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CHAPTER XXV.
TirE DOCELE PTJKERAI..
The day for the double funeral had
arrived, and Mr. Crump's bcast oon-
cermng me great wremuuj waa ""'j
. i. . ..-
vritbouta gooa lounaauon.
Messrs. Hatband, Tressles, and
Serewby. the eminent London firm,
' proved worthy of themselves and the
!&ceasion. Death bad rarely, indeed
' J
never in mose p&ris, rvui
pompous "-i- i
The long procession, blaekenfng the
' suuhine. wound its slow way from;
.uu-iiiuc, Yvu.iu o j
'"e - "---.
tbeAbfcey to the Ab&ey unurcn, me
sad fate uati excileo tne ptv or tne
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whole country side. .
Vf rvn)T7wl fKa TTnTiftrArf fan- !
.1 ULMIJ VtiV bUl l tUHI I-1 fe frwAJ
; an try appear to take pert in the sad
; solemnity, but for miles round the!
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; far mers poured in. on horse or afoot.
1 . . e ... , , .. '
j" j- . . tv ji i
roads leadmg into Drtpsey, and long,
l- .la.-.-.
, .. ,. ,
r unnAtara VkaMtfla n.i c(rAa rt tnir I
' eyes, dragged ifc3 sinw length alon
,
Bet if respect was shown
-cr 1 .1. .u , ;
Hugh, tHe svmpthy was nil for Ger-;
to
est,- (
rpiA l-ifj tl2 tho imiha unAM I
Hers was tbe
, ia 4i.. -j mmj 110U auiav uiatu
every lip; for her tbe pitying tears
flowed from the eys of the woaiea, ;
and o
fted bedewed tberoorker cheeks i
tbe men, and surely what Sate i
ecu Id be sstWer or more ao&erving of i
pity? ;
A ftTer uuitmeAy nipped or!
TLtk,
! -irT4Kai
s eroel frost, even before ite ,
beitetv had fully opened upon tbe
world. An exquisite piece of girl-;
hood, whose inuoeenee and goodness
all knew, and whose ripening into
womaahood all had iretehed with a
proud delight; lor Gertrude's whole
I life had been passed at Dripsey and .
! Wentworth, and the villagers knew ... , " . t . ,.
rf , , . . . .. w tenor of the oliureh, at eacu medita-
O . her, and loved berae a something be- . ....
mi . i . .t. t - live step "setting their wot uoon some
J- longiag, so to speak, to them a being i ,. 4 ., .. - , .
CD l , ... . , .. , , reverend historv ; ' others proclaim
in , whoee rare gifts and loveheess had a . . . " ' ,
- ii i .1 - , . -. .ialad the yirtses, or wbkner tbe
siesta! claim to thetr adawratteasad v - -" . s - -
hoiaage;
snd the yog nwscrees, '
who had grown up amour them, had
. . '
Iwon c miioh lvIntrtii hv trHe eimnU
-.. rr l " j 1 ' eM-ves of death, ' emerge with a shud
peasnt5 as sir Hugh ws feared, and ! , .. ' , "? . . ...
w i .1 tum- "L j j j ' der- &s though tbe odor of mortality
her brother Philip bated or depsed. i ... , f . .. mt .-
. ... .,; . T , .u still ching about Ehem. Tlien, in time
Tbe spendthrift mljondon, the free 1 ., ... , .
, . . , the storm drew nearer, and the war-
f ' . , ;
sovereign to a nsymarKei waiter, sbq
tells him to lay it out in soap, or pays
five pounds for a bouquet, to be "left
at the stage-door," is ever a hard aud
unfeeling landlord to tbe tenantry he
squeezes through his agents in the
country. Many a "sold-up" farmer's ;
bones have rattled in the dice-box, ,
. '
and many a card lncautiousiv turned
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uv l&it ibci vuu" ;;cuiK;uiflU ie
focf ' ri-TT frnnFtAmen
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necessitated
more vxeoroud turns ofj,
the screw on struggling farmers and
&n already famishing peasantry.
The inhabitants of Dripsey Bridge
and Wentworth dreaded tbe time
when Philip would stand in his
r-.i i r i .i.t t j J
, master.
That time had cotne, but in each
honest heart there was no thought
but of their "young lady" passed
awavno thought but of Gertrude.
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Her coSn was covered with wreaths
it.j . J .- c I
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truue herself had nursed
upon her
knee ; and along the path over which
the sleek black horses bore their light
fair load, rough hands, but ten
der hearts, had worked all night and
morning ; and from the park gates, to j all tbe demons ef the air seemed hold
! the gales of the Abbey Church, ' ing revei up among the wind-torn
j greenleaves and flowers were spread. cloods.
i The church, the gray old church, ! Nevertheless, light streamed from a
i was all alive with rlowe. Even the I hundred latticed windows, telling of
grim old warriors, on their beds of!
sculptured stone, showed lese grim,
covered over as tbey were, from bel
met to pointed toe, with floral treas-
ures from without. The only objec-
tor and he pet in bis protest private
' ly was Mr. Crump,
i "If the firm it was his happiness to
; represent prided itself ob anything,
it prided itself upon being artistic
! Nature, sir, is one thing, and art an-
1 other; and we go in for art."
But good Mr. Crump was hypes-
i critical. There was enough of the
upholstery art, in all conscience, to
gladden his soul, and make tbe great
COUCOUrse of people assembled OQ the
v errcworin property open tueir e es
t wim wonuer, ana utier eiacuisuojs
of ad imi ration and awe.
Velvets, silks, and gleaming metal;
prancing horses, blaek as night with
a whole forest of waving feathera,
making Death itself seem rich and
brave, as at each trained step of tbe
noble steeds, they tossed their sable
splendors in the san.
The sun ! Ah I there was the one
great disappointment of the day.
Beautiful it shone forth when the! and .windows were hermetically seal
great procession left the Abbey gates, ed to keep it nut, wes toddling thro'
and, like some huge, black snake, j tbe Abbey churchyard, with the in
. took its mejestlc way towards the old tention of taking the shortest way
church ; but as it neared that ancient ! across the park to gain her own snug
pile, the clouds gathered and gather-
ed, Ending an added gloom, a far
more awful grandeur to man's pagen-
try.
The weatherwise, which meant
weatherwise, which meant
'prophesied an awful night; Tsrhile
t Mrs. Bleek, "who wa3 early ct the
, church, wrung her thin hands and
' whl3pered to her cronies that it was
ever thus when a Wentworth died.
The church was crowded. Many
were there who had never before
probably entered a sacred edifice ; but
nt among that number was decorous
Mrs Prudence, silent and tearful,
neither clever Doctor Malyon, who,
seated in the great Wentworth pew,
listened with a critical ear to the peal
ieg notes of the organ, while he gaz-
ed reverently in his hat.
Pale and Eilent, a figure of stone,
Sir Philip sat beside him, and listen
ed, with a shuddering emotion, to the
service, which was interrupted with
: many a sob ; the good old rector him-1
Krpfcfnr ,Wn fn
th.wfw Uw.t . WW.. -... w ., , .v. wV
to bend his kindly head, though not
, i i. j t - i.t
coursed each other down hi3 cheeks.
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A smttt for tears, those two coffins.
. . . , .
selves forward, beneath mouldering
R, wn. . ftW, rn Mff.ll n
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glimpse of where the "dear young
J '. '
struggling against the sombre black-
, , e
ness of the approaching storm, pour-
ed in his beams, atiutervais,! through
f. -.,' , jt .K JL
iuu icat p&iaicu viuujs ui luc tiii-
cient church, they fell upon the cof
fins, and glorified tbem with color
and light.
And while the good rector read the
..nMn
service of our Church
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within its walls, a great concourse
stood listening, and waiting without
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standing, most of the men uacovered,
cr a
grown graves.
Tbe service over, the new Baronet j
ig among tbe first to hurry out, head
bent, utee still more livid, more like
that of a corpse, and eyes cast upon
the earth.
Poor gentleman I who could have
espeeted the blow would have struck
I so deep?
j "Earth to earth ! Ashes to ashes !
JDust to dust!"
The dread words are ppoken ; the
great doors of tbe vaults, so rarely
opened, are Sung wide and si! is over.
The vest assemblage disperses grad-
1 tafllltr ZZrtrna liuvarfnir nVwnf ttwA ivi-
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awav. rtiose wto navp neoen6Ai
into the vaults, those 'monumental
fare of the heavens commenced, hur
rying the last of the loiterers home-
ward, and pouring down torrents of
! hail and drifting rain.
j Mr Crump, the cermony more than
! satisfactorily "performed," entertains
I a few newly made friends to a choice
1 miiio ninnpr mt rnu --- t-tt - r. v"-t."
t?..i ? -a. j.i l t "n
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where life is reasserting itself, and as
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the stormy night rushes down, the
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r r. i n. n n n b r 3 a r - - i. kn r i r c w r ki r
l US. V1U 1.UU1CU --" wi i.e..
looking
quility'' amidst the driving storm, a
heap of crumbling stones above the
buried dead.
CHAPTER XXVI.
XRS. BEEEK MAKES A ICHT OF IT.
A wild night!
A night ub paralleled in the memory
of even that extraordinary personage,
tbe oldest inhabitant.
