The Huron News-Record, 1886-01-13, Page 7Tar
POR t ../ADEPS,
A STORY 1N: A. STORM.,
on I'Ve • l'ilaPterli.) ,
ottareitt 1...--(lowitxtre1t.- ..
" 'My dear J Kik,he Oliva ttgain,
. ... °00.....0 IWItataeltie5.4111. Liii.e-MX:elaritaft
-..1.1415-
4 • mean 1' .
."'D4.) you an
wt me to telt* 'You
- what a 111.1.ekottard ly .eriak it is, Nei,
'
for a in tn rowing eternal love
to ono w.nu In, he is • entaged
.—to another .1'
" 'I re:illy don't Innterstand you,
• jack Verschuvie,' he: erica,
" 'Then you ale a coward .and
liar, as well 118 a snotindrel,'•
••"-Atonk here, .1' telt," he crlea:,. 'if
y-ou were not Grace's lit.other I.shottla
take more notice of tit i4 ; but as you
are I 5114111 it your witness, or tip-
.9iness, or wIt never it is, pass,"
" •And I shali let yonipass,!...1
said, 'as We 811,111 let you pas§ ' • for.
mind '
this ..41 I.mes litirtley, ifyen.
'ever dare fo ep(1111 to my sister again,
I'll thrash yen as I would a dug.' ,
"1-10 fired up at this, and caught
tee by the breast. In tity' rage 1 did
the same, ;111(1 for 43.f4.-tw I110.1110111$ We
81004 11301 0111.01"8. ey48.
Th(111.110 144 ll111131111,1 4110(),
whole manner changed. • • • •
eL reasonable. I'll promise
1.nything. There, I'll give otp
NI try_ Lane altudetlter. mean
I'll never simak.tur'her again. Will
that sttit you 13 •
"Call 1ne contemptible if you
but these words of' his sx1t a thrill
of joy throngh me, and my heart
.g tve a great throb 33 / seemed to,
$ec dm past forgotten, and. Mary
JA).1.111I1111.71n1S-10”--Aritl4 -19.Y.94-11gr.,
so trelyan(1. so, well,.
"Tt wis but a momentary sensation,
and my heart '331111 again with a
weary feling.ef des,pair, for tho idol
I had set up was notthe pure gold
.1 had believed, and,I knew that
could never :again -think of her as
in the past.
. turned once more to go, but he
elung to Inc in agony.
"'No, o „violet go jack,3,he eried,
'For her sake don't treat me: like
this, 'man. I'll go down ort iny
knees to 1 ou if you like
• "You should have thought :of this
befOro;',1 said bitterly,
'1;'should, I.knoW r should,' he
erica 'but 1 have Veen in the
Wrong, and nowI see it all, jack ;.
for Grace's sake, spare me P.
• "'For .daliee's• sake; spare
Those words made. me pease, for
saw mY ,poo i; little darling 14:1Iing
and pining .itWay fr0111 the diroct,s of
this. terrible WOW, and said to myself
it' any' Oneis to suffer let it be me
alone. ' • . .
" 'Look here, '1 tek,', h43. said. •
'what's the good of bijing so straight.
laced 1 It was only a bit of allirta-.
lion.'
" it .erhat yen satel,
'the inn who c•tn b bme likethat;
is no bushonl fur thy Sister. j
''Oh, nunsenge, mut,' he* said,
4W1iat's the .gool of being so awful-
ly particular 1 It's onlyat bit of fin,
„Nothing serious. Nun know. ly
, Lane's a pretty 1,tiri, and likes ahit
of chat With a fellow. Nonsense 1
• shake li Inds 1 1on and F-nr*-71
"I believe .if•he had known. what
was, passIng in my breast";lio woull
have either fileatto strike Me dow1,.
or have tin•ned iid tl1 ; for it 1191.8
418 if all .41w:bleed; in tny body was,
making tom/rds my 111;8(1, -end -driv-
ing me mod. I felt is ,if could
nut bear it, to hear ,this handsome,
' careless' scoundr(1. speak ing".iit
. liis
coo 11.rent.way of histlirtStion,
as lie e•tl led it, with the women
had worsh ipi (ed. . ss, . old • fel i
there 14f1w • .0.tn-ettiti4;.".:-
holy' in my love for that .woman,
and to heir him SjIP tk.,91.; her.„-ats
did made me lung to seize•llith •hy
the timid., an(1 strangle him .whqre,i
lort-st&oti.
