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DENTIST,
BROWXVILLE, NXUSBASI-A,
2. iU3AIT,S
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Af?n" "VTATTTXG- ReDinn.
Pkrs and all rork done In. te best
sauo-ude. short vottr. Saco- gwiraa-
ed 6rr-anna.Ul -it- I
'WagonmaMng,
Blacksmithing
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ULD RELIABLE MEAT MARKET
BOBT & BEO.,
BrTCHEBS.
God, S-cv-eet, Presli
i"ym oo bad. and satUfirttJoa g-ar
Rtid toall sters..
J. 3X.1-0 -3ZS
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FixeS-elia.rmtrh. x-trk ai Farr J CIts.
TMihwi. Etr.. Ee.
i3roiTnviIIe. S'ebrasl--..
HATS TOU Sx
H isg pttrciwed the
"ELS jPXr T '
1WERT UD RED
Tin1
T irt. to aaiifmae- that I am prepared to
duaaUveryb5n3(5.
Jfosh Rogers.
CITTHOTEL
TeUisteaPr.Srey. j
Omaha. N"el-
r- yAJt the Brsixee cektre of tee
1 Mtr aniTmIcfat --j. t-i r-aatct sad
fi uirli Il-urr at-fci-areoaancnni. wttUtrJ5 j
Es,"Ws.3ct mcsm -roiic asare of
lb- ltTnnritr fcata '--thera ?ebc& a-d the
trrij pbc a-Ily. OI- specal cans to
C SI-ar.or-Ty---ta n i-iinlngr wtth .any
igfte- E.T.PACT. Pr-yfetar
CL ks, 7atCxhess Jewelry
JOSE3?H SPtTJTZ,
Ho. 53 ZSai-t Street Sro .vi21e.
Sihw c-h v ee koadalarpe IweQ
. . p Mr4L i isTfaA
vfe
- 4rH.Ms: cu--ji . - --fer-P-Be-atn
i r af Cets. Wps and Jewelrj
m iirt moe. at re&so le rates.
s-wrt oe. at reJ s o r.
-! WOKaT TTtAS-cL.VIXD.
IB. STEOBLE
AT cm- BAiiS3.i. !
IeIer tc. j
PAMILT GEOGEEIES, TEAS,!
CANNED yi.X-, JLA-.-. ;
liL.AAlt.,
TOBACCO, nr. IRS. XEEHSCHArK TIFES. A.5
SrSICAi IXST-C3IE5TS.
FBESH OYSTEHS
TAZLOii.
BaOWNVnXE, NEBRASKA,
CatttB?. or Cattlns: and ICakta. ee to
r,-Hr a art aotfcte at -ascaMe
arlees. H bad Umg cprtce -ad caa
-R-arrat sat?t-it. wu at aa sp
rest e-ee on Allan--street.
at
Jrtlir V. Walsli,
SroTmville. Xebraslia.
B. B. COIiH-APP,
3( Sit t-rer of
FINE .1
59 in Street,
SrowuYlIIe, ZVebrasiia.
drders From Neighboring Towns
Solicited.
HOMIlWOOp HILLS
S3XF?rE-,
a -no le2ed to be the best miner in the
r TS nrepared tnr GOOD,
TOUE ta asv qcantltr. Everr sacl -warranted.
.
ilyFI-ar is Sir e at all the principal
siores In. Brown vfile. nr-i-ru-i-rv
Shenn IHils.Ap-- tst.iS75.
7.
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ATTORNEY ATLATT.
Office w a "W.T. o?er5.Brews-5e. Nes.
L. SCHICK,
ATTOE5ET AT -.V.
-far-ecnasaedt-: taeGersK i "ncnoge. OP-
tffe nt dwor wewaity Clerk's QCSee. Caari
ct3e-iJBjn-f.-r9---a-iereBraKa-
J &, STTTIxIL,
I Attorn ty and Conwelor nt La-f,
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J.
BROADT,
I Atlontty a.nu uouneiar ai j .
t OScererStsto BoBt.ErswaTtlh'efc.
iK
W. THOMAS,
ATToiorE:"r at law.
Oaeeiafsa
fsctfit r--i overStctz'a.Jwi'etr-rSW:
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sff tjeogees, i
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entrasM-Itolifcscare Office ta OBttrc Has:
'asse SSd-t
' lag3nwavBe Jrt.
A S. HOULADAX
PHvaician. Sro and Obstetrician, t
Oradaated im ISM.
Ied la. BraorsTflle 155.
r Special attenww uc w vMcecne a .e
I fW!taaClUldreB
O-tee.tl m 4tre-
TT L- 3IATHEWS.
i 'pirrsiciAzr axd s-rgeox.
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lp
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BOOT A5ISH0EIi.EXR f
CHSTOX WOKailitfr:.itaaF
CTarantecd Keptuna? Beany autfl jtromptir .
ml " -T if e s eC Bewrnre, 2fA.
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( T W. GIBSON.
