The Sentinel, 1881-12-23, Page 9_
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*MT estIarcre: and Dareng. ,
the• author oe -"What: He Cost -Heir
" Qwendoline's Harvest,"- and other
: • popular novels.
112 her new-found Child, in the seeming
' it:id/less of her attendant andin the bud-
ding of a secret -hopethat was ta bloom
npon the Morrow, Mildred had- ahnost tor,
gotten that shewed n. prisoner but -at the,
bated nameot that unscrupulous servant
of the Carrseshe awOke at- eneee as. from
a:baseless dreaM, to. the:full consoioushesse,
other unpeetepte.destate and of the den-,
gers that- were threatenhigher. me
_the keysiond let Me put -there: beneath iny
woriaanl" cried: sheharsielye Then
obstinately reftteieg- to uhrobe, she. Iate
down outside the bedclothes; clutehingher
Child to- her bosom, ei hile hee sleepless eyes
Wandered from door to door.' -
-Hour- after hour went - by its: perfect
silence_save for the sitgitsg- of ,. the -birdi•e.
" .which.had-nOt as yet gonfOrditaltheinselves
totheinverted habits of Clyffe Hall, ere
" -Luoy'rs deep -drawn- breathing convinced
Mildredethat her jailer. waa'astecip. Mille,
had long beenevraht in sounded• slumber.
- If she. could only erise. without awakening
either,• and reach the postern with her
•• precious charge; Whileyet no hUmala etetse
ture was astir I -once in the village she
7 would be safe enough, or what seemed. sate
by comparison with such a neighbor as this'
woman's brother. The postern had no.
lock She knew, but only bar and chain,
• which she could unfasten. SoftlYehe erose
- with:key ih hand, -and keeping her eyes-
• ftaed upon:Lucy, opened. the aeconcl 'door
withalat noise, then lifting up the sleeping
cshilcl, stoleforth as sheet 'tie a ghost, and
flitted: down the -stair. •
Not 'five minutes had elapsed era. she
returned, and pale end: 'cautious as .before
stole intes -bed agein •with- beating heart:
In her hand she held a. slipof pap.erewhich she.
had found, newly fastened-e•for the wafer:
was still wet --upon the postern. -
"On yaw life, dci pot open this -door.
You will, eskape, ewete lady; bu hoteby
such Means, I am: watching Over you.
• Having had faith in me thlis -far, is • it'
-woith wile to mistrust' Me now?--Yoya
- :WeeirAVISEEES AS BEFORE.
"Destroy this noteat°side.'
•
This Mildred read and re -read until'
every word was. hers ; 'then tore the paper
into a thousand fragments, and placed it
in -bei bosom. Like a dharmit stilled its
throhbiiags ; and presently the healer sleep
drew down hex eye -lids with his viewlesS
hind, and smoothed the care from oft her-
troutsted face.
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CHAPTER X:-XXIV.-
A neormi. Nunn-.
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got until the weary -fall asleep ahd, wake
again after an insufficient --ems:Shut , of
repose - are they :fully conscious of the,
, extremity-ofetheir-pasetefatigue- Ere -they
-.give Way to sleep,: it. seems .to. them -that
• they are tired!, but tot exhausted; but
when something arouses them atter a -few
'hours, then_ they knew, by harsh evidence,'
„ how -,near their evertasked- strength- Must
• have: been. to collapse. The muscles are
estiffethe-limbepowerlessetheeyelideheavy
• v •as lead; the . brain torpid, and. only with,
pain and difficulty- -quicken.ed to thought.
•:• Our_ whole - being • piteously; and yet
.drowsilye:dereandsto be let alone in that
intechanaber alike of death and • life -
:repose -a little longer. " Alittle more
sleep, a little more sliamber, a little:More
• -folding Of the hands to When.,
- . under such circhinstences; some: iraportue
nate_ sound corapele ourreluetant attention,
• we are lcsegbefore we can trace it to.. its
trueorigin ; and before we wake,. it Berne-
' times_ suggests dreanis in Which. we -gee-rite:
live -a- lifetime, Thus Mildred Clyffaide
&eat° every ttensesavethat her lost _child
• wakfoldecl- in her arms, lay; (keen:Nes as
the- dead,. .,for hours, and then began to
-litiove that she waseprispner inan enchanted
castle, ruled over by the wicked and
thalighant Grace, assisted:by cgain evil-
demons- Gideon. Carr, to witeanretement,
arid- William- Calor; -but. yet_ she- had
friends outside, and, in .particular, Liehten,
.-ihteige-eteeeeelwayttini complete armor, and
camped (by hunse treeeeillaeleeho was en-
andpaesing his time -very agreeahly7stM
seeme-d-, in- -summoning the garrison IA
-blast of trumpet to surrender to hie
clereeney. .Nor- was the- garrison hack,
ward ie the trumpeting benne-se (without
.• which,by the bye; it is the opinion of thapre-
--_itent writer that the chivalric period of this.
wOrla's. 'history would hate ceased enrich
sooner than it aid),. but sounded: mints,
and recalls, parleys, _ fahfaronades; etc,
with heat finish and'admitable exieciution.
