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20 THE OarATTA DAILY 1J18IS : : PUN HAY , JUNE 20 , 1807. . . - _ > 5r 5 ! l < ! r"tVJs > 3 V ? riIS 9S" JS5s i _ 5 - SJ V \ V4V V VA N . V V \ V2V ! \34 > > N N T\ . > > > > . \ \ . > iTN V > > \ N > > > : t SX5SiSie ) $ s "SHREWSBURY By STANLBY J. WHYAtAN. PART 1 rilAl'THIl 1. ( Copyright. IW7. liy Hlnnlcy \Vtyman. . ) Tlmt the untimely death at the age of 58 of Hint great prince , Charles , duke of Shrewsbury , my moat noble ami generous Iiatron , linn pflllclcd me with a sorrow which I nny truly call accrhus ct Ingetifl. Is noth ing to the world ; which from one In my situation could expect no other , and rn the briefest iclntlon of tin ; benefits I had at his hands , might look for more. Were this all , therefore , or my task confined to wirh a relation , I should Mipcrerogato Indeed In making this appearance. Hut I am Informed that my lord duke's death lias revived In certain quartern those ruinr.ra to his prejudice , which were so Industriously put about at the time of his flrct retirement , and which , refuted as they were nt the time by the cxpresi declaration of his sovereign , and at leisure by his own behavior , and the mipport which at two great crlsM ho gave to the 1'roteaUnt succession , formed always n proof of the malice , us now of tlic persistence- his enemies. Still , such an they are , and though , not tli'-so circumstance * only , but u thousand olhcrH have time after time exposed them , 1 am Instructed that they arc again alloat and find favor In circles where to think III of public men la held the final trot of cx- pcr.enee. And this being the case , aild my direction for my lord such as la natural , t perceive a clear duty. I do not Indeed sup pose that any one can at this time of day effect , that which the sense of all good men failed to effect while lie lived I mean the Ural killing- these rumors ; nor Is ra plain tale likely to persuade those with whom Idle rnfttK ) : constantly furbished up , of letter. " ! seen In Krance , weigh more than a consistent life. Hut my lord'o case Is now , na I take It , rr 'ovcd to the appeal court of posterity , xvlilcn. nevertheless , a He constantly iterated may mislead. To provide somewhat to correct this u.id where from future historians may draw , 1 who knew him well mid. was deep In his confidence and buslneca nt the time of Sir John Fcnwlck's 0011- splracj'-r-of which these columnles were nlwayn compact propose to set down my evidence here ; ehrlnkllng from no fulness , nt times even venturing on prolixity , and nlwajvi remembering a saying of Lord Burners. , that the most material part of testimony Is often that In which the witness Values himself least. Ti > adventure on this fulness , which In the "case of many , and perhaps the bulk of writers , might IB.IUC In the surfeit of their rwders , I feel myt'eU emboldened by the possession of a brier mid concise manner of , writing , which , acquired In the first place In the circumstances presently to appear , was later Improved by coruUanl practice in the com position of my lord's papera. And here Dome will expect me to proceed nt once to the events of the year IC'JC , In which Sir John suffered , or at least 1605. Hut softly , and a little. If you plen.se , above ; Inasmuch as the particular which enabled my lord's enemies to place a sinister In terpretation on his conduct In thos'e ' yeirs had somewhat to do with me. Therefore , be fore 1 can clear the matter up from every point of view , 1 am first to say who 1 am and how 1 cumo to fall in the way of that great main and gain his approbation ; with other preliminary matters relating to my self , whereof tome do not please at this distance , and yet must be < U down , If iwith a wry face. Of which J am glad to say , the worst comes nrs > t , or at least early. And with that , to proceed , promising always that , as In all that follows I am no one ; and the tale la my lord's , I shall deal very succinctly with my own concerns und chancings , and where I must state them for clearness of narrative , will do ao currento calamo , as the ancients were wont to fay , and so forlwilh to these more Important matters with which my readers desire to be made acquainted. Sutllco It , then , that I was born near Dlshop's Stortford , on the borders of Hert fordshire In that year , oo truly called the Annus Mlrabllls , 1GGG ; my father , a small yeoman , my mother of no better stock , she being the daughter of a poor parson In that neighborhood. In such a station she was not likely to boast much learning , yet she could read , and having served two years In a great man's still-room , had acquired notions of gentility that went as 111 with her station ao they were little calculated to Increase her contentment. Our house lay not far from the high road between \\'ara and Dlshop's Stortford , which fur nished us with frequent opportunities of viewing the king and court , who were In the habit of passing that way two or three times In the year to Newmarket to see the horse races. On these occasions wo crowded with our neighbors to the-side of the road , and gaped on the pageant , which lacked no show of ladles , both masked and un- "I PLODDED TWELVE MILES TO WARE. " masked , and gentlemen In all kinds of frip- pertes , ami mettlesome horses that hit tin tastu of eomo among us better than cither Jly mother was over the foremost and the most ready on these excursions ; yet It was not long before I learned to beware of hei hand for days after , ami expect none but gloomy looks and fretful answer * * , while my father dared no more spell duty foi as much as a week than refuse the king's taxes. Nevertheless , and whatever she was nt n wife and U Is true she could ding my father's ears , and , for as handsome as hc was , there were times when he would have been hupplcr with a plainer woman I am far from saying that she was a bad mother , Indeed , she was a kind. If fickle and pas- Blon'ato one.wiser at large and In Inten tion , than In practice and In small matters , Yet If for one thing only and putting nsldu natural affection. In which I trust } am not deficient she detvrve'd to bo named by me with undying gratitude. For having learned to read , but never to write beyond , that Is , the trllle of her maiden name , she valued scholarship both by that she had and that she bad not ; and In the year after I was breeched , prevailed on my father , who , for Ills part , good man , never ad vanced beyond the neck verse to bind mete to the ancient grammar school at Dlshop'e Stortford , then kept l > y a Mrs. U. I believe that there were some who thought this as much beyond our preten sions as our small farm fell below the homestead of a man of substance ; and for certain , the ft ret lesson I learned at that school was to behave myself lowly and reverently to ull uiy betters , being trounced oa arrival by three quire's too * , a&a after- ward. In due order and gradation , by all who hail or affected gentility. To balance this I found that I had the advantage of my master's favor , ami that for no greater a thing than the tinge of my falher'o opinions. For , whereas , the commonnlty In that country , as In nil the eastern coun ties , had been for the Parliament In the late troubles nnd still loved n patriot , my father was a king's man , which placed him high In Mr. O's. estimation , who had been displaced by the rump and hated all of that side , and not for that only , but , and In n greater degree , for a tiling which befell him later , after he had withdrawn to Ox ford. For being of St. John's college and seeing all that rich nnd loyal foundation at stake , he entered himself In a body of horse which was raised nmong the younger colleglann mid servants ; nivl doubtless If he had been so lucky as to lose nil eye or an arm In the field of honor , he would have forgiven Oliver all , and not the king's suffcrlnRs only , but his own. Hut In place of tlmt.lt wns his Ill-chance to be one of the troop , that , mnrrhlng at night by the river near \Vnlllngford. took fright at nothing ing- and galloped to Ablngilon without draw ing rein ; for which reason , nnd because the example was needed , they wore dis banded. True , I never heard that the fault lay with our master , nor that he was a "YOU ARE TO COMB TO THIS SIDB man of less courage than his neighbors ; but he took the matter peculiarly to heart , and never forgave the roundheads the elur they had unwittingly cast on his honor ; on . the contrary , and In the event he regularly I celebrated the 30th of January by flogging ! the six boys who stood lowest In each ! form , and afterward reading the service of I the day over their smarting tails. By some , Indeed , It was alleged that the veriest dunces , if of loyal stock , might look to escape on these occasions ; but I treat this in ) a calumny. That 'tho good man did In truth love and favor loyalty , however , and this ) without spar ing the rod in season , 1 am , mj'eelf a bright and excellent example. Kor , though I never attained the outward flower of scholarship b > proceeding to the learned degree of arts at cither of the universities , 1 gained the root and kernel of the matter at lilshop's Stort ford , being able at the ago of 14 to wrltp a fine hand and read Eutroplus and learn and teach the horn book and Christ Cross to younger boys. These attainments , and the table for polite learning , which as these pages must testify I have never ceased to cultivate , I owe rather to the predilection which he ha < i for me than to my own gifts , which , Indeed , though doubtless I was a boy of come parts , I do not remember to have been great at the first. Sub ferula , however , and with encouragement , I eo far advanced that ho presently began to consider promoting mo to the place of usher with a cane In commemlani ; and doubtless would have done It but for the nt that took him at the first news of the Hyo 'House plot which a friend imprudently brought to him when he was merry after dinner and at one and the same time carried him off , and deprived me of the best of pedagogues. After that , and learning that Ms successor ser had a son whom ho proposed to promote to the place I desired , I returned to the school no more , but began to live at home , at first with pleasure , but after no lon Interval with growing chagrin and tedium. Our house possessed none of the comforts that are necessary to Idleness , and therefore when the east wind drove me Indoors from swinging on the gate , or sulking In the stack yard , I found In it neither welcome nor occupation. My younger brother had seized on the place of assistant to my father , and having got thews and experience am- bulando , found fresh ground every day for making mock of my usclcssncss. Iiu ) I milk , the cows kicked over the bucket , while I thought of other things ; did I plow , my furrows ran crooked ; when I threshed the flail soon wearied my arms. In the result therefore the respect with which my father had at first regarded my learning wore off , and ho grew to hate the sight of me loallnil in the doorway , my sleeves too short for my chapped arms and my breeches barely to my knees. Though my mother still be lieved In me , and occasionally , when she was In an 111 humor with my father , made me read to her , her support scarcely balanced Iho neighbors' sneers. Nor , when I chanced lo displease her which to do her Justice wao not often , for I was her favorite was she above joining In the general cry am ? asking mo , while she- cuffed mo , whether I thought that cherries fell Into