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There was little work for either of them
'SandYcliffe, but they Carried their 10
energies'f,arther Pierrepoint lik4, a
largapoor population, and the vicar wee
. oId and, aniline ; he Accepked gladly the
vO1unteeredserViceso1illso04410* ceadintore
and, led by his faithful Johnnie, Mr. Ferrets
penetrated into the. winding alleys, and
.'bettiedcomfOrt- to Mar*" a ,131-141644 tlYing
• - 'boa. Amr; as Mr: Brabazdegrew• irtete
, infirrn, itibecatne a rile ler Mr. Ferrets to
occupy his pulpit on:Sunday evenings, •and
it was always remarked that on thee
occasions the chUrch, Was Orotialed ; people
• woule pine ten to twelvemile e to,hearthe
Mind 9lergiimatt, from ,Sahdkcliffe,r Wives
even mooted by the Bishop whether; 'after
Mr„ Brabazonis death, Pierrepoint should.
not be Offered to Zar-Verrers-
After the first few weeks Baby Ferrers
ligyetepelle of:his__blindn9is to Oily ono;
even hisjeAlf-sieterMargiretyhqlited with
him, and ttaialus-cleriarer3t and oloterit-friend,
never heard A repining word from his lips;
notter did he vastellie Atrongtikby silent
brooding -the -activity -of .-hislifeleft-Jiim,
no time for this ; When he was not °occupied
,with his ministrations; or preparing. his
' sermons, -Margaret 'Wetildread--to-hiln-ifer
Yetoit Waft,eVideht. to ilaly.4en observer
who ettidied. the 'quiet fade that some load
of bare lay on the bowed shoulders of Mr:
lerrers ; Flom° heavy weight that At • times
,seemed• to crush *Win: Sometimes when
Margaret • Was reading to •him he would
Mike a sign: for her to stop, and, laying
down the hookeheiviould watch himpacing
up and down the green allays.of the Grange
, garden with hie eightless-oyes turned to thia
sun -shine ;.bilt she UAW that' -it *tweet of
his blindness he was thinking, but Of a
heavier trouble still.
, Few peopleabout flandYelliffe knot, that
Xargarat Ferrara:, was only, 'CRahy!a"lialf-;
Pieter ; there wO,re,onlY. a •few Yeare.betWeeta
' their, aria inthe;;Zhietellitinutoy that 1241
Orowl.'t up hetWeen the brother And .sister
it Was sold* reittembpred bY either of theta
,..that they had...diffetent-MOthers! CkAmfil-
-"----(7 Ferri/9 had married. within two Ytars. of
his firet Wifeisdeath; and'tite eresona: Mrs:
' Fe4erri" had . brought. the' Grange and a
,Aw....."•?-0. htt.444#4.p§511,FAr-I3,01-. : , ag,
„,.._.:t3,9407'. dowry to h.et.I.010ba,pal.:„11:3;ti,4';,,..4.,
-,-„,:.-,4onet;4:01ShathseedaStlYcMg.P0 ' ', ' . "A7..
• 'ail:811441M peeped 0,WaYfteni her huebana,
-; There were hints and Wes • of hitter sceneet
, in therGetinge, but little:' was 1010YRI'ill: the
'
village•;enly; When -Margaret was 7 years
Old, and Raby it lia of 14, there was Sgrand
•• ,ftinetal,F,' such as ' "SaiadYeliffe: : had, ., never- a:Witnessed:. And Mrs: Ferrets was laid. an .the
.•sinitrinitlile:•.temb wher,a,her.predecossor
!4,14.**16&., and it:44s nOted.„ :flt, some
• •04tifspriSC and.a littletnereanlity that Coirel
Ferrer eeeMed 'Overcome ,with -grief.: .__•
ItlWas,abontlotirtpen mentlaehefore 'aby
•710,4 stood in the large perch 'Waiting for his
••''.;:glaris of ini'lls that Mae simmer's morning
thelittleblittichfard-ivesfull,'Of - haltering"
:
villagers, waiting ., forthebelittOetop before:
• they hurried into: their Phinen,' ;27:.7
. ... ,T,he white 'Lady from the;
. . . s. Oite,.. ig.. ,
as
icneOf theOilliinVealledllieicirlii,jiet
- dffOfd11t9"*PIPiv'ntr.Bt°".%.I
•,.tentveoone tOieyiiiamt:eatngma
39nrapples . on the tombstones a a
•
..
old
'
Granny 'Richardson; had"Ijinott, helabled • in
• after heran her -reds, cloak', and ,. neat black
•:,liontiet, and her iiraYer-,heoli ' 'folded: in: ' a
.blu'iiand Whitechecked liendloitchief ! with
• . "Iti•-::little '. • htincli of • : riWeet!Willitieri A," and
• ' '' ,Ponthertivaoodt-old man theynalled it "irie
thladiroNpttits.'-•tarc:leerem: it .4,9onapilak'yt„,...,After
fgtaileYeanieolafilitintielTilibs;tinglittiatCh'
Of ..'ihe,viallage, i' in , his ,eleriza •,rinioOk and
." : scarlet:: handkerchief, ' fella:Area :•by, k.hhe
.. youngetk.gtandsen':-in 1. all ,the,,Ikirirtes of
:. cetdutoya and hobneilea; .1 boots. Ycemg
' ',".SitM as they called him, was the .yoringest
.- of fifteen, who hedraligeoWn,iiitertrongana
. ,.
healthy under the thatched erred the' loW
•" ' white -washed. eottagvp
e, de; y •thelpoiid.
