HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-01-21, Page 2Tii •
•••
•11,-
4.
t
e••
• . •
•
•
•. 3That- Con#,O,,#01), al4o/se.
•4L04EIL1Y .79•112:rna karrEn4
,From the 1);:inneapolis.Ttilmne.)
arest a little from your weltworn
" sandy tracks," . •
•• ,f,rest; and, tor your flotiou, auntmon. 413
some soberfaots. •
itave' be,a your say, And amply. have set
forth your thrleo-told tale: , ,
b ve heO
ld MY Peace. n1 hardly venzUre now a
• .theme so atale.„
your earlier venal; yea cell me . names that
-earbe1y were reanee ; •
'kilt yrrote uo Emswethaversee to disturb your
'Wage ef. mind -A=-4 ' • •
' • • •
*Now that wen -nigh' eighty wintere. Whiten, both
our heads with snow, • .
loSt.nie turn, a, few brief mements, to those
scenes of long ago. • .
Whatabout the beach we wandered we were
„ •
• balmy, you and . ever I,
And you loved me, or you said po---that at least
I'llnot aeny.
'Twasta•springtirae,%hen the iris changes on
the burnish'd dove, • • •
Anda Young man's lively fancy, lightly terns to
t eug ts of love.
A 'NOVEL
• ,
And so Ernest posted his, letters; arid
then, partly to °inlet his thoughts, and
partly beeause it was his nature to throw
himself into whatever stream of life was
flowing past him, he pet himself to master.
the state of political iffeirs in the country
,
in Which he found himself.
This - need not • be entered into here,
further than to Say that it was ,.such” as
might with advantage have employed wiser
heads than his, and ind employ
them. Suffice it to Bay. 99htrived
to Make himself of consid use to the
English party, both , befo After the
annexation of ' the Transvaal .to the
dominions of the Crown. :
Together With the prochunatioxi by which
the , Transvaal was annexed to, Her
Majesty's dominions ,,tvEts. issued another
that was to ',hive a considerable bearing
upon our hero's fertunes; • This was none
Other thaii"--a-promise o Berf.Majesty's,
gracious Pardon to'all such as had been
resident in the Transvaal for a Retied of
Six months previous to the date o! annexa-
tion, _beingformer3ritieh. Subjeots and
offenders -against the English criminal law,
who, ,Toola register their name and offence
-
within given time. • The object eN this
proclamation was to give inithunity from
prosecution to m.e,ny individuals formerly
deserters from the Englisharray, and other
people who had in some way transgressed
thelaws, but were now occupyingrespect-
able position§ in their adopted country. ,
Mr. Alston read this proclamation
;attentively when it came eat in w special
eurnhey of the'Gazette., Then, after think-
ingifer a while, he handed it to Ernest. '
" YoiThirieres,dthieritanestr predates,
dim?" he said. • - • "4-- •
---"•=Yes;" wnsweredErrteet,t "Avbet.otit
"What of it? AhAlie-stnpidity ofieuth I
Can'tryon verywell see that it •takes year
heck out of the halter? -Off with you and
register your name and offence with the
Secretary, to Government,- ..and ythi Will he
clear forever from any.eonsequences that
might ensile from the slight , indiscretion of
shooting your own first. cousin." " '
"By Jove, Alsteri you &net Mean.
that?"• • •, •
" Mean it 1-• Of cOurse Ido. :The pro -
demotion does net specify any particular
offence to which isarden is denied-- and , you
have lived more than six .months on Trans-
vaal territory: Off You go:'
. And Ernest -went like an arrow. ,
CRATER XXVII.'
parasols) -0 must lie very `cold On the
stomach." :•
At that moment the partici* "hat"
which Mazooku was trying to arrange frill
down again, whereupon the gedn's patience
gave ont,4nd cursing it for jtf,•Witoh in the
moetvigorens language .haren2phasixed: his
But it is not always spring time • youthful
faneles Pennant Paati
And an A.prillove,though-ar-dent, inaynet stand
wintry blast.
Yo • were quick to think me fickle, though I
,
ew your fears were wild ; _
• •-Fo thought yourself a. man, ,and me a siaal-,
,
ow hearted child.
,
1 was' but a lesser Tou ; and me you kindly did
•
dee •
Mao you like moonto annlight, for as water
unto wine, •• •
Wiser than your fa,noi fathomed, wiser don
•• your songhath sung—. '
; a 'child, had even then•a prudent dread of your
sharp tongue. •
Though fiebdued the chord of Self when love
tea up the harp of life, .
Yet I felt you loved yourself much better than.