the mouth and meant ti > spend all my life with my hands In my ponkote. To make a long story short , at the end of twelve months , whereof every day of the last ten Increased my hatred of the home sur roundings , the dull strip of common before our door , ( he duck pond , the horizon and the twin ash trees un which 1 had cut my name so often , I heard through a neighbor that an imhrr wao required In a school at Ware. Thl i was enough for me , while , of my fam ily , who saw me leave with greater relief on tl.clr own account than hope on mine , only my mother felt or affected regret. With 10 shillings In my pocket , her parting gift , and my scanty library of three volumes packed among my clothes on my hack , I plodded the twelve , miles to Ware , satisfied the learned Mr. I ) , that I had had the smallpox , would sleep three In a bed , and know more than he did ; and the baaio day was duly engaged to { each In his classical seminary , In return for my board , lodging , washing and nine guineas a year. He had trailed a pike In the wars , and was an Ignorant , hut neither a cruel , nor , save In the pretence of knowledge , a dis honest man ; It might be supposed , there fore , that , after the taste of Idleness and Independence I had had , I should here find myself tolerably placed and In the fair way of promotion , Hut I presently found that I had merely exchanged a desert for a prison , wherein I had not only the shepherd-1 Ing of the boys to do , both by night and day which In a short time graw Incon ceivably Irksome , so that I had to choose whether I would be tyrant or elavc , but also the main weight of teaching , and there no choice at all but to bo a drudge. And this without any alleviation from week's end to week's end , either at meals or at any other time , for my employer's wife had high notions , and must keep a separate houfce , though next door , and with com munications , sitting down with us only on Sundays and then at dinner , when woe be tide the boy who gobbled bis food , or choked over the pudding balls. Having satisfied hermit on my first coming that my father was neither of the quorum nor of the Jus tice's kin , and a mere rustic nobody , she bad no mere to § ay. to mo but tfbea sUe was not ncoldlng her husband addressed her self solely to one of the boy * , who by virtue of an uncle who was a canon had his seat bcolde her , Insensibly , her husband , wheat at drst , with an eye to my knowledge and his own deficiencies , had been more civil to me , took the same tone ; and not only that , but. finding that I was to he trusted , ho came less and less Into school , until at last he would only appear for a few min utes In the day , and to carve when we had I meat and to sec the lights extinguished at night. This without any added value for me ; so that the better J Perved him and for a year I managed his school for him the less he favored me , nnd at last thought a nod all the converse he owed me In the day. Consigned to this solitary life by those above me , It wns not likely that I should find compensation In the society of lads to whom I stood In nn odious light , nnd of whom the oldest was no more than II. Kor what was our life ? Such hours as we did not spend In the drudgery of school or In our beds we , passed In a yard on the dark side of the houoo , n grassless place , over shadowed by ono skplctoa tree , muddy In winter and dusty In summer , nnd wherein , since all violent ganics and sports were forbidden by the good lady's scruples ( who belonged to the fanatical party ) , as savoring of popery , wo had perforce to occupy ourselves - selves with bickerings and cotnplalntn and rhlldlnh plays. Abutting on the garden of her hoilbc , this yard presented on every side but one n near prospect of water butts and drying clothes , so that to this day f profess that J hold It In greater horror than any other place or thing at that school. It Is true wo walked out In the country at rare Intervals ; but as three sides of the town were forbidden to us by n great man whoeo property Iny In that quarter , and who feared for his gamp , our excursions were always along ono road , which afforded neither change nor variety. Moreover , ! had n particular reason for liking these excursions as little ns possible , which wns that they exposed me to frequent meet ings with gay young sparks of my own age- , whose scornful looko as they rode by , with the contemptuous names they called after me , asking who dressed the boy's hnlr and the like , I found U difficult to sup- ONLY WHEN 1 GIVE YOU LEAVE. " port even with the aid of those reflections on the dignity of learning nnd the Latin tongue which I had imbibed from my late master. Uo It remembered ( In palliation of that which 1 shall presently tell ) that at this tlmo I was only 18 , an age at which the pas- ulons and ambitions awake , and that thla was my lite. At n time when youth demands change and excitement , and the fringe of ornament , my days and weeks went by In a plain round , ns barren of wholesome In ( frost as it was unadorned by any kindly aid or companionship. To rise , to teach , to use the cane , to move always in a dull atmos phere of routine ; for diversion to pace the yard I have described , always with shrill quarrellngs In my ears -these with the weekly walk made up my life at Ware , and must form my excuse. How the one came to an abrupt end , how I came to have sore need of the other , it Is now my business to tell , but of these In the next chapter. Wherein , also , I propose to show , without any moralities another thing that shall prove them to be the purpose ; namely , how these early experiences , which I have thus curtly described , led mo per vlam doloroiam to my late lord and united my fortunes with his. under circumstances not