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Hj Xothor's Wheel.
In the shadows creeping o'er
Narrow pane and attic floor.
Stands n wheel n-JtHtnonldcrlns band,
Turned no more by foot or hand. ;
Dnst upon It deeply lies.
Tiny specks that cload the eyes r
Over It the spiders spin
Daylight out and evening In.
As I sit beside Itnotr,
"Weary heart and aching brovr,
Years go backward as the tide
From the sliver sea-sands glide.
Iilfe again is passlns fair.
Sunshine glints my face and Jinlr,
And a simple chikl I kneel,
Happy by this little wheel.
Once again 1 hear its hnm,
"While the moments go and come;
See the tireless fingers hold
Finest threads llfco shining gold ;
Busy till thesunset red,
Till the last faint beam Is fled ;
Spinning all the livelong day.
Hoars of pain and joy away.
Faithful hands that tolled solong,
XJps that sunc my cradle song.
Gome and hush my sighs once .inore.
Lighten burdens as before !
Softly through this silent room
Floats a brightness through the gloom.
While her presence seems to steal
Back to me beside this wheel.
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THE
OR
"vVIio TviII-Sa.-v-e'33:ei-?
GHAtTEftJQI. (OonUnued.)
"Why, but for the color of the hair,
It is Gertrude herself!"
"The color of the hair can be
changed ! suggested the silvery voice
of Darkaoll in hi3 ear.
They these four men scoundrels
all, yet each moved by fo different a
feeling, gathered round the desecrat
ed coffin, upon whose inmate the
double lanterns poured down a flood
of light.
A fttce of exquisite beauty, ghastly in
its shroud perhaps, and terrible in the
icy rigidity of death, but beautiful
exceedingly.
""Who would hare thought," mur
mured the lawyer half to himself, as
he turned away from the open coflin,
"that Rose Ayliffe could ever have
looked like this? If death works
... . , , . ., T . i
such miracles, who knows but I may I
i. i : on i
become an angel in my coilln I
"In your coffin perhaps, yes, but
never elsewhere," laughed the cyul-
caldociur. i ..
. s i?lt- -
.attbawct.wor.dVurjieato
lodge-keeper.
"Xever was a scheme better con
cocted ; we work without even a fear
of deletion. This idea of yours will
save all, Benjamin Dark noil."
They, the lawyer and the lodge
keeper, drew Malyon towards them,
and, with heads bent low, communed
in the shadow.
Meanwhile, Powder Blue from the
mere habit of business, tested the
coffin-plates, and was greatly disgust
ed to find they were not silver.
"It's like 'em," he muttered ; "al
ways a cheatin' the poor man de
ceitful even in death !''
The three evil heads, taking no
heed of him, had drawn together.
"The Baronet is at his last gasp. I
know the excitable nature of Aliss
Gertrude. Xieave ail the rest to me."
It was the doctor who spoke.
"And the chauge" his hand for
the raoment.nearly touches the quiet
face in the coffin "token may that be
madef"
"In a week from this. I have pre
pared forall."
"And Dr. Balm that is, your sis,
ter"
"Has agreed -to everything. We
cannot fail. J1'
And again the three evil beads gets
still closer together, till they make
but one menacing shadow on the
wall.
CHAPTER XIV.
T TV O E A S Y-G OBBS.
It was morning when the conspira
tors came stumbling out
of the old
chnrch. vaults, and stood '-blinking,
owl-like, in the light of tho dawning
day.
But few words were interchanged!
between them.
Darknoll, who had extinguished
the lantern he carried, led tho way
back to the lodge.
Here refreshments had beer, prepar
ed, so that hi3 guests might eat,
drink, and if required, sleep, without
disturbing the village out of its ac
customed propriety, or causing un
pleasant questions to be asked by its
ever curious, though poppy-headed
inhabitants. And the four men,
moved by such different instincts, yet
bent upon one common end, passed
through the thiokly populated church
yard, threading their way among
graves., scattering the dew from the
tall grass, and each alike anxious to
avoid the coming sunlight.
The plan so long matured was now
approved of by all, and, creatures of
darkness, they hurried home through
the pure morning air and.pearly light
to rest.
To rest! while the dying Baronet
moaned in his bed, and Gertrude
poor defenceless child slumbered in
hers, all unconscious of the terrible
doom pronounced.