All Dripsey Bridge and Wentworth,
tho ci-tor r.?ll-0a tvoro inilnnn tnlfc
- -- x- - r .
on the hearth
The streets were deserted, swept
bare by the fierce blast, and flooded
by the ceaseless rain. The storm of
tbe day bad become a tempest, and
life and warmth within, of pleasant
sooial intercourse when gossips hob-
nob over tbe fire, and not only the
"eup that cheers," but the foaming
; flagon or steaming glass, goes round
The "Arms' wr3 crammed from
roof to basement. Sleeping rooms for
the time being, were transformed into
sitting-rooms, and these crowded with
thirsty guests blowing clouds of rank
i tobbaoco smoke, tossing down heavy
drinks, and inhaling, amidst Homer
ic laughter and thickening talk, an
atmosphere the quality of which may
be best judged by the fact that of sev
eral cages of canaries, not one of these
pretty occupants was found alive in
the morning.
The day of moarning had become a
I night of drinking and feasting, and
in a haze of drink and smoke the si
lent dead were for the nonce forgot
ten. A wild night ; yet, of all the people
in the world, poor Mrs. Bleek was
abroad in it.
Yes, that always amiable and al
ways mystified lady, when the storm
was at its very worst, and all doors
room at the Abbey.
If the truth must be told, the good
old creature was somewhat gone in
liquor, and this was how it came
about.
Mrs. BleekJs heart was as tender as
her brain was weak. Ever ready to
receive and retain the saddest impres-
sions, the sudden death of her young
mistress had, as she herself expressed
it, "putanother ten years upon ner."
''I'm not," sbe added, "one of your
die-earfy's, for common stuffs oftenest
last the longest ; but I shall never be
the woman J. was. JNot that I was
ever worth much oh, no, far fromit-l
though striving to do my duty in
that station in which it has pleased
God to call me. But to think that a
creetur so full of life and beauty
should have been called away, and
sueh a bag of useless bones as Mary
Bleek allowed to remain, quite throws
me!"
The double funeral over, the old
housekeeper, her eyes red with con-
stant weeninsr. had made her way to
. tJ-
one 3Irs. Jones, an old crony living
near the lodge". At Mrs. Jones's she
had met with other old cronies, and
there given way to hysteria, and, in
their sympathizing ears, unlocked the
floodgates of her grief.
The aged ladies, all born and bred
on the Wentworth estates, made no
endeavor to console their friend ; on
the contrary, after the fashion of their
class, they agreed with all she said,
deepening the shadow here and there,
till on horror's head horrors accumu
lated to that extent, that no wonder
rem was added to the tea. "The
on"i
ly thing in sucii matters,' aia inra.
Jones, "to tie up the nerves and
squensh the feel'n's"
Night was very far advanced,
"nearly at odds with the morning,"
when old Mary Bleek took her soli-
tary way homeward. Companion-
. - - r-
ship sbe had -none ; all the male sex t
were down in the village, feasting at j
the expense of the eminent Srm so
worthily represented by Mr. Crump ;
and s for her cronies of tbe opposite
sex, not one was under sixty, with
nothing active about them but their
tongues, which, as if lo make up for
Oinerrawnenciee, seejneti gmeu
prepetual motion. So tbe housekeep-
er took her way through the storm,
.t j-- t iri s 1 '
refusing, with persistent obstinacy, to f
l&Ke we main rowi, out oent upon
saving a mile, by the short cut thro'
She ebnrebytrd.
"I'm not afeard," sbe said, in ans
wer to her friends' expostulation, "of
churchyards ; ghosts won't barm a
poor body like me, who, goodness
knows, before the world's a year old-
er, may ne a imogMr sso as one oi
' i ?.!- ,t . tfl
em."
fcesesS'J
ed Mrs. Jones.
"Weather, Martha" (Mrs. Jones's
name was Martha) "has nothing
to do with supernatcrals. They don't
regard It. Indeed," and here the
housekeeper added n little more rum
to her tea, "it is believed as they pre
fers it rumbustious."
It was "rumbustious" this night,
in all conscience: for, while she
spowe, me w.au came .our.ug auu
l- T- - -I ? l .1
tne aoiiHge, tearing ai ma lusiuueu
roof as if .seeking to tear it off, and
wrenching, with a burglar's hand, at
each barred and bolted casement.
"Don't go up to the Abbey to-night
dear, urged kind Mrs. Jones. "Or,ifmy nf peelers looking on, than do
you must go, at least wait for John ;
can't
be long."