PDoe Mildred's prescient spirit sighed
for the extension of Mr Bass' bill to
Shalms and trumpete, but still the brazen
clamor condi:ided until it 'farly woke" he:
•
itwei deep night, but through thieeeoia-
'• devise - which looked clowu on theeeog.t--:
• yard, flashed a Wrist glare. :
" Fire!" was theces:thodudgenarrugofhletror
that
dragged her 'by-
th
fririna the.:bed, and lasede;zerenpcuutm-abstiridoe-
the
•.blind with hasty . by
•sher,..babe.-. lee eteeege sight met her gaze.:
It,he space- wee thronged .w.ith men and•
eneeeby the light of ft/trite pene-
e cheei eed strifeof tongue's, the clang- of -
El, an/hoots, filled the dark air with.
•rd.eatliteti diet:I:and Wtille-sheloo_ked.„ _
-been& 'came trotting from their ke--
, and the °tack of whips broke forth,
- e
theti againtik he aher:snort sun2nriohs
the hone. • • •• - •• •
“Do: not be elermede dear niadam," cried
uoy from her bed; " the -master is only
• ettitg.ferth to hunt. ,T suppose. it seems
-strangest:tough to you, though We at Clyffe
are-gettingieuite-iised taturningnight into
(biel ° • •
Strange, yes; strange indeed; for though
the sights end sounds -were in themselves
not unfamiliar to Mildred, -she scarcely
recognized_ them =tier thechengecleircume
• stances. It almost -seemed as though
those persons were engaged it some tuahal-
Vowed rite, some impious attempt to turn
Gages gift of -darkness from its proper usee
. and. perpese. in such a parody of the.
-blessedem.orn; appeared sobeething sacrie
-legionse soill did the bnowedlightdepct .
the dB.WII eo IliesOnant the •noisiegethat
• strovein Yelp to wake the sleeping World. -
"The air Was dumb that should have. -been
alive with- Nature's vaking sounds; :though
• *hat sounds were made, she echoed like -
one wonder-stricken:eft that the noise and
clangor of the scene itself were ceaselese:
-. ' . •
although Isla ded in d boundeesseilea of
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silence- ; and 4ioughthe torches flared are
'blazed, and:eiv ry.hoof drew fire from
.stone, a migl4y. belt of darkness .ditcom-.
passed all. . 1 ••.e. •' t ,•
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"And is thi scene enacted every ig,ht?"
asked Mildred half to herself. • -
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"Yes, madm; every 'night far into
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spring; and 1 ng after -the other pack at.
Kerahel has ise ed to hunt. Alefirst, the
novelty ot. th . thing attracted matey folke
but now the ectaster hunts alcine, .eaeles for
his own people:I' Vefier aryl's all the IMMO
to himandCven for frost he....cates. not.
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-I am-toldethat it is a grevisortics sight to eee-
--his recklesa ri ' g-----hethat was on e Ruch -
•e book -Worm, and weenie to :all utdoot
sp?r , i• -
V- until " - -
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. ' "-Alas, -can • this-- be • he," r bete riipted
- Mildred pitif lye -"who-mountsethe black
horse -it hilt" Yrnond'a own Black -Diamond
-,at the Hall teips? Why, he nui es like
an old mane t ey almost lift hiha ' to the
Saddle. How orn. and thin he hi ke -ands
how deadly paje 1." •". • !
e "Ay; madai4i,and so - he .alwayti. looks,
except, they s y, :when- he is at the full
gallop; ahead o all the field, and thinke him-
aelfdlone ; the some that -have lie n near
hien 'Ray be - ries out dreadful jthiugs,
threats againe this and that 'm n, • and
-even against y mietresse-or, breaks into
•mad epngs ; while over -bia -facia Jilere
comes d look e aptly like what liii geeat-
greatgrandsie , - Guy, wears-tha -is his
pidttire as liee to hang in the g llery-
him, you know • as leaped into-Hel Gates;
and, what seems stranger -still, he takes -a
pleasure ' in that awful' epee, an places
like -it, ''.which lad Heaven kneeler.. hither.
Three months go he • made Black iamond
take the stone rall • into the Pothole Field;
where never m u-�rhots() dared. gel before,
-eta gallopedii and out among thehasms,
until William- seized his bridle, ---d led
him out by for - ."- . -
ef.thank yo beother for -tha. deed,"
cried. Mildred fervezitty, "if -for naught
dee: Aare acing off, and yet 1- do not
see hhh. . Wh is. he not there noW to see
his master doe net Come to hairier :
• "He serves Iis. - Clyfferd, Madam, not
Ur. Rupert; u less by her command; and
perhaps she hes ordered it otherwise.