The sun rose higher and higher in
the Jieavens, and the birds, those
winged musicians of tho air, flatter
from bough to bough, or spring aloft,
.filling all space with melody.
An awful .contrast this bright .and
hopeful world wHh that within the
darkiand crumbling-catacomb beneath
SMCBTiuQDTU
HLl.lffU.ilt!
ihaiLiih
the stone floor of the old Abbey
Churoh, abiding place of the bat and
the Epider, yet where manly strength
was left to moulder, and beauty
youth and beauty to decay.
Ugh! let us for the time being
shake such dreary thoughts from ue,
and wander down by the rlver'Bbank
till we come to a cozy ppot we have
had our eyes upon, even at the com
mencement of this chapter, and
where we hope to introduce the read
er to a very nice old gentleman.
Here he is, lying on his backt a soft
felt hat forming a pillow for his par
tially bald head ; a rod 'which he is
too lazy to hold, supported on a oouple
of crossed sticks ; and a float, which
he is watahing with hslf-shut, pleas
ant eyes, bobbing about in the water.
A portly old gentleman, white-haired
and ruddy-cheeked, a nose as straight
as a dart, and upper lip short as any
bygone Greek's statue. He is inclin
ed to corpulence, and is dressed In a
suit of tweed, the latter spotted and
Btained by much sylvan wear and
tear.
Xow take all this In at one compre
hensive glance, and yon will have
something of an idea of the personal
ity of Mr. Francis Mildmay, Rector
of Dripsey Bridge aud its twin parish
of Wentworth.
Unmistakably a gentleman ;
Frank Mihimay might have worn
ragged corduroy or frowzy fustian,
but the mo3t Inexperienced eye could
not mistake him for anything but
that.
An easy-gopr hurting no rnan'e
prejudices having none of his own
PaVon Mildmay was beloved by all,
from the Radical cobbler, who, as he
wouldn't come to church, 'Pa'son
Frank" made a point of preaching to
hie little shop window, down to the
village curs, who, 'conscious of con
cealed biscuits in the good gentle
man's capacious pockets, came snifT-
ing ooeijuiously at his heels.
This is no cor, however, whose
Mack, dewy muzzle is resting on the
rector's shoulder, and whose sweet
brown eyes, full of fun and mlsohief.
are watching the bobbing float with
far more attention than Pa'sou Frank
himself.
Mentioning the dog, recall? us to the
fact that tiie rector is not alone.
Standing asainst the trunk of a tree,
'arranging bait for the rector's lines,
n "
is the dog's master Mr. Peter Ap-
, , .
plethwaite.
A ourintjs, but none the less con
stant, companionship Is that between
tPaE0 n Fran teand -San d.vjPeter!Qh
laughing rector would say in auswer
to a remonstrance from the 'unco
guid of his parish. 'Peter has been
twice to church, and would have con
tinued to come but that his snoring
disturbed the congregation.'
Peter,' said the rector, without
looking up, I think I've got a bite.'
Applethwaite glanced at the flout,
and shook hia head.
'Not you ; besides, Rummager's got
her eyes on the float, and wouW bark
If it moved.'
There was a pause a short one,
broken by the rector.
'Peter, I dou't lika the way you're I
bringing up that dog it's not Chris
tian.' Peter's face expanded into its usual
expressive grin.
'Why not, Pa'son ? If eddication
means Christianity, Rummager's got
it. 'Tisn't my fuult, Pa'son Frank,
if the Echool boards et themselves
agin' Bible teaching.
'The Scriptures say, 'Remembar to
keep, holy the Sabbath-day.' Now,
Ruinmager doesn't.'
.or
It Is impossible for words to describe
the tone of protest conveyed in this
ejaculation.
"Why, pa'son, I don't think that
dog would bark at a cat, mucii more
start a hare, of a Sunday.' (This
with a siy look at the rector.) 'She
has kept too good company for that.'
'She's a ne'er-do-well, and you're
another,' said the rector, caressing the
sleek, black head of the dog. 'Tho'
I must say,' ho added, with a merry,
iaugh, 'that when you were illegally
boozing at some ale-house, Rummager
followed me to churoh, and sat out
the entire sermon In the centre aisle,
lioking her lips, and staring me out of
countenance.'
'And I'll be bound,' said Master
Applethwaite, 'as Ehe understood
you, Pa'son Frank, as. well, If not
better, than the rest of the congrega
tion.' It is possible,' assented the rector,
reflectively.