;There ', the :.fifte.eii:..yObng •• ilibeee had,
• elbowed, ' and loartled,•. end•lticked;.,ahd•
- inetephorMilay peeked at :each like °
Yeang rooks In a neat; and had.i'rOwn.„.1,1P,
strong and hearty ' On a. diet of tread and. ,
'treacle alterruiting with, slites.Of leread:rand
•' :dripping, running barefoot ate*. ..tlae, gtass, ,
•
.and splashing like yeang diuske in thepond;.
*hill • promoted to hobnailed boots ands
'. bird -scaring, with a•Promisd of riding the-
...,plough-horeer, to tiaterand an Occasional
, : dittd.neetting ..expeaitiOn ,.. on their. •• OVenaccount. •
,
"1.\. The bell'had eteppea,Alid.thelest loiterer
' ...b4a taken his:place on the oak bench, when
.
as usual two _strangers toeik their; placed in
..,:a seat that was het -telly' ieetitriea by :eny
, ehance worshipper: '.,• • , • . ' •
Most :. Of. the 'little:: congiegatiOn /. were
familiar with the feateres•. a the younger
'Man; and • every ' one in 'the 'tillage kneW.
'
that • the tali, ' broad -Shouldered man with ' 7
. . ,
:the fait beard • and handsome aristocratic •
' face was 'the' Young .niaeter, f r'orrt Redmond
,Hall, who was to marry , Miss Margaret,
• •*he vicar's 'dater. : • . t• • : - • , , .. ,
, . . .
, But even young, Sara Tibbs leaves • tiff
admiring his hobnailed •• beets to:. dare: at
the broWn. sielelY-looking :gentiemain with
.. the white.. moustache : that , occupies the
' tither end of the seat; and Margaret, sitting
. with the eehoet children, leeks curiously in
the sitne:directionjor this is the first time
• thet .she.: hati • Oen 'Sir Wilfrid Redmond
. .. since his return from Persia. • . • • -
'• - . Both father arid son are 'Wonderfully,
:alike, .she thinks ; they haveboar the seine.
. . ,
heavy -lidded • hliiegrey. Ives, . the seine
• proud carriage ,of the head and stately
'
presence; but 'the:, bright •sunshiny smile
. -that greeted her from Haigh. Redmond is
.
certainly not reproduced ' on hie • father's
sombre face. Sir AVilfted looked , ill and
maddened ; and evidentlythe report . that•
,i134hettlth had hi -engirt' hia/researehes, to's.-
.epeedy end Was probitblytrue, • " b •
, d. * Sir Wilfred listened:With greve.ittterition
.
to ;11.:1r. Ferrets' elegirenteterniora The deep
: : mesieal titled and fine delivery.' :Seemed' to
„
rivet hire ; he set niotionlees, With hie '
, thin halide .grasping •460,eh other, ;his. eyes'
,fixed MI the pale, , powerful face Which the
,rittoritinr sunshine touched -with la Bort °Of,
. ginil,. ''• ''' ' . '•'''. : ' .., , '! - "64..
As imeel - Hugh .q• Ilearrienaiet etteiitieri
!, .y,str,ayiell to the, dor' oir,where 'Margaret eat,
tiati 'light freiel,the,paiuxted window r 0,1ed
4%
'414;-'Staiiitrigller it Ito gown with}3' 4h,41
Cif rptieniatie colot-a bitdering. Of ' rinitien-
atta tato and vioki-itia $iiiistg , a golden
small congregation had streamed Out of. the
*-church, Big, Wilfred left his seat, .Ind
walked up the to *Peet the •chaiibel:
He evidTitilf thought his sou Was follOWing
him forne imbed- round once to address
him; but Uugh had noticed that Nor ar!A
had quiatlY alipped ,thra4h a .akle 400r,
and hixbalitiky fol4owed 'her,
: WO standin under -the, shade, or it• ,
Iv, at & newly-raade grave, ,but
811-,_,._.„-• , t.i.:, ile vi,1460 otha sow Win/
89194,civOr the "gt s, witlathestinthining
On- ,,oh0140n.bro 'Jiead.