, • ,you coaia your wife. • • , •
fRisaial; tor bettruur-velfesetwerebetter-far
. that I retired.; •
Although a futexe heron, Yet you were not ono
, • `71o'briii-Ciarail:'-'-"-• • • .-- -
And you—you quickly eased your 'grief and took
• micither to your -breast,
As in spring ' the wanton lapwing gets himself
• .anothsr crest: ,
And we went. our separate weyd,beld"eur
, separ-
ate 'careers— . ,
Moiled and struggled, failed" or tr•iiimphed
' through theslowlylengthening years:
tilt cites !Mg -dutieg, led .my quiet life
words', hy bringing,In
the 'ineien„ :Bina
ono* Ernest -
Lint'
grieismandooiy4eW triumphs•fOlded doge
JLu.J, within my -heart. • , •
You harciei a‘vvorl'd% applause:hevo-seen-its
;Straight dowp on,
to pieces. Where -
r him and he vanished
Kr. n stood by laughing • at the
soefie,-, •a' awaited . Ernest'S returo.
Presently he came strolling bar*, not hes-
ing caught Mazeoko. Indeed., weadd not
have greatly mattered if he had, for as
that swarthy gentleman very well knew,
great, indeed, must be the'provoeatien that
Could induce to touch native:, It
was e, thing to which he, had wix,unconquer•
able aversion, the same way that he
objected to the word " nigger" as applied
to a people whe, whatever their faults ine,y
be, are, as a rule, gentlemen in.the truest
sense of the word, •
As he came strolling deNin the path,
toward him, his face a- little ,fluslied' with
the exertion, Mr. Alston thought to himself
that Erneet was growing into a very hand-
shme fellow. ------The --framei-narrew—it-
the waist and broad at the Shoulders, the
eloquent darkeYes, which se far surpass the
loveliest gray or blue, the silken hair which
entice:hover his head like that on a Grecian
statue, the carved lips, the quick
intelli-
gence and kindly smile that /lit the whole
face, all these things ,helped- to niake his
aPpeaeance net • do' much' handsome • as
charming, and to women captivating to a
dangerous extent. His dress, too, .W11141
consisted $1,f riding-breeche ,s boots and
eiturs, a White waistcoat and, linen 'coat,
with a very broad, soft felt hat looped up
at one side, so as to throw the •face into
alternate light and shadow, helped the
general effect considera'bly. • Altogether
Ernest was a pretty:fellow in those days.
lounging -Or are-easy-i2haiedit
the veranda,, in company with, the' -boy
Boger Alston, - ahd-inteneely-intereated in
watching Itarions battle between two lines
of ants, black and red, who had their
homes seniewhere in the stonework. For
a long while the issue of the battle remained
doubtful, :victory inclining, if anything,: to
the side of tlie.thin eed line, when suddenly
from the entrance to. the Rest of the.bliack
ants there emerged a battalion of, •glante;
great felt:me, at least six:times file size of.
the others; Who fell upon the red ants and,
routed them; taking many prisoners. Then
,fellowed • 'the, inest curious • sfaebtecle,
unfolded it,. and as be did; so fleih of. fear
.
Passed through -
"Why did elle Write.in this sviy
The Pete! Wild MA have been a long one,
ferin another: minate it was lciring 'oft the
• • trophies at zir feet ; • • .. •
-The-laurel'. and "lordlifig's• ciroin upon yUur•
. -,-----r`aniple-foreheaO.Me$4, ' •
tlidgrend old gardener ..erid.,hier.wifU, from Yea
bine heavens above Us' henL • . •
Must smile.to bear yourc Sage conclusion ;." There
:•1S, stimetliing in descent" ' • " •
tionerS doine;,biit,WisOom lingerap•aiia you hear
• a buidenerl_breast;,, • ,
Full ot sad etperiende., inciiing: toward 'the still-
•• ries of. your rest. • • •.
1,low 1-1500!jou old and formal; fitted to your
", petty part, • ; • • • •
7:..,17iTitit• your littlif,beerd• ,of Maicims • preatibing
, • down a.grandsonl's heart • . ' • =
•They.Weredangerourt gOides,,the'feelifigs2', •
•
Youth is vain !MO age!ia Wlae". • ' ' •
Ah!. that ,Love's pulse sleeks •40Oursoore is no
matter for surpriiter , • .. • • ,
And the, world, *liege 'advancer/tent rang yetti
• -bugle. Forward, thenk.,,,.., • •,„ • -
"clhaOs, ceamos CeismOtl, . chaos ir seethe. unto
: your later ken.... • ' ' • •
• . .
ground, and Ernest, ` PAle-fice , and :with
catching ,breath., was clinging to the
veranda -poet With both hands to save him-
self from falling. ••In a few secendp he
recovered„ and picking up. the mite, walked
,qUickly, Wogs the square tohis lipase. Belt-
way across lie was overtaken by his friend
on the staff cantering gayly along en, a par-
tioularly weoden-leoking petty, from the
sides of 'ivhich his legs projected widely;
and waving in one. hand the Coloni4Offioe.