'Possible ! I'd back her.' and Peter
jerked his thumb In the direction of
the dog. still intent upon the float,
'agin' Farmers Jowler and Flack,
who are sound asleep afore you give
out the text. Why, to see the way
Rummager turns over a rabbit would
-make a Christian of a heathen. She
makes a dash, knocks it over,, and
holds it down until I come and seta it
free again !'
Another pause, again broken by the
rector.
'Peter!'
'I'm all here, pa'son ; on'y too glad
to be here when you talk. It iv'most
makes one wish to be a'nlgh all ears,
like a donkey.1
The good-natured old gentleman,
accustomed to Peter's ways, took not
the shadow of nn offence; indeed, had
he done so, Peter's misery for he
adored the rector would have been
complete for the day...
We have said that they,, understood
oaoh other. i
'Over thai old stone bridge and'
'the reetbr raised himself on-his elbowt-
pointing to two pioturesgue arches of
drooping Jvy and mouldering stone
that spanned the river 'over that
bridge, Peter, the ancient Romans
passed.' .
'Why not?1 said the unimaginative
Applethwaite ; 'they must have pass
ed over somehow; that bridge is aa
good as another.
I've not much
opinion ot them Romans myself.
Why that iron pot as I fished out of
the river bed '
'And for whioh I gave you half-a-erown."
'Though I said it wern't worth a
sixpence for it wasn't a thing to bile
a taturin. Now, meanin' no disre
spect to you, pa'son ; batthe ancients
is a matter as calls for discussion.'
'Ha, ha!' laughed the rector; they
have called for a great deal, and I
don't know that much good has come
of it. This little book' (and the rec
tor took up a well-thumbed volume
that had been reposing by his side
'contains about as much wisdom as,
with the exception of One, I care to
study. Listen to this, Peter;' and,
In a rich, soft voice, the rector read :
'No life so happy and so pleasant as
the llfeof a well-governed angler; for
when the lawyer Is swallowed up
with business, and the statesman is
preventing or contriving plots, then
we sit on the cowslip banks, hear the
birds eing, aud possess ourselves in as
much quietness as these silent silver
streams which we now see glide so
quietly by us.'
Peter -Applethwaite, who was a
good listener as well as talker the
former qualification being a great rec
ommendation to the rector nodded
approval.,
'May T ask the name of the gentle
man as figured that up.?'
'Izaafc Walton.'
Then please score one in my name
to Mr. Isaacs we thinks alike. Was
he a. pa 'son, sir?'
"No and yes he was a eplendid
preacher; Xisten ;' and again the rec
tor read :
'Every misery that I miss is a new
mercy,' that's good, Peter?'
Fi rat-rate !'
A business man himself, but not so
busy but lie had leisure to langh ; he
had what he himself calia a meek,
contented quietness such a quietness
as makes a man's very dreams pleas
ing both to God and himself that
great ajaker of us all, Peter, whe
gives us 'flowers and showers, and
stomachs and meat, and content and
IeisureJ;o go.a-nshing.' '
'" ncUtthSrector--carolled, in
rn!trjfoic&rtbro'ordBong4:
"Other joys
Are but toys;
Only thfci
Xawifnl is.
For her sfeill
Breeds no III,
But content auQ pleasare."
Hore Rummager gavsa short warn
ing bark.
A bite!' cried Peter.
And it was a magnificent fish,
which the rector, now all life and an
imation, springing to his feet, landed
In thorough sportsmanlike fashion.
'There!' he said, as, with glisten
ing eyes he surveyed his prise, which
was still quivering with life in the
sweet meadow grass.
'Can anybody
about angling,
have two opinion
Peter?'
'No one 'cept, possibly, thcjlsh.'
'Umphi' grunted the rector, some
what vexed.
But,' continued Mr. Applethwaite,
'what must be will be, even when it
oughtn't to be ; because, you see, the
world goes round on it3 axle-trees,
and we can't put the skid on just as
we choose ;' with which Iuminotls
piece of philosophy he withdrew the
hook, and consigned the fish to the
basket. As he did so hi.-, eyes fell up
on the Irttle book, now lying open on
the grass. 'Why heart alive! I
should know him ! That book was
Mister Everard Corbett's!'