unworthy of examination by those who take mankind for their study. CHAI'TEK II. To begin , Mrs. D. , though she seldom condescended to our house , and when en gaged In her kitchen premises affected to Ignore the proximity of ours , enjoyed In Ware the reputation of a shrewd nnd capable- housewife. Whether she owed this solely to the possession of a sharp temper and voluble voice I cannot say ; but only that during all the time I was there I scarcely ever passed an hour In our miserable play ground without my cars being deafened and my brain Irritated by the sound of her chiding. She had the advantage , when 1 first came to the school , of an elderly servant , who went about her work under an even flow of scolding , and , It may be , had be- conto so accustomed to the Infliction as to bo neither the better nor worse for It. But about the tlmo of which I am writing , when , as I have said , I had len l there twehe months , I remarked a change In Mrs. TTs voice , and Judged from the Increased asccrblty and rising shrillness of her tone that she had passed from drilling an old zervant to Informing a new cue. To con firm this theory , before long , "Lazy slut ! " and "Dirty baggage , " and "Take that , In solence ! " were the best of the terms 1 heard ; and thcso so frequently mingled with blows and slaps , and at times with a sound of sob bing , that my gorge rase. I had listened Indifferently enough , and If with Irritation , without much pain , to the chiding of the ulil seivant , and I knew no more of this one. Hut by the Instinct which draws youth to youth or by reason of MM. D's Increased severity , I began to feel for her , to pity her , and , at last , to wonder what she was like , and her age , and so forth. Nothing more formidable than n low pol ing separated the garden of 'Mre. ' O'a house from our yard , but that tier eyes might not bo offended by the Ignoble sight of the trade by which she lived , four great water butu were ranked along the fence , which , being as tall as a man , and nicely arranged , nnd strengthened on her side by an accumula tion of rubbish and whatnots , formed a pretty effective screen. The boys , Indeed , had their spyholes , and were in the habit of peeping , when I did not check tliem ; but In only ono placf at ( lid corner farthest from the house was It poielble to fcce from our sldo a small patch of the garden , by acci dent , as It were , and without stooping or manifest prying , This corner I had hitherto slimmed , for Mrs , I ) , had more than once sent mo from It with a flea in my car and hot cheeks ; now It became a favorite with me , and as far as I could , without courting th 11 notice of the wretched urchins who whined and squabbled round me , I began to frequent It ; sometimes leaning against Iho abutting fence with my back to the house , as In a fit of abstraction , and then slowly turn ing when I did not fall to ralce the afore said patch with my eyes ; and sometimes tak ing that corner for the limit of a. brisk walk to and fro , which made It natural to wheel again at that point. Notwithstanding tbeso ruses , however , and though Mrs. D.'s volco , raised lit augur , fre quently bore witness to bur neighborhood , It wau for some time before I caught u glimpse of the person whose fate , more doleful than mine , yet not dlss'mllar , had awakened my Intercut. At length I espied her , slowly crossing the garden , with her hack to me and a yoke on her shoulders. Two palls hung from the yoke , I umelled swill , and In a trice , seeing In her no more than u wretched drab , In clogs and a coarse sacking apron , I felt my philanthropy brought to the test , and , without a second glance' , turned away In dls- gu&t. and thought no more of her. After that I took a distaste for that cor ner , and I do not remember that I visited It for u week or more , when at length , chance of custom taking me there again , I saw the same woman haiiglng clothes on the line. Bin. hud her back to me , as on the former occasion , but thla time I lingered watching he.1 , and , whether she knew or not that I was there , her work presently brought her toward the cap In the fence beyond the water barrels , at .tvulcb 1 stood gtzln ( . Still I could not sec her luap. partly because she did not turn my * ny and partly because ehe wore a dirty , llmptmnbonnct , which obscured her features. Hut I toik up the empty basket to go In again ; nnd thereon , sudd nly In the act of rising from stooping , she looked di rectly at me , not uelng mor * than two , or , nt the most , three paces from me. U was but ono look , and It lasted , 1 suppose , two seconds ends or no ; but It ( oiichid something In me ( hat had never been touched before , and at this tlmo of writing , and though I have been long married , and have chlllrtn | , my body burrs at the reniembrance of It Vor not only was the face that for those two seconds looked into mine of rare beauty , brown and low-brown ! , ivlth scarlet. laughIng - Ing lira and milk white teeth nnd eyes of witching , brighter than a queen's Jewels , but In the look , short as It was. and passing , shone- something than I had never seen In a woman's face before , a something. God knows what , appeal or passion or tempta tion , that on the Instant fired my Wood. I suppi-so , nay , I know now , that the face that flashed that look at me from under the dirty sunbonnet could change to n marvel , and in n minute , and n by a miracle , become a dull nnd almost ugly , or the most beautiful In ( he world. Hut then , that nnd all such things were new to mo , who knew no women , and had never spoken to a woman In the way of love , or thought of one when her back wns turned und she gene without a second glance. I wont back to the house another man , my heart thumping In my breast and my