BLACKS3UTHA5D HOKSi- shok.(
Wr: & re-era.
raatee . '
First street. etee-3--
A tc, Baswa
J.
31. BAXJ
LnE(e-r-t 4 Dealer ra
lLLkts, Er-sies, xl
sr "RiT'nr Tion on hort ot)ce The eele-
bc-ietf cxram Otl BUcJcins: fer prwemeg Har-
ne.oets.ba.c - .iWysoo an.
f-4 laln St., I3roTrETlIle. Jeb.
StTDI5AaTS
-nbL.fi!
rDuil.iuii
SXOI2JE.
5cd door east of Poet OSes,
BROWAULLE, TfEBRASHA.
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Meat . rT fZZ3T In i
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'JPHTOHUPl HUEBII
3Iain street.
Ho- 4z7rpslsty
BEowynLLE,XEBRASEA.
Imnk" PYerv size or tvl of ptetnre de
tred. Ufe-srae pbotorapt5 a specialty
Every pain? taken to tv pVeaatn? and be
romlng positions. None bnt
TXST CT.RS lOB-E-
allowed ta Jeave srv saUery- A fall assort
mest of PICrCXE FBAMES. of all ytes
aad endos an hand. ALBT1IS. OCKETS
COI.O$tED PICTUKEB, aa many eer
SS& CST-Z-I- jcs PLC
Person- wfebtat: PnoiozTap- work done In
i the -est tyle. at lowest prices, shoold not
Jail to call and gee lor men leeives.
P. L ZOOS.
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ajGy S5 k - '
QOTS AND SHOE
C-STOX WORK
tTAJD- TO OSDES.
Bepairtag-M lye. N.jOf ias et.2rcwr
J". z. ioy3
N-HITAK
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Keeps -C-1 -e of
BDMlLCBBtanEI
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fini i
S8&Hk yP3K9iB"Cflv- a i
j .56 Xaitf StreetrBEaiT-fTTIiE,XEa5,yate yoa."
THE
worth imtei:
OE-
"Wlio "Will Save Sex-'
CHAPTER XXH Ccntinned.)
re- WnMtnfwnr-o'"'
"I pave her half the money I had
then got and, by dint of much pa-
ttenee and more money, became her
r.r,rt t.- t--3 T-.r..?Qfl nTir -r-e
studied in-a lonely place, half-hut,
half-cave, in the depth of a forest.
"
uiuuoai,faa -ii iiuutreuu.. - --
t.lm nTtii t r T 1 r -l rw faA Trt
calls
jr
had nerves then," he added, with a
sign tnas was no. leignea, -wnicn cne
most potent of poisons" he touched i
his glass "has nnsteadied.
"I should like to have seen you,
David, tete-a-ieie with the old nn. I
wonder the devil didn't fly away with
ttsu Dotn. He nasn'c tne cnance or
such a haul every day."
"Well, I suppose he put it off tiii he
could find me with some worse speci
men of humanity, in the shape of a
lawyer," replied the doctor, quietly
"HoweTer that may be. her knowl
edge of what bygone fools have term
ed the black art filled me with won
der. She had Eecrets of poison and
antidote, drawn from flower and herb -
. ...raf. KinHsH d.nrn a
she told me.
. - - .- ,
from ceneratlon to generation, a
family of dread inquirers into Mature.
tneir only inenc, anajeaioasiy guaru-
ed, as a means1 If not of wealth, at
j least of power to wreak vengeance I
thnt.pnli im!ruT vpneoanee which
EErwhen oppoctunitv offers. U ever'
wreaked by the slave aairst the mas-
ter. the weak asainsc the strons."
"T shall not go to Mexico,"
' w i
observ
ed the lawyer, as he helped himself to
eheese. "I thought It a pleasant land.
mv owh dear David, have taken
i ofTthe k4eom ef the peach with a ven-
gee nee."
"I was a poor devil."
continued
Ma4yo, "living in a London garret.
when the evil fate of poor Charlotte
lh YciWkn- vnn fcrvow of thit nest-
-.. -.-.v --. - - j .
pet Emperor. Maximilian reached
me. I bad been ill. and confined to
my room, for reasons."
The lawyer nodded knowingly.
3T had no difficulty In guein what
those recsoas were.
"The account of her Illness, of her
loss of reason, reached me through
jthemedkim of a greasy, fly-spotted
; newspaper, whT6rTriaberiJDroagfC
wilh lae pteasaiu -.w-uuipauiui-ut. ui
cheese and beer, from a pcblic-hoose.
I recognized the work of llexie&n
hsR?, and knew that, with her. so
deadly 3st have been the hate, there
was, within the scope of my knowl
edge, no remedy. Had there been, I
shoeld have made a fortune, a prince- j
ly fortune, isteo of being eventual
ly arrested for a paltry debt, at the
suit of & eertain iTathew Rockwood.
Evidently considering this as a cap-
ital joke, the Iawver Iaushed hearti-'.
- t .
Iv. The doctor, who nothing seemed
to disturb, continued to talk and
driak with bis usual air of khappy-go-lecky,
tke the world as I find k.
