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And faithful of thy word, I'll make thee alorioiie by my pea And famine by my aword. I'llyerve thee in iuoh noble waya , Waa never heard before ; ril crown and deck thee all with baya And lore thte erwmore.—Jamea OraAam ' Well, if there be any troth in the old •dage, young Herifian brudeiAt will have » proiperoae life ; for really iS il, loveli d»yforthe middle of April :~the aky 2 juat aa aunny and the air as warm aa if t were June,' said Hannah Worth looking out from the door of her hut, upSo a win! 2i:;.^l '■•^""" *^''" ««»y Spring •And what is that old adage ycu talk of Hannah f inquired hit youu«r aiater xwh« stood braiding the looka^f rerS'bUok ha,r. before t^e oraclted looking.glaw that hun« above the riokety chest of ilA Why, u Nora, don'tyou know Ik The "dage I. aa old aa the hill, and aa true m theleavena, and it i. this, thXiZl", twenty.first birthday ia an indJ^T^u "fjo«dy, ttafortunate.' """•le, i ■oauperbly beaoUfnl aa thj. paaaant girl that this poor but oontoined. fienelth these rich sable trwea waa a highbro*d fotah^ white aa anow ; alender bbek eye- i**Tu *!* r*" '**^'""^ •»<* •« perfectly arch, •d, that they gave • singularly «peo and elevated character to the whole (Wnntwlanoei l™ dark gray eye., full of light, aoftene4 by long, sweeping black laaheai a .mttlL straight noiet oval, blooming ohMkst plump, itaddy lip. that, dighUy partel rev««led gUn»p«,a of th* little peaxlytoaS irithm { a wafirinrned chin ; J^ with thi. pecuhanty, A^t when ahe was pleased » fsce. in shorPlill of intelligenoe mJ I feeling that mighf become thought and passion. Her form waa noble— bemg talL finely proportioned and richly develojed. K.?"i 5"*^ "'^•'^ °°'^"« «o her toilet- heronlvdecoiation waathe coronet of her own no),, black hair ; her only hwr-pin wm a thorn ; her drea. indewl wu « maafor! f.!!ru u"""" "Mufacture-the cotton irOBi which n waa made having been carded, spun, woven and dyel by M^ Hannahi own buav hands , but L it waa oSy a eoarsebfue Jibric after d4. it would Jot be considered highly ornamental , it waa new and clean, however, and Nora itm well pleased with it, aa with pUyfal im. patience ahe repeated her qneatira • ! S?^,' "".'^ y°" P'J»<* •' me now V No, replied th« elder sister, with aa. sumed gravity , • I am proud of your d(«M because It is my own handiwork andit does me credit ; tnt a. for you— ' /•^^•*'»«»'«*>«>diwork, and I do her .' ^ **" 4Bite ashamed of yoo. tor am a* know , th7n|^ it aay »oMb fS?? ,^3 I8HMABL ( OR, IN THK OIPTHB. '*T- iT^- forthaiottl,' •xolaimed Nor*, with mtrry Enytniij, m ih* duoad off in Maroii of •r bonnet She had qot far to look i for th« on.Npoor room oontaiptsd all of th« aiatflra' e»/thly gooda. And they wen aaaily ■umnifil ^- • bed in one oorner^ a loom in aaothar a •pinniitg.wheel in the third, and a oornar- oupboard in the fourth i a ohmt of draw«n •at a/jKibat the wall b«tw««n the bed and the loom and a pine Uble againat the opp„„te wall between the apinuingwheel and the oupboard | fonr >ooden ohaira aat juat whererer they could be crowded. There T!?!"***!?!^*^' °" the floor, no paper on the waJla. There waa but one door and one window to the hut, atad they were in front. Oppoaite them, at the baok of the loom *v."if V "•^•P'm^ with a rude mantel •h«lf above It, adorned with old braaa o^ndleetioka aa bright aa gold. Poor •* » » ia but waa, the moatiaatidioua fine Udy need not bare feared to ait down withia it i it waa «o purely otean. * The aiatin were aoon ready, and after olocingnp their wee hut aa cautiously aa if L?S"^";!!^**'i!; *•■'"**'' I"'''", they aet forth, IB their blue cotton Kowna and white cotton bonneto. to attend the grand birth- — n"**'!^'j*'"'P™**'°"* • fl". foiling, woll-wooded oouutry , behind them atood thoir own little hut upon the top of ita bare i!lii-J*T '^u'" 'y • <*••?• thickly, wooded valley, beyond which roie another 5rSf^'^°*i '""*a,*." •'•«»»* "•"•ion of tSS.''!?'?*""- That waa Burdenell Hall. 35*«t5?„»»«tandth. hall perched) upon oppoaite hiUa, looked each other in the fVow aorooa the wooded valley. And both be- onfwito the aame vaat plaoUtiOn— the Iar«at » the county. The morning waa in- deed delioiona. the earth eveiywhere aprinir. ing with young graaa and early flowera ; the foreat budding with tender leavea ; the fre«i bnwka f inging aa they ran ; the birda darting about here and there in March of ■uateriAla to build their neeta ; the heavena benignly umiling over a 1 ; the ann storioua s the air latoxioating ; mer« breath, joy \ mere life, rapture I AH Nature eiugiig^; Olorw-mExoelaia I And now whil; thi "1^ ■•""*•' loiwrely on, paoaing now »nd thon.to admire aome exoniaite bit of •oMienr, Ortowatohaomo bii^ or look at aome flowor. taking their.own time tor paaa. ing through the valley that lay betweeiih. »»«*«JtBeluUl,Imn.tteU yon who and ani anpporting themaelvea by apinniag and — Hviog. [annah. the eldeat, waa but twenty -eight e^ra old. yet looked forty t for, having n the eldeat kiater. the mother-aiater of a l«^ge family of orphan ebildreji, all of| horn had diud exoept the youngeat— leonora. her face wore that aiixioua, ha« I ,'»rd, oare- worn and piematmely aged look peculiar to womeu who have the burdena of f life too aoon and too heavily laid upon them Her black hair waa even streaked here and there with grey. But with all thia there i W»a not the leAat trao» of impatience or deapon^enoyin that all-enduripg face. When grave, Ita expreaaiou waa that of reaignatiou ; when gay— «nd even ahe could be gay ot timca— ita amile waa aa aunny aa X Dtfaing they required. nrfortiirpttrohaae of! tea, augAr, and ■*lt Thu* you *** their living Waa good, though their dr***, thaii^ h bouri. who would have made them nior* comfortabl* nad not the proud apirit of H'tnnah ulirank from dnpendenoe. '' They had been iiiv'itfd to the feativnl to he held at BrudencH Hall in honour of the young heir's uonyng of age ' and entering upoti hiaestntea. Thia gentloman, Herman Brud«^uell, waa their landlord {and tt waa na hia tenants, and not by any meana aa hia equaU, that they had been bidden to the feaat. And now we will accompany thefti to tho houae of rejoicing. Thoy were now emerging from the valley and oliiiibing the opposite hill. Hannah walked ateaUily on in the calm enjoyment of nature, and Nora dart- ing about like a young bird acd oa- rolliug aa she went in the eflfervvaoeno* of her delight. CHA^Eft II. LOTS AT 1TB8T| fl*r *weet *ong diad, and sVl^ue ani«*t And a namolea* loosing filledv^er breaat. WMUier. Th* ■iatera had not awn th«ir )rl^ing land- lord *inoe he waa a lad of ten yearaSpf age, at whioh epoch he had been *ent to ^nrppe to receive hi* education. He had but ra- oently been recalled home by hi* widowed mother, for the purpoae of entering upon hi* fliitate, and celebrating hi* majority iu hi* patnmonialmanaionbTffivingadinner an 1 ball in the houac to all hia kindred and friend*, add a feaat and danoe, in th* bam to all hi* tenant* nudjaboarera. It waa aaid that hia lady mother and his two young lady aiatera, haughty and repel- lent women that they were, had objected to entertaining hi* d*p*ndent*. i>iit the young gentleman wa* resolved thatV.they alio •honld enjoy themaelve*. Aad he had hi* way. Nora had tfo reoolleotion whatever of Herman Bradenell, who had been Uk'en to Knrope while she waa atiH n baby ; *n iiow. a soor* of tir«*oin* qoMtioM Hannah, daart I* h* her onrioaity being Itimabitecf. *h« plied Hannah with about him. •la'h* Ull. handaoin* t* ' How can I t*ll T I have not aeen him ainoe he waa ten year* old.' , ' But what ia hia complexion — ia he fair or dark f and what is the oolofir of his hair and eyea? Surely, you can tail that at leaat.' ' Yea ; hia oomplexidh, as well aa I omi renoUeot it, waa freokUd, and hia hair aandy, and hia eyea green.' ' Oh-h I the horrid fright I a man to »oare ba«l children into good behaviour I But. ■ then that waa when he was but ten year* old; he ia twenty-one to-day | perhaps h* ia mocji improved.' ' Noria, our aheep have paased through here, and loft aome of their wool on th* bushea, Look at that little bird, it liaa found a flako and is hearing it off in triumph to line its lictle nest,' aaid Hannah, to cliange the subject. ' Oh, I don't oaru about the bird ; I wiah yon to lellmn about thu young gentleman V said Nora, petulantly, adding th* qu** ion t * I wondor who he'll marry T' . • Not you, my dear ; so you had better not occupy your mind with him, ' Hannah replied, very gravel)h t^^ Nora langhed outright : ' Oh, I'm quit* aWare of that ; and aa for me, I would not marry a prince, if be had r*d hair and • freckled face; but atill ob* cannot half thinking of one'* landlord, when on* i* Soing to attend'th* celebration of hia birth- ay.' They had now reached the top of the hill, and 'come npon a full view of tn* boo** and ground*. The houae, aa I aaid, waa a very i legant edifioeof white free atone; it waa two atorie* in height, and had airy piazzas, run- ning the whole length of the front, both kbpve and l)elow ; a atately portico oooa« p ed the ceutr* of the lower pia^o, having on each aide of it the tall windows of th* drawing-rooma. Thin portico, and all th*** window*, were now wide .open, mutely pro- claiming welcome to' all comer*. The beau- tifully uiid ont ground* were ■tudd*d her* and ^ere^" with tent* pitched under th* ahade treea, for the aocommodation of tl|* out-door gueata, who were now aawmblia(g rapidly. "~\. Bat th* mor* honcnrod gneet* df th* boo** bad not yet begun to arrive. And non* of th* family wMr« M y«t ^mihle. ^^ On reaohins tii* pr*mi**a, tiM iist«ra IIHIIAKLi OE. m THK DEPTUi. i * {., Wf rMllv •mlwmMd. nol kaowintf whm F\ n«>«Ung no on* to diraot tii«m. 4«1«0f ih • tlniiM flifura •ppearmi u|m>ii tk« •««ni)— • dwarflab (nuUtto, with • Urge bMil, huahjr hair, uiere, young women, dere you ig,' lAJd • J"^.'®'**'J^' ■■ •'• introduced the aiatara mto thia room, and retired. There ^veN aone thirty-flve or forty per- MuJUy*^. taoluding ineii, women and !f •'!?r'*"* *«>' on* t^Mtt waa known to iMwataw. They therefore took aeata in ^ retired corner, from which they Watched the cum nil ny. ' H..W many Mople there are I Wher* oo«l«l ihfy all have cone froa f inquired • I do not know, from a diataaoe. I aup- PO«r. Propiewill coma a long way to a feaat hk« thia. And you know that not only weri) the UnanU and laboiirtira in. vited. but they w«re aaked to bring all their frianda and relationa a« wall I' aaid Hannah. •And thay aeem to have improved the opportunity.' added Nora. • Hnab, mv dear j 1 do believr •»•«• oome Mr. Brudenell and the ladiea. aaid Hannah. I An.l even aa ahe apoke the great doora of the barn wore thrown open, and tho youno landlord and hia family untered. Firat came Mr. Brudenell, a voun« gentle- man of medium height, and elegnntly rather than Btrongly built] hia f.'atur.a wero regu- lar and delicate i hia comploxion fair and olear | hia hair of a pa|e. aoft, golden tint i and in oontraat to all thia, hia eyea were of a deep, dark, burning brown, full of fire, paa- aiod and faacination. Tliere waa no doubt about it— he waa beautiful I I know that la a atraoge torm to apply to a man, but it ia the only true and comprehenaive one to oharaoteriifl the pej-aonal appearance of Herman Brudenell. Ho Waa attired in a neat black dreaa auit, without omamenta of any kind j without even a breiatpin or a watoh chain. Upon hia arm leaned his mother, a tali fair woman with light hair, light bine eyea high aquiline featurea, and a haughty air 8iie wore a rich gray moire antique, and a ** ilhe lace cap. ' Behind them came the two young lady •tatora. ao like thtir mother that no one could have niiatakeu them. They wore white mualm dreaaea, saahea of blue ribbon, and wreathe of blue barebella. They advanced with amilea intended to be gracioua, but which were only oondeaoending. The eyea of a 1 the people in he baru wer^ fixed upon this party, exowpt Nora Worth, which were riveted upon the younir heir. ** And this waa deatiny ! Thero waa nothing unmaidenly in her re- gatd. She looked upon him aa a peasant ttnl might look upon a passing prinoe-aa aom tbinar grand. alo- noaa, snnlike and immcaauraWy above hsr sphere ; but not as a human being, Bot as a jonng nUn preoiaely iikt other yonnginen. Whil e thus, wiUt i rs sh Ups flowngly m Pi ■■■ 9h th«y WfttolMd lb* I8HMAEL ( OR, IK THE DIITUS. mti «p«rt, ud bloahlDg oh«*k4, ud ayM f«n of iDnoocnt Mlmiratiou, ati* gaMon't ba mad with me.' aaid Kauban, meakly. ' Noiia^naa, Hue t you know I waa Joking. Make Hannah danoa i it will do her guoa ) aha mopea too mqch, ' laoghad Nora. * Do, Hannah, do, dear 1 you know I •an't enjoy nyoalf otbarwaya,' eaid tb« doolla fellow. ' And it la ttttla enjoyment yoa hava ia thia world, poor aoul I' aaid Hannah Worth, aa aha roaa and plaotd her hand in hia. 'Ah. bat I have a Kieat deal, Hannah, dear, when I'm along 0' yow4]>*) whitperaa ^* Saltantly, at he lad he^^MT to Join the iiaorra. And they were aoon a«an trit Uig, whirl* ing, heying and eelling with thr beat of ^ them — forgetting, in the oontagioiia marri* ment of muoio and motion, all their oarna. Nora wua beaiaged with admirera, who aolioited her Hand for the dance. But to one and all ahe tetnrned a negatiVe. She waa tired with her long walk, and would not dance, at leaat not thia aet i ahe prefer- red to ait atill and watch the othera. Boat iaat «•; the «une delioatTnoae and Madflto moatV j and the aame peculiar way .9faffliling only with your eyea ^ in a word , —but pardon me, Nora. 1 forgot myaelf in •peaking to yon so pl^nly. flere A a new •etfonnlBg Already. Your aiater and heV ■artaier ue gomg to danoe together again : •iwU we join themf he anddenly inqured *!?.?*•"? *'^'*1*'""^ pnuae, in which J^ spoken m Ingwiuoua franknee^ had hronght the blnahea again to Nora'a cheeka. She arope and gave him her hand, and he led her forth to the head of the aet !ll!u^** ""'^ '°"?*'¥' ''here she atood jnth downoaat ^^d brushing face, admired Vf aU tiM aien,^ and envied by all the ^ ^5™*n *h»t ifera preaent. ..^rV'^ **2J *•*• <»^y *«»• he danced with her. ^e was oordial to all bis VlE:?^^«*>«4e»oted himielf to Nora! Jus exdoaire atlaiitlon of the young hS tothe pw mwW gk»e anxiety to her iMwMul oflenoe ^ afi , the other women. aighed ^ No g^od^will come of it,' said one. «o good ever does pome of • rieh y^*"",* "" Paying ettentfon to a poor girl, '.added another. *^ i\x, • *^.'"*' indignantly. ae ia making a perfect tool of her you had better «,y.' Vmended a' fourth.* more malignant thui the n-at. ^ J^?°°.u' ^ '*o°'t«heitI I'm a sort of elder .rother-in-law to her, you knowknd I don't like it. Ju.t ^ ll^ hruJ'ks^, her. Hannah r Why, if Iwa.t?mKw my heart and pour ic into my face I couldn't look at you that-away,^ Hinnah^ S»" •" I ^^yjt yo«- Why, he's just eatfi ?LiV "Pf '^l**' •"■ 7*^ •»«» " for her, eh! looks as if It was pleaaaot to beawallowed »»V\»J' f-id hpneat Renben oiy. M^ watched theiU-niatched young pair wthS sat absorbed, in each, other-f E^L" S J remote corfie-- of the barn '^"*r m a r^„K*'I^^ ^' "»'?d tointorfere I IVe a right to I I'm her brother-in-law to be.' h.rm fk "''A ^"**" ' •* ''«»'" do more •™i^ **f* ' ".'L°VW make her and tll?^ •'" *?'"'' '"°" aerioualyoi nn?r*'"* ° •?"' **"" ^^y deserve, ft 2 tbey will scarcely eret meet to speak to each ether again.' -ti^K w ^.'M yonpjea*), Hannah, you are Wiaer than I am ; but still, dear. I must slvThS W»» deal of1,ann. may be doS in J £^ BenMSmber. dear, that (though I don't cdl It harm, but the greatest ^leasing of mil Me) It waa at a comshuoking. wbere m met for the fnat time, thatyKnd^I WlTJ love long^of each other. anS have we w fci5;f„rl5'^**? •"*''•'• both poor, ana faithfal, and patient, and broken m liketo bear thing. cLe.rft,i,„6 harm has coij 5 our falhng in love at that cora-shu^fai? But now. s'poae them there children kSm lore 01 eac& other by looking intoTaoh ^her'a pretty eyea-who's to'^hmder Sf And what will be the end of it t He can't mwiy her j. that's impossible ;' a man of hM. rank and a girl of hera I his mother and rn^u r-°*l."'^*.!L '"* ''™ ' "d if they would, his own pnde wouldn't I And so 5f.M*°*"'1?' *"** *7 *? f<»^* her, and, H«t.!;*°P home andf break her h^art"' ^^IT^* "^^^ ■ fi"' ««y to pot oat mthe beginning, uuposaible at thVeildi" Yon just better le ImTgo snd heaTTi M^k-kmdling and before the bla«^ l>i«aks "^rai^i^. IBHMASL } OB IH THX DIPTHS. HP iOo, theo, good R«ab«n, and tell Hon that I am going homa and with her to ooma to rae at oooa. ' B«nben aroaa to obay, bnt waa interroptad by the appearanoe of a negro footman f roo| th'^ house, who came np to him and aaid i Mr. Benben, de mwateea aaV will yon aay to de ^oang mariter how de gemmen r de ^ an' ladiea u allarriTe, an' de dinner will be ■anre in tan minntea, an' how ahe *nr«a Ua presenee at de honae immediate.' ' Oertainly, John I Thia it batter, Hannah, than my interference woald have been, ' said Beuben Gray, aa hnrried off to - exeonte hia mission. So completely abaorbed in each other's conversation were the yoang pair that they ' did hot obaerve Bouben's &pproact ^^ til he stood before them, and, touching Hfr fore- head, said respectfully : .- ' Sir, Madam Brudehell haa sent word' as the vis'ters be all arrived at the house, / and the dinner will be ready in ten minuteis, so she wishes you, if you pleaae, to coipe directly.' ' So late I' exclaimed the young man, looking iit hia watch, and starting up, * how time flies in some society I Nora, I will conduct yon to your sister, and then, m and .welcome our guests at the bodae f aithooflrh I had a great deal rather stay Wharalam,' he added, in a whisper. ' If yon pleaae, air. I can talie her to Hannah,' aoggeetedBeuben. But without paying any attention to this friendly offer, tne yonns man. gave his hand to the maiden, and led her down the whole length of the bam, followed by Beuben, andals > by the envious eyea of all the as- sembly, ' Here she is, Hannah. I have brongfat her back to yonouite safe, not even weary with dancing. I hope I have hefaped her to enjoy herself.' said the young heir, gay- ly, as ha deposited the ruf tic'beauty by the side of her sifter. ' You are very kind, sir,' said Hannah, coldly. ' Ah, yon there, Beuben I Be sure yon take good care of this httle girl, and see th^ she haa plenty of plpaaant partners,' sud the young gentleman, on aeeing Gray behiQd. ^* Be rare I shall takenre of her, air. aa if she waa my aister, as I hope some dav she may be/ replied the man. • And be^arefnl that shS^ gets a good plaea at the aupper-uble~-tli«re will be a ! nial^ you know.*^ • J*M> see to that, dr.' Qog d -avaning, H aniia fc | good eve ning. •»<$ki ■ Wr::. — ■ Nora, 'aaid the young heir, siaiUnf 4MWbow« in| aa he withdrew from the sitlbrv - Nora sighed } it might have bai^tY ftnii fatigo*. Several country beaiiBapproaraw^ eagerly oontandin|^ now that the ooast wai claMr, for ib» honour of the baantyls hand in thedanae. Bnt Nora refuaed one and aU. She should danoe no more tliis evening, she said. Supper oame on, and Beuben,. with one aiater oneaoh arm, led them out to the great tent, where it wm spread. There was amah. The room waa full and the table iraa crowded i bnt Beuben made good plaoea for the aiatm^ and atood bebind thalr chairs to wait on then. Hannah, like a happy, working, praotieal young woman, in Sood health, who had earned an appetite, id^ ample justice to the luxuries placed be- fore them. Non ate next to nothing. Li visin Hannsh and Beubea offered everything to her in turn ; she would take nothing. She was not hungry she said { she waa tired and wanted to fro home. * Bat wouldn't you ratherstay and tea tba fire-works, Noraf inquired Beuben Gray, aa they arose from the table to give place tO| some one else. 'I don't know. Will— will Mr.-l mean Mrs. firudenell and the young ladies come out to see them, do you think r '; • ' No, oertainly they will not, these deli- oate creaturea would nevera^Ai&d outside in the ni^ht air for that purpoae.' 'Ir-I don't think I care about" atopping to aee the fireworks, Beuben,' aaid Nora. ' But I tell yon what> Johi. said how the vonng heir, the old madam, the yonn4 ladiea, and the quality folks was all ia.going to see the fire-vdrka from the upper piaoa. Thay have got all the red-cuahioned settees and arm-chairs, put out there for them to siton.' ' Beuben, I— I think I will atop and aee the fire- works ; that la, if Hannah is willing, ' said Nora, mnsitaifly. And so it waa settled. The rustics, idfter having demolished the whole of the beautiful supper, leaving scarce- ly a bone or a crust behind them, rushed out in a body, all the worse for a cask bf old rve Whi^ey that had been broached, and began Jlto search for eligible stands from which m witness the exhibition of the evening. Beubsn conducted the sisters to a high knoll at some distance from the disordeny crowd, bnt from whidi they could command a fine view of the fire-worka, whiah ware to be let off in the lawn that lay before their atand.-point and between them and the front of the dwriling hoi^e. .-'X-:-/ ^_^-!&fc - :7^i^^? E,- ■' ■ r I It . 10 I8HMABL I OR, IN tHE DBFTHS* H«r« they mt m the availing oloaod in. As •oon aa it waa quite darh, tlia whole front m the manaion>boaae aoddenly b'aaed forth m a bliadinn illumination, lliera were aUrs, wlieela, featooos and learaa all in Are. In the centre burned a rich tninatiarenoy. ezhlbttivg the arnia of the Brddenella. During thia illumination none of the faitaily appeared in front» aa their forma mnat hire obaoured a portion of the lifhta. It laated aome ten or fifteen minutea, and then auddenly went out, and everythinff waa again dark aa midnight. Suddenly 'nom the centra of the layn atreamed ud a racket, lighting up with a lurid fire all the acene— the manuonrhouse, with the family and their more honoured gueata nowaeated upon the nppjr piazza, the crowds of men. women and children, white, black and mixed. That atood 'with upturned faces m the lawn, the distant knoll on which were groupad the siatera and^ei*- protector, the more, distant forests and the tops of remote bills, which all flowed by night in this red glare. This seeming conflagration Uate'd a minute, and then all waa darknesa asain. Thia rocket was but the aienal for the com* mencement of the fire-worka on the lawn. Another and another, each more brilliant than 'he laat, aaoo«ieded. Ttiere were stara, wheels, aerpenta, griffin*, dragons, all flaah. ing forth from the darkaeaa in livinjj fire, fliting the rnatie apectatOn with admiration, wonder and terror, Mid then aa auddenly diaappe«iing aa if swallowed up in the night ■ from wrhicb they had sprung. le instant the whole aceae waa lighted up as by a K<-n- era! oooflaRration, the next it Waa hidden in darkjieaa deep aa midnight ' The aiatera, BO more than their fellownutiea, had never witheaae^ the marvela of fire-worka, so now they saaed fitom their diatant atandpoint on the knoll wit^ intcreat borderius upon oonatematioB. ^ ^ 'Don't you think they're dangeroua, Ben- ben ?' inquired Hannah. 'No, dear; elaeanoha larned gentlfman it Mr. Bmdenell, and such • prudent lady •a the old miidam, wovld never allow then.' •nswered Oray. , Hora did- not speak ) aha waa abaorbed tot only by thft fire.worka^themaelvaa, bat by *he gronp on the baloony thatr each illn- ■unation revealed ; or, to be exact. ^ one ^« that «ronp— the faee of Herman BmdeneQ. At length the exhibition elosed with one «rea« tableiM in many coloured fire, diaplay- iBf the ttaaify group of Bmdenell, aar- aoonted hf their ereet, iirma add anppor- •2^ •ll enoiroled by wreath* of towera. vm spkttd i d tn iaa p ii re ac y illmnin e d th e whole Boene with daaliag light. It Z*^^J^r^^ deafening Innaa fr«m the «?^ij^''*^ ^^ "•'^ *"■«> •omewbat ■obeided, Reuben Gray, gasing with the * ^i'S" **"^' ^'••" nPO" tllihiM glory, •I am looking, 'aheaaid. Vv bat do yon see f ' 'The fireworks, of course.* > . Jn? ^'***- **«yond them V The great houae— Brudenell Hall.' And there?' ' wi!re^ »" the upper piaaa.' •£? Bf»'J*«»«" in the midatf 'Now, then, observe I You aee him, but Tlir«rflL*i! «'•" *»' *'»• fire- work. S?J/^ K^™ ' *"• *•"•* y*>» ^o "ot dream either he or you can paas it I For either to his mouth before without a gri^voS bSjL^^K «*^ R..gliahl h? hSi breathed these worda of eloquent )l*™'w«fc ^ *'. L*^ *"««" iMpiratioL. aa though his hpa, hke those of the prophet of old, had been touched by iiie livine ooal from Heaven His solemn worda awed Uannah, who understood them by eym- pathy,and frightened Nora, who did not understond tbem at ail. The last raya of the finale were dying out, and with their expinng light the party on the upper piaa^ was seen to bow to the . rustic asaemb^ on the lawn, and then to withdraw into the house. And thus ended the fete day o£ the yduns heir of Brudenell HalL young The gueata began rapidly to disperse. Reuben Gray escorted the sisters home, talking with Hannah all the way, not upon the aplendonra of . the featival-^ 'topieHie seemed wiUing to have forgotten, but upon **"**■' •took, wagea. and the price of tea and angar. Thia did not prevent Nora from dreaming on the iaterdicted aubjecc ; on the contrary, it left her all the more opportur nitytodoao.until they all three reached the door of the hill hnt, where Beubeu army bade tbem ^ood-night. • -^ -€- ^•^lE^gmtA^a . Bi^rt^aa ' V •«'^^,'>ni|?>'«i»**^ , •§J*S* MHMABL ; OE. IN THE DKPTHa a GHAPTBR UL M wt MM BAtaN't, thu ia oar*— fhia thorn Dotti to oar roM of yoa*h rightljr belong ; It IS the ■how and wal of nature's trath When love's strong pfesnon is impiesi^d in youth. -—^SftoMpMrs. Whst • contrast I the interior of that K>r hut to all thesplendonrs they had left I e sisters both were tired, and qoiokly undressed and went to bed, but not at once to sleep. Hannah had the bad habit of laying swake at iiight, studying Kow to make the two endsoi her income and her outlay meet at the close of t;he year, just as if loss of reat ever helpea on the solution to thiVproblem ! Ifora, for her part, lay awake in a disturb- ' ance of her i^ole nature, which she could neither understand nor subdue ! Nora bad never read a pbain, anovel or a pUy in her hfe; she had no knowledge of the world ; ^ and no instructreBs but her old maiden wster. Therefore, Nora knew no more of love than does the novice who has never lef c her convent I She could not compre- hend the reason why, after meetiog with Herman Brudenell, she had taken such a disgust at the rustic beaux who had hither- to pjipased her 7 nor yet why her whole soul waaso very strangely troubled; why, at once, she was so happy and so miserable ; and, above all, why she could not speak of those things to her sister flannah. She tossed about in feverish excitement •What in the world s the matter with you. Nora ? You are as restless as a kittep ; ,what ails you ?' asked Hannah. ' Nothing,' was the •»* *• »"* b« patient; for every one in this Wld has something to hear, and we must &cept our lAare. And even if it should he in onr old X?rft?!?i*"w**??f1?' «>*netowther, what of that f We shaU have all eternity before us to live together, for, Nora, dear. 1 00k upon myself as his piomiwd wifWfoi time and for eternity, fnerefore, yott see there is no such tiling possible as for Be t» break witl. Reuben. WTWong to^h other forever,and the Wd himLlf knows It. And now, dear, be qui^t and try to •leep ; for we must ri>e ^rly to-morrow to make up by industry for ihe time lost to- ^ax; so. once more, good-night, dear,' Nora responded to this good-night, and turned her head to the waU-not to diet? thll T^ .** V*"*? **""y' ''•rk-brown iiy% that had looked such mystorious meanings into hers, and that thrilling, deep-toned voice that had breathed such%weet wsie in her ears. And so musing, Nora feU asleepj and her reverie passed into dreams. Jfiarly the next morning the sisters were up. _The W4»ther had changed .with the The day before had been UkeJune. Thia day was Uke January. A darif gray sky overhead, with bbok ulouda driven W 1^ easterly wind acuddin^across it, and threat, ening a rain storm. " •«^t* Sftu ^"^'*<* through thsir loorniW I JL***:*' y>* thg'r frugal breakfast over, put their room m order, and sat down to ttoir l-iS'^j 'ii^x •v^Hj**^RJ/' Jl_ y^^h ^W"t«^=4A!s^«^ ^rrod over his rit(ht shoulder, and holding in his left hand the fine rook fish of which he had \ spoken. His eyes searched for and found 'Nora, whose face was coyered with the ^ dcpeat bliyhes. ' ''^ ' Good morning. Nora i I hope yon en- joyed yourself yesterday. Did they take ' care pf you after I left 7' he inquired, going up to her. • 'Tes, thank you, sir.' * Mr. Bmdenell, will you take this chair ?' said Haunab, placing one directly befoire the fire, and pointing to it without R'ving him tiiiie to speak another word' to ' Thank 'yoa, yes, Hannah ; and yoa will relieve toe of this fish?' ^ ' No ; tiiank you, sir ; I think ydu had better lake it nptothenudam, ' saidHannab, Uantty. * What t carry this all the wav from here to jBrndeneU, after bringing it from the >igr? Whatever are yoa thinking oi. Hannah V lausfaed the yoang man, as he stepped outside for a moment' and hung the fish on a nail in the wall. ' There It ia, Hannah,' he said, returning and taking his seat at the fire ; ' you ean use it or throw it away as yon like.' Hannah made no reply to this ; she did not wish to enoonrage him either to talk or toprolong his stay. Her very ezpreesion of countenance was cold and repellent al- most to rudeness. Nora saw this and sympathised with him', and blamed Jier sis- ter.- ' To think,' she said to herself, ' that he was so good to us when we went to see him | and Hannah is so rude to him, now he baa come to see.ps I It is a shame I And see how Weil, )^; bears it all, too, sittinf» there warming tb poor wbite hands.' lu fact, the good humour of the yonng man was impi^rturbable. He sat there, as Nora observed, smiling and spreading his hands out over the gemal blaze and seeking to talk amicably wi(h Hannah, and feeling compensated for all the reboflfs he received from the elder sister, whenever he enooun- tercd a compasfionate glance from the younirer, although at the meeting of their eyes Jier glance waa instantly withdrawn and succeeded by fiery blushes. He stayed as long as he had the least excuse for doing so, and then arose to take his iMve, half smiling at Hannah's inhospitable snrlinsN and his own perseverance under diffienltiec He went up to Nora to bid her good-bye. He took her hand, and aa lie gentj^ pressed it he looked into her eyw ; but hen fell be> neath hisgaie ; and with a sim^e 'Good- day, Nora, ' he turned away. Hannah stood holding the oottage door wide open for his exit ' Good-morning, Hannah, 'he said, smiUngb ly, as he passed out. She stepped after hinii, saying t tX ' Mr. Ibfudtaell, sir, I mart beg yoo iu| to come so far ouc of your way again to bring us fish. We thimit yoa ; bat we could not accept it. This also I mast reqaeat yoa to take away. ' And detaching the rook fish from the nail where it hung, she pat it is his hands. He laughed good-humoaredly as he took it, and withoni further" answer than a low bow, walked swiftly down the hill. Haokiab re-entered the hnt^ and found herself in the midat of a tempest ill a tea- pot. ■ - Nora had a fiery temper of her own, jkai now it blazed out U]^n her siatar— her beau- tiful face was stormy with grief uid indig- nation aa she exclaimed ? 'Oh, Hannah i how could fon aet so ■^ ISraiAEi t bJEt, m THE DSPTHS. 18 ■h»m«faUy ? To think that ywtanUT yoa and I »t«»Dd dr«nk and fwMttd uid (unoed all d*y at his plaoe, and noeived ■0 much kindneM and attention from him bwidea, and to-day yon would aoaroely let him ait down and warm his feet in oara I Yoa treated him worae than a dog, yoa did, Hannah I And he felt it, too. I saw he did, though he was too muoh of a nentle- man to show it ! And as for me, I oould have died from mortification I' t My child,' answered Hannah, gravely, * however badly you or he might have felt, believe me I felt the worst of the three, to be obliged to take the ooune I did.' ' He will never oome here again, never 1' sobbed Nora, scarcely heeding the reply of her sister. ' I hope to heaven he never may I^ said Hannah, as she resumed her seat at her loom and drove the shuttle ' fast and furi* ouB ' from side to side of her eloth< ^ But he did oome sfpiin. Dssinte thvpre- dictions of Nora and the prayers of Hannah and the inclemency of the weather. The next day was a tempestnoua one, with tain, snow, hail and sleet all driven before a keen north>east wind, and the sis ters, with a great roaring fire in the fire l^aoe between them, were seated, the one at her loomand the other at her spinning-wheel, when there came a rap at the door, and be- ^re iihy one oonld possibly have hnd tiifie t9 go to it, it was pushed open, and Herman ^udenell, covered with snow and sleet, rushed in. 'For heaven's sake, my dear Hannah, give me shelter from the storm I I couldn't wait for oeremony, jtia see I I had to rush right in after knocking i pardon me I Was ever such a olimate as this of ours i What a. day for the seventeenth of April I It ought to be bottled uft and sent abroad as a curi- osity I' he ezoliumed, all in a breath, as he unceremoniously took off bis olciak and shook it and threwl^over a ohair. *Mr. Bmdenml Ton her* again i Whiit oould have Inronght you out on raeh a day f' eried H*nnah, starling up from her loom in extreme surprise. 'The spirit of restlessness. W^""**» I' It IS so dull up ther« and particularly on a dull day! How do you do, Koraf Blooming as a rose, eh ?' h^ said, suddenly breaking off and going to shake hands with the blush- ing girl. ' * Never mind Nora's roses, Mr. Bmdenell{ attend to me ; I ask did you expeet to find ,it any livelier here in this poor but than in your own p r inc e l y halls t' said H* °P *h, a snrhwt; * A great deai livelier, Hannah, he replied, wit|i boyish frankness, as he took his ssat and spread out his hands b>fore the cheer- ful blaae. 'Noind to the livelier. Why, Hannah, it is always lively where there's nature, and always dull where there's no 1^ Up yonder now there's too inuch art % higli art indeed— but ■tiU. art i Prom my mother and sisters all nature seems to have been eduoa'ed, refined and polished away. There we ail sat this morning in the parlour, the young ladies punching holes in pieces of mushu, to sew them up again, and calling the work embroidery ; and there was my mother, actually working a blue Iamb on red grass, and calling her employment worsted work. There was no talk bat of patterns^ no fire but what wMshut up dose m a horrid radiator. Really out doors « as more inviting than in. I thought I would Just throw on my cloak and walk over her* to see how you were getting along this cold weather, and what do I find here ? A grei^t open blazing wood-fire— warm, fragrant and cbeerfni as only such a fire can be i aiid a humming wheel and a dancing loom, two cheerful girls looking bright as two chirping ^^ds in their nest I This is kke a nest i and it is worth tbe walk to findi^t. You'll not turn me out for an hour or so. Hanni^ f There was scarcely any such thing as re- sisting his gay. frank, boyish appeal ; yet Hannah answered coldly : 'Certainly not, Mr. Brndenell, though I fancy you might hs.v« found more attractive company elsewbere. There can be little amusement for you in sitting there imd ; listening to the flviotr shuj^l* or the wiiirling wheel, for hours together, plesi- sant as you might hav first thought them. ' ' Yes, but it will I I shall hear music in the loom and wheel, and see pictures in the fire,' said the young man, settling 'himself, sqmfortnbly. Hannah drove her shuttle back and forth with a vigour that seemed to owe something to temper. Herman heard no music and saw no pictures ; his whole r ature was absorbed in . the One delightful feeling of being near Nora, onlybeing near her, that was sufficient for the present to make him happy. To talk to her was impossible, even if he had desired to do so ; tor the music of which he had spoken made too much noise He stayed as long as he possibly oould, and then reluctantly arose to leave. He shook hands with ir#"nah first, reserving the dear delight of pressing Nora's han4 for the she plaoed a chair b*for* the fire for his .a«AoBlmodation. The next day the weather changed *gfin ; it was fine x and Herman Brndenell, aa M MHMAKLiOB . IK THE DEPTHS. otaal. preMDUd ^hioiMlf at th« hott his •XOaMthktUlM tMioB tlut h« wiMhU to . faiqu're whether th* «7«tfn woald not Uka to h«r« MMiia npain fkt npotf th« bouM— • n«w roof, •nQthsr door and wiadow. or •r*m a now room added ; if ao, hia oarpentar waa aven now at Bradany «"»« M bis head by the^ thoroughly exaaperated Hannah. Sm'CTa.'* ""' •"'^' ^'^^ • 1^ And, in short, almost e^wy day he found sorn^ excuse for coming to the cottage, over, looking all Hannah's rude rebaffe^h the moat imperturbable good humour. At aU left Jhe houae for an instant, even when ttp«>n one occasion ahesaw th#. cows in her gar* den, eatmg up all the young peas and beans * .. ~ She let the ganlen be utteVly de.trot.!i *** ''•«' qne«tion ~ther than five No« J,- hejr woS? J "*"l^. "•''* '^ loT. that for her oould meimJothSgbS J^' »*•»** whM Hannah was driven to deciaiiri; ■WMoras by u unexpected avent. ■irty one morning Hannah want to ^nJ****^ **^ 'Baymouth.' to pre! ZL"^ ki" «id ;ugar.^ She Jf^t tftere, did har errand, and* returned to the hnt aa quickly aa aha wS. & ~»J*^- ^ •»»• iuddenly opJSd £±?' *^u ''r ■*™«'' '"*'» •onateriSon by aeeing the wheel idl* and Kora and Heiv Sl°!!!'«f*'^*^ **««^»>«'' «>n»«rtiag£a low. oonfidential tone. Thay started^n, on MOing Her, confnaion on their faces. Hannah was thoroughly self-possessed. Puttmg her parcels in*l4»'a iKdvSe b*^ J*Tf **'"' *" *"** »witnring to bid good- hurifiSijdr '"'^'"''^ '~" *"•' ^^^UNition. though it WM expected, was •Because youlike to 1 Quite a sufficient leaaon for a gentleman to rander for his ac- tiona, I supDose jou think. But, now. •pother questfon t ^ What are your inton' tiona towarda my aister V ' My intentions I' repeated theyou'ng man. in a thunderstruck manner. • What in the world do you mean, Hannah V 'I mean to remind you that you have bean visiting Nora for the last two monthsL •nd that to-day. when I entered the houae I tound yop sittins together aa lovera ait 1 looking at each other aa lovers look i and ■Pf«>5« >n WW tonea that lovera use ; and When I readied you, you atarted In con- fuaio«-aa lovera do when discovered at Nor;w!Shr^''" "'••"*^" '«''"*»• i.A*t?'° ^''"^^•JJ*",-''/* W«*Wn« nowjf he hid Qcver binahed before ; his very SThJ*"'''!?*'?- * ^"e"**"* had toreitor- ata her queation before hia heaitatiag tonsue could anawM" it * >«"||hb Nothing Heaven * Empty these in their boxea. dear whilii r •peaktoSlr. Brudenell.' S^-tu^nJ J t&eyoungBun,aheaaidt * Sir, your m;JS'Sfk'"'*"S "•»^»'oTaolZd K»fo»?you ia riS^ i^ y- ^'»o *it^ n.at.ve Nori /J^L °P[y ***• ' *o oaaaTto v^rit «Pr«. or to marrj her. To do the fiAt you muat aaorifloe your lore ; tp do tha laat »oa mual aMrifloe your pride. Now ohttMo ba- tween the oonraea of aotion I aratifyyouff love or your pride, aa yon aaa fit. and ohear. fully pay down trfe price I Thia aaama to ma to be the only manly, the only rational oouraa.' """^j 'Oh. Hannah, Hannah, yon do not tindar> atand I ^ou do not I' he cried, in a voioe full of anguiah. tjy'*' ','^0 , I know how hard it would be to you io either oaae. On f he ona hand. What a cruel wrench it will give your heart to tw yourielf from Nora-' ' '. y "^ y** ' oh. heaven, yea I' .»f^'*' °^"'* **'•••'• *»•"*'• i ''now what an hw-.'"**" ^'"* ''°°'** ""''• "• "»"y*»i -hliu "^iiuK' ! O^do me ju«tiool I ahould not think it a aacrifloe 1 She ia too good for me I ph, Hannah, it ia not that wJiioh^hindvra I 'Itia the thought of your mother and ajBtora, perhaps ; but aurely if thev love you. aa I ana oerUm they do. and if th# aM ypur bappineaa dependa upon thia marriage —in time they will yield !' ■ * It ia not my family either, Hannah I Do you think4hat I would aacrifioe my peaoa. Of hfia. tothe unreaaonable ptida Sf mr familvf No, Hannah, nof ^ 'Than what i. it t What atanda in the way of your offering pur hand to her to whj,.^^t.&^'ii,^-„ ? - ■K ^i^'^'^yW'WW^'^ kfj*. le ISHM^AkL ; OR. ^N THE DEPTHS. .^■i ^,^ 1 C . I 'Oh, Mr. Brudendli' , *it U so, Hannah I And one ■fgnal in- •tano« of aaob a Haori&ou at ona« 6f myielf and of tha right, haa loaded my life ^ith endleaa regret I However. I am uiigenerona to Bay thia { for a gift once gived. eV«h if it is of that which one holda moat {ireoione in the world, ahonld be forgotten or at leaat not begrudged by the giver I Ah, Hannah — .' he atoppedabrup ly. ' Mr. Bi'udenell, you will ezoose me for aayins that 1 afi;ree with you in your ra- proach of yoaraelt. That trait of whioh you •peali ia a weakness whioh Mhonld be oured. I am bnt a poor country girl. But I have seen enouah to know that sensitive and tympathiiing natures like your own are always at the mercy of all around them. Tha Uonest and the gener- .on* take no advantage of such ; bnt the aelflah and tha oaTouIating make a prey ot them I You call tnis weakness a; propensity to please others ? Mr. Brude- ndll seek to pleaae the Lord and He will give voo atrengtb to rcaiat the spoilers,' said Hannab, gravely. ' 'Too late, too late, at least as far us thia life ia eonoerned, for I am mined, Hannah I' 'Rained! Mr. Biudendir ' Ruined, Hannah I' '< ' Good Heaven I I hope yon have not endorsed for any one to the whole extent of your fortune V ' Ha, hi^ ha I You make me lautch, Hannah I laugh in the very face of ruin, «o think that you should oonsider loss of for- tona a sabjeOt of such eternal regret aa I told yon my life was loaded with 1' 'Oh, Mr. Bmdencll, I have known you .' from. childhood I I hope, I hope you haven't gambled «p— ' ' Thai& Heaven, no, Hannah ! I have n6ver gambled, nor drank, nor — in fact, done anything of the sort I' ' Yon have not endorsed for any one, nor gambled, noi drank, nOr anything 'of that sort, and yet you are mined f 'Ruined and wretched, Hannah! I do not exaggerate in saying so 1' * And yet you looked so happy I' 'Grasses grow and flowers bloom above bumiog voloanoee, Hannah.' •Ah, Mr. BradeneD, what ia the nature of this ruin then T Tell me 1 I am your aineaninend, and I am oldtf than you ; perhapal ooutd oonnsel yon.' * It is put counsel, Hannah.* / * * What ia it then ?* ; — — « I can n ot te ll y o u e «e e pt this 1 th a t t h e btaUty of whioh I speak la the onlf. reaaon why I do not overatep the boundAry o conventional rank and marry Nora I Why I do not marry anvbody I Hush I here we are at the house 1 Very stately and beautifnl (ooked tha mansion with its walls of wl^te free-stone and ita porticoes of whita marble, gleam- ins through its grovesjupon the top of the hill. When they reached it, Hannah turned to around to the servants' door, but Mr. Iruilenell called to her, saying : ' This way I thia way, Hannah i' andean ducted her up the marble step* to the visi tors' entrance. He preceded her into the drawingy that ahe haa come about the weaving. Whm she leavea. ahow her where the ser- vanta' door is, ao that*l4* bm* know where to find it when she oomes a^inn,' said Mrs. Bmdenell, hangbtily. Aa aoon aa Hannah had left the room, Herman said : ' Mother, you need not have hurt that Eoor girl'a feelinga by tpeaking ao before er.' • , ' - - * She need not have expoaed herself to rebuke by entering where she did.' ' Mother, she entered with me. I bronght her in.' _ ' Then you were very wrong. Theae people, like all of their claaa, require to be kept down— represaed.' ' Mother, this ia a Republiq 1' ' Yea ; and it ia ten timea more neoes- sary to keep the lower orders down, in a Republic like this, where they are alwaya trying to rise, than it M in a Monarchy, wherotbey alwaya keep their 'place,' aaid the lady, arroctantly. ' What have yoa there f inquired Her- ffi^n. with a vieur of ohanging tho diaagree- able subject. * The English papen. The foreign nail fe™.. IBR UABL I OR. m THE DEPTRft. IT Touch the b«II, if ii-in. An4, by th« Wmy, hen is • letter (or you.' Uenn*n r«e«iT«d th« letter from h«ir hMid, ohanged oolnur ■■ he looked Ct the writing on tlie envelop •, and wftlkod ftway to the front window to read it klone. His mothtr'i wetohful eyes followed him. Aa he read, his fao« flushed and {Mled ; Ilia eyea flaalixd and amouldered ; aigha and moana e^aped hia hpa. At length, ■ofily crumbling up the lett< r, he thruat it into Ilia pooket, and waa a ealing from the room to oonoeal hia agitaiiyn, when hia mother, who had aeen it all, apoke : ' Any bad news, Herman 7' ' Xo madam, ' he promptly anawered, ' What ia the matter, then f H ' heaiuted, and anawered t •Nothing.' ' Wlio ia that letter from ? ' A oorreapondent, ' he replied, eaoaping from the roomi „ ' Humph i I might have aurmiaed that muob,' laughed the lady, with angry aoom. But he waa out of hearingr ' Did yon notice the handwriting en the envelope of that letter, Elintbeth V ahe in- quired of her elder daughter. 'Which letter, mamma?' ' That one for your brother, of oonrae.' 'No, mamma, I did not look at it.' ' You never look at anything but yotir atupid womted ^ork I Yon will be an old MMd. Eliiabeth. Didypnuotioe it. Elinor r' * Yea, nanuna. The auperaoriBtion waa in tk very delioate feminine hendwriting ) and, the aeal waa a wounded faloon, draw- lag, the arrow from it* own breaat — anr* mi>unted by an earl'a ooronet' ^Tia the seal of the OounteM of Hurat- monoeuz.' ^ CHAPTER IV. THi iATAL VWMO. I am undone ; there ia no litring, none. If Bertram be away. It were aU one. That I ahonld love a bright partienlar atar ▲nd think to wed it, he is so above b», ' The hind thi^t would be mated by the Uon MuBt die for love. "Twas pMtty thoush a plague To see him oTory hour ; to sit «nd draw His wched brow, ^his hawking eyes, his ourls In our heart's table ; heart too oai " Of eveiy line aad triek of his BO oapabj^ I sweeg^oar. Hannah Worth walked hameiiaden^^ beaat of burdsn, with an enonnous batf of hanked yarn on h« baak. Hk» enierad her bar, dropped t he bwd a non the ao ot , a nd^ stopped to taka braath. ' I think ther might have Uat a negltt man tobrin* that (or you, Hannah,' sail Nora, pauaiag in h- r spinning. 'As if they would do that 1* ivantsd Hannah. Not a word ifaa aaid upon the subjhot of Herman Brudenell's morning riait^ Hannah forbore to allude to it from pity i Nam from modesty. Hannah Sat down to rear, and. Nora got up to prepare their aimple afternoon meal. For these sisters, like many poOr women, took but two meals a day. The evening psased muob aa usual i but the next nfiorniog, as the sisters Were al work. Hannah putting the wafp for Mrs. B< udenell'a new web of oloth ib the loom, and Nora apinning, the elder noticed tbi the younger often paused in her work and glanced uneMily from the window. Ah, too well, Hannah understood the meauin^ff^ of rhoee invnlunt^ry glanoea. Nora, waa ' Watching for the atbpa that oami not back again I' Hannah felt sorry for her sister i/lmt ska said to herself r L- ' Never mind, she will be all right in a fow days. She will forget him.* This did not happen ao, however. Aadaf followed day, and H rman BrudenellUiled to appear, NoraWorb grew mora uawMX, expectant and anzioua. Ah 1 who can eati« mate the real heart-sickness «| 'hope defer- red !' Every morning sh«, said to henMlf t * Be will surely come o-d4j^ I' Every day eaoh aense of hearing and or Jeeing waa on th«9ii< vfnstooateh the firiTt sound or th^ first sight of his approach. Every night she went to bed to Kreep in silent sorrow. All other sorrows may be shar^ and, lightened by sympathy, except thai of a young girl's diaappointment in lovja. With* that no one intermeddles with impunity. To notioa it is to distress it | to q»eak of it ia to insult her ; even her sister must in silenoa respaot it; as the eniring dova folds har wiffff over hejr mortel wound, so doea tiia maiden jealouay oonoeal her grief And die. Days grew into weeks, and Herman did not come. And still Nora iratohed and listened aa she spun— ^very nerve strained to it» Btmoat tension in ▼igiUnoe and expeotanoy. Human nature— eapeoiajly a girl's natnra<~ cannot bear snob a trial for any long time together. Nora's health began to fail ; first she lost hgMpirita, aad than her appetite, and flnalQmc^eepw She grew pale, thin and nerroua. Hannah's heart aahad for her sister. ' Thia will never do, ' she said t * snapeasa ia UlUag har. I mtut end it ' 8o « you poorjv.NoraT* * «o. I «» quite well, only tirad, ' replied thagirl, aa aha threw heraelf upon tha bad. nrhapp flannah had made a fatal miaUka awy^g to haraia'ar, • He will never aome •flM,* And ao depriving her of the iaat frail ptek of hope, and let h«r aink in the wavea Of daapMr. Parhana, after all^ auapenae ia not tha worat of all tbinga io boar ; for in atupana* ibara ia hope, and in hope, lifa i Oaruin it i« that • prop aeMiiad witbdrnwn ntMU Nora, a^d from tliia day aba rapidly •ttnk. She / would not take to har bad. ■vary morning aba would iaaiat upon nain* **** ^^'^ *'\£''«'' <**"y *•»• •«>rt wia looNf difBottirt. Bvety dajr aha would go to faorwhaalindapin alowlv and feebly, until lnrfati|iia' ab« waa obliged to aton and throw lanaif upon tha bad. Toallflan- ■Mi_a«inioaa queationa aha anawered : * I MB vatj WijlLl indeed there ia nothint •lU m« I oallf I aj^ ao tiiad. ' - ■ Om day akoal tU^ tima Banban Or»y aallad in t< «i tiM mm \ i ban w aa oa a at of lovars, never ventur- ing to viait bia beloved amra than eaoh month. •Look at Nora I' aaid Hannah, In a heart- broken tone, aa aha pointed to har aiatar. who waa aittint at bar wheal, not apinning, bat yaatng from tha window down tha nar- row foot-path, and apparently loat in moam- fnl ravaria. ' I *j'll *** '"'* '•**'' • '■•<*»oal man.' I aaid Reuben, and he left tha hat for that purpoea. Bur diatMi«ee from houaa to houae in that aparaaly aett'ad neighbourhood were graat and dootora were few and ooald not be had tha moment they were called for. So it ?aa not i^ntil the next dkj that Dostor otta, the round bwdied little mcdioal at- tendant of tha neigbbourhced, made liia an- pearanoe at the hut. He waa weloonMd by Hannah, who tntro- duoed him to her aiatar. Nora received hie viait with a graat deal of nervoaa irritability, deelaring that nothing at all ailed her, only that aha waa tired. • Tired,' repeated the 4ootor, aa ha fait her polM-and watehad bar countenance. • Yea, tired of living I a aerioaa fatigue thia. Hannah. Her malady ia mora on tha mind than tha body I You muat try to rouae her, »ake her into aompany, keep her amuaad. If you were abie to travel, I ahonld^oommend change of aoene { but, of oourir; that ia oat of the ones ion, my poor ?;irl. However, «ive her ihia, aocordun* to ha direotiona. I will oall in again to aee her in a few daya. ' And ao aaying, tha doc- tor left a bottle of madia^na and took hia dajMrtora. That day th« dootor had to make a pro- feeaional viait of inapooion to tha negro qujurtara at Brudanell HaU i ao be mounted hia fat little white ooband (rotted down the hill in tha direction of the valley. Whan ha arrived at Brudanell fiall ha waa ni't by Mrs. Bmdenali, if ho aaid to him : • Dr. Potta, I wiab before you leave, yt a bottla of fine ohampagna, flowad briakly and ohaar- fully around tha table. But tbrouf[h all the dootor watobad Hxrman Brudanall. He waa WMa indeed changed. Ha looked ill, yet ha ate, drank, laughed and talked with tha boat there. But wlian hia eyu met that of the dootor flxed upon him, it flaabed with a threatening gla'noe thiit aaemed to repel ■omtiny. The dootor, to turn the attention of tha lady from her aon, aaid • * I waa at. the hut on the bill to day. One of thoaa poor girla. theyoougeat, Nora, I think they eall her, ia in a bad way. She aeema to ma to be ainking into a deolina.' Aa he aaid thia he happened to |tl*noe at Herman Bittdenall. Tnit gentleman'a eyea ware fixed upon hia iriih a gaie of wild alarm, but tbay aank aa aoon aa notioed. * Poor oraatnraa I that olaaa of people aonroely aver get enough to eat or drink, and thna ao many of tham die of deolina broogbt on from inanfBoienoy of nouriab- mant. I will aend a b»g of flour np to the hn^ to-morrow,' aaid Mn. Brudanell, oom- l^aoantly. Soon after they all nroaa from the table. The little dootor o8«red ha arm to Mra, Bradanall, and aa they walked to the draw- ing-room ha found an opportunity of eaying to bar ! * It ia I think aa yon anrmiaed. There ia aomekhing on hia mind. Try to find out what it ia. That ia my advioe. It ia of no naa to taaae him with medical at- tentlnnoe.' When they reached tha drawing-room, they found the boy witb ^^ha mail bag wait- ing for hia mi»treaa. She quiokly niuooked and diacributed ita oontenta. ' Letters for everybody exoept myaelf I Bnt here ia a late eopy of the London Times with whioh I can amnae myaelf while you look over yonr epiatlea, ladiea and gentle^ men,' aaid Mra. Bmdenell, aa >he aettled a oataih toa ad or itanypartiqalar beraelftothe peruaal of her paper. She akipped the leader^ read the ooort circalar. * and «M deav la the eolnma of MSoaltUtb ^ whan aha anddanly ori«d out t * Oood Heaven, Herman I what tropha I' 'What ia it, mother f * A ooUiaion on the London and Brigh Railway, and ever ao many people killed wounded, and — ^raoioua goodneaa I' ' What, mother V * Among thoae inatantly killed the Marquia and Marohioiiaaa of Br«mbleton and the Conntaaaof liuratmonoeux t' 'NoH'oried the young man, mahing aoroaa i ha room, anatohing tha paper from hilt mothar'a hand, and with atariing eyee flxud upon t.h paragraph • hat ahe haatily pointed out, aeemiag lo devour the worda. A few daya after thia Nora Worth aat propped np in an eaay ohair by the open window that oommuuued the vivw of the Fori-at Valley and of the oppwtita hill crown- ed with the aplendid manaion of Brudanell Hall. But M'ora waa a-it looking upon thia view i at leaat exoept upon a very small part of it — namely, the little narrow foot-path that, led down her own hill and waa loat in the ahacle of the valley. The dootor'a preaorip- tioiir had donjB Nora no good i how ahould thayt Could'he, more than othara, 'minia- ter to'^ miua diaeaatid V In a word, she had now grown ao weak that the spinning waa entirely aet aaide, and ahe paaaed her daya, propped np in thu eaay-chair baaide the window, through which she could watoh that little path, which waa ,now indeed ■« disused, so nt-gleoted sl i graaa grown, aa to be almoat oblitt- rated. Hnddenlv, while Nora'a eyes were fixed abatraotedly upon this path, she ottered a greitt cry and atarted to her . et Hannah atopped the clatter o* her shuttle to see what wap the matter. Nora waa leabing from the windo*« , gaaing breathlessly down the path. 'What is it. No a, my dearf Don't leaa 80 tar out ; yon will fall I What ia It t' 'Oh, Hannah, he is coming I he Is cvu* ing!' 'Who is cominff, my darling? I see no one!' said the elder aiater, straining her I eyea down tlio yxVb. ! ' Bnt I fe' I l.-n oooii ig I He is coming i fnst I He wi- 1 bi- m sigl; •- presently I There I what did t UiU yi^ i ? 1 acre he ia i' And trniy at that moment Herman Bra* denell advanced from the thicket and walked rapidly ap the patii towarda tha hat. Nora aank baek in her seat» ovareoma^ ^- almoat fainting. Another moment^ and flermaa Brndenell "^V^- ^f'ji^- J #■ •^"■-'''KWf^^^W^ nilMAIt t OB, IN THK DBPrHS. ia Ifct rooB, alMping hmr foTM, Mi, %'m «'*f„' ^Mil 'Btt*. Mr. BrudsMll. your moltiwt' 'UftiiAalit HaonAli I don't b« diugrM. •bl« I You *r« too jroang to pUv da«nii« yet r b« Mid, layly. ' t do not know what you mMn by aQcnna, Mr. Bruiiaiioll, but 1 knciw what m ■lua U) your inolbcr. ' rvpliwl tb« aldw aittor, i(ravi)|y. . a . ■ -.- •---. 'Mother, mother. inoth«r. how tir«i ladflaiy ird to th. very tipaofhar you nre. Hannah, •vtrlaalinftly r«Mat I hid bar laoa in Iha pillows of bar tb«aain«. word ovar and ovrr amin I •hall not ibako ua miaarahla. W9 in| ba happy, now. Nora and niyaalf. not, JeanatT' h. addad, oluMlg|ing UinTibaty ton« in which h<< had apokau to th« aldai aittor, for oom of th« deep«s| tandarntia u ha turnad and addraaaad tha younger. ' Yeej but, youi motlier, ' murmui T«ry aoftly and timidly. 'You too ! Deoidedly that feotioua like yawning ! Wall, my deara, ainoe you will bring it on thu tapia. let at diaouaa and dianiiu it. My motiiar ia • ▼ery fln woman, Hannah: but aha ia an> raaaoiiabl«, Nora. Hlie ia attached to what ahe ualla her •• order," my deaia, and naiMT would oonaont to my marriuge with you h«v« baan ill and I knew it not I dying, and I knew it not I Oh I oh t oh I' * Yaa bat I am wall, i^ow thlffom-ttn bare I' gaap«id tb* girl. a<* ■!•« thrillad and treinbleil with fftturning life. Hut thti moment tbiaooufaaeroii had b«< nedrpriard from her, ihe bitteh ««rs, and oh«ir. ' My darling girl I MV own blaaMd girl i do no tarn away your laoe away ! look at ma withyoara<«eetny<>e I Bee, 1 am hire •t your aide, tolling you bony deep my own aorrow haa been at the aaparatioii from you, and how much dwepitr it the ihougiit that you alto have iutfered I Look at me I Smila ua NM i Speak to ma, balovad I I am your own t* Tbeaa and many othea wild, tondar^ pleading worda of lov- lie br«athid in th^ ear of thu llateuing, bluahing. happy girl ; both quite heedluM of tha pn^acnor of nah. who atood patrifiad with oona tion. ounger. muradlftjcCT' Word!' la'in* al I -*u I. u .1. .. „ ^ "•'W ^'O"'*' oonaent to my marriuge with At •• 'tfh, bowevar, by the time Hermati** anyTther than a lady of rank and w. alth.' had aeatttd himaelf baaide Nora, Hannah re- oovered her preaanoa of mind and powar of motion I and ahe went to him andaaid t ' Mr. Brudeiiell I la thia wall ? Oould , you not leave bur in peace ?' * No, I con d not leave her I Yaa, it ia , w^l. Hannah I Tha burden I apoka of ia aQJM|wotedly lifted from my bfe I I am a raat^Ped man. And | have oome here to- day to aak Nora in your preHenoe. and with your oonaent, to b« my wife I' ' And with yoai motber'a oonaent. Mi. Bm.ienelir , iP * ^annah, that waa ankind of yon to throw a damper apon my joy. And look ■ •tlvm, I bavenot'beaa in anob robnat health myial/ /pihee yon drova me away I* ' A« l|Q|j4 tbia. Nont'a hAnd, which h« bald JiMm (teuvttlaival^ on hia, and sb* "•^-"" ktht '...■•■■■; on mrKQOt p«le I' . aad ttt onr long .jou^ dayl- ... ._- band to bia lipa. I #H dreadfally diatarbed. 8b« WM delighted to aae Ufa and light and oolonr flowiofl' back to b«r aiator'a fao* j bat ahe iraa disnayad at the rery onaae of thia — tbt preMoo* ol HannM BradnialL Tba inatinota of bar affaotiona and tha eeiiaa •! bar datiep www «% war in bar boaom. Tha latt ar aa y a t w aa in tha aioandenoy. It waa ondar iti ioflaanoa aha apoka again I 'Then yon inuatgive up Nora, Mr. Bru- denell.'aaid H mnah, gravely. ' Yaa, indeed, 'aaaented poor Nora, ander her breath, and turning pale. ' May the Lord give roe up if I do !' oried the voang man, impetaoatly. • Vou will never defy your mother,*' aaid Hniinab. ' Oil, no, oh, no, I ahould if frightened to death,' gaiped N{bra,, trembling beiwean weakneH and 'o^MRj^Mk ^t . ' No, I will ne^M^E|j|biotbar t Ahgte are other wayadMHHKiga . tmm Boarry Nora, aiflHBpvlllaap tha affair quiet for a tinta.^ '^ ' I do not underatand yon.' aaid Hannah boldly. • • Nora doea thougb I Do you not. my darling f azolaimad Hamuo, triumph- antly. " sAnd tha blnabingWt joyoaa faoa of Nora anawen-d him. ' You aay you #ill not defy yonr mother Do you meanr to daoaive her, Mr. Bru- denalir iooi^irad tha el^ar aiater, aa- veraly. /^ 'Hahi^b, don't ba abaaiva I Thia ia Joat titb wb^a, mattar, in brief. I am twanty-one, Ikiattar of myaelf and my ea- tataC I ooad narnr Nora at any time opiMily, withoatmy motkar'aooaaanr. Bat ftat woaldgiya bar |re» t pain. -Tt wbold not kill bar, Mr inaka liarlll. bat it irwld woond bar in hme taadaraat poi9t»~-har ■Ji • <» ma faoe of Nor* liBMittL lor* of h«r too, knd h«r Iuto of rank i it woatd pruduo* mi omq rnpiaro b«iw««n lu. "" ~^il(t n«v«rforfiT«iii«, aorMkiiowlodg* , vhy do yoa apt-ak ftt all of ■Nora?' int*riupt«d Uitiin«h, an* Inrinan turn«d and looked at Nora. hat niuta look waa hia only anawar, and it waa aliiquant t it aaid, plainly, what M» |r lipa forobor* to apaak i ' I hava won bar Aov; and I ought to marry har i for if I do not, aha will die.' Then ho oontinuad a* if Qaiinah had not I mtarrupted him i 'I wiUi to Kat on itaaaailv a* I oan ba- twaan thaao oaiifliotin|( ditHoiiltiaa. I will I not wrong Nora, and 1 will not griava my I niothor. The only way to avoid doing Dither will ba for ma to marry my darling SriTat«-ly. and keep thit MfTair a a<-oret ritil a fitting dpportanity offara to pabliah It. ' 'A aforat marriagv I Mr. Broda- nall I is that what you prupoaa to myWi'- tar f ' ' W.iy no , HaiMiah V ' Saorat marriigea ara terrible thin«« I' * Di<4pp9i|ktad aflRMtiona, broken hearta, •Mtriy gravaa, are Bore terrible.' ' Sadg* I' waa the word that toee to Hannalra lipa, aa aba looked at tb* yoang man ; but when ahe torned to her aiater, ah* fait that hi* woad* might be trae. 'B**id*a, HMinah,' iv oOntinaad, • thi* ^will not b* a MMrat marriage. .Yuld oppoae it. even to death I Th«r*» I fore, to aave trokbl* and MOure p«ao«i, t I woultl marry my daar ^|i>rmquie ly. My. ! aterv, Uannah. ia not aeoaaaany «(uilt t it i ia often wisdom and OKroy. Do not obieot to a little harmlra* inyst^rjr that ia beaid** I to aaciire p««o* I OuUM, Hannah, what aii|r ' youf I ' How long maat thia atarriAge, ahould it takit plao*. b* krpt a aa«t*t ?' inquired Hai»> nah, uneaaily. % I * Not one hour longer than you and Nora I think it neoeaaary that it should Im declar< ' *d I Still, I should beg yonr forbeiiranoe aa long as po«aibl«. Come, Hannah, yoor anawar I' ' I maat have tim* to mflaot. I f*ar I [ thonld bfl doing very wrong to oonaent to thia marriage, an^ yet— a«d yet — Bat I maat take a night to think ai it I To-m^- row, Mr. Bradenell^ I tlrfll giv* yoa ah aiawerl' / ' \ With thia reply the yoaaf man wa* obliged to be oontonM. Soon ti%tlif b* at'oa* and took hi* leavv^ When he waa quit* oat oi hearing, Nora aroee and thraw h*t*elf into Ur eiater'* wiu uw» uvanRirec marriage. ^xii, xiora wvaio noa give op ner lover; woald .ngyoa mtoenror. Yoa wiah to aare Nora | e«»no*. Hannah a«ds '^'*'*'" *V^ SlJ^ wVaJi .y y°" m o th e r i ' I w ould n ev ar ooaotmano* thia^naTor. a^todoboththMathing^yoa ar* uan- Nora ! ba4 foron* r««on ; itiathatlknow -■^ whethar I oonosnt or not, -yoa tiwo, w*at aid wilful and paaoionate aa yOu ara, twill rash into this impmdant manjaga all Ik* • ' What, Haonah r ' WoU^-^fair, plitis, open, atraight-fbrwanl. '.I 5 -■jij'* 22 ISHMABL t OK, IK THB DEPTHS. •una i 4nd I think ffw yoar aake, it hifSl batter talte plaoe with my Maoktoii,,Md in mrpettmo* than othenriM. ' ./ jNom olMped h«r aiitar'a neok, and eoT«r- e4 hw fMM with kitMS. 'Ha meani w^ll by lu, deftr Hannah— in* dMd be doea, blaaa bim I So do not look so crava baoanaa wa are {{oing-to ba happy.' Bad Hahnan fell raru of bia anaww th* next day f It really aaemad ao ; for whaa ha madahif appearanoa at the oottage in the morninft, ha brought the marriage boanaa in bia pooketf and A penpaiatio miuiatar in hiaooinpany. ' And before tha aatonivhed aiatara had time to recover thfiir ' iwlf-poueaaiotf, H«r- firudenell'a will had carried hia par- aud the maTriaga oeremony ' waa per w poie, formed. The miniater then wrote ont'tha otfftMcate, whioh/waa aigned by himaalf, and witneaaed by Hannah, and handed it to thebrida. *Kow,' deareat Nora,' wbitpeted tha triumphant bride-groom, 'I am happy, and jpa are aafe I' '^ Bat— ware either of Uiem really lafa or ha^pyr ■■?■• ■;;;- OHAPT£B V. ■) ^ Amid the ayl^an aolitnde. , / Of nnahorr graaa and waving wood And watara glancing bright and faat, 'A Boftened voice waa in her ear. Sweet aa thoae luliirg auanda and fine The hunter lif ta hia head to hear. Now far and faint, now full luid near— The murmtir of the wood awapt ninat A manly form waa ever nigh, A bold, free banter, with an aye Whose dark, Itaen i^iuioa had power to ■ -wake Both faar and love— rto . awe lUid oharm. WlAed tha w(^ld that tl^ had Iknown, A poor vikin abiutow, cold and waste, In the warm present Uias al^s. Seamed they .of actual Ufa to tasie. V . — IFJUttfer. It was in th^ beautiful niQiith of June tkev were married ; when the. sun ahone with bis brishteat aplendonr ; when the aky was of the olearest Uua ; whan tha |raaa was of the freabast green, the woods intptr fnUest fohage, the flowers in tiieir rich4||| bloomy and all nature yi her most luzonant lifs i Yes, June was tiieir h«>ey- moon; tha focast shades their bridal halk, and birds and lowers and leares and rills their trai»of atliiiaaBts. For weeka they l»ved a kind of fj iiry life, .waadoring t» flethar through tlw ^p^s foreat. diaoovering through tbs iUuminatku of (heir love new beauties sad glories in tha earth and- sky j new sympathies jrith avaiv form of life. Wats ever anna ao bright, akiea ao elaM*. and woods ao green as theirs, in thia month of beauty, lojrs and Joy I 'It seems to me that I must have been deaf and blind and stupid in the days be- fore I knew you, Herman I for then the sun seemed only jto ahih^ and now i feel that he amiles as well as shines i then the trees unly seemed to bend under a paasint breeas, °ow I know they st(>6p & caress na } then the flowers seemed only to be crowned,, now I know they draw together to kiaa ; than indeed I loved nature, but now I know that she also ia alive and loves me I' said Nora, one day, as they sat upon a bank of nild thyme, under tbe spreading branches of ab old oak tree, that stood alone in a little opening of the forest. ^ ' Yon darling of nature I you might have known that all along I' exclaimed Herman, entlusiastieally preMing her to bis heart. •Oh, bow good you are to love me so mnoli ! you— so high, learned, so wsidthy ; yoa who have aeen ao many fine ladies— to come down to me, a poor, ignorant, weaver- girl I* said Noia, humbly— for true love in many a ' woman is ever most humble and moac -idolatrona, abaaing itself and idoliang its object. .. * Come down to you, my, angel aad my queen I td you, whoae beauty is so hsavanly aad so royal th%t it seems to apf S¥wv one should worship and adore you i how oould I oome down to you I Ah, Nora, it seams to me that it is you that hav4 stooped to ma I There are kinga on this esrth. my belorad, who might be proud to plaos such regal beauty on their thronss beside them 1 B^r, oh, you are aa beautiful, my Nora, as any woman of ol{l, for whom heroes lost worlds I' ' Do you dank so ? do you resUy think so ? I am ao glad for your sake I I wish I were ten times as beautiful I and l^h- bom. and learned, and acoomplisbsd, aad wealthy, and evenrthiivg else that is good, for your iMke I flerman, I would he will- ing to jmum through a fiery furnace if by so ) doing I could come out like refined gold for yonrsakeN* ' Hash, bu^b* awMt love I that fiery fur- nace of whiol^'yQu speak, is the scriptural symbol for fearful trial and intense sufiw- in^ I far bs it from you i fori would imthsr my whole bo^y were consumed to ashss ^ , than one shilling tress of your zaTsa haity ;' should be singed I' * But, Herm s a t on e of th e b oo ki y oa ▼aUey rsad to me said t <' AU that is good must ';--•■ .Z;yu-A,-^ »^w»>*^ ''5",.' ; ^"^ ' ■'H-VW'C '•E,"»»< ISHMABLi OR IK THE DBP^S. b0 toiled fo/t all th«t is best nAwt Wint- fcrvd for i" Md I am willing tb dn or Iwar MI7 thing UD the world that would malio me more worthy of yott I' « ' My darling, yon araworthy of a monareh, and mnoh too |{ood for me I' ' How kind yon are to aay ao I bat for all that I know I «m tajy a poor, hamble, ig< norant girl, quite nnflt to be your wife I And, oil I ■cmetimea it make* me Tery aadto think ao r aaid Nora, with a deep sigh. 'Then do not think so, my own I why should yon f Yon are beautiful } yon are good ; yon are lovely and beloved, and yon ougbt to be happy !' exclaimed Her- man. * Oh, I am happy I ver^ happy now i For what^ynr I do or say, right or wronst, is good in your ryen, and pleases yon because Ion love me so mnoh. God bless yon I Ood )veyou 1 Ood Have yon, whatever becomes of your poor Nora r ahe said, with a still heavier sigh. At this moment aso^tsnmmer cloud floated between them and the biasing meridian sun, veiling its idory. VWhy, what is the m«it sionately demanded' the young man, who was deeply impressed at last by the kad earnest* ness of her msnner. * No I no I no I I never imagine anything unworthy of your gentleand noble nature/ aaid Nora, with fervent emphasis as ahe pressed closer to his side. ' Then why, why do you torture yourself and mewith theae dark previaiona ?' ' I do not know. Forgive me, Herman,' aoftly sighed Nora, laying her cheek* against his own. He stole his arm axound hei^ waist, and as he drew her to his heart, morv mured : ' Why ahould you not enjoy all the wealt^ rank and love to which you are ohtitliii'Mr' my- wife?' 'Ah ! dear Herman, I oannot tell why. I only know that I never shall I . Bear with me^ dear Herman, while I say this : After I had learned to love yon ; after I bad grieved myaelf almost to death iof tout %bs«iiM ; when you returned and asked ina to be vour wife, I seemed suddenly to hare passed from darknesa into radiant light i But in the midst of it all I seemed to hear a voice in my heart, saying : "Poor moth I you ant basking in a oonsuming fire ; yott will preseothp» fall to tbe ground A bumti blackened, tortured and writhing thing.** And, Herman, when I thought of tliV^reil^ difference between us ; of you r family, liidi rank and vast wealth ; and of your magnil- ficent house, and your stately lady mother and fine lady sisters, I knew that tiiough you bad married me, I never could be owned as your wife — ' 'Nora, if it were possible foi> me |^ be angry with you I shoald be so !' internptad Hennan, violently ; * *' you never could ba owned as my wife I" I tell yon that you can be— and that yon shall be, and veiy -soonJ — I t w a* on ly t o avoid a rupt u rs with my mother that I married you privately at '4f :r\ /' ISHMABLrOft. IN THE DEPTHS. . -< ■ "-■/ ftlL Hav* I no* aiirrounded you witb (>T«ry l«g»I MonrityT Have 1 ^o% nrniMl yoa a«»inat myMlf? Do yoa not know toat even if it were poMiple for me to tarn n weal, »nd bt^ome eo nittsn and miserable and dishonoared aa to deetfrt yoa, yoa ooaid •till deouuid yoar rigbta aa a wifp, ^d oom- pel me to yield them I' ^ 'AaifX wooldl Oh. Hormin. m if I would depend apoa anythinR bat yoar dear lore to give me ail I need I Armed agiiinat yoa* am I? I do not ohooae to lie ao I It is anoaah for me to know that I anl yoar wife. I do not oare to be able to prove it ; for. -Herman, were it possible for you to foraake me, I ahoald not inaiat upon my "rights" — ^I ahonld die. Therefore, w^y _ should I be armed Iritb legal proofs against r>n, my Herman, my life, my aonl, myaelf T will no continue ao I' And with a gener- oos abandonmant, she drew from her boaom the marriage oertifioate, tore it topieses. iand scattered it abroad, saying : * There ; BOW I I had kept it as a love token, close to my hsart, little knowing it was a cold- . blooded, oanti'ius, legsl .proof, else it should ' MT» none before, whers it has gone now, to the '#iiids I There now. Herman. I am your wift, four own Nora, quite unarmed and defsBoelesa before ^ yon ; truating only to yOfar faith for my happiness ; knowing that j yon will never willingly forsake me ; but i tsding that if yoa do, I should not pursue fOabatd^r , y']>sor, triMiing^ girl I would yoa i|ideed diqadTO ^oonwlf of all ds.'enoes thast But JBm» ay Nom, did yon Suppose, when I took yon to IDV bosom, that I had entrosted your psn a i •qd safety and hononr^ only to a scrap of jpierishabV* psperf No, Nora, not In- fiottely to ^on is foi-ovor impossible to me ; bat daath is always possible to all persons ; and sOb though I ooald never forsake yon, I mighidie and leave you ; and to guard apsinst the consequences of such a contin- gBnojr* I sarroanded you with every legal esoarity. The minister that married us re- l^desinthis ooanty; the witness that at- tended us lives with yoii. So that if to- BKHrrow I shonid die, you could clsim. as my widow, your half of my personal property, find your life-interest in my estate. And jif to>aiofrow you- should become impatient of yonr condition as a secreted wif p. and wish to egter upon all the honours of Bmdenell Hafl&oulMTe the power to do so IV 'Alif Iwoaldl As if it was for that I loved yoa I ob, Herman I' '^ '^Ilmowyoa would not, love I Audi kn ow it w a s no t for t ha t y o n Ijv e d m e 1 -^ edness. And I hope yon have as macb in mine.' * I have. H«i man. 1 have I' ^ ■Th-n gqback to the firs qoeation. whv did y n wound me '>y saying, that rhou)ia>law, and it is equally my duty and nleasnre to provide for them. ' 'No, Herman! No, dear Herman f w* caun >t be considered as your family until you pobUoly aoknowledge u at such. Dear Herman, do not think me oold or ungrate- fui, When I say to vou that it would givo me pain and mortineation to receive auy- thinr from vou, until I do so aa your ao> knowledged wife.' aaid Nora. . * You give everything— yon give your hand, your heart, yourself I and you will take notbiofc' aaid the young man, aadly. ' Yee.ll-l£ke as niach as f give I I take your hand, your heart and yourself in re- turn for mihe. That ia fair ^ but I will take no more until aa vour wife I take the heacl of your establishment, ' said Nora, proudly. ' Hannah, is this right T 8he is my wife ; she promised to obey me. an'lvsh* defies me —I aak you ia thia right ?' /Yea, Mr. Brudenell. When she is your acknowledged wife in your own boost , then she will obey and niver ^* defy " you, as you call it ; but now it is quite diffsrentf- she has not the shield of your name, and she must take eare of her own setf-iospeot until you relieve her of the ohargs^' iaidtho elder sister, gfavely. , v ' Hsunab, you are a terrible dnennat You would be an aoqoisition to some crab- bed old Spaniard who had a beautiful young wife to look after I Now I want yon to toll me how on earth lay burning up that old loom and wheel and patting a little oomfbr* table fntrnitar* in this room, and paying you sofBoiont to support yon botih, csin poiaibly hart her self- respect f demanded Herman, 'It will do more than that I it wilthuri her oharaeter. Mr. Brudenell t and that should be ss dear to you as to herself.' ' I- is • it is the Nearest thing in life to lae! Bat how sbbttld what I propose to do hart either her self-reapeot or her character? Yen have not told me that vet !' 'This w«y, Mr. Bmdenellr H we were toaeoeptyour tinued hia daily visit tj the aisters, and longed unpatiently for ^Ke time when he ahould feel frse to acknowledge his beautiful voungpeaaant- wife and place her at the head of hiS prince- ly es abliahment. These daily visits of the young heir to the poor sisters attracted no general at! endon. The hut an the hill was so remote from any road or any dwelling-houae that few peraona passed near it, and fewer atill ^te^ iu door. It was ^aar the middle of DecemlMfar, when Mra. Brudenell waa busy wiih ner laat preparationa for her removal, i bat/the firsr rumour of Herman's visits to the hntreached her. She waa in the honaskeeper's room, sup- erintending in person the selection of ear- tain ohoicd pos of domestic sweetmsats from the family stores, to be taken to the town▼. H« wm a ohartoter, too, in hit way. m poMeMedafftfar Mnoont of intallMt, Mid ft oonaidcmble fnod of gvneral iBformacion. Ho had contrived, ■omobow or other, to read and writ* j and he would read ovorythinff ho ooold lay hia handa on, from tho Bibb to the alni:inao. He had formed hi* own t^iniooa npon moa of the rabjeoit that ini«ra«c aociety, and he ezpreaaed them froely. He kept liimaelf well poetod ap in the politiw of tho day, and was ready to oiaonM the>n , wih any one who would eilter into tha debate. He had a hi{^ appreoiation of kimMlf, and also a deep Tener-ition for his superiors. And; bus it happened that, when in tha presenoe of his betters, he maintained a cer- tain sort of di'oU dignity in himself whila renting them with ihe utmost deference. He was faithful in his d<;alings with his numerous employers, all pt whom he looked upon as so roanv helpless dependents under his proteodon, for whose well-being in oer ain respeota he was striokly respon- sible. So much for his character. In cir- cumstances he was a free maa, livinff with ' his wifo and childreu, who were also tree, in a small bouse on Mr. BrndeneU's estate, and supporting his family by soeh a very grea'' variety of labour ^as had earned for him the title oi * Professor of Odd Jobs,' It was young Herman Brudenell, whek a Iboy, who aiave him this title, whyb, from its singular appropriate^ ness. stnok to him; for he could, as he expressed jt himself, 'do any- thing as any other man oould do.' He could shoe a horse, dOotor a cow, ftu»nd a fence, make a boot, sOt a, bone, fix a lock, draw a tooth, roof a oabin, drive a oirriaga^ pu!; up a chimney, glaaa a window, lay a hearth, play a fiddle, ori>reaoh a sermon. He could do all these things and many others besides too numerous to- mention, and he did do them fw the population of the whole neighbourhood, -who, having no regular meohanios, gave this 'Jaok of .all Trades' a p^n y of work. This nnivarsai nsefulbess won for him, as I said, the title of •Professor of Odd Jobs.' This wan soon abbreviated to rhe simple 'Pro- fessor, ? which had a smgnlar signifloanoe idso whyn applied to ^e who, in addiiiou to all his other excellencies, believed him- ealtto be pre ty wel^ posted up in law, Ehysio and theologi^ npon «ther of which e would stop in hifwork to hold forth to ' any one who would listen. Pinally. there another little peculi> arity about the manner of the professor. In his exoessiva acraaakiUty he would always preface hia answer to any observation what* ever with some sort of ftssant^ such as * ysa, sir/ or 'yes, madam, ' right or wrong. This morninff the professor entered tha prasenoe of lus. Brudanell, hat in hand* amiling and respectful. * Wdl. Morris, what has broaght yon hora this morning f ' inquired the lady. * Yes, madam. Ibeenthinkiu'aboatyoo, and should a-beeo here fore this to see after I our afEsira, o'ny I had to go over to Oo'onel fervin'a to give one of his horses a draught, and then to stop at the ooloured people's meetin'honse to lead the exrcisas, and afterwards to call at the Miss Worthies to mend kiisa Hannah's loom snd put a few new spokea in Mias Nora's wheeL And so many people's been after me to do Jobs that I'm fairly torn to pieoes among nm. And It's "Poffessor" here, and *'Poffeasor" thent, and "Poffessor" everywhere, till I think my senses will leave me, ma'am. ' ' Then, if you are so busy, why do you oomo here, Morris?' said Mrs. Brudenell, who was far too dignified to give him hia titJe. ' Yes, madam. Why, yon aee, ma'am, j came, as >n duty bonud, to look after your afliftirs and aee as they were all nght, which they are not, ntt'am. There's the rain pipes along the rooKf the house leakin([[ so the cistern never gets fnll of water, and I must come and solder them right away, and tho lightning rods wanta fastenin' moraaaeors* ly, and—' 'Well, but see Qrainger, my overlMar, about theae things ; do not trouble me wi~tk.< th.m.' ,, ' Yes, madain. I think tversears oaght to be called overlookers, becattse tbey ovsr- . see no little and overlook so much. Now, there's the hinges nearly nuted off the big bam door, and I dessur-he never saw it.' . 'Wail, Morris, oall his attention to tiiat also ; do whatever yon find necessary to be done, and oall upon Grainger to settle with you.' 'Yes, madam. It wsan't onV^ tha rain Sipes and hingea aa wanted attention that rought me here, however, ma'am. ' 'What waa it th^it* Be quick if ypn please. I am.v^y much occupied tlub morning.* ' ' Yes, madam. It was something I heard and felt it my duty to tell yon ; beeaoaiB yon see, ma'am, I think it the duty of evety hqnesl^— ' 'Come, come. Morris, I have no time to. liaten to an oration from you now. In two words, what had yon to tell meT* intorrupt* ad the lady, impatiently. oUif^. ^-vT / I8HMAKL ; OR, IK THE DBPTH8. ' Tm, UMidMB; It w«r« ftbuat yoaug Mr, BsiDDMi, nw'iutt/ J Mr. BrodandL if yon plMu*, Morrb. My KMi !• tha bead of hii family. ' ■Uartainly, madam. Mr. BrudanaU.' , • Well, what about Mr. Brudanall ?' 'Yaa, madam. You know be waa away from homo avary day laat apring and aom- 'I rememlMi ; he went to flab i ha ia very . fond of flahiiig. ' 'Certainly, madam ; ba^^e waa ont every 4ay th» aatumn. ' . ,;;' I am aware of that ; ha waa ahooting } "be' ia an enthnaiattio aportiman. ' ^To be rare, madam, ao he iaf bat he ia 'goit*^ every day thie winter.' 'Of ooarae; hunting; tb«re ia no. better hnntaman in the cioantry than Mr. Bru- den«U.' >,That ia very tm?, madam ; do yoo know wliiitaort of game he ia a-hudtin' of?' in- Suired the profeaaor, meMuingly, but moat eferentially. *Foxe8,'Iprtaame,'aaid the lady with a look of ipqniry. ^ * Yen,' madam, aure enough ; I auppoee they ia fozea, though in female form,' aaid the profeaaor, dryiy, but atill rea^tfully. ' WhataTer do yon mean, Mor^ V da- maadisd the lady, atairniy. . ' Wall, madam, if it 'waa not fiom * aenaa 9l dntv, I would not dare to apeak to you on (hia aabjee Brvdenall thw a hantiog of ozea, I aaw at unoe the ohrraotneaa or your ana* pioSoua, madam ; for thay ia fozaa.' . ' Who are fozaa r . • ^ V Why, the Miaa Worthaaa, madam.' * The Miaa Woitha I the weavera I why, what on earth have they to do >*j|h whit wia have been apeakine off ■ *. Yea, madam ; th« Miaa Worthaea ii tfie Mozca that Mr. Bmdenall ia a-huntin' of.' * The Miaa ,Worthaf My aon hnntiiig the Miia Wortha 1 .What do you mean, iml Take care what y6a aay of Mr. Bru^enall, Morria.' * Yta, madaia, oartainly ; I won't apeak another word on the aigbfeet t and I beg yonrjpa danger bftringmEiiioDed it at ail ; a a e na e V duty t o y o ur ^^rtiiei family, know it t t thinking you an v«rv aorty I 9' ought to ' made aucb ji miatake, and again I bag your pardon, madam, and I humbly take my leave.' And with a low bow the profeaaor turned to de- part. * Stop, lotA r aaid Mra. Brudanell. And the * fool' atoppad and turned, hat in hand, waiting farther ordara, * Do you mean to aay that Mr. Biudenall goea after h^oaa girla?' naked the lady, rai»> ing lier voice omihoualy. ' Yea, madam ; leaatwaya, after Nora. You aeeimitdam, young gentlemen wiil be young gentleman, for all their ma 'a o d away to da> liver hia meaaage to](fora Worth. XThii ia ■ very unplaaMttt,' aaid tha lad^^'Bnt ainoe ^Hannah haa no mora ^denee than to let a young gentla* man viait her aiater, Imnat tnUc to the poor, ignor a nt chi l d myaaM^ and warn her that abe riaka her good name, aawall itahe' p.>aoe of mind.' 1 OHAPTJEB Vn. . MpTUBB AND fuCaHTBK-tN-LAW. 'Yoor p*rdoo, noble lady I My frtondit wan poor bat hooMt— «o i« my loYo J Be not offended, for it hnrte him not Thnt he is loved of me. My dewest mndami. Let not your h»ie enwuntar with my love For loTing where yon do.'— Skateap^ore, Til* poor Miten had juit flniahed their afternoon meal, cleaned np their room, and nettled themselvfi to their evanina'a work. Nora waa epinninff gayly. Haunah weavioff diligently— the whirr b. Nora'e wheel keep, iug time to the olatter of Hannah's loom, when the Utoh waa lifted and Herman Brudeuell, briogine a braoe of hares in his haod, entered the nut. 'There, Hannah, those are p ime I I just dropped in to leave them, and to say that It IS certain mjr mother leaves for Washing- ton on Saturday. Ob Sunday morning I shall bring mv wife home ; and you, too, Hannah j for if you will not consent to live with as, you must still stop with us until you and Gray are married and ready to ffo to the West, ' he said, throwing the «am upon the uble. and shaking hands with the sisters. His faoe was glowing from exer- cise, and his eyes sparkling with joy. • Sit down, Mr. Brudoue|l, ' said Hlinnah. hospitably. Thc^ young man hesitated, and a look of droU perplexity passed over his faoe as he said: ' Now don't tempt me, Huioah; my dear : don task me to stop this evening; and don't let me do so if f wish to. You see I promised ihv mother to be homi- in time to meet some friends at dinner, and I am late now 1 Oood-bye, sister ; good-bye aweet wifel Sondaymorning. Mrs. Herman Bru- denell, you will toke the head of your own table at Brodenell hall I' And giving Hannah a cordial shake of the f^tShi"'**'^""'^'"''** '•""^'^ .When he had «loMd the door behind hia. *»»«"■*•" looked lit eaoh other. Think o, i|, HanwUi I This is Thnrs- day, and be aaya tha* he wiU take us home on 8unday— m thfea darn I Hannah, do ki^l A^^^ ^7*^ thought that to be ac- ,knowleJg.d „the wile of Herman Brude- miir^iSl,'* > J*'^* °» his^tablish. iS JSJ^A.*". *•••* «i«8»iaXt house, I^A ggg^y fry*' * * Mid oa rr iag- and horses. I8HMABL } OR, IN THK DBPTH8L J?- mnA mM^J^^il'L^"* ™*t ^*"W«g— M td horses, •Bd Mrvants to attend ma.^ to be o»Ued lira. Bradanell of Bmdenell HalL nn4 Visited by the old ooantry familiea— waa ■ great deal too nmoh happine*^ and proe. P«nty, and glory for poor $u V ; Do yon beUsTe it uowf inquired Han< nsh, thoughtfully. ^ ^^ _ ' Why, yea ! now that it draws so near Zhere is not much that oan happen between this and Sunday to prevent it. I said i* was only three dsvs— but in fact it is ohly two, for this is Thursdsy evening, and he will take us home on Sunday morning ; so you see there is onlv two whole days— Fri- day and Saturday— between this ai d that I* * And how do you feel about this great ebanite of fortune f Are you still frightened, thouffh no longer unbelieving 7' •No, indeeiTr replied Nora, glanoiug up at the little looking.giiss that l.ung Immt. diatoly opposite to ker wheOl ) 'ii I have pleased Herman, who is so (astidiooa. It IS not likely that I should disgust otherai And mind this, too » I pleased Herman in my homespun gown, and when I mee> his fiiends a Brudenell Hall, I shall have all the advantages of splendid dress. No, Hannah, I am no longer inoreduloua or frightened. And if ever, when sitting at the head of his able when there is a dinner rsrty, my heart should begin to fail me, will Bay to myself, " I pleased Htrmm— thenoblebtof you all," and then I know my courage will return. Bu , Haiinah, won't people be astonished when they find out that I, poOrNora Worth, am really and truly Mrs. Herman Brudeuell II Whftt will they say? What will old Mrs. Jonea say f And oh, what will the Miss Mervins say ? I should like to see fhair faces when they hear it ! for you know it is r pored that Colonel Mertin is to many Miss Bru- denell, and th&t thetwb Miss Mervins are secretljv pulling capa Who shall take Her- mm ! Poor young ladies I won't they be dumb-fottndred when they find out that r)r NoraXWorth has had him all this time ! wonder liow long it will thke i hem to get over the mortification, and alsowhtther they will oidl to see me. Do yonthink thev will, Hannah f ' * I do not know, my dear. The HeWins hold their head| very high,' rapUed the sober elder sister, . •Do they I Well, I fancy they hiive not -y much right to hold their heads mucb higher than the Brudenelb of Brudenell H II hold thein. Hannah, do yon hippen o- know who our firat ancestor 'Was?* ' Adam, my dear, I believe.' * Nonsanae, Hannah ; I do no mean the first father of all mankind— I head pfiqiKbonaa.' mean the 4 1, JT ' -.^v?'. y 4.- ,*ff(Tr^jST^^,^-^'!r«iy _""11 ' Oar hoQt* t IndMd, my d«Mi>, I doa't •▼•D know who our gr«adMlb«r wm.' * Fndu*, EUoMh* I mb no* tftiking of tho Worth*-, who o(*coarM h«T« oo niatory. I am iftlking of our fami'y — iha Brada- Ballaf ' Ob I' aaid Humah, dryly, ' Aad BOW do yua know who oar flrat aft- OMtor waaf ' Ym ; aome Norm*n fllliboator whooama OTar to Bogland with W^iliiMn tha Con^ faaror, I aappoaa. I baliave, from all that hiiva haaro, that to haTs bean the brigin of ntOHt of tha nobla BuRliab familiaa itnd old Maryland onea. ' 'No, yoa don't, nettliar. Herman aaya our family ia mnoh oldar than thaOonqueat. Thay war* a noble raoa of Saxon chiafi ihatha)d large away in England from tha time of -.he flrat invaaion of tlia 8:ixona to that of. tha Norman Conqnaat ; at whioh |»eriod a oartiiin Woifbold w.iged atich aaor oaaafal war aaaiaat the invader. '-nd held ont ao long and fought ao fnriohaly aa to haTO reoaivad the anniama of " Bred-in- fcelir- '. ' Hnmph ! do yoa oall that an honoar, or him a reapectable anoeator ?' ' Yea. indeed i beoaaae it waa for no vipe or crime that they give him that aurname, bat beoauae it waa aaid no man born of . wom.ku oould have exhibited aaoli frintio eoarage or performed anoh piodigiea of ntloar aa he dii'. Well, anway, tha' waa the origin of oar family name, J'rom Bred-in; hell it beo ime Bredinell, theu Bredene^, and finally, aa it atilf aonuded roogb for the name of a respect ible family, they have in theae latter geueraiiona aoftenad it down into Brndenein So yoa aee I I ahoald like to detect the Mervina looking down npoa na i' oonu'aded Nora, with a pretty aa- aamption of dignity. •Bat, my dear, yoa are not a Bra- denell.' ' ' -I don't oare I My haaband ii, and Her" daan aaya a wife take* rank from her ha«< bBQd I Aa Nora Worth, or aa Mra. Herman Brnde^iell, of ooarao I am the very aame BMradn; bat then, ignorant aa I may be, I know, enough of the world lo feal ■are that tho^ wlie deapiaed Nora Worth will Botdar* to alight Mm. Herman Brude- nellr ^ 'Tdw oarel Taka oax*. jl^ora, dear I ** Pride goath beforaa fall, and a haughty temper before deatruotion I" ' aaid Hannah, in aolemn warning. " •W a ll, I will not b e prond if I aa n h e lp it; yet^how tb helpit I But I will not let it grow on ma. I wiU ramambar my IB HjIAKL \ OB , IN THB PBWHfc hambla origifl and my aadaraanriag of any* thing bettrr' At thia moment the lateh of the door waa raiaadand Jem Morria preaented himaelf, taking off hia hat and Warkaf lo«r, aa ba aaid . * Evening, Miaa Hannah | evening, Miaa Nora.^ Hopea you flnda youraelvea well f ' Why, law, profeaaor, ia that you t You have Juat ooma in time. Hannah waiita you to nut a new bottom in her tin aauoepan ana a new cover on ^er umbrella, and to mend her ooftee-miU | it won't grind at all r aaid Nora. ' Yea, Miaa \ aoon'a ever I geta th* timr, 8«a, I'ye sot a well to dig at Oolonel Mer- vin'a, ana a ehimney to build at Major Blaokiatona'a, and'a hearth to lay at Com- modore Burgh'a, and a roof to put over old Mra. Jon«!a'a \ and aee, that will take me all the reat of i he week, ' objected Jem. * But can't you take the thinga homo wi h you and da them at nighv V inquired Hannah. ' Yea, Miaa ; but you aea there'a only three nightii more thia week, and I am en- gaged for all T ¥o-night I've got to go an& Bit up U>ng of old unoM J';:m Brown 'a oorpee, and to-morrow night to play the fiddle at Miaa Polly Hodgaa' wedding, and next night I promiaed tabeone of the waitera at the college ball, and even Sanday night ain't free^ '^uae oUr preacher ia aiok and I've bean invited' to tak« hia place and read % aermon and lead the prayer I So you aee I couldn't poRaibly mend the ooffee-mill and thereat till fome time next week nohow I' * I tell yon What, Morria, you have the monopoly of your line of buaineaa in thia neighoourhood, and ao you put on aire and make people wait. I wiab to goodneaa we oonld inouoe aome other profewor of odd ioba to oome and' aettle among ua,' aaid Nora, arohly. < Yea, Miaa ; I wiah you c6nld» for I am pretty Iwarly run offen my faet, ' Jem agreed. ' Bat wfiat I waa wiabing t5 aay to yon, Miaa, 'be added, 'waa that the niadam aent me here with a meaaaga to yon.' ' Who aent a meaaagei Jem ?' , * The madam up vonder, Miaib'' ! Oh i you meui Mra. Brudenell ! ft waa to Hannah. I aappoaa, in relatidh to work,' ■aid Nora. V ' Yea, Miaa t but tbis time it waa no* to Miaa Hannah ; it waa to yon, Miaa Nora. " Go up tp the hut on tha hill, and requeat Nora-Worth to * Wall, mv daM, whm% ia Um nattor f ' I am ao f rigbtonad. ' * What at r * Tha thoughta of Mra. Bradanall I' * Than don't go. You ara not a alava 'io ba at tbat lady's baok and oall. I rapkon I' -. ' Ytta. bnt I am Harman'a wifa and bar dangbtar. and I will not aligbtbar raqneati I will go, Hannab, tbongh I had.ratbar plttDgaiDto ioa watar tbis ftMUiing waathar than maat that prond lady 1' aatd Nora, abivaring. 'Ohild, Ton naad not do ao I Yon ara not bonnd I Yon owa no dnty to Mra. Brndanal), nntil Mr. Bmdanell baa aoknow. ladgad jron aa bia wila and Mra. Bradanall aa bar dangbtar.' 'Hannah, It may ba mi yat aha w my mothar-in-law, baing daar Har- man'a mothar i and tbongh I am frigbtenad at tha thought of maating bar, atill I lora bar 1 1 do, indead. Hannah! and my haart longa for hor loTa I Tharafoi* I mnat not bagin by diaragardiDg ffar raqnalta. I will go i Bot oh. flaunah i what can aha want with me r Do yon think it poaaibla that aba baa haard anything f Oh, nppnaa aba were to aay anything to ina about Herman J What ahonld I do I' eriad Noaa, her teeth fairly ohattaring with narrons* aeaa. ' Don't go, I aay i yon ara eoldand tremb- ling with fear j it is alao after aunaet, too late for yon to go ont alone.' • Yeaj but, Hannah, I mnat go I I am oot afraid of the night f I am afraid of her 1 But if yoa do not think it well for me to go alone, yoooan go with me, you know, ihera will be ao harm in that^ I snppoaet' 'Ititapity Herman had not atoyed'a Uttle.longer, we might hare aaked bim ; I do not think be would hare been in favour of your^oing.*^ _ • I do not know ; but, jA-tfaera ia no abance oleonsnlting him. 1 mnat do what I think right in the oaae and obey bia mo- JHer, Mid Nora, rising from bar pnajtion in Hannah's lap and going to make aome Change m her aimple d reat. W han ahe wm m*' M L »wdy ahe asked s * Are yoa going with me, Hannah V ■ •Barely, mj ehild,' said the elder aiatei; raaohing her bonnet and ahawl. The WMtber wm iatanaaly eold, and ia ) ng ^ Bmdanell the aiatei t had to faoe a ^stfi^ north wMt wind. In walking •hrongh tho TaUav they were abeltored by the wood i but in elimbin|( the hill upon the oppoaite aide they aonld aoaroely keep their feet againat the farioaa bla^ *. They raaohed tha houM at Uat Haanah ramembered to go to the aarTanta' door. • Ah, Hannah I tbay little think that when next I oome to Bindennll it will be in my own Mrriage, whiolt will draw up at tha maia entrauoe,', aaid Nora, with exultant pride, M ahe Mew her cold flngera while tber waited to be admitted. The door waa opened by Jovial, who atart^ baok at the aighl of tha iiatera, and exclaimed : ' Hi, MIm Hannab, and Mna Nora, yon barer LoramityMke oome in and lemme abet the door. Dere, g«>''Mr4MN^ ehitdren I Namd 'o de law what fet^fnNM but die bit- ter night r Wind aharp nnff to peel de akia right oifan your.faoea I' ' Yi ur mistress sent word that ahe wished to see Nora this evening,. Jovial. Will yon pleaM to let her know that we are heret' Mked j^annah, aa «he and her aiater Mated themMlvM bedde the roaring hickory Are in the Amplekitohen flre-plaoe. 'Sartain, MIm Hannab 1 Anything to obligata the ladiea,' aaid Jovial, m haJeft the kitoben to da bis errand. ' ^. Before the aiatera bad time to thaw, their smesMoger re-eoterad, Mying : '/^ ' MistsH will 'oeive MiM Nora into dp drnwing-room. ' '^Noi a iiroM in trepidation to obey the summons. JoiVial lad her alalhg a spaoious, wall- lighted pasMga, throngb an open door, on the left aide of which ahe mw the dinitog- room and the dinner table, at wbioli Mr. Brndenell and hie gf utlemen guMta atill Mt linsering over their wine. Hia baok waa towarda the door, ao that he oonld not mo her, or know who wm at that time paising. Bat M her ejTM fell upon » bim, a glow of love and pride warmea and atarengtbened her heart, and ahe said : 'After all, ha is my buaband and thia ia my bouse I Why should I be afraid to meet the lady mother ? ' Andwithaflnn, eUstio^atep, Nora en^ farrd the drawing-room. Al firit/fhe waa dsaled and bHHtderei by ita splendour and luxury. ItWM fitted up with almoat orien- t a l m a gnifle e no e . Her feet a ea med to aiuk — ong blooming flowera in /the aoft rich among taxtttnof the carpet. He/eyM fell npoa ^.f„v>5,/ • ._ » ,', ,■, ,_ i.^> .•i?,.\.»*j|„ f^;^v A, »• --.v-l. IRHMAlti OK. IN THB DIPTlIg. eritatof ▼•lV>'t om-he d«tgiie« con- ntetod with the name of Briidenell. Bat young gentlomen wUUJia^bl^g gantja- men^ knd amuaa theniaelvaa with jutt auob oreduloua foola aa you I' aaid tha lady, hangb ily, ' Altbongb their amuaemant enda in the utter ruin of ita aubjeot ? Do yoa not oall t:.at a orime V 'GHIrl, keep yonr plaoa, if yoa pleaaa I Twioe you have ▼entured to oall ma Mra. Brud«nell. To you I am madam. Twioe you have aakad me aaeatiooa.\ Yon are here to auawer, not to aak I' > ' Pardon me, madam, if I have offlinded yoa tbroni|h my ignorance of forma/' aaid Nora, bowing with gentU di^it^ ; for «omeh6w or other aba waa fMning aalf- poaae ni ott arary momwut. '" ' Will yon anawar myouaatiotia tbarf i Mr eontinae toavade them ? . ' I oan aaawar yon ao far, madun — Mr. Brudenell haa aeTor attempted to amuaa himaelf at tha expenaa 6f Nora Wor h ; nor ia abe one to permit beraelf to becoa^* tba eabjeot of any manl- amnaemant, wnetber ha bo gantla or aimpta I' ' Aad jret he viaita too daily, and: fwm parmii-' bia viaita I And thia haa gone on for montha I You cannot deny it — yon do not Attempt ta deny it I' She paoaed, aa if waiting aama reply ; but Nora kapt ailoBoe. And yat yoa aay he ia not aauiiing bim> aalf at yOnr axpanaa I' sZc U^IJW'^if- ffa3;rl%W«C«8.C ^fr»^ I8HMAEL ( OE. IN TBI DIPTH8. * H« It not, mwUm | nor woald I pcrmil ■ay oa« to do ao I' I * I do DOt undtraiand this I Oirl I •b- ■wcr OM I Wh*c AN you to my sou V ^Nor» WMsilant. * Answer bm I'Mid th« Udv. Mvtrclj. ' I oMinol, madftin I Oh, lorgiT* m; bat I oannot anawtr you t' Mid Nora. Th« Udy look«d ficodiv at h«r for • few Moonda } aooi«:hinf in iha girl'a app«arano« •tartlad har : riaing, aha advanoad and Sallad tha haavy ahawl from Nora'a ahbn'- art, and rag ardad har wi i h an axpraaaion of miocled haucAur, anfar and aoorn. Nora droppad har baad upon har breaat aMdooraraa har blnahing faoa with both handa. ' I am anawarad I' aaid tba lady, throw- iag tha ahawl upon tha floor and touching tha ball rop«. Jovial Mawa^d tha anmmona. ' Patlhia Tila eraatara out of tha baoae, and if aha avar daraa to ahow bar faoa upon theaaprAmiaaaairain, aend lor a oonatabla •ad bava bar toktu ap, 'aaid Mrs. Brudanall, hoara^ly and whita with auppraaaad rage, as aha pc^inted to tha abrinkina; girl Mora har. ' Ooma, Miaa Nora, honay, whiapared tha old man, kindly, as ha piokad np &• shawl and pat it ovar har ahouldars and took har band to laad from tha room {for, ah I old JoTial as wall as hla fallow-sarvanta, had good oansa to know and andaratand tba ' whita haat' of their miatraaa' aagar. Am with d6wnoaaft ayea and abrinking fprm Norft followed har condaot through tba aautral pasaaga and past tha dining-room door, aha onoe mora aaw Uarman Sradanall still aittiog with his friq^ds at tha tabla. ' Ah. if ha did bat know what I bad to baar within tha laat law minataa I' aha said to harsolf ai aba harried by. When aba ra^ntaMd tha kitohan, she drew tba ahall oloaer aroand ner shirarioc flgora. pnllad tha bonnet farther orer her bluabingfaee, and ailantlr took the arm of ^nnah to ratam hoina. J^e elder aiatet asked no qnaatlon. And when they had left the honae their wall waa as silent aa tkeir departara had bean. It reqtifMl aU their attention to bold tbeir etiorae throagb the darkness of tba night the uiUnsi^ af thaoold and the fury o "thi !