--n
rOPT •aLch, ful,
Y4'Wh,Ykave you. nop wait speak tOMYtatherXaby hrjutt•jo n,"
• A qiNash Ordt Margaret's face-
hail°rialoertiOnseemed to, pain her -
hitt; she, iminvered! tlia:.,ker . abonshanaed:
gentleness, '. , . •
..r, , . •
",Surely pan must.. know, dear; bow
could I Meet Sir Wilfred when he is still
inignorined of. our ,engageinent.1
• I' Ali 1 ittun4 fe - t','' With a:ahOrt uneasy
tutob*.f4table. 1.,” i bat a littleTuritalt
laugh; kn.,,t...., utoric,...,w to look
YliiikarO, dariingvat though' half 00 tloteli
cavil wottle WOuld'Itara mattered."'
"But Leonid not havesaid them, Hugh,"
with With efulet--ffroidess ; -0-I-thinild- have felt
awkward and constrained in your lather's
ikratteti,'/ be
presence; I should have betrayed:Or geoid
by my very silence."
" 44, 1V911,i.k.Will be a secret nelonger,'
withhtsiMllaftent• slh.. "You look at fa
very reproablifullythitiinoruiug,:llsrgaret
but indeed I have not been to blame so
"Much aa you think ;.my father was tired
j
from his ourney yesterday: I am abed&
he is in very bad health. I confess I ana
anxious about him. We had so much t
talk about, and he is so full of that wonder;
ful hnek,othital:Coine, :cheer up, dear; 4
will not have you look so serious; I will
promise you that he shall km* of otir
engagement before I sleep to -right." "
1104113,' truly,.• -
41.7
." Beally, and:441'1y; _ dear; ;now say
something kind to melieforel go." .
Moil ram** afterwards Margaret welted
slowly down the chairolfyird tojjoin
who was waiting-fer her at ,the•
• ,„ . ,
Our Oahe, and gently whispered ell I
,Tbfik•I•Cort Wt--wilii n9,God_ forgive? .
'''' . , . ':, •:'• . Irebifil (thrfsef4n'rear.
Strang* Peiping thrdugh Sandycliffe
always paused to admire the piotures4ne;
old Gmiage, With, its curio* gables; and
fantastically twisted chimneys, lts mullion
iniodowe and red brick Walighalf,Solgthered
la ivy, while all ;farts -4 CrOOPETClOst943110
the deep shady porch, with its long oaken,
benchee, that looked PP COO and,i0,4490,9
a hot suMmeeel,dak.' Whiht OS OVet, 'PP911,
deer gate al glimpse of a ball furnished
like 0 sitting-roona, with a glass door leading
to broad gravel terrace. !The epaeothlY,
shaven lawn, in front of the- house was
, shedecl by two magnifieent elms; at• quit**.
da. .gixaoR full of. tWeeketaellingt :914,
,fssliioned &Wets lay ,helow'the,terrace,
Sod a, 'ehriouS ye*-irjft, viral4 boarded one
side. : -.This was Ni: Fetters'. favorife walk;
,where lie pondered. over the• subjeot 'ler his
Sunday's sernione.. It was no difficulty
for 'him to find- his way down' the straight
alley. An.old walnut -tree at the end with
e Oad. °iron*. seat. And a • little strip • of
gm1
s round it wan always known • as the
"Master's summer study." ' It was herd
that Margaret read to him_ in_thelteralt.
dewy mornings, when the thrushes were
feeding on the -lawn, or in ' the evenings
, AvhenAhtbirds_werembirping_theit -goo
, nights; and the lark had come down, from
' the gate of heaven to its . nest in the. corn-.
1 lleldoind the family 91 /greenfinches that'
,•• had heen,hatehecl in the ' brimphee of an
; Oldiactole-tree were all asleep and dreaming
of the .4 early worm." ,
- People Used to pity Margaret for having
to spend so many hears over such 'dull
o laborious, readings ; the homilies of Wit old
Father's and the abstraot philosophical
tteatisee in which Mr. Ferrers' soul
delighted must have- been tedious to his
sister, they said, but if they had but known
it,*heir pity•Waspetleotlywieted.
..-MargareVi,vigeronstintellect..-mat-quite
;
capable of enjoying 4.1knol, assimilating the
Strong' hardy diet protided, for it; eh°
knew Mr, Ferrero' :favorite authors, and
*ciuld pause of her Own accord to road over
igain gome_grena pesaage or trenchant
me again; and hear from your lige that
am irogterrtooy
rif;eneaed down 134tanimtope
anddie.
that has reached, me; Thiveover-shadowed
yonr happiness. Yon and 'Why ate
troubling your kind hearts about me, but
Indeed there is no needier any fresh anxiety.