"1- -forgot," returned ;Mildred •celdly.
“ Is it her.pleaShrethat we -arise now like
the rest. of tie - hpuseholci, -oi ' ..ait for
mortizig?" .• '
"You will pease yourself, mad4i Claut
• the child has e viaye kept its - -usual hours
-since ithae bee in my charge, and if you.
,do not mind t e loneliness -for the days
areverylong a d lone here---,"
• bitterly; -" th -facee are . few in eed: at
“ By no mere," interrupted, flared
Clyffe.whoee a senee I shall mour . .:Neet;
do not cry, -darling,- my set -Milly,
Let us to. boa a aineand try once are te
forget our -sorr "
_ .• ,.
" The.child i hungry; modem," di
seryed
Lucie- in the se e depredating. tone whieh
she had so ofte used before; "1 have- hiod
for her in the sipboard, if you- please let
e
nte-riseeand:gi rithere-'-e-Not -,Watting-for-
an ansWer shegot upeand Striking :a light
tii
-for the e -last - immet of the torcbee of the
receding hut ad by this time faded away
=set milk an - bread - upon thei table.
" Will you no akesoinething yoineelf,decti
,
Madam?" entreeted she respectfully. "1
have. meat -#14: wine-- .hereewhicheare not
poisoned. ' Fo your child's, sake, : you
should not star'e yourself." - . . •.,. . -
"Are -you -1H nd or foe?" inquired Mild-
red seetehingly "1! not a friend, :I:beseech
yeu do nOt rno4k me with this lip- •sereice• e
Stay- new lel hie "-she took thewoman
ley the arm, an iscanned, her fac --". are
you my.even-whsher . - . .:1 .
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Not e .feath e changed, hot a ' ray Of
_
intelligence ga e• token that the ,allustili
was miderstood,..., In the -simplest tone she
-answered, "es, madam, inileede I ani.
Why shouldiIbt- be so?" • Then s ddeniy
il
i -
perdeiVing the -efiey, which ldte n her
• egitation had le t in the-doorleaelin to the
• poseern;she cri -d with -fervency,- " Heaven -
he praised tha you are here :ally el You
have opened yo .dee _doer. It maybe you
are a sleerewal er, So I will take. t 10 key;
but, oh 1 mada , beware Of what:_rou da.
Be sure you n .ver venture forth:- in. (lay.
light-siritholit _ e by- your side. Alearliest
'morel they - et). • the „blood -hounds loose-
Red- . •Itufus lie : is so ten ble t
-I cr Noe" inatila7ai , answered Luo, : Witii
strangers." Ebtempt, tioshe., riot., t.o.i issue e,..
hessitation; and. hanging. down he . head;
"it was lopsediefteryeards, ,aiid_ it lei always
. so to be; thee/ ja thy mistreeshsoarny ti oh2.3 h . . .
. ."Tkatis.a ri son, indeed;
is • death to , f . 1 Vo cano.
!tee I 7 . ex _iaimea
Mildred eiehle,encticeru.t. 0-;?7,,a..ts:1..a. ay
whom' yeti:eery
Warrant het rily
te.4ce:c.harged me reinem-
" Ycalr-A"urieseavter you, madam, high -or -a
rwAtc- ireavai, . is Safe, .. for 1 znyself
blrl.,.,iinetett'Ab. nee rtea-e' e sate,- a' nd th;‘,0 ghifit
welcher- hi Brine, and the tango hound
halted her baby hatilin love, .which having
done, he is herleieutlforceeer." - -
At the peril to which sheil --'
"Thanks for ?hat, Ludy," qhothialcirede
shuddering st
had so- nearly ercteberself. • . "1 will not
strive to free:ni eel!. again ; I will trust to
uet .; ill rin.yoh,Lucyealthough-
God alane and rah help as He may. sena
meand I *
you. prhirdse hohing, for I :do thi 4 you
• i
wish Me well." • , i - . ' - .• . --: ,
Then -Mildred ate a littI4 and pr septlY
c
disrobed; and . nee: More laidelier weary
lie.adeapenethep lloW, andelepteo::: blindly
that. she - never 'heard the 'night ..hunt
coming home acloss the echeingbei ge, hoe
woke again till i was broad bright ay.- -
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CK1PTEB xxxv.
VimIIDDW .TSEAem. .