^i. I? TST.f*? ■"**' .'^'•y *^ reached the iheltor of their poor bat. drawn the Are- l![*"i,*^r**** •■** ■•* ^•''n tw'ore the oheerfnl OaM., that Nora tbraw herself sobbing into tha arma of bar aiatar. Ha nn a h g a th e r e d b a r ehild duaer to her Mart and faroMad bar in ailanoe nntil her flt of sobbing bad eibaaatad itaelf, and tbea aba inqairaa I * What did lira. Bnidanall want with . you. dearT ' Ob. Hannah, she bad heard of Hormaa^ ▼iaitM here I Obe quaationad and eruaa- Siaetioi^ed me. I would not admit any* ing, bat then I oould not deny anfihing either. I ooald giva her no satisfaotioa, b-oiuae you know my tonvua waa tied by my promiaa. Than ah« auapao'ad me o| baing a bad girl. And aha oroaa-<||u«atione4 nin mora aaveraly than ever. Still I opald giva har no aatiaUotion^ And her auapioioaa aaemed to be oooflrmad. And aha 1< . kad at ma—oh I with saoh terrbli ayes, that they seemed to burn mn up^ I know, not onlV my poor faon but the vary tiiw of ray eara aaamed on Are. And euddanly aba anatohed my ahawl off me, and oh i if her look waa tarribla before, it Waa oonsuming now I Hannah. I seemed to shrivel all ap in the glarn of that look, like aome poor worm in the fUme I' gasped Nora, with a apnamodio oatoh of her orcath, aa tha onoa mora olung to tba neok of her aiater. ' What nastf oartly inquired Hannah. ' She rang the bell and ordered Jovial to " put fhia vile oreature (meaning me) out ' j and if ever I dared to ahow my Taoe on tha premiaea again, to send for a oonstabia t» take me up. ' 'The insolent woman I' exolaimed tha elder sister, with a buret of rory hataral indignation. ' She will have foa taken up byaoonaUble if ever yon ahow your (mm there again, will she 1 We'll aee that rl shall tell Herman Brudenell all about it to- morrow as soon aa he oomea I He muat not wait until hia mother goes to Wasbingtod I He must acknowledge yoa aa bia wife in. mediately. To-morrow morning he muat take yon up and introduce yoa aa saoh to his mother. If there is to be an ezploeioa, let it aome I The lady masi be Uught to know who it ia that ahu baa branded with ill names, driven from the houae and threat- anad with a donatable I .She maat team that it ia an bononrabla wife whom aha haa oallfld a vile craatare ; the roie^reM of the boaae whom aba tamed out of doom, and Anally that it ia Mrs. Heimtn Bradenali whom she oas threatened With a ooneiable 1 ' Hannah had apokan with each vabemeiioa and rapidity that Nora had found no oppor> tunity to atop her. Siie oould not, to nao a common phraae, 'get in a word edgewaya.' It waa only now whan Hi^nnah pauaed f^r breath that Nora took up tba diaoonrae witbt 'Hannah I Hannah I Hannah I bow yw» Wi ft ..V- /' miillAJUL I OB, Ur TUI ^BPTHI. < Ao go en I Tall Rtrnuui Brad«a«ll aboat hk o«ra moib«r'i (rM^mcat of m«, in(l««d I I will Mv«r totgtrtijou if yoa do. H*nnah I Do yon Uiiak it wUfb* • plMUMmt tbiii« for kin to h«M r Oonsidcr how mnoh i« woald bar* bim and |Mrh«|w MtruiM him from bia molliar too I And what I ■nail I do aojr- thing, or oonaant to anything, to aat my huaband againat hia own mother 1 Navar, Habnah I I would rathar ramain faravar ia my praaant obaourity. BMiidaa, oonaidar, aha waa not ao maoh to blamn for bar traat- aiaat of ma I You kaow aba navar imaginad •aob a thinff aa that bar ao« bad aotually Burried ma, and— ' 'lahould bara told bar I' iatormpUd Hanuab, vabamantly. *I aboald not hava born* bar aril obarna for ona monant In ailaaoa I I ahonid bai^a aoon lat har know who and what I waa I I ahould hava takan poaaaaaion of my rightful plaoa than and tbera I I ahonid have mng a ball 4nd aaat 'for Mr. Harmao Brndanall and had it oat With tba old lady onoe for all I' * Hannah, I oould not I my toogna waa Mad by'nty promiaa, and baaidaa— ' * It waa not tiad I' again daahad in tba aldar aiator, whoaa nnnaual vabamanoa of mood aaamad to rrqnire har to do all tba Ulkiog baraalf. "Harman Brudanall— ba ia a ganeroua fallow with all hia faulili l-^ra- laaaad both yon and myaalf from oor pro- miaa. and told oa at any tim« whan wa ■hoold faal that tha marriaga oaghLpot any loogar to ba kapt aaorat, it might bi divolg- wL YoQ ahonid bava told bar I' * What I and raiaad a atorm thara ba- ttraan mothar and aon 1 whan botfa thoaa high nirita would bava beooma ao inflamad that tbay would bava aaid thinga to aaoh olhar that naitbar coald evar forgiva f Wbaft r oaaia a mptare batwaan tham that navar ooald ba oloaad f No, indaad. Hannah I Bumad and abrirelled ap aa I waa with ataame in tha glara of that lady's ■oomfnl look. I would not aava myaalf at ■nob a ooat to bim and— to har. For thoagh joamajat balieve ma, Hannah, I leva that lady I I do in apita of har aaom I •ha ia my bnaband'a mother ; I love har as I ahonid hare lovad my own. And, oh, wbila aha was aoorcbincr ma with har aoom- fnl looka and worda. how I did lon« to ahow Imt that I waa not the unworthy ora^tnra ■ba deemed ma. bnt a poor, hoaaat, loving girl, who adored both bar and har aon, and who would, for tha love I bore them—' ' "We,' if neoeaaary, I aniqwae I That ia [uat about what fooUah lovera promiaa to 4 lo for aaoh other,' aaid the elder aiater, im- twottld, Hannah ; though that ia •ot what I Biaant to aay i I meant that fo* tha leva I bora tham I would ao atriva tc improv« in avary raapeot that I aboald al laat lift myaalf to their level and ba worthy of tham r ' Humph I aa4 yoa oan raet under thia ban of r< proaoh I' ' No, not mat. Hannah I no ona oan raet in fira I and raproaoh ia fire to ma I boi I ean bear it, knowing it to ba undaaarrad I for, Hannah, avan whan I atood ■brivelling in tba blaaa of that lady'a praea^ oe, tba faaliag ofinnooanoa. deep ia my h«art, kapt mc from death I for I think. Hannah, if had daaarvad bar reproaohea I aboald have propped, blaokauad, at ner feet I Oaai aiater, I am vary aorry I told von anything about it. Only I have never kept anything from yon, and ao the foroe of habit and my own awelling heart that oyarflowad with trouble made ma do it. Ba patient now, Hannah I 8aj nothing to my dear huaband of thia. In two daya the lady and bar dangbtera will be at Waahiagton. Harmaii will take aa home, aoknowledge me and write to hia mother. There will than ba no outbreak ; both will eommand their tempera better when ,tbev Are apart t And there will be nothing Waid or done that need make an irreparable^ breaoh between the mother and aon. or between her and myaalf. Promiaei me. Hannah, that you will aay notbias to Herman about it to-mor- row V 'I promiaa you, Nora ; but only baoanaa ! tba time drawa ao very near when you will ba acknowledged withontauyintarfarenoe on my part>' 'i^dhow. dear aiater. about you and Bauben. Have yon told hiin d Mr. Bra- danaira ofEar f *Yea, dear.' 'AndhewiUaeoeptitr •Yee.' ' And when aball you be married V • The vary day that yoiT^hall be aettled in you new home, dear. We both Iboogbt that beat. I do not wiah to go to Brudeneil, Nora. Nothing oan ever poliah me into a fine lady i ao I ahould be out of plaoa there even for a day. Beaidea it would be' awk- ward on aooount of the houae aervanta, vrho have always looked upon meaa a sort df oompanion beoaase I have been their fellow-labearer in busy times. And ih«j would not know how to treat me if they foond me in the drawing room or at the dinner-table I With von it ia different ; ybu are naturally refined I Yog hvr" »^^t _^, worked oot of your own house; yoif ate their maata^'s wife, and they will reep«et yon as aueb. %t as for me^ I %m suie I should - -j,^ ■ -_„ ^ _ J ^ • / 1 ikSlaoldbS<^l.iX ^^^ V, :,;'-"■■'•: ■■■%' Mt WKlar this Imui iBMUAMyi OB. m THB DIPTHa MvbMTM* •▼•rybody if I alioald go to Bra* daa«lL And. Ml ib« other hand. I aaoiiot ramain hmrm by njrMlf. So I Hmr* t«k«ii R«ub«n't ftdvloa Md ag Md to walk wllh him to th» ohuroh th« aanM hoar lh«l Mr. BradaiMll tah* yuu horn*. " ' That will bo MMrljr Saoday morning.' ' Tm, donr I' ' W«ll. Ood »««■ you, boat of mother- •iatani t May von havn mueh happinoaa, ' •aid Nora, «■ ano raiard haraalf from GUui- aah'a knoaa to prtpara fpr root. :^' * ■ )■ « Fa ■ *- m CHAPTER VIII. M4||iU«|. Upon hor atablioru brow alono Nor rukh nor moroy'a traon la ahown, Her look ia hard and »t»n.'-Se9tt. After the dvpartare of Nora Worth. Mra. Brudonell aeated heraelf upon the a^fa. leaned bar olbow upon the little atand at her aide, Itowed her head upon her handaad fell into deep thought. HhouM ahe aponk lo |Ierman Brudeuell of thia matter f—No I it waa too late ; aflbira had gone too far { they muat nuw tiko their ooarae j the fooliah girl'a fate muat ba on her bead, and on that of her oareleaa elder aiater j they would both be ruine.i.that waa oertain; no napcotable Iwnily would erer employ aither of tham ■gain ; they would atai ve j well, ao mnah the better; they would ba a Warning to other girU of their olaae. not to throw out their neta to oatoh gentlemen! Herman had been fooHah, wiokad eren, but hen young man will Jba yoong man i and then, fi*)"' of ooararit waa that artful oreatnre a fault I What oould ahe. bia mother, do in the pr^miaeeT Not apeak to har aon upon the aubjeot, oerialhly ; not •na let him WK*.Vl** '.''•J?* ««n^»«* -ia»iB« oona to thia eonolnakm. Mra. Brudenell onoa m«re tonohad tha bell, Md when JoTial made bia a|>|i«aranoa. ah^ ' Herman. ' aaid the lady • Well, mother T* . '^i*"****^" thinkina abo«t our winter in Waahington. I have been f deoting that myaalf and your aiatera will have ao nataral protector thera.' ' Von narer had any in Paria or iat Lon- don, mother, and yet yon got on very well.' • That waa a niattor of neoeaaity, then ; vou ware a youth at oollege ; we eonld not have yonr oompany j but now you ar« a ydtang man. and your plaoa, nntil yon taarry, ia with me and my daiiahtora. Wa ahall need your eaoort, dear Herman, and be li»ppier for yonr oompany. I abonld ba very gUd if I oould induce yon to aoooa- pany ua to tha citv. ' ' And I ahould be vary glad to do ao, dear mother;' but for tha angagamanta that bind me bare.' She did not aak tha very natural quaation of what thoaa engagementa might be. Sha did not wiah,to let him aee that ahe knew or anapeoted hia attiMhment to Nora Worth, ao •be anawared i •You refer to tba improrananta and „..*"*«■ y*" "^'* *° •«<* *o Brudenell Hall. Surely theae repaira had bettor ba deferred nntil the apring, whan tba wa»thar will be mora favorable tor ancb work V ^My dear moihar, all tha altarationa I mean ton»^^^ p^,t in g n , . removal of Nont Worth to the honaa. * Then youf really expect ua to make thia onr home, aa heretofore, aveiy aanuBart' ahe aaid. ^__::.^__/ - _-:. __ _•., ._:._!i_l_h_:/_„^. ifi^j^-^-^l'sir )ts"^ IBHMABLt OR. IN THS DBPTH8. kdy uroM to r«tiN^ and Bwauu li|ht>^ • bad-room oMidle and pat it in li«r hand. When aba had biddan bim good-nigbt, and laft tha room, ha raaamad Ua alow and tbongbtfal walk. Ii waa very lata, and JoTiiu opanad tha door for tha purpoaa of antaring and pattinc ont tha li«ht«;bat aeaing hia maatar atiU Walking ap and down tha floor, ha ratirad, and aat yawning wbila ha waited in tha hall without. The olock npon tha mantel-pieea atrook one, and Herman Bradanell lighted hia own eaitdlato retire, whan hia atepa ware ar- reated by a aoand— a common one anon^b at othior bonra and plaoaa, only nnpreoe- dented at that hoar and in thatplaoe. It WM the roll of oarriage whaala npon tha drira approaching the bouae. Who oonld poaaibly be coming to this remote country manaion at ^le o'clock at night. While Herman Brudenell panted in azpaotanoy, taper in hand, JoTialonce mora opened fba dOor and looked in. ' JoTial, ia that the aonnd of cartiaga whaeli, or do I tars, and join you in Washington at < he end of the week, in full time to escort you and my aiaters to the grand nStional ball, ox %hich I hear them inceaaantly talking. ' ' And remain with ua for the wmter ? ' > If you ahdil continue to wiah it, and if I oan find a builder, dacoratorand apholaterar whom I can send down to Brudenell Hall, to make the improvements, and whom I can trust to oarry out my ideas.' / The lady's heart leaped for Joy I It was all right then 1 he WM willing to leave the peiKhbonrhood t' he had no particular at- iinuitiona here I hia affeotions were not in i Jovial flew to opWn the door— curioaity giving wingato hia feet. ,. . . Mr. Brudenell remained atanding in the middle of the drawing-room, at' entive to what waa going On without: He heard Jovial open the door } then a ^oman'a voice inquire : ti ^ la thia Brudenell HaUr ^ • In coUrae itia, Mi88.'__^__^ ' And are the family at home . • Yea, Miaa, dey mo^t; in geii'al, is at dis hourobde night, dough dey don't expect wisiters.* ■■ . « Are ^l the family here r ..1 • Dey IS. Miss.' • All right, eoaebsaikn, you «aa take off the luggage,' said the woman, and then her voice, sounding softer and fttrther pS, ■po b* to some K TH& door— onriMitjr •ra mite right, my UmIv ;thii ia BmdentU H»ir;ftb6 family »r« til nt home, and h»Te not yet retired. Shall I aMiet your ladyship toaUghtr' Then a •of^, low Toioe replied t ' Tea, thank yon, Phoobe. But firat giro thedreeeiDfl'baffto the man to take in, and yon carry FideUe.' ' Buh—bnb— bob— bnb— but, 'stammered the appalled Jovial, with bia arma fall of lap-doga and dreaaing-baga that the womlui' had forodd npon hinqi, V yon better aome of yon aend in yonr namea, and aiae if it won't be ill>oonTenient to the family, afore yon 'apeotv me to denonnoe a whole ooaoh fall or travcllera to my mapaer I Who ia you all, anyhow, yonng woman Y * My fady #ill aoon let you know who ahe ia j Be careful of that dof[ I yon areaqueea- ing her land here take thia ahawl, and thia bird-o ge, and thia carpet-bag, and theae nmbrell^a,' replied the woman, overwhelm- ing him with luggaee. * Here, ooachman ! I>nng that large tmnk into the hall ! And come now, my lady ; the luggage ia all right.' An f(Mr Jovial, he dropped hia lap-doga, bird-oagea, carpet-bagaana umbrellaa pl^mp npon the hall floor, and ruabed. into the drawing-room, exolaiminn ' * Maaaer^ it 'a an invaaion of de Qofla and^.VirandaUa, or aome other, aich for- rinMf I And I think the miliaby ought to be called out.' ' Don't be a fool, if yon pleaat*. Theae are travellera who hare miaaed their way, and are id need of ahelter thia bitter night. Gh> at once, and atiow them in here, and w/Ue up the honaekeeperto prepare refreah- mbnta,'.aaid Mr. Bradenell. 'Itianotmy wiahea to imc focliah, mar- aer ; bpt it'a enough to oonatUnnate the aenaorieat pitraon to be tambl^d in dia way. at dia hoar;ob de night by a whole raft of atrangera—4nea, and women, aod doga and cfta, and biitta included I' mumbled ^^ovial, as he went td do hia errand. But hia aerviees aa gentleman n«her aeem> e-l not to be needed by the atranger, f«r aa he left I he drawing-room, a lady entered, followed by a wairaig-maid. The lady waa olothed in de^p mourning, with n thiok cArape veil ooncealing her face. As HerauuHi advanced to welcome her, she threw aside her veil, revealing a palei aad, vonng faoe, abaded by thick oorla of gloaay blackhair. ^ At the eight of that face, the young mkn atxrted baek, the pallor of death overapre^- ing bis ooontenanee aa he aunk upon the neareat aofa, breathing in a dying voice : ' Berenice t— you here i b it yoaf Oh, Heaven have pity on na I' * Phoebe, go and find oot the hoaa*> keeper, explain who I am, and have mf luggage taken up to my apartment. Then order tea in thia room,' aaid the lady, perhipa with the aole view of getting rid of her attendAnt ; for aa aoon aa the latter had withdrawn, ahe threw off her bonnet, went to the overwhelmed young man, aat down beaide him, puc her arma around him, and drew hia head down to meet her own, as ahe aaid, careaaingly : * 7o« did not ezpeot me, lovo f And my arrival baa overcome you. ' 'I thought you had been killed in that railway colliaion,' came in hoarae and gut* tnral tonea from a throat that seemed and* denly parched to aahea. 'Poor Herman I and you had rallied from that ahook pf ||rief; but waa not atrong enough to auatain a ataock of joy I I ought not to have given yon thia aur- priae t But try now to compoae yonraelf, and give me welcome. I am here ; alire, #arm, loving, hungry even i • woman, and no apecti-e riaen from the grave, al^ though you look at me juat as if I were one I Dear Herman, kiaa met I haye come a long way to join yon !' ahe aaid, in a voice aofter than the softest notes m the cnsiiat dove.' 'How was it that yon were not killed?' demanded the young man, with the man-, ner of one who exacted an apology for a grievous wrong. * My dearest Herman, I came very neir beins oi-iiahed to death ; all that were in the aame oarriage with me periahed. I waa ao aefioualy injured that I w*a reported* aaiiong the killed ; but the report was oon* tradioted in the next day's paper.' t * How was it that yon w«re not killed, I asked you?' ' My dearest one, I sappose. i' Waa the will of Heaven that I ahoald not be. I do not know any other reason.' 'Why did you not, write and. tell me yon hadeacaped* * Dear Herman, how hoaraely yon apeak I And how ij.i yon look I , I fear yon have a very bad eold !' aaid the stranger, tenderly. * Why did yon not write and tell me of yonr eacape, I aak you? W(^y did you per> nut me to believe for montha that you were no lr>nger inlife?' <;j 'Herman, I thought aurety -if yon should have seen the announcement of my death in one paper, you. would sed it bontm- dieted, as it was, in half a doaen others. And as for writing, I waa incapable of that for months I Among dther inioriec ^f"^'. '^^ ■'-.;^-, ISHIUBIi ; OB. IN THB DBPTH3 mj riglii hftiid wMoroshad, Hwouui. And th»i: it hM bean Mv«d »t all, u owing to ■ miraole of ip«dio«l tkill I' .., 'Why did yoa not got Bono ono oIm to .write, then?* * De«r Herin«n, yoo forgot I Thoro wm do ono in oar aeoret I I haa no oonfidonto »t •11 1 Boiidea. Maoon m 1 oonld bo moved, my f Atbor tiook mo to Psrit , t o plooe mo nndor $bia owro of « oelobr»t> d aurgeon tbore. Poor iathor 1 bo ii dood now, Heruui I Ho left mo ftll hia money. I am on« of tho rioheat bisireaaoain BngUod. But it ia all yoora now, dear ,lCertnan. When I oloaed my poor father'a eyea my band waaatill too atiff to wiold a pon I And atiU, though there waa no looser any roaadn for myatery, I felt that I woald ratbw oomo to you at onco than employ the pen of another to write. That . it Iba foaaon, de*r Herman, why I have boon 80 long ailent, and why at laat I arrive ao nnexpectodly. I hope it ia aatia- faotory. Bat what ia the matter, Herman? Ton do not aeem to be yooraelf I You have' ^ not welcomed me I yoa have not kiaaod mo ! yon have not eVen called me by my namOt ainoe I firat eame in ! Oh I can it bo poaiiblo that a*tor all, you are not glad to ■00 mot' aho exclaimed, rtaing from her oareaaiu^ poatoroi and atandiug aorrowfally before him. Her face that had looked palo ■ and aad from the fira^ waa now oonvuued by aomo paaaiqg angniah. .Ho looked at that aaffaring face, than oovor d bui^yoa with hia handa and groanod. .'What ia thia Herman ? Are yon aorry that I bav»,9omo T J)o yon no longer lore mot W^ u tho matter r Oh, apoak to ' TIm maiter it— irnin i I am • felon, iny lady i And it w:or« better .that yon had boon omabed to doatb in that railway oolli« ai(Hi jkhan lived to rejoin me hero I I am a wrotoh, too baae to live 1 And I wlah the •arth woald open beneath oni: foot and awal- The lady atepped back, appalled, and bo- ifotoaho eoald think of a r^ly, tho door • opened and Mra. Bradenell, who had boon iaw»kenedby tho diatorbanoo, aailod into 'jtSuixoom. '*It ui. mother !' aaid the yonn{| .■trvgjding foriBompoaaro. And rinn|^ ho JooKtiie hand of the atrafiger and led her to the older lady, aaying ; _^ • • 'iSiiaiatbo Goontoaa of Hliratmonooox, madam i I oommend her to your care. ' And haTinff done thia, bo turned and fibntplij left the room and the hoaie. OHAPTEB IX. a^ ytcftni. Oood hatk been bmnof Evil, many timee Aa pearia and prooiona amborgria are grown, VraiiM of diaoeae in pain and lickneaa ■own. So think not to nnravol, in thy 'thonght, Thia minghd tieano, thia mysteriona plan, Tho Alchemy ot Good tkronf^ Bvil wcouftht.— 7ii|>2ier. . 'Bat one more day, Hannah I but one more day I' gayly ezolaimed Nora Worth, aa ahe buaied bersi^lf in aetting tho room in order on Friday morning. ' * Yea, but one mtfre day in any event I For even if the weather ahoald change in thia uncertain aeasou of the year, and a heavy fa.l of anow ahonld atop Hra. Brn- deuell'e journey, that aball not prevent Mr. Brudeneil f lom aokuowledging yoa aa hia wife on Sunday I tor it la quite time tbia were done, in order to aave your good name, whieb I will not have longer enaangerod I' aaid tho elder ■{■tor, with grim detennina- tion. And aho apoko with good reaaon ; it waa time the aeoret maririaga waa made pnblie, for the young info waa deatin^d oopn to become a mother. ^ ' Now, do not nae any of theeolthroeta.to Herman, when he comea tbie] moming,- Hannah I Leave him alone ; H^ill all be ti^ht.' aaid Nora,aa aho ■eated hellelf at her ■pmning-wheeL r Hannah waa already aeated at her leom ; and thoro wai but little more ooitvenation between the aiaterBi'for the whirr of the wheel and -the datter of tho loom wmild have drowned their vbioea, ao that tobegin talkini^ they moat have atoppod working.' Nora'a oantion to Hannah waa neodleea ; for (he honra of the forenoon paaaed awnTt and Herman did not appear. 'I wonder why he doea not oome f* inquired Nora, atraining her oyea down the path for the thouaandth time that ^ day.:- * Porhapa, Nora, the' old lady haa been blowing him np, alio,' anggeBtod the eider ■ister. * No, mo, no— that ia not it I BecauM if ■ho oaid a word to him about hia anquaint- iftioe with me, and partionlarly H aho were to apeak to bim of me aa aho apol^o to me of myael^ he would ackA»wleage me thnt momontk and oome and fotohiine bome^ ■oonorthan have mo wnmgly aopnaed for en inatant No, Hannah, I w la f ellyon w hat '^Ci'ff^-ti * ie&iJ ^i&^Vf^^^'*^ ' I8HMABL I OR. IN THE DEP1-H8. il ia t it u hii mollitr'i last day at homS, and h» ia aaaittioa hw with bar laat pnpani> tiona,' laid Nora. * It maf ba M,' r«pliad her aiator } and OBM more whirr and clatter pot a Mitop to eoDTeraatioD. The afternoon drew on. • : ' It ia ■cranga he dbee not oomo I' aighad Nora, «a she pat adde her wheal, and went to mend the fire and hang on ihk kettle for the ereniiig meal. Hannah made no oonunent, bnt worked on ,; for ehe waa in a harry to finish the Sieoe of oloth then in the loom ; and ao ahe iligeutly drote her ahnttle nntil Nora had baked the biacnits, fried tiie fiah, made the tea, set the table, and called her to sap- per. 'I suppose he has had a great deal to do, Hannah ; . bat perhaps he may* gat m the erenmg,' sighed took/ their a^a^ at the orer here later Nora, aa khey ublek ' I don't know, 4e4r ; bat it is my opinion that the old lady, e^en if she ia too anfal to blow him up alM»nt you, will ooutrive to keep him busy aa Ions aa poasible to prevent his comiDK.' / ^ ^ 'Now, Hannah, I wish% yon wouldn't •peak so disreap. ctfally of Herman's mother. U she tries to prevent him from coming to it'C me, it is beoHuse she thinks it her duty to do so, believing of me aa badly aa ahe does.' * Yes 1 1 do not know how vou can breathe ander such a suspicion I It wonld smuther me I' ■ ■ ■ ■ j ■ *I«ui bearitbecanatt^ know it to be Falae, Hannah ; aij^soon to be proved so I— Only one day more; Hannah 1 only one lay 1'— exclaimed Nora, gleefully dapping her bands. : They finishe^ their supper, aet the room unorder, lighted the candle, and aat down to the knitting that was their usnal evening Xicupation. v - Their needleaWere clicking merrily ,^ when mddenry, m thelmidst of their work, foot- iteps were heard ontaide. 'There be iis liow I' exclaimed Nora, gay- ly, atartins up to\open thedoor. But ahe waa mistaken'; there he was not,' but an old woman, covered with raowj ^ Law, Mrs. Jones, is this yon ?' ezcUimed Nora, in a tone (tf disappointment and vexa- tion. • Yes, child— don't ye see W» me f Leme come ili out'n the snow,' re- Mied thd dame, ahaking herself aUd bustling •Why, bar, Mrs. Jone«, you a^*t maaii ifk anowing I' aaid Hannah, mand* bg the Are, and tetiing a chair for bet ▼isitor. • 'Why, ohiid, oaa'r yon aea ifb a-anowing — faat aa. evar it can ? been anowing ovav ainoa dark— j^ft and Una and ttaioic toa^ which ia » sura sign it is agoing to bo a deep fall ; I shouldn't wonder if ,the snow waa three or four feet deep tp> morrow morning 1' aaid Mrs. ' Jonea, aa ahe abated heraelf in the warmest comer of the chimney, and drew up the front of her akirt to toaat her shins. ' Nora, dear, pour out a glaaa of wine for Mrs. Jones ; it may warm her up, and ke^ her from taking cold,' said Hannah, hoapi- tobly. Tvine glaaa there waa none in the bnt, but Nora (reneronsly poured out a large teai- cup full of fine old port, that bad been given her by Herman, and handed it to the visitor. MrsI Jones' palate was accustomed to no better stimulant thnn weak toddy made of che|ihp whiskey and water, and sweet- ened with brown sugar. Therefore to her this strong, sweet, rich wine waa nectar. 'Now, this ere is primal Now, wheii upon .the face of the yeth did you ftt thta ¥ ahe inquired, m f he sniffed and sipped tfaia beverage, that was equally grateful to amdU and taate. ' A friend gave it to Nora, who baa been poorly, you knotr ; but Nora doca like wine ber>elf, and I would advise yon not to drink all that,' for it would oaTiMnly get in your head,' aaid Hannah, . *Law, child, I wish it would do my head half aa much good aa it is a'doing of my inaidea this blMaed minntel aftifr being oat in tha anow, too I Why, it makes mo fed. at good aa preaching all overt' amiled tJi« old woman, slowly sniffing an4 tipping tho elixir of life, while her blearid oyes ahday, and so I sat outto come home , and I firat atopped on my way and got my. tea alone of Mr«. Spicar, at Bruderell, and now la'poael shall have to atop all night along of yon. Can yon 'commdpate me r . *ugh at that I And now ' Ijiaten andttspea your •yea aa wideaa erer you can I' aaid tbe dame, repe%^ng her empbatie geaturea of laying her han'pg your pardota, Mr*. Jones,' laughed the lattor; 'I should not iiave jumped lo the oondusion of your story. I should hhve let you toll it in your own , manner i though I doubt if yon know all about it either, from the way yoa t*lk.' * Don't I, though t I should like to know who knows more.' ^ 'Well, now, toll us all abont it I* ' You've gone and put me ont now, and I don't know were to begin.' 'Well, then, I'll faelp yon out— what time was it that Mr. Brudenell aoknow> ledged'his private marriage ?' 'There, iiow ; how did yoa know it was a privato marriage I I never said nothing about it being private yet I Hbwa'ever.] a'poae you ao clever yon gueaaed it, and anyway you gueaaed right ; i .. were a privato marriage. Ahd'when did he own up to it, yon aak f Why, no^ as Ions aa he could help it, you may depend i Mot until liia lawful wife accilly arove up at BrudenoU Hall, and that was laat nistat abont one o'olookl* ■ • . ' Oh, tiiere yon are verj^ muoh mistaken i it was bat seven in the evening, ' a^d Nora. ' There, now, again I how do voii know anything about it. Some body 'a been here atore me and been a-tolling >f yon. I sap- poae} and a totting of yoa wrong, tool' petulantly exclaimed the old woman. 'No, indeed, there has not b^a a soul here to-day ; neither liave we heard a word from Brudrnell Hall i Siill, I think yoa Aust ba mistokea as to the hour, of .the wife's arrival, and perhaps as to other Ertieulars, too , but exeose me, dear n. Jones, aiid go on and tall tke^ stoiy.' "Well, but what made yo> say it was wiyen o'clock whan fuM wife arove r' in* quired the gossip. * Because that was really the I wsnt up to Brudenell. with me and knowa it.' 'Law, hons^. were you dp to Brudenell yestordnr svenuig'' 'To be sure I was I I thought yoa knew it I Hayen*t yon just said that the .msrriage was not acknowledged l|9til hia wife arrived?' / ' . " : * Why, yss, honey ; but irhatli that' to dtf with it? with you being there, I nwanf Seems tO' me there's a pnwoment here be^i' tween ua ?^. Did you $uj there till oi^ o'clock, honey T' ^ Why, no. of oonrse notf* We oamt boar that Hannah away at eight o'clock oi^nlan't f.i. \ ** i-'5 * tji w>v,i|^J!i J 'fc ff r, Id lik« to kiiow p to Bradanell IBHMAEL } OR. IK THB DEPTHS. 41 X, ' * 8wB wBoin r foMtionod Nom. 'Wbv. Uwa, bk wift, •hild, m |Mf«r MPT* tul. 4m« •'olocii.' Nora bartt oiit Uoffhi^ uid in th« audit (rf bar mirtbfaliiM* •zdiimod i 'Than, now, Mrt. JonM, I tliongbt foa didn't know ball tbo rights of th« mtoryVoa profited to tell oa, and new I'm apro of it ) SMma lika yonVe heard Mn Bradenall baa aeknowledged bia mar> riage ; bnt yon haren't OTen found unt who tbe lady » i Well, I ooald toll ypn ; but I won't yet. without bia laare.' * 80 you know all about it, after all ? How did you find ontf 'NeTer mind how ; you 11 find out how I knew it when you bear the bride's name,' laughed Nora. * But I have heard the bride's name ; and • rum un it is, too i LAdy, Lady Hoist ? no I Bnrlr no I Hurt? ves, that is it i Iiady Hart-m^-sOv,that's the name of the lady he'a done married I' said the old woman, confidently. > * Ha, ba, ha I I toll yon what, Hannah, she haa had too much wine, and iC has got into.her poor old bead i' laughed Nora, lay. ing her hand oarelossly upon the red-ootton bandkerohief that ooTcrea the* gray hair of the S'luip. * No, it ain't, onther i I never drank the 'the half of what yon gin me I I nut it up < thereVon the mantol, and kiTered it ov^r Wftk the braits eandlestick, to keep it till I fo to bod. Ne^ indued I my head>piaoe ia as olaar aa a bell I' aaid the old woman, nodding. ' Bud what put it in. ^. there, then, that Mr. Herman Bmdonell has nter- fied a lady witha ridienloBB name 1' laughed • Nora.' ' Aeauie he IwiTe, honey i whieh I* would ••t«rid yon all aoout it of yon hadn't a kept ^ en, and kept On, and kept im, intermptine 'of me I' / /• 'Nora,' aaid Hannah, apaakiug for the ftrat time in many "minn es, and looking very gravely, • ahe haa something to toll, and we had be1|er let her tell it.' ' Very #all, then I I'm agreOd I Gk> on, Mrs. Jon^ r ' - ' H«ntiA-m r began Mrs. Jones, ' loddl^ dearing her throat 'Now I'il tell yon, iwtasigpt it, thia artornoon, first from Uoole Jomi, and ihen from Mrs. Spioer, and then from Madam* Rndenell herself, and last^of allfrom i&y own precion* eye- sight I, /iPears like Mr. Hennan Brudenell fell iq longo' this Lady Hnrl-my^oul— Hnrt.me-sO. . I mean—while he waa ont yonder in forriog parte. And ,WM a vary great lady indeed. 'Dears ahe id a> D an tifnl yonog widder b*aid*s. 80 sb* and Mr. Brndenell, tb*y fell in love long of eaoh ether. But law, you see her kinfolks waa bitter agin her a-marrying 1 f liim— wbioh thev called him a commoner, a* isn't true yon know, 'caua* he is not one of ikhe oommou sort at all— though I a'pooe ^they being ao high, looked .down upon him' aa siob. Well, anyways, they waa bitter ag«inst her marrying of him, aa bia kins, folks would be ' agin him a-marryiiig of you. . Andi to besure, being of a witlder. ahe a-done aa ahe plcaiMd, only she didnt want to give no offonoe to her old 'father, who waa very rich* and very proud of her, who ' waa her onliesD child he ever had in the woHa ; so- to make a long rigmarole short, they rnnned away, ao they did, Mr, Brudenell and her, and they got mariried private, and never let the old man know it loug aaevef he lived—' * Hannah, what ia ahe talking ab^nt V gaaped Nora, who heard the, words, 1 but could ,,not take in the aenae of this •tory. 'Hush 1 1 do not know y*t, myself, there is some mistake I listen,' whispered Han)iah, putting her arma nver h*r youug aiater's shonldors, for Nora wm th*n seated on the fioor beaid* Hannah 'a chair, with her head upon Hannah 'a lap. Mra. Jonea wtot straight on. ' iuid ao that waa ea*y enough, too r aa soon arter they waa aiarricd, Mr. Herman JBruden*ll, yon know ; b* was a -coming' of age, and ao he had to be home to do bnaineaa long of hia goardeena, ayicl take poawsaion of hia 'atataa and ao on '; and ao he come, you know, and kept Hi* birthday last April I 'And— ' i ' HMinah I Hannah I what doe* thia' all 1^1 meant It- cannot be true! Ad. yet, oh. Heaven I every irord sh* speaks goes through my h**rt liktf a - re4 hot spear I Woman, do yon. mean to m^ that Mr., Harroan Bradenell left a win in Europe when h^ came batdk here ?' cried Nora, clapping h*r hands in vague, incredu- lous angnisb. ' Hush, hash, Nora, be quiet, my dear* The very queatiOn you ask do** wrong to yOnr— (to Herman Brudenell, who with all. hisfanlta is still thesoul of honour,* mar— mured Hannah, soothingly. ' 'Yea, I know hois : and yet;— but ihare is some stupid mistake,' sighed V Nora, dropping , bar head upon her -^anter's . , Str»u[ht through this low, loving talk went tKe words of MfF* J'uea: •■^' H tSauAVL ^ OB, T^ THfe DBPTH& ' Wall, now, I ou't take apon mjm)i to M7 wba|h«r it WM Barop* or Londoa. or whioh «f tbcm ootUndiih pUoe* j bot, may- I oa '•in ho .aid l#ira hia wilo w»yi, IB • liTiag kloDV of h«r 'p*. Bat yoa ««• 'bout aaumib Ago. hot 'p» bo died, a>l«»Tiag of all hie property .to hie onlieet darter, .Lady Hoial, Hurl, ilort, Hart-my-toe. No i Hurt-me-aO, Lady Har.-me-ee 1 I never can get tbe bang of bar Ootlandiah naoie. We^l, then yoa know there wa'n't .BO call to keep tbe* marriage leoret BO* more. So what doee my, lady do bat want to pat a joyfal anrpriae on the top of ■ ber -taoaband ; eo' without writing of > bim a word of what ahe wa^ a-Kwine to do, aoOB a« OTer the ola man wka buried and tbe will read, off ibe aeta and oomea over tbe tea to New York, and took a bo«t there for Baymouth, and hired .of a carriage and rid over to Brod^neU Hall, and arrove there at one on« o'5look laat night, aa I tolled you afore I' , . 'Are yoa oArtein that all tb|8 ia tniet' murmured Bannah, in » bnakj^ an* dertone. . •Hi, Miaa Hannah, didn't Jovial Md Mra. Spioer, and Madame Bradenell beraelf toll met And beaidea I aeen/the young ere'tof'myaelf, witb.my own eyea, dreaaed ia^ deep nioamiog, wnieh it waa a fine blaok orape dreaa oat and 'oat^ cre'tur' -^ahe waa and too» a aweet 5nily a« pretty pale r * Bbanab I' aoreamed Nora, atarting afL Aitiafala^ i I know it ia falac I bat .1 ■hall go raving, mad if I do not prove it 80 1' And ahe rnabed to tbe To Bradenell Hall, to find OQt tbe rl|^y of thia atory,' were the worda that from a great diatanoe wafted by the irind.\ back t oOme baek i' abrieked But there wiaa no anawer. raahed into tfaie bat, aeiaed bar it and ahawi and Nora'a. and ran own •at yoa gomg t What'a the ■attort \What a ib th a t girl?' e ri e d' o ld HbnivJoBe Hamiah ilwviir thoaght of aiiiwering ho|^ bat aped dowa the aamyv path laBdJBi into the valley, and tbroasb it op tewarae' Bradenell aa faat aa the dark nigh^ the faUing anbw > and the alippety [roiwd woqild -permit} bat it waa tee groa late advance. the fleeVfo^ Nont waa .far In OHAPTIEB X. THB UVAXS. One word— yea or ^o I and it meana Death or life I ° C^ak, are yon hie wife? ,' — Anon. 'Heedleeaaatbeoiad, of night, atorm and dnnger, Nora harried deeperatoly on. She waa blinded by tbe darkneaa and amotheied by toe thickly-falling anow, and torn by the thorna and briara of the bruahvood ; bat not for theae impedunoite woAld tbe frantio Eirl abato her speed."^ She alipped often, urt beraelf aometimea and once ah'e fell and rolled down the atotop bill-aide antil atopped by a damp of oedare. But '%he aorambled up. woanded and bleeding, and tore on tnroagb'tbedepthaof the valley and up the oppbeitv heiffhte. Pantini^ breathleaa, dying almoet, ahe reached Bru- denell fialL The houae waa oloaely abot up to ezolodo tiieatonn, and oataide the atroogly hatred windoHr-ahuttere there waa a barricade of drifted anow. The roofa were all deeply covered with anew, and it waa only by ita faint whito glare in the' darkneaa, that Norn found her way to the houae. 7H)tt faetaank half a leg deep in tbe drift* aaabe toilofl on towudi the' aervanto' door. ' AU Waa darkneaa tberol if there waa noy light, it waa too olfnely ehitt in to - glMm abroad. .'. For a moment Non leaned againft tUm wall to reeover a little atrengtbi and then ahe knoeked. Bpt ahe bad to repeat the aummoiia agam and unin before tno door waa opened. Then old Joviidappearad-^bia mouth and eyea wide open wltn aatoniah•■ ment'at•eeing the viaitor. *Name o' de law, die yoar Wbat de matter? Ia yoa clean tak leave ol yonr M^Ma to ha a-oomin' np here die hour of de night in anoi^-atmrm ?' he cried. * Let we in, Jovinl ( la Mr. Herman Bra~ denell at bqine?' gaaped Nora, m without Waiting fo|> an anawer ahe ppahed paat him aud aunk intp the nearest ohsiir. ' Manor BredimU bone ? No^ Miaa f Nor likeWiae been home ainoe lato last niipa,%. He went aWay 'nediatoly artor inlpr- do ' oing d e yonng mad a m i to di e ol e one; M[-m which lihe tambled in apcm oa with a whole nft of waiting maub aiia men and dpgi j^ 'Wlf7»F ISHMABL I OB IN XHE DSPTH& Urda Mn4 goM Mm, uid d«Ml knor« what ftU -bMid««. lone »rt«r midnithk iMt niflhtr-Mid 90 h* bMD'tbMn hmro pa tino*. mXu fambly is In d« grMtMt 'atafm abd uutl«ty. PartioaUr sha, p * Which true, honey V 'About tbe foreign lady ooming herd [laatnighttobehiawiffT* \ 'At true M gospel, I honey-~whioh you may judge the aati>niihment tt put on Itouaall.' ' 'jovial, where ifr the lady f * Up in de dinwing-room, honey, if she hi^ not 'tired to her chamber.' ' Show me up there, Jorial^ I must lee her for myeelf, ' Nora wailed, with her head fallen npon, her eheat 'Now, sure aa the world, honey, yob done lie»rd eomefin "bout de poor marser ? Im he oomei to an aooident, honey T.' inquired the man, refy nneaaily. /i ' Who ?' queationed Nora, TagUelyi ' The young marMn honey j If r. Hermnn Brudenell, ohile r ' Wh«t of him 1* eried Nora^a aharp new anxi^ added to her woe. * why, law, honey, aint I jeat been a-teU> ing of you ? In one half an honi' arter de iaretgii lady tumbled in, yoang mai;ae l«f de houae an' haint been aeen nbr heard on ■inee^ I •• 'onj^tinaybe yon'd might a haani what'a Eeooibe of him. It ia mighty hard on her, poor yonng «reatnr, to be fairly foraook de very night ahe ooma.' ' Ah 1' eried Nora, in the aharp tonaa of pain—' take me to that lady at onoe I - 1 moat, mnat aee her? I mnat hear from her own lipa— the truth r ' ^ 'Ciome along then, ^hile ( Sure aa the worl* you Iwa haaim aomefin, dc|n«h you won't tell me ; for laeea it in ZQur face ; you'a aa white aa a aheet, an' all Muokin' like a leaf an' ready to drop down dead! Yon won't let on tome; bntiihayhapa yOu may to her,' said Jovial, aa he led theliray along the lifthied halta to the drawing-room dpor, wnioh he ppen^, announcing : * Here'a Miaa Nora Wo^, miatea*; some to a^ Lady Hnrt-my-aonlT^ - And aa aoon aa Nora, more like a ghoat than a living oreatura^ had gtided^in, he ahnt the door, tMnt down on hia kneee out* aide and applied hia ear to the key hole. MeanwIuU NoYa found henelf onoe mora in the gorceonalv furniahed, qdendldly daooratedand brilliantly lighted drawing- room that had been the aoene of > her laat nicht'a humiliation. But aha did not think of that BOW, in thia anpreme criaia of. her Straight before her, oppdalte the dool^ by whioh ahe en'ered, waa an interring tabkan, in a daaalin^ light,- it wa« a aumptupna flra-aide piotura— the cal-flra glowing between the poliahed atael bara of the wide grate, the white marble mantel- piece, and above thnt^, reaohlng to the lofty oeiling, a lull-length portrait of nennaa lirudeneil ; before the fire an inlaid mo«a{e table,, covered iRrith aoatly hooka, work- boxes, hand-aoreena, a y«M of hot-houae flowera, and other elejpuit triftea of luxury { on the riffht M thia, in a tall aaay-ohalr, aat Mia. Brudenell : on thia aide eat tha Miasba Brudenell , theae three ladiea were all dressed in alight mourning, if black silk dremes and white laoe collars can be termed such; and they were all enguged in the busy idleness of crochet work ; but on a luxurious crimson velvet sofa, drawn np to the left'sidedf the fire, eecline^ • lady dreaacd in the deraeat mourning, and har- ing her delicate pale, aaSi face nddf veiled by her long, aof t black rihgletp. While Nora gaxed broatlueaal^ ni thia pret^y creature, whom aha raoosnued at onoa' fM the atranger« Mra. Bmaettell dowly raiaed her head and atarad at Nora. * You haia, Nora Worth I How dart yon ? Who had the inaolehoa to l«t yo« int* aha* said, rising and advancing to tha ball-«>6rd. But braora ahe eoold poll i^ Nora Worth lifted her hand with that com- toanding power deapaiir 9ftaa landa to tha hnmUeat, and aaid : 'Stop, raidam, thia ia dotitna to haap unmerited acorn upon one amshed to tha dust already, -and whoaa life cannot pcasibly ofTend you or cumber the earth mueli longer.' I wiah to apeak to that lady.'' 'With me I' exolaimad L»dy Mnrst- monceqx, rising npoh bar albowaad gaxing with enrioai^ upon tha beautiful atataa that wa§ gliaing toward her aa if it ware moned by inviaible meana. Ma. Bmdwell pauaad with her band upon, tlia ball-taasel and looked at Nora, ' whoaa lovely face aeemed \o htfve been thua turnel to atonci iji aoma momeBt iof mortal anffarinff, ao agoniaed'and yai ao stiU It looked 1 Her hair had fallen tooaa and hong in long, wat, black atrings abdit~ her white bara sack, for aha had naithar :X:L:-j T^^ ISHBiABL I OE, nr tHB DlFTHB. ■bawl nor bon»«> I b" olotb«« ww •oU.d with the iMlt«dmow, andsh* h«d iMt on* •hM in h«r wild night walk. M n. BradMMU ■haddtrMl with •▼•nien M •»!• iook«d »t Nor», wh«6 ih* found i iMr voioa fth* inid x •Do not l«t h«r •pproaoh you, Berenio«. 8h» i« but a low creature j oot fit to ■peak to one of the decent negrofs •Ten } anAeeidee ahe ie wringing wet and will giTO yonaeold.' • Poor thing I ehe will oertainly take one herulf. mamma ; ahe looka ap «»'••"'>• «o lire I If you pleaae. I would rather ulk with herl Tell me 1 Can I help youf .1 will cheerfully, if loan .'and the equally • pool ' lady, l»0|or in happineta a« Noi:a her- eelf, put her hand in her pocket and drew forth an olegant portmonnaie • Thank you, madam, I do not need t«. • Well, then, aak me the queetion_ that you wit»i to hare anawerod. Don t be afraid. IgiT* yon leare. you know, aaidtbe Nora beaitated. ebiveredand gwped ; bnt oonld not then ask the queation that waa to oonfirm her fata ; it waa worae than throwmg tba dice upon which a whole fortuoe waa CUked ; it waa like giving the aignal for the ue to faU upon her own neck. At laat, bawoVar, it came, in low, fearful, but dia- tinotworda t __ *.Had»m, aif yon the wifaof Hr. HennaiDt Brudenelir • Nora Worth, how dare joa ? Leaire the room and tbi bouae thia iwitant, before t •end for a oonaUble and bare you ♦akon away i' exclaimed Mra. Brudaiiell, Tiolently puUins at the bell-cord. . 'datlame, ahe ia inaane. poor thing I dp not be bard on her,' aaid LadyHurat- nonoenz, gently ; and then turning to poor Nor* ahe anawered. in the manner of one hnmouriug a maniius : '^ * «« * Yea, my poor girl, I am the wife of Mr. Herman Brudenell. Can I do anything for 'Notbiag, madam,' waa the answer that came altd, aweet and low ai the wau of aniBolian harp swept by the South wind, _, . The straagar lady'a eyea were bent with |i||k to her. Berenice I I wnn*^ lefler spMtk to you, bnt you "•^ *l>onot< yonnottolelww .|.>~-'y#^ — . — *- ^^ not take ay advice, and now yon kaTcbews insulted.' . , • But, awMma, she ia iaaane, poor thin« i some great miaery kaa tiirned bei •>»•»»» ,m TeTy sorry for her.' said the kind-heartwl stranger. „. _^. .. • I tell yon aba U not I She is aa •»*••• yon are! Look at herl Not in that amased, pitying manner, but oloaeHr nwl •ntically, snd you will see what she to » one of tboae low creatures who are the shame of wtomen and the scorn of men. Ana ii she has miaery for her portion, fhe haa broughtitnpon herself, anditir »^|uetpuniab^ ment.' _ ' .. «j The eyes of Lady. Hnrstmonoeai( turnea again upou the unfortunate yoonn oreatiire before her, and this 'ime she did ' examine her attentirely, letting her gsie roTe oyer her form. . . j ThU time Nora did not lift up her handa to oover her barniug face s that marble faoe could nerer bum or btuab agam ; rtnca speaking her last words Nora bad remataea standiug like one in a trance, atone stUl, with her bead faUen upon her breaat andhet arms hanging Batleesly by her aide. Sha aeemed dead to all aiound her. Not ao Lady Hurstmonoenx ; aa bw eyea roved over this form of utone, her nata face suddenly flushed, her dark eyea flashed, and ahe epiang up trom Uio aofa, Mkmg ttoe same qurttiop tTiarMia. BrudeneU haJ put tha evening before. __ •Girt I what la it to you jrhether Mr, BrudeneU baa a wife or not t Whatare you toMr. BemanBrudonell? . • NotKing, madam » nothing for overmoro, wailed Nora, without looking np or ohang- ink her posture. .^ _ __ , • Humph 1 1 am gUMi to bear it, I M? wra. ^Tun fd MrK. Brudenalt ^ j •Nothing! yonsny | nothiBgrqufstjooad Lsdy Huratmonoeux. • Nothing in tb» wort*; mUMm i nothing whatever 1 sobs »t eaae.' It was another wail of the atonn-awept kaart^tnngi; , 'I truly believe yon i I ought to have fca* ! Uaved without aaking you ; but who, then, • haa been your betrayer, my VO^ f^[^: • paired the young matron i» tfflww of deepoat **TJbis queation at length shook the atatne i a atonn paswd thrcngh her ; ahe essayed ta speak, but hsr voice failed. . ^Tell me, poor one ; and I will do what I . . . •- — W h o is it t' n^iTS^SiSJif «■"£*« ».iuu,ght »a lib. wb.1. . "^^^pF ISHMAlLiOli Hr ■pMor dfw k*«k th* o«ra«ni •! b«r OMiatk Mid oouTttlaedl bar (am. ' Koougli of tki«, B«rM>i«* I Toa fotf«t th« firl* r MidJfn. BrudMsil, shortly, imt- ting bar hMid W tl»« b«U 1x4 riating uiotlior pwi /, ' . ' I boa ]^ar jiftr^ti. oiodMn t I did iadood forgot tno proMDo* of tho innooent mod hop- py 1,0 looking filjMpitboorringondirrotobod,' uid Lady Htustinoao>^ox. 'Thot wiU~ do,' ooid tbo oldor Udy. * Here it Joiriol ot loot ( Wby did yoa not oome wben I flnt rongf the demondod of tho necro, wbo oow f tpod in the door. *I 'olara, mitt'ooi, laoTorboord-it do (not time. nwdMm.' ' Keep yonr oen epon in (ataro, or it will bf the wono for^oat And now wbot cxoose oon yon oinr. for disobeying m^ exproM orden, ond not on^y ndmitting tbw oreotare to tbo boooe, but oron bringing her to oar prooonooT' demuidod tbo uuiiy, ■orereiy, ' I 'olare 'foro my 'rino Moretor, modam, when Miaa Nora como in do atorm to do Icitohen door, looking ao wild and aoarcd lik«, and aaked to aee do yonoff madam doro, I t'ought in my aool bow abe had tome news of de yonng mariter to tell I an' dat was do why ,1 denonnced her into dis drawin'-roOm. ' y bo not make snob a mutake aifain i if Jron do I will make yon anifer severely fot 1 1 And yon, sbameless girl I I will have yon sent to tho work-hoossl m a trouble- some vagrant. ' 'Norwdidnot aeom to hoar bor; sbo '•fed relapsed into her atony, tranoe-liko stupor, ' And now, sir, sinoe yon took the liberty of bringing her in. pnt her ont— out of the room, and oat of the boose I' said Mrs. Brudenell, 'Mammal what I at midnight ! in tbo •nowastoratf exolaimod Lady Hnratmon- oenx, in horror. ' Tes I she sball not deaoorato the bleak- eat gan«t, or tbo lowest oellar, or barest bam on tho premises 1' 'Mammal It wonld bo murder I She would periib i' j^leadod the young lady. 'Not aho I Snob animda are used to posurel And if she and all like her were to " perish, " aa yon oall it, tbo worUl wonld be somnohtlie better for it! Thoy at* tho pests of Sooioty r -. ' ' Mamma, in pity, look at bor I oonrider beroituatiott I Ihe woald rarely die i and not alonob mamma I tbiak of that I' pleaded Berenioe. 'Jovial I am I to Ito obeyed or not?' stomly demanded the elder lady. «X- wi?7^i?^^."'** oome, my poor, poor7 child,' said Jovial, u a low tme. taking tbo arm oMbo laioorablo girl, wbo Muraod^ i obaaioslly, t6 bo lod away. ' Jovial, stap a maoMnt I Mro. BradoaoU, Ibavonrfly sobm little aatboritj in my basbaad's boaso i aathority that I aho«14 bo'aahamod to olaim ia the prooonoo of bia motbor, wore it not to bo exeroisod ia tho oaoaa 4>f humanity. This girl must not loavo the bonfeo to-night,' laid Boionioo, rospoolfoUy, biit Qrmly. ' Lady Horshnoaoeux, if yoa did bat {[now what oxoelloat oanse you have to oatho that oroaturo,^ yon would not oppoeo my ordert reapooting her; if yon keep her ■ under .\yoar roof this night, vo« degrado yourotlf } and. finally, if she doea not leave the bouso at oaoe, I and my daughters oimt^midnigbt and snow-storm, iiotwitbatandin|Li- We are not aoonatomed to domicile witb\in«b wrotohea,' aaid tbo old lady, grimly. ^ Barenioo was not prepared for this ex* treme issue } Mis. Brudenell's threat of do« parting with her daogbtera at midnight, and IB tbo storm, shocked and alarmed her ^ and tho other words ri<-awakoned her Jealous misgivings. Dropping the hand that ahe bad laid protootingly upon Nora'a sbonldor, she said i ' It shall be as yoa ploase, madam. I sball not intorfero Main. This alteroa;ion nad now aroused poor Nora to tbo oonaoionaneas that aho herself witf n pauae of dispute between the two ladies; so putting her band to her forehead iand looking around in a bewildered way, she said i *Noi°'it is true ; I have no right to stop here now i I will go 1' • Jovial,' said fiereaieo, addressin|| the neipro, *■ have yoa a wif ^ and a oabin ol your own ?' \ ^ ' Tea, madam : at yoalt; aarvioo/ ' Then lot it bo at my \servi<^ in aood eameat to-night. Jovial-^ tak«^' tbia poor girl homo, andaak your wire to take oaro of her to-nt(bt ; and reoeivo tbia aa your oOmpensation, ' she said, patting a piece of gold in the hand of the man. \ ' 1%eio oan bo no objec|;ion 'to that, I iuppoae, madam V aho inqnired of Mrs. ftrudonoU. ' Nonoin tbo world, unless Dinah objeotn; it ia not every boneat negro woman that will deniontto have a creature like that throat upon bor. Take her away, Jovial I' ' Oome, Miaa Nora, bonoy ; my olo 'oman ain't a«wino to turn you away for yoai> miafortipi« ; we leabea dat to tirhite folks t shell bo 4 m ot her to yon , ho ney ; and I'll bo a father : an' t wish in my aonl as I knowod de pian as wronged you : 4 I did. .Aijs^K •-!, tSHllAft I OB. m TRi'Biifii' f^- if I diia't Riv* hi« • •kia-fall ob brakM booM if h« wai m wbito m ootton wool, if I didn't, ay imbm ain't Mr. Jovial Bnida- aall. ••eaira, and f ain't no aentUman. And If lir. Baabon Oraif^on't bant bias np and pnalah biu. h* ain't no gontlamait. naithar I laid Jorialij^ ba aanfnllr lad bit half fainti Of okargi along tba paaaafaa iMk to tba kiftban. Th« Mrvsnti bad all gona to bad, aiotpt lovial, wboaa duty it waa, aa maior-domo, to go all round tba hooaa tba laai tbing at njaht. to faatcn th« doort and windowa, and y^Jfit^ oat tbu flraa and lichti. 80 friianthay •^ rwaohed th« kitohan it waa •mpty, thoagb a fine firo waa burning in tba ampla obimney, ' Tliara, ay poor buntad bara. you ait _ down liara an' wara yourMlf good, wbila I Kan'waka lip ay ola 'om»n, an' fatob r bara to Mt aomething bot for you, aftfr^ I akin' of you to de cabin, an' fika- WiM to aakfl a flra dare for you ; for I '■paott Dinah hab let it go out,' aaid tba kind-h' arted old man, santly depoaitiog bia oharga upon a Mat in tba ohiauay oorner, and leavirtg bar tbcra while ba went to prepare for bar oomlor . When ah» waa alone, Nora, who bad aearcely heeded award of hia exhortation, aat for a few ainotaa «aaiDg woefully into vaoaaoy { than ab« put bar bayd to bar fofahead, paaaing it to and Aro, aa if to olaar away a aiat — a gaatnra comaou to bnauuB oraatur • beari]d«r«>d witb Borrow | tbaaauddanly crying out 1 'My: Urd I It ia true I and I have no bwinea bara ! It ia a ain and a abaaa to be here i ar any whara I any wbara in " tba world r Aad tbrowiag up bar araa with a caatara of wild despair, aha aprangiip^ tore opan the door, and, tba aaeond tiaa that lught, mataad out into tba atora ■ and dark* The wara light kitehen raatainad an- taa an t ed tor parhaM twanty aiautaa, whan lorial, witb hia Dinah on hia ara and a lantern a kia band, actavad, Javial gnab' liag : 'Xaw-a^aity known, I don't aaa what aha abonld ba a«wantin' to coma beta for I par* tiailar artar da traataaat aba 'oaivad Araa ola aia'taaa. laa' night I taint aieb a par'diaa nohow for nobody— auob laa for aha I— Hi, 'anaiirhaanddanly oriad, torn* iBgthaBfty8 4gftbalMitarn in all diraotioBak thongbiha Jdtehaa waa qoite light anaa^ without thaifc ' _ 'What da Matter Aow.ala aanf aakad iWnah. 'WhaifaNamr I laT her bara an' aia'thaic a«w I wham aha goaa r * Hi. ole man, what yoa ax aa far t how yon 'apect I know Y * Wan, I 'alara af dat dont beat ebery- tfaii' 'Maybe eba done gone back in de hooaa ag'in r auggaetcd Oinah. ' Maybe ane hab ; I go lopk 1 but atof^ flrat let me look ou^'n de door to aer if ane arant awajr, ' aaid Jovial, going to the door and holding the lantern down uear the ground. 'Yea, Dinah, 'oaan, beta day ia 1 Uttla fao*-printa in do anow a ffoin' away from da bouM an' alaoat ooVtiad up now I She <|one gone I Now don't dat beat abcry- tiag r Now aiia'U ba froae to death, 'laaa I goaa oat in yM atora to look for her { anr maybe shall ba froia anyway 1 for dara'a no sartainty 'boot my findin' of her. Niiw ain't dat a trial for any old'bolouradi gaatlaaaa's narvM I Well t* Piata a-leading away from de door : dotagh 'apaata day'a filled up by dia tin^e. I waa Jaa' agwine out to look for bar.' 'Oh,bleaayon, Joviall' ^ • Which way d» yoti think aha want, Miaa Hannah r ' Home again, I aappoaa, poor child * It'a a wonder yoa hadn't aat bar. ? *T h a ni|^t ia a a d a ak, and th a n y on kno w ahf tharaianera than oiia path leading froa' Bmdanall dowa iota tha vallaf, iknd if aha ,■»»» f-'^frw;'- WMit thai way th* look * diflroat path tnm tli« 0B« I oaino by. ' ' I go look for hor aow I I woa't Iom bo noro lina talkiag,' and ibm old nMi •Uppod h^ hat upoo his hoad and piokad ap kia fantani. •IwiU fo witkjroo. JotUU/ Mid Nora'b •iator. ' No, Miaa Hannah, don't y«a 'tanct )t ) tain't no natap in front with tha lantam, throwing a faabU light upon tha Bof t white path lha» aaamad ta aiak ondar their feat aa tbay walked. Tha old man peered aboat oa tka nght aad laf t and atraiffht beforo him. ao aa to miaa ao objeot in hu way hit might ba Nora. . . * ff!'*'' ' ■•['* H«»?*>». •• thay art pt alonf •la it true aboat the young forai«n lady that arnved bare laat night aad tarnad out to ba tha wifo of Mir. Harmaa f •All traa M goapal. i,o«.y,' repliwi tha old maa. wke^ inhw loro of goaaip. immadi- aMir related to Haiiaah all tha partioolara ol tha M-riral of Lady Haratmonoeut ami the flight of Homaa BradeaaU. • Seems hkaharwiawvrt tko ^ght •( hia witr, honey, aad WraUka aka thinka ao too. ""•.•u*;.**?^" •* *• -w^T to kaari^ aoaroa'boldia'ap bar hand aiaoa. AmTiii • pity tor bar. too, poor yooag ibiag , for Hiu Nora'a part hka aa aagal whaa da old iiujUm wja aoalMn* of h« aamaa. ^2d erdena' of her onVa do koaio. ' • Calling htr aapos I erderiag kor oat of hehonsol Did Mra. Bnid«?all da?, to treat Nora Worlh aof eriod Haaaab. in- dignantly. , J • Wall, hoaoy. dio dfd raytkar. tkafk a S!'i. 1 H • .®***^' y*" ^■•'' y«»raall hdw ha ah laHieo la too poor yonag gala aa hJM MHMAIL I 01, m TBI DKPTH& HI aaaaaa. did ||wf Vwf woll I whathai "y poor wriMod ohild liTaa or diaa thia bittor aight. IwUl olaar her abaraator to. morrow, let who will be biaokaaed iaataad of har I Ordered har onl of tha hooaa, did •ha r AH riabt I we will soon aaa bow loaa . ■•*1*«n»M" will be permitt««d to atM there I There 'a law ia the kiiid. for rtoh a* well aa poor, I raokoo I Thrwtoaed hat with a eonsUbla, did she r Jnat ao i I wonder how aba will feel when h«r awn aoa ia dragced off to priaoa I Thai «iU toko down—' •" .^^^ ' What ia tha mattwr. Joflair' aba iaqairad. Honfy, I dona fall— fell orar aomefla' or odor t it l»_law, yea—' •What, Jovial T*^ ^^* It's a 'omaa. honey , faali lika Ifia* In aa inatant Hannah waa down an bar kaeaa, beaide tha fallen fl«nre. clearing away the snow that covered it. 1-1 ri'^u'"*; '■*•?"•**• ♦"■▼'"I *• W*»»>a inaanaible body ; but it waa a eold. damp, hea^y waight, deeply bedded in (ka aaoW^ and reaiatad all her effbrta. ' Oh, Jovial, I am afraid aha ia dead I aad 1 cannot gat her np I Yon eome and try V wept Hannah. ■ ■ Hia^/t *''*!! .■•J'' ' ^nowti It-IJeat did { I kaowad it aba waa tnrnad out in do aaow-atorm thia night, she'd freaia to death I Olamiat'eaa atn't no better daa a akU baaraaa I grnmblad tha aid man, aa be rootad Uaarma nndar the oold dead waight of tko anfortanatagiri, aad with maoK tttggiig aneoawlad in ndaing har. "^ * • Now, daa, Miaa Haaaab. hadal I bettar tot aad t aha CHAPTER XL yLA^irna o» Lova, loairtk,- bat aot aa alaaper. ireko° at wake, Rathar tha dead, for Ufa Mamadaometbiaf oco M A ^irangrMnwtioB whiob .ho motft nariaka fil^'t"'^: '^'^ whataoerer meth«5ow UHIUBL I UK, iN TUK i)iEPTiia. ■ -- __^^,Ab Brought baflk th«MaM «f,p*in. wltho«l lh« o«ua«, Vor, lor • 4inM tha (arim nuda m p«uM. — Byron. 80 Nora't lifslMM foroi wm Uid upon th« b«L Old Mr*. Jon««. who had fftlUn mImp inh«rohair, wMArouMd by th« dlaturbaitM, Mid atumblMl op only half awaka to aaa whal WM tha maiUr, and to offar bar aa- •iataooa. ... Old Jovial had modaatly retired to tha ohimn«iy oornar, laaving tha poor girl to tha paraonal attantion of hcraiitar. Hannah bad thrown off har ahawl and bonnat, and waa haatily divaating Not»-ol bar wat garmanta, whtn tha old ntiraa ap paarad at har dd*. 'Ob. Mr. Jonaa. ia aba da^l f oriod the fidar aiatar. * No, * replied the oraole, potting her warm hand apon tb* heart of the patient, ' only in a dead faint and obiUed to the marrow ot her bones, poor hanrt I Whatever made her run out ao in this atorm t Where did Toaflnd hert hnd aha falUn down in a fltt Wha( waa the oaoae of itt'abe went on %o bnrry qaeation apon (}n ont her dry olothoo and a thiok blanket, and bang *em before the fir* to warm. And give ni ■ aomo of that wine and some alltpioe to heat, ' continued Mrs. Jones. The sistor obeyed, with aa muoh docility ae the alave had done, and fcy thesr united eflbrta, the patient waa aooo dreaaed in warm dry aia' tnay i* notliin' but niggar ora'tura.' flanofth ralaad bar ayaa to tha apaftkar. A look of intalHganoa paM««l batwaaa tha two woman. Th* old damn noddad bar haad knowingif, and than Hannah gantly laid Nora baok upon bar pillow, for aha aaamad at aaa« ftgftin oow, and want to tha old man and aald i ' Vualt Jorial, yea had batter ko homa 'how. Aant Dinah will ba hniioua about you, yon know.' ^^ ' Yaa. honay, llcnowa il, andTlfHI only awai in' to aa« if I oonld ba of any mora uaa, ' rt plifd tha eld naa, ueakly riaing to obey. ' I tbftak 700 Tary mnob, dear Unola Jovial, for all year goodaaaa to aa te-night, and I will knit yon * pair of nioa warm aooki to prove it. ' Lawa, child, I don't want nothins of ae thai^n. nor bo aocka for n-doin' of a Ctirii tifb man'a duty. And now, Miat Nlnnah, don't Tou ba oaat dowa about thia hare mia- fortin ; it'a nathin' of lio faalt gt yonra } everybody 'epeota you for a wtt|l e«r>duetod young 'om4B | an' vou it »• waya oountable for your aiater'a miahapi.- Why, there waa my own Aunt Dollv'a eWp-deughter'a hua< band'a aiater-in-lftw\ aoa aa waa t^k up for ataalin' ol abaep. But 4o«a anybody 'apeet aie the leee for that f No I an4 no nor* won't nobodv 'apect you no leaa for poor mmfortinit lliaa Nora. Only I do wiah I bftd that ere aoamp, wlioaver he la, by the haV of bis head I I'd give hia blamed neek one twiat he woalda't 'eoirer ef m a hurry, ' aaid the old man, drawing himaelf up atiffly aa he buttoned hia overcoat. 'And now good-night, ohiler I'll tend my ole 'oman ovet aarly in de memin', to fateh Mtaa Nora aomtflu liouri- ftbin', an' likewiae to aee if aha oan be of aay oae,' aaid Jovial, aa he took up bia twii to dajMrt. • ''i'^'^' ■ The enow had eeaoed to f all« the Ikv #m perfaotly dear, and the atara wave ahiBing bnghtlj. Hannah fait glad of thia for the honaet eld man'a aake, ae he oleaed the door behind bin. - Bat Nora demanded her instant attention. The sufferer whs in a paroxysm of agony *^°fw than any that bad yet praoedod it There was a sight ol extreme illaeaa, deadly pan l, a a d fearful an xiety in the hut. rper itte Bntthe next morning^ ioat ae the son •»^ nbore the oapodte heighta of Bmde* ■eli;, flooding aU the olottdleis heavona and ^ the eneiT'Olad earth with light aad glory BOW life aleo aroee in that h«mble h«t the hill. • e e e • ' Hannah Worth h«ld a aew.bom iafaal boy in her arm*, and Iter (rare fell faat upon hia faoa like a liapiiani of aorrow. The miaerable young mothrr lay haoh upon liar pillow —death impreeaei u^n the can ken featurea, the aabaikoomplexion, and the flxrd ayaa. * Oil, what a bteaaing if this child could die I" cried Hannah, in » piai'oing voice thai reached even the failing aenaea of the dying girl. There was an inattut change. It wae likti the audden flaring up of aa expiring li|[hl Down came the atonv eyee, melting with tendemeae and kindling with light. All tha faaturaa ware aoftaufd and illumined. Thoaa who have watched the dving are familiar with thaea aqddau re-kin0lings of life. She apoke in tonae of infinite aweet* neaa : , .r ' Ob. do not aay ao, Hannah I Do Aol grudge the poorliule thing hia life I Bvary- thing a'ae baa been takafi from him, Han- n4h I — fnther, mother, name, inheritanoe aad all f tf.eava him hit little life t if baa been dearly purchaeed 1 Hold bin down to me, Hannah 1 I will gtva hm one hiaa, it ao oua ever kiaeee him again.' ' Nora, my poor darliog. you knew thai I will love your boy. and work for him, aad take care of him, if he lives t only I thought it waa better if it plnaaed Ood that ha ahonld CO home to tha Saviour,' aaid Hannah, os she held the infant down to reoeive his mother'a hiea. ' Ood love TOO, poor, poor baby I' said Nora, putting upi her feeble bands, and bringing the little faoe close to her lips. 'Be will live, Hanmah I Oh, I prayed all through the dreadful night that he might live, and the Lord baa answered my primer.' she added, as she resigned the ehud oaoe ■lore to her sister's care. Then folding her hands over her heiort. and li(|liag,her eyee towards Beave» with a look of aweet solemnity, and in a vokw to deep, belMike and beftutifnl, t||| it soaroely seemed a hnman one, abe aaid ^ ^ ' Out of the Depths hare I oalled to ITiee, and Thou hast beard my ▼oi^o.' And witii theee subline #^rds upon her lipe, she onoe nsore dropped alray into^leep, stuBor. or exhfto«tien-*>for it is difBoolt to define the oonditions prodaced in tiA dying by th e riaiaf aa^ th e falling ef th e wa ve s m life when the tide is ebbing away. Th« heaatifnl eyes did pot eloee, Imt rolM theiBMlvee op under their lids t the sweet ,i* M I8HllAELiOR» IN THE DBPTli& U|« fall apMrt, and tfae p«urly toath gr«w drr. Old Mn. JoDM. who had baan biiay with a aaaoepan over th^ Ilea, now approaobadiha badaida, paTtDa }> •laahaVlaapr * I do npt kjdoir . Look at bar, aod mo if aha ia.' rapHad tb^ weaping aiitar. ' Well, I oan't tall.' aaid tha naraa^ after a aloae ezaininatioii. And neither ooold Hypooratao if ho had bacn (hara. 'Do yon think aba oan poaaiU^ liTof ■obbed Hannah. ,v ' Wall—I hope Bo^hoaay. Law.INroaaan 'am aa low aa that eoue round ag^n. Now lay the baby' down, Hannah Worth, and dome away to tho #indow ; I want to talk to yon without tha riak of diatwbing har.' Hannah dapoaitad tha baby by ita mothar'a aidty and foUowad the nnrae. *' Kow yon know, Hannah, yon moat not tliink aa I'm a hard-baartejl ole 'oman {bat yoaaaol mnacgo.' *Oo I oh no I don't leare Nora in har low ■tata I I have ao little ezpariance in theai, «MM,yon kt^' 8«ay with her I I win jpyjron watU iTl am poor.' '^Shild. it ain'c the fear of loain' of tho ey ; I'm Bora you're waloome ^ all I'ta ne for you.' . 'Thando^atayl It aaama indeed that ProTidaBoa himaalf aant yon to na laat night I What on earth ahould we bare dona without yon i It was really the Lord that aent yon -to. ni.* -■ • . • 'P«Mf to me it waa Old Niok I I know an* thing : labonldn't a-oome if I had known .wkatanadTentnr'I waa a>gowin' to baTo^' ■nmbled th^ old womap to heraelf. Hannah, who bad not baatd har wordi. apoke again: 'Touaiatayf 'Now, look hero. Hannah Worth, Tai a poor old body, with nothing but my oharao. tar and my perfeeaion i anfif I waa to atay hate, and nurae Nora Worth, I ahould je4 kwe both on 'am, and aarr^ ma ri«ht^ too I What dall hare I ta fly in the fooa ^ ■ooioty ?' - H an n ah made no ahawer, but went and ii*^Hkd a ^eked tea-pot from the tbp ahalf «l tho draaaer, took from it aix dollan and a hai^ whioh waa all har fortune, and auae aadjwt it iu the hand of the nurae. aayihs \ vHera 1 take thia aa your fee for ^our laat ■ight'a work andV>i and noTor lot mo aaa your f ^ lyaia if yon aaii help it ' 'Now, Haanali Worth, dont you ba un* raaaonablo-iiow. dte't ya ; drat tha money, •hild i I aaa Uto without it^ I laekont tho<>^ I canH Mto without my oharaeter and my perfeaaion { hara, take it, ehlld- you may want it bad afara all'a done} ano I m aura I would atay and take oan of the poor gal iT I dared) but now you kno« yonraelf, Hannah, that If I waa to do ao. 1 ahould IM a ruinated old 'oman i for thar« ain't a raapaotable lady in tha world aa would arar employ ma asaio.'* * But I tall Tou that Nora la aa iaaooaat aa bar owa babo i and har oharaotar ahall ba ^wrad before tho day ia out I' "*'ninad Hannah, teara of rage and ahamo wellina to her ayoa. " j ' '?&. *'«»«y« I «*«»*y J Md '•Ma ifii done 1*0 00010 baok and auae her-r-forao« thiag. too. ' rapliad tho old womaa, diyly. ai abe put on har bonnet andahawl. Thia dona abe raturaW to the aido of Hannah. ^ tl • Now, yon knhw I havo. told you orwry. tiung what to do for Nora ; iad by-and-by. I aoppoM. old IMoah will oom%* aa old ;roTiai promiaed x and maybe ahall atay and 'tend to tho gal and tho ohild } 'twont hurt bei^ yon know, 'oauae aiggera ain't moatly cot muoh oharaeter to loaa. There, ohild. take up your meaay i I wouldn't take it from you, BO mora'ta I'd piok a pookal Good* ,bye. Haanak would bare thrown tho money after the dame aa aha )aft he hut, but that Nora'a duloat tonea reoalled her i . ' Hannah, don't I' ^ She hurried to^thi patient'a bedaidoi ^•^ ?"?*•*" riaing of tbewaveaof life } Nora'a faoe. ao dark and rigid a mo- ment Mora^ wita now again aoft and luminoua. . ' What ia il^ awoat aiatar f inquirod Han- nah, baading oVar bar. * Doot IM uigry with her, dear; aba did all aha oould for ua, you koow, without in- Jttring haraalf— aad wa had ao rijdit to az- paot that.' * * B(^ — her oruel worda !' " *04ur Hannah, narer miad | wbaa you • •re hurt by inob. remember our Saviour i think of the indignitiea that were heaped upon the Son of God; and how meekly ho bcre them, and hew freely ho foigavo than.' 'Nora, dear, you do aot talk Iil(o your- aalf. ' * Beoauae I am dying. Hannah, lly boy aame in with the riaiag aun, and I ahall m «ttt with ita aetting.' * *Nu, no, ray darling—you are mnob bet. •« *i»f^y»» were. Tdo aot aeo why you . ahould die I' wept Haanah. ^ * But I do ; I am not bettor. Haaaah^I hato only floated ba«k. I am alwaya float- laiL baekwarda aad forward^ towarda Ufa and toward^ de^th , «M.l y mm^ ^ 1^ ^ j f ^^^ — --&. t ^ ISHMASL } OE. IN THK DBPTH& •1 towvdt dMtb I |0 fortlMr Mud fnrtlMr •waj. Md i •hftU i^»l oat with Mi* day.' Hkniwh WM too maob aiovcd to trast h«r- mU to vpMk. 'Sister,' Mid No^^ in • f»intw Toio«» *I h»T« on* lMtwi«b.' ' WliAt is it, my own dftrlinf r' ' To SM poor, pour HsroiMi oaoe mors bs' foreldis.' *Tofor|riTS him I Yes, I sapposs that will b« right, though Ttry lutfd,' sighsd the elder girL ; . ' No, not to forgiirs him, Hnnnnh— w h* bss never williogty iojo^d me, poor boy; bat to l*y my hand upon his Head, and look into his eyes^ and as|urs him with my dying breath that I know ho was nbt to bhuns ; ^for I do know it, Hannah.' ' : ' Oh. Nora, What faith J' oried the sister. The dyinggirl, to use bor own words, was ilosting sway again, soaiteely heard this ez- olamation, tor she mnrmnred on in a lower tone, like the reoeding Toioe of the wind : * For I do not have a ohanoe of ssying this to him. Hannah— it ho is left to sa^pose I went down to tbo grave belioTing him to be treaoherons — ^it will utterly break his faeartt Hannah ; for I know him, poor fellow He is as sensitivo as— as— any— ' She was gone again oat of reseh. Hsnnah watched the change that slowly grew oTer bar beautifal face ; saW the gray* neis of death oMep oyer it— saw its mnschls stiffsn into stone— saw the; lorely ^oballs roll npward ont of signt— Ibd the sweet lipe drawn away from the glistening teeth. While she thn* watchsd she beard a sound behind her. She tamed in time to see the door pnshed qpeo, and Herman Bmdenetl — E ale, wild, haggard, with mi»t|ehflr, and all your proud, shaina* fnl race I No, you devil I if there is law Ui the land, yon shall be draniod to jail like n thief and exposed in conrt to answer for your bigamy ; and all the world shall hear thaV) on are a felon and she an honest girl who thought herself your wife when aho gave yon liar love 1' * Hannah, Hannah, proseoute, expose mis if you like ! I am so miserable that Icaro noc what becomes of mu rar mine. Th* earth' is orumbling under my feet! do you thh^ I ear* for trifles ? Denounce, but hear me I Heaven knows I did not wiU- iugljr deceive poor Nora t I was o^fself deceived ! If she believed herielf to be my wife, I as fully believed myself to be her husbiuid.' ' You lie I' exclaimed thia rude ehild of. nature, who knew no fine word for false- hood. ' Ob, it is natural you shoald rail at me ! Bat, Hannah, my sharps sharp grief makee me insensible to mere stinging words. Yet if you would let me, I could tell Tott the oembinetion of oiroumstafices that de- ceived as both I' replied Herioan, wiUl the patience of one who, having oafered the extreme power of, torture, could fed no new wound. - ' 'Tell me, then I snapped Hannah, harshly and inoredalously. ^ He leaned agamst the window«flrame and whispered t . ' rshall not survive Nora long ; I feel that J shall notj I have not taken food or^ r A ^rink, or nstwl wi
4uiid thus Berenioe Disraeli beoame Oonn- teas of Hnrstmonoenx. The dd peer snr- 'Tired his foolish marriage bitt six months, and died learing his widow penniless. Us debts baring swamped eren her marriase Eortion. His entailed estates went to Ihe eir-at-law, a distant reUtion—' .J. Fi^* *■ ?•*• "•"»• *^' ^▼M "«•' things of a lady V ozoUimed the woman, with iinUgna- Boni , ' It i«trtii, Hannah, and in this awful °'^** y"^» that ghastly form before msb truth and notialse delioaoy must prerail! I say then that th« Obuntoas al Barst- moQoenz hunted me down and run mo to earth, bat all in saeb fe,miaine fashion that I soaroely knew, I was farted. I was nattered by her preferenee^ gratoful fbr her kmdness and proud of the prospeot of carry, fag oif from all oompetitot* the UH^t beavS. ^ful ^ong the Brighton belles ; but all this ' would not hare tempted me to ofler her my I .&?**[ l^^^'^tVre her, Hannah.' i What did tedpiyon then f inquired the ' nSHMABt ) OR, IN TB> DKFTHS. ^orijan, pcatomptuduslyi . 'tltFlIa^irthatVhi 1 .^i --.--"- !• Wed me paisiitei- 1 atehN>nd--Ipr»Poi«lto1ier.' ^^^ ' « Cfetooiibl difyou thfaik she would karo i broken h«r hoart ifVou hadnt V '"'^ "*'• j *i.I'* 5^"^ *» 5^* **»* *»«». J did! SATKL*'2!i**iiy ^^t^' m know, ^--^I h*d fhal fatal i^e«knen of which I and delighted to impart joy. Sulaskedher to marry me. Bat the penniless Oonatess of Hnretmonoeus was the sole heiress of the wealthy old Jew. Jacob D'braeli. And he had eet bis mind npon ber nuurrying • gouty marquis, aud thns taking one step higher in the peerage ; so of conrte be- would not listen to my propoeal, and he threatened to disinherit bis daughter if she married me. Then we did what so many others in similar eiroumstancea do— we married prirat ly. Soon after this I was sammoi|^d home to take possesshm of my eetateii: So I left England } but not until I had diMwrered the utter nnwortbiness of the syren whom I was so weak as to make my wife. I did not reproach the woman, but when I sailed from Lirerpool it was witb the reeolution n^rer to retom.' • Well, sii'l eren supposfag yen went drawn into a focdisb marriage with an artful wnnan, and had a good excuse for de- serting her, was that any reason why yon should hare cnnmitted the erimeol mariy^ inn Kora?' cried the woman, SerooU. ' Hannah, it was not untilnfter Ihad read an aooonnt of a railway oollision in which it stated that the Oountess I ?•«*•?■ «^t« ad you areSrtre to be pitied than blamed. ' ' * Thank yoo. thank ^ml, Hannah, (or saying that 1 But tell me. does fhe belierc that I wilfully daoeired her I Yet why should I ask r She mast think so I appear- ancesars io stiong againstme.' fie' sadl^r«> ilectfld. 'Bat shi'doaaaot beliere it; her last ptayef waa that sh« night see yon once more befwe she . died, to tell you that she knew yon were not tdbhunie,' wept Hannah. *^ • • Bless her i bless .her f ezolaiittsd the yonog man. ^ ' .v^^^**'.'^*?^ '^ *»<* »•♦«. dorib» this interriew, left the face of Nohl now mttrmofed i . •S^ is rariring again i will yon see hor now " Herman humbly bowed his headladboth aiimaehed^eWd. That i led to Ihfliot pain power whioh sabdaM the wild W^onsfa Htrnuw M^hfi^loodpTMrKora. 8h« WM toolMr gone for uijitiwig (inman amoMoD | tw* bw y«l% rifia <•« Mflvnod and brisiit«pw4 •■ f^ noognflmd him, andtbctriod 10 ostiMid Ur haitd towMr^ hioi. . H«««WMidf«ntly took it, Mid BtoopOd low 10 hMur Um Morod wordi b«r dying li|» were ti^Dg to prooo^aoo. ' Poor, poor boj } dmi't mem* ap .^bitterly ; It wmii^ yoar umI%,' eho mur- mured; , ' Ob, Note, yonr nan tie iprnt kmt forgive me, bat I never tuui forgive mjreelf for ibe reekieai baete tbet bee wroagbt all thip mi" I' greened Hermen, unking on bie kneia^end barring bis faoe on tba oonnter^ pane, ovewbt>w>«d by grief and remorpe for the KToat, onialjentioonl wrooR he had ^one ; and by ilifcJapo eaibilitv of e:^lain* ing the o*a**^^^Bl|*^ miatake to tbia poor girl wb<]^BH|funatee were now unmbered. ^m^^-' '...^_ Softly and tremblingly th« dying hand uroM, iQtteiad • moment like a white dove and then droppod in bleaiing on hi* head> . ^ * May the Lord give the peaoe that He only oan beatow;. may tbu Lord pity yoa, comfort you, bloM yoa and aave yoa forever. Herman, poor Hemtau I' A hw yninntea' loii«er her hapj^ reeled on hie head, end iken'ibe removed it and miil^ mared : ' * Now leave me for a little while ) I wiik to ep^ak tomy ^i■ter.' > . Herman arooM and went oat of- the bat, #here k* gaTe way to the pe^i-ap itorm of Rrief tkat could not be vented by tjite awful bed of death. ai Koia then bockov^d Hannab, tmo ap- proaohed rnd etooped low to oatoh bar worHM. ' 8i«ter, yoa woold not refaee to grant my (lying prayere, would your' * Oil, ao, no, Nora i' wept die Woman. .. 'Then promiee me to forgive poor Her- man the wrons tha he hfea done ui f be did not mean to do it, flunneh.* *I know he did not, love ; he explained it all to me. Tna flist wife was a bad woman who took aim in. Qe thought ahe had be«n killed in a railway oolUnon, when he married you, aod be never found oat bia mistake until ah« followed him home.' ^ * I knew there was aomothinff of that aort ; but I did not kiiow what. Now, JHannah, Eromiae me not to breathe a word to any uman being of bia aeoond marriage with ma 1 it would ruin him, yon kuow, H»nn^K . for no one would believe hot tbat^te Kvw hit flnl wile wae living all tba tine. Will you promiae ma tbia, Hannah r ^ Bven though she spoke with great dui' enl^, HMaaL dbd not answer uhtil she ia> peated the Questloa. Then with a aoh mhI a giilp thaalte sistaraaid— • * Keep silenoe, and Mi poofli your Bhamoiy, Nora T How oan k oo «■ ' dm reproaoh reaeb ma— tberi ?' aakad, raising her band towsrda ^eaVea. * But your obiM, Nora t for his sake, bis mother's memory should be vindicated I' ' At the expense of making his fatbsr oat a felon ? No, Hannah, no i paople will soon forgot he ever had a asolber. He will on y be known ae Hannah Worth's* nephew, and she is^every where reepected. Promise ms^ Hannah.' -/ 'Nora, I dura not.' * Sister, I am dving , you oannot refuse thejprayer of the dying.' . Hannah was silent. 'Promise me ! j^tomise me t ^romiiM me I while my ears cui yet take in your voice I' Noia's iRords tell fainter and fainter; sha wat failing faat. VQh, Heaven, I promise yon, Nofp— thf' Lord forgive m« for it I' wept Haoaab. * The Lord bless you fw it, Hannah.' Her voipe sunk into mamurs and tha oold shades of death orep i9ver h«r laee agsin | but rallying bar fsst failing strength ^e 'My boy. quick I Oh, qt^ok, Hawaii t' Haunab lifted the babe from ki» neft u4 held hiifr low td meet his mother's last km- ' There, now, |at Mm on my arma Hupi^f., oloee to my left sid'>, snd draw m$ hand over him } I voald fael him aawdpto tha very last.' With trembling fingars tha poor wnmm ' obeyed. - /* ' tr' And the dying oiotbar hold bar ol^ ta bar keart, and raised her glaains eyas^ fall of tha agony of human love, to fleavem a|id prayed': *0b pitiful Lord I look down iu awrsy on this poor, poor babe t Take him onder Thy care I' And with tbiajirayLr sba sank into inseneibilitj. , Hannah fl«w to tha docAr and beckoned Herman, He came in^ the living imsge 9i despair. . And both wmt and stoDd by the '>ed. They dared not break the saored spell by speech. They gased upon bet iaj^lt"^ "awe. r^ Her faoe was gray and rigid ; her auMTL were still and atonv ; her bra^th end piusa ^ ware atopped. Waa she gone? No. for suddenly upon tb'tt face of death a grea lil^t davitad, irradiating . it with /J . a *;v. -C-S i 4£^%5%^^ "^ M f b^aty and riory ; tad «bm mArawithawfoi ■plemnity. deeptMlHUt* topM tolltd itwth ^ Ont o£ the diq^ bay«mil«d Wlliei . « And Tboa iiMt kMird nr ToiM.* An£ wiikh thaw lidly word* upon hit lipa .the MBUe «|»irit of Nora Wwth,v raioed ■vudflo bat Innootn l«ir to fi«aT«Q. ttiotlber,' wiBf^ its f »m who loftn CHAPTKEXit ' . ' TBI njan^or vuukAJr. ^ lYeid Mftlv—bour the head— . In reverend eilenoe bow'; Thvri'* one in that |k^ shed. On** bjr that haipble bed, •' Oreeter IhenthoD-'l "^ ,« ■ • Oh, oh«nf e t Stnpeiideue obangp I Fled the inmoiHkl ooe I ,A moment hei^ 40 low, Jo agonised tBdnoir-^ ' Beyond l^LHii. I * '-r^^hu Bowie*. foraoiM tioM Hannah Worth an^ Her- tan BmdelMll^ i:eniaiaod.etandina by the jMdnde, and gasinc ib awfol ailende dpon tho beaiitifat.olay extended befora them. rn whioh thi»epirit in pariing had left impreM of its krt earthly amilel IVmb the Utter grief of tlte herettTod borat thKNigh all oatward re- end ahe ; threir heraalf npon the ebuped the dead body of her to her' breait, and broke into a tern- Wm of ,toMB and jmOm and laBenta>' WOBMl I itni»H I •Oh< Nora I my darhngi tM yon raaU^ dtad and gone from nie forevorT 8haU I new hoar tbe aoaad of your Ught - iiep ooaung ft eyea^nor leol yoor warm ariaa Mwudmyneok. nor liaten to yoiir ooax- i«g Toioe, Bleadini for aome little indnl. 0M, ^hiob^ hiUf the time I- refoaed yoa t . 'How eoold I have Nfued yon/ my telingi anytjiini; ha d-hear edthatfwaol ^»*?^ Wttle did I think hew •oen yoa woM be f aken from me, «nd I ah9ald never MAblo togkve you aaytbing moria I Oh, Wot*, Aome book to me, and I will viv '^iS?^*^*"* * baf»— yea, my eyea, and "7 If^ Mid my ponl, if they oosld bring yon book and make yoa h»ppy t • My baaatiital darlioo, yoa woro iight of Say «gr«#*Dd«lM imlae of my heart and the f 4rf my life I Tpa #ere aU that I had in le wOTld I my Utdo aiatar and my daoffh- ter and my baby, all in one I Eow^ld fom aar Uttle Wheel >|anding atUl-and .whore the ipinnor f ' I ahall ait dow& to ^ ■•oUtarr.nioala and aee yoor vaoaat ohair— and where my oompanioaf f ahall irake itt the dark night and atretoh oqt my armo to yoor empty plaoa boaido me— ai»d whoro my warm, loving slater t In the grav« I i» the oold, dMfk, atiU grave I . '^ . Oh. HeavM J Beaien I hokr oanrbear itr— I. all- day in the lonely hoasel all night in tho kwely bed I all' my life in tho lonelv worldl tho bhtek, fre^nng, dMolato world! and she in her grave I I damtot bear it i Oh, no, I oMiaot bear it I Angola in flpaven,.yoa know that I eannot t Speak to the Lord, and ask him to takO me I ^< * Lord. Lord, pleaae to take mo along with my ohild. We are bat twol tWo orpluw . aisteral I, have grown gray in t«M^g oare of, her I She oannot do withonT me, nor I^withoit her.f We were bar twol' Why. ehoald one be taken and theotherkftt Itisnotfair, Lord.lMsayit in not fairf lared the monmer, in that blind and pai* ^ sidiato abaa^ooment of 'gri*' whioh is ^iro' at ila dimaz to reaeh phroniy, and braak into open rebeUitm against Omoipoioir Power. And i« is well for na that tho WuOm is more meroifal than oar tenderart thoagtita, for he pardons the rebel and' heals his wooada. / . The sorrow lof tiha yowng mia. doefsaod by remorse, waa too profooad for muh oat. wardjreat Ho leaaedaggnattho hM-post. Uftless grief >s9iiwly soUer. paler'and aioto Mian the dead body befwo At longth,thti teispeat of Hannah'b raged itaelf itato taiponary rest. Shsamss. oompoaed the forin a her sister, and tomod and laid her band apoa the ahoalder of Hw inan. aaying, calmly t • •^It is a«r over. Go. yonag gentlemaik, and wreatle with yoar sorrow and romorso, aavoo m»v. Saeh wreatlinga Will be tho oaly paniahment yoor raabneea will norivo in thia world i Be f roe of dread from mo. She left yoa W forgiveneas aa a Icgi^ey. and von ars saned from my pnrsait. Oo, and leave mi with my dead. ' flermaa dtopped opoa hia kneee beaide the bed of deith. to
->.«*oli with a lit- tle baeket of early f'Uit in h*nd. On ■aeinga atrang*r. BeubdM Oray took off hiahat, and tha eh Idrah atoppwl ihort, pat their^ flngan in their mouiha >ii stands as whita aa aiiv>w I Yon aarva him batter tlian yon thiak And kiadar than y«a know i Wh*t f is i* not soasa oradit, than^ . That ha provokiM yaar blama f This maraly, with all battar man, Is qaita a kind of fama I—M.jfi Tufpw, Mr. Bradanalt foand lahmaal la tka anta* room of tha oonrt in ologa oonvaraation with s oliaut, m aldarly, oara-wom wunan ia wiiow'a waada. Ha oaogh a fawlrordaaf h«rdi«eonrsafowhsoh Ishmaat anpaankl to bs liateaiag with symptthy. •YoMdr iMaina, wa balong to Bnagor. H« want to Oaltfornia soma yaara ago and nude moB«y. And ho waa oa hS way bomaand gotaa far aa tb(p dty. wharo kewutakan iU with tha «hokS», a| hia lirotbara hovaa. whara ho diod bafora I •ould g«t to Um I having hrw Jiondtai thj««anddoUaira. aU ia OWiforSla lold, w^Uk hlB brathar rafaaaa to peui». danyingaU kno^ga of it. It iarob^ bsry of tho Widow .aai orphan, air, •ad nethmg short of thikt f — aho was sav' iag. ' 'If this is as voa Mats it, it. woold fcom ^y* \J^ }^ • datoatira poUoeman and a orimwal proaaoatipn, ra^er tbaa for an attpraay and a siyil , sail,' said uhmaal. niahsisat I bat I bays baaa advisadtosne 1 aad I mean to do it, if yon will take my -^•:-^***.'' fo« *<*• it, sir. it aaat bo on ^•laditioas.' . . — •Tss. WlMtsNthayr ' Wb», if yea do not rvoorar tba aiooay, yon willaot raaaiva any pay i bat if yon do raoovsr tha monay, you will nomirm a ▼ary largo shara of it yoarsrif, aa a oompansatioa for yo«r ssrvioaa, aad yoor riak, ' ' I oannot taka yoar oasa oa thaaa tarma. madam | I oannot aodopt a aoodiiioual fa«,' said Ishmaal, gaatly. • Than what shaH I do V oxolaiaMd (h« Widow, barating into laara. ' I hava no moaay and aba 1 not. hatre any natil I gat that f And howoao I |t«t that anUsa I aa« for it t Or bow sna for it, nalaaa yon ar« witling to taka tha riak t Do, air, try ^l II witlba aensk, aftor all i yoa will be sara to4|kioiir n[t is not tho risk that I oblaol to, madam i' said Ishma««l, vary gantly, 'bat it is Ibla I— to maka my fsa ont of i my isa ont of my oaaa woald appaar to ma a aort of pro. faaaional r^iaoling, from whioh I ahould shrink.' ' Tban. Hsairaa help om. what shall I dot' aulaiBMd tha widow, watpinr afraah. * ' Do not distreas ymirMlf. I will oall and sea yon this afternoon. And if yoor case is what yoa rapraaant it to ba, I wilf |indfrtake to ooadnet it,' aaid lahnual. Ikod ia that moment he made op hia mind that if h« shoald fiad the widow's oanae a Jqat one, he wers, w^oar«.«appoaed to be willing o plead for nothing, rather tlwa aol plead at all I And it is all Tory wall, aa it givaa tha latter an opening. Bat yoa are not one of thaaa briefleaa lawyers i y«a have alraady made yoar mark in the world, and so you uaat not permit those female forlomites that haunt the conrta to eoacama all your lime and attaation.' . • Sir, "said lahnuMl, oraTaly aad fervently. * I owe so m ac b to Qod - s o much mot than I oaa ever hope to pay, that at laaat I musl show my graUtada to Him by working for His poor !— Do yo« aol thiak Ihal is oaly righl,sirf* ._! . ___. -4 J .r^ iSHMAELi OR, nf THB DESTES. And Isitiiw*! looked into tho Imo of this •traagtr, whom ho had mod bttt ^oe bofor*, wHh « ■ingalMr louging for hii ifeprrval. ' ¥•• 1 1 do f my-I do^ Mr. Worth I' ropliod BrodaMll with omotioii, m thoy on* lorod tho ooart-room tOBwthor. I«to that aftemouu lahmMl k«Dt hit ap- poiatmutt with tho Widow Oobiuun, and thoir «pii«oltation ondedin Isbmaol'a ao- ooptanoo of h«r brief. Othor clients also oane to him and soon his hands were foil of baeinesa. As the Supremo . Ooort had risen, - and Judge Merlin lie^ Uttle or no olBoial bnsi- ■MS on band, Isbmael's position in bis offiiw wasaUnbsta tineeure, and therefore the yoviig man delioately hinted . to bis em< ployer the propriety of a MparatiqiibotweeB : them,' :..-.;:.i— .--J^-^ — :-_^l:--_„ . No, liihmael 1 I ciannot make up iny mind to pert with yon yet It i« ^rne, yon say, tfaatthereiabntlittle todonow^bnc recol'etft that for months paat there has been a great deal to do. and von have done about four limes as muoh work for me as I Was on- titled to expeot of you. So i hat now you hate earned the right to stay on with me to the end of the year, wiUiont doing any work ataU.' •But, sir— • ^ •But I won't hear a word about your Aiether of amnsrment. Tho ooi^qnenee was ihst she was always too tired to rise and breek> last with the family/whom the seldom Joistitfd antil tho two o'eloek luneh. And at hat honr Ishmael was swro to be at' court, where the ease of Oobham vorsas Hanley, in which Mr. Worth was ^nsel for the . Slmntiff, was going OB. At'thesis o'elook inner ho daily, met her, as Isaid, but that wasaIways^in public Aud immediately after oollee she would go out^ atlendscl by Mrs. Middleton as ohaperone and the Vu- oonut Vincent as esooii. And she would return long after Ishmael had retired to hit room, so' that he would not See her again until tho next da|' at dinner. And so the dm wot* on. Ml . Brudenell romaine^ the guest of Judge Iferlin. A ftrango adedtion was growtug with CUv- dia, wore a robe of ailver gray. And thia pore white on one aide and mile gnjOB the other did but heighten the oKel of Clandjafa nMgnifioent ooetnmo. The faahionahlo hoar for i>aaeinbli|ig at evening partiea, waa then ton o'oloek. By a ^narter-paat ton the oompaoy began to arrive, and hy oleven the rooiM were qoito foil. _.^„1_^^:._; The Viaeoont Vmoent arri^ oirly and devoted bimahlf to Miu Merlin, etanding behind her chair like a lord In waitiai^ labmael wm alao preMnt with thie gnniil^ oatenaihiy in attendanoe nppn BMtrice, bat rwlly and traly waiting every torn d^ Clan* dia'e eoontonanoo or oonveraation. ' While they were all atanding, grooped ia thia way, to reoeivo all eomem. Judge Merlin approached, eniiling, and aooompapied by an officer in thetinifotm of the United StatMarmy. whom he prcoented in thoai worda i ' daadia, my love^ I bring yoa an old no- qoaintaace— a very old aoqaaintnnce— Cap. tainBnt^he.' OUnduk bowed M hanghtily aad diatantly M it WM poaeible to do | and tlioa, without apeaking, glanced inqairingly at her father M if to Mk— ' Bow came tbia peraoa keref Judf^ Merlin replied to that mute qaeotioa by Biiying t * I WM ao lucky m to mMt oar yoou frioadon the avenue to-day ; ho ia but Juat arrived. I told him what waa going oa here thia eveuag and begged him to waive ceremony and' come to ua. And he wm m gi>od M to toko me ar my word t Bee, my my dear, don't you remember yoor old play- mate, Alfred Borghe T' aaid A» Jndge, ap- pMling for relief to hie amiable alece. Now, Bee WM too kind l«d««d thki prMMiUtioD. \ Than Ifn. lUddlttmi kindlj ihook huidi vithtii«UttWelooiM^tor. \ Aod Inally Olandi* anb«nt • tittl* from h«r haataar and beadMaendrd to i^ddnaa • few oommon-plaoa ramarks to binu xBat at Iragth bar ayaa flaatod arooad upon Uunaal atttdingbiE-bindBaa. .> _ \. •Tea amaoqAiatad witii JIf ^ W«rtl|» t pnittma, Captain Bargbat' ftto fi* qwrad. •I lisva Mt tbat bonoor.' aaid AMrad • Ttoan IwiUeoi^ar it «pon yo«r MJMI Clao^ Tmeygnv\y. 'Mr. Wortb, I hop* ▼on wiU pemritma to proaant toroaCapydn BufMba. CVin|ainBai^,Mr.Worth,o(tba Waabingtonliar/ ... , Iabma*l^w«^ with ooiirtaajr i bat Atfiad BofffbagNW Tiolantly rod iathafaoaand 'laiatort witb i nod tamed nway. *QMtainB«rgto toa a bad nMoorr. my loid l^aaid Claadia, taminy to tbe Tiaooant. ' tba gantlanuo lo whom I bava Joat pro* •entiidrbini onoa taraa bia lifaat tha im-^ miiaani riak <^ bia own I It ia troa tliai tAk happanad kog ago, wban tbay waca botb toya : bat it aaema to ma tbat if any fM W ezpoaad biiaaalf to a (jlaatb >y fire M raaom om from * burning baildinft I ah«ald ramelntor it to tbalataatday of my Ufa.' . « * Pwdra ma, M iaa Ifarlia. Tb« oicoom- ataaea to whiob yba allade wa« toyond my ooatrol. and llf.-#-Word'a abara wit witboatmy ooaaant; bia aarrioa waa, I toliero, wall repaid b^ my fatber t andtiM tiroabla witb ma la not that my mMaory i$ dofaotiTe, bat^ rathar tha- it ia too rataa^va. I ramembar tto ongia ^«l-' ■ .. r-- ■ ■ ■.. " , ■ : •Oar aoM^taaw with Hr. Worth 1' iatarraptaTojbadia. taraii|g deadly pala and MaalpBrw «^« !»* *«« of aappraMed ■ nipiT ^xa#, I kaowl that* waa a aioifadtaarriag^uflad hamper^ aad da- ta^iliUevaflv Ttore waaayoanggMitlMnaii wto^lriMumea^ liia rank, and a toUo waffkiaftor wh9^ii>t>>^g«i^*^ hJmaalf ia ttot Mbh iTompmbarparfoetly wall tto oiroamiitMMai to wtoioh yoa rafar. ' ^ VToa ai^iike. Miaa M«rlio.? ratortad WgbOy with^ to)^^ taab apon hie braw, • I do aot lafcf io tto* boyiab frolie, for it waa noo yo I y wJarto^^ ^ -- ^ „ yoa do OM tto favoor to tall tto baad to Hrito ap a qaadrilaf Lord Tinoant, 1 ttaaome, tbay azpaot aa to open tha ball Bea^ my daar» yoa ara angasad to Ifr. Wortb for thia aat. Be aaro wh«n to ratarai to ooma to tbn aame aat with aa aad to oai «fai.a «iik ' aaid Claadia, apaakia* rapidly. Before aba badfiniahad Iabmaalto4 goot npon bar arrand. and tha tond atraok ap a lively aaadrille. CUadia «aTO bar baad ta Lord yinoeat, who led bor ^ the head oi tha flrat aat. Wtoa labmaal retoraad. Be* gave bini her baad and told him Claadia*i wiab, wbieb« of ooaraa. had all tto f ocee oi s eommaadibr bim. and he immediate^ led Beo to tho i^boo oppo^ Lord Tiaoaat aod . lUaaMerlia. , . AndCkpUin Bargba Waa left to hita hit naila ia toiled itoaligaity. Bat later ia tha aTaaiag ha took hto fi- ▼ei ga and roceivad bia paniahmea . It toppehedin thia maaaart New qua- drillaa ware being formod. Clandia waa o^pda daaeiag with Lord Viaoant, and they had takea tiieir piao a at tto head of ona of the aata lahmaal waa dancing with one of tto poor naglootad * wall-flowera 'to whom Baa aad hindly iatrodnoad him, and to lad 1^ partoor to a raoaat plaee at the foot of oae irfltoaata; to waa ao maob en- gaged in tryiipg to antartam tto shy and awkward i^U vtot to did not obaenre who waa their «fi « ob. or otarbaar tho rafiarka that wore atadaw BatQaudia, who^ witii tto riaodaatk waa atandipg vary near, lieard aodaawall. She- aaw labmaal lead bia aby JM»i porUMr np to the plao j in tto aat, azaotly oppoaita to where Alfred Barj^a with bia partner. Mi Toameyaae^ atood. And ato toard Mr. Barjhe whiaper to Miaa Toameyaaa i *j|»>aaa me t aadp*'np»it ma to lead yoa toaaaat. Thnparaoa who baa jaattafcea tbe plaoa oppoaita to aa ia aot a proper aa- aooiata even for me, adll lam for yoa.*^ And aba aaw Ifiaa To^taayaaa'a look of aarpriao and bao'd^ tor low*tbaad asolama* tioB t ■ • *Wby^ it ia Mr* Worth I I tovo danead with him oftaa r ^ •> • I am aorry to hear it. I hope yoa will take tto word of aa offiOer and ia gentleman ttot he ia not a reapeotabla paraoa, aad by ao maaaa a proper acqaaiatanoa for aoy lady.' 'Batwhynott' *Pfrd at^traoted by th« more- """"^ jHHJ'^ "y*^^ *° "*<> '^f oaone, Cliwd|HH||drew L<«rd Vinoent after htr. •ltd MinR|frii» tt retiring ooople said : • Mies Tonmeyaee. I beg yoor pardea^; bat wfllyoa and yonr partner do myself sbd Lord vinoent the tavour to exohaoga plaeek with oaf Wo partionlarly desire to form a . part of this set/ *Oii. Mrtemly I', said the yonnt l*dy wondering, but rrjoioed to And that she should not be obliged to miss tfa« danoe. They «xel>*nfl*d plaoea aoeordingly ; bat as thpy still stood vej^ juear together, Olandia heard him whisper to his pvtner i >This e▼ening^ I think I wiU mesk to yo«r iftther and some 'other gentlemen aadeydighteathem m to who this fellow rMllyiar OlMdia heard aU this | bi4 oomntaoded hersell Her. faee was pnir as marble { her lips wereitloocUess } bnt her dark eyes had the terrible gleam of sapprsMed hot datarmined iiatred I In Hooh moods as her% fsoflu 'ba«* sometimes planned mat der. Howevar, aho want throagh all the foar danoeavwy composedly. And when tltey wwaovOTi^andliCgrd Vinoant led her to a seat, ske sent bun to feteh her a glass of water, while she kept her eye on the iqove. menta of Oaptnin Bargba, aatil she saw mm dmsdaithis partner on a sofa and leave bar to feftoh a orsam, or smne sneh refresh- aieftt. ^ And then CRaadia arose, drank the loa- water btoogfat her by the visenanr, sat tka ^P^kI^m m a stand and ref vested Iiord vinoant to give her bis arm down the rooByaa she wiahed td spsak to Oaptaitt lITviMooot g wMMl at hOT in torpriaa, m^a* her^fkee WM bloodleMrkat MsriMkcrfollar tofitigoo. V ' *"~ >iko«rlBt -7 down the whole length ot the room aatll •he paased before tha Mfa oa wbioh Mt Mie^ Tnarnvysee and Mveral other ladi<«, atUaded by General lonmeysM, Oaptam Bargheaiid other gentlemen. Barghoetood in f i ont of the sofa, faoing the ladiM and with his back towards Olaadia, of whoM apprMch ho was entirely icnorant. Mho disMarssd M lolo lows I ' Qaitii unfit to be reoeived in rMpeotabla Kooiety, I , aHure • yiju, O neral I Oamo ot a wretchedly degraded Mt, the lowrstDf the low, upon my honour. This fellow—* -^ CUadia tonobed his shoulder with the end of hi'r fan. ■ ^" T—"-- Alfred Barghe toroed aharply around nnd onnfronted IfiM Merlin, andf oa mMtiug hareyM grew m pale m she wm herMlfi " 'OaiitainBaigke,' ske said, mbdulatiag bsTToiM to low aai oonrteous tonem * yon have had the misfortune to ' malign 900 of oar most MtMmed friends, at prsMnt a member of our houMhoId. I ntgret this aa*' oident azMedingly, m it put me undar the painful neceseity of requesting you to iMvethe houM with M little delay m po$- Bikler ' MiM Iferlin-rl—ma'am I' began tka Mptein^ orimsoning with shame api »«••■ ' Tou have board my requMt, sir t 1 have no more to aay bat to wish you a very good>evening,' Mid OUudia, as with a low and aWMpiog courtesy she turked away. PaMing near the hall where the foot- ni«n wailed, she spoke to one of them. My- ing: * Powers, attend that gentleman' to tha frimtdoor.' All this WM done m quietly that Alfred Barghe WM aUa to slink from tbk room, unobMrved bgr-any one ezMpt iko little group around the m&, whmn ho Kkd bMn entertaining with hnealumniM. To them he had mattered that he oroold ^kave Mtis< iMtfon I That ke would call MIm If erlin'b fatkor to a seirere account lor tke importfard Viaoent claimad Ike kaad of Beattici^ and bbowel, smiling, radiant and aaitospioioo^ came in sMrob of Mim TonraoysM, who ae* oepted his head far the daiMe witimat a« hwtant^ kMitati«& * Do you kaow'—iaquirod MfM ToufiMMr* aeob iHik * iitll* tinodtr ta Masttaw r -^^ ^m: 'iir I IfiUBHfARL t m, m tHB I»tf|ttiL' wH*tb«r ^M»- ""§ My matMl jA- Hit* IwtiDNn Bargh* •ad hMuifl--r *|)o ymi know wl|o th»t> Oftpiain |argh« {■ tluil d«i4M4 tb« hat qandrill* irith me?' , . \r. • Y«« ; hall the ada 'of' th« biU Commo- dore Biinttte,-wno w»e A yaUanii offlo^. • Vf torvi <» 1818. ud <>i •MdnMlHid tlie. i^oUlIvy of lahmaolla. And the dMMM-aoaaeeded the oofitrerantiOB. Cbuidiartmain^aittiBg oa tha 8j^%e- ■Ide H^ Ittddletno, natilat the okwf o< the daad^i wh«i.8he wM r))}oined by the via- «>aat,'whodidB«tleaye b#r agatn dariag tbeorening. - '■■■'i^-' Ilie eaHy Mmmer nighta were ahort, sad B» l> was aear the dawn whep tha ^mpaay liMrated. . - > Tkeaarly aiia whole had bean the ttdat iapfeadidaaooaMo: the muMm. nroogh good h^ffort and iltvafor^' The tm* aiau gbea hia wky, * IMr oftadeaoaadaw) pay hia eotftt ■ Tb«1iat the «ni!Biay aay i- Af«, ba the aapMbd what th«y will. ' ^AbdifWtpwwbatlhaypleaaak ' .Tb«yd«^tfanhia|doryatm , 1^ l^biaUiBC iip>« bneat/ the M> at leagtb lihey all, with otta Btloa. aaaaaBUad around the tabla. ^^ y Ifr. Worth r in«airad the I tlMk a «ap of ooflbe aad waat to ; the ,^.^i^itp M the oaaal boor, air,*ratamad f^Mvanii^^ #9 I'M Mtting the eoSae o«tba a eaitf aa tha tabU faat-roem and lai4 fore hi« maater. 'WttV " linnMnaat^Spfiagaid, U.S. A. T" Who tba^^ittiaebiaf ia hef aiudtbe Jadge, reading the name oi| the oard. • file gaatlemaB, air, awra hi baa aallad teaae jaa oa partioalar Midaaw,' ro|^i«d Tbiila a pretty tioie to eoaae oa bad-' Jt I Show him aplato my Oflka, Sam.' . Th« aerrant withdraw to obey. The jodge addreaaad blihaelf tp hia break, faat aad the oonveraation taraad upon th«' par^of the preoeding oveaiajt ^Iwoader whatbeoame ofBargher Be diaappeare'i Taky early, ia tha aTaB|ni|,' aaid IndgaHaAin. . . , •f tamed hiA oal at daorib' aaairared -^aandik-onql ly . ' ' -L -::-,^^-^ ^ -j. ' -'' - . '/ , -, The ladM aat dow« Vkt mm-mf aad ataradat wa daa«hter. , *He deaerred it. papa t Aad aothing on ^arth bot my aex plarented me from givioK '1^ a thraabiag pt wall aa a diaebar|i^' aaid . Olandia. ° 'What baa ha doaef inqairad her lathor. Olaadib told bin tb* wbola. •Well, mf dear, yoa did right, though 1 aaaaony that there khoald hare baen any aeoeaaity Iwr diamiaaingvhim. ^ Dageaeratk' aon^aa^alatbar. will nothing reform biiiii IVwaa tbew>mmeBt of tbe Jadgi^. ' Hr. Bradaaell, who wia frrteniaad bad iMMrd- ^aodia'b., aoooont, waa- reflecting biltariyaMB tha aoaaiqaiaaea of hia own Jgathfid fikolt of baate, viaited ao beavilv kO^MatiapraMb npoa the hand of hit faalfflOi aoa. •Wiittraaid tbejadge^ nalag frMa the tabled *aow I will go aad' eeo what the* deaae ia uraatad of ine by^ I^ratenanto 8priiw...apiinff— Spring ahiakaa I ot what. aver ma iduae ife f He weat ap^ataira and faand aaated in hia uAae a baaldltaa yiratb la naiform, who arooa ited abiatad bia, aaj^i^^ aa ba baaded afaiddd notat ~ '^^v ^Iibaaatha^oaMirljIha tba baarai of a \n»mlg^:ki!i*>hmm .