'Quite right, Peter. He made me a
present of it the day before he left.
It was my' own selection. There's
not a page of it we haven't travelled
over a hundred times together. Fine
lad! noble lad!'
'There couldn't be a better!' was
Sandy Peter's ready response.
I loved him like my own son, said
the rector. 'Bless him !' I should be
Eorry to leave this world without hav
ing looked Into his handsome face,
onco again. Tet, India's a long way
off, and I I'm getting old.'
As the kind soul whisked out his
handkerchief to pas3 over liis eyes, a
small paper, folded note-form, fell at
his feet.
What's that ?'
'It looks like a letter,1 said Appleth
waite, a3 he picked it up; 'and I
think I remember Mrs. Grace' (the
rector's housekeeper) 'giviug it to
you as we came away. She said one
of the Abbey gardeners brought it.'
So she did so she did. And I put
it into my pocket, along with the box
of gentles, that I shouldn't forget it
How foolish of me! It's written in
pencil, too. That's queer.'
Thus chatting, the easy-going rec
tor mounted a pair of gold-rimmed
spectacles npon the bridge of bis ex
cessively handsome nose, and opened
the note.
A glance at it, and the whole ex
pression of his countenance changed ;
the ruddy color went out of his cheek
and, for the first time in Appleth
waite's memory, the hearty old rector
turned pale.
The word3 he read were these :
Dear, Mr. Mtldmat,
'Do-come'and see me at once.
Ifed'that something terrible is about
to happen at the Abbey, and I have
no friend to advise with but you.
They keep me confined to my room,
and say that I am not in my right
mind, but that's not true. Oh, Mr.
j Mildmay! I don't know what to do
with all these people about me. Do
come and see me, and see poor dear
papa at once at once! at once I
'Yours, in much alarm,
'Gertrude WKxrvroRBn.
After having read this epistle
through for the third time, the rector
folded It carefully up, and returned It
to his pocket.
Then, wiping his gold-rimmed
glasses thoughtfully, he returned
them also to their case and the same
receptacle.
He looked down at his very uncler
ical. Btained suit of tweed, and, for a
moment, hesitated, speaking for the
first time after reading the note aloud.
'I'm afraid I dout look much like
a parson Peter.'
Peter grinned.
'That depends how parsons ought to
look. For my part I don't see why
them as preaches the Word of Dife
should be dressed like undertakers.
It's a matter for discussion.'
'We will not fish any more to-day,
Peter. I'm goiug to the Abbey.'
Peter opened his eyes a little. It
was a fact well known in Dripsey,
that 'heathen Sir Hugh' and the good
old rector were not on a friendly foot
ing. 'No bad news about Sir Hugh?'
asked Applethwaite.
'Why, yea; no, no nothing in
particular.'
Miss Gertrude's" well, I hope?' this
with much anxiety.
'Miss Gertrude Is not well, and I'm
going to see her. Tou can take that
fish for your own breakfast, and there
is a shilling to get soruethiug to wash
it down with.'
So saying, the rector, thoroughly
preocupled, put the coin Into Apple
thwalte'a brown palm, and turned
upon his heel.
He had not taken many steps before
he turned and again addressed Apple
thwaite.
Peter, you "bear a "bad name; but it
is my conviction there are many
worse people in the world than you.
Peter grinned.
'Stick firm to that conviction. Par
son Frank, and you can't go wrong.
'And I know you to be one of the
most Inquisitive fellows in existence
like Rummager, there, poking your
nose into everything that does not
concern ycra.-
Peter was about to enter into a vir
tuous disclaimer, but the rector cut
him short.
'What have you heard abbel these
newcomers at the Abbey ?'
Mister Rockwood ?'
The rector gave another wave of his
hand.
I know him. I allude to the Lon
don doctor and nurse.'
Peter slowly rubbed his head before
he answered.
'The doctor beau out-and-out clever
one, that be sure. He set Joe Grum
mell's arm, which was broke in two
places, an' never took a shillin'.
Then he cured the miller's wife as old
Doctor Bowlby give over ; from which
they do say the miller can't abide the
sight of him ha, ha!'
'A clever man, yet always at the
village inn. Scarcely respectable
that, Peter.'
It is possible that that the rector
and Peter entertained very different
opinions upon the latter point, the
very notion of the village Inn being,
to Mr. Applethwalte's idea, a prom
ised land, flowing with well, some
thing stronger than milk aud honey.
'The doctor do lay In the rum-and-wnter,
to be 6ure; bat whether a bot
tle of rum and a thimbleful of water
be too much for a man in one day, Is
a matter open to discussion.'
Um ! aud the nurse?'
'A tidy little body, neat as a new
pin, as makes no more noise than a
shadder. She was down in th' vil
lage tother day, and I'd a good look
at her. She has got one o' them faoes
as you're never quite certain whether
you're seeing it in profile, three-quarters
or full front. Sort o' woman a3
would rather listen, to other folks
talking than talk herself.'
'A rather uncommon sort of worn
an that,' laughed the rector. 'WpII, I
shall make her acquaintance for my
self. Good morning, Peter.
'Mornin', pa'son.
Mr. Applethwaite knuckled his
forehead and scraped his boot if not
with a Cheaterfieldian elegance, with
a something that was far higher and
nobler, a genuine love and respect for
the kind-hearted rector, who, again
relapsing iuto thought, strode away
along the banks fringed by tall, tufted
reeds and over-grown with willows,
and then into the moist meadow land
beyond.
Well,' said Peter, with a sigh, as
ho gathered the fishing paraphernalia
together, 'I thought parson and me
would have had a pleasant mornin's
sport ; but there's nothing certain in
this world, Rummager, my lass,' and
here he turned to his dog, 'but death
and Queen's taxes.'
Rummager, who was engaged seek
ing to catch glimpses of the hidden
fiah through the interstices of the bas
ket, looked up. and solemnly shook
her ears. Whether aho understood
her master's sentiment Is uncertain,
but she looked as If she did, which
-was equally satisfactory to him.
I don't know much about the peo
ple up at the Abbey," he said, as he
unscrewed' tfie j5lnt3 oTtho fialiing-
rod, 'but I do know something about
one as belongs to them that ill-looking
chap with the smudge of blue on
on his face. He's a warmint all over,
or I'm no judge of breed. P'r'aps wo
shall meet him, Rummager, down at
the 'Arms,' for he'sJIkeyour masterin
ono thing he's got a thirst as noth
ing can squeich, and if we meet we'll
fall out.
He shouldered thefishingirods.and
took up the basket.
'Why, 'bless my heart,' as he would
say, .pa'son 's forgot his book ! Never
knew him do that Deftwe. If all the
leaves was bank notes, he couldn't
care more for it.
He placed it carefully in his pocket
then whistled thedof:.
'And now for breakfast, Rummager.
That bandy-legged fellow promised
your right honorable master a thrash
ing, and your right honorable ditto
promised him one, which is a matter
as will admit of discussion.'
And with thoughts full of Homeric
battle, Peter Applethwaite strode on
his way a different way to that tak
en by the rector among trailing
brambles and fan-leaved ferns, aud
past delicious water spota still as sli
ver mirrors, -flecked by shifting shad
ows, and, to the experienced eye, full
of rich promise of fiah.
For once, Mr. Peter Applethwaite
was oblivious to all this. But two
things held possession of bis thoughts
his fear that something had gone
wrong witii the rector, and his re
solve to give Powder Blue a thrashing.
CHAPTER XV.
TUB RECTOR IS PDEKLKD.
'What, not see Miss Miss Gertrude!
Why, my dear Mre. Bl-aek.itfebyher
own desire I am here. See her I must
and will!'
And the Reverened Mr. Francis
Mildmay emphasized this expression
of hia determinatien very etron-gly.
He was standing in Mrs. Bleek's,
the housekeeper's room, wiping the
drops from hia broad, brcv forehead ;
for he had come across the perk from
the river, and bad been walking fast.
'Deary, deary, deary me, Pa'son
Mildmay!' and the anoient woman
wrung her hands. 'It's all confusion
and iiustratfon. Nothing peaceable
and quiet, a3 when I was a gal !
Then everything went reg'lar, like
the ticking of a clock ; while now
'In Sir Hugh's "ava'ie, I suppose,
Mrs. Bleek, you are mistress here?'
said Pa'son Frank.-impatientiy.j
- 4-- mWL re you jw agmg
ueary, deary mo! 1 dont Know
whether the Abbey ia resting on Its
own foundations, or standing on its
chimney pots. Ever since thoso peo
ple from iundon have been here, I've
been sitting on earthquakes, that I
have ! If the ground was to open be
neath my feet, it wouldn't surprise
me a bit! There's death in tbe air,
Parson Frank. There's death is the
air!'