Mrs. Bleek waited, being prevailed
upon to lake just a "ieetie" more rum
without tea ; but John Jones nsver
came, nor did he oorae till
morning
was far advanced, and then he was j
brought from the "Arms' in a wheel-!
barrow. I
It was past midnight when Mary I
Bleek, lantern in band, pushed open
the churchyard gate, and came dream
ily stumbling along among the graves.
For once in her life the aged woman
has all unconsciously, diverged from
the path of strict sobriety, for her tea
had grown gradually weaker, and the
infusion of rum stronger.
Yet to the Abbey sbe would go that
night. She had left the whole house
hold in confusion. She knew her
duty, and at every hazard would per
form it.
And so the half-blind, half-deaf, but
in all other respects worthy old lady,
armed with a lighted lantern and a
huge umbrella, boldly made tracks
for the Abbey.
Sbe had not gone far before a treach
erous gust of wir-d, creeping behind
her, blew out her light; and then a
fierce, bullying blast, tore the umbrel
la from her feeble grasp, and carried
it far away to a distant horsepond.
Twice she hesitated. Should she
return? No; as sbe had truly said,,
the entire household at the Abbey
was in confusion, and it was her
place and duty toset it in order. Like
brave Martin Luther, when threaten
ed with assassination at Worms, ccme
what may, she "would on !"
Pelted by the pittiless storm, her
clothes so many water-soaked rags
clinging to Ler shrinking figure, and
impeding her movements, the pcror
old soul pushed forward, still grasp
ing the extinguished lantern, and
keeping a frightened gaze around her.
A churchyard by night, while a
storm is raging, is not an exhilarating
object of contemplation, especially
when the tall, spectral trees are bend
ing like willow wands around you.
and the hurrying clouds descend low
er, as though they would wrap the
whole world in a pall of death.
Mary Bleek was not only supersti
tious, but, so her friends said, when
talking among themselves, she stood
on the brink of the spirit world her
self; a filmy old creature, who, at any
hour, might pass away like the early
morning mist. A strange old woman,
whose humble thread of life Fate had
;tvoven into therich embroidery of the
i "Wentworth loom, and which, if torn
j sway, would be utterly destroyed,
I She musiLgo home ; and her home,
j for sixty-five years, had been Went-
, worm Auoey.
Utterly exhausted at last, she sat
herself down to rest a few moments,
under the sheltering bows of "a yew
tree a yew tree, broad and vast,
whose roots struck deep down among
the bones of men.
Wet and shivering, she drew her
thick shawl around her, leaning back
against the huge tree trunk, and pro
tected by the outspread of the mighty
branches from the rain.
Was she asleep ?
Only a.partial sleep. Nevertheless,
ivuitu uu..ug ... uwtwuutu &.u,
jand-unclesfcth.9 dark branches of- the
yew tree, she saw a vision.
And thlslis whatshesaw, or thought
she saw. :
CHAPTER XXVII.
AVKAfi! 3R3. 25LEEK SAV.
For the better understanding of
what we shall still call Mrs. Bieek's
dream, it is necessary to go back a lit
tle, and, the author being obaiscient,
peep at a'strange'scene going on in
those vast .and dreary receptacles for
the dead, the vaults beneath the Ab
bey Church.
An open coffin, with four men andj
a woman grouped about it.
rpwo af the men hod ianternst
j wnose iglt streams down upon tHe
I paie and exquisitely beautiful faoe of
ja shrouded figure which the coffin
j COntains.
j The feateies are those of Gertrude
j Wentwifrtu.
The woman standing at the Boffin's
foot is Diana Rock wood.
Near to her, and for once silent, fa
her husband.
At the h.ead of the eofSn, and peer
ing curiously down into the waxen
face, is Dr. Malyon ; while the bearer
of the second lantern (Roekwood
hoid3 the .first), is the hunchback,
Benjaaiia Hk-H.
Just with:in lhe eie ytltt aIMj
Ieanin?: upap an iron ter u,e forfca
man, Powder Blue, who?e ruffianly
visage beirijys an emotion bat rarely
seen there.
They aH speak In whispers; ot
that they have any fears of being
overheard. On such a night, and in
such a place, intrusion is impoib!e.
"It looks terribly like death !' said
MfS rjta wKh a sbudder.
She addjEsased thii doeier, who, the
oury-tnorQ
-!: l'u
of the party, smilingly replied,
"True, my dear madam quite true;
but appearanees in this, as In very
many other coses, are deeeitful. You
will remember, if I may illustrate a
fact by a fiation, the sad work ap
pearances made in that celebrated af
fair of Cqpulet vermg Montague. The
pulse of Ufa, however feebly it may
i beat, is ts surely here as in your.-elf.
" "
H&ve VQB opened the Other coffin?'
end the doctor turned to the man
Bradley, still heavily lounging on his
crowbar.