«*i*,aad aaperior • JrUi^l* dbauMdii the JodM. With a frowa.aa blMk aa a tboadar-oioad rad a voioeiiaif ia ita alapi wbi«bBi|dal^ tittle a#^ Jaipip'tnMi Uataai ■ 'A abaUe^ia, air I' repeated tha laMat, aa llt^pompbaedbiaiaalf. ' w by what the deoee do yea apaaa by fiUmtli-^''^* ^^y aoalaated aaaa of Biaaley atill la prograaa, I __ -_ — mwjge. ^\^r aaid the frdjl/ ■mrtahfag tM aajj^ ^l^pM 8MB antetad the bvaalcr um^^ ^w^H' >* «9^ Wbaa hahad tm 'ktipii^a o^H>Uai>f(" to aaat braablafthe law-aaMr Mm very aoaa of aa iHfciiei the be fu I8H1C1IL I OR. IN 7H1 O^tHf. sa it iM looked Ltmntj tho MMMOgtr Mid , Midt . ^ ' ' Whj, doa'l T«a kn6«r U' is ny mIcriii dptj to Mvo 700 tfmatod and toajk to prison. for %rtOf ing mo thisi AV ' * •Str'-^btgui tlM tittU follow, driwiog "lii»flnroo9^*inaa ol lumovr nororNoort to radi iiiibtorfa|(Ss, to ovado the oodm- qa«na«Bo( thobownopts.' , *Hbld yoor ton|a< oblldl Tod know notliinil sbovt . wiMil J9% sro tolkiAg of. Men orkoooor vf vAi' dneilistl^ Imt pesoe- 'sltls sad IsW'Ibiding tiitisena. Uou'i be fri|(htened, «v htt/t* nM^ bontun I I won't luTO yon erreeted this time; bail will ennrer yoor heroic pnncipnl inetesd.^ Lei qa see egsin— what is it bo says? And the Jadfle sat down at bis Writing* kble and oneo nMice road OTcrthoohaUeogo. It ran thoet ^ MvndonjBbose, Md*f. JvMit Mikuii'-Sir t—l hvn been treat, ed wjtiii th«. groeaest ooatanely by , yoor danghler, Hiss daodia Merlin. I <$inand an anple Sipology froan -the yonng lady, or iu defaalt of th^t, the aatisfaotion at agsn- tleinaii front yowrsclt Inaing ,r pur (rietod, Iien«MianrBpnn«ald, tiio beiier of this, is antkoriaed to ieoqMrin ny ^MhiOfall •prpnar apoiojvn that nay be^ tendoMT' Or in the smut of the seoon4 attom»tiT«i.olBHN «d being |M)aooa,l 'most rsqnsst thatyoa will i^r iiy ixtm^ to aay; friiad of >o(na, that tha« suy anange- together tho tonnii^ oar hos^ 4Metia|L . ^ i I hsfo thi honour 10 H 0^0.. ^ Jwf* sailed grimly « belaid this tiiia nbte and pot It into the hands of the v little lieatenaat, savin*, pl ee aa ntly 1 * '* Tberof ky ehild t There yoai are W Take that to yoar priooipel.' '. The Uttle fellow hasitatod. ' ' I hapu, lir, that thisooatains a perfeotly satiafi^otory asology V ho faid, .tarhing It' aroondin his finger*. . '( * Oh, perfects i > ami^ I ' Wo sball hear no more of tneooallenga;*-^ « I am very glad, sir,' said tho llttlf f Ueatenant, rising. ' Won't yon hoTO something before, 'koa • »t\ . • , ' ■■'•_*■ " ' ' ■ -J, '■ ~ The Ueatenant hesitated. " >>i vi«^ ' Bb^ll Irii|f for thoimaid to bring yo« a slioe' of bread and hg^t** and a oap.Af mjlkf ■■ F. ,, ■ • *''■'■■■'■ •ti^ tbipk' y^i.' iir r said^Spriogaid,^ wiih a ktok of omnded digni^. i, * Ver^well^ tiien rrda stast ghrs siy rs* spciptstoyo!<*' P'P' Kind mammar and ask ' tl|em to let yoa oome and play with little Bobbvaad TooBtor Mid^atonl- They ai« aite litt^o^boya I' aaid t^ jadgau so fwf kind^ (hat the Jittle lienteaant, tho^ hiBi:^f' affironted«~aoar«ely ^w i^ what manner toreaent tholUiRMit., , , «jOobd-^yt n* I* he said, with*a vaat sa* saiaptiw of dignity, ail ho str«tted towards thodoor. > ' • V "Ooodday/aiyttttlpfriaad, Yonsoeaap innooent Ut&i^ow IwDogh. Theiffdiol hojpe ithat yo« will nerer again be led'into the siafliyolly of oarrying a oluillenge to fight a ^«el, eq^ia^ to a gray.hoaded. ^Ssflostioe.* • And so' laying, Jodgs Morlin htfwod his visitor oat. ' And it is soaroely aoosssaiy to say ibat *'thosatio> Pfeefeas ofuiasanioatioa aaido aa^ took ap ' Jfadgo Marlia hsardao nerir af »»P«»o»i>iyttit. ^ taefcion of a goaHaiAMB.' His aiswor raa as follows t \ : , -The s^n.liofvoyer. got oat, i ^ Wi-hlagto..Vo«s.,Frii^ Barrfohi^hi. «oon4 %«ro so Mydauhtsr, It, sad rtoH] Merlin, dtdpsffbeily right, sa4T(«]Iy ea^MMhorMt. fhiwaforskiho first alter, native offirad.^ "H^iog foa the apol(Ogy yoa do Bitud is totally iaadaHosahlo ; boti te«tpt th^ seofod oao of giving yoa the satidaotioa yoa ia4iui«T Tho enead «» ^rhpolil rote yoar friead M Depaty Mar^ frowning, who will he propfni to tako yoa both iaio oastody; Aadtho weasoa* «rith whioh I shall iMst yoa wiU be tho ohaUl^g* thai yoa havasMt «o and a wait|»at%yo4rarrosl . Hdpiagthat^his fh#iifootsa*iafiotiMi. V rtohoi^to. Ja4iilMbflvefaUyfoidadaBddiiootod aadOurtaia Bargholad hia oeec^d wore so aMioileasly lMighed»% that they voloatarify shortsa«d the& oarafarkNigh s#4 qpeedliy loft WaOh> ^ETNiMdadlr of that wook tko hoasa waa again oloaad .to oompaay, dariag the prooestofdismaatliai>ho f sssp tion »rooaMi of th^y lestivo deforAtioaa •m raotnrin« em to their ordihMfly wbOr a 1^ aotardmy aftoraoow this lawss o&oted. aad tho hoi of thrit lestivo deforAtioaa Md raotnriag soboraspeot traiMform». tioa was o&oted, fad tho hoosehold felt' thekasolTs* at hoiM aipda. Bai^y Jjbat .evipiag Ishaihel Joiaod the ^uaily «Q»ii pft^ly it««iaat with |pwd, • Whatuit. IaMM>* mcrney will 700 g«K bbiDMirinqiiindtlMiadfe. ^^' *NoiM, sir, OD hw om«. A oonditioaia !•• ihat 1 wM to make ont of my oue wm •Airod n* by the pUintift in the flnt in- ■Unoo. bat of oonne I oonld not ■ p t w i bt a in Juiio0.' . . . 'Humph i w»U,it is of no om tOMrgne With yuQ, lahnMoL Now, tboro mo two mnt MMM whioh yon have fiin^d, wnd ^hioh ouht lb h»TO htqngktjou at laaat a thooMHid doOarib aad wdiok lav* broufiit yeonotbinul' , • ♦Not oxaetly notbinib nneto 1 thoy hmw bMa«ht him fMM,' laid Bm. V •Vamo is aU Twy WoU. bat non^ is b^> tor.» Mid the JudM. , _. ^ •ThoBUMMy willooBMalMln nod tUMk wmU s a«9«r yoa foar. lahmael baa plaoM his eapitaj oat at good intenat, imi^ with tb« bMtsseariky' « „ / • Wb#t do yoa Bwas, Bosf > • " WhoM>_0^eth to tbo po• kot t» th* Losd.' said Be*, nrif ." 'Qsmh thamj^ I hnmph I' aatt*Md th* jatim, woe n*T»r v*ntared to oarry on an •nuin*nt iriien th* Beriptare was qnotad •nisatbiB. VWatti I sappoaa it Is att n^t. And now I b«nr tha^ yoa an «Nm- asTioc that poor 4 tU Toomsy. who fell tlffoo^ th* •?!«■§ 01 Sanieldli sallar, and crippled hijuMlf for U(«w' •Tss.'iaid IshiaasL *I think h* is en- titled to bsavy As in 4ha othortwaoaaas, niy oUeMiiBOt abis ta pav aU a rstaininff fe«, oaditiBafBlaBtajprimii^ea to aaoapl a oqntinjceat aask* I tkrea "irsek gratis, il I wMdsr h««r long r inqairod thajadgs^ a Uttl* sit atidUly. * Ob. not Tory Imul* *lnU*d Isbowsl. *I haTeafansadyraeeiTedaeTeral r*t«iBlngf*n from dients whoare abl* la pay, Ipt whoee ■ llh* 1 ■■ " ' " 'Hiiaqfhlthafakss for aathtair'* labonrs 1 it«ri|lWhiiQ«a tka n .fnnify':Oai.p«t^e •^^d%y.' * ,A>. that moaaent flm door opened and Powers ^a^noedi, ; ; , '■-.:^- ;■■ •LordVineentr ' V:'-: ■r;^ •■■'■■ '^z' .■ ' The risooaBt enterrd ih* drawing-room ; and Isbmaers pleaenre waa oT*r for that ^ jlondqr lahmael't third ease, Toomay T*reaa IMnHald, .*ania on. ' It laated ^reral , daTa.4ii|cl then waa d*oid*d in favour of th*' pl^atifr— -ToooMy reoeiring every dollar of 2a damages elaimi d for him by hia attorney, bia gratitnd* tli* w>f» maa woald havo pHiMia a large sam of moacgr, evaa to one- ittb of his gaiRS, upon his Vonng ooansel ;' bat lahmael. tra* to bis priaeipl* of never gambling in Jostio*, refaaed to Uke a dollar. That week tiie ooart adjoarned 1 and the yoang b tione of tho viaooant { and he bad tnuted in hOr honour that be boliotod wunld nover permit her,, whilo loriog hiniMlf, to marry anot^Mar oron giv** that, other aeriotia eii- oodNVRfieut It b trno abo th«t bo had ■evor breathed hie lOro to Oauiiat for ho know that M> do ao would bo an nnpardon' able ab«M of hi«.paaidon in JTudm Sqrlin'f Umilf, a iagraat brondii ol ooolldenoe, etad a fatal piiooa of proonmptidB that would in< ■ore hie final baniahaiont from Oia^diaV ' apoMty. 80 1.0 bad ttraggtod td oOatnd bit paedon, oaehig alao that Oladdia itrovo td -oonmorliora.' And thpogh nowordapi^aod bet#oen them, eauh know by oeorot eym- p#thy the atato of ;be oUierV mind. Ba laely, ainoe hia brilliapt anoooao'at the uar and tiie i^oriona prOapeot that Opened biifdre him, he had b^n to hope that CiaacUn, oonadona of thoir mn mri rove,' woirid wait for him ontya few abort yeara, at tbo end of whioh ho wdnld bo able to offer her a portion not nnwurthy ovon of Jodaa lleriiu'a daughtor. Snob had boon hia aplondid * oaatio in ^ air.' Bnt now tho tbnndorbolt had fallen and hia oattlo waa in iBina. Gtaadlat whom hi had'bolieTod obi; it not^^paffaaft|ylhi|iiaia. y«l th«> pqroat. noUMrt^aad pcoadwt among wom>n ; Olaa- ^mji^m^m'Um^V^bh o» aolling -hiiirtl-» b a t hB ,trtf e o f a n nntoT o d num Mr-WMilpo of a ntio aad a oorono#4 k>>tMlMaf •. Claudia had atmek fatal blow, net oalf to hia love for her, bnt to bia^bonour of hor i and both love and honow 'won hi thrff doatirthrooal ■ /":•',. '^^ Angniah i« no oompntor et time. Hi might havo aat there half %n hour or half i day. ho oonld not boTo told whioh, when ho hoard tho Toioo of hia kind friond oalling him. 'lahmael \ lahniaol, my lad i irlMt»M» yon, boy ? OuoM to mo r * Yea, yna, air, I am ooming^ ' bo in a wo r odi mocbanioaily. And like ono who haa fainted from tortura, imd raooTored m bewildemMntj ho aroaoand walkod down to the atody. flome blind inatinot ted him atraitht to h ohair that waa aittinp with ita book to thu ^window ; into thia ho aank. with Hu (hoo ^ the rleepahadow. , Judfl(e Merlin waa walking up and down the ^oor, wlib aigoa ^f diatarbanoe in ^i« looka andmaiinora. v JA waiter with deoM» lire of brandy and wine, andaome glaaaea^atood upon thotabia, Thii waa a Tory nnnanai thing. 'Weil, lahmael I it iadone I mv girt ia to bo a tiaoounteia ; bntv I do not like it 1 na IdonOitlikoitr » ' , lahmlal waa inoapabia of reply 1 bat tibi judlte OOntinood : / . ■ ' It ia not only that lahal) looa bar 1 ml^ tarty loot; her, for her homo will bo to another homiephtra^- and tho^jooean will roll botwoeu moandmy aoloohildr-it ia Mk ai< t>gotlier that..-bot, lahmaol, I doi't like the fallow 1 I uovtr did nad Botoltho Judge pam)ed,poarod outa gli» ' of wino. drank it. aaf^ roanmed i • And I do loot kaotf why I do«'t IUm him I that i^ tha worat of it t Hia iia»k ia, of ooanw^ nnezMptitmablok and indaod aMfMli . higher than a jMun repnbttian ttkrmyaaif haa a right w oiqwot in a aon^in^lav t JkaA hie ohairaotef iappeara to b>i> pnqtteotioaablo ) HuiBafood-looking, wott-babaved« intelUi gent UM woU-odooatod young fbllOiT eaoagb» and ao I do not kno*w why it ia that I dont like him I Bat I don't like htm, and that ii* all about it T' 'f he jud||;«t eighed, ran hi* haio«>Md lab- 'KvfrywharaJ* : '.■-. t'v^ /•■;.■• -■ tba Jadga roabol M ' ttra tabta mi oat a gbua of ,b>aady and broaght it #ho-'' waa' W' Hit. abook hia UM9 •iiHSk^SSL Dctak it I drtak It V aafd tha J«lfla, 'lii|.,tbo.Blao». ' ~ '^ Itlllwa<-1 alli^tly #h««l it oA . I • ifidtanw, yoa fboti^ fallow I Ai loia* 1' Toai ava ahtkioig, dost jO« VftnMtA tbo jMlga, fonbg thailMa rtboaplMaditte kH Upa aadawal- iita^wtjiiiti. ^oiftllii>a«ght«f|ipii hip, «i^ «i W «M to aloofioli^ *^*m- w«h UMIiiiaaMitt. Hia bduidy dif- [i«M|il)i«tigk1iia obiltad, dakiagaiid i^iteg fNMlM, wwiMngi 'oiaratinf aad NaAbi^ tho fbbM *'iiinr of Ufa." I |iMmImv« thoio#aa au4i aipilj^ontlvt tkfi timMi' Mid labnUal^aittiiig ap ^ad iiUtaB fN^ aadar tha traaaknt^M* t ia, my bogr 1' nM tba iUgt, tnok tta aaqp^ t^am fitm : aad i f p hl l a it on tha **M«.«Juil hhfi yen kMa doiiig to fMhki yoMNilf to Wm atataf— otttbgap * Bat I am Mua ' voa otmrworh yoofaatt. Ton ahoald aot do it, lahamal t It la aboard to kiU yoartalf for • livtair, fa* kaow." ' •I think Jndga Moriku thai, aoyot ara . ae aooQ aboat to laara Waakiagtoau «hd aa thatraia aoUttIo todoiayoaroflaa, I ahoald ba gra|||fal if yoa woald at oaoo ralaaaa pm fhNB oir anga^amtat aad penait am to laava foar amplonaoat,' aaid Iihmaal, who fait thatitwnald b4%» him tha moat dmidfal trial to ramain in tho honaa aad moat Olaa- dur and Vinooat aa batrothad loram avary da^i on(( ac laat witaoaa thair aianiaM. The Jodga lookod aaaoyad aaa than •akadt * Now, lahamal; why do yoa wiah to laava oia bofora the aEpiratioa of tha tana lor' whiob yoa wan- aagagad t' And bofora lahirihai o6ald anawar that faaatioo, ha oontianrd t ' Toa' ara ia arrof aa to tha raaaoaa yoo aaaica. In tha firat phMM, I am not to laava Waahiagtoa ao aoon aa I axpaoiod j aa i. ia arranged that wa ahall raiaaia hara for the aol«ainiaaKioa of tha marriaga whiob will aot taka plaoa natil tha iSirai m Jvif, And ia tha aaoond pUoa^ iaataad of tliair baing bat littla to do is tba offiea, > ban will ka » graat daal to dtHnall Olaadia'a aatata to bo arraagad, tba fiaoooat'b aflkira to bo aiaat- ia^ laarriaga aaitlamaala to ba «z?oatOdii| I' Mid bkoMsl. ▲ad h» lUMUly wraag Us Mrad% haad •ad Imnrtod fron lb* roo«, for thm «h*t oa« iMMb ,«f mapathir fmai Okodia** fa* bar. lia (alt thai iflia liad •liiyad uiollMr momaat ha alMold ;^va aluHMdt-.liit ■«>• hood aad want I H« huttjmd mn Mo lite Uttlaraan |o •triva, IB MUtada and prayar, wikk Ida graat «orroir. IfMBirhila Mm Jndia took ap li^ but for a walk ia tka op« aar. Ha' kad aol iMn hia daaaktar daa* ka kad givaa kia aonvant to bw battotkal. And ha fell tka* at fat ha woold aok om hor. Ha wiskad to mbdaa bio owB f0alia|t«'af pain and laiiatkaforo niMtiBt kamritk iko ooM(ratalali«M>kiak '< ha visbod to eSif . ^ •AftwaU/haaaid to MibmII, aa ko da- •oaadod tka atafaa, *aftor all, I rappoM, 1 ■hoald dj»lika a«y man in tka world who > ■hoald^ma lo marry Qaadia i m 4t ia not^l tha ▼{■Modt who la in'ianlt | b«tl who am ^ triad to Nad.. B«9 4ba lirtrda^aviipad'M ■ManinK to kia miad* •^Ika ia all I bava la tkia world I' bailgkad M ka laid 'ha papav dowB.' ♦Papal* . ^ r, ',■■.,■.■„*:... Halookadafi. ■'■";■.■■.♦■ .^v:-'.:* Tkcgra aka itood witkia kfi okamWr-dowr Mpraaadanlad iatiB-ian I Tbaia Itwaaaa aba atood^i bar rioh araalM draai of parpb 'oMlra'aallqBat with tha baadaaa of dlamoodi andrallBf bar alaht-blaak kalr. Two orimaoa apoia Uka tba flaak id kaatio favar bnraad Ib kar obvaka, aad kar ayaa wara tta- aataraUy bricbl amd wUd, alwMl Ilka Ikoaa •linatnltjr. ' '"' ' Papa, may I aoaaa to yoa t Oh, I hvf aa waltini^ apaa|i lo yoa all day i aod itaeanw to^M aa ifjroa kad parpooaif kapt oat of tJtF wj. Ari >o« diaplaaaad. p«paf Hay I ooma to yoa now V Ha qpanad bia anna aad aka (pama aad tkraw karaalf njpon bia boaom, aobblnn aa if anraaaoaablal Bat lakmilal I Ah, poor , ^''TjSj.T!;?; *2i -• H^i-.V boylaoorbwl Haa^o forglTa CUaif^ ^Ar.^i«iJr»w2r'JiL>^^'^ if aba W bmf anytbing to d^ with tbia I . 6" ^ *3^5!i,*'r Wfc. u « And «,y.fla..an o«««fort b«. for U^iJf^i^ 2;.M^l"ff I aSliSSJI Bat— doyoa lora him,Qiandlaf . 'HawiUbaanaarL ^ aya nr a i to ba fiappy 1' GHAPTHB Utm. !• BaU» BLM*. i23 _, , _ bar faU baightb Witb bar riak draaa lowiag i Aad bar ayaa aa ftad aad bngHI Aa tba diamoada a;ara tl 4*^Md, boaatltal ftlfbt. Ta% with k»r kifer With •ka ks to iiahad I fer tkaM •laada kaikad Jr.—. BaaatHtoir •a wild Awdilt iTai^ la kif baaa.y al By tkajpomf ofkar '^?'^}l^''^ -^nSktii aboat, rMaonIng wIthkiaaaUaUdayrbttthaooald aonralk otf h|a d apr iMi n a ■MkinR to iatofwi •••d MDOM liar with hia ooBvaraa- «too. Bfi )aat aiftlM tato^*-tou WM gir^w* lB|t nnattppnnabla to OUadta, tlM door •MMduBd Baatriaa aaUrad. ' Too Many ttaMM kad Bau coma in aptftt J«at midb a toto ft'ta a to aoipaot tbal tbaraL waa m&y- tbing mora to tbia ona (ban thtra bad baas to aay oibar for tha laak aix moaiba. 8 >. na- aoDioioiw of tha racrnfe batrotbal of tjbto i«ir. aba, aailiufl, a^oaptod tha ahi»fr tba viaovrtiul plaoad for liar, and rvAdilv followoid CUaudia'a Im4, by aUdwing baraal! o bn drawn into th* ooiwaniatioii. Havaral timai aha lookad n atOaadia'a ftoa, notifiog iu awrbla wbitMiwa I b«ft at langtb ooooludad that it ■i«al W only tbn aflMi of lati* boura, and ao iroppod tha anbjaot from har mind, v I^toaBily tha othar mambara of tha flknily Inmad in and tha diaaar w^ aarvad. OnaTMaK ohair at tha 'abla attraotad ■aaaral attantka. Bat, ah I to ona thara thataaatvaaaot vaaaat i It waa flllad with tha apa^ira of har mnrd' red troth. ./ •Whwaia Mr. Worth?' inqnirvd Hra. Mid'llatoB, froto tha haad of tha t|tbl'-. • Oh I work himaalf into a nar«) us baad> aalmwrar AU^-abyV oonpHoatod bria L I told him how it womlA ha if ha applied him* l4f *d aaiBtoniiittia«ly to bvaint-aa t ba ha VtmldtolMiloilwniingt Wall, thaaa yoang iKthwiiNia maat ^ara by paiafnloxpariaaca ID mi>^ *lMir Mai.' aatd the Jutlga, ia ax« MMtotton* /. '*''Bv«ry «* axfraatod ragrat azoapt OUw- 4i«, itbi andftatqpd and fait how maoh wvm IliM My Madwoha wai tha hiart- ■^^ ^haTkd fof tha thaa •Ml ItMp41i mt •tt«M»h > hat aha diMlattor B« void of iympalby. %ad th« dhMtof , fwa n <» a l» it* aoaelBaien. Aad 5S% iSNifr «ha oMba waa MrTad tha v^. •Miat daaartid* -\ ^^iUtiwl^ uhtoaalUy axtaadad apen hia \m, daipinf hia tamphsa aad waging a allrat war with bia amottaopb Anpdialwbadl^ ■ - i».»- ■■■ '■• antaiad witk a taa-tray fa hit i whidi waa aaatly arraogad a laaaaiilua^ with a traaapamat ■aaaar aad ftoto. Tha wax , »tl« rilvar <*adlaatick thai totVfiitiatn^waa tha only liglHI, aad MMiiitr Mnrod to ibow tha roooL lf*nr"* g**—d himaalf Bp Jatt aaPtoarara Iq^iaiwHRr Th ■ia •id try «a aat I and «' taat maaoaa BpHitt a una oaafda iMllto^tr'.f Mtolitha ataad baaf^ l^*m» kik bad laifvr* to thia% of pla'ad Mna aa* » paat aJ apaakiag ak>ad, ba iq^ ' Who aoat ma tbaaa, Powai* f* ' Miaa IliddUtaa. air i aad aha any tw yon that yoa mnat try la tlmtlt iaa grakt mutiika «' taat baa a aarruoa baadaoba, brongbt aa by fatiipa aad 4zoitamant i and 4Mt( tha naat haat thiat to rtat ia food. aa 'No» BO, thaak^yoa.* rapttai bkmaal, rfariag aad aa(^tilig btmaaif ia a otoair baatda thaataad. Th« toa waa Btroog and fragrant, tbaq|ra«m rieb. tha.aogar oryatalline, and a aingla oap of tha bavaraga ratraahad him, Tha totet waa oriap and yallow. tha hattor traah. and ■tha abavinga of ohippad»baef orimton *>id t rader. Aad ao, daapi to kia haartaoha and haadaoha, labaMal fonnd hia haalthy yooth- fai «vv*ttto aiimototad by all* thia. Aad tha aSal that waabagaa for Baala aaka wu i«i«had f or hia oiro' .. •Toar haad ia battor bow, I hopa. air?' rmpaetfally inqairad Pewwra, aabe proparad taramovothaaanrioa. ' , - 'liaah, thank yoa. T«>n Mis« UiddUiton BO, with B^ reapaota, aad aay how giatofol tiaal for thia kiadattantio»'; , ■ •Taa.air.' . ■.' <--i-- :. '■■ ^-■■ And a faw minataa lator, whaa Fowtra had rataraad with two Hf htod aandlea and piaoad tham oa tk* tabla, lahaiaal, who kaew that aet aa ovartaakod brain hat an aadiaoipiinad haart waa tha aaorat of hia toaUdy, aac hiaMaU to worit aa to a aavera diaoipliiM. aad workad away for thraa or foar hoan with graat advaataga t lor, whan at twalTo a'oioek, ha raftirad to bad; bo faU aataap and alapt aoandly liatil morning. That ia what worit did f^IshauML, Arid work will do aa maoh for aay ooa who will try it. • ' \ ■ ■' Itiatrttaia th* morniag ha atriktto a of wto t hat the day Tiad ilaaito work BlBk Ha far. akfa*t*i with Ba* tba b*d. to diaoiplina i link of me thia tad har father aad th* JacMa, irhtt-mifht th* a* h* 4pitem- Miy «*nb«n cf th* himi^pemmm «• ItBMABL I OS, IN THE DIPTat takki m4 liMi IM wmtmm Oiv Ball. «k«9«i*IUMtMiappouimMliHtb hmDU. )ri«i MteMjr. TiMt poraUig th* •n««K*iMBl b*tWMn Lord VlaMSI amI O kudia warn fornial 7 •wumM«4w ih« Iftainjr oirol*. Aad Bm •iMUtMood Um Morat uf biiM»« oomaauood. Hra. Middloton »nd OlMdU wtnk to Naw York to order tko WMtili'ig onta . Thoj wwo ooM • WMk, MBd whoii th«y rottrood, GUkIU. tkodfth maoh thinaor in MnOt, •Moiod to h«Yo rMovcrod tho bloom kmX Imd boM Arigutoocd away by (ho viaooanl'a tn% kiM. Tbo grwkt ratpopaibility of tko k.a room tria oioaad ap wilU tba uezt day, wbila- tka Umilr took tbdr maala in tb^r amall biaakfaat*Momi Dwrini tha avoainf, idaMraa from a dia- r'aeaamvad and wara rxwivad by B«e. who •undaotad tbam to tbair (oobm ftr tbia inroad of viaitora Baa baraalf. witb tba Uttia aiatar who abarad bar bed, w«ra drhrao iip iate «b« aMia to tba plain qi»»ra room Boart to IdimaaraowB. Hara. aarly in tba araniiig, aa ba mi at bia work, heaoaldbaar Baa, wbo #oakl not aaglaat HtOaUilbr anytbing alaa in tba world, i«okiag and aiugiiig liar to pleaf. And bb- ■Mol, ^00^ wbo bad |aa( Uid dowa bia pan baoaaaa tba waning light ao loagar tnablad ^J^ 5^**' ^^ ^'* 9mt kmUa aMlbad byBoali — - ■ OUAPTBR LXIV. ■Mlppl hSw M .»■ 'as' *..« •y^ , /*fj^ wHl'-^W 'f Ay. Udy, bara aloaa ' Tom may thiak till yo«r haart m brofeaa. Of *ka tore tha' ia dead and dooa. Of tba daya that witb ao. token, Fur evermore are gonr. Weap^ if yon oaa. I beaaeob yon I Tkara'a no one by to eaib yon t Hia heart cry oannot raaoh yoa 1 Hia Iwva will not diatarb yon t''-^^' Wmp^T wh4t oan weepiag taach yon f — Mfredith, Sitting witbin tha ^oeaa of tba dormar window, aoethad by tha gntbering darkneaa of tba qaie , atarlight nigbt, and l^ tbr gentle aadr no«e of Bae'a low, melodiona voioa. aaabaaong her baby-Blater to aleap. lalimavl ramain4*d aoma Httia time longer, when and* denly Bea'aaongoeiuad, and aa heard bar ezolama'ioB of aurpria# : 'Olaodia I yon no bare I and already dreaaed for dinnt- r I How well yon look \ How noh that maiaa-ooloarad .br<^da ia I And how < Ifffant that apray of diamondaia your bair I I never aaw yon wear it bafoia ! Ia it 4 naw pni ohaao f ' * It ia tba viaoonnt'a pptaant. I woar t$.' tbia »vaniag in bia hononi I' * Aow baadaome yon art, Lady Vbtaant I Ton know I do not often fla'.far ; batraally, dandia, all tbe artiat in ma dalighta to oontampbta yoa I I nevar aaw voa Willi anob brilliaol ayva, or aooh a baaatifol oolonr I' * Brilliaatayra I beaatifoiaoloar f ba that ba I tba flrat phranur. I think I Tbe laat** wall, it pogbt to ba bean ifnl J I paid tea dak is ^ ItHlUIL I OR. IN tta Dtmi. •Ill B« hmti Bm nmn to hw f\f. &• hMrd Obiidia ikrow b«n«lf M»r .' • ' 0lftu4i« 1 imur OUnai* I «h» ;« to tte ' ■MtUr wtdl y«« t Wluti 0M> X ^ fir yo«T' •SM«tv« ny ooatdano*. «ii«t Ui Hmt My mmImmmi I I nut toll W4y. tf 4toi I wish I wi* • 0»lholU •adi hud • l*thw >wi i iw nr . wh* w4wM lM*r •« Mid «iMr*r« ■•. •■ ■■ Mtoa I' Apd «tlk thoaalaat wordaakaatllaiiali' taaia aM iPapt aa if Ika foanlalaa^«r bar kaan woia krekaa ap id_jaaklnff liiaagk kar ajraa. S Mi biai. to€^ aaal •. JiRiU* la. aMny ia«id< waapiag. Ui laa. whfepoaaibl* for bm onoa I I ak I aotiat, aovar aioia t Flllad with Iha Mabitioa of jMoUarlhavaaaat nyoalf oat of that Vm^wJ. At* i^l •iMl I haTO Laolfer^ aakHtoa wllboat kto atraagtk to aaiar T *OUaZaldaarObadtot' r ia«aiNd Ika! 'Da aat apaak la Mai Lat aaMkl k farlMMtapaakavilal It ianatoaly tUt I da aat to fta kto ir i aoa ani i kat a k. B aa I ika«iaik« iaiha pialoagad loitoa nttarabla woo, *I lava aaatkwl r liy datMMnaed ta ba a patraoa «l mA I Win bo «% wkatarar Iha mumm UMMSML , OE. IN THI DIPTHA flUL fnandl Up I VM • Md4«a n«rwMal m4 Cib M« froai yo«i Obi mtmI I MM lagr By iMud apfNi ytmr Up MMB, B«», MUl Mb ««| All thka Mfvldk bMc I I«ut or ny hMrt will bttnt i I lor* I^liauMl I Hi* kTv* it II Biftvcu f.«Mt than ay kmiI I II it. iotu influltad* I Tb«i« U Ufbl, warmth * m4 ltf« wb«r« IsknMl is i darhiMM, ceia- and aarauoa «f p«aoa, that for th« tiaa I format all tha aia and horror tbat anvalopaa and onraaa inv Ufa I Bnl la |i^ hia haloved wifa i Oh, Baa I i aaoaol laagina in tba Ufa ol Haavaa a dlviaar hMpolaaaa i han ▲ low. baJf-aafpraaaad And Cia«4iaaealia«ad t 'It ia a l0ra Omi all which !■ bai* la mvaatvn awrovaa I Var ab I who ia lika labaaal t Who ao wiaa, ao good, ao «a«- ful f Morally, iala loolaally ai.d p^yaioally * " >l mara Iban IhaL > I Ha ^ haaaa to aalp ha iMrfaally ary frwn Baa. htNlifall aa a ObriatiMi aad yal ba faaMaaa I' Tbara «M a law aoand^of al laat by Olaadia, who raatlad ap t« bar faatt Myuif t •Tbar^ltiaaaalF — if yoa apook tbo froth —I oaaaot balp it» aad I do oot oaro. 1 am Mnbitiooa I If I immolato aU my w<«anly iMliugi to booomo a poaroia. it la aa I wooU oortaioly aod mtblaoaly daatroT ov«antloman I Bia mother mnathaTO boon paio and iovoly and loTing 1 bia fathar good, and witoaad braval olao bow ooo«d Ihoy have riven thia aon to tha world i And did you forgot, Clantlia, whoii yon >pok« thoae emol woida of him. did yon forgat that only fUttlowWIo ago yon admit ad that yon lorodliiia, and that aU wbioh waa bait in yonr natara iHPprovod that lore f . 'No! I did not and do not forgot it I It Woa and it iatmal Bnt what of thatT I may not bo ablo to holp adoring him lor bia peraoma azeellenoo I Bnt to bo Wo wifa— tho wi>* of ar-homhla I' * Bavo yon forgoiton, GUndia. MmToidr St^Ej^Y^ ' IMniA M . I OK. IN TBI DirrH& « few misBtM Mte /«■ Mid IIm« yea ooaM n«««oaociT«uf ft 4fTiMr hftpfii tltaa «• •Koi IlMv* mC fonottta itl lad I •poke ik« trath 1 b«t Huit Joj whteii I oould tto kMfilT •jrarMlatt Mn Mt«r, mvw b« miM I And tbAt (a tlni mtant ef bit mtd- ncM I for I in nud, Bm I And, ob I I mm* hvN t».aight with mr torn and bl adiDg hMrt I torn and blMdiai iron tbo drmdfal battle b»two(»a lov* aad ^d« I oaui h«ra with B^ mibriBg hoart I aiy pinfal h«art if yoa win t aad 1 Jd it oa yuar boMU to ha ■oothad I Mid 70a bava tikk«n it and flang |tbaokin njrfaMl Tea bavo brekon tlii» bruiaid rMd I q««»«h«d th« aBMUng las I hnnMfd »ba hanbto I amittaa the feUea I Ob, Bm I ]ro« have baoa mora emel (haa yookaowl Oood-byal Qaod-bfal' And abd tarnod and fluug honolf oat of the rooBi< 'OUadia.deMr(SaB.lialfh, forgivoaial I «*W.no« "iww to woaad yoa j if I •poko Uanhlf ii, was bwMSH I tolt for he b I (Sua. «*a» eoBM hMk. loT« V oriad B««. hnrrjing aftea^bar 1 baAOIatodia waa gone. Bae woaid have fUlowed her ; hat IittbLa'a Voice wm hoMrd ia pUiative notee. Bee lataraed to the roon taflad her little aiatar Ijiag awake with wid*H>peaad. frightMMd eyaa. oLOh. Bee! deaH do! aad dnat let ehe t«Ae hat. Sheataraa I•- ^-■\-- "BaV-- "■ , ■ .■' . ■■ Bee gnitly lifted the tittk om aad aat dowa ia the roekiag-ehair and began' to rook elawly aad aieg eof tly. Bat preaeotlr obe atopped aad whb|»rad t 'Babyl' • "Bt, Bae.'* *]>o yoa love eawia Olaadiaf J * ft.^i* •'••**^"»" »P •ndeiaawae j doB^t let ibe tooM adain. BW. ^ '90, 1 will not , bat poor CUadie la aot poor Olaadia t fle bean lit U otaildrep Uke yotti . : *1i|,teUM what to lay. BeOw' Aad witaeat aaadMr woH the Uttle oaealid «Ma, jaeUag bir aiippie toiUt befoM fiiif ta the MlMa t^ Joia the gaeeta OEAFTBR LXV. Aad with another 'a eriaia ny birth She taantad «• ao little worth. BaeMUM,JbrMMtb, I ooaM aotelaiai The iawia ht-irabip of ny aMae t Yet were a few abort eaauaera Biaa; . My aame ahonld more than ever abiae With bonoera all aiy owa l->J|y»aii. lahaiaal eat ia the elwdowa of' bieroL— OTerwhelBMd with aiiOBM aad aorrow aad deapair. Hehad hiard every eraal word I they had eatered hie eeri and piereed hi* heart i Aad aot oaly ier hine^tf he bowed hie head aad eerrowed aad deapaUad, bat for her I, for her I proad, aelflah. aiafal, bat leviui, aiid oh I how fataUy beloved I ltwee«eteo|y that he worabipped her with a bli«id idolatry, ead hi.ew that abe retamed hie peaaioa with eqaal etraaffta •ad f^rvoar, aad that abe woeld liave wai ed for hiai loag reare; and aiarrit-d him at laet bat for tb^ elead apon hia birth. It wee net tbiar^pt hie owe laiaery that eraebed biai, boreveahiirpreeent wretehedaeMthat preetrated him— no t bBt it wae the awfa), abapeleea abadow of aome iallnite anatter* •bio woe ia ObMdM'f fatare, aadiatowhioh •*'* *^ Wi»' tibmael, whiah I aaght ta oedy it ia the eld bve •* makee am ibraet- fljyaeU. ead etll jma wliBt I ae«l to in tU eld daya, begMwe Mr. Wortli .da eeem ee la»9eBieoafw4Mi«ylaryaa, -t mi l$mU9L^^ UtTBE VMtrtIB, «I4 lnMa9«i4 1 lte&# «r tttt fri^ fcrttjj •OMt tat«rM* fHk b«ft vhieb I «UI«4Mt •U«ir 10 MfiiMl* M. #l»tw«i«yM *b ot W My, *^^^ •t yowr «i«»« 'any tl»«, •«»•■ ""^a^- »| wmild suit ywi. .if i htmufj bfc*« HghUd » tiimf room* Md Mt "r «*»»•*« <**«! Mt^ Wbieb itia pvl bMk M Hiwr ^mmnoI llMtor Wiltor. wbo k txp'«t«a hf tk« riz oP«ln0k train ttiw •*•»«»! t Mid Itm it watWR ioitlMliatlnnd Iniu't foiMiy«liing v«ryvnrti«1»r to do for •«• qnk honror m.^ •V^ w«IL Jin, iM *i«i ki «»» obi^ ' and toll ml wUftTM «nn« nM to wrtto/ Mid IthmMU atotlH MnMlf IMotn hto dtok «nd diMlnitUa^MiiBltik. . - , „ ^^ irWil wMn ftonll «»ttor In itMll . b«t i»«M«iMrMtoritol«9fMMiiDM,tMtoprt •iidolifaewnpoi«MUi1^«>pigfiMk toltttorMt Mm Otea MwMlf in Hm ««itM« of-«Hi>«9blM« 'oMMtWii Mwrtnr* who inVok«4 Un aid. laliaaa * Ijf irw thiiii ' jtl ft i* 'Wall. MMtor Hiiaiaal,' aaid tlia poor ._»«W. *To« know what to toy « hMp liatior'nl do. d'Mir Salu'taaan -nobody y«t m t }ikm itarV^T oU MoilMr and lb* yoann lady BOloolP M aba knova Vat «M provaa ot i lob, nit, II aln^l nobody alto bnt voar own fallow. *To« know wbat to *^ t^nl do. Wiito II bMnUM, (I^om.' •iMtnajHMMatoyaMrba^liBB, Md Ihanl wii) So tbahaat7!Ia!^& labaMal. whoffOMMaadtbotava |ift o' dmwinf ont J^OM'r.bata fba bMt. Ibat WW to Ihait T^*WaiC*; I lUnhan haavot ■? po«r •it iMlbor. I d6Nt 'mmMtM »«»f *o did far aa wban Ivms bqr ••^T^S^M ilaMrbtdydoMiorbor Mw, Md tf «ba & fHtmtoMa dt^wn ^fod I WMto bto to d^am tban at Tbitglowood. ' iliMdnoltoba bbtoailiiftoto toyMlyfora fawMotoaata Mdtbaiiloahidtp. ' •Wbalalaaf.Jtoif :, 'Wall.' tir, toll b«r aa I ham anvad n iMap of Mnrr fof bar Mi'k tWtiaaaBii fb ghmaan aUdo MV^OhriattoaiS and FU btatittoh* wbM I natoa down* - w blab «hi ola ^totoa ^ lovo nwnoy, aif, bottor IbM m4» aMtbtog to 4bla vorid. 'Mpl tft io Miaiidold»antora»dlliMOlandto. And SnHw whal aba VMla aa to' Mm bit 'Kaj ftWi tows, and wbalbar aha vwld Uha » airtth •adgtotottottyidlowaMb^, -^ ^ i«!^^ Ubwii toldown thiann« ltoiM« ap^ ! tU «rna dont k»ow a apinntng w^l fr^a liamm I ik' ^ka ola laliHwl wratoaadm lookod np. Poor Jitt, abaorbad in hia own aflbira, did not nolioa how vti* tba wfltor^ fuM bad grown, or anapaat how of too dnring Iba laat few RiinntM ha had awbbad bim to 'Iba hoort. •Wall, air. thai la all I thinli, Maator lahMaaL Only. Maaaa^ air, pnt i« all down in yonr baMtlM latagMfa to aiakM the ladtto ary wbM yn— nv nai a Jamea MadiawlIoaNalforinMfr;^ • *Taa.Jtni.* •AndplaaMdirtotit to rina Marin MofliMr. Moal ._. by f rianda. nut Xatia. m bia honaakaeper al iTMudawood. ' lahnMOl aOMpllod with bla Nqnaato m far M diaatoiiaii flMraaiMad* •AdfMwrai^ plaaaa, toad it iU. Mt niMdtoina. MloMbaar bowrtwnad.' labMMl ooMVUod wllbjUa voqnaat alao. nnd nad tka loHar alond^ tba inaianM ' ■ " * ~ ' * ' hia Oatha- Mlkd ^,^ 4iv totlhtoitor aha nitti gal m lJi'to%a Mgli to ^ na*^a#otioB witU 1m wm iotumipttd I»t Ml* ilopi^Bg dr • OMrri*fiL tk« ringijig of a door Mu and tbo aoand of ••addon ArriTftL • Tli««|V Maitw W^ltsr Ifiddteton now. •■ nuw •■ tiM world I I nuwt ran I Dinnorll bo pat on th« toU*. •oon'o oror hah oluuuMd hit di«M I tin • thooHuid timoa oUaofad to jov. air,! mil Indaod, •▼•rl^atkic • bU ated ( I wMh I oonld provo it boom ^! Motborll bo MTflMMad I' And tolk- ininli tha wmj down-^tein, Am took biia* ^Iluidlil«doifhtowi)f^. i dghcd. and .mt^m to droHfbr flto klndaoM b^d not boM withoat rd. Tbo Utilo diTortioaSMBt of* im'o ktt^r M doM liim good. Blawod of loving kindnaaa whnt inin« •riflg •ngals •ra thar to tba donor •• wdl tbo rooafrwr I With foma dagm* of aalf* iMa labvaal oomplatod hS toilat, ond to kofo Ua rooa, whon ^a aonnd ■onoono mobiag ap tho BtynUka •' itod hit atopa. Tkan avoioo ooandcd oatddot Whiob ialibnmdi'aroonif BethorUOh, it is I' and Baali door wo« 01 addlabwMl, •■ aoon aa ho oonld got ia • • ■■ htt Moiidt i * No I onliM 1 Ah f- now I'm right.* I And tho «oiit instant Waltifr Middlatoa JNlinoMui tba door Mid raahodin, azoUim 1 1 hSNi J*mM% old fallow I ^ hiass - i.i *^^^W^l-^ •« aa« yoa I Yov om atiU tho flr.t lo«« o< mj hUH, UhmiSA I yoacPjpthiubMnot oVan^^woal- to dispata^jowr onigi» vm him. •5» F**? I bo?o hsMrr of yoar sao* WM'tMiloriMslTos'koa'aplandid Uow. lahnuMl. Mid I'm pro«d of jron. to* >jrWoBaoifyo« WMt hor. I olw^y^ Mfht than wm • ba«bf«t UadOMa Im. ^raop iMtwo. > And ilMraiai't • nasrtn in t^a won why von ahooMnlbnvo hor. And tba TrinooaaOhra- 'Ifaf Oh, IlM waU enoagb. KoogbtV navat in d«ngMr. IN a Jn«t gradoatad. ydn know I wi h flio bigh«>at honoon, thay aay. Ify thada won tba graat priaa 1 that was baoMUM Ton wsra notln tba aoma oIms, yon know. I hnvo my diplonut itf my pooimt < I'm on M. D. I I OM writs mywaf dootor. •ndpdsoo paopla, withont dnofor of baing triad for mardart isn't that • privilagar Now M my anamiat takaearoof th^moalTts I Why don't yoo oontgratointa Ha, yon—' ' t do^ with all my hsart and aoiiL Wiiltar I' •Tbat'arigbt I onWI IM to drag it from S«. Wall, aolln to bo "boat man'Cto la noblo bridagroom. Too mnidi bouonr. I am not propMod for it. On« ^- » ^ _- .jot gat rsodyfor gmdoating and manying at ths same timo. I don^t think I hmw got a thingflt to waur. I irroto toBaa to bay mo awna fba shirts, and aomo stnds, lind ^oras, aadhandkaftbiafa. and hair oil, and thioga pft^rldf^tbo oooasion; I wooddh if *I dont know f I know that absuhaa bssi avarwhalmed with omc for > hsr Boyal afghMSs, basdawbtalonLhMsbor Wall, yon k«tt har^ wotd. Bat, I sny, how sro If How d* fon^wsfr yov honoomf |fowdtthotomi.nd tho bays bsonmsVwr 1 Sid lo' «s bavo a look at yon. ' H^ tbo afboliouta fallow mttlsd on, ''-'-'-1 holli Ish«a«l% haoda •vscyothor . ^ .■■5* ^ ^^ tilkad WmmII fsirlT ■tof iiiasthi ■ , - ^: /AiidhOwanyo«,daar Waltarl Bat I itt month, too mnoh oars, for a |^ so it is Jast poasibls that aha baa bM^no oppor^ tnuity. Indaod aho baa had a grant cbaL to think of and to do.' /T^ 'Oh, it wont hart hor t aspoomUy ill ooiuiota of proparationa for tho woddUig.'? Abilttang. ' TbMs now, lahmaal I , Tlm9 ia ihil diabolisaldlnMr.bsl], Ton may look 1 >rt itistraot ajjdiaoor-^beU that plada oat at ssvon o'OloA in ths sTwdng,> adUaboUsnl dinnst-bsUi AtooUsgs wo dina at twalvo mari^ iharpi^^idraap at ai« I It ia draadfnl to sit at tnUo a wholo hoar, anA bo boradbyassing o|ha| psopis sal^ s»4 MO* tsndmg to oajr yon^y, whon yov- oio not hongqr I Wolli lhaio% no bolo far iti Oumo down and ha borsd, labMasL^ TbsywMitdtnriiinto tho Aiiwingrooai, whsoa jnits^^ largs drolo of osar temUy oonnooffons WON aaaamblad. *^ Woltar Middlaton wna pvsMntsd to tho yisoimntYineaat,whowaotho only 8tn# gsr,-to bim,' praosnt, Qlandia waa tbsts looking ss «i^^ \ tg sdfpoasessad nidquaanly ss if she had not pssssd throa«h a stotpi of pasdoo two hoars baforc Ishmad ^mmwI at her Mid saw^lks ohaaga with •masamsnt. bat ka dand not trastUmsdftolookagdii. Tbo dioMT party, with oU nndor rhssOrfpss. pamad otf tUa Im tr» 18H11ABL I OE, IN TmBDBPTHB. in tba i|H|ddinf day. *^"'i'-v' »ip|. MAMUAOl MOBJIWa. ■ I tnwt th»» nvrtr man in this wiwld** ihad* ThiM eywi will b« upon um | njw iBor« Thy !••• «««»• *>•«•«> to ita*. lp» ^oo* :%:- hianuid* ■'■■ Mj whol* tors t Vltft li«no«« wd b« forgottriu ..Sing i fay tODgt And braid thy Itrow, And b« beloved «nd l»»utll«l—«nd b« InbMatybalefal atiU...* Srrpent Qnoon To o.lww not yet •ant m loriuf the«_^ wlMUBinf islnil 1 i#olM. Aftw • mtbM nifh^ followed by an honr'a •omploto forgotfnl* Bfta, that moN Marly reeembled tl» 'Woo* of ozbanatioii than tho aloop of hoaltb, Iih- ^1 awok* to a now lonao irf wrato h ed n aaa. TYoa-who haTo aaffslrad know what Noh ttlmkaaingi acf. Toa hava aaon aoma ona daarar than Hi* dia; hat hoara. days, or woaka of ospaetation bavr gradvally pro- paMd yon for tha laat aoene i and thoa|^ iroa bava Mon tho dear pne dia, and tfao«||ii mn bavawopt yowrMtf half blind and )ialf daad. yon haw riapt tha alaap of ttttor ohlivi«m wbioh ia like daatb t bat yon hara gl y|| awaitonad andtatnmodtooonamoaa- •M* «#!■••( ^••'>^ <>' memory and tha I ol •onow a thoaund timaa more oyer- a th« fimt blow of beiaato- iboan. ■ ' ^. ^ Or yo« haTo baan lor waeka lookmR for- ward to tha parting of ona ;«rboaa preaanoa ligkt of yoar day*, ^d in ■wkini ffcoparakioaa for that ayant tha thooibt w«omiB«aoparationhaa baan aoma. wbatdiUodi WintltataU laraady I tbo launi^t hniioma i yon all aapamto and na to ML iHtk tha matnal injj^netion to ha tn'eariy in tha morning for the aah«.of mo- mt * bmi '—it amy ho lomo hraTa volnplMr ^tothn«yiw-at,altor lying aiMto uai^ M nidkt yon anddenly dnmmto nclm forvatlnliMM of impending griaf, and into oom* rwaat draom of plaaaantneaa and V Maoa. Ton awake with a itart ; tha honr Nkaa ooma i tha hem- of pM^ing i tho honr of Yoo. whatoveir tho wiaf may ba, it ia in tha howr ol an^ awUaninga wa ftol it moat AnaWMit with Iihmaal. Tha hwtant baawoktftho apoar itf mami^cy trsatflzed hiaaonU gfeonl^^^haTe cried ,ont in hia Lnay. It took all hia manhood to oontrol ETpate. Baaroaf aii4 dramad himaall andoOaiad op hii morning .woiahip and wont to ha b. enkfaat-ruim. raeolvtdto pam ibfuugh tha day a flwy ordaal, ooat him ; whAt it might 1. ', ^ 1. Clandia i^aa not, at braakfaat. Ih faol« „ ah* aeldom or never appeared at^the br^k . laat table } and thia morning of all mominga . it waa quite nainial alie ahanld be ab«ent.^ Bot Mra. Miajiileton and Ber, ifadM M«rlin. Mr. M ddldton. Mr. Bmdeuell, Waltw and lahmael ware preaent. ItNraa in urder that p (iple ahonkt be marry on n mankkge mom* iiig: but aomehow or oth»r that ordei waa not followed. Judge MorUo. Mra. Middki- ton abd Bee wew nuuanally «*▼• and ailenti Mr. Brudanell waa alwaya aadt lahmael waa no ooaTontioaal talker, and< theielota, ooald not aeem other than he WM —very aarioua. It waa qnito in rain that Mr. Middlaton and Walta#^ tried to paatteni itiammhalf-paatnina.' ^ And that meana w«.bavf hut an how to trard ia put on our wadding garmenta, ' aaid Winter. ' Be* bnva yon got my flna(fy ready T «Tou wiU find averything yon require laid out on your bed, Walter.' , - •You ara tha baat Ujdile aiatar that ever waa bom. I dmlbt tHfatEer I ahaU l^t lah- mael, or any one elea, have you until I net a wife ol my own ) aud evni then I dont know hot what I ahaU want you home to look aftor her and the diildren f rattled Walter, oarelaai or unobaarVaat of tha deep- Uaah that mantled th^ maiden a , ftoa.' • lahmaol,' aaid the Jndgo, • I ^Hah^yan to take the lonrth aaav in tha^ oarria«a vrita myaaU and daugbtor and Bentrito. -Will y^udoaof ;"• . ^ .■"., Uhmaal'a emotiona ntot^ ohokad him, ithaanayravadi ; ■ : ^■.■.'^.- ,*Ortninly. if y«« wtah.' ;... > ' The four hHiteamaida will flll'tha aaaond iage, attd Mr. and Hra. Middlaton. Me. Brad&ett and Walter th« third. I do not kno^ the arrancemanta niada for our outer friendat hot I dare aay it iaaU right Oii. lahmael. Ileal aa tho«|^w« wore arrangiag a piooeaaioa to the^vo i>l»»tod ol totbe altor.' ho added. wi3 a heavy aigb. Then OTrniatinghimaeU,lia«aidi < Bat thia to aU vary morUA. Sonomarp And tha Judge wrung. labmaal'a hand ; and aaoh w ant h i n aa p aiaia way to d raaa for tiM wedding. >■ **• uHmiE. i ok, or tbi DiPtHftv ■ r . " m |fM»wUM tiM brkU^Mt Ml abav'ia tm i l«)airMM4tMriiifraMk ft^ AMpad iMr, «Mt jMwl evwr taMta. ^HHF ■Bdiliad^UytiM'WlMdid PMm»bira|nP «f ii^Md«i muilliM. boh— til ViMnriM «f BobMituMi ohiaa. B«ttii«brMkfMt wfsuitMtfduid ftfnptton. -^ ^^ nMr« WM ao OM 1» w»toh h«r { ah* bad ^tetiprMaid mHvf wiCb ordtra no* to M- twm oatil auBBonttd bj bar h«U. Attd BOW, wbila bar foffaa onbaadad graw aold. aba awk, laanlnc forward ia bar aa«y- obair, witb tiar baada tigbtly alaamd to- M|l|bar1>var bar' kaaai^ bar ivmblad Madk nngiata iUlaB doam ajpon bar draaaing-goim, ana tiar qraa flarad opan and llxcvjn a draadfid atara 1^ tba far diataaoa u If apaU>boa»d by aoiaa borror tbaia. To hava aaaa j^r tbw, knowing «bat aba wa* a brida-«lael^ yo« nigbt hkf Jndgad tbatabawaa abo«t to bb fproadintottoma , loatbad marriagak ^md wbiob bar wbok nawra ravdiaC And ^on.woald bava Jndgad tmlj. 8ba waTbaing tbna foroad into aBOb a niarriaga, not by any tyramuaal paranti or gnaadkaj for iaab aM blood ooold not bava forata Clwwiiil MaKUn' iMio an? aoaaaiuv aba had •at bar frUlagainai Sba war foroad by th« daaw-^'rada. -ItfM baa 'mmm poinaaiop of bai Jionll lad n«# aba firt alMa witb h« aba. dia^ ~ Imt bdtlMr'aa^ (M#to Imo nr'W'jMilranaa of^nii. %rriata witb aaavw ilbMn qoiUiagi. * Wby» OhMdi% li iliMMibla t i|«t aeai- maaoad draariag frt aad idMrMy aW vMdy. aadiba doak,OB tbra atMRaoftanl ,Wbat baTajoa haai ttOBkiag ^ MMT Olaadi#atar«ad Ukataa aa frwB alinpi tbiaw bacAaada t» if to olaii^ away a auat, aad lookad BntXra. IfiddMMhai * Hon I AHaal laamL ^0«nn 1 Wbaia art yaa* aiy daamf : icMivi^aa MMwar. ib; imr Wtbo ball aad laaic iTaiMl bnagbt Oaafia'b aaid^ ia tfcayotag of all with bar Sbawaa. Middtotoa— : draaa rob» jBowmnibaad baariad ta tha Lattyt 'Bath I bati» ia tfca yo»at li^* la aai' 1^ aqr" MNafliBMata ,.«ad arit tb^ { M>o6n «a foaaiUa I Miaaliarlin ianotya Ui taia d l' ^ ■. „ .Tli«|^ waal oa bar arraadaad Mra. liiddUtaa\t«mad agala to Olaadia. ^Notavanrattnyonrbiaaktaatyatl Ob, OUadia I' aad aha ponrsd oat a iap of ao^ and bandad It to bar niaaa. m And OUatUa dnuik i^ ^taeanaa It waa aaaiar to du ao tban to axpoatalata. A« tba aMMaont that Olaadia ratarn«d ^ anp iba douir ^panad and tba fonr bridaa- maida antarad-ndl draaa«d In ioating. oload Uk*, miaiy wbita tnlta, and o#ownad witb wraatb* of wiilta roaaa and boidiag boaaaata of tha aapM* llay laid doara thair bongnatib draw off thair wbita |doTaa aad flnttarad aroaad tba brida, aad witb thair bnqr Angara q} fakly draik d bar lazariant blaofc hair, and array* ad bar atataly fona . ia bar aafar^Md^ draaa* Tb|a draia waa aomfoaad of aa andarakirt «| tba riohait wbita aatiaaad aa n|ppar roba «f tba flnasi TaUnoiaaaa*. laM loofad af With boaabaa of orange flowwfa. A bartba of laea fall OTOr tba aatm bodioa. iuad a long vail of laaa flowad from tha qaaaaly baad down to tba tinv fQoi A wraatb of anuMia flowara, apnnklvd war with tha mr daw of amall diamoDda. ortfwnad bar Ua«k ringlata. And diamoiida adomad bar arok, boaotai, anaa and atomacbar. Bar boaoaat- holdar was a nddad with dMuaooda, and bar to^tiala oa the wh|i| valvat aovar of bar StKfw book warinKaiad of tiayaaad-lika ianonda, ' ■ '/**^ , '■ . ' Hoaoter ign qaaaa oh bar bridal BMra waa* aT^r mora ri^ly arrayed.. Bat^tdlil bow daadhr pid« abd oold ab* wm I ' Thai a f' tbey>ud, triam|iba|tly, wh. n thay had flnidiad draaainft b«r, avaa to tba anaagiaf l^^^oaqaat l« B0« frska, in #hfi9li Im wiif •MMA jmI^ wwrt «f to i««M4drairltelltt|ylrUto--|laf««dhMid ■% •kdtr.kia ink. ««dial|ra(tM' tte flit h«r MlMfwl la oraif* '^ r'fld#l^^;ilM ;«MlMiiW;«Mrii«iii.4ii^^ the fajifasiii^ ; ' Biii' iarriyM' tii|i'Siip||i#- iM frlMds iMptaillMt «toin iMlMd«l ItliMfc apPlli« «omIumu MW «l llM««Mmi# iM^ »^ iMife^oMrfi, Mito ki»li)a Mito ■« anwti to liTliM MoeUk V^ f lifc* • f>Mnl M • iM4i^^^ d loiadl Wr «^l«4fi •■• C f> H i li ^4^ * j'iiMac With »''OhMiM> podti .flaMiMpri-- 'j: ||^^th#tlHm M^ 1' dMM £2|il ggSdrillft I IMT foot iiid- l0«M*di&da««rt- TMliMitlytot ^ i i lkjiidfcfir wiTM, M"»y , li»piNikwriMr^ie i«n«^ '•l9iito'^ibH|di«^i*feM^ I'lMkliaiili^wiifo i|D^Tl«» «»^ i^ ai^^ 1|i' lHi# J MI f liiy i t I (<|Mi^«ntM» i^ Wir«alMi^«iiiilk«lddi«to|ilil»te«b SSjSr'y "fflmi r^ ^ ' "^n^ • lAiiilS^MilliiiidAwUwlMf STSU'lSL raMtmmmSr^ tiMi|«iCf«itlB«i «d tUi iMMii Ite SmmSmTT^ iSS 4i#pi«»watobi«MtaN4iBtotteMfi^ {h!Swrt!w JStS^BTiZSiifndT^ pptofy irui^«> in 1hnkaxAmm$ il tlii •— «tqii»iyftl»Miiiiiliir ^ Md•VWiy,Bi•Wi■tMol«iito^t■■«> *I did m| «^ -« H mm' CB>«^« tWajloiiwilk tlM iMviwI^iA^Mx «to aiU^ii^^^l^^ ?•. ' *fjUMk^ inriMT'l Art Tdi liidil iMIt wiiil" . OM^pgrjMTi MM^jimimi nn^ w^^ why »i^ny l»f»t i tMnht -^— — •• • ^^ - ^ • to in Wiih tow' IS^^ ily I iMi; jm. i'«MMti sn2?rs? ■>;;- IMIUCL t OB, IN THK DBTUM. lMr«rMli«rliMd.tetdid 0UMi*taMr«ff«4 to" Imt i ' BMtriM doM aol lilt* Lor4 ViMMi* I doMn«t«fDrov«uf tb* awrruif*,.' sb* V f Hampli f ' •lolaioMd Um iodM» uid 90I mmUmt vrord wm fVukM oanaf tU . dilTfu . ■ " ,: ■; ; ": "■ ■;~^^-:'— .■■. ~-.:;h.-v; Iririu >« nllMr long oMi Tb*4li«r«li iMlMtad (or tiM MrforoMAM of Um mwrrteit fitm b«bi| 81. Joka'a at the Watt End of town, wbm* th* bridafroMi aad kit f riaadfi trsco to BMot tha iMndo aa4 bar ot* teodoBto.' Tluf rMobod tha oboreb at UmI I tbo otbar oarri«iiaa aiviTad • law aaao o da Aftar ' tbam, Md tbo wbeb portr olij^tad and want m. The bridafroon and nio frianda •Iniadv tbanw Aad tba bridal fomkad and wftftm tba ailddla oiala to tha allMT. wbaMi «ho biabop in bia aaoat. dotal robao atodkiaody to parfara tba ooci* 'mony. tha bridal favtgrformadbafora tba altar, tha biabopopaaadtba book, aad tbo ooramooj aoimaoead. It prooradwd aooording totsiha ritoal, and wHbovt tha alifbt«pt>>4otiiiotio«, from oomiiMNipboe roDtioOt Wba; tha biah|fp «In to Ibat portor tbo Htao'w wbiab bojBttara tbo awfol adjarb* 'tkii^-'Ic8f«lioaMl ohara^ yoo holb, aa •a ahall omwot »t tl^a droadfnl ikyol Jttd|nibot.irbai^tba tooi-ata of all baarta •taau ba d V e l ooad, that if oitbar of .yoa know any in*p^;i«ani, why yonuty not ba law* folly JaiDMln ■otriaiony, yo do sow oai* toaait» ikko yojwlloattiidJIIbot if any Baroaat'MMMiJ^^ tbaa. «teiiot l«wM?-Biti wiio^ w'-d"l BO*««*n porooivo tk«paa- MM of HaM or uwim, oatil th«y anriTod at hdnMiaf^a. aadlho woddiag giaota ta aliRht hrom thaoarriafffa. Tha iMrty tampofarily aaparatad tai tko ban. laa ladiaa diaparalag aaoh to bar oara flbamhar to aiaka aoaao trifliag Ohaaga ia bar toiUt bafora appaariag ia 9io drawiag* • lihuint'. aoflM bal«^ aay tiiala^Aa, aa aooa aitbajr wara^laft aloaa. l£aiM maobaaioal^ fMlowad bin la ttoa UtiU braakfMt parloar ol Ika fMMilVi wbar* «• tba aidaboard aat da- MBlHBofbmiidfAad triaa, and pitohara •f watar. aad i^teaaaa ol all abapaa aad •f braady; for I^> I ii« " iyi ' * — I ' m i l I' II w wmmmmiiimmmmm^tfmiimmmmmm'm Ana labaMai; aoaroly wall mm¥ri of whathadid, pattbaglaaa to hia lipo and qaaffad tba ooatoata, and foU al onoa tklaaly oKbilaiatad. • Ooao. aow I Wa wlU ao into tba drawing-rooaa i I dara Bay tboy ara all dowaby tUatfoMt'oaidtba Jadga. Andin tboy Waati < , Ha waa ligbt in bia ooajaomra | itba wod- diag imaotawara aaaamblod ikoro. ' ^ Aadaoonaflor bia ^traaoa tba alidtag doora batwaaa tba Anawiag-rooai and th* diniag-ro<»ai wars Mwbadbaok, aal Dariaao, wbo waa kbepraaidiaggMiiaaai tha wadding foaat. appaarod aadaanoaBOOdtbatbtaakfaft paav fllad i»~tbo bffda and TIm ooaa pan w brldoarf QQoi walkiag togolbar, aad followad 1^ tM bWdaamakia aad tba gootlooMa of tHa bhau|ol gavo bia arai ta Ba at rti^. Mr, BradaaaU ooadnotMl Mra. Middlo- and tba Jadga lad oao of tba lady Ha pooiad ••* nor btaa^lf urz •iaof * Lataadrlaktbo baaltb of tbo aowly. ■Mrri«doo«pla/bo laid, pnabing oao glaaa toward* labaud, and raiaing tbo otbar to- wardabloownUpa. ^ Baf bbnaal baoitatad, f tMBblar of p«ro watar. aad poarod oal { ■ayiag, ia a iaUt; «Iwltt driak borboaltb ia this I' •HaaMMolpakitdowB. Toaaroobillod oaHfaifb witbont drinkiag tbat to-tbrow yon I 'Pirinb ooiatMag warm aad driak aoaaathiag bMl gliMigl IlaUyon.1, for oua, oaaaet git Ihroagb tbia dny witboat ooata aaoh aapport as Aia.*aaid tbo jadga, Mlthori>aiiTolyt aa bo took IMno tha yoaag aunli aorvalaao band tba hinalaaa glaaa of wi(t«)>, aad pntiatoit tka jBorilmia f^ of Waadj. fbrab 1 fcoM mt» do wiokod tbiagi oBmo- liaNa,aii4wiaomoafooliahooo8. \ mm IffbMft •! hfaitotad t for ovoa in tba Rildatof bia groak troabla ba board ika • iiltt. anaU voioa* of aooM good ang 1— id ' ■ligbt bava baaa bia ■otbar'a spirit— I whMariag binii to daab from bfa lipa tlia . eiNoaa anM|b^ tbat woald iadadi alUy bii ' l«aaa of odpriag for a f«w aiinata*, b«t nildit oBd«a|iar bia oharaotor thrvagb all^ kiMlifa imi Bia aool throacb all o.ormtar. Tbo voio* tipt wtMsparod 'bia, ao i oaid, t 'aim, MMil TOioa.' spaakiag aoltly wiOHb M^|^ i »> Mw ^o** of tha iadgo aad iio stood Ihsiik^ Tha soaaa thay aatorad «poa sploadoar, baaaty, aad lanrv. m paaaad ovan% tbo noat Vmn Dvrtaso ftbawaltaa I IPifaitini? gtMiagaad flowors bad sot boon sparad. Tba walk wara towrod with fraaaoaa of Voaaa, fNtoba^ Oapidi tba graato sad iba. ioaaas. saaa amooc tbf ron^bowara aad okady groras ol Arsadia. 9" toilin» waa oovwad with oslsatisl aaanary. la tha midat of wbioh waa assa tbo oloady ooart -M Japitar iMd Jauoaadtbeiraltaadsa. gods and aptddaasist tba piUara wrra oovorod with gtldiav aad twiwrfwitb ftowora, tdA loag wroatba of ftowM^ ooanootad oaa pillar witb aaoibor, aad lastooaad tba doorways •fud vfaidowa aad tbo ooraya of Uia rooa><'.; y^.' - , ' ' ' Tko hroak^Mt tabla wasa auirral of art^ blaiiag witb gold ptotv, bIMiaiitec witb boaatifal and frsgraat asotiotff aadL intoad- MitlBg witb tko arona ol tk* >M^ M|d raraatviaada. .r -t^^y At tba apaor and of tbo room i taaftwary laiaod andgUdad balooay «r#|bad with roaaawaaaaaapiadby Dura. Mrs ooMtratad band, wb«, aa ihaD B sHpsiiyOMlpa ia, atraok npao iaapiriag aiaroh oonpoM oxprassly for tlM oooasioB. J Tko woddiag party took koir asats at tka tobla aad tba faaatiag bagan. Tha viaada wa«o aarvad aad sorvad aad praiaad. Tkabrida's oaktt wm mV MuI tbasliofi dis* tiikatod. Tko flag fiH to oaa of tkii btidaa- ■iaid< and arg^rtsJ tki mil hadinagfc Tka wiia o&oalatad ftaalf. . Ifi^ Mtddlotoa aroM \aad ki a asat littia ■pUiii pn^oaad tka fhlr ktida's yj. ;v f Oft, or TBI DBFTRa ^^^^^r Jaag* llarUn. ift Mio«h«r lltOt •VMok, fftariMd thaalis to the ooai|mu and btgvvd 1mv« to proMM lb« bridMrooM'fe.kMath, wkUk mm *^J hom- t ur«d. ■■ ' '■■ '■• Tb«p it Wis Lord-TiMiat'i torn to rk* •ad oaprMNi hU grs|itad* ud pn.puM Jad^ Ifwliq^i hMlth. r i— • -■- Tbia n«9«Mitatad a M ooad rlwag of th* iadgt, wh» aftw aiakiaf da«[a«kiiowl«dg- montfl of tho oomaliaMati aaH Iriai. b«o* poMd-th« fair bkimmUiJr^ "^ And MthobnakfaainPMMdod. Tb«y aat at UbU an bow. aad tbaa, at a uffaal from Ml*. lliddl«|o«. aU ■root. Tha RantUaiaa adjoarsad to tba litlla broftkfaat aarlour to driak a parting glaaa with boir noot in aoaMthint atvongar tb»iv tba ligbt Vi-mieb hraafclaat wtaaa tbM bad boon onatfag «» fkaoly, Mi Wm Vido^ toUowad by aH kar ati tMdiiati, want tp to hat room to abanga W bridal foba aful ▼ail f or bar traTalliag droM and bonaat i aa tba pair w«ra to taka tba ona o'aloek train to Baliiaum an rovtofor N«v York, Niagara and tka Ska fonnd b«r dtaoiiM raom aU rtotorad to tk» drmnr cpud ordar tbat Moka ol akaadonaiMif. Bor riob dnoMo and Jawali and bridal praaanta wara all paokad an. ▲nd army irvnk amp lookad and oordad and raady for t r ii i i| m ation to tka raUway ttotiM, axawl oM larga tmk tkat IOC for til* Bridal drtos aka wa waoakMttopv Frirnd I I faQv ny baad befora ytm i- ^^* If <■* ^;i(bf'; ktit' .. film ta.-«r WkanakaaaaMiob*ff aowla. Boa b«nl toto t«ara aad wbivparMl i *Ood forgivo voa. poor CkMidk I Ood avort yoa from aU avil aoaaaqaaaaoa of yonr •wi ao*. r 8ka oaaght bar kroatk. wmng BmI baW and tamad away, aad lookad aroand. Ska kad takan laava o< all asotpt bar fatbar and lohmaali Htr fatbar aba know wonldaooompaay kar at (ar aa tka raHway atotion, for boludmid ai mnok. Bat tbara waa bbmaal I .^ i^*kaw*ntap tobim slowly and iHft l|Uif atary Tain and artanr u bar Ledy ■otmad to tbrob witk tka^jgony «f bar kaaft: Ska Wad to spaak i K ao«>d attor ■oanltoalatotoand. 9ba klUnnt bar baud j bathadidnat taka it i tkaa tka kitfkJMt baantifkl aym to bio. wi b a l^BTSa halplav, M angoiltltad, ao implorflK^ tf •iltnUy prariiig fromvhim mum kind word, bafora ab* abonld^ gd, that Iahmaal% tan. •rooa boart waa maltad and ba |.>ok k«r band and prwaoUig ii whila ba apoka, oaM Im low and fibrant tonaia i 'God b km yon. Lady Vino»nt. Oodl •biald T«B from allovil l Ood aavo yon in *Taiy ori4ia of yonr lifa I' . And aba kowcxl htr baad, lewly|ani bnmbly. to raoaitra thia banadiationaatkoagk tt hnd kaan nttoxad hy an -i||Mi|i|t— -'M ' . QBAPTBR LXVIt I :^ V wa^f» uAjXDKMmamtm. ' /U wonld band mrapirit o'l^r yo*. thiapa«^iUA wbila tba wadding party wara !^*^!^^ikte^"5*'' "owatoadwHb to kaOamUHPailing aoatama, laid o««r 'jC^ki, iadaM >y Mm. lUfiadlatoit. ofaMgadbardiom.witiilka farartak kaalj of M* wtobmictdto «ntnpauiBlordaalofar) *^!lf'>'** W ^*^ PMkad Kwj tka _ Olandia tl>d It bar brown ailkf kmuml aa^. Kt ad tiiia aOMad uraal and diaadfat gjjM^ mora gatimrad to aaa tka J«^^^ f***^ . fKtkarfP^kiuI tka krid«db tba Bat a «lal Ml batora I«hmual1i aflM, ai^ whan it olearad atray OUadia Wai gona. Tna yoaug kridaamaida wara obattariag ! gayly. ia a low, malodiooa toaa, witk aiak ' ociiar, and witk tlia girntlamaii af tka party, lilting tka room witk • maaioal bom of mat^y • Noaiva k# atfriiLi itkiir ^ ^af papvra tM« i^ kobka that ka kad ,. bafora, and tka laHan f dta ■Mming'* omH. "/^ waorily to tha rdkH atf bit kiara. 9ao kf «■» M IA>Li«» At Iks •••M* to wit* to itolaMy. TIm "^iililgSA lor liMiidBtur. If* |> t>M%JMPitoiHY totb* ■*»»**i i^SHyJ £& tekts hit iMt, «lM UKf ^ ^ >^™^^iS'fii°to th* bor* them Woftl^aif4«»Wlo:tr**^*'** . wItliyMt DoMlllMlfkniyMt»«««Hki«w BM At bw f ..... ^ «I^fMr tkM I UB Mt iMll. raplM IdhvMl, to •keUew rvim, and wltk«lta|iivd ■Mil* • Wtokl Milt ? ObIj •Blwmtiap. I h«f«r Tm ham Wm worktos too hwd, Md yoa MT«r «▼«• kit tb« MWt>fOOM to t*k« mv rvfNthMMta to-d«jr I Ywj •» »«» m^k to MknMt. aiyy«oag «rt«d I T-k«MMt to dthrt tto-tMlul tWwiif •wmi^»^«»go«»d HHMMMtblag.' ▲■d tho otoat lawyw *«w,^ J(«»' « ■M0'i arto witbAa bia ewa. and lad hiiB to MMtaaraat tha» waa bofl oa tba aMnioor fcirtba, uuuiantaaiw M tha aopriV ana '(^^atoly*'^' ^"n •k***^* TwCTia «k» mm^t arltb Wirtbr in- Zv il ka WM folaf to kava tka kcato. -It loo& kka it. e*d topar Uk* Wiaa- ^t W.an abattoint ■aal, m\^^ yi«*dta|r^to ,._^_ 40 ganld ot §««•»* mm ■aaaiu at a||f aoat, or klU fiWir atfd awallawcd r^Bbwra taataf on tka aotaly- MoladI '^U waa obly tha ^^^Jj^ ^ alaobelie V- ,^ ^Mr*tiwdaiai^ who "hfaMly toyarda l^T^Pini* rbafHadaltai alHiaUatotkal lakaaal thawkolaoo«nif*oC kialiifc Oatba Jtat Hi w ai w Utrolbal. tha glafM k On tha a«Mid aaaarian. tha •?«*■•.•' ttoa day. •« W^^^SLT^iTir^EC iMd aiaa kaao aiwad Mm ky ^mdr Marlto. And oa tka thMaaaaaiai. tkia ofthataMblada|M>f^ialii tn» ylaarftojitoUfa ky tha ^Satalaal ft aoU Sm, kb took dMailMad #a« an* dnafc .*• mmAiLiOK. ur THiDirnuL ib« braodv wilfeMi M taMMf^ 4m^ ot IImwm Lord, U pllilia I Aud ok, llom I Sj OB wlAfi ol e««. ted Vttiak ovor yoar om nul *TiriltnnriitHiM «Imm mw tnm ko bMM Mb!/ ■ rvuflod forik. Por kt U Miwiag, i iM f li d aM kasHui I AmI tkoSouofOodl — -.— '%fh» fte« hwo bllMMlV iMd m4 Ml It 'I tbMk yo* I H hM 4mm at flood i I fori MaoofM|Midtalb wilbyoa oaaooM fotara fiMMSoa. ||ow I fool I aiaol raMm JjJJ^wblloI bavaalraafib ta^Mb'r »Hod ▲Ml tboyibaak bM^ and iarlid. bhaMd, fooUaa ooolbod. 8tr£fftbMadaad •xbila al«d oot oi toiralk bdml Bottbla 'Uuola,'oba mid. U ^t»mik that wanMd Urn ha'vM ia so alala M a»- M at Jadfa MorUb'o diukoMabla. ^ 9*^ba»Mbo ■ Mw a ub o ii Ibo howo^ ba op^fda Um»Mii pM loadiaNisto tba b«fjr, faaUof tnmy it^ta amro fovariab, QMVTMrfdiowiy. / ^A« iMt ba Mnyod Iflo aa krbow, qalu •ft Ibo bottom «f tto oSurabborioa, wiloi; |Z ■Mb dnva OMB tbo Oirooutf baaob uid fall into Ik «»a»(.tl iloi|a«rbtK Ma»(tba booM, obaoMa bad fy*^ »?• »?^Taflar»oata bad boob laid away. Tho dooontoddiaiim. oMisodotiUto UtMy baTlaiMMila ew whoai abo WM fotaod M rommbor. baoaoM oTOivoM olM for«ot biM~« UmIo. bad wa Bol batlar oMd Fowon ap fo lobaMal^ r«K« ^Ma tf ba baa ooMO '■ aJhTbS boow tbat disMT la OB tba tabto r • OjrtalBly. mwimj fo^ PowMo. aikl H iBai ninaar ia iwMHf> l^^m . l"^^ ^'•^^iP '^'■^ witb tba ' iBfonaatioB thatlplrortb wm aoitbor fa bit room BM ia tba oAm, aor aaywboN ako ia tlio baaao. 'SoflM profaarfoaal bariaaM bM dotaiaoi Wai. hawiU ba biNDa a|tM a wUU,' «ld wMavarai ororlookod . of ooaroo, la kMBobaiBB. Tba boa^abTbad'tolBrBad aaaal u> Ha aaaal aabar ■lauL aad tMMly dbiuar waa kdd ftdwUtda „, pwlaar. Bat tbo booM wao Tcfy «d oad "*•»»* "Rl^i^i^ljr. htmm Ita jaooa Wm IPMM, Atlho aooal dlaaor>boar, ab o'aloob, too — ~" »-•— • ..... oMlariaiaifod 'Wbaniatt trioa, iji •I4oaot kaMT. ay door/ i«p6od llligifABL I OR. W THrDlfTM MPMBfwiiiwMiVfiiiiMM^ •pproM^ utd Hit IM* WM 4Mply tnslMd I tk« ; •I ..is Miiflii wm^ «7«^'^*5l' ^ bar Mjkl >M ««i^ "V '>■■ m4 fall Ml mIm. It «m fttll, mU atewly (broMrfng. 81m thtmfUt that IW «M ««rT m-^MfHVMiy lU. ana tb* «M sbMt to •frag up ui4 ruk »e tk« bo«M IM iMlp, wkmmt b raMlag k«v hMd. ib* tow»nii1 to Mtob Us biwtlu :X^*U Vm diwdfal tnitfi bant afM Bm** HriaA, mmI 0f m w h »\ mm i bw «l«b n«rtliMltMMd4Mp*lrl ' . ^ Win a •■**«• fMpw4 a law^wall, aba m bar kaaaa ai bta alda aa4 di oaaid ia bar asaa baa^a aaA aoitbad bar wftb tUa aflanMwa. ftor lbar« wm aaaraaly paiar lava aai ag tba Miavlala b«av«B tbaa «•• MmI al Baatrtaa for labnaal. tint if ail aka 4M(ra blai. Mraad alaatoli J aad ia> . jt Ikara waa aaaraaly aalflabBaaa mioagh in ■aa'abaaatifal aatora toartob ta peaaaaa Inai •II tor bar owa. firat bia gaad I Aad bara, wa«ping. aob- Uaa aad prayiag by toma. aba raaolvad to davota bataaW to tbat oMaat i to do all that aba paaaiblv aaaM to •hXtiA kirn tnm tb« aaaJaJim al tbta algbt^ araat i and to iav% biai fraai (aUiaf iato « aiaiiUr aiiaforiaaa. iMwA into laaaadiUUt|. ^Kwa iial atoMaaJlM liaJ apnag aa aad lad Araaa Ika •>*«». •1,5^ ^ J? wbiab tbr ataail, m^ tbtobbiag baart, watokliig biai tbioagb tba riara. Mie aav SlTba lad agaia hSaa lata thai daap^^d aeaMtaaa alaai^ Aad aha aav that bia SapaSataadlaldjI aaa* bia faaa,,aad ^jJlpi^ •agiatouT ahahTia a |i n l n «C tma m* "%MiilJhallJ*^ ]fl&jbal*lht'l. 1, littobariha iMw laighlat Sba raaauaadia bar ova raam aalil laa- I Ihaa lalbad bar ayaa, and „ bar hair, aad VMit^iflfvaUiain thafaaiUy al tba lahto. . ^ •WalLBaa.' aald tba Jaifi^ *|m jfm faaad bhaMal vatf ^ ., Baa b«aitatad. Uaabad. laiaalad a aio •Tta. aa4« l ha la alaaaiag i ba aot »•»« aad I vaald aal biva htai diatarbad if I warayoa i for alaap will do hlai aKNra gowl ibaa aaylhlag alaa. ' 'Oartolaly. Wby. Baa. did yoa arnr kaav aM to bava aavhody vakad ap la tb« vbala aoataa af my lifa r Povara. audtbi) r««t of yoa. bark ya i Lat aa aaa aall Mr. Worth I IialhlaialamaatntbalaattraBip ada. araatll h* «•■•• ap of bia ova a«- I* Pa»ara bevad, aadaald ha vaald aaa the Sooa aftor taa vaa ovar. tba faailljr. feiigaadvith ibaday'k rsai'amtat. raUrad tobad. Baa vaat af to bar raoaaia thahaak attia i bat abft did aa» ga to bad, ar^ araa aadraaa, lor aha kaav tbat lahauMl vaa look«d ont t aad aa aha Ihrav a light abavl araaad bar. aad aaalad haiaalf aft tba ef«a baah vindow. vhiah fraai ito high paiat af riav aoai- aauidad avafy aaok aad araaay af tba back gfoaa*; to valah aalil UNaaal aborld vaka aa aad a a pfito b lb« haaaa. ao tbat aha adgbt ga dova aad adaUl biai qalatlv. witboat diatorMag iha atrraata aad al >ad lallaa adaaa^ aaa vaa alOl hw abava Iha Wa tba aatMm vara- Haiafadl blaMalf |a /■" •-■' . .,•» Jite*!). imuMML I omr no «rU >to ,_ _„ , iter wiMff* IM WM. ar Wv lk« , m w>l U4 tmm n » 4 . f wli» te himmU rfiUy t»M wJi M bUtoW kMa ^ f">^ ■• ikM^Mh*! Mi pf«vl0M iMMto lMi4 kMB iM rM«W. Us Uoo4 «M toe Mf% m4 Ik* bmUj «M IM «Md r«r • k»l. H« wasdMiMy b«wiM«r*d. hatalurl* Nw«l i> n i, M llmNlii km hU valMd ■• la •■•MMrvarM. Us k«Mr«, tat cmUI mi npMMhw diii •MM «l li I sad «h«llMr it WM grkf «r NMMM. m kelk. h. M«M Ml iJIl H* Ifandli WMkMli. I* kfaB I llM dMUlBl 4«y| iIm MfriMt} lk«fMa||tli« pMitegi Mm towMil t iIm Iwt gl MtM tl W M df . m4 ibdr WMrlifjriaK MMMMMMl AH tlM MMto ef thai 4«T by «lMr|f l» M» kiM M« I ikAt iMrribkdm W«pM UiMiti«nikl*twn«w. Md ra4M la kuulkllag •!■ I / Wm U UaMl4 biMMd Worth, -k. had MfltNd Ihb ■ rrow. fteldwl to iMiptolkiL Md fallM lalo Ikia aia 1 To wlMt iiad bcMglit Mar R* ok«T»lfar witliMt roar aad H» had fallM. inordiM • oarlhlv adbottoa* M ao foagor ' tho wItkMi laaroaoh*' fJloa I HaroaMBborrd thai whM h* .„ ^ to aloop tho MR WM ahiaiaf and ■aiUaa •U OMr tho boMtifal fcardoa. aad IhaT ovM ia his hvlf^rowoy Halo ho had notiood iftt fflof y. Tho taa wm aattr goM I It had oot apM hio huMiUatm-MahlMM i Aadavhad givM OfTSlif iM&rd of hio ■ia aad i^aoMd away fdk^Mfff Tho day woaldrttara ad bmio to rmnaaii hiait bAt its roooffd WMid iMot Uai ia Iha JadfttoMtdayl J^, Ho VMMiBhoiad that oaM la4fii(loih ha had hall awakoaod aad foaad . -., - • Mtal* wUto drill apM tho iPoaod. No ttoopod aad plohod itap. It WM too 1m wMIm haadh r«hlof Iha M flrol wokiag ap ho had plarkMl fiaai kit fM*. AimI ho feaaw hy llo oofl Ih a ftoliag aad lio dollMto oomI of viololo. Bo t foMarfto porfaaM, that It woo hor handkorohM aad oh* had aprwd M aa a «oii oTor hii ospoood aad fororlih law. Tnai litik wlif of waihrii wm rodatoat ol BmI al hit pMMtoii hit Mrili^hor toadota^HL ''"'-'.'' i''w'» ItOMaiodaiMM trtioi hit It toa<4od fho doMoot oariapi of hio hoarl, ^ Md, hoUiag U ia koto hio hmU»,m hohowod hit kaaiMod hoad afM II ahd WMl. . ■ . Whaii h iwi Nko bhaHMl #ooyi it !■ ia au Mallo MiHaor ahewor I aoMia fM I fill M tho hrMkiaa ap ol |r«M foutalno, tho raoMaff of aiighly toriMla. tho oonlat Ola load. ^^ Ha wopi loag iH OMvalotvoly. Ad hio dotapo of tMra* laHoirad hio •arvharaod haart Md hraia aad did hiai Mod. BohrwihodaMM iMoqfi _^ Klo,faM wito tow doar haadkorahlol, aad ir hMrl, aad r a gi a l oial a Hmvm that Ihio irot lh«lft of bio lilo ohMld aloa. with Qodli holp^ hi hiohwi. ThM ho walkod forth iato too otoriH ptf. dM, aianaariag to hiaMolf i •Bv a wMuM ooaio aia aad dMih tatolho world, aad hy a woomb oaaM radatopIlM aad Mlvattoa. Oh, Olaadia, av Ival taiowoll I fiTCWoll i Tho pruoahfal^ i an « l ihe ri r forgiTiBiW h liailidiPwa fro« tho It ill tho tm. aii thooriaahaa M h^ aianrai liiifMr laakod dawa ia> ohfoliy apM hito i Iha haraOato liiUa il i he ri rtoro aa Itoitf aioohad hlat aad foraivoaoM hoa— d daia a Iroa tka aaly iMMd o' •Mmoa thM rvor. Wha WM that aatt tanblad iato a doopor ffllyMf ahfl ^' ; ThoaMtPtoaw^UiaaahaohololMirWty. It WM BmI Wh6 alM OhMld it hOM mmI It wmB^ I Sho hi^ oMght hla <«ttl #hM ho wao laol tah* hadfoaad hm la hh woaktoto i oho haAdiappod loaia of Iom aad »a«row oaar hiai. twooa too ahrahhofy aad Iha hMai. Omo. irhon hit foM WM tawardo |ho; hoaoo. h* ktekodaaat BmIi baak wlndaar. It' wap opaii,Mdho tow a whH< ihodoaj iaato iMtwilhwll. ■■■. .Ty^ HIa hoarl atoaivd hlto tka* tt wmi Md lhaluBialgr kr hte hid hipi h«v thiia awahoM ^oi itlilag ^ . ■■ ' Z" ' lohodtow aoar to* haaM» fiito aaMr> tola M ta haw ho ohiaM got la. ho MW Mtol . , . j lohodtow aoar'lli* haaMrf Mw ahatoo, aaw ; totoMtahawkoohiaMgot ia, 1 i«tpl la afM hIi ' thariiadawr, wUwigaiwdinpi INt fiil|t:«d|l la ;MtdMib «Mi «h« ImmMw . li ;,'-^V 'm >'<^' ^&. '^iMnp' •■»((. ..>;■ -is .•«ft. :)w- ?i|i(pfe*)V«>.'!'if^*:«.' ATHeNASUM 'lM?r .-r ,.¥* ■»«.! (W'^' ^i^ 'WW m ■(kI. •i*^... ^^/ ■«•►< •■■> I 4;.^ H.. 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l 'ondtf Ih* ^ \flu Qd» of intiniipAtioiit ^ii w« all lpioi| th*i •K(9«MiT« Borrow tek^ away th» ■ti^enfth tndiMiMM matirety ad intozioatiott doea. Th«r« is irach a ita • a* h^ng dnmkn with griaf whw wa jMvtf dtaiaiid th« hfttar onpdryl ■'. •Haani^/ ha lal«nril)cU «tiiara ar* aema thingf which ahoald ha Moi«iii)M,rad aTdhi in ibia awful hoar/ Tha aorrowina woman, har tngara atiUi wtdtiy prtaaing 'down >ar ai«l«r'a •gralida, lookad up in ornta inqniiry. ' ' Yonr naoaaaitiaa and-^Nora'a obild aanat be providad for. Will yon gira ma aoma writing m% ^riala ?' And the apcakar drop- pedr^aa if totally proatrated, into a nhair nj tbetaKla. '^\ , With aoma difllbaity Bannab aenght and foan^an iud-inkatand, a atnmpy pen and n ■orap ot papar't % It wai^ tha beat aha ooald do. Suiioaary waa aoaroa in tita poor hot. She laid tham.oii -tlia table before Barman. Aud with a trembling hand ha wl^ta 0«t« ohtoqua a|Mn tha li;»oat^6anl| and port it Ip.Mr band, MwiBg t . J ' Thill auB will provide lor lb* boy,hya, jEev wa ah^l inatlrar m*f|.*gnia in tbia wmld.' Too ttaonmghly bawiUarad wil^ griaf to )«; ah« did not hit tha laaat auni^t that t^t little atnpd|M>il*a fookoiip repreaa&tad th« anm of w^ Oioaaand dollarai nor ia it likely that ah* woold hiaTe tak«n it had aha kno^ what it really waa. Uannah'k intaUect* weraehhotic with bar ' tronblea. 8ha reV turned to tha bedaid* and waa onca moi4 abaorbMl in her aorrowful taak, whan lAia ' waa Main intarraptad. Thfitopeit waaby old Dm»h. who baT- Ing no haad at Hbarty ahOTad tha doof opan > ha«rd U 'Ih**!* Wt one at*p betiraan |ha anblioie and tb^'ridicnloua, * there la no atop at all between tha .awful jmd th« abanrd. which ar* conatantly liian aid* by aid«. ThMUjk auoh a fignre a« old Dtaiah pr*> a*nt*a,^ atanding in tha iniddle of the. death* ' ^tvunbilv, it not often to be fovnd in tragio aeane*. Herabuuldinra ware bent t»eii«ath ' ■the bnrden of an enormona bundle' of .bad olot&ing and bar ai^ ware draiiged down by Iha weight of two Urge baaketa of pro- - viaiona. She waa much wo abaorbed ,^n her own oatantationa > benetrolanca to look at * oncetowarda the bed andeaaVbaithadha^ pened there. Frobablyy.if aba had slahci^ ' at the sronp at all,aha auppoead that^ianBBli waa only bathihg Son'a h^Jj; for inatead of goina forward or tenderii •hy aygiiMtby w aaaiatanoa, aba "'k lether bnga bnndle,dre|> from har'ahoal« and aat her two baaketfi ear<;ffillrjip{m tabla°» ekclaihaing tri umphantly i^ '^ ' Dai: I dar^ aomeflu^ m^e dd poor Aat oomfq'ble for a mont' ot Imore I Dar,'indat bundle if two^iok bl/mketa pild four paV o' ifaeeta en' pilly oaaea. ell . out% mj own maciouB cbiat { an' not beholden to ole Ifia* tflMrltaiy on 'am/ ah*, added, aa aha; carefully l^'nntiM t^bundle and laid lt» ebCiNiiita. ntoa- fir folded. i>p*n h ehahr. , ^ ' v>An' dftr i' ,e£e wyitiu^; beginning .to ■> nnlbud'tbe: hufpNit bMhei^VdarV atnkky ,ah^ two cbiokona^cffm my own 'i^rteioni rooat'}-^iicr Hkawiae beholden to ole 'll|a'fQrdem^t»dar. , An^dar .1 dar'a aaaardgea an^blbodpuddin'a out'noarowa^dMV pig •a mean' ole man Jov'ULria au'ldltonreelTiai —an' in eenna no wayabt^oUtento oleMia'i*' ahe eoheladed, arrangittg fheee ediblee v^On tbefnble. : '■^' i /? An' dar I* fche ra^eommenctd. aa ahe ait Aaamallarbaeket,b«e|de tna other tbingBt Fin** a whole rafty harree an' JaUiee eSd Sicklea aa may b* niefnl An* dat'a all for iktime'l An' now, he# ia de^ poor gd, bonay t U ■ha Ideep t* abeaeked, approeob. Ingtnabed. z' ,. r ~Yaa ; ale^ping her' leet aleep^ Dqu^' ■oiemnlj replied Hannah. < '/De tior' aaTe oe I 'lirhai doea you mean by daf, hon«yf la ahe faint ?'. . /'Look at Her, ' Diuab, and aae for ycinraalf t' ]^»ad I oh, Lor'-a-meroy i* criad tiia old man, drawiiig back appalled at the aight that met her eyea ; for toriiut animal nature of the pore Africi^^^egro death ia Tory terrtbla. 'For a' iqomant thare' waa ailentoe In tbe-Tiiom, md then the voice of Hannah waa. with her fo«t^ wd eoterad the bni. do aee^ii< co^fbrta yon robbed ■■*i*- A- , *i.v I'' 4 mHAMLiOi, m TBM Dvra^t; jrooTMllwrto briof *p Nor» will «ot lip |>y le«41q' of irtt 4* .ifMtod, iMiMh. Tot miisl tak* than bMk Mripkw* m " wfiotrw * DaUl bam ny m>or. oki^ Um^ flafuri If I ImIim of 'tn to bring 'mi how* lunUn 1 B^p^ain' d««oor dMr nlw goM home T aint rm l«f ' wld • iDfOof of TiMir own to fM4, woadwt tUl at (tair MbbtdAaaM BuL DfaMh, IlSil ill if I sbHad mtm toft Mpun, and oartainly I Bball not om #hnk I Mi. And tbnt is your OhristaM £My, too^ yoor only er I and Jndgi bar with rigbtooaa Judgment too i Yon bavo known bilr all yonr life~aU bora, I ■aean. Yon pat tbo drat baby olothaa on bar that abe ever wore I And yon will pnt the laol draea that aha oTer wiU i And i!o# jndge her, Diniah, looking on bor pni^ brow, and lemembering bor paat life, la aha n\ giri likely «o kayo boon '* led aa^y, " aa yon 'Vo, 'foio my 'Vine Marator in Haabon. •int aha f An' I 'mambera ob de time apy* body had a-braaTada a^ieion ob Miaa Kora, I'd Jeat np an' boxed der yean lor 'em Kd—'doad ma I JM wliat ataggeih • By the time that the j had Uid ITora oat in her only white dreea, and had ifed the iiabe and pat it to aleep, aud «leanad np tha eofcU^e, the innter lay haddlmwtt to its oloii« and the rooiin wa» growing dark. [ <^ jOld Dinah, thinking it wae tim* to lifiiit np, took a home-dipped oandlo "from the eapboard, and Meing a pieoe of soiled paper on the table, aotaalQr lignted her eandle with a obeAne for Ato thonaand dollnrs 1 ' Aiid thna it happene)^ that the poor boy. who, withont any fnnlt «)f hie mother; had «ome into the world with^a •tigma on hia birth, now, withonc any neffleot of hia father,' waa laf t-in a atate of complete ddati- tntion, aa wall aa of entire (nphanage.^ On the Tnoadaxlfi^owing bar death, poor Nora Worth waalaid in her grate, uidCtr a •preading oak, behind the hat. , Tbia spot was aelected hy Haspah, who wiehcd to keep her aiater'a lasc reeting>pl»oe always in kauuj|if, aiad who inaiatad that every foot oT'Uod'k aartn, enoioead or aneh^ d' aed— ^oitseorated or aaooaaecratad— was noly.gronnd. Jim Morria, ProYeaoor <^ Odd ^oba for the ooantry sida. made the ooffln, dugthegreva, and managed the fnneral. The BoTarehd WiUiam Wyana, the min- ister who had performed the fatal niiptial oeremoqy of the ||ir brid«^ lead the fnaeral aerTi^ea i»Tar har deadbody^ No one waa preaant at the barial bat nah* nab WortAi, Batiban Gray, the two old negroM, Dinal^ and Jovinf— -the prof easor of odd joba*-<«n4*tha offleiating- ele'gyman .;■-■; : OHAFTERXiy. ;, ;^^ • ■ ovm KOBA'8 0»ATIfe^;-.- ■■/ Oh, Mother Barth ! upon thy lap, - Thy wemy onea laoaiTing, And o'ar hem, «Uaht aa a dream. Thy grasay oiantle weaving. 'old s o I» 1 t , i n Thy ahadowB old and <.^ ' Shat oat Arom har the bitter word, And aarpent biaa of aooming i ; Vor let the atorma of yesterday^^ Diatnrb her qaifli morning. — WhiMtr. Whan the funeiml oeramoniea wei-e over, and tha moaroara were coming awa/from ^he grave, Mr:'' Wynne tnmad to them' and aaid I I, ^ firiaada, I wlah to have aome coaveraa- tlon with mnnah Worth, if yon will azenae And tha humble gronp, with thvezception of fijenben Gray, took leave of Hannah, and diaparaed to their aeveral homee. Benben wafted onti4de for the end of tha paraon's interview with hia betrothed. * Thit is a great trial to yon , my poor [ may the ICiord support yon under it I' Mr. Wynne, aa they entered the hut and aat down. " • , ^^gannahlsobbed. ' I suppoae it waa the discovery of Mr. Bmdenell's first marriage that killed her?' • ' 7ee. sir, ^sobbed Bannah. ' * Ah i lOft^p read iwd apeak of tha da- ipravity of human nature { du( I could no^ have belieftd Herman firudenell capaUa.M aoblaokaarime,' aaid Mr. Wynaa, with a ahnd'der. «8ir,' raplifd Bannib, raaolvad to do Fold s o ldy , m thy l on g embr a c e ^ That heart ao went and broken, And cool itt poise of fire beneath bad been killed in a grieat .railway oraab, f or ao it wa« repotted in all the newapaper •ooonnta of^ha a«fidant| aaa ha navar saw It.ebneradijoted;' '/^ -^'^ * Hia worit faolt then appears to bava b«en that of reokleaa haste in . oonsiimma* tinghia aeoond marriage,' aaid Mr. Wynne. ' Ye)v wd marriag*, ahidl be the " prillg of the mochar, legally ; tha ippme and inherit bar i^lti pradaa^ Nora'aoaaa. iimafa. H aha had iq bar ^..y - . .- •■*•*• ''<>'**• • WlHon, that dbUd wodld be bat; heir-at-law. 8ha had sotl^ag Imt bar good name ! Her eon ha* • ri^W to inherit that— nnapotted, Hannah I ■und, Bnapotted I Tour pi oper way will be I^prooaad: against Herman BrndanaU -for. Mgamy, oall. me for a witneaa, estaUiah tha fact of Nora% marriage, reacae W memory, and her ohfld^i birth frpm tha alightast ffc adow ol raptoaeh an d l et tha oona eqoaacerf «irnr^ fftU whary thajr shmUd fall, upon thahaad of ba more serious tko mai^ I 1%af will not ^kaa ha daaenra*. U ba oan prove what h h» afeaarta— that lie blmaalf waa in eqaNl ignoranoe with Nora' of rlie axiar-inoe of his first , wife U will ha fa^- oarnbly aoquittad in tha cMrt. though ol eouraa i&fnij hbunad. by the aommnnity. Oom<>, HannaK, ahall we go to B^ymouth to-;norrow aboqt thia boat- naaur Hannah waa aobbing m (f har heart would' hreak. * How gln^I would ba to olaar Nora and bor ohild f JfRin ahame, no one bal' the Rearoharof baarta can know ? Bat I iara not I I am bonodr b^ a tov I a eolama vow made to the dying I .fottr girl I with her last breath aha peannght me not to ezpoeeMr. Bmdenell, and nutto breathe one word of his marriage with her to any living aonl rahacriad. ' And yov w«M -ihad anongh' to promiae?' * I would rather h«ve Uttan my tongue off than hare nied it in stfeha fatal way I But ahe waa dying faat» and fvaytngtome with htf uplif tiMt eyea an^ .claaped handa and failing braath to apara Herman Brnde- nail. 1 had ho powor to refuie her j my hiMrt waa broken } ao I bound my seal by a vow to be ailent i And I moat keep my ■aored promiae made to he' dying, I mnat kaup it, thotth till the Judsmant Day that ahailaatallthinga rights Nora Worth, if thotight of a* all, mnet be conaiderada faUea dri and har son tho'ohild of ate I'eriad Hannah, braaktag into a paasion of taan and sobs.' . ' Tha devotion Oflroman paaaoa th« Mm- trabenaion of man,' aaid the miBistar, i» eotively. * But in aaoriflcing hrifaelf thu, had she no thoaght of the eftiot «poB 0» future of bar child f* * Shasaid ha waa a boy t hia mothat would soon bo forgotten ; ba would be my nephaw, and I was reapaotad, ' aobbod Hannah.^ * la a word, aha was a apaoial plaadar in thaintaraat of the man whosa raAliai haste Jwd destroyed her r VTes I that was it 1 that waa it I Oh, my^ora I oh, my young aiat«r t it waa hard to see you die I hard to aea you covered up in the coflin 1 but it is hardar, still to kUoW that pet^le will apeak ill of you in your grave, ana I cannbt con vinoa them that thay are wrong I' said Hannah, wringinghaV hands in afreniy of despaif. . ^r trouble like thia the mipister asemad to have ab word of oomforti ' fie wailad ia silaBoaBBtil she had grora a Uttia '^■"•r ^ aad then ha aaid I -- ,,' ' Thay say ^at tha fetl«w haa fled. At least ba haa not baaahaatt at tba Ball sin«i i^ ISMMAML I OE. IN THS 0IPTH8, f* i'^BTi tb* amvai of his wifi. HavcfoaMMMiy 'Any llai«i BmImdi MXt tawlftj, 11 jobUIw.' • Vary .«v«ll. my daart a«xt Sunday it ■ImU ba t Ood blaaa yoa,.Ibnnah t and OoS bUaa tba'poor boy. too. I maan to. ado^ tbal okila, Hitoniab, and oowhida bis tathar ba aalia no proviaion for tbia within an mob of hia Ufa, ifarar I find hiofe ontr 'Talk o( all tbia on 9"0 Banban i not now i ob, not ,oow I' 'Sartinlyoot now, my daar j I aae tlpa was about { ba waa aa naarl? atnrk mad aa 'impropriatv of it Oood-bya, my daar. «ver you saw a man i and, anyway, ha want Kow, abanH I aano Jlaneyor Paogf pvat le off withoat liwving anytbiag oat that bit of atay withiyon V * « rushadiu hara Ilka a madman tbaday •he diad. raoaivad bar laat pravar lor bia w0lfa<«. and tbrair bimaalf ont of tba booaa •gain. Haa«;aD only knowa whara I' •Did child r ., ^. . < I io not know t ba,aaid somatbmg about it, and ha wrola aomatbing on • papar i but ind ed I do not think ba knaw what ba paiK^r i and It la ba« riMbt far •«« io uiy, air* that I wottla not bava taken anytliinff from .him on bahilf of the obild. If tba poor boy oan- uot have his father'a family name, ba shall not have anything alae from him with my us -nt I Thoaa rire my prinoinlaa, Mr, Wynne I I oan work* tor Mora a orphan boy, Just M I worVd for my mother's orphan girl, whioh waa Nora, huraalf, sir.' . ' Perhaps yon^ aro right, Hannah. Ba where ia "fbat P«per «f whioh you vpuke 1 I should mubh like to aaa it,' aald the minister. ' The papar har wroto and left, ifar f '¥<• ;ahowlttom<<.'^ ' I^rd bleaa yoi^ aonl, air, no aooouQiii ' it waa the scrap, with aboQt< thiea on it I I dlAit taka He;iyen knowa |k«t I tbih/ia to tb^nk of than that, to and it if yand I would adviie you to aaaroli, and make in" quiry. and try your boat to And it. Aiid if you do so. Just put it away in % vary aafe p aue until yoii oan ahow it to ma. And now good-bye, my girl} trust in Iha Lord, and keep up your haarr,' aaid the miuiatar, taking hiahatand stiok tO|^epart. . When Mr. Wynne had gofne„B^3aben Orav, who had bMBi walking about .Jbabind tba oottace, Oiima In, and wid: . ' mnnak, my da«r, I have got aomatbing wry partinnlM> to— y toyoB} bat I foal aa it waan't bf laaat' little linaa wrote of it. had other BtttlWiUtry M it.' Mid thia ia no time to aay it ezaetly, no I only want to aak yon whan I may dome and have • talk With you. Hmuiah.' Upon no aooonnt, Eenbeii.' ^ ' Jeat aa yon say, then. Good-bye, my ,poordaar.' And after another .doa»n affiotionato adieus, Reuben relnotantly draggsd bimaalf from tha hat. ^ ! " OHAPrilt XV. ■_., ' . . moba's adv. ■ ■..■•■: Look on this babe ; and lat thy prida taka h«pd, Thy pride of manliood, intelleot or ttMn*, That .thou deapiaa him not i for heindafad, | < And auoh aa he' in apirit aad, heart the ,' SBmHi , ' ' Ate Gkxf^ own ohildran in thAt kin|plom boffht, Wbara.purity ia pfaiaa, and wkara bafora Th • father^ throne, triomphant •▼anMi«, The n^iatarin| hngala. aoQa ^ li«h«. Stand ntraprovad baoauaa they offer tnaN, Mix*! with tha Madiato^la Ihallowiaf prayar, • m m> tba wratabad babj, ao Uttla lUtMf IQ ttva for aaotbar onpoitaaitar. Hor ao«la Bannab daaira (bal it aboald UTa. ° ll hM broagbt MNrmar, daalb aad diagra^a into tM bai and it bad ootbiug bat poTartf, iraat and ibaflM for life portion ia Uiia world i aad ao^ tba a6onar it followad ita motbar tba b att ar. tboaght Hannah— abort- ■igbtad mortaL dad Hannah baan a diroomar of tpirita _to raoagpia) thaaoBl In that miaarabla littta baby.body I O. bad aba baan a aaartia to fortaaa tba , fntora of that ohildof •orrow I Saadar« this boy ia our baro | a r«al Ikara took who aotnally livad and aoibrad and toilad and tnumpbad in tliis land I *Oat of tha dcptba ' ha oama iudved I Out «f tba daptha of povarty, aorrow and d«gra- datlon ; M roM, by Ood'a blaaaing on hia •apirttiona. to tha vary aanitb of laiia, bon- put- and f lory I ^. i Ha Bada Ida nama, tba oady nama ba waa lagally aatitlad to baar— hia poor wroaved pot^r'a aiaidan-naiBa— iUaatfioaa ia tlM •annla of oar nation I Sat tbia ia to aatidpata. Tiakm of ftitaia gldnr, bowovar, mom> bafora tba poor waavar^ imagination, aa •ba ant fai that old bal^ boldiqgtiia waaboy on bar lap, and for bia aaka aa wall m lor bar own bagradging bioi aTatr boar of tba law daya aba aappoaad ha bad to liva upon tbia aarib. Tva 1 Hannah weald bava fait raUavad oad aall^ad if that obild had baan by hia ptotbarl^a |n tbf coOn rathar than b«an laft on bar lap. Oalf think of that, ay raadan i tktek of tba nttar. attar daatitatioa of a poor Uttla «Okly, halplafea iafaat, wboaa oaly««IatiTa woold have baan glad to aaa him daad i Oar lahmaal had nriiberfathar,niothar,naa)a nor alaoa u tha world. Ha had no lAid right ip ba in it at ail ( no lagal right to tha mir ha braalhad, or tp tha aoaabina that warmad btaa i«to Ufa I uori^t to lova,orpity. or para ; ha had nothing— nothing bat tha aya of t^ Almiohty fttbar ragarding bin. Bat Hanaab Worth waa a «»aoitha monay, yoa know, that old Mn. Joaao, with all bar bardnaaa, bad yat n* f naad to taka f^om tha poor wonan. J^d than Mra. BndanaU owad bar ira aad a half for thi waaving ^ tbia wab of oloth. Ia aU aha bad tan dollaia, aigb> of whioh abo owad to tha/profaaoor of odd Joba lor hia Mrvioaa at Nora'a fintiaL Tha ramainiag two aba bopad woald aapply bar rimpC wanta antil aha foaad work. Aad, ia tha maaatfma, aba paad not bo idla i abawooU amploiy bar tina in ontting op aooM of poor Nora'a olotliaa to anka aa oatflt for tba baW—for if tba littla objaot UtmI bat a waak it aaat ba olothad— now it waa only wrappad op in a piaoa of flannaL Wbila Hannah maditatad opon thaaa thing*, tba baby waat to alaap on bar lap^ and aha took it ap and laid it in Norala va- oatad phMM in har bad. And aoon af tar Hannah took kir aolitary onp pi taa, and abnt ap tha hat aad ratbad to bed. She bud not had a good night'a raat ainoa that fa al night of NoraV tisht tbi'oagb the anow atom to Bradanett Hall, and kar anbaeqaent illaaaa and death. Vow, thara- fore, Hannah alaft tba alaap of attar nantal and pbyaidaljnroatration. The babe did not diatvb har repoaa. In- . deed it waa.a Terr palltnt Uttla aafRn«r< tf aoob a tarn nay ba appliad to ao yooi yogng fabai I ahild. Bat it waa a^aaga that, an £ataai no" pale, thin andaiokly.dei^tradof ifbmolbMli oara baaidaa,thoaldhare M»da aoUttla ptoiat Haankb, aa yoa know, w»8 ' Trry, vaiy ~ Aad with thja ehild upon h^r han^ miiiff. I OR ni IBB muTUM. Mm ImH olbaaua ptty, *• lui4 tfc* U»»« «« yionM. W«o«i«otl«ll how »h«* r h^T* bMO, bat it to MTtela that IshniMl an >a|«l 'ron hk ^•rj birth. Th« u«xt day, m ifaniwh wm •Uii4iDH At the tabic. b«>f in ba(«iafl not •■nail gar- mcatai and tha babf -boy wm Iriag apua tha bad aqaally buy <■> ""^kiNL °'* ^• * gtted tha faoea of tha poor.' Jimlfoma woald have Mmrnad to hava tahana dollar from EUaaah Worth at thia trying oriaia of har Ufa. • Now. MiM Hannah, ' haiwawarad, aa ha oama in at har bidding, ' pmaaa doa'k yoa ■ay ona word to ma' 'boat da fllthv luora, 'I6M yon maana to 'aalt m* an' hart my faaliuV I doat 'qaira of ao monay for d 'in' of a maa'i dtity by a lona 'oman I Think Jim Morria ia a aum to 'poaa npon a lona 'oman f liopaa not, indaad I No, Miaa Hannah I I aia'l a wolf, nor lil(awiaa |k baar I Onr Haabanly Makar, ha gib na onr livaa an'deaarlham'allaaiaontt, for onraalraa fra* I And what teva wa to 'randar him in 'tarn t Nothing. And what doaa ha 'qoira ob ua f On'y tab him and tab aaoh odar^ lika hnmanbaiBgi an* 'mortal advto mada in hit own imaga to Hva forarar ! and aot to '■oraw and'praaa aaeh odar, and dawoar an' pray OB aaoh odar lika da wild baaataaaaa dat pariikl And I oonaMara, Miaa / Andhara, ta faot tha profaaaor.Jumng aaonrad apatiant haarar, lannohad tato an oraiioii that, wara I to raport it word for word, would taka np mora room than wa oaa apara htm. Ha bronght hia diaeooraa ronnd in a oirotar aad andad whalb ha had bagan. ' And ao^ Miaa Hianah, lay noBMn to ma 1)00140 araaay, 'laaa yon waat to woon' my faalin^' ' Wall. I wlU not. Morria > bat I faal ae ffratafol to yoa that I woald lika to repay yoainaHlMthiaf battarthan maro worda,' ■aid Haainah. • Aadaoygg ahall honay. jw yoa ahall. of ioodor avil in dl« vorl'f Wmda la ta idaaa what badiaa ia to aoala I Wid worda yoa OMy Mva afennaa baiag frttmilaa aak. or yoa may driva him to parditioo I WId wofda yoa may oonfar happl- aaaa or miaary I Wid worda a gnat aaptata amy rally hia diaoomfortad troopa, aa' ' ' 'am OB to viotory \ wid worda a |rwill. *Ithiyikyoa very kiadly, Jim Morris | bat of ooaiaa J woidd hotjika to fj^f yoa ao muob trouble,' repliad Haanah, ia pirfooF innooaaoa of aareaam. ; *La, It would'kt ba no Iroablo, Mim t Battbcn, ma'aai. I didnl UHMAIL I OiW IN THI MUmM. OVtr hw to fMB oonplMiiMUi, aor ii»ii«li ' I aomc with » flft«MM« Atom old aiad*«i up yoiidar At Brttifo*!! Hall.' ' Ak '«ad HaaiiAli, la manli mumrim mad nor* diMPist, 'wlMt nay hava ba«i lMt BI««MM to Bl« P" ' Wall. lliM MMinali. it oiav k«va baM woidaof oomfort, saoli m woald brnwaia a ChriaUaa ladjr to Mad to a Mrvowiat fallow- oraatar'i ouljr it wum\' aighad Jtn Moma. yi • I waat ao aaoli hypooriliaal arordt fhMi bar r Mid Hannah, indicnauiljr. • Wall, hooay, tha didn't taad aoaa I' *>VhaldidaliaMndr • Wa.l. ohila, da madam, iba 'qaaatad ol ma to flona orw bara an' band jrva du ira dollar an' a half, wkioli aba taya aba •««a il to yoa. An' alao to ax yo« to amid by tba baartr, wbiob la ma. aoortaia piaaa of ololb. mmm ab< wblah aha aaya bow you've dona woTa for bar. An' likawia* to t«ll yoa aa yoa na«dn't f, \miM (o Bndinall Hall for Mota work, whiab thara ia no mora to giva yoa. Dwa. Mlaa Basaab. dan 'a da naaaaga Jaa' aa d« madam iva it to m«. which I bopaa yoall 'aidar aa ^ fMab it in da way of my parfaaaioo. an' not tab* ao fanoa at ma, who navar maant any lowarday<^' aai4 ttia prolaaaor, dapta- ^tin«iy. * Of oonraa IMI, Ifoma. So fbr from baing angry with yoa, I am vary tbukfnl to yon for ooming. Yoa hava roliavad ma from a quandary. I didn't know how to ra. tarn tba work or to gat tba pay. For after what baa tM^ppenad, Morria, tba eloth might havaatavad b«ra and tba monay thara, (or •jar, bafora I woald gima oaar BradaaaU Ifofriaalappad hia kaaa with Mtlafaatkm. ■ayiagi • Jna what I thoaghi Miaa Hannah i wUoh mada me tha man willing to br&g da BMaMife. So now if yoa'iljaattaka da Boaaf an' giYa ma da olotkill ba oft I baa got aooM olooka aadomlBtoU'a tomand (o of that po«rj||d lay nubariad la tka houM i hot aow I ^^Boa rinht up and down who iatha wrafl^VwroBfiad Nora f' damaadad tia aua witVTlook of atornnaaa Uaoaab had aarar aaaa m bia patiant faoa bafora. * Why do yoa wiaa to know. Raabaa t aha iaaairad ia a law Taioa. ■- .".. '~~ 'ToklUhim.' *Baabaa Oray 1 1 1' • WaU. what'a tha mattar. girl f ' Woald yea do murder f 'Sartainly aot. Hannah i but I will kill tba Tillain aa noncad Nora wharavar I flnd him, aa I woald a mad dog.' ' It would be tha aama tbiag I It would be muntar I' ' Nok it wouMa't, Haaaab. Il woald ba honaat kilbng. For, whaaaafMad villaia hnnto down and d«atroya M WMoeat girl, ba oacbt to be oouatad tj||^"^— that aay man may alay who fla^fflk And if ao ba ba doa't gat hia death beaa the flrat earner., baoagar. tobe aora of it from thegirt'a aeartat mala ralaMaa or aext friaad. Aad if every aaeb u p— d rel kaaw be waa aara to difl for hia orima aad the law woald hold hit alayer gailtlati^ thara woald ba a deal leaa «i|i aad aiiaerjr ic tbia world. Aa for bm^ Hannah, I faJ it to ha my aolaaui du'y, to Nora, to woouunkiad aad to the wmtt to aeek oat the wroteh aa wroagad bar aad kill him where,! tad him, Juat aa I woald a rattlaaaaka aa bad bit my ohild.' • Thay waald baog yoa for it, Baabea I' ahaddared Haanab. ' Then they'd do vary wrong I Bat they'd aot baag ma^ Haaaab) Tlmik Heavaa, ia thaae here parte we all vally oar womaa'b iBaooeao%a deal higher thaa we do o«r Uvea, or even oar hoaoar. And if a maa ia ri^t to kiU aaotbar ia defeuee of hia owa lib, he ia doubly right to do a» la dafmea ol wo* BUUi'a honour. It, took aad .. Bat Miyway*, .. ,, « -«» -.^i mmmmm maa of hia olaaa are oftaa aoAad, f llmible aad that maa to giTa him bia doaau^ ' W hui ite iK' w. And Jodgaa aad jariea kaow 1 feel it/ae baa baaa oftra provad. y«, whether or ao^* aaidBMihaa aort^. •Kob mv dear, I doat ihM to he haac 'lorthefelU. ^^dUed. to taU the tmth. I \ VaSMkXL I 01, Ul TBI DEPTHS. ■ho«lda't Hk« it •« %\\ I I Mow I tboaMal baforduuMl \ b«t M Ui« MWi tin • I natta'V ■brittk (ron doiag of my daly irst, aM ■uffrrlBit for il aflnrwMrdi, if ocoammj I 80 ouw for-tiM rMMl's mmr*, Ra»a«h f ' (Uubw Mrftf , I oMldal toll vo« If I would, and I WMldal toll vm if I Mvltfl What I do yov Ihlak Ikal X-^ OhriattMi woni«a— am goiag to Mad yoa la year bitod, iiiaul vaagMuaoo to oomaUt the grMtMi urima yoa pqaaiblT ooald ooaMait V 'OriBM, Haoaali I why ItgHkoly daty 'Daly I BiMbml do I^V^ ia middU of Um aiaotoaallHHaMiry— I OhriatiMi laad. IhuI ba?« vdrbMa goiag oharoh ail yoar Ufa. aad baariag tha gop] of DMMM pr«-a«lMd to tkk oad V «YmI fortiM Lord hioiMlf !• a Oo4 «t vaegMne*. Ha daatroyod Sodom aad Oo- morrah by flra, and o«oa Ha daalroya<|,« Iha whoio world by water I' • " Tha daTil oaa quote Sortptara fbt bia parpoat, " Raabaa t and I think ho ia profttpl- log yoa now I Wbal I do yoa, a aMrtal, takaopoavoarMlf tha Dtrina right of pan- iahiog ain by daatb f Baobaa, whan, from tha doat of tha aattb, yoa oan nutka a man, and broatha into bia aoatrila tha braatih of Ufa, than, pathapa, yoo auy talk of panlah- ing tin with d«ath. f oa aanaot aran maka tb« ■mallaot gnat or worn Uval How. thao, coold 70* daio to atop tha aaorad braaih of Ufa ia a man I' aolamaly. ' I don't ooaoidar tbo Ufa af • wratdi who haa daatroyad an iaaooant girlaaarad by any maana,' paraioted B«nbaa. ' Tha mora aiafnlthaaan, tha mora aaorad hia life I' ' WaU I Vm blowod to tbaiidar, Hannah, if thai ain't tho rammoat thing aa «var I haardaaid I— tha mora oiafnl a mM, tha aMHro ■aorad hia lifa 1 1 1 What will yon fill mm next, I woador V * Why, thia I thai if it ta a gTMl orima to kUl a good man. It ia th« mntaot ol aUonmao tokiirabadoMl' To tbia atartling thaotr Banban oonld Mt avan attempt a raply. Ha oo«M only otara at bar in blank aaloniahnmnt. Hia mantal oalibra oonld net ha ootoparod withHiannah'a inoapaoity. 4 'HttTo patianaa, daar B— ban» and I wiU maka it all elaar to yon I Tha mora aiafnl the maa, tha iMaa aaorad kia Ufa ahonld bo oonaidarcd, beoaaaa in that liaa tha only obanoa of hia rapantaaoa, radateption and aalration. And it ia a grantor orinte to kill a bad man Jhffi baaaaaaifyAnUll • hia body only ; fant if yon JM Ul both hia to killr a gbad ana. good matti^oa kill yon kill # /bad man, tfi |tri 1 . «W' Oant yon andarataad Ainbanf Banban raWhad bia forahaad, aad anowarad, aaUanly, Uka ana lika||r to ha aonTta4Mi l o d by ain, apafN ainnar a Ibeg tima to afford him opportnnity for ropantanool If Ha waatad to pnnlah Iha ainnar with daatb hi tbia world. Ha aonid at\ika tka iin^r daad I Bat Ha doaan't do it, and ahall wa dara 10 r No I wa moat bow in hnmbla aabmi*- aion to hit Awfol wordi^" Ywgfaaoa !■ ttina r* ...■> '■'•■'■'■.■'•■* 'HantMh. yoamaybtncbt) I dan you ara 1 yM, I'll apaak plain— I yon ara t bnt tt'a hard to pnt np anah I I faal haflad and diaappointad, and raady to ary I A nian toala aahamad to aat down qniat nndar aooh OMrti- floation I' * Than 111 givvMNf a nara for tlmt I It ia tha lamauil JBtf tha Diviaa Man and tha digniflad pW Rio a with whioh Ho bora tha ihanlte of tha labbU orowd npon Bia day of trial f Yon know what thooa /doarl And, indoad, yooV bottar not 1 for tho temptation to pnniah bite might ba too groat UH my atrongtk, aa aoon afl am ottt of yonr aigbt and in hia I' ' Why. BMibon, my lad. I ooaU not toU yoo if I wnro inolinad to do aob -:-%rMlt. a worn to la^rooy \- ' Sworn to aaoraoy I that'a qoaor too f Whoawora yoof * T9or norm, who dkd fotiriyiBg alLliat- anamkoand rtpanaO with ftlTt: •With him too?' •With him wi|h ftlTtbo wwia f tooH of m l^^si* Mir. IfiHMABL} OR. m THB plPTBS. fUpUa, t wMil yoa to listMi to mo. I mat yoar id^M of VangMuioa and aigvod tiMm upon f Qar o,vu gcpaud, fbr tha Mke of oon> ▼tooins ▼oiftlM* vtngMnovin wrotag •▼•n iiDdor tlM gr«at«rt poMible pnnrooktioB, iooh M yon oelieTod that wo had aU had. Bot, B«nbon, yoa v mooh miatektn I We h«T* had no proTOoatfoo I'taid Ban- aab, gr»T«ly. ' What I no Drovooatiob i not in all tho wrong dona to Nora 1' ' Tiiera hu baan no intantional wrong dona to Nora I' ^ •What I no wrong in all tliat rillaii^y f ' Then baa baan no villainy, B^tfben.' , 'Than if that wawn't villainy, thara'a nona In the world I and never ^raa any in tha .world I, that'a all I bava |^t to aay 1' ' Banban, Nbjra waa nurriad to the fathar of tiav obild. Ha lovod bar daailv. utd inaant bar wall Yon maat believe thia* for it ia a» traa aa Haavan I- aaid Haunab, volamsly. Banben fMrioked ap bia eara | parbapa ba waa not aprry to ba entirely rafiavad ftoan tb« tanptation of killing and Iba danger of banging. And ilannab gave bim aa aatiafaotory an explanation of Nora'a oaaa aa aba oonld give^ witbont breaking bar inroihiae and ba> traying Barman Bradanall aa tha partner of Vora'b miafortnnea. ▲t tha doaa ol bar narrative B tnban Gray tbokbar bandt and holding i> ^ laid gr»my i ' Wall, my dear girl, I aiyppoaa tha aSair m«Bt Mat wbata it la for the praaant Bnt thiamakaaoaa tUtag inopmbant apon m^* And having imid tbia, Benben beaftatad ao long thai Bannab took np the word and Tbia makaa what incnmbant » hwi r 'o gat married right away I' blnrted ottf man. Pray, bava yoa ooma into a fortue, Banben f ' inqnirad flapaab, ooolly« • No. 9hUd, bat~' ■ * Ifeitbar bava I,* intarmptad Hannah. . ^I waa a going i,to aay,' omitinned tha miia, ' that Xliava my bandia to work witb^' ' 'For your Uroa family ai aiatan and |«»tbara-' * And for yo« and that poor erphaa bc^, aa wall i Jkad I'bi witling to do it fo* yon att t And we really mnat ba married rigb| away, Hannab I I moat have a lawfnl right to frotaot yoa agaiaat the alicta a« yoalfbo anta to laoaivia altar what'a bappanad, if yon don't bftvo • knabaikl to ida oara af yon.' Bm panaed a»d wniiad for bar reply ^ Jwit aa abadid not apaak,ba began again I dear r. what do yon ado'8«adayr' / * Ooma, Hannah, mv aay to our being manrie She did not anamar, and ba eontinoad i ' I think aa wa batter had get tmd to- gether arter momlDg {orvioa I And ftliea von. know 111 take yon and the bit of a baby borne long o' me. Hannah. And I'll ha a loving bnaband to yon, mv girl i and III be a father to the ^little Ua with aa good a I waa to OBy own orphan And ni biaa< every of any mau that look* too 1 Iton't yon fear fpr will aa aver brotbara ai^l^ hone in tli^^Ki 01 any aakanoa o^^^^^oo I lK>i yooraelf or tSHbild, my dear. ' The oonii try aide knowa bm fkir A paaoaably diepaead man I but it bad rather not provoka nm for all that^ beeanaa it kiiKHra whan I have a {pat oanae of qnarrel, I dmk't leave my work laffdonel Gome. Hannah, what do yon My. my dear? Shall it be o^ Sunday f Ton wont anawer ma t What I orying, my girl r oryinff I what'a that for r , . Tba teara ware atr eamiag from HanM|k% •yea. Sha took np bar apran and bnriad bar fapa in ita folda 'Now what'a that all abontf oontfawed* Battben, in diatraaa i than anddanly bright- cPint np^ ba aaid— * Oh. I know new 1 Yon'ira a-thinking of Nanov and Peggv t Don't be afeard, Hannab 1 iW woa't^k^ nor aay, nor even ao mvdi aa lotdt at aay- thing to bnrt yoar faalinga! and tbay bad bather not, if they know whioh aMa iheir bread ia battered i I am iba maatar of my own bonaa, I reekoa, poor aa it ia I And my wife will ba tba mia'raaa {and my aia'ara mnat keep their proper plaoeL^ ^ Come, Hannah I my darling,^ WM< do VM aay lo met' he wnieperad, paning bia arm over bar ahonulata, while Mhtriad to draw tba apron tram heir faee. She dropped tht^ Apron, lifted her fteeu looked ot him •brongh her falling taari, aM * Tbia ia what I have 'o aay to yoiJ dfi^^ daareat, beet loved Banban 1 I foal yoar goodnoaa in the very deptha of my bear i I thank yo1i witk all my aoalj I will love jfoa— yoa ott^''— ia libmoa add ia aolitadain^all mv Ufa} I wiXl pray for yoa daily and nigktly i bat— 'aba atoppad aiidaobtted. « Bnt—' aaid BeObao, braathl ' I wiU^ never oarry myaelf , kononr wider yoar boaaat Baabea oaagbc bia a abarp gaap anid gaaad ta Uaak dianay npaa ibjB aobbing woaaaa for a law miaataa. aad tbanbaamdt my ^ itkwitk 'Baaaak— ok my Lord I Haaaak, yoa .i 18HMABL I 0% IN THB DEPTBa aeTtrBMo to My that fon won't nwrry ' I mMO Jatt that, Btabtn.' 'Ob,H«na»h; what hava I dona to oflbnd Toa f I nsTer maant to- do it I I don't aran know how IVa dona It I I'm wteh a blandar^t aainal I Bat tall ma what it ia^ and I wOl bag yoor pardon r . 'It la nothing, yon good, traa haart I nothing I Ibt yon hava two da- , • TKaia, I know it I J|% Nancy and Peigy I IfcayVa baan ddag aoraathing to hurt yoor faaUnga I Wall< awnab, tliay • thall aoaia hafa and aak yonr foroi^anaaa. or alaa thay ah^ laavv my honia and gold aarn thair liWng in aomabody-b kitoKn I Iwdi^t MfcrTCm to inaoli^^^ nlHrti ^^^ '^^ lUuban; indig. v«-?T.J!?**^ J^®" «• totMly miatakan t Your iiatafB no mora than yoaraelf hata arar givan ma tha laaat oanaa of ofbnoa. StLS-Mnosdav Eanbanl Th^njirt namaofMAfa did yen maaa b^ aayinfl-^I ^tr*^ •" wir* ♦ha worS-SaPyS would not marry bar f / ^^ • Raooan, raproaah bia lalbn npon my lunia-unda^Tad. iadaad. bnt Jot S MHaarara. Too baTa yoono. anmarriad thair aakaa, daar. yon nnatnot nwrv ma and my rapfoach I' ^^^ ^ ' la that all yo« Baan t* • j^(i/ ■ * •Th^nlotiU marry yon.' Kaaban, too moat givama tiiib' • I won't, flay I ^ kbara, now.' , *D«*r Bonban, I .>alna yonr aftotioa moia than I do anything in thiiiw»rM «eaptd«ty , bOt I ,^n?f ,Snit\rto s?sa.^b25rr--'^*2^ ■«» 1 Wi ll k a ap yon t o u , Ud rtarey ypo, if I dia for it I' gr miy paraiatad B'nba* Oray. And bafora aba oonld typly, tbay wara iutarmptad by a knook at tha door. • 'Coma In I' aaid Hannab, atpaaling iqm, aaa Mra. Jonaa^ or aoma otbar bnmbla nd|b¥ boor. - Tha door waa pnahad gan ly opan, and • woman of axoaadiog'baaaty atood anon tha tbrtahold. - ^ Ear alandav bat a|%ant form waa^o^bad in tha daapaat mourning i bar pala, dali< aata faaa waa ahadad by tha blaokaat ring, lata I bar larga, dark ayaa wara fixad with tha aaddaak intaraat npon tha faoa of Bannah Wor.h. Hannah aroaa in grant aarpriaa to nieat bar. *.■,;-■. J Yo« ttOCiaa W«rth. I aappoaafV^akl tha yoipi^llrangar, in a aoft Toioa. rM Ifiaai #hal ia your wiU with •■•" ■ . ■ t> ,■■, _*.? •» ,tha Goifntaat of Huratmonoaux. Will yon lot ma riat hara a littla whila 7' aha aakad, with a airoat amila. Haonabi^aaad at tha apaakac in tha at. moat aatoniabihant, forgatfing to anawar bar qoiition, or oflbr a aaat, or avan to Mat tha door, throagh whiah ; wner« «h« k»d lookad for * >>rdiJ^«lcoaM, th* htd i«Miv«d • ooM ripnlw j Bcallv, wh«r« tbi lud hoped iMr prwMnoe would eeafer Iwppli iMM, U bad braoght miMnr ! , . I Ob the Tcry •Teninc •! bar umTAi, b«t biubMid, afUrniMting W witb rtproaohMJ bud t»A from the house, leaviog no olae td bit dwtiiwtion. end giving no reMon tor hU ■tnnge prooaoding. Berootea 4lid not nndwntMid thii. 8hi| OMt hor neniory baok. through all th« d»TC of Ur short fluumod lifo qMBiit withj HonoMi BmdeuoU, and ah* MOght dili-i gently for Miy thing in her oondnOt that; might hare given him offenoe. She oonldl ind nothing. Neither in all their inter- oonree had he i ever aocaeed h^ of any wfoog-doiBg. W the oontrary^ he h^t been profnse in wqrda of adnirattoo, ifoteetatioM of love and tows of idelit^. Now what bad oaoaed this fatal oha^ie in -bli feelings and oondnot towards bert Bereatoe oonld not tell t her mind was aathoroBghlT perplexed as her heart was dtfttfly wovBded i Aifirstshedid not know thaiho wasfOM foreve^ Sbetboagbt that he woold tvtnra in an hour or two and OMply aeoose her of some faolt, or that be woiUd in aome manner betray the oanse off ofnoe whioh he most iuppose she^had liven bun, And then. feeUng snre of her iB|Moenoe7 ahe knMr she oonld exonerate hereelf from every shadow of blame— exfiefl tttm that of loving him toowdVif keahoold oonaiderthatafMilt ^., ThMvfon she Wilted pattenay for his re- tun, bat when the night passed and he had aot oomo she grew more and more nnes«y, •nd when the next day bad passed witbont his OMUnf his anpearanoe. her ni Mi siii iss nee to intolerable anxiety. . The iMt of poor Notaatnight badaroosed at onee her ■oapieiona, her jealisasy and her compakioa. She ban -believed that in this girt ahe saw her rival in her bnsband'e alFec- tioii% thr oanse of her own repudiation and \ ..what Was more bitter still to the obildlaes Hebrew wife— the mother of his obildrsn I This had bsen vwy terrible! But to the Jiwiah woman the^ ohild of her hasband, %von if It is at th# lama time the ohild of bar rival, is as saorod as her Own. Berenioo was \ojti, oonseientiuas andoompass i on at e. In the angnish' of her owit dee|riy wounded •nd blaafing heart, she had pitied ^lid K' ided for poor Nora— had evon asserted own aathoritgr •« mistress of the hoas«, foriheeake of proteoting Nopp- her has- hsnd's othir wife, aa in ^le _«ieroifnl con» TttBPBPTHS. tha unhappy dirl I Bat then, my readers, you must remember tbat Berenioe wee a •tcaotioa of bar gantia ipir^ ahe had termed J%v, Hfewess. This pour unloved Leah woald have sheltered the beloved Baohel. Wo all know how her generoas int«ntions w*** oarried out A aeooad and a third day passed iM>d atill thare oamf no news of Har- man. Berenioe. proetr%ted with the heart-wast- ing siokneaa of hope defarred. kept be*- own room. tin. Brudenell was indignant at her son, not for bis neglect of his lovely ydang wife, but for bis* Tndiffercnoe to a wealthy oonntesel ittie deferred her journey to Washington In oonsideHttion of her noble daughter-in-law, and in the lidpe of her son'iQipeitdy rc-appcaranoeand reoonoiliatlon with his wife, whett— ahe antioipated-^tbey would all goto Waabington tocether— where the Oouhteaa of Huratmoaoeaz would oer> tainly be the lioneaa and the lliaaae Brude- nell the bellee of the sjaaon. Oil the evening of the fourth dav, while Beieuioe lay^exhanated upon the aofa of her bed-room, her maid entered the ohamher, saying: 'Please, my lady, yoa remember the young woman that was here on Fridaf evening?' ■ \x^-^'t^' ,._ '; * Tee r->Berenioa was Mpi^er elbow in aa ihstaat, looking aa^rrli^Jtlo the girl's faoe. ■• , .:;,.,■ *Yoar ladyship ordeted me to make In- qairiea about her, but I oonld get ao aews exoept from the old maa who took her hoiae oat of the snow-s orm aad who oame jMwk and said she was ilL' ^ ,_, ^ ^V^ *I kaow i I kaow i Toa told me that be- fora I Bat yoa have heard somethiagebNi ! Wbatlait?'