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' How: hnehaii ilig • are 1 fair • Tlatiire's
feathresh _Tire „ whi0e. destroys : nectar
poor beauty, do ebutletghteet bete . while
evert • the- toecle of • war, which': I ye'. the-
borieestethlWast and kindles' into - din all
that -man has ' le ilt, or sown, or - tented;
leaves -.her - seer ely scathed, and sWift to
repetr. r. damage : coVering. the - bloodiest
graveetvitle gree . -. Crime, andeWro g,- and:
Woe affecther ii thing. • She suppli 0 this
life'S stage with linatchless "melees; ,let the
actors -play-Whal they Will, and simile upon
the direst erage. ies- as on theepeac fullest
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doniestic drama. Neyee'.-dicl springtam, fl
ing.--daWn mote -brightly -: or likOaa ii.-. ere p
into .a more. - - oriou-s day thin I - that t
which on the _orrow: bade: in • vain the i
inn:tato-v. ef - -.01 ffe - Hall ---rise from their t
shaeliefedeleepe ndedaste Graces Clyffard'e a
pillowed hiit lin estfuleffice with Miacchs. 'b
herded -blushful: . Eden itself, be .siir -,.:vitis, 's
not lesrefair after the fall,.than when if. ent-rande to the cave' itself, the snow- , e
pleased the ihnocesat -eyes-of bird -cherry :drooped like a knighteepl me ;-
paeentei and Ribble -thy/tied:eta-nobly in -while in tient nathreehad speeadd: rpet
the_skte andflieheditiliundreditheanateite -of foiget-menott. ' - • ' _
bright and purely as th0)101'110 curse, nor '-'41 How fitly these grow here!"- sal -
Cart, had ever vexed thehouse of, Clyffaide. deed : with swimming- eyes. -
"ow - well - yen- hived old Ritilder; wait for Usegebd-Ludy, and wait patiehtlY?
Madam!" _ said Lucy Cater, as Mildted's This tereheY-taking tate fresh the „L -h. eaP
eyes deloured, the glorious hill BS the three which -always -lay within the antechember
orossed-the Park. -• will lest the for. tte0hours....andelfiOte--"
that lido,". replied she with-, eager_ _ 1 will Wait,' madam," retureekthe
passion, then added; less warmly, -"look othere----e I will trust your word Ma to rob
how the cloud berry dyes its very crown, as, Yourself of God's. good. gift of life 4 you
though the sunrise lingered there! How know not indeed, you knew not lady.-61sow
beautiful it fel Of happiness it Oen yet mayeffeave
"Yes,madam, but very creel. re:Itsebeggy ---ihestore for yesii",e -
fells have smooiedeptor • folk before now, voice faltered- as she MS red,
and otheeehelespentWeary -years ittelail,: " That is true, good Lucy,-• and you will
for . hutting on the, .slopes the wild red _heveretePent this day, I think," .
deet, before the.Clyffardit e_ She 'stooped • down, efor 'she- Was Oiler-,
• "Do yourememher that, Luber?' . than -the other, and kissed her cheek,*hiole
-"Aye that I do, madam, and when the wasilike a'shrivelea- apple, that -hade.hoie-
tenants hereabouts-=-eitelehoin my father_ ever, retained its ruddy hue. Then,litiving
once was one, befote-therevileclaysecame-on lit the torch with hint and steel, she. took.
ha-ewere all ealled'efoteliters„":01--ideseeprh" her -way with her astonished babe iht6 the
to cherish; and. -Ptelierve: _thseend -heart-Cif Ribble, with expectations 'higher
venison . liVSYS an old-world place in-the:41e- thanhadfilled the- soul even to hitea who•
days, with old-world eitotiis, fauch as you Wei the first to explore hidden_ gleiliee:
.have _never heard of .WET'Were very -Ninth° for Where was treasureof or fairy
folk. ;There'evae .thet such a -.thing tet- a land that coulcl • Pompere_with what- she
tinie-piece ill all -Plyffe; :sale that in- the well knew lay hid- in the cathedral Chem
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clock- tower of the Hall, and 1 the .701.iiig ber-whohce from the aitikhees, With a
inaster'S hUnth)g.watot evelihis fetrucik the: joyful oryeeprahg forth her own -brave hue
--
hours::: -Pear Mee how I -band-her Rayinond; loved as only those
showing that 'toy r. etee for _glasses to. are loved who hese been lest. -mouthed as
-tell -the weather -von. motehtem was the
-eialY glue We had': : ...-.. - • ' - -- •-• '• -
_- If Ribble't head do:wear &hood --
. : _.: - e -Be Aureate daywiune'erhold-geed,7e:
that Was all we knew allOnt- the, weather."
, “But if the.: Cators: are ClYffe .'people,
ho* is it that. ;they oOme tcillervieeethe
- . - -. - . .• .
-Carrie?" ' :-."-. -. -. :-. ,- . : -• -- - : :-..
"Well," returned Lime' • hesitatingly,:
"they thought, suppose, to better. thene',.. being called_ eleeevleere an f- thetent, the. na-
selves: - Besides, we - didn't - (soppy: the -longer- beheld. hien -clingitig . to the
whitewall, he nethratiyeiinagineh - th t hei
had fallen isheeruPon- the. beaohelieheithe
Such Would bale' been the case With pine-
teet: out of twenty met it -a Strait- likethat
law, nay, whet his steward or 'bailiff: even- :Of -13,ayinend -Clyffardee; but years of ithun-
chose to say ; it a man. trodon-eitherside: farybardship,'Och as .stiorfsmen...us61- had
thepublio way that outs the park,- some. made his sinews lithe etd•steppgae tee},-
fcitesteriveuld-tekelithf-elayetlieehllerietenh and rusehipg•"(whereeno horse:Pould gellesp)
beat hitne like:. e. dog ,,,----lioolt_Alistre,-,. at on theeciaggy fells hi the chase '0: ,014:: bill-.
yonder . gen-trash before . us e loitering:by: lox had „Made:his limbs as supple ag ety,
thee-becksomee.v-eitiiheting.-404tieteeteetp,- brecthateheree, who gams his bread itif _aril
I
. vise, hybeatiottfolie-,'Well, iiillietineeeli Allis neck, apaleapingefkone -rock-th : °eke
speak of-.- But .here , Refits comes-. IneetanY -.a .,, loathing -beck . to -che •--his.
'There ie no fear, niaaanie - He always runs hounds upon the otter had gtveti ..leible eye
to tie thus to bid 'good morning'" : . ,as..'• true as .111i who, -on the slender ..,,cipe,
" Tekethe ohildeecriedillilared; "There appears to tOttereonly to deceive the-Oping
:is fear, I say/. The htgiseingreee-lurimis.e Crowd below him. •And thapgleae braee as
• "By Heaven, and 'so he is!."-• :eietaithe - .any one who 'drew - breath; :.: Raytheind
they,- --"Hels tredkeing.e0nale OnThiithot- -abhorred to dao, . alit longed - to 'liviata
-me Ales 1:: ittethat wrczechedT men. -He oleh in that extremity,- held 'Un-:. wit -: his
will teerehis _life_ Out" - Then,' raising -her raisingehet inapiy. soul to I./epee as to the cliff WW1- his
Vpic_e to itithltepatislieehe:.orteel.-.00, strong fingers, and took his measures- ith-
.11e-ellp_4tirep-aii, and hide !'' • ' ' .-- - '-etZmietraeieliree dileperst.iir4...to. htireee- very brink of -4 hat
:The person addressed-tectefer,eciffeta: '
,naech her."*.orda, 'although the souiikal-. :'5"---e--:sorlfiteeectiv.6--g7'416tt.11.a4941-1witirigniinhea'enead. teltiae
treated. him, • Bilt,--heeelooked :hp and -saw-
__ratuleiteweesenet 'Vers-m314*Olild have shot at once, but hide
pipe, seemed to Offer Bailie- salient . nts,
_the_doge.Whoie_dreadfUter
to 104, as he tlue-igep-weteng- to the -e-Loi-:
difficult to -un-diatitatd. With nese to . - •
ground, - -fhb. Mighty -ereatiire'. canteeen ,at- -
headlongT speed_, _ how-esieetYine,:ethia-wity '., soMe coignes of _Vantage, or, at all e Ihts,
- -,-1. isehrefereble position to . thetewhich- e at
now the other e as : thCeareless. f atesteps ea - e-_,...
ptesettoccupied, exposed to any ect of
elle 'meh had loitered ' devious, but never -
has mottallose; a touch WW1:Whose elk,
stopping for one instant .-. ' - •-' - -: .- .... . •-
. -__ - ' e stick Or finger -111p emit_ teed§ .hev , een
_ e7leafor_yeurelifer:.toreani.4'iheAwd :''"--s -
hie histate death doom
women ;With hue. voice,, -. and - the • men - „....
-.... ewes by no Means ee -.exhatistecie r at
ftilined:. eta fled, .: but -- -libt-hp,itreate. - 'A. :
to utter collapse-, : .. he
little waditg_ie the -Water,- and theti7thii-es Of- .10-a.I4k .-ta9 . --near
seemed ; and taking advantage of GI. otee
the: nutherous - hollOws in the wave worn -,
neendeeeterY .glance aside, he elid: 0 own
rock Would heve- concealed :him safely, at
to ereest. the • force of : greeity. 'At.
r.i;4s°1f.:aaelti:14aliAt.: hparecrPdesi-lcdtir S:e'itft- 4714iain4,
all events, until Lucy;could hoe% come ,salci0*.ligl;,.
