I can, -and will'
speak for both. - As I said before; this. nier7 .
riage would net be a: good one for -Maud,
but can -imagine many r -worse.- Now .Vie
will take the- profs and The pros, are
:s.brieflythese:- you are a good and
would make-a:good husband, 'A -wrong his
been done you.: Your -father, which.
would repay if could. - your. mother
been married_ you would. • have been the
poSseisbr of these broad acres. But the
estate is 00.83161i' and. will. pass to Maiwin,
who _ will- not represent the 1Treheritee as
you Would laavi. done._ This wrong gives me-
a kindly feeling toward i you Then Maud
loves you, or thinks she, does, ana
_ another point* your favor:: -And now, last
of all, -bleed is thicker than water, and E like
Yon rtlyselfi -So for the _pros _ now _ for. the
:cons.; •is" --only fair- that my dingliter.
should- see more of the world—that _her
landed love for you should be ...fairly -tested;
You potir, - and is Malwin has utterly
crippled my. private fortune,' Maud would.
.now have to come to you without- a dowry.
Now let Us see *hat would be best for both.
You are young,: and SO is she, and you- ean.
consequently._ afford-. to Wait. Now time
would give her an opportunity to. see .niCire
of, the world= -46- learn- if yin are ao-- very
necessary- to her • happiness. . Time Weald
give you Alt Opportunity. to win your Way
to fable; and fortune: _And. lastly; :time
would give me 'an Opportunity to -save --up
- - -
for you. both.", : •
. During this' speech Mark's face had been
elearing ; it was now beaming with happi-
ness. • - • •
'" My kind friend,"' he began,
No no," interrupted the: Squire,' '" you
have not heard.all I have to say. , It is not
iinpOssiWethat during your absence, Mand
may forget about you learn . to love .
another. • You - smile- bvt,LI have known
sue hingSocenr.T--.:N'ovi, *hat I propose is
this w� ye -ars' you niust, Away from .
WIt .10 te.London,.--- and see what.
you can ful
fl
at Oxford, an • •• •-
should not repeat:. Your. successes- 'On other
ground. You can leave us at the end of the
week. - _I do..:not forbid you to tellMaud' all
this. But after Yon have left us - you: , Must
not See us again- or coMmunicate With us .
again for -two years; at the end. of i that
time we will tentimie our present .cenverso,‘„.,
" And thatlict I then have & 'career fairly
"And . so kr. Mark is to leave us,"
said Mrs. Maynard to Mand, -as-they walkd
along. . - [
Imeaa‘yeYifsoiesurid;L:toorg::Pela.i,torseds .L:.t.nhcfotnY, oan_unag. h re-
turne" Rather a long visit," commented
•
"Oh no—no longer than it should;be.
He is .* going. -.to make his way in the
World, Mrs. . Maynard,- 'and when: he.
comes back he will be quite a distinguiried
And Maud's- face beamed with -, pleasure,
7She -walked :on by her. companion's: side
in -silence,-.. but the silence was eloquent
. It: said -plainly- .ae.. possible, , "1
-.very happy, 'eta - I• want dome one . to
share At last she addressed
her 'neighbor,
"My- dear -Mrs, 'Maynard,„ if -I told you -a
. • .
- very great secret indeed, would you ptoraiSe
not to - reveal if?" . •• -
- -
_
"1 am not very fond of secrets," replied-
..Mrss._ Maynard,. rather coolly.. . • -
: Oh, 'Int this is a 'very:- nice indeed; -
' ltut you won't tell; Will -
•.0Mwrat. tell."
nerd smiled said ‘.-‘. Well,'
am to be Mrs.
-nard ; only thinkofthat." •
Instead of ,congratulating her, the
-woman only sighed.' :
"Why, you doif-t. 'say , anything' tia_. con- •
gratidate. -• • exclaimed. Maud. . -"Yon .
actually seem -• sorry. :Why: are -,YOn
. sorry
." BecauseTain very -Iota . of you, Miss
Treherne, and consequently Mourn over your
Misfortunes.'" -• - . • .
• "..But you eurelydon'icOnaider.Matiimony
- I -misfortune?" - .*, . , _
"It wade misfortune to me," replied Mrs,:
:Maynard: . - . • •
"But perhaps you Made a. bad choice
"Yes, I made_a, bad elioice.-"- -•
"Well, I am not going te. 46 Anything of
the -kin& • I ani. going -to marry a greai. friend ,
.of Yburg."- -,„..
With thereiceptiOu -of youilitlier., yOur•.
self, And Mr. Mark Treherne; have not a .
. friend.* the world." . -•- :
trouble in recognizing in this c arac. ,
-persan :of -- the ,worthy Mr. Harvey : ,. Ilia.
Companion was more gaily-Aresaed.; III ad -_
.,recOgniSed the :fact that his existenceltt hat
moment
, Moment was 'being passed in.; the catiiitr - '
and not in the town -And consequentlY had
. - --- - t-
- eXchangect the high -hat -and f k oeitit of-:
. .. .. _. , , .. . ., .. .. . , - .,. .
London life for a -light stut of a! neutral:
tern, and aidark4irciWzi pot -hat. He'
- taiind his throat ii-.. black necktie• hel
- :other by ,4 diamond -loop -ring. r. '14 -40,
- was , a costume Whicli the most faiti
would have haVe adniitted was is. ini -perfejt
taste; . It is scarcely necessary to
.
the younger - man : was Angiiistinir 14'
-Daniels;,Harvey' '-.Wad- in -: unusually :
, spirits,. -:_and most- :anxious .. to . utilise
. riiiianion,who Appeared to be in bus I.
_inood. : . . 1.- -- - ..,-, -. . , . - ..:: • . -- -- - --. -,..
- -..4!,I am sure," said the Worthy nian,:-
have.. hid & :Mott delightful trip. - i: The:: '
try is so _ verypleasant: after.. the .' Btu.
-- of town; the - trees are -. 'so ..green; an
'
birds sing so- blithely: . '..-: I _ like: the •
try, because it is 80. innocent, So .veri
dept.": - - ,'-.: - : ".-:' --.; ..' ,:„.
:="Sweets to-theAWeete, . riii._. dear 1)
araWlea Hanford;._ youhavecame doW.
very Miiticent.mission., - i :
.!I ani. gladyou -.take .the proper - vi
the .-matter- :Mr. Ranfora,”, reopen!
exeellent Philantliropiail,benign-
aces in advance when he suddenly
d down, and- picked i up a sheet of
Ta *rig -paper.• 1 .. .*
rapped in their flight," he mur-
Jun aslie rapidly-- exaMined his se -Craig -
't1(.)ni• • I
• - a •-rini h =ts e ,
k tch signed
"I'lzittihdsTrfollenerneowing 31211"."05U:nicl nienit,, !dated; two.*
. (In ' side' was
-. - g 4 i other ' side
_: . one , ,
f 1" Onteo er .
1 YwTteal‘,67hAernlia; Seit;VGtreg:978,-. 11-:' si, 0.il e- .k•cIlia.r!o,f_ Mark
- " 'to Maud,. only. daughter,
Carl ichael-, Tieherne, ..Esq., ,- of Treherne
Co"in
- Cornwall." -..-- __ .1 . - , - ' -; . •
anferd nodded to to himaelf onfideritiall3i; f .
as he quietly - pocketed .1.tlie.: .#1.,,r and -
quiPkeried his paceto-join -Daniel Harvey,
wh- -- . up to that.: moment, had been Aoo_. • -
. • . • . • .
deelkyrocciipied with his own Meditations
to exercise any surveillance over his friend's
e •
Len
a
as,
es._
en,
es..
the
drove Me from England. to live here . very
jolly life.—ancl to die as I am dying taw
over; 'So let's say no, More
-
about it, 1 I can't forget that, after All, :I ata,
a Treherne, and we have always been
proud race: '.Better. to die in an unknown
land thaiktolived astAlioula have lived in
-
England. • .
"However, you; owe me something, _ Had
lived I should have cut you out of the -pro-
.- -,'PeriY, my bay; so;-, as one good turn deserves
another, I am going to ask you to da me a
.favor.
gs hive- son. oh, don't be afraid;, he's,
'As Mark read this sentence the. paper fell
fro* his, liands._ it was not that the news, :
Ilie had.ex . - tedit far years), paiii41` him,
6
no, it. wasf
e cruel words in whiCh that negrs
Was eonve Tea to him -which cut hirts-- to the
. _ .
•
very heart, and Which made him -
.:,pause..
After a whilehe„:.- sighed- heavily, - picked- up
the paper and began to read once more.
When a manf,ia dying he likes to do _ a,
• good 'Action, ifhecan, and Iwant to do one
- now: Somehow my hoykeemsta_be putting
his baby face before me as the blood flows.
front:my woiirid; and I Can't help feeling that
_Lean only push away that baby bee
• writing ta- you... Hes got no mother.. She
died after I -left her, but he was put . out. to
nurse. • • I shall give this letter te, Black
Duff, and, clirrgelim- to convey it „pa the
chila to you. If he doesn't curse hint5 I will
hint, as sure asi am_ a dying -Min ; :and
he knows it toe. -•_
. "New, as -to. this son of mine—this ion
-a
elder
that is to represent me in the futuie;. " this
-brat of a forger,.-a,,buShranger, and (i? the law
is to be believed), a Murderer—I will tell you
What I haie-:given him... I have. giVen him
_ • ,
my name, ancl.I conjure you to Iet.him near
Viliim•--of mine (all:dying men have
their fancies, and this is mine) At the
present moment 'Mark Trehenifi'' -is the
- "1 am going to marry ;one .of the lexcep-
'- tions." - -• • 4
•
"Not Mark Treherne !," replied. Mrs:
Maynard.
.1 et iw:,ga-11 d" n7rn. 0. asureege s be ‘e re very
nice
f
"Why• not Mark Treherne ?" asked Maud,
•
f,y0a are riot," sai'
"You Mrs. Maynard;
"and when does the marriage—",
"Come off?- Why; immediately after 'his
return. , I am going to wait for him for two
at -
ore
to-
it
ions
oad
that
oral,
ood
his
ziest
we
°un-
ness _
the
oun-
inne
'ona
w Of
the
mile.
'He stroked his . chin with --------is! hand and
continued, " Yes . ,..dear 81i, 4 not
Often the -case that we ;can do our ellow
men agood turn fn. matters 4:t busin.ese, , but.
here I think we have a grand 4partVnity.-
-We actually have the honor -of one
oldest. "families in England in our
. 'What would Eigiazka be without.th
families, and -what would herold if
be without their- honor? And we
be the instruments of saving the
of this -family. It. is . really veryl
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CHAPTER
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A iIi1-1,1; BlisTNILSJ
-
e excellent Mr. Harvey and. his friend.
waiked up the avenue leading to the. COurr.,. ;
Aetliey moved along, the eider gentleman . ,
wasfund .conversation, whilst the younger
wasvery taciturn. Mr. Itanforcl was think- ,
in . He had just seen a pair Of brilliant _
dark eyes, and his susceptible heart- was -.
touched._ • -s _ • , 1 -- -
•'i She was a deuced pretty girl, my dear
DI lel," he repeated lazily.
;Yon- were always. :fOnd of the ladies • -
. I
Riinford," replied Mr. Harvey, withA
and he Stroked his 1 - 'Why you were
sovery fe4c1- of thew t4st you seetned to
e taken for yonr_.motto; the more the
trier '—and - very pleasant -mate too.
ladies are excellent people-;. don't you
k- So?" .-
What do You know about my -dear
D -
I think I 'could. give you, a Very .
accurate -list • of your we calf
t ern Peceadilloes—yes lwe -;will -call -them
rn
peecadilloes. First, tiiere was Clara, and _
.t Edith."•
- 1:•- -
:
‘.` Ana can you Wait so long ?"---
.;•.`‘ If needs be," replied Maud, -staunchly,.