^ ' 'My lady, the old woman Dinah, who went to aarss her, aever oame baok till to- day, that is the reasoa I ooalda't hear any more aews antil to-night.' ' Weil I weU 1 well" Yoar news ! Oat WithlKgiril' , m « My Udy. she la dead aad baried I' '*- •Whor '■ ■, * The yoeaji woman, my lady. She died •a Satarday. She wai baried to-dav t' Bereaiee sank baok on the eola and oover- «d) her &oe with %er hands. So I her dan- geroas rival was gOae 1 the poor, uohaDpy girl waa dead I Berenioe was jMloua, bat pitifaL Aad she experieaoed 4BPthe. sasM momeat a seass of infiaito relief aad i» faol- iag of the deepeet oompaasion. Ifeither nlatMSi aer aiaid apoke for ior^ and miaatea. The tettar waa tha int to break sllanoe. ; :■ jo-or:-..-^--' --i. -^ •Mvladyr :" — ' Wall. Phmbe t*— — — ^^ ^::*- I 't'Ji'' ' ^:'^^kr&^^\^ ISHMAEL ; 0R» Df THE DEPTH& 'Tfei.MW WM wnMiiiiag cImI had tb t«ll JOtt.' * Th« yoaul Woman l«ft • ^hild. mj bdj.' 'A child I PxrAitain Barvnio* wm ap on her ilbow, bor oyaa fixed upon tb« •p«»k«r and bUidag with Mg«r intmrest. •It i« •.boy, ny lady i boi tbey don'; think it w(U lira I' ' A boy I b« ■ball.liTa | ho ii miaa I ny ■on ! I will bATo him 1 tinbo hi* mother i« dMuW it is I who Himf tho boat ri«ht to , him r akobdmad tha flbaataas, . rahamantly, riling to har faat. The maid raooiM-«ha thought her mia. tree* had anddenly gone mad I ' PhcBbe !' aaid the oonnteia, eagwly. ' what la the hoar r ^^ ^. ' Nearly elaren, my lady.' " ' Haa it cleared off 7' trolM her emotion, took her aett, and add : . •Don't be aUr«i«|.HM»be. I am only a Uttlo perroaa to-night, my girl. And I wint aomathint more aatiafaotory than a Uttledogto l»ei.' aavthipg in the world moregratefal. or m^ Mthfal. or more aaay to manara. tban.a • l.ttIedog. Certainlyifcta baby^ BabiM gratitadeor W.hfulneaa in them ; and after you hare toted them about all day. you may tote them about all night. And then thej > 5^1. !"«'^'" theflrat day of Jannarr Take my advioe, W Udy. and atiok to tha intle doga. and let babiee alone if you lore your peaoe.' j »»• The oonnteaa ^^jN^^itluioomaontorSuhard, -"j^^^^ TarooantLwantto the window, of h.r .Jil. ^'.S'1* .*^*' ""il*** -Poka. afl.. Tae ooantaaa want tp the windowa of her room I but they ware too olooely ahut and warmly cartain«d to giro her any informa- tion aa to the atate of the weather without. Then ahe hurried impatiently into the paM. •«j where the one end window remained withita almttera atill unoloi«l. and ahe looked out. The rain waa laahing tb« alaaa with f my. She turned away andaoucht har own room again— oompUining t • Oa. I can nevet go tonight. It ia ioo I?".** ^ ■*<*"^- ^•*- Biudenell would think me ora^, and the woman at the hut would nerar bt ma h»ve my aon. Yet, oh ! what would I not give to hare himo; my boaom to-night.' aaid Berenioe^' pacmg fe»erfahly about tho room. ^ My lady. 'aaid the maid. AineaailTi 'I don't thini you ^ wu»l atSlSnTSkg. tVon't you lot ma glvu yon aoma aail foUtile?' - ^^ ^* ■•' . i, *»"»•»« "tOplHiig Si har matleaa wiik. p rsiated the affbottoaate creature. I No. I am not walL Phcaba. My heart la h^.**'TL^"*^ ButthatchildwouMbI • balm toiti ifi aottW preaa my ,JJ *o my boaom, Phmbe. he^ronW dimw out .11 the flw and pain !• '?«'«« araw tKl5i^^"!i.W?' "^ "otyonr aon.' a«fd I the^maid. with taaia of alarniatarting in iKr I H.1?'A **'* ' ^?5 **»•* Wa mother ia foh^J'!if'H'*T' ^ho ha, a. batter right UnJTu^VJh^^!'^^^ Hia moth?ia I gone I hia father-' hen tha conateaa and ahe waa iq bed. and when flie i£ about!* diam{aihermaid.wweth*Mi < ^ 'Phcabe, mind that yon afa m»t te ^\iT'^J"^,^ My huftan UiMg of the aubjact of dur con»uiia«on Io^bKc B«t you are to call WAt^ghi o'olSE J»»» my bitiakfaat bireught to^hMTS h«lf.p..t^ eighty and th: carriaga^tfi door at nine. Do you hear T' lea, my lady,' anawered the glrL who immediat.lv went to tha amJB ^roo? •Jjoining her mietrem' ehamber. whm« The ooont«aa oould only alaap in perfaet ?v*.'?T'«*' '»»>«»P»»«b»»>adputlu"3l the hghta, ahe took advantog; of that darkneaa to leaTo her door open, ao that aEe could liatan if her miatramSiM taaUal. ated that her miatreaa waa wakotui aai . '"'otleea. ^ The oounteaa could not alomt for mb. tamplating bar pn^ect of the morning. According to her Jewiah idaaa, th* motlMvl leaa aon of bar huaband wa* a* mneh Jmi* aa though aha brought him into th* worM. And tbua ahe, poor, unbved ind ohiUUaa* wife. |WM ddighted with the aon that ah* thought had dropped from haaTen into hnr anna. "« mw That any one ahould Tenture to raiao'th* aligh^t objectioD to h^ taking poaaaaaiM of bar awn aon. n*Tw>*nt*red tha mind oT MeKuice. She imagined that even Mra. Brudenell. who had tiuated the mothat " W«» w... ft, «!«. .1 ai. }„u, U o«tH»i„ Ptob. to .w«y. rt» IdBlflBL t OR, IN tHB DEPTHS iv i had oot doM M in drMd of oppotition from any qawrtar. bat tii* dMifp of fi^tef l''^ BradMMll • pliWMnt rar- ^bo ii^uid«d to go oat in the morning M if for • driv*. to go to tho bat, uk* poMwriOB of tho boy, brinr bim bom« and by bin in bia grandmotbar'a mt. And . aba antidpatad for bar raward bar child a dbotion^ bar baaband'a lova, and har mothar'a oordial'ai»pcoTal. roll of exoitamant from th«M tbonehta, Baranioa oould not aleap r but tOM«dfrom aida to aida in bar bad likp ona aaflanng from pain or faTar. - ^ ^ , \a Har^tbfal attandanft. who had lorad hat miatraaa waU anoaab to leaTa homa and ooantinr ftJUity*BM 1 I wiab aba bad never aaea UOT^ aa«pl ,«« «d«i ^9 tba M» wgktl I_ know it waa aHor ^|o«r »flodt in the momi that I^ ^ ofpad oC •^ *>>• ino, and ts r'MNMUl at WM tbi Jibe baa miaaed it '\iy a good boar a balf I that aha baa, and I'm gkd of it. Sleep lathe heat part of Ufa, >and there isn't anftbing in ttiie world worth wkking np for aa Tva foond ool yetl Let her alaep ofl| abf'a ? ■ Phflsbe ramnad to kiv aold and ooafart^ laaa braakfar, and had but inat flniabad it whan a saoond baU tan. Tb& tiaia it waa aaiatraaa* and aha hurried to unaweri i mora- gown and |lip|afa,aaata4>*wh« :-'-/ mtimU' "■•"■;'v;ti • Oh, Pho^' dM MiokimML ' howeooM joo h«T« diMtoy«d Ufi le. It ia afitr tea ■ o'elobk.' < My tiUbr. I win toU vm ik» mili. Tob w«(# M rMtkvMMt nlgbtllwtyov ooaM not •kMV. aikl I; WM M Msiou forf^tf yoa iir«i«ioiBiMll«iil. MwtiadM looald aol HH MABLi OBy IN TM DKPTHS. jLttd «6 1 toy riirdn UslMing m ycTtiU after lonr^^'olook iMa oiMrBiat* wImh I dronM offonlof part •iMuMfltioB, sod m I orw- •Icpt a^yMlCnati) haitptH bIm i ud th«B nay Udff I tbovghKM joa Iwd had aaoh a .bad ni|ht, and aa it waa too tote for yooi, to kaap yoor appoiptaMBt with yonraal^ aad aa yoa war* alaaptu ao inaly, I hiM baHar not «raka yoo. I ba« yovr pardoa,' my tody^I did wfaog* aadlhopa no harm hM baan^taa^f:' - " ■*' "' 'Not maoh barm. Phoba i bat aonathing that ahoold hara baaa flniahad by thia tin? uyatto bafin—tht^t ia alL in fatwa* Phabai try toobay na.' 'Indaadl will; asy tody.' 'AnflaoW'domy.bair aaoatdtly aa noa. Phaba/aaiBtbtoflagan liQpli aoobupliahad thair taak^ 'Andnowioaad ordar.tha oarriaia to coma ronad diraetlj ) aad thaa briag aia'a aup of ooifca^'aaid tha lady, riaing toadjoaf bar owndraaa. Phaba harriad off to xibn, and aoon ra. turaad, briagiag a dalioite Uttla braakfaat. ■ervadonalii^. ♦ fiy tha tima thaoooataaa had' draak tha ooiba. and taatad tha riaa wailaa aad broilad^ partrldn, tha oanlaia waa aa. Doaaaad, aa4 aba pat on har^oaaat^lBd a^blaa aad waat bafow. ^ ^^^^ MM. BrndaaaU aiat bar in tha lowar hall. 'Ah. Baiaaia^ my daar, I am gtod to aaa that yoa ara going for an driagatiaak Tha niorninff.iB baanUfal aftar tho atocm:' .ahaaaid. 'Tea, maaatfa,* copUod ttm ooantaaau /Mhwa^oMiiMtthaihtarfiaw..^ Which wayNrin yim driva.'ii^ daor f •I «hi.k IbNiyh tho Tall^i It la^W «^'***.***'^ •■*'*^ *•»• •««5?aad Java hat ordaR ^ ^^npthaamMlly «laapaaoottt •Mwloia lanM ottn tha k#t^ fatoawS «hatwoaad gmdaally dowa tho hlUaid^ aad a« gradaatly aaoaadad tha offodkB hai«hta. Tha oaniaga draw ap at a abort diataflfoo from tlV hnti and ^a ooantaaa •Ugi#UhdwalkaJU<»tlMdoor. Waba^a aaqpHoM* arriTal oaaaad, aai t ratntn to tha intarviaw bo* wiia of Harmaa aad tha aiatar «l Nora. . . . :||,'- CHAPTER XVa «0 ooohtmb ua^rmB, child. with ao miagiTiaa thbafht or doabt Bar foad anaa oUiq>ad bla ohild aboat la tha fnllmantla of bar loro) f tnr who ao loToa tha dnling flowara li^at lo?a tha Uoom of haman bowara, Tha Wpaa of brightaat thinga abwra. Ooa aa)r— ona anaay wiatar day->- Bha praat it to bar tandar braaatt Tha aanalunrof ita haad thara lay Aa pillowad on ito nativa raat. --ThomM Bvehamam Rmd. ibady Hnratmonoanz and Wam^^h Worth aat eppoaito aaoh othar in ailanoa. Tho lady with har ayaa flxad thoaghtfall)r oiTtto floor-^HaBBah waitiag lor tha ftaitor to 4i«4oaa tha objartof har Tiait. -.^ ' Ranban Gray had rat^rad to tha farthart and of tho room, in dalioato raapaat to tha lady : bat flading that aha oon^nad ailant, it at laat dawnaa anon bia mind that hia iabpanoa waa daairabU. So ho oama fnrwaid with awkward ooartaay, aayiag i <* ' Hannah, I thiak tha li^brjpoald lika to I^«^«S?yo ba alon« with yon i ao day, and ooma again to*moryiK' ' vacy wall. Banban,' Waa all woman oonld Anawar in tha yon good. thatiha pitoanaa of a 'tiyrdparaoa.' ' . '^' ^Ana aftar tbahiag Hannahli band, aa# paMr hia fraalook to tho tiaitor. tho mtf ..waiTaway. i^ Aaaoon aa ha waa Mirly goao. tarn tamad to tha ifallR|ir, and aaid . ' Hannab-^your Ba«» ia Hannah. thiak!' ■ ^^^^^ ■; *Taa.^madam.' '■/-■'■J:'-.-.'' • Wall, Banaah. I bava ooma to ttiaak yoa for yoar tandar oart.of my aon. and to rdiava yoa of him I' aaid ;rtho ooantaaa, gwtiy. 'lladamir azotoimad tha amaiad woqiaa,! ataring point-Uaak at tha viai- tor.. ^ *Why^what ia tha matter, |ririr What ha^ r laid that yoa ahoal<|i.alai« at mala t ha t w a yf p a talantly damandad tho li*daik, yoa aatoaiaf ma I Vonr ion /- .^v :f sIak%i on, ik liiPTMs. ■Ml , no* •fm.m^^rmlM^ Mm,' f«piM • Oh, I tm^'M tiM l^ij^, wi«h ft,l*iit BwdoMbU ia Mij,; Batyjol: im, my gH !| WM aotonr sm^m iMWr Imm« of Mm >. UtU«f«lloir% I ooakl nol And loMM blMkfMt.' . 'Hadkiia, t/kaow it?'«t ' meal fasttntef^l'^.i fiaaiag to j •Btll bto iMt aiflit. tkUiUif oi ^In; *ViWV^*-'^^^;f M^-i' to Mwvitiatt^ .^r^^, ''1 l.i' k - *0m» '^l^lsMtB*^ .lA* oqr wih, MHI iMMTd^^^BtlMa I* Mitf tho Tinfir. ytn kaow yoi| kltfl.Ao mm i. kt ^oed, a«v. 'lU' yea alkatH&wlHN f^ ttvi. aad lol* hm^ ^a y«it Umii h^ himiM,' >1mhM BwMMkt ;WW W wor by Mm *HJ^ tlMNxjU^W «tw,' wolaiaiad tho •aaalMak ''■^**'"'» THTiaiali all aad atftaa towarda tha bfi nMw' alM ia« ilia iwba Haaaat iiirgM •ftw. ^!W« 'ahapod bar fiMud tha ardif aad hoUiaf bar tigMly, • 9o«% %ladr t f« Baavw Vlala da»1 kwl Hit ahild I 1U la aaah a paar Utlla ariMti IM aiaaetltlraiailiy daya i ba "^ " •• •"• tafraalbl ' " •aMA, tbeaiib, totaUtb^ «ral UimtMi ■Iwiinl mil of bar >4aaw iBdiBi»tlydMB|ncl#BarfPQa. „ to oMMMaa yoartMfilb. orjrdp|may'<* aalf awMbltf aa^ liiiiia parfalMK||a| ro4#»fi%|Wt Mba'^liiiw Mboi^lVtbatyaMbial^ ipAd IMr, aad tpaak Imii' ^. H^vinr. Toa ^|ak I'- atlMi to jpay ' tbt^ld a|iwi.tiia bidiatHiMiof iqp r •mat K x'oa adfd,aa, aiy bdy#^ » >Kb| I la^ ba laafc mitm% biy mb by 'ilpMrr' *Idoao*aa^:r«taad • Watt, I faar yoa ( — .. anl^B. Ha ia'— tba lady% ■ijrbroka dowa-'ba b a^, aad aob bia ai0bi b i |M i f a ailpt^V bnatb m ♦Hg^tkai<».af HaSaa fc gjiiii i i,aad t||y kidy I bMT daw ^ aviiiiiMi; 'ibaltviaraaiy iatanapM Biika^ •BNaM^oTflaavaa Ml tote«3|l ifaaia^ • it fe traa^ S^MMk I ; If ^ r^ald la dl^t aad it will ba t a fraat MaMlaii doM 1 bat atiU, lor Ul tbat, I auMa% kiiMbiiotaayTaiyUoa. Nokfoai ■gr lair* yaa ibaaH ^ aa^ biat I Toa ahaaV kidaod r auiaiaMd HMaab,aatha aatiMalrliicMqiMia tpbaa bwialL 'jliair'4iia' ycai haid na I' aaakia wd Ba> ilaai MNSf aooai^ to do aa^ a^ akiSfftmi 'yoa auAt Hupial^ lalaatfly ■• m 'ibatt*iaraaiyJataRa: *BNaaaa Bttfaaia^. 'J tbaliocditiraiaaai^r *Lady BaialaMiaaax— ' •lt9i^ltUataBtoiiMai8l»daaiiiab1 Ida aat blaaia yaar paar aiattv. ^BatvaajHiaav to j«otoat^|Mr tha bigbt iha ai bar k«art iittM^ a* tka latababiid btard'ot tbat aaMM bati •IkakaaaraatkiBg ^ ity kaabaad, aad aba aoal bua my aMiia tkaft I ( laoald.' ika maata aob tboaiTil^ j«flt.IaaB«ifc _ _ *Myla4y.yaa baira^V lwr,'iataRaptad Mpaa^i dalar. .....l:.^-..-::^' I8HMAKL I OB, IN THB DBFTBS. jp«ff«otl)r WuMlMi Ip tb* Mght of mMoMLup witliMrpriM, ■ifhca -^ "^Bowivtr tKtk Qwy b*, HaAMb, I #m not fMlTlMM'Mddo not prMUBM to omiim N|;l?lio7 obo rook, fa pooool B«t bor t lionBoa'i ebild i aiV obild I It lo of ^ . wioh to opookl Ob, HoniMh, givo him io iJM I I wont biin oo miioh I I long for Urn 00 intomwiy V My kitort irorim Io him ^«rdontI*| Ho«rill bo nob • oomfort, 4ipoh blo*aiB|L OQob • oolTotion to m«, 'flMinah I I win loiro him to woll, and nmr bim 00 okrafolly. i|ad iniako bim to happy I I will edooato bim, prorido for all hia waota l^d/ciro bim a profNaion. And if I am iwTo^ rooonoilod tu my baabaod '— bOro aitajn ber voioe fallorod and broka down i 'bat aftat adr:|raob^ aho rwmmad t *If I am oover reoonoitod to my hoabaad, I will make bio aon my hfir ; for I bold al my Urge property in my own hgbt. Hannah i Bay, will yoa give mo uy baabadd'a aoa f 'Bat, my lady—' * Ah I do noi rofnao mo I' interraptod tbo ooonteoa. * I am ao auhappy t I am alono in the* world, with no ono for mo to loto, and no ono to lovo me I' • Yoa havo many blomiagi, madMm. ' ^^ «1 bivo rank mmI weallb and good looki^ > if you moan tbom. Bat ah t do yoa think thoy mako a woman happy V . 'ao, madam." . *^i^. "•??•* ', J^^ Sw Ifthor wia anapoatatatobiilfaitb. ll> nolioB kat mo '*«.?!.'!?■« *fe,*»'«'»*»'«<> lor making a Obriatiaa. Mf. saronta jtro doMi. My ?rt •« •*»^iJ^ My %aabaad alionat. oil. jBnt atUlI bavo ono oomfort and oao bopo I My eomlort i»-.tiho aimplo esmtoaoo of my bnaband I Yoo,. Bannob I aakoia.iftiaa holirea. If it by vjriMlIw lOMM would bo to break bor ,»w, aeknowledging the porantago of bb and betraying Herman BradootU. Aad to do tbia withoat effooting aay real good to the lady or the obild, ainoo ia all bamoM probabUity tbo obild'b boara/wofo alfoady aamberrd. / ' • Hannah I wiU yoiafMihrie att' pleodod Borenioo. ' '—^ , ' Yea, mv lodf. I waa wiabing to apeak to yoa all along | bat yoa wOald not givoBtoa obanoe. If yoa had. my lady, yon woald aot have boon oompolledio talk ao maoh. I wialied to aak yoa than what I aak Toa now : What reaaon bavo voa for thinking and epeaking ao ill of my alator a* yoa dor -/■- * I do oot blame bor r I told yoa to** ' Yoa oover her errora with a roil of oharity | that ia what yoa mean, my bdy 1 8ho nooda ao anob veil i MjT alator ia aa lo- nooeat aa aa aaiol. And yoa, my lady» iuro miatakoa.' ^ 'Miatakenf aa to— to? Ob/ Hannah I bow am I miatakenT' aaked the oonnteea, with audden eagemcaa, poihapawilbanddoa hope. * II yoa will oompoao yoaraelf, my lady, and oome and ait down, I will tell yoa tho tnith, aa I have told it to overybody.' lAdy Hamtmonoeat wtnt and dropped into bor ebair, aad ffiaed at Banaah with brMtbleaa intaroet. Baaaab drew aaotber ohair forward, aod Mt down oppciaito to tbo ooaotota. • New, thea. ' laid Borenioe, eagerly. •My tody, what IbavototelliaaooBaaid. Mr aiater waa baried in her woddiag-nag. Hoa ooB waa bora in wodkiok.' Tbo Ooaoiooa of Haratmoocaai atartod to bar foot, obapad ber baada and gaiad into flaaoab'a very aoal I Tbo Ugbt at Mia* floito |oy irradiatod bar faoe. ahoaid d .■■"Oaoagb ._ oAowolovol aooMtinwa i T*ry bard r J W.JI do mora than die fbr'aiy jovoi I wiU Uvt for bittil Uvotbtoagh il!*Y#"'/^'^y. loaellaoaa; taking my «?»*>••««« Jf *^^K hioaon, ifyoairill . latoro lor bio retara, wkoa I eaa prooeal biaboytoUm,aad«iy oaoaot lovo mo form moaUttleforkiol" daab tbfa laat bopo .Baaaab boat bar boad i> __,„ w |PMI JMy Haroimott^uti' 4 ;^,* la tkia trao f* aho amlaimo^ ;*^?|tiatrao.V /^ ^\lH^-iilt^5^^'*^&T!^™'^^*^»^ Oh, how ■ ^il> S ftLt.'S^ 'T"*'^ S'***^*" ^^^^ ^^ 1 Ob. thaa Tivol tholStiaoHoa ^4SiLo^^^m.u^^Zmk baok in bor ohani •oIlNd haflaao with btr hand*, ao4 bant into toi^a. 9||o«iei|loo.^imM hat I aho waa aal^' l»J. I* ,. bat thoiiMiiMi aad dooMViMl im|riIaatad|#a4ooeptMia| aad Jbia to bid •'^iBSS?i-'^^S'T«- ^^wHl^ tho truth t Bn» ¥■ S9^'' to Nora jmd hfllrayiog Herman JJ^adaaolU Then aho pitio< that boMUfo^ ptU mao, Who wai Waapiag aql^^OBt^ :V I8HMAEL t OR. IK TBI DIPTlIS. ■he ATOM ftnd poartd oat the Uat of poor Non'a botUo of win*, *nd broagbtit to bar, ' Driok tbU, my l*dy, Mtd try and oonpoM jroorMlf.' B«rmiioodnnktb« wiaoMid tbanktd th« woown, and then Mid t * I WM ▼•ry wroug to tab* «ii«h faaoiM m I did { bat thon yua do not know bow the eiroamatMiOM war* that M ma wm to aaon fanoiaa. I am gUd and aorry and oahamed, all at onea, Hannah I Olad to And my own and my motb«r-in>Uw'a anapi- dooa au nnfoandad i aorry that I eTar an- tartabMd tbam againat my daar baaband } and aabamad— ob I bow maob aalmmad that I arar batrayad tbam to anr ona. '^ - ' Yoa wava akakiag to do him a aamaa, my kkdy, wban voa did ao^' aaid HanuUi, ramoraafalhr and oompaiaionataly. * Yaa, ladaad I waa i And than I waa not Jinita anraalf i Oh I I bara aoffarad ao maob n my ahortlifa, Hanaab ! And I mat aaoh a omel diaaitaoinimant on my aVrival bai« I Bat tbar« I Tarn talking too mnoti agam I Hannah, I antraat yon to forget all that X bare aaid to ypo. And if yoa oannot forgat it, I implora ytfa moat aamaatly navar to repeat it to any ona.' * I wiU not indeed, madam. ' The OMBtaaa of Hnratmoooaaz aroaa abd walkad to tba bad, tamed down tba abawl that ooTerad the alaapiogobild, aod gaaod pitifalHr apon bim. Hannab did not aaak to pravant bar. * Ob, poor littla fallow* bow faaUa be lM4iat Bannab, itaeamaaaob apitytbat V *^ fi^*^ ^ formed for bia fatore wellua aboald ba loat beoaaaa ba ia not what I aap- poaad him to bajit aaema bard that tba raveUtioo wbiob baa made me bappy, aboaU niaka bim oafortanata ; or, rather, that it aboald pravant bia good fortone. Aad it ahall not do ao antiraly. It ia trna, I caanol now adopt bim— tba ohild of a atranger— and take him home and rear bim aa my own, aa I aboald hava doaa bitd ba baan what I faneiad him to ba. Baoapaa it mii^tnpt ba rigbt, yoa koow, and my htiaband might not approro it And. ob. Haaaab, I ha«'ft grawa ao timid Utaly that I dread. I draai mora thaa yen oaa imagla^ t»do a'uything tbat ha migbtaot Uka. Bot tbatba ia a domcatio tyraat aitber. Toa bava lived on hie ratata Uma auoofb tokaow that Barmaa BradraaDia all that la food and kind. Bat tbaa yoa ao* am.aara that It wiU aet dIaplMaa bl«^ therefore I muat not take tJkia ohild of a Btrancar borne, aad raar bim aa my owa. Bat I will do all that | oaa for him bara. At preaant bia little waata are all phyaioaL Take tbia parae, dear woman, aad amka bim ■a oomforUble aa voa oaa. I think ha oaght to bav* madloal atteadaaoa t prooar* it for lam I get everything ba neada i aad wbaa tba parae ia empty biiac it to mi to ba replaaiabai. So maob for tba pt«- •oat II ba livaa. I will pay tor bia aobool ia« aad aaa that ba ia appraatiead to aomt good maatar to laaraa trade.' And with theaa worda the ooantaaa bald oat a wallflllad parae to Bimnah. With a deep blaah Hannah ahook bar bead; and pntthii offered boon y book, lay- ing : * No. my lady, no t Nora'b obiM maat aa( beoome tba ol^aet of yoar oharity. It will not do. Ify ueph«w'a wanta ar« few, and will not bo fait long; I can anpply tham all while be Uvea. I thank yon lOI the aame,roadam ' Birenioe loohed aarioaaly diaappoiaCad. Affain aba praaaad her boaaty apon JeImk aab, aayiag t ' I do not really thiak yoa are right to rafoae aaaiatanoe that ia proffered to poor child.' Bat Haaaab wal Ann aa abe replug ' I know tbat I am right, madai^ ■0 long aa I am able and willing to aap* Sly all bia wanta mvaalf, and ao long aa I anpply tiiam, I do bim no tnjury la xf fi^aing ior bim ,tba halp of othera. ' ' Bat do yon NPa to eapply all W* waata! laappoae tbat bia bther maat he a poor man, bat-ia he ao poor aa aot toba able to render yoa aom* aaaiataaoe f Hannah paaaad a momaot ia tfaoaght be- fore aoawerteg tbia qaeetion, than abaaidd : ' Hia father ia dead, a^ Udy. '-^drnd to him waa h«r mental raaarvation.t 'Poororp)ian,'ii|kl>ed the ooaatua^ wfth thataaraapriaging to bar ayaai 'aM yoa will aot let me do aay thing for Mwr - a 'I prefer to lake oiua of bim HipaeldE, Budam, for the abort time that he Mumi»A oara/ replied Haaaab. • W«lC tta«o.' aigbad the lady, aa ^ i^. atorad be r paraa to bar pudiat— ' ratnimbar thia— if from any otroamataooea w^liatevar I am all wiwu^-Md alwaya waa ao. ^very. do Mill doo It la all Wf ovafai voa abonid oliaage jroar aiiad, aad be wiU- tag to apoepvmy proteetion for thii|ahiUL tbibg I —and dwaya waaao. Ml, aad I maet try to oone to me frankly aad Yoa will fiad thatl i h #ve a ot qha agadiay aiad. 1 ahall alwaya ameadit^if avar lam to hope for bappi. oatk io I muat aot 4oaay thing aalMoI baiM -to doanythinf iamy powar fbf thu pnd^ kiaa tiM brow «t tba •iMpiaR baba, and tb«B to oat«b bin ap Mid pnaa bim fondly to bar bwtftT Wbo can toll! Tha aatiOB awoka tba infant, wbo omnad hit larga blM ayaa to tbt t*** m tba lady. • Hananb, yon naod na| tbiak tbia boy ia KoiBR to dia I Ha ia only a akflatou i bat otrtainly oi Ufa I Taka tha word of ooo who hat tba blood of a Htbraw prophataaa in bar vaias for «bat I' aaid Baranioa, with •olennitr. ' Ii Will bo M tbo Lord wiUa, my lady,' Hannah ravoraatly rapUad. / Tha aoutoao bid tba iafaat book npon th» bad and than draw bar aablaoloak arottod bar abooldara, ahook hand* witb Hannah, and dapartad. Hannah Worlb atood looking aftor tba lady for aoiaa littla apaoo of tima. Hannah waa an aooarafa toadar of ebaraetor, aad aha idaaanaltbo int |laiioa that tbia pala, ba> moat bMntifal woman ooald not bo tba bad. artfal aad doooi^fvl oraatnra thai liar hoaband bad baaa lad to baUora aad to renrdiiei.t har. And aba wondanad what miataka it ooald poaaibly bavo baon that had aatraagad Harmaa Brodanall from hia loraly wifaand laft bia baart vaoaalfor tha reoaption «f aaotihor aad a moat fatal paaatnn. ' VVhatovar it mlay bata boon, I bava no* thins to do wttb it. I pity tho noatla lady ) butleannotaooapt boK bounty for Nora'a ohild,' aaid Haitaab, diamiaaian tbf anbgaol from har tboagbta and ratilipinf to nar work. In thla maanor, from ona plamlblo motiva, ^ or ano'bar, wai all balp rajaotod for tbo orphan boy. It aaemad aa if Protidanoa warn ratolvad to oaat tha infant bolplaaa npon Ufa, to ahow tha world what a poor boj might maka of bimaelf, by God'* ttloMi||d^oaliiajOwn on* aidadaffortaf ^^Hv Har ohaoka grow pala and dim bar ^ Har vtbo. Mat on tl>«ltt* byharaida. '*; ' ♦ ^. And whan ll^ronioa had MiB|^liad, aha ^ aaid : ' . VH^>i ' It ia of yonrtolf and HariMin thai I wiab .p^ j toapaa¥toyoa, my daar.' ' -' 'Yaa, mamma t' ^ '^ Tba lady, btoitotad, aod^tban aaddanly aaid v. ^i* *It ia now boarly «a Wtok ainea my aov dittppaaratlt ha laftl hi^ boma yruptly, witboat axplanation. ia tbodtodof night. at tho Tory boor of yo«T arrival. That waa ▼aiq[ atranca.' / 'Vary atranga,' aehtod tbo nnloved wifa. * What Wita tftn moaning of it, Bar * ladaad, mamma. I do.^uot know;' * What than, ia thf oaaaa of hia an * Indaadj indoed, | db not know. ' / ( 'Baranioik bo Ifd from your prManoo.f Thar* ia audantly aomp miaandaratanding or aatratinrnttit batwaon yoandf and yotif haabanntrnfSidnat aak him for an axpiana* tion. Bitbarto I hava flirbome to aak voa. Bat niow that a irtA baa paatod. #itboat any tidinga of mf aon, I bara a right to da* nand tha axplaiiktioa. Oiva it to ma.' * MamauL I oAnaot ; for I know no mora thanyour8(Mf,'fBiwarod'B«ranhia, inatooa • of diatrato. /' \ * Yon do not know t bat yoa mjut ate* ;, paot Now- what do you nupwt |i> bo tha 'Cirhiagpingf' ' . \':- -''y-;: d•■ Eaowt wImU furll««lir om is •troM •» Minag* nj hMtaad I d« MtV • Hm Im mvw Mou^JfMlf* . ' *ll»T«r, awama.' i»' / •K«r qaamlM wilh^MfiiT * Htvcr.' ^ >'■ '- « Nor oomplaiaod of y ^At alt f •KcaaoMM. TbfitAuatiaMtieBthat I had «f hia diaplaawte iMa giva« aM tba ■if hi of mj anrival, f. Mdmy dolag aod^ drovo him away fraai^p' alaaaad Aad I myotif woald ratara to a^ aaMva ooaalry, oaly, aow that I am ia myaolf to Jaat oaaniM. Iftwhimf - that ia kaapiagymfiam hia ka«MaM to hia Ska ha wm ratara. la M ■apawhil^ waHaat aot, by aay ahow of •anaty. fiva tl%aarraataar thaiaigiihoan llff aaaaa to giiaipof hia dlaappaaraaoa. Api I Maat aot hava aiy flaua aaaat hy hia 1 hava aliaady "doiaya!! my do- tm Waahlafftoa bagar thaa iUk* i thUaflhaTtiim,. Ia«i wtl wttlta tTra- aMda hrra amiylaagar at alL Aadl tyyk. ■Mraatioa at b tho giaat oaaira of I — . — _*_ harhaada homia, I fafi that to laavo it waaM ho to ahaadoB aqr faat of daty aad aiaaaa Bat I aaaaot YoT larthar. mamma i laaa a a l 1 1 maat^ ^ o h tnyi myaalf apaa hia pwrwra. I > m Ml ami|fbrmarhxgi; t^moimHt >Mt avaalba thai oar nU worahte with a a MtUI All yaar will maka yaa what- taha.» ' balovod of aqr hi larmarad Baraaiao, ia a low rMar. *Thal ahal ioTr haliava «r, my iMMnr maa adadra. ai^ lovo thraagh othor maa%«yaa. My aaa hi aa^ af"tha maay. HathiMCia thia warl4 waald hriag him la yoaraida aa nnkk^ aa la aoo yaa th4 oMira of atlraaliitt tat tho IralaiialM of Iba^ MpltaL' •Ah. madam. Ihadlaalttawaaldlaak Iho aharmaf aorohy la hiaii ha haahraa aa- a a ati i i a J f .w » lai aw iU . alm ll a r oara la lioadoa aad la Plwfa, ai^id tha aoaalrai, with a araad Ihoagh awaralal amili. Mia. BraiaaallHi wm i^^^as^ ^ 'Tiw^ '"^7*^, ^fy?*' •v.. intMAV* I 0B« III TBS llBM'MS. 7t •till l^a^dispUAM Md MbMKi. iVo, I mint ramiiia icBt, doing wi>*t oood I can, ' pruyiiMC for bU ratam,' •MM^tooa of batian Mad* • blander ^ tbing aba •MKHrrvd, m ib* baaunod to My: '♦• * Oh. of oeano, my dtar. I know, after tlia laropaao aoarta, oar Rapablieao aapi- Ul nraat aaam aa anti-4(imai I Still It la tha baat tbia« I aaa off«ir yba, aod I oeaaaal you totaktit.' ' I faal daaply fratafal for yoar kiodoaaa, mamma i bat, yoa know I ooald not aater ■ooiiity^'axoapt andar tha aaapioaa of my hostNind,' Nfliad B> ranioa. ' You oao aalar aociaty nndar tba aaapioaa of yonr haabaad'a motb*r. tba vary baat ohaparma yoa ooald pomibly bnva,' aaid tha lady, ooldhr. 'I know^l^t, mamre^ * ' than win yoa ooma with «■ f* ' Bionaa ma. madam | indaad I am aot tbanklraa for yoor t^oaght of ma. Bat I o*nnot fo I for avao if I Tiad tba apirita to •aatoiu tha rota of a woaun of faahioa in tha iinyataira to change her draea for dinner^ On Satnrdav. aocordlog tO programmo. Mra. BradeneU and , har daaghtan want to . town, tniTallinf in thdi- oapaoioaa family- anrriaga. aod B«raaiaa faa kit nlona. Yea. aba waa li>f t akma to a ailibda ot heart ami home, difBicalt to be oadaratood by balovad and happy wiveo and mothara. Thaatranga. wild eoootry, tha larg, ompty grotewioe bladk aorTaata, thenMalTaato deo the heart of' tha yOong' Bngliah lady. Addled to tbaaa ware the daep woanda her affeotioaa bad rvaeiTod hjr tha oontamptoooa deaariioa of her bo^baad i thai« waa nnoar. tainty of hia taU. and kooa aaziatw lor hia Mfety I and the alow, wanting ooal-aioknaM hooar. tW «t% ware enoogh is I to depraaa the apirita and lad- deapair. Kverv ■tomtag, on rising from lem bed. aha woold aof to hanalli • Harmaa will ratoia ot t ahall gat a let* ter (root bim to-day. ' Iverr aigbt. on ainkinc npon bar alaap' loaa pillow, aha wouid aig h i * Another draarv day baa gooa and na nawa of Hwrnua I Tboa, in (averiah aapaotatioa, tha daya arept into weaki. And with the aataitaion of time hope grew aMra atoaiaod, tanaa and painfal. Oo Ifoadav meraing aba woold marmor t 'Thia weak Teball auraly bear from Mar- fm, if I do nut aaa him.' And every Satnrday night aba woald Mm ' Aaot bar mimrahW weak aad M Hdlttgi of my hnaband.' ordioary And thua >ba tNoka alowly oapt iBW moot hi. ' Mra. Bradanttll wrote oooaaionalty to eay •hat Hai maa waa not in 1¥aahinaton, and to aak if he waa at Brodanall. That waa a I. Tba aaawtr waa alwaya. ' Not yet.* Barea oe ooqld not go out among tha poor, aa aha had daai|nad i for in that wildarnaaa of bill and valley, wood and water, the roadaaven in the beet weather were bad an< ugh— bot in mid-winter thev were nearly impaeaablo ateapt by the hardieat podoatrl* aaa, tha roagbeat horsea, and tha atroagoot wagKona. Vary oarlv in Janoary thara oama a deep aaow, fallowed by a aharp froa^, and then by a warm rain and thaw, that oon verted the hilla latooaamad aad goitarod preoipioea t the vallaya into poola and qaagmirea ; and tba roada iato raviats and nvara— qaitaimpraetiaabii pamangera. Beranioa ooald not gat oat' of oharity among tha aaffaij ooold tha landar har own black aubjeota, and to niaat with a re- ptilae from a foraign ooaataaa, waaan inoom- pr hanaibia thing I Tha raTaranoa for titled foraignara, for whiah w* rapabliaana have baan Jnatly laoghed at, ia oonflnad axolnaively to IIm^ larga dtiaa oorraptad by Karopaan intar- oonrae. It doea not axiat in the interior of Iha ooantnr. For iaatanoo, in Maryland and virgiaia. tha ownar of a larga plaatation kaa a domain greater in torritoriaFaxtant, aad a pawerovar his rabjaeta more ahaohata, than thut of aay rtigaing grand dnk* or 80Tarai|a prinea ia Oarmaay or Italy. Tha Elaniar ia an abaolato moMurob. hia wlf* ia ia qoaan-oonaort ; they aaa no aqtMla and know 00 floatradiotion ia thair own realm. Tlieir nelghbonra bra la pawarfal at tham. lalvaa. Whan thay maat. thay isaat aa MMft on aqaal tama, tha only praoadenoa baint th a t g iy an bjr oo art aa y. — Bow. tha a^ «mld tha ^aatar'k wifa q^radata tha dignity of a tonntaaa, who, oil atataooea. aionf, nnit walk bohlnd a marohionaaa, who maal walk bahiad a daahaa*. who mast ' walk babiad a qaaan 1 Tbaa yon aa* how it waa that tha aovareign ladiaa of Marylaad thoaaht they war* dolag a vary oondeaaaad- lag Ibiog in oallina amm Iha yonag atraager, wboae hnabaad bad daaartad bar, aad wboae mother and aialara in-law had left btt alone | and tbat har ladyahlp bad eoaunittatf a great a«t of iil-braadiag aad Impartiaano* in dacliniB| their viaita. At tba oToae of thi> Waabington laAaoa, Mrs. Bmdaoell and her daagbtera ralar«ad to the HalL She told har frianda that her eon waa travelling in Enrope t hat ah* tiu har daagbtar-ia-law that aba only hopa4 be waa doing ao i that aha really had aot haMd a word ftom bim, and did aot know bBy^ thing whatever of hia whatwibottta. Mm. BiitdaoaU aad bar daaghlata t*«aiv. ad and paid viaila t gave aad altaaded partiea, aad made tb* hooa* aad the naighbonrbood very gay ia lb* plaaaaat aomm ^r time. Berenio* did not enter into any of theie amuaamantt. 8b« never aooaptad an invita- tion to go oat. And even wh^n oompany wer* antartainad at tha hooac, aha kept her own Bttit* of rooma, and had bar meala broaght to har there. Mr*. Bradenell waa exo aeivaly diepleaaed at a oouraa of oondnet in her daaghteriulaw that wonld natarally give riae to a groat deal of aonjaotnre. She expoetalatad with Ladv Huratoionceux : bar to no good parpoaa i for Bcreuice abrunk from oompany, taplyiug to all tha argumanu that oonia bo arged opon her : ' I oaauot— I oannot aa* viaitoi% aMuaaw i II ia qait*->^aite impoaaibla.' Aud than Mra. Brudanall mad* a raaala- rioB, whiob aha alao kept— never tb oome to Brudenali Hall for aaothar aammar, until Herman ahonld ratam to hia home aad Baraniaa to har aenaaa. And having aod*> dded, ah* abridfid har atay and want away with har daaghtara to apend tbe remainder of Iha anmmar at aoma plaaaaat watering* plana in tba North. And B*ranio* waa onotf mora Mt to aoU- tade. Now, Lady Haratmoaoaax waa not nata- rally eold or prond or anaooial ; bitl aa aorely aa brains can tarn, and nearta break, and woman die of grief, ^b| was ara^y, aighiof ovary ha* faoa aha fovad not aaari Tlia with th a h ei heart- brokea and dymg. Bhe tamed aiok at the aun being for the aad loaiad for waa pMt q r 9b« ■•▼•r vMt !• aliiiNii- Htr til H«b#4 •urrow mw inorbUI | her bop«l«ka b«p« W- MM* • MoaWMul* I iMf lifa urrowtdi dowa lo oB« moaralal roatla*. 8h« w«iil a*. wh«r« bat to tha taraatila aa iba tarapika. wh«r* tba Uaaad npaa tba ratary or«M. tmA watoliad tba raad. Bv«a to thia 4aT. tba pt\; daapatriag. but aioat baaatiful faaa af tbat yauim wat«h«r ia ramambaral ia tbat aaifbbaar- Only Tary raoaatly, a My, wba bad brad ID tbat vialaiiy, aaid ta bm. ia apvakiax of thia f oaaf fj»na|ii«B wil»-tl»«a atuagar ia our UMidi * - , '.' I . ^ •Yaa, aTfrjr 4af aba watlM4 NMrlytf tbat aarntw pats ta tba tarns: i^ aad a cad laaaint on tli« «r«aa aad tuii^i op tha raad, ta waioh far bim— avary day/ raia or ahiaa ) ia all wtatbaraaad aaaaoM/ far maltha aad yaaia.' / OHAPTBR XIX. \; iba H4 w'obodt'i mm. Nat blaatt aat aavtd I Wbo darta to daabt all wall With boly iaBoaanoaf Wa aaom tba craad And tall thaa traar tbaa tba Wgota UlU— . tbat infanta aU ara Jaau'« iamba indtad; —MohHh F. Tupper. But thoo will barat tbia tranaiant alaap. And thou wilt wako my baba to waap i Tha tanant. af a trail aboda, Thy taara maat iow aa mina bava iowad i And tboa owytt lira parabanaa to prova Tba pang of nnrt^nitad lova.— Jl|fr«^ labmacl tivad » Poor, thin, tant too aoon Into Iba world { all tbat ooald anrtnra baallbr ta fad on natanial food i^tzpoaad iA t hat to tka piarDlag oald of Ibalaavti tart tandadttaiy By 1^ P*^ ^^ niaid*wbo hoaaatly wiohad bia daalh aa af bl aba wonld h«M bin bapluad bad BO lagal nana i %ai that wat no i wiiyhaatoaold aat raoaira a OhrlaliMi Tha oraal hnnan l«w diaaardad JiUn aa »a* tedy'a ahiU i tha aMroifnl Ohrtatian law van. ' fha haMaa law daniad \im a ViiHi i tha Cbriatian law alar«d hfaa anai. ThoMsi ttaM lh* fiM(lir,iiiiiliii ift I •barftahla roaada iMaag hta paar paHah- mtmtk, aallad at tba bal, tba waavar mantioa- ad tba aabjaat and baggad biai ta bapiiaa tba bay (ban aud thara. Ba' Iba ravaraad mtlaaMia, wbo waa a bigb aharahowa, rvpUad i ^ I will aliaarfally adaiaaaar tha ritaa af baptiam to tha ablld i bal yaa maat btii g him totba altarto raeaivr tbaas. Nothinghut immiaaat tfangar of d*atb oaa laatify tba parformauaa of tbaa« aaorad rilaa al aay aihar plaat. Briag tha bay to ahafah aait Sabbath af arnooB.' 'What, briag ibia ahild to obarab,— ba- foraall tha ooagrtgatioa I I aboald 41* of mortiMaattoa, ' aald Aaooab. ' Why f Ara ya« to blaaia far what haa happaaadr Oriaha? Ktm if Iha bay wara what ha ta aappoaad to ba— tha ahild of aia— it woald aot ho bia faalt. Do yoa thiah ia all tb« oangrrgatiea thara ia a aoal whiter thaa thataf ibia ahild t Haa aot th« Sarioor aaid. " Suflbr litftla ahildraa ta ooma nato ma and forbid thaai not, for of anoh ia tha kingdom of nuaroa t" Bring tha boy lo oharoh, U^aoah I hriag tba boy toabarob.'aaid tbapaatar, aa ha taok ap bio hat and dapartao. Aooonlingly, tbo nast Sabbath aftornoaa Hannah Worth took lahmaal ta Iha ebarob. whiah waa, aa aaoal, w«|lill«d. Poor Hannah I Poor, ga«tb*baaraad, paraaii#i i kid itood al tha foaW«lo« — IhaM^ilkVBry fair of fyaaiilly mfi* fAa« a aomtrywuh wllh a atai% laft I «f tha lid* ktM|Ma kfd n ISMJf AIL I OB, IN THI UDPTat^ ■ ''j ■> l«J: ma know? IwmU |piT««MM uMl Mtia tiMMw with yon and «irri«d %h» ohild.' ' Oh, R. uUa, wby will yoa mix yoarMlf ap with m« and ay miMriMr' sigfaMl * "Oaluf^w* »r« oa«, my dtw uToumi, Mid t J I mb'c help it, ' marmurad th« nha. Then ifM no timi) for mo • words. Tho oiifuator had no began the aoi vicea. Hannah /alanii H(ht to rofuaa ihia aort' of o«^ partnerahip. The ohild was ohriateaod lahmael Worth tbua raoeiving both given and sniiiama at tho altai> Wben tha af amoen woiehip wa« oon- eluded and thoy left the ohuroh. Reuben Gray waltad boaide Haunah, beggto« for tiie pHYilage of oarryiiig the ohild^a priYi- le|^ Haaaih grimly rot used. ,«•«»»»••»* undiamayed, walWd^by , bar aide Ml the way from Baymouib ohnroh to tba hnt on tho bill, a distauta of 4).reo milea. And takiag adnntago of that long walk, he pleanad with Ranaah to reoenddor bar re^luaal and to beoome hia wife. •AfUrabm we can go away and ts|(o ' the boy, with uaand bring him up aa onr'n. And tiobody bead t& know any botteri' ba pieaded. ^t thia nlao Hannah grimly Kf^iaad. Whau they reao'md tba but oh% tnnod upon him and aaid : . _.^ Reuben Gray. I will bear thorn alono J .Ym^ duty iatv your aiatora. Go to tbam nnd forgot na.' And ao saying, aheaetoally •but the door in hia face I Reubei) went awayoreet-fullen^ Bnt HatonabI piior Hanuehl aho^aorar antioipatod^afull amount of miaary and Yeproaoh sb^fwould have to boar aloM. Afew woaks passed snd the mouey aba bad saved Iras all apent. No mora work was brought to iiar to do. A roiaarabla oonauiousnaos of ImI ciiwto Bravantad bar from going to atok ft. the did not dream of the extent of bor miafortune }sbo did not know that jven'if#be had sought work from bor oido«n|ffoye^ it would taavo Iwaa n. fused to bar. > . Onaday, whentberProfossef ofOid John happanadtb be making a profaaaionll tonf in bor way, and 6>Uled at tba hot to aaa if bia Mnrioaa might ba raopired tbara, aha gsvahim a Commission to aeak work for bor nniong tho aoigbbourint Isrmars ,aad plaatera--a duty that tba profaasor eboarftiii lynadorkook. '. A *■* 2I*** •'l* ••^ '*" ••^■« •bwit toa «f ■ «flMr« Md iaqaitvd about bis Udono awwhari llha JSSaSJISrfiaT Miaoaofthe^aaf^ Thwa'a ill the ooltoa o'othforthonefit>ae'auaiinar«lolhaa to bk •rath, tho ladi>« aa !>«• mentioned U to n< fasea to gTea tha work to you.' 'Bat wbyrif^uirrd tba poor woaiaat in ■■■i^- «Moas|^ •Wall,|Hss HaiuiHb, bee a«a of what baa bapttaned, voa know. The world is very nnjast; Mfaa Hannah I Aiyl women are more unjpat than man. If •• man's in- buBianity ^o- man makee oonntleaa thou- sbnds nioura." I'm aure womea'*s oinelty to women mak^ angele waop f And tiaio the profaaaor. ^vijur liihtad «»« a high. toaad « snbjeot and a halplfaa baarar. UaaiAad into a fo^g oration, which I havo not apaoo to rraorj^^ Ba aadad by aaying : 'And aow. ttifa Haunab. if Iwr^ywi, I w^ald not oxpoae biyaelf fb aftoaia by going «o aaak work. ' .^ • -»[ . • But what oaa I do. llorriaf M«r I atarve. and lat this oWld atarva f mAM tba weaver, la deapair. ^, ' WaU, aa» Miaa. Haaath ; maaad my ole o«aa maat ae* what «ro oaa do for yoa. Sbo aiB*! af yoaag aa aba aaad to bo, and sbo maata t work ao b»rd. Sho moat part WfthaoaM of^ar owa apinning i^id waav- ing to yea. And I mast work a littio ^I?*' rf^ '^ *•• Which I am von wiUittg to dot.for I say, Miaa BMaaiL whoa aa ablo To t^Ujroi^ th« tpnth, I thiak ■«, tM,' iai«i tii« prttfeiMr, tQarMly ofrfftm whatHer , be waB nprying to tb« words of HuuMb or to tbe looM ol lb* obild, * It iBOifrtKin that tipt dra*! ti dMtb aad tb« de«ir« of Hi* U th«>*fy flMrUMt iuitinet of fvery •niinat* orMtnr** WrbMs fbis obild wu oadowod witb oxoeMiTo Tiiftlitjr. d nii|tht'b»vo boon tho gonn of thatooornotM itrongtb »id powor of wUl tor *bifb tho man was.aliorwarda m notod. |j»- 7hi pi^fMioi kopt b^^piiilwitb Baaaab, and brottgbt btr soma work. Bat iba li^ tbai be ooald afford to puf for it was aot ■iifBpient to jiapplf oaa>fotirtb of Baaaab's neccasitifa. ' • 4t Jaat oaaia a day whaa hn prpviaiona wera all gpaa. And Haaaab locked tba,aliild op aioaeltf tha but, and a^t off to Walk to Bijfpoatb, to try gat aone maal and biiooA 9u.oreditljrontbeoa«a1ry abap wbara aba had dealt all bar Ufa. ^ BayaKoatb waa a attuill por^ at tba noptb. of asiaall bav miikiagaptrom tba Obeeapaaka. It bad oaa^orob, (nobargaof tba Rpii^opal n#iatarvlio bad baptbiedflora'a obild. And it'%ad ^a laiga, eonntrr atoro, kapt by a genan^dMlar, qaaiad Nntt|wbo liad°for wlefmmRiogto eat, «Iriiik, waar or wield, from a^pHluia tea o meat aad fiahi froai liuen eaiB^rio to liaaay>wooltay ; fi-oni boa'' n«ta and bftts to boota aad>aboaa i txam ii'aw iiiilk to old wbitkry i frda fraab ai^fa ;to iUkle oheaa», | aad fron aaadlaa aad tbimbiei . lo plougba aad barrowa. vHannab. vu I aaid, bad baaa itt tba b'abit of dealing at tbia all bar Ufa, and , paying c4lb for ararytbiag aba cot^ So aow, in- deed, aba iBieht raaaeuably • aak for a little credit, a littla iadolganoe. uiitil aha ooald procure work. Tat for all tbat^ aba bluabed^ uii} heaitatad %t baving tO'aaH tha annfual favour. Shaantvred Uia atora .aad foaad the dealar aloob. 8ba waa glad of tbat, ria ilia rather abraak from praferiiag>ber hum*, bla reqnaat bafora wi taa Ms ^ . Mr. ^att > urried forward to wait on her.' Haonab ixplaioad barw«ata aad Ihan added : 'If^yoB will plaaaa credit -toe for tba" tbinn, Mr. Natt, I wiU ba anra to pay you ilMfiiitof tbaaioatb.' " ^idaalar looked at H^ aiatomar and tl]^^jg^doir» atthooo«alor,bat mad* oped Idba Haaaak saitegkiBbasllatlaa, haataaai «• •sy Ibat dM had baaa o«t of work all ibo wfatar'aad nriag, bat lbaiabobo| to gal aoMO nora, wtiaa aba lo pay bor ofoditor. <« . * Yea,' I kaew yoa Jiavo loot yoar aaipley* OMat, pOiir girl, and I fear that yob wifl aol gatil again.^ aaid th«dealt-r, with a look of ooropawioa. , 'Bar why, Ob I why aboald I bet bo allowed to work, wbea t do aiT work ao willitiglyaadao waU f'MiohUaioa H»Mi«b, iadiNvpair. ' Well, my daw «|irl. if yoa do aot kaoir the reaaori, I oaaaot be tba ma« lo laU y oo. ' 'BAtif I oaaaot gft work, wbatabalfl do f Uh I what afialt I do? i oaaaot slarro I And I oaabol aoe the obild ataiTe I' axolaifa* ' odHaaaali, cbtaping bar haada, aad niiaiatf" -■ bar eyaa ia aaraoat appeal to the Jadginaal i^' of tVio nan who hadjkaowa bar ftoai ialanoy i who #ai old enougb to ba her father, aad who bad a wifo aad a growa daagbtar ol kia own i ..',.■ ' , ' ' , • Whiil ahall I do ? Oh t what ab#ll I do f^ abe repedtad. ,-. V Mr. Nattatillat^^HnOd'to beeitataaadj^ fleot, ftealing fartive gbMcea at tba aaxiooa faoa of tha womaa. At laat be bent aoroea the oountar, tOob her h%Bd, aad hooding Up bead close to her faoa, wliiaparcd : 'I'll toll yo« wha«,°\Haaaah t I ' will let yoi 7^baro >be ' arciolaa I yob hava , aaked for, and anything alaa, ia my atbra Ibat yoo waati and 1 wilt aaver oharfte y' ' ,f ",, A^ 'Oil. air. I'ooaldn't think of iptpoaingoo - yOMr liOodiMM so> Tb* Lord reward voil, ' airfibiiii only wani, a little oredil u>r a • abort ( im«, ' broke oat Hanbah, in tba warmth of her gratitude. , ' But atop, hear ne oat, my daarMnrl i \ I waa about to aav you 'Might oone to aiy / ' atoreai;id> get whatever yon waat, at atij tinia, witliont payn^i^iit, if yoa will Jet iao, drop in and aee you aomtttimea-of aveaiaga,'- whlapKlred thr dealer. ' . ' 8 r !' ai^in Haoaah, lookiag up ia iaao* oent peipUxity. ' - The man ivpaatod hie propoaal trith a ' look that UH/ilit even , dannah'a aimplioity tbIiaKa |iad reoeifed the 'd^prat« iuault ii woman oould anffer. ,. Hannah waa a^ rude, honeat. high.i>ptTited ol< aiaid. Alio abp ," immediately obeye^ her natural impulsia, '^ whioh were |o raiaa bar atroag ha,nda Md , aouadly bfx Ihe'riilain's eara right' fpf^^- lef r^ uolil he aa w aiore stare ib the firmamiMHi than had over beeh eroated. And before ba obuldraoover ttieihook.itf Jth« aasaul. aha ; ^pioked ap bw b^ket 'aa^ atrode. 'from iha , «b9|^ llidignatil* leal bar atrtogtto aad < 'J » »•! ^M- -■■■'■i 1l »: m UHIIABL I OR. IN THB OBPTHS. :•<■■-.■ (•■ wftlMd horn* .in do«bl«- ftiiek (ia*. Bot obm in th« aht-lur of bar Mrn hw, liM Mt down, thnw htr Kpron over h»r liMd^ Mid baret into pMiionato tinri nnd Kiba, erjing : • It'i nil nlMg of fuor Not a and tbnt ehild, M I'm ttMnght 111 on Inr tbawoni»ii and in* Mltad b* «ko man I Yaa, itia, yoo miaar* nblo Hub wrctoh I' aho addod, aponkiag to MM iMby, wbo bed opanad iiia big ayaa to aaa tha ooaaa Of tha aproor. ' ItH oil on bar noooaofe nod yoan, aa I'am traolad «o. VKby do yoo koap on liTiog, you poor littia abrimpf Why don't yoo dia? Why ona't both of oa dia? Maoy p«opla dia who woot to Uf. Why ahonld wa lAro Irbo wnnt to liof Tall ma that, littia miaamblo I' , But tba bnby daflantlyanakadhia tbnmb, aa if it bald tba alisir of lifa, and lookod iBdaatrno* tihla vitaliiy from hia frwU, bright aym. HnpuahnaTor Tantnrod to nak nnotbar iivonrfrom mortol mnoi exOapt tbo vorr fawinwhein aha ooold piano ontiro oond- doboo, anftb aa tha paatorof tba pariah, tha ^roftaaor of Odd Joba, and old Jotial. ■qpneinlly aba llhnnnad Nntt'a abop aa aha wonld noTO ahnnoad a paat^houaa i al* though thM oourao obligtd har to go two milaa AurthA to anothar villMa to pro* onro ncoaaoarioo whantror aba haa inonay lb piy for tham. Nntt, (|^ii bia part, did not tbinb it pro. dant to mroaaonta HaQnab for aaaanli Bat bo diilo Maa thing mora fatal to hor rapo- tation. Ha told hia wifa how tbal wo;rth>. ^.,oroatara, whoaa aiatar tornad ont ao hndly, bad ooma mnningaftor him, wbnting to gal gooda f roin hia ahon, and traiing him to ooma to aaa bar t bat tnat ha had prompt* 1* ordorad bar ont of tbo ahqp and tnraatonad har with a polioaman if avor aha darod to ahuw liar faoo tbaro a^ain. Falaa, abaordand omal aa tbia atory waa, lira. NoUbolioTad it, and told all har ao* qnaintanoao wbat an nbandonod wratob that woman woo. And tbna poor Hannah Worth lottall that aha poa a aoaad in tha world*-«har aood nama. Hhn h%A alwaya baon vary poor. Bat i^ wonld bo too dfoadfal now to tall in datail of tha daptha ofdottitntioB and mioary into whioh aha and tbo obild fall, and in wbieh tbar anfferad tmA atmgglod to kaop aonl and body to* Ha lb of lor yoara and yaara. It it wondarfnl bow long Ufa may baana* liU^ad nndor tbo aaveraat privatioaa. lihmnol pnCinrad tha axtr«m«a of hnngar and oold} fat b^ did not atarre or fraoaa to dontb I bo Hvod and grow in that miinn* tain hntaa partinaoionaly aa if ho bad baon. tbo pnmparod pal of aoma royal naraoiry -At int Hannah did not lova him. yon know, moh nnwoloonn ohildraa ar« {Midom lovad, cTon by thair naronta. Bnt Ihiaohild waa patiantand afnotionatf, that it mnat bava baan an nnnanural MWH that- would not hava ba«»/WOo by bit airtlaM tftoriato p'aaaa. Haybora hnpftr and oold and waanntaa with hnby baromm. And if on donbt whathar tliaro it any anoh thing tbo world aa 'baby horottm,' Jntt viait tba nuraary hoapitab of ,N«w Toik, and look at iha eboarfulnaaa of inftat anSarert from diaaaaa. labHMMl waa oontant to ait upon tba floor all day lonf, with bia big ayaa watohiag knit, aew, apin or woava, aa tiac ? oaoo might bo. And if aha bappanad to drop bor thimbia, aoiaoura, apool of oetton or ball of yam. lahmaol woul4 erawl aftor it ao faat aa hk ftcbla littia limbo wonld taka him, and bring it baok and bold it np to bar with aamlloofplaawro, or, il'tbolhnt^uMlboan a flno ona. a littlo laugh of ttiwapb* thna, avan baforo ho oonid walk, bo tnad. to make himarif uaofnL It waa hia ooenpation to lora Hanaab, and watob bar, anAorawl aftar anvtbing aho droppad and r iaiota it to har. Waa tbla anoh a amall aarrioa r No t for it aavOd tha poor woman tbo tronbia of gotting up and darancin; bar work to obaaa rolling bnlla of yam ironnd tba rocnn. Or waa it a amall ploaaura to tba lonaly old maid |o ara tba ohiid tmila loTingly ap in hor faoa aa ha tondorail h«r tbaao baby aarrieaat I think not. Hannah graw to lora littl« lahmaal. Who, indaad, oonld hara raoaivoti all hia innooant OTortnrfi of affaotion and not lo¥ad him « littlo In latnrn t Not hpnoat BDannah Worth. It waa thna. you aao, b/ bia own artloaa afforta that ha won hia grim aunt'ahaarV Thiawaa onrbof'a firatanc- oaaa. And tbo truth may an wall bo tod of him now,- that in tbo whola oouraa of hia avantful lifa ha gainad no oarthly good wbiob ba did not oam by bia own marita. Bnt I mnatburrir pfn t hia part;, of my atory. Whan lahmael waa abont ,foar yabn old, ho^bogan to taka plaaaura in tha qamnt piotnrao of thq old family Bibia, and I hoTo alroadymontionadwaathooulv book andaolo litorbry poaaamion of Hannaib Worth. A Hraroc^doopy. it waa, baaring tha data of L^don, 1790, andoontniningtho atrangrat of all ola faabionad angraTinn.' But to tho kaonly appr»frianng mindm tha ohild thaoe piotnrcl wofo a gatlorr of art. And on !tandav aflarnooiia< woon Hannah bad loiattira tooshibitthom, bhniMl naror waariad of atandmg b^ bar aldo, and gaidng al tba illna'rationa of 'Gain and Abal.' 'Joaapb aoldby^bia Bf^thran,' 'Moaoo in tbo Bnl* nwbaa,* 'aamnalMliod by|BoLwd, 'John tim Bapliat and tbo Infant Jaow,' 'ObfffI • ^ iraUAlL I OB. IM THl DIPTHf. liiiil th« Aeotwr* in %k» TMiipk ' Mid m f trth. • R*a4 IM AbMt it.' b« %tm\A My ot mitk pM ur«. Aad- Hanaaii .wmild h«T« to ftd tli«M bMStifol Bibto ttwriM. Om dftjr, whaa Ji« wasabMii tf«j««nold. b« Mtoal»h>.>d bia ..•DBtbjrMjriM:' • And Mw 1 wMt le raMl »boal thMi lor invMlf r B«r Hanaab foosd ao loUnra to Utk bin. And bwidM aho tbouRbt it would b* tioM oBoaxb ■oino voon to omn« for IibaMol lo Uarn to rood, oo tboagbt oot onr bojr, bowcror, M o ttm. dm provad. Oi>a aiffbt Haoaah bad takaa bomo ft dreat to oiio of ttaa pkototoB nafrooa, wbo wara bow bar only ooatomora, and it was lata whao aba rotaraod to tba but. Wbaa ■ha opana^ tba door a atraagr •ich' mat bar evaa. Tba Prefaaaof Of Odd Job* oooapiad I ha aaat of bonoar ia tba arm obair in tba chimnay ooraai-. On hia kaaaa lay tho opiB Bibla ; whila by biaaida atood iitila ItbtAaaK holding an aad of oaadla in hia iiand^ and idlitigantiyooaaiBgtha larva lattwia on tha title paga. Tba littla fallow lookad np with ilia taoa full of triumph, axolainsing : 'UbVaanlty, I know alt tba lattora oa thia paga now 1 And tlia proiaaaor ia going tu taaob no to road I And 1 am going to help him togatbar hia liarbfand rooto arary day to pay Mm for bia troablo i' Tha profOaaor lookad up and amilod, iftolo- (tatioaliy, aaying t 'Ijaat happanod in, Bannah, to ■•• if thara WM anything wanting to ba dono, aafd h found thii boy laying on tii«t ioor wMh tba Bibla op*n bafora him tijiog to pOMNa o«t tba lattara for bimaolf. And aa aoOn aa ha aaw ma h«> np and almok a bargain with aa to toadi hia to road. And IIT tall you what, lllaa Bannah, ba'a goinnto roaka a mam oiia at diaaa dayi i Yaa know, IVa boan a ooloarod aohoolmaator; among my qjjihor prefatoiona, and I toll vim ; 1 navar eamo aoroia aaeh a ^iiiek littla fallow ; aa ha ia, bloia hi». Mg boad ! Tharo now. uiy littto m»n, that'a looming onongh for ,ona aitting. Aad baoldaa tho ^ndlo ia gaing oat,^eQ«oladad tbo pr o i aaa o r, aa ha aroaa and ddtod tha book and dapartod. Bataganl lafcaiaol bold a diffi«roat opinion from Maoldaiit and lybu down boforo tho are.Ut baarlb. vilk tllobook opan bafbra •>i». , !«• .wont ovar mad oror bfi loaaoa, graftbg; It iralp in hit aomoty laat it ahooM^oaoikpo hta. In thia why. twr boy toakhia^ratatop.iB knowlodgo. Two w tbrao^atiiMlio (Mrarao of tho w%ak iba profaawiirwS|^ooaatogiv« him aQdMibr laaon. ASPbhaaol paid for bH tnitioa bydotef tho IwhiI ff^ BM :•:■ ^^■: ^ ■- ■■■: ':.■:'■'' lUtli Joha tm Ma ftplHMi «l BiM inM arl :■■■'■.■■■ ■■ \ * Ton too r oa» iai ll» Ibo bky Uko • lath<«, Mia HaMah,' aaM Uia ur^tmvr, aftor giving bia loami OM oTontiig } ' bo- aaao, yoo know, I aa In a aoaoor arif • odnoatod myaalf. I had to ptok op ay ron. So I aan fool for tbii boy a I ono ; fait for ay* alf. All my obildraa aragirla; but if J' bad M aon I oonldv*'^ faal moro prida li Ilia thaa I do in ibi* b v. And I toll jrou again bo ia i^ing to makt a aan oao of thaa tabaaol thought ao too. Ho bad f^ ▼ialoaa of fntnrt aaeoaaa, aa atary intolli- efUt lad itinathaTa t bat at praaoat biii aa* ItiOB took no vary Mty fli|^ta. Tia gtoatoot Ban of hit ii^iqaaintanM waa tla proftoaor of odd Joba And to attain tba glorioqaamilhinoo Oojup^cd bv tho ioarood> and aloqnant digni ary waa tha blgbMtaa> pirationefourboy'a oarly ganiua. ^ ' ' Annty,' ba aaid ona dny, after raaaia- ing in daap tbonvbt for a long dnw—* do- yon think if I waa to atndy vary bard in* night and day, f or yam aad yoara, I abonlo avar be abia to gat aa avoh knowladga aad maka a* flno apaaoba aa tho proiaaaor?' 'Bow do I know, lalimdalT Yon aak a«ob atapid qaatifao. All I can any la, if it. aia't in lum it will navor ooat Out of yoo,' aMWorod tho nnap^JNoialiaig aont.- >^ ' J , ^ Oh. if that^all. it §t ia ' aa i thora'a a daal mora in «^ina man I oaa tolk about; ao | ,^l)ifova f aball ba abia W maka too a | i ' a i a h| t lika iha profaaoor aoato day.* '■; «:,"" -i^' ' . ' .■.-■•■ Ifonia^^rtoiBlv took graat paina with btofipiHit^l iMid lahmaal repaid tia aaal «| htt t«tob«r ^,tba ntaoat dfvotiei lo bia By tha tima onr boy bad aiuiaod bia Mvantb yaar, he oontdi rood tkaatly, wnto lagibly^aad writo tha Irat foor rnl-a ia ambmotio: Baaide% tbia. ho bad |^id*d into a art of appr«tntioaai)lp to tho odd Job ItBa of bnainru, and waa vary to hia fH^aoipai Tba manaor ^ babalpad hia aaatar waa aoma* thia t— if tba odd |ia^ on band Caod "to ba -in ««« tinkering bmaol ooiild 4i''at tba irwa and para tho a iag, la ooald ^ mix tho mortor t if ia tho paiatiag jjUMJ glamng, ho ooold roll Ma potty. '■ ^v— ■---;-^i^^^---*.-.-- :^.^.. , ■ . - v,^ ^. ^ "ir *s- t»~%l^«S'; *■ ISHMABL } OA. IH THl DBPTHa. r.- -BM«d th« itady of fraaaoMur. tMfPWPfy Md kitto^. ff««i old book* Ubi mm Iqr W Mtrte4 Ma M aho look • klfh« £^ in kit Mt Md b iM to MiiM Sr MMlOT by doiaf «k« datiM ol olork MKl aMdil^f tko i-MOMj. wh«ii«wr fth* arolMMr awanfld tko o«oo of pmtmb to • kf tko profoMOr aoMmd — Md ooodootod |if okMoh •wrviow kftm fall ^ ooloarod bratnroBi wrionniof »ho port of «o«f»or « — 2ror tko pnlm^ andortook to mpMiimtimi • Iwmnii ond kt Pl*7l»l *!*J••**•'*!:^!■ Moompo^MB 10 th« pwfoMor'i fiolta wbenoTor tko Utior booMO ■it.«r of Mfk- monioo lor o ooloufod boll. ^ ■ ■ _ Ib tbio BiMUMr bo oo( Mity poid Mr kis own toitioo, kot ooood • ▼•ry omoll •tipond. wklok it wm' kii Ifido to mny to H«ooob. pcomioini kor tkot day bo •koold bt oblo to ooni •Bovgh to rapport kor io oooifort. tbM oar boy wm r»pidly PvogNoring te Iko ort •••«««» aar. ...iSralao with graat itixary, «4okaaoa aad afrfcadoar. flia grooadt wore laid oal, piMtod aad adoraad witk all th« baaaly tkat tMla. waallk aad akiU ooaki prodooa. Orokardi aad Tfaayard* wara aat oar. Ooaoanraloriao Md piaariaa wara •faolad. Tha sagrooo' aqnalld log kata woro raplaoad iHIk aaal auMooottagaa, aad tka akia»k9 wbodM Inoao fcy .labatMtial atoao walUa ▲ad^all tkia waa doao, aot lor karaalf, kal fbr karltaabaad, Mdhar ooaatMlmoo- lal laqairy waa t • Aftar all, will Hanaaa ba p l aaar d f *Tal wkm tka Bai|riikoaM aaw Ikia gaaaral raaovatiM of tko aototo^ wklok ooald aol koT^boM aooompUakad witkoat ooaaldoraklo dipraditaro of lisM, aMaoy aad lakoar, tkoy akoo^ Ikalr koadi ia atroog diaaparobatioa, aad |»radiolod Ikat tk«t wooMMli ostravapiBoa woald kriag Horawa Bradaaall to kaggary yal. Bkatoagkttoraiaa tko oodUtioa ol llta •agrooa, aoloaly by i^viaf tbon aoal o^ tagoo, kkl ky ooaafertakhr faratohiag Ikoir rooBi^ Md oBoooragiag Aaai to ka# Ikoir ttttlahoaaaoaad gttdoao in ordor, rrnkd- lag tkoai for a aat a oaa aad iid Ml t y , aad toukUakiaga aokool fbr Ikoir oUMroa to loaro to toad and wrila. Bat Iko aogtooa— ^oredilary aarrMta of Ika BradoaoUo— (fookod apoB tkio alraagar wilk Joaloaa dia- traar, ao aa lalarlopiair toroigaor, wko kad. hf aoBM aMooa or otk^. auuuund to dia- aoaaaaa aad drlva awa/ tko ridiUal faaiily Mm tka old plaoe. Aa^oe tooy rogardad aU kor favoan ao a opokloo of brikory' aad Ikaakadkorfof aoao M'tkoai. Aad tkii waa foalfar aot iagraMtodo, bat fldobt?. fkte Boigkkoin doaoaaood rtkoio wdl-ito«pt offorta^tboaiialrtoaia. dattgircNHi iniova* Moaa, iaoaadiari^iaoi aaA to fprtk. akd tkaakad Baaootttkai tkk irwlon«l| aogroo* iwlEotoo lattitfilteka lfd«lray kjir k#( "< Iko vjMii immutar Dio/ «^ of ki «o%kkea»bood ai^''toli«tid. ttt^v-JM mm oaok ladiaoriniiaoto ikd "i' iiHMASL I QE or im BVTiat. tmwnMj M to in Um ntxAm af «Im sUrgv iiaUw of iafton4«M« ^d d kboariflc talk* ».MMMto of lior boBxtroloMl^ Hmj ri o«Iv«< top to — l y ■Mil ** nYAfMlk ~~' tho BMOt f «1 with tiM BMil M KYAfMIt Od^fMMioM 6f fratitado aad tho aMtt fvlwiMi laMtrf. bw «M M dMMftaiil to Boiwiioo, thai oho ofton tarood korlMt owwr. blaalilaff wttk .mbomMWwrtof J^yii^liMMid to It. Vol ■ooh woo tiM |M tl oa oM of biKt MirH. liMkt •he aovor wwwdod tboir fooling bf laMnc Ihain OM Mm* oIm diotrootod tho oiMMntf «f thotr hyporhoHool pt ' Poor toaki, 'oho Mud hmt thoy hove to oAnt i Itohorwlf, 'ilia the bmt thoy bfve to oAnt mo, uid'I WiU toko it M tf it «roi« fomuMb ' B rMHoo wm right ta hor Mtinuito of thoir iUttM7 Ao nrtrf i d At hwrlovioh MBonw y, ud iraoroBt of , bor grMt voolth, wMoli made i!im»^finngmmf,hv poor Boi|(iibo«ia pnt tboir old hfida togvthor to And oat tho •olaiioh of thu probltm. And th«jr oalna to :^iMM|oM oldwMBi^lbra aiiahpMiB. ^on SiM b« tha wS»la oommST #> oalmly an* diapaartoiiMaly iad^tha tonnffM attawarad har pttaridant*! indif^ ■ntaai V aha iHliliiiil har maid, toahad kardoor. adl gM« kanall np^ topaaalonofgfWf; It waa ' a trlfla-^tkat of a thongfrtlaaa old immin aaaratHjai b«* il'oyafwhalmad har, aomin& aa it did. aflar aU Ikat had gona bafoN. It waa bat thalaat faathar, yon know, only a aingla faathar laid on tha paok tkat broka tha aamal'a baolb It waa bat a drop of wator, a aingla drop, that mada tha fnll enp ovariow* Addad to bavaayamant, daaarlion, loa^ Uaam^ akndar, ingratitnda, had aonm thki Uatia bit of iaaolanoa .to Oyarthiow tka Ira^Maa that had atood all tha raat. And Baraoiaa wapt. 8ba had loft homo, frianda and ooantnr, far ana wha repaid tha aaertfloo by Uwring har. Sho had kiyiaKad har waalth lipaS thooa who rMoitad bar boaaty "with Tmm- piaioa and ropaid har kindnaaa with ' in* gratitoda. Sha had liyad a lifa aa blanialwa and aa boniliani aa that of any old tiaio aaint or martyr, and had won by it liothing bat dotraotion and oalanuay Har paranto wara daad, har hna^d waa ncna. bar natiyo land far away. baAopaa wara aroahad. No woadaraho wapt. And than tha diantaaa waa ont of hor aphera ; ao mnoh oat of har* apharo in tha wooda of Maryland aa Haaa Obriatian Andaraan'b oygnat waa In tha barnyard fall of fowla aha waa a awaa, and thav took bar for a defoftnad dnok. And at Uafe aha haraalf bacan to ba vagnaly oonaeiona of thia. ^ Wbr do I ramain hara I' i|l«i moanad | 'what alrange magiiatio powar ia it that hOlda my vary will, fattiirad hera, ^lainat. my* raaaon Mid jndgmaiitr That hw^ao bald maior iMig yaaral Yaa. for long, waary yaara. haya I baan bonad to thlt oroaa, and I am not daad >^ I Heatanly Powara I what ara my naryw and biain and haaitmadadf that lam not daad* or mad, or orimioal bafora thia? fltaal. and rook, >and antto pardia, I think I Not aaara iaab and blood add bona lika other woamn'a f Ob, why do I atet hara 1 Why do I not go home r I havo loot av«?ythiag alaa } bat I atiU a boBM and eoantry laftl •^ that I oonld broak looaa I Ob. thai I ooald f raa myaalf I '^ Oh. |hat I had thi win«i of a doya, for than I would iy away and be at faatr * aba asahaaaad, braak. irig into ^* pathitto langaagi of tha pMimiat. A yoioa a^lly atola npon h^ adr, a 1«#, ^intiya yoi^ ai^ng a hdtaaty Mik r,v .-rf---: :.- }: '). nniAiLibi. nrTHiDiPTHa *:.A~ ' B«t lb* w«mU ■•'•r wis teA 1W IMr Ala •outitab'" •MDlMSMlh* «Mllkft •■ tktlMttWbliMil »WMrltM*«rwlabMk lewinlriA'" nyM of -_- . j« •» yM w* li iMw oo«14 yM, altw ]r«>r fVMt '^^Sh! wMalMwho WM liaiteft ilM NMhad tor UAj\ to •dpiik tor. mM tog, Hf tody, tto diaaf^Bl* MMit had womM»«tt«spMto«tMi of tottuf liwn Itooolffiito* who- ito •iydtorf «to |hi«w mvuNmUt Ml. ^ liMMT ftl ito toitottof fl^ UMir^MM. 3 to^Mi »• tnmjmf Ml M^Mtar III wdto I Mm. ■M«*-wklW VM ohooM 10 r«M« in AMriw. I mui VMiMB Ml «iU« IB laropa. Tto mm to«« lapton is aM browl •■•H^ %«*5ril!^ I tov« giTM ««■ • to«« •'"• wfi'mto t* y«ss- ■f r»yM ' to w»ik |im«iawriodly. Bal M too* Ji tor mm WI' «PMi «»• bMjdwrilfafr «^ Jto MMi*ri»lioii. Ito toltor ArofM from h«r 'hMMi MMJTdwJMik Iwek w tor otoir v»l Mlally f»iiilod ftwmy. _jr^^iL^ Md. af Mr AllMT MinalDi, lb« Udy rMor»r«4 ^SruSri3i«kllw,i>ril |lW|to«Mi oMVOt, iiioa toadai # tow 'iSiSiOr wiUi toMabtiag flatrn^ Imko Ito Mai aad raad Ito toltor. It mm km Hmbuw Bradiw^l aad toa M ioUowa i ; I«adom 0MMiWr Ul, M^f^, Uvr AjnwnioaMMX i U itoto i]^ •iMMal «t taTtoi ooB^ ia ^^ »g^ toppy Wo, tt to «»rf«si» *j^it*a£ iB M •til toar I amdo yoa «•» . TOi^ "^ by »y aaaMtlSH Ibii rC^' aJuSnTap from tto oai wUob lnSdiaHia, aad toadad •stoaitod, aad I r«Mlr» foa dtpMi Yaaaiatoi Miktfatoii tor^j hoaJoraBapforlf llywi^^ I •kj" •flbfd yon bSh. oa toidipr aU^^ {IrtriaMNiy woald to bit a iilto a^d^a to ioa torvoonatoy-Mato in laflaod, Itot- famdakd IrolMM}. m wall m a tofa tovM ia Loadoa. a marito »«!••», Boaloo^ MdaSwtoiatotat* «» takt Umaa. M itotoart yoarovat Mid yoo iWI a^w tomolMtod by mo la yoar .aclaihra poi- MMloa ol ttom; ObooM yoar roddoa* frwajMBoaf IbMa, MMltoafiMala aMoiabl* pMMMlOB of tto OM aodisl ooaato, Ito^lnbMitod ia my aaU^ toad. I tOMlIil. itolyoa doabttoM ha»a i aj toiaod 7^^^ bdtoa. tiito bytlw Swtoiy ol oailom'ooaltoaio to JWJJ ^- Utto won ^ yoar Aral mHrrto|o «r^ |hf lato ImI ol HnrotaMaooai i aad toWil ymi oMWOt thorolofo to dMply dii bto P i r MftoHlT. IfadaiB, 11 iraaU gtoi toi«rN| pofal, to wr^tatoMiy ^^^ mS^p.^^^W'm, t MB foiMd towfpto]^ I totoiMOtoi } woaiaa I iboiaMi^ t %ii to; limo, lb«t _ Itoto to >Wok my ■itottod. a Bum oaaaol toil f « SSS* tto obaoMit «l hto i5li. Ytor oo. «Mr»flMi to thoiafoio -MMMHT to tto mit Af ia immHUto* oommaatoaltoa wlA my Suolton. Mtotoik laiit * Kl ^.JJWto mtiit Baltitoto^ wtoaw ia pimim io a ol riowi. Dp Ibto pcoMpHy. ao'l Pit tto toi^r latara yoa tow ^ py powpr to itoAo yoa- ^i«ton Pi ytour otlMto tod of yopr^ •ay „-^. ^^ - _.. iieilagtolwtai, arbiob ,„ _ ^ ItoM aal totor btol &o,« "^^ ■••^^ *^^ . -Xwt''t. ■' \h' ' 'i-U iM T'^ !" '^n-t'^kJl^K.l'JuJtL^'^. .) « . liHIUtL i (tt, m THB DttPtm./ vhila (br a» JM lM rt * frtllag Ujj^l «l«uacd ■w H«r laitlinil liUMidMt» irhiU iMmtag ^^'to b« buy «nMi|[faif tk* iMkt MTlk* drw- iag.tobl*, (wrUv^ly muI aUioMfy vatoiMd hw mtetiTMi, wii«At hwli p ol w i •Pb«ib«l' •¥••, njr My.' ^ • BriBf M • i^Mi of WiM.'' The Ctrl bXMMI^i tk« r*q«iNd aiiainl^BlL Mid ill^HMldiBg it to ImT BittnM, ttutiOM bow dMd^ vfiita her fMw had b«o(HM. And M tb« «ci«ottte took tlM flaw froai Di« Utti«« ttftrar waitar bar hand oana ia oontaat tritb tint of ^hoK mmi tha «irl fait a* if an iaiala had tooalMd Imt, ao cold it irai^ * Now » nrdly than to bavo attaa»piad to Jnatify hia daaartiaa of mo by a eharge of arima ! What ariaMt— ha Iwowa bo mofv than I do I Oh, Harwm i HarMan I bow e^ald yon fall ao knr f Bnt I wiU net ra> proaah yon avaa ia my tho«|^ta. Bat I maat, I maat fo^pt yoa r ^ Ska ratmaod tokar daAr^ii» deam «ttd M|ok 19 bar paa ; hat apttn aha dtoppad it. •Oh. Harmaa I Barmaa I maat I hopa ta amat yoa ugain r navar laok iata jroar dark «yaa, aovar alaap yoar haad, or yoar voioa m^n t miVar aiora ? nafav I Mnat mi^ ba tha baud that writaa oar aaataoaa of aaparation T I oaaaot I oh I I aaaaot do it. Uinaaa i lad yot l-4t tl JOB who raqaira ii I' Af tar a faw miajataa, aha look op hia lal* taraad raad it ov4r f r tlia foarth lima. Ita ratklaaa implaaability aaanied to giva bar tha atraaglli a- oaaaary 10 obay ita bahaata. Aa if faariiig aaothar faSlara of hor raaohn* tiaa, aha paiaad bar pan and wrola t Bmdaaall Hali. Dae. Mk 18-^ Mb. BaiTDniaix >— Yoar latlar haa ia« liavad aM from aa ambarraaaing poaitfion. I bag yoar pardon for having ba«n for io long apariod aa nnooawibaa naarpar of.yonr pramiaea. I had mitfakan Itiia plaoa for my hoabaad'a boaaa and my propor hooM. My miataka, howavar. bap not «xt ndad to IkV^ appropriation of tha ra«anuaa of tha tatatik Yon will find a vary dollar of thoae alaoai ttfyoar orrdit ia tha PlaaMr*' Bank of Bay> month. My miataka haa b«ian limltad to tha ooonpjinoy of tba lionae. For thai wroot 1 anai nwha what ranaratioa raaudaa^ in puwtr. I ahall laava thia plaoa Ihia Pri- da? araniag ; aaa yoar aolioitora on M«iii>^ day I plaoe ia thotr baada a anm aaaivalaal\ to tha fall Taiai* of Brai)aB«ll Hall, aa a oompaaaattoa tP yoa for my loog uaa of tko boaaa t aad than aiipi whatavai' doonmaata awy ba naoaMary Io ranonaoa all olaim apoa Touraelf and yoar aatata, aad to fraa yoa foravarfrom BaBBMioa, OodaMMciif HnratmoaoMOk Bha (b^iabad ika latlar, »mi throw do«N| tha pa«i. What it had oaat kw to wrfta m, dnljr bar own loriag and oatragad wA- man'ahoart kaaw. Bf ika tiBM aba had aaalad hartattor. Phcaba anMrad to My tha thadinaaAWM aanFoil-<^that aolitarv maal at whieh aka had aat dowoj baarcbrohaa, for ao aaaay waary yt-ara. Ska anawarsd. V Vary wall,' hat aavat atinad from hi-r aaat. Phaba flUgatad aboat tha l«iM tm • while, aad than, with tha fraadam of a favoarit a' 'aadaat, aha aam« 'o tha aida tf tha ooaataaa and, amiliag arohly. aaad t . •My lady.' __ •Wall, PbcibaJfc^- J^- ;- ■ • Paopla noMla^ atarva, aat^fkay. Ba- aaaaa thay ara going bank to ibair "afai ooantffior* Lady Harataionoaas aaulad iaiatl^ roaaad haraalf attd waal dowa to dii|- ■^^■^■■r . - ',■.'■.. . .... ■ . ■ ; : j^ ? ■■ ■ '*■ V- '• ■ » / • "«» "^a&i iftHMARL I OH* IN tBl DIPTRfll ■fd- \ Ob Imt Ntaio !• ^r owa •h* (oMMi hM mM lookinf Hm ImI • Is aTcrylhiai paokwl. PholM r* •BsotttI tlM df«M joa IMT* OB, My ajT) «■« I OM Uy tltel oa top of ■ mak altar yoa pat on yoar traTtlUDg yoa dad w« ara noiog hoM, aiy •▲fa girit' aa If aad I ty Wliat tfim w Oh. ■▼ ludyt I f«al •aatd Jaat tpruid ««l my ' Taaa I am. alao^ lor yoar' aaka, tiow it U BOW f • Fiv# o'otnok, my lady.' • Tbraa iMmia yat. Tall lira. aoma Imio*' Pbobr iookad tim traak iha Imd aitdar kar band, aud wwl oat to obay. Wban Ifr*. Spioar oobm ia iba was itartk^d )j ttaiatalUgMMo that bar lady was foiag •way iaunwdUtalv, and that tha kooM wm ta kaahatapantll tho arrival of ¥r. Brad*. ••U or bi« afMit*, who woald ammia for Ita iatara diapuaition. Wbau Lady HaraUnoooaux toad flaitbad .tbaoa iaatraotiou, sho plaoad a Ubaral •am of monay in tha boaMkaapar'a wltkordan to divido it' among tha Vast aba WMt for Oraiagar, tha baviag givan bim tha HUna in> iMmattOD, and pat a aiadbur mim of monay te kk haad* for diatrihatioB amoag tka HgftUB, ska dianiwod both tha kooaa- kaapar aad tha oTarMOf . Tkaa aha •■• •mad a iiota for a larga antoaat ia a Uttar •ddgwid to tha paator of tha pariak, with a rt^aaat tkat ha woald appro. priati it for tka raliaf of tha Mflbriag poor » that MickboaHiood. naally, that ware all kar praaaratioai, aap of taa, bada fartwail ■dasta. aad, atiaartad ', having lb. laata to bar da- by Pb4»b% w. aarriagaaad waa tevaa lo B«y- whara aha aaaltd bar twa b tioM for Mho avaaiag matt, ••St aMryag iha tka kaat - for Baltkaoia, aa for the North. 8ba •altiaaora only !«•« taoagb to arraana kariatw with Mr. Bradanell'a to ■oUaitom, Now Tork, wbaaaa, . ika aailad Tbaa tka kiaatifal yoaag. who had dioppad for •latia flowar, iwai ta oar wild Mwyknd woeda, re< to h«r aaliTa Uwl. wkara. lat aa hopo. ika foaad ia aa a p a r aaiat ii ^ airala «l frkada MMa oaaiohtioa lor tka laat of tkat at tha aaa of awk^aUkai alaatad iavaad domaatia bappiama that bad baaa to waoliy torn from lMr> Wa ahan amat witk Bwaaiaa, OoaatiM •f BarttmoaotBB, again i bat it will bk ia anotkar tpkara, aad aadar othar alraaai It wa* ia tha oprlag o aa eoad ta g bar d« partara that tha hoata agaata aad attor- aaya aaam dowa to appraiaa aad mII Bru- dooall HaU. Slooa tha improvaamau baotowad naoa tha aatata bv Ladv Harai aaoaeaax, taa aroptrty had inoraaaad its valaa, ao tjiat a parobaaw ooald not at oaoa ba foand. Whan this faatwaa oommanioatad by lattar to Mr BradcaalL In Lnadoa. bo wrota aad *o- tboriaad bis agaat to lac tha property to » raaponaikia ttnaat. and if poaaibla to bir« tha plaotatiOB nagroaa to tha aama party wha •hoald taka tka booaa. All thia aftar a wbiU waa aao u iaa f ally aooompiidMd. A gon Uman from a naiab boariag 8tata took tha hooaa all famiahao m it wa4 aad hirad tha aarvanto attaehad to tha pr am t aaa. haaaam aarly in Juaa, bat who or he waa, or w i mn w a Ita oa m a, non a laawto ooaatry diatrlat ia alwaya tti* ooaaalon af maoh aarioaitT, apaoo atiaa and fooaip. Boi whan anoh a ^aa brinaa the puaa of f ortnnatoa in bia poakat, aad takat Boaaaaaion of tka finaa. ratabliakaMnt in tka aoaatry— kooaa, fBraituia, aarvaata, aarriayaa, k o r aa^ aleek and all, ba ' ika oalijaat of tka wtldaat aaajaokark It doas not raqair«> long to gat taUy to koaaaha«piag ia a raady-made koamt ao it was aoon aadaratiod ia tka B«if bk«.Brbood that tl>a atrangara wara oat- tlad in thair aaw raaidanaa. and migk| ke oapp* aad to ka taady to raaaiva aalla. Bat tha aaigkboara, tlioadi tormratad witk aarioofty. oaaiioo-lr kald a>a«C ad waiiad aaUl ike Babka k, wkm tkiy m ah aapaat to aaa tka aawi o'«i«ra, aad Jaog* of thair aapaa raa oa aad kaar tkair paiitor « opiaioa of them. So oa tba flrot Bandajr aflar tka atrangan' aattiamaat at BradaMll Ball. tkaBoyaKwth (^arab waa erowda^T la aaaaw. Bat ttoar of thr aongragatlea \ who waat thor* with othai motivaa than to worabip thdr Ckpatov wara aadly diaappointad. Tha oriamoB'iimd Bra^cnelTpaw raawinad vaaant, aa it kad ramainad for aavatal yaara. ' Bnmpk I aot ohnreh joioa aaaaU Kaas I Wa bad an Bagiab b^ora. parbapa wa wiB nava a Tnlkiafe Mo- kammadaa aast t' waa tka ifaaalation o< aaa of tka diaappoiatad. Tba aaojaotara pravad faiaii "\- :'■<« ■ • T± ^ m Dirm. TIm Mxt S«»4ay f IImL TImh« wm •ad iidf-«-dai» ta ball oKmraiag, MMpI of •boat Ml yaan old, wImm iof«i vi-lopcd i» biMk bwnbMiM tad tn whOM ia«, wi»t«M«Ul b« mm of drowiiad !• tflMt. It aadUd ao m t«li thftt sha waa Jast \d% aiot l xw rl aM. ■i«o«d ia ohariiM of Imt roUlieoa. Aftar aadargolag Um aarottey ol coaurifgMioa, tha faaUly •ilantly. voted to br pMrfaatly It. la Aagaal that Ute ftof . hatteg a ImII* Miday, raaolvad 'O Maka tha aMNt of li aM oojoy biiMalf by walkiaf te BoyoMsUi, and ataadiof bofoM Mai ohop lo §aaa al Ml Wmto ofOo Ibo aMrrak of UtaratMO ilO' playod ia Ita wiadowa. Tha' OHAPTVR XXI ,'R ADvawroMb . I aimoat lanoy that tiM mora j^,^ Ha «raa o«at out from oaan, Natura liad mada him of iiar aloio A worthiar daniaan t ~Aa if It pl a a w d hw to A pUat grooro ap ao wild, 4p if Ilia bMBg paraatlaaa iflid nMda !iiai.nota bar ^Id. fairhoir. Sf^mmk** yMMth of ba livad as all graat original vital (oNirJ aad alao to ' ba parity whieb at kaat ba aol a plaaty, H« laomad all tba ' profaaan himt hadmd all tba boqbo < tbat Mo»-ilo ooald laud bim i asd waa a«w bangarian aad thintin* tor Mora kaowladga. At 'bio UDia a book bod aaob a faaoiaatioB for lab* aiaal, that whaa ha bappanad to ba at Bay- mootb ha would aland gM>a|L apall'lMoad. at ttia vohiaio* aipoaad Tor aua w tba ahop wiadowa, Jaat aa othar boya gaM mt toys mo •waatHMala. Bat lifttlj' tioM bad iba poar lid for aaob paapl iaio Planidi«a, for ha waa now aammg aboat a dollar a waak, aa Aa»iatapt Profaa* aor of Odd Joha te Ji*ai Ifoirfo, aad bia pro- faa*ional dotiaa kapt bim vary boay. BayBMoth ba4 pro fc raw rt ia all tbwa yaara, and now ae ually baaaMd a ahop. with Ifaia a ga orar tha door t ' Book, Stationary aad f anav T tbia to bhaaol a aa a a a a vary fkiry II altiaoiid bim wiiba* ironiatiblo aaahadad vlllago iaoty, aad .'ha aaolnadad Angnal aan waa laaiag dowa apon I' i bAt labMMol did aol miad tbali «a ba alood davonring wilb bia Oyos Iba naatlniaabia hooka. Wbila bo woo tbaa ooeapiod, a aaMll, opaa. oaa-boroa aorriaia drovo np aad atop- pod bafora tba obopxloor. Tha gaatlaauui wbo bad drivan il aligblad, and bAndad oat a lady and a IHlla girl ia daap BKHimina. TboUdy aad tha UlUr girl paaoMi iBuaadT- atoly into tha abop. And oh, I bow labaMMl aavM than) I Tnay wara parbapa going It bay aoata of Iboaa baaotlfaf booka I _ Tna gaaUaauMi paaaad with Iba folai \drawing bit ayao, Ibay fall npna lahmaal, and ba dfcllad biai. ^. - Tba boy haa'anad to hia aifll ' My kid, do yoa tbiak yoa oaa hold ny •Toa,''|it.' \ ' yaiy wdl, 0r. oa. Hms. aai atiad mi whiU wa ara la ttte ikaraMa teapMag walah Iha aarrii|l|woll. anap ; noaaaoo, iM| ioa, ■Mirtiiait.' ^ ;^5aa.iir,'aiBaiaM ^km gaa tliMaa ^va iiua tba ralaa aad loiMNPal Iha iadiai into Iho ahap. Aad jahflMal lad tba boM»«f to Iba novo atraam, tba boy. kva hia Um •laamar. Ir b a p paaad oaa barniag Batairlaf afipa ifrovoi fr a a aaa ia i by viaNara al Bay* tb te ' It aal wmm tbalff boraao. tbir«ty fiopaa ftai draak hii ill. «Mi b»y WW ■■liaiii la rrt*iag bba iaiil;%Mii doak laavi% viaa a *• oarflaa aMraolad lablaaol'h Oh, anoky Baa i if hara ioai't old lii aak biai «aMr r Jaarad tha hoy, halfiaK hiaMalf 'iralaati. • Toa had hattar fotara thoao thlap bo* IHO wona aoMO ol IIl' Mid lahaMol. Ili^ly paUMm of bU Ultla Jadtat a^ oafotallyJoUiagIt «r ^^ M>f i» oa tho ,>*■■■;■ laif. iMi I Jaii Horria* 'iyytt- «» gaiaftotehtt ArlityoaaaaiodrMaorad iSSm AM» tyiag ay hia htfkidhaMhiaf laU of aata. . ^ ,^ . • WIU yea lalam thoM thiafi or B«iy aaolaiand tihaMal, aabauoaia« hit littla ahirt ooOar tad relUag ap hia •laav«ai * Will yoa toll BM who waa year latbor f aaohad Maotor Al^cod. fTbat qaaatioa waa aMworal hy a Mow daahad fall ia tha aMwth of thaaaaatioBor, loUowad iaataatiy by aaothar Mow iato kw right tya aad a t^ird iato hia' laft. ThoB lahaMol laiatd bi« hy tha oollar, aad. twiatiac) it, ahokod aad ihooh biai aatil ha droppad bia plaadar. Bat it waa oaly tha oaMaaaaM of tha aaaaalt that haa gIfM TahWatl a moaMmi'a advaaUga, Tha ooatM* wm too aae<|aaL Aa woalMi llaatar Alfrod bad droppad Ma plaadaTr ho •aiaadhiaaaoailaiit. Bin alao faahud to tha rtaaaa. It waa aafair. two hoya apon Mi. Thay aaaa throw bhauMl- d MoMlaaa of tha •pproaah at th« patty fvaai tho ahopk antil tiia gaatkiMa Mt tMa ladiaaaad'htrrlad ta tha MiM il aaobiaiingS • Wbatt tbiaf What'! ibtof aU thia, yoaag gnu It i bhaiBa on yoa botii I' r Lot that lad abiMri Th« twoaalprita a«aMtf ihalr blow* aad alartad ap, Mai#-atriahaa. Bat only for a aitaiaar. Tha raadv aad rooh l o aa falaa* hood •araag to Altrad'o iipa. ' Way. air, 'yoa aao, wa wora walkiag aloag aad mw voar oarriagt? ■ aitdiag bari and aaw that boy ataaliag tha fralt and Oala froai it. And lira ordcrad him to ■top v and bo woalda'r, aad ira pitohod iato hlai aad boat biau DMa't wa, Baof 'Ttaiwa ly. _^ •Hasphl tiolM that ho SadlMdIhat tha ia bat a ohild I aMot hkoly laft tha trait boat hiair* aaid Bn, ayailya* 1^ ho aiaia tlM ya^ ar. pat bara to gaard f faalt waa aaiaa I Ha a poor abild, aad wai hangry. I oboold not hav rifdit nador hia kaoa yoang aoaa to toaipl biai I Boya, yoa did vary #roM to boat biBi ao I Too, who ara poaiparad m aiaoh. kaow littlo of tha •avoro privdMioaa aad groat taaiptattoaa of tha paar. Aad wo aaaaot •tm^ ohildroa to r^ thair aalaial appotfoa,' Mid iho gonttra^aa, gMtly. m ho a oofod to aaaaiao tho ooaditioa of tho fbUMi "^ _ JiaMMd waa hall ataanod, oibaaatrd aad Uaaiiig t bat hia ooafaaod aaaaw bud Mlhovad iha Maaaiac of tho falM aaeaM- 3oB aadt agaiaat hiak Aad. throagh th« Woadbanllaff'fffOfi hia aioath. ho gargled fbrth tbo^Wrorda i _ •Idlda*t.awl Tho Laid abatt^ Bo haowaldidatr •Ha did iba did I Didatba.Baafariad IfMtarAlfrad. Boa waa riloat. L - •Aad wo brat hiai ! Didnt wr, Bwif Kitioood tlM yoaag vilbia, ivbo wall aa- taod hia wtak yoaagor braihor. 1 *Toa,' rapHad. Baa. wba waa alfraya williag to obHga hia oldor brathar if ho aDald do ao wHhaat totllag aa oat and oat iaiarheod— • wa did boat hiai.' Tho gtatlaiaaa rataad tha balttrad bay to hia 4Mt. toob a latll at htia aad Maniaiod tohiaMolfi • Wall I if tbia kd to a lUaf aMi -^ ltor„ baro ia ao tmth ia thfwol0grj|»:!f|yiiacs /-' / T'\ ■^■'wT ,""-s^i'.-*^»' iiaiiAiL I Oft. nr Tbi oirrm let vUl Mil hM jMt lufy w d i ^(M w«r» flyd ltoi« M g«M4 M profwtjr. Yoa WirMtd jrwur itM* I Yott. ymumU, •tatm U I Aad yM Imv« told • faUahood !• miiwaI iro«r tliaft. „ No I do bqI •MMifl lo dewy 1 1 Hon M« two yo«Rg hmiIImmb «I po- •iUo« «ii« aro wilMMwi agBiMt yo* I' UmmI ftltopptod to f4ff l« MM* doaial, b«t hia TOica WM drowMd in Ibo Mood ibataMll lllod lito aMNiili. ; My poor bojr,' aoatiBttad Mm g«n I mau —'for I aaa fou ara poor, if vo« ikid •imply aaloB tba (ruila and aata. that wottM bare baoa wrong oartainiy, baing I br«aoh of irvat i bat il irrald liav« tMeii almoat axoaaabia, for yoa aight hava baan haagrj aad baaa tampM by ih« •mall of Ika frait aad bj tba oppertaaity of laaniig it Aad if yoa had ooufaaaad it fraakly. I ahoiild aa frankly bava for* givaayou. Bat I ala aorry to aay that vou bava attampiad to ooaoaal yoaf faalt by falaahood. And do yoa kaow what ti at (Alaabood ba« 'oaa r It haa ooavartcd tha aot, that I aboald batro ooaatraad aa a laai a tiaaaaaa, iato a t|iaft I' labaiaal aloopcd dotfB aad bathad bia bloody faoa ia tha atraaai and th«B wlpad it fllaaa with hk ooaraa poebat baadiar* chiaf. And thaa ha raiaad hia haad with a obildiah digeitjr iMat woadarfel to aaa, aad aaid i ' , •Liataa lo mo, air. if pati pl^aaa. Ldid aot taka tha frtUt or tba sati, or aaylllng that Irak yoan. It is trtM, air, aa yoa Mid,, that I aM aoor. Aad t waa haagry. farv hragrj lamad, baoa aa a I hava had aotbiaf to aal ilaaa aii o'olook tbk BM>ra- iag. lad thp onuiffta aad Iga did mall aiaa. aad I did waot IhaM wnf Maoh. Bat I did aot toaob thaia, air I I ooald battar baar haager thaa I ootrid batr ■haaia I Attd I ahoald hatra aaflbrod •bama if I bad takatf yoar thlap I Y« a, a«aa tboogh yoa aright batra aevar foaao oal tha loM Of thoM. Bakaaaa— I ahoald bara kaowa Myaalf to ba a thiaf, aad I aoald aot havo Mmto that, air I I did adt •akil yoar aropar^, air, I hopo yoi| will baliava laa/ • Ha did I ha did i ha did iHdidat ha aow, Baafarlad Alfiad. .Ban was aikMt. *AiMav^^^^^^^^|H|wo yoong gaa- tlaaiaa oaHJI^^^^HMM aloar ooa pro- to hMpV^^^pto tba oootanta of tiM tiampar. - BflHo ]ro«>"gar ooa would bot agraa to tb^plaa. Aad I, for my C>t. told him to lot tba tbioga alooa. t ha woaldn't miod ma. I inaiitad, bat ba laugbad at ma and balpad binaalf to tha orangaa. flga, walnuta aad raiaina. I told him to pat tuam book diraotly t but ha woaldn't. And than I eiraok htm aad oollarad him, airi for I thought it waa mv duty to fight for tba property that had baaa left ia My aara. Bat ha ■*7 waa bigger than I waa, aama lo balp hiM, aad hU thay brother too maav for oia. aad batwitan thaoL tb>-y threw ma down. Aad thea you oaM# ap. Aad thatia tha whole truth, eir.' *Itlea'tl it Ua'tl Bealola tha thiaap. aad aow ba wanta la lapFtt oa oa t that la tha wocot of all I Bat wo aaa prove that he did it, beaaiua we ara two wlt- oaaaea agalaaa oaa I' aaid Maator Alfiad. axoitadly. • Ym ( that is tha worat of all, my boy i U waa bad to taka the tbingi^ bat yoa waia tamptad by hangtr t It waa wota* to daay tha aot, bat yoa wara tempted hf fear i it ia tba worat of §11 to try tb lay yoar taalt aa> oa the ahoaldini of othara. I tear I ahall ba obliged lo paaiah yoa,' aaid tha gaatboMta, gravaly. • 81r, aaaiah aia for the laaa of tha frait if yoa plaaaa i bat liolieva aM t for X epvak tba truth, ' aaid labMaal. irmly. At that moment he fait a little aoft hand steal iato hia owa, aad heard a gaalla yolaa whisi>f r la bia ear t ', ^ -^ •I believe yoa, poor bov, ifibey doat.' He taraad, aad aaw at Kla aida iha liMa orphaa girl ia deep moaraiac- She waa a aUtaly little lady, with Uaek ayaa and Mask riaglats, aad with tha air of a little prinoaea./ # 'OoaMi, Olaadial Osom away mv lore,' aaid the lady, who bad Jaat arrived at tha apot 'Nb, aaat, if )roo pieaae { I am going to eland by thia poor boy bare I Ha bM got oo friaod I He iatelliag the t«ith, and aob^dy will believe him I' eiMd tba little girl, toeiing MICROCOPY RISQUITION TIST CHART • (ANSI anutleiran. Master Alfred, you will find the stolen fruit upon him.' ¥ Alfred Burghe started and turned to run. But the gentleman was too quick to let him escape and caught ym by tlie arm. ' '^What, sir! Mr.' Middleton ! would you siiiroh me at his bidding ? Search the son of Commodore Buighe at the bidding of — nobody's son?' exclaimed the youth, strug- gling to free himself, whi ie the blood seemed ready to burst from his red and swollen face. * For youi' vindication, young sir ! < For your vindication,' replied Mr. Middleton, proceeding to turn out the young gentle- man's pockets, when lo I oranges, figs and nuts rolled upon the ground. ' It is infamous I so it is I' exclaimed Master Alfred, mad v^ith shame and rage. 'Yes, i' is infamous,' sternly replied Mr.- Middleton. ' I mean it is infamoni to treat a commo- ^ dore's.son in thfsjway?* \ ' And I mean it is infamons in anybody's ■on to behave as you have, sic.l' ' I bought the things at Nutt'as^p ! I bought them with my own money % They are mine I I never touched your things. That fellow dicH He took them and then, .old falsehoods'about it.' * Sir, ' said Ishmael, 'if yon will examine that bund'e, lying under that bush, you will find something the^e to prove which of , na two speaks the truth.' Master Alfred made a daah %f ter the ^ bundle ; but again Mr. Middleton was ioo ' quick for him, and caught it np. It waa « red bandana eilk bandkerphief stuffed full of parcels and tied at the comers. The hand- kerchief had the name m Alfred Bnrghe on corner ; the small parcels of nnta andraiiina I8HMAEL : OR, IN T^E DEPTHS. 91 treat a eommo- it contained were at onoe reoogniaud by Bfr. Middleton as hiB own. ' Oh, air I air 1' began that nentlemaa, severely, turning apun the detected culprit ; but the young Tillain waa atbay I ' Well ?' he growled, in defiance — ' what niiw? wiiat'a all the muHi about? Thos* parcels were what I ,took off Itis person when he waa rnnnin|{ away with them. Didn't I. Bnn?' Ben erumbled some inaudible anawer, which Alfred iiasumed to be an aaaant, for he immediately added : ' And I tied them up in mv handkerchief to (tire them back o you. Didn't I, Ben ?' Ben mumbled something or other. ' And then I beat him * for stealing. Didji't I, Ben r ' Yes, you beat him,' aulkiiyansweredo the younger brother. Mr. M'ddletOn gtizud at the two boys in amazumcnt ; not that he entertained the aligh test doubt of th innocence of Ishmael ami the guilt of Alfred, ^'but that he was aimply struck with consternatron at this inatance of hardened juvenile depravity. ' Sir,' continued the relentless young prosecutor, ' if ypu will please to question Master Ben, I think he will tell you the truth. He has not told a downright story yet.' ■ ' What I why he has been corroborating his brotheir's teatimony all along 1' said. Mr. Middleton. f- ' Only as to the assault, air, to finish this business.' ,^' I will! Ben I Who stole the fruit and nuts from my carriage?' Ben dug his hands into his poekets and turned sullenly away. ' Did this poor boy steal them ? For if .1 find he did, I will send him to prison. And I know you wouldn't like to see an innocent boy sent to prison, ^o tell me the truth ; — did he, or did he not. steal the articles in question ?' ' £[e did not ; not so much as one of them,' replied the younger Bnrghe. 'Did Alfred take them ?' B m waa nuUenly^iient. 'Did Alfred take them?' repeated Mr. Middleton. • I won't tell you f So "ihere now ! I told yon that fallow didn't ! but I won't tell you who did 1 It is real hard oi you to want me to tell on m;K own b other I' ex- claimed Master Ben, walkins; off indignantly. * ' That is enouffh ; indeed the finding of the articles ujpon Alfred's person was snoueh,'said Mr. Middleton. ' I think thiS' poor boy's word ought to have been enough I' said Claudia.- * And now, sir I' continued Mr. Middleton, turning to Master Burghe — 'you have been convio^ed of thetr, tnlaohood and cowardice •^yes, and of the meanest falsehood and the basest cowardice 1 ever heard of. Under these circums ancea, I cannot permit your future attendance upon my school. You are no longer a proper companion for my pupila. TomoiT>>w I shall call upon your fatlier, to tell him what has happened and advise him to send you to sea, under some' strict cap- tain, for a three or a five years' cruise 1' ' If xpn.blow me to the govejnor, Pll be sholPto'^eath if I don't knife you, old fel- low !' roared the young reprobate. ' Begone, sir !' was the answer of Mr. Mid- dleton. ' Oh, oh, I can aro I But you look out I You're all a set of radicals, anyhow I mak- ino; equals of the rag, tag and bobtail about. Look at Claudia there ! What would Judge Merlin say if he waa to aeo hia daughter with her arm around that boy's neck !' Claudia'a eyes kindled dangeronaly, and ahe made one step towards the offender, Baying : ' Hark yoii, Maater Alfred Burghe. Don't you dare to4ake my name between your lips again I and don't you dare to come near me as long as you live, or even to any to anybody that yod were ever acquainted with me I If you do I will make my papa have you hanged 1 For I do not choose to know a thief, liar and coward 1' ' Claudia I plaudrn I Claudia ! You shock me, beycf||^\ll measure, my dear !' exclaimed tht^pdyV in a tone ot real pain, and lowering^lier voice, she whispered — ' "Thief, liar and coward I" what shocking words to issue from a young lady's lips.' ' I know they are not nice words. Aunt Middleton, and if you iriU only teach me nicer ones 1 will uae them inateiMl. But are there any pi^tty worda for ugly tricks ?* As this question was a ' poaer' that Mrs. Middleton did not attempt to answer, the little lady continued, very demurely: ♦i wililpok in "Webster" when I get home and see if there are. ' ' My boy, ' said Mr. Middleton, approach- ing our lad, ' I have accused you wrongfully. I am very aoriy for it and I beg your pardon. ' Ishmael looked tfp in aurpriae and with an 'Oh, air I please don't,' bluabed and hung his head. It seemed really dreadful to this poor boy ttaat thia grave and dignified trent emanvhouldaak hiapardon. Andyet Mr. Middleton lost no dignity in thia simple aet, beciuse it was right ; he had wrgpged the poor lad aiid owed an apology just as mneh <■ •■ '■^- 92 I8HMAEL ; OR, IN THE DEPTHSv Mif he h»d wronged the greateat man in the country. ... 'And now, my boy,' continued the gen- tleman, * be alwav»a«honeit,ae truthful and aa fearleas aa you have ahown yourself to- day, and though your loi. in ▼ery humble— aye, of ih« very y«t' you will be reapeoted iu sphere;' Here the apeaker portidouuaie and i ook from dollar, laying, ' Take this, my • reward for your iniegrity— that, stand, ia a matter of moM worth than to be rewarded with money— but simply aa f»ayment for your time and trouble m de- i'lidingmy p operty.' „ . , ' . 'Oh, air, please don't. I really don t want the money,' aaid Ishmael, shrinking from theoflfered com. Oh, nonsense, my. boy I You must be " ■ Middleton, urging life maybe humblest— your lowly opened hia it a ailver boy, not aa under- nonsense, my. 003 paid, you know.'eaiQ Mr, the dollar upon him, • But I do not w^t pay for a mere act of civility,' persisted lahmael, drawmg back. . - ^ But your time and trouble, cnild ; they are money 10 lads in your 4ine of '* '*■ 'If you pleaae, air, it waa a J^oliday. and I had nothing else to do. ' * • But take this to oblige me.' • Indeed, air, I don't want it. The profea- aor is *< ry free-hearted and paya me well for <'mvwork.' _ 'The profeasorT What profeaaor, my boy ? I thought I had the honour to be the only profeaaor in the neighbourhood,' <> aaid the gentleman, amiling. •f mean Profeaaor Jim Morris, air, -re- plied lahmael, iu perfect good faith. • Oh ! yea, exactly ; I hare heard of that ingenioua and useful individual, who aeems to i:ave served his time at all t^dea, and taken deitreea in all arta ana aciencea ; but I did not know he waa called a profeaaor. So yon are a atudeut in hia college 1' amiled Mr. Middliton. • I help him, air, and he paya m«,' an- aweredtheboy. , ,.^, •And what is your name, my good little fellow ?'^ ' 'lahmael Worth, air.' • Oh, yea, exactly ; yottTjire the son. of the little weaver up on Hut Hill, gst aoroaa the valley from Brudenell eiffhts?' ' I ant her nephew, air. - ' Are yoQi' parenta livinit V <■ No, sir : I baTe been au orplian ftom my biith.* . ' Poor boy ! And 70a are depending on rightfully profesaor, refuae it your uunt for a home, and on - 1**"'' "*'' labour for a anpportfl- 'Yea, air.' • Well, lahmael, aa yon very take pay from my brother I do not' know Why you ahoald from me. ' lahmael perhapa could not anawer that question^ to hia own satisfaction. At all eventa, lie hesitated a moment before he re- plied : • w ' Why, you see, air, what I other professor is all in the business ; but the small service done for you ia only a little bv'. that I am alwaya ao glad to ahm gentleman —I mean to anybody at even a pour waggoner, thepi. air I And, pay me a penny. ' , • But I call, my boy I and besides yotl not only helamy horae, and watered him, and rubbed him down, and watched my carriage, bu^ you fougb(-a stout battltf in defence M my goods, ^ and' got yourself badly- Xbwiiacd by Jthe thievea, and uujuatly ^pcj^d by .. me. Cer- tainly, it is a>^oor ^offering I make in return for yoWr aervicea and suf- ferings in my mtelrea^j|||gere, idy lad,,. do for the line of my I havejuat of civility to any all, air ) I often hold horses for blesa you, they couldn't here if> a lomething for I have thoMffht'betteirJ half eagle. Take it it yourself.' ^ ' Indeed, indeed, ,lir, I cannot Pleaaa don't keep on aaking me, ' peraia ed lahmael, drawing back wi ha look of diatreas and almoat of rj^roaob on hia fine face. Now, wl^could not the little fellow take the money tliat waa preaaed upon him ? He wanted it badly enonsh. Heaven knowa I Hia bi at dotliea were all patchea, and this five dollar gold piece would haye bought him a new auit. And besidea there waa an ' Illnatrated Hiatory of the United States ' in that book -shop, that really and truly Ishmael would hiaye been willing to give a finger Qff either of his hands to possess ; and its price was jnat three doUara. Now, why didn't the little wretch take the money and buy the beautiful book with which his whole aoul waa enamoured ? The poor ' child did not know himself. But yon and I know, reader^ don*t we? We know that he could not take that money, with the arm of that black>eyed little lady aronnd his neck ! Yes, tne arm of Claudia waa still most tenderly and protectingly encircling his neck, and every few minntes she wonld draw down his rough head caressingly to her own damask cheek. Shocking 1 wasn't it. And yon wonder I ^ r-fTS'- ■ I8HMAEL ; OR. IN THB DBPfHS. how her ftant »od unole could have stood by aud permitted it. BeokUM tbey oouldb't , help it ! Mill Claudia waa a little lady, angel born, who had oever been contradict- ed in hnr life. Her father waa a crotchety old fellow, with a ' theory, ' one result of which was, that he let his trees and his daughter grow unprulied as thry'4ilr%d. But do not mistake Miss Claudia, or think her any better or any wo/se than she really was. Her caressin of the peasant boy look- ed as if she was tjspublioan in her prinoiplefe and ' fast/ iu her manners. She was neither the one nor the other. So^ar from being republican, she was just tlie«io8t ingrained little aristocrat from the crown pi h^r Tittle, black, ringletted head to the ime of her tinv, gaitercd foot ; from her heart's core to her scarf-skin ; so perfect an aristocrat that she was quite unconscious of being so. For in-' stance, she looked upon herseK" very little lower than the angeLi : and upon the work- ing ciasses as very little higher than the brutes ; if, in her heart, she acknowledged that all in the human shape were human, that was about the utmost extent of her /fiberalism. She and tfve^ were both clay CO be sure, but she was one of the finest porcelain cli^, and they of the coarsest potter's earth. This theory had not been taught her, it was born in her, and so en- tirely natural and sincere that she was alme««~un«onsoioiia of its ezist4n6e ; oer- tai^ly unsuspicious of its fallacy. ""^ ~~— Thus, yoto see, she caressed^ Ishmael, just e:|Cactly as she would hare careeMed her own Newfoundland dog ; she defended his truth 4nd honesty from false accusation, just as fthe would have defended »Fid6's froqi a similar charge : she praised his fidelity and courage just as she would have praised Fido's ; for, in very truth, she rated the peasantaboy not one wbit higher than the dog 1 Had sha befyh a degree less proad, had she looked upon Ishmael as a human being with like pashionsand emotions as her own, she might have been more reserved m her manner. But being as proud as she was, «he oaressfd and protected the noble peasant- boy as A kind-he&rted little lady would have oareased and protected a noble specimen of the canine race i Therefore, whit miaht have been considered very forward and lowering in another little lady, was perfectly gracefufand dignified in Miss Merlin. But, meanwhile, the poor, earnest, en- thnsiaatio boy ! He didn't know that she rated him aa low aa any four-footed pet I He thought ahe appreciated him, very hifth- iy. toe_hit;hly, aa a human being i And nis great little heart burned and glowed with joy and gratitode 1 And ha would no moro hsT* taken pay fordoing her unole * aenrio* than he would have pioked a pocket or robbed a hen-roost I He Jast adorod her [ lovely clemency, and he waa evan then j turning oVi'-r in his mind the problem how he, a poor, poor boy. hardly able to afford him- self a half-behBy candle to read by, alter dark, could repay her kindness— w^t could h« flna, invent, or achieve to please herl Of all this, Miss Claudia only understopd his gratitude ; and it pleased her aa the gratitude of Fido night have done t , . And' she left his side for a moment, and. raised herself on tiptoe and whispered tohei uncle : ' ' Uncle, he is a noble fellow — isn't he, now? But he loves me better than he does you I So let me give him some- thing.' Mr;;::* MiddletoD silei^tly placed the five dollar piece in her hand. 'No, no, no— -not thi^t'l. Don't yon tee it hurts his feelings' to offer him thatr ' Well— but what then ?' '• I'll tell you ; When we drove up to ''Hamlin's," I saw him standing before the shop, with his hands in his pockets, sturing at the books in th^ windows, just as I have seen hungry children stare at the tarts and cakes in a pastry cook's. And I know he is hungry for a book I Now unole, let me give him&hookt' ' Yes ; but had not I better givaitio him, Claudia?' . ' Oh. if you like, and hell take it from you ! But, you know, there's Fido now, who sometimes gets contrary, and won't take anything from your hand, but no matter bow contrary he ' is, will always take any- thing from mine I But you may try, uncle — you may try !' This conversation was carried whisper. When it was ended, Mr ton turned to Ishmael, and said : • Very well, my boy ; I can but re- spest your scruples. Follow us back to Hamlin's.' And so saying, he helped his wife and his niece into, the pony chaise, got himself and took the reina to drive on. Miss Claudia looked back and watched Ishmael aa he limped slowly and painfully after them. The distance was very s^iprt, and they soon reached the shop. ' Which is the window he was looking in, Claudia?' inquired Mr. Middleton. 'This one on the lefc hand, lincle.'' * Ah I Oome here, my boy ; look injo this window ^w, and tall me which of these ^ : — ■ ^ — on in a Middle- ^: 9* ISHMAEL ; OH, IN THE PEPTdS. They »re aboot and things that I hey are very in books you wuuld advise me to bay tor a present to a young friend of mine V The poor fellow looked up with so <4nach perplexity in his face at tne idea of this grave, middle-aged ffentleman asking advice of him, that Mr. Middleton hastened to say : ' The reason I ask yon, Ishmael, is be- oauBe, you being a boy would be a better judge of another boy's tastes than an ^Id man like me could be. So now jndge by yourself; and tell me which book you think would please my young friend best. Look ait them all, and take time.' 'Oh, yes, sir. But I don't want time! Anybody could tell hi « minute which book » boy weald like r •Wjiioli, then?' 'Oh, thiikt this! this I— 'History of the United Stsies,' all full of pictures !' 'Bui'— here iB 'Robinson Ousoe,' and here is here is the ' Arabian N ghts ;' vhy not choose one of them ?' •Oh, no, sir— don't! people that never lived, aren't true ; and though tered|ing, I know, there is no solid satisfac tion in them like there is in thiiK— ' 'Well, now, 'this.' What is the great Uttractiou of this to a boy? Why, It's no- thing but dry history,' said Mr. Middleton, with an amused smile, while he tried to *punip' the poor lad. ' Ob, sir, but there's so much in it I There's Captain John Smith, and Sir Waltef Raleigh, and Jamestown, and Plymoiitb, and the Pilgrim Fathers, and John JSancock, and Patrick Henry, and George Washington, and the J)eclaration of Independense, and Bunker's Hill, and Torktown ! Oh ! I' cried Ishmaiel, with an ardent burst of enthusiasm. 'You seem to know already a deal more ^">^^ the history of our country than some of ■y first-class young gentlemen have taken the trouble to learn, ' eaid Mr. M^dleton, in surprise. ' Ob, no, I dcm'ff, sir. I know no more than what I have read in a little thin book, BO bigger than yonr hand,^ir, that was lent to Qieby the professor ; but^T^now by that I how much good there must be in this, sir. ' * Ah i a taste of the dish has made ypn long for » feast' .^ * •Sir?' * 'Nothing, my boy^ but that I shall follow yonr advioe in the aeleotion of a book,' said the gentleman, aa he ent^ed the shop. The lady and the tittle girl remained in ' the ciffriag*, and Ishmaal stood feasting his - — h ungry e ya s upon t ha b oo ks in^th * wind o w. Presently the volume he admired so muon disappeared. * There I I shall naver see it any more 1' said lahipael. with a sigh; 'but I'm glad tome boy is going to tret it I Oh, won't he be happy to-night, though I Wish it ^as I I No I don't, neither ; it's a»>u to covet I' And a few minutes after the gentleman emerged from the shop with an oblung packet in his hand. ' It was the last copy he had left, my boy, and I have secured it 1 Now do you really think my young friend will Tike it ?' asked Mf. Middleton. 'Oh, sir, won't h« though, neither !' ex^ claimed IsnmRel, insincere hearty sympathy wittuthe pn spective happiness of another. * Well, then, my little f rieno must take it, ' said Mr. Middleton, offering the packet to Ishmael. ' ' Sir?' exclaimed the latter. * It is for you, my boy. ' 'Oh, sir, I couldn't take' it, indeed I I is only another way oi paying me for a com- mon civility,' said Ishmael, siirinking from the gift, yet longing for the book. ' It is not ; ii IS a testimonial of my regsird for you, my bov ! Receive it as such. ' ' I do not deaei've such a testimonial, and eannot receive it, sir, ' persisted Ishmael. ' There, uncle, I told you so I' exclaimed Claudia, springing from the carriage and taking the book from (he band of Mr. Mid- dleton. She went to the side of Ishmael, put her amv^round his neck, drew his hea^ down against hers, leaned her bright^eek acainst hib, and said : - ^^ ' Come, now, take the book ; I know yon want it ; take it like a good boy ; take it for my sake. ' litt|l Ishmael hesitated a little. ^ -s^ 'Then she raised the parcel and pre^SM it to her lips and handed it to hitn again, saying': . 'Tnere, now, you see I've kissed it^ Fido would take anything I kissed ; won't yon?' Ishmael now held out his handa eagerly for the prize, took it and pressed it to his jacket, exQlaiming«wkwardIy but earnestly : ' Thank yon, miss ! • Oh, thank yon a thousand, thousand times, miss ! You don't know how mneh I wanted this book and how glad I itm !' 'Oh, yes, I do. I'm a witch, and know people's secret thoughta. Bat why didn't yoa tak* the book when nnela offered it ?' ' If yon are a witolv^.mias, yon can tell.' * So I can ; it wat beoanileKyon don't low nncl eas well aa y o n l9T e m e L W e ll, Pido — — r M^^^?i.,*s*j^ ^^^^^■^.l^X^^i^iii.^-J^fX^^^s^^ir^^-^-^^ - T4iVi;-&s2!