-T .-.- -a r-sr rrcv rl. TYsr IflVlion
. . - ,
. ----.- j -""-""".seeking the cool shade of the trees.
iastrnetress especially vaiue- a rare
herb, with rare qualities. An herb to
DIOUDCt: UIIC ICiUUiitC ! ucuiu
- - !.. f.m It!. nj.-v nf Anfh a '
drug well known to the ancients, be
assered arresting all the body's func
tions for a time, and then according
to the dose given, keeping afterwards
the recipient in a sort of drowsy obliv
ion a waking sleep. I have seen
only twlee the working of such a
drag ; the last time was at Brussels,
in the person of the unfortunate En-L.
Dress.'
"Ha!"
The lawyer, who was raising his
glass to his lips, replaced it uatated
on the table.
"The doctor, without remarking, or
at least indifferent to the effect he had
created, went on.
"By an aecident, while examfning
the herbs In Mrs. Prudence's shop, I
eame upon the very drug' that was
capable, properly manipulated, of pro
ducing a similar effect. It is rare even
in Mexleo; it is unknown utterly
unknown here. I was delighted at my
discovery, without knowing to what
end It would so speedily serve. I
haged my treasure with a more than
miserly fondness, tried experiment;
9L . t t T" .!--. m TT T ilrt
aiter epximut, -i i- - "'"c" ,
there was no astae. ice result oi
my labors you have gleaned, Mathew;
I bat I repeat to you that, within my
knowledge, there is no antidote as yet
discovered
The two augnrs who cnald not meet
withoat Iaaghig might have oppos
ed to them a parallel picture of two
greater knaves, who conscious of
their viliany, blush and only blash
before each other.
These two scoundrels mutually
averted their gaze at the words "no
antidote," the doctor emptying his
glass, and as rapidly refilling it, while
j the lawyer pretended to busy himself
with the fragments on his plate.
The situation for now both kept
silence was an awkward one, when
it was broken by a' tap at the door.
A note from the lodge ; a note for
Mr. Rockwood.
Ic was a briefone.
"Iam here.
Diana.7
The lawyer frowned, hit his Up,
thee, smiled, crumpling the note In
his hand.
"My wifebas arrived." he.sidtad
dressingthe doctor.
"Ah, charming dady,-i ;I-ongrata-
nyr. Kockwood aeemed to care
verv little aboat the conzracniaiion,
bat said, brieflV, "She'll be of use
with Philip. Trie old man makes a
Tool of himself and him !"
The doctor nodded.
"Case of monomania. 2To answer
ing for pets. Pre known people take
a fancy to a rat. One of my patients
went mad aooat a pi? -would sic lor
nours scratcniD-T its Dacs:, ana aiea
wnen ic Qieu.-
"-J Jest- sa-u -r- ADCooa.
nmpaueoirv . xuiuga vvm muv-
more bwhuv now jjiaua ia ne. x
- the whole business was over"
hs added wearily. "Were it to do
'ivu aau:,
frvvpr.TTotn i slmnst thm ETpat as
- - .
' t-e stase is to wm, i wouia nave no
t .... . - . . .
fttifc "
"Ha, ha I my poor friend, comment-
I ed the pittiless and utterly impassible
doctor. "Your liver is not right.
When you begin to talk of conscience,
I know it's liver. I am delighted atf
the arrival of 3Irs. Eockwood. You
will be Done the worse for a tonic"
Another tap at the door and the
bent form of Dtiddy Darknoll came
into the room.
"Diana is here !" he said, address-
Ing Rockwood. "lam pleased sbe
has come."
"I am coins down ta the lodge to
see her," observed Rockwocd, some-
what ungraeioesly ; adding still more
ungraciously "after luncheon."
The old man fixed his bead-like
eyes for a moment with a fieree glitter
upon the lawyer's sulky face, but it
was for a moment only. The face re -
venerable calm, and the
voiee was soft and unruffled.
"Ya ne.d not dfeturb yourself. I
aui E" -e w . it x -mp. i
emphasised the title s though he
tasted it, and it savoured well In his
mouth. "You can join us when
when yoo please."
"AH right !' said the lawyer, evi-
Gently much relieved
-I sha'a't be
long. Do the amiable. Daddy, and
SIVS ? Saesr.' 1 oa know.
'Yea, I know!" ami with the false
smite playiag a boat his thin lips, and
) with the buBched lwtek hunching it
self still more, the old man. after a
few wrt$ to the doctor, slunk out of
the roofii.
"Denee4 glad she's come !" said
ilathew Roekwftod. resweaing his seat
with ratten alaerity, end again attack
ing the wine. "A woman's thedevil.
they say, and she is well, one of ten
thousand !
CHAPTER XXIII.
BS. BOCKWCOO AGAIN APPEABS OK
TKS SCENE.