What the de-v I mean, what on
earth do you. mean, woman? ejaou
lated the eaey-goer, for once startled
out of his equanimity.
I mean this,' and Mrs. Bleek sunk
her voice into a whisper, 'that the
voice of the fox was beard all night
in the copse ; that them two owls in
the clock tower never stopped hoot
ing ; and the croak of the raven was
heard under my own windpw ; all
certain signs, and sura that a Went
worth is about to die !
'Nonsense!' said the rector. 'The
death of a dozen Wentworib3 couldn't
concern the owls, nor ravens, much,
though possibly the fox might have
a larger interest in the matter. How
is Bliss Gertrude?
'Clean off her head, I'm 'feared.
She talks and raves about all sorts of
things. I think her mind is gone,
sometimes that I do,'
'The more reason that I should aee
her, and above all, the doctor.'
'The doctor!' said a rich, mellow
voice, almost at the rector's elbow.
'The doctor's here, only too delighted
if he can be of any service.
Paraon Frank, who had opened the L
door of Mrs. Bleek 'a sanctum, in
preparation for his quitting the room,
started, and let go ,of his hold on the
lock.
In tbe smiling gentleman who iooti
in the doorway he recognised hav
ing more than once seen him paa the
rectory Doctor Malyon.
Somewhat confuted, the raecor red
dened. He returned the doctor's bow.
The latter advanced with an .air of
easy frankness a 'geutleta&aly air,
but little in keeping with bottles of
rnm aud the village inu.
'I must apologize for a seeming
rudeness, but I wag myself about to
turn the outside handle of the door
when it opened. Listeners, it ia" pro
verbially said, hear no good of them
selves. I trust, as ni3 listening- was
nnintentional, that I am an exception
to the rule.
'I am happ3 to have an opportunity
of making Doctor Malyon 'a acquaiut-l
ance, said the rector, bo-.ving; 'the
more so as I have already heard of
his skill, and how kindly it has been
used to the benefit of some of my par
Is hfoners.
During all which stiff talk doctor
and reator alternately surveyed each
other.
Both were mutually stttisfied with
the inspection.
The good parson's face wa3 far too
frank and open to give the cunning,
I clever doctor mucn uneasiness 7 .whileany out a ,txue iub., living in bis
toe ,masa qi jovial amtnpmpac was
worn so.welJ,by Alelyen, mat,a'lcr,uel
-and cxjtniuitras he was,, i,c required
far, far keener eyes than, lrancls
Mildmay a fo peep beneath it. . ,..'
Alaafor-Gertrude! poor Gertrudeilv -
t Who will save her? ' ;-tt o
'You would see Miss Wentworth!'1
'Such is my wish. " ,l
'My good friend Mr?. Bleek will
conductyou to her room ; but before i
doing so, may I beg a word wfchyou " '
in private. Mrs. Bleek, J know, wl$v
forgive me f I ask her to give U3.b .
ber little Fitting-room for a moment.
Thedoctor's wish was Immediately
obeyed, and the two gentlemen wejg .
alone. .
As the old housekeeper retired--Malyon
looked after ber with a shake.
I of his head.
'A well meaning creature, that, belt
a very bad nurse, X fear, fbr MT33
Wentworth.
'Blesa me! why so? . "
Full of old world superstitions a
sort of living superstition herself, ifl
may say so, tbe housekeeper's wiftr
talk is calculated- to have a serfeuffy'
injurinus effect upon Miss Wenb
worth's at present enfeebled miad!'
The Teotor stared, drew a( llonx
breath of surprise; and the ikto&r'
now very grave and earnest, wferifcdnv'"5 '
'Of a highly Imsgrnatlve, nay, po
etio temperament, MlssWeBtwortha.
mind, aa I judce It, must at ail times
have been- ready to receive impres
sions from the influence? that more
immediately surround her. Shebasf'
received shock after shock, of late,' as
you know ; and the gloom, If "T may1
po express myself, the terror of "lb "
house, has bad a telling effect upon?
her that effect increased wotra- Htfcle,.'
f I am convlaced, by tbe coitetant,an(Jrn
sale companionship of Mrs. Bleefc.1'
'But Iwsr brother, Mr. Pbiitp? Hi
Doctor Malyon ahrugsed his ghoul
tiers and depreciatingly waved his
hand. '
WWdl wild ! and selfish ; HesMaV'
this unfortunate estranfge&seiil - be
tween ftrtlher and son all sadyvar,y,,
sad and to-a mind like kens, a jjoeflfc- -miod,
aireeragtaaeea ooaislwlng the
speeds of dleeape.'