"1 have. mot vitkg?04 Samaritans. The
roof that shelters me is:humhle indeed, but
it shelters loving hearts andisimple kindly
n natures -natures as true as Yours,- Afaiteret
-gentle high -smiled woniens. Who, like, the
eharitabletravellet in the Bible, have sought
to pour oil and wine into my wounds. WOW
more
uwooiur tdhleOitreowth4ienl. for MT Sake, hut AIM!
ref'
:-.-4_‘,Titeitf'x4n4134 @Ulmer!! took , ,in
Without a 3;‘,0ik:ty alike* questions;
X was young, Alen esOr, and 'unbaP,PY, tb10
WO they caret:Ito halo*.
"1 Must tell you Yip little about them,
for I do net wish to give you any olue to
my home at present; thi3y are a mother
and two daughters in reducedoironmstencee,
but dhaviug, unrehatekahly Athe stamp Qf
gentlewomen; both mother and ,daughter,
for the second is only a child,' have high-
oulturfIcl tlectIlres- Tho. mother-forgiveme,
:aarganghtri:;;sfoar_itsLadaarde.mailoy.t-Ingoenveti:es<lige7:ina.:
-teacheil in a schtiol.cloee by as, end ' her
ani -
thankful saythat them -recommendations
have precured in° work of the Same kind;
I give morning leSsons to two little boys;
and Fern-that:.°is the; eldest daughter's'
name.'=and That° also obtained some orders
for embroidery to fill up our leisure , hours,
and occupy our hands while we teachFern's
youngest sister. • • •
"And now that I have told you all this;
will you not be comforted: a little aboufme ;
will younok believe that as far as possible,
things ire Well with me? Tell himi-/--tell
Raby-,-that when I have wiped out ray sin
,a little by this bitter penance!' and
mortifi-
cation, till.even-I can„feel, that I"have suf-
fered and-repented-enough,1 will cOmit back
and look on •your dear face Again. And
this for yen, Margaret; know that, ,in the
blameless hard-working life I lead that I
have . forgotten none Of your I counsel,
and that Fero walk in the h'ard And -lonely
path that I have marked' out for myself
that evon you could find nofault•-Farewell,
heardlier footstep# and held out.ihis hand
• '
"1 was Wondering whet had boob' me. of
yen, Margaret. Sir Wilfred • has been talk-
ingte •mo fer a.. long time; heasked ...after
Aitelifttca.V.,:coar: swif dna/13.13;Sn%; oME011tita
' That noiild only lie one: reason, May?'
•-•,_•All,J wee right then,' cup to
Self; depend upon*, Madge -Medina to, stand
on her dignity, and read Hugh a lesson,
end' hope hewillprofit by:, it. I do believe
Hugh' faverittinaOtte" is.:' never do -to-daY,
Wiletyeu can pat off untilto-Morrow.',"
think,;Youere &little herd On Hugh;
lie has pronanard that he will Speak to his
father to -day." ' • • •
"I are glad of that," . very' ,gteavely, „" I.
confess that this•procristinetienha's
Raeveryt,' itwasnot . treating you
lettliVOni '
theriernentliaWignoranbeof •tile.-engege37,;
4 you: :-ferget," interposed
414 !, his
siarer'eagerlY4-4 Alta- did writ: tellinii Sir'
Wilfred' everything,but the.. letter never
teatihed him. Yen are . &heti:1y • 'rm.
etheritablet tBaby,, alt4 yet you :misjudge
poor Hugh so . • •The . •
voice thearanisaa411injErgaLtoiln;Y%''114P7:42;g:t:thetal.'
sheiwartblind t� Hugh's itituits4tliatcpW
believed:in him With All a •loving wonianis
credulity; and yet as .he *ailed he Sighed.
• He •knewhis sister 'well, theniniplicity
:itketrerifith'of heiiiittiire; the unselfishness
and purity or, her. itime-few women:died:
so high a standard -and he relereinietl4zais,/
well as. loved her, for every daY1.3liaiitiethim,
tie* •beantiele.;in hie- r chertarter."'But bus
knowledge of his sister. made him doubt
the wisdom, of her Choice; in•diisheitt?*si
had -never really approved ,of her engage- .
nielit With Hiagli;Redinend: -Haigh Was a
cepltal fellow, he told i a pleasant
companion; loveable in his way, -.and not
without his special , gifts, but be was not
worthy of ,Margaret. • ' • • : ' •
Rally' had not always been Wind, and his
intimacy with Hugh Redmond had given'
him plenty•or opportunity to judge, ItnlY
of hist•friezicl's` defects„:. He knew Thigh
Weer:1101y and..generons;Intrho was :Also
Weik and impulsive, hot-tempered i and
pieta, to , restlessness;, and he niattelled
adlYliew Margaret's clam . grand, nature
should *mike itsaffections and liepes. on
such• an unstable ,character as Haigh
•„",iShir will never be happy, With him,” he,
said" to himself; "ono day he must
disappoint her: Oh. I know well , there is•
rio harm in hini ; everyone Wouldacall him
a geed fellow; he 'is/deter, he has plenty,
of plocki•lie has:gentlemanly', feelings, and
he worships Margaret. . But in my opinion
the wife should net be superior to the:
husband-; if there • must be Weakness, it
ehould, he on the other Side. And here
Raby sighed, and 'gave himself• t�
melancholy- and'rnore personal breedings;
and:he thought how strange and baffling
were the perversities Of human nature, and
how`, hearts olive to each •other -in spite'
or a hundred fault! and , blerniehes,es
Margaret's chive to Hugh Redmond: • '
No, there was no love without Buffeting,
he thought ; even happy. love had its thrills
•
and : tremore: .of doubt, • its hoard; of
anticipatory fears. A•little While ago arid
hiri'oWn lifelattletretehedbehire him, bright,
hopeful and full o enjoyment; and then a
cloud had blotted:out all the goodly land of
promise, , ithd he had been, left poor prisoner
of'hOpe on the dim borders, led . .paths
that he truly had .not lanown-myf3teraous.
paths of suffering and patience. , .
Raby had net anovvered .••his 'sister's
reproachful speech,' but ha had taken her
hand and pressedit; as • though asking ,her
pardon. • • . • , • ,
" I wish:Yon thought better of Hugh',"
eh° Said softly, as -she • felt his caressing
gesture ; and Reby, miled again.
I a° think well of him. Who ern 1 that
should judge My fellows? But X have
not seen the .niati yet Who ititerthy of iny
Margaret; Gotat.ie: net that a.. 16tek-like
speech ,; IfUgh, himself might have•said it;
Beth* we aro at hernie I'dart. Slidell the
roses in the porch.: they area sweet Weldeine
to a blind man, are they net, Madge 1" .
AAVTLR 111
,
f4;'ithe., mourner's wayward heart
lints tin (An wi.Wozdittn.
Onints tePlaicle his grief and die,
no feeble fez doiieselen's Smart ,
ooprotid,tO boar a pitYleg eye; ' • •
. ^ , • • ''
0* ewect4nAbat.:cliirlt houtto tag
ti 'Wife= tvaitisg tOteesits
, •
e to dead -brown hair , and es Hugh T
looks at her, lie tells himself again that he'
has never Wen any one to conipare- with T
liet--,his pearl 'among Woolen. •
Wliod The eetillO'erritaa .over, 191
• . • , • , •
blue-stoolfltig when he had found thebrother
and 'sister at their studies, but he had no
Idea of the extent Or Margaret'serudition;
.1pAsariior FeerstiradierlbetntatlittleGreelt,
Iota Was able,t o read thei:Oreek Testament
to "Italy-riheahredindeer°1139 Leyear'lati 14
fondly termed her, and .those who listened
to tlaeoloquentsernions of the blind Vicar
of Sendyoliffe little knew how Much of that
preteens store of ',wisdom. and scholarly
rerrearch, was owing to Merger:Sir:I unselfish
cd,3yetien ; Milton's aaughtere reading to
,hitnin,hireblirichiess Were net mote deviated
*ail:She; : . • - . •
When their early Sunday repait was over,.
'Niigata; as Metal, led the way to the old
scat; she had , teble's
"
Christian Year" -in her hand ana'a-toliiiiie
of Robert's' :poepas-tfor Wearied, by his
labors, Rab oft'en'',Pie'fetted'-.Oiiie---:saored-
pqetzy or interesting biography to be read'
to him between, the, Services, Or often he
bide'her 019s0 her, book or raid to hefeelt,
if his tliOUght's tierre Inlay with bus evening
,The' strip of lawn, that sinteunded the
walnut -tree led •tee brnstargte,tel'Walk With
a tun -dial and,a high •southern.Wall' Where.
periehee.,: Opened,' and , • •neetatinee, and
apricots flitteseltee;. here there was
another . seat` ;• ere on bold .,eiriumn.