"Yes".. (sulkily) ; "and I'd "rather
crack a drzen cribs, with a whote ar
this kind of thing over again !
It's
worse than robbin' a sbureh !'
"Ha, ha!" ohuckled the doctor.
"It does ine good to bear you express
yourself in the way you do, Mr.
;T,H, mh rpsrM1f n Udvp for
the institutions of your country is, to
say the least, de-ligbtfulj Now," be
continued, turning briskly to Benja
min Darknoll, and at the same time
consulting his watch by the light of
the Iatter's lantern, "the exchange
must be -made at once, as the carriage
must have arrived by thra time, and
we have not a moment to lose. May
I crave your assistance, my dear mad-
am
9
Tenderly very tenderly a tender
ness owing half ii origin to fear the
lithe and graceful form of Gertrude
Wentworth was lifted from its ghast
ly couch, and immediately enshroud
ed in a large cloak by Mrs. Roekwood,
whose nerve, after the doctor's, ap
peared to be the least shaken of this
strange company.
"It's a wonderful likeness!' said
the doctor, again peering down into
Rose Ayliffe's faee. "In death, I
should say, still more remarkable than
in life. Ah! Sir Hugh was a gay man
in his time."
The remark was repented of as
soon as uttered, for-the proud faee of
Diana Roekwood deepened to a dark
red, and her eyes flashed with a
well, If a look could kill, there would
have been there and then an end to
tbe doctor.
The lodge-keeper, ever quiet and
watchful, came to the rescue.
"Most such likenesses are acciden
tal," he said. "This must have been
purely so, for, till within the last few
years, Rose Ayliffe was a stranger to
this place!"
While speaking they had placed the
girlish figure of fjjertrude, now
shrouded in the cloak, upon s, sort of
stone bench, the head reclining upon
Mrs. Rockwood's shoulder, the eyes
dosed sealed, a3 it still seemed, in
the awful sleep of death.
Malyon, who had drawn a small
phial from his pocket, poured a por
tion of its contents upon a handker
chief, which handkerchief he passed
to Mrs. Eockwood, together with the
phial, which he carefully recorked.
"Apply the moistened handkerchief
to the nostrils at intervals see!
There there!" he added, gleefully;
"you perceive, already a change
slight; but, to the "experienced eye, a
change that Is perceptible.'
"j. see no cnange, -aiu xfiuuu
Bockwood, in a harsh cold voice;!
"and I feel no pulse. To me, the girl j
is dead so peacefully dead," she ad-l
ded with a weary sigh, "that it seems
almost a pity to awaken her. Such J there is nothing like frankness on all
quiet is only to be found in the tomb. sMes. It clears away the cobwebs,
Here her husband's voice brake in. don't you see?'
his words, as usual, when he address- j Before Darknoti oocW reply, if re
ed his wife, accompanied with a sneer j ply he intended, to thfe very oetepok-
"Yes, quiet is a difficult thing to
command in this noisy, pushing,
brawling, work-a-day world, and the
holy bonds of matrimony h&ve not
been found particularly conducive to
its acquirement. ISow, I place my i
trust Implicitly in the doctor."
Malyon still busy with the pale,
recumbent figure, laughed gently, as
one who would say you cannot do
better or otherwise, and the lawyer
went on.
"Balm and his wife must be wait
ing in the carriage, by this time. You
accompany them, Doctor, do you not?
Malyon nodded impatieatly, for
now he never, even for a moment, re
moved his eyes from the fixed faee of
Gertrude Wentworth, nor took his
fingers from her pulse.
"And the other body," asked Roek
wood, in a whisper, to tbe old lodge
keeper. "I mean the body" (correct
ing himself quickly), "is that pre
pared for its change of abiding plaee?
Benjamin Darknoll glanced signi
ficantly towards Gertrude.
"First remove her, the rest you may
leave to me. Bose AylitFe will sleep
none the worse for resting under!
Gertrude Wentworth's eoffia-plate."
He stopped suddenly, and laid one
hand, with & frightened gesture, on
Rockwood's arm, while, with the oth
er, he pointed to where Mrs. Rock
wood was seated, supporting Ger
trude; the latter still ncrrowly
watehed by the doctor.
It was a strange scene a terrible
one the figures of the conspirators
imperfectly illuminated by the light,
and casting ghostly shadows on the
humid wails, while the dark sod si
lent corridors of death stretched far
away to the right and left.
Roekwood started, then flaag off
tbe old man's skeleton grip impa
tiently. "What's tbe matter. Daddy? Don't
go mad here, whatever you do !"
She moved I I saw her move V said
the lodge-keeper, in a trebHng voice.
'See see! She lives!' There was a
pause, after wfcieh he added, "The
one great error in our calculations, I
fancy.'
-ZjAMSttrtmnriwt&- uppm euMa;r.-ffX4
..- r . . aa - I
L, , .,. :,.. ,
kilt: SBUIC jum tunc, nunc ucitnci ic-
moved their eyes from the figure on
the bench. 'Without her what pow
er have we? Philip is as ungrateful
as he is cowardly; and such men are
only to be governed by their feare.'
'Ever hard upon Philip, muttered
the old man, with a flash of anger,
which, however, he immediately re
pressed. 'However, I grant that in
some things his nature is weak, and I
have grieved to discover it; but then
he is young, and yoeth is mostly sel
fish, and always thoughtless."
'Bah ! Philip can be as obstinate as
a mule and as cruel as a tigerjupon
occasion. It is superstition old world
fancies which lead bins to shrink
before those ties of kindred, which
mora sensible men ignore- Saving
tbe one thing, be made but little seru
ple about the rest. Sir Philip Went
worth will prove hard in the mouth,
and must have both bit and bridle.
He won't starve for a matter of senti-
ment. He ongki to
beeome a great!
man, for he has neither heart, nor, as
a natural consequence, gratitude.
Yes, yes,' said Darknoll, eagerly,
in the bluntness of his devotion feil-
ing to perceive the lawyer's sneer;;
'Philip should become a great man,
and make a gnat marriage, adding
estate to estate. Money breeds mon
ey ; and" with a deprecatory glanee
at tbe lawyer 'you know, Mafcaew,
that wiil be better for all of us.'
'Yes, the Doctor has not deceived
us! said Roekwood, who, perceiving
that Old Bengy had mounted bis hob
by, took but little heed of what he
said. 'The girl lives ; and I for one
would have had nothing to do with
the bosinese bad I not believed in
Malyon s skill, and his asanrcnee that
it could not be otherwise. If the
other coffin should Le opened be
bent bis head till bis Up nearly
touched the lodge-keeper's ear 'what (
tben ?'
'It wiil not be opened,' said tbe old
man. 'Few inquiries are made af
ter the poor as -to their wbeseebottts,
and you are forgotten before tbe spi
der can spin his web over your epi
tapti. For the rest, there is no fear of
after recognition, lou nave seen
what nature has already done, and
death's band will do the rest.'
'Just so! A month, or two. or
three, and Rose Ayliffe is to all In
tents and purposes Gertrude Went
worth. I doubt if the resurrection
angel would know tbe difference If
there be a resurrection angel ; though
for my part ' ...
The old man drew back froas him
with a shudder.
'You are a bad man, Mot hew I a
xery Dad man !T
xiockwood laugned notiouaJy, one
with a laugh that .sounded out of
place, as its echo cams beck to them
from the labyrinth of vaults around.1,
'Well, Daddy, perhaps I am, looked
at through your puritanical spectacles
but the line is so thin, in reality,
that divides bad from good, that I
don't care if I sometimes pass it.
Come, come ! We are playing a bold
( game, each with a different motive.
Yours, I grant you, Is the more nn-
l selfish one.
Tkafij our affair S imnc
means an extension of my banking
account, and a considerable extension
too, I can tell von I In sueh matters
1
i as these, where the risks are ejai,
j en declaration on the part of his aoo- i
m-law, both were sum mooed by a
gesture to the skle of the Dootor.
whose large feee wore an air tri-
J oKph, while he rubbed hfe haads
brwkly togetner. according to his
habit when greatly pleased.
'Eureka!' be said, add ceding His
fellow conspirators in a low but ae-
Lred voiee; 'we have seeeeeded!
One is apt lo be a Httde nereme at
first, you know, in sueh delicate ex
periments a tbeso, and I can now
confess that I was just a little afraid
myself. The quality and properties
of the drug I was assured of. but tbe
present case, a most interesting oe
to me as a professional man, was en
vironed in dtSlettities, and. in point
of met, was a matter for experimeat
tbe experiment has proved a suc
cess. My friend (to Darkaol!), b&ve
you that ease bottle about you ?
The bottle was produced, .and the
Doctor, greatly refreshed, went on.
'It sow remains for us to get her out
of this place a quickly as possible. I
shall aeeompany her and my worthy
relatives to liadlestraw. As for Ibe
rearrangement of matters down hers,
our highly respectable friend (a bow
to Darkaol!, 'with your athletic pro
itffe' ( ood in the direction of Pow
der Bine), 'bare taken that upon
themselves, ami I'll trouble you ibr
that bottle again. Everything is
proeperoes thoroughly prosperoes!
'Make haste !' urged Roekwood, as
tK Tlowrc ockm4 Inv 3lTsm RMlr. '
j . . J -v. v. , ,.' , .. '
wood, adjusted tbe heavy folds of the
lnir hnnt CZrtriAfL Wctniwikrf W' I
, .... .-, . .
no longer inanimate form. 'Should
her eyes open upon this place?'
'Have no fear,' replied tbe Doctor.
. .. . ,. . ..
. . ...3 im i. ... r....? ;: m-b r . . m l
u mvs ka caw wg azsv3, suu ''yawing
over his shoulder. 'Tbe body i re
stored to life, as I promised ; but tbe
mind ah !' with an expressive glanee
around 'thai is quite another affair.
A silence followed thk spsceb, bro
ken only by tbe guarded movements j
of tbe men, as they moved to and j
iro, guaing now in, now out oi me
eiscle of light, spirits of evil render
ing still more ghastly the ghastly pre
eroets of tbe vaults.
J.0Bri8tt-sm3at&EaipfrWJ& I
lightning flashing at intervals,, aad
Mrs. Bleek where we left her, thor
oughly dazed in what sbe herself
would term her 'intellectuals,' and
cowering for shelter under the huge
funeral-looking tree.
A noise of wheels hoard approach
ing, In each lull of the storm, causes
her to turn her heed, and wonder J
vaguely, as people wonder under the
influence of a dreara.
Nearer sad nearer tbe wheels ap
proaoh, till the noise eases at tbe very
gates of the churchyard.
A carriage at such an hour and in
sueh a place ! Yet a carriage it was,
and Mrs. Bleek dreamily wondered.
Tben a light rose up, as if out of the
earth, and flickering over tbe graves,
played against tbe old church wall.
Could she believe her eyes, dim as
they were from age, blinded as they
were by the driving rain?
Across Lhe light moved several
shadows, each rising as it were from
the earth, from, as it seemed to her,
beneath tne old euureh itself from
tbe Abbey vaults.
A small side door, studded with
nails, and clamped with iron a door
bo reij sed, as the old lady knew
full well appeared to be open, aad
figure after figure emerged, each east
ing its shadow on the wall.
What were these phaatorae, rising
as it were from tbe tomb?
Should sbe scream ?
To what purpose in that lonely
place?
Should ebe run towards tbe place
where . sbe had heard tbe carriage
wheels ?
Poor old soul ! scarcely able even to
sepport herself on her legs, rieketty
at tne best of times, and more tbna
shaky now, sbe bad only strength to
draw herself np for snpport against
the dark trunk of tbe tree, and misti
ly dream on. . .
One, two, three. Too:
CVC ngnreS,
and one a woman's-she eonnted!
mow on rct win aoer.'i, trsmoiiBg
with fear tbe while, her whole mind
or rather what was left to ber of
that at all times hazy commodity
filled with a feeling of in teste dreed.
Were tbey robbers of tbe dead, or
were tbey tbe dean themselves, who
came flickering abont among tbe
graves at such an boor and in see a
night?
The wind blew ae tpaa bbura 1U teak ;
The rattling sbow'rs rose on the blast:
Tfeespeedy glenaas the darkness swattoWtf ;
Land, deep, and tong, the thaadar baPdw d ;
That night, a ctMd miht nnderaeaad
Tbe deli had business on hU hand."
The lights had danced np aad
down, hither and thither, throwing
long weird shadows among the too be
and hillocks which were everywhere
around.
'Corpse-lights I' she rncrraared,
! shutting bar eyes first for a moment.
then opening them with a ahudder.
j It was a struggle between curiosity
; and fear, and for Mr3. Bleek was a
woman curiosity conquered.
'One! two! three! four! five!1 shea
sgala counted ; then, with a start, j
'sis!7
Yes, another figure was there, wrap
ped In a thick horseman's jaloak a
figure that was carried in thearms of
j two of the others, sad evidently that
' of a woman.
As moved by some instinctive feel-
ing of curiosity ovpr-mastering her
terror, the eW woman
crept a Mttla
forward.
Sbe had a great experience in the
spraatral world bad made it her
sum!; iaftet but she had never beard
of scoots who walkad about carxyfng
each other.
A Qmph. of BentaiBs, and a cry from
Mrs. Bteok a low cry. almost iaaudl-
We, but a cry of horror a3 astonish
eC
A ghost, indeed ! for as the fierce
wind tore -at tbe folds -of tbe mantle,
tosota tbem for a moment aside, sbef
saw. or dreamt she saw, the face of
GrtaadeWeaffcwortJn
Sbe reewatbered no more, but that
I sbe was lying among the wetigras3
upon her old htaiern, which the
weight of her body In falling had
saa-3hed flat, aad that the hunchbacks
of the lodge, tbe white-baked and
siiTery-yaieed terror of bar Mfe, was
bdiuiiDg over her.