checks burning , and my whole being op pressed with desire nnd tmhfulnoss and wonder and curiosity , and a hundred other emotions that would not permit mo to bo at case until 1 had hlducn myself from all eyes. eyes.Well , to bo brief , that In the space 1 have taken to tell It , chanced all. I wns 18 ; the girl's shining eyes burned mo up. ns flame burns stubble. In nn hour , a day , n week I can no more say within what time than I can describe what befell mo before I was born for If that wna sleeping , this was n dream , ami pt scd swift ami confused as one 1 was madly and desperately In love. Her face , brilliant , mischievous , alluring , roue before the thumbed grnmmir by day , and the window of the fetid , crowded bedroom by night and filled the siow gray dnwnlngs now with Joy and now with despair. Kor the time I thought only of her , lived for her , did my work In dreams of her. I kept no count of time. I gave no heed to what passed round me , but 1 went through the routine of my miserable life , happy ns the slave that rich In the possession of some beneficent drug de fies the pains of labor and the lash. I sny my miserable life , but I say It so great was the change In n figure only nnd In retrospect ; Mrs. I ) , might scorn mo now , nnd the boys squabble round me , yet that life was no longer miserable nor dull , whereof every morning flatteied me with hopes of seeing my mistress , am" every third day or so fulfilled the promise. With all this , and though from the mo ment her eyes met mine across the fence her beauty possessed me utterly , a full fort night elapsed before I spoke with her. In the Interval I saw her three times , end al ways in the wretched guise In which she had first appeared to me , which so far from wreck ing my passion augmented It by the full measure of the mystery and charm with which the sotdldnees of her dress , In contrast with her sparkling beauty , Invested her In my mind. Hut , for speaking with her , that was another matter and ono presenting BO many difficulties ( whereof , as the boy's con stant presence and Mrs. D.'s temper were the greatest , bo my bashfuiness was not the least ) that 1 think we might have gone another fort night and perhaps n third to that had not n certain privilege on which Mr. D.'s good lady greatly prided herself , come to our aid In the nick of time ; and .by bringing us Into the same room ( n thing which had never occurred before , and of Itself "threw me Into a fever ) combined with fortune to aid my hopes. This privilege for 'so Mrs. D. Invariably otylcd it was the srUeinn gathering of the household on one Sunday In each month lo listen to a discourse which she read to us herself , her husband sitting meekly by , from the works of some Independent divine. On thtse occasions alic dellvertd herself so sonorously ously and with so much gusto that I do not doubt ehe found compensation In them for the tedium of the sermon on passive obedi ence or the fate of the Amalcklte , to which In compliance with the laws against dissent , she had perforce listened earlier in the day. The master and mistress and the servant sat on one side of the room , I with the boys on the other ; and hitherto I am unable to say which of us suffered more under the inflic tion. But the appearance of my saint so , when madam's voice rang shrillest and most angrily over the soapsuds , I had conic to think of her In a place behind her master and mistress ( being the same In which the olci servant had nodded and grunted every ser mon evening since coming ) put a new com plexion on the matter. For her she came In apparently unconscious of my presence ; and took her seat with downcast eyes and hands folded , and that dull look on her face , which when she chose , veiled three-fourths of Its beauty. But my cars flamed , and the blood surged In my head , and I thought that all must read my secret In my face. With Mrs. D. , however , this was the one hour In the month when the suspicions natural In one of her carping temper olept , and she tasted a pleasure comparatively pure. Majestically arrayed In a huge pan- of spectacles , which on this occasion and In the character of the family priest , her vanity permitted and even Incited her to wear , and , provided with n couple of tall tallow candles , which It was her husband's duty to snuff , she would open the dreaded quarto and prop It firmly on the table be fore her. Then , after giving out her text in a tone that need not have disgraced Hugh Petcns , or the most famous preacher of her persuasion , It was her custom to lift her eyes and look around to assure hm-sclf that all was cringing attention , and this was the trying moment and woe to the boy whose gaze wandered ; his back would smart for It before he slept. These preliminaries at an end , however , and the discourse begun , the dnnger wns over for the time , far In the voluptuous roll of the long wordy sentences , and the clectlonHand damnations , und free wills that plentifully bestrewed them , she speedily forgot all hut the sound of her own voice , and nothing occurring to rouse her , might be trusted to read for the hour nnd a half with pleasure to herself and without risk to others. So It fell out on this occasion. AH soon , therefore , ns the steady droning of her volco gave mo the courage to look up , J had before me the wccno with which a dozen Sunday evenings had made me fnmlllnr ; the dull circle of yellow light ; within It madam's spectacles shining over the book , while her finger Industriously followed the Hues ; n little behind her her husband , nodding and recovering himself by turns , This was not all , however ; for this time I saw also and Imprimis a dim , oval face , framed In the background behind the two old people ; nnd 'that now In shadow , now In light , gleamed before my fascinated eyes with unearthly beuuty. Once or twice , fearing to be oh- oervcd , I averted imy gaze nnd looked else where , guiltily .nnd , wlth hot temples ; but always I returned to It again. And always the longer I lit my eyes dwell on the vision for a vision It seemed In the halo of the candlcsi-and the moro monotonous hung the ollencc , broken only by Mrs. D's. even drone , thn morp distinctly the beauti ful face stood out , and the more bewitching and alluring appeared ( ho red lips nnd smil ing eyes nnd dark , clustering hair , that moment by moment drew my heart from me and kindled my boy's brain and filled my veins with fevar ) "Seventhly , and under thin head , of the sin of David ! " So Mrs. D. booming on , In her deep voice , to all seeming endlessly ; while the air of Iho dingy , whitewashed room grew stale , and the rnndlcs guttered and burned low , and the boys , poop little wretches , leaned on ono another's shoulders and sighed , and It was difficult to say whether Mr. D's. nodding * or recoveries went nearer to breaking his neck. At laot or was It only my fancy I made out a small , brown hand gliding within the circle of light. Then or was I dreaming onu of the candles be gan lo move ; but to move so little and so stealthily , that I could not swear to It ; nor ever could have sworn , If Mr. D's , wig had not a moment later taken fire with a light flume , and a stench , and a frizzling sound that In a second brought him , still half asleep , but swearing , to his feet , PAHT II , OJIAI'TBIt II ( Continued. ) Mr ? . D. halte-d In the middle of a word , as If phe hid been shot , mouth open , and the volume lifted ; her surprise at the In terruption so great that ehe could not for a while find words. Hut the stream of her Indignation , thus checked , only gathered volume , end In a few eecondu broke forth. "Mr , D ! " she cried , slamming the ba k down on the table , "you disgusting beast ! Do you know that the boyo are here ? " "My wig Is oa fir&5" ho cried .for answer. 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The for flnc.st carriage In the liouso . $20 All the others reduoed to ono-hulf to two-tlilrJn real value , to close them oulia onca , Special Matress Offering- combination Hair Mattress , the best Mnt- trcss made exceiH nil hnlr ; Kuaranteed to Klvu satisfaction or money refunded , best / ) tluktitK , any size- _ Combination Cotton nnd Kxcclslor Mattress , O ' 50 Rope Pontieres made to lit any bed Forty-pound French Horse Hair Mattress , I Most desirable siitnmrr O TtS O * 7E fi C\\ / tons ' tWO OUll . Hindu to order { s toordur.nny color * 5 , , O.vO Muslin and Fish Net Curtains Thoi-oiiably artistic and sensible for siimmr Kaslly launilered. t-plondldasvorinieiit for , rhln.a nml .Tnpan TINS straw For mixed heavy 12ic KxtiM heavy mixed 18c straw I'auodu nnd Cotton 25c Warp Double dyed nnd fur cy weaves , OOc , 4Uo Fiber Carpet Can bo washed on iho Hourdeslrublu dining and bed room flour 7 f covering * < - ' < Linen Dust Robes on Carpet iiim-ii iimum Jewel. JIM. iiNKoira "nii , , Kuch 51.25 and | Ii'-'U 3M.cpinaiiufLclurir Mwln1' llll > ' " In5trun ' " ' " us - ' i , , ri.flllll\ , , J"J ' ei'S 1C not entirely wilisf , , . , , , , , , , . | , " H " , . " ) ' " wnnu wciitlicr h.-lp . , , , , , , for -I , , M' , ' , \ " ' . vashable Crum Cloths jaPoS-'Voot. ' . . . 4.00 u ? , i ' rn''t ' " " " , , " ' 'il1- ' ' > l'iiiiii. | Wntor ior " J4I4-SG-I8 Douglas SJroct He had taken It off nnd now held it at nrm's length ; looking at it so ruefully that the boys , though they knew the danger , could scarcely restrain' ' their laughter. "And serve you right for n weakkneed member ! " his wife answered In a voice that made us quake. "If you had not guzzled at dinner , sir , and swilled ( small beer you would have remained awake Instead of spoil ing1 a good wig , and staining your soul ! Ay , " and causing these llttlo ones "I never closed my eyes , " ho declared , roughly. "Uuhblsh ! " she answered In , a tone that would brook no denial. And then , "give the wig to Jennie , sir ! " she continued peremp torily. "And put your handkerchief on your head. It Is well that good Mr. Nesblt docs not know what language has been used dur ing his discourse. It would cut that ex cellent man , to the heart. Do you hear , lr , give the wig to Jennie ! " eho thundered. "A handkerchief Is good enough for pro fane swearers nnd filthy talkers ! And too good ! Too good , sir ! " IIo went reluctantly to obey , seeing noth ing for It , but between his anger and Jennie's clumsiness the wig in pacing from one to the other fell under the table. This caused M . 1) . , who was at the end of her patience , to spring In o rage , and down went a candle. Nor was this the worst , for the grease In Its fall cast a trail of hot drona on her Sun day gown , -and In a flash she was on the the maid and had smacked her face till room , rang. "Take that , and that , you clumsy bag gage ! " she cried In fury , her face crimson. "And that ! and the next tlmo you offer to ' better man- hive wig take a gentleman's , ' nera. This will cost you a year's wages , nij- fine madam ! And let mo hear of your Uepplng over the doorstep until It is earned , and I will have you Jailed and whipped. Do you hear ? And you , " she continued , turning ferociously on her husband. "swear- ' like a drunken , riffling Ing on the Lord's day fling , God-forsaken tantlvey ! You are not much hotter ! " It stands In my memory now as merely a eoarso outburst of vixenish temper , made prominent by after events. Hut what I felt at the moment I should vainly try to de scribe. Suffice It that at no tlmo I was on the point of springing on the woman , nnd at another nil hut caught the sobbing girl In my arms and challenged the world to touch