.The lodge window commends a
view of the Abbey, that is to say, a
oortioa of it the turreted-roof and
clock-tower standing htsh above the
efiv()Weli. tre
Stro-gly brought
out by the flooding reniight. which
touches with giHteniag splendor each
tall turret and uuaint chimney, the
old Abbey seems to ok in the gold-
i n ffwht Rnri n-"irtfA Jn thp wnrmth nf
toe sun.
From the lodge to the hoae stretch
es a magnificent sweep at perk land,
dotted by groups of trees and pleas
ant watpr tiihfrs- Tizv frtitJp nrp-
- . -- - ' '
I and der are coursing to and fro,
j glancing hither and thither swift as
the merry sunbeams themselves.
One of those seees to be met with
nowhere bet in England. A scene
rieh in everything that is supposed to
make man happy aneestrial grand
eur, domestic comfort, and, above all,
wetth !
Negleeted by Its late owner, who
cared for nothing bt his horses and
dog5f tfae interio of tbe d Ab
bey had fallen into decay. Estranged
from his son, his daughter a mere
child, the selfish man had cared only
for animal pleasures, which he had
followed like an animal. The brash
of a fox had been to him far more
than the brush of a Roberts or a Van
dyke, and topping a gate or a fence,
with the risk of a broken collar-bone,
a master of far greater ambition than
raising the family nam
nobler effort. Sir Hugh
by some
had been
emphatically that we wish it were
In oar power to write creature of the
post, the hunting rueire oneef those
men who, with all their pride of Iin-j
eage and empty arrogance of birth,
nourish the soul of the groom beneath
brea3t of Ehe nobIemailf Iive
only to hunt and shoot, tosatisfvthe
most selfish way, and, carin for no
body bet themselves, ride down all
opposition on the pert of their de-
pe-daI1: reracrH-Iessly, as, when In
pnrsait of a worthless fox, thev ride
down tfae farmer's wheat or tarnips.
Gazing from the lodge window was
a lady. She wore a dark-colored
I traveling-dress, bat her hat was flang
aside, and her face, overflowed by the
sunlight, showed features that reveal
ed the remnants of a beauty that most
once have been singularly striking.
Stern and hard those feature, were,
nevertheless; sad the large, lustrous
eyes gleamed somewhat too defiantly
from beneath the jet-black brows, jast
as the mouth was a little too' firmly
set, and the jaw too broad and project
ing. Yet none but those of her own sex,
whose charms were fashioned upon a
different model, would dispute Diana
Rockwood's claim to be called a beau
ty. "And all this will hePEtlip's," she
said, meditatively, and speaking tot
herself, "as it is Philip's right that it
should be ! The man who lies dead
up yonder loved me oncs at least he
I swore he did ac I was to have been
,his wife. The coward! A' father's
. wrath, and he bent like a reed before
cne cempeac, reaay to sacrince any
thing; and, flrst of all, ready to aacrl
' fice mel He did sacrifice
me.
and
i
and brought to his home a fair-haired,
sickly toy to usurp my rights, and
take my place. How was I to strug
gle against such odds to fight a bat
tle acainst selfish rank and enormous
wealth? I saw the thing was hope
less, and, while my sorrows and my
pride ate into my heart, I resigned
myself to fate for a time I"
v ery ecurniui.maeea, was ine e-
nrPSSICB Of th htCFh n-niltf f
f - -D., .w.. .Mv., ...
she spoke the words, and her cheeks
took a warmer tinge, which deepened
r while It enriched its swarthy hue.
"lam sure of Philip ami sure of
rEockwood? Why yes; his interests
are bound up in mine. That doctor,
are bound to us. as we are to them, by
the dreary fellowship of crime."
She sighed deeply, and turned from
the window; at the same time some
passing cloud obscured the sun, and
all that was just before so full of
brightness and promise was now sad -
dened by a shadow.
I "An HI omen!" she said, yet with
! a sort of contempt of herself for hav-
I ing said it." "But come what will,
my son is Sir Philip Wentworth, and
shall remain so, if craft and daring
I have not lost their power."
She tvas moving back again, impa-
: tiently, towards the window, wben
J the door opened, and her father and
1 son entered the apartment.
CHAPTER XXIV.
TH8 GENT- MEN IN BLACK ARRIVE.
All Is bustle and commotion fn the
village ofDripey Bridjje.
The "awful visitation" at the Ab
bey, as gaod Doctor Bowlby every
where calls it, is the one subject in
every mouth, and the sole occupation
of every tongue ; and the inhabit
ants ofDripsey if we are to believe
their detractors have mouths unus
ually wide, and tongues unusually
long.