bag addressed td the Adrainietrator of the
Government . „ ' ' • ,
" Bullo; my abstemioad 'friend," he
hallooed; as hepulledthe .wooden pony
with a jerk that Bent each of its tiff legs
sprawling in a different direction. "Was
patienee rewarded 2. Is 'Chloe over the
water kind? ,If not, take my 'advice, and
don't trouble Year heed about her. Quand
on a pap co qu'on °Arne, the'wise man alines
• op quAl a; Kershaw, I' ha,ve conceived, a
great affection for you, and T will let you
into a- secret.'Come with me this after-
noon, and .I will Antra:lice :you •to two
Warming speomfens, of iqadigettous-beanty,
Like roses they bloom qe.ii the ' -veldt and
waste their sweetoese..0 'cthe 'desert sir.
411
Mater pulchre, puella:" : 'berrima, is
Virgil says., I, as befite:•ie ::, years, will
attach mysidflo't1Winatter; for your
youth shall be reserved the paella,. 'Ha I
ha I hal" and he brought' the dispatch -bag
down with a sounding whack between the
ears of the wooden pony, with the...result
that he was -nearly sent flyiog into the sluit,
beinglanded by a midden plunge well onto
the animal's crupper, •- .
• 0 Wialio 1,:Bucephalits, whoho 1 or iyout
niealies shalt be cut off." Just then he for
the first time caught eight of the face of his
'ComPindort, who was plodding along in
silence 11his side, • . !,. ..
; "Irtillo T WhatirikerErhavagp-besinei;-
hi an altered tone;'" yen- don't look well.
Nothing7wrong;-Phoper- ,,•-- •,........-.......---..--,...
' -"Nothing, ' nothing," answered Ernest,
cmietly ; • "that is, 'I have' got some bed
neWs„ Wit is all. ' Nothing to speak of,
•
that he; .Who ever foreniost. cheered the
thia_ erY„,•_Of 'fbrraid •till ten
people'S standards on •
thousaAd year.s litife gone." • . ' "'. -•
• , • • ,
•Ah, that ifer -the triimpet's voice that loudest
. . • cheered the brave assault,• . • -.
. *.Oginst the hordes of wrong anderror, now should
• • Somas piping," Balt I".-
. !Penne WaRTIN,O.: •
•
----...•
Wilt th$014,41111 all OA thttt diiSt. It tviiIiie
very 4iiiet,:nw4 to 'Or .oar aunt's flea*,
being.etill go comparatively: r._ M. Indeed. -
the . •
le
figt' auvotei railrts 0:00 dant:. Q.61 :0,17, go .., rot, and
a. , at,w'w:ejaayipt ' ricli:ivonear' now the
6 att he bre ad. toil; fil ibi which burninghwedding l Iti 1 io hr . ' . :
Plewden'ir,wialiep; for be _hs, v ry retiring,.
been 9, ' nl gniPte e det 1,14 tIteP P12,4oerpeoeii'VatlIwYcli 1'9 v9i fy.n19W4ii lti4hfretel ° duly1eeabso-
lutely '
shall be. Eva and I'are all gctr gray. tft:'
PlOWden, IS for olive-green, and, - as. fe
natural under the eircunistaeges, I eXpect
that •lie. wilh parry the day. They are
together in the drawing-ivom settling it
new. You 'always ,admited Eva (rather
Wrrnily once; do you. ,roplember hew ' cut
up you both were when. you went awtly ?
alaI for the fickleness of lumina natural) ;
:yen 026* see her new. Her happiness
makesher leek Reidy ; but I' hear her ca-
b* me: No doubt they have settled the
momentous question i Good -by,' I am not ,
clever at writing, but I hope that my news
WillMaim up for ray want of skill:—
AlWa*Ei. yours, 44.411,min/we :Cisvacit? n •
“-tow-for* the nieloaure," said Ernest:'
Piiii- Exuma ; I, got: yOur letter.. -
rence—will tell you What there- is to tell,. ,
I' am kiiiii-Xto be 'inarriecIT''Thin what
you
you Will'of me.; I cannot 11010 ray inayself.
Believe Me, this haw cost me greet suffering,
but .thy duty „seenis clear. I hope that you .,
will forget the, Ernest, as henceforth it
will he ray: duty' to forget you. Good -by,
My dear Ernest,-. oh, good-bye. E." y.