her. Fortunately 'Mr. 1) . , now fully awal- ened , and the mow Inclined to remember decency In proportion as his wife forgot It , recalled me to myself by sternly bidding mo NRC the ho > B to their beds. Glad to escape , they needed no second order , but Hocked to the door , and I with them. In our retreat It waa necessary to pass close to the shrinking girl , wham Mrs. I ) , was Ettll abusing with all the cruelty Imaginable ; and as I did so I heard , or dreamed that I heard three wprds , breathed in the faintest possible whisper. I say dreamed I heard , for the girl neither looked at mo nor removed the apron from her face , nor by abating her sobs or any other ulgn betrayed that ehe spoke or that she was conscious of my neighborhood , ' Yet the three words , "Garden , Ten Min utes , " so gently breathed , that I doubted whll-D I heard , could only have come from her ; and assured of that , It will bo ho- 1 leved that I found the ten minutes I spent , seeing the boys to bed by the light of one scanty rushlight , the longest and moEt tumultuous I ever passed. If she had not spoken I should have found It a sorry time Indeed ; since , even now the moment tne door was closed behind me I discerned a hundred reasons to be dissatisfied with my conduct , thought of a humled ] tilings I should have cald , and saw a hundred things I should have done ; and stood a coward con victed. Now , however , all was not over , 1 wau about to see her , to pcak to her , to pour out my Indignation and pity , perhaps to touch her hand ; and in the delicious throb of fear and excitement with which thuui anticipations filled my breast , I speed ily forgot to regret what waa pant , CiL/VPTKR / III. Doubtless there have been men , able to boast , and with truth , that they carried to their first assignation with a women an even puUo. liut us I do not presume to rank my self among three , who have been commonly men of lilzh station ( whereof my late lord Rochester was , I believe , the chief In my time ) , neither the unhappy occurrence which I am lit the way to relate , notwithstanding , have I , If I may eay no without disrespect , BO little heart as to crave the reputation. In truth I experienced that evening , as I crept slowly out of the back door of IMr. J'a house and stole Into the gloom of the wills- perlng garden , a full iharo of the guilty feeling that BOM with secrecy ; and more than my shareof the agitation of spirit natural In one , who knows ( and la now to the thought ) that under cover of the dark- ptsa a woauut stands trtmbljog ana for them. A few paces from the house which I could leave * without difficulty , though at the risk of detection I glanced back to assure myself that all was still ; then sinv- erlng , as much with excitement as at the chill greeting the night air gave me , I hastened to the corner of the fence , whence I had before seen my mistress. I felt for the gap with my hand , nnd peered through It , and called her name softly , "Jennie ! Jennie ! " and listened ; and nfter an Interval called again. Still hear ing nothing , I discovered by the olnklng at my heart which wns such that , for all my IS years , I could have sat down nnd cried how much had 1 built on her coming. And I called again and again ; and still got no answer. Yet J did not despair. Mrs. D. might have kept her , or one of a hundred things might have happened to delay her ; from one cause or another she might not have been able to slip out as quickly as she had thought. She might come yet , certainly hy and by ; and BO , though the moro prolonged my absence , the greater the risk I ran of detection. I composed mysalf to wait with what patience I might. The town was quiet , human noise at an end ; but Mr. D's. school stood In the outskirts with Its hack to the open country , and between the sighIng - Ing of the wind among the poplars und the rippling of a neighboring brook , nnd those far off noises that seem inseparable from the night , I had stood a minute or more before n sound , differing from all these , and having its origin at a spot much nearer to me , caught my ear , and set my heart beating. It was the nolf > e of n woman weeping ! and to this day I do not know precisely what I did , on hearing It when I made out what It was , I mean or how I found courage to do It ; only that In an Instant , as It seemed to me , I was on the other side of the fence , and had drawn thn girl Into my arms , with her head against my breast , from where her wet eyes loqked up up into mine as I rlsed her face and looked down on It. Holding her thus I passionately kissed her ; her grief gave me boldness to do this ; and to do a hundred other mad things In my ec-staey. For as I had never spoken to her I before , any more than I had ever held a woman In my arms before , so I had not thought , I had not dreamed of this ! Of her hand , perhaps , but no more. There fore , and though since Adam's time the otars have looked down on many a lover's raptures , never , I verily believe , have they gazed on transports so perfect , so unlookcd far , as were inino nt that moment ! And all the time not a word passed between us ; but after awhile she pushed me from her , and , holding me at arm's length , looked at me strangely ; and then , thrusting me alto gether from her , bade mo , almost roughly , go back. "What , and leave you ? " I cried , aston ished and heart-broken. "Xo , sir ; but go to tlio other side of the fence , " she answered firmly , drying her eyes and recovering something of her usual calin- nees. "And more , If you love me as you say you do " I protested. "If ? " I cried. "If ! And what then ? " "You will learn to obey , " Ehe answered , coolly , and yet with an archnefis that trans ported mo anew. " 1 am not ono of your boys. " I-'or that word I