"EnrH -Lrfif-a ? n.tr A Ifti
. , 1 V
wmuaw gapes open &o give or r-cei ve
IntilHgence. The streets, whose slum-
berine uiet. with the exception of
aet. with the ex.ep.Hi or
iy. rarely dfaturbed save
ila0Sr!I
market day
by the creakln
V. n . -- i w - . T r. a a -t""5 rt
-.. ,'. IC n :TI
1U w. J,, bC.-wj -
talking at once, wnose ioros ana mas
ters,, for the most part, are
.. rao T. . .1 fw
icllMuiai.
ta-niviWfv
each one and all being busily engag-
:f:
ed in attending to everybody'3 busl
W.-I.C .. I.?-. T TXT.f !T V... f? fll
ucu nak uc wnu. . rv icr u- wi iuc
question. iaster an- man seem
i. - . T
alike agreed upon that point ; and
while Farmer Giles boozes in the par
lor, Gaffer Hodge fad dies -taoeelf in
the tap-room.
ISot that death was so rare a visi
tant at Dripsey ; oa the contrary, that
romantic spots in this beautiful Ens
land of ours, invited his presence con
stantly by means of bad drainage.
stagnant water-pools, aad frasmat
"mitii. ".honni thai- nolsAi f thn?r'
but never before had the grim
rider of the pale horse drawn rein at
the Abbey gates, and struck down
two victims at one blow.
Father and child! The proHd harsh
man. who had selfishly isolated him
self from the world aad the world's
cares, and the gentle girl, who had
had aloving heart and a kindly word
for all both had been somaaoned.
and both had gone.
Besides and the element of utter
uncompromising selfishness is never
more paramount than in the breast of
your Arcadian how about their new
chief and landlord? "Tbe king is
. i
dead long live the king!" but if the
old king was high and proad (they
liked that), be knew their ways, and
lived amour them. -He never troubl-
ed them aboat new-fangled plans of!
drainage, steam plows (Hodge in hi- '
heart hates steam, except when sing-.
ing from the spont of a kettle,) chem-
ical manures, and horrors of that sort,
What about the new monarch called
to the throne? Rumor told strange
things about him, that made Hodge's
hair stand on end, "as life were in
it," .as too often there was ; while Mrs
Hodge. like a frightendhen, gathered
her chicks around her, and lectured
them upon the evil doings of the I
town. .
A doable bril' It was to be a
grand affair, and no expense spared
that was a great consolation at Drip
sey. The "family" would prove wor
thy in this respect, at least, of the
the ancient name ; and far and near,
for miles round, It was known that
hundreds would come to the solemBi
ty and show.
Bat a few days after the "visitation"
and the showmen we beg their par
don, the "undertaker gentlemen"
arrived from London. Affable gents
they were; stately, bat neither proud
nor serious; red nosed, and, for the
most part, with a Sa vor of ram about
them. White-chokered, aad clad la
glossy black, they by no means dis
dained the long clay pipe and pewter
flagon . With thsm came a multitude
of huge wooden cases, iron-boend,
and of the proper funeral bee ; and
these were crammed with feathers,
noddin nlames. velvet
trapping3,
silken scarves, and flawing hat-bands
and all the other gorgeoos vanities offhand to month scramble for it during
death.
We stroll along
Street, and halt in
the village High
front of the inn.
Iever did the "Wentworth Arms"
do a better stroke of business, even in
election time, when spigots are with-
drawn and taps ran. freely, and des-
Kntte all
leglslatioa-
to the contrary,
when honorable gentlemen are floated
into Parliament, as immaculate Got-
ernments have been floated out of of-
t fice. on a river of beer-
Groups of rustics are everywhere
talking and swilling, shaking sagely
the bucolic head, and rubbln vague
ly the hard, bucolic hands.
Under the spreading oak. which
makes so noticeable a feature in front
of the old Ian. several of the "under
take? gentlemen" are gathering to-
gether. sleek as moles, and placidly
smosmg. Tneir conversation par
tlh-aa nln. ha itnnitomFflnni)''
tifc.J uvr v buc ilaia . tiuuu
' character, and they barrow and delve
wnuetney arinK anc smose.
Peter Applethwaite, unusually
grave and solemn, stands mending a
uct, auu luuiui; aKUiusi. .uc Liuua ui'
J- rt I ci- - w. . r In..!' -,n a- -k T
the great tree, using his privilege as a
(-j , 5;-, j - -- (.
freeman, and citizen of the world tofof his doings. said Sir. Cruaip, wink
join in any conversation that may be i ing knowingly over his gfa3'"&t Ap
going forward.
Lt a table near him is seated abroad
shouldered, scowling fellow. In the
undress livery of a gentleman's groom
and the mark on one side of his face
points him oat as oar old friend Pew-
1 der Blue id est, Hr. Joseph Bradley.
He has been drinking with asteady
perseverance for the last hoar and
more, and evidently Intends to go on
drinking, for two good and sufficient
reasons the one, from a natural ori
unnatural thirst, which, as it seems,
nothing has the power to quench;
the other, from the fact that the liquor
is. paid for by Mr. Crump, the jovial
foreman of llessrs. Hatband. Tressles
lond Screwby, the great London firm.
who have "undertaken to perform the
I last honors" we are quoting ilr.
Crump himself "at the Abbey."
Mr. Crump, a small person, with a
face radiant as the sun's, and as thick
ly spotted with pimples, is seated at
the same table, together with a tall,
thin, and somewhat lugubrious man,
his second in command, who answers
to the name of Glover.