"I would Wait' for .him for - eVer.",_ . •
. XiSSTrehersie'-I - can-. only 'hope.'
-
thatyouWill be happy: • Mr. • Mark -Iirelierne
- is a very good Man, atta perhaps:it May be
for the best,". -
This was Very' -told sympathY...I - Poor
Maud, in her maiden pride had expected that
• her secret would have been received in a
- very different fashion.. - She was -*mil
disap-
pointed, and her face .being the index :to her.
nuncl, her companion could not help reading:
her _thoughts._ •
" Sorry'i cant be mere enthusiastic;
but 1_ had such a :very --miserable eXpe;
- rienCe -Of • matrimony that 1 cannot iap-
pear please& when I heir the news Of ntar
nage. - . - • -
- The• Walked tWO On in silence. : At first
- . - . .
was angry, but soon She Stole.e. glance
-at- her companion's face, ancl-then her: anger
'changed to ..concern.: There :was - a fixed_
look of pain- upon the counteiiiiicet of
- •- -
'Maynard. • ; •' • 1-1 •• — •
"1 hope I have said nothing to hurt. Yon,"
- cried Maud, now ellAympathy, • -
• "No," replied her companion;
amkin. "
before me
"Yon will receive my. -consent to your •
marriage—and now, Mark, let us say no more
about
.0-.HATTEE VI. .
A "agent% IN; ir-sk 1411*.
„
The day after the intervieWrecorded-- in
the last chapter; Mand was taking. a Walk. in
-the park, accompanied, II. her c-ompanion,
-Mts. Maynard.-.. • - • - -
Mrs Maynard hadbeenstaying for Sonie
_
oaths at the court. ..- She had :been found
- • 7
tb Mark by the way side in a fainting con-
dition.- She was dressed. then ..- neatly and
: -
-
•
• - -
111
Ire
len:or
at
.Yon unders,tand b ' saving the : hone r oft -1
drawled -.Ranford-i- "- I. don't knd what-,
ify-
' talk no, ns. ence,.,iny ' ear . tiv'plt n.ritiel.o.,:i
s.ible,
gthe :
e -'-areT:
I shoul. lave said,- he,•
in the most nonchakne inanner
"thatthatisn' VOA' idea :- ay ill.. -Sa
honor • of . the ',fa,niily
going to destror •. - -2• •
. " 6,-Ranfortzi; no if :the Scj.
man Of business," said Daniel •,Har;V:
a genial smile. ." I am quite sure: , at he
'ivill-:--iScognise the important service 'we are
doing him; and I am sure he Will esbhnate it
atits true value." •
that-_. is the: line.: you ar
to, take, eh, .my .dear Daniel : b
Rinford,- - •- _.•
"1 do not see any Other Ranford,l'
the whiling Daniel who had I•notii
his friend's t
request as to 'drop
Mister,'
, Mister,' at their last interview.
;POSEdble!;,Ihave always found that*
• is the beat polieY. Take the *
man many -years .yonr. senior,.;
; when possible is ...always the .1es
; BY the way, possible,
your name
-. pretty one. .1 have always beent!s
that -t--" . • I:
That I',:haVe to - Often
-another ". said-Ranford coneItiding
tence, • " if -that is rea,lly the case„
Daniel,' you Are not the man I took.
He paused to consult -.hie' watch-,
country is very c
do We dine
By this unit.
gates. Maud w
DO
• did
t hear the voice Of the intrud
so Mrs. Maynard; whe--s A
as the. two Men approached
"Miss Treherne," she whispe
-
implore you to ceMe[.honie. as -
you can. Don't ask me why,„ I inn
seen." -
Maud looked up in alarm-
- -
was as pak-af3 death. .!, -
" Are you ill?" ahe--asked.-i.
11" ---You ...have a _good. memory, ear .,
I tide myielt upon replied the
intly, and leamingthreingh speetadies ;
jas a :boy- . I used to; remember every ;.