"'What,' he said. 'Yon won't
"sletkl) luiils Oh, Eiat.„
. .
don't take it so seriously.' '
".‘Jatues Ilartley,' I said, 'will
you swear to me never. to see Miss
Lane again 7' • .
'1 'yes, yes, I 110 swear,' he cried.
'She's a frivolous.---'
'Silenco 1 rearej, .as 1 eaught
hitt) by the Ann,- fer Leonid nut beta -
•to hear ltim speak in thisway of the
women 1118d loved. •. "'Pt...mike me
then that all thiS wretched business
shalt be at.an 011 11, andthat yoti
never deceive and insult my .si..-iter
,
' " 'I .swear; 1 de swear, .,T41.13k,'' :he
c1i0d. • • '11 13111111 he a lesson t0. me;
fellow Lit Shalt indeed.).
`Then,for her sitke,••I.will: be
'silent,' k • • .-
1 ".'„Ileav:en bless. on, Jank 1' he'
cried '•• and I Shrank from him • hurt
n
ad asit lauvit int() t( l(
.'1 help• it; old:fellow,' he
oried. ere, We aro friends. ttgain'
46
...I' 8,1,1,k0 T. shill say mi
. • • • •
'More,' I replied ; 'but I leek to,yon
itlt• '!*(owi-• good;
• - •..•
•••••• OnAprim tr. ..
. •. • , • .
"Gram More than .once to�kin
to taskabout tny coldness to.darnes
Ilartlily, fair t was cold, though I
tried hard. nut.to show it. It ..wes
impossible' to: be 'otlierayisei. for
could nut forget the 'last 1. still Ite
seemed .to be keeping his' Wurd, tont
:no lover could have been More at-
tentive than he,
••
should r myself
said bitterly, • '8114; is happy., Is.
"must, bear my load the best ‘.vity
can,' , •
• to autumn pessed .and
after playine' the:817y rather -sharply
at, first, fee I did -not feel...stare, el.
aineS ;Hartley, I' ge114 laX,.
andliYalegrees g,•avn up my watch-
ffilmts'sy; • • • . •
, . • •
' hinn'lksaid ;411111 I did.
But 1a11lideL4t....1(01n1 .ut tMver ' going
Maly Gaptain 1A1110'8 honSe, and twin
wham I 83.Vi. her eltsped
113 ,1 • Latley's alms, I wirer
43f1111 8334 fatar,y pule 'alive. ;
tveyoti no same of skittle in,
you ' 1 .cried 1 1.4,d, in a:choking
voice for I tried hard to' sthother
•
my 3134111, 1831, tirittl what oty-rotth-
sister. 3(0111(1 leitiferfer, tliis •inan's,
eake,
'Shame ? yes; if yet dike,' '..he
-said, laughing. . asham.,
ed .01 Myself, and 'I'll lie 3 good boy,
and wolf t clj so oily *More. Thera;
will that du 1'
. .for I felt that -if
• I stopped I should go•fotth inte•the'
• World With .the. curse of ( .1111 111)011
33rbrow. • . .
"liofore I had gone . flllfly yards,'
.thottgle- he was at my side. . .
' •
• " lie s till, 'stop
are you going to. dol 1.4) you hear
•
)fl13 7 Von (11(1 1101 go' inite' say artY.
thing 1111''' dill,: stupid business.. to
to stick them abottt, But my moth-
er sent a, pang through 'me as 'she
said :
" 'Alt, Jack, my dear, how nice it
would be if there was some sweet
girl that yon cared ',for, coming to
-
spend the day.'
turned -my fare, and -pretended
net to hear her, for I dared not look
Iter•in the eyes. 1 snppose it Was
antgan an el- eontempt I e,- t- same,
Ikow there came a strange sensation
in my breast every time I thought
of Mary Lene7-a Hugel big, longing
sensation, that was always folloWed
by :a memory. that I would have
given anything to 1'org0t—the mem-
My of her. meeting that dught \nth
Samos Iltn:tley. •
tt'I left ley mother and Grace,
she, poor girl; looking so bright, and
happy, for she was making prepare-
t•ions for the night's party, and yott.
could see in hor sweet face that
James IIartlev formed' the party to
her, 81)41 eveything 11318 ill 11 iS 110003.
Illy task was to get in another
bundle (14'
iNY1111 tiloally of red,. berries,.
Jack,' Grace said, as r went out 'bill-
hook in. hitml, and •ctil lino; old Sam,
our odd. man and c.,.etrdener, went
'down to the edge. of the copse.
" here s going to be a storm,
INIas' John,' . the , ola man said. `I.
can feelit 13 comiti', in my belies.'
' "„'Illteninaticsa Sam,' I said. •
• "'Nay, nay, nay,' lies' John,' be
said, flthe a storm. The hints tell
me .Of it, too Yon -see .if 'aye cion7t
lat'e snow 'fore night, sure 38 Sel'e:
. 'Alt, 31(41 1,111 slid, don't sup:
pose .it -will keep the cote pany away.'
" Jelin, I don't s'Pose
•• it Will be 38, 1.411: Stall 11)0. 01(1
'fellow. 't34, 1'>l liked .old master
to 'have been alive to silo, pie and.
Grace. growed ulY fetchti fine. pair.
He'd hi' been. 431)10(1(1 )11 at, Mae
.tohn, this Chrisinms. • a.'
" 'Get out, You flatterine• old.hum-•
bugi'4 I cried. : . , •
." 'Nay, 'Alas' John, it he no hum.
bug,'.. 1113 4 -;:tial; begging. your
pardon;• Masi John, being an. Old
servant like; he' .11tas' jantes,liartley.
-coming : •
"Ti1110 111111 80 SOIte'lle(1.
,
that, seeing hOw fond and -lender
143inef-rflart131 as -to
. • G ntee ' • '
0111 going to take care:that you.
' da nut spa -Lk to her again,'
,sternly. •
" 'Nensense, ;flick 1 ; Tram for•
(lawn's sake, b reasohabl'e.'
• wouldn't, have Gleam know it for the
world.' ' .
" 'Nu,' I said, liitteily. 't•sup-
. pose. th 11, would make pm feel:what.
• a scuundrel you are.' • ,
"Hang it 411.1,, man 1 J)on't be so
•
oan to "row perhaps:a trifle Warmer,
and tWice over Made one of the payty
Ite got tip for Some, rabbit •shootieg ;
431111111 11181 things, had goneso far
that:111d givettany cons(mt tol the,
weeding taking .plac.e 'early in . the,
81)11114-1 eonsent, • 130.11 hy 111y.
1110111.1.10 .1.011 I had thought it Vetter:
('11431they should, wait till the : next
quilt .
of eottrge,' I• said . hastily,
and Stared at *the old netn, 111(0
keilt 011 13,X .11.1g „tog (44,ee he , s:pr iks
ol h•oi iy- r mit! . ••• ?4"-
r Said the Old riftn.' 'ILlh
. and then, after valise, only brolcen
by the. rustling •uf the (lark holly*,
leaVits; guittg; to.
c;riloo--1)loot: lier 3' • *
Satti;" .1 $aidl, the
• d the old .1;m0 ; 41(1 II:
that. he •tvas hesitating.' •/111.0
all at, once, •, 'N.N.liat about t'Uther
lady, Mils': John. 7', • . . .
•• k f all (lie Irtn(lbill,. and 1114
hand. droppe,dtts I .stared at lite old,
•
" t.NVIiat do. yen- :Inean'tl:LcsaiJ,
Tioreoly. • • .•
P.,!DOn't You be plat Out With ritW,
11Ias' he s tid,.. 'booaliSe.
...Mean it 111 101 'the best -3taint; no
. • .
business. 03 mine; but it do, seem a,
••"F,verylibilliewever, said that it
WaS right, and • ol.(1 Ilaftley :pretty
fund ut thruwing hara .words 41 41 well wrung my arm off, . • •
fel vv. \‘'.(.,1 1, there, I 1)11313 >3(01111(1 "'Ilo bI it ,1•10:01r, in 1111 11'0t1d
101 i1on like. IL 1.1438 VOl'y Wrong my dear hpy,' he criedqinint.,s
end fhUllgJlthss of ine. I ouin settling. Grace is the very
there. Xilw (4113 3011 satisfied. r Wumalt for.himi and I'm very, very
"'No,' 1 s thtstatietly. ' . (dad.' • "
"' kVlett, am I to do, ho' .crinj. ".1. (lid not feel glad, It`tit, 11)111 the
harder theAtt a judge.' • • , • as fei 'eltuties. Hartley, he used. to
1 an, iny m181(478 proteetortf nteet me in 44 Welt good-humored
said •' 'and I itm yimr judge uver this w'Vi rli4illig 11'4(1 4i.4(1' "4" he
%eructm111,3;44.2 • 'tweell-tts and at last 1>44143 the (41141
had pretty 00184,ell eoe, - "
,• . " ‘I)011'LL.-Cor gag:01108S 51114e,t1.011q:
ftway, jack,' lig said; cling to 1113' laul been settled that' ,lames
arm. (10 10,0 do, in, alatasey and his father wento eume
4ee4. If' ,von told ter, it Would 037(31" 11114 8()(4na (11.1434•111" Eve :with
break 1401. little beta iih13 . must is, 111(1 °I1(1 1111111 1111:Villg S01'13111(4'8
Wit k
" ant the best judge of what she
must know,' I - mid, steritly,•
"'Oh, bet J,ek,-oid fellow, for
01(1 frietulabip's sake,'
••
"'Our friendship -is 1aaia
bitterly.
• " 'No, no. It hi pet,' 10 (111811313-cuttint.t evt•rgreens and helpingn
Is
v, .1114k. Verschoyle, yon are best Nee ttpon:11, that, I (toil (I; and
against being away 11,otit his own
1 use on Christmas-1)ov, and my
taller refusing. outright leave
her own -place on unit: day.
"So it . was. settled that' there
should 1415 a. bit eft!. party.here, and
1. went at the matter the (1143''before.
heart and sent so as tu P1 471(1 Greet!,
bit. (piper for h gentleman t> -
going -to be married to One young
lady, and ittak•in' love :to another
A 0
skint; time?... • . '
"•'81tni., • licairsely... 1)o
yam ,know what you, are talking
abotit. , •
:• :,1.1;3s'.. John ; 'hoot Miss
Grace's yottug Man ; ttntl 11 (11) wIter-'
ret tne above 11 bit 10 4(130 hint going
that there Owen
little gal. 11; be Ito Inisine4; .01'
lnitte.Mits3do-litt,bitt." it Ito wherret
ine all the, same.' .
• 'Mind what yott •ttre* stiyingi
8(1111,' 1 said,`ls this trttel'
. .
"'It 110 tree as •.-fl.uspel., -.111a„s'.
loli 11, anal I thitilt it .aught. 110
'etOppet1.3
•
would leave the plods again that
night, In %et, when James Ilart.
.10)N -father dame, just before four,
on his stout cob, he was perfectly
'white,. and -looked regularly over.
Ilene as he:. euteied; the' ,.warnt
• : •
;" 'We going to terribte-
room. •
• •
am • sh e .canght, 116 ....enlial-haest.411.
uight.,4 Ito Jathes tunnel'
he's. 1011, why didn't he come
with your
"'Not yot,' said Grace excitedly,
'Gut a little bit 8of business to
do first, my darling,' ;said .the' old
man 'He'll be Were wait.. I -le
was going round by the Lanes, and •
have a rough ride. Bate itr
won't hurt' him. Ought to have
been here, though, by now,l.
."I went out, and ,g we orders. re-
specting. the various horses- •belong-
ing to our visitors, tejling the. num
to inake there. comfortable,
"4./1.3 -,.we will, Mas' John,' said
bid 8am. 'You see I was right:
They won't get.away again to -night,
There be mere on it coining.'
• •
• "As I ran baek into the house
the snow was. piling itself -up agaiffst
t.he • bouse.„ end coming dowli •in
sheets before the howling. wind. end
blowing 8 perfeet hurricane. 'It
had come on dark, just as as if a
curtain had been drawn, and 1
could not help thinking how'gental
and warm everything looked, for.
the fires were blazing, Merrily, the
lainps NVel'e li.p.,-11ted, end tile dining:.
room was'..as inviting 1343. •the odor
front the kitchen,. .
'ti knocked'and . brushed *off OA
8110)V, 111141 111011 entered the dining -
room, witty() scented gay and
happy ecept,..graen, wild crept tip
to me, and. platied her :cold
hand in- mine, looking .01) In- my
face, to see if 1 bad " any. 1101Y3'..16i'
•hern, ' • •
"It was 'a hard poSition for. me.
-1 Was gladire had not' • Come,, ;ma
•sAt 1 'was, sorry for Iter .8 do,. ,as' 1,
had thought to 'let her dream ,of
• haPpine.4:s last twit' days nroie.
\\ .waited till-lialf-past five tind
then it- wits patent -to all .that. James.
• liat•tley cdUld not be there: •
: "I felt 0 ;richly as •1 flitinlied 'My
taslt; and Ine0„1. got over the rest of
the mornine:I did not 14 now. I waf4
detet•mine(C•Itoweker,. to hit 10.111e18
.•
go til tater (lie imply bvpr, and
tlwn ni:110.811'143 01(1.1.3(11)) • w1.1,-; rigNp
11 hn .3V1118 . the Matter must be brok-
.011 011 for felt, th ;Ltit$s
liartley was 'nu husband :fee Grace,
't)lal Sam proyml•a true prophet,
for liefinas twelve' o'cloelc it %vas
mnotving •Itard, and on anal off it
snuwes1 all.that day And .night, so
that welce ott tlirisimas Eve to a
elaml 01(1.7fashium:(1 seene, With the
sun shining. brilliantly, lette'lmfore
10 i(kalay the. 4.ile,y hatl become over.
(Jowled, a tremendous •witul hid
sprung np, and it.brought l'rotrt 1110
north, tiot, . heavy fall of . great
'flakes, t;ttell hail cume down the
bel'Ore, but (Aortal of. line,
$harp Crystals like' (lust, OA 118 110
are having 1.1 now, atul it .rapidly
grow 80 1>481. that 0111' VieitOr8 11141
1111111 11'01'8 to -get, In 'us, .and they
brought.terrible tales or. tlie way in
which tile snow was drifting in file
hollow lanes. •
•
"1)131 33131' wAs. 1)0 111 fc.ntir
113) 4173 to give 11814 I011g evening, and
it bee tine evident th tt no ,v Litors
•
". " wim't genie .1101V.: 'e8131 his
father,. angrily,. 'fo.r he was,
and • hungry, Ire's . Poor tout.
of 'the snoW.. wasn't;,
ViIrscheyle:: 1 Nvasn't, Jolin --)Ters-
cho,yle, old ; but, 1 faced. :the
storm. I think '34:01111g. men „nowft• .
d tys are' m 1.110 of. stag 1)3111.
wait for him,. Versclioyie ; let .
him go..7 • • . .•
rim dinner. 1138 had . in, eml,
,F;tnies ,forgotten by till
hut One •present', storm.
•
htlay could lose himself abunt 11441e„
1 )un't be a haby beesuse youresweet-.
heart Ifas nut come;
'lie (sighed and went away, for
thPrO Me 3 0311 jest then for ber to
sing ; and soon after I heard her
Et \Yea VOiCO3 118 I had to t1U my best
to - make our Imlay • gb utt success=
• but somehow Grace had in-
fected me with her own forebobinrai
,..74,1,9.,1 Sluing ht—en(14,,t Iry ell
was troubled by thoughts of the
possibility of any miselmnee having
happened to James II tatley, Then
L recalled old Sam's words, and a
bitter feeling, of •anger intensified
against the young' 'man. $o pain-
ful,;in fact, did this become, that,
after tt timeI was glad to go •into
the deserted .rooms of the bouSe„
tuna then rhaeatne mom fully aware
of the tremendous nature of the
sterm. .
"For the snow, like fine white
ditst, was being forced' In at every
Cranny, and lying in little wreaths ;
the .ffiind threatened to blow down
the :chimneys, and every now and
.then (lows and ,windows 1.111,tled as
. if there was, as it were, . some large
elastic mass driven *bodily • against
the place:as if Jo SWeep it away. ,
"I went into, the kitchen,. where
the servants were collected together,
isten lug 11011' to the. 11111810 111 the
dra'wing-rboni,- and now.: to the
i•-•torm. To my surprise I found.old•
Sam there.
• " 'Con1dn't go -home, John,
sir,' Int said.' ..`it be It storm, and no
•mistake. tiled it, bur snow, MIS
ell 10 43)3' chest in the hollow 'Jane,
'and l•dussen't go ems's the
• :it se. had that 'Sam?' T.
said • with the strange foreboding
coming' over, me ag.tiat, and some,
how it seemed, connected• with
Jam ea.flartley:
" '11311, sir? ' It, be a deal .wors&
Why; ust • you cume Said look at
the 1) Lek k itchen_door • .
grew lt.n1der and 11)016 1111101)8, and
the snott,. wreaths swept abOtit
houSe, . Isept seeing.... poor' Gyaeit
flan her 0,,•es to the:door to:
he had come, . ."
ld trtley notioed: . two'. or
.•• •
thi
ee-tiines i the :e0 irse 131 lip
ev'elift4:,i, and With th0. idea of
myay Graces anxiety, he .begsu
lb:tattering lutr. . •,' • • • . : :
. • .•
`1'11,s11'!" he cried., 'don't 130111
about' tile, 1t,'v reseal.' I'yetty . sort
qt,ainalee(1.;.• .of ,•4.1 bit.
Of- snow. Ar hy„ arliett" •l . Vta.S.
yptingin I'd:have gt.nte ee'ywliere
30 '3(13 siteltn la.54ie yoit,. (.11 1(e
• '"I .the old War, 8.11t1
(Mel' CIO:ling' on13. door behind. us, he
opencYci the outer one, leading itto,
the yin d; and, to' my surprisc,. there
was a •wall' of drifted snow aS hie.;11
11.8 rape'. • ••
'Ifn closed. the door quickly, .and
nodded: and wailed.'
, " "That be nothing to,some on it,.
1‘,1a13' 'Joint.' he said.. :frit titere's•
ten -foot. o' Souw ;some o' the
lanes to -morrow niornimr2 - '
' • ' •
.. . con t t (link tng .again
.of antes--11fixt hut . the
thoughts Itivay °as' ;reached. the
draavi „ : .
NV.01 1; Squire,: wlmt about the
weather r cried old IlartleY...
. •
''NV:6 shall hav,e to 1)e. Aug, ont
.•
In the mornina if' it goes on like
this,' I said,. laughingly.
" saidT my. mother,
,;'we'Ve.plenty. 01 111111 an& l'aQilanci.
"ftp, r . 'time the abSenco'
ati tes Flail. 1 e„y: was pretty 'Well for-
gotten, for We were.very merry ; and
the more • the tenipesd. howled and
re trod down'. the ailiiinneys, 11(14
.1n01e the tires, tvere 1nade up, arid
the'll'estietty kept 40111g: • .•
"3'1 here' .was cote, however, who
(lid not:Tot-get the abseitt guest, and
that was .(..)ver over
11,p; tip she. canin to. me 110111)10k
3111'k10(18 111311)10r, ...and.. lllt.
118.1144; .• •
" '1)0 you think, anything chat
tiata14 happ,ened dathesl' she Ittd ;
and her wistful eyes looked inquir-
ingly' in in liter
" the snow has •stopped.
him ' I said. • • '•
• But if. it is'd'oep, Would .tiutre
be any danger, dear 7' . '•
" 'Itanger, My dear eltild
tt nonslitse 'What danger
(3011141 tliere•be 1' , •
.‘`,1118t.l.lien my, inntlter stirred .1,71P
11.11(1 .11 huge piece of burning
crackled solondly, and sent
tio such a whirl Qr soul( Rua flame,
(11:113 (1110141 started anal clung .1111?.
'Why, you nitrvotts little.goose43
I said, "how timid yott are
'As I spoke there was the!'ftwind
of some door being opened 111; the.
1(.1111<4 , 1111(1 the Wind - 81111.0kt:11 and
yelliel through. the hotted, -whilethe
lin; literally rthared. ,
. •
"rbere•-there '; I'm Sum ditere
.18 sompihing wrong,' sh
.clingirtg, to my atm.
" !Decided:1;y wrong,
said. "They opeupd . the
door, and did not slnit it aga
• " cllutortick dear, I have rai(1 of
pe:iple lifting lost. in the 4)1) 0)4','
• 't starving io1k14 atul .
MI 311,33' elk 1,11/. Witt)* No•
shan't hurt. 1 only hOpe all :pour
eroat tire3. are as sat • and.. Well • to=
1414;-.441441-144.t...theri.t is no,-e-ite---6 •
posetl to the storm." ,
"I Saw:Or:tee rise s.loitly Jii91 then.
and leave; . the 'volt'. I hesitated
fur ,a:feiv mo:ittetits; ansl followed
her; to- find Iter 113'• tlie. front dor.
%lack, (leer,' . she whispered,
hoarsely, 'I 'thought you •Irould
come. 1 bear it any .lon,rer
• "'"\V hat nonsense,' I _cried.,
t hough I. %vas lam:rot:is. ani I. 'troubled
.to 11 (legree.
" '.1)on't Gall it. tionsenSe, ,Tack,
suie aoinething has happened 10
.1,110es,. l'here .1.)1(t you hear that
cry fur 411)7'. ' 1 . • • '
" '1 t wits onlY: the litottiiingof' 11
-
w ind,' 1-51(1(1. 1
she. said in a hoarse whisper; which
was half drowned by the vow of the .
81'0 1111, '41 lick) PVC .1tept on seeing
him holding out his hands to mefor
help'. I must ----I niust go te
" 'Yon can't, Grace,' - said,
wearily. 'There, for your sake, .
tilie One of the men, and try and
gisetwaleQ11•01gss.,; but 1 don't say anything
, `She-,Ilung her. arms round -any
neck. and kisscd me, and then
%vent into the kitchen.
‘II(Zre, one of you light' the Ian,
, I said, `I'm going across te
Itat tley twine 1'
. "'Tho Lerdha' mussy, 111as' John;.
you couldn't get trou to -night on
steam enginet,' said old Sam.
"'I'm (Poing to try legs, •Sem,' I •
said, 'Now, t ben, -who's wining?'
'Olt, I'll e01110 alont:-; &you, sir,'
said OUQ of the men ; ancl after Strap%
ping on legg,ings and malkiotoshes,
we took the lantern and 'wentlo the
-side door, which we expected to find -
more 'free from snow,' hu,it it • was.
..Worse. than the others, 'and we had •
literally JO bore Our way through.
• ".‘.C..hace,' I said, before the.C19nr- „
ivasi close& 'if )ve.don't.cothe Intek,•
don't be. tuteasy.. It is:because ..the
Snell' is too thick.'
." 'Oh, Jack, take °ire,' she cried ;
and then we plunged- forward Jute
the storm. • • , • ,
'Let.'s cot right across the hails.
close,' Said, or 'rather rolired; for as
soon as We Vere out of shelter the
wind seemed to tear our words away.
"My companion answered me,but: ".."
I did nat. know what he said, and
-inst#4,tively taking hold of melt
other's. hamTh, we 'struggled along
throogh the blinding snOW, now.,
knee deep, now Stopped by sinkin,,tt
in to our necks in sonie di•ift, and ••
-having 10 sti ggl e out,. so th at ,at the..
end of ten minutes effort 'I kneW
that, it.1.118 nutilnesS to attempt •
our .journey, -tor human being
could have forced a WaY. . :
','.!We must get ltack,' I.shouted,
with my lips close to my inau's-ear.;.
and fite aeplie'd with his lips tc,
Ada() .
!.\Nr(3'(1,bo buried alive; master; tf •
we -went en.! ' • ---------
-
"I knew it, for • Alreadr,after
short _an.elx,i)osure,*a strange, nurnb-
ing; hawilderering.•sensation wss
:creeping. oVer me.. The wind and
snoW seemed to confuse my brain, su
• that)._ 10(1(1 13' know•whaf.11 was doing, '
. and I 1 teller 6. that in a very 'shert.
time 1.81)0411d have dwelt,. in a condir•• •
tion cridt d OW11 Ma go' to slcop. ,•
')The darkness' was • intense', arai.
. .
11.1 Spite of iitLvin,,ci NUM born- :upon'
our place; everything was so chang-
• ed the snow that *I CoiibLnot 3011
Avidelt way to tUrn to get hack. .
rho: num w•ds as m piess, and
aftth: gg 1 i g about. for 7so m 11 1(313 •
with the consciousness upon me that •
we. could not lit? a Iiiindred yards
•
r up le louse, , sin -deafly stepped ..
r.riglit•down into tt deep 'trench, and..
. k ne NV W1101 Avei.e—in. 116 ditch.
. by tile ; -and by
following this along to the ,7.,ate, 1114
111.e • rchltYal on the. far side* •
of the. bouse, and, at last, utter14,
exhausted, the dinittgyviedow at,
WO beat till it was ,opened-,4intl.
.%%•.(1,.. araggo in. •
iThr Ni;its se •e•klineste(1 with_ tnyl.:
styttggli hat I-110, quite,an hOur
almost 111181116 •to speak ; an(1 :the -
eturdy labourer, Wiro-lnitl been . my •
961111)1111(m, Was scarcely 1)etter ; but ,
' eine. r010131 by (legrees; Itual
1134(3111 Greett.(sitting by me, Abispet...
litg.sitlf•-reproicelt. my ear, and 311113
lter face' 1Vhitql 111141 seared -looking,.
11,41 .811e ...turned -fa inp feotti time t•O
"'No, I don't that ;' I
.111114111 that, fttrull' distant i;ry.
'keep lictitrinr, 13 ieriln. 411141 410%1111:-
" '11. 114 faney, you foolish girl,'
I' -felt a; strange sym-
pa• thy tyit It her. • "the )(hid shrieks
and: -11o.W144, itinl makes no end. • uf
11011408 dining 811011 814/1111 .418
teli. 1 111J the room,'
"41;0/11e Tuck 1. N 1 want yott
to l'etelt one ol'Alte. Melt to 1,114.0 .11
1110- :81):: , r.u.and. .
'ct..) . w il(10(0-414./N 14% lartillY4-1, It must be 4301et lit
1.
" g(!wpin with.' you 1' T slid, not
latighing now, Air was 8li1o4: as
'trotibled 118 ,7(110. '14.1Ve ;YOU
5113' 1110:1 1(.114 the 11141)1 13 like I' • •
'•
t 111113(1 the aveatlier,' she
.firmly. '1 must .
" here, then,' I said.
arid I took her to the front
'dour, where the wind. hid Iven beat-
ing heavily for hours ; but all •11338
110337 Silent.
• "T14'0 1.01117, ridgea mlnywed where
the tine iev.ithwthsr had beeti"driven.
tinottgli the' (tracks. I anticipated
801110 difileulty tit (dosing the door
.00134, but to my :unwise iropetted
fly. The reason was that a. suave..
:if luld 111441110 pOl'ell CO tripletely, .
il"ave gavtd at a blank 1111 130 wall.
"'hero,' mid. 'it lIkoi4ii 41Val.
ancheilt If woul,1 he impossible to
gd dozen yards Withontdiving a
way.'V. •
n 41v re h '1:;;3
1ing404
rtif
'••)"„.E..'ve.r'g'y oeon0p.l.te S:eaxiadl't'i1nrt it
(, W• .a • ost
hyr•ema•.o
td,e
e
m.
nesS, and thereWa5nO more talk cf
runningrisks, ohl Ilat1ey assuring
(lance that.his sun W118 Sere tO 1841
right. • ., .
"Illere tensno snggestion
going tobell, analmattempt((1
t t- ,
'
'
eltepriTilneSs. 11301) kept we Sat.
• the night (1) rongliont listening to the
,.
'
tormhaul learning bythesilene
thatfirAnne andthen another \yin.
(low waseonfttetelY covere(l by tha
snowdrift, this beingthe case whel'
ever t ieyvere lont,Jotig
fiteng theeisb. •
ern:ptinp NEXT 1111811.t.
Doyle, - matron" of the
Atiftalesexcomity jai1 ror 1110 past
24 yelp, died front the effects of a
stroke. of' apply early. Christmp •,_,
11)01111 11. 1 )eocseil• WaS 1)11,1113 •
of Farlintragli, Ireland, and abut
ID Years of age; 8110 bas a brother
‘fr. Itobt iirkpatrict, livin• in •
I111111
...111;glaisentree1'11e posteflee
and the 1.atit II. station at
Illenimint, Kent Co., on the night
• f Alm 21111: At • the station they
got about$1 3, whioh had boon 11,31,
in the till, brit t the postofre thy
100re 1(30114 fortunat, blowing open
the safe. Knt goring :5) in
and t wateli IR:longing to Nl..