Several farmers are seated or stand-in-
aboutglass in hand; some "stock
ing" themselves with huge wedges of
beef and bread, or bread and eheese,
M HC VI CUk CtiJ t X CC 3 UW ,
I BuBis-see
who opens her jaws ex-
t . ll . it St- J
I pecianiiv. io eioe tneui v itu a. i--w-
I Dointed snan. as morsel after morsel
dfeppoar5fnJastIHmorecaDaclous
-
owthfe."sard M,Crump,sip -
I Pg his glass of gin
and water, and
"ladd - einj - the
compony generally
with an expressive smile, "would be
-iwitas x -nnnta can, speas.i g to.
,..- - i J -., - r
atho ," Q.r
f
What do you mean by satisfacto-
. j,f
aked Applethwaite, somewhat
f -
angrily. "Can't see anything satis
factory in it." ,
"Meaning the double burial,1 Mr.
Cramp went on ; "an event that sel
dom has occurred evea in my wide
I professional experience, and I've been
In the performing line for five-and-twenty
years come next Easter. My
father'was a route, and died a martyr!
to professional pride.'
"How was that ?" asked Mr. Brad
ley.
"Refused, as also did his associate,
to go inside the house daring a terrific
storm. 'No he said, I am here to
dress the doer, and the door shall be
properly dressed.
though It was a
raininc cats and dogs.'
It struck his
chest, and three weeks after that he
had a 'walking one' all to himself.
Yes, gentlemen. I grieve to think,
even now, that it was only a 'walk
ins: one.' My father, as I have said.
was a proad one in his way, aad hisj
ambition had been a hearse and pair, j
with one or two coaches, and. if pos-i
srble, a tray of feathers. He had set
his heart upon feathers, bat it wasne
to be." Here Mr. Crump uttered a
profound sigh, and sought consolation
from a sad memory in a gulp of gin
and water.
"It strikes me," said Mr. Bradley
"it strikes me. as regards tbe poor de-
Sclent" (be meant defanct), it must
make precioaa little difference to him
how he's buried. On his baek, read
t downwards or "eels up'ards. It must
be all the same to him,'
"That, sir." said 2fr Crump, with
ion seventy of tone, "16 k not given
ns to know. If It be permitted us, as
I for one believe, to revisit again this
.
earthy vale, to see, ourselves unseen,'
that oar last Instructions are duly per
formed as per contract, it must be no
slight pleasure nay, it must be most
highly gratifying, to perceive that
nothing is spared, Ia the way of ex
pense, to embalm If I may nse the
expression to embalm oar memories
in the eves of the bvstanders that is
to say, of the world in general."
"For my part," pat in the tall, thin
man, in a voiee of thorough bass,
something like the snorIns of a
trombone, "and spekln from hie
observation, a good faneral a fust
rate one, mind ye often goes a pre
cious deal fariaer to put the dead 'an
ri-hfc in the world, and make all
tbing3 fair and square, than a good
life. Why, our firm "
"Jac most extensive ia the trade,"
interrupted Mr. Crump.
"Oar firm has names down In their
books which obseqaities" (obsequies)
"have cost no rtd of mnn?r. their
--- z
relatives going even as far as real sil-
l ver plates and 'andles, which persons.
meaning the deceased, have had bat a
f their lifetime ; them same relatives
no:
bit.
to
saysr taking the rewisiting for grant-
ed,ltma be acomfort to the deceased
to see these flinty ones compelled to
shell out, while -tar must be satisfied
: going to tneextentotafoarpeany, v eacwortn ioosec aaytatng but tae : " -ipje ii e ramp wm ren
te say nothInr of a five-pan -note eayi-oaden roe whose reputation as cer '"e on noa-expioslve, and aencc
serve "em. Tow, as Mr. Crump , a "fast man" so alarmed the quist perfectly safe.
J as to the outlay brin-ilc-? its retara
somehow, or In coarse they wouldn't
I DO J '
-Y St. 91
"Brav-vo ! said
.Ix. Crump.
"Wnen Crtover dees speaK. tie comes
on: stromr. ermt me say glasses
round, gentlemen 2
The permission being readily given-,
and more gin-ond-water imbibed, the
J conversation took another turn, Ir.
Bradley having previously demanded
of Tr. Cramp whether "sioh talk as
real silver coffin plates., h'etcera, was-
n'c a sort ot n'alHmv-eve-aad-isettv-,
Afnrtin Tltwinass'" Tint lr C.-rnmrx t w
assurinc him to thecontrary. his blue
. . .-..-. -fiw;.:
i tinted visage assumed a tnoegntrol
t
expression, a reflective feok, bat quite
I
, untinged with melaacbely.
f LJ ? n - Z X -t ?
xica wihi eflii, -III uuugi-;
t onet. We in London hear of plenty
plethwaite. "He
ras hit
pre".
, heavy last Derby-day. and there's a
certain little villa up Brampton way, f
which issnppoed to cost some man-
ey. If report speaks tree." and fr.