would have caught her In my arms again , but with a power that I presently came to know , and whereof that was the ( list cxcrclte , ulie waved me buck. "Go , " she said , masterfully. "For this time , go , I > o you hear me ? " I stood In awe of her and waa easily cowed , and I crorse'd the fence. When I Vias on my side she came to the gap and rewarded me by giving mo her hand to kiss. "Understand mo , " she said. "You are to como to thla sldo , slr , only when I give you leave. " "O , " I cried. "Can you be so cruel ? " "Or not at all , If you prefer It , " she continued , drily. "Mote , you must go In row , or I shall he mUcd and beaten. You do not want that to happen , I suppose ? " "If that hag touches you again , " I crle-J , boiling with rage at the thought , "I will I will " "What ? " gho Bald softly , and her fingrro cloi d on niliio and cent a thrill to my heart. "I will strangle her ! " I cried. She laughed a little cruelly. "Fine words , " ho nild. : "Hut I mean them , " I aniwered , passion ately. And 1 were lt. What will not a boy In lov < > promise ? > "Well , " she answered , whispering and leaning forward until her breath fanned my cheek , and the Intoxicating scrnt of her hair stole away my eenses "perhaps some day I thall try you. Are you sure you -will not fall me then ? " I ewora It , panting and tried to draw her I toward me , but she held back , laughing softly and as one well pleased ; and then in | a momuit , snatching her hand from me , she i vanished In the darkness of the garden. ( To Lie Continued. ) i itiiHior.s. 'Brooklyn ' presbytery on May 29 reli-vcd the Hev. Dr. C. C. Hall from the pastorate of the First I'rcshyterlan church of nr ok lyn , nnd In doing ho adopted resolutions testifying to ita appreciation of his quail- tics R n. Christian gentleman , his devotion to high scholarship and < n truth , and of his unbroken fidelity n.j a preacher. Thn I'rlinltivo Methodists of ling-land have 15C1 ( ! local preachers ; < if theie l,353 uro ulfio Sunday school teachers , 4,1X2 are clam loaders , and 2,70l ! are both class I aderu \ , and Sunday school teacheis , and 1.B95 are society stewards' . Forty per cent of the class leaders are local preaclii'is. Of the local preachers , l'C23 nic over CO years of ago and lCOi ! are over C. years of age They have under consideration a local preachers' sickness and old age prjvlE-lon scheme. In a glowing speech coimnenioiaUvo of Queen Victoria's long lease of pmvcr , Dr. I'aiker of London declared the other day. "Wo do not celebrate the Queen's Imij ; reign , hut the qucen'ei fiod reign. " With a fine independence Dr. IVirker added. "Wo ewe much to the queen , hut the queen o\ve much moro to us. Let her close her nplen- did reign by restoring to God the tltle 'Head of the Church1 and 'Defender of the Fulth. ' " This passage was greeted with loud cheers. The friends of lilshop Randolph S , Fester ( Methodist ) of 'Iloiitciu ' have Juat presented to him a loving-cup liii'orfbed n follows "A loving-cup , to Ulshcp Randolph H. Foster , D. D. , JAj.lt. , in token of th1 ; respect , r < ver- rnco and affection of the Methodist laymen of Iloston. Presented on the silver anni versary of hla election to the epli.topaey , 1872-'H7. Courtly In manner , Imperial in thought , Inspiring In speech , a bUmeUfti life , whose presence It * A benediction anil whciMo words are as applet of gold In pli > tuns of silver. " The Rev. Dr. William H. lllburn , the blind chaplain of the United States seua'e , sailed for England last wick with Ms dun h- tciv ) . Ho Is u frequent traveler over the Atlantic- and I well known In religious und nodal circles In the lliltleh Ixles. He ha a number of pulpit ciigagementu this sum mer , the longest being at Dr. FOK'LT * church , Queen's Park , London , which hit supplied last .uunmer. Until the t'niteil Htate < i senate adjoiiriH hl post will he filled by President McKlnlsy's pcstor , the Riv. Dr. Hugh Johnson , Vice President Hobart kindly consenting. KithopVttlkcr ( Uplwopal ) of Western Now Yoik has chosen as his chaplain during the sessions of the Panurnerlc/iu / confercii-e of DL'liniw at Lambeth , England , the Rev , Dr. Charies II. Iloynton , rector of St. Mlh - acl'n chrurch , GCIKSCO , N. Y. , nnd the lat- ter'H vestry lia granted him a leave of al > - loiiee. While lltahop Walker l In England ho will preach at Windsor ( in June 20 nt Iho service commemorative of the queen t hs- crss'lon to the throne. On July i ho IH ex pected to preach at HI Favlour'o church , Soutliwark. which In regarded practically on the Cathedral of South I/ondon. It wim In this church that John Harvard , thn founder of Harvard uiilvemity , was baptUed. JliiHilrn'N A mini riiilvr. The bcfet Salvo in the world for cuU , bruises , ores , ulcers , call rheum , fever sore-H , tetter , chapped hands , chilblains , ecnw , und all skin eruptions , and positively cures piles , or no pay required. It la guaranteed to glvo perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prlco 25 cents per box. For sale by Kuhn & Co. TIIH si \ When the HunHhlno oVr one hovers , Hoi i mid longing are at hand ; All the world was made for overn , Ilcauty rulcu the peaceful land. Falre-st Ilowew rise to meet It Ufl their faccH toward the light ; BwerteHt lilrd-yoiiKS thrll to greet It , Hunshlnu inuUen all nature bright. of Borrow may ho Htntnlng- , All the bitter path til pain : Hut , remember when l minim , ' , That the -"n Wlnslde , Neb. No man ever found that hln vitality wag leaving him without a nightmare of ap prehension , lood Is vitality. When you feel weak strengthen your blood. Pill Anae mic make * rich red blood and retitore ii vital- Ity. It In compoied largely of concentrated , btef blood and lo the great blood builder , Effects noticed after one week's u * ,