.. ,., Humph I" murmured Mr. Alston .. '
beneath his breath, as I thought, clay, and
.extremely.bad clay, too, l" •
„Slowly Ernest tore the letter, into• small'
fragments, threw them down, and staniped''
open them with his foot as though they
were a living thing. „ • •
" I Wish 0141 had 'shaken the life. 'mit of
that parson
.1" gr-oaied je•VelnY' .*11° wailit :
his wey as mach affeeted by the news .Ent ..
\I " Curse you" said Erneer fiKrin "Iiii.'"'"------
him fiercelyt "why didn't, .3/QU Stop' Wiliire
you were. and-,IOOVJE"ftet-119TrinSteed 'of• ;--
coming humbugging'after 'ine ?".
Jeremy only groaned by way Of answer.
Mr: Alston,as.eires his way when perplexed, •
filled ,Itis. pipe., and lit it. Ernest paced. • -
swiftly up and down the little:466M,- the ,-• •
white walls of Which he had. decorated With .
.pictutee out ftein illustrated papers, Christ--
40as °circle and ••pliotographs. Over the .
'head of the bed was a photograph •of Eve .,
herself, Which he . had 'framed in. some, ,.
beautiful native weed. He reached It down: . "-
- 44 Look,"he said, "that is the ' latlY lier•-••••_.
Self. Handwrite, isn't she, and pleasant tri
look on? Wild would have thought that
She was such a ditvil ? Tells inc to !.forget
her, and talks about 4 her duty'!. Women
love% little ]oke I" '. ' ' . ,, - ... • '-'
,
• - Ho hurledthe photograph on to the Mier,
and tread it as he , had treaded . the letter, ,.
grinding it to pieces withhie heel. .
'Ernest readied the GOverriniecit '•office,
and registered his name, and in due' •course
?received ," Her Majedtes gracious pardon."
- When this preoione'doeliMent *nein his
poeket, Erimet thought that he now for the
first time realized what theleeliogs:of a skive
Unexpectedly mamimited must be: Had it
not been . for this fortunate 'EtcOident, the
coneequenees Of that fatal clnel . havil
continually, overshadowed' him. He would,
had he 'returned to England, have been
liable at any periOdof his Alfa to n: prose-
cution for Murder. , • • •
His first idea On getting, his pardoo was
t return eiraiglitway 'Ur:England • but
that ;silent fate -which directs men's
driving thein Whither they would not, and
forcing their bare. and bleeding . feet to
-sturnblewkingthe:itonYpathd of its hidd'en
purpose,came into his-niind andrthade him
see that it would be better to delay 'awhile.
In a; few -weeks Eve's answer Weald ;surely
reach him.. If he were to go now it, Would
bp eVen possible that he niightpass her in
anebiit a shnple woinan yet.' feel a thrill , of
paili ".4'.1'cateki those :tremulons echoed 'of "thatiohl
• heroic • . ' , • . ••
•
"'Weakness tliat is bcirn,,of We,akneSs'; phantgsibs'
•,,tbst,a but real. • • •
Io;iteold m,sn'e failing faith that 'withers from
...Aga youths Meal. •
et fal vain the distance .beaeOns.. Forward let
tlieliteat-Vrorld range, • •, „
iogon•;.aridevet Upward, through.the
ring -
ug of change. ' . • , • •„,..
4:ling: of Bohlen- Bights unferled alx$Ve
YierOnfes dread abysm; • '
the common sense of ronst melt aeocial
:Cataclysm. , •••
bbber lords and despotritreinble ; they who have
' . the people yoked • .- •
'Well may dread the sterni they'vo..tempteil, fear
. •: the wrath they have inyeked. • ,
there conies lithigry people, like a lioneroep-
'* • .ing nigher, • . • - . •
yrants' nod and 'wink no longer.. Virtu* 1' :Let
themmend their tire • •
howsoeVer these thingi.be, scembely,now
• 0, will care to kilo* ;." • y. ,; • •
hongliwe'vehad of Locksley.kall..--now,Alikedi,
' let the siihjeet go.. • •
Tl• aa jligkest, 'the Meat.
42iSuolisedu des koechste, des firees•flte?,
r.4 Die Pilarize kann es dich lehren.. •
Was sie 1st, seii.Du es wollond: „ des
nantely,"-the -deliberrite'---eXecution of the
captive red ants, •by, having their heads
bitten'. off by . the great blank •soldiers:
`Jeremy and BOgerknew what' was coming
very well; forthedebattlep were of frequent
oocurrence, and the casualties among the
red ants simply frightful: Cn this occasion
they. determined to save the• prisoners,
which Was effected by dipping a :match in
some of the nicotine at the bottom of a'
pipe, and placing in 'front: of the black
giants. The ferociousinsects would there-
upon abandon their captiVes, and rushing
at the 'strange intruder, hang , on like bull -
doge With° poison did its work, .• and they
dropped Off sethealess, :to recover presently
an stagger off home . holding their legs to
their anterune .arid 'a/Minting every other
symptom of frightful headache'V: ,
midoceitn,for in heart he never doubted
but that she' would- crone: •
And indeed the very next mail there mike
e letter from Dorothy; written in 'answer
to that whichilie had nested- on the same
de* that he had written to Eva.: It Was
cinlSr a short letter ; the last peet that -eonld
cat eh the mail was just going out, and his
welcome letter had only . just, arrived;• tipt
she lied twenty minutes, and she. ,tro,Aid
send one lino. ,She told thent;how 'gratefill
they .Were to hear that .he was Well aiia
eafe, and:. reproached him 'gently for net,
Writing; Theo phethatikedhini for .making
her his confidante about Eva CesW-ick: She
had guessed it long before, she 'said ; and
She thought they were both luck 30 in- eaCh
other,- and hoped and prayed that when the.
time ,came they 'Would be as • eonipletely
happy as it was podsible for people tO be.
She had never spoken to Eve, about - him ;
but she should no •longer feel any diffidence
in doing so now. She,' would go and Se'ri her
very soon and plead liis cense; not that it
Wanted any pleading; however, she 'Was
sore of that. Eva looked. sad now that lie
was gone:' T12-e-Te-lialr&en some talkaivhile
hack of Mr:. Ilowden; the. new ,clergymen
but. she .supposed that Eva -had 'given him
his quietus, as she heard: :no more Of., it
now ,; and so 'tin the '" tioitinau 'is at the
deer waiting for this letter."
•. Little did Ernept gness what it cost Poor
Seekst thou. the ighest, the 'Bost. , •••",.•
The fie"wercart to thee reveal
• Man bath small power to eXPress,
••, Nature -no power to concearit.„ ,
"'Cloudy the truth of MOAVEl Oreitching,,
• - Sun pleat the violet's teaching. :!.
what,ler Ills arduous
That the philosophergaineth? -
Enowledgein Composite grains, .
• 'Wisdom's pure gold neer attpineth
Only Ding --the dtist on the shore':
"';'1,rOt peing...--the sea to explore. ,
. Not thus the.violet's fate
going corepletion!-:
Beaching,of perfect 'estate; „
• • Being, to utmost repletion. r
•Earth laps it, sun warms it; widd,blows'; '
' Unaware of its 'Mends or its foes, •
'• Not refusitiviaor chobsiegi it growst
, ••
Learn of the dower, p seut; .-. •
• Way, of the highest attaining!. .
13eing; pot•Doing, the goal, ,
.Growth to eomplotion thus gaining,.
1. O'er thee, as over the'
• Elements diverse' conspire,
• - • Yet hath it naught of thy' pewee
. , • Of seleetion, rejection, dosiret ,
Souls to like perfect condition, "
• Grow by eupreinest•vohtion.
• :Jeremy wag sittingen,a• chair piling the
Matches, and Roger, kneeling' on the pave -
nothing." ,• • '
""My dear fell6W, I So. sorry, and I
have,been troubling You with my nonsense.
Forgive me. There you wish to ,he alone:
good -by." • . '
'A. fe* :seconds' later. Mr. Alston and
jeteray„ from their pant of 'vantage on the
.vetandii,,, ea* Ernest 'coming with swift
strides up the garden path.. His ,face was
draWn.withipain,.. and there was• a fleck of
blood open his lip. He pissed them withr
out . a word, and,‘ entering . the house,
slammed the, doer Of his Own , reorti.. Mr.
Alston and: jerenwlookecT at One 'another.
'What's up?". said the lacenic'. Jeremy.
• Mr. Alston *might "E‘While .before he
aluiwered,.as was his fashion: •
"Something gone Tyrol* with 'time ideal,'
I should say;',. he said at length ;, ." that is • •, !"-They-saY," he went on, " that a , mare!' •
thewey'of ideals." ' •, . ' enrses are sornetitinie heard wherever it is
•
"Shall -wego and see?"' said Sereray they arrange these •pleasant surpriseir. for
uneeeily. . tiS: Now you fellowEi bear witness to What
-",No, give him si minute or 'tare :to. pith
ment, was employed In begroaling the giants
into biting them, when suddenly they heard
the sound of galloping horses and the rattle
�f wheels. . The lad, lowering his head still
more, looked out tearer& the Marketalquare,
through gap between the willow -stems,
"Hurrah, Mr: Jortia:10 he said, "here
:comes the mail." • • •
Neirt minute, amid' loud blasts fie'''. a
bugle, and enveloped in a clouded duet -the
heavy cart, to ;the 'sides and seats of which
the. ' begrimed, worn-out passengers were
clinging like drowning men o straws, came
rattling along as 'fast as the six „grays
reserved for the last stage could gallop, and
°vanished toward the post office. „.
E4 There's the Ernest," hallooed
Jeremy; .,,will bring the English
hiraself together. Lots of time for consola-°
fifty, and watch that woman's life. Mayshe ,
• lay down her head insorrow night by night,
Meanwhile Erneati. having got into his `Ilia 3rear.b Year MaY h°r---•""'
tion afterward.": - • '
: "Stop,. Ernest," said Mr. '. Alston; with ta :-
Tooth, sat dawn upon the bed; and again shrug, "yen may bei taken at your word. •
read • the mote ' which Was ,' incloded io a you wouldn't like that, ,. you ' know.
'Florence's letter. Tien he folded it up end P'n-
Besides, it is cowardly to go on etitaing at•
pueit doWn, slowly and methodically: Next __,._,__ . ,
he OPened•the other letter; which • he had a 'Er jaaana's'ed•L% standing ioi; a, m9ata' at,-,a4th: .
not; yet looked at,,,and rad that too. After. '
his•clinched fist 'Still raised above„„,his heed, ' ,
he had dime it lie threw himself face down his ,pale lips quivering with . intense :excite,
ward' on the pillow and thought awhile.
ment, and his dark eyes flashing and bl -
PiesentlYhe-arese,-thrt&goin t ' th ' th in" like stars, . — ...... ..... ,._ • . . .,
side of, the roem,Stookdown, a revolver -ease " You are right,. he said, dropping. 'hie
which hung to; • a nail and arew, out the fist on the table. "Itli With the Man that .
i have to deal." " . ,, ... ,., • ' , .
revolver which was loideci. :Returning, he .
.again sat down upon the -bed' and Cooked it. "Whit mao ?" • • . .
44Thie Ploviden, I feel that I . shall die:. ,.
So he renutined for a minite or two, and .,
then' Slowly: lifted the pistol toward hip' °blurb 'his -honeymoon." ' ..' ,' '
,‘‘, WI hat de you mean .?" • •••,-,., ,
'head. - At that moment he heard footEiteps
'appreaching, - and with. a quick movethent
Mearrthat I aM going to kill hiutOr •
throw the 'wean= under. the boa. As he he is. going AO kill' me, it does not nuttier •
did so Mr. Alston and Jeremy entered. •
'Any .. lettere; , Erneet. ?," J asked ' tlie. " Why, Whet 'quarrel have yob. with • the '
forn2er. . ' .,- ' , - , , '•• ,, man ? Of•course he looked after himself.
" Letters 1 Oh, ,yes, I. beg your pardon ;
You coiild not expect him to consider yea*
.Ernestneilded; tinned' a little pale, and
-nervously. knocked.. out his pipe. NO
wonder • that mail -cart carried hia.destiny
and he i'meW it. Presently he walked...A.cross
the sqUare to the' post -office. The lettere
were not sorted, and he Was the first- person
there. Very soon one of His ExcellencY%
staff came riding down to get the Govern-
ment -house bag. - It was the sarne gentle -
:man with whom he•htid sung Auld Ling
'Syne" Ss� enthusiastically on. the day ,,of
" jeferay's 'eneOunterWith•the and had
afterward been wheeled home in a Wheel-
bartoW. •,
• , " Ilullo, Kershaw, here wliallre, primes
Dorothy to write her congratulations " ana
Wishes of happiness.. A. mait."--the: neibler,
animal, rernembercoeld •heraliltaire dohs
it -4'only, the inferior weraen. would :show
such unselfishness. •
This letter .filledEin.est with 'a sure Old
dertain,hape:' Eta; he'Clearly. saw, had not.
bad time to Nirti„te by that mail; by the.
next her answer would come. 'It , be
iniagined that he waited for itS:adyent With
some anxiety/ , • ,•.
Mr: ;Alston; Ernest. ,and 4e'reiny had
taken a h.:Mae in Pretoria, and for the past
month ,of two had been living , it very
„conifOrtablY. •••
QUO niorning—ft was a partiOultitly
lovely Morning—Eroest Was htanding,after
breakfast R.. garaev. .path snicking ,nimil
directing Mazookif aSlo the erection Of his
".parasols' over Inc favorite melons.;
'F"VagoOkU,' -you lazy • ,hounia,", ..oita the
tatter et last,.." youxion't put: titu4 tuft
right in two shakes, tr.break your head
,With your oWnrkerrie,1" • •,
" 1iikOes," replied the kily,
again tying to prop up: the tuft,. and iut-
tering to himself mean:While. • # '
Ito ymi catch what that "fellOW Of yours
10 tiaying 7" flaked Mr. Altiton. "He say-ly
ingthat 'Englishmen arcYtaad, "emi that
are the maddeti of theniArt , toll.,
era that riobtld 'Who was. not, ft lunatic
inter opines" primos primores,
wasn't-Very,yeting, but
she had rnoue..He'aitly01..Want the.eattli:
.4 4Dearestr lie begen,bot she stepped hiri
• , anticipate What' yot,itre about •t� day,
-414 ,Serripson !' rihe•?dela., 9' and .1 would.