Cramp, who bad evidently imbibed
too much of the juice of the juniper,
winked again, "this, most unfortr-
nate affair at the h'Abbey- has been a
! very fort'nate one for him. I should
' think the Jewish gentlemen would
h'illumlnate on the h'ausplcioos oe-
caskm."
"Sir Phiiiu isn't no Baronet o
f mine,"sswere Peter Applethwaite,
busy with his net, but ever attentive
to what was going oa around him.
"I'm at no man's beck and call I eats
my dinner when I can get It, and
when I can't I goes without it. When
I pats on my hat I covers all my
worldly posseaaio-s, 'xcept old Rum
maser, there, who's pretty nigh as
k:
independent as I am ; and if I have
n't the-gratification of 'coming back,"
as you say. to see any ef yoe gentle-
men. DeriormlBcr over me. x. saaci
have the satisfaction of known.
I always stood upright, and never
?
wore a livery.'
Hiseye. though namttialiy.
had wsndered to the groom, and Mr.
. ". ..a i'. i -.
"Some of your betters have done
l , r.i? . .I no
-, cc ., j a umc uvc, f
yoo are. I don't think, to so a waga-
boadi-ing abot the country -- i 1. Tl" a " uLnT:
ia& vour neseat a respectable ffl. Tr ,k ?2
L'cItbes!" iTlEr
Applethwaite grinned. .
-T ot.. K. IfV, T .,, U.a
Abjittb,c unnun .l irw c .. Ab
said, ''so much a the chap Lb at's In
them."
Blue.
Well. I ain't ia love with von. if
that's wha tyoe mean," answered the
unmoved Peter. "Aad If yoe was to
fall down a wefl, I think I should
finish my pipe afore trying to get you
out."
As matters were growing warm,
Mr Crump briskly Interfered .
"GenrJferoen. I be chat oar meet
ing upon cfeis met pleas I should
say, nainfei occasion shall not be dis
turbed by any ah, ahem ! IHtle
quarrels. Another glass at my ex-1
sense? Reallv von mast; I wlttl
t take no refusal."
As a refusal was the las. ta lag
dreamed of, the glass was brought,
the grocps drew closer together, and
t the conversation became more geaer-
al.
"IiUnnoa!"saida very oW farmer
with hair as white as snow, bet
cheeks lika aa aetu&ia apple. "Beea
theer? 2"o, not I ; and what's more
I never mean to go. I've no opiaioa j owae-r, aad shall be Habie for all dam
of it, fr my part. My fey ther. who ' ages wale- seen dr shall coiit.
as theer once, called it a dreadfal
mean place wide aad straggling, all
limbs and no heart, like Gurnet's oak
which casts nought but shadr, and
has a traak as holler as a dram."
"There's no place like it !" growled
Powder Blue, ia reply. "For my
part, I hate year blessed eoentry,
where a man caa't scratch hie ead or
his elber. bet everv h'eve's nooa him.
Grass and flowers is all werry pretty
to them as faneies them ; so is the
bards ; bat trees, I afo.h'zbo-ii-ate!
We eockin't do very well without
themsaid Appietawarte, who seemed
to take a specialldelight la aggravat
"?-. Air. rjraQiey. way, waere
I should we find wood for oar ships
thoegh, for the matter or .nat.mostf
- " them, now-a-days, are iron oar'
scaffeidiags, aad, whfofe may later- jerB. -?ow. wben meaad my g -j--est
somepeople more, oargaMowses ?" --- to Washia-aoa. ia th. id
Mr. Crump saw the brooding storm
and again made a diversion.
"Gentleman, we mas, take thing?
we find 'em. Everythiag has its
as
uses, even adversity, as I think the
poet says, though I have no wish to
try it."
Thfci sllhiiy coe fused, bat weH in
tentioned, speech on the pert of tbe
little man had the efiecs of restoria-
good-hemor, just as aa opea carriage -
and-pair drove past.
It had three occupants Sir PbHipl.
Wentworth, Mr. Mathew Reck wood,
and the London doctor.
AH uncovered as Shey recognised
the Baroaetj bat tbe respectfsl sahxie
me. wub no return irom mm, tnoega
it did from Messrs. Rockweod and
-latyan.
i-e aiag back in the carrisze.
his chin Een upon his breast,
bis eyes fixed vaguely apoa
the object before him, his features
contracted, ashy some Internal spasm,
his complexion of a dull leaden hee.
it most be owned that Sir Pbip
i
maternity al Dripsy Bridge
Tne assemblage gathered together
before the old iaa bad but one thortt
Lwhlcb. severaL-xpressed in word!.
i "He do look more-likes corpse thaii
I a living- man ln saki ons.
Aaotber job before long, I should
sayl" whispered Mr.
Crump to His
j business associate, and with a keen
eye to the interests of the firm h&so
well represented.
."I never saw a man look more-
,skeared." observed Peter Apple-
jthwaite; addiato-himaelf, mentally.