-ideeswell .our, 'attic. I lwat -quite
- -•- I - =
,
"My dear Daniel, you - seem to have
spec/a/tie for Spidera'. webs." ; r
- ..Ah,; that's right; you have hit 'upon -i
RanforL• :. I was fondi of spiders-„...
_04 -clever,- -industrious• -.Creatures-;,
.never cast down*hen theiriwebs are broken;-. •
tWays. ready.-to.hegin7agti, and in the long
n-invariablytmece.stifii1.- '
• ITI13- 13j; PONTNTIED:1
-
g nial arvey, stroking his chin .- compla7
-
e is a
witb.-
us . s , memories.: , ,
"And, was your marriage such _a Very
-unhappy One ?" Maudcouldnot help: ask-
ing the question. - - -WhO 80 curious as a -wo.
4 -‘"The Man who married; --me deserted
nie ; left- me to begorstarve, as I-, might
please._ And yet, how I loved- hi
She niurninied- .the kat words in a -c
- •- • _
"1 was Wrong," said Maud; impulsively;
no right to :.wound your :feelings.
Forgive me." -•
-
,"-My.deat'Miss. Treherne, I have nothing:
tb forgive; - and as for my wound, it is a_Very
old one; and almost healedi" she repeated to -
herself "almost." • :„- . • I - 1. .
They walked On taWarda. the park gates.
Maud carried with her -sniall driwing-book
and -a case of pencils. - - " •.
"1 promisecl papa I would make ,,a sketek.
Of the ledge Over yonder; Shall we Sitdown,
Maynard?Mrs.-Papa declares that: Am -
net advanaed t,co atterapt -houses -
arming; but at 7
-
ey had redo, lied
still lost in thou
'but must confine myself to animals isn't he
rude.? Shall 1 try to unde3eiVe him br
pro -
No,
no " Mrs.- Maynard whi�p
,
airighteneci glance at the- heclgero
now failed to conceal the .figares o
visitors. - "Tor the love
come home.
' Maud waited no longer; she-..rO.
hiii#0-d1Y--:"ga h. add • together --)ier
alloWing one ,t0 fall unlieededto th
-iit lie; agitation. . As the two ladi
round to walk away,. they met .t
of Harvey and !Lanford: The la
boldly at Mend, theeyes-of 'Miry
through thesolored spectacles at
liar& The - Worthy .man A -
--imPerceptihly ; then,. as ifAtidde.
ing.hia wonted equutiiinity;:lie 0.,
removed his hat. Blushing with a
-
Mand, -quickly followed by her. .,
hurried away.'„
- - r" What: do you : think of the
Harvey,- with a. sharp look -at his
"Only.s&W ene-efthein;" rep.h.
with an air Of indifference ,Whi,
very far from :feeling.; 1 a "deii ea preW
girl, my dear Daniel, and good ey. • ; but '
- girls in Cornwall and Devonshire •'ye_ i.gdcia .
-eyes. - - . - - '- - -- - • •-' 1 ' LI-
. if, . Harvey gave a little sigh-.: f-reli f. - They
_entered the park gates;!Raiford by -Saun-
tering along allowed. his -co. - on 16 ' '
going
iserved
replied
rgett,en
• the
hen.
onesty
of a
ones
policy.
a very
rprised
it for
he sen -
y dear
oil for."
"The
at hour
park
ht, and
Not
-
ickly as
not be
a
ar
il, with
which.
the ap-f
f heaven.
up an
sketches
..groand,
turned,
glanced'
. -
.gazed
y peeredf,
rs.
May -
d, almost
recover
ed, and
oyaiic
mpania
,
-asked
end,
lta,nfOrdil
he WaS.
r
. lIgErni. *ti.Ogili:Ti3.•
. -,,, _..... ,m4_, '_, -
Iii,PASLISH TOR • ..r .U.KNITF.A. .--.nytat . propar* '
:ons 'of turpentine, 'linseed--eil and vinegar _ ,
'
well rubbedin,...and. then 'polished -- with 1,...7
iece of chamois - akin,41 will lcorkWondent
. _. .