, spate One feeliAgs, f6i it can never;' never
:he. 1 edtOern you highly', and. Wiliv.,,eja
' ,,•niater te--" "1 Itsvc'p four siStOrs'
• he'rePlied bittetly'; " foer grown. *tore
ifia life is hideetts. 1?urden:4: But;
Cara," he Went on passionately, 44 if. yeti
cannot be my wife Will you 'eot giV0Ittie
'blether's eveteeting leVe? I'm an, er010o.'-.
. ,
,
• 1.#
WIiich•iii it? aorne, Ker.:law, you ate' the
last .0002 • echlool,--Which is it ? I
belleve„you-know, ha! ha ha What are
you doing down here so Soon Doea)the
expectant Swain await the upostrnanYs
knock?" Why, my dear fellow,: you look
Pale; ''yoti•,raust be in love, Or:, thirsty, 'So
am latter,: net the- former.. Love, I.
do" ehjtire thee.:1 4 Quie separabit,? who will
haven; dPlit ? think:that the Bun can't
be farrirom theline: • Shall we, my . dear
Kershaw, shall ^,"•Vve. take an observation?
Be ha! ha!" ' • • ' '
No, thank' yoit,' never drink' anything.
between,metilr4.1, , .• •
• ,"Ah, My boy,' a bad habit ;, glee it up
before it is too late," .Break it off, my dear
Kershaw, and alwaysi wet your. whiStin in
the strictest moderation, or you 'will 'die
young., N.V.lutt saykthe poet • • ,
'Be Who drinks strong beer and oes to bed mellow,
Lives as he oughtto lite; lives as he ought to live.
Lives as he 'ought to live,. and dies jolly. good
here thi3Y are;" end be took a ••packet, from 4 este; conla you '?" • ' '•''' • •
the pocket of hie • white coat and handed f he had cutme out fairly, I should
there to him. . .
' Mr:Alston took' ' '
them, looking,. all the not haie a Word to say., Every Man for
himself in this pleasant world. • But, mark.. ..'
.*ithiln fixedly at Ernest, who, avoided his
my words, this_parsini and Florence' have :.•
&Ana- • '• , : '• ..••• boy- • . forced her into this: unholy business, . and I .,
"What is thematter; ray :?". he said
kindlYat feet " nothing wrong, I liope r, will lurve his life M Vayruent.. If you don't •
believe Me; ask Jereiny. He saw something
- Ernest letoke'a at hint blankly. • '
of the gamebefob2 he left:"
"Whit is it, 1d' chap r said Jeremy, of
himself on the bed beide hiin, area "Look here, Kershaw, ' the ma'n'W a,
laying his hand on his arm. , . ,. . ' ParSon. He Will take- shelter 'behind hie
`Then Ernest broke. out into 0.,,,paroxyism cloth, he Won't fight. „What, ehall- n- do
Of grietpainful•to behold, Fortunately for, Oen r17., :
all concerned, it was brief. : Sad it letated . 114I Shall sheot him," Was the coo reply.
r,much longer; something must have given ' " Ernest', you: are read ; it won't do„. you
'any, Suddenly his mood changed •and he shell not go, :and that is all about .it: You '
' heti]: and bitter ' " ' • Shall not ruin • yourself over °this' NV' 41 '
a'Nothingoinr dearlellqwg; nothing," he who is not fit to , black an honest man's -
said • " that he Only the segiiel to a pretty 811008." .‘ . . , . ' : ' ' ,. , '
" Shell not I shall not I ..Alston, 'yonuse
little idyl, You May remember a letter
wrote -2 -to a weniani—some monthsstrong 1.anguage.. Who Will Prevent- me 2"
There Yoe:both Of yon.knoW, the story.. ‘` 1,7111 'nevem- you.' "X amYour superior
officer and the cOrps you belorig to • is not'.
NOW .you shall :hear . the answer or to be
,
more Correct the answers. ' ' . • •• ' . ...
• "
That ---woman; Auld a sister. Both
_elle, , and ' her slider have Written
M --her • sister% ' letter is :the
"BYXon,'/- think; is it not ? halt he, t I" •
Just then , dente Others 'ea, Me 'up, .and
Somewhat, to. Erneet's ,rolief; his .friend
.turned the light of his kindly countenance
to shine elsewhere and • left 'him to his
.thoughte„, ,•• , 8
At ledt the 4ttle Eiltattei of tie Podt-office
was'thrown un,. and Ernest -got his own let-
ters.• together with these Of -Mr, Aleton arid ii
longest., ,We will take. it firet. I think that
.