"That chap, all young as he is, has go,
. a somethincr on hlsmindaslwoaldn.
have on mine, poor devil as lam no.
nor t&ho
master of Weniworth Ab-
l rr pflje. Tti RaM nothine- bnt
' ----jp --w
hi? Quick eve had
cansrht a restore
ftf Reckwood's meant for him alcce.
and
which he. aioie. understood.
Wltu a
I nva
ready &df& he paused
only to toss- dawn the-Hquor remain--Ins
in his glass, then with a. scrly
adieu to the company, shambled off.
taking the shortest nmte to the Abbey.
TO BE COMlMJED.j
THE -EfF DOS LaW.
An Act
To prevent sheep and ether domestic
animals from being killed by dogs.
Be U emteUd y ike Legiikttttre. of
ike Stele of iV 'ebrttzka. -
Section 1. That the owner or own
ers of any dog or dnjrs haltbe Jla&ia
in an actio- for all damages tf may
accrue to any person or persona, by
reason of such dog or dogs killing.
f wounding, worrying, or chasing any
sheep or other domestic animal be
longing to such other person or pers
ons ; and the damage dene may be re
covered In any court having jurisdic
tion of the 3mocat claimed.
Sec 2. If two or more dogs, owned
i by different persona, shall kilt, chase.
wound, or worry any sheep or other
iimp;tk snimal- snoh rwr-nr sriaM
bejoiall 6evera- -& for all
dsmnw done kv rwH i k a
i Sef 3 Thf rTTTTTMrrwW anh-rfelpa
i ,. , .. . .
otany county, city, town, or town-
ship," sbaU have authority, by ordl-
.. ,.., mtaMAmt r-
properMrnal or record of "
ww r ra- a -- a . . -iw i .
ceedi-gs of seoh munietpaiity, to im
pose a license tax of not mere than
five dollars for each, dog, on the own-
t " .. i tfc ,- t
" o- """ w ""
be paid under such regulations as shall
1 be provided by sc ordinance or rea-
m etlniAr,
Sec 4 Anjfperson saHkelt-o
right to kill any dog; found dongany
damage aforesaid to any sheep oc do
mestic animal, or shall have jest and
reasonable ground to believe that sach.
dog has bees killing w sanding, chas-
j lag. or worrying such sheep or ani-
raal.j3nd nonaction shall be maintain
ed fersaeh. killing,
Sec 5. It shall fee the duty of eve
ry owner or owners of any doror dogs ,
to secareiy place upon the neck of
seco dS or ss. a good and sf2.cfen
collar, with a metallic plate thereon,
oa Wnicfa shall be plainly inscribed
i the name of such owner. It shall be
I lawfa' for any person to kHIaajr dc
I -- running &i. large, on whose
neck there is no collar, as aforesaid :
aad no actios shall be mJarfoed for
such killing.
Sec 6. very. person whoh-H
' harbor aboct hJs or bee pcelse-?
I colfarless dog for the space often
, days, shall be takea aad held as the
See. 7. The owner or owners of
aay dog or og3 who shall permit the
same, to ran at large gar tea days af-
j ter tais ae shall take eSeot. withoc.
sach collar as hereinbefore described
J being secareiy placed bbob the neck
of such dog or docs, shall be t deemed
I gallty of a raisdenwaaor, and fiaed ia
any sum net exceeding tweatv-Sve
1 dollars, whiob, when collected, shall
t be paid to tbe coanty treasurer, for
the benefit of the seheol fund of the
I ceenty ia wbicirtae fine was ips-
ed.
LawsyJ ' ex4ai-ed old Gcasy Ceoa,
, feai- QD f-.-a tbe Der whl ch sha
i WE3 re-ding, here I see that thes- are
ivwrifcnrPmpj--h.
j r f . ---,-., -, . .
Eaves and his wife at WWtrds Tav-
DimeoTatie dava. wbea Glaerai Jaok-
, -, .
j gon .., p-pent. thev .rave as ealv
j Qae chamber between es aad that
was 8ae tfae M yaer kiad f0
woader times is hard V
A SRh street man wet home aboat
-
three o'eiec Tuesday mrsig, and
I asiag his umbrella for a bIUard cce,
! mTTiftfeati h: 5HrSr- 'rlfe rF aJrr
L pai sad sank late a
sweet slant ber. He has since ex
plained to his wife, that women caa
have no idea how the eares of besl
aess will sometimes affecc a m a"
braia.
Wbea asked by a young man who
coateraptated emigration what he
tbooght of Texas as a place of real-
? M .t. Wade 7 iniaii .
oas rage aad shoeted: "If I owned
Texas cad beCJ I woold aot hesitata
j e rent Texas aad live in theoiher
pj-ec"
!
-.-..-. fc
l -t saki taat a smaH -caattcy o
That was a wise man who- cat a big
hole in bis baza door for bis eat. and,
a
ISEsaR oa e for her kJCten.
-f t- -i:MiKJ-J"a''-ilK!ft4in r i
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