mornings or mild-wintet. dap One could sit
and.feel to-riloAchistegaa
ing round one with teinperate : warmth;
e row, Of beehives stood under the: Wall,
whirii,:iweeet,eetihoney,frdin the surrounding
'CloverfieldacWaelniad0440q the besy, brown
workers, "the little •liverymen Of industry,"
:,a,391twanhoxieltIoreaeh,e.r13. • i,:.4,t‘c
..,,'Illargefet.Pglanbetrat :brothei tither
anxiously as she took her place beside hitn,;
he, .' booked ,mbiethin. usually tired: she
thought; deep linesfurrowed his btoadfor0.,'
heedoind-Ahefitinly oonitiresgea spOlni •
of tome effort to repreeraheart-weariness,
He is thinking of our poor child," 'she
said to herself as .phe tairned to ,the
bcauti-
ful Rocut7/ok-the' ce,ieuth .•Sunday • after
Trinity: "From *hello° cene men satisfy
these men With freed herein the wilder-
fiese"--,theitery-," twit,. at she know that
Baby hadeeleited for hit ,evening sermon
at Pierrepoint;.' but as het smooth melodious
toieelingeeed intoluntarily, over the: third
teret•et sigh burst from Baby's line;
Landscape of gear! yet; weary heart,
Thou need'st net in thy gloom depart, •
Nor fainting tarn to Beek thy SiatauthOnte;
fiwe'etlythy slokeningthrobe are eyed .•
By the kind Saviour at side ; • ,
FO; healing andtor balm, ecu now thy hour ki
wine. •
of 0i2,.that it were Wine for both Of
muttered Raby in di tone so., husky:: with ,
'pain that Margaret Stopped. • . . ,
"You. Are thinking tit OrYstar,i,!. Ore said '
leaning: towards hilt, with a lace fubi
of syraipathy. "That vex* was betintifil;
it 'reminded Me of Out ohildit-once,"but
as •his!•fece in his hands.• Without' 1
answering her; she eat ..amitichiless in her.
'plebe, and, for along tint° there was silence
.betWeen then). ' • '
•But Margeret's heart was full, •and sho
was saying to herself; “ 'Why need r have
,
said that, air though •he ever forgot :her?,
Poor Baby -poet niallappy brother--fOrget
her! when. every tughtin the twilight "see
huim fold'his hands as though in prayer, and •
in the darkness Can hear lumWhisper, .° God
bless thY darling and bring her homc to me i
' f
" Margateti .„.„ ' •• •,„ 4 t
"Yes, dear;"bet-es ehe turned quickly
at the. beseeehing tone in which her tiered i
iVits uttered, a. staile eameto her lips, • for cf
Itzthyris hand was feeling in his inner'breast. t
pocket, and she knew well whapthat action; h
riignffiedl. go in anothet nionient he had
drawn talks letter and had, plead,: it in
Margaret's:otitettehihed Ever ,iirite
this letter•-hd• reached, them about' two
months riga, each Sunday the. same silent
requesthad been made:to-hat and etch
time, as now, ellie hed taken it without heel-
tetien or, comment, and heel read
fro" g 1/4.,„ ,
The entelopeborethe Leeds postmarks, ;1
and: the' better :wee evidently' written .n2
in a nowing.girlish hand, . • ,
"f 'okintet '1,11104-ilki,4 it liegano.61141
to -night as though 'I Must Write to you;
tritnetiniee the horae-sicknes,s lase., bitter- 1E
he longing to intense to see your clear ,faCe.
gain---.41int 1 can hardly- oidurs4 it ; .thero.
ro tines wherrothe restlestriese rro Mien-
grahlethat•I• tennet sit gill And, bear -ib
Wheri feel tte tholigh I had but
ti 'the WOW; ,jriet to lea yout Arita round
As Margaret's voice died away, Relay
'turned his Aught:less lice to her: •
4Riereamyegivedtheoltoto one, "Margaret,
iit,Otay4dherefathecepr.-Oflotar -Answer
"Alit* I would dike to durerthitonoeuggiir;
folded
'mArragpearr.
et Obediently. opened the thin
MY loon treariare-At lest we have heard
from you -at last you have yielded to my
urgent request for some news of your daily
life: -God•bless you for lifting a dialed the -
weight off us, for telling Mr something shout
yonreelf and your work. 'I could not help
crying bitterly oyer your letter, :.to: think
that% humble -rod shelters ourehild ; that
you are compelled to work for allying; you;
Crystekwhe have neverknown,whet at is
'o-vfai2tTanything -Von- "Amin- "e -lough;
wind was not suffered to blow. My child;
come hoinei ,.; What need isthere of penance,
and expiation,,Whentall has been forgiven?
.The evil spirit that .tormented onechild his
been cast out; and You are clothed afresh in
your right mind norkeomelteikip for Itaby'rz
sake, and bdhili,),&rlankieocca4 I ''..Deiyou•
know how heliingra for yo? Daily he asks'
‘, Any nevreof her, Margaret 7' male* night;
Reg wai.passing his:study door, ;04lied
-Main and bide me give yett-thisinessage-
1,1%11 my. child, Margitiet,';-:he . said, that
every night I blest :her and --fall ,asleep
breathing her name;'stell.heithat mi 'for-
giveness and blessing are layer With her;
that there is no ,hitternese in my heart
that she cannot' escape from my love; that
it *ill follow her to the world's end. And
tewricri Margaret, that if she deed not soon
'Come hick to me, thatilltaby-blind,,help!
lees*.riSelestatLam.-=.
'Gears earth till I :find her and bring lier
bank.'. Alt; eutely you must Weitc as you
read this, .Crystal.. , I pray that every . tear
May he 424oc1"0 own dew to ,melt and break
ati •thtf.:,, haleness , ef.• your: heart. Yotir
over girsoliam,
••"That was written •nearly .two months
age, Madge, and the Wei not cotae yet:"
"No dear, wemilst have patience." .
Rely sighed impatiently: "So • you
always say; but it is hard to lie patient
under such 'citeumstances-tet know that
the woman you lovehaa ;wed° herself; .an
°idle from all she holds dear. Margaret,
I was Wrong net to tell her What I felt: !: I
sometimes feat' that she has misjudged • 'thy
silcnco.But she was so young." , • ; • ,
ii,You'reeant it fOrthe best, 'Baby ?"
“ Yed„.I meant it for the best,ii,hp ansWeted,
I did. not to take advantage
of her youth; did not seem:- right or
honora;ble. Let her go. . into the, world' a
little and see othet men, that is what Itaid
to myself. .Even now; ' lukidly think: I was
wrong."
• "No, you were tight; ciuite right ; „but
you need not . hate . dreaded 'the result., of
such an ordeal; Crystal Would never' have
eyed any , one 'hat you; Raby.i, I • some -
timed think" -but here ehe hetititted:
'..„“ You think what, Margaret t," '
"That she wae je'aloria Of Mona -that She
misunderstood you there ?" • • • •
Geed lieravene! Mrs. Grey I": • '
"Crystal was ecr young and did not know
het poor Moneis lifei was doomed..1 have
ean.her lecik at Blake BO •Oringely When
you 'Were, talking to .heat;• and Mice she
a,slaed tae. if. you Ade:tired fait women, arid
f you am not think Nis: Grey very beauti-
ul and when kaaaid.Yeri,',1 reinembet she
timed vety.pale, and, did not answer."
"1 never thought of this," he returned
n tone of , "It Mtiethave been one; •
f her hick fancies, poor:Unhappy ohildr.,.as
hough my heart had ever swotted frora
erfor an. intent. What do you ;think;
Margaret,, 'could She, pare for the blind man
till?" • ' 4.•
"Moro than ever, . dear. • If know
Crystal, her heart has belonged to you frozn
a child." • , •
• " There Speaks my comforter"..--Withene
of his rire sinilee ; you are always' good
o mei-Ma ,ge. ' Now read to roe a little;Und
et nie banish these: Weary thoughts. • Orie
ittle olue-one faint hint -and ',Would, keep
y *tired and seek for her; hitt; ac you say,
a must have patience little longer," and
aby straightened himself and composed
ims'elf,tudisten, and they tat there, until
lie evening ithristiine began , to. are about
he sun.dial, and it Was duce for RabY to
.tv over to Pierrepoint. •
el '
It is for kehe oft, us. that Coming
°yenta de. not.alwAysearritheir „
before ; that We lie down to rest in heppv.
ignetance of ,,what• the heit day they, 'bring
forth. As ,Margaret looked 'mit onzl the
meonlight that evening, s/ae little thought
that that ounao- 40 or ha*
happy fs:r1h004---thee the. 'inerrew held le
bitter trial in store for her.
- She' was sitting alone in the morning-:.
room, the next afternoon,. when Sir
Wilfred Redniond: was announced, and tho.
next moment the old man entered the
A faint blinsh came to Margaretha °hooka
as he rose to greet him. This visit, meant
recognition of her eh his son's fatal* ; and,
'Yet, why- clia he Come •0,14ink,-7-whY Was hot
Hugh with him? Hugh's father was SIMI*
a stranger to her. He was a man of •
reserved habits, who badnever been very
sociable with his neighbors,' And Margaret A
had seen little of him in her girlish days.
"It is very good of you to . come so soon,
Sir,Wilfred, she said, blushing still more
rosily,under his penetrating:glance. .°
am so spiry, that mybrother is out; he has .
One over to Pierreponit." -
"I came here to; see you and not Your -
breitha;" retina:red Sir Wilfred; buthe did ,
not look at her as he spoke, and :Margaret
noticed that • he seemed, rather newton*,
-“IMy•husiness-is-With-you,-Mise-Fetrers
I have just heard strange nem -that you
and my ion are engaged;• is that true ? "
'Margaret-boweel-lterheadr,,LShe-Ahought•
Sit Wilfred's manner rather singtilar-he
had met her with coldness; there was .oer-
tainly notrace 01 warmth, no cordiality in
the loose grasp of her hand„ She wondered. '
what made him ;Teak in that dry, measured,
:voice, and why, -after his first. keen glance
at her, he had averted his eyes. He leaked older than he had 'aerie yeeterday„ and there •
was a harassed expression in his face. "It
is rather strange,! he went on," that Haigh
should have left me in ignorance all therze
'months, but that "-as Margaret seemed .
about' to ‘speak--" is between me and hint,
I do not include' you in the blame.On the
contrary," speaking now with some degreeof
feeling; “ I am Berry, for yon,:Miss Ferrets • .
forr.huve come to tell you, what Hugh -^
.refuses to do, that I cannot consent to 'pm
.son's marrying you." : , • .
Margaretstarted, and the proud indig
nant_oolor rose to her -face ; but she
restrained herself. . , • . • '
Ji May I ask your reason, Sit Wilfred ?"
"I have a very good, snlacient reason." '
zetiinnedathaankLgoinwaidly4,..0.11ngh aiti •
myonly eon." - - .
,FIA/41113,novadetstaiid4'''"
.4.;3‘Xeill4S4aiot;,knylitvisimarpalTittil
to enlighten you. • Mise Fetters, hesitating'
it little, "1 do not Wonder at my son's choice.
now I see you; 1 am quite 'Aire that you erw•
all he•represents you to bo; that in alltespecta
you are fitted to be the wife of a wealthier
man than Hugh. But for my boy's take
., • • ,
am Compelled to appeal to Our generosity,
your sense of right, and ask you to give
binx up." • • -
.
"1 cannot gite, your eon up," returned•
Margaret, with noble frankness; "1 am
Promised to hitn, and We love ,eiteh other.
dearly."- .. • '
" ',km* that," and •for a inonient Sir
.WilliedireeYesrested on the beautiful lace •
hetet° him with Mingled admiration and
pain; and his ',:voice softened insensibly. .
"My dear, I know hew my boy loves you,
haw his whole :heartis centered on you. I
can aa nothing with him -he willnot listen
to reason; his passion for yon is over-: ,
nnistering,, and blinds -him to his , best
interest' I. have come to you to help me
'save hint in spite of himself." • •
At thiaeolenin salutation Margaret's face
grew pale; and for the first time hercourage,
forsook her. •
_ ,
-"I "cannot ` bear this," iha • her •young
voice grew thin and sharp. "Why do -yen
not speak plainly and tell me • what you
mean? Why do you ask me to save Hugh
-my:Hugh-when!Ii.m ready to give up • ••
my *hole life to him.? : You epee* an
if hienratriage_iitlime4eieldL.bring-•-hins
11
a curse.'" -• •
•'a As it most surely', would to him and to. .•
his children, Miss Fetrets.-Mergaret-I
may oral, you Maigatet; 141* knew Tott--ari-.--
..a,ohild-,4t is no fault of 'Yours if that, be
:the My ,dear, has no ono told you.. •
Ablaut your mother?" •
'
She looked At -jinn with • wide:, open,,, • ,•
startled eyes.' " Mother,, Sic Wilfred
no, I was only seven when she -died. I
think," knitting her, white brerivit though ,
she were trying to recall that childish past. '
"that she was very' had to ger Away 7
for u long time, and my poor father rammed'
Very sad, I remember heeried divadfully
At her funeral, and Raby told me .• ought • '
to have criedt9o.° • . • '•'•
• ".; I. hived , yoer, another,' Margaret,"
returned the• old • man, and his mouth
'twitched ender his,white mouetache. "Yon
are not like her; ., she was dark,' but ye
beautiful.. 'Yes. she, was ill, with A
&tally hereditary illnesis that tve call by •
Meth* risme; ...so ill . that. for years. ^ •
before her death her husband .could • na:, •, „
see her." . ••-•.! . • • •
'asked Margaret, . but •
her dry white. refused to finish the ,
sentence. Sir Wilfred looked at her pity.
ngly; anatvered-,-
• “ She was insane. It was in the 'fitinily•-•
heyitold inc der; and that was why. I did
otatsliber marry Me. She Was •beautiftill„,
raise many loved her -your father and .
mon g the number. Now you 'know,. Mar-
aret, that while My heart bleeds. for you •
oth, I ask you, to relettie my schi:":
(To be bentinued.)
Slzliug iris their Prominent 9it1rens.
•The stingiest men in the world has b
discovered in Galt. He uses a. watt on the
back of his neck as a collar button.-Diii:
dais Banner. '
Well, liten that is better than using , a
wart te weak a hat on, age aoine one does in •
Dundas that we know of. -Galt Reporter:
The formal dross parades of the HaYtiatt
army must be vetyamusing affairs. At a
recent parade' there were thirteen private'',
ten ofticere And six drummere, the rest Of
the men not thinking it worth while to
attend: Both officers. and men carry their
arms as they plertse„ and the privates •
appear in picturesque tatters:' The sentries
always sit on comfortable; eheirs. while on
, • .
dotY, ' '
In the south' it is a popular belief that a
man can endure fatigue in het weather
better on buttermilk than any other drink:
It hatisfies the' craving hit acids and
ernishes in its diecsy matter a good supply
of wholesome nutrition... ', , .
- In San Prauciscol,, since last ;Saturday'
Week, they have .expetienead the • hottest.
weather eVer loloWn 1» that city: -
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