-What will Ale satisfaCtion be? If you %want
we may skip the ArPtow; there is nothing
particular in A, andI 'do not Wish -•to—sreeeverisgoe, boehpitatgoienfti.i4;It alipha.o:fdri: •
Waste your time; Now listen: • nm'
'4 BY-the4e.y., I have • a piece of news enough to be. yourfathei, and 1 josir yen.
fer Yon vvhiph .will interest you, and which think me a Cynic bedatie'e I laugh At , ywr "
you will I mil surd be,glaAl to hed,r0Or„ of high-faluting' about women.
course, you will -have by this time gotoverLiWiartneleiciev36,6 jun,
Yth°611 sGeebAn•Clawb'ciye.nu.uts(,93:arinid6
or
any little. tendresap you May have, had in
that •direction. .'•E•fra (thatia the wOrmin to belieVe, tee, that there is a rough-ju-Stice in -,
whom 1 wrote, arid to whom 1 tininght_j., this.world. It is, in the word prineiiIy„
was engeged) is going to bmathat people expiate the sins-, of the world, . ,•
e
Mr. PloWden, a gentlemen ' wheuled to has been and if this marriage is encha Wicked thing,
.acting as locum tumid; for 'Mr,- Belford.' ” as on think; it Will bring its own ttotiblef
Beire'jereniy: apeang up and Used strong: .vritli without anylielp from .you. Time
language Ernest motioned liftn down and ss ili ftVer!ge yOri, Everytbiegponleeto hint
went `oni •" say are dertainthuf you Who can , • s' •r :
willhe glad to, hear this; beceusethymatcli 'Ernest' 'eyes ;glittered coldlY lie.
ig ;Mr* rrespept it satisfactory answered , • . ••
'Vd1,1at 1 ani Sate, bring dear "Eva 4happioess. " Cannot wait. . am #.a..ruin.e....#1 Man
1'16Wdeh is..W41 off , and, of course, •u ,:41rOady; all.my life is itiid -waste:. ' I . wisb
clergyman,' two ..great •gue,rentees„,fp; the•- to (lie, btit 1 Wish to; kill him 'before 1• die.
'enee,OsS tllelr matriinenfal venture, 'Eva, , " So,„_.,nre as my nein° is Alston you sliall
'Jeremy. " turned the s 6 12
neigliboting:.Vetaitaa, aneraPidly sorted tells rue that she had a 'letter fronvyou last not gcs I , . • ,
'the pile', There , was ictter' in. tv4'14, le,tter :read, you,. gentlenien)„ , "'So sere adinpriamoistershavi 1-Wi1l g421"'
handwriting. Bat there was tone thatofand asks inc triat1.-yotta for Sfle • !Mal; y means' blight -014S," . lie thought. '
her er riptet,6e.. giala'fa ilia, Can RA: time sbe eoed- you )11)0 to Ito will try' Alla bolt. •
writing weliq thole wsA ..310 inistakilig its 'shortly AS:Ydn , poet atana; ,ahe st Ah,. I have awl. .
1.1„ kw .,c hag hot hanaa -very o• prosOnt. OA Olt:M*4 tolvolxl'60srertunOnt, HOUS01.
a:jibe:Ode& If yen try to -leave ,this' place
lyou' Shalt buarrcstcclas aeleserter. New :
don't be a feel, lad, ; • yenhave killed
man,and got out °tam mess: ' If ' you kill
another„ you will not get out of it. Besides, '
*onia bother his ioaa ‘vith those • WeediE •peOu p p 6
• that stink' (flowers), or tlie,F146,frititS tors, • mg ho Opened hurriedly, .,:reeleeta The Wedding is to 'take pleCe at 'Keaterwiek 4i4Yiklg OA(' as he Went, 441 love that lad • .
evere„,if yea sheteed itt gtOurnig thoirk—ctild itt tha iqtter was im.,,t1OtO, WIdOli. Was in tho (A1/9:4"on tito17th . of May' phat AS 0 j tOd NS ill t 1 et inn destre,34,,, hunself over' A
surely the things WV) )10Sitlt011Od .Or tIthy Writing hohaaexpettod to 800, lie Ois4sSl0svl gentlemen), , and, if tbis lett% pit•. • , • • - •
WOul d grow 'Without hats' • (111t41.0V I • • " .geriehes you in tim,e, 1 ant sure that Sbil (TO n'e eatitintted.)
.7
,
•
'
•