'What he said. my good Mrs.
Bleek, 'you have lad a bad faN, J see:
It is ill walking among graves at out
tinte of life, espeeiaHy at so late an
howr of tbe Bight. Cocae, I will sea
you home. Don't be afraid ; you're
a little overcome, Isse. Ah, yes ! we
support our grief ae we create our gai
ety! Focgetfolaeas Is always what
we seek. Thera ! oh your feet again,
with a Urnfee or two. bt otherwise
sjsad and firm. H&?e no fear,' and
his silvery volee beeaeac more mu ste
al in its tone ; 'U U mp &iy totals
eora ojro(.r
lO BK GNCOK115&.3
The Eaglfeh are going wWd ovee
Aaneriea beef ad nttUtecu Of lata
years these Items of the Br Mo 'a bHt
J . .
HU MiB Hav htith saw cirtTHOvw iwt-
the majority of people ; and fcbeefibtta
. .... . . . . .
to import raUkit.aaet aad beef from
l & mil IS I Jat aM.4&xa 4.aal knaf ftm
- , ., . ... v t
farwrft. have Jutted either e befog
hpniaes
down or give stfefeetin ia
Ameriaae beef aad raetr
faMrasxetly meet the seed of the bor
isfiiieiy way. Tbey reach Eaglaad
in nplnnrtirt cinnriltinn . nni sell from-kr
a pound for biU to Ski a pound ims
eboiee pieeee, which fa 2d or 3d lass
than tbe prices of tbe home article.
! Cnnnobsenrt declare that Anverteaa
beef and mutton bear evidences of ba
ins; better fed. The preas is m rhp-
sodiee. aad sanaa mention the- sub-:
heat wfcbanS qfeisglons framirglfr
and Diekeas. Tbe trade U growfag
very large, 70 tons sometimes arriv
ing at Liverpool in one day. It sells
immediately, and te new marketed In
London. Liverpool, Xaaonnster Shef
field. Birmingham, Notttenam, and
maay other towns.
A Silver City (Nev.) yog lady,
who has a paction forpretitytfbabFesto.
a tittle four-year-old angel wne a
braa new sister : T say, bub woa'fr
yee give me yoer baby sister? I love
little Debtee.'
Young hopeful : 'No. I teat!1
Yonng lady (winking at har-youTJg,
man) : 'Wbj, soanys, why wontyou
g'eyur baby to cm V .
Hopefsl findignaatiy)c Fy sbert&V
'tarve to death ; your dress opens be-
hind. Painfel iitenee Per tbe next
fifteen minutes.
One of tbe boys of tbe town wrote
to his girl and askad hr to gn wittr
him to tbeaksHng rin. Tbe ans.we:
eatne back:
I should like very much to go with
yon lo tbe rink to-night, not I b&ve
WV BIUCH tfKUlJB.
Tbeyeengman thinks sbe. nff ar eel
a seSkfent escose. Atehmon Patriot.
Tbe rank, fieby taste, soasatknes.
fotttMl la wild docks may be removed
by by parboiling tbem pcavinns to
masting with a peeled carrot placed
inside. Tbb will absorb tbe bad taste.
Wbece tbe dressing- ie to be-seosn&aa.
with anions, fsna a onion instead of
tba carrot.
So it was passed.. Ebns it was pass
ed. Gkmrim-.JomrmoL
So it seems. So we ass encbred.
Tbns we are ewebred. And nw we
I all 'pace.' 2f. O Tome.
. nL- .;.. mtAn nam Tra-ggq. wara
T .
J2r. Does Bradley wear a 2. IS?
Coma and Cameron have 2tM6K
men wbe will now beeomoJsbtaiag
rod agents. 2f. T. Graphic
We do noE believe in immortality
becanse we have proved It, hot we-.are
forever trying to prove ft necaese we
believe it.
A Cenaeetfont deb&tiag society fc
asking. Ie it wrong to ebeet a law
yer r Perhaps net, but it isn't ene
tomarv. A Kentucky debating seetety baa
been dfeeesetog the question ;. Whfch.
s the bottom, of a back wbeei cake?
A. down-east paper sews thera- is &,
mg beat that is ef no-more, use than a,
boiled carrot hng hi a boot-Iejit
. w;
"--When a deg Spitz, he mayiie coc-f
sidexed mad," remarked somebody
this morning. That's whelp pet.
Sixteen ble-lbrnaoeeare in op;a
i tties at Hae daemon eeppdt urines
aiTiemtmii h ta.
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