The reetor started, far titer msli
that in the dtors &e that Sited
him with great alarm.
You eannoV think Misa QfertTude'S '
mind affected?
Her mind iseviden.Iy shalsen'r biftt
my fears and leaning forward1 Ma-
I iyon touched the reoter gently on Mio
breats 'are for the heart!'
There was a moment's silence. TUtsT
rector was evidently much moved.
I learn from my brother jira'ati
tioner. Dr. Bowlby, a most T&ortK1
Igentlaroan, that Lady Wenfcwoij
tfflrpfor youngTa
ed from heart disease
The rector had heard so.
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v'solhaafbUlitjilR1
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yet the news of his speedily pat3ingr .
away deeply atlected him, principal
ly for Gertrude's sake the getttet
beautiful, unprotected creature. ,'.., ,
Doctor Malyon also sighed. -
'Death, sir, death miwt eoma to U3i
all ; but your ministering ie a happier:
one than mine, Mr. Mildmay.; your
stand hy the gate of ?lgl9 and tears.
'We must be very careful, vary e '
ful, continued the 'iocter; 'fori need
not hide fram yoa that aa regacdeSkr.
Hugh and with a gestttsar far
more eloquent tliar words feh sank
tence was completes.
'Surely, there ie hope w-kWe.Jihftre
is life, yot know, there iat alwjaapr
hope; at least, we non-profeselonali'.,
eling to that belief. ' . ;.
'In this case there is no hope labson -lately
none. Upon ihia faot Ifiedgsv
you my profaeiicnai oxpeciencai. ,
Poor Sir; Hugh! He anA Franola .
Mildmay ha 4 been far from fsienda. -.
and show tbe brighter land beyoad.
It must indeed be a bliesfal privilegej
t bring joy to our departing brother;
while nls dreary pyes look tm? for'HuP "
ladt tffcue on earth, to open se (0
blies in heaven.' . . .
The-e words were said fonseat,;.
and without any appearance ofcaalk
No wonder if the honest, smlp1gi
hearted rector wae 'efairaieef -witffc JDk
Malyon.
I should like to seeteGer&HdJBi
he itild, 'aatit'sive wlttw eoeifoctl'caa.
to the poor dear chAd ; ateo, !rSfoj:
Hagh .! '
He poosed ia srreat akrmv,rRl'
acroam woman's seteam ehrflt
and piercing, rarrg through the bowsed
Both men, with faeoe of alarm,
turned to dim and gho&MfkeM&f
Bteek, who nuag opes he dooVoYtlio
rooa. ' "
It3 Mies Gertrndor she crlSif
'and ebe's l BfrHagfis room V ' J
The rector and doetas .jaoseed r
rfedly out, Mrs. Bieek following thniL
metterJUiK as she did so, with upik$gl
bli&dewy band, 'if ajgBS and ornMp
iro wroth anything, (beta's anot
of the Wen&worths gone!'
fo je oamousii.
;.s e
The TrHfr Code of Hose
- - Iv' -Hi".
to be UiKfcfch-
f A man eoanoc affond
fl KnW,,xny.clr;uatttjoesf;iBHau
cannot afford to bmoenat ayftilm .
amn eaanot aftbrd to do lesstbaa
hte best af. a!Jf times, and uoder.salL
circumstances. No roatterlfOw an
justly you are treated, yotrcanaolfbr
youc own jtake, afford to tue any,tfing
fbuty.onr better pelf, nor render any-
thlBg- but your bettor sorvioest Jtau-
oannot afford to lie to a liar ; yoe eaa-
not anord to be mean to a.aeaM man ;
yoo oannot afford to do other than n-t
rightly with any raan.no mctofcai.'
exigencies may exist betwieaa him
and yoe. 2fo mn can affi&wLto be
njgjier lttUB-ra KM aotng wilU uis
highest aosidecattMu tittm-
Duilff Commoner-
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