and calmed the lietiateelniteinitead orthat
he cliinhed-theeeaitern babk; and•nidde-for-
thieteite, after such. a-. second of ti as
thebettdary,willottletifdeeppetk -: Up to
might hoesit against. a year of oedine life
that linaeilChOarse -deep -.bay .had everlid e -r
anon broken like a_ knell upon women's ''''L4bIlev- el°g1,11-121,;antifthlto ,Itrit,6d;i0:fi§tiVg-P.004r-ciwlait :81%1167:
ears, but the instant that the men iihiroied -
--preC_ipiCei Andel' which his sideways urge-
hiniself the dog was deinle and - tan straight-
- . . • , , --__•.e- .-,------e'-e--e----------__e'. • - . had 'brought- hint; - !so - that he-. was uitee
as arrow from toe eow. ------___
' 4 terrible cry. escaped trcra Milorea'S'. ihidden from -his -manly's, :sight . Hulled
Hee, and --shoe coveredehereeyeseevtitheller il_:!.4-13.-CIsee.,fie!s_Fa-hilii, sell of ti* --140;;; r4abil-,-
__ .T. ... ...., .. ... .______ itone th edepths - below; -ea/nee-up -114.--in-
'13,411-".-T4.1ie.-.inen-edets:.5etaTterteeeie____._, eee-a&,-eleu5:y numerable flecks Of gee -hi -eel, as- thief& to
may_ ereeeled-hif$:intrueion lad theireelehoet kerial
comfortingly, " it is possible that he
demaiiisee The teueh of a passing '.wing:
,wotha. have 'sot- hitt falling,. like a their
'Ludifei, theotigheepece. ;their -iiideOh0, and
:utexpected 'aiity, ,which even alarin0 hie
rchirderer, .standing on the ',gelid - .4 ith,
ireleiceik his very soul hum, and clieithig
--hueesidee he - Waited for e ihometil„, as
twit-eh:for the stroke of "deem.- -11p ' the
ifo-i3ittgledge• on,whichhe lay, never 3 fore
had any-creatutehiggerthan a . bird Ound
foothold; filewe . more :lychee; .: and trA- ter-
miiiated; as Raymond .- found out gber
wards, without a tine:ea creek, -a noaheity
1,47-.4-444etki.--.28,914119.44.,,„_ carpenter's lane
-e-vinee his - iron nerves.- rine ' ._•., ' • '. ja .pnl,
-*Ay, or proved us:leg:eel to the taiket a
tat -:before --. him.- Bpewhen he 'clerea to
talte"hiseeyee.frern the slope. to -Whieli he
clung- with foot : -;and finger, lid ete-edily.
'murder," _e-Thi--acelogehoules-back---eag*denee-110,- , .
., , _. _
turned thein - ter.the Cliff ;a1 -one-,.: ho ithe_
the unreturned dead are mourned but
found, and hers onceniore I 1 -
CHAPTER :XXXVI.
•
sump IS THE MAUL
het. Gideon Carr :lest looked. own
uponliiii victim from the Bea -con ; he
saw him, as he -thought, within 7 few
seconds death, and -when, his att4htion
place here we had- heerreised -to, and for
poor people items -Met pleesent to live'
hereabou. You may talk' Of law, but in
those days, whatethe-Cl wais
yet reach the .wall fitit, anh. that Rufus
cannot leap it." •
a13ut if he doe's's) ,moaneh Mildred. .
doomed veretChr"-- .anewered Liecteefere
"Then Heeeenhey!teeereyee_cm. einto;:ere;
*9vently. lc; ebir1.13'llte
9111.577:2-j'arZFlear:1) the wall. With
what strength and seeed the fear-df-4-=:cleath
has winged him I_ -Heeclimbe eteeand the
dog shringeeefeterri.ehilit,olutfails efahlls
and now h
eeeeeee-hiseemeu ei„ , ias -
cynmy- o
" What, what I'dare notelook, Lucy.
I -charge you, tell nee What:has- happened?"
• "- ruiracle-.I-.".-oried Lucy -joyfully. ,“ A
moznent agoesneel I sh.ouldeltavereplied A
must __aveektiown
lino* !hiee_-_-trieti-Whe„ easetItliouglie„itheeee
everybodylteeeabohts. epee, he comes, this
gatebeling like.* puppy; he is - :joyful,
becetee -he :haefOuted-41-etrietal- e`a-di ---eneetoo,
who has-aiithority th bid-htzteconee Wedge.,
kalibuld-Jiat have . deemed that Any Men
save William, and the_ poore_m_aster hitriechf
coula-haveliadeeliblePowehoyer Ithinee-e,
• _._:- . •• . . -
._ -With red tongue lolling low, wide jaws,
and .chestall_fleckedele-afth-Tfaet-leeee-thereboge-
beist-theinde.reglipe- but.hieeyee were to
longer afletne; nor ..eedh heir of his russet
ohatbiistlitsgasebefoie-With-bit-tieltehats
setanditge, that 'there 'seemed- -Beene Ova..
withizi hu that prompted him to -glance
into the -ii-nfathomable•gulf below, 'teed So
to perish. Thep he, perceived upon .his
right hand, and so obese that be eppid
-touch if had he to napve; a hollow in
the chalk, 'large enough to contain; his
body; atdevhich seemed to widen with its
depth... To the mons sana, reasoning in its
-area-ehair, or • indeeltherany person who
possessed tha advantage of level ground,
-
his 'geteihg inter_ this hole would have
seeniedenerelyethe exchange of speedy-
. . death 'for one equally cettain,, althoiegh
and lust of. doinbat; -Luey'patted his vast 7morelingering but to stretched
011
heed, bent t_p_eveliefoetetterTekiet-gaiveehire Vast le-dge of death; it 'appeared Jam diem,
Milared'eThandlqiitiss in paietiveis the estineate of Whet ie goteW'a.
• -
"-NOW you drefriends,"'huoth she, ycei yiliflilteaet. of seeerity= -e einesunineatiou
heed never fear. hist more -But who was scarcely tObe hoped for ; epeittense was -his
that .-ield•-acquaiiitancese Itufuseey. desire to attain. : ;Yee, - that five foot
just parted from? .protest -orifice in the. otherwise unbroken wall-of-
spineWhat curious to see him. • But if -for 'white iiSeihed to him like the e gate of
-you look very pale, niedatneethiescene has • ,
been too much for you, let us go home; and Slowly Email creeps,- Writhingl- iibS a
postpone yourevieiteth ilitreeteyee-whigh, worm crawls, and trailing his whole body I
indeed; you hoWeney not---fihaeTelitity.- -along the ground; like. • pile in Afain,;(
eennef think_Whate-could ha-eeletiebresuglitelle -.Ray-metal dragged -hi meelf inch by inch, into
Mao hither; unless see it-, for the gsttee the. hole. -Then brain 'andeniUsdeeittiled
. . . . .
as as often maloeked as lecked,"., - .togethet,..and.he ley. for -a-little
"Thank You, good Lucy, but _I:Must -do deed ---t6 ell -Appearance* :a-Feethosigh
as r have purposed," returned Mildred faiteh indeed throtgh, reatiy a feehoM Of .
resolutely,- "1 feel better pow." space upon that pebbly .beach. Wheeetioh-
, Nevertheless, she -heneeforthemciVealeewith sciOustesereturnecl, fotiTd.hiniself an.
trepablingettaici scarce could hold her little -excavatioll'Of ophsideteble extent, :the:
oof
as shestooped to-----hlitekethee--Wild- of'Which Wakeetfficiently high to th't
owers-hy_the---*-9474ho -lbw_ to staiedeupeigWee-FeOMI thitk*rk
ale : bltievieletAattegeeateeeleprizeloeher as recestethe breiablhe-shotved- lerightere*ral-
hough it weteenoteitsettlesS),-thiCtiree-;-le :ate the sparkling sea seemed to ensile Wore
orrel, striped With blue, or strove -to -clasp joYoutely, than Raymond had eveil, bete
he _golden Saxifrage (almost as vain a tatk. them, the sea birds' sereithes, white% had
s to rob the butter -fire Wing!' of their rieh not as. yet by may means subsided, haddth*
loom), and:babbled:A all theglety-ofethee a tote of -0-tittle:don-het has ear ; and thank-
pringin her imIchelea_tongue.e.Aboire the iteIly his thrObbinghrove welcomed the d'ear
• --
•
-
breezes, the VetY sof
whiapered tO :him.' but a
ofedeath. Therewith th
eafetyierbee new fears,
was itpoesibleethet. he :sh
from ehtilt .e.. prison'? - Itew
he well. knew,. --for vessels
lettere-close. i.e.-shore set o
ieletsie and even if they di .
.to. -draw ettehtiote -to- hiro
strange and iinlopked,feepl
•- Moreover, if even be-shoie
aware Of hiebeing in such
by -what nabinse.coeld :heft
Long 'before they delo - d
through 'the solid ietck, :he-
gettsh of hunger,. unless- t14
.gullashould beihgbirn foode -
nourished- the .prophet nt
huniatibreature doming tet
:by the way came, t.f,
attehipting to- escape . t
brain reeledat.the very
-dhance-ehe-bould see noWe, ,
'the peril to -which' he ha; -
.6-Xpoeid, and havitig-seet
revielted.ae the them:often,
a et:few:el-time the heti. -
he had heard oftlieweedt_
biedcatelteri in theseper.
hie- nainci„bet he -well :kie
above him elerlitng - -
thiled.t.:feaelitetritoh.thitOBeienklitnughe'6:e. .
inabeessible.---. • • • .
• •
What,however, roost -
the -sights, and tacked -he.-- e
Wast-hoW to attract the
-fellpwasreaetitesenat for .
that .Mildred. :and ••
Gideon the x
aerrleer''i:14- Carr.etei;net ost ef
tossett it -there is n
that! :Itis the vert ire-
----eiseenrse that only -itt;
. . _ -
thank Heevet, itiedreamee
• hither:1mo* here:le:neer? e,
it-oht a score of 'u
certain 1.etterathat he b
with hien; and trust _them,
leaves, tellies winds. in hoe
least Mightfluttee -to thehe
Alas; the wind was blowing -
and forbade even that prOni
Or should he iticlosee )etter
hiehutitingWetehe.andelrotei
-below, 'on &stride Of. is 0,
attention of-some.passeiJiy?-,w,
pleasure .uOr business. hroughr
creature from one month's euc
Siek at heart with the bopyiet
futility --ef ealiy such tic:heroes,'
turned wearily' away, froth the
shOshine,etud setehe the gio.ohe • of
As he didso it streick -him for. -the
tether ed the dave:..- 7• , 7 • .
. v.
tiitie how' strange it Was -that there
sea birds, tor any traces of them; ie
so natehbetter adapted fok _t4ir : .7g
than the hrecarious ledges' all ab'
which-timrQ-,8Aviirpaiitg -en feeciee
.youog. What could have eept -ee ,ae-
tehahterft-_otn_.Se bonveniett tie Athp.
antreariniteleal to their kied coat „
in such...a position, - .evehileeyrid or
kestrel it eertainly • was not. :Ili e
footstep struck .itgeiiitst oft,e;
whieh:- he Carried liOn3e d
though without ,resistatee-, -fo :
---VVIISTI-thiS. riddle in-e-atutalehistory r lead -
:.its solution, .
---.The reason *by 'the gnillernOta oiled;
thective: wee - heoatiee it was the oc
tesert -of Man or.etf 1l events b lets - -
of iireeencee Whet ..Raysiee, had -
dragged forth was aehuge :hinsale goitre _-
packed in large
qnantity. -of foreign lace. Halle e duet
-sihailat packages were arranged Me semi,
,
_circle' at the far ond of the; caver along -
wethtw. or throe bele! -et hatd-
some,. ehawls. :These costlee articl were
net very Ito 141.0:land ._ reieiat
position, except that, :aollectivele e:they
• ..
formed: a . by no es -neaps edespica
Their chief italUe to. him lay in e'.faet
that theyen.. t_ have _a thoete. -0
...whp h. ah proleablyetorte mechaineal:niespe - -
of communicating .with ..prope ty.eIt
would have been a spedulatipte of .-einsider,
able importence taltaymonelehad own' • :
-itte.reist sleeve -at estake, as 19. When
this . • hohishimieetion took eplace, with:
respect bodtlYsiistelieheefor meet
thid-clinakare ateleastas much: neceeeariei
-of es- Brtsselelace. and Feenah.-. ihawle
--but .ap_Xiety concerning . 6114
child swelloevedeeP all: other catee..e
Again 'and. again, as he :grew eeceii$oined
to the semi darkness of his tetreit te:le
minutely examined the - and _toot in
• eeareh Of some meat* of egresse- bY.
he bould make his way to peeves Cottegee
.toprotect his -clear 0110.8,'.ii!Ild.r:thSS. to
IteTtteetnthetiek-
but - was gelid chalk,
surface theecafela :leave- far -behe-44 the -
particular, ho* lia,ble-_ ed,„ end, - in
opening' heedemust bye:Made, ae •• liner
top. Of the Beacon Down he hecaide sati
-tea that nothing of that • eert; :existed:
ISeerecy Waaeyidently theMaiii considera-e-e,
tiers -with,- these. who stored ',their: goods- he .
such avace as that. in which •'llaymoud •
now found himself, nor had -he any-
but. that he was in: 'biding -place of the
free-traders, • -inie'they-. -belled thisiesselyeee
'Persons in advance of their, age; Wham the
hese fevered part: Of the optiaterueityeetig.
_as . stetigglete It was: likely
eliceigh that _Ionia . Df.. his eSeeighet:_ftiende
wet°. part-owners of these eery goods
which, •indeed, were far too -valuable to. pp:i:
-letig to Any- This however
.(etrit.eeeepea :to -Raymond at the thee), was a enatteh:epf yery aeophelary eesiets,
•
pon which -.Ming the fate cif /eland.
But theei.certain.-. Of night
nelich-as geess-ere the dreadtti enotrow
coieneleeizeseee.irls and :4Ce might jOselliOdglexOL
the breakers of the leee Or all-ihat cote -
be.the owners neightsehh :lobo 1.
corned:14M- Wais.- that those who-rdaiinea. -
although by what /pewit!. he eo: deice eh
.t _ • _
Uponet-seillettee gee; .and- t e houre -
.of darkness wearily Wore thoet-:'a
Aimed, Save t4e, monotonous ..of.
'Ole. wore,- 444. the edit* -of the
herriziggith and the kittiewake.
- . -
(Tobe continued. •
• One thousand Italian immi
Texas were laetely obliged tics lie
straw, _and without covering, dun
• spell of three weeks; They foun
on landing, havitg been deluded
-tion sharpers. .
- The ArchbishOp Atmagh,
All Ireland, be created a
sliort1 after Chrietmat
ti in
as on
&rainy
work
emigre, -
!Mate of .
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