-th furniture that has be:come dingy from
• xpestire. to dust and old age, '4, -.-- = * '
' '
-Toont :Wisit.-- The l*
ll
fooWingis an --exce
,- . : •
nt wash for the teeth: Dissolve two ciuneeS
I'M; in- three- pounds ofloifing water; _ ,
a:before it is ?cold add' 'one tablespoonful
of spirit* of camphor, and bottle for use. - A .
tablespoonful :of this, mixed With in equal
quantity' of tepid 'Anci applied daily .
d
with - a. soft brush will preserve . the -teeth,
extirpate all tarteriond Adhesiini,.arrest cie:r ,
eay, and Make the teeth iiiaalitwhit,e.: .-: !
-2.;
IY: Yon -w -MA A Very good iron -nobler' , take v- ,
e'vrown-Ofkn old felt -hatil*nd,After plti-/-
%fag:the. rim - from the -hat, told the crow* .
Onr4old -;'• this forms la- holder that answers
-. - I - - -
Tont:. purpose Without tinueh wOrh. expended ,
On it; only putting a- few stitdhes through- it
to keep' it -together. Made it on-, the .flat -iron
'ili.the,:pointea end- towards.- your -elbow,
na..the,wide part for the hand; or you May,
if you have plentyoftitne, cut ,the felt into,
nate pieces and se*: them I together three
or four -fold. :- - - - 1 _. •- ; . -
-Set a tub of cold -Water—if very cold or
airinglee' itt it alli the better—in - rooms
hich are freshly. pamted, and ,it will absorb. .
Oh of the .thiagreeable and unhealthful
11odOri : Renew the -Water daily. When pos• -
'Bible, keep such rooins.: constantly -open--; if ,
closely -shut, .even for a day- or,tight,. wbile.
i
i the.paint is - drying, - "especially if : the wa_lls. -
i Are papered, the odor -seems to becalm- fixed;
and it is very ailficult to get -rid Of it so it -.
Will, not be pereeiVed--fOr'a long:tithe-After, 1
whenever the rooms-, are closed:. . Ice•cold. !
•
- - - i ! .
water is., an excellent: _alitsorbent of inipure
i adord*sick. rooms. -- - . . ,
-
An Oriental Esetilapina
I: -
:0-sOanyAn, inhis booki "7e -Sultan antf_hii
People," t.11s the anecdote 4- a
Turkish physician, Whose _prescriptiens and
methodoftreatment Will-,intereat,practition-
e",-k_in-ppNrseot eVx.°61.eked:ht' typhus f- "fever
called: in one of those ;medical 'gentleman,
who, although he considered the ease quit,e-
hapeleackprescribed for. Ilia patient .4nd:took'
his leaVe:. The nextiday,:•_in -passing- by, .he
inquired ;of a . Servant rat the • door: -if his -
master " Dead I: No. ; hejsmuch --
better." Whereupon .-the doctor proceeded,
Up_ - stairs to obtain the Solution of this. -.
"Why," said the. 'convalescent :
"I was consumed with thirst = and I -
drank a pailful of the juice picklod
•_ .1 •
• "Wenderfal!" Troth the '..doctOr. - And
out came the tablets,' on Which the physi—
cian .thade - this -inscription, Cured: of
typhus 'fever, Mehenied' Agha, an uphca-
.,-- -
titeter;. -drinking a pailful of pickled -cal.....
bagejuice."
-Soon; after, the I'doctor: Was -called: to
!anotherpatient; a yighlikgee, or-. dealer -
in: embroidered - handkerchiefs, angering
from the :seine; malady, He forthwith .
prescribed & :pailful. Of pickled cabbage
juice." -,1
04 calling the next iday to congratulate
his patient on his reeovery, he was astonished
to be told the raan.Weetclead The Oriental
in his 13ewilderinent at 'these
- phenomena, Caine to thesafe conclusion, and -
duly - nOted, it. in I -his Memoranda, that
"although in cases Of .ItYphis fever .pielged-
,cabOage j'aiCe is an efficient remedy, it is not;
however, to be used .pat,ient he, W.
profession am uphOspier. 'L-Lrarper's Magazine.
• • +