^SK^J^4f4tt<^^S^ n ISHMABL ; OR, IN THE DEPTHa DEF ^ 95 doMn't either. But unele ia m nice in»n for allthat.' ' I wonder who " Fido " ie,' thought the pour boy. * I do wonder who he le ; her brother, I euppoie. ' 'Come, Claudie, my love, gtt into the c«ri iage ( we muet go home^' uid Mr. I Mi'ddltton, M he aMiated hie nieee to her Re«t. * 'I tlxuak yon Tery mneh, eir, for thie beautiful book,' aaid lahmael, coing up to Mr. MiddletOQ and taking off hi> hat. ' You are very welcome, my boy ; ao run home now and enjoy ii,' replied the gentle- man, aa he aprang iuto the carriage and took tbe reina. '" Run home?" how can he mn home, uncle ? If he livea at the weaver 'a it ia four milea off I Bow can be rnn it, or even walk it? Don't yon aee huw bftdly hurt he ia ? Why, be eonld scarcely limp from the pord totheahop I 1 think it would be only . kind, uncle, to take him up beaide yon. We pasa close by the hut, yon know, in going home, and we could set him down. ' " * Come along, then, my little fellow ! The youn<( princess says yon are to ride home with us, and her hifthneas' wishes are not to be disobeyed I' laughed Mr. Middlefon, Molding out hi§ hand to help the boy into , the carriage. .^ Ishmaef made no objection to this pro* posal ; but eagerly clambered up to the offered seat beaide the gentleman. The reina were moyed, and ihey set off at a spanking paoe, and were soon bowling along thie turnpike road th»t made a oircnit through the forest towards Brudenell Heights. The snn had set, • fresh breeze had sprung np, and*, as they were . driving rapidly in the eye of the wind, there was ■carceiy opportonity for conversation. In little more than an hour they reached a point in the road withiii a few bondred yards of the weaver's hnt. ' Here we are; my boy I Now, do yon think yon f»n get home without help r'in* quired Mr. liliadleton, as he stopped the carriage. ^^ ' ' Oh, y^i^nr, thank yon 1' replied lah- mael, a%^e clambered ^own to the ground. He took off his hat beside the carriage, and making his beat Sabbath-achool bow, ■aid : * (}Ooid^-eTening> sir ; good-evening, madam and mis»; and thank yon very mnch.' ' Qood^vening, my little man ; tliere get along home with yon ont of the night «ir,^ •aid Mr. Middleton. Mrs. Middleton and the little lady nodded | and wmled their adienx. ''' And Ishmael struck into the narrow and half hidden foot-paCh that led from the highway to the hut. The carriage atarted on ita way. ' A rather remarkable boy, that, ' said Mr. Middleton, as they drove alcna the forest road encirdiiiff the crest $t the hills towards Bru«lenell Heights, that moonlit, deW^ evening ; 'a rathir remarkable boy I Hi has an uncommonly fine head ! I should really like to examine it ! The in- tellectual and moral organs seem wonder- fully developed t 1 really should like to examine it carefully atm^ leisure.' ' He baa a fine face, if it were ho ao pale and thin,"said Mrs. Middleton. 'Poor, poor fellow, ' said Claudia, in a tone of deep pity, 'he is thin and pule, isn't he ? And Fido is sofa andaleok-l I'm afraid he doesn't get enough to eat, uncle !' •Who, KdoT' ' No, the other one. the boy I I say Fin afraid he doesn't get enough to eat. Do you think he does t' ^ ' I--4'm afiraid not, my dear f 'Then I think it is a shiHpe, nuclei Rich ,))eopIe ought not' to let the poor, who depend upon them, starve I Papa says that I am to cpme in to my mamma's for- tune ~- soon as I am eighteen. When I do, nol dy ' ■ mnch as Fido I He doee indeed, nude*; I aasure yoa I Oh, I ootioed that ' ^ takes My up I And '.rM^'X' a5:s^rt«-:^ii^^'. #^ ■5-., ; „„j3i^ v/ M ISUMAEL ; OR. IK THE DEPTHS ■ Never thel«H, Miu Claudia, I must ob* . Jeot in future' to your making a j^et of the poor boy, whether yon or he like it or not. ' 'Bui I will, if I ohooae 1' peraiited the little prinoeM, throwing back her head and ■hakiug all her ringlets. Mr. Middleton sighed, shook hi* head, ana turned to bia wiferwhiaperin<{, in a low tone : ' What are we to do with this aolf-willed all t To carry out her father's ideas, and let her natm^ haTe unrestrained freedom to deTelop itset^will be to rum her I Unless she is controlled and auided, she is just tn» girl to grow up wild and eooeutrio, und end in running away with her own footman.' These words were not intended for Miss Claudia's ears; but, notwithstanding, or rather, because of thit, slie heard every syllable, and immediately fired up, esolaim- ing : * Who are you talking oi marrying a foot- man ? me 1 me I me 1 1 D ' yoa think that »«?>I would ever marry one beneath meT No, indeed 1 I will live to le an old maid, be- fore I will nJar.y anybody but a lor^J that Lj. am determined upon 1' / * You will never reach that consummation ^ of your hopca, my duar, by petting a pea- sant boy, even though you do look upon him M little better than a dog, ' said Mr. Middle- ton, aa he drew up before the gates of Bru- deiwlU 4, servant was in attendance to open them. And aa the party were now at home, the conversation ceased for the present. Claudia ran in to exhibit her purchases. «. Her favourite, Fido, ran to meet her, barking With delight. CHAPTER XXni. '' uHMAUi's psooaisa. Athwart his fa«e when blushes past To be so poor ai^d weak, He falls into the dewy grass, To cool his fevered cheek ; And hears a music strangely made', That you have uevti- heard, A sprite in every rustling blade. That sings like any bird I — Monekton JUUnea. If euiWhile on that -fresh, dewy, moon- light nmmer evening, along the narrow path leading through the wood behind the hvt, lahmacl limped — the happiest little fellow, despite his wounds and bruises, that ever lived. He waa ■• happy, that he half iuapeotedhis delight toii^hp, all unreal, and feared to wake op preientljr and find it ^ras — — bntadr ea m , a ndee e the li ttle hl « ak .e y ed girl, the ride in the carriage, and abhvs all the new 'Illustrated History of thi United States,' vaniah into the land q( shsdes I In this daied frime of mind he reached the. hut and opened the door. The room was lighted only by the blazing logs of a woodfire, which the fresh- ness of the late August evening on the bilife medu not quite unwelcome. The room was in no respect changed in the last twelve years. The well-c*red-for though humble furniture was still in its old ponition. Hannah, as of old, was seated at her loom, driving the shuttle back and forth with a deafening clatter. , Hannah's face was a little more sallow and wrinkled, and her hair a little more fregly streaked with gr.ty than of yore : that was all the change visible in her personal appearance. But long continued solitude had rendered her as taciturn and observant aa if she had been born deaf and blind. She had not seen Reuben Gra^ since that Sunday whan Ishmael was christened, and Reuben insisted on bringing the child hornet and when, in the bitterness *of her woe and her shame, she had slammed the door in his face. Gray had left the neighbourhood, and it waa reported that he had been prompted to the manasement ei r dia^nit, while thia poor boy, in and diaplayed hia treaacr*. I'thk hill-iop hut poured over lU pag«a with k.-..^j all the eiithualaam of reverenee and love I And why 7 what oanaed thia differenoa I Becauae they ware of he eommoii-plaoe, ^wliile he waa one in a million. Thia waa the an lalimael road t mt with a new ilcoeaaion 'if pleaaure. Then he turned the leavea to peep at the hidden jawela in thii intellectual oaaket Then he oloaed the book und laid it OB hii kneea and ahut hia eyea and held hia breath for Joy. He bad bten enamoured of ihia bean y for montha and raontha. H^i had fallen in love with' it «t first aigh , when ha Ytl^ aeen ita pftiraa open, with a pNortrait "M Oeorg« Waahington on tha right and a pictare of tha Battle of York- town on the left, all diapUyed in tha show window of Hamlin's book shop. He bad loved it and longed' for it with a paasionata airdour ever ainoe. He had spent all hia half holidaya in going to Baymonth and atanding before Ham^- - window, and staring at the book. lin a iind aakiug the price of i|, and wondering if he ahonld ever be able to save money enough to buv it. Now, to be in love with an unattainable woman is bad anoagb, dearknowal But to be in lova with »n nnattainabla book^ — —Oh, my graoioaa I Lover-like, ha had thought of this book all day, and dreamt of it aU night ; but never hoped to poaseas it I And now h« really owned it 1 He 4iad won it aa a reward for courage, truth and honeaty t It w** lyir wealthy and the proaperoua, ordained ilMa poor ontoaat boy, '.his dee- piled, illegitimate son Of a country weaver, to become a great Power among the People I a great pillar of the State I No one could guess this now. Not even the boy himself I Hs did not know that he waa any richer in heart or brnin than othi-r boyaof hvt age. No, moat probably, by analogy, he tnoufiht himael , in this reaped AN well aa in all othera, poorer thau his snaiffhbonrs. He covered bis book carefjally, ainuatudied it perseveringly ; studied It not onlywhilait waa a novel itter cold morning, to try to get credit for i quarter of a pound of tea. But Nutt would aee him hanged firat. Disappointed and agrrowfal, lahmael turned his steps from the town. He had come about » mile on hia homeward road, when aometbing glowing like a ooal of fire M the |liatening whiteness of the snow oanght hu eye. It- was Ik red moroooo pocket-book lying in the middle of the road. There was not • homan creature except Ishmael himself on the road or anywhere in sight Neither bad h« passed any one |bn hia way- from the Tillage. Therefore it iMaa quiM in vain that he looked up and downUnd all around for the owner of the pookot-book aa he raised it from the ground. No possible claimant was to be seen. He opened it and examined its oomkenta. It contained a little gold and silver, not quite ten dollars in all ; but a fortune for Ishmael, fn his present needy oondition. There was no name on the pocket-book, and not a serap of paper in it br whieh the owner might be cTiscovered. Hiere was nothins in it but the untraceable silTer and gold. It seemed to have dropped from HeaTcn for Islimael's own benefit I This isas his thou|^t aa he turned with the imsolso to fly directly back to the Tillage and ioTost a portion of the money "in neoes> sarisa fte Hannah. What wu it thati suddenly arrested his steps? The raoolleotion that tha money w aa no t hi a own I t h at t o use it e T eo for the bast purpose In the world would be an a«t of (liahonflity. He pauaed and reflected. The devil took that^pportnnity to tempt him— whiap r- ing } ' Yon tonnd the pocket-book and yon can* not flnd tn« owner i therefore it la your own, you know.' ' You know it isn't, ' murmured Ishmael'i oonscieuce. * Well, even so, it is no'harm to borrow a collar or two to get your poor aiok aun> a littles tea and augar. You could pay it back again before the pocket-book la claimed, oven if it la ever claimed,' mildly inainuated the devil. * It would be borrowing without leavii, replied oonioience. ' But for your poor, aiok, suffering aunt ! think of her, and make her happy this even ing with a eonaoling cup of tea 1 Take only half a dollar for that good purpoae. No- body could blame you for that,*^ whimper- ed the devil, who waa loaing ground. ' I would like to make dear aunt Hannah happy tonight. But I am aura Qeorge Washington would not approve of my tak- ing what dont belong to me for that or any other purpoae. Aud neither would Patrick Henry, nor John Hancock. And so I won't do it, said lahmael. resolutely putting the Doeket-book in his vest pocket and button- ing his noat tight over it, and starting at a briak paoe homeward. You see his heroes had oome to his aid and saved him in the flrst temptftion of his life. " .Ah, you may be sure that in after days t^ riaiog politician met and reaiated many a temptation t<^sell hir v^le, his party, or his soul, for a 'eb&iideration'} but none more MriOHl^ the man than this one was to the boy. -r^ , When Isjimael hi^l trudged another mile of his 4kOQieward road, it suddenly oconrred to him tniit he might possibly meet or over- take the owner of the pocket-boolr. who would know his property m a moment if he should see it. And with this thought he took it from his pocket and carried it con- spicuously in his hand until he reached home, without having met a human being. It was about twelve meridian when he lifted the latch and entered. Hannah was in bed ; but she turned her hnntrry eyes anxiously on him— as she ekgerly inquired : ' Did you bring the tea, Ishmael V 'No, aunt Hannah; Mr. Nutt wouldn't trust me, 'replied the boy, sadly, sinking down in a chair % for he was very weak from inenfficient food, and tholong walk had ex- hausted him; ~ ~ li, ISUMAfiL t OR. m TU| DBPTHB. oald be Ml Mt ir«d lahmaal'a ithont leavi!, Hunnikh b«ii»n tooooiDUinpitMualy. Do th« way yoa pay ni*, la it, for »U my omt* f not blams her. reader. You would fret, too, ) 'Uh, «uut ttjionah, daar, IdoloTevQU, if you wera aiok io bed. and longing for a ani I would do' anything in the world (oi cup <>f ^«a. without havins tha maana of pro< ' yoa ; bat, indaed, I amauru Patriak Henry—' auring it. Io dirart har thoavhta, lahmaal want and ■liowed tha pooket-book, and told bar tha his ory of Kia dnding it. llaiMiah aoiied it with the greedy graa|i with whiak tha acarving catch at monuy. She opened i% and oounted the gold and silver. ' Where did yon aay you found i\ lah- maelT' ' I old TOO a mila out of * ha rillagar •Only that little way ! Why dirln't yon go back iind buy my leaT'ahe inquired, with an injured look. 'Oh, auut 1 the money waan't mine, you know t' laid lahmael. ' Well, 1 don't aay it waa. But you might have borrowed a dollar from it. and the owner would ueTer have minded, for I dare aay he'd be willing to give two doUara aa a reward for finding the pookct-bouk. , You miglit havo bough: my tea if you had cared for me I But nobody oArea for me now I N>< one erer did bat fellow i' Indeed, aont Hannah, I do care for yon a great daal I I love you dearly ; and I did want to take aome of the money and buy your teft. ' 'Why didn'ryoa do it, then T* 'Oh, aunt flaonab, the Lora||ij|V oom- maoded, " Thuu ahalt not ateal. " ' 'It woaltln't hfive been atealing ; it would have been borrowing. 'But I know Patrick Henry and J}hn Huncoek wotfldn'c have borrowed what didn't belong to them I' ' Plagae take Patriek Hanoook and John Henry, I aay I I believe they are turning your head! What have them dead and buried old people to do with folka that are alive and atarving f - 'Oh, aunt Hannah I soold meaa mnoh aa you pleaae, but don't apeak ao of the greats man I'aaid lahmael, to whom all thia waa sheer blaaphemy and nothing ^leaa. 'Oreat fiddleaticks' enda t No tea yes- terday, and ao tea for breakfast thin morn- ing, and no tea for rapper to-night I And I laying helplesa with the rbenqutiam. and feeling as faint aa if I shonld aink and die : and my bead aching ready to buret I 4nd I wonld give anything in the world for a oup of tea, becanae I know it wonld do me so mnoh good, and I ean't get it t And yon have money in yonr pocket and won't buy it ' ' Hang Patrick H mrv ! If you mention ' hia iianM to mo again I 1 box yonr nara t' Ishmitel drop|>«>d hia eyaa to the ground I and aighed deoply. ' After all I have done for y^, ever ainoe vou were left a helpltaa infant on my hands, for you to let me lie here and die, yea, aetn- ally die for the want of a cop o( tea, before you will apend one quarter of a dollar to g<*t it for me I Oh I Oh I Oh I Oo-oo-oo I' ^% man Hannah 'a oaae. ezouae for the over-taaked, all- woman, broken- r)CI dn ^r me I No, not if I die for the want of it I There Yon, that I have boon a mother to I That's lahmael hi And Hannan put up her handa to her face, and cried likn a baby. Yon see Hannah waa honeat t but ahe was not heroic ; her nerves were very weak, and her aptrita very low. Inflammatory rheumatism ia often more or less compli- cated with heart-diaeaae. And the latter ia a great demoraliier , of mind aa well aa body. And that waa We must make every weakness of the poor, enduring, long-sufferifig Reuben — ^ poor ' down at last. But not a thought ol blamina her enteved lalimael'a mind. 1^11 of kive, ha beut over her, aaying ; ' On, aont Hannah, don't, don't ory I 'You ahall have yonr tea thia very evening ; indeed yoo ahall !' And he atuoped and kisaed her tenderly. ' Then he pot on his oa|> and went and took bis only treaaore, his beloved ' Hiatory, ' 'from ita place of honour on the top of the bureau ; and oold,'hongry and tired aa he waa, he aet off again to walk the four long mit«s to the village, to try to sell his book for half prioe to the trader. Reader I I am not fooling yon with a fictitions character here. Do yon not love this boy ? And will yoo not forgire me if Iharenlready lingered too long over the trials and triompha of hia friendleaa but heroic boyhood ! He who in hia feeble childhood resists small temptations, and makes small sacrifioes, is very apt in his strong manhood to conquer great difficulties and achieve |p«at anooesses. Ishmael, with his book unditr his arm, went aa fast as his exhaoated frame wonld Ermit him on tike road towards Baymonth. it as he was obliged to walk slowly and pause to reat frequently, he made but little progreas, ao that it was three o'olock in the afternoon befon he reaohed Hamlin's book shop. to present, and onstomer ^ w«it until the man ■ . ■ • / ■ ■ was 100 ISRMABL t OR. !>} TRI DIPTH8. \ Mnrcd Mid h id dapftrUd. bafor* b« aoald mcQiion hia own huniblo arraod. ,Thia ahort intarTiaw lahnwal apvai in taklnK Iha brown p*|Mir off hia book, and looking fondly at tn« ehariahad volum*. It waa lika taking a laai laava of it. Do nut blama thia aa a wnakunaa. II« waa ao poor, ao very Pr t tint b wii«9 And acaroa approved by reaaon'a colder eyee; I will not blame, nor weakly blush for them : The feelinira and the nations then atood , right : ' * , And if regret, for half a moment aigha That worldly wiadum in ita keener eight Had oidertjd mutters so and ao, my heari Still, in ita lervour lovea a warmer part ' Than Prudence wou of ; , while my faith- ful mind, Heart'a oonaort, also praiaea bar for this -, And on our oonaoieuce little load I find If aometimea we have helped another's bliaa. At aome small ooat of selflah loaa behind. -pJI. F, TupptT. Aa lahmael left tnn Tillage by the eaatern arm of the road, a gay alaighing party dash- ed into it from the wea em one. Horsei prancing, bella ringing, veila flyinc and voioea chattering, they draw up before Ham lin'a ahop. The par^ oonaiated of Mr. Middleton, hia wife, and hi[| nieoe. Mr. Middlntoii gave the reina to hii wif«, and got our and went into the ahop to make a few pnrchaaea. When hia parcela had been made ap and paid for, he tui ncd to leave the ahop ) but then, aa if suddenlv recollecting aomething, he looked back nnd inquired t ' By the way, Ekmlm, have thoae Hii- toriea come yet f * No, lir ; but I ahall writ* for theai again by this "evening's mail| T naanot think what Haf Friday morning,.! pieked npn pook«t-book, ha* cislayed tham. SawoTar, lir, ihare it IN TIIR DRPTUS. oviiiooa, »u)l Mt reuon'i odder * And If lh«ra had b««o ain* handrtH. it would h»*« bMii (h« ■Ana thing I' Mia th« Udy. Hxr hu«h«nd Uughtd, pot nwAjp hit purM, •tow«n, n»vin« both haiidn mt lilMTty, look th« r«iB* •t*d Mt off for honx'. Aa h« ilMhctl aloDg the att—%, « potter oAiiglit bi« •ttontion. U* dr«w np, threw th« r«in« to Mn. Middlatoo, Jump«'d oat, pulUd down th« poatar, aud return«d to hia Mat in th« aleigh. ' llnrn w» are, my d«ar, all right ; tba pooliot-book la found/ he imiliid, m 'MM*'" took poaM ai«B of tha r«ina. "^ ' Found I' ina aohoad. Worth, you know, I8HMARL ( OR. - ' ^ noa copy that I oan l«t yoo h«v«, U ttet will ba of any aarvioa.' 'Certainly, oarainly \ it ia battar thaoj Dutliini I lat ua look at it,' Mid Mr. Mnldla- ton, aDiiiinu back from tha oouutar and taking th«t book from Uanilin'i handa. In turning oVrr tha laavM ha a«ma to tha [iraMntatioa jpaga, ua wUoh ba racogaiMd lii own haadwiiiiag in tha Ubm i ' Pr«Mi»U-d to lahmafl Worth, m a reward I.I nuTit, b^iia Iriuud Jainaa Middlaton.' ■ Why, thia la tha vety oopy I gave to mat poor little fallow on tne hill, laat Aiiguii I How did yon ooma by It HKain V aaked lir. Middluton, in Mtouiah- ment. ^ ■ ' ' He brought it hare lo anil about an hoar !t((u, iiir, ttn". What did he do that for V ' To gat money to bay topa and marbles.' * It is falM I' bant out Claadia, speak* ing for the flrnt time. * 01audii% I Claudia I Claudia ! How d*re yon charge your uncle with fa'sahood V ez- ' I don't aoooM him, annt. Re don't know anything about it ! Semebody hM told him falsehooda about poor IshmMl, and he balievea it m he did before, ' exclaimed the little lady, with flMbing^yM. ' Well, then, what did he mU it for, Claudia f inquired her uncle, amiling. ' I don't believe he aold it at 'all I' Mid MiM Claudia. Her uncle quietly untied the packet, and 1>laoed the book before her. open at the fly- eaf. up on whic h the namw of tha donor only nine dollars in it.' and the receiver wera written. ' Well, then, I believe he must have aold fA. .^\ .?*»*£» n!fi ""fii" 101 nnUXE ; 0% tS the DBPTHa. Ittogat M>mathing4o mI,' Mid ] haiMrs' oHiiimt* littl* adTOMte, * for I h«.ird Mr. Buthirford My that thwr« w«a a great dsal of ■ufferiog among th« frog^n-oi^'WorkioC claaaea, thia vintar. ' ' It may ba aa yoa aay, my d«ar. I do not know/ , "* Well, uncle, yoa on^ht to know, then ! It ia tho duty^ of the proaperona to find oat the oonditiou of the poor I When I oomo into my fortune—' ^ 'Yea, I kdow ; Wa have heard all that befoM; the millennium will be brought •bout, of oourae. But, if I am not miataken, there ia your little protege on the road b«- ' fore i)a I'^aaid Mr. Middlaton, «laekii% hia horae'a apeed, aa he caught aight of lahmael, ' Yaa I it ia he I And look at him I doea he look like a boy who ia thinking of play- ing marblaa and apinning topt f^inquired Miaa Claudia. Indeed, no I no one who aaw the child eould have connected childiah aporta with him. He waa oreeping wearily along, half bent under the burden of the bag of meal hoMrried on hia back, and looking, from behiiM, more like a littlo old man than a ^W- Mr. If iddletoa drova alowly aa ha ap- proaohedhim. lahmael draw aajlda to let the aleigh paaa. But Mr. Middleion drew op to cxaioiaa ttio boy more at hia laiaare. ^ l^atooping gait, the pale, broad fore- MM, the hollow eye«, the waated oheeka •ad haggard oountenanoa, ao aad to aet in ao yooBf a.kid, apoke mora aleqaently than worda ooald ezpraaa, the famine, the , oold, th« waarinaaa and iUnaaa ha niffored. the little ^ady, ataading my boy,' * Oh; naola, il yoa haren't got » atone ia your boaom inatead of • hearty yoa will o^ll the poor fellow here and give him a aeat wiUi aa i He ia hftrdly •bio to atand i And it ia ao bitter ooIdT aaid Miaa Claudia, drawing her own warm, aaUe oloak •ronad her. ' Bat-4a ia auefa aa objeet I Hia elothea •re •!! over patohea.' aaid Mr. Middleton. #ho liked aoni^mea to try the apirit of hia nieoe. * Bat, uncle, he ia ao olean I jaat aa dean •a yoa Me, or area aa 1 am,' aud Miaa Olaadiik ' * And he hM got.egrMitbagoa hia bMk V * Well, oaqje, that makea it ao maoh the harder for him to walk thia long, long road, •ad ia ao maoh the more reaaoa for yoa to tale him ia. You can put the bag down aader your feet. And no^ if yon don't oaU him hereia oae minute, I will— ao there r lahihaell XshauMl,'! aay I Here, air 1 here I* oried ap in the aleigh. ' Ithmaal I come heie^ Mr. Middtoton. Oai boy oame aa laat aa hia weakaeaa and hia burden would permit him. 'Get in here, my boy, aad teke thia ieat beaide qse. We are goiag the aame way that yon are walking, and we oan giye yea a ttde withont inoonyenienoing oaraelyea. And bcaidea I iraat to talk with you,' aaid Mr. Middleton, aa lahmael came up fo the aide of the aleigh and took off hia bat to tlie party. He bowed and took the aeat indi- cated, aad Mr. Middleton atartod hia horaes, driving alowlT aa he talked. ' lahmael, didyou ever have a aleigh>ride before 1' inouired Claudia, bending forward and laying her little gloved hand upon hia flhonlder, aa he aat immediately before her.^ 'No, miaa.' ' Oh, then, how yon'U enjoy it I It ia ao grand I not now, though. But only waitna- til uncle haa done talking and we are going fast I It ia like flying I You'll aee I— But what do you think, lahmael I Do you think aomebody— f know it waa that old Hamlin— didn't go and tell naole that yoa weat aad—' * OUudia I Claudia I hold your little tongue,^ aiy dear, for juat five minatee, if yoa poaaibly oan, while I apeak to thia boy myaelf I' aaid Mr. Middleton. ' Ah^joa aee uncle dou't w«at to hear of hife nuatakea I He ia aot vaia of theai. ' * Willyoo bold year tongue joatfmr thiee miaatea, Claudia V 'Yea, air, to oblige you ; but I kaow I ahall get • aore throat by keeping my month open ao long;' Aivd with that, I regret to aay. MIm Merlin put out her little toagae, and ^lu- •lly 'held' it between her thumb eadflager •a ahe aat back in her aeat. 'lahmael. 'aaid Mr. Middleton, * I have Been your poater, about the pooket^book. ■It ia mine; I dropped ;it thia forenoon, when We flrat cfLmeout.'_ _. ' Oh, air. Tm 80 glad I haye fouad the owner, and that it i* yon !' exclaimed lahmael, patting hia hand ia hia pocket to deliyer the loat article. ^'8t0jp,8toR atop, my impetaoua little mead I Don t yon kaow I mnat proye my property before I take poaaeaaioa of it? That ia to aay, that I must deaeribe it httore I see it, ao aa to omviaoe yoa it if really mmef * " 'Oh, air, bat that area oaly pat ia aiy poater to preyeat^ impoatora from claim t.i it,' aud lahmael. blaahing. ' ' Nevertheleaa^ it h better to do boaioeae ISHMAKL I Ofi, IN THE DEPTHS. 101 in a biuinaw-Uk* Way,' peniatod Mr. Mid- dietou. patting bit hand upon tliat t out of money and oat of proviaiona. nd Mr. NtTtt wouldn't troat oa for any- thing-' ' Uncle, mind yon, don't deal with that hoirid man any more I' intermptod OlAndia. ' Did voaowe him mnoh, my boy f in- quired Mr. Middleton. ' Not a panny, air I We never went in debt and nuver even aaked for ondit be- fore.' 'Goon.' ' Wei , air, to-day annt Hannah wanted a cap of tea ao badly that ahe cried for it, air — cried like a baby, and aaid ahe would die if ahe didn't get it ; aud ao I brought my book to town thia afternoon, and aold it . to get the money to buy whaV aha. wanted.' i. , 'Bloit yon had the pocket-book faU of «D^nev ; why didn't yon take acioe Of ' thatt' 'The Lord aaya •* Thoo ihali a«t ■teal!'" » . 'Bat that^ would have been onUr taking > in advance what would certainly have been offdred to yda as a reward. ' ' I did think of that whan aunt waa cry- ing for tea } bat then I knew John Hancock never would have done ao, and I wooldn'k ■o I aold my book.' * There, nnol:> I I aaid ao I now I now I what do yon think now 1' exclaimed Clandiav 'It mnat have coat you mooh to part with your treaaare, my boy t' aaid Mr. Mid- dleton, without heeding the interruption ai Claudia. ' lahmael'a features quivered, hiaeyeaflllsd With teara, and hia voice failed in the at> tempt to anawer. ' There la your book, my lad I It would be a ainto keep it from yoa,' aaid Mr. Mid- dleton, taking a packet from the bottom of the aleigh and laying it npon lahmael'a kneea. ' My book I mj book back again f Oh, oh, air i I—' Hu vpioe aank; bat hia pale faee beamed with snrpnse, delight and gratitade. ' Yea. it is jroars, my boy, mj noble boy i I give it to yon onoe more ;- not aa any sort of a rewjard ; but simply iNi- ',^^^i>'-t X IM I8HMASL i OR. IN THE DEPTHS MOM I think it woald b* • tin to depHvs f oa of that whinh ia jonn by • Mored rigbt K««p it, wad m»k« iU hiitory still your atady and its heroes still yonr models,' ssid Mr. Middleton, - with * Msotion. Ishnukel was tr< mbling with juy I His dali|iht at reooTeriiiK his lost traasar* waa •ran graatar than hia Jny at fin . poaMSsing it had iDeen. Ha tried to thank tna donor ; tmt hia gratituda waa too intenaa to find vttanudSk in worda. 'Thare, there, I know it alf aa well «8 if yon had ezpreaaed it with the eloquence of Cicero, my boy,' aaid Mr. Middleton. ' * Uncle, yon are auoh a good old sandar thatlwonld hug and kiss yon if I could do 80 without climbing over aunt,' said Claudia * Mr. ' Middleton, do let oa get along a little faarer I or we ahall not reach home until dark,' aaid the kdv. - * My good, little, old wife, it will not be dark this night. The moon is rising, and between the moon above and Um anow beneath, we ahall have it aa light »day all nitcht. However, here ° goea I' d Mr. MiddlaUm touched uphiaboraaa and thry Baw aa before the wind. It wa* a glorioua ride through a gloriona ~" aoana 1 The aetting aun waa kindling all dw wenimi (Ay into a daisling eflhlganoa, iiM >Banaing long golden linea of li|^t throBglt the interatieea of the foreat, on one htai^i^ mi tha rising moon waa iooding th^aiMaini baavana tnth a nlyenr radiaaoa mi tha •thaR 1%a aleigh lew as if ^brawn by winged horaaa. •I8n^ il gn Olandia. ,<6h,yaa, indeed, ftaal' raapooded tha ' kojr, with farroor. -~^^^~ ^ twentgjL roiaataa Oey iMd rsadiad tiia Mrtipike road fran whieh atartad tha Uttla ■arrow foot-path laa4jng through the fotaat Wfheiiut. 'Well, my boy, here wt'ftrtl jump oat i good-night I I ahall not loaa sight of yov I' am Sr. Middleton^ aa h« draw jtp to let M^maal alight. , 'Oood-Hight. ' air 1 good-night, madam j gdiod-oight^ Miaa Olandia. 1 thank yon mom t^ X can expreaa, air ; bat, indeed, WJsH><^ >^«rin try to deaerve your kindiiea%* ^' npi Iihmael, aa he bowed, and took hia fiMronoa more upon hia baok and aped on through the narrow foreat-path that lad to kia hnmfifa luMnia. Hia very soal within him waaaingiiig for joy. grand, Ishpaelf inqnired OHAPTER XXV. a TUBniiio roim ix isaiiAiL'a uwm. There ia a thought, ao purely bleat. That to its use I oft repair, When evil breakii niy spirit'a rcat, And pleaanre ia but varied oare t A bought to light the darkeet akiaa. To deck 4rith flowera the bleakeat moor— A thought whoae home ia ParadUwe— The charitiea of Poor to Poor. —Richard MomsktOH MOnei. lahmael lifted the lateh and entered the hqt softly, leat Hannah ahould have fallen aalbep and he should awaken her. He waa right. The inralid had dropped into one of thoae aoft, refreahing alumbera that often viai<^,Mnd relieve the bed-ridden and ezhauatad sufferer. lahmaiel oloaed ^thib door, and moving about Doiaeleealy, plaoed hia treasure4 book on the bureau ; put away his provisions in the cupboard ; rekindleid the smouldering fire ; hung, on the tea-kettle f set a bttle stand by Hannah's bedside, covered it with a white napkin Imd arranged a little tea- service upon it t and then dt«w his little three-legged stool to the fire and sat down to warm and reat his eold and tired limba^ and to watch the tea-kettle boiL Poor child ! His feeble frame k«d been fearful^ over-taaked, and ao the heat of the fire and tha atiUneaa of the room, botii not- ing upon hU ezhaoatad nature, aenthim also to alaap^ and he waa aoon noddiuf. Ha waa arouaed by the voioa of Hannah^ who had quietly awakened. * la that yon, lahmael f aha aaid. ^ 'Tea,aant,' ha exclaimed, atarting up with a jerk and rabbing hia ayea— < and I a jerk and rabbin|( hia ays have got the taa and thwga ; and the kettle ia boffing i bat I thoni^t I wouldn't aat tha tea to draw until jroa woke a^lor. ImJfti^ ahonld be flai*^ ^ • Gome here^ my diild,' aaid ffMiim hi in a kindly Toioa, for you aas the woman had had a good deep and bad awakened miloh re^ freahadi- with cwlmer narvea and oonarquant^ ly better temper. * Come to nie, biunael,' repeated lT»»p» •Iwaaoroaa to yoa, my pow lad, thia morning I but, oh, lahinael, J fait aobadly^c 1 waanotmynslt' *I. know that, annt Hannah t baoauioi whan yon are wall yon are always good Uh Fv ' > ■ ry\f^-''-r^''4^-}e-;f:^jifi!r-vf'^"4h. ' Bat whera did yoU got tho to«, my child f sbo inqairod. IshniMl told hor ftll About it in • fow word*. ' And M Tov walkod all tbo wi^ book ftK*>° to Baymoatb, tired miJ hoogry m yoa wer« ; and yoa lold yoar prooioos book, much M yoa lovod it, ftll (o got tea for me i Oh, my boy, my boy, bow aninat I have been to yoa. But I am ao glad Mr. Middle- ton bought it baok and gave it to yon again I And tbo ipooket-book waa hia I and yon give it to him and wopld not take any re- ward hx finding it. That Waa right, lah- mael I that wu right i And it aeema to me tnat every irooiTthing yon have ever got in thia world baa oome throoffh yoar own right doing,' waa the oomment of Hannah upon all thia. ' Well, anat^ now the tea ia drawn, and rhe toaat ia ready, let me fix it on the atand for yon,' aaid lahmael, harrying off to perform thia dntv. That ev»Bing Hinnah enjoyed her tea and drvtoaakonly aa a woman long debarred from theae feminine aeeeaaariea ooald enjoy them. When lahmael alaojiad bad hia aappor and had cleared awav tbo tea aerTiee, he took down hia book, lighted hia little bit of oaadle. and — aa hia aant Waa ia a beni/rnant bnmoor, be went to her for i^mpatby in hiaatnd i ia I'a a yiaf i *Kow, Miat, dflpH mope aad phie aay BMMra I George Waabiagton dida% ev^ia when the amy waa at Valley Forge and the anowwaa ao deep aad the aoldien wof« barefooted I Let om toad I yon aomethiag. ^ oemrboot t&aaiM 7ra+^0ome,^vowr I 111 read to yon what Oeneral Marion* did i when—' I ^ * No, don'ti thatla a v>od boy,' ezelaimed Haaaab, laterraptinii him in aJarm, for abe I nad a perfeet honor of books. 'Ton know' it woald tif« me to death, dear I Bu joat ^ Ba ait down by mo aad toll me all about ra. Middleton and Miaa Merlin aad how they were dreaned. Foryoa know, daar, aa I hatent beea aUe to go to obureb theae three moatha, I don't eroB know what aort ' of bonne*^*ladiea woar.' Thia raqairem«it waa for a moment a per* fact 'poaer^ to labmaeL Ha waaat in er- esteduboBaetoi Bu^ htfwoTw. aa be had 'f^ !^^ ^ ''**'"«^ WMimtandiiig, and ing OTerything that fell under hia - ia Jiia own lunited tphei< he I blew oat hia eandle, aat down and ooui« plied with hia annt'a reqaeat, narrating and , deaonbing until ahe went lo eleep. Tiien ho , relighted hi* little bit of oandle and aat down to enioy hia book in oomfort. That nignt the wind ahifked to theaouth and bronght in a mild apell of weather. The next day the anoW began to melt. In a week it waa entirely gone. In a fort- night the gionhd had dried. All the roada became paaaable. With the improred weather Hannah grew bettor. 8he waa able to leave her bed in the morning, and ait in her old armchair in the chimney corner all day. The professor came to look aftor hia pupil. Poor old odd-jobber I In hi* pa]mie*t day* be had never made more than aufflcient for the *apport of hi* large family ; he had never bf^en able to lay up any money; and *o daring thit long and aevere winter, when be waa frozen cot of work, he and hia hnmbjo ' houaehold auffered many privationa ; not ao many aa Hannah and lahmael had ; for you aee there are degreea !^ poverty evuQ among the very poor. -, And the good prbfeaaor knew thia ; ajnt*' aoon that fine Maroh morning, when ha''' made hia appearance at the hut. it waa with , a bi^ of flour on bis baok and a aide of haMB in hia hand. Aftor the primitive mannera of the neigh* bourhood, he diapenaed with rapping^ and jnat lifted the ktoh and walked in. He found Hannah aitting pro|qpt4 up in her armchair ia tha ohimne^ oorner engaged in knitting, and gl«aeing ruefully at iba nnfinishad web of eloth , la the motionleas loom, at which ahe was not yet strpnc enough to work. lahmael waa waahing hia own oldtheo in a Uttle tob in the oorner. . ^ MoralngrHiirHBiinahHderBiagr^onar lahmael 1' taid the profeasor, depositing his bag and bacon on the floor. ' I . bongh t I had bettor ju*t drop in and see after my 'prentioe. Work has been froien up all winter, and now, like the river* and the anow-drif ta, it ia thawed and coming with a rnah I I'm nigh. torn to pieces by the peo- ple aa baa been sending after me; and I would joat tak* young lahmael on again to help me. And— iaa I heard how yoa d been diaabled along of the rheumatiam, Mias Hannah, and waiint able 4p do no weaving; and aalknowed younc lahmael would 1E« out of work aa long aa I waa, I juat mad* so free, Miaa Hannah, as to bring you this bag • of flour and middling of baoon, whieh J hope youll do me the nonon^r of aooeptiog' froma well'wiaber.' r^5wf<^v^ ■T^rT^^TV -^Z toe ISk&lAEL ; OB, IN THE DEPTHS. * I tbMtk yoa, Morris i I thank yoa, Terr naoh ; but I oMinot think of/Moepting 1000 Maistsnoe from yoa ; I know that even yon and yoar family mait have raffenU aome- thing from thia Img froat ; and I cannot Ukethefrift' ' . .^ 'Law, Mi(M Hannah,' intenrupted the honeat felioir, ' I never iweanm^a to think I of aaoh a pieoe of impertinenoe aa to offer it > to yon aa • gif ( i I only make free to beg f 00 will take it aa an advanoe xm aooonnt of young lahmael'a wagea, aa hell be anre to earn ; for. bleaa ▼on, mias, work ia a-pour- inginon top ot me like 'the Cataract of Niagara itaelf I And I ahall want all hia balp 1 And aa I mayn't have the money to pay him all at oncei I wonld oonaider of it aa a favour to a poor man if yoa would take thia much of me in advanoe/ aaid tba pro- f eaaor. Now whether Hannah waa really deoeived by the beneTolent diplomacy of the good proltnor, or not, I do not kuoW ; bntat any rate her aenaitive pride was hushed by the proapeot held ont of lahmaera labour paying for the provisipua, and — as ahe had not taated meat for three weeks and her ▼ary soal Ipnged for a savoury 'raaher,' she replied — ' Oh, Tery well, Morrit, if yon jrill take tba prioe oat of Ishmael's wagea, I will ao- «apt tha things and thank yua kindly too ; for to ba eandid with so good a friend as yooiaelf, I waa wanting a bit of broiled *Law. Miaa Hannahl It will hatha giaataat acoommodatioB of ma at ever was,' replied tba wisonqpaloaa pro essor. lahmaal tindmitood it aU. 'Indeed, profes«or,' be said, 'I think laraa) Ratnam woald have approved of yoa.' * Well,* yoang lahmael, I don't know;'— irhanj mean well, jfif acta often work evil ; and'temetimes I don't eren mean well I Bat it waan't to talk of myself as I oame here this muming ; bat to tdtk of yoa. Yoa see t ^promiMd to go over to Squire Hall'aand to do several j(>bs- for him to- morrow forenoon ; and to-moirow after- noon I have got to fo to old Mr. Trumaa'a ; and to-morrow night I have 10 lead the eX" aroiaesat the oolonred people's missionary meetiiig at Oolonel MervinV And aa that will be a long day's work- 1 shall have to make a pretty early start in the morning ; and of oonrse I shall want you to go with" 19a, I fhall expect you to be. at my hoase aa early aa aix^o'olook in the morning f Oan youdoitf *0h, yea^ protassor, ' answered Ishmaal, ao BTomptly and oheerfally, that Morris laid Li. L..J gpoQ |||^ hof'i head and ' lUa nand smiled apon him aa be said, addressing Hannah : ' I take great aomfort in this boy, Miss Hannah I I look upon him a'most as my own son and the prop of my declining years ; and I hope to prepare him to supeeed me in my business, when I know he will do honour ~to the profession. Ah, Miss Hannah, I feel that I am not as young aa I ' used to he t in fact that I am rather past my first youth 1 being about fiity-two . years of sfre ; professional duties wear a man, Mias Hannah I Bu when I look at thia boy I am consoled I I say to myself though I have no son; I shall have a sue- cesser who will do credit to my memory, my teaohitaga, and my profeaaion I I sa^, p ' that, fall when it may, my mantle will fall upon hia ahoalders I' concluded Jjfm with emotion. And like all other Knat brato^ after having produced hia finest effort he made his bow and hia exit. The next morning, aacordi|ig to promise, Ishmael rendered himself at the appointed hour at the professor's cottage. Tney sat out together upon their day's round of pro- fessional visits. The forenoon was spent at Squire Hall'a in mending a pump, fitting up aome rain pipea, and putting looka on aome of the oabin doora^ Then they got thair dinner. The afternoon waa sp^nt at old Mr. Truman's in altering the Kition of the lightning rod, laying a rth and glasing soma windows. And there they got their tea. The evening waa spent in leading the exeroisea of the coloured people's missionary meeting at Colonel Mervin's. As the seasitm was rather long it was ten o'clock before they left the meeting-honaa, on their return home. The night waa pitch dark ; the rain that had- been threatening all day long^ now fell in torrenta. V They had a full four milea' walk before them ; but the professor had an ample old cotton umbrella that sheltered both himself and his pupil ; ao they trudged manfully onward cheering the waj^ with lively talk inatead of overshadowing it with oomvlaints. 'Blaokas pitch! not a star to be seen I but oourage, my boy I we shall enjoy the light of the fireside all the more wheU we^ tget home,' said the professor. * Yea, t^ere'a one star, professor, just rinnff;~nsinK away there on the h OB. IN THE DEPTHa m ' It looks more like • bon-fir* thMioithw, )Mt aow,' added th« boy, m th« torid light •addanly bant into flam*. 'ItUlit is • Urg* fire I' orisd the pro- feasor, m the whole sky became saddenly illuminated with a red glare. ' It is Brudenell Hall in flames I' ezolaimed Ishoiael Worth, in horror. ' Let as horry on and ••• if we «aii do any good.' CHAPTER XXVt THB riBB AT BSCDIMBLL lULL. Seiie then the oodasion : by the forelock. take That inbtle power the iiereri halting time. Lest a mere moment's patting off shonld make Misohanoe almost as heavy as a crime. — VfoadMOorOi, Throaflth the three-fold darkness ot niglift olohds and rain, they harried on towards that fearful beacon light, whioh flamed on the edge of the horia^n. The rain, which continued to pour down in torrents, appeared to danip'n without ez« tingaisbing the Are, which biased and smoaldered at interTftls. 'Profflssor?' said the boy. m they toiled onward.tnrongh, the storm. ''^ ' Well, yoong IshouMl ?' 'It seems to me the flre is inside the house/ ' Why so, voung Ishmael f ' 'Beoaoseif it wasn't, this storm woald pat it oat at onoe I Why, if ithad been the roof that caught from a bnrninf chimney this driving rain woald have qaenohed it no time.' ' The roof ooaldn't oat ob. yoang Ishoiael f it is all slate,' 'Ohi' vjacolate4 bhmael, as they in. crease their speed. They proceeded io ulenoe for tf few minates, k«ei^ng their eyes fixed upon the burning building, when bh- tnatfl suddenly exclaimed : ' The house is burning inside, professor I You can see now the windows distinctly •haped oat in fire against the blackness nMrer to that' window I dash the water fall «pon the flames I' * An* all sitfe oui of the bouse f' anxiously inquired the professor. *Bv«n^aoair was the satisfaotory aii' awar ' •,," /'J.--^ .. ' . ■ ; At thw 0UMMnt Ishmael oaina rnnniiig up with tha hoaa, axolaiming : •Her*, prof eaaor 1 if you will take thia ind, I will run and put the sucker to the spout of tha vamp.' * Ckwd foUow; be off th«n 1* answered Mnrna. The hoaa waa soon sdjnstsd and pUyed into the burning room. At this moment there was a suddaij^ out- cry from the croup of women and ohildren, •ad the form of Mrs. Middleton waa ■een flying through the darknt- ss towards the firemen. •Oh, Grainger r she cried, aa soon as aha had resobed the spot, ' oh, Grainger I the Burghe boys are still in tha honse. I thought they had been out I I thought 1 had seen them out I but it waa two negro boys I mistook in the dark for th-sro 1 I Have Just^iound out my mistake I Oh, Grainger, they will pensh t ; What is to be done?' • 'Fends on what room they're m, ma'am,' hastily replied the overseer, while all' he others stood speechless with intense anxiety. ' Oh, they are in the front chamber there, immediately above the burning room V cried Mra. Middleton, #lrtnging her hands in anguish, while thoae around auspended their breath in horror. ^ « More than a man's life would be worth to venture, ma'am. The ceiling of that burning room is on fire ; it may tall in any minute, carrying thatfloor of the upper room ^i«h it !' , • , - . 'Oh, Grainger I but the poor, poor lsA.1 to perish so horribly in their early youth I' 'it's dreadful/ ma'am; but it can't be helped I It's as' "mpoh as eertain death to Miy maii aa goes into that part of the build* ing I' , ^ . \ * Grainger I Grakifsr 1.1 cannot abandon \ these poor boys to tUSir fite I think of thair mother I— Grainger, I will giVa any man hia freedom wJio wiU rescue thoae two l^ya t It is said men will risk their lives ftr that Gat up OB the ladder where you can be seen and heard and proclaim this— ahoat it forth "I^reedomto any slaTe «rbo will lava the Burghe boys I"* The overseer ohlnbad up tba ladder, and^ after calling the attention of the whole mob by thi ee lend whoopa and waiting a moment un^il quiet waa reatorad, he abouted— • Freedom to any alave who will aave Burghe boya from the burning bmldinig I He paused and wfi^^d » reaponae ; Ml the silence waa unbroken. / •They won't riakir. ma'am; life! ^ . said the overseer, coming down from hia mob / mant / B thV ' 'I cannot give them up. 6rainger ivl oan* not for their poor mother'a sake 1 Oo up onoe mora i Shout forth that I offer Kbarty to any slave with bis wife and children-* if ha will save thoae boyi 1' aaid Mta. K^d* dleton. :* "T/l w Ono* more ih* 0T«rM«r noantod Us pott •nd thaml«r«Ml forth tho prooUnift ion — 'FrMdom to uay ■!•▼• with hia wife and ohildien, who will reeoa* the Barghe boye I' Again he panaed for a raeponae { and no- tliing bat dead aileBoe followed. ' IteUyoa thev wont mo the Hak, nw'ami Lite u tweeter than anything else in this world !' aaid the oreraeer, oomiog down. ;^ 'And the ehildren will periah horribly in Ibe flre and their mother will go raving mad ; for I know I •hould in her 'place P oried Mra. Middleton, wildly wringing her handa, and gaaini( in helpleaa angaiah apon the homing honae. 'And oh i poor fellowa I they are anoh naaghty boya that they «o right from thia to the other one I' ened Olaadia If erlint running np, burying her faoe in her aont'a gown, and beginning to aob. * Oh I oh I oh I that I ahoald Ut^ to aoe «toh a horrible aight I to atand heir* and Jaae at that homing building and know tl^oM oya are periahing inaide and not be abfe to heln^them. Oh I oh I oh I' And here Mra. -Middieton broke into ahriek8-i!(nd oriea in whioh the waa joined by all the women nnd children preaent. , 'ffrofeaaor i I oan'C^and thiaany longer I mt do it r exolaimed fthmael. ' Do what ?' aaked the aatoniahed artiat. ' Oet thoae boya ont ' ' Ton will kill yonraelf for nothing I' 'No, there*a * ohanoe of aaving thom. pro- feaaor. and I'U riak it I' aud lahmael, prepar- ing for a atnrt. '^ •You are mad f you ahall not do it I' ex-> >«l«imed the profeaaor, aeudnt *•»• boyjmd liolding him faat. * Let me go» profeaaor I Let me go: I tell ryoul Let me go, then I larael Putnam would h*Te done it. and so wiUI P oried Jtohmael. atruggling. broakini away, and daahing into the burning baildiog, * ButOeorge Waabington wMOdtt't, yoa ran mad maniao^ he would hat* had more .prudenoe V yeUed the profeaaor, baride him- aelfwith orief and terror. But lahlMol waa out of heMiifl; Ho daahed into the front hall, and op the main Mturoaae. through volnmea of amoke that Kdled down and nearly aallboated him, lahmael'a ezoeilent memory atood him in 1good atead now. He reoolleotod to have readthakpeople^paaaing thnmgh burning neoaea filled with anrake mnat keep their hoada M nenr^the floor aa poeaible. ii order tO^breottM. Bo when ho leaohed the flrat undnig, wh-va the flre in the wing waa at ita w*^t. Mid the amokr waa too doMo to bo mhaled at all. he dubked lijg Hoad quite >loW| itid nm tbiMgh tho haU attd up the VmUAXLtOB, IN TBI DBFTHl. lor eeoond flight of ataira to thelloor upon whieb the ban alept. « He oaphed on to the front room and tried the door. It wAa faetened within. He rapped and ealled and ahoutod aloud. In Tain I The dwellora within wfre dead, or-* dead aaleep, it waa impoaaible to tell whioh. He threw himeelf down upon the floor to get a breath of air, and then aroee and re- iiowed hiaelamour at the door. Hi^ thumped, kicked, ahricked, hoping either to toioe the door or awake the jrieeper*. Still 14 ▼4in i The ailenoe of death reigned within the chamber 1 while Tolumea of lurid red amoke began to fill the paaaa«e. Thia ohange in the colour of the amoke warned the brave Ixnr that the flamea were approaching. At thia moment, too. he heard a oraah, a fall andaauddeal'roaring np,of the fire, aome^ where near at hand. Asain in frantie agony he renewed hia aaaault upon ihe door. Thia time it waa auddenly tom open by the boya within. And horror of horrora i what a aoene met hia npprfled gase i One portion of the floor of the room had fallen in, and the flamea wereroahingup through the aperture from the gulf ol Ore beneath. The two boya.atand- in« at the open door, wore apoU-bound in a aorf of panic' ' Wliat ia it f aakad one of them, aa if uncertain whether thia were reality or night- mare. 'Itiaflrel Don't you aoe ! Quiokl Seise each of you a blanket ! Wr«p your* aelvea up and follow me I Stoop near the floor when you Wkut tobieathe ! Shut your eyea and moutha when the flame blowa too noar. Now then I' * It ia marvellout how qnidkly we oan on- deratandand execute when we are in mortal peril. lahmael waa inatantly Qnderatood and obeyed. Thelada, quick aa lightning, caught up blanketa, enveloped them- ■elvea, and ruahed into the ainking room. It waa well I In another mmnent the whole floor, with a great, aobbing orenk, avrayed, gave way acdfell into tiie burning «ulf ot fire below. The flamea with a hor- rible roar ruahed upL^ fllling the upper apaoe where the ohaimber floor had l»iwn ; aeijsing on the windoWnahnttera, mantel-pieoe, floor frame* and all the timben nttaohed to the walls J and finally atreaming out into the paesage 99 if in pursuit of the flying boya. They hurried down the hot snd suflKiMiiitg atairoaaatotho flrat floor, where th« fln raged with ita utmost fuiy. Here the ' flames worn bursting from tbs t«raiiig/ wing through evary ersvioe into tho / ...'^feitfi.-f '■w^r t.-t 'fBFsyiJ*" no I8HMABL I OB. VK THB DinHS. M«. IihmMl, in hia w«t woolUn slothM, •no I h« boy* in their bl«nk«ta, dMhtd for til* iMt flight of •tain^kMoing tlieir «]rM •tint Mv« tnair tiglit, Mid their lipa oloaed to saTe their Innge — end eo reeohed the ground floor. Here • wftll of flenie berred their exit through the front door ; Ibnt they tnrnod and made their'eaoape through the baoli one. They were in the open air I Soorehed, ainged, blaokened, choked, breathlaaa, but Mfal , Hera they paaaed a moment tf raoorer breath, and ' hen lahmael aaid t > ' We mnat run round to ^ the front and let them know that we are out I' The two boya that he had aaved obeyed him aa though he had been their maater. \ Bxtremi) fieril throwa down all faJae oon- Tentional barriera and rednoea and eleTatea all to their proper le^eL In thie aapreme Qioment labnael inatinotiyely oonuqanded, and the meehanically ob( yad. / ' Tliey harried around to the front. Here, M aoon aa they were aeen and reaogniied, a general about of joy and thaakagiving greeted them. lahmapl fonnd hima^ll olaaped in the arma of hia friend, the profeaaor, whoae leara rained down upon him aa he cried i ' Oh I my boy i my boy I my brare, ftoble boy 1 there ia not your like upon thia •arth I no, there la not I I wonid kneel down and kiaa your feet I I would I There isn't a prinoe in thia world like you I there i8n\ lahmael f there ian'i 1 Any king (on thia earth might be proad of yon for nis aon and heir, mv apreat-heart boy I' And the profeaaor bowed nia head orer tth* mael aadaobbed for joy and graiitnde and admiratioo. *Waa it really well dona, profeaaor T^ Mked lahmael, aimply. 'Well done, my boyT Oh I bat my heart ia fall Waa it well done? Ah 1 ' My boy, yoa will never know how well dona, ontil the day when the Lord ahall jadge tiie quick and the dead I Ah i if yoar poor young mother were living to sea bar boy now,' cried tiie profeaaor, with •inotioB. * Don't yon aiippoae mother doea Ut«, •ad 4oaa aae me, profeaaor? I do^* an- •werM Xahmael, in a sweet, grave tone^ that •onnded like Nora's ownvoioe. ' Yes, I do. I bslieve she doee live and watch over yon, my boy.' Mcaawbile iCra. Hiddleton, who had beea engaged in rcoeiviiig and rejoicing over ih« two rsseoed yoatits^ and soothing and eom> ogether I posing their agited apirita, now eame for- ward to apyak to lahmael. 'My bo),' aha aaid, in a voice shaking with emotion— 'my brave, good boy I 1 canuot thank yon in aet worda ; ihey would be too poor and weak to tell yon what I feel, what we must all ever feel towarda yoa, for What yon have done to-night Bat we will flad aome better mesne to prove how mncl^ we thank, how highly w* eateem yon.' lahmael held down hia head, and bluahed aa deeply aa if be had. been detected in •ome mean act and reproached for it. ' You should look np and reply to the midam,'whiapered the profeaaor. lahmael raised hia head and answered j 'My lady, I'm glad |he yoang gentlamen •reaaved and yon are pleaaed. But I do not wish |o have more credit than I have a right to I for I feel very anre George Wash ing;on wouldn't' ' What do you aay, lahmael f I do not quite nnderatand you,' aaid th* lady. ' I mean, ma'am, aait waan't al< myself aa the credit ia dae ta' ' To whom elae, then. I should like to know V inquired th* lady, in perplexity. 'Why, ma'am, it waa all along of braal Putnam. I knew h* would have don* it, •nd I felt aa i^ waa obliged to 1' * What a vwy atvaage lad I I really do not qaitsiluiow whtti ^to mako of him !' ex- claimed th* lady, appealing to the pnglsssoi* for want of a better oracle, j 'Why, yon aee, ma'am. lahmasl ia a noble boy and a real hero t bat he ia a biti f a heathen for all that, with a lot of falae goda. aa he is sverlaating a falling down and a worshipping of. And the iismeaqfihia goda are Washington, Jeffer- aon, Putnam, ICarion. Hancock. Hoary, and the 1 t I The History df the United SUtee ia his Bible, ma'am, and its warriora and atatesmsn are his sainta and propheta. Batby-and-by, when lahmael grows older, ma'am, he will learn, when he doea any great or good action, to jpve the glory to Ch)d, and not to thoae dsad and goae old heroea who were only fleah and. Uood like himaelf,' said tne pro- 1^ Middleton looked perplexed, aa if the professor's explanation itaelf required tob* •zpl«n*d. And lahniaol, who aeemed to think that a oonfessioo of faith waa im- perativoly demanded <^ him, I«oked •nxioaa-^Hui if eMsr, y4t ashsmsd, t* spaak. Preseatly he oonqderad his ahjnnasiM and aaid I ' ;1<" 'Bat yott are miatakm, professor. I am not a hoathmi. I wish to b« a ChrissiaB. ;i,w-J3*Ai'iW!:S»«!»s.aKra4<^^ '-"'^' ?t HT'-i r «»*%^'j ^0f^ ' ^, r-spuv^^^e^smr'' T'p" ISaifUL I on, m TMl 6iPtH8 111 And I do gima th« glory of all lh»l U Mod Mcl grMt to tb« Lord, flrat of all. f do hooonr th« good and grsot n«B i bat I do ylorifyand worahip the Lord who mad* th«m.' And baring Mid tliia, lah- oMfil oolUpMd, hong his bMd and blnahad. ' And I kjMw ha ia aol a hoathao, yod hornd old humbog of a profaaaor I Ha ia a brave, «ood boy, and I lova him l* aaid Miaa Oiaudia, joining the oirola and oareaaiac IthmafL Bot, ah I again it waa aa if aha had aaraaaMl Fido, and that hv waa a brava, good doo. and ■h« loTed him. •It waa glorioaa in you to riak your life to aav'. ihoaa good-for-nothing boya, who waie your anamiea beaidea I It waa !? ' I. ^J** .** f^^f* "»y •»••'» burn to think of It I Stoop down and kiaa ma. Iehma«l I' Our littla haro had tha larant inatinofa of a gallant little gentlamaa. And thia oballenga waa in nowiaa to ba rejected OHAPTIR XXVIL uanABt'i niuh trw ou nm utuon. There ia a proud modeaty in merii Avaraa to aaking, and naolvad to imv Tan tinea tha gift it aaka.— Z)ry«lM And chough ha bluahed until hia varV aara •eemad life two litUa Bamea. he atooped and touched with his Upa the baautifnl white forehead that rlearoed like mnrbla between ita> purla of jot. The atorm. which had abated for a time, now aroaa with redoubled violenoe. Tha party of women aud ohildran, though «atherml under • group of oedara, wace atiU aomawbat ex. poaed to ite fuiy. Grainger, tho oreraaar, who with hla man bad baen unremitting in hia endeaTottra to arreat the provnaa of tha flamea, now oame up, aad taking off hia bat to Mra. Mid. dieton, aaid : .Jui:^ i **'i'^' Pl«»« the Lord, we Bball bring tha Are, under preaently and •aye the building exoept that wing, which muat go. Bot. if you plaaaa^ ma'am. I dont kee aayou aan do any good atanding hero looking on. Bo, now that tha youn* gtotlemenan aafe hadn't tou all batta? take eheltar in my houaat It ia poor and &^»5'"!J' i ^^""^ "** weather, tight, and *ltote«her yon and the youns gtntleman and ladies would ba better off theta than hen.' •«» oh 'Ithankyou,Oraingar. I thank your ofTaraa well aa for your afbr to-night, and I will gtdly aoopp-,^ fnenda. Show na tha way. Oomi my ehildren. Ooma yon alao. lahmaal. If I can t be of any mora use here. I muat M home. Aunt Hannah will be looking For ma.' And with the boy laft tha Mena. «i>,^S^jd^A< ' rt^&a t^p^Pa a low bow Barly the next morning the piefeeaer made hia aapearanoe at the Hill Hut. lah- mael and Hannah had eaten breakfaat, and the boy waa helping hia aunt to put the warp in the loom for a new piece of cloth. Morning, Miaa Hannah » morning yoana lehmael I ^ou are wanted, .ir. up to tha Uall thta morning, and I am dome o (eteh you. aaid the profeaaor, aa ha atood within the door, hat in hand. ' Yea, I thonght I would ba i there muat •• no end of the mbbiah to clear away, and the work te do up there now. and 1 4naw you would be expecting me to help you. and •o I meant te go up to your houae jnat aa won aa ever I had done helping aunt to put the warp in her loom,' anawared lahmaal ftimply. t, ' 'Oh. you think you ara wanted only te be a«t to ifork, do you f AH right I Bat now aa we are in a hurry, I'U jnat land a And with that the artiat, who raa aa expert At one thing aa at nnotber. .bMan to\^d Hannah with auch good wiUlC^t IhaJob WMaoondona. r™ ""«°'' •And now, yonng lahmaal. gat your hal •ndaoma along. Wemuat befring.' Bat now, Hannah, who had been far too ""•b ["tareated in bar loom to atop to talk Jjntil ita arrangamanto war* complete, found ; What about that fire at BhideneU Hallf in,u?ri?iJ7o'sitr'''"^"^ "•••'"'' . 'Vary litt^ i I waa aaleep when ha eama in last night, and thia morning, whan laaw tiiat hi-oWwaraall !S^ WW^ hair ainged, and hia handa and faM red ao4 bliatered.and I naked l.im what in tha world he h«d bean doing to bimaelf. ha told me there had bean a flr. «t the Hall i bat £?i '"^ P"' **"* ^'""^ •°y»^t damage that they tolked about puUing down, burnt fli'iV'"^ ''• trouW- -..warai •Well, ma'am, that waa a oheerfal way of pnttlngit. certainly , and it waa also a true one; there waan't much damage done. M the wing aa waa burnt waa doomed to be pullad dotan thia Tory apring. But did iS^ tell yon how ha %oaived hi* 'No I bat I aappoaa ol ooarw ka got } j|ia!S!Vv^ lit ', . ■ ^*. ; ■<■■■ * ■ IftflMARL I OK. IK THE OEPTHfL IhMB. boy4ik«, bolitbinf aboat nmong lh« « 'ir«n)«n, what* Im Ii*<1 do baainoM to hm t' M»'»ni, li« got buruvtl in mvid^ Gummo* dor* Burgha't MO% irlio were Iwr Mi.ep In thst bavning wing I Mrs- Middltton off ird - frwdom le Miy alay* who wtmld nrantuia throagh iho borninf^ houM to wkj^ (h> m ■B, ftiid g«t them out. Not » auiti would ran tbo rUk I Th«n aha off.Tad fraedom, •; not only to nny alatra, but alao to th* wif* •ad chiMlron at any alara who would go in ^ aad ••▼• tha boy*. Not » man would ren- lar« K Jbwl whan all t»» woman w. ra a 1iowUd« ilka a pMk of aha woUia, what do«a year naphaw -lo .bat roah into tha^ boriMtig winir, rouaa up tha boya and oonvoy • tham oat I Just in time, too • '"' *hey Wfra ■laaping in tha chamber ovar tha borning room, and in twomlaUtaaaftar the^ got oat, the floor of that room felL in I" aaid Morrla. • You did that I You tVioteimed HaBnAh, ▼ahamently. ' Oh ! yoa horrid, wicked, an- gratofal, haartlfas boy I to d0 aooh a thing M'^at, whan you knew n you had b an barat to daath. it would hmw broken my haart I And yoa. profasaor I vou are Just aa bad aa he ia ia I yaa, and woraa. too, ba, Moaa (CO ara older and on«ht o have mora W&BM; The boy waa in yoar aara I pretty _ «M« f oa took of him to lat him ra«b Jnto Ihaflre.' • Ma'am, il yooll only lat ma gat in a VordadAwaya lika. 111 tell yoa all about It. I did^ry to hinder him. I reaaonad with hfi^ W I b«ld him tight, until tha young haro— raaoal, I mean— tam«>d upon ma and hit ma in the faoe ; yea, ma'ain, ad< miniatarad a •« adantiflc" right into my leh aye. and ^en b oka from ma and roahad into tha banKng hoaaa — ' ' Wall, bat I thoafht it batter the pro- feaaoraboald bar* a blaok aye, than iha boya ahould ba borned to daath.' pat in tha lad, adffawaya. •Oh, lahthaall lahmaal 1 thia la all draadfall Too will Hva to ba haoff. I know you will I' aobbed Hannah. • Wall, aanty, maybe ao ; Sir William W«lUoa did,' ooolly repliad the boy- 'What in tha nanra of goodnaaa not yon Ob to do nioh a wild thing ? And all for old Bnrgha'a aona. Pray, what were thay to yoa thnt yoa shonld rash throagh burning iamaa to aaTa tham ?' / f Nothing, ikantHMinah ; ooly I fait quite •ore thnt bnel Putuuii or FrAneia Marton f / weald have dona Juat aa I did, and ao— ' 'Plagaatake Fnnda Putnam and laraal Marion* and alao Patriak Handoook, and tbo >. whole lot of 'am, I say I Who are they that yoa ahoald mtt yoar ha»d Into the Are for thrm r Thay wooldnt do it for ypo, that 1 know,' atolainiad Manaah, ta a fury. •Aunt H»Mnah.' aaid lahmaal. patkati- oally, ' yoa have got thoir namaa all wrong, and you always do. Now if jroa would only toka my book and read it wbila 1'ou are raat ing in you chair, voa would aooa earn all thair uamas, aod — ' I'll Uka the book and throw it into tha lira tha vary drat time I lay my handa upon it I Tha fatoliad book will be your ruin yet, aicUimad Hannah, in a ragv. ■No#, Mia« Worth,' interpoaed tha pro- fasaor, ' if you daatrov that boy'a book. Ill taavar do anoUiar odd job for you aa long aa 'ever I live. ' ' Whisht I professor,' whisporad IshmaaL ' You don'4 know my aunt ca wal! aa I do. Her bark ia a deal worse than h< r bite I If you Only knew how ntany timaa she has threatened to " shake ihe life out of" ma, and to " be the death of" me, and to "flay" me " alive," you would know tha valua of her words. ' ' Wall, voanff Ishmael, yoa aft the best Judge of that mattsr, at laaat. And now are you ready f For, indeed, we haven't any mora time to spare. We ought to hive beeii at the Hall before thia.' * Why, profeasor. I have been ready and waiting for the last ten minutav.' • Gome along, then. And now. Miss Hannah, yoa take a well-wisher's advice and doto't aoold young lahinael any more about laat night's adven'or*. - He has done a brave act^ and he haa aaved the oommo- dore'a ions without coming to aayharm by it. And, if be hasn't made his everlasting fortaa', he kaa done himself a great denl nf oredit and made some very powerful friends. And that I tetl yoa I You wait and aee I' aaid the profeaaor, aa ha left the hut. followed by lahmaal. 'The morning was olear and bright after the rain. Aa they emerged into the dp<>n air, lahmaal naturally, raised his eyes and threw a glance aemas the valley to Bradenell Heighta. The main bailding was staodint intao^, thuch darkened ; aada moke, small in volume bat dense blaok in hae, waa riaiug from the ruina of the barnt winfr. Ishmael had onlv time to observe this before they descended the narrow path that led throagh the wooded valley. Thay walked on in perfect silence until the piro- faaaor. notioing the anusoal taoitarqKy of hia oompanio% said : ' What ia the matter with yoa, young Ish- mael? Yoa havent^ opened four mouth ■inoa we left the but.' •Ok, profasaor, I am tkinking of aant It ia awlol to hoar her rail ahoat m-nw^-z-^g-' w^m^f^ ■> ■HIUIL t Ol Dr Ml pgpTai^ th« frr»t h«roM tk>l ih* doM. It ih iRt bluDhamy,' raplM iIm boy. aoltmnly. • Ham, ha. wall, bat yoa m«, yoaog bk. mMl. (hoMfh I wouldn't lik« to My on* word to d*mp«D yoar •nthu«iMin for jmat iiaroiiim, y«t lh« truth la ih« truth j and th*t bomtMtU m* to say that you do fall down ami worahip tliaaa um« said harooa a little t«'''• rollin* »nio the paaaaga and haard tha lira roaring ao naar ma r And ono4-^I am aahamad to own it, bat I will beoa«Mlknowd.or«eW.ahn,ton.ira^^^^ two crimaou .aUat arrt chair, oooupr.;^^ owned hi. fault. wh.rha riJlY^y^Vi 'cZl':^tr'nr:J!^'''K'i[^ M.dd...ton.aJ owned hi. faalta whan ha waa • boy-onoa. :^^Z** »^P*«« *o "»» "Way and leava theboyatothairfata.' • Bat you didn't do it, my lad. And yoa wflra not tha lau oourageou. beoauM yoa I' uaw tha danger that you fraaly mat. fou arabrava, lahmael, and aa good and wiM aayoaarebrava.' • * Oh. profoMor. I know yoa baliava m>. tninking tkat if t really war. good I akoaldQ^t Tax a«tit Bannah aa o&raa I do. ' Hnmph. ' odd tha profaaaor. know right from wrong.' 'And don't yoar ton. ^" V^ profaaaor. followad by lahmaal. antarad tha libraiy. * It Waaahandaoma room, with tha walla lined with book-uaaaa : the wimiowa draped with orimaon ourtaina { the floor oovarail With a rich carpet ; a ohaertui flra burning In tha grate ; and a marbla-top table in tha centra of tha room, at which wa. plaoad two orimaoii valvat aritt chair, ooonpied bv Commodore Burgha. ' Tha latter waa flna, tall, .tout. Jolly old Milor. with • ▼ery round wai.t, a very red faoa and a very white head, wko. aa mou aa arar ha Mw I.haual anter. got np and hald out Ua broad band, aaying : 'El** iTJ^'tr^J^'J.' **' C3oma hara. my brava UtUa lad, and lot aa take a look aft you r lahmaal took off hi. hat. adTanead and atood before the commodora. aaohopirit I'aaid tha ofd «dIor. laying JJ hand on the fUxen hair of tha boy and paMing hi. aye. down from lahmaal'. broad forahead and thin ohaak. to hia aland«r !?L^.'?'l?*!**.>y ^»»» u^B aowaot of Iraoiato thTbii^kg hoaW te iJll!^ "k ■ .^'•'*'l^ ^**' »Po« -«»a«t of kia manner af liTlng , ondar batter ragimen ifiddTJ,;"'*^" "^ '^"*'^'' -^ ^' . 'J'*'/**' ■? ••• ?•▼ » *>»* »ow aa I look at him, I woodar whara tha deaoa tha litde fallow got Ua plaek from I WkaiS ?1 I^ .T^ /"'• "»»♦ •»»'' in- quired tha old aoilor. tamiag bnffly to loh. • ladood I don't know, air i anleH it ww from Oeorga Waakingtoa and—' lahmaal waa going on to anumarste hia model baroaa. I h«, don. right rbo-nhrmotSiirwis; aunt Hanwth aooldad ma. I doubtad:' «« ^r^'J^**"*" **•• ofaolea of a«pari- you to ba right, and narar mind what othara ***? 2f."*y- I. who hare baan your «?*! Z!lS:1 ti«». •«> U ao no lonir K» KS^il ''"riK? •!• diatanoa,*mach Iom ifcTn n * ^TJ* *>• *»•" we ara jiew at Jk. Hall.' ...d tha pro'aaoor, aa ha opanad Afe^S.-^^^"^ ^OrJl t »^.iJ - «pjisr~""»^»!^i|^" ,7 iii HBIlAli I OR, 01 TBI DKPniH. jH^ ''^S bal tiM •oauM«»4<«)M. wko bad not m to haar th« raply, (.urnad lo Mr. II ' again antl aaKi i 'Oil* la •ooa«tom« ward/taid lahmaal, modaatly. 'Ob, vaa, yaa, yaa 1 1 know all aboot that i Yoar (riand, Mr. Middlaton. haa Jaat baan tailing ma aonia of your antaoadauta-— how yon foayht my two young aoapa^raoaa ia dafanoa of hia fruit baaktMa I wiah yon had baan.atrong anonghCto hava^jjg^van tham a good thraahiing I And about. Voar And- lag tha pookat'bonk. and forbaaring to borrow a dollar from it, ihoagb aoroly taaaptad by want I And than aboat your rafaaiag ikjr raward for baing atrnply honaat I • Tea aaa ^(^raow all aboat yoa 1 So I am not going w.oflir,yoa monay for riakiag voar Ufo to tara ay boya I But I am going M miva jroa a ttart in tha worM if loan. OoAa. now. bow ahall I do itr' lahaual baallatad, lookod down and bltt«bad. ' Wovld JOQ Ilka to go to aoa and ba a MUor,at(f •Naair, ^liaiikyoa.' \. *^>^«jpwr*4l ao bold, air, it woald ba to aand yoong lahmaal to aohnol.' ' Hand him to aahool I ha. ha. ha I li^ ho, bo I whv, he'd lika that laaal of aar thing alaa t why. he'd ooiiaidar thai tha moat nngralafnl of all ratama to make for hia aarvioaa. Boya ai« aaat to aahotd fpr panlahmanl. not for reward,' langbad thn pomroodora. 'Young lahmaal woaldn't Ikiak it a lahmant, air,' mildly anirgaatod the piro faaaor. ' I Ull yoa he'woaldat go, my friend, paniahmeiit or no paniahiMat. Why, I oan aoaroaly make my own fallowa uo. BgibiJ I. know boya I aohool ie their bag- * %t, ander eorrealion, air, permit m« to any I don't think yoa know yonna lahmaal—' ' * * I know ha ia a boy. that ia anoagh.' ' But. air, he ia rather an anoommoa boy. ' * In that aaaa ha haa an anoommon avar- aion toaehooL' ' Sir. put It to him. whether he woald like to go to eohool.' ' Whak'a the aae, when I know he'd rather be hang !' -■-'^A-r?-..fT'.>!-|Jy>o^> ■".■ «^hat a aolemn, impeB||MJNffit^apea ydlTara, to be rare. jM^^Hp^I will " pot it to him," aa W/KKlltW Here, yoa young fira-eator, oomahere tome.' The boy. who had modaatly withdrawn into the b*ok-j|roand, now aame forward. ' Stand up Daf^ me i hold up yoar head I look me in the faoe. Now, than, anawer ma tmly,| and don't ba alhdd. Would yoa like to ^ to aohool, ah V lahmael did aoH apeak, bot the moon- light radianoe of bja pale beaming faaa an- swered for him. ' Have yoa no ton|rae, di ?' bluffly de* manded the old aailor. ^ ' U yon _P*«^ ^r. t •hoai9 Uka to am joh eaonaph to nav for it. ' anawM lahmaeL anawered MiddletonT elt? What do yoo tkink of tha*r A boy aajRtg tbat ha woald Uka to Sto aohool. Did you avar bear oaoh a iag in yoar lifa| la the yoang raMal 4k'.- nilMABL I OR, m THK DKPTHA # bambMUfftng •«, do yoa thtnk T' mU ao in a mora il way tliaii lijr idviog him aoma ada- i.'muU Mi Miand graatl* apon (atura oiroiimataoaaa i but thia wa know, that tha adattation ha da* •iraa oannot do him anjr haim, and nukj do him «o(id.' ' Y«a I wall. than, to aohool ha ahall go. Whara ahall I aand him V iitqairad (ha old aailor. ' H«ra I I am willing to taka him.' '^Tuii I yoa'ra joliiiig k Why, f/>a hav* onn of the moat a I Uka tha littla fallpw too * Vary walL than, if anv ona alaa objecta to thair aooa fcaepiag cdmnany with lahmaal Worth, thay ahafl be at libar^ to do ao.' ' Hnmph I bat poppoaa thay remove thair aona from tha aahool * whal than, ah t* da- Dutodad tha oommQd tarfera with miue. ' retamad Middlaton. * Qoitf right t Then it ia aattlad the boy attanda tha aohool. Whara ara yun. von yonng flira«braTo i yon ^awkg thunderbolt of war t Oom9 forward, and Tat na hatra a word with yon 1* ahont<-d tha oommodora. lahmaeL who had again retraated bahind thaahaltarof tha profeaaor'a atoat form, now oama forward, cap in hand, and atood blushing bafore tha old aailor. 'Wall yoa ara to ba "onrMd with* pa»t«dpmy«r,"yoa yonng Don Qnizota. You ara to oome hara to aohool, and I am to foot tha bilU. Yon ara to ooma nazt Mon< i day, whlah kalag tha Otat af April aai aM- foot* 'day. I aonai4«r aa •pfH-•« (trifllne, naaiod Virgil, ^||[<;^d aad ao for b. And i( yoa oou44u«r th«N), you mav even Ml- allv riae abov« yoar praeaat hnmbM aphara, and parhana beooMa • pariah alark nr a ova- ■tabl»— who kaowaf Maka good naa of your ODpurtunltlaa, my lad * Punaa tha path of Uarning, and tii<«re ia no knowing whara It may carry. Big atroanu from little fountaina flow i Orlat oaka lrin worH. 1 would lika it, bnt-'^ 1| •What, m» bo»f * * It wonld bo takan aomathing for nothing; and I do not lika to do that, air. ' ' Yon ara miatakao, lahmaal 1 It would ba taking what yon have a right to taka I It would ba taking what you have aamad n hundred-fold. You naked yonr live to aava Oommodora Bnrgha'a two I0M| and yon did tave tham.' ' Sir. that waa only my daty.* • Than it ia equally tha oomaodora'a duty to do all that ha can f^ •A£t.i^sm '^ m ^,m' .„f.. -t^N'\ '■'"'>• 'i <:~X^'-li^ ^mw (I 1 ^ ' f ■1? t ( 1 1 ' 1 7 ■V , 110 tlHMAKT. { OlC or THB DSI^Ha '*IP»|!»^F'- •QMrUialT I do I' A And— do j Ikal light?' Mr. Middleton kaghed. No onooonld have helped leoghing at the .eolenn, little NMd|B riaage of lahmMl, aa he gravely pat ' tkla jmaatioD. 'Why. aaaoredly, my boy I Bvery hero aad nuur^ in aaored or profane hiatory would TMW the matter aa the commodore and myeelf dow' / ' Ob, then, air. I am ao glad i and thdeed, indeed, I will do my very beat Jo profit by aopportanitiea, and to ahow my thank- eaa to the oommodore and yon/ aaid lahmaal, fervently. , ^ ^ ' *Qai«e right I I am aare you wilt I And liow, my boy, yoo may ntire. ' aaid Mr. M||Ml«ton, kindly giving lahmael hia hand. . Obr lad bowed deeply and tomed towarda the profeaaor, whOL with a-aweepingohei- aaaoe to all the literaiy ahelvea, left the made, yonng olaaaematica. 'Yovr everlaatin' fortin'a too will learn the lahmael I and au the fine arte; and it dependaon . toara*if '^•na> whether yon do nol riae to be a aexton or a clerk I' eaid the proteaaor, aa they went oat into the lawn, r They went around to the amoking niina of the burnt winft. where all the field negroea were ooHneted under the anperintendefioe of the ovenieer, Orainger, and engaged in dear' ing away the mbbiah. ' I have.a hundred and fifhr thinga to do,' aaid the pvofeaaor ; * but, atill, ii my aaaist. anee>ia required here it mnat be given. Do you want my help. Mr. Grainger ?' *So, Morris not until the rubbiah ia cleared awAv. then, I think, we ahall want Ion to put down a temporary oovering to e«p the cellar from' fillug with rain until the builder oomea,' waa the reply. 'Oome alcwg, then, young lahmael ; I ffuew I will not linger here any longer ; and aa forgoing over to Mr. Mirtiud*le'a, to be|in to dig hia well to-day, it ia too4ate to ^ think of inch a thing. 80 1 will juat walk over, home with yon, to aee how Hannah riBoeivea your good newa, 'said the j^ofeaaor, leading the way rapidly down the naftow patii through the weoded'talley. When the^ reached .he hut they found ^ Hannah aittug iu her chair before the Am, crying. In a m>ment, lahmael'a thin arm waa around her H9tk and hia gentle voice ia her ear. inquirii^g : 'Whfttia the matter?' ■ Starvatioa la the matter, my o(rfld I I cannot we«ve. It httrta mj|-armB'ioo much. ■.■■ .■•■ ■ ;. ■ '■• ■ -''-. ' V.-r-- -"^ ■ ■■ , What we are to do for bread I cannot tell i for of coarae the poor little dollar a week ti|iat you earn ia not going to aupportua|' - aaid Haniiali, aobbing. ' lahmael look d diatreaaed t the profemor diamayed ? The aame thought occurred to b oth — Hannah unable to work, lahmaera ' poor littlii dollar a week ' would not aup. port them t but yet neither could ii be dia-' penae d with, aince it would be the only thing to keep them botli from fiamine, and ain^ thia waa the eaae, lahmael would be obliged to continue to earn that amall atipend, and to do ao he muat give up all hopea of going to achool— at leaat for the preaen-, perhape forever. It waa a bitter diaappointment, but when waa the boy ever known to heeitate between right and wrong? . Heawallowed hia riajlfi| teara and kiabed hia weeping relative, paying : ' Never mind, auntjBannah I Don't cry | maybri if I work hard I may b« able to earn more.' . • 'Yea ; timea ia briak ; I dare aay, young lahmael will be ablW to bring yon aa much aa two doIUra a womc for a whili;,' chimed in the profoaaor. I Hannah dropped her coarae handkerchief and lifted her w««ping face to aak : * What did they want with you up at the Hall my dear?' ' The commodore wanted to aend me to aehool, aunt Hannah } but it don't matter.' aaid lahmael, firmly, .j^ Hannah aighed. And the profeaaor, knowing now that he ahonld have no pleaauve in seeing Hannah'a delight in her nephew's advancement, aince the school plan waa nipped in the bud, took np his hat to depart * Well, yonng lahmael, I ahall atart for Mr. Martindale'a to-morrow, to dig that welL I shall have plenty for you to do^ ao you muat be at my house aa uauallu aiz o'olockln the morning,' he aaid. ' Profeaaor, I thiuk I will walk with you. I ouchi to tell Mr. Middleton at ouoe. And 1 shall have no more time after to^ay,' rep'ied ihe b«y, riaing. They went out together and in ailence re* traced their ate^M to Brudenell Heighta. Both were brooding over lahmaera defeated hopes and over that atrange fatality in the lot of thtfpoor that makes them miaa great fortnnea for the laok of amall means. The profeaaor parted wiih hia comaanion at his own cottage door. Bn: lahmael, with hia handa in h'* pocketa, walked tlowlj and tilonghtfally on towarda Brudenell Heighta. To Iwve the cup of happinoa* daahed to the ground the very moment it w«a nused to hiali|M! It waa a ejruel disappointment ' •&ti^ '•"fc,^«K iij.t4Sj« &^ . ^* .«ii* ISHMAEL ; OR, IN THV DIPTHa m H« eoal4t not nuga hiniMlf to it. All hi* , natun ww in ftmu to rMist it Hi» mind WM labouring witb the noana to raoonoile b» doty and hia denira. Hia intonae long. lOK t»ffo to aobool, hia bnrning thiral for kuowladga ; tha aaganiaaa of hia hnncrj and reatleaa intelUot for food and action, ean scarcely b« appraoiatad by laaa gifted beinga. While earneatly aearchiOg for tha way by which he might aapply Hannah with the meana of living withootaaorifloing hia hopea of aohool, he auddenly hit npon a plan, fle quickened hia footatepa to put it into iiiatant execution. Ha arrived at Brudenell Hall and atked to aee Mi a. Middletoii. Aaervant tooiK up hia petition and soon returned to oonduet him to that lady'a preaenoe. They went up two flighta of aiairs, when the man, turning to the left, opened a door, and ad- mitred the boy to the bed-chamber of Mra, Middleton. The lady, wrapped in a dresaing-gown and shawl, reclined in an armm«t «ewing or aomo knitting to pot out ' •Why, lahmaol. I bav>e been looking in i ▼ain for a aeamatraaa for the laat three or' fourwaeka. And I thoaght I really ahonld have to go to the tnmUe and ezpenae of aendmg to Baltimore or Waahington for one ; f o r all o ur tpring and summer so w ing is y et to do. I am aoro I ooald keep woman in ino naedle>work all the yoor round.' 'Oh; ma'am, how glad I would boil aoat Hannah would aoit yon.' 'I - I t^^^^X^^.'^ HI I8HMAEL : OB, IN THB DBPTdS. wtat, if they only try hard viiough for it t And now, de«r aunt Hftunah, I would not be so ■elfith m to ||o to tchoo) and !•«▼• all the harden of getting a living npon your ■honlder:, if I did not know that it would be better even for yon by-and-by i For li poor little wage^ earned by yoar hard Uboor,' aaiwerod Hannah. 'Oh, I didn't think it hard at all, you •ee, beoaua«i larael Pat— I beg yonr {lar- don, aunt Hannah— I won't forget again,' •aid the boy, oorreoting tiiOMelf in tinie^ and I go to tobool and get some little edae«|| returning to the silent reading of hi* book, Some time after he oh wed hia book, and looked up. 'Annt Hannah I' ' Wel)» labmael r ' Ton often talk t« me ti my dear mother in Heaven bat never of my father. Wiio wae my father, aunt Hanuah V Forall anewer Hannah aroae and boxed hia ear*. where ticii, I shall be able to work at something bettor than odd jobbing. The professor and Mr. MiddUton, and even the comtao dore himself, thinks that if I peisevere, I may oometo be oonuty oonstiible, or parish ■'ork, or schoolmastor, or something of «L it sort I and if I do, von know, annt Hannah, we'oan I've in a house with three or fo.-ir rooms, a.nd I ean keep yoo in ■plendo. r 1 So yon won't think your boy iMiflah in -ranting to go to sohool, will yon, aant Hannah V / No, my darling, no. I love you dearly, My Ishmsel. Only my temper is tried when 'yon run yont* preoious head into the fire, as yon did last night.' «■ '*A^t, aunt Hannah, Israel Fatuam, or FranoiS — * ' Now, now, Ishmael-^on't, dear, don't I If yon did bat know how I hate the very ■oandof those old dead and gone men's names, yon wouldn't be foreverlasiing dingine of them into my ^oara I' aaid.Han- audb, taervoasly. 'Well, aant Hannah— IV try to re* aembar nol to name them to ypa Bnt for iijHi (that I mast follo'w thaw did 'iMd me,' said the yoang aapirant •■ia wMODMUOas prophet, rot I have elae- whew siid, what I how with emphaais ra<> paat» that "Aspirationa are Frophadea,' whioh it requires only Faith to faliq|f. Hannah made no reply. She waa busy ' Mtting the liable tor sapper, whioh the aqnt and nejjphew presently enjoyed with the ap> predation only to be felt Iqr those whoael* dom iit down to a aatisfaotory meaL !^^CB it was over, and the table waa doiured, Hannah, who never lost time, took the bundle of linen,, unrolled iV **t down, .m4 commenced sewing, ' labmael, with hia book irf heroes, sat op- posite to her. The i^ain deal table, serabbed white as flveaa^ stood between chain, lighted by one telowonndle. 'Aant Hannah,* said the boy, aa he watohed her arranging her work, * ia that easier than weaving t* ' Ywjt mooh e«BMr, Ishmael.' ^ - * And is it as iNrofitable to you I' ' About ^oe aa profitable, my dear ; so^ if the lady really can keep me in work all th e y e ar round, ther e will bono ne e d of your CHAPTBH XXVni. WBMAXL AXID OhAVDlA. 1 saw two children intertwine their arms about each other, Like the lithe tendrils of the vine Around its nearest brother j . ■ And ever and anon, * > Ar gayly they ran on. Bach looked into the other's face, Anticipating an embrace. mOard MoHdaoH Jiamm. Punctually at nine o'dptdc on Moudity mornhig Ishmael Worth rsndered himself at Bnidenell HhII. Mr. Middleton'a achool waa juat such a one aa can seldom, if ever, be nMt with out of the Southern States. Mr. Middleton had been a professor of Ian - guagsa in one xi the Soqtiiem luiversitiea ; and oy hia salary had sapported andfdu- catod a large family of aous wad daiidrtors until the death of a diatant relative enn^ied hiu with the inhttntanoe of fi, kinte fnndedL iwoperty. He immediately reaigaed his position ia the university, and— M he did not wish to commit himself hastily to a fixed abode in any particular neighbourhood 1^ the pur- ehaae of an estate— he leased the wuole ready made esteblisbment at Brndenell Hall, all furnished and olBoei«d as it waa. There he conveyed his wife and ten children —that is, five girla and five bovs, ranging from the ave of one year up to fifteen years of age. Added to these was the motberksa daushtor of his deceased sister, Beatrice Merlin, who had been the wife of tne chief justice of the supreme court oi the Steto. Clandia Merlin had been confided to the 0ure of her uncle and aunt in preferanoe to being aent to a boarding-school during her father'a absence on official dtit^ at the ospitst " j^^n^f^sw* { >pr i3t« * I8HMABL ( OR. m THB DEPTHS. lit Mr. and Ifn. Middleton had found, on ooming to Bradenell Hall, that thero waa no propur aabool in the naighbonrhoodto whioh they, oonld a«nd thoir aooa and danghtwa. Tiiejr had baaidaa » atroag prejndioa in lavoar of educating their ohudran ondar their own eye*. Mr. Middleton, in hia oapaoity of profeaaor, had aeen too maoh of the teroptationa of college life to be willing to trnat hia boja too early to ita dangen. And aa for aeuding the girla away Trom home, Mra. Middleton wonld not bear of it for an iuatant. After grappling with the diffloaltj for a while, they oonqnerad it by conolading to ehgage a graduate of the nnirersityaa tutor, to fcronud young people in what aro ealled the fondament*! parte of an Sngliah edueii- tjipn, together with the olaaaioa and mathe< matioa ; and alao to employ an aooompliahed lady to inatmotttaem in nuaio and drawiqg. This school was alwaya under the immedi' ate supervision ot the maater and miatreas of the house. One or the other waa almoat aiwaya present in we school-room. And eren if this had not been so, the striotest propriety must have been preserved ; for the governess was a discreet woman, near fifty yeara of age ; and the tutor, though but twenty-five, waa tho gravest of all grava ,younf( meu. The clHsa-room waa arranged in a apare back pMrlour on .the first floor— a apaoious apartment whoae windoWa looked out upon the near ahcubberies and the diatant woods. Here on the ri^ht hand were aeated the five boya uncfer their tutor ; and on tJie left were Stthered the girls under their govemeas. nt whan a olau was called up for redta* tion, before t*ie tutor, boya and girla engag- ed in theaama atndiea and in the same atage of progress atood up tooeth r, that their minds might be stimulated by mutual emu- lation. Often Mrs. Middleton occupied a seat in an arm-chair near one of the plcasantest windows overlooking the shmbberiea, and employed henelf with aome fine needlework while Huperintonding the aohod. Sometimes, also, Mr. Middleton isame in with hia book or paper, and oecaaionally, from foroe ot hwit, he would take a blaaa-book and hear a recitation. It waa to keep his band in, he said, le«t aome unexpected turn of the ° wh^l ^fortune ahould aend him back to his old professioU again. Thus, tUa waa in all roapeota a family •ohool. But when the neighbonra became acquaint- •d with ita admirable workinc;, they besffed •a a favour the privilege of aeuding their ' o hildr a a aa day pnpilai a nd Mr. Middl e ton. in his oordidi kindness, a9reed to receive tho new pupila, but on'y on oondjtJon that their tuition feaa should be paid to augment tho aalariaa of the tutor and the governeoi^ aa. ha — Mr. ^ Middleton — did not wiab, and would not reooiva, a profit from hia aoboo*. Amoufl the newcomers ware the aona- of Commodore Burg e. Like the other new QiU; they were only day acholara. For conduct they had once been warned away from the school' ; but had been pardon* ei introdnoed. His own heroio conduct had\ won him a place in the moat select and ^cluaive little achool in t^e SUto. ; lahmael waa now thirteen yeara of age, a tall, slender boy, with abroad full forehead, large prominent blue eyea, a atraight, well- ahaped nose, full, sweet, smiling lips, thiik wasted- looking cheeks, a round diin ana fair complexion. His handa and feet wtoa amall and symmetrical, but rougheued with hard usa^ H« waa perfectly dean nnd neat in his appearance. Hia thin, palefaoe waa aa dehcately fair aa any lady'a ; bji flaxen hair waa purled at the left aid* mi brushed smoothly away from his big fanit head ; his eoarsi linetf was as white aa anow, and his coarser home -spun blue cloth jacket and trousers were spotless ; his shoes were also dei^. Altogether, Nora'a aon was a pleasing lad;^ to look upon aa he atood amiliiigly but\' modestly, hat in hand, at the school-room door, to whiish he had 'been brought by Juvial. The pupila were all assembled— the boya gathered around their tutor, OQ^e right i the Kills hovering about their govemeaa oa the left. Mr. and Mra. Middleton wereboth present Bitting near a pleasant window, that the mild spring morning iiad invited them to open. They were ^th expecting Ishmael, and both arose to meet him. Mrs. Middleton aileutly ahouk hii hand. — : rai^ ^ ?- ^fca*., * • •* P-.Mfe ^''''.t^'^igJS?^ VI ^'TW "T ;*w§ppg»f^Yfffr^T^«?.fSS« ^k..I»"''«' "^ • Oh, y«J«T_thMr are all yoois j my mother pot them aUin there for you this morning. Yon will find your name written »n every one of them,'n'plied the yodth. What treasures bhmael had. He could Manxly betaeve in his wealth and happiness. He selected his Universal History, and took It up to he tutor, who^ in conaideration of hia pupil a capacity and desire, set him a very long lesson. In an hoar Ishmael had mastered this task also, and taken it up to his teacher. Hia third book that morning was Murray's English Orammar. * I do not think I shaU set you a lesson of more tbap the ordi na ry l ength this time. ^i^- iiip»ig:sA!,My, kASi^^^fiI^iiSlitKVs,iijNKii,Sk^ UHMABI.; OE, IN THB DEPTHS. in bhoiML I MDBOt aUow yon to doroar gr»innuur is moh Uurg* qvutiUM m jim haveiakwiof geoRraphy Mid liiatory at • iMal. For gramniMr MqairM to b^digwted nt w«U M «w»llow«d t 111 otkw word9, it ii«jds to be undantood m wall ai remem- bered. 'Mid Mr. Oroeo. m he narked the letfiOD for hia PopiL IshiiM«il •mued m ho, wont baok to hii •ear. To ordinary boya the atady of grammar ia X I y dry work. Not ao to lahmaiBl. For bia rare, fine, intelleo aal mind, the analysia of language had a atranso taaoination. He aoon oonqtired the diffloultiea ot hia initiatory teMon in thia auieuce, and reoited it to the perfeot latiafaotion of hia teaoher. And tllen the morning'a .'oaaona were all over. ■ Thia had been a forenoon of raried plea- snrea to la li niael. The gatea of the Temple of Knowledge bad been ibrown open to him. All three of hia atudiea bad charmed him : the naarTfllona deaoription of the earth 'a anrfaoe, t :o wonderful hiatonrof Mm haman race, the ouriona anatyaia of langaaffo — aaoh liad in iu tqrn delighted him. , And now oama the i-eoreatiou hour to refreah him. I The girla all went to walk on the lawn in I front of tlia home. | The boya all went into the ahrabberiea in the rear; andthoday pnpila began toopea their dinner baaket«. lahmaaltooka piece of bread f rom fiia po«k««. ThatwaatobehiadiniiM. Bot oreaently a aerrant oaoii^t of tha howMaad apoke tb Walter IfiddlatOtt i and Walter ealled our boy. asying : ' Ooma^ iaiqnaal ; my Uth»t has aant for : yon.' > ' lahmaal put Ua ple(). wn-ataira, to help Hannah With this m&ri^ing work before heahonld prepare for t^hool. I He out wood, and brought water enough j to laat hei' through the day, and then ate i hia frugal breakfac ^d aet oft for aohool. Be arlrived ther^^rly — almoat too early, for none of the day pupils had come, and : there waa no one in the achonl-room but the young Middlotona and Claudia Merlin. She waaaitting in her aeat, with her deak open before har, and her bliMk ringlattad boad half buried in it. But aa aoon aa aba , iieard the door opcgn ahe glanoed up. and . : aeeiag lahmaal, ahutdowntha deak and flew^> to meet him. 'lamioglad Tou eome tp aohool, lah* mael ! I waan't here yaatarday, bMauae I hadaoold; bntlknewyouwM^i Andobl bow nic4 yon do look. Indeod, if I did not know betiBF, I ahonld take you to be the young gantlaman, and thoaa Bdrghea to bo workman'* aoua I' ahe aaid, ai aha he'd hi». hand, asd looked approvingly upon hiaV amooth, light hair, hia tair, broad forehead, clear, blue eyea, and delioata featnrea; and upon hia erect fi^re, and a^at dreaa. ' *"! * Thank yon miai,' anawered lahmael, with, boyiah rmbarraaameQt. 'Come here, Be4, and look at him,' aaid Miaa Merlin, addreaains aom^ nnknoirii little party, who did not at onoe obey the. - beitPBt. With ii reddening obeek, lahmael gently eaaa^red to pasa to hia aeat; but theimperi-' oua little lady held faat hia baud, la, with » more perem ptory tone, ahe aaid : waa diamiaaed. 'Stopl I want Bee to aee you ! Com* S^'jrti%i{JS '^hsif m XSHMAKL I OK, IN THE DEPTHS. iMr^ Be«, thia InitMit, tmi look »t Ith" nttel i' , Thii Uaua % little goldvo-hairad. f»ir-faoMl girl OftOM from the group of obildren coUeot- M at the window, and etood before OUndift ' There, now, Bee, look »t the new {rapil I |>oea he look like • oonunon boy 7 e p(>or bboai^r'i eon r' The little sirl eddreeeed m> Bee WM evi' den -.ly afraid todiaobey OUndiaandaataamed to> «y her. She therefore ■too(tin.»ambar- rath lent °^ 'Look at him, oan't yon t ho vimt bita yoo r aaid Misi Claudia. ' lahrnael felt re-aaanred by the T*ry •bynes' of the little new acqaaintanoe that w « beins forced upon hifli, and h» aaid, veiy gently : 'I wili not frighten yon, littla girl 1 1 em aot a nice;boy.' 'Ikno\r'yoa will not; it ia n«t that/ Dtirmared the little maiden, enoonraged by the aweet Toioe. aiid atealing a glanoe at the gentle^ intelleotnal ooqntenanee of our lad. - 'There, now— doea heloeklikoalaboarerti fon ?' inquired Claudia. * No;' murmured Bee. ^* fiuthe ia, for all that 1 He ia the son •«— ^I'*get ; but some relation of Han- nah Worth, the weaver. Whfo waa your ^"t*"' :.A'^°l'"* ' I »•»« keard ; or iv « ' >»^«r forgotten' Who lahmaera face grew crimaon ;yot heooold not haT* told, beoauae he did not knotr, ^■U*"*. V****?" <»aaed hia brow to bom aa tlftogb It hid been amitten by a red-hot iron, 'Who WM your father,^ I a^ yoo. ohildcad took tiieir ee^ta and tho aehoof waa opened, aa before, with prayer. Thia Biornrng the tutor led the ezercieea. Mr. Middlfton waa abeent on bnaineaa. Thia day paaaed much aa the preriona one, ex. oept that at it« oloae, there waa Claudia toahake handa with bhmael | to tell hi« that he waa a bright, intelligeBt bey, end that ahe waa proud df biln ; and all with the air of a prinoeta rewarding aome deaerrlnt peaaantL i»Miuated tha imperiona little Hiaa half. OHAPTER-XXXnt TO0HO LOTlk Have you been ont aomeatarry night, « And found it joy to- bend Tour eyea to one particular Uaht Till it became a friend? And then ao loved that gliatenins •pot. That whether it were far, *^ Or more, or leaa, it m»ttei«id not-^ It atill waa your own; atar f Thne, end thua only, can you know H >w I, even lowly L' Can live in lore though aet ao low Aud my lady-love aa high I Mkhard MoTj ^ aS lahmaelV improvement waa marked and rapid ; both aa to hia bodily ud mental fltrowtb and progreea. Hia happineaa ia his atudieai hia regular morning and evening walka to and~ from school t hto abundant and nntritiona noontode meala wi h the young Middletoaa i even bio wood-(a«ttiiij| at the hut i— hia whole manner of life* in faot. had tended to promo|e the heat devalopmeat of hia phyaieal prgHfiaation. He orew taller, atronger and brmder^ahonldered ; he bdU hiuiaalf erect, and hiapale complexion cleared and beoame fair. Ho no longer ate with a eanina m- Cdty { hia appetite waa ibodentv, and hia bita temperate, haeanse hi« body waa weU nonriahed and his health waa aonnd. .,"» nj*»*^P'?fm» waa qnite equal to his bodily growth. He quickly maatered the elementary branohea of ediication, and waa mitiated into the rpdimente of Latin. Greek and Mathematioie He aoon overlook the two Bnrghes, and was placed in the aame classed wi.h them and with John and James Middleton— Mr. Middleton'a second and thwd sons. When he entered the olM«. of dqarse he was plaoed at the foot ; Imt hi flrat>«( above Ben Bnr|^e and then above Alfred Bnrgbe, and be waa evidently resolved to remain above them, and to watch for an opportunity of getting abova Jamea and John Middleton. w& ."•■oiyed that no enoh opportu^t^ be afforded hini. Thia waa a gen^- \ T''^,*^ CV*" *" /. ..,,, I8HII4SL I OB IN THX DBPTHIb oas emaUtiea mioimngetl by Mr. Middle- ton, wbo WM •oooaUMutd to ««y, Uaghing^ ly, tu hi« boyi t ' Take otn, ny (MBi. To« know IthmMl is a dMMi thot. L«t bioi onoa bring yoa down and yoa will n«^r ||0t ap Affain I' And to lahaMl t - ' PerMTorB, my Ud I Some fin* d»y yoa will oatoh tbem tripping and tako a atep biffher in tb« olaaa.' And he daolarad to Mn. Middloton tba« his own Moa had never prooresaed in their •tudif Joiced the more in contemplating the higher ezoellenoe. Commodore Burghe waa also proud of hia protege. Be was not very well pleased thai hi« ojrn aonb were eelipeed by tbe brighter .^alenta of the peaaant boy { but he only ahrugged his shoulders aa he aaid : 'You know tdie Bible aays that "gift* are divera," mjr friend. Well, my boys will never be brilliant acholara, that ia certein | but I hope, for that very reason, Alf may make the braver soldier and Ben the boldwr aailor.' And having laid thia flattering unction to hia aonl, the old man felt no hfialice against oar boy for outshining hi* own sons. Not so the Burghe boys themselTee. Their natares were easentially low ; and this low nature betrayed itself in th^ir very facea, forma and manners. They were short and thickset, with bnllneoka, bullet heada, shocks of thick black hair, low forehead^ large mouths, dark complexions and anllea ezpresaiona. They were venr much alike in person and in character. The only differ- enoe beina that Alf waa tho biggnr and the wickeder and Ben the amaller and tbn w< aker. Againat Ishmael they had many gmdcea. the leaat one of which waa cauae enough with them foriifelong maliee. Pirat, on that memorable occaaion of the. robbed carnage, he had ezpooed' their theft nai their Maehood. 84oondly, be had hod tk« - good luok to save their Uvea and i^n erer* laating renown for the bniwm net; and thir. to ehurliah, thankleaa and insolent natucea like theira, waa the greater o£bnoe of titu two ; and now he haid had the unpardon- able impudence to eelipae tiliem in the ochooL He I the oUect of their father's boanty, aatheT called him. They loal no opportunity of aneering at him, wluneTer Xiiej dared to do so. Ishmael Worth oould very well ailbid to practiae forbearance towards these ill- . conditioned lads. He was no Ipnoer ths poor, sickly and aelfadoubting child he had been 'but a year previous. Though atiU delicate aa to his physique, it was with an elegant and reflin'ed rather thui i feeble and sickly delicaov. , He grew very much like hia fathor, w«o waa one of the hand- somest men of his day ; but it was from hia mother that he derived hia swecc, j sweet voice, ^nd his beaotifol peculiarity • of sm iliiy o nly with his eyes. His school iif*- . besides, taught him more than book learning) it had taoght him aelf. :i@SI@^!^.^H^-.^4>^0E«^V4^^-;La^l#.<^,. **« ■*>>• '■'•*;', IM I8HMAEL t OKriN TBS DIPTHa "( kaowkdg*. B^ lud bton fovMd to biw •or« himMlf with others and find out hia nlatitra moral and inUUaolaal ataading. Bit aoooMM *t aohool, and the appradatioo bo roooivod from othera, kad andowad him with a s«lf-raapoot aud oonfldanoo vaailjr notioeabla in tha modaat dignity and sraoo of hia air and manner. In theea reapeata also hia deportment formed a favoarablo oentnat to the ahame^faoed, hatf-enllen and half-defiant behaTionr oil the Burghea. These boya were the only enemiea Iihmael poea«aaed in the school ; bia aweelneM of spirit had, on the oontnury, made him many frienda. He was erer ready to do any kindness to any one; lo help forward a baokward pupil, or to enlighten a dnll one. Thii fffiodneaa fraihad him grateful partiaana among the boya: but lie had, alao, dia> interested onea among the girls. Claudia and Beatrice were his self>oon stitnted little lady patronaaaea. The ' Burghea did not dare to inaer at lahmaei's ' hnmDlo position in their preaaooe. For, ■ upon the very fint oooaaion that Alfrad i had ventured a aaroasm at the azpensa of lahmael, ic. bet hearing, Claudia had to shiimed him for insulting a youtli to whoao ' iMvvery he was indebted for hia life, that even Maater Alfred had had the jgraoe to blnah, and ever afsarward kad avoided ex> Iposing himself to a similar aoorohing. In thia little world of the aobool-room : tbare was a littie, nnoonsoions drama ba- . ginning to ba performed. I aaid that Claudia and BeatHoa hfA eon- stitutad themsalves the little lady-pa- tronaaaas of the poor boy. Bat there waa a difference in their maonar towards their prottge. Ilia dark ayed, dark-haired, imperi- ous young heiress patrOniaad iiim in • right royfel manneiv troltiag him out,, aa ic were, for the inapeotion of bar frienda, and oaUin^ their attention to hia inanta-HM anrprisiiig m a boy of his statioai ; very much, 1 say, as she would have eshibitad the ao- OMttpliahmaiita of bar dog, Fido^ so wondar< ful in a brute I very much, ah 1 as duohtlss Patronise promising young poets. This was at times so ttnmiliating to lah- maal^hathiB seli-reipeot must have suffar- t drerribly. fa ally, but for Beatrioa. _^^ The ffi^haired,. blue-eyed and gentle'Bee bad n nlitvk flner< -more delicate, aariaitive aqd suscnepcihla nature than bar cousin ; she ■n#«rsto6l, monul and intelleetnal heaUty. Bee felt all thia so deeply that sbftihonoui:sd in Ish- ■umI bar idaal of whi^ a boy ought to It, and what aha wished her brotkars U beoome. In a word. th« okild-woman had already set up an idol in bar heart, an idol never, never, in all the ohangea and chances of thit world, to be thrown from its altar. Already She unconsciously identified herself with hii suooeaaee. He waa now the class- matt-, equal and competitor of bar eldest brother , yet in the literary aad scholastic rivalship ann struggle between the two, it was not for Walt«r, but for lahmael that aheaeoretiv I rambled I and in their alternate triumphi and defeata, it ^ was not with Walter, but with Islimael that abe silently aorrowrd oi rejoii.ad. jBee waa her mother's right, hand woman in all household affairs i she would hav>> been the favourite, if Ura. Middleton'i strict sense of justice bad p«/ b*4 l«ll tlMir ow yoath Mfar b*hiad' tlukfe (bay formi wluil Miiou matt«r»~ ■ouMtiiBM afcolliig th« b*ppiiMM of uuMjr jruAra, Min« iaM« OMidiag tb« deatiny of * iifa— an oommoiood in tC* Mhool-roona. lahoiMl wao bit to ba parfaotly tniat* wortbv ( tbarafora ha waa allowed ttaa privi^ Ugaof fr«a aaaooiation with thaaa littla girls —am baooor iMJt aooordad to «th«r day pupils. / vi thia 'nnJoitpiMiiality.' at thay oallad tha wall-i^aritaa et^nfldaooa baatowad apor our boy, graatly inoansad tha Bnrghaa, and inonaacd thair anmity against Ishmaal. Mattar Alfrad, who was now • Tery for» wardyoQtkaf aif^teao, fanoiad kina^lf to be smitten with tha oliarms of tba little beauty of flitaan. Whether ha really waa so or not it is impossible to aay j but it ia extremely prubabla that ba waa more aliva to the fortune of Mm heiraaa than to tha beauty of the girL Ararioa ia not ezolnsire- ly the passion of tha agad, nor ia it a whit less powe fol thjm tha passioa of love. Thus young Alfred Bargha waa aa Jaaloas of Ithmoara apnroaob lo Olandia, aa if ha-— Alfred — had lored the girl insteaid of aovat' ing her wealth. Barly, very eai ly marnagea wera eastomary in that neighboarhood ; so that there was nothing vary oztravagant in tha draam of that fast young gentleman, tiiat in another yaar— namely, whan ha should be nineteen and aba sixteen— ha mii^t marry tha heiraaa, and reval in her riehea. Bat how waa ha to nianf her if ha oonld not ooart bar ? And how wai b* to oonrt her if ha waa never permittad to aasociate with bar 7 Ha waa forbidden to approaoh her, while ' that oar of a weaver bey ' waa freely admitted to her Society i He did not reflect that Iha ' weaver bc^** had earned his own poaitioo ; had aatabliabad a character for troth, honeaty and fidelity; waa pure ill spirit, word and deed, aqd ao waa fit aom- pany (or tha yonng. Bint Alfred waa qnita inoapabla of appreciating all this ; ha thought the preiarenee ahowa to Iskmael unjust, indecent, ontrag^Oa, and ha reaolv- ed to li« ravengad apon his rival, by axpoaing, tanntinflb and homiliaking him in the prea^ enca of Olandia, tha very flnt time ohanca should throw tham all thraa tcmthar. Satan, who alwaya asaiata nia own^ aoon sect tha opportanity. J___ It wai near tha first of Aogott /'tEar* waa to be an examinatioa, exhibition and diatri> bution of prisaa at tha aohooL *And the parents, guardians and friends qi the pnpila were invited to attand. Walter Middlett n iind lahmaal Worth Were at tho head of tha school and wonld compete (for the flrat priaea with aqoal ahaaea of aoooaai. The highaat priaa — a gold watch — waa to be awarded to tba beat writ* ten Oraek tbaeia. Walter aad lahmaal ware both ordered to write for thia priae, and for weeka prevjous to the examina^a all tliair leianra tinse waa baatowad npcl thia work. The dav befoire the examination each oom- pleted nia own oompoaition. And than, like good, confidential, unenvying frienda^ thev were, they exokanged papei a and gave eack other a eight of tLeir work. When each had read aad returned kia rival's ihesis, Walter aaid with a ai|di : 'It will be Jaat aa I foreboded, Ishmaal. I aaid yon would take' tha priaa, and now I know it.' lakmaal paosed aome time before he an- awered calmly : • No. WaHer, I wiU not take it.* * Not take it I nonaenae I if yon do net take it, it will be becanae the examinera de not know tkeir bnsinesa 1 Why, lakmaal^ there can be no queation aa to the relative merita of yonr oompoaition and mine I Mine will not bear an inatant'a oompariaon with yonra.' ' Toar theaia ia perfaotly correct ; there ia net a miatake in it,' aaid 'lahmaal, en- oonragingly. ' Qb, yea, it ia aorrect eneagh t butyoara. lahmael, ianotbnlv that, bat more I for it is strong, logical, eloquent t Now I can be lytonrate enough, for that matter ; bat I cannot be anything more I I cannot be atrong, logical or eloquent in my own native and living language, much leaa in a foreign and a dead one t So, lafamaeU yoa will gam the priae.' 'I aa|. quite aura that I shall not,' replied onr boy. v 'Then it will be becausej oor examinere ' will know no more of OreekThan I do, and not so much aa yoaraeU ! And aa that can* not posaibl^ be the oaae, ther most award yoa the pnaei, my boy. And you shall be welcome to it for me I I have done my doty in doing the very teat I oonld ; and if yna excel me by doing better atiU, Heaven forbid that I should be so baae aa to grndge yoa , the reward yon have ao well earned. 80 €k>d bleaa yon, old hoy,' aaid Walter, aa he parted from hii friend. ^ ft* •i- v..' ^•"v*- '"■ ^':'g'fi''^W 1» tSRMARt i OR. m CHA^TBRXXX muiAML AHD OLAODIA. iiiiid IxSth w«r0 jroang— yut not aUk« in A* the swoAt moon npon th« horiaon'a Terga, iTh« oMid WM on* th« pt9 of wonuuihood t Th« bojr hftd no mora •amnitra; but hm h««r( * Had far ou^growp hM ymura, and to hu •y Then mm bat dS« batorod fao* on tiarth. And that wa« ahining on him.— Byron. Tba Brat of Adgnat, the klooiaivo day, arrived. It was to b« a fSti day for tha whole noighbourlioM— that qaint neighbour- hood, wbare fetaa, indoad, wa<4 ao nnoraal, aa to make a great aanaation wbpn thay ablio ' «rare invited to attend in the, morning and afternoon, and the paranta, frienda and goardiana of tha pupila warainviMd to.nmiUn for the dinner and ball iit tha avening. All the young paopla w^ on tha qnt the for thia faativai i and thatir aldara were not mnoh leaa ex- cite. Brerjrwhara thay ware preparing draaaao a* ir«ll aa laaaona. Foot Hannah Worth, whone ouronmatanoaa #«ru maoh improvad ainoa ah*i had bean aaamatreaa in general to Mra. Middlaton'a large family, had atrained every nerra to proonre for lahmael a oenteal anit of dothaa for shia Oooaaion. And aha bad anoceeded. ■And tbia anmmer morning aaw lahmaal armjad, for tha flrat time in hia life, in a Da%t, wali-flHing dreaa anit of light gray Maaimara, ornde by (ha Baymonth tailor. Hannah vaa prondTol bar naphaw, and lah- BlMlwaa pUaaad with himwlf. Ha waa indaad a hanlaome yontb, aa ha atood amiling thara fior tha mapaotion of hia annt. Bv«ry vaatiga of ill haiUth had Uft him, bat left him with a dalioaey, rafinament and •laganotf in hia parkon, mannara and apaeoh, ▼ary rare in any youth, rarer atill in yoath of hia hnmbla grada. Bat all this waa <^ thi^MoL - *Tou will do, labmanl— yon wftt do vary traU. indaad I' aaid Hannah, aa aha draw tha boy to bar boaom, and kiiaed him with Ueadaa loaltnn of affeotion, admiration and rdBabrM, Tea, remorse; for Hannah .vamamhatva bow often, in hia faobla infanay, ■li« h#d iriahad him dead, and had baan im- p«tiant for his deatl). ' I Immm von will dayonraalf credit to^^ay. ?a8 ehd DEPTHlL 'Ihotoayonwiildo lahmaal,^ ihe wu4 •■ aha ralaaaad him f r^~ ahali try to do yon oradit, aant Ha,. ■all,' replied tha anilliig yoaiti. aa ha aat ofl gavly for the f^ta at tha aohool. It waa araplaadid nMMing, bat promia. A to ba a anitry day. . ' Whan he raaohed Brudenall Hall, ha fouim tha yount ladiea and g«intl«men of tht: aohool. about twenty in all, aaaembled on th« front lawn before the houao. The I young gentlemen in their holiday auita were aauntering laiily aliout among tWpikTtarret and ahrubbariea. The youngl9diel>n their white mualin dreaaaa, and pink aavtl^ wtiia Sroupcd under tha ahade of thtl ' ^vo of owering loouata that atood near j^he honau — 'th.' aame gnjvo that had aheltared «ome'^ of tUtim on the night of the flra. Aa lahmaal onma vp tha fagg d walk landing Jo the houae, Olaadia aaw him, and oallnd out t 'Oomo Jiare, |a|)maal, and lat qa look at y®" '' ft V Tha yobth; blnahlUL^'witb tha oonaoiona- naaa of hiv new olot^Virnd the oriticiami they would Jie. aura to provoke from his honoured bat exaaperating little patronaaa, advanoad to "the group of wfaita-rgled girla. Olaadia, with her glit arin|HiihlSk mng lata, her ri4 MHMAft } 01. IN THl DlPTBft m woadar yon do not gal • ooUwr and tta/tm for kuai, for (mut ho ohoald ma owoy, or •cm* oao okoald ouol him from yoa, OUoduil' oaddoaljr oxoUiimod tho dia- trooMd girl, bwatiag into iadigaant Iomo. ' OouatornatioD I what ia iho aullar now V inquirod th« holrMo, droppiav h«r Ti9tim, from whom goaoral attontioo waa now oedantad I it waa wondarfnl and -alarming I ' I ^oold raally iika to know what ia tha mattar with yon, yoa fooUah child f Why ara jou ao angry with B.af It ia vary ui> kind I' aaidMlaa Martin, fafhng, aha knaw not why, a Uttla aahamed. " I would not ba angry with yon if yon would treat him projparly, Iika a young gentleman, and not like a dog I Yon traat him for all tha world aa yon traat Fido.'aaid tbia little lady of ao few yaara. spaakiag with an effort of moral oonraga that die- traaaad har mora than bar oompaoioaa oonld have gneaaad, aa aka tnmad and walked away. i lahmael atepped after har. Thar* ware momanta whan tha boy 'a aonl aroaa above all tba ambarraaamanta inoidant to hia age and •ondition. He atepped after bar, andtakios her hand, and prasaing it affeotionaraly , earn i 'ThMik yon, Bael Thank yon, danr, daareat Bm I It waa bravely done.' She turned bar toarfni, amiling faoa to> warda tha youth, and replied i • But do not biam oooeamad.' I think ao too,' mnrmured Ishmaol. aa to hia 'elaat might mianaderetand, laetlU he preaaad tba hand of ^ littlo friend and Uft hflK ' l«ftb«r. Waa lahaMMliB allagianaa Udy' turned aaida f Ah. no I Claadia humlUate and wonad him i but aha waa i ' hia own atnr,' thaatar of hia daatlny. Ha went atialght baok to har side. Bu' before a word oonld ba esohan«ad between them, the bell laag that aummooad the young ladieeto thair plaoea in the olaaa- room. Tba long drawing-room, whioh waa opened only oooe or twioe in the year, for large aTaning-partiaa. had been fitted ap and deaoiatad for ihia fate. The ro«« being in its aummer anit o| atmwBMttiag. laoe onrtaioa ahd brown holland ehair and sofa oovering. needed bnt little ohahge in lie arrangcmanta. At tha ni^r end of tCs room waa araetad a stage i npoo that waa plaoed a long table p bahind the table were arranged the aeata of tha examining committee i and before it, aad below the etaga, warti arranged, row behind row, tha benohea for tha olaaaae, a aaparata bench being appropriated to eaoh Tbemiddleof the filled up with additional ohairo, arranged in rowa, for the aooommodatiun of tna aadienoe. Ilia walla were profusely decorated witk green bougha and blooming flvWara, ar* ranged in featoona and wreathe. At twelve o'olook precisely, the examining eoaunittaa balna in their pUoae, tha elaat* bnoka on the table before them, tha oiaaaat ranged in order iu front of them, and tha greater part of tha oompany aaaemblad, tha bna in aaa of the exanunation oommanoad in eameat. Tba examining oommittee was oompoeed of tho maateraof a neighbonring oolkciata sohool who were three in number — namely, Profeaiwr Adama, Doctor Martin and Mr. Wntkina, The aohool was divided into thtaa olamaa. They began with the loweat olaaf and aaoandad hy regular rotation to tba bighaat. The examination of thaaa claaaaa pasaed off fairly enough to antiafy a raaaon> able audienoe. Aaiong the pnpib there wan tha, nanal proportion of 'ahnqMS flata and naturals'— otharwiaa of bright, dull and ma* dioore individnala. Altar the axaminntion of the three claaaaa waa oompleta, there re- mained the two yontha, WiJ(vr Middlaton andlslimael Worth, who^ far in advaUoa of tba other pupila, wera not elassed with them, and, being but two, eould not ba onlled a olaaa of tnemsalvefc Yat they atood np and wera examined togetbar, and ao> quitted tbaaaaalvea with altomating suooeaa and oqnal honour. For inatanoa, in matba* matiaa Walter Middleton had tha advnn« tage ; in brUra-lattreii lahmaal axeelied } in modem . langungea both ware aquid i fNod & > Tf MRIIAIL I Oik 01 nU MPTHS. nothing BOW ranw rade and in^irad t * lab 1 what tha miaohief ia tha old fU- low doiiig with yoar compoaition ? He ia readbg it all wronf ' • Bat he iai^'t, I tall yo« t I oogbt t* know, for I hay* rMul It myaotf, foa r<1am bfr I aid I aaaaro you he owkoa ooe or two miacakee in every iMngrapb I The faet ia, 1 (to not bellave he knowa maoh of Qreek, aad ha will juat rum na both by reading oar oiim po^itiona In that atyla,' eiolaimed Walter. ' He ia reading mine aright,' p«rrala{ed lahmaol. And before Walter eon Id roply again, tha peruaalof Nhmaera thraia waa floiahed, • he paner Waa laid upon the table, "nd W»l.«r\ theeia waa laken op. ' Now, thita I I wonder if^ he ia going to murder mine in the aama manner,' aaid Walter. f The reader oommeno'-d and went oa amootldy to tho end withoat hoTing mia- ealletl a word or a ayllahle. ' That ia a wonder t I do not nndaraUnd it at all r a«id yonna Mi!a rapliad t ' ' I hava aaan and rwMl tha fair oopy i tl.«ra waa not « mittaka ia it i and it waa in every othar reapaot grtatly aopartor to my own. "^ U thia ia tm^ and, of ooaraa. I know it muet ba ao, ataoa yoa aay It, ny aoa. why waa not tha fair oopy pat la oar haada t By w^at alraaga inadv«rt«aoa baa thia rouab rtraft found^ita way to oaf iiiqairad Mr. Middleioa. • Father,' rjpU«dW»ltar. ia a low toioo -- by aoiaadvartaaoiat alii lahmaal haa lona thia on purpoaa that year aoa miabt rocaiva tha gold watch. I am son of it t hut I caanot accept hia aobla aaorifloa I . M • X?". ^®'*''* '"'* ''*^« »• *o <*o It V No, waltar ! no. my boy J not if a kias- dom inataad of a gold watch wa^ at atako t You nauat not profit by hia renunciaUoa. If ihara baa bean aay renonciation. Bat are ^: yoa anra that there baa been r i t?"^"^" "*•' P«P"' •«tf ♦•U »• if •I will prpre it to ybar .aHafaotion. air ""* * '"* '*~«'* *'"*'* ^f^ tfc*«*a. ' •tarday, in aiV areatanTliiivfA k..— i.._ *¥aa. air. it im > ^..j**.^ *■. ^^^ Tattarday, In aiV |raHaaxieiytokaow*how my ehanoaa atocdJo?^. flrat priao. I Mkad t. adered him a aS^t of miae. lahlael did notrefaaama. Wa ewJuagod papm lUid taadMoh othar% oompoaitioaa. lahmaal'a waa fairly writtaa. aooarata. logicaland varyaloqueai Mi., waa v.^ ia& b !!!7 '"5^ ••««^« J'^*"^ aecaraoy. I^h- awel «w# h# y» tarn •»♦— -' -j*?^^"'* " '^' •^•nittacl the yoath. a with eoabarraaameat ha NceirMl tho paprf. Middferoa'"" * Wr oopynaqaitad Mr. •Yea. air.' • Where ia U f aay what* ia iMoh f 'It la la tha btrdom of aiy daak ia the aohool-rooai, air. * *0y .*»f M9 h it, tSat wa way axamiaa it S^^^ggV^-jg - tr s;!:ai^i^^^ the ttaater. .1 < % I eoagratuatrd him la ai.tloipatioa af a 6«» tela triumph. But, though I wuhfd km Joy, I Diuat have betrayed the morti|lcatiA« that waa in my own heart i for lahuiAel ia. aiated that I ahould be aare to get the medal nyi'lf. And ttiia la the way in which ht haa aeourad the falfllmeat of hia own pte* dio ion ; by aappreaaing bia fair copy that muet have tak«iit«ne pnaa, and aending ap that rongk draft on parpoae to loae it in my favoar. ' ' 'Oanthia ba traaf maaed Mr. Middle- ton. 'Yoa can teat ita troth for yoaraelf, air. Ca 1 ap lalimael VVt.rlh. Yoa know that ha will not apeak falaely. Aak him if he ha« not aoppraaaed the fair oopy and exhibited the roagh draft. Yoa have an'hority over him, air. Order him to prodaoa the tup* preaaed copy, tba bia abiliUeamay bejaallv teated,'aaid Walter. ' J * Mr. Middletoo dropped hia head apon hia. obeat and mnaed. Meaawhile th«> audieaoe were oarioaa and imaatiant to know what on earth oonld be ' I • on around the examiner'a table. The so to dIaoWni all right to tha gold watch, tint after ha had spaa forward to the tabU no more waa heard, the ooaveraatioa there being carried oe in a oon^deaiial toaa much too laialag hie voices he called oat , lahmael Worth I oooie forward.' lahmael. who half aoapected what wae going on aronad that table, now aroae* aa- JJjaobed aad atood raapeotfally wail«», hJS:J!'w'*;V*"***^ ?•»• tbediiiii^lia- hudaof Walter aad pUoed it ia thoae of laomaal, a^yiag : Look ovcrlbat paper at^ tall na if it ia ' Ad.SAS.'i / «-,( • v»"^ . "►wp," im ISHMAEL : OB. IN THE DBPTHS. .*- f- ^■/ A OMCty folded MPer, which be handtd to Mr. If iddlelda. Thai KOBtlefDAtt anfolded end looked kt il; Mry oanbry examination serred to prore the (tnnt anperiority of thn copy oyer the orlginwhMie. Mr. Middleton refolded it. ftnd,' lookug •tendilr nuel,' he continued, addressing the youtii, * your act was a ||enerous one, certainly ; whether it Was a righteous one is doubtful. There is Kb old proverb which ptaocs "justioe before generosity." I dj not know that it doea not go sq far as even to iaouloate Justioe to ourselves before genet- baity to our fellows. You should hav<- been jnsttb yourself before being generous to your friend. It only remains for ns^ow to i«ctify this wrong.' Then taming to l^fewor Adams, he said : * Sir, may I troubin yoato take this fai oopy and read it aloud?' ^rofeaaor Adams bowed in assent aa l>« rsoeivad the paper. Ishmaal and Walter returned to their aeats to await the prooeedings. Protesaor Adama arose in hia plaoa, and in a few words explained how it hij^eaed that in the eaae of the first thesis raad tu thaoi, he had givan the roagb draft instead of the tiir copy, whiob. in jastioe to the yoang writer, ha shoald nOar proceed to read. Now, although not half a^ doiea peraona in that room coaM hava pwoeived any differanoa in the, two riNtdinge of a theaia written in a Jmignage of 'whidi even the idphabet was unknown, to them, yist every individual among them could keoily ap- prceiate the mai^ianimi^ of Ishmael, who would have saorifioed his aoholaatie fame for his friend's benefit, and the qniek- nesfl ondX integrity of Walter in disoovering me jmnerons rase and the saorificcX "niey pat their-headsPto- gether, whispering, noddin|b/*Bd smiling approvsl 'Damon and Pyunap,' ' Oreates and Fylades, ' ynp the names btto^wed up Bat at at length ooac- ,i the aadianb sboald itimi to the reading ot ;hether th«^ nadeisto^ Their fatlenoe was not The reading wM a mot- ,. r on the two f rien tesy demanded |dve aOBM litdo ai the Greek theaia, a word of it or hot pat to a long teat. tar df about fifteen minntesb and at t|a'eloee - V. ^•■'■^»|fyv^Rr'-*J^'' t. J^' Sf'»T^5'^~ 18HMAICL ; OB, IK TUB OAPTHS tho thit* •xamJiMfa at IS M time to wwh yoa joy. ud mael I wiiiepeped W.ftet, preMiaf hie h?8 1. ' *" *"°"^ '"■''°* •*•" '"»•» lelimtel yielded to the impolM «nd the iflnt^tion, tod wen t op to the Uble. P. o- il A«»"» «o Bother in tne drawina-reom i the girU lookina Pk l/"*^**""^ ooronata of rod roMa j and the boya very ama-^t in their holiday olotbea. r.hi.I!r ""•' *T^ '!»'» *•«»" b»tto«-holea^ lahmael waa made aplendid by tha addition of h.. (Told watch fad chain, andfamooa ff bia aucovasof the nnominff. AH tha airla and many of the bova gatherwl round him.* aympathising with hia triumph and oomDli- mauting him upon hia abiliijaa. bbnuel wa* clearly the hero of tha avaaing ; but be bore himself with *(l anjeot Imlf oTpleaaaia, half of pah., until WaltaiL MiddfiSTK proaohed him, and taking Brwm walkad him^own the room, nntilthm wan bit^l^^ aarahot from the othaia.whea'haaaid, «ow do, lahmaal, pat off that diatiwMd took, and enjoy yotir anaooia aa yoa oAil JUka amah oK your watch, a, bST I know if It ware not for thooghta W ml yo« woald enjoy the poaaeauon of it ZS^^ a CHAPTEEXXXl. tor tha ay«n. ' ton^W not baa ^' hSS* boy - it Toa ^dn'^^Iknow waU anoJSa S!I\;ml Io.in{r\my Wit* #ith dalS^ln 1? flnt imuin H>A«8A OMKiT fBOM AM MKntt. Shame come to Eomao? Bliaterad be thy tongue ' ^"'Xla,^' He wa. not bom to KS^» *" **?j' ■''•^ »• ■Earned to «t J Sole moaaroh of thaaniTanal earth I —Skaieapeare. On the intenral, tha drawing-room waa .apidly ctoared out and pwp.ra*d/or diZS •UK. Theatagingat tha upper end. which a±^" 1»pn»pr&ted to tlffie of th' «. mining committee, waa now oocupied by a band oW ne»rp muaidana. head«B^ by tiia ProfeaaotofOddJoba. l5.y we» iiSJ ■Ji" •«>r« •n«»^ to toning their inatra. SlT^T^**'*? y» Itatiya, and mviting «p.ct. It waa brightly lighted upfite — --- .-•» ▼•-» w*»M oeiignt in Boa fimt watehlpoaiMted I although it waTbutl trumpery litiU ailvar aflS^- 1 WalL a«r JiT**!. W\^"' poa^aaioo without i drawliack ! I>«ira you. upon laooS. I amywyglad yott got tha priae I ^4^ aaryedthe honoaJ\ more than I did. and you needed the wa\ch men. Foraa?b«a: you know I have m\M one of my^wTal. nsady-m^ mothar'aVt to ma on £y hit Wrthday.^oontinned l^alter. taking out uS d,e»laying hia achoollwatek^lfcJJrhS ooAl 1 do with two ? Iso. Uunael. let nm •«»VOT enjoy yon«, or a!ae I^haU faal an. * Walter Middleton, wh^f do you meaa. ■IT, by eteahngmy thnndeti in that way? lahmael la npy protege myl^ge wlject I Bnaahim bael. air 1 I ^JmTto ahSrbl. watch to my: oompanioaa I* jpoka the im. pei toua voice of Miaa Iferlia. \ Ir^l^^^'^K y«5 ">«*« "Vke aapac. 1S2 I8HMAEL ; Oil, m THE DEPTHS. tanrtd bMk with his friend toward* |l*« group ol yonag girls. Now in this oompkny « it on* who lookod witih tho onTiona mkliguity of 8»tan opon the w«U*m«rited houonmof thepoor p,' brutally exclaimed Alfred, using a coarse word, at whioh all the young girls sUrted and recoiled, as if each had received a wound, while all Ifte boya ex- claimed, simultaneously t ' Oh I fye I' or * Oh 1 Alf, bow could yon say such a thing I' * For shame I As for Walter Middleton, he had eoUared ths young miscreant before the word was fairly out of his moutl^ I Bat an instant's reflection caused the young gentleman to release the calprit, with the words : 'My father's house and the presence of these young ladiea, protect yon for the pre- ■ent,^|r.' Ishmael atood alone, in the centre of a shocked and reodhng^ oirele of young ( so stunned by the epithet that had bur ed at him, that he sOaroely yet stood its moaning or fdt that p^ wounded. •What did he say, W;altert' he inqnired, appealing to his friisnd. • Walter Middloton put his atrong arm around the slender and degant form M Ish- mael, and held biiH firmly, out whetheiPin a dose embrace or hght restraint, or both, it t^aa hard to deddi^ aa-Jie answered : ' He says what will be vary difficult for him to. exphun, when he shall be called to aoeount to-moirow diomiag 1 bat what, it is quite needless to repeat;' •I say ha is a - — • i Hitanothar waf aavar marriadl and no (me on aarth knows who hia father was i or if ha etar had a father 1' roared Alfkad, brataUy. . Walter's an» doasd coirmhnvafar upon Ishidael. Viwa was good taaaon i The boy had given one spasmpoib bMtnd forward, as if he wonM hava throttled hia advttcsjsry on the spot I but the roatraiaiagarm of Walter Ifiddlatoii held him bade ; fio fooe was pale as marUe ; a cold sweat had bunt «po& his brow ; h* wm ttambUagin ovary Umb iihi gaspadt • '^- ■_ '- V ^•Wal^, this eaaaot be ta«M t Oh. say itianot tmar a yovag vilbiali beart t and nothing oan'be falser than that t ittdigoaat* lyexotahned young Mid4ts«>a. ISHMAEL ; OR m THE B|EPTH8. 18S « It to I It to tmal The whofo oouaty ; koowi It to tn» r Tooifmttd Alf nd. • Aod » ■"y^«»to ^'w donbti it, let them Mk old Hannah Worth if her nepheir im't •-.' ™ ' Leave the room, eir rczolaimed Walter inMrrnpting him befon be ooald add mn- other word: • Tour laagiuge and mannera are ao offeneiTe aa to render your praaenoe entirely inadmiMible here I Leave the room, instantly I' . ^ Im^ •: *'«**^ '«M:««dly, haU-maaterly embrace in which he held him ; etoe. per- hapa, he might himMlf have ejected the offend^. Am it waa, he Krimly rmeAtmi bto demand* ! ^'". ^^ *•»*• the room f ^ -^ •No I' replied Alfred. \ ;Jamea, do me the favour to rin^the bell.' 1 /t"*? MiddletOB nuBf a peal th«t bMaaht old Jovial qaioklt to the r ing anob language aa he baa darad to nia in mypreaence thto evening !' aaid OUmdiak 'Compose yourself, my' dear girli he will not trouble ua after thto even- ing; be does not Ntum to achoor after the vacation; be goea to West Point,' aaid her uncle. * And where I hope the discip^pe will be atrict enough to keep him in order I' ex- claimed Claudia. , - •But now acme one muat go after IsbmaeL Ring for Jovial. Walter,' ^^ • Father, old Jovial will be too alow. Had I not better go myaelf f ask*d Walter, aemngnis hat ' Mr. Middleton aasented, and the young maiv,went outon biaqueat. .He bunted high and lew, but found no taaoe of labmaeL Ho found, however, what aet hia mind at eaae upon the subject of a ooUiaion between the youlba; it waa the form of Alfred Burghe, atntcbed at length apon the thick and dewr graas. ' > Why do you lie tbei% ? You wiUttake cold. Get up and go hom^• aaid Walter i pitymg hia diaoomfiture and lonelineaa, for the generous an compassionate even tfr weevil-doer. AUted did notcoufleacead to nplv. . rt-* __ * .. _ j1d,'.per« nnnix. t i— ». .^\^^.^ '^^ ' youwill take eg nnole; thank aiated Walter. IH' ISflllAKL iJOL, IN THE DKPTHa _— .- , . ,- .•Idoa'tMw* if I do I I had u U«f df« ■a'^at I I tukw BO friends I jiobody eaiM •or BM,' mdltiimnd the vohappy yoatb, in Ithe bikterntM . of tij^% flommon to thOio who h«v« bronght tbotr troublM upon them* ' If yon would only reform yoaf man* nen, Alfred, you would find Iriendeenonxh, from the OrfBtor, who Only reqoiree of you thai '* yoQ ceaae to do oril and learn to do well," down to the hiimbleat df hie orea> tateii — down t» that poor boy whom yoa ao hesrtleMly , inrulted to-niffht; bat whoee generoos nature would bear, no lasting malice againat yon,' aaid Walter, gnvely. 'It it dwioed lard, thoagh. to see a fellow like that taldBg tho ahme out of na dllf'-gramblod Alfred. , * No, it ien't! ii ia glorioaa, 'to see a Jroiith' like that struggling up to a higher ife, aa he is struggling I M» won the prue from me, mo,' his senior m age' and in tne aehool, and inv be^ burns with adm'ira- .tion for the b()|y when I think of it I How aevoroly be must have striven to have iat* tfkOMd suoli profioieacy in these three [fmn. How Imrd be must have studied; k«w» mubll of. cemptatioB to idleness ho onut ha^oroaiated ;kowmuah of youthful reoriatfon, and otou of needful rest, bo muat Immo oonatantly denied binisolf } not oaoe or twioe, but for months and years I Think of it I V He baa nobly earned all tbo aMOSSB he hiu had. Do not onvy him his lMnoat% at least untilybu hare emi|» ~ hia Kiroiww,'. said Walter,^ with en- V < I think I wUI g^ home,' said Alfre<(, to trlmm tbo praiaea of his ;^ rival waa.iaot the oioat attraotive thome in the world.' ■ 'Toa may retura , with me tp tho koMo now, if you ploase, since my friead Isbmael haa gone home. Keep out of tbo way > of Miss Merlin, and no one else will intwfere with you/ said Waltor, who^ wkennol aroused to indignation, 'bad all hia iattttr'a oharity for 'miserable ' sinners. .idfkod hesitatM for a miajite^ looking to^ warda the house, where tho nghtod windows sod pealinj^'mnsio of the drawiag>room provtra«.tion too atrong for his pride to tmnjf, Ckastfailen and sluMpish, ha aevwrthelaas retnned to the scene of fefti- vitj, i^aco the young people. were now all iadbafling»and^where, ^ftera while, thsiT~ollf^tk Iklio ha«^ faeili^y of yontti a»a dre' ■ ■ focgot sports^ Mn ITfve nothing OB Beatrio a, w h o, t h i w bim into their CAandia, who would to ' say to him, ai 1^ ignorant of hia upon Isbmael, obeyed the delicate iaatinets of her naturs that warned her to avoid him. On okoerving the «etum ^ Alfred, Mr. Middleton took 'the first opportunity of say- ing to hia son t *I see that you have brought Bnrithe hack.' * Taa, father.; aince Isbmael is not here to be pained t^ bis presence, I thought it bettoir to bring him back ; for I remem- bered your words spoken of him OB a former occasion.' ' 'That kindness will do more to reform such a nature aa his than reprobation could.' ' Yea — very true ! But poor Isbmael ! Where is heT'- Aye J where, indeed? " . CHAPTER XXXU AT HI8 MOnUB's ORA VB He sees her lone htadstone, ^s white as a shroud { Like a pall bangft above it The low, drooping elond, Tis well that tho white ones , „ Who bare her to bliss Shut out fnnB her new lifa. The sorrows of this. Else suke aa ho stands hers, . And spoaka of his love. She would leave for his darknoaa Herglory above.— if. i7. Wmitr. Oiddy, faiBt, reeliag from the shook he had received, Iihmael tottered fiom the ciy and lightjMl rooms and sought the darkness andtho coolness of the night without. He leaned against the great elm tree on <* the lawn* and wiped the beaded sweat from his brow. ^ S- ^It is not true,' he. said, 'i know it is not true I Walter said it was false '; fud I #onld stake my soul thac it is. My dear mother is sn angel in Heaven ; I am oertaiii of that ; for I baf e .seen her in my dreams ever sinne I esn remember." But yet — but yet— Why did they all r&oil from met Eveit'ske-HBVen'C^ftndia Merlm ahraiik ifom me aa from somstUiu; uBoltan and eoBtam* inatiiig, wlren Alfrse oalLM) methatnam** It tkv^ had. not th^iitbt tkwe vas soma truth in the«oharg». would they all have ro- ooiled frOm me so? Would: she hafeahrunk from mt* as if I had bad the plague? Oh. BO I - Oh, no?. Aad' then aunt ' ff#ii « n ah I Why does she. aetae vexy strangely whan 1 sdc her about, .my parent? H I ask 'her about iny father aho answers me with blow. If t Mk heit ahooit aqr nuitksr,' an s wers th a t ta j m o t|^ w as ^b — I8UMAICL I OK. Ui TBM DBPTH8. Muaf OB mHh and it now An aogel in Bmtm. Ob I I do.BOt oMd to bf told tVt ; I koew it»irMd>. I»lw»jakMir it of my d«ar, dMr BMttMr. Bat to .oaly kn^w it bo loDgwr MtiaflM bm i I bibm hurt tho bmuw of iMroTJag ic Aad to sight, jm, to-Bi«htt ' aunt H«BBah, bt(on aither of oa tUip, yoa ' aiwll tail BM bII that yov^aow of my ABgol mothar aad aiy anknown fathar.' Aod taaTiag rvobvaMd hit aavaralyahakaa strength, lahBual laf. tba gionndaof Brnda- .nell Hall lind ttniok into tha narrow foot- path laading do^wn iha bai|(bta and tbrnagh the Talley to iha Hnt-hill. Hannah waa aaatad alone, enjoyittg bar solitary cap of t«a, whan labmaal opaaad tba door and en ared, tWhat. my lad, bava yon ooma badE ao early ? I did not think tha ball would hava ' baan ovar batoce twalva or ona o'dook, and it ia not ton' yet; bat I anppoaa^ bainf a aohooi ball, it broke ay early. Did yon gat any preminmat How many did yon gatt inqnired Hannah, heaping qaeation vpon qaeatipii without waiting for reply aa . waa her freqaant cnatoBL . lahmaal drew a obair to tha othar aide of the toble and annk haanly into it. * Yoiii are tired, poor, poor falfow,' asd no won^ri I dara aay, fw all tha good thinga yon got at tba bail, that a cnp of tea will 'do yoa no barm,' aiKd Hannah, pouring ttntfand baBdin|[ IMni oiie. - "% lahmaai took it wearily and lat it by bia . ai-da.' ' - '■ . -' And BOW tall ma aboat tha pramiumai* oontinaadhiaannt. -, * I got tba firat premium in balMletiNa. asBt } and it waa Hallam'a '< kiatory of litaratnre." Aad I got tha irat ia Ian- gmy|M, whioh waa Irvmg'a " liife of Waah- iBgiot)*'-.|wo Tory Talaabla worka, aunt Haanah. that will batraaanraa to ma all my life.' J ' Ifhy dILth nnt » th ir a it i%' a a i d. li t ^nae l^ taking tha Jawal from bia aaok aad laylM it OB tha tobia, ^^ •Oh I what a baantifal watoh and ohaia ! and all pure gold I real yellow gnioaa gold I Ttaia qpnat be worth almoat a hundred dol. l!^ lu- : • i!'"?^'' ^* "•^•' •••danythiBg, like thiaia tha honaa before. ^I am ao muolk afraid •onebody might break' in and ateal^' I. u*?^^^*"*^ .*"»•''• ^•»" «>miration and ' delight at aiffht of the rich priaa imma. diatehr modifled by tha,oarea and feara that attend tha poaaearion o^ riohea. bhmaeldidaotirej[>iy ; but Hannah want OB reralling in th# tight of the oostly bauble^ until, haM4nlhg to look up, aha aaw that ItbmaaL inataad of drink jria tea. aat with Ilia head drooped apoahui hand m torrowful abatraotion., • /There you are again I There la no aatitfyiag tome people i One wpuld think you would be at happy aa a king with all yont^pritea. Bat there you are*^ moping* - i Ji* " *'".™**t««f with you, boy ? Why don't yon dnnk yon tea r* 'Annt Hannah, you drink your own' toa, and when you have done it I wiU have a talk with you.' ' la it anythinc partiouUrf •Vary particular, aunt Hannah ; but l will not enter upon th? aubjeot now,' aaid lahmaal, raisinff bia oup to bia Upa to nrv* < tf^ntfurthat-quaationinga. ' ^Bot whan tea waa over and the table olaared away, lahmaal took the ban Of hia aunt and draw har towarda tha do •aying: • Aunt Htmnah, I want you to n with ma to my mottier'a grave. - It will not butt you to ao ; the aivht ia Uautiful, clear and dry, and there ia ao dew.' ^ Wondariag at tha deep gravity of hia wonlt and maaaer, Baaaab allowed him to draw her out 6f tha honaa and ur the hill behind it to Nora'a grava at the foot of the old oak tree. It waa a flna, brifchr. tturlisllt night, and tha roach haadatoue. mdaly faahioned aad aat op oy tha • pro- fwMr.' glaamod whitoly oot from tba lontf •hadowy graat. iahmaa! aank down apo» tha ground beaide the grave, pat hia amia arbond tha hMdatone, tad for a apaoe bowtd hia brad over it. ■ , ELMinah laated heraalf upon a fragment- of rook Bear him. Bnt both remained tilent feraiawmiantaa. " It waa Han'aab who broka the apelL' '^ 'lahmad, my d*ar,' aha taid, *whi hayfyoo dtf^moont biy^ tad what have """" *~ "-ij to Bia of anch a aariona 'i*sj^'" V^» J- ^ ■wa*-'*- f -» r ^r* """^^-i f ~ -rf^tM.if^jti,'' ' Its I8HMABL I OB, m TBB DEPTflt. ij^BftTiTi^r-- -j^fsasTOi UAtart heraf tli«t it out b« ottered oi^jr Bat biuMol ■till iTM tiltnt— being botnd ! d^wn with thoaght or grief. / { Befleot a moment, reader i At ttaie very inttant of tinbe, hie enemy— he who had plonged bim in thia srief-— waa Jn the midat of all tbfi lidht and mniio of the ball at I Bmdenell Hall j bnt oould not enjoy him* i ■elf, "beoauae U;ie atinga of oonacienoe irritated him, and, becanae the frowua of ^Oiandia Merlin chilled and depreaaed bim. \ . Ulahmael waa ont iii the oomparative dark- naaa and ailenoe of night and ' nature; Yet he, too, had hia light and muaio — light and mnric more in harmony with liia mood than any artificial aittMtitates could be ;t- •he had the holy light of myriada of ■tara ahinins down upon him, and the mauo of myriada of tiny insecta 80undin« armind bim. Mark yoo thia, dear reader— in light and muaio ia the Creator forever wonhipped by 17ature. When the sun aeta, the atara ablne ; and when the tarda aleep, the inaeota aing I Thia.anbdued light and mqsib of Natore'a OTaning worahip anited well the aaddened iet exalted mood of our poor boy. He new not what waa before him — what M^rt of rerelation he waa about to invoke— bat he knew that, whateTer it might be, it ahould not ahake hia resolve, *te deal iuaUy, love meroy. and walk humbly* with my, ■ Hannah apoke again i * lahmael, will you anawer ma— why haW yoa broqght mo bare f What have you to ■ay to ma ao aeriooa as to dema^ thiiaipmve for tha plaoa of ita hearing ?' * Aont Hannah, 'beftiui the boy, * wh«t I haTo to My to yon ia even mora aolemn than yonrworda impart.' ^ *Iahmaa( yoa frighten m«i* / 'll^Ok no-~thare ia ho eamw of •brm,' • ' Why don't yoa tell me what haa brought where, then?' t:) •! am about to do aOk' aaid lahmad. ulemnly. * Aunt Hannah, you have Often - told ma that ahe wnoaa r«m»ina Be belo|r a% wara aaint do earth and ia an aosel in Haavenl' ' Yea, lahmaaL I havo told yoa so, and I hare told yo^ , truly.' , , * Atuu Hannah, three yeara ago I aaki Joa who waa ttiy father. Yon replied by ^ low. Well, I waa b^t a boy then, ai ao of oourae you hare thought that that waa the moat J#dioioaa anawer .you could g i v e. B at n o w, a n u t ga nna h, I a m a yoong madv and I demand of yon— Who waa father ?' • . 'lahmael, X oanao^ tall you I' With a aharp tfry of an^iah, tka yontb apraog up i but, govamlng hia atronjf ex- citement, he lubaided to bia a^at^ only gaaping out Ihe qneatioo r > 'In the name of Beaveii. why can you not?* Uannah'a violent aoba were the only an* awer. ' , -. f Aunt Hannah i I know thia maoh— that your, name is Hannah Worl!h h tftat my dear mother waa your aiater ; that her name waa Nora Worth ; and 'hat. mine la lahmael Worth I Therefore I know that I bear youre and my mother'a maiden name I I alwaya took it for granted that my father belonged to the aamei family ; :(hat he' was a relative, perhapa a cousin of my mother, and that he bore the same name, and there- fore did not, in marryiofi my motfiier, give her a new on«. That ia 'v^hat I always thoaght, aunt Hannah ; Waa ,1 right V Hannah aobbad on in ailenoe. ''^Aunt HanuAh ! by my ^othlsr'a (grave, I adjure yon to answer me i Waa I right ?' ' No, Ishmael, yon were not i' wbiled Hannah. 'Then I do not bear my fattter'a name f ' •Na' 'Bat only my poor mother'a ?' J Yea.* * Oh, Heaven I hoW id that?' * Because you have no legal rig ht tc/ yoor father'a ; beoauae the only name towhieh, you have any legal right ia your poor, ' wronged mother'a i' With a groin that seemed to- rend body and aonl aauhder, lahmaal threw hiibaelf npon hia mother'a crrave. . . * You aaid„ aba waa an angel I And I know that ahe waa I' be cried, aa soon aajic had recovered the power of speech. ' I said truly, and yon know the tenth T wept Hannah. ^ How. then, iait, that I her aon, oannot baar my father'a name f * lahmaal, yon mother waa the victim of '•^il^ili (nnn bi« rMmmbent Hf'liaaedvai hia aont with a fieroa- t pierced through the darkneaa. ^Umi. ao para and prOud waa aba, that tba itery broke her heart I' „ 'threw himaifif onoe mora npon mid claaping the mound in hia Into a paasioiiate flood of team, bng aiid bitterly. And, aftwr • hrough thia ahower of teara, came forth in gnaty aoba these >arorda t — ' Ob, m o ther I Ob, poor, yo»ug, w tougttL IS^MAEL I OB, In the HEftBk 117 •ud broken-hearted mother I sleep in penoe I for yoar eon liveA to Tindioete you I Vee, it ho hM been epared, itwaa for hu pur- poM I \to Honour, to rindionte, Jto avenira jrou :' And after theae worde, hia Toioe waa >aK*in loet and diDWn^^ in Uara and soba. Hannah kneeled ^opn beaide him, took — - — —- — — —...^.^^ '»w>.u vcaiuv IIIUI, bis hand, and tried to I'aise liim, aavinff • _ ' lahmael, .my lore, get up, doadijlf There was- no WronfT done, no crime entered the hut. They sat down beaide the small wood-flre that the okiU night made not unwelcome, even in Angnst. Hannah sat in her old »rm chair, and lahmael on the threB-legffod f tool at her feet, with his head i«"^er Ijlp. And there, with her hand pressing Ibis light brown hair, Hannah told him th« itory of his pother's lev«*aBd taBarina and death. At some parts of h«r story his tears gushed Ibrih in floods, and his sobs shook his whole frame. Then Hannah woold be foroed to psose in her narratite, .,aiitil he had regained composurc^enoogh to listen to the Sequel. * . Hannah t«ld him idl r trftry pwrtieiilar with whioh the voaaer IS already Aoqnain tad t suppressing nothing but thenameof his mis' I erable father. ! At the close of the sad itoty both re- niaiued silent for some time ; . the deathly- stillness of the room broken only ^ by IshmaeVa deep sighs. At hwt, however, he Bpoke : ^ •Ann* Hannah, still yon hare not t«!^ me the name of him mjMMor mother lovedi M fatally.' . y^r^^v mom»T iovea| •lehmael, I We told you that "I cannot j andnow I will tell j^on why F can* not*' v ^u'V*! t^S HAWAII letated the promise , that sh^ had made to herdying8ister,#ever toexpdseittaeonhippylmt gnTRlen Ibthor of herdeftth. 'Poor mother I poor, young, brok^. hewtii mokhec i She wm not mncb older than I am now whiui she died— waa 8he.Mm| Hannah ?' t- ^» dea'r^*^'' »wo yean older, mf ♦So young I' sobbed lahmael, dropping his head again upon Hannah's knee, and buretinn into a tempest of grief. ' She allowed the storm to sabeide a little^ I and »hen said : 'Now, my Ishmael, I wish yon to t4U me wlint v was that sent yon bomb so early from the party, and in such a sorrowful mood. I know, of course, that soiite^ tbing must have been said to yoa about your birth. What was said, end #ho said it?' I 'Qb.»untHannah I it was in tiM very Wight of> my triumph that I was struck down I r was not pi-ond, Heaven knows, that I should have had such a fall I I was not proud->-I was feeling rather sad upon account of Walter's having missed the prize ; and I was thinking how hard it was in this world that nobpdy' could enjoy a triumph without some one else buffering a mortification. I was thinking iind feel- ing so as I tell you, until Walter came qp and talked me out of my glooQt. And then all my young companions were doing me honour in their way, when— ' . Iibmaet'a voice was choked for » mo- ment ; but with an effort be regidned hie oomposure, and ountinued, though in a I broken and faltering voice i I * Alfred Bnrghe Teft the group, saying I 'was not a proper, companion for yovng Mies and gentlemen. And when-Hshe^ Miss Merlip, anurily demanded why I was not, he— Oh, aunt Hannah 1' Ishmael suddenly ceased and dropped^ his faoe into bis hands. ♦Compolie yonrself,my deair boy, andgo 00.' said the weaver. ■ ' He said that'^ was a— No I I oanaot ■peak the 'qrord ! loannotl' * A young villain 1 If ever . I get my hands on him, I will giye him as good a . broomstioking as everji bad boy had in this world! He lied, Ishmael 1 Yon we not irbat he called >on. Yon are legitimate on . your mother's side, beoaiiae ihe believed her' ' self to bealawful wife I Yon bear her n*ia«b and you could lawfully inherit her property, if she had left any I Tell them that whwi they insnlt yon V exclaimed Haiuqiuh. indi#* nautly. , --—' -r— •» ,r^ '*»P' H«Wf»V *^ woold^dt bo^ ueve it withoni proof r 'True ! too troei I and we oanntk pibve it, ■■ merely because your mother bon^ me by « • pro mi se n ever to exp ose th e bigamjr o f ym r — J >rom i se n ever to exp ose th e bigamy o f ym r ather. Oh t Ishmael. to'ipli^d liim. what V ^«M. *«-''-| hyv?<)r!|fr 1 ^»*'.s«^f,"".""' '^\\ r«'.f' I8HMASL i OR. IN THB DKPTH8. •wrong ah* did to koratlf aad to foa T w«pt 'Oh^. •oat Hannah, do not blam* iMr ! alM WM M good I' Mud thia loymfrnm. *1 ou baar raproaob for myaalf, bat I will ao« boar it for bar i Say any tblag yo« Uk« to>ino,daar aoot Hannab I botnavar aay a word againat bet ! ' * Bat, poor boy I how will you baar tba ■ore raprcaoh of birth that you are bound to hear from othera? Ab. lahmaal I yountuat try to fortify your mind, my dear* to b«ar mnoh anjoat ahama in thia world. lahmaal, tba brigbtar tha aan ahinao tba blaobar tba ahadow falla. Tha graatar yoar aaooaaa in tha world, tha bitterar wiU bo thin ahama I Sea, my boy, it waa in tha boor at your yonthfal triamph ^t thia raproaob waa fifat oaat in yoarlaoa 1 Tha anviona are very maaii. my boy I Ah, hew will yoa attawar their omal raproaobaa 1' * I will tell yoa, aant Hannah I Let them aay what they like of nte ; I will try to baar with them patiently ; bat if any man or boy nttera one word of reproach ugainat my dew, daar motber— ' the twy oeaaed to apeak, but . Ua faoa grew liv id. 'How. now, what would yoa do?' ex* olaimed Hannah, in alarm. ' Make him reoant hia worda, or aileuoa bimforevari' * Oh, labmael I lahmaal 1 yoa f rigbtaa me Marlv to death i Good Heaven, men are draadfaloreatareal They never reoeirean iBjarybotthey muat needa think of alay^ ing 1 Oh, bow I^ah yott had been a |^1 i Swea yoowera to be, bow I do wiah yoa bad teona girl I Boyaare a draadfal trial and tanor |o a lone woman 1 Oh, labmael ! pfniniae me yoa wont do anytbing yiolent I' ezdatmod Hannah, baaide beraalf with tanor. ° ' *I oannok, aant Hannab I For I aboold be aora ift break aaeh a promiae if the oeoa< iion offtredL Ob, aant Hannab I yoa dmi't kno4r all my mother ia to mel Ton donll Yoa think that beoaoao aho died vary di^ that I warborn that I oi ka^ anything about her and oannok „ iMnr t bnt I tell yon, aant Hannah, I kn( b«r#»U I and I love her aa inadi ao if i waa alill in the fleab. I hava aean bar , mydNonM aver ainoe loan romember tidag; Oh I oflan, when I waa very and yon naed to took me ap alone in tiu white yon want away lor all day moatb, I htm iMon atrangaly ooollufd to aleap and than I kava aoon her ^ nqr dfeama'!*' ■. .■■X ■ 'lahmaal, yon cava 1*^ 'Ho, I dont ; I will prove it to/yoa, tbat I aoa my mother. Uiten. ndfr ; nj6body ever daaeribedbertonMi net even yont btt 1 %illtel).ybahowabelooha— aba la tall ano atendar ; aba baa a very fair akba and varv Uaok hair, and nioe aleatUr blaeb long ayeor ayebrowa and long ayalaabea. and larga dark area— at d aha amilaa with her eyre only Now, ia ihat not ny mother f for that ii the form thai I aee m mv dreama, ' aaid lah mae|,triamphaatly, and for a molaent foi getting hia grief. ' Yea, that ia like what ^e waa ; bnt of ooiiraa you muat have beardhar daaoribtid byaomaone, alihoagb yoa maijt. have for- gotten it. labmael daar, 1 aball pray foi yoato-niffht, that all thOa«bta of vengeano« may be cat ont. of yoar mio4- Now let aa go to bed, my ohflcl. for wa have %b be up early in the morning. And, lah maeir ^ * Yea, aant Hannah. ' 'Do yoa alao pray to God for gnidanat and help.' 'Aant Hannah. I alwaya do,' aaid tb< boy, aaha bade hia relative good-night and wentttp^bia loft. Long labmael lay tamblins and toaaing npon hte reatlaaa bed. Bnt when at length he fell aaleep aheavanly dream viaited him. He dreamed that bia mother, in her eelea> tial robe, atOodby biabad and breathed aweet- ly forth hia name t 'lahmaal, my ooo.' And in hia dream be anawered i * I am here, mother.' 'Liaten, my ohild : Pot thooi^ta of van- gabnoe from year pool I In thia atroo^ temptation think not what Waabington, Jaokaoo, or any of yoar i^arlike heroea would have done I think what the Prinoe of Peaoe, Ohriat, woald have donip ; and do thoa likewiae I' And ao aaying, ^a Heavenly vialon vanished. CSHAPTKE XXXIU. -.[I'jr^-- ■ uitrai Aim axvivatk ' ' H«r f aoa waa aUning on him i be bad looked Cpon it till it oonld not paaa away : Hf bad no breath, no being bat iu bera i She waa hia voioa j bo did not afteak to her. Bat trembled on bar wordlVabe waa bit eight; For hia eyaa frilewod bera and aaw witb * bera, Whieb poloored all hia objeoto.-^ j^rdn. Harly tim next moming. labmael walked ovor to Bmdenell Hall, with the thioefold pnrpoae cf making an apotogr for hia aodden departare bom tba ball; taking laaim ef the family lor the bi^daya, aqd bringing mnUAWL I OB, IM X0B DKPTHa horn* Mm books ho Ak ho apmhiAtfhod the ho«M, h» mw Mr. MiridUton WdkiBg on th* Iswtf. Tba' jMB||«1afwa iinia«di«tolir AdrMiaod to nuet Id, %nd «nyiug, wilk «Tiin iBon than his uaasl kind* ue*» of tailjitits : ' 0ood«iiApi'nio«, my doar boj : yoa qaito but I shall be at home, and ready to readar yon any saaistaDoe you may rs^ita.' be;.?iiS,ir •^ ' *»^»kyoo r JoylnUr 'Bv just making tha bsstd your opgwr. tommies to improve yonraeli, my lad, ' souM his ^lend, pattiwhimon the shoiOdar. you^lu;:? **"• ^•«*«'»-i* will giva. 'I* will afford ma pleason, Ishmaat I I hope you oan take my word for that •' Oh. Mr. Middleton! Indeed you— how oan J ever prove myself grateful 'enough V _^jjysim|ay4sttingonMfastas you oan. boy I aa I told yon before. And let me tell yon now, that there is good reason why yon shouldoowmaka th. bast posdbla ii of yonr tone ; it may be short ' '^Sir?'qaestion«d Ish'niael in M»d vague ahmn; 'I should irail^ hava said it must b* • Mr.— Herman--fitadaa«ai,' rspaatad tha nnooBseions ton. ifctirW mkI thoj^tfully i wvfindif jioaL._„ •Oh,yss,ar. I know •*- -. 140 I8BMA.EL I OH, IN THE DBPTkI& y^ who you oiMn ( the jroang gtntUinan who owiu Bintlau«U H*ll, Mid wbo \% now tr*T«l- ling i u Eu rope. ' -^ *xw I bai h« i«DOtoy, vou know, oltoounfl, tlmt Iwis my laMlord. Wh«n I r«nt«d thia pUo«. I took it by th« year, and at a Tery low prioe, •■ the e«odHnoming, my boy ; I am glaH to see you ; draw up your chair to the table. Ohildren, take your plaoea. Mr. Middleton, wa hava baan waiting for yon.' ' I know yon have, my dear, bat aold lunch don't grow colder by atatiding, or if it doea, ao mncb the better thia warm weather. I have been taking a walk with my young friend here,' aaid the gentlenuui, aa he tookhia aeat. lahmael followed hia example, bat not be- fore he had quietly shaken hahda with Beatrice. . At luncheon Mr. Middleton apoke. of bis Slan, that Ishmael ahonla come every day uring the holidaya,,to pnrsne hiaatadiaa as aaual in the school -room. any ad- Where Mr. ' You know be eannot read to vanUge in the little room, Hannah ia always at Work,' explained Mt4dIeton. . ^ *0h, no! certainly noti' agreed his 'Wife. The family were all pleased that labmael wtaa attll to come. • Bu', my b«»y, I think yon had better not ae^in again until Monday. A few daya of mental reat isabsdl^ly necessary after .the hard reading of the last few months. S(t> t_ 7 f «"". * Mr ■'»"*"'■"'"» o» *;■» laat lew montns. tio scholar in the AI enipin you not to open a olaas-bookbifore A^extlilundav.' ' s ' ^4 liva thera for good I' ' Ah I' criad Halaah. ao longer indiffaraat- ly, bnt axoitadiv, la aba laft off aorabbing, and flzad har kaan >blaok ayas upoa tha boy. ' Ya», iadaad I and Mr Middlaton^ob, h<> ia so kind— Mys he will mantioa ma to Ml. Hannaa Brndanall.' ' Oh I wiU ha V azolaimad Haaaah. Im- twaan har taatb. •Yasi aad—lfr. Hanaao Broatatll is a Tary kiad gaatlamaa, is ha aot V • Vary,' matiarad Haaaah. ' Yob wara vary wall aoqaaiatad with him. wara yau aot f ' •Yis.' •^YoB aaswar so shortly, aoat Buittah. Dida t you lika yoang Mr. Herman Brada- nell?' • ' I--doa't kaow whethar t did or not i bat. Ishmaal, I aan't sernb aad talk at the saiA tiaia. Oo oat aad ohop ma soma wood ; aad than go aad dig some potatoes, aad beets, aad oat a eabbaga--« whit*, bead mind I aad thaa go to the spring and bring a booket of wa««r ; aad makehasta i but doa'tulk to me any mora, if yon ean i help It Ishmael want wit immadiatAiy to obayr aad a« the soaad of hit aza w»ur h*ard. Haanab mtttersd to herself : 'Hennsa Brndeaall coming # back to tbe&UtoHTal' And she faU into daap thongbt. r . , ' Ishiaaal was iatalUgant eaoagh to diviaa that hisaoat Haaaah did aot wish to talk <^Mr. BarmaaBradaaaU. J^ ' *Mna old gmdga; odaaaetad with/fhair lalatwas as Umdlard and teaaot. I soppoae, • •aidlshmaaltohinMal. Andaa ha ehoppedk •"^ .** u^ '*»* ^ rasolrad to lasist»d har in preparing their aoon meal of dinatr aad ■•pper iau after- . ^ - -- —^ J'tfptt togathar, aad then, when the room wu mad* tidy aad Haaaah wm aMtad at har aT«Bing iug. Ishmael, for a treat, showad har hia prise books i at whioh Hanaah was so plaa« d. that she weat tu bad aad draamed that night that lahaual bad riMn to tha distinotion of being a ooaatrv Mhool* mMter. i The few daya of maatal rwt that Mr. Middlntoa had enjoined npon th« yoang stadant were pasMd bir Ishmael in hard ipannal laboar, that did him good. Among his laboars, m he had now Mveral vala* able books, he fltted ap some book sheWas OT»'r the lltUa low wiadow of his loft, and Qnder the window he fixed a sloping boar«L that woald serve him at hoihe for a wnting-dMk« OHA'?TEi~XXXIV. •hmaal to tha objeat ionabla ageyiis poor '"'fij^ ',L. "; look'graat credit to Tkaa«Hso|^was not ntentknied betwaan aaasiM. She saemad CHDUtTHB OLD BLM TBU. Sha WM his life. TheooMB to the river of his thoaght% Wbioh termiaatad all ; apoa a tone, A tOBob of hers, his blood wovjd abb and flow. And his ohMk ohanga tampMtaonsly— his hMrt XJaknowing ol ita oaaaa of agoay. Ob Monday morning be rMOmed his attendance j^BrudaaeirHall. He wm ra- «eived very jcindly by the family, and permitted to go np to the empty school* room and take ]liis ohoioe among- all the vaeant Mats, aad to make the frMst BMof dkbe Mhpol-Ubrary, maps, globw, and instnunents. Ishmael moved bis own dssk np andar one of the delightfnl windoors, and thera he sat day after day at hard stadf. He did aot tronbla Mr. MiddletM maob t whanaver it Was poMibla to do so by^^ any amoBBt < f labonr aad thought, ba PBBtledont alL his problena andgot oVw all his°aifllcalties idbaa. He kept nj^ the old sohooUhonrs ; pan( taally, and ezaotly at noon, he lai ssida. his book* and went dlit a th« ttwn for an boor's raoraation befoi Inneb. There ba oftan mat hia yoanff friends^ and nlwMrs mw CSaadia. It wm Mi»s Mar* lin'k good pkaabra to approve and enooar _,-. ^ i th t a nd »ha tr ^ mat f^ ncfhaw afsln. fibinaal lelf for ber oQtodat fo haraalC like soma high and VMlbtr fciaoaas graoiou^ pa- I^WT^'IP^^ r IS^'i^^^T^. I M miMAlL I 01. M THi tmtrggi Sh« oflM <»JM hia to iMr M oooBa* biniMlf too oIomIj to bio books, M unbitioaa atndoato lud b««n kaown ba- fora now to aaoriflo* khair Uvaa to tb« par^ •nit of aa aaatuinabia faaia. 8ha told kin Ihat aha maant to iutaraat har bthar in hia fortunaa. And tliat aha hop«d la aaothar Ja«r (ha Judge would ba alt a to prooura for im the ailuation of uah«r in aom« auliooi, or tutor in aoma family. Although aha waa youngar than lahmaal, yat kar ton* ited maonar in addreaaiag hiai waa tkat of an •i?**t. •• ^'^^ M of a auparior : and bl«>ndad tba high autboritf of • voung quaea with __Jka dasp teadaraaaa of a Tittl« mothar. For inataiioo, whan ha would ao«« out at ttoon, aha would oftaa baAoa him to h*r •ida. aa aha aat in har gardan ohair, undar tha ahadow of thii graat aim traa, with a book of poatry or a piooa of naadla-work in har hands. And whaahaoama, aba woald m*ka him ait down on tha graaa at har faat, and aha would put har amall, whito band on hia baming forabaad, aadJookia bia faoa with bar baantifni. dark otm, and mnrmaraoftly : * ^*>oirhoyi yoor h«Ml aokan ; I know it dOMi Ym bava baan dttiag nitdar tba bUdag a«a in that aeatb window of tiM Mbool.room. ao abaorb«l in yoar atadiaa lk»t yoa forgot to olow yoar abatton. ' And aba woald tako a vial of aaa-da- •ologna fron bar pookat, poor a portion af it apoo a haadkaroMaf. aad with bar owa (ur band batka bia bantad broira : aa tka •am* lima admiaiatariag a qaa^aly nmH oinnd, or a motbarly oaation. aa phda ar toadsnMM hapDaaed to ptadomiaant in h«r Mpnoiooa mood, . Thk royal or mataraal mnnnai in tbia baan ifnl girl woald sot kava attracted tba baaria of moat man ; bat labmaet, at tba ua of aaTaalaaa. «rM yat too yaaag to faal . tbat baacbtypndaof fall-grown maobeod. wbioh racoiia fron t^a patronaga ol woman, uid moat of all (ron that of tba woman tba^lova. To him, Ihia proud and tender interaat Kfor bia wolfare added a giaator and mora iloos fMOlnation to tha oharma of hia nliftal leva { it drew her nearar tobim: itaUowad him to worship her, tiiougb Botoly I it parmitted him to ait albar feetL and u that nttitada do silent bomMs to kar M to hiaqMari | it permitted himlT raoaiva thaoool toooh of h«r fingers on bis heated irmur of her Vcioa ■»Mll Aad. Ml. the happia«aa of aittiug at bur faat, andar tba gr««ii ahadowa af tkat ot'l ;'■« yw \J The lifbt loaeh of bar aof i flogft* Whia browtbrilied him to hia h««rt't ooia I tna ewaal aoand of har voioa in hia rara fliird hiaaoul with moaia { the aaruMi |p«« «r har haaatifiil daih ay*a aani aleolno ihooks of Joy throngli allhiaaeaei'iva (ran.- JIabmaal waa iiitaiia«ly liappy. This earth WMaohMgaraoommoii-plaoa world, fllh^il nfthoommoa place beiaga j itwaaaparsdm.! Ip^onldwitbangala ^Iwt, ob, haw proeari(a«, oh. how dan gehMia, oh. how latol were all thean daUgbtt loathe auaoeptibla. emrneat. enthnaiaatic Bid Mr. and Mrs. Middleton frarnoharm in the oloae intimsor of this gifted boy ol ••rl?*^" *"*• 'hi* beautiful girl of aixteen? In^ewl. nol Tby believed the praad beiriea looked upon«a paoaant boy merely •»bnijpaniOM wUhoui muitiof thair anvy and •1 lahka of Vir youth. Ba t th« mora strongly lh«y avlnuad thair diMpproval of h«r parti- •lity for lahmaal, tba mora oatontalioualy •iia diaplayad it **•»/ *•«* •»•• ••tart aaaar* lavallad at Nobody a Bon.«i(lnd oftan lahmaal fait hm haart ■wall.^hlt blood boil and hia oli««k bara at tiiaa* oowardly inault*. And It waa arall for alKoonoamed that tha youth *?• .* *?'»^'«"* ' to that • haavanly viaion ' which had warnad hia^ in thaaa lora triala. not •• aak kimaalf^aa had baan hia boyiah ouaton^what Marion. Pavoan, Jaokaoa or any of tha great battla-am hairoaa, wo«hl baja daM in a ainiilar ariaia ; bH whaA dona ; for Iahmaal4naw that «U thaaa araat hmtorioal wamora hald tha • Moodj ooda of houoar that weuM ol>li«a Miaai tS aaawar TOoU with daath J bat that th« Sarionr of tha world ' whan ravilad. ««dlad not again i" and that ha ooaaandai an hi. f^llma to laad 9m aril,' iHUi a aaUiaia Mi •M«Mra#». OHAPTIR XXX?. do Ukawiaa, rataraiac ' •b lml aji foroaraiap? .,^^ i*^ *^ *«>7 tMMTd la do 1 ana MM tha aiTatarv of tha Savioar'a niJaaftio naak. "•* ^J» <*• Wlht «« • -w «»atia»ar£ *»i*^«ti<**«- Oh. nothing in tK tua. forbaaat»» for anhliMity andftTooai. '**^5*"i »o*»*nil»~l ♦»•»•• warmad, in- waa parfaal j aaawaring all tha naada of hia tory^ightha »ary good and oMfal aa ex- amplaa aai rafata«Ma in tii« ordinary trials !l^.i\*»1I'tff".*' "'• ' *»»* only Chrial I'T* *■*• IT**** 'TithoBt, whara anvy and hitai aawttad him ; or how to ranJt iha .rik****^^'*'.^ ^ world Wikhi? L"?il.' Hanoafortii tha 8a*kMir baoama hit <>#n anmpUr and tha goipal hia only ^I'^^r'Tf- *^ ''•■ ««S^«wpar in whiah Irtunaai waa oallad of tlta Lori. omed ihaftB of mahea. Tha rcflaotion Whatw«aIdChriat hat* dona? armad him' »■■ OMAM aao m awabikin«^ Tha lover ia a god, -thi- ground ' Ha traada on ia nut oura ; Hi* aoal by oth«r laws is bound, HusUinad by oth«r puw> ra } His own and that ona olhar haart^ Form forhimsalf a world apart. — If jImml Timawonton. Autumn faUad inio win- tar : tha iowars wara witharad , iha araaa driad I tha wooda bar*. Miaa liarlio no longar aat undar tha graan ahadowa of tha Old traa ) thuro wars no graan ahadowa thara , tha li-oa waa atrippea of ita l««vea and saamad but tha fkalaton of itaalf, and tha anuw lay aionnd ita foot. The aaaaoo, far from iutarruplina tha intima^ batwaan the haireaa and liar fa- vourita. aarvad oi»ly to draw ttiaw ovan moM oioaal* togalhar. Thia waa tha way of it. At tha noon raoasa all iha pupila of tha aohoal arould raah madly haalthfal and axoiting gaoM of aaow-l>allinM aaoh oihar-all cxoapt asudia, who waa far loo fiaa a lady to «ntwr into any aaoh ntdaapartiaMi lahmaal, whoa* aitaudMnoa STdJi^r '"■~ •^'^" prampto, . WhUaaU tha othaaa wara ranaiog orsr !I^M^'? J*^**^ ^ «!« aaTcIaudl* woiild Maa into tka ampty drawmg-roo*. •^.?*'*s« ^•'•^ •" •*»• <»«^ ••^ «l»52 wovld aall to har ' gantlaman ia waiijiiik^ •iyiag I ^^ • OooM. my yoQM^troabadoiir, bring yiDW gaitar and a^i down npon thia oqabioa at my faat and play an aooompanimaat to my aong, aa I aina and work. ' And lahmaal. fll|«d with joy* wonld •« to. obay. tha royal mandate ; and aooii aaatod at tha beaoty'a faat. in tha glow of thtf warm wSbd Are and in tha gloty O? h* haavenly pre>ianc«. he woiUd loan himaalf in a delieiona diraam of loTa and - mnaio. No oaa sTair intarraptad thair tato-a-tote. And Jahraaalgraw to faal that ha bdonged to hia lia«.Iady; that ihcr And thna. hu dayapaaiad in 09a aaloaiva draam of Uiss anti) tba tima aama whan ha waa rodel/bwakanad. OoaaTaning.aa«Mial. ha took laaVa it CTaadia. It ya a a hi tta r oo l d a y a niag. ai^ ahc took ofr har otm arinuon Barlin wool ...-1 » aearf and with har it around lahmaal's fair banda woand and ch*rf»r*,'» >»T4( 144 '^.■M-'">^:r--:S: IBHHIBL t OR. IN THX DBPTHtl Mm to hMlM boncb btwas* ihc k^ew that luflaeBM wtald Iw lying it» Wait to MiM 4Hlf iMttring pwdeatriui that Bight. lahniMl nn homt, m bftvp] in th« powtr of mMi -to 'miik* him. How •hmMl nn homo, m h»ppy m it wm hlMt ho f«lt in tho poMCMion of hor •oarf— km fiao, aof t, warm toarf, daUoiouIy flUod With tho aroma of Olaadia'a own yoat^, boauty «bd aweotnoM. Ha felt that ho waa BO^aito. aeparatod from hor whUo ho had iier aoarf—- hor doar aoarf, with tho warmth and JMrfomo of hor own Book within iti meihoa ! That night ho only nnwonncl it from hit throat to fold it and lay it on hii pillow that hi« ohtok might roft npon it whilo ho alopt— ; ■lept tho awootoot akop that oTor riaitod hia ^Ah, poof, polo aloepor 1 thia waa ^)0 loot happy nijtht ho waa dea- tined to havo for many wooki and ■itatha. In thottortting ho oroio oarly ai nraal to haaton to aohool and^to Olandia. Ho %oand hor gift aitinnd hia nook and aotoff il a brlak paoo. Tho weatlMrr waa in- tonaely oold ; bat tho wintor aky waa. o|i|ar and tho annahlno glitterod *keoB IMd bright' npon tho oriap whito anew.. lahmaal harried on and roaebod BradenoU Hall Joat in time to aoe a laiKe fbr-ooTorod sleigh, drawn by a pair of flno horaea, ahoot through tho groat gatoa and dt^pjMar down the f oraot road. A oeotii-liko fooling, aatrange apaim, oh if a band of ioe hod olntohod his heart, oaigutht away lahmavra broath at the light ot that taniahlns doigh. Ho oonld not nrtion- ally aoooant for thia feeling ; bat ao soon * he reooTOred hia broath ho inqoired of old I Joviid, who waa atanding aaar Md gaiing after tho aloig^ : - « £ * Who baa gono awajv T* * Miaa OUadia, but ; hor pB oatto after her last niahlM' _ 'ClaBdior'-gono reohood lahmaol, roelmg and an^rtiag himaeU sgaiMt the troak of clh* hwro oldelm tree. |t )>r that they nug^c bo dolayod at the toO'iptls to make ohan|i[0, or that Bome other poaiiliilo or im- poesibio thing miKht haraonto atop their jOdrnoy long onongh for oiu to OTortake them and see OUudla onoo mere t to shake bifida wilb her, bid her good-l^e^ and re> aeivoft^m hor at parting soma laat word of regurd— oomo laa*. token of romombranco I This waa now tho boly objoot of hia, life ; this watf what mod him onward in that fearful ehaae 1 lo aeo CSaudia onoo more—, to moot her oyoa— to oloip her hand-^to bear hor Toioo— to bid her farowoU I On and on bo la&j toiling up hill, and rushing down dale j ovortuming all im- pedimenta thBt lay in hit way ; startling all the foot paatongera with tho fear of an esoapod maniao I On wd on ho sped in bis mad flight, until ho toaohod tho outski> ts of the ▼illago. Tl|iroa tbarp poag and o tnd- den faintoett obl||t4 W* to ttop and roaw grudgiBg tho law mooMBtt roquirod lor tl»^ rtooTory of hit broa t h. Tbon he hot off aiBiB, aud IMB Mt fko woy iaiio tho TilfiMit— mdoWB tho priB^pal ttraa% aad tBmod down tho ono loadlilgto tho WBwrf. A oniok, bcoathloM g*anoo told Urn all the boat had lofl tho toon, aadwiaotOMn JBg down tho boy! ' \ .^w^ OB, Dr THB OBPTHS: HI -•tretohtd Us •m^KrtowMdi tM rMMUB||•MMM^-•nd with m acmtiilDg ory i>f fOamdim I CnMulia I^Ml forwZd as^o hi* faO*,iB « deep swoou. ^, .rVriHki k Ml* mttar with him r •blMinr' 'HMh* fainted r ^ ^ '*HMh«hMnhiirtf *Bm an Mddwt habpoMdr* *IltiMi«» doctor to IM had?* ■ ^^ '"^ «»«|i0M w«<« Mkod ia Iho ■MM hnath bj tho Tariou iiidi?idii«Ia ol the orowd that had ooilaotad aroood tha in- ^ Moiibla bof i hat noM, aoaoMd nadr with an aniwar. >Ii tbar* no oo* han who oan tall who haiaf inqnimd'a tiUI, gray«haix*d, mild- ^oohinff man, atoopiog to raiaa tha htoatrata form. "^ rTaa—it ia lahmaal WWthI anawaiad Hamlin, tha boohaaUar, who waaa n*wtyia.4 ^'" '.d Ml MUI OMB« and tried to foiM * tMspoanfal bttwMD bhiDMl'b lip*. ' gwiaah, wonuui, don't b« m impa Umi. Ii|d««d it WMnt my fualt. I will t«U joa m 1 know aboot it,* ^JTeUoMithMi.' *I un goinf to. Wall, yoa moI hod Jom tolMBKWMof tko iudga'i laggano down to t|l« boot ttnd |ot It well on, and tlio boat ]Md jnet etarted, and I wae ipat a-gottia« into my oart a|^. when I eeen a yoath ooma a-tearin' down tbo etraet liki mad, and be wbipe round tbe oomar like a rub «l wind* and ecreaka it down to tbo wharf •ad looks after tbr boat a* if it was aoai ry- .tag off^ every friend be had upon the yeth s •ad tiiea Im atetobes oat both bis arms and «rles ont aload, and falls on bis fsao like a tree oat down. And a crowd gathered* uid \jpme one said bow the lad was yoor nephew,' 'do I picked him np and laid,hin in my oart to bna« him home. And Tmade Bob drive idow| and I bathed the boyll face and hfudb with som*^ good whiskev» and triad to make him swaller some} bat it was no ISHMABLr OB. ik TBB DBPTHi^ a sob, aai hi fllrod Ua Hmo wilb Us While Bei^n spoke, Ishmaal laTo rigns of retanung oonseioiisDess^ and then aaddanly Dr THB DIPT^ ['•HaodUtMaaad Ih oarewhnt (OB earth ^ Mi mf nind af 1 dldn** Moamu of BIkiflivt I ftl'Sf'l'**^ 'Of • •oldier , tl,.?lUiought fi'SiR^' •*■•** » ^*I thbBghtl^ •Bd aai^k BIT fortBB'in fVIMM^J*. I " Mat. goea , „„ H»mub,woBiaBL tf yon had a get n letter. woBld yoBBKMllad me baok f'aakad Orayi ughad thia moot iajthfal, thoBgh mSt «b. fwtBBata of saitora. i^*^ "^^ "" w.'n^!l* ^'Hi !f ^ BtiMn,' aaaeated 5??!S ? *"' *^f»^ do#Bot laaaeB my mteroet la yoBrfortBBea, aad aa I nvfwmA Ae lottar I am atiU igSStct^TS^. naaoaai / ' . - joa feel nay intarBat la^ at aU , aadlS Wlj^ejr^ythiafr laVm.-. WhafiS aboBt amelf 1 where I |raa liTing 1 how I waagattiagaloBg ; and^what fotoS miSuL jewi-^i^mldld. rtidah. mySSrl-r riniahoBtm>Balft Tob aao, HamiBbTiEiA «i«yMyoa«laanBadlhBdMr in B^yli^ !?t'is2r£r?.r^^^^ ^^iiL!*!^ ^ nSghloarhood, £1 ^fT'?*^ » •«»«» •Ok Booh after, ae I he*rd O^ortBaOonnty, I aata off and walka ati tk«l«^aadoffM^yaatt for the puSli aal waa aa forfbate 2\o be taken : lli^ |»m» np there. Now aato thepUoe whuS * lBra.fti.oBUedftnglawood. Jndl £2 itia, «a Beta Biota utS morTtanSed ewB Hannah, I OMt oomabia j for tfl have 3 do wry hat^work, fja Tery goOd^JLj boBflwod, Haan^.ltwaatoa0 aomebaaiiiaa {!r« fe!5^u'^**»*~y"<»°»<'»»oekfwa; • ItJSLi ! "•?• "»3^ ^••f ' "»at boy hal uinM ont. aad ta eatiiag the Wood • FU^ of lahmael'a axe fell appa ti^ ea^ ^ ^ Banaah uaaeaad followed Oiay to the J««'j'"d *here before it ato^thmiS •y«a wild with exoiteaianl JiMB^t weU kaoiir. What he ia aboat,' aaS «|^ tryiattotahetheaaafromttil^ 'lahnuel, lahmael, my lad. eeaiB IB I %>■ •repot weU oiw^PtaiorvSr^uS anxioBaly. *, in, BeaebeB^ draw him iato the hooaeT^ well MrMiSSl'^C??'-^ ««» i!!!w?Ii* r^?»**'» *?*!•■ •nttTrehan be able to do it preeeatly,' ..id lahnleK Bpoh>getiBally. aa he pat U haadtoT/. ' he^ BBd looked araaVd hhiMSriBa^ . 'i""*^^ whali thaboy ia oatof hia head, Huaah, aad ifb my beUef ia hejl P*«f ,tp hare abMl niaeaa.' aaid tm^fU ' Be i^ad bhmaal to the bed aBdl«3h,S^i II doBt kaow, ahild I wait a bit aad aaa.' •I&aiaa.gwuMtBUab«dJobl nigo f,. ■f- 14S UHilAiL I €m,jm TH> x»Fra0. ■**..«,.■, nriiif aww '«f »l»«»»«>ni»^ , BnbMV woHa'^provad tnc It wm.« •uaiok' 8»T«w •tudy, ■w^l MWi**- m- aK^tmBO «% »ood a^ui Mof irator Md holp Basaob to nan» bhtoaA A9d fi|iUM)|i WM AbMantoly ndvpod to «ho BoooMitT of oeo<|| ting bis dbottonato tor- Tioto.* Mr. II|ddlSi%M ooon m bo^^hMfd •f ^ ftToorito's ilfaMSl^*blyrrMd to tbo b^.t to ieqiiiro into XibiMol'ii oooditiaJk oad to , offir 0^ Miirtuieo M- W« P«^ *» «««»• tfwi wd bo iwpootod bis vwito m often lie HU float pnoviio^of Itto fAOra poniMttod^ ttm < to da bbtnool'i UlnoM into long .Iffotnotodj Mr. Midd^o- i^tonNi ordoM to -t«ooto Brttdoooll Hall «^ or bofoio the flrrt day of f ebmwr ivoro poroaptory r and ibiu it foUowod V»t tbf wbolontnily romoiTod frmn tbo ttfighbdarboed boforo IibnuwlwM in • oon* iition to bid tboBi furowoU. Tbo d»y proTiooo to' tkoir-dopwrtoro. £ Bonbon Orlfr oloyod o^t oad b Miworto aU.Hooonh'i reoMwotnuMoo, ha • It itol no «M tolkini to Mi »o«. 9m- .JiT Tononnt do wi»h wd I moan to otop nnUl tbo |fWf . 1*4 1*^ 'Well or diao."' Bnt onf Iwy wm iiot doomed to dfo t tha indwtrao iblo vitoUty, tbo Inepmoibla olaa- ticity of Ma daliooto «»d awioitiM orguiiia- tion. bon blm tbroogh and nboTo bio tarri- UaiUnaoab and ho n amad tbo oriaia aafaW and UTod. After tW 'twn#g F^* J»» rooovOryWMinpid. It wm a iiiM, dry Bid-dny inOM^ opring that WhniMl walkodootfortbo tftrt t&o. Hobantbia •taita t& tbo old tra4 that orarabjdowod WT motbar'a grnto, and .toatad MyaeU tiMro to onJ Mv I Imt bbwi'tva^y Buuidi; if jrov doal tuak aU «h«M ddi^ aiiimiy, wh? I ' woaldo't b* tM aum tob«%-■• ' • ''Bee^naa H io ri|ht, ^ekr.' * I «?e yon yonr anawer yMra aga' , ' I know yon did. Hannah ; beeanoe thara were aartaOiroiioamatanoea, aa yon dhoae tead o' em being abla to takiu me onl^' I hhd to- Stber np all my aavinga to help 'ein to pay eirownpaaaage.' * Poor Benben I poor Benben 1' lai^ Han- nah, with the teara apringing to her •'eKM> 'Think yon, thank /on, deir r but I rfrai not be poor i^nben.lf yon %ilr. be minok' whilpered.Qray. iff*"' ' Benben, ., dear'. I waaldr-indeed I ifoatd —if I were atill young and oocd looking) but I am I am^ot ao, dea^ l^uben {I aai ' middlo-aged iand pUin.'* . , - 'Well, 'HanuaK old tfweetheart. while yon hare Imu groif ing older, have I jbeen gbing ;>io'ard8 and growing!^^ TOangerf ^ewt^d think ao to hear- yon^ t^k. N«^ Hjmnahl I|h1nk ^H ia' jait abont >b* aame dlmrenOe in onr atfii n.noa(^».< to aak yowevob at tnia late ,dayv flid friead,r;to oome and eheer my lone]y ly^e. Willwondoao, Hannah r ' Benben, do yon really think t^t I oenUl iaake yoa any nanp^i home way i ier than von are^ ° or more oomfoHable than' in a low, lUml^tiag I ''\ J. make TOur itiaf'aaked ▼oloa.<: • Sartain, my dear.'-' ' . . . 'Bat, 'Benben, lam not good-tempered UkalniMd to bat I am very often etoaat fad-'" '■•>■—',-■ - ' Tb*' 1* beoama yon havi been all alone, with no one to oare (or ylm, Hannah, my' dear. Yon ooaldnt be oroee. with ma to love yoa,* said Beaben, edothinely. 'itat,. indead. I fear I fhonld ; it ia mr inflrmitty : I am OMMO utim with lahmaaj. - poor dear lad.' * * Well. Hannah, aveii if yon waa to be,' I ahoaldn't.mindit mOoh. >i dont ifant to hoaet, but I do hope ae IVa jot too mnoh manhood to bajpntjof »|flanee iflth women i htMk, I ahil^My pat oat, yok ^now. ' ♦No.y o ag oo didlowtln a v ontof tampw in my life'.' *" / ^ I8KMABL t OB, m THE DSFTHS. < ThMik TOO, Humah 1 Thtn it'ia b*r> * Bat. B«alMB I abtrat bbttMlf * Iford blflM yon. Hana li I why, I told /o« 7Mn ^r>» wh«n th« Ud wm a hdplMS |MDT« that M •hoold b* m ir«looa|« to m* m j» Mm of ojor own) uid now, Huknali, at his iif^ with hiaArnin,' hall Hi a parfaot tMaaoMtoBM.' aaid Baobao, brifhtaoinff , ' |n ythaA vannaf^ BanbanT < ' Why, (aw, Hannah, too know I aaTf r ponld maka any fiat w raading, writiug. and Vithmetic t and ao tha kaaping of (ha larm hooka ia Itiat tha mia graat tonnant of my Ufa. Uttfa Kitty naad to kaap them for ma hafora alia waa murriad (yott'know I man* agad to giva tha oliild a bit of aohooling) j Ml ainoa aha hara baen gona tbay havan't baan half kapt, and if I hadn!t a good mam- ipi&y of my own I ahoiikldn't ba able to aire no aeooont of notbiiig. Now{ lahmael, yon \tMi% oonld pot all tha hooka to righta for ■la, and kaapa them to righta.* .. * If that b« ao, it will faliave my mind Vary mooh, B^nban, ' replied Hannah. .The appearanoa of Iahm*al'a pale faoa at tlM door mkt an and to tha aonvaraation for UMAtima i^eing. And Banban took ap hia hM and dapaiied. That aTaniag, after Benban had bid tiiem good-nighr, and departed to tha aaighbonr'ahoaae where ha alept, Hannah told 'lahmaal all aboat her an|ptgam«nt to Gray. And it waa with tha ntmoat aatoo' iahiMntfthe youth learned they were all to go to raaida -on tha plantation to a little beyond hia natira roood tA hille, ud sea what Waa 00 tha otiier aide J tha morning waa yoonft the aeaaon waa early, the world waalreah I this day aaemad a new birth to lahmael ; this jonmay a new atart in Ufa {he infentoly enjoyed it aU } to him all was deligh-fol : the ride throogh tba baanttfol, gnra, bkaaomiing woodi ; the vgHnipaaa of the Uaa sky throogh the qnir- aring apper learas ; thi ahining of th* anii t the vincfng of th'' birds ) tha fragranbe of tha flowrt. iioor. ■J- Tobim the waripg traaa sa«m«d bandog ^"irX-- ■^■ I8H1UBL ) OR. Qf THE D1FTH8. T^^'j in worship ^ Urdt trilUag hynM of \oj I Midib« flowtn waftiu oAirinfi of utoMM I TlMf* M* time* Mid dImw whon thk Mrth MOM BoayM iiid «U B«t«n wonhippfra. lohnMl VMdiviM^ kmw t «t^«i »he loot ioMga of OUodi* nHoppwurvd nov oammndod witH n luOo of k>p«» for to-day MniratioM iadood otooMd propho. oieo. wilf oooM pwf*'. twl •!» thW poooiblo. And. not on lohouMl oImo beomod tbo blooood inflnonoo 9I tko mring weothw. Bran Bonnoh's oovo-woni fWoo rioftoMid into oontontmontinnd OBdovment Aa to Reabott'o boAibt |»liia. it wm • uight to bttaold in iti poiioot aotis&ioftioo. Eren tho D9|{ro drivor c« t^ hoovy woogon lei bia honoo toko thoir timo m ho rSSed hia OM to ootob WMno rwy doliooto ItriU in bird'i,aoiM[, or tarnod hia baad to inholo the pannme from Moio iNwk of flowora. Onward thoy jpamayad at thoir loiaoro through aU that glad tnortoing land. •cape. At noon thoy atqppod at a olMtfing around aooolaprio«intho wooda, and While tho tiegro fed and watared the honea, thoy reated and Mreahed thamaelToa with a rabatantial Innohoon, and then atrollod abbntthroaghthoahadaa until 'Ittn' had eatoA hia diiui#. N paokedt ^0 hampoTf^ and pnt tho horaea- to th* waggoni again. And than thoy aU rotanil? to thoir aeata and raoommenood thaic Ou ^d ^inSef Jot^moyed throoah nftemooD ; doepor and doopor thoj dow ed into tho fonol aa Iho aU deowodm tho ,WaSt. Whonit^waa oq tbo[>i0g« oftho horiaoii, a riking loiigjieMf^ jino* thiowtfi tho iatantioaa of thmSaoOm, ff afi Bah grow ratbor anzioaa, and aho apoko «p t . • It ^«eoma^ to mo, Re|bBn, that wo hato oQino ten ailoa ainqa wfaaw a h<«4a «r» famk*'. ■ ■*■ " . . ' ■ 1 ■ . '.?*^u'7 4*^' ^,*J^ oowl. tho aidat of the wluile fo««ot of Privou Ooorgo'b^ and oar hoBoia jet about fivovniko oft. Bot doiitbaaCr|i«[,Hannali, woman : yon have «ot mo with yon, aad wo will got h«Bo 1m> foro midnight' ^ 'I am 0B& thinking of t horanifray Mgroaoi Seabott ) thoy aU tako rofngf in tbeaethiok wooda. yoBknow I and tb^ am Toiy dea- P^^ f»Si thair handa againat OToiy. body and •vwybody^ handa againat them, yoamayaay,' .-—r , 'True* ^Uanah} thoy we daapemie «nMgh,. ftw thoy havo ovorything to foar and nothing to bope, in a meotiqgwith moat ' I dOBt know } (hoy mnrdorod a harmioao paddUr UMkt wintor, and attaokod a ptaw ablo teamatar thia aDnng.' ' ^^ 'Still, my daat, OMra ia no danger | %i haro a p«br of donble barrolM . piatob loaded and alao a blnnderboaa i and. wo aio throo man, Bhd yoa are aa good aa fourth 1 ao don't bo afiaiit' Hannah waa ailavoad, if not roaaanro^ They ionrooyod 00 at a rata aa faat aa tho rather tirad horae»oo«ld bo onod to mako. When the ann had aet it groiP d«rk, Tory dark in the foroat Tboro waa no moon 1 and althoogb it waa a oloar. atarli^t nighlL yet tliat did not belp tiion mnoh. Thoy had to driro very alowly and oarefnlly to aroid aooidanta^ and it waa indaod midn^ht when thoy drbfo np to the door of Hanoah'a new home. It waa too dark to aee more of H than that it waa a two^toriodwhito oottage ^witb a vine-dad poroh, and that it atood m a gardon on tho tfdge of tho wood. bHAHTSR xxxvn. '■..■■ 'i I ram- Kiw It ia a qmoi piotaro tho hamblooottagfr biding In tha thidk wo^a Yon fa' >tb«a, ^IFhen at ita wiro*«hL^ Voar MlM^na 3llo>oa«h bark yot d^a w^itea I b«| «h^ ta no ^noiif lo ni, Ipr yon I Ah. doar wfte | m '» • di7l ^"♦W* " , . : .1 ' ; haro looked fbr'aid to tbroagh aU the i^oqp thooldfonat. Proliilo Mavo wraathod thorn woU aad half » . the rinda * "^ . _ Original, that wrap ^wm. C^wdinglaavu Of gUat^ing graon, tpA olutaring Ji%h| ' 'flowora '^■'. : Of parpl% in whoM^apo, throogboal tjki • ., ■ day, . ;,: ■ ■ . ,-,;,*': the bommiiif bird' wantooa boldly, irairi . around- - ■ ■,] - ,: And woo the gontlotjfo 'aad 'dolioato toneh. tUI ia the dw^llii« aod«»i^ bo to :---'thom^ •■- QBiata>apeaial tampla^-^m (^ «Miw ' Waloonio homeJaannah i wel^yioe homob dnaraot Woman i Nor more bard Fork now, Haoaah I and no more alavitag a: ^0 oTot- laating wheal and loom I Kotblng to do b^ your own |^et^ little booao to^(aap^ and^ yonr own tidy aarnnt g^ttb Ipidi; after 1 And no rnofo fuaoty%boatthofattire. Han- nab I foryoa hfiVo m o ^ l6»o yoa and oaro " w^e| t(>ia iaa di^l MHMAKL I OB, -IK TEMS DMPTH8, /^ «■< Iroabl* of ausy jmn. Th»ok Ood, II kM MOM at iMt, man b Uw d thttB I t^nt |mmn4 it would bt, And I walooaM yoa hoflMi ■f wife t* Mid BmbM Gray, m h« lifted his oonuuitoB from th« waggoa, oabrMod her, uid Ml Iwrthroagh tli* g»to Into tko froB^yMd. ' OK. ymi imr, good Bnibon, whal • alMk lant howothis ul m maok botlM tluui I hi^Miy NMon to ozpoei,' n^ HmmIi. to twptiM Hid dolichti 'Toa'll Uk«itbo«tw itiU by daylit^t^ ny d«»r/ Mwwwrod Gray. How kiad vooupo to mo, dwr BraboB.' • tt ihdU •TwAya bo ay giMtoat pkomm to bo Mv Hwiitfthi * Anogro girl al thia BMOumt appoarad •» tta door wtik a light, and fho hoaband aad wUa ontarod tho hooaab labmiMl apraoK down from hiraaat. •tratokad kia orampad litnba, and naad •boat Ubi with all thoaariooity and intor' aat of a atraaaar in a athuga aoona. ThataatnMMof tha laodaoapa, aa dimly dia* •artiad by alarligkt, ^vw* aimpla and grand. Bakiad him Iny tka daap foiaot from whioh th«y Imd Jnat amargad. Oaitpedga ■lood j^ wUta oottaga. anrroaadad by iia gHdaab ' BafoMUfi lay tha opon ooaatry, Oopiag down to tha bi^k* of a brood riiar, wbooa dark wavaa riimtowad in ib* letUawaa Jodga ItaritoV Oaadiali biith-alaoa ( * Will,Iiii«ia^ai«y(b waitbgloraa fa. lUtgiiito—twt Why. yd« ara^^aa wol" oMMai Haaaakkanal^ and yoa apnUa'l ba *om *6 f Bialai— dtha haarl? .««toa if Bnabaa Qiay.aa ha rataraod oImmI i«inM* ^^iatal^ altortakiag Hannah ia. *lkBoi^ it, aaolo Baabaa. Voa «m aM I aM 1 do koM to mMo aaafal to yoa,^vMl&4 Idba boy. a fovtaa^ to4aa, la d aa ami^ Bar: wl^ dMi*t ^koa go to j|^t itfr t , Tim aia^ jjaat aa a, yoty tboagk jfoaYiagviaa /, okaarily. V ' ' loaly'atoTmd toatri'tok my limBia.*aad ^tAkolp to witktkaia|||ag^^ saidlalaMaL wItoWM al^aya Mmaiphma, praotioiu aad, aaaWL aad wko aow atonad to oad\ki|»> ■alf wttk Haaaah'a haafcato m f^ Miag toto the hoaa*. > 'Nenr, thaa, 8am,' aoid Gray, taratog to tka iiOgRib *kNk akarp tikero I Briag m llw tranka aadboiwo fraa iha li|^t wagg^i « tokh i'thefamitaw from Iha heavy oaa,. and pila, U to thaihad, 'akaia it oaa atoy nam m^ra* X Tkaaa^ro b aal lii a d kimaelf to obey tkaso' ordor% aad Biabao Gray and XahaMal ea- tored tkaooMagagardaa; Ikey nuaad aa a gvaval walk bordared aa«k nda witk Hho baabaa, aad aatared b? a Tiaa-akaded poidi toto a broad |aaaaga, tkat raa throogh tka adddla of tka kooae , from tko tfmi to tka book door. 'Tkara are font taiga rooaH oe tki4 toor. lokmaal, aa« tkia fi tka famUy aittinc- Gray, opanlag a door oa hia ,jt. 't waa a vary plaiuMUtt frtoit room, witk a bright paper oa its walK a gw homeapon oarpat oa tka (toor t fiotty okinta onrtatoa at taa two float windowa) okinta ooireraof the aaaie pattern oa the two eaay*ehaira and the aota | a bright Are VuBiag In thexipen flro'Blaoik and a a«mt toa'to b la aat oat to the midole of the floor. Bat Haaaab waa aowheia'Tiaibla. * She baa goaa to her room, lakmaal, to taka off ker bMBi^t ) it iatho other troal one aoram the paaaaga, iaat oplwaito to tUs t ahd aa i^a aaaou to ba taking of bar «ime, I iaay aa wall lAow yoa your^ Iihmael. Jaat drop them kaakata dowa aaywkarau •ad aoma witk ma, my h>d:' aaid Otay. loading tka way toto tbe paaiaga and aa the •tairoaaatothoaeooad^oor. Arrived there, keopenad a door, adopittiag kiauaU aad hia aompanioa toto a ehamber immediately arer tka aittiau[F-rooa>. * Thia ta yoar'n, ^auMd i aad I hopo aa yoa'tt And it ooirforlabla aad ataka yoataelf at koaM.'aaidBMibaa, baatily, aa ha fntro daond Iihauel toto thia roeat. It waa amra tadaly taraJabad - thaa th . oarpet eseept th>' Burip laid down Itf the bedaide i the iMd im'U'kpM rttf plaia, aad eovared with a patdiwork qpith I ttia tW9 front wiadow- weiai ahaded with d^rk graea paper bliod ; aad tbo biaok walaat ba eaa, wathttaadi aJ ekaira, were tott old. Tot all waa eainipa lovaly elaaa t Md eveiyirlMta wi-^ avi- doMaa tkat tko Uadly «are of Bani>en GiN^y kad taken paina to diaoorer lahmaal'a Mbitl aad proTid* for hia nptotoHka, Wat iaitanae. |oat batwava the fMat trin- >d«wai ftoodau <4d-laahiitoad pieaa iil fir- Bitof«,< half book-«aaa aad half trriting' daak, .and wkcliy aoaveaieat^ abetai tog threa appar ibalTe* well fl ad with booka, a drawer fall of ato t ioaaty, aada olooat for li^te papal'.' JahmaiTwalkad atMabt ap to thia ' Wlqr, triiero did yo.rooai it I intondad for you.' ^ ^ ' Ah, nnole Beobon, how good yon ara to me I Braiybody ia sood to me/ ' Qaito natiroi, bhmael,. ainoe yon am nsefai w aTerybody. And now. my lad, '.^J® f^ ■**** *« "P ^^^^ yo*"" •»«»• ■'^^*''^ y^ "^^ fttohoa yodraolf np a hit, yob hnn oomo>down to ahppar/ aaid Oray, retrantinicaidloaTing lahnatf in poo* - aaaaion of his hMMn. Li a few arinntap nftov the negro Sam bconghtmthe boi: tbat oontained ail Jbh- mnora worldly geoda. ' ^^•ICiMw.Cfrajr^toy bow tho anppar 4i aU mdy, air,* Mid tho man, aattingdowa tno MS. , • As IbbnMol WM aloo qnito ready, bo followed tba Mgro down-otain kito tho Mting>ioeto. ' Hannah was alrandjr b> bar saat irt tho •••^f *i!i.!?^*^»'i!! Wiind hofwaltod' L"r*Tte'**«***L *"*"^ atood at tba baoli of bi# own obair ai tba foot of tbo UbK wMtiiM for labmael beforo aotftina *i"*'^ ?*^ •*• **y to6h hia owif pt4oa, Benban aahad a blowing and tbo ?•? «»»">*n«d. Tbo tind travniler did ample jnatiotf to tbo hot ooflte, broiled ham aild agb nnd fnob broad and batter beforothem.r ' . Alter anpper tboy aqparaild for tbo ^mgbt.' Is at irat by finding himeelf i» • atraagaroom i bn , ae- memory quiehly re» 5"^ 'Ti.L'K?*.'^ ^^ *^ ••* '^^ •«"« drownp^bla blind and loehed oot from hia ■bmaol wantnp to hia lOOto aad wnt 'Vm to bed. M vwytirod that hia bead waa ' ■ooBOr kid npon hk pillow than bk -were— "^ ' * It wao oariy morning i the ana waa Jnat rWag Mjd ^iu *• whok lanf wheat and ryn^ in their nak green hne of early growth I all apreadlDg downwarda- Mwarda the banke«f the mifbty Potomao that hero in ito mi^eetk Woadtb aeemed a ohaanal of "»• •^t whik fhr awnv aorooa the waton, ■nder the dktant borkoa, a faint bine Uno marked the toathom shoro. Sailing op and down tbo mighty riror were ahipo of ,aU naAma, oniH of erory d*. aoiption. from the three-dedj^ But ladk merohantman, going ot rotating from h r distant voyage, to thoHttk a(diooaer.rigged Mieman trAkn ap and down the ooaat. TheaeWo the idghfclk The oongk of birdo, tbo lo# of oattle, the bom of boea, and tbo mnrmnr of the water aa it iraabed tfto ' aa n da t hero Woro the aooada. All tbo joyoaaUfaof knd, wator and aky aeem«d eomUikdattbkapot aad viaibk from thk wkdoir, ', ■ ... ' V^^M^ ?>""»^* P'«to to liTo ia » tbaak the Lprd for It I' eaid lahmaal, forrMtly. aa ha atMd gaaing from the window, lloi long,«owover^ dM tbo yoatbjadalga bk kvoofnataroi be toiaod away, waaUod and ^voBad^biiHetf qaiakly aM want dowa- ataira to aoNI^ ooold bo aoilal. Tho wiadewo wwe opoB k tbo alttin» room, whiob waa ilkd, with tha relr»abiaiK fragranaaof tbo likoa. The biwikkat Mbk H" ?• » .««* WiUi% tho ookorod iM. bringing k tha ooAio. Almoat^tthao moment; Haanab otf tared from tho and B-'abon from Iba gavdaa. 'Oood-monkA bbaaaol I' ^aaill Banbaa, oodaidekthe name of oor littk boaMu. nmaa Tanf^wood kthi aaaM oftho jadga> bonae,a half a aiik baok k tbo d!!?icbl? * *** ** y"»» W^ *♦ >J • 0^ rory aiaA, iadood.' abok. I^*i yoa like it, aont Hannah t lantitpkasaatf^ oxdaimid the yoath; appealing to Ufa, kitoliaa Wot no ,. *• ^ "^wtod by «ia oarolUagoi a tboasaad birda. Bo ^rtod np^Tttttk , pkasan^ kdaad» iBhaudt* Mk aaid, • Ah. Bwihan, ' aba aontiaaod. tornkf t»bor baabMi^ >oa aoejsr^ whatndaUgbtliiil&omo y^ BMtol Ibndaoidea batit^ JmI tbo oottagto Ot otbar orowewA th«ll briagwt hat Uke ■c: *■, ■■ MHMAIL ) 0&. nr THB DIPTHS. liM* luNMr of two «r *krm latU ' E», h% ha I' UoglMd Ony. ilapptaf Us I in hi* trantpli, 'I knew jam too w«U. HAimiii I I kn«w if I had Ut yov know bow woU «tf 1 WM, TOO woald novtr Imt* itikm MO I Your pnd* would havo bom op io anna and 700 would l^va thooyiht boaidM aa bow I waa oomtortabla onoogh witbdak ypa, vbieh would havo ham aa id«o as I D«Tor ooaid hava got oal of yout baad I No, Haonab,' I hamorod your prido, ana lat yon tbink aa bow yoa w«ra marrying of a poor, miaarahla, daaolat* old man, aa would bo apt to dia of aaglaot and privatioiw if yon didn't oonaant to ooma and tok* oart of hin^. And tb«n I ooBkfortod mya«lf with thinking -irhalapleaaaafeii|rpris« I had inatorafor Tilng foi your Mka I' ^ Bnt, Bcnbon, how ia it that you bava so. •ad pinaaad abatf 1 aa4 har larkaya. aad ••aaa and baaai and bar baabivaa and ~^bata pteasaassi|rBrise a nna la ■•ar« 1 ' yon whan I should f atoh yon herf>. Boi yonraalf, daar woman I for thars isn't a thi aa I bara don* to thta house I didn't do 1 gacdsn a^d ocobart. •And this Im'I dl, aitbar, Hannah, my dsar I Wa aan bava aa mnab aa wa want forfamilynaa, of all tba rare fmiia and vag«;awlafroai tha graaabooasa and hot- bads up at Tanglawoad 1 and. baaidaa that, wa have tha frendoon of ^ha flahari«i« and tba aystor bads, too ; ao foa sto. my daar, von wi*l lite lika any qnaan I Thaak tha I/ord r said Baaban, ravarantly mains his hat. •And oh, Banban, ta think should hara saved all this for ma, poor, faded, unworthy ma his wife. ' Why, law, Hannah, who elaa have saved it for but my own that yon btippinaas I' sighed shonld I dear old swaethaart Y I never s<> much aa thought of aao'har.' ' With all thaaa oooiforts about yun', yon bava nutrried aome blooming y&ong _^ . - Biig .» mnah batter a honau than other men of yourVgirX' Aintioa avar haf a V ^ ■* Lord, dear woman, I hadn't mnob lamin'. ia partljr I AOga. •Ifttioa ' >Wall, Hannah, my dear, it •liant and partly Ulaaign in the jttra work for a maiith. whan I pi^ad yon np for dead that day, I promised the Almighty, Father to ha a nther to you s ao, lahmael, yoa mnst regard me at such, whan I tell yon ihatyonaia to let the booka alone lor a Whob month longer, until your health ia rofiptad. 80 just oat your bat and aoaa with us 1 1 am going to show your annt otar thanlaaa.' ' -laLpmii amiltd and obeyad. And *U thna want Mt t«|ath«r. And oh i with how maoh prida Aanban displayed tha tnaaures of his Uttlp plaaa to his long^ H»iHpah. Ha ahowad har her tqmt nor muoh relig on, mora's tba pity ; boi I hope I have oouadmoa enough to keep ma from doing any young girl so ornel a wrong aa Io tampt har to throw away her youth and baaaiy on an old man lue ma { and I am sure I bava sanaa enonf h to prevent me from doing mysblf ao great an lajnstioe aa to bay a'yonng wife, who, in ' the . very natur' of things, would ba, looked fotr'afd to my death aa the beninning of her lils 1 for I've beard as how tha vasy ^f a of a woman ia love 1 and if tha g»l«wife eaa- no. lore har old hnahand---oh, Hannah, lat na drop the vail 1 tha piotnr' ia toe sickening to look at. -Snob marrisfsa an aiimea. Ah, Hannah, in the way ofawaat* hearting, ana may tova yonth, but yonth aan't love age. And another thing I am aartin* mira M-'-sa a young man, it mnst be a great deal hardar for bar to many an old man than it would ba for him omarry ah old woman, though aithwr would ba borri' i Ua.' • Yod aeem t^hava found thia out aom*- boWjJtanbeii.V « • Well, yea, my demr ) it waa alob^ of a rioh old fallow, hereaway, aa fell in love with my little Kilty's rosy ohe«ks and bbok eyei, and waned to make her Mrs. Biuiui^ Wmtarbarry. And I saw how tihat jprl" waa at tha same time tempted by hii>m'U«7 andfrigbteoed by his sge; ai^ how in her bawitbhed ststa, Iwlf-' dtnwaand h.>lf-aaarad, aba intterad ahaut TOBT bird going >ight into tha Jaws of a Uttla Kirty. for »!l tha world like a bird going >ight into tha Is tlssaake. W^ I questioaed " Why, bnthm, li« auT ItaZw I o^l !«▼• Mm I for how oulf Imi tlill Im •jMM BM to ■Mrry Ua. Mkd I iu 4o **•' » S^-J^y •ko«U«1 I, if IM ««nl« BM to?" TiiM lA « whi«p«r~*« Yoa know. broth«r, it wonldoV b* tor long i htmmm b« it vMr M old and woold mmb di« i «ad thm I sbrald W • rfth youog widdir. «ad iMTo my piok And oImom cot of tk« bMl yo«B| m«a in lh« ooaiitry Me." Suoh. ilMMMb, WM tho.OTil tt* • of fMinf towhioh tlut old mMi'b ooortohip bMl bro«fht my timpU littU tiator I And I boUoTo io my mmI it la (h« nataral atato of faeUag into wbioh •rary young girl falla wli« marriaa aa old man. ' • That ia tarribi*, R.Bbai,»~^^ — ^~—^ ' Sartingl^ it ia. ' * ^K**** **i*' T**" **^ *• y«««" •"t«rr 'y^^lf. ^ '•'^Jn** •!»", tha faaiinga of WaUMLiQU, IN THI DlfTBA ■v i doting ■aftor'a iMin UU yoa I littla Kitty, nor bar ay thar. and that I _^ , and I talkad to Uttla Kittf lika a father and Bothar, both ; I told bar wall what a yoaog traitraaa aba wm aplauning to ba ; and bow •ba waa fooling baraalf woraa tnau aba waa daoairtngbar old bann, who bad ^t into tha whit.laatbar aga. and woald ba aartin' ■ura to Uva twantv-flTe or thirty yaara longar, till aba wqald ba an old woman bar- !r '.T*.' •© frifbtanad bor. by tailing bar tbapbiintrathiB tha pUinaat worda, that ■hniDk trem waiaf bar old loviar any mora, and bairgada* toaaad him abwt big baai- anaa. And I did, too. "with a flaa in hit ear. aa tha aayinj^ ia j for Irepaatad to him ittyhadaaidtoma, aa • laying ia; for Irepaa evary word aa litila Kitty haCaai^ ^»^mm airarnlng to him for tha fotor* not to go Xtampttof any mora young giria to mairy tiim for ^ia munay ahd than wiab kim daad m - munay for tha anjoymciit of it. *Ihopaitddhim«ood.' • Why, Hannah, ha want right atra'ght middla agad boiiaakaapar. who. to tall ih» ■olama trath. he oogbt to hava manlad twanty 7aara baforal And aa for littla Kitty, thank Haavan I aha waa soon aonght «aa wifa bya bandaoma yoong faUow. iTbo •nitwi 10 harm awry war. mJ who raally did lora bar and win bar Ibfa; and thar wara marriad and Want to Califomy, aa I told yoa._^ Wall, aftor I waa laft alo^^ tha aaighbonring amall farmara with anprarMrd danahtora, aaaiug bow oomfortable I i^aa 8xad. woald of tan aay to m»^« • ©ray, yoa r "CIraT. aoT nioe littU marry lyv-jumi only Made «■• tliimg to maka it pirfeST a "^y* g'^" ::Lwiiy d«*t IS ii ^ to aaa tha girIa aooM araalag. Oraf | Aad all that. I aadaiatMd it alL HaaOab. my daar i bat I dida't want aay -n-nmaa! Kaa or old. auapt yoaraalf. wImi waa my I lora aad my only ooa, and whoaa wbola Ufa waa miiad ap with my owa. aa aloaa aa aT«r watp aad woof waa wovan ia yoarwaba, Baanab.' ' roa baf«ba«a toora faitbfal to ma thas I daaamd. Baabw i bat I will try to maka yoa happy.' mid MmmK «Mi moeb amotion. • Voa do maka ma hap»y, daar. withoat "Ting. And now whara ia labma* r' ia- qairad Baoban. who navar ia bia own ooa« taat forgot tha walfiira of othara. Ithmaal waa walking alowly aad thongbftH rally at aoma diatanoa babiad tham. R.-obmi aalladafto> blmi ^: ' Walk up. my lad. Wa are going ia la dinaaraow t wt dbo at aooa. yon know.* Ivhtnaal. who bad lingarad bahind tnoa tha motivaa of dalioaey that witbbald bim from iatraiing oti tha ooufldtatial tiou of tha aawly-mahied i qniokanad bia atapaaad J laad tlu with a amila t 'Unola Raaban, wban yoa not to atady for a wbola OMntbifMnBd tioi laaan to eoaaaal bm to roat ia Immhi Im foar lona waakar t moat work, HMSlwiah yoa woald jpatma to that whiob wmm tka moataaefaitoyoa.' * And moat |«aaf oial to yoar owa baaltk. ay boy r VOml woald yoa aav to flahingt Woald that m at yoar iHabao V * * Oil. I abuald Rka tbal irary maob. If I ooold raally ba of aaa in Ibat wa». OMb |tanbeii.'aaid tbayootb. 'Why. of aonraa yoa ooald i oow 111 Ml yoa what yna oaa do } yua oan go thia aftar^ noon with Sam in tha aill-boat aa fbr dow« tha riwtt aa Silver Saada, whara be Hmm ta hook aoma toa rook flab. Woald tiMMMl yonr riawraf W '9>aetly Maaghed lahmael, aajia ayte dauoed wnh the eagarnaaaof jommtmimk apart. Th»y went into tha hooaa. whate PUUia had prepared a nioe dinner, of baoon uid aproato aad applaHlamplingii; wliiob tha whole party reliahed. '^ ^^ '^ A terwardM. lahmael atarted on hia trtk fleliiog voyage with 8am. Aad tboagh it wta aahprt ono. it bad for bim Jt tba oharma of novelty added to the onitemaat > ?L5*"'*' "^J"* *»J«7** «>• wtoowlo* es. MNivA y. The flahiag waa very bMoaw. il. fcnd th ey f Hled t heir lit h boat and gat ' tefc home by annael At aapp>r lahaMel fare a faU aaeoaatof tha ezpeditioB tadf^ •» ', A llUfi tUML I OB, IN TBI PB FTHl. mkv^d t^ hmmr «M||irftl«UlioM of Aad thM vadad tiM lMltl. apirit tbat bad foand •piriag baraia poaMw * diy • baaa- vauuML'» anooauM. t I haTO Towad ihatahaU bo» T«t Bioat Biy brow ba palar To dip it witb tha orowa, fada • V Wbm it ia fadad. Not ia rtiu f ory. 0.. glorioaa voioaa, tb«t aurvtva tba tongna From wbanoa waa drawn yoar aaparata aovaratfAtf, Par I woald ataad baoida yon I —M. B. Browmtmg. , lOaatti odatbaad bia work, yot raaamrd Ua btadiaa. Ha oianagad to do both ia tbia fray— all tbe forauocmha dalrad ia tba gar< daa) alltb* aftarnooa ba waat oTar tba •baolio aeooaat-booka of Raaboa Oray, to bdag tbaoi iato ordar i aad all tha •▼oniag ba atadiad u bia awa rooai. Ha kapt ap hia Oroak aad Latin. And ba raad law I No tioM to draaai of daadia now. - Oaa ^ Um wiaaal of oar modarn philoao- pbaia aayn that wa ara aara to miat with tha right book at tha right (iaia. Now whathar H waia obaaoa, fata, or Protridanoa that ■il)U tfM aoanty abalvaa of tba aid aaoritoira wMafaw law-booka, ia not ktoowat hat it w wrtaia that thalr praaaaaa thara daddad Mta aaroar of lahnaal Worth. tTfalMuayafaotMagaago, aaw foa^ 'dry law ' tba lataaaal* lataaaatlag u la a ii of Aa a yoaug baba, wboaa aala ebjaot ia lifa ia to faad, popo ararythiag it aaa gat hold of into ita month, ao tbia jeatUal aapiraat, whaaa maotar.paaaioa waa tha lava of laaraing, raad avarything ha aoald lay hia banda oa. Promptad bj that iataW laetaal oarioaity wbieh avar atittalatad him to asamiaa avarr aabiaat that fall aadar hia BOtiaa, Iflbmaii lookMl iato tha law-bookib Tbay war« aMta tazi-booka. probably tha diaaarda d prop ar^ of aaaw voaag atadaat aottd tha'radiaianta of tba proftaaiagh waakaaaa of wiUI How oltao alfo wa a»« maa of vary aodarata iatallaat aaanaad thioagk atraagth of will I In Xakmaal Worth iatallaat aad will wara aaaally atrong. And whaa ia that poor ^hambar ba aat hiamalf dawa to atady law, apon hia owa aaaoaat, with Iha raaplatioa timaatar tha prolaaaloa aad to diatiagaiah hiaaiall ia it, ba did ao witk tha falTaon- aoioaaaaaa of tba iMgaltBda af tha oMaot aad of bia own powar to attaia it. Day •ltarday,haworfcad hard, aight altMr aigbt ha atadiad dUigaatly. ^ . .. labmaal did ao: tUak thia a bardabip ] ha did not marmar orw hia pevarty, ariva- tioaa aad t9il» aok lor hia owb bright ■Ml baaa ilal niirit taraad ava> ythiag to light and loraUaaia. Ba did aar, ladaad, iiTtha prida of tha Phariaaa, thaak God that ho waa not aa othar bmb } bat ha did f aal tao daaply graltfalCMrtha faitallaataal powar baatoirad upoa hte, ta mamar at tba oir- oaamtaaaaa that awda it difloalt to ealti* *ata that gloriaM gilt. Oaa af tiraiwa, wWla tfeqr wara all at taa, Ba ab aaCkay aaMi «Naw. lahaaai, aijr lad, Haaakh aad ma to apaad tha afaaisc at ai a g maf ortt to apaag laa araa yg i Braira^who ia •rt w aar at — aky Wwra •Bdyoamigfat'bwallMWith tiaitkaia'k aiaaWo' aala thaaa.. What 4a faa mv " * . mifAiLf OB. or mi raran. «m4 tb«i joMg * Thank f ««, udt lMb»a, b«l I wkli IMA-Ikk 09mln§, ' mM («• jtmtk. *Vem, bkMMl, what far AmM ^v« vwuMlf to dMth r* 'I Mil. iMk. I work Ium4 it la Iniai bal tlioa, *M know, vo«|k i« Um ti«o far work. Mid bMldoo I lika il, (•How, olMorfallj. ' Wol . k«t altar booiM and woo4i raking aad ylaatlaa ia tko ffaidoa moralag, aad bochcriag joar kral them ttttradtaiir 'ooant book* all %&• BOOB, what* Um fMd of joar foiag aa log OTor tkoM otapid kookt all tho ovoaii ^Taa wiU Ma tbo good of it aono of tti dat^ aaola RaaUa.Maaghod liliaaaL - * Ton will waar yourMll oat kafor* tfcal •aawarod Baakaa. '■• ^^ ■ wotdd ko hia raia, aad now I know it.' pat in Haaaak. "^ Eitrs'gh'sf'"* •^•'"«-«^ . b.» •bhBaai. ny lad,' h. .aid. *iSjm matt "•d, da pray, raad ia tho foninooa, inatoad of warkbg la tho gardaa. ' * Bat what will booomo of tk* gnntf V ia> «Birod bkBMMl. witk graTitv. ' Oh, 1 oan pat on* of tW aiggar-bova imp it.' 'And >»▼• «»py far kia tiaia ami not havo tha work half doM al laat.' - •WalLIhad rathor II ka ta^ th«i yo. •koald alavo yaarMlf to daatk. "^ I Uka ta wtrk la tk* gardoa. aad I am aair^ |MdM I* boaatiial, Md tk* aaro ^ it la a gnat ploaaaia aa wall aa a gtaai |b*Mflt to ■Ml it giraa BM all tk* oat-doar oaarcia* •Taa,k**oaldl *laawky la * i^ag ko«M tkk ovaaiiag _. kiai ta go with a* t' **aipl*ia*i Vow. *tiM#th af will ia aat aalf.wlU. rifauMaacfparpaaakaatalwam •waag ■**d ImplaaaUUty. rk* ^VWNT vO fln#W aot ho tkair *ti«iigtk. , Inaly rMoU*d ** k* w** ta ita avwry boar of kia l*i*ar* to *tadT, iw Tory wall wiMa to iMk* «a *a*fptioa ^'araU,Wd*a*rM** kia faioHwHoaa latjr. 8okaaa*w*r*d t aat Haaaak. if yoa roalljr with faa. I will do ** ol ooo waatyoa tago bMiaaa* I t-»,. ™. atjob Mooloaiiairaar book*, fwir MabM* follow I 4ad b«*aB** I kaotr^ta bavMi't k**aoM a^pwboto for tk* laat two'hM>ntk* i aad k**aa**I MUn UwoaW do yoa good hi>go.'*aialfr*.0ra7. ' * • All right, aaat Hannah. I wiU raa ■».- ■tairaaaddr***.' kHi^«d I*hma*i. kaviaii I •a*fptioa IkioHnn* te tklak fw in a (*w miaat** bhau n*d bar in tifljlnlonr. Haw,on||HPaai ' Taa, aant HaAiah | and laoraatiaa that I »*f air* ta Sf fil SmT^ ^»*»f •» »«»*iMI aU tk* raat • Ahrihaud. .■! I*d, wha waaM tkiak yaw g n a d aaaa 9I kaart that ftaraa •wn W tola a4*H^lk'.aid B«ibMi 0^7^ , -}* *■ fc*»a»atiaaay aa ha k*«p* U« *t*iw iMtiar a.w«rkiBf hianalf ta d*ath I Bavbaa Otw, lakaaaal Wortk ia oao of tho okatiaa- Hakaabamabalteato am aiaoa ka waa > baby«'|HadHaauk,aurJly. And bar Bind I «iaa i(wk*a tha iafaat r«v«rtidte tkal «{d Uunaal wwdd Ufa bi W| i* •rmtj- ■aanatkteafMd lMT«lkatkaaaiy« liwaalA kaaalna I but lAoQ't k*. QbBtiMt*ig a ' And k* sar* yaa pat on yoar gold watah aad okala,' «all*d oat Hanaak. Haaaak alto aroo* and w*at to hor rooai to i^aag* h«r alaia browa oalloo gown (or a In* blaok allk dr*** and aiaatla that had b**B B*Bb*o Gray'* aaptlal proaant lo bar, aad a alraw boaaot triaiBMd with bla*. In a (*w miaat** lahaual, a*atly attirad. Joined bar in tM||Mi(onr. yoar waleh^ labuMdr* , bat I am woariag it aa a cawd. I don't Ilk* ta waar tha ahala 1 it i* too showy tot my dreaaataaooa. To« waari^ aant Banoabi aad alwaya waar It whia yoa go oat 1 It loeka rMiUf bMMtlfal ev*r yoor bhuk *llk diam.' mid bboiaal, a* b* pat th* ahaia araand Ilia. Oray'li aaak aad ooatovplatad tha *««oi • What a toad boy yoa ar* I' mid Haanah | bat ska woold aot bavo boM a woman If aha bad aat b**Bpl*aaad with tha daooratka. Boakaa Oiay aam* la, arrayad ia biaSaa- dayaait,aai aadlad to aaa how aploadid Haaaah waa,aadth«B dfawiag hi* wifa'aarm protdlj wIthiB Ua owa. aad ealling I«h- maal to aooampaiiy tham, aat off to walk a mila iartkor ap th* rifar aad apood a fmtiva aT*oiBg with bla brothar araraaar. Tbay bad a plaaaaat aft*ni*aa atroU akur tha pabblybaaoh af tk* broad watvr*. Tbay ■aaator*d at tMf l*iawa, watehing tha riiipamilapordafim th* rlT*ri looking at th*a*a-fowl dare ap ftaca th* raada aad laat far away t iJanalng at th* littla fl*h iaaaingap aad 4iiiitpp*aring la tk* wave* | aaapaaauutaMa la a wkila to piek ap i ahall or atoaio ; and ao «t laat tbay pratty «ltlM m iMCKMih, JWd Mid t ^ ' *WllT. t'TVfOt tkl ttiili'miiiBMl kMar iMhMMIt^B • lot «f bookCM IHU iMluMUd MoarlMdiBg bf til Omvm Biok, Okpl^iT^lilUr) wkiokatMdiutvpM tli%)NiM ^aHHk mmmtmf th* J«tt«d eat into tiM rfvar. ; Thfjr iMt • aodal arMiag with th* •VMMw and Ma wifa aad thaTr haU d«Ma iMiioai hoya aikl airli. And aboat tla a'ajadi tlMgr walkad hadarad ovar hia parphmitiaa. Baobao hMl Utaly grown to raly vary moah apa« lahBMfl ■ Jndgman^ and to anaal to hminallhia'diilQnitiaa.. So hal^aAnp to kMM and boofidanoa aa tha yooto aotaiad iHttHannah. ,J:Wfc»*j»|t, onolo SaOban f inqoitad tha ■oytthaoifuliy. ^ . Boabaa I Ha ia book-mad I ^ ft ia aiy opiaion, that whea Iwgataiato ttotflMBtyold Ubrarr. aaioag ^e daatv hooka, ha wiU laaey tdaiaalf li Hearea.' Saabaa looM tnm tha aariona ho^ of Haaaah to tha miUag ayaa of lahaiaal. aad iadnif«d,doa?itfaliyt aa that tha trath, my boyf •Homethiagmyaaar itT aaawerad lahaMaU Tha aa« moraing bhmaal Worth waat :.5S" Vi^^*^ *^ '*^'*'<>«<>>M*l)«liraatIy ^*%. J*^^^ I aa aaia aa yoa arabora, yoaahaUgotoyoar" • ^ CHAPTKB Into a foreat far, thfy tlieaoe him led ' Where atood the BMiaioa ia a alaaaant oUda. With great hilla roaadabtet M^^SmSl ^ Aad aughty wooda whi oh did tha vallfy Aad like a atataly thaatititmadeL . 8pr«adiiy itadf iatQ a 8f adoaapSiiL And ia the aridat a Bttla rivar played , yOt^ 9«aV atoa^ 1 whiohieeaied to '^**^:f** ""»««"' tlat hia aoaraa thay didfaatrato..>HS|pliad Beabaa. ^ ' Bat why ia that? Tha aaar braaoKaa 2* **• *»J5. ■••« loppiag -^ away from ^tha foa^aida} wa can acaroely gat along.' ^ • •IhaBi i^^^^iuMf^. :-f>- ,i'^ 7 ' m ISHMAUi t OE, IN fHK DBPTflS. Imv* a tfM in Tmi li^ od ao mash m toodMd I it isUa oro elMt ' ' TtBi, for y«m, lUnMi Or»y,' tfok* ap #MD I * Uiit tioM I trimaMd away Mm hcMimt from tlM didM 6L. thia Jicro rood, oU ouurM throotonod if I oort off m mooh m o twill fkom ono of tho tetm Wd toko off » Joittt ol OM of my ingMV to MO how rd Uko to ho •trimmod,'" IW Mid. '^ ■ lohmool iMghod and romarkod i * Boc tho iomI wiU obon bo oloood wtloM 11m troM ON out ftwoy.' >4ortiBit will I but ho don't o«t» for ooMMoooMi t howillboTohio WOT ) that's tho roMOB why ho Mvor oocild hoep ipyovonoM bo^ mo; thoro wm olwoyo ■uoh o fow ohoot tho troM onl thinfi, M ho olwayo«woNi'th«y ohoold grow m thoy had a OBind to, in opito of all Itho Vforooon in tho world. I lot himluToUi 0wn will I it'a n<«o of my hwinoM to oontra- dlothlm,'MidBMibtn. *^Bntwhi|t will yon do whon tho mod elMM, how will yon nwiMioto Mt hoavy boom np to tio hMMf hinghod lilpMOL * WhMl 'om np in Ibo haod.barrow, I olnoM, and if tho road goto too narrow for th^napaofc 'om and lot tno niggon toto tho fteMls np m jrieoo-moaL' ^Ihiokor dbd tbiokor grow tho troM m thoy ponotcatod doepur into tho ferNt; MOM oMttnolod af4 difBonlt hooamo tho MMkd.. Snddonly, withont an inotj^^t't warning, thoy oamo oinnI tho honoo, « hn«i^ oqnaro hoildingv of gray ■loMb M OMrorgrown with MiM, ia^, and« anting vIbm Hmt aoaroolya gUmpN of Iho wMi oonld bo aoon. Ito oolooro, thoro* foi«,>Mondod oo woll with tho flofrMt tnM that grow thiofcly and oloady aronnd it, that no 000 oonU aoareoly afqMot tho asiotanteof a hnOding Mioio. *Boro wi aro,' aaid Baoban, whila Sam diamonntoi and bagan totako off tho a Iht Tho front door **^What do daU^l aU dia. ohiUnn r ' HoM an aoma hooka thM an to bo ■nt tato tho Ubnry, annt Katio, aad tUa yonng man is to nnpaok andarnag* tbam,' aaawond tho OTeraM^. •Manhofkaim/ HobWngl*^ Lord, wimt •loiMniwaatwid mon hooka, whan ho Mbborhontonnd d«m ho hM gotf ««• fllii'Mf^ thn IM wotaan, raiaing bar handa in if yte plaoM, lot na havo tho koyi^ ' copUod '■' Gray ■■,.,,':'*' Tha wooaan dinppaMrad witlSif'tho hOtta and ramainid aliaant for a law minntaa, dnrlng whieh tha man liftad tho boMo from tha waggon. By tha tinM tboy had Mt down tho hut dno Katio n^ppe^JNid with hor heavy bnuoh of hayaand baokonad tham to foUwr hor. lahmaol obayodi by ahonldoring a amall hos and ontaring tha booac, white Bonbon Oray and Bam took np a hMvy ono hotwoan tham aad oama aftor. ItwM a nobte old ball, with itawalh hung with piotnrai and niait ama and trt^Mof tha ohoMt with dooro opanhM on oaoh ddo into apaeiona apartmanta | and with a broad atainaM aaoanding from tha oantra. Tha fat oldnagra bonaAaapar, waddling along boTon tho OMn. lod thom to tho back of tho ball, and oMnod a door on tho rights admitting thMs mto tha library in|^lio ooutanta ban to viow. tho Uttar aaid I * Now than, lahmaol, wo will Imto yon to go to work and nnpaok i bat dont yoo gat ao intonatod in tho work jm to diara- mamher dinnar time at ono o'olook pro- oiMly I and ba aan yon an ponotnal t bo> oanaa wa bavo got Toal and aninnidgo.' 'Thank yon, nuole Bonbon, I wUl Ml koep yon waiting, ' npiiod tho yonth. Oray and hia aaaiatanidapartod. and lab- mMl WM loft alMO wiib th« wonlth ^booka arowidhim. . OEiJPTBB Jit. diamay 'That la of o«r If finoaa, Katio I to obfyordofiMOb- Bonnd tho room an ahalno of datety lora, And rioh oldpioiarao bang npon tha wallk Wbon tho daat light laib on thamj and ,. , wron^t gama, lAfdalliona, rammooalnnad Matinnii V From Baronlanonm, tho niohM ill } \ And on a taMo of unamol wnnMl With a kat art In Italy, do lia friataofiawwoqBOBand ona ^^ -Jir.^.'IfWa ItwMOBoblonomt fonr loHy wiadowa —two on oaoh aida admittad ahnndann af Uidit uA air I at ono ond wan a ohlmnay.pioM i om tho ddM Sm OMM illod with mo oholla^ norala and oth» onnotioat >B tha ongralnngamro. ' v^* iSttMABL , OB ly ifag Drt!TH& Mt UwMited. B«WM BOW •boot dakftM. fcMd«r tlua BMuiy who MmSllih^ Bothin*. Wroad hi* baud »»i fL!ri_ •*' •nc kook% in tl •owluohho proijpjod !• do Httt !»• dividod »C Jh with tho oemmoadiM L*y*»» • »•«•. writing ,|J|; ■«» with |U«liiIr^ ^ ^^ nloBj^oiBt. B«» ho ,;^;io4 h^jfci ^,,j^,_ ^ ^ iaotBet^fl» hn* iir'"!?lOT*» M*»otoaiyootiSd«r Mrf K thai ho hMkod «S, .•«■• Ho hod Nid aad mmi^w *2^i2!» •^ srSthThS ^^Vr* ***** if-iawd booha •NiotStL^LS^S-^***** •Mi««,ho — — ^"^P Wfvllo 0»thi>o»Sp fa tiBuo lonjwr. It ^ BOW BMrly bib. 221?! *5**"'!f » ■? "ow ho flit ho nut tan ti>o «dBootibo ho had toodvod to ^1 battorooooaat thui aiorolv koomToSAal!!! proy. lam booh* . STSoSS J^SSl *• ••,??.?"* *^ ^^ rtBdio* I aadbo aiaot r^ ?'^. *** "I* ■*•? Us aoooanu iMVM •Bteod tho BBoelirii madol^SS. . VMiooo ^w» of aotioa aTtolM^v ha BMooJ'lsi^^ 2f ,^?Zt*^-**^J**"« '? ■• ««poDiiblo a MWI ; bvt u Bycry othor mbooI axm^ for fto doiy. WhlU ho woo itin ailiaiSI iiP«itbuMbi«ot. .Ii«UB..p«,t.dlyiSSh3 tjj^d of h2^ walk oBd Wo joumIiSo sisSoi^-ja^SstHlslH^^S: Uhmaol MiUod^ h«|roolMthoi^ Mikd --JjJj.i*wMthMi.h«««awi^^ •OUdyoiJ»B«oM«hoiBoao«i,lohBia«i-- ' gMMOTerIoaith9\rH«ra'a i^thoTrM •B Vi ",?■ .• "«f* «« notioo from tko JvdM. ■ t OBd ntftod of gwiBo ont yoador far thohnokallat te *:^*J«f»y whito.a. h«ioow".;Sk^ •fi JMt thw foBoo lormp port. IfaohiTho l«dlp ooBBtMr hia wild paioioa ' A - MM xsmiJEL I <^ m TBI otFniUL r m 1m •iMaly M k« kmi wpUad UuMlf to it«dy ^ tlM kof* oC t«?uig bk muiuH- h* wm 'WwrwhifaMd Imt tk« taddaa aaomiiifinBiBt «f IMT wyMtM nHura— OTwnrhdBMd bf ft ihMk ol •4a«tty*blmidfd Joj and p*iB— joy at Ik* iroMoot of aooD OMotmit bar, pafai *t tho tkMigtit'ol tb« iinpMMiblo gnlf thai vawaod botfroai Umoi— ' w aaar and yat ao Km ostraBBe agitetion waa aol otaafvo by artlMr Baabaa or Haaoab, t It will be arara oonfortabla lor tka Jadga aad-* aad Ifiaa— aad hIa 4aa^lar to limv^ ia tbair Owa aai^ aarriaga tkaa ia Ikoaa iroagkril- ^WalL ooW| lakaMMl, tkat^ a ra|o good idaa, aad ni foUoW it aatf tka Jadga wtU tbaak'yoa for il If ka'd took » iboaght. Eiaaa.ba'dagiaaMtbaordar to do Iaat t tbiag. Bat kiw I ba'a ao took «i> >Jitfi| tkiag. Bat kiw I ka'a ao took ap 1 of pablioaflbira, aa ka aaT«r tirfaka priVala ooatfor|, tkoKriika ia alwava 1 aa poaaibia wbaa, aayaody Ibiaka' of it for ki».V 'Tkao. aaola Badboa. kad yoa aotkattar atari 8am witk tka oarrlaaa tkla afoaiOK T It ia a vary oloar aight^ tka roada in ai- oallant, aad tka kMaaaarC"* fiaak 1 ao ko floaU aaaily raaak BaTMoatk by aaaiiaa, , aad pal ap at tka " Rantar'a Baat," for Saoday» aad wail Ikata for tka boal ' • taa, lahMaal, I tbiaki bad baltar doao^ wall go koMo BOW diraotly aa4 abHrt Baoi. Ball ba pkaaad to daatb I B Iban* any- •biog tbat yggar Uka il% a fbaraay. par- tieaiarlbMagbtbaoool, of- tka ai^t ^ bat bat ball aloap all day to>M«rvaw la aMka op for bia Iaat raatb' rataraadBoabaa, aa tkoy all taraadto walk kaok' to Mm oettaga. 8Ma aaa foaadloitohag aaar tka flMiliigata. Wkaa told wbal ka waa to do, ko jgriaaad and atarlad witk aUorily to pat tka kortea to tka oarriaga aad prapara tbaboraa faad !o taka aloag witk kka^ Aad niaaawkila Baaaak Biekada kaamer fall of food aad driak toaobaatka arafaller on bia aigkt Joatroay. , la kaUaa koar fkoai kiaiiat ^aaUoa tagob flaai drera op ta tka mniaia aata, ra- oaivad kia kaapar of araViakaa aadfUa final or<|anib aaddafartad. aad Baakaa, ■%:.:•:#.. i.- ^^MHimt 1 0B> fir raa DPTHi. bbMMl W#.» W to h« BDUM, Udhtod Ml eiMidKMdMt4m«tokrf to •MnoM kU Mit»i«4 bMnjii«>HW ha N|»MiML «• k» fSil?* "t^fr'r *" '••^ to cw S ^^"^^ '^^ •*• IP®^* •' inordinato ""* -Mia ■Ifcotioai Thii deaa, h« latiMraa^ to Ida atadiaa with "1!*"?fS^v ^^ *•■« •(••* »•• •»^<» H«»- ■MB aad BmiImo r»«B.«r OM ^ektana aad la^ tiratotlMir roaak ba ootftiaaad to ait a of it for ■ . By ,^, i^^ ^, j ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ih«kitwit^prayar,aBd P*MM»«wa htaa by M-' SWfe*** *^V"« waa oBly waiV iatVOTBajraioath for tha wrival of hii toaatar. •" , ■aibaa •ray oaly ihaak hia haad^i^ pwdtotodaUaortaolmitfortaaaa. .., ?'* I*|w Mfl'> ■BftpodtioB waa prorad la .!*^ T^*" *••• Wadaaa.Iay aiffht,. or jrMhar->4br it waa .al'ar midajfhtSi;,^ {n»a»M«y "oraiBf, tha aaaaaaroaaad i Jamaj. wlwd, pM.iBt tha kiiad Ufoiatha ^Mfa waked «p M ito inautai^ aad aa- htdSih* **** *^'** "^ •''* ^■***' "^ his oloibao. bhmaal iaraaii oat of bad awl lookad nith fraas tha wiadew. Bat tha aarriaA wfthoat Maaiaa for amoaMBk rollid as iL way o TaajilawW ^oaM. Vha atortlml alaapan fladiog tbair 'jaw Mi raqaimd ratoraad^o bad : f ■arly thatnoming, whilathalbaiily at tha braakfaat tabia, Baaa auMtt hn tfaaruMa aad foraiaUy «BMaaoad the _- riTal oftliajadr and MiasMariiuaalka^ h-ap^ |ba a^ Bat aha is tkoaa land ftiaUa^ haFiM aharai '"" Har iigha net for ibimi to bar ha Era* aa a l«athar t bat so bbon i twaa ■oab, ■ / . - For.bra^irlMa aha waa ■aTainilM wood. . • Bow loag did yoa ha^ to wait for ^•m at Bkyaioath f iaqaitad Baab« 'kotahoor, aan I anpMLabaat aaM* Ml* at tha " FlaatorV jattlff tua " Pbw! hataa^wMaataaaioa npStha wharf t und ao I drav OB t^.^ da wharf to aaa if dto Jvdga Md hit d#rtor waa aOiaaid. ami j°S!i a?!^ waal . g?^y>»" .*«»■»» of thijodia, ar Ifiia JI"%.S*> *• •▼•»* wara bath oapa- Me afiakii aaia ef thatoaalw a^ m!^ •ibmitiilpa. aaMMpt «f iap^HT^^ 'lBPid^ whila t |U«d |k|a Imiaga %4ii.«. aad a.top {,,-nd to W^tomlSikm da kapt yoa aa loi«'at Bay VPlaBttr«L*'%( 'Boiwhat ■oathf . ^•Why?IawbIm««Hdalad|il ba had aridta to pay to la Bai|hWhaad| aad to^ of tea aa» da aarrii^_^ra, auda it all da nio#a .aonaaaiaatar. Cr Itoaday «« WMit m to a plaaa aaUad^a Barra^aad ^^.^ ^ '^ M«KMOenHBodoi«Bat|ha t aadyTB«odaywawcataBd diaadat Bra' daaaliHaU with yaaair Mr. BarauiB Bra- denall.' Attbia aaoto'HaaBabBtWv, paia ibat ahaoat iauaadiataly Jkad tf Wadaaaday. that ia yaataiday .^■^ r 164 1^ I$EMilL;bB. -Mw for li«M*.WW«^ o'dMi wb«to Mtttf < kliy impM|s' to M ht%ji . if, teJl7» falilM'JMi" lihiktl^^ iovf t h«r,' . ' ■ i» ¥ ■ ■ '■■'... it« ilpooohoi^drowii Vf opi^ of.|^^^^ nptioi^lMi^ 'iM| boroM^M it Ibtbod by hiiiipOiiiobly .' ^. LI M^<»^«f*P«»*^' f mift I ImoBMl lov* Jiadgo liort 4iMujht^r^]4-»-w t Why I ihovld m • thiiat ol fBlUmia l . Ill dno tlaM^I rMMhad tbo lirm— Boahy Shora^Wero tiio aoliool*ho^jil It w«i a pliin.Uttle log ' fortMit' t«, aoon i riy^r aido and uhld^d IfalUag ia luih«dth. wwt tnihof OB tb« ^roand, mniiiff from his •Mt Md w«« left MiM dittono* bohiad. CUadin wtoilwlhwi , holding by ib« £m of thM oMriiig. I bot htr fM* WM wbito m mwbU KtaoroTM war* atartiug from thor •i)0k«t«rl»ru.th wor. firmly Mt i borUps dr»wa biM* , b«r h»t loot Md bor bbS b^irii(«Mimg bdiind h«r f On rwhod iS ■^j;«Klb«.t.tow^dt tho brink rf,E foffir«nl.b«t«iMa tbo mdiiiig horb* mk im WM Mokiag m th« boy-b fboo Md ^ foraeoM ■igna of Ufa ^ Two of tba MM ranaiBadwitb kh« i« WMbMl bin ,t^ bOTMo dMbU ap tokte. Md tbiww 5 ^^^^^ MddMiyiindvielM throw btai dowa ■**»*«[ tboii. - « ""^ . thJIifiM ll^rlin Jompod fhw Ifci Mr- .' pwil ilMhiki bad iMMod 10 ia* ttot bad tino to MtHifMrMbadtetho I»dy. 'Ob, hMTMl b« _ ._ «• I itU mo I i«1i« Mllodr io b« quiuTanSl bor kBMliag poatara to mofco room for^ to anmioa bia aMditraa. ^^ ClM^laf '*^' ^"^ ' *• •- •*«-»'• '^■ ' !«'• impomibto to toil, ^«n »iiiiiiar "Tl'T?^** '*«» babaiu'tgot M^lto/ And bia lag la brokan. to b^a wU/Zid .ddt?;bisfjss;:siitr^ tba boy'a boaom. ^ ^ *'~* " ^itk a piarsiag aoroaaL GUodia thriA Sl£ biST" sJtpSd. iSt^^ fiallM body, raiaad tba pxw gbMlly bea» *« < Ok, ka abaM not 4J. I !?r'.'**iJ."*J*"»»'«y<» "to. Md Mara bia i S£L ®^ ?:'*^ or tba world, aKTblK Bwaalaagalala bMvmi, aomo to bia aid | Jim diad tbaa yoal Obaaa baok t prtmk nam, aad wi fo tba sida of btkat i&tMtof (laadly W Mt aaMaaly that aba 9»*kk tBaroafar to I ITowtbtkiiaalad •iia hMil R« « (MlUdaadiatouibla: 'Ob, Uf tba lovo »kto aa^ my «wa I my go,^ .ad bMa'i* _Boy, oomo baak to„ am I Tm aro miaoT tt-f ^*^.< kia ooW^Wfcit, l3a •^-^ — Tallam, tkoto r "" llAfef^m i> •piHt, had it Md raiaad blaadiag, mthtoa Hartairafellhkaraiai aad altorly Vhoto warm' Ifwittoa bai>^' HM gama'ofHakvaa I To^Nndia'atta fa^tara quivarei^ Ua ID* laM taat WM aaadwr otar bin Tkmm •Tbaaroaaia, MiWliUrfiar ^ ' > thrilUag «UMt, ittehth«v*oaUol MkMMWaitiagil^ r» kli aaiWliv* '^a. if*« ' jiiilim i OS, m ^ niriB& •I what > oMt to yoa I' iIm antwnad ivpol* ■ Xlw* *« nj MMrtw in BtUn I IMat I ilTsly And f«rviDftly. | whin«d8Mii. > B« eloMd kk •>«•, Mi4 wliU* that look •f iMiitiU* bllM d««p«a«d oa lii« laok, Im ■laraiWNid MNtt* fkint word* that ah* atoopad | kiodUnf. -_ 'P«k»ps iM»t bit kMf o«t of •f iMiiWbl* bllM dMpaaad oa kb 1^ Im my waj I' rapMM OUadki, iHtk k«r «{jrM loeatoh I I ' Bot pkMM, MIm, aMjrn't I dnf« you ' I MB M boppy— so hoptn- 1 ooaUl wlok I koaitt now f i» dio mm I' i„ liroathod, ^ I * Wk«l 1 thmt Mwly kroikUof my aook. ' But yon •h»U not dio, Oior lohiiMMl I [ wkiok WM i«vod only •• tk* «Mt ol , tki* Ood hoard my ory Md Mat yon book to mo I pMMr boy'o Ufo, Mrkopo f TeaihiailiTol' Plooot. lAiTo * Tbon taming to tko gugkng moa, oko 'Baiookimgoatty, aad lay kin ia tko baroaoko. Stop • momont I— I wiU g*l ki irat aad orraogo tko ooakioaa for kim'* And witk tkot ako tondOfljrUid tko boy'b ^ koad kauk npon tko gronaa and oatond tko «ii|ag«. aad witk kor owa kaado took •U tko ItaSkioea from tko topo of tkoooats, fk' |ll>Vf ohm I ,«9aa kor boaoKL wkilo kio kvokoa Ikfkko by i apou tko piio of oaaUoea. ' Ooo of yoa aow t»ko tko k«Mo bf .*ko load tkom ak>w[ JM4t«iV>rd« Xknidoirooi MoMot road kat tko lam V ^Twe flf tkooMB atarlod ta okay tkiaovdtr, «||rkittkal it aigkft tako omnto tkaa oao ta Mpaago ^ kanai if tkof akoold grow raa^ 4lvoafBin. •Tbat iaipary Iraoi kai i iai, yoa oarolioTo oaikktkavia laadfaig tko kococ. Aad aow OHO of Iko oMmib iraal im dfaoolly to tko kooaooftbo JitfTiato AUthcoo H a l oia ly opoB tkia otraad. Moaawkilo QaoH tko o OWBo ap witk aoraotialkaair to tko oido tko oaniago, wkimpoiing i : lliii Oiaadia. I kopo aobody woo 4a i,k«rtf ■■ •■■ Sr OUodia karriod oa towardo Boi r ray'a oo tt Ogo. >Bat koforo aigkt of tko kooao Iko: Soakoa.wkovM itodoa ktowkitaoeb, Oray, aad toU bim and dboot him to ildo fotokOi; aad ridiag at il for a waaar. •Boyikollol otopT oriod |jko taait maa^ tkvowiag ap kio aimo kofoirt tko koTMb uVUk (piiiiiaHly atartod aad 'lltkodf daagoreoahp kartt lakiaad Wortk ii kiliadlor aagbt I kaowJ Koop tl Ow*( otop mo aow I ia a toff'ot' kanjr t I'm «« foi: tko timg^ ooko Iriod to pMo ibo Qofig fof tko iootari Tbara'o |Mt HTo wo aioro gona to aaad yoa 1' Oo at foot ao yoa oaa, aad if yoar arOa Mt>;T!^ bad iidoad, aaad kim intTd-Vi tolbagjowpod, wkfloo koia waato^v^liaifo- ^^1^ io m tbomf ia«al>od i&loB. aasiooaly.",^': ' ■ '"'^ ' «Nooo^l kot yoar aopkov. larhmn kaookod-4owa aad..tM#pM.| aoarly to lUatk wkiit atogpiait Miat M»- Ua'a koioao tkat woao laaaLg aa«f witk kor«* • lakmaol kartt Qeod gw doao Jtkaoo'ii aotkiagbai troakoia tkia world,! Wkave io tko poor lad r >»94trily. wooaeoaiial.' .- . > d a a d "do o d, li i m oiaadia, I didat - .-- Sm wkat I waa a>doing of ao auao tkaa wood, tko dooior iatrantod doodwk«»4lMri»doat^tkok'kmMtoi eiiin»4 nim bsik to Mm to le HMMlilnIi I MMk CI Vkif ilkvraMav iariaf t * HaUa, H Mfi D a I Mv fo* gotef |mi mt pbMf* * T«%' MpUad ftiM iteg. * W«U, tbM, Miiid Md doal kfMMM a word aboat blMMMili aooidUiit to Hauak, ar to aoykodj abaat tha Rlaaa aa aiiglit toUi bar t hMaaia iha's Tavy 111, aad «ka aho^ migki ba bar daaib. yo« kMir,' aaid Baabaa, aaziowlj. •All right I wall ba aantal.' rapUad tha naa. And BaabM roda aft / H« «aa M fortonato ai M iid Dir. Jarvia at bia cflaa and jat bim to aona iwBadiatoly to Woodalda. Bat 9^ ntd iMa doator had Man Baamib* , and had ginfi bar a UtiU allatiAto BMdioiaa. and daiWad that bia fartbor MrvlaM voald ool ba laqviiad by bar (or aaaaral bvara yati did Baabaa mwtian to bill tha ethar oaaa that awaitod bia^AiMatloa at Tbaglawaad. And Dualor •^ftm im. favaaiad toa 0»aaatog babJIi awl mmmm. ■aatog tba aaMaga ■ wr oa rt ba hM »ba ala| pipa horn hw Maath a«4 aad forward. ^Om oaaiag iba •*— ngt bwdaa that bia daagbiar.aappurtad la bar anB% ha aatoa dowa to tba oidaol tba.aanl* Afla, osalatoiiagi Who bavayoa fat tbara, OUadm* . Oii.paaikrtiaIihaaalWarthl ft* baa ladhUaM^IlMr. b laviag akal 1|» — VMB awav, nui dii«atl»' t«warda Iba abaaa tk» nrar, and woald hava ^aagad oror if ba had act otartad forwaid awl taraad tbair baada ia tlv'^ibat tba bonaa, aatbty tanad. hnoakad btaa daw* and raa ovair htan I' ariad Olaadis ia alaii|| brtalUata vahaBMaaa, foiiad to* Jarria, wlth,a ■Mvatoant af ianpatiaaao at d4iaT, b«mod tUthar. %a CI&AFrkB XttL '^.tUnuai, A« TAMunrooBti TiMa iraa aa aaolaat aHUMlom'aad Ifa walla tharo vaa a ataod aaaariaaaad. Witbia aa aati^aa ofatoiy lajr Tho boyol arj^oai I atfika i ha waa aloM^ Aad pala aad tooaiag toaBd||i. . ■,— ' What wiM Saai daiag att that tiaa f la. liiad ika fadgai aa ha atood tmito»f|gt)ii • iaaaailDia DQjr. ' n 7 ' ">b.Bapa.bai|M|M|gf^ " aa tba borana haa^BM I ma away I .iflat doat Bto|. — — , __ Itaa ^aaatioQa I Lift bfaa oat aadtaha hM||kf ■aid GUadii, V !•£? t^M^iijStU^^ )«ag afpa padlr tha ya«th1| hady aSSlllll^ him frop tha oaRkga. boklag iMa ol ahaat fartoiaa yaanilaM N«i»^, f«NfN^ dttMLfMiplasioa aad% Jaakat,- nat aad In Ji ll U brmra lia#B. •»WW a braad.hria»ad atM^w hat a* bia ^ft^.**^ •«*PPMV dWaaltba haaU aa hia fiat ■« . ^^ Haoairiadiah|a|MdalJgMad pipa af aoiamaa aiay. aad h»Uhad with a oLw, •wiaging pit. aad adiir ol aaraloM iadlf- ttoaUaveaad Uto. Altagatban ha tha idMt of a aM£»d ladiaa M- Oaa thai of aObriatiaa Matk. iitiaatoid thai tha Wood uTiiag wial , ,^ ,- Baadlpb Mar Bg^ I awtalaly hi* pyaogg appaanaaa^ with ^ r iMaitfd Jadg. 11%. laaking aroaad m if far aaitovtalaatplaaa to ky hte «• tba graai. *0h, papa, taka bl« righl lalb tha apai* badroaii aa iha lower loar I aaMay kiai « tba bad. I M«« toat f*r a daator to attoai hiaiafK'MWwarad Oaiidk, aa froBi tha aanriaga aad lad tha m tary roMi aha had iadkalod. •kai|ntbarhad^hv«.'aaii aa ha Wd lahaaid apaa tha ariaagtd hia brakw Uafha * '• BaiW badly 1" ha kora^had m y«B tha whdo himl' - I aaaaad . _ „ ^^rkal wW ai'iha Uat ovar tb^ W*" " : 'Worta thaa TkhoMbV aoathlMNl Ika |adgi» aabaprooaadtd to aabatloa bk«a|l% aeat and oalooaaa bk alothoa. vOii ita aay yaa aaai for a daatorf > > • * T«a I aa ooaaaa It haMaa«4 f Baonibt to ba hara la ah hoar fioaa thk I'lapUad Oaadla. wringlag har haada. ' "~ • Bk al^hao maat ba oat $wm Mia kimi it^Miiit dohk^ataiad Uaiba inaparabia i"ia<^1|iir to Jraw of hia aoat aB« troaMnTVthaMJlaMuuMr. ^^laavahhato — " MMl tMl old K>tk to Jjj»| j |»barp th Ma, 'd^^&ly.'gMaaa* wltS^,^ Okad^ '•W^ ^ WBUAWL, wlltfal. loafing, vomfudnn^U ■Ittl, 09M wkita iMi of th* rai kwrM Mi toobcjr hm fatlifr^i dirM- 9k» mmk oM Eatia ia.Hi4 thMi thr«w flfflMrlMtMki MtBtUu ■top«(llM doortowmtoh mroMiL and alao to ba 1 ttdlBfi tUl liii^t «omm H8. itU ud Mkt dowB OB Mm fot th* dootor^ I •t.koiid to hMMT any fhwi til* rooM of IIm wbwidod kfliy. MoN tlMB aa hoar CUm^ raaMiaod aa tkt tmtak withoat iaa Bi iaiy on*. Thao, aribaa aaapanaa crajr iijpirabla, aba im- palalvaly apraaf ap aadfTnloatly haatoaad iotko door of thoiMt^Bom aad teftljr ThaJndfO oama abd 6paaad Hk ^ *0b, papa, bow it ta t' '*Braathiog, Olaadw, tbat h all I I wiab to Haavaa liha doolor wdwd ooma I Ara yoa aara tba maaaaagar wont aftar UmV i yao. papa. I Ma aara I Do laaa bii Kaiia loalaadaaadbi ilk ♦Ob, lat fiplM m aad aaa bim I' "*It ia no plana for yoa, Olaai ii pwrliaUy aadNMilLi fwiU tall UlB.' " • Aad wi«k tbaia worda* Ibi Ob^adiai ba of ladi wi«k tbaia worda Iha CRaadia waat book to bar pool . 'Wbydoat tbadfotor ooma I And oh.l wkf don't Raabaa Ohnay or Haanab omm T It la dfaadfal to alt bora apd wait fallSli. aa witb a aaddaa laaolatioaiiii ap a»d doWB tba ball itt » finvil auUiqr. Oaoa'fM raaiadbar. * Wbat doaa tba doalMP «f^ KaUa V OlM«^ WV M 4^ pMIt 1 4^ ant for bandagaaaad •bingal' And Katia barriad on b«raiva»l, aad praaaaily ra^appaaivd wiib bar araM fall of Unas aad otbor arUalaa. wbtah aba aarrlad iato tba aiok-ropai. Latar, tbadoator< oat attasdad by to* Jndga. OUadia mflaid lha» vlik tba tiooai ■ ' What b tba fatara^ bfa iajoriaa f ar« tba* fatal T' •Not fatal I bat vary aarioua. aad am ara brokaa ) and ba ia Obo lag aaa ara ara Mrokaa ) and ba ia vary badly brniaad 1 bakwont of all ia tba graat abook to bia vaiy diaaitiva aarroaa ayatam,' jm tba raply of Oootor Jarria. Sm • Whan will yoa aaa bim aeain, air r lb* foirad Olaadia. * In tho aonraa of tba avaning. I km i^ot goiag book boma for aoma i;onra, parbapa aet lor tiia aid^t 1 I bava a oaaa at Oray'a. ' *lDdaad I tbat ia tka raaaon, tbaa. I aa^^ poaa, mky ao ona baa aaawarad my maaaaga toq^MMlf aad aaa labataal. But wbo la aiok thariT' fegairad Oiadia. •«*|Ira, Ofay. Qo^ affamoon, Miaa Ifar* Ikk&aid tblieotor. ah«|ily, aa haw^lkad . - . . . ^ . - r- «•■ •' •*>* ^«M* •»»««dad by tkajmlga. iirMg apaaala, aeiaad bar bat aad raa imi^ Claadla want to tka door ol UmMll tia koaaa ^fh tba intaatkm of prooaadiaa nom aad tfappad a^t^, - ^^ I'i itly to Ma Oranp' ootlago. Bala fbw paoaa Um tkakoMo tko4oolor\|ig, •N. ■ha J^«tt^?a^!^i—** '-'*'• Wkoia kartr inqairad tka Row did ItlfltrtS'rtP' ' ■. ■ *DM«'ttkiftJi^-e>l;r.:' : ■ ;0h. p^ kfl Ha tkfftv htaaaliflia^ ■gr koraaa to atop ^kam aa tkay^wm raa. ■tag down tl« atoapa ofar tka rivari aad ka tonird tkam aaida, kai tkfy kaoakad kirn dowi^ a»d raa ovar Mm t ^i < Via f fan had I poor fallow V aafcl tka SSl?J?BSt?**" "^ «i« to ka draw ap 'r^^''***? "* *■ *»*«* •»"». Itodiag Uta mMuf to tka aiak akambar, tt tka ddor of wblok aka iwpad toaonoaaoa tka arnTaL Tktotima old Katia opanad tka * tlio do atoi , jp Hi Old KatM Mnraiv4^tkai|tau ■fli, ^' Oaa I aom^ now. Kitia f aakfd Miaa Marlia, a Httla iikpatiMlt^. •Ob, yai^ I jyb aoVyaa'd <^if Int ifapaw^iptkil: pfivilaged old didnt aat, ail OUadia, amlf i a d fgp aatraato. walkad onti'Mawim ItlH^H ^ idajS^BtorU I opii Ika door for Olaodki'b ad ny iato tka darkaaad racML tba kadaidi. lakmaal lay ^ Olaadia aaak iato a okair btiaida bia bad. "» •#*^ IMHUMLiOa^nrTHBDlWML t AM4M Kan* tMk Uuit omoHwJIv to Ik* vol EmU* 9*^ Bat OUUk 4M a'Jt Vn. Ik* r«a«iMd Matod bov. All tkal d^ ha ba InlaMM «l aMrphla. iavwlab aMMh. Tha iaMg* «| tWi i iMT fajaOjr. wUar Mm "•^JT^**"^ •Maa baia« idd lb.! Uw tkathkpaikaivaaalaaaa. laflTiaMia qairwl Qua '■xt|r« la I vaa al aaaa. TaflTraMSZ It. aa aaoa m ba •hoaldawate — -1 ta ttapart. atQray'ir !•• aMl blMdlag vMith "*" "-- tiwmr teak. It ika I alaaf lakalagr ^- ^ - a laatlm aai Tha i^M* «| tkal aiaagM aa Jm flrat m« \im ilj ilk •ha«ld •oil , . laaimiaii to raaiaia anin nil i« imuMdiatcly «a.'aaidkkadoator. at!'? *?jyy.y^'^ Mw. Q»7 la ■"•wiiar^'""" ^'*'*' " I aai wmM 6«ni.> i. totkadiaiaf.reaoL wkava aka lirfZS i!^ a iMra datailad aaaaaat a( W i5P»**>>«!W»^««irtU.k.ka Oaaa Caaadia kaf . »• , aaaartaia his fara latirioii to kar room. •••Trtt w «#aa tka waaadaS aoaditioB ba- Ha waa aiUI - ka ahovlAwaka oa^ yoa maat aall n^ r^^i"^ "P •»w "iind ro Ma kar own J»j;»''«' <» »»>• ■••••r ol obadlaaaa to^ Olattdia Ifarlia wa* no^ aa bbatoal waa. toiota aM ratirad to kadfaka did kaael aad p^ iw aia rial art fcr, ■fa h ow , tl flrat „.^ k^wa tl.- to^fca«. wka. ka inq.l,^ Sa^^tSLi^^ •'•^ !!!»*■ ''»'•• •aa aaawarad, ♦! mb a«i*'-..kaaatad kar a i aa a r y and tiwiblad kar ajrir Tk««a tooka. tkoaa toM^ kad \bX • r*v«laiioa to OUadla lUllial tka aaaaaat Mw-Mb. tka kaima. aa«ol.bora. «ko a« a.ljr daa«*d ikapa waa i. all dj-KjatIa Amarta. 4 ittto. «,,,h I>ariaclkaaxiilaaBaat aad tartar of tka iS'Jiii J*"'*"'.'' Wi«-^V iojariaa waaatill aakaowa aad kia Ufa ••aM,.d in •"*«^, *•"■«. Oaadk kad oot kad la^ra to r^oaiva tha faal of laknMal'a lov^ Biaah laaa to rataa* apon iia aoaaa. qoaaaaa. Bat naw tkat all waa kaawa !l!i "'^ ""* o^' aaw m tka iUaaaa aad aalitada of kar baT abaajkar. tka iaMfaa aad iaipiaaaioaa .. *r* "*7 rataraad to kw witk all tkdr ravalatiaaa awl laadaaSL kl3 flllad tka Bind of Olaadla witk MkoaiaU. toMt aad aaaatoniatioB I " Wartk akaald ba aa aaaoifd to Miaa Marl it w.>aid ba far Pida tallto aapabla of Ulkiaato kart Aad iall|tt£!« S tkaaArakaaloMa ioaij31| iirMa. aaaiptioal iHi^F '" *«•• Bat how akaald ak* ..^ ,...«■ ■■«. •MBio«paaaau» bof. who kad darad to tora bar. to riak oia Ufa to aava kaia.aad to lal tka aaatat al hia lava aaaa? Bar a loag tiaia Qaadk aooU oal aatia> faoorUy aaawar tkia ooaatJaa. Aad tkia WM wkat kapt bar awaka aU atttai Touaglaotkioi. toakaaat baraalf frooikfa aritk aoldoaaa, woold ka a oraal ratara far tk* aaariflaa ka kad OMda for kar aad tka aar^ioa ka h«l raodand kart it woald Jba baaidaa mUoc *^ ^!^._ •* . •*» ■••>» l-fortooaaj aad iaallj. H waold b« '^mSom tba graia' of Olaadb'a ova baartt fe^ iu a qoaaaly way aba loved tkia lab. maal vary daarly iad ^i , maab aiora JMHjr tbw aka lovad Fido^ or aay toor'footad pat aH* pnaaaitod] aod if lia ^Madia with aatoaiaU. «atioB I That lahvi^al «Mabla ol loviag kar, •rlia aa airacolooa aa lit - -,-.4M i jiP-j .P'. i iiii» i» ii I OB. Ill THI MPTlli. T'^'V 4oMd iMMTMlf to grM fot vmIm af Mr. ■HMl^l n« i«v «|ms mI • lM««i« •»»« w»rd«. m4 sk* wwld IMT* hmi m hmd^ bUmA mjfom ki» fii» tlMik. 11m il rf ii . •MM rMordlacliM k«r«iM. plMiA MW kla wko kmfkk wf ftm Us p» wImiI wmM b* Ik* h»i •MMiaa IIm of sdndMl ia • fMWfl «lM>«bo«M dlMOTWlUl aVr»«« to h«r kaowkdga Md Ml |mI w If hMlfalUa ia !««• »i«k iMfIb datoraOaad to ignora iIm teal tlMi aha had lit •M)r difBilf oMaal ftMomp aoua loUy. ao kwf aa I do Ml parifiii him to aa« thai I know il I Md aa lor Ik* raal. tkia lov* omj do kia akanator food i oiaj alavato il r And koTtna laid vkia haias to kar wooadad pilda, OlawU* oloaad kar lo Mar aoMiaa vaa II wfc*B If laa Mar- lia droppMl oA. ibat^ ooaa aalaap^ ak* aoa* MsMd to alaafi oa aalil kw ia Iha day. IfaMwkik all tka raal of tna faaulr wom iMa, M ko rofliad to Ea«a I ' Ums m aaaoaal I VaHtar lltoa If aor aar aM alaa. aiaalkopaftolMai to ktoraotofDrdamtoaMM-aoi toilill|lva Iwva. To«wiUaMlkiaokqM^|a4«ifhB iB^lfad. Mraiag to kia kaal^ At MMM #ofda Ika aotoar fadod from lakaaolViatoaad Ika Uikl ffioMbiaafaa. Tko dootor OMM aad look laava. Tka jadf* altoadad kiia to Ika door, aaw kiai dafari. tad wao la Ika aal of lariiiBg iato hia owa kooM, wkaa ka paroaivad Baa kM Chray aMiooakiaf. JodM Mariin paaaad to wail for kia ovar- aaar. Eaabaa Ony aaaM aa, took off bit kal. aad atood k*loro kia aaiployar. wllk Ika ( eoMlaal blaading of «aMlioM oa kia wkara ky, aaaaiao to griaf, aatiafaoltoa and aasialy ■Iriw for Ika BMalary. • Woil, Gray I wkal m ill' iaqaind Ika aa aad Mllr. Tka dootor oaaa aarly aad Jadaa. woat ia to aaa kia paliaal. Tkajad|a ' Plaaaa. air, kow lo lakaaair antowlad jfcliMiam aloaa, Md Ikou Joiaad Ika doo* Boabau. aaaiaiy fatttog tka apvar kMd lor Wr to Ika aiok-roon. lakmaal WM awaka, toa aoaMal. btti BOU, laagaid Md aofiwiag. Tka dMiar • Ho ki badly karl. Graf | kal doiag ra»y WM aaatod by biak Aa kad Jaol laiakad waiL tka dootor Mya.' dmaiaa kia wouada. aad kad erdarad aaoaa • rlaaaa, air. aaa I OM hitaf Ugkl ooariakaMat, wkiok old Katio kad loft • Kol apM Mjr aaaoaal for Iho jrcoMit Mto looto to briag. ko toaal ba kft fa parlaat f alat. Bal why *Kow iayoar paiiMl gaMag aloagk doo- karaa> yoa baoa «p to iaqakoaflor klai lKt'ia««iiadlk«jadgo. balorolUaf *Oik boio doiag roiy wall— vary woU. MMd/ rapttad iko dootor. polliag ika kaoi iMooaabadaffir. altor Iha toaaaar al kia •Bow do yoa tool, toy ladf iaqakodiko lUdfa. kaadtog ovar tka paliMl. *Ia aooM ptSa ; bat ao aMira Ikaa I aaa . ftory wall boar, ikaak yoa. air, ' aald labauMl. «durtooMly. Bal kio wkito aad qaivoring Up botoofad tta aziraaiity of i*io m " •ad tka difl •MJ alalL lifloalty ko ^ipaiiiapA ia Ak. iir. Ika aiato of toy wiio. ' •Ok,y«o,IkoardahowMttli baidMMi kaowlkalakawMwUlM loararMivoar ootoing to aM aftar yoar poor ko^. I iMpa aha ia paWat bow T* ' • Toai air, tfwok Baaroa, aka ia waU avar ill'aaid Boabaa« MHaf aotioa aow < la avory liaaaatoal of kia koowl faoa. • Wkal WM tka atoltor wltk kart Wm it tka okolava aMrboa, that lo M i^raralaal at r - 7 . Baabra griaaOd from oar to aari bat did bag, air. Ikat yoa will aol talk | aot iinaiadiaialy raoly. ' Tbo iodga lookod M rf fca Bini axpM ad ti kua I ha aiaat ka laf t in parfaot qaialaaa a ,' Iko dootor. ', aa anawar. BtoaMatold Kali* rotantod with aad kwkod ap f roai tka lljoily OB a pUta. — - kia gray baad. M Ui^a, Tka dootor I ao ho at loat'h rapl^ad i iialarad a law taaopooafala to | * It WM a boy aad a gall, air I' ha plato to i * A waalf qaaatloaod tbo fadga, ia par> Ut paUaa^ aad tbaa r^taraaa JAa pi ' aana. , » plasity. mtoOtaadiaordorad mo to oall kor m • AVy aad a gall, ait ^ Iwlaa^ rir, t^af wok-i aad aowM ia,' rapbodBaaioa Onqfr )oT gotttoglkr aad ha kMkad aoato* aaaitory ororoiitoy otiwr torpwaaiii 'to lii to df M Ud , I aighl'a wall go oaU kar,' aag- baatoliir ^ *irky-yoi4«a*tlaU«* lk»l]r««rwlf« kaariag of Glaodia'h aatt*^iik> IMpcaoM^ yoa wltk twltoor aulaltoad. '— — — ' -— '^ — ^^^- . - - "^ I - .--^ - ■>«■ r i I8HMAIL 1 01, nr m imntd m _ , llw JadRt. bolfe J WtU, jTM, .Ir/ Mid BMbM. ptMai*. •MfUl* 'Wall. jM, airrif «« to I Aad Hktt, I tak«H, i«lh«vwyriM«a oat. To« sm. I Ihtek, air, b i H Mi i^ MMrrlMl Tsry Im« ta *■ ^Vfttar UN --Boor RsmmIi aM ^-._ ooMidarAtkMi OS Iw Mb m4, m «• Im4b^ mw* litta MM* a4 alM mbI m tw« •! oM I m% Imm. If Mm* atel «!» iwmm. I for than bo«li ta a^j oikar Toa'iwlt«fi*L«ba«i aaal a«oa«at ▼ajr I' aaM I* tba Jadaa, lMigiiia«. • Aad aiad. If tkay liva. Ill ataad gedfatkar to tka baMaa at ahlMraar * Aa boanaiag baMaa. air. ai vm jroa aat ajta on I' aoawarad Baabao, tnaoiphaaUy. ' Ooaatoa aia. tbaa. Gray.' -I^^J*^ •** ' ^»<*. yo«» boooar-' •WaU, Of^f ' Boon aa avar labaiaal ia abla to baar tba aafaly Ikmaab tba daadly jari^ ^ ■I wwbte iafaaaf , ba aarvlvaC AboM tba Imnk 4^ a« bk iUn.M. tmtotiv* favar af bto woaada baviaa L aabdaad. ladip Marlla vaa adaiittad •aaaa^ oaavana wltb biai. Olp to tbla BMraiaft tba Jadga bad tlM>Hbt af tba vlatla oaljr aa iha ovara«ar^ MVbav.ayoor. laboaiiaf yooib aboai tba aalat% wbe bad pot hart ia dolag bla datjr and abapplag Miaa Marlin'b raaavajr bofaaa i aod ba aapjpoaad tbat ba^ Jadga ll^rlia. bad doaa biapahln alaiDly takiag th« nflbrtag jroatii iato bia owa boaao. aad haviaa bUa jroatii iato bia owa boaao. aad haviag yreparly attaadad to. And bow lb« Indga waat to tba paiUat witb tba iatantiou of praiaing bla ooaroffo aad oabriBg bin aoaM propar raward lor bia aarrioa — aa, for inataaaa. a pafBMnaat altaatloa to work oa Haw*, toll blai. will job. plaaaa T I thiak it will aot biai tip^ aad balp biai aawaid to- wardabia rvoovory.' 'I tbiak ao, too. 'aaid tba Jadf*' BMbaa tMobad hia kat aad wi«bdr«w. Aad tba Jadga rataraod to tba hooaa. OiawliakadMaadowaaBd braak'aatad. kat waa la a alata of graat aaaavaaoa b*' f^, "fc* w«« daalad adarfttai btdaida of kor aaAwlH fbvoariia. w '^ *??*\ •• *?*«* •»« *l»ow|kta, ^A"*t *»»«i(M ^aaaat Mataia kad 2A^."r?^. ••* »'«k« OfoT. At wbMk lfi«auuidiawaaaoplaaaadtkataka fit «p aad woet io kaat tkroagk all laaiF fw piaatau for tka aUldiaa<^ , : ;^ CHAPTER XLIII. aatatad tba alok loagar darkaaod,. to adaiittko to tho Troat OM, Olara Vara da Ymf% rram yoa Moo haavwia obova aa baat, Tha ftaad eld fiadaoar aad bla^ifa „9mih at ikaablMa of loag daaoaat, ■ Kiod baaHa ofo mnio |kan aoiooot% - Aad liaqplofaiik tbaa KorpMab^od. tba aatata for good wagaa. Aad ao Jadga Marlia ebaaibar, which waa ao bat bad all tba wiadowa lioht and air. Ha toob a abair aad aaatad hioMalf bj badi-ida of tba paiiant, and for tha flrat UoM took a good look at him. labnMMl'a haadaoata (aoa. ao lontar dia* tortad br aaflbriag, waa aatm and olaar i bia afaa wara aloaad la rapoaa bat aot in alorp. iar tbo moaiant tba Jadga 'haaaaiad' ba mlaad bia availda and groatad bla boat wit.i ftAratlaamlloaadiiod. 7a<1ta MMrlln ooold aot bat ba atraak with tka daUoaor, tadaaaMBi and Inlallaataalitf of lakautaTa aoantaaaaoa. * Row do yoa foal yoaraalf tkia OBOralng, ■ly bMir'ka ioqaitad, patting tka aaaal ooaimopiplaoA f aaatloa. •Maokaaaiari tbaak yoa, alt/ laalM tka yoatb. la tbo para, awoot. aiodalaM tonoa of a highly-oaliivatad aatara. Tbo Jadga waa oarpriaad, bat dul aoft abow ^tbawaaa&aabaaaldi « *Toa bar* dona aty daagbtar a grant aar< Twa I bat at tba ooat of oiaok aa&riaa t* yoofaalf,Ifaar, aiy lad.' ^ ' I ooaaidar myaolf vary fortaaata aad kappy. air, ia baTina bad 'tba privllaga of raauari^g Miaa Mwrfla oay aarrioi^ at what- _Al«*a» «Qr olbor ywM^ tkaa --r- . jr«rtkwoalfkar* diad of aaak lajari«a,aa kolMdkai oiiwd. Batowiogto tU* la^ rtrttoHkli vitality aMlirrapi*aribl»Uartl«ity •f Wgoaioatioa, wkiak ' avor ooat to myaaU;' r»p»ad Iih—aal, graoefal ooartaay. Mora aad am* aatoolakad aad auwaar of tiM yoaag Jodfa ooatiaaad i 'Tkaok yoa, yoang maai Bpoka* t kat for aU tkat I wa|r *f Mwardiag yoa. ' witk at tha wo^luaao, ^•*y-P»?p**T Ml flikl«o«e ^,'iUr/aiidIakaMal, witb gaMb dlgaityr •ImMtbaf yo* wUt aot aaafc toM* *i i*wi(d for a alapt* «*tof laltiaaUT* plhi m: IIHMAIL I OB. m TBI DlPTHft 'Bat with tlM > * iMt With yea, jowg mml i iiWK^mu MM tlM,J«dg^ ioftiiy ' TrM» Mr, ' rMtiad oar ywiUi, wHli • awMt idgaity, 'with BM Mm WM TMTJr "iUbrMlt t bMMMt. With mt, H wai t aaltar of mIC iattrwt { lor tho Mrrioo rondofad 19 Mian ICorlla wm r aa dw id to * I do not andort taad jroa, j9mm§ mam,\/ *( Mid ihf>|aiig«, hoaghkily * Paidoo aMk nr i I wUto bogr to go oroaad /wiMi Mm mm. Woold-yaaUhothopUo.^ ^ ^^ *Ithi»|kyoa,rir. aei lataio art tw»ii t that i% thooo; of khort^ightod MBibd bbMMl. Ah, iWood V okoki|iM|dthoi«dM raiiiai •avtho tuafif imd •• tmlm, ^^ha W.* * nMoo ai^ nr I I aMwa that ia WTiag lliM Morlia froai ii^an I M?od mTwl! frdai doapair. If any aana haabofolloB h«r I ihoald havo mm) arfaorahio 1 w yoa pvrooivab Ml, tlMt tho aot yoo aro gpod vnoagh to tana a groat atl^ioa^ waa too aiitatal aad too aeiflah , to bo araiaod or rownrdod | aad ao I maat baoaooa yoa to •poak of it ia that rolotioo ao^ bmnsk ' *Butwha*waa my daaghtar to yoa that >po« ahoald riak yoar Ufa for hor, aiofa^than brauotlMrr or. that har auiaiad liaihi or brokaa nook ahoald aAot yoa aioro than othoiar- ■ *iir, wo woro old aoqaaiatanoaa 1 I aaw har OToqr di^ whoa I want to Mr. Ifiddla* ahai mn, UMMQ i- axoianaoaBaojaoM mama Ua ayebroWf, • and aMy L aoolM btorookd ia yoar wolfaMb taf aiit wM tloaa plana r baf :.;• |, ^ •, Girtaialy. air, aad I Ihaak f o« imfj^ oTory toali. aad aha' waa o%or aiondiagly kiad to aif,* rmliad bhoMML ^^ VOhraadyoalivod la that Mighboar* hoodt' iaqaifod Jadge Morlia, whd iaiaMdi- atohr JaaaiMd to tno ooaolaaioB that lahauMl aad boas oaiployod at a laboarar oaMr. .Middloloali ortatai thoagh otiU ha ooald net poaalbly aoaoaat fortha raOaoiaoat of hhaMol'b aMaaor aor tho osoo(laioo of hia « »' Iaa0iagi» •IliTod ia that aatghboarhood wHb ny aaat Haaaak aatil aacla Btabaa marriad bar, wioa Ifoooayaaiod thoai to thia plaoa,' aaswarad tdiuiaal. • Ah I and yoa aaw a mni' d'-al of Mr. MiildlotiHi aad-HMd hia fainilyr •faawthaai ot«t day, airi thoy vpry. vorv kiad to laa.' 'ICvarydayl thaa yoa maat kavo inloyadjihoaV^ bonaa.' add tho Jadga. : AnarttFAniln bwiinod in tha ayaaof lah* Anol aa b«i an«W«rod ) * Tab, fir, I am omj^oyad aboiUi tha boaaa ••that ia to aay, in tlia aohool-rooaa.' • Ah t to iwaap it oat and koop it in ordor. fl aappoao 1 and, duobtlaic thora waa whoro yoaoontcaMad yoar anptrior tona of auui' aaca aad ooavoraati^n.' tbondit tha jadga to himvlf^ bat bo ropliad aload t * Won, yaang BUM, wa will aoy.ao mora .of rawarda. aiaoa tha woid ia dl8taat yoa (iaOy aMaat taba ■ ZLwr aaoboofaMatfrr . ■ ia« • Por tbo proaaal^ain aatil a bottorono oan bo foand tO^flirtha plaoo I tboa, iadoad, I ahaU AaovM|tioo.' ; :^ *1Xol rthohld tffaik not, iadM^f 10. ^ p1iod>*fadgo Martin, #ho ol ooarao anppoaod<^ tha ovoHtor'anopbow," .aoiwitba'aadiag tha graoii aadaoartaay cS Ua apaooh and mmhi^ BMR. to b^'it lor nathiag bat auMool aboan * What o?or iadaoao yoa to try aobbol'liMNrp: iagrbalaqnir^ ~ ^ a ^ I am dffUaa lo it by aqr owa ^aoaaaltioa. aad diawa to it by tho aapoBaitim of Othcrtt la othoirworda, I a aada d oatplayaMat, aad ; tho naigbboaiaovd a aa d a d a taaohar ■ " aa d I thiak, Mr, thai tao who boa a oiaatioaalydtioa bio boaii, la battar thaa aoao at aU. xlioaa aro tbo r aaaoai ^ lir, why I' hava aohool, with tho iatootioa ol koopiag it aatil a poiaba morb oompatont tkaa m|artr to diaobarga ita datioo aball b < foaad t whoa I ahaU giro it M t fot.ao I raid %mg% toaoh* lag ii aot aiy'^aitiiaata roaadoa. I •What la yoar ^•altiiaato' vb«iti^** young maa I for lahoaM, tU|« ^.N^P yoa to tha Jadga. atW thiakibg only of labour ia all Ita varlatioa— • what It.' mahnal iaiff * ^nriq^doaeo.' aMaworod Ifhaiaol. V * Jnria— what t' dfmandod tho ^dgt^aa if be had ndit haard aright. ' Juriapindouoo— tbo aoifwii ol hamaa Jnatioa I tha knowladga of ~ toBM, atfraghta of maa tbo atady aboro all o'h«ra tha daa admiuiatratioa otjv^igjkf biunan ' aflUff. and aren iq dirino, MHH^hi loaly to that af thablqgy,' rapliedfOHbaol, with grara aathnajhf m. "'^ . * Bat— ron don't aiaan to* aiiratftet yoa intoad to baooma O'lawyor f' oatwlmiri tha ■:■ ■ ... ■>.'. ■,-■ ' , 'v'. ifntM of hamaa maa^oMl&ktl to .^u <« " ttBHAVi f a» nr tm mumiL Mm to (^ tiMMl d ' ■■mtoiiiiai lut ^T««, iir t I ialMd to U* kli^, if it plMM th« Lwd to UMljuy #nMit oM%' *lMi •«M« MmI ywi M* 1^' #wf 4to.' tiaMbhMl owt. i^ipUi^riMB to tk«%i0li ri»IW tlM fwik; Ni9i#tfiiUy. . , ^f^ TN Mf* NM^ ii • MM olr Wai« of MWokfiMB^ Tlo Iteoflit la U. hImI WMlkioi Whot^jpoo • yov, «lM Mflikw MajroTMWMr. IHM« foi ifao ••iMm4iM i«ip««iB«i^ ttooMdoaMij (^ thiak thot joS y ?f«y • iWttMWii*! wMoIiJCmi '•MlbOf* ■ ■"■ ,.,. » ^Sl^ !^ Mppi jttlOliijlti MiMi^d iB^hta ofl oiitt— m o oM ii«dIod 19 ilia. ---M- m lll«Hloioft%iHiil|yoriMOI.»ooMr * Jbtetol%ioBlj woo lool la tk« bfwiuao •5Sr*?„?l "»■>■ » • 'f'w?*^^ whom ivi^ IMoNOOtONOilfO. ^^ Tlo dootar oimOM tho oMiioo «l Ui PAtiwMio^ kiai with 011 oba^^pM* «| fOTtI', '''*^ " ♦TJoifc o tottwr niBorhoUo k«gr/ db- MTfod JTodi* MorUo, ak ^tlMf ««»* m W r*^ *;■ ^•P^ V^V -iiOP* JflttJOMll^^ M;yooit«*w^i*ip„^ •hoU trjr aflwwo^ tcoHtor Ibo DAm of iowyMT. I«iwll OM ofoi7 faotaty, try aadiaiprovo «vor? bppoiilBmty llooti moliNrtUo^bd. And i^ ■oooMfd.' MM &titt«ol, J'*W •MMW Ml Wo tooib 'ttiol •bMlotdt a ioi m iy to tho raooMO of • lov^ ytrf : ■ ,^Ito owoM tho* o kifOwMgo of tli« ^UvMotfamy doiiiolilo i» oool? Md »U ofmiotoio toroMd tho **looraMi nmfM. 40.1 ,-fcot I did oot toowSdl ITSTt thiak thftt it Ma b* obMlotoly noonMory in •voiyotido^ooehofthoM; bai if o4.y?" ■•3^ ** '"qB'fod tho judge, with ioweoaingwoBdor. - . • "^ that whilo he oaly aiMat "to ttoW iaol ho aUght ha aaapa«tad of aakiag o :J>*>^y?L«>r^»yoo kaow. oatUofof ~^Ol«okf ioqoiNd tho Jiidg^i,^ i.ilS!!? ~J«»>*W«opof Whoithor oofcfdXhiototJarvia^ ^Thoao^howotOfoyr Cm it ho Mt ^f'^i^rw***** igooMat hdor^ whilo thipyoath hoa.lho iuaaort oad adoootia* jlogooMonMi^ poliahad faatloataa 1& oi- doiBMdthO dootor.AMtottkhfMBp / 'It a «»a dUt Tloa moko- ooth. 'J.^'^l^f*'^^^'^'^ tho doa- Mn M ho_BHmaM Ua horav, bowod atmd .todo owoy.. ■■:■,, '^ I -. :;-. :' «i.40^^1 raaouxinoa. Oil, faoa mhat foin HiuM thy boabty With affiOtipBVglowiBff Jichttf ' ■m viohM oad Ofida. hoir fodo fo IwMdo L<)#«'a«aMltb^roaoMidbrial|t< „ Jodffa If^rlia waat i^itp M* WoU-wdarod lihiwry,nDgthob9ltoBdMBi oollhwdftBghttatf-. oarfttBtto 010' V of hoth, oin ^ (opliod bhaiaal. Tho .*OMoagar foHBd Ob^dio wolkiog napotioBtly «p oad dowa too drowlBRxroom ioMroodtannofherMlfot «aoh wall wi^h OB OBgry ^rk. •. ' CUodio hod oor , vat baoB odttUtad to aoa bhaaal.. ftha hod lool boon i^foaad ogain by«ld Koti^' who aolad apon tho dootor'a anther- ity, ood OUadia '#m oaroaaooobly hfiow ifith avorybbdy.* ^, « ■ *=CRot|dio iaatootly obayjftd the aumiaooi . 8ha OBtarad th« libngj with hMtyoiada, .oloaad tha door with a^boiHr, and itood bofoio kar. fothwr with fkubad ohaaka. aMurkliot Oyao oad hMTiBfc boaoei. 'Hay. day f whotV tho mottar f * aaked tba * }odifa» takiof hia pipe froai hi. mooth ood itonoi ot>il douf btttr. . ^ • • m W- hSMlftil to dMth ta Mjr MrviMk i» to tppMMT to Mgtotl 4«N tM KalteMMS. 'T«iMrtforM,pn»i __^ tigr.l WlMtioM«l4KiiiWiMMbsrfai«v«r iMjrtag ■• MtMftMr It i«^ao» •vwv 4wr |liM»*Mrla4riilMkia Ufa MdfMrki» filf i rt M hH — tjy to aMth ia aty MTVioik HatlakoiddM iMd* ' ' Mm la this woy tMakolMor Wkoi V.fiMlir '-: -■■ ^ 'If jfoar aihiM ms a mm 1 ■NMMI^ of ODOfM I Ml BOt WMiitl (Mil, ia ajr cfinioa, . M vaworthy ot ontloaol fiiiai^ AtdU MiMi^ •ad wpMiaUj wlMa, m ao«r, Mmni is oot tlio •UghlMt oooMtoa lor It. Toa Imv* aot wiltaliT iMglMltd tbo joaaK mm \ It to aol ol ta« l«Mt ooBM^aoao* wii*«ii«r Im thiaka foa ttivo, or net ) uid, iaa%( Kalto aMMo teoWy iko dooior*! otdgr^' wiiiok mo to koaf ovtiy livlaf ooal oat 41 tko riok-roeai fbttbar* tho patioat aoMfal rtaooo. I b^lovo I kav^ MMWorad yoiL Miao Jtoriia,' ropiiol tho Jadp» MBiliag mm ooolly roplao* lag hia pipa ia iito aioatk. /* FI>|N^ what diaograMMo wot bbnkal yaa ara. to bo aaro t' Mt is Bij astaro to b* ao, my dssr % sad X sm Jast wMst joa aoad to dsaipan th* flto of joar iaakprnmoat.' ' ' An tkoss tb* ordora of tho dootor r * What, wof: bb«ko a for yoa f *Ho { bat that ovorybodjr mast iladtd from lahmaol'a room r 'Too I Us amst psrampuwy iMduig ofOB mo for tho pnwnkt, ' *noa Isapfos* tksj mast bo sabaUttsd ' lor Iks aNssat. oartsial(f. ' .. Olaadto sarugfed bsr sboaldora with sa ilnatisat gastartb and thsB said t 'Toa saat for mo» pspii. Wss IT for Mfftklog psrtioahirr' 'Tm t to qaastioa jroa. Hsto yoa boi Mag soqaaiatsd witk this Ishmssl OraT i' *Jakmssl Worth, pops I Yoa, I ksTs kaowB him woU oiror siaos- yOtt plsosd am withmjrsaat lliddlotoa,V NpUodOsodia. tkrowiog horsalf ioto * dhsir. Thsr fadgo wss slowly walkiag ap dfliwa tho Ubrsry. sad h« ooDtiaaodbto i , so bo ooaTsisad with bia dsadbtsr. * Who to thto IshBMol Worfb, thaaf * Y«a kaow. pops i ths asphsw of Boobm Ch^, or rsthor of bto wilsf batitto tks ssms tbia|^' ■ 'I kaow ki to tks asphsw of Gray f bat fliat sxplsias aotbioal Gray to s rods, igaoraaC tboag h wsll mssalng bsor i bat tkM tod iss isfasd. grsosfal snd oalttvatad yoaagaua.' Otoadto amdo ao oommsat apM^iirlMlUli«(vi* HwtiilbSitiylir' - •Whf, kv,«ir lUlU* Kiitf kM km to CbliforayAvwrar man I Eww 4M ««• Uk« UM>iMlt«Mil of jrovr lii«^«ify. ilr f to«>if«i Chwr, wilk ai^rMii IrMlvtMM, M k> l i j nma arMUMl iim Mm boak-liMd w*lk. ^^ ly booM M wall Bltjo ii ad. Ik vw liw •k« aidmuMMr bolklavi. Tm I k&i tbat I MB vwy wmIi plMmA vwk aad lb*t b« mui mmI to bb ■y kpprovAl -by % huid, tbtt m wri* out • fkk, kdffht. btooalBf p«««bt Th*t1i lh« mHmI wmt itf I «Mi nptoto it, air. ' ' A vwy aalMMlwy ipla— tiwi, Oruff 0«w an HaaMh mi Umm w4wt>l Ivtoif •fto^ririiii^ tbMlr BmvwI Mlto O taiiii VM.wi^ M to i«B4 vovd m kvW ■b* iroaU •om* to Ms H«aii«k m wnmi w riM vw abto lo iM wMipMiy. Hmt Im- tail It able tM*7. iir. Md ira«i4 Ik wnmi to w* Iflw MdU sad •bow hw tb« tMAiM. ' •^ Vary woU, Oray I I wiU lot ny dMib- tor bwnr,' Mid tbo Jodio, rioiag ?Ma lie okftir. -^ Raabon Mok tbio m m Mot ttoit bli do> Criiur* WM dotinbto, uid m bo mU» km w ud bio oiit, la MMtbor nKNkoht, boworor. ba ia>o^ pMTOd. ^ding bio kat to bio hand and I kof yaar pahtaa, oir. ' • Woll, vkat nvw I Wkat la tV Oray r Wkafb foTfOttoa r ' Ifyoa Bloaoo, oir, lo itvo aty daty to MiooOlaadio, aad kog kor act to lot fotrr Hanuab know ao Iphouol Hm koon oo biidly tiarl WlioB ok* aiioood kin wo a4 MitoO aalia wUiMrdoB#Uboi|Hr Itolte to iioatioa. >giir tbo l^r t wbiok I wo«li|a% go tor tojto it. .tf |#fr H auak'o oaf<^ wofo aot work ol yoaag B oaioo y , tko ookool iMator, I oafpao*. aM faraiokad kiai witk omplby. ttMBidwr aiaat tall wi htko mm% iiaiodlataly.' J ' 'Uwbloip]rw.onri II wm aol Saitot aa 4id itbVaaid ^laif^ witk mlf^ • Wke^ tkikf Wboaoar It wao. it ia. aU tka fla«o toami I am ai oato d wiUi tko work. aiidwiUiaf to toolil^ Bkotolpaywioal.' •Ilwaatkoaai tko tona-kaoko.* '▲■dwkawaatkatf * It wao aiy aophaw, lakatool Wortk, jrir/fopUad Bo«bom witk alittto|Murd.iftabto prido. lokaii^ Wofflk i^ato I* oaoialBial tka [ii.^ 4r iko dOBO "on katk;* It iaaa totolitooat ladof/oarOi-Offay.' roll, oir, ko ia jaot a woadfr.' v^ .;^H«w do yoii aoaooat tor iio kdag oo diltn»iat iroaH-lroBi ' - ttfim alo aad Boaaak f lafiirod dM^ B«l»koa. kolpiiig tko Jadgo aitt of kwdift. Mtty/ J|IM Air. I o'pooo M k<^ ktooatar' '^Nvo di^Pap4 00 h« giowod aPtif oat aaoerdto' to kio aatar*. HanuMi. Oroitoro diflnr Uka wagdtaMoa, air ijMNa» om toft uad ».. ..^. »». — .»- «rw.». mm^, ...mw •«, l^^fl^*' Moaad Bbanak. air, woV faaad^MQaboittiagiaatototoWroMtog- UBi wi0A%0itmi iMWmtii m^ k m •bair;bpi# k«r btoli kM f^atoMMM 'TbaakCMr kononr,' oaid Bonboa,' oaw ai<^ M bowod kioiootf oat t9i<^)adgokoft1uwo(rd to tbo ororanf-r and tho toa*« boar ooavOyod to kio daagktor tile ioTitotion aad tbo Oantion. Oiim*)to wao moped kalf to doatritiand do^ •irod nothing bottor than a Jlttlii" aaiaM- it. So th« HUB* oltomoon aba llljMit oa bar walk to WooB«yboart to diOM a doll I 800. aow. th«M , Jipporta for bvalidi ia jroar ooodiiioa,' aaid liiM Marlia. aa oovoriag tbo aaooad haakot. 'Bat rMllf iMdiadood. Miaa, yoo om too kiad. I OMMMt thiafc of aooaptian all thoia good thiagi Amm yoa. ' ' Maitk anaagt all tkaaa pota, lam aad bottlM oa tbo Maatal abolf. aotd aoMcbodf •MMoto taka thoM away.'aald Olaadia. imhoat payiag Ibv laaat atMatioa to Jian- aab'a rooMMatraaaaa. Whoa taio ordor wao abo oboyad, aad Matt!* Btood with both oMpty ba^kata oa toor anaa, waitiag fartbar ihatwa rtlaaa^ Miy MarUa aroaa, aaviag I 'Aadaow. lira. Gray, I Maatbidyoi good aftamooe. I oaaaot kvap papa wmI* lag diaoar for aia. Bat I will oobm to aaa yoB agaio tO'Morrov. if yoa will allow mo tedoaob' •Miaa Marlia, I aboald bo pto«d Md happjr toaaayoB aa oftoa aayoathiairit to ' — whMlktfvobNBgblforthoMbaUaat Lat tba baikit. 4»wi, MattK aad taka tha 'biB|io«t.' »« MarUa'a Maldobayad, aad diaplayad to iha aatoaiahad ayaa of Haaaab faada of oMBbrio. MBaU$ aad lawa, roUaii^l laoa. ribkoaaad btada. aad loto of otb# laoiy. iMiAab'a ayoa aparklad. That good w■ '' - 'Jobaaud JIary, aiiaa-«ftor BaBbaa'b ifetbar aad My moibor.' \ .J.^wy folfi I wiU 60 afdriMly raapMM aibloforJobB and lfaryl^SMd.EyoTIlM! Gray.' ' ,^^^"*^«' •*>*' *'»•■*' y«"« ***» Marlia,' Oaadia abook kaada aad departad. 9ho ^ *?^f f?^ ^r^ tho thioabold of tho obaaibar VA#r. whoa aba haard tia voioo of Haaaab aalUag bar baak t ^ 'MinaMoriial' V OlHBdia ratohiffd. ^ ; '^-v'^ - ' A' 'I bag VM pardoa, arin 1 bat I baar My nmhi>w, fabMaa) Worth, ia ap ai tha Hpaaa^ d(;iiig aoaMtbiag for tbo Jadga. V ■ ' ■. *Ho ia ap tbaio,' aiMfwcrad Oiaadn, avaaiYilv, _r Well do pray toll Mm, py daar MiM Morlia, if yoB plagaa, that I waiit to aaa Gk 1 1 bat yoar pi.tdoii athoaaand. iMaa lor tohiBg;habbartyof|«kiBgyoa« mIm.' • I wlU toll bil^' «g7oSB«a! '^^ ratinagi Whaa MiM Mav«la k«*!»• llHIfAlL J OE. iM JBE Dirmi. . ¥ ->i^' . IW iJil ''■•J?$* W» Wr^ owa two iai^ dwlr MMd for I Md tlM iTM r«MHilMriaa ;^M4.iMH u«N«,,d I iV tui, •SSI: bfMiMh«t p«aitoB»lMar*mlM in n». MaMwhila. atlaadad ht bar naid, Ifiia ''•!Si'^"*T ^ '^y honawatd. sS rMMTtaglawMdiii lima for dipMr, at f * *»M^ i«d||» Mid to bar I 'Wall. CMfai ftho dootor baa boMJMia oabkaramngvialt, airf ba laya tiwt yoa »ftoi bo baf |«l fiia bNakfaat i b«| tb«>M Mj btar b5*^ IhopayoB wiU giTa •4dKafcUtoooaM«taad t&t, ao that iba '^f nol ffiTooM any troablo whan I ntolv «tiMdMr,'aiiyiadOU«Ua. ^^ c^ J*. ^ ••• «WWitd tb»t CKaadia by i;ia^~balora2!^ ^^ BMb kBowladga, thai hhi Waa darkaa'd bf hw okMiow i tad iht Tbol iM «paa wnrekad | Nt aha aaw aii all*, - - ■ St toob^lM bih4 I noMht ear bia A tabu* af aaatlarabla Mioaibta Waa tra«a Mlti7. asd air tba wiadoWf of labauurt'i a^aaibor war* omb to faoilitala tba britast pMaaga of air lahinaal lay aio^ tioBlaM opoa bit aool. wUto hod. faMaff te brokaa liaMll ooold ao Ijtagar aanj Hln room, baiBc a ooraaroBO. rvjoioed im loorUrfa wiodowt, two lookiac aaat aad twoBorib. doae ap to tbaa., tlM MIL ami vrmgtmlM throb t oiuuvilMfKie > iNMUid m iBTklid loltur ^ _ JrtMd wilUft -ill* oM doorwsvl tiowloTtly iheloolMd,with WMd, white h^M^iS^mjmdh^i •Utt.rliii M blMk riagiata iiitdiat l^r mow^ lonhMd, ' daiiMk«hMMrl m door- M ■oftiy m it tmi ad^utmd into tk* from MMM obMw«< ir for h«r mm th* ItOHMT of ^hiirigh "dMUly iato thli •«»« mm Imt iM« toivMrda IthaiMl,' tmd •Mamptod to lyMk i hat » laddm, hyvurioal riiiBg ia h«r throat, ohakad hor ^ieir •jrta had lakia ia all at a ifiamm t— thtipliatoradlib tlio Wadagad am, Hm fbatwid ohMC, tho aahaa oomploiioa, tho •u^ fha*M ud tho holtow woo «l tho foer jroath t a a d attoraaaa fotlod hvrl Bat lihBMol mtly aad roopootfaily ytoiNOd tho haad uo had givoa hiBi, aad iBdlodiohO oaid i *. It if^vMlr kiaS of yoa to ooom apd ooo g% l&i llWlia. I thaak yoa oaroootly/ PNigft Jlo1r»%lr^ otropf lofaaiMl'k oaMtioao ■ii|k>tmrsrj woU,* oaid tho yoath, oatiUag. Th« Mxt iaotaat hA taraod away hia fooo t ft irao to oooooal # MMMi of affoay that oaddoaly oharp«'aod all hio fiNktaroa, hUaobcd hio lipvaad toroodtaa to iaoflftblo toadaraooo aad boaaty, , aa ha aaaworod ooftly t *It io ynaj, vory awoot to oaflbr for— oaa aoU oiMo» oat ilpoa hio brow, dMoa^taU. •'Qk, I faar yoa aaoar BatCHaadii' >a|aai had p aaaa d aa taaMi Ito taniad to her hia *Iiaaryoa aaflar '■■.▼ory, ▼oty qaiokly aa it aoiiliaa qroa^ ly Biaeh,' alio moatad, loddag at h|«i.' if ^ te, aflk aol taaoh ijioo how ooon tho pain 'Jh^l taititwaoo^lo«a»»wbiloitlaot«dl ' lisi it aaaght ?oar bnath a#ay I I IHhaiib yoii triad to hide it .'t am Bot worth aa boor of yoar pala t' aaolaiatd CSaadia, with aoaaathing vary liko otif rapf oa o H . • Ob. Miaa llorlia. if yoa koow how Uttlo Iidwald valao aiy lifo te ooaraariaea witb yaar oafc^.' lahaiaalSMnidjIor bo folt that porhiHPi k* woiTRoiii tM fbr. •I ihink y&a hava w^B^ad~h»if toady yoa ara to iMotifbo foir Iflo lartbop ia P M ▼at^ aot oaly of yoar friapid^ bat ilyoar ▼aryfofal I bava aot forgottn yaarliioaa of lU dad Bo^ Bargbo, ' aaid tb bairaaa. aatphaUoaUyTyat aUttlo aoldly, aa if, while ahowaaaanoao ta giva liiBi ^ falleat atadit aad tha graateot hoaoar foii^ ooarago, gfBogeHty aad augaaaiail^, oho waa doaltoat ta dlooiyai aay 'porooaal faatoraat ho alight fool for hotaalf. 'TUmo ioa diSaroBOo, Miao Marlia,* aaid lahaiaoL with «0Btlo «abity. 'Oh, I oappoaa tharo ta t miowoald father riok ooaV Ufa lor a frioadthaa for aa oaonr/. rnliad Ohwdia, ioily. U bara diapiaaaod yoa. Mia* HarUa | I ail rery aorry for it Btiij forgiro no, ' oaid labattol, with a oortaia aaaro aad atately aeaiteoy, forwbioh tlioyoalh waa hogianiog tobaaotod. f Oh,TWi bare aot diaplaaaad mt, labaMwl I Haw ooald yoa, yoa bare Jaat rlaked aad altfioot aaormoed. yoar life tor mv« laiBcl Ifo, yoa bara aot diaplaaaad} bat yoa have aarpriaod oio I I woud aot bavo had yoa caaaayriah for bm, labmaol, that yoa woald aot baro raa for tho baaabloot aegro oa air father'a plaatatioo i tlia ia afl.' * lliaa MorbB, I woald bara raa aay riak laaayOai^ oaa at aoodi bat I aright ant ihlii|ibonBo the after ooaooqaaaoea ia all OiMiainth oqaal pa ti oaoo equal pleaaare. Ah^ Miaa Merlia, forgtro bm, if TaBi now haray in 4aj paia I fwatro bm tbio preoaaip- f^im; rarit ia the ooqr qaeaiioa at iaane beCweoa ao,' aaid tho yoath, with apUadinf glanoo. *0b, labaiaal, lot aa aOt talk aoy more ahoot BM I Talk of yoaraelf. Tell bio how yoa are, aad where tob feel pain,' * Nowhere Biaoh, Miaa Merlia. ' • Papa told BM that two of yoar liabe were brok<^n aad yoar e h a t t injared, and BOW I aee all that for aiyaelf.^ •Myinjariea are data* very weU. My kalttiag is tkoesoooa ittiag ia^iahBuud'o darkbtaol] «l#^1irtha|ik^ yoa triOd to hide it l Ah Ij broken bbaeo an ka^ttiag togattor agaia yo»dio ■aflpfiHokiMar I 'aad for lao I ner aafaataa tkey poootUy i&Mi, aiyptojniiiaB oaya. *Bat that io a rory paiaftii p toe ooa. I fear,' dOlaadia, ooaipaaiioaatoly; , 4* UHMABL t OB, IN TBI DIPIBft, * Ah I JOW IM9 sbOWl Wkal flW MUSMi b it/Mr cImM, IbMt, tkai kartayov V 'Myh— »to Iw liin fmy rafi4lf. Oo aot dMTMi ymr kla^ Wn. Mm* MmUp i in tiaavally aaking artar yon, 1 tkink I will Jnat ■0 and tali kar all abentit, and aa how thero ieno oanM to be akunned no iaova,' aaid Benben, aa heatood, hat in kMKi, by lak- * Tae, dok nnele Banben, 4to ake will tkink I negleet ber.' pleaded bhkMaL Baaban proniiaed* and then took kia 4a> ptrtnre. ~ TkitWM^kgl l!iatrtaT..^T^''--->- _ Beubeu kept kie wo^dTaiid^ -»oim aa ha got homu ka gradnally broke to Hanoilrtke, nowe of bhnuMl'a aeelden . aoftaning tha Btattor aa mnen aa poaaibK aoftoning it oat of all %n%h, for when theaniiona wonan fai> dktad on knowing rsaoUv tka extent of ker nepkew'a iD|uriaa, poor Baaben, aUrmed for cbe effMt apon hia wifu'e xMSh ^ihautalianatt viaitor waa Bankan Gray. Who waa admitted to ai* him far n few mioutaa only. Thia waaan^ Banben'a trat vlalt to the invAlid, apd aa nhder the Inn- aient iaflnenoa af the atimMant bhinaal looked brightw thaa!%anal, Banben tboudit thai W< ihaat ke ^attiig on remarkahly w rll. ai^ qongratalatod him aooordlngly. bhmael amilingly ratamad the oompU- 4 r haalth, boldly afflrmed thaV there waa nothing worae in bhmaara oaee than a badly aprained ankle, that aooined him to the honee I And it waa waeka longer before Hannah beard tlH tmth of Ike affair. ^^^' Tha naztday Olaadia Merlin rapMted kw ▼leit to bhmael, and ramaibed wtto Vm f«| half an hoar. And from tibat time aha viaited kia toei|| diO^. inoreaaing eaeh day tin knglk 4 10 ' jSiiihaei'b egnvitnninil " m^'Wf^ ' Ip*. traoted. The aevore tidBfice Ikat nraat hava eaaaed the death of an.yleee Mgklv tttaliaad hamanareatnreiMaiy oonflned Uuriael for waeka to kia badaad for montka to Ike hooae. Itwaa foar weaka before ke eonld Itova hia had for a aoia. And it waa abont that tiate that Haui'Bk got ont again ; and iaeradnloua, aaxiona and angry all at oiMi^ walked an to ^uglawo^ to find ont i for hereelf whether it WM a ' •prainad nnUe* only that kept ker nepkew eonSneA thwra. * Mra. Chny waea k twn at enee to the eon* ▼aleaeantVtoom. where lahmaa , wboea very kraath waa para tintb. kaingMked, told bar all about hia injnrica. Poor Hannah wept teara of retroepeetivv pity tkut did not in her inamet heart blatoa Qrav ffrthe 'irfona fraud' he had prao* tiaed With thr view of aavint bar own faal-%t tn||»t i aritioal tine. She Woald have ha4 ! • ■■X^W ~~ ~ ~~ *• , ■'*. ■'*» . in UHMAlLi OE. m THI DIPTUS. h ■ ^.^ . , v. '• • '.^>, ' :, ' iiliiMid •oatntjr«4 kMMdi*t«lv t« Wood- M$, tkal ik» aiiht mmnt hia harMlii tait iMttlMr tte doeiWt IM )«di*. Mr lk« iMiraM wmM •OMMt to hl« ranoval I Mid M HMUMh hud to Mbait to tkoir will aad !«•▼• Imt naplMNr wlMra bo wm. Bbi sb* oooiolodboif tfbywlkfaigoy f y- QUadio wmui&y •post wiTtnU boan cf Ihi fortaooa ia IshttuMl^ oooiipMiy. Ho wm ■till Tory woAk,\D|lo and tbia. Hk wrm WM is * lUng. OMni WM bio rif bt M woU M Ut rlRbt log tbot bMl brokoB, bo ooald Mt u« • anitob i to that ho WM ounflood oU doy totbooofoor tbooaoy- ^•ir, la wblob bih aano waald plMo bim la tboaMNraing. Olaadia dov«l^ bonolf to bio waMMii a t wltboUoiiatot'iMro. 8bo nod to biai i Mag to bia^ aooooapaBjiag bor ooam with Ibo gaitM t oad sh* pUycdoboMt— bhmofladag bio lof^ haad to attfo %kd piobto. Olaadia kMw tbat tUo gtfiad bw ^ obiffiid bor witb a pooaioaot* l«v«, tbal dMpor, otrongOr oad awr* ordoot Uy. 8b« kaow tbat probably Mo ttoMo of mind woald ua attorly wMokod by tbio fotikl pMiioa. 8bo kaow oU tbl% •ad'yii* obo woald not wittadrow hor> MU, ^tbor Mddealy or gndnolly. Tbo •diratioa Of tbio yoang. para, esaltod oeal WM aa iatoiiootiac inOeoM that bod bwonnw daily babii aad aoo«aoity to tbo bdroM. Bat oho tadtly raqairad it to boa d oat oilpriag. SoioagMbcr lorw wonhippad bor oily witb bio aviia, loeM aad aMMUMta, abo WM aaMmd, gradoM Md cordial i bat tbo iuataat bo wm batrt^rod lato any worda of adiairalioa or iatorM. ia bor, «ho mw oold aad baagbty, aba obillod aadropoUod hiM. And yot abadid not aMoa to trUa witb bia dfeoiMM or daotioy Mo paoM I bat- it WM vary dull la «Ik ooantry aad— Olaadia had BOtbi^g oIm to oaoapy ai^ iatorMt har Miad aad baart Baaidoa aba rtolly did aBp raei a|a oad adiaira tao won- dorfally oaaowed pooaaat boy m a»ob m di« poMibly oould, ia tbo oom of; oao to iaMMMarabiT f^lNmeatb bar ia rank, ▲adoboroouy dll ubo aioreiWido and daligbtia tbo ao4>ty of Iah«i9|:tban ia tha'- of aay other luaHin k|Jag Ma bad avar BMt. Aad T«i bad it |^9 poawbla tbat lahauMl aboald bavo bain MkBow1adg«d by bia fatbar aad ioToaUMl with tba naao, araia oad aotote of Brndaaoll, Olandia Iferiia, ia hor pri>amt mood of miad. woald havo diad and aamf bka dia, bafora aba woald have givaa bar haad to oaa apoa whoM birtb ^ ■iagUahadoafi toiMt Moaawkilo waadbatol I yoaag ama ia aiaUkv oiraaaHtaaoH i bat wbioh raally wm aat aaok m Mm i droamiag tb«M dtoaaw of yaath^ tbo I roaliMlioa of wbiob woald kavo booa im- I pomibla to bum haadrad aad ajaaty-aiae ia a tboaaaad, dtaatad M ba wm i but wbioh iatoUort aad will amda qattc probable for him. Witk bia amaur miBd and bMTt U road Oaadia MorMa tkoroagk- ly, aad aadarataod bar btfltor aadoratood bovMtf. Ia bio bo kaow tbat avory iaob of ia hn iavoar wa» a ptfrmaaoat oon^aaot aavor to ba yialdad aa Aad kviag hir aa loyally m oror kaigbt lerod lady, do lot bar doooivo baraolf by laiakiagabo wm aaamiai baraatf M kia MBpaaaa, tar ao WMoartaw m altimato viotonr. bor IboaMhto atao oooapio^ lakamaL Tbt iiat of Saptambor, tba time for ^^MiBK thv Baahy Shore aoboal, bad oaaie : aad tba yoatb waaaiill anubl* to walk. UmA** tiioM oiroamataaeaa, be wroto a uoto to t br agent, Browa, oadtoAd'Mm tbat it wuaM bo wroag to ImtoUm a^ool abat up while the ahildran of tbo oaighbowiiood rimained oatangfait aad roqaMiod Im| ta ooak an<' Itoool tha yoatb aoam Mf>a>erlioa to give up tbia iMtoliaaM of omployaMiit i bat Waalraady liBOW thai lahnuol noTar ktoi- totad a moBiaat batwMO dal|y aad aalf- iatorMt. Boptombar paaaad. ThoM wbo bora Wi^eiiad aargioal oaoto ia military bMpiiaU know bow loag it takvo a oraakad and brokoB haaiaa body to roMvor the bm of ita BMmbera. It wm lato ia OotobM bofore Iriimaol** right arm wm atroag oaoagh to •apport tbo oratoh tbat wm aaadad to ra- liava tbo araaMro apMt Ma right log wbaa ha attomptod to walk. It WM aboat tbia MM 9mM Jadga Marlin WM haavd oftoa toooamlaia of tbo grMC ao> oamalatioa if ■miaJpuBdoBM apon his haada. - '//^ lahmaal, atror raa4pr to baoMfal, modMtly toadorad hia a m yi o M to aaaiol Altar a littla baaitotioa, tba tbankad tboyoalh aad aooaptad Ma Aad tha Mzt day idiaMol wm iaotallad in a oomtortahla iMtbor ohab ia tba librarjr, with biao.BtAbeoidobimaadawritiJig-tiMa eoyarod with lottora to ba raad aad aa- awarad bdaro Mab TkaM lottoto wan all opoa, aad aoob bad a word or a Um pM^' oillod apoa it ladiaMiBg tbo obMBOtor of tbo Mwwor tbat wm to bo jioaa. OpM Jjjjft / *' ''W0'W"'^ mOUML I "7oaa« raaanwiih And. m h» MMf, aarpna.* mm! plaa -n . liffhtad ap iii l i a aiKw. IT niM worai ahawd aaar «f a»ai aftt-r «M " laltar paatfully tfaiiikad kaaakawaaUM wfltw. Ha waa piMaad ta bava kia faMana« «raU vrittaa, fcr it n aradi afoakiaMaU. Uadar tka lalavMt «| kia aad vlaaaara ka laak ■• Ua aaM fsUaf IMt«a and wasi dliaallf to lakaaal*! fla tkaad tka fa«tk am-akair hj tha wMow Mitad W ta l^taM aaiaaail£«B» h^arrapaa "TSk M«ld aat woaud tka •»MWt« paUtiaoar .«—«.,«« .T?** •"•^•M, nadarKi with * o • ( whiek bj tkair vanr aa aia i^a ino«pab*a. ^* "fnaboviaakom tkaladnaiB aa aaa« »1.T1 r^r ^ •••oaiabai.iMl. • ^JV ""^A *" *•• i'«^i»»«i* ot lah. Jl. II hayoMlPkatyla ol writiag «aa Ei^ow. coartaoaa, daUaata. it waa^ itaioat aataia araa wn% iaih.„ •ootK.|aw>kiftkaM o ihadad ka af " aad if tkaM grauimg favoan flat TWka kaaa y«a tkara f * k^alMd Jadfi lakmatl MaiM aad taraad Ika tltla mm -ki'k^iiaaatioaw. ^^ f 'ST'^'.J*^ V" Uttklaa.- tefltdawn. Isknaal. aad attaad to mu' ■gj^ >fc * i«y>. 'f*«>H • •>»>> aa4 aakiiig Ml iMMdialtljr elaaad tka liaak aa4 flava tka aMat laapaotlat attaaiioa. 'iMBvtryBaakplaaaadvithtkaaiaaaar ia wkiak yoa hava aaaoaipliakad year taak. ItkiUMl. Yoa kava doM year work ra* aurkably wall i So wail tkal I ■kaald Ilka to aiv* foil loaftr vatpioyaMat.' kataid. ^ ^ I.-,— -H Uuaaal't hi§,laap«d in kit kwail ^fkaak ya<^ lltmvwj gkd yea aia MiCmI wi>k^ k« rapliad. La* aaatiaav { tkia ia tka iftaaetk of lakw I I atiaU naula kafa aald tkt int af UMMibor, w'k«a w* na lo tow%.| ^1 UHaaar. dHktg «iM iatariral of ny •tag !k««.toioial»>faaa>«yaMiataat. Wh5. MV !«■ r " 1.^m4 ii*.! aiHU faal kaaMtwl aad ^^^^M^ ^n^^^^w l^^p-'H^^B • I wMft^a y«i what I aouiidar a h»r (afatvary yaaaf a Mr aid ara yea r '••kaf thaa kaauUatao tka pati ioaar. it •M kMaaae af ikal aaipSa 'attrikata of Iskiaaat'a ioal kat auSa it ao paialkl it *" 1^ '^■' "» •»«%»tfBl to iBtpart ta dai iMiatia daaliaf ii| all Idkiali t^tlSii Jka ladfa „_ ^ w yoan^ aMwtaat. esaalkat lawyar, ' ^ taa way. kMt aid ara yea r ' I tkall k» aMfai III ia Paeaaikat.' * ^' 7 1#» '^•'V yo" *''"■*' dolhiaV ■t'latk (Mi VWMr heard, ' \ ,• • JadMliariia, ' taid IskaMal. aa kia fata laa iMiad oriaMoa. 'XihaBfMl keaeoiai •d kapay la Mcviaa vou i Mat Tam la Mcyiafl you i kat f.oak (aoaaaat toraaaivo aay oi mpaa* •r witk kedkaaa, aor aoald. U hiaaalf tka gift oC < wkltiTwIiMi » •ataat. Jad«a^£Srtj*M Sf Cd?fc^' Tw.WBO aratat. aad aam 'What deyi aoaUkaoaa. Ha kad aat ' ai« «oa tetti^ dtafad at tha . i t"ok all powvr > (**MpMi**l oontinaad t tka haavy obHfKtiaaa roat lowarda yoa, ktlaaa to li^ktaa ■ f i a^iig a r wf tU^i p^ aieyitMiaca 7..: "f* f* y**" ••"**» ♦•Itkar ia jadjw iar Wka kf ai lart tka daaae eakad Ike Ikvn beea an |anMiU el ireer hoa«i . "Ajrt" -/ * m IBHUAIL I OB. nr THB oimiA ■%. '• y, "'#■ 1 •■4 0ira4fnrM If I Im4 bMS • MB oi feaiil). What MM I rMd«r ftm fm tXL «lMM WMilaf Btr. My «nitil«4« lMi4 wnri«MM«4MlD]ro«|M)ryMr own. PrAv* tlwrafwi, do aol mmMmi ooaipcuMtiMi ie M|i •f»ia«* r*pU«4 the yoath. * T««aff MMMi, TMI nirpriM bm Uy— 4 HMOTtT Toar gi«tu«d« ukA ■wtidiB 4m to bm f for Wluti pray t for iBkhit oM« af yM wiMO yo« woro m 4*nff«roaaly injvrod in my lorTioo? UkA yoa oot Mooivo kU yo«r inJoriM la MviB^ my dBaRklw fro* m TieUnt dontht ▲ftorlhMli who ilMald kBvo taken ooro OC^jon bat ai« r "TakoB r^f of yooT* I thoBid tokn OHO of nil yoar fatwro I I ■hoBki givo yoa • fortono, or • prof«ooiea, or MBM otlMT NbotMitial Bn4 fomuuMat •ABiMiiMUion tm yoB' |NBt Mrrioo. to obor MOOBBta brtwo^ at T osditMf Vtf ••iSi ibrtWMB lAiBMNl bowod hlo hood. b11 hitMr Mortifloiitioao I Sihor optwk to Mai oi^ \MA\af* li • I To thlok how WMMlhr froBi knooplag that la'^^iTiac OUadioho \uA MTod hinMlfl flt had a light to riok hk Ufa for Okodia i aad no •Bo,aotoT«B hor fa-hor, had a nght to iBMlt hta hy ■»• aking o« rowird I Ohadia «M Wbwbi bhBMol kiMW it, thoagh ao' MiMMi oarth. not vnm tho fc oi m t hM Ml fc miofadgo walohod tho yoBih m \k m% HrHh hill flao yoangforohoad he^irod thoogiit. MUjr «pOB hlo haad i aad Jadgo ICvrlia an. dorat o od UhBM«11i (• Botaaoo to foooiTO t hit 414 net Ba4on'Mi4 tho oaaao of of'thoi(ori4,oaB. XlD«aboBMIoll«irBiy r •OMi% Biy hop,' ho Mid I ' yoB artyoaag ■Bd i a o i gar i oBOO B . Toa MaB<.t know bibob ofHfo. TaMaaoM ablo 9i a4viilBg y«B. •dvioo.' • JMoo4, 1 will gratofally 4o«b, lir,' iai4 liluBMl, railing hit hoad,flad,aBiid all bia J^ htmiUatioa, to W adviaod by Gbi^dia 'ThoB, Biy boy. yoa aaat roiMtihal It Broald ho Tory improper for aa to avnil b»< aaU of Toar roally Talanblo aMiataoM with- •at gmag yoB a roaaonablo oompraMtioB t and IM te •hirt. I «obI« mI ^ iJlm tbo )a<^ araUy. . ■'/ :-^:-/ ■'-;': -, .■;.:- *]^j> yoa rtgard thoqpoitloa in that uiriil, rirr iaqairoTUMJtol. doabtiaglyT^ TT ' MM taM ar odl y . •^t io tho only trBo light iawtdflbtorafiiidit.' if ||M>I h B f tBOO |HrfQB b Btta ra^rn tii. I will aor^ yoa gntahOly, to tho h«Mof «f ahUily,' «b< OlBBod tho JPOBtB. Oh. arf|rhty p^rMveranM I ,0h. ooarago. atota and atoBt I Thlit willa aitd worka a olMraiiM Of ovory UroahUag doabl^«ii Tha. oaanot hrooli doaial And aoarM aUolfa dolay, Bat wiBa froM ovary trial Hon atraaglh for ovary day! Whoa tho Jndgo Bi«t hia daaahttr atdia< nor that otobIbi, ho iaformod bor of tha with lahmMl Mrpriaa,aBd now artaagoBMnt ' oBkotad Worth. MiM Martin UatoBod ia • Wm it wall dono. panaf , •What.UUadiar / 'Thmakiag of that OBMMBMBt with lahmaol.' • I think aok my daar, m far m I aai la- torMtod. at laaat, aad I ahall audMvoar to maha tho arraagaBMat ptrOitiMa aIm Mi tha yoath.' » • Aad ho h t(^ roMaia wMi « «««tt v* gp IrtBwar faa, my daar t hat, ynv MtM t«( Otaadtai^ Jfow what ia rha BMttarf What BMoiWoilifaotioa oaa «hom oa to lahBMal Worth ramaiuiag hoN m aty aaolatoBt aatal WOflOtotowat* •Fapa,lt will ba aaoaaiOBifaM Ml M « ■oaMqr aad atylo that will Mnkoii toiy baird for hlM to rotara to tho ooMpaBf of tho igaoraat bmb aad womob who haroaithaftc haoa hia aaooointM,'Mld Otaadia. •Bat why ahoald bo rttara to thorn t Tonnt Worth la vary talmtod and #oll tdoMtod. . R" worka to aaahlo bim to aMy nprofaaaiOB. ThON ia no ibaaon ob Mrth why he ahoald BOt aaooood. He looka like a loBtloBWB, tBlka like a gantlomaa, nod bahnTM liba a gaatlaiBaa t Aad thora ie Bothiair to proTont hia baoomiaff n gMtla- BMn*' ■' 1^,'- • Oh, yoa, tbMT Hi A* i Tm tb«r it I' aidaimod OUadia, wMi emotion. ' *1Vi what doyoa dlniio, anrdtarf .•r* ki._i»- l^rtb, papa r oMh|iBMd 'To hi»~low OUMdIa. with a gMp. •Hialowblrtbl ~ Oaadia I dovB UvB liT Ifwo do^ ,«b#t ii tho i*^ rikt wmuAML I OB. nr taa niran I la Mm «ImU •! ■* m- MW At iMMrt ll«ll'«'4(MM III whmwn Hm • T«%l p««f, bafr— rwpMtobl* I' t| > f l u l ii OlMi4iik w stanoha attobdlBg his birth; aad wars ap la anaa aBstast tba aaiatbiBa ol hiw ^a^» la what SBBoistB iM fil^ «f> iba ^alH forost shadM to salai Istm baBMMi p^mOemf 1 kutm aol) bat It is Mrtah tkat, aftar walkiag two or tkrM kMm tbroqgk 'l stood arilbla ihe mom. V TBora WM notbiag in thatlaa. iatollsotaal MnatseaBM, with ito faii^ broao, oalm fwra« bead. Iboaglitfal ayMaodflaoly oerrad lips, to sotg^t tba idM of sB igaoMs Mrtb. 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I must not bear full weight upon the injured limb yet, ' replied Ishmael, oi.urtecusiy. No one could have supposed from ihe man- ner of tlie youth that he liad not been ac- customed to mingle on equal terms in tha best society, Claudia poured out the tea. She was not deficient in courtesy ; but she could not bring herself, as ytt, to speak to Ishmael with her usual ease and freedom. When t(!a was over slie excused iii:r8elf and retired. Claudia wns not accustomed to seek Divine iiiilp. And so, ill one of the greatest strai a of her mornl experience, without one word Oi prayer, she threw herself upon her bed, where she lay tossing about, as yet too agitated with mental conflict to slet p. Ishmael improved in "health aniFgrew in favour with hjs employer. He walked daily from his chamber to tfaf library without the aid of a crutch. H^ took his meals with the family. Ann oh ! ruinous ' extra- vagance, he wore his Sunday suit every day I There was no help or it, since he must sit in the judge's library and eat at the judge's table. Claudia freated him well ; with the inoon . sistencyof girlish naturu', siiice she had felt ■ such a revulsion towanls him, and despite of it resolved to be kind to liim. she went to theexiremc and treated him better than ever. The judge was anohani^ed in liis niMiner to thestruggling youth. ' And so the time went on and the month of November arrived. Ishmael kept the Rushy Shore school- house in miud. Up to this time, no schooU master had been found to undertake its care. And Ishmael resolved if it should re> main vacant until his engagement with the judge should be finished, he woald then tuke it himself. AU this while Ishmael, true to the smallest duty, had not neglected Reuben Gray's account-books. They had been brought to hihi by Gray every week to be posted up. But it was the second week in November be- , fore Ishmael was able to walk to Woodside and see Hannah's babies, now fide children of ne.-iriy three months of ag. , _ Of course Ishmael, in the geniality of i in na' ure, wasde- hghted with them ; and equ illy, of course, he delighted their mother with thir praises. The nut two weeks in November were devoted by the judge and his family to pre- parations for their departure. As the time slipped and the interval of the:r stay grew shorter and shorter, Ishmael began to counr the (.ays, tieasuring each precious day I hat still gave him to the sight of Claudia. On the last day bat one betore thi ir diparture, all letiers having been finished, the judge was in his library, selecting books to bj paokgi^ and sent ulf ' to his city n-si- d> lice, Ishmael was a8»isti> g him. When their task was completed, th judge turned to the youth and said : •Now, Ishmael, I will leave the keys of the library in your possession. You will come occasionally lo see that all is right here { aud yoo will air and dust i he books, and in wet weather have a fire kindled to keep them from moulding, for in the depths of thib. forest it is very damp in winter. In recompense for your care of the library, I^Kmael, I will give you the use of such law books as you may need to continue your studies. Here is a list of works that I recommend you to read in the^order in wiiiah they are written down.'Waid the- judge, handiug the youth a folded paper, ' I thank you, sir; I thank you very much,' answered Ishmael, fervently. ' You can either read them here, or take them iiome with you, just as you please, ' continued the judge, ' You are very kind and I am very grate- ful, sir. * *It seems to me I am only just, and scarcely that, Ishniael 1 The county conr* opens at Shelton, on the first of December. I would strongly recommend you to attend its sessions, and watch jts trials ; it will be a very eood school for yon. arirt a great help to the progress of your studies. ' 'Thank you, sir, I will follow your advice.' 'And after a while I hope you will be able to go for a erm or two to one of the Nor 1 hern law schools. ' 'I hope so, sir; and f<>r that purpos , I must work hard. ' ' And if you ever xhon'd succeed iii gett%{ admit ed to the bar, Ii?hmael. I sh( uld advise you to go to the Far West, It may seem premature to give you this counsel now, but 1 give it, while I think of it, because after par ing. with you I may never see you again. ' 'Again I thank yon. Judge Merlin ; but if ever that day cf succesii should come for me, i: will find me in my naive State, I have an especial reason for fixing my home here ; and here I must succeed or fail !' said Ishmael, earnestly, as he thought of his" mo her 's eaiiy death, and ouiionoured grave. R\j ISHMAEL ; OR. IN T^E DEPTHS. 185 to rescue her memory from and hie vow reproach. ' It appears to me that your native place would be the laat spot on eaith where you, with your talents, would consent to remain,' said the jud^e, significantly. 'Ibuve a rtasoii— a sacred reason, sir,' replied Islimaei, earnestly^ yo with some reserve in his manner. ♦ A iiason " with which the stranger in .ermeddleth nor>^ I suppose?' , Ishmael bowed gravuly, in assent. ' Very wt 11, my young friend ; I will not mquiie what it may be.' said Judg,» Merlin, who was" busving himself at, his writing bureau, among some papers, from which he selected one. which he brought forward to the youth, saying : Hcre.lahmatl— here is a memorandum l)f your servicer, whicli I ha;ve taken care" to kfeep ; for I knew full well that if I wait, d •for yon to presint me a bill, I might wait forever. You will le.irn o do such things, however, in time. Now I find by my memorandum that I owe you abou sixty dollars. H*e is th.> money! There, now, do -not draw Mjk and flusJi all over your f.ice at the idei of tak ng njonev you have Well earned. Oh, bu:: you will get over that in time, and when you are a lawyer, you wilt hold out your hand for* thumping fee. be- fore you g vo an' opinion on a case !' laughed The judce. as he forced a roll of bank notes into Ishmael's hands, and^f t the library. The remainder 6f the day was spent in sending off waggon loads of bores to the landing on the river side, where they were taken off by a rowboat, and conveyed on board the ' Canvas Back, ' that lav at anchor opposite Tanglewood, waiting for the freight, to transport it to the city. On the following Saturday morning the judge and his daughter left TaugleWood for Washington They trafelled in tho private carnage, driven by the heroic 'Sam,' and '•^tended by » mounted groOm. The part- ing, which' shook Ishmael's whole nature ■like a storm, nearly rending soul and body asunder, seemed lo have but little effect- upon Miss Merlin. She went through it with great decorum, shaling hands with Ishmael, wishing him success, and hoping to '^ e him, some fine day, on the bench 1 This Claudia 8aid;Uughingly, as withgood- liumoured raillery. But Ishmael bowed gravely, and 'hough hk heart was breaking, answere'd calmly : • I hope so too, Miss Merlin. We shall isee. ' • Ao reToir !' said Claudia, h«r eyes spark- "ling with mirth. 'Until we meet I' answered Ishmael, solemnly, as he close'd the carriage door^nd gave the coachman the word to drive < ff. As the carriage rolled away, the beautiful girl, who was its sole passenger, acd whose eyes had been cpirkling with mirth but an instant before, now threw her hands up to her face, tell back in her seat, and burst into a tempest of sobs and teais. Ignorant of what'was going on within its ouriained enclosure, Ishmael renifiiued stand icg and g.iz'ng after the vanishing cartinge. which was quickly lost in view in the deep shadows of th*tor»isc road, until Judge Mer- lin, who at the last moment hud decided to travel on horseback, rode up lo take leave of him and foUcfw liie c.irriage. •Weill gond-bye, my young fri. nd I Take care of youracli !' were the last adicux ofthejudg©^ ashoshoSk hands with Ish- mael, and rode aw.iy. ' I wish you a pleasant journey, sirj' were ,, the final words of Ishmael, sent after the galloping horse. Then the young»man, with desolation in his heart, turn.d into the hous •, to set the library in order, lock it up, .and remove his own few p r-^onal effects from the premises. Reuben Gray, who had come up to assist the judge, received his final orders, and see him off, wait- d outside with liis light wag- gon, to take Ishmael and his luggage home toWoodi-id.. Ruben helped Ishmail to transler hiH books, clothing, etc., to the little wiggou. And tlien Ishmael, after haviuK'takenloaTeofauu* Katie, and left a sm.iU present in her ^^j, jumped' into his seat, and was driven^voy Reuben. The arrangement'^it' 'Tanglewood had oc- cupied nearly the whole of the short winter forenoon, so that it was twelve o clock meridian when they reached Woodside. They found a very comfortable sittine- rocm awaiting them. Reul>en,"in the pride of his paternity, had refurnished it. There was a waim fed carpet on the floor • warm red cur ains at the windows ; a bright fiie burning in the fire-place ; a neat- dinnvr- table set out ; and, . best of all. Hannah seated in a low r>ckitig chair, with one rosy babe on her lap and another in the soft white cradle- bed by her side. Hauhah laid th^ baby she held beside its brother in 'he cradle, and arose and went to Ishmael, and took him in her arms and welcomed him -Jiome attain, saying : ' Oh, my deal boy. 1 dm so glad you have come liack I I will make you liappier with us, lad, than you have ever been before. ' ' You have always been very g )od to me, aunt Hannahi, ' said Ishm.iei, warmly, ret««n- ,ng her embrace. ^ . ^^ / .*i^'' 186 I8HMAKL I OB* IN THE DEPTHS. ' ^o, I haven't, Ishmae], no, I haven't. my boy ; bat I will be. Sally I bring in the fish direotly. You know very well that lahvael don t like rook-flah boiled too muoh, ' she aaid, by way of oommenoement. The order waa immediately obeyed, and the family aat down to the table. The thrifty ovorseer'a wife had provided a snmp^ tnouB dinner in honour of her nephew ■ re- turn. The thriving overeeer oonld afford to be • xtravagant once in a wiule. Ah I very different were theae da^s^of plenty at Woodalde to those days of penury at the Bill Hut. And Hannah thoaghi of the difference, aa she dispensed the good things .. from the iiead of her well-supplied Uble. The rock-fiah with egg sauce waa followed by a boik-d ham and roast ducks with sage druflsing, and the dinner was finished off with apple pudding and mince piea and new. cider. , , . . Ishmael tried his best ^0 do justice to the luxarias aflic ion had provided for him ; but after all lie could not satisfy the expectation of Hannah, who complajned bitterly of his want of appetite. After dinner, wlien the young man had • '•^' gone np-stairs to arrange hi^s bookH and clothes m his own room, and had left Han- nah and Reuben alone, Hannah again com- plained of islimaers derelictions to the duty of the dinner-table. * It's no use, :alking, Hannah ; he can't help it. His heart ia ao full— ao fall, that he ain't got room in his insides tor no 'vietoala ! And that's just about the tpth on';. 'Twas the same way with me when I was young and in love long o* you I And wa'n't vou comtrairy nyther? Lird, Han- nah, why when you used to get on your high horse with me, I'd be offen ir.y feed for weeks and weeks .together. My hM^rt would be swelled up to my very thro^ and my stomach wonldii't be nowhar !' 'Reuben, don't bc a fool 1 j^'s not becom" inginthe father of » family,' said Mrs. Hannah, proudly glancing at the twins. * Law, so it isn't ; so it ian't, Hannah, woman. But surely. I was only a telling of you what ailed Ishmael, as he wm off his feed.' ^ ' *But what foolishness and craziness and sottishness for Ishmael to be in love with Miss Merlin i' exolaim«d Hmnah, iinpati- ently. '~'~~^ 'Law, woman, who ever said love was anything else bat craziness and the rest of it,' Laughed Gray. ' But Miss Merlin thinks no more 'of Ish- mael than she does of the dirt tinder her fset,^ said Hannah, bitterly. * Begging year pardon, she thinks a deal more of him than she'd like anybody to find out,' said honest Reuben, winking. * How did you find it oat, then T' inquired his wife. * Law, Hannah, I haven't been fried aad frozen by turn, with all sorts of fever and ague love fits, all the days of my youth, without l^nowiiig at the symptoms. And I teli you as how the high and mighty heir- ess. Miss ■ Olaudia Merlin, loves the very 'buttons on our lahmael's coat better nurshe' loves the whole world and all the people in it besides. And no wonder 1 for all the young men as uver I seed, geiitlemen. or workingmun, Ishmael Worth is the most handsomest in his looks and manners, and his speech and all. And I believe^ though I am not much of a judge, as he is the mos intellioentiest and book larnedest. I never seed hiB equa. yet. Why, Hannah, I don't believe as rhere is e'or a prince a livin' a& has finer manners, 1 don't I •But, Reuben, do, y^ou mean what you ' say? Do you really think Miss ClaUdia Merlin condescends to like Ishmael? I have heard of ladies doing such strange things sometimes ; but Miss Claudia Merlin I' 'I told you, and I tell you again, as she loves the very buttons of better npr sb9 loves all ' But she is as proud as '~ tear her- own heart ou*'''of passion and s^ite, b^use Ishmael out of it ! if you mean that Ishmael's coat rid bi'sidi's. /and ready to iier bosom, for -.^^ _. she can't get She'll never marry him. though I know some- times young ladies will marry beneath them for love : btft' Mias Merlin will never do that. She would fling hsrself into burning fire first I' The conversation conid go no farther, tor the aabject of it was heard coming down the stairs, and the next moment he opened the 4por and entered the room. He took a seat near Hannah, smiling and saying: " 'For this one afternoon I will take a holiday, annt Hannah, and enjoy the so- ciety of yourself and the babies. ' ^ 'So do, Ishmael,' replied the pleased and happy mother. And in the very effor to shake off his gloom, and please and be pleased, Ishmael found hia sadness allevi- ated. He was never weary of wondering at Hannah and her children. To behold his maiden annt in the character of a wife had been a standing marvel to Ishniael. To con-' template her now as a mother was an ever growing delight to the genial boy. She bad lost her old-maidish appearance. She was fleshier, fairer and softer to look upon. And she wore • pret^ bobbin*bet cAp and ISHMAEL ; OR. IN THE DEPTHS. a bright'Oolonrod oklico wrApper, «nd the baaied herself with needlework while tnrn- iuff'tbe oradie with her foot, and hamming a little Duraery song. As for Beuben,' he arose as Is in his mouth. ' Well, thjen, as 1 am lon my feet again, and no other maater, can be fonnd, I will take it myself ;— that is to aay, if I can have it, ' said Ishmael. • Well, I reckon yon oan. Mi . Middletod, he sent his Fawyer down here to settle up affairs arter he had bought the property, and the lawyer, he told me, as I had been so long used to the place aa I was to keep on a-managing of it for the new master ; and aa a letting out of this school house was a part of my business, I do a'pose as I can let you have it, if yon like • to tike it.' ' Yes, I abonld, and I engage it from the first of Janoary. There are now but two weeks remaining antil the Christmas holi- , , ^T*> So it is not worth while to open the January ; but then f shaU eontinne to naid* sohool utotil these shall he over. But mean* while. Brown, you can let your friends and neighbours know that the school-housit will be ready for the reception of pupils on Mon* day, the third of JanunrVi' * Very well, sir; I'll let them all know.' * And now, Brown, lell me, ia Mr. Mid- dleton's taniily doming in at the first of the year r inquired Ishmael, anxioubly. ' Oil, no, sir I the house is a deal too dam|k.'^ In some placea it leaki awful in rainy weather. There be a lot of repairs to be made.' -So it wpnft be ready ,for the family much afore thespriuff, if 'hen.' ' I am sorry to hear that. Will you give me Ml . Middleton's addreas ?' ' His— which, sir? * Ti II me where I can write to him. ' * 0>: I h» is at Washinffton, present speaks ing ; Franklin Square, Washington Oity ; tha' will find him. ' Thank you.' And shaking hands with the worthy overseer Ishmael departed. Aud the same day he wrote and posted a lettfir to Mr. Middleton. ' The intervuninir two weeki between that (lay and OhriBtnuas was spent by Ishmael, as usual; in work and in study. He made up the whole year's accounts for Reuben Gray, and 'put his farm books in perfeot order. While Ishmael was^ engaged in this iauer job. it occurred to him that he could not always be at band to assist Reuben, and that it would be much better for Gray to learn enougn of arithmetio and book-keep- ing to make- him independent of other peo- ple's help in keeping his accounts. So when Ishmael brnnght him his books one evening, and told him they were all m order np to that preaant day, and Reaban aaid ; 'Thank yon, Ishmael I I don't know what I should do without you, my lad I' Ishinaelanswered him, sayingvery earnestly: * Uncle Reuben, all the erenta* of life are proverbially very nncertain ; and it may happen that it may be well for yon to be prepared for such a oontingt ncy ? 'What do you mean, Ishmael ?' inquired Gray, in alarm. ' i men n— had yon not. better learn to keep your book 8 yourself, in oase^yon shonld lose me f ' ' Oh. Ishmael, I do hope yon are not agoing to leave uaf cxclaiihed Reubon, in terror. ' Not until dnty obliges me to do so, and th% may not be for years. It is true tiiat I have taken the Rushy Shore aohool- house, which I intend to open on the third day of V- I e f:\ .'^.■■ 188 ISHMAEL ; OR. IN THE DEFTHS. here with you, »Dd walk backward and for- ' ward between this and that.' ' What X every day there and baek, and it •uoh a diatanoe 1' ' Yea, onole Retibun ; I can manafie to doai^i. by riainftBO hour earlier than iltoal,' aaid Ishuiael, oheach you in two or three muntha an art which will be useful to you folks agin their will. I think, artar all, belike you oughter be a lawyer, if so be you'd turn a > judge ana jury round your fiiiffer as easy as you turn other people. I'll e'en Inrirof you, Ishmael, though it Uid look rum like for an old man like me to go to school a boy like yon.' ' That in right, uncle Reubsn. You'll be a good accountant yet before the winter is over, ' laughed Ishmael. G)|risimas came ; bnt it. would take too long to tell of the rustic merry-makings in a neighbourhood noted for the festive style in which it oelebratea its Ohrisrm(is holi- days. There were dinner, supper, arid dancing parties in all the cottages dnrinr the ein'ire week. Reuben Qray gave a rustic ball on New Year's evening. And all the country beaux and belles of his r»nk in socisiy came and danced at )t. And Ish- mael, in the geniality of his nature, made himself ao agreeable lo everybody that they unQOnsciously pronounced -hiin 'quite the gentleman.' Thia was the last as well as the gayest party o^ the holidays. It broke up at twelve midnight, because the next day was Sunday. On Monday, Ishmael arose early and Widked over to Rushy SiiOre, opened his school-house, lighted a fire in it, and sat down at his teacher's deak to wait the arri- val of his pupils. Abuut eigiit or nine o'clock they began to oome, by ones, twos and threea ; some at- tended by their parenis and some alone. Roujlhi- looking customer! they were,' to be sure ; shock-headed, sun-bitm^d, and * Law, Ishmael, how will yon 9wti find \ treckle-faoed girla an Iboys of the humblest diss of poor whites,' as they are called in the slave Stat,< Sy I^ll^mael received them, each And all, in^ that' gknial kindness which alwuys won^/Cfie hearts of all who knew him. In arranging his school and classify ng his pupils, Ishmael found 'he latter as ignorant, stuDborn and forward as they had been re- presented to him. S im White wotild not go into ^he aame olasa with Pete Johnson, beoaase Pore's father got drank and was * hard ap ' for fighting. Susan Jones would not si. beside Ann Batea becaus-' And's mother ' hired out. ' Jem Ellis, who waa a big boy that did Dot know his A B O's, insisted on being pnt at the head of the higliea: olass beoause ^very day of yOur life, for thirty or forty ! he'was'the tallest pupil in the school And yeara, don'c you think that it is quite worth i Sarah Brown refused togo intoau'y cliws at While to learn it?' i all, because her father was the overseer of ^., 'Well, Islunael, you have^got a way of ' the evtate, and she felt li|rself above thep > putting things an makes peopletliink they 're . all I » reaaonable, whether or no, ana^oonvinces of These objec.ions and claims ^ere all pot 3StS^TI n 'N. ISHMaEL I OR IN THE DEPTHa 1» 180 forth with loud voioM and rod* g««tar«a. But Ichina* , thoaith ahoi ked. wm not diacOura|[«d. * In patieiieo he poaauaaed hia joul ih«td»y. And af ter a whiU h« auo- u««dcd in ealmiug all tbiae turbulent apirita mid redueing hia little kingdom to order. It WH« ft very hanuaing day, howerar, »u(i after ha had diamiaaed hia aohool and walked home, and given ^Rtiiben Gray hia leaaou, and poated the" »to.)nnt-book, and I ttad a portion of hia •Coke," he retired to bed, thoroughly wearied in mind and body and keenly apprcoiative of Ihe'^priviieae of reat. From hia day forth, lahmael worked harder and auffered more pritationa than perhapa he had ever done at any former period of hia life. He roae every morning, «t four o'oloek, before any of the family were atirring ; driaaed himaelf lieatly , road a portion of the Holy Soripturea ity oandle-ligtit ; aaid his prayers ; ate rhe eold breakfast i hat had beun laid out for him the night iiefore ; anq set off to Walk five milea to hia aohool- house. He uaually reached it at half.past aix j opened and airL*d the room, and made the ■; fire ; and then aat down to read law until tlie arrival of the hour for the commence- ment of the studies. Ho taught diligently until twelve o'clock ; then he diamiaaed the pupiia for two boura to CO home and get their dinnera j he ate the; cold luncheon of bread and cheese or meat hat he had brough with him ; and set off to walk.biriakly the diatance of a mile and a half to Slielton, where the court was m aesaion, and where he apent an hour, watching their proceedings, and taking uotea. He got back to his school at two o clock ; called in hi'a pupils for the after- noon seasion ; and taught diligently until SIX o'clock in the afternoon, wi>en he dia- missed them for the day, shut up the achool-honae, and s«fc off to wAlk home. He usually reachkd Woodside at about seven o'clock, whertf he found them waitine tea for him. Aa thia was the onlv me»l Ishmaol oonld Uk4 at home, Mannah always took oarajhit it should b a com- fortable and srMndiai one. ^^f ter tea, he would give ]^uben his lesaon in book-keep- mg, post op the day s aooonnta^and then retire to his room to study for pn hour or two before ttoinx to bed. This was the history, of five days oat of , every week of lahmaera lifd. On Saturdaya, according to custom, ^e school bad a holiday.; and lahmael spent the morning m working in the garden. As it waa now the depth of winter thero was bnt littlo to do, and half a day's work in tnoweek suflioed to k««>p all in ordor. Saturday afternoona lahmael went over to open and air the library at T»nglcwo«)d, and to retaro the booka he had read and bring b4ok new Onea. Saturday eveninga he spent verjr much aa he did the preceding ones— in giving Reuben his lesson ; in posting uptho r*?*^ V^coounta, aud in readme law until bedt»iie. OjT Sundaya lahmael reated from worldly laboura, and went to church to refresh his •oui. Bu- for this Sab ath's reat, made obhgato y upon him by the Chriatian law, lahmael muat have broken down under hia aevere laboura. Ah it was. however, thv benign Chriatian law of the Sabbath'i holf. reat ftroved his salvation. CHAPTER XLVIIL ONWARD. Th." boldness and tho quiet, * That calmly go ahead. In spite of wrath and riot, In apite of quick and dead- Warm energy to spue him. Keen enterprise to guido, Andooi>Bcieiicetoupa:irhiin, And dui y by hia side, Alid hpp^^ torever singing Assurance of succtHs, And rapid action springing .At^pnoe to noihing less!' —M. B. Titpper. In this persevering labour, Isbmael cheer- fully passed the winter months. He had not heard one word of Ciandia, or of her father, except such scant newa as reached him through the judge's occasion- al let:tera to the overaeer. He had received an encouraging noto from Mr. Middleton in anawer to the let- ter he had written to that gentleman. About the firat of April lahmael'a first quarrerly school bills began to be due. Tuition fees were not high in that poor neighbourhood, and bis pay for each pupil avefiiged about two dollars a quarter. His school numbered thirty pupils, about one- third of whom neyer paid, consequently, at the (snd of the first throe months, his l^t receipt^ were just forty-two dollars. Nor very encouraging this, yet Ishmael was pleased and happy, especially aa he felt that he waa really -doing the little savages iostrusted to his oare a grea*^^ deal of good. palf of this moioioy Ishmael would have foi^d upon Hanhah and Reuben ; bat HaMhah flew into a pasfion and demanded to be inform, d if her nephew took her for a mon'>y-Krab;.aiid Kiaben quietly asaured i»J.vr V- 1 •^ 100 ISHilAEL t OR. IN THB DBPTHS. ' lb* yooug man that hit servioM overpaid hia IxMid : whioh waa qaita true. One flv«ninff, aboat tlit) middle of April, Iabma«l lat at hia achool deak mending pena, aetting oopiea, and keeping an eye on a refraotory boy who had been detained •f ler aol'Ool houra, to learn » leaaon be had failed to knqw in hiaolaaa. lah^uwl had juat finiahed Mtting bia laat copy and wa^, engaged in piling th«! copy- booka neatly one on top of the other, when I here oame a nof t tap at the door. 'Gome in,'aaid lalimael, fully expecting toaeeaomeof ihe refraotory boy 'a frieuda oome to inquire after him. The door opened and a Tery younir lady, in a gray/iilk dreaa, atraw hat and bine ribbona, entered the aohool-robin. IthmMel looked up, gave one glanoe at the fair, aweet face, aeriona blue eyea and aoft light ringleta, iMid dropped bia copy hooka, oame down from bia seat and tiurried to m^t the viaitor, exclaiming: ' ''^tee I Oh, dnAr, dear Bee, I am ao glad to aee yon I' ^So i^m I you, lahmael,' aaid Be%]trioe Middlnton, frankly giving her band to be /ahaken. " ' Bee 1 oh, I b g pardon I Miss Middle- ton I mean ! ilia auoh a happinear to me to aee you c^gain !' ' So It is to me to aee you, Ipbmael, ' frank- ly answered Beatrice. i *You will ait down and rest, Beef — 'Miaa Middleton t' exclaimed lahmael, rtinning to brintr hia own aohool-chair for her aooomno- dation. ' ■^ *I will ait down j but oall . me Be«. None of my old achoolmatea caii me anything else, lahmael, and I ahould hardly know my little aelf by any oth«r name, 'aaid Bee, taking the offered aeat. ' I thank you very much for letting me oall yoa ao ! It really went againat all old feolinsB of friend ahip to call yoa otherwiaa.' • Why certainly it did !' 'I hope your tather and all the family ar« we'ir .' All except mamma, who, yon know, ia . very delicate.' 'Yea, I know. They are all do^m here, of courae ?' ' No t no one but myadlf and one man and maid-aervant.' • Indeed I" 'Yea; I came down to aee to the laat preparationa, ao aa to have everything in order and comfortable for. mamma when ahe oomea.' 'Still Beel' 'mamma's riphfe-hand woman,' 'Well, yea I I mnat be aa You know her health ia very unuertaia, annaibi)ity I "And aa mamma ia ao delicate and I am the eldeat daughter I mu»t 'akc much of the care of them all upon myai If,' replied the girl-woinan, very gravely. ' Yea, I auppoae ao ; and yet—' laJimacl heaitated and Bee took up the diacourae : — * I know what you were thinking of, lahmael I That aome other than myietf ought to have been found to come down to thia uninhabited home to maae the flna' preparationa for the reception of the family; but really now, lahmael, when you oome to think of it, who ounld have been found ao competent aa myself for thia dutV f To be anri:, you know, we aent an upholatarer down with the new furniture, and with particular inatructiona aa to its arrangement^^ every oarpel, aet of ourtaina and suit of furniture, marked with the name of the room toryhioli it waa destined. But then, you vnow, there are a hundred othtr thinga to be (ione afiei- the upbolaterer haa quitted the house, that none but n woman andamember of\lio family would know bow lo dd<^ut gla|HH and china and cutlery to be taken out'of their ealea and arranged in aidebc arda and oupboarda ; and bed and table linen to be unpacked and put into drawers and oloeets ; and the children 'a beds to be aired and made ap ; and mamma 'a own chamber and nuraery made ready for her ; and, last of all, for the evening that they are expected to arrive, a nice delicate aupper got. Now, who waa there to attend to all thia but me?' Jueationed Beatrice, looking gravely into ' shmael'a face. And aa ahe waited for an anawer, lahmael replied : ' Why — failing your mamma, your papa might have done it, without any derogation from hia manly dignity. When General Washington was in Phil«delplvia, during his first Presidential term, with all the cares ot the young nation ujpon his shouldeis, he superintended the ntting up of his town house for the reception of Mrs. Washing ton ; descendinff even to the detaila of hang.- ing cnrtaina ana setting up mangles I' ' Beatrice laughed, aa she said : * Law, Ishmael I haven't you got over your habit of quoting your heroes yet ? And have yon r<;ally faith enough to hope that modem men will come up to their atandardt course, eorge Washington waa equal to eveiy ~ human duty from the oonquering of Oomwallis to— 'the ei'imping of a oap-bor^r, if neceasarv 1 for b« was a miracle! But my papst God l^ess hin^f though wiae and good, is bat a man, and ISHMAEL I OR. IN TUB DEPTU8B 191 would 110 nnn know how to perform ft womsn'a duii«t thftQ I chould how to do ft mau'ft I Whftl ihotild. be know of ohinft otoaete ftod linen oheetat Why, lahmael, lie doean't know fi peMby bit ootton from five ahilUng linen, ftod woulti have been aa apt na not to have ordered the aervanta' aheeta on the childrai}'* bed*, and vke versa ; and tor* flhnnima'a auppier ha would have been aa iikely|to have fneAtoork aa the broiled apring ohiukena (hat I ahall provide! No, lahmael, nenrhmen may be Rreat maatora in Latin and Oruek ; but Ihey are hopelesa dunoea in houaektieping matten. ' ' Aa far aa your experience goea, Bee,' ' 3 1 o^nrae, aa far aa my ezperienoe.jB[oes.' * Wbea did you reach RuaHy ShofifBev V -*Laaiirn\|(ht about aeven o'olook. Mattv •ame with nie in the oarriage, and Jaaoo drove oi^ Wftjpent all day in snpaoking and imnging the thinga, that had been aen. down o» ihe y Cahvaa Back" a week or two ago. And thiB afternoon I thought I would walk over here and aee wiiat aort of a school yJu had. Papa read your letter to u», apd we were all intereated in your auor ' eeaa here. ' ' Thank yon, dear Bee ; I know that you are all among my very best friends, and •cyne^g^ theae days, B^e, I hope, I trnat. to oo oreait to your friendahip. ' ' That you will, lalimael ! What do you think my papa told my uncle Merlin f— that. *' that younK man (meanms.you) waa des- tined to make hia mark on this century." ' A deep bluah of minf(led pleasure, bash- fnlueaa and aapiration muitled lahmael'a delicate face. Ho bowed with aweet, grave courtesy, and changed the anbjeot of cod> veieation, by saying : ' I hop« Judge Merlin and bis daughter are Quite well?' ' Quite I They are etill at Annapolia. Papa viaited them there for a few daya latft week. The jadge ia etopping at the "Stara and Stripes^' hotel, andOlandia is a parlour boaruer at a celebrated Fi-ench Roiiool in the vicinity. Claudia will not "oome out" until next winter, when her father goes to Washington. For, next De- cember, Claudia will be eighteen yean of age, and will enter upon her mother's large property, according to the terms of the marriage settlement and the mother's will. I suppose she will be the richest heiress in America, for the property is cptimated ac most a million I Ah I it is fine to be Ciaudia Merlin— it i« not, Ishmael?' ' Very, ' answered th« ^pnng man, soaroely conscioQS, amid the whirl of bia emotions, what he waa saying. ' And what a a«n«ation her entree into society will make I I should like to be in Washington next winter when she^comes out, t Ah I but after all— what a Urget for fortnno'liunters the will be, to be sure I' ntghed Bee. 'She is beautiful and aocompliahed, and , although lovely enough to be aought for her- aelf alone I' exclaimed lahmael. in the low and falterinir tonea of deep feeling. 'Ah, yes, if she were poor: but. who on earth oould see whether the heiruss of a million were pr< tty or plain ; good or bad , witty or stupid?' ' 8o young and aocynicall'.said lahmael, aadly. ' Ah, lahmael, whoever reads and observeo must fee* imd reflect ; and whoever feels and reflects must aoon lose the simple faith ofohildhood. \7<) shall see I' said Bee, ris- ing, and drawing her gray ailk aoarf aroand her shoulders. ' You aro not going V ' Yes; I have much yet to da' 'Ctn I not help you T ' Oh, no ; there is nothing that I have to do that a claasioal and hiathematioal scholar and liurslihg-lawyer oould understand.' ' Then, at hastl allow me to see you safely home. The nnr^jpg- lawyer can do that, Isnpposef If X|iyri Ibe pleased to aiv down until I hear^||Bi^ young hopeful ■ay his lesson, I will clo^ ,up the aohool- room and be at your service. ' 'Xhauk you very much ; but I have to eall at Brown's, the overseer's, and I would mueh rather you would not trouble your- self, lahmael. Good-bye. Wheri we all get settled up at the house, which must be by next Saturday night, at farthest, you must come often to see us. I was to say this I hat I came here. ' 'Thank yon, dearest Bee! I shall esteem it a great privilege to come.' 'Prove it,' laughed Bee, as the waved adieu, and tripped out of rhe sohool-room. lahmael called up his pupil for recitation. The little savage could not say his lesson, and began to weep and rub his eyes with the sleeve uf hia jacket, 'Yna mougiit let me off this oiioe, any- wAySf'he sobbed. 'But why should If inquired Ishmael. 'A-cause of the pretty lady a-coming.' Ishmael laughed, and foi a moment enter- tained the thought of admitting this plea and letting the pleader ga But Ishmael was really too consdentions to suffer him- self to be lured aside from the atrint line of duty by any passing fancy or caprice ; so h^^ answered : y* ' Your plea u an iugenioM-oXie," Eddy ; : '. . ^ : 1 ^ -— - 103 I8HMAF.L J OR, IN THE DEPTHS. 1^ Vtice you hav«' wit enougn to make U, you mult hK't off on a run. lahmael arranged hia booka, closed up hie aohool room, and atarted to walk home. - "There he delighted Hannah with the newa that her former friend and patron, Mra. Middleton. was ao>n expocted at Rushy Sliore/ And he intereated both Reubeu and Hannah with the dt'soription of beautiful Bie'a visit to the achool. *I wonder why he couldn't have fallen in ove with her?' thougn' Hannah. CHAPTER XLIX. STILL ONWAED. Hia, all the mighty movemeota That urge tliu hero's breast, The longings and '.he iovinga, The spirit's glad unrest. That Roorna excuse to tender, Or fortune's favour oak. That never will surrender Whatever -be the task ! —F M. Tapper. Beatrice dill «not come again to the aohool-room to see lahmael. Tlie memury of old aohool day friendship, as ^ell as the prompting of nospita'ity and benevolence, had brought her ther ! on her fi>«t visit. sKe'bad not thoush of the lapse of time, or the ohnnge that two years must have made in him as well as in herself, and so, where she expected to find a mere youth, she found a young man ; and maiden deli- nrv maer was openinct his aohool-room, he h«ird a brisk step approncliing, and Mr. Middle- ton wia at his hule. Tlieii' hunim flew into eaoh othitrand aliook mutually before cither spoke. "Then, with btaniing eyes and hearty toiii's, both «>xcluimed at once i . * I nm so glad to see yop I' ' Ol uuuDte you arriv< d last night I I hope T<>u had a pleasant juiimuy, and that Mrs. Middliitou' hm reooverud her fatigue, ' said Iiihmacl, placing a chair for his visitor. ' A very pIcuHuni journey I Thu day waa delightfully cool, uiid ' ven my wife did not auff. r from fntiguo. She is quite well thia morning, but qiiite delighted with her new home. Bu', aee here, lahmael ! how you have changed I You are taller than I am I You muat be hear six feet in height I Are you not f ' I Buppose so, 'smiled lahmael. 'And your hair is so much darkei. Al- together, you are aomuoh imp oved.' * There wim room for it. ' ' There always is, my *boy. Well, I did not come here to pay compliments, my youns; friend. I came to t«tl you that, thanks to my little Bee's activity, we are all comtortnbly settled at home now; iind wu should be happy if you would come on Friday evening and spend with us Saturday and Sunday, your weekly holidays.' ' I thanK yuu, air ; I thank you very much. 1 should ex remely like to oome, ut— ' N"W> lahmael, hush I I do not intend to take a denial. When I give an invitation I am alwayx very much in earnest about i' ; ftnd to show you how much I am in earnest about this, I will tell yon that I have re- flected this was Thursday, and that if 1 asked you to-day you could lell your friends when you get home (his evening, and coma to-morrow morning prepared to remain over ti:IMoiday. Otherwise, if I had not in- vited you until to-morrow morning, yo« W'uld bare had to walk all the way back home to-morrow evening to tell your friends before oominc to see us. So you see how much I wished to have you oome, lahmael, and how I studied ways and means. Mrs. Middlnton and all your old achoolniatea are equally anxious to see you, so say no more about 1, but come I' 'Indeed, I earnestly thank yon, Mr. Middleton; and I was about to decline your kind invitation in toto, but only to say that I am occupied with duties th%t I cannot neglect on Friday eveniiiss and Siv)urday mornings ; but on Saturday evening rsballl be very haopy to com« ore i and spend Sun- j iiA, ^ ' — day with you. ' Very well, then^ lahauel ; so be it ; I cacy restrained her from repeating her visit. On Thursday morning, however, as Ish- *1f F«, - ',\' laHMABLj Oa, IN THK.DIPTH8. 10S •OMpt to muoh of jroar phaunt oompany. Kinoa no mora of it i« to b« had. By th« way, lahmaelV 'Y.-a, air.' 'That waaajjai'aotfaat ud » narrow «a«apeof yoara, aa it waa dkiorib«d to m« by my ni«M, Claudia. Nothing leaa than ihf praaarvatioii of bar life oould haTe Juati- fled you in auoh a duaperat* act.' •I am ffrat«fal to Mim Melin for remeid- baring It, air.' ' Aa if aha nirer oould . forget It J Oood Maaven I Wall, lahmaei. I a««* that your pupila ara aaacnihlmg raat. I will not detain you from yourdutiealwiigar. Ooodmorning j and remember that we atiall exp«ot you on Saturday eveninff. ' ' Oood-inorning, air | I will remember j pray cit* mv reapeota to Mra. Middleton and all the family.' •Certainly/ aaid Mr., Middlflton, aa h* walked away. lal.mual ru-antered the achool-room. ran^ the i>ell lo oall the pupila in, and oommenocd the dutiea of the tf ny. On Saiarday afternoon, all hia weekly laboura being acrupuloualy fimaiicd. IshmHcl walked over to Ruahy Shore Beacon, aa Mr. Middle I on 'a houao waa called. Itwuaa Tory Urge old edifice of whiU ■tona, and atood upon tha eztnuaa point of a headland ranning out M^^ii* river Thera were mapy treea behi^fp^ndward ; but none before it aeaward : ao that really, the tall white houai-, with ita many windowa, might wall aarra a beaoon to paaaios viaaela. Around tha haadland upon whioh it waa (•ituated, tha watera awapt with a mighty impetaa ud a deafening roar that gave tha pI»oe jta deaonptive name of Ruahy 8llor•^ Aa the air and wafer hera were mildly aalt, thaHtaation waa deemed very heahhy and well anitad to anch delioate Innga aa required a atimalaiine atmoaphera, and yet could not bear tha full atrength of the aea breeiea. Aa anch the place had beea selected by Mr, Middlaton for the raaidenoe of hia invalid wiw. Whan tihmaal approached the houae, ha found tha family all aaaembled in the long frtherlv pride in her favourite. Ishmael bluahH and bowed in reply to thia direo' ooniplimenf. And soon he waa •eatetl among thi-m, chatting pleasantly. Thia was but the flra of many delightful viaiU fo Ruahy Shore, enjoved by lahmael Mr. Middleton liked t-o have him there, and often preased him to oome. And lalimael, who very well knew th • diffiTonoe betwt-en invitations given from mere poUteuess and those prompter! by a sincere desire for his oompany. trequentl> accepted thorn. One day Mr. MiddUiton, who took asleep intereat in the atru|{glea of lahmael, aaid to him t ' You should enter iqids law achool, my young friend.' ' I intend o do so, sir, as soon aa I h|tve aocompliahrd two things. ' • And what are they V • Saved money enough to defray my »%, peases and found fi aubstimte for myself aa master of tliis little aohooL ' ' Oh, bother the school ! yen must not alwayabesttoVificifig yourself to the public welfare, Ishmael,' laughed Mr. Middleton, who aometimea permitted himaelf to naa rough worda. 'But to duty, sir?' • ' Oh, if you once make it a question of duty, I have no more to say,' waa tha o eluding remark of Ishmael'a friend. thtu, in diligent labour and intellectual intercourse, the young man paaaad the anm* mer montha. One bright hope burned oonatanlly before Ishmael'a mental vision^f seeing Claudia • but, ah I thi»< hope was deatintd to be de- ferred from «reek 10 week, and finally dis- appointed- Judge Merlin did not come toTanglewood as usual thia summer. He took his daugh- ter to the sea-side instead, where tiTey lieved qaft>tly at a private boarding-houae, because it was not intended that Misa Mer lin should enter sooiety anil the coming wintjsr in Waahington. To^ Ishmael this waa a bitter disappoint- meni bat a bitt e r tonic, too, siaee it aerved to give itrangth to hia mind. 194 IHUMAELiOK, IN HIE DKFTlIt. L*t« In 9«pt«mb«r, bin tri nd Walter Midn, wliti waa ft rnodiml •tudaiit, !•(( I hem t(t allfiid ihn uuiumn And wintm oourM uf l< otar«a iii lUltiiiiorn. I«hin««tl (ult thv loaa of lii* •oittity vary immoIi t but M uiuali Moaolfld liiniMlf by ^lard work, , "'^tliroafih til thcautuniii moiithc. Ha haftrd Irom Judfa Marlin ftod hit (laaght«r through lattntM to Mi>' Middlnton^ 1 hey warn aKam m AiinitpolU, wh'ra Mfaa M4 lin waa paaaiiiK her Iftst term at put fliiiahing lohool, but thry wera to goto Waataingtou nl th« mMting of CongrtM ta Daoainbcr. Aa the month of November drew to • oe«, lahniMl iM'gan toaompute the Ubonra, progrrae and pmnie of tho year. ,He found that h« had bnmgKt hia aohool into fine work- ing ordnr : he haader, Oenman, arithmetician and bimk-kei'per t •nd laatly, he had advanced himaelt vtrf far in hia ohoaen piofaaaional itudiea. Butj he made but little mont^y, and auved leaa than a hundred doUan. Thia waa 4iot \> Waahington, DMamber UMt. Mm. ' X. Y. 2L'— I have aeen yonr adver- tiacmant in iha /ntfUigmefr I am m want of an Intt lligent ait<' well eduoatrd young man to aot aa my eonfldan lal aecreiary and oooaaional amauneuani. If yun wiil write to me, eneloaing teatimouiala and r«(erene<'a aa to yonr character and competency, and atating the amount ot aalary you will ei- prct tu receive, I hope ne may come to a aaiiafuotory arrangt ment. Eeapectlully youra, EUMIM>LrH MRRI.IN. It waa Irom OlauUia'k father, ihttn I It waa waa a alrokn of fate, or ao it aeemed to the 8nipria<>atiiig the character and ability of the advertiaer, but ... .... . tliat if further teatimony wire niM-drd, he enouch to eupport him. even by tUaevereat , ^, , ,^ „,,^ ^^ j|r. Jamea Middlelon. of economy, at •"7 J'^ •f''°°'-,_ T.T''""* ' Rueliy Shore.' Finally.^he left the aueation of the amount of aalary to be aettlea bv the judge himaelt. He figned, aealed ana di- rected thia letter^ and hurried to the poat- office to poat it before, the oloeing oi the inaiL And then he went hoine in a maie of delight. Tnreo anzioua daya paaaed, and than lah I mael n ceived hia anawar. It waa a favaar- elae, he felt, raaat be done for', the next J ear. by whiah more money might, be made, o After reflec^ng upon the aiibjic for aome time, he wrote out twoadvertiaementa — one for a teacher, competent to take charge of a amall country aoliQol, and the other for a aitnation aa book-keeper, alerk, or aounu- eoaia. In the oonrae of a week, the firat advertiaement waa anawered by a Methodiat preacher living in the aanie neighbourhood. | ^j,,^ ^^^ ^ oonoluaive one. The Judge toM who propoaed to auginenrt the amall aalary he reoeiirrd foAr preaching on Sondaya. by teaching a day aohool all the week. lah- mael had an interview with thia gentleman, and finding him all that oould be deaired in a ( olergyman and- oonntty aohool-maater, willing^ engaged to. relinquiah hia own poat in favoar of the new eandioate on the Brat of th* coming Tffio«) addreaa given in the adyertiaement, aa well aa fi om other •iroumatanoea, he had auimoaiid the adver- tiaer to be lahmael, himaelf, imt oouid not be aure nntil he , had received hia letter, when ha waa glad to find hia auppoaitiona oorre9t, aa be ahould much rather receive into hia family, in a confidential oapaeity, a l^nown young man like Mr. Worth, than any at ranger, however wtll recommended the latter might be ; he wonld fix the aalary at three hundred dollara, with board an{ iV> •hriiiK* of for an*. A* Iahln««l wm uott iiMikli uf hinititlf ' and liM utiiiira niitil it oaiiK' alMolaiolv ii«' im to do to. he had nnvor luld |f r. Middlatun ot hii plan oi Kiviug op tho m*iooI '<> iho M<'thudi«. mnukUr and Makiug 4Uotli«r rituatiuii fur liinia<'lf. And duHiiir tna tbrtHt days of hit oorrnapoiuUiion with Ju'lga Murlin. ho had not «von aaau Mr. Mlddlaton, whom ha only took timtt io viait oil HitlurUay MVeiiinKa. Upon ihia altaruooo, ha raaAh«(oinR away on Monday^morning,' replied lahmael, graToly, tor at thu moment h« fulta very real- regret at'tho thought of leaving Buoh good and true frienda. ' Going away I' exolaimud all the family in a, breath, and in oouHternatiou ; for tliia buy, with hia exoellentcharaoter and charm- ing manners, had deeply endeared hiiuHelf to all Ilia frienda, 'Going away I' they re- peatt'd. ' I am aony to aay it,' aaid lalmael. ' But thia ia ■ ao unexpected, ao audden !' anid Mrn. Middleton. * What the grand deuce ia the matter? Hiive you enliated for a aoldier 7 eng»|^3aa aaailor? been feixed with the gold fever!' 'Neither, air i I will expUiii,' aaid lah- mael. And forthwiih he told all hia plana and proapeota, in the feweat possible woida. ' And ao yon am going to Wiiahingtou, to be Randolph Mei lin'a ulerk I W41II. lah- mael, aa he is a ihoroogh lawyer, though no very brilliant barrister, I do not know th»t you oould bu in a better soliool I Heaven prosper yon, my lad I By the way, lahmael. juat before yon eame in, we were all talking of going to Washington ourselves.' 'Indeed.! and is there really a prospect of your going t' inquir e d Ishmael, in pl e a sed^ 'Wall, r«s. Too aee the Jud|e wishea a ohaperoua for hi*' d«aghi«iaa taken the old Waahitt|| 00 H uae, wliioh It large enough to aooommodati' our united ramiriea, uiidten times »h m.my.' 'Aii'l you will gor' inquired Ithniael, anxioutly. • Well, yea— I think sa You see, this place, ao nre-emintiutly heum!^ •luring eight inuiitha of the yt-ar, ia railier too much ex- poaed und too bleak In tin' depih of wintrr to suit my wife. She beams to t-ough already. And.aa Claudia really doea n«cT« matronly friend neur her, and aa tb< judgo lavury anxious for ua to comei I tliiuk ull iutereal* will lia b«mi a4>rv«d l>y our going.' *1 hopt) you will go very BOOn,' said Isn. mael. ' In a week or ten dmys,' replied Mr. Mid- dieton. Ishmael soon af er ropo and took his leave, f(K he had a long walk batore him, und a momentouii interview wrth Uanuah to brave at the end ot it After tea that it* ning, Ishmael broke rh* now* to Reuben and tiannah Both were oonniderably atar led and bewildired. for tkey. no more than the Middletona, had re- eeived any previona hint of the yonng man's intentions. And now they really did siot know whether to ooi^atulate Ithmaeron ((oiiig to a««k hia fori one or to condole with lim for leaving home I Reuben heartily ahook handa with lahmael and aaid how aorry h« should be to part with him, bat I ow glad he waa tha the young ifian waa going to do something handsome for him aelf. Hannah oried heartily, boi for the Ufe of her, oould not have told whether it wm for Joy or aorrow. To her apprehenaion to go Woahington ami be Judg*- Merlin's olerk seemed to be one of tiie greatest hononia that any young man ooald attain ; so the waa perfectly delighted with that part of the affair. But, on the other hand, lahmael had been to her like the moat affectionate and deareat of tone, 'and to part with him aeemed more than Hhe could bear ; ao she„ wept vehemently and cUipg to her boy. Reuben aought to console her. 'Never mind, Ebuinah, woman, never Bind. It is the law of nature that the young bird must leave his nest and the young man his home I Bu- never yon mind I Washing-town-oity ain't ont'n the world, and any time as yon want to ae* your boy very bad, I'll just put Dobbin to the waggon and cart yua and the young ons ap gurprise. IM .18HMAEL ; OE. IN THE DBPTHS. th«r« or * day or two I Law, Hanniih, my dMT. yoa never thoald ihed * t«»r if 1 1 ooold help it1 'Orom I fe«l kind o' guilty : wkea yonory. H»|iBfta, m if I ought to help it wmehow V eftid thejfood fellow.- < A* if you oonld, Beuben I But it it I myeeif who do wrong to ory for anything wbeoitl am blened with the lore of auch • | heart •■ youra, Reuben I There. I will' not ory uny more I Of oourM. Iahma«l muat go to the city and make hia fortune, , ftsd fought to be glad, and I »m*gUul, only I am aieh a fool. lalimael, my dear, thia ia Wedneaday night, and you aay you are going o' Monday mornings ao there aiut no time ta make you ua new ahirta and things befora you go, buc I'll make a let of 'em, my boy, and a«nd 'em up to yon.'aaid Htmnah, wiping her eyea. . bhmael opened bia mouth to reply; but Reuben waa Bfcfore him with i ' Do ao, Badnah, my d«ar ; that will be one of the beet waya of comforting your- ielf. making up thinga for the lad ; and you sha'n't want for the money, nor the fine linen nyther, Hannah, my dear I And wh> n you hare got them all done, you and loantiJte them up to him wften we go to •ee him 1 So think of that and you won't i be fretting after him. And now, childun, it i« bed-time V , . . . . Oh Friday evening Ishmaeli in breaking np hia aohool for the Ohriatmaa holdidaya, aUo took a final leave of hia, pupils., The young maater had ao endeared himself to hia rough pnpila that they* grieved sin- cerely at the seMratioU. The girla wept, <>and even rude boya sobbed., Our atupid Utile friend Eddy, who oould not^ learn •rummar, had learned to love hu kind young teacher, and at the prospect of part- ing with him and paving the minister fur a matter roared aloud, saying t ' Maater Worth have alleis been good to US, so he have : but the minister— he'll lick us. ever so much I' Ishmaet distributed such parting gifts as his slender purse would afford, and so die* missed his pupils. . . On Sunday evening he took leave of his frieftds, the Mi^dletons, who promised to join him in Washington in the course of a . ' And on Mondiy morning he t^ok leave of Hannah aud Reuben,, aud walked to Baymoath to meet th« Wsshington steam- boat, *■"'■■ CHAPTER L. /■ oi.AtrDu's onnr ■omb. How btiautiful the mansion's throned Behind its elm tree's torsen. With timple attic cornice crowned All graceful and serene.— 4uon. Just north of the Oapitol-park. upon a gentle eminenoe, within its own well-shaded aud well-cultivated grounds, stood a fine, old, family manaion, that had once been the temporary residenoja of George Washington. •The houae wae» very Ueg*-, with many spacious rooms and broad passages within, and many garden walke and trellissed arbours around it. lii front were ever so many evergreen trees and in the rear Was so fine a conservs- tory of blooming flowers, that even in the depth of winter it seemed like summer there* The house was s6 secluded within its manir ' thick trees and high garden walls that th« aoise of the city never reached its inmates ; though they were within five minutes' walk ' of the Ospitol and ten minutes' drive of the President 8 mansion. Judge Merlin had been very for innate in •eenriug for the season this delightful home, where ' he oould be within easy reach of his oflQial business, apd at the fame time enjoy the quiet so neaessary to his tern-. perament. ■'-.,.' A L , That winter he had been appointed one of the judMs of the Supireme OouW of the United States, and it whs very desil^le to have so pleasant a dwelling place within such easy reach of the Capitol, where the Court was held. At the head of this house his young daugtiter had been placed as its mistress. She had not yet appuared any- where in publip. She was reserving herself for two events ; the arrival of her chaperone and the first evening reception of the Presi- dent. Herpreaence in thfS city was not even oertainly known beyoad her own do- mestic circle ; though a V vugde rumour, started no one knew by whom»iwas itfloai, to the effect that Miss Merlin, the young Maryland heiress and beauty, was ezpeoted to come out in Washington during the cur- rent season. Meanwhile she remained in seclusion in her father's house. It was to this delightful town house, so like the country in its isolation, that Ishmael Worth Was invited. Itwas just at sunrise oU Tuesday morn- ing that the old steamer Columbia, having/ Isnmael on Veard, landed at the B«v«Mth street whar^ and the young man, destined <&ai&^fe^2K>' r 35 >' ick l^'^'i^&i'vt^^yl ■^ I8HMAEL t OB IN THE DEPTHS. m •oma fatuN day to All • hifM offloUl po«i« tion in tb« F«d«/U gi099tiuiup^ took hi* hambU otitMt-b«g in oia blud Mtd enured the FedenM city. Ab I mMty thoaeMid* bad entered the Nationnl Mpit«l before h m, watd auny more thoaeande woaM (inter eiier him ooly to oompleiiti of it, lo laagh »t, for i'a 'm»gni< floea.t diatenoee,'ite anflnuhed bnildinge. iti jndddy etreete end its mean d^ellinga. Bat lalimMl entered within ita boundariaa #itb faelinga of reverence and albotion. It waa the City of Waahirgtou, tbL^uored heart of the nation. ^^ fid had he.ird it called by aballo^^rainad atid abort -aighted* people a aublime fttilare I ,../lt naa a aoblime idba, indeed, he thought, y' bat no failure I Failure? Why whni did thoae who called ir ao etpeotf Did 'they expect that the great capital of the great Bepublic a^onld apringJnto fnlKgrowti ez- iatenoeak quickly aa a hamlet around a railwiiy'atation, or a Tillage at a ateamljoat landing T Great ideaa require a long time tor their complete en^bodiment. And |:hoae who aneerM at Waahiogton were aa little oapable of forea.eing ita future aa the idlera about I be ataaintKwt wharf were of foretelling tlie fortnnea of the mod^at-looking youth, in OoUntry niothea, who atood there gazing tboufb fally upon thu oi'y. 'Can you tell me the neareit way to Peiinaylvania avenue?' at length 1^ aaked of a byatander. <■ * Jnat aet yowr face to the north and follow yoar noae for about 1 mile, and yon 11 fetch up to the broadeat ttreet aa ever yon see ; and that 'ill be it,' waa the anawer. With tbia aimple direction lahmaal went on aat 1 he came to the avenue, which be MMwguiaed at onee from the ^aoripUon. The Oapitol, throned inrmajcatie iiraad'-o t upon the top of ita wooded hill at the eaat- em extremity of the aTcuue, and gleaming white in the raya of the morning aun, aeem- ing to preaide pffr the whot^ acene, next attracted labmael'a admiration. Aa hia way lay towardait, he bad ample time to oon- lumpUte its impoaing magniflcenc* and beaaty. „ Aa he drew pear it, however, he bo^an to tiuow bis eyea around the aarroanding oountiy in aeareh of Judge Merlin'a houae. He aoon identified it — a large old family maoaion, ataiidiiigin a thick grove of tr>ea Oil a bill iuatlDOrth of the Capittri grounda. He turned to the left, ascended the hill, and sooBi foand bimsalf at the iron gate leading iato the groanda. Here hia old acquaintance, 8am, being on dtttyas jM»^, adipitted bim. and taking him by a winding gravel walk, that turned and twiated among groves and part«rre» led 1 1 im up to the honae, and delivered him into the cnarge of a black footman, who was at that early f^onr engaged in opening the doora and windowa. He waa the aitme Jim who Uaed to wait on the table at Tanglewood. *Q«od nioming, Mr. lalimael, sir.'heaaid, advancing in a friendly and reapeotful man* ner, to receive the new arrival. * Tho Judge expected me tbia meming, Jim f inquired lahmael, when he had re- turned the greeting of the man. '/Oh, yea, air ; and oi-dered your room got nfady for you. The family aiu't down yet, air i but I can abow you your room, ' aaid Jim, taking labmael'a carpetd, bowing, accosted him' with the words : 'lam here according to appointment, Jttdoe Merlin ; and I ho]^ I find you well.' 'Ab I yes ; good-morning I how do yoa dOk Ishmael 7' aaid the judse, laying aaide his paper and oorAUy ahaking handa with the youth. ' PunetaaJ, I see I Had a plea- ■antjoameyr' *Tliairk yoo, air} rery pleasant, ' said lahmaeL • reel like aettiag to work thia morning > There is quite an aeoumnlation of oorres- pqndence groaning to be attended to. ' ' ^I am ready to enter upon my dotiea whenever yoa pleaae dr.* *All right,' said the judge, touching a bell that presently summoned Jim to his preaenoe. j 'Let as have breakfaat immediately. Where ia Miia Merlin t Let her know that we aia waiting fet her.' • «• Misa Merlin " is here, papa,' said arioh Toiee at the door. . Ishmael'a heart bounded and throbbed, apd Claudia entered the |i>reakfast-room. 8noh a piotors of almoat^oriental beau^, luzurT aM iplendour as she looked i "^be wore a miiHmiuf robe'of rieh orimson foulard silk, fastened up the front with garnet but- toia. eaoh as park of fir*. The draaa waa open at the throat and wriats, revealing giimpaea of the delicate oambric eoilar and cuffM confined by the purest pearl studs. Her luxuriant hair waa oamed away frr)m her suoiry temples and drooped in loutt, rich, purplish, bla^k ringleta frnm the back of her atately head. But her full, dark eyea and oval crimaon cheeka and lipa glowed with a fire too vivid for health as she advanced and gave her father the morning kiss. ' I am glad you have come, my dear I I have been waiting for yon I' aaid th« judee. ' You shall not have to do so another morning, p vpa,' ahe anawered. * Here is Iihmaei, Claudia,' aaid her father, directing her attention to the youth, who had delicately irithdrawn into the background ; but who, at the mention of his own name, paD>e forward tq pay his, respects to the heireaa. j 'lam glad to see yon, Mr. Worth,' she said, extending her hand to him as he bowed before her; and then quickly detecting a passing shade of pain in his expressive face, she added, nmiliiig : 'Yon know we must begin^to call you Mr. Worth some time, and there can be no better time than this, whon you make youi firat appearance in the city and commence a new career in life. ' ' I had hoped always to be " Isbmael' with my friends,' he rep.ied. * " Times ohange and we change with them, " said one of the wisest of sagea, 'amiled Claudia. * And ooflee and muffins grow cold hi standing i which is more to the pieseni purpose,' laughed Judge Merlin, haadinfi his daughter o heraeat at head of the table, taking his own at the foot^ and pointing hii gueat 10 one at the aide. When all were seated, Claudia poured on I the coffee and the breakfaat oommenoe«i. But to tha discredit of the judse's eon- sis'' enoy, it might have been notieed that, alter he had helped hia companion td ateak, wafflea and other ediblea, he reaumed hii newspaper ; and, rsgardleaa that coffee and muffina grew cold by atanding, re. oommenoed reading the llebatea in Ooiv grass . ^A length, when he finiahed reading and aaw that hia eompamonahad finished eating, he swallowed his muffin in two bolts, flalped his eoffee in two draughts, and startsd up from the table, exeUim- ing: ' Now* than, Isbaael, if you are ready r • \/f ■4 ■ . • ISHMAEL ; OB, IK THE DEPTHS. 190 Iihrnael aroM, bowed to Ulaudia, and tamed to follow hit woptoyer. The judge led him up<«Uin to « sort of office or aiudy, iniinediAtaly over the break - iMt-room, h»Ting an outlook over the Gupitol grounda, and fitted op with a few book-oaaaa, writing;deaka, and eaay- ohaiVs. Tne judge drew a chair to the oentral table, whioh waa ootered with papera, and motioned to labpaael to take another uat at the same table. And aa eoon aa Ishmael obeyed. Judge Merlin began to InitMte him into hia new duties, whioh, in fac*., Were no miloh of the aiytae deaoription wi h thoee in whioh be had been engaged at Tangluwood, that he very aoon underatood and entered apon them. Tlie first few days of lahmaera sojourn weru very busy onea. There was a great arrearage of oorrespondence ; and be worked diligently, day and nigiit, until he had brought up all arrears to the current time. When this wns aocomplisbed, and he had but two mails to attend to in one day, he found that five hours in the morning and five in the evening sufficed for the work, and left himjimple leisure for the pursuit of hia legal studi««, and he devOiOd himself to them, both by diligent reading and by regular attendance upon the sessions of the oircuit court, where he watched, listened and took notes, comparing the latter with the rtadings. Ofoourae he could not do all thia without reducing his labottrs to a perfeotaystem, and he could not constantly adhere to thia ayatem without practising the severest aelf-deniat I tell you, young reader of this at ory, that in this Bupi^blio there ia no 'royal road' to fame and honour. The way is open to each and all of yon ; but it ia ateep and rugged, yea, and slip- pery; and you must oil and sweat and watch if yon would reach the summit. ,., ^ Would yoQ k«ow exactly how Ishmael managed : hia atage of his toilsome aaceut 7 I will yon. He arose at four o'clock those winter mornings, dreaaed quickly and went into the judgels atady, where he mad .the .'fire himself, beoanae the servants would not be astir for hoara ; then he aat down with the pile of letters that had oome by the nigh, 'a mail) he looked over the judge's hints regarding themf and then went to work Sad anawered letters or copied docn- menta for foar hoorsj or until the breakfast b 11 rang, when he joined ClaadiAaad her father at teble. After breastaac he at- tondsd the judge ia his stndy ; anbaltted to his inaptetioB the morning's work i then todk them to the posi office ; posted: them : brought back the letters that rrived by the moruiDg'M wail, and left them with the ludge to be read. Thia would bring him to ".'.^unt eleven o'clock, when he went to the City Hall, to Watch, the proooedinga of the cir- cuit court, making careful notea and com- paring tliem with bis own nriva e readiui{s of law. He returned from tne oii ouit court abont two o'clock ; spent the afternoon in answering the letters left for liim by ths judge ; dined late with the family ; ' ook the ,s«toond lot of letters to the poet-office, and returned with those that came by ths evening mail ; gave them to the judge for examination, and then went up to his room to spend the evening in reading law and comparing nptea. He allowed himself no recrea ion and but little rest. His aoul was sustained by what B^lsac calls ' The Divinu putieiioe of genius.' And the more he was enabled to mSasure himself with^ other men, the more confidence he acquired in his own 'powers. This severe mental labour took away much of the pain of hia / ' de pised love. ' lahmael was one to love strongly, ardently, conatantly I But he was not one to drivel over a hopeless passion. He loved Claudia t how deeply, now pnrely, how faithfully, all hia fn'ure life was destined to prove I And he knew thst Claudia loved him ; bat that all the prejudioea of her rank, her charaeter and her ednoation were warnng in her boaom against this love i He knew that she appreciated his personal worth, ~ 'bat aoomed his social poaition I He felt that she had resolved never, under any circumstances wiiatever, to marry him : . but be tmated in her honour, never to permit herself, while loving him, to marry another I And in the meantime, years of toil would pasa ; he would achieve great- ne«i^ ; and when the obacnrity of hia origin should be lost in the light of uis fame, then he would woo and win Miaa MerliQ.1 Such were the younat man'a dreama, whenever iirhia busy, crowded, useful life be gave himself time to dream. And meanwhile, what was theoonduct of the heiress to her presumptuous lover ? Coldly proud, but very reepectful I For, mark you tbia-^^b one who waa eapable of appreciating Ishmael Worthy could pcesibly treat him otherwise than with respect. .'■f*^.;- 4v. ISBMAEL ; OB^ IN THE DEPTHS /^ CHAPTER LX. BBimim AND BKAITTfV Tis h»rd apou tb« cUwn, *nd y«t She oomu not from th« b»ll. Tha night is cold uid bleak and w«t» And th« tnow Um ovar kll. I praiaod her with her diatnonde on i — Aud ai iho Went she imiled. And yet I aighed when abe was gone, I aighed like any child.— AfereaftA. Meanwhile all Olandia Merlin'a time taken ap with milliner*, mantoa- makera and jewellera. She waa to make bar irat appearnnoe in aociety at the Preai>> dent'a firat evening reception, which wns to be held on Friday, the lizth of January. It wpa npw very near the New Year, and all her intervening time waa occupied / in praparationa fdr the feativitiea that were to attend it On the twentpr-third of December, two daya before Ohnatmaa, Mr. and Mra. Mid- dlaton and all their family arrived. They oftma ap by tha ' Colnmbta, ' and reached Judge Merlin'a honaa aarly in the mornipa. Oonaeqnently thay were not fatigued, and tha ilay of their arrival waa a dav of unalloyed pleaanra and of family Jnbilee. Ishmael took aympathetic part in all tha raloioinga, and waa oareaaed by Mr. and Mn. Middlaton and all their younger ohildren ai a aort of aupplementary aon and broniai'. OnOhriatmae Bve, alio, Reuben Gray, Hnnnah knd bar ehildran came to town in thoir HaMon. Honeat Renbaii had kvonglrt • k>ad of tnrkeya for the Okrittmaa •nUHtkat, and bad 'put up* at a plain^ g eqpaqtaMa inn, mn«h frequented by the fcnwr% ' nawr tha . market-honae t but in tha ooaraa of the day b» and hia wife, lenving tha diildren in tha Mr* of tiiair faithful Sally, who bad aecompanied them in tha obaraotar of nnraa, eallad.on Iihnutal and brought him hia trunk of watt-, ins apparel. The Judge, in hia hattrty, old-faahioned, thonghtleaa hoapitality, wonld h%ve had RjBttben and hiafflmily come and atop as hia own jbonaa. But Reuben Gray, with all hia aimidioity,^ had the oood aanae finnly to da- eline this invitation and keep . o hia tavern. V 'For yon know, Bannidi, mj dear,' he pnid to hia wife, when : hay fonndthanaelvaa again at tKa 'Plough,' ' we wonld botbar the family more'ii ^ne judfte reckoned on. What could they do with ua ? Wliare oonld they put n*? Aa to axing of na intho drawing-room or aitting of ua down in tha dining-roriBi, w4tl!i all hia fine, faahionable frienoa, that waan't tn be thought on I And aa to you being put into the nitohen, along of the aeivanta, that I wouldn't allow I Now the judcc he didn't think ,.of all thea* thinga; but I did ; and I waa right to de- dine the inviution, don't yon think ae V * Of courae you werr, Reuben, and it von hadn't declined it, I would, and that I tell you, 'anawer«*d Mia. Gray. ' And KO, Hu°t>*b, my dear, wa will Joat keep our Ohriatmaa where we aire I „We won't deprive lahmael of hia grand (Aria(- maa dinner with hia vrand frimda I but we will az him to come over and go to the play- houae with ua«%nd aee the play, and then we'll all come back and have a nioa aupper all on ua together. Well have a roas' turkey and mince-pie and egg-nog and ; pple-toddy, my dear, and make a night of it, once in a way I What do you thinn ? ' I think that will be all very well, Reu- ben, ao that you don't take too much of that aame egg-nog and apple-toddy, 'replied Mrs. Gray. ' Now, Hannah, did you ever know me to do auoh a thing?' inquired Reuben, with an injured air. < No, Reuben, I never did ! But I think that a man that even ao much aa touches apiritabla likhera ia never aafe until heia in hia grave,' aaid Mra. Gray, aolamnly. * Where ha oan never get no more V aighed Benben } and aa ha htA to attend the mar- ket to aell hia turkeya that night, he left Hanni^ and want to put his koraea to the waggon. So fine a trade did B^ben drive with hia fat tnrkeya th#t he came home at tan with an empty waggon and fnl: pookatbuok, and told Hannah that ake inijB[ht have a new black ailk 'gownd,' and Sally should have a red oalioo *nn,' and aa for the children, they should have an outfit from head to foot. Ghristmas morning dawned gloriously. All tha little Middletons ware made happy by the fruit of the Ohriatmaa tree. In tiie many kindintarobaugaa of rift* labmaal waa hot entirelv forgotten. Some loring heart had remembered him. Somoskilfnllumdbnd worked for him. When ha went up to his room after brwikfsston Ohriatmaa morning, ha aaw upon hia dreaaing-tabla a packet di- rected to himself. Oo opening it ha found a fl^ie pooket-handkerohief nentJy hemmed and marked, a pair of nioe glovea. a p y MoordinglY did. The party of (our-- Mr. Mid Mr«. Middleton, Ju«ig« Mo, lin ftnd Glnudi* — drove off, ... lahniMl and B atrioe remained at home, lahmael to atudy hia law booka > Beatrioe to gi»e the boya thoir •upp«r and ae« that the nuraea tool^ proper oara of the ahtidrun. OHAPTBB La MX ■▼■mXO AT tn raUIDUIT'B. Thare"1iraii a aound of revelry by oieht— 'Ooliiinbia'a' oapitel had gathered then Her beiaty and her ohiT Iry :— and bright Th lampa ahont o'er fair women and brave men. A thonaand hearta beat happly ; and when Muaioaroae with ita voluptnoua awell, flofteyoa looked love to eyes that apoko And all went merry aa a marriage bell.^^lrron. Tlia carriage rolled along Pennaylvania avenue. The weather had changed ainoe aunaet, and the avening waa miaty with a light, drizBiing rain. Yet atill the aoene waa a gay, baay and enlivening one ; the gaalampa that lighted tlye avenae gleamed brightly throngh the raindropa like amilea through teara ; theaidewalka were filled with pedeatriana, and the middle of the atr. et with TehiBlea— All going in one direction— to the Praaident'e p«laoe. A aeooronily alow driTai of fif teeq minatea brought oar party thronjgh ttaia gay aoena to a gayer one at the north gate of the Preaiden 'a park, where • trreat crowd ^f carriagea were drawn np, wuting their tarn to drive in. "^ The gatea were open and lighted, by foar tall lampa placed open the poata, and which iUnmini^ed the whole acene. Judge Merliii'a carriage drew up on the oatakirta of thia crowd of vehiclea, to wait hia turn to enter ; bat he aoon found him- aelf enoloaed in the centre of the aaaemblage by other carriagea that bad come after hit own. He had to wait fall fifteen minatea before he could fall into the prooeaaion that waa alowlv making ita way through the right-hand gate, and along the lighted cimular avenaa that led up to the front ' entranoe of the palace. Rven on thia miaty night, the gronnda ware gayly il- lnminat«q aad wall filled; But crowded aa the aoene waa, the utmoat order prevailed. The carriagea that came up the ngt^hand avanna full of viaitora diacharged tfatm it thacnteanoa hatt and rolled away emp'y ■7.. - "" '%■■■■■ I down the left-hand avenue 1 ao that there wai a oontinuoua prooeaaion of full oarriagex coming up one way and empty oarriagei* going down the other. ' At length Judge lierliil'a ca> age, com- ing alowly along in the line, drvw up in itH turn before the front of the mn union. Thd faeade of the White Honae waa splendidly illuminated, aa if to e^preaa in radiant ligtit a amiling welcome r The halla were occu- pied by attantive ofBcura who received the viaitora and uabered them into cloak- looma. Within the houaa abo, great aa the crowd of viiitora waa, the moat p^^rfaot order pre- vailed. Judge Merlin and hia party were re coived by ^ civil, reaiM|Ctable official, who Jireotad them to a cloak-rooom ; and they aooa found themai-lvea in a oloae. ord«rly c owd moving thithiirward. When the gentlemen hadauooeeded in convoy ok their ladies safely to thia bourne and aeen 1 hem well over ita thieahold, they retired to the reoep ade where they were to leava their ha' a and overcoat a ' before conoiog back to take their partiea into the aalo«T.' In the udiea' cloak-room, Ci eaii. thf place, and about half a hundred young ladiea were trying to amooth bride and ringletlMand adjuat, wreathe and coroneia by their araa. And there were about half a hundred more in the centre of the ro< m ; aomo taking off opera cloaka, ahaking out ^onncea, and waiting iheir tnma to go 10 the niirrora ; and aom*", quite ready and waiting the appearand) of %heir eacort at the door to take them *to the aaloon { and beaide theae acme ware coming in ^d aomc were paasing oat continually i and throufth the open doora tha orowda of thoae newly arrivinK and the crowda of thoae paaains on to the reoeption-rooma, were alwaya visibh'. Cltudia looked upon thia aeethiiig multi- tude with a shudder. ' What a aoene 1' ahe exclaimed. • Tea, bat with all, what order 1 lliere never haa been auoh order and, ayatem in theae crowded receptiona aa now under the management of Mra. 'aaid Mra. Mid- dleton, naming the accompliahed lady who, ;^hat aeaaon, nilad the domeatio affaire of the V^hite Houae. Aa Mrau Middleton and Candia had finiabed their toilata, to the atickiug of the very laat pin, before leaving their dreaaiiw- rooma at homsL they bad now nothing to do but to give their opisra-doaka to a woman in attandainoa and than ataad Aeav the dr*or 10 watch for tha appearance of Judga Merlin IflHHAKl. t OB, IN THE DEPTHS. SOS knd Mr. MiddUtoo. Thay had but m f«w mmutaato w^i>. Th« gentlameu sbon o«in« •lid gave thflir ariiii to their l»di«t and lad thfin .ojom the throng that were alowly mftkiug their way through the orowded hAlla and ante-rooDia towarda the audienoe-cham- ber, where the President reoeivnd hie viiitora. It waa a avvere ordeal, the paeaagX of thoM halb. Oar par.y, lik>t all their oompaoiona, were preiaed forward in the orifwd antil they were fairly puahrd into the pre8ence-ohamb«r, known aa the amall orim- ■on drawing- room, in which tho Proaident anc} hia family waited to receive their Tititora. ' Yua t there he atood I the majectio old man, with hia kingly stray head bared, knd his atatelv form o.othed in the Repablican citinn'a dreaa of aimple black I There be itood, freah from the victoriea of a score of well-fought fields, receiving the meed of honbur won by hia ynara, hia patriotism and his coaritge I A crowd of admirers per- petually paas«:d before him ; by the orderly arrangement of i he uahera, they came up on the rif(hi hand aidr, bowed, or ourtiiied bc" foiehim, reoeived a oordia) ahake of the hand, a smile and a few kind worda, and then paaaed on to the left toward* the great aaloon commonly known aa the Buat Room. Pnrfaaps never has any Preaidentainoe Wfishiugton made himself ao much be* loved by the people as did General -^r— da ing hia abort administration. Oreat lov««oompelling power had that dignified and beiii0ianc old man i Fit to be the chief magiatrata of a great, free people ha ' waat Atleaatso thought Judge Mtrlin'a daught.^r aa ahe onrtaied before him, re- oeived the eordial ahake of hia hand, heard the kind tones of hia voice aay — '1 «n ▼•rf glwl to see yoa, my dear'— And passed on with the throng who wera pro- eeediug toward the Eaat Room. Once arrived in that magnificent room, they found spaoa enough avan for that last crowd to move about in. This room- is too well known tothepublip to need any vabonred deaoription. For the information of those who have never seen it, it is suf- ficient to say that its dimensions are mag- 1 nificent, ita decorationa superb, its furni- I tare loxurions, and its illuminations splendid. Thraa enormous chandel era, like constellations, flooded the seems with licht, and a fine braaa band, somewhera out of sight, filled th« air with ainaio. ' A brilliant aompany anlivanad, but did not orowd, the room. Thara wera assembled haantifol girls, bandaome woman, gorgeoos Old ladiaa} thara wera officers of the army •oA of tbanaTy in their fall-drasaaniforms } there were the diplomatic corps ot all foreign nationi in tli« custumas of their savaral' ranks and countries i there were 5 rave senators and wise Judgaa aJtid holy ivinrta I them wera Indian ooitfs in their beads »nd blankets i timre were adventurous Poles from Warsaw t eiiiod Bonrliona from Paris I and Comanche biaves'from «ho Oordilleras I There was, in fact, such a curious assemblage aa oun be met with nowhere on the fuoe of the earth but in the eaat drawing room of oar President's paluca on agteat recepiion evening I Into this mytley but splendid assemblage Judgt Sl^lrfon -led hia beautiful daughtei. Ai first Bar entrauee attracted no attention | but when one, and then another, noticed the 'dazzling n^w atar of besmy that had so suddenly riaen abov. their horiron, a whisper arose that aoon crew into a soueral " buzz ot admiration that attended Claudia in her progress through the room an^l heralded her approach to thoae at the upper end. And — ' Who is she V 'Who can she be V were tho low-toned qufstious that reached her ear as her father led her td a sofa and rested her upon it. But theae question^ came only from thoae who wera stranger in Waahiugton. Of course all others knei the person of Judge Merlin, and anrmiaec the young lady on hia arm to be his daugh- ter. Soon after the judge and hia party Sire seated, his friends beg(p to ec ma rward to pay their reapeoii to him, d to ba presented to his beantiful daughter. Claodia raoeivad all these with a salf- possassion, graoe and faaoination, peculiarly her own. There was no doubt about it I— Miaa Merlin's first entrance into society i.ud been a great surpass | ahe had made a sensation. Ammig those prssentad to Miss Merlin on that oodasion waa tha flononr- «ble -. , the British Minister. Ha waa young, handaoftne, aooompliahed, and a bachelor I Oonsequenily he was a target tor all the shafta of Capid that ladiaa' eyes oonld send. He offered his arm to Miss Merlin for a promenade through the room. She ac- oaptad it, and beouna aa much tha envy oi eTary unmarried lady preaent, as if tha offer made and aooaptad had bean for a promenade throufrh life ! Ko suoh thon^t, however, waa in tho yonng English ministar's mind | for aflar making tha oironit of the room two or tlkiaa limes, lif bnmght his companion baok, aind* 10* I8UMABL I OR. INTHB DBPTH8. hauni^Md a bow, Uf t har ia lb* om« Bat If th« pwpU wert ln«Ma«d to iMd thairaavy, thty found pleaty of fond for that app*! ita. A Uw mlnaUi aft««^ Miaa Mrrlin ratnnied htr •••t. • ganaial buu of voio^ annoonoad •oma naw avant of int^taal. It turned oat to ba tha antranoo of tha Praeidant and bia family into rhe Ba«t Boom. For B«n>a good raaaon or othar, known only to bia own friandly heart, the Prealdant, •aanUring leiaaraly, dtapenaing bowa, aniilea •ad kind worda a« ba paaaad. went atraight an to the aofa Wharton bit old friond, Jndga Merlin. «»t, took a aaat baaida him, and vu tared into conraraation. Ah I thair lalk waa not about atata nffAira, foreign or domeatio policy, dutiea, importa, war, oeRoe— uol their talk waa of tbalr boybood'a daya, epent together; of the holiday a they had had j of tha oroh .rda tbey -had robbed; of th« wall mem ed tbraahinga they had got ; an^ ot the good old eohool-master, long amca duet and aahaa who had lectured and logged them 1 Olaadia littened. and loTod be old man mOra, that he oould tarn from the memory of hw bloody victoriea, tha praaauoa of hia Solitioal oaraa, and the proapaota of a ividad oa^inat, to rafreah himaelf with tha fraan reminiaoanoaa of hia boyboo4'a daya t waa impoaaible for tha yoong girl to teal ao maoh itympathy withou betraying it and attrauting tha attention of the ol'i man. He looked a: bar. Ha bad abaken hauda with bar, and aaid that ha waa alad to aca bar, wban abt- wa« praaentad to him in bia pro- ■anoe obambar ; bat be bad not raally aaad bat* ; aha bad baan only one of tha paaaing orowd of ooortaaitira for whom be folt a wboleaala kindnaaa and azpreaaad a wbola- aaU good-will ; now, bowaver. be looked at bar— how ha aaw bar I Six r-flve years had wbitanad tba hair of Qcneral . ■, bat ha waa not inaanaibla to tba obarms of beanty ; nor aneonadoai of bia own power of confarring bonoar upon baauty. Biaing, therefore, with all tbe atately oourteay of tb« old achool gent eman, be ofTerad bia arm to Mita Merlin for a promen- ade throosh the rooma. Witb a aweet amile, Ciaadia aroaa, and once more became the oynoaaie of all eyes and tbe enry of all bearta I A few tarna throagb tbe rooms, and tbe President broaght tbe beautv back, aeatad her, an, whrn tha mlniatrr aaid i ' Your Excellency, permit bM to preaent to yon I be Viaoonnt Vincent, lata from London.' - ^ ._ *n w l Tha Praaidant aroee and heartily sho|)k bandfi Fit*» t*»a yonng foreigner, cordially • I am happy to aee yon. my lord ; happy to woloomn you to Washington.' The Tiaoount bowed low '>efore tha gray- haired o d hero, aaying. in a low tone t • I am g ad to aee the President of tha United 8Ut«a ; but I am proud to ahako the hand of tha conqueror of— of— ' The ▼iaconnt piua«d. hia memory audden- ly failed him ; for the Ufe and aoul of h.m h« could not remember the J**-*"*';'"?' ear aplitting namea of thoae bloody tleM* where tbe General had won hia laurela. Tbe Preaidant gracetuUy ooTsred the taeaitation of the ▼laeoant, and evaded hw oompliment at tbe aame time by turning to the ladies of bU party and preaenung lua ""^Mra'TiJdleton, Lord Vinoent. M« MfrUn, Lord Vincent.' The viscount bowed low to these ladies, who oourtaously remrned his salutation. •My old friend. Judge Merlin. I^rd Vin- cent.' then said tbe plain, matter-of faoi old President. . ,^ - The Judge and the viaconnt simnltaneou* ly bowed, and then, these formabtiss bemg over, seats wer- found for tbe two strangers, and the whole group fell into an easy chat — anbject of dT-ooasion tbe old qo"**®" that is sure to be argned whenever the oW world and the new meet-tbe rival meritt of monarobiea and repnWica. The diiouasioB grew waim ; thoug'^ tbe diapnUnta remain. ed oonrteoua. The viaeount grew bored and gradually dropped out of the argument, leaving the eubjeot in tbe handa oi the Preaidant and ihe Minialer, who. of ooprse, bad taken opporite aides, the Mlniater repreaenting the advantages of amonarohio»| form of government, and the Pre«d«n^ oontending lor » republican one. in* viscount noticed that a hirge portipn of the oompany were promenading m a prooesaioD round and round the room to the music of one of Beethoven's grand matobes. It was montonons enough ; but it waa better th»t aitting there and listening to tbe vexed question, whether* the people' were cap. fe. ISHMAttt ; OR. ik TtlB DEPTHS iet, young aM« of govarning thciiiMltrM. So h« tarmj to MiM Ifwlin with • bow and amiU. My tog I ' Hball wn loin ;b« protnMi«d« 1 Will yoa •0 far honoiir^mflT' With pUMure. my lord,' ropliMl MiM M rlin. And h* roM, aod g»w hn hi» ann, and tluiy walkad away. And »or tha third tima ttiat avaning Claudia booMse iha Urgnt ot all aorta otgUnoM—glanoea of admiraiiou, glanoea of liata ! 8,ia had baan lad out by the yuung Eogliah M iniatar ) than l>y tha old Pi-uaidant ; and now aha waa promenad* ion with tha lion of tha avaning, tha only titled p<>raon at thia rapublioan oourt, tha Viaoount Vinoant And aha a nawcomar, a mera girl, not twanty yeara old I It intolarabia, thought all tha ladi itiid old, Burriad or aingla. But if tha beautiful Olaudin waa tha enry of all tha woman, tha handaoma Viuoant WH* not laaa tha anvy of all tha nan preaent. ' f uppy. ' ' OQxoonib,' • Juok-an-ap , ' • awell, ' ' Viaouunt, indead I morn p obably a b^rbar, •omo ioraigr. blaokleK, or barber.' ' It it p.,r- feoily ridioulona tha manner in which Amariean girlf throw thamaelvaa under the f««t of ttaaaa titled foreign panpera, ' were aome of the low-breathad Bleaainga beatowed upon young Lord Vinoant. And yal theaa I xp etiTva were nut intended to be h»lf no malignant aa they might have aouudad. I'hey were but the' impuUive ezpreaaiona of tranaient Tezation at aueinf the rery pearl of beauty, on tha firat avening of her uppearance, carried off by an alien. In truth, the viaoonnt and the heiroaa were a Very handaom^ oonple j and notwith- standing all tha an?y felt for them, all eyea followed them with aaoret admiration. The beautiful Claudia waa a rare type of the young Amarioan girl- tall, alender. graoe- fnl, dark-hairad, dark-ayad, wiih a rich, glowing bloom on chaeka aUd lipa. And her ■now-whi e drkaa of miaty laoe over ahming satin, and her gl«ai|aing perila and aptirkling diamonda aet off ber beauty well. Vincent WT8 a fine «p«cimen of tha young Busliah geiitlaman— tall, brokd-ahouldered, cheated ; wi h a atately head ; a fair, ateoomplflxion ; light-brown onrling^Hr and beard ; and olaari Uua eyea. Andliia •miple etaning dreaa of apaoklaaa blaok be-, came him wetL Hia manners ware graceful, hia yoioe ploaaant. and faia oouTenatian bnlhaiit ; but, alaa, for Claudia I tha {< eataat charm ha poaaMaad for bar waa— IS title I Claudia know another, hand, somar, mora graoaful, more brilliant, than thia fuoount ; but that other waa unknown, ohtitlad and annamed in the world. Tho ▼iaoouat waa ao arigagad with hia beautiful oompanion. that it waa aoma time before ha obanrvad that iha company waa Hro|rping off and the room waa half ampty. Ha than l«d Miaa Merlin back o her party, took a alight leave of them all, bowed to the Pivai- dent and drpartad. Jud(r«< M rlin, who had only waitd for hi* dangh.iir, now aroae to go. Hia partv made tb< ir atliuux and left the aaloon. Aa I ao many of tne gueata had already gone, they found the halla and anta-roonin oomparn* tivaly fraa of crowda, and i-aaily madn tliair way to tha gantlaman'a oloMk-room and tha ladiea' draaaing-room, and thence to the en- trance-hall. Mr. Middieton went out to call tho earriage, which waa near at baud. And tha whola party entered and drove homeward. Tha aky had not cleared, tha driule atill continued ; but the Umpa gkiamad brightly in tha rain-dropa, and the avanna waa aa gty at mid-night af it h>«d been at mid-day. Aa the carriage roll, d along. Judge Merlin and Mr. and Mra. Mid- dieton diacuafced the rtception, the Preai< dent, the company, and « specially the young' Kigliah viscount. - Ho is tha aon and- hair d lh« Barl of Hui atmonoeux. whoae nttataa |ia somewliara in the rich county of Suaaaz. *Tha title did no come to the preaent earl in th| direct Una of deaoent Tha lata earl died child Wnm, at a ver}' advanced aga ; and the title full to hia dia.aift relation. Lord Banff, the father of i%i* ybung man, whoae eatatea lie away wp ill the north ot Scotland aomewhete. Thua the Scottiah Lord Banff becam*; Earl of Huratmonoeux, and hia eldeat aon, our new acquaintance, took the aeonnd title in the family and bacama Lord Vincent,' aaid Judge Merlin. ' The English miniater gave you thia in- formation V inquiied Mr. Middieton. « 'Y. a, he did; I auppnae he thought it but right to put me in poaaeMJonuf allauoh facta in relation to a young foreigner whom he had been inatrumental in introducing to my family. But, by the way, Middieton-— Hnratmoncenx f Waa not that the title of the young dowager countess wbom Brudn- nell married ud partiMl with, years ago V • Yea ; andQlk^ppdaa that she was tin- widow of that very old man, the late E;»rl of Hurs^monoeux, who died childless ; in fact, ahe mnat have baan.' ' J wonder whataver became of her V . ' I do not know ; I know nothing what- ever about the last Countess of Hurstmon- oeux J but I know very wall who has a fair Erospact of becoming tha next Countess of [uratmonoaux if she please* !' replied Mr. Middieton. with a merry gUnoa at his niece. Iiikh^. 4V^ .Vi^Md^i-, IMIMAIL I OR. IK TBI DEPTHS. OlMdl*. who luul b««a » •iUal, Ihonghl- fnj and AtUiitiv litt«n«r to th«ir ooitTur^B- liou, did aot rvply, but ■mo>h) rapoa^ C!|QAPTKR UII. / Till TUOOVll* TWOMItT. ' • .. A king may mnka a baltad knight, A marqui% dnku and a' that, ^ But an honea man 'a aboon hia might t , Ouda faith he manna fa' that I For a' thai and a' that, Their dignitiaa and a' (hat, * Tbi- pith o aenaa and pride o' wortb An bighar ranka than a' that. ^ — BobertBunu. Tha nazt morning, labmael and Baa, the only rMl hmrd workara in the family, war* the firat to make thair appaajranoa in tha breakf#at'room. Thay had both been np for bo^ra — lahmaal in ha library, anawar- ina Uttara, and Baa in tha nuraary, ae«ing tLat thf yoang obildren wer* properly waahad, dreiaed and fad. And now, at the naaal hour, they came down a littla hungry, and impatient for the mominji naal. Bu fur aom* tint* no one joined tbam. 4^1 aaamiad to be aleaping oif the nigbt'a diaaipation. Be* waited nearly an ■boar, and than 8*id i * bhmaal, I will not datain yon longer. I know that yon wiah to get to the ouur- bonne, to watah' the Bmeraon trial } no I will ring for breakfaat. Induatriooa people most not b* hindered bjy the tardineaa of lasy •nap,' »hi added, with a amila, aa ahe put har B*n4 to tha ball-oord. lahmnal wa* about to proteat aaainat th* breakfaat being hn^*d on hia account, ;wban the mattsr waa aattlad by the ' aatranoe of Judge Merlin, followed by ' Mr. MiddletJin and Olandia. Aft*r tb* morning aalatationa had pataed. (he Judt:)- ■aid i ' You inav ring for breakfaat, Olandia, my dear. Wa will not wait fur vour antii, ainor' your uncle tal^ua that ah* la luo tired to ria« thia morning.' But as Rlp«d har cum panioaa to coff •■, aha took up to read. It » livelv. goaaiping little paper ol that day, pnbliahad every Saturday motuing, under "Ih" afimewhat aoundiac title of 'Ilia llitpublioaii Court Journal,' and it gavff, m i(dt, flgoie, complexion, and all that? Here, TBee— you ruad it, my dear,' aaid Olandia, handing it to her cuuain. Be« took the p*P«r and oaat her eyee over the article ia queation ; but aa aha did lo, her oheekorimaoned with blnahaa, and ^e laid the paper down. o • Reatl it, Bie,' aaid Claudia. ' I <>annot,' anawered Beatrio*, ooldly. • Why not T" ' It makt'B my eyea burn even to te* it ! Oh, Claudia I how dare they take auob libertiea with your nam* 7' ' Why, *v*rT word of it ia praiaa— higli praiae.' ' Itia fnlaome, offunaivc flattery.' ' Oh, you JealouB little imp t' aaid Mio Mfrlin, laughing. ' Tea. Clundia, I am Jealona I not of you ; but for you— for your delicacy and dignity, aaid Beatric*r~gravelv. 'And yon think, then, I have been wronsed by thia pubtio netioeT' in- qnir^ th* heireea half wonndad and baU offended by th* word* of har ooaain. ' I do,' anawared Beatrioa, oraTalf. • Aa if I cared t Queen* of Bodety, like other lovoroigns, mast b* ao tax*d for th*ir r it4iMM»^ ■f»" UMMAEL I OR. IN THR DIPTBS. IBV pOMlMUy. IfiM Mid( what i« right and p opar in thla natlar i ao wa will •a ' iur onrMlvan, Judgaw' Judjr M«i tin n«oriptiun of tha Pr<»«tf^i~ifeB^^i IBIIMAKL I 0% III TBI DlPmt. Mr«f«< whcMB w« •W«ll.ayiMiif •W« MMl Im wttrj •Of aovrait. My dMT.' • W« miut h«v« th« b«tl ftMfU.' •Oruiwly.' • W« moat [aritm lb* diptumatio oorpa. • By All tiMMna* AiMi— «ll fomtRnar* of dlatiDolioa, Vlia ■•y b« praaaiH lo tha «ily.' ' ^M. my toTft' • W« mwt not forgot to iavll»— ' • Who, my doatf •LoH Vtnoant.' ' HumpK I Haa h> o*llaf hur riobaat dreaa and ranat ia^ala had aha looked mora beaa- tifnl. The" aame good taata that e'vora- ad bar anaaaaming toilet, withhMd her from taking any piomfnant part in tba fuaftiTitiaa of the evehing. 8be waacoar- teooa to all, aolioitoua for lite comfort of her Juaata, yet not too offioiooa. Aa if only o boBOiur to the moatdiatingniaht'd atrangar praaaat, aba danced wita tha Viaooun' Vinoaat onoa ; and after that deolincd all iiiritatioaa to the floor. Nor did Lord Vincent danea again. He aeemed to prafcr to doTote hiita^ll to hia lovely yonng hoataaa Tor the^arenhig. Tha Tiaooant waa tha lloa o( tha |»rty, a«d hia eielaaive at. tantion to iba hairaaa ooald not aaaa|4 et>a«i vatton. **' '1 «»• nwUced and ouai mantad upon It. ^ur waa Claadia luaan- aibl>> to the bonoai ol baiun tlia objaut Ihia fialaalTa davotloa troaa hia lorduli HhawaapUaMd and flal'arad. and wMu^ 01«a•• who watched >be iao^pl»al flirtation ooniinaiiotng b twa^n th» viB««Mint and tha hair«aa waa Baatrion Muiilltiiiiii^ Hlia bad oom« lata. 8ha bad had M'fiit ehildrao to aa« properly fed and put Vu brd befora aha ooold begin to dreee hertlf. And ona raatlaaa little brother bad kepi her by hia ofib ainginf aonga and Ulltnn atori«a until tan o'olook hafom h«- inally want lajPrto Bleep. anr ; and about four undred apeoUtora crowding along the walla, aoma aitting, aome aiauding. aoma reclining, and aoma grouped. She paaa< d on. greeting oourteg^ Jboee with whom •he had a ■P««kidn|i|§a||iBO<*. emiling indt* upon otbamyWiaiarviug In thia way "h^BHRlP Rroup^ which Claudia ^IPHln ^'atod Lord Vincent formed the o«ntre. A cnraory glance ahowad bar that one for whom ah" looked waa not among tliem. With a bow and a amile «o the group abe turned away and went up to where Judge Merlin •toikd for the moment alone. * Uncle, 'aha aaid, in a tone alightly re. proachful, 'ia not labmaal to be with ua thia evening T' ' My dear, I inri'ad him to Join ua, but be exuuaed binaelf.' ' Of Wiurae, naturally ha.,wo«ld do lo at flrat, thinking donbtlvaa that vou aakrd bim aa a mere fatter of form. Uncle, con- aidering hia poaition, you ought to hnva Eraaaod him to oome. You ought not to ave permitted him to axcaae bim- aelf, if yon really ware in aarn'e^t with yottr iBTitaiion. Warayou inaamaat, airf 'Why, of aoaraa I waa, my dear I Why abouldn't I have been f I ahould have baan raally glad to «ee the youag man bara enjoying hima«-lf thia evan* ing.' ^ ,. 4 . 'WT' llHUAILt 01 IK TMK l»rril«, * ^ IMM* Uhm««|. ttMl ,o«, Mao \^Ph. rruaihrsdM. BHiig him down htri' " jrott Uhr. Md ir yuu «2.' Mid til ' ^ Bm Ufi him. |lid«d like A aBtril ihro..K I r.7k7i'^ ?' ***f fawlljr. Aad ["»,'/».' m • •th.omw.l. p,^, from thV.S Jd7.tt WL^J't U? '■.'^••'i««- «0 ••^ •! Z •oom, !«/ Mid ih, ri«h. d..tp. .WM* r'!.;':L*:I^..""^.i^"\ »"»«. '"'•^••t-r. «; i«.lf, I l«m. d«r B*.f I .« » toMi .fr.„„,rS •**.7.»~?' MN« iMiil,. A«d [»..*.•• •dd.«.ainc man woin*n or ohild-hmu,",; Mng or dumb braU • C>)ni« in ' .."••!"^'".'* "'• '»•»'• o»"»inbM, M dark •f««r th« liMbt d room* b«iow. In ih« r*«.M of tb« dornw window, al UhmMl Coding ow M o,«„ volamr HwahMhwMp.l.. hi, •,pr,:.,„o w. .ry lI«looh««| up. Mild r^oogniiiig B,«. ^nL wl h • ■miU to in««t htr ' • How d« k y..a .rn up h«r«, all ^on«. iarima«l. aha aaid, < oming forward lahmMl anulTnd hia oandla. piokad tha .1 mlfh ilira a b«tt«r li|i,t. .ad .haa turn *d ucain amil nap V tnar.rH. u... ..r ".'""" r. «u« your littl. .4o|>i«l aialar and old pUym«ui Com*. |.»,iii»ci. " * Oraraat ilttl.- aiatar, dn you k»ow th^t I 4Mlin«d Judn. MarliH-i •nv..al.orr Yaa, ha told «n«i ,.». aiM Mnt in« h«ra lo ••y lo you thai ha will not .n„ua»you. thai Ili*L'rr '" "***"' '""' *""""«• ^'•"•^ '■'»• •n.'.r Ikw. you donatrain mat I will o«m,| Vaa, «„d I «,nfa*. I «m glad to b. au^r.."i'"'*- *!"?'""••• «*••"• "• «• qairo to b« ooinp«.ilad lo do •■ w.- lik, , or in olhtr wonla. our oonixiirnMa r.quira jiiai «ioua«a for yielding certain fuinu to oiJfr riii'w ;r ' mT ^"^ •"•"^'^ •'•»»»«5v to iw wiih you all thaavvuinc. Th« diataiai^ •ound of th* muaia haa baan alhinnff »• ■^ ' liMn longiagyto JoJ " ' •n> gl«d, my^littli) nianda. Whajawywi doing haraaloo., lahmaair ' ^. inqulrad. »,th har hand upon ih. back ' •f l».« ohair that «hfl omitl^l totaka I • I .m atudyfng " Kant'a CommanUriaa.' I •nawarad th» young man. ^ ' I wiah you woaid atudy year own haallh • Ilttl. m,r^, r,h««,| I Why .« y.o nS down With «•?• ' • My daar B«.. I am batt< r bara. • ■..nhTw^' '**r»*" You ara hai« too Buoh Too oo,fl„. yo.„.|f too oloaaly to • • ady ! 7ou .kfllld remembar Urn pUin you know i-tba old prowrb whiab aayti JMi daar friand, Btt, frm noat azooaa But I will act.' ' Bea— • ; I inilat apon yoar oomiag. lahmaat l» . 'Ba. donot I •houIdbJthawronVman •n tlia wrong plaoe V • "•*■ ' Now Why do yoa aay thatf ' What ahoald I do than. B«e f io join tha f^ntiyitfaa A„d I' . . .-, Jittln lirga l»dy. tiu', you la* your royal oommaM.i. on m. t„ dw ao ' ' ^*!*.^** •■'••"• ^•'■nx'"' I I must aay that yo^.yia^d grao-iully I W.li. I will lerJo miilT " "''''*" '*"*■ '*"•'• ^»«'-I«h- •Ya., Btaf •RiDg for mora light f You ^nill QaT«. Da Mia to niid«r yoaraalf ii reaiatiibl.. witk tha aid of • aingle oandla oa ona aida of yoor gla... nJk Bw, aa aha msda hS laughing axit. ^ "* lahmaal followad her adyloa in tirwfm^rm tlOB'ai, and aoon made bima«lf raadyto iaaya tha room ha tliooitht of hia flovM. and doabtad whathor b« had a pairfot drawing-room om. Than aoddanl* ha racolioof d Ba*'. Ohriatm«a praaant that ha bad la^ away .a aomathing too aaorad for ■ae. He went and took from tha parcel tha atrawooloured kid glovta ahe had jriren hira, and draw tbam on a, he daaoended the auira. whiapenng to himaalf t , •Ereafortheaelam indabtad to li*a- »n»y Heayan blan h«r I' T^ (/ . f '/ 210 ISHMARL I OR. IN THE DBPTRS. CHAPTER LIV. IBEMAIL AT TBI MMSJU 7m I weloQint, right w«loome--Mi4 f^v u yoar hMwJ,— Ton shall notitend ' oat id the oold I' If n«w fr.end* »re t^luCirtends, I oan't an- denit»nd >!' ,., ^ ," Why hewts Biioald held oat, till they r* old J Then oome with kII weliome *nd fear qet to fliug Rewrre tothe windi Mid the w«»«;s, Pot thou never owoit lire the oold-blooded thiaff Sooiety nukes of Its sUfes. ■ ^M. F. Tvpper. A Tory h»nd«ome young fellow was Ish- ■lael Worth as he entered the drawinjj-room that evening. He had Attuned his fmU height, oTer six feet, and he had sprown broad-shoaldered aud fuUhehested, with the prospeot of beeomidg the athUtic man of ■lajestie presenoe that he^ppeared in nper years. Bis hair and eyes w«re growing ^neh darker j you might now call the turse ' dark brown and the Usti dark jpray. H» face was someiEhat faller ; but h» f oreheCd wM still highr broad and massive, and th^ line of his profile was clear cut, distinct and elnssie i his UIm were toll and beautifully earved ; and, to sum up, he still retained the peculiar charm of his oountcnanoe— the habit of smiling'only with his eyes. How intense is the Ijght of a smile that is oon> ined to tho eyes only. His dress is not wortb aotioe. All gentleman dress alike for erening parties ; all waw the sUreotyped WMk dress ooat, light kid j^loves, eto., ete., etft. and he wore the uniform for such oases made and provided. Only everything that Ishmael pat on looked like the costume of a piinoe. Be fbttred the lighted and crowded drawin^room very hesitatiBgly, looking o««r that splendid Imt oonf used assemblage never can hope to attain tko posi^^ of a geiitlemsn. never.' But the Jad2ji,had for- gotten all about that now. Pecple usually did forget Ishmael's humble origiii In kit exalted presence. I use the word ' exalted ' wi ti truth, as it applied to bis air aiid man- ner. The Judge certainly forgot that Ish- mael was not Sdoi ty's gentleman.as well as •Nature's noblem»n,' when t^ing him through the crowd, he saidn • X shall introduce you to some young I ladies, The first one I piresent to you will bfl MiisTourneysee, the daughter of Qenersl I Tourbeysee. Yob viust immediately ask her to danoe ( etiquette will require you to do so.' * But, 'smiled Ishmael, 'I am already en- gaged to danoe the next set with Bee..' ' You verdant youth I So, probably, is she— Miss Tonmeysee, I mean— engaged ten sets deep. Ask her for the honour of her hand as soon as she is disengamd,' re plied the judge. Who straightway led .Ish- mael up to a very pretty young girl, in blue orepe, to Whopi he presented the young man in ane form. IshnuMl bowed and proffered his petition. The osso was not so hopeless as the judge had represented it to be. Miss Toutneysee wai oagaged f \ lieve. ' ^' Mr. Worth is from Maryland,' aaid Claudia. * Then ha ia probably a relative of the gentlemaA in qiiMtion. The likeneaa ia ao Jjnr atoikiox ; indeed, if it were nof that ?"''■•-- "e admirstioD of C^ief Juatioe Merlia'a beaatifnl daughter. Ue danoas wall; ha oaniea hinuelf like my fnend Heraan, alao. I fancy they must be newly related/ ha oontinned, aihe watahad lahmael firinf through the ginadnlla. ' I am unable to inform you whether he iR or not, 'answered Olandia. ^ Willi. th«y talked, tho danoe wanton. P>^e8entiy It was ended. Pi ' ^?" "2?* **'^ "P* "**^ ■■* •!»** (0 Uandia. 9ha is the qnaen 'of tha aTaninc. yon know !• Biid bhmaera gentle partner. I know It, dear Bus; and I am going to pay my raspeets ; but lat me find yon a ^lisd ths young No, I will go with yo« i I hare not yat spoken to Claudia this evening/ said Bee. lahms^loffsred hia arm and asoorted bar aeross the room to the sofa that waa doing d«ty as throne for 'the quean of tha even* inf.' VI am glad to aaa yon looking ao wall. Bee I Mr. Worth, I hope yon nre enjoying yourself,' waa the greeting of M Ss MarlinT ss they came up. Then turning towards the viaoonnt. alia ssid ; 'Baatrioe, my dear, permit me— Lord Vinoent, my oouain, Miaa Middleton.' A low bow from the gentleman, a alight ourtoay from the lady, and that was over. • Lord Vinoant— Mr. Worth,' said Olandia. Two distant bowa aokoowledgad thia in- troduction— so distant that Olandia felt her- aelf called upon to mediate, whioh she did by Miyiuit: • Mr. Worth, Lord Vineant baa bean par- tionUrly interaated in you, ever ainoa yon ehteiedthe room. He fanoiea a atriking reaem bianco between yonnelf and a Very dear friend of his own, who is alao from your native country.' lahmael looked interestsd. andhisamiling eyes tumid from andia to Lord Viuoenft in good-hunionred inquiry. • I .•»od« to ^r. Herman BradehaU of Brudenell Hall. MaryUnd, wko haa bean livin|{ in England lately. Theia ia a very a»nking likeness between him and yoiiraelf t ao atriking that I might haiw mistaken ona for the other t but that you are larger, and, now that I aea you cloaely, darker, than ha la^ Perhaps yon ara relativeSb' said Lord Vinoent. ' 'Oh, no i not at all; not the moat diatant. I am not even acquainted with the gentle- man; never set eyea on him in my lifer aaid lahmael, amiliog i^ganionsly ; for of ooursa ha thought ha waaapeakingthaszaet truth. But oh, Herman I oh, N<»»:l if he friai the nathermoat parte of the aarth-^if ahe from the higheat Heaven oonld have heard that boneat denial of hia parentage from tha truthful lips of their giftodson I ^^ / There is soinethmg incomprehensible in the caprisas of Nature^ in making people who are in no way ralatad so strongly rs- semble each other,' said Lord Vinoant ' There is, ' admittad IshmaaL At thia moment the mnaia oeaaed. tha ' duoera left the floor. ai.d there waa a eon- aiderabie movement of the company toward the haok of tha room. •I think they ara going to sapper. Will youparmitmet^ t n C. you in. ic ss M e r - linr said Lord Vinoent, offaring his arm. n* "T'.^M^-^'^ < sit ISHMABL J OE. IN THK PBPl'HS. it. If yoo pl«a»,'Mid OUmdi»,riMng to t*k« • Hb«U I ^av* the honour. d«»r 1||^ f ' in- ^ B«»trioe Muwor«l by pttttmg her h«id withii lihmael'i Mm. And they follow^ the oompany to *»!* WPP*»''™J°1":* !?"1;?! •plendonr, ii»«oifloenoe Mid l«»nr «•* bifflttidl detoriptioB, except th»t of the JSorter of the *^Mepublkam CT»»«,'»" **»« ^Ineration , but the change « I;»^"^» J reUtione to his employer ha 1 Oome on bo SSSt «d graWUy, that at no one SSrhi the thought of "'«»r *N youngman'. «aary to the •»«• •}«r»*l^^ iie pSwtion and .erTioe. occurred to^u^ Merlin. , w—^afciirtel It was over by «ewuring """^g^f others, that Ishmaelnroved hi. o^^n »^*1«« proportion of inteflect, knowledge and that was over, inr siiTO-u««wvs.~ -.-------- ;- • H« h»d been diligently studying Snceof 8irRogerde<>>Terl^*^c.lledj, in I pj-j^^^^^^^thw two je»A. He h«i whidi'neiriy ail the «»«pany trok partr- lehmael dancing with the daughte^,^ adis- tinguished »n»tor, and a certain VkP'""" Todd dancing with Bee. \ When thi. last dance was over, the Ikjur being two o'clock in the morning, the party separated, well pleased with their evening * entertainment. Ishmael went up to hi. d^n, »nd retired so bed : but ah I not to re|>o.A The unuanal excitement of the evening the light, the .plendotir, th*^ luxury, the Seats, MMd among them all the figures of ftudis and the viecount, haunting memory , and Btimniating imaaination, forbade repoM. Svec in the midsr of all his busy, osefuK \ aspiring life, he w«. eonseiou., deep in hi. hMrt, of a gnawing ansniah, whose name t^ Olftudia Meriin. To-night thi. deep- ■emted angnisW tortured him like thej vulture of Prometheus. One Tiirid | picture was always before hi. mind's eycj^- tiie sofa, with the beautiful figure of Claudia | reclining upon it, and the stately form of the viscount, leaning with deferentiat - iidmiration oT*r her. The viMounts ad- miration of the beauty was patent ; he did nor attempt tO conceal It. Claudia's pride Md pleasure in her conq^t were ftlso nndeniable ; she took no pains to ▼oil And for this cause Ishmael could not •leop, but Uy battling all night with hi. Mony. He arose the next mot ning palo imd ill, from the restless bed and wretched night, but fully resolved to struggle with and conquer hi. hopeless love. ■ • I must not, I will not let this pnasion enervate me I I have work to do i» this world, and I must do ic with all mf strength V ho said to himself, as ho went into the library. ... . , Lhrnael had g r adually p a ..e d wpw o ' d from his homble position of nmaiui nais to b^Tn attending the sewion. of the court, of Si bjth in the codntry ibd in the ojt, And lie had been the oonlidential assistant of Judge M«r in for many months. _ ^ In hi. attendance upon tho .eMions of thi ci^liit ~urto in V-'f^Ir llive',; , den r'Stening »o the pleading, of the lawyer. «S ildthe^charge. ofthejudge^ wd watch- ^t mt^ik ■ reeulto of the tnaltf-r-he had made r^t I il^irvery-namely thij he^hjid at- tainedT'- fair a knowledge of \*^ " "as sr^' r ^s^x^ IT -.^: Jisompl^ Judge ]M3rlin. «m*»»« "g'. dienoy of hii^klng application for admu- •ion to pwwtiA^t the Waahington bar. OHa^FTER LV. A tola HIGHSm. He will not wait\for chances. For luck he do«* not look j , I > faith hi. spirit «'•«<*• . , At Providence, Gods book j A cl there ■tisoeroiBg irtily That righ'. is might at length, Bte dares go forward duly la quietness and .trengtn, U j^nehing and nnfearmg, The flatterer of none, And in good courage weariMt Tho honour, he has wom-r-i'- '^ Tupper. lebmael took an early opportunity of «n°akins to the judge of his project.. It 7Mon?day whin Siey had got thr.u^h the mominitll work and were .eated in tho Ubrary together, enjoying a deeultonf chat before it was time to go to court, that lahmaol sud : • Judge MHrlin, I am about to make an appUcaSon lobe admitted to praetise at the W as h i ngton bar/ . ^ The judge looked up in surprise. "TB' T»7/<. ISHMAEL ; OR. IN THE DBPTHa ■ ■/■■■ 213 Wiiy lal.BUMi, yon have not sndnatMl *t any Uw-aehool I You h»T« n«t aTen h»d OM torn of iDttrao.ioo %t any raeh • I know that I hara not onjoyed Inoh adTantacea; air; brttlhaya i«ad law very diligantly for the but threa yean, and with wnat mumory and anderatandius I poawM. 1 have profited by my raading.' ' But that ia not like a regular oonrae of •tudyata lawaohool.' • Perhaoa not, air ; but in addition to my reading, I have had a oonaiderable azperi. ence wlule acting aa your clerk. ' 'So you have ; and you have profited by at the ezperienoea you have acquitted your- self unuaui^ily well, and been of very great aervice tome; but atill X iniiat that law office buaineas and law-book know edoo ia not evei-jufeing : ther« ia more required to make a g^ lawyer.' 'I know there ia, air ; very much more, and 1 have taken atepa to acquire it. Per nearly two yeara I have rtgularly attended the aeaaiona of the pouriS, both in St. Mary a county and here in thia city, and in that time have learned aomething of the Pf^o*i«» o' l*w, ' pemisted Ishmael. All ver^ well, ao far aa it goes, youns inui : but It would have been better if yo" had graduated at aome firat-olaM Uw achooL ' iiiaiated the old-faabioned, conaervative judge. 'Exouae me, air, if I veatnre to differ with you, a?tara» to say, thati do not think * ^•«';*« ""»ol»t«Iy » ceasary toauoeeaa; or mdeed of much oonaequenee one way or the other, m. deatJy replied lahmael. The judge opened ilia oonaervative eyea to their wideat extent ' What reaaon have yon for auoh an opin- ion aa that. Ishmael r he inquired. tk«?.. '"^fr/"'- ^" »ny attendance np<.n the aeaaiooa of the eourta, I have observed •oma gentlemen of the leg.ii profeaaion who w. re grRdaa^«a of diatinguiahed Uw achoola. n^fj"^ "'fderery poor barriatera. I hav^ norioed othara who ueTeraaw the inside of ba?rTaW ^"* '"'** "*'"*' '*"y "^^^ . 'But with ail .faiayou muatadmit thatthe Kit '"•jonty of diatinguished lawyera have beenaradnataao! firat-olaaa law achoola.' or who, m hu aentea. could deny them ?- Sh? K^ * }; • ^f«>f«-ion ; and tha t to on« di5n„ *.*" »««» •*ment. of roooaaa, a diploma from the iohoola ia not neoeaaarv. I think it ia the aama in every branoh of human naefulneaa. Look at the aoienoe of w.r. ilemember the Bavolotionary time. Were the great genarala of that epoah graduate! of any miliury academy r No, they came from the plough, the work-shop and the oountiiighonae. No doubt it would have been highly aibrantageoua to them had they beengradnat^of aoma firat-olaas milit.ry academy j^ooly aay it waa found not to be abaolutely neoeaaary to their aucoeas aa iireat **°*'*'"i *"'* " **" '**'"■ •**"• "« have , not found the graduates of West Point, who bad a great theoretic knowledge of the acience of War, mora aaccessful in action than the volunteers, whose only school waa actual practice in the field. And look at our Senate and House of B«preseutatives, air; are the most diatingnish( d statesmen thtre graduatea of colleges T <2uite the reverse. Idonotwiah to bead irreverent aa to dia- parage schools and colleges, sir. I only wish to be ao Jnat as to exalt talent, indiia- try and perseverance to their proper level,' aaid lahmael, warmly. • 'Special, p»eading, my boy,' auid the judge. Ishmael blushed, laughed and replied : ' Yc-a, sir, I 'tckuowlodge that it is very apecinl plead iug.* I have made up my mind to be a candidate for admission tp the Washington bar ; and having done so, I would 1 ike to tret your approbation. ' * What do you want with my approbation, boy r Wiah or without it, you wi 1 get pn.' 'But more pleasantly with it, sir,' smiled IshmaeL •Very well! very Weill take it then I Go ahead 1 I wiali you success I But what is the use of telling you to gu ahead anyhow, in apile of fate? Or why should I wish yon success, wheu I know you will command auccees? Ah, lahmael, you can do without me, but how shall I ever be able to do with- out you?' inquired the^ judge, with an odd expression between a smile und a sigh. *My triend and patron, I must be admit- ted to practice at the Waah ngtnn bar ; but I wilt nut on that aacount leave your aerviee while I can be of use to you,' said lahmael,' with earneatneas ; for next to adoriitg i^an- dia, he loved best for hai^ aake to hoooioir har father. . 'That's a good lad I Be •'ure you keep y'oor promise,' said the judge, smilinff. and laying his hand caressingly oh Ishmaera head. < And then aa it waa time for the judge to go to the Supreme Cour , he aroau and do- —a r t e d. l ea ving lahm ae l to writ e oul a i Z -an, r pf lesal documt-nta. Talimael isat na time in oarryinir his ma*. • fl *t^ * ftS^-^^ r^py ^ -^ f > \ -^ 214 ISHMABL } OE, IN THE DEPTHS. lotion iato •ffeg.. He paaaad a very •ucoeM- fui examination and wiia dnly admittad to pr*o iee in the Waahington oourta of law. A tew eTeninga after thia, aa lahmael wm atill buay in the Uitle library, tryinjj to finiah a certain taak before the laat beama of the ana had faded away, the judge entered, ■miling, holding in hia hand a formidable- looking doonmrnt and » handful of gold i •T»iere, lahmael,' he aaid, laying the document and the «{tild on he table before the younfc man ;'' there ia your firat brief and your firat fee I Let me tell you it is a Teiry unuaual wind fall for an unfledged lawyer like you.' .. • , -j * I aupppae I owe thia to youraelf , air, aaid lahmael, looking up (jratefully. ^^ '. 'You owe it your own merta, my lad » A will tell yon i^U about it. Today I met in the court an old acquaintance of mine--Mr. Ralph Walah. He haa been aeparated from bif wife for aome time paat, living in the South; but he haa recently returned to the 'aty. and haa aonght a reoonoilia ion with her. which, for aome reaiton or other, ahe haa refuaed. He next tried to get poaaeaaion of their ehildren. In order to coerce her through ker affection for them ; but ahe auapected his deaign and fruatrate^ it by remoTing fb« children to a place of aeoreoy. All thia Wahh told me thia morning, in thc> court, whpra he had come to gat tha habeaa cot pua aerved upon the woman ordering her to pro- dnoe tha children in court. It will be granted, of oourae, and lia will aue for tha poaaeaaion of the children, and hia wif# wiU oontaat the auit ; ahe will oonteat it in rain, of eonrae, for tha law alwaya givea the " fotbar poaaeaaion of the ohildran, onlaaa he iaBOvaUy, menUUy or phyaically indapablo of tekingcare of tkem; which ia not the oaaa with Walah } he ia aound in mind, body and rapntatioa ; there ia nothing to be aaid a«unat him in either reapecta.' * What thendiTided him from hia fanulyr inquired lahmael, doubt ully. ^Oh, I don't know ; he bad a wandering t«m of mind, and loved to trarel a great deal} he haa be^n all over the oiTilified and ■BciTilued world, too, I belieTe.' ^ * And what did ahe do, in the meantime t inaasied lahmad, atill more doubtfully. ^Shet Ob, ahe kept alittle day-aohod.' * What, waa that neoeaaary?' * I arapoaa ao^ elae ahe would not have •Nut a breath I How ahonld there b«' when ahe keepa a reapeotable achool? And when he himaell wi«haa in g t in« poaaeaaion of the children, only to compel hertlirough her love f«r them to eome to him.' Seething the kid in its mother'a milk, or aomething quite aa «mel,' murmured lahma^ to himself. The judge, who did not know wbnt he waa muttering to himaeU, continued i • Well, there ia the eaae, aa Walah /de- livered it tome. If there ia anything elae of impprtanee connected with the oaae, you will duubtleaa find it in the brief. He ac- tually offered the brief to me at fiiat. He haa been eo long away that he did not know poaidon, and that I had long kept it. , ^ 'Butdid he not eontribnte to the aupport «f the family f my present poaidon, ^ince ceaaed to practiae. So when he met me in the court-rOom to-day, he greeted me u an old friend, told me hia bnaineaa at the court, aaid that he conaidered the meet- in» providential and offered me hia briof, 1 explained to him the impoaaibility of ttiy •aking it«and then he begged me to re commend aome lawyer. I named you to him without heaitatiOD, giving you what I conaidered only your juat meed of praiae. He immediately aaked me to take charge of the brief and the reUiniog fee and offer both to you in hia name, and aay to you thai he ahould call early to-mottow morning io oonault with you.' , , „ ,. •I am very thankful to you. Judge Merhn. for your kind intereat in my welfare,' said lahnAel, waimly. •Not at all, my lad ! for I owe yon much. lahmael. You have b^en an invalu- able aaaistant to me. Doing a great deal more for me than the letter of your duty required.' ... • , j • I do not think ao, sir t bnti am very clad to have your approbation. ' 'Thank yOn, n^y boy ! but now, lahmael, to taaineaa I You ouanot do better thaa to take thia brief. It ia the very neateat little eaae that ever a lawyer had ; all ^tfae pUUn law on your aide I a daah of the aen- timental too in the injured father'a affection for the ehildren that, have been torn from him, the injured buabandfor the wife that repndiatea him I Now you are good at law, but you are great at aentiment, lahmael, andbetWeenLw on your aide and eenti; ment at yoor tongae'a end, you will be aure to aneoeed and eome off with flying oolourx 1 And auch aucof aa in hia firat oaae ia of the utmoat importance to a young liwyer. It ia in fac^. ».ne making of hia f ortun e ^ xon. — « I don 't kno w ; I fea r n e t.' , .■ ,... »- ■ — ". . . t <.ii «,u;- -«» 'Thew^wL nothing againat the wife'* will have a ahower of briefs foUowthm auo •hMMMterf ^s«|j«^5^^^ f^^W"^ ^"^H 'tr^ % 1 >t -f T'T pt , y~»'~' i>'|'-''>'^ rlwt hd WM I8HMAEL t Ofi» IN THE PBPTH& tM * I do not kiiow tb»t I sliall tako tb« brioi^ ■ir,' Mtcl lahniMl, tbouglttfally. ' Not take the briaf T An yoil mad ? Who 6T«r l n w A ol » yoanf Uwyac w- foiing to takt raeb • brfof •• tiMtl— ao. oompuued by looh • reuining feo m thatk? —the brief the qeateet and wJeat little oMe that ever flame before a ooart I the retain* ing fee a hundred dollar* i and no doubt he • will hand you double that ram when yon fet your deoiidon I— for whatever hi* foitane hae been iu time* paat, he ie rioh now, this Watah I' Miti the Judge, vehemently. ' Who i« the eounael for the other aide?' aaked lahmael, refleotively. ' Ha, ha, ha I there'* where the shoe hurt*, i* it t there'* where th« pony halt* f that'* what'* the matter f Ton arc afraid of enoountering some of the great guns of the law, are you 7 Don't be alarmed. The ■ehool-miatreu i* too poor to pay for dia- tinguished leml talent. She may get *ome brieflo** pettitoitger to appear for her j a man put up for yon to knock down. Tour ca*e I* ju*t what the first case of a yoojig lawyer should be, plain sailing, law dis- tinctly on^our side, dash of Sentimeai, domeatio aneotipna, and all that, aiidoertain auoceaa at the end. Yonr vie ory wiU be aa eaay a* it. will be complete. ' *Bo(a tkiiigi's murmured lahmael— * too poor to employ talent for the de- fence of her poa*e**ion of her own children |' ^ ' Oome, my lad I j^ket yonr fee and takr up yonr .brief I' saio ^he judm. '1 would rather not, air; I do not like to appear affunat a woman— a mother de* funding her riffht to her own ohildren. It appear* to nie to be cruel to Wi*h to de- prive her of them,' *aid the gentle apirited yonoflr lawyer. ' Cruel i it ia merciful rather. No one wiahe* really to deprive her of them, but co givbthemto their father,' hat ahe may be drawn through her love for them to live with him." .; . , / * No ^oman ahould be *o ooeroed, sir ; no man ahould wiah her to be.' ' Bnt I tell yon it i* for her good to be re- united to her husband.' * Her j»wn heart, taught by her own in- *tinct* and experience*, ia the beet judge of that' ' lahmael t don't be Quixotic : if yon do, yon will never anoeeed in the legal lirofe*- aion. lii thi* caa* the law la on the father*! aide, and yon aboold be on the law's.' "The lawiitheminiatarof Joatioe, and a hall h e v er in my hand* become , t he •omplie* of injoetio*. I The law maj be OB the father'* *ide i bnt that remains to be proved when both aide* ahall be heard | bnt it appf ara to ae that Juatioe and merqy are on the mother V aide. ' ' That remaina to be proved. Come, boy, don't be an mad a* to wfnae thi* golden opening to fame and fortune I Pocket yonr fee and take up your brief.' * 'Judge Mernn i I thank yon from the dt^pth* of my heart for your great goodne** in procuring thia chance for me ; and I beg that you wul pardon m* for what I am about to aay—but^I cannot touch either fee or brief. "The caae ia a caae of cruelty, air, and I oannotliave anythltir); to do with it. I eannot make my debvt in a court of law agaipat a poor woman— a poor mother— to tea#ritioi);MM.nnder which von mean to ao^ y^wiil neirei attain the fame to which yonr talenta'^ might otherwiae lead you»» never I' ' No — never,' aaid lahmael, fervently—.. * never, if to reach it I have to atep upon a wdman'a heartgta liiother'a heart I Nt^ I by the aaored graW of my own dear mother, I never will I' And the face of Nora'* *on glowed with an earneet, fervent, holy love, ' Be a poet, lahmael, yon will never be a lawyer.' * Never— if to be a lawyer I have toaaaaei tobeamani 9nt it iaasOodwilla.' The ringing of the tea-bell broke up the eonfermoe, .and they went d<^|m into t|ie narlonr, where, beaide tke famiily, they fonnd Viaeonnt Yinoent. And lahmael Worth, the weaver'a aon, haal the honour of aitting down to tea with a livelord. Th>- viaoonnt spent the eveuing. and !•• tired late. As lahmael bade the family good night, the judge aaid to him t * ■■ 'My young friend, consnlt your pillow.. I alwaya do, when I can, before making any important deeiaion. Think over the matter well, my lad, and defer yonr final deeiaion abont the brief until yon aae Walah to-morrow.' •Yon are very, very kind to me, sir. I will follow yonr advioe, aa far a* I may do ao^' replied lahmael. That night, l^iog upon hi* bed, lehmaelli ■onl wa* a**ailed with temptation. He knew that in accepting the brief oflsrvd to him, in *nch flattering term*, be ehonld in the fir*t PJ^o*.. ▼eiy much pleaae hi* friend, Jadgu Merlin— who, thoo^ he did not give bis yoong a**iitant anything like tie I80MAEL ; OB, IN THE I)EPTH8. • fair Mklvy for hi* Mrvioes, jet took AlmMt » fatherly interest in hU welfare j lie knew, aUo, in the aeoond p aco, that ha might— nay, would— open ha wmy to *• apacdy raooeM and a biiiUant profeesional career, , which would, in a reaaonable apaoe of . time, plaoe kim in a pOaiUon evf n f9 'kapire to the hand o! Claudia Merlin I Ol'. uioet beau- tiful of temputiona bat I To refuao the r. brief, he knew, would be to diapleaae Judge Merlin, and to defer bin own proftaaioual auoceaa for an indofinita length of timoi All i»igl>t long lahmaul struggled with the tempter. la the morning he aroae f rom hi aleepleas pillow unrefrethed and feTered. fle "bathed hia burning head, made hui morning toilet, and aat down to read a portibu o'f the Scripture,, aa #aa hia morn- big onatom, before beginning: the bnaineH of the day. The porion uleoted thia morning waa the fourth chapter of Matthew, . daaaribing the faat and the toinpUtion of our Saviodr. lehmael had read this por- tion of Soriptare many timea before, but OCTer with aUoh deep intereat aa now, when it Beamed to anawer ao^well hia own apirit's ^■ed. With the deepea't reverence be read tha worda i 'When' he had fasted forty days And forty nights, ha was aftorwarda an bun- fsred. / V The devil taketh him up into an ek- /^*oaeding4ii|h mountain, and .showeth him all tha miidoms ol the world and the glory ' flf th^l^f ■■ "" ■ / •i^ Mith unto him; All these things Vill F^ra the4 if thou wilt fall down and . worship' ma. -« 'Then JHUth Jeans unto him, <)et thee hanH S«tMi t for it ia written. Thou abalt worship the Lord thy God, and him- only 4ialt thou sarre. 'Then the daril laaveth hiiti, and ' behold, angels came and ministac^ nnto him.' ^ \ ishmaal oloaed the book and bbwed hik V 'head in aeriQua thought. \ ; 'Yea.* ha and to bimsalf— 'I suppose it jBiut Im so. The serrant is not greater th«n tha Maatar. He waa tempted in the veiiv opening ot His ministry; and I sup- pcfe that every follower of Him must be tM^iptad in like manqer. in the beginning oi! hie life. I, also, bira in the ctm- tlineameiitiyf my profeauonal career, am anbjeoted to a great temptation, that ■insc decide^ once for all. whether I will * ieirve Ood or, , Satan^ I, too, have had long, - long fas t— »' faat fr o m all tti e A #.».», .w,B •• r- — — — — fteasant things of this world, and I am an liuncered — ah, vary mnoh an hn-gered for fome joya I I, too, am cfisred auoceaa and honour and glory if I will but fall down and wonhip natan in the form of the golden fee and the cruel brief b«ld out to me I But I will no. I Oh, Heaven helping m6, I will be true to my higheat convisJuiia of duty I Yea— «ome weal or come woe, I will be true to Ood I I will be a faith- ful steward of the talenis He baa intrusted lomul' And with thia reaoluti()n in his heart. Ishmaal went down into the library, and oommanced hia uaual morning'a ^rk of anawering lettera and writing out law doou- menta. He found an unusual number of letters to wri e. and thay occupied him until the break! ast bell rang. After breakfiSL lahmael returned to the library and resumed hie work, and was busily engaged in eogroaiting a deed of con- reyahce, when the door opened, and Judge Merlin entered, accompanied by a tall, dark-haired, hfbdaome, and rather S repossessing looking - man, of about fty years ot age, whom be introduced, as Mr. Wabh. .. ^ Ishmaei aiOae to receive ^t> visitor and offer him a ahair/ which he took. . The judge declined the seat that lahmael placed for him, and said t > • No, I will leave you with your client., Ishmaal, that ha may explain his business at full length. I have an engagement at the 8Uto Department, and I will go to ' And the judge bowed and left the room. , ■mm w 1 V As soon aa t bey ware left alone. Mr. W also began to ezp ain hia business, first saying that he preaumed Judge Merlin had handed hW the reUining fee and the brief. ' • . • Yes t yon will And both ther* on the tahlv beside you, untonehed,' answered Ish- maei, gravaly. ■ • Ah-^yoU have not had time yat to look atthebrirfl Nomnttorvwo can go over it together, V" Mr. Walsh. ^ uiing up the doonmeni in question^ and beginning to nnfolcl it. \ . . -^ L ' I begyou will excuse me, inr ^ i #ould ^ther not look Vt the brief, as I csnnot take Ihemse,' said lahmael. n of his duties and responsibilities. With him it was always I,' 'mitMk"me;' never 'we,* 'onrs, *ns.' Ishmaal listened under protest to thif story that waa foroed upon his unwilling ears. Ai^itsaiid. when the narrator was waitiaif to see what impression he iiad made Upon his young hearer, and what oomment the latter would make, Ishmael calmly arose, took the bridf from the ta>>leand put it into thn hands of Mr. Walsh, saying, with a dignity— aye. even a majesty of mien rarely found in so young a min : 7 Take your brief, sir ; nothing on earth could induce me to touch it I' 'What! Bkot after the full explanation I have given you f excLumed the man, in oaive »nrprise. hoariag your explaaatiOB, that doiibt wouldk have been set at rest after hearing it, ' said the young barrister, aternly. ' What do you mean, tir ?' queationed the other, bnatling up, • I mean that thti ease, even by your own plausible ahowing, is one of the greatest cruelty and injustioe. ' replied Ishmael, flrmlv. ' Cruelty and injustice I' exclaimed Mr. Walsh, in even mora astonishment tlan anger. 'Why, what the deuce do you mean by (hat? The woman is my own wife I the children are my own chiJdr n i And I have a lawful right to the poMession of them I I wonder wliat the tieuce you mean by cruelty and injustice 1' ' By jrour " own account, you left your wife nine years ago without provocation, and without making tne slightest provision for herself nnd her children ; you to ally neglec ed them from that time to this, leaving her to struggle alone and unaided through all the privntiona and perils of such an unnatural posiiidni during all these years she has worked f^ir the support and education of her children t and now kt last, when it suits you to live with her again, you come back, and finding that you havo irreooverably lost her ooa- ' fidence and estranged her affeotioas, yoa would call in the aid of the law to tear hor children from her arms, and coerce her, through her love for them, to become your slave and victim agsiu I Sir, sir, I am amaied that any man of— I will not say honour or honesty, but common sense and prddi'noe— should dare to think of throwinV such a case aa that into court,' said bhmael,' earnestly. ' What do you mean by that, sir 1 Your language is inadmisaable, sir I The law is on my side, howtjTcr !' ' If the law were on your aide, the law ourht to be remodjsiled wi'hout de'ay ; but. if you venture to so to trial with such a cas'^ as this, you will find that the law^il nov on your side I Ton have forfeited all ngh< to interfere with Mr. Walsh, or her children ; and I would earnestly adviae you to avoid meeting her inconrt. ' * Your languiige is insnltinc^ air I Judge Merlin held a (fiffeient opinion from yours of this case I' exclaimed Mr. Walsh, with exeitement. 'Judge Merlin could not have understood the merits of the case. But it is quite use- less to prolong this interview, sir; I have an engagement at ten o'clock and must wish you goo d morn i n ft' sa id I s hma e l, rising and W. JUl had entertaii ed a single doubt abr.nt ringing the belu'W tbm~ dnwinaimTis the propriety of refnaii^ your briefy before gloves. «0 I8HMABL I OB. IN THS DBPTH8L Jim ftntwer«d th« «anmoM Mid MitMrad tb« room. * Attend this Mntlemui to th« front door.' laid IihmMl, ukinc np hii own b»« M if to follow the visitor from the room,^ • Mr. Worth, yoa have insulted me, eir I* exoUimed W»Uh, exoitedlv, m he »roee and ■natohed up hia money and his brief. ' I hope I am incapable of insulting any man, sir. Yoo foioed upon me a statement that I was unwillinR to receire j jrou asked my opinion upon it and I gave it to yon,' replied Ishmael. ' ■I will have satisfaotion, sir I Ofzolaioied Walsh, clappin« his hat upon bis head and marching to the door. . ' Any satisfaction that I can oonsoienti-/ ously afford yon, shall be heartily at your serrioe, Mr. Wnlsh,' said IshmseViaiaing hia hat and bowing dourteonsly.at the re- treating Dgure of the angry visitor. When he was fuite gone, Ishmael took up his parcel of letters and documents Mid went otat. He went first to the poat-omoe to mail his letters, and then went to the Oity Hall, where the Oitrait Ooart was itting. As lahmael walked on towal^ds the Oity Hall he thoui{hi over the dark story he had lost heard, fle knew very well that, ac* ooi'ding to the custom of human nature, the nan. however truthful iji. intention, had put the story in its fairest light ; and yet "how (Isrk. with sin on one side and Sorrow ov the other, i! looked ! And if it looked so dark from his fair showmg, how much darker it must look from the other point of view ! A deep pity for th - woman took possession of his heart ; an earnest wish to help her inspired his mind. He thought of hisownyoat'g mother whom he bad never seen,- yet always loved. And he resolTfd to awMt thi« poor mother, who had no money to pay couiuel to help her defend her enildren, beosnso it took every oent she oonid earn to feed and elothe them. * Yes, the cause of tb« raipreased is the cause of God I Arfd I will offer the frnits of my professional labours to Hrm. ' said Nora's gon. nahe reached the City li.M,^^ ^ Ishmael waii not one to wa>t/tor a ' fli* vonrable opportunity-' Few opportnnitios ever came to him ezoept in the shape of temptations, which be resisted. He made bis oppertnniiaea. So whCn the business that hronght him to^the oonrt-room was eomiAeted, h6 turned his steps towards the CaprtolBSIL For h« had learned from the tt a* eff«enf of Judge Merlin and Mr. Walah tiiat it was there the poor mother kept her little day-schooL After some inquiries, be suooeoded in fhiding the sehool-hona*-^ a littlo white frame bni'ding, with a frost itnd back door and four windows, two on saoh side, in a little yard at the corner o( the street It was opened by a little Sri, who civilly invited him to enter, hmaal entered and took the whole soenoe in ata glance. . /„ A Httle achool of about a doten small girls, of the middle class in society, seated on forms ranged in exact order on each side the narrow aisle that led np to the teacher's desk. Seated behind that desk,, was a little, thin,, dark^haired wonnnt dressed in a black alpaca and white colUr and cuffs. AX the eutiance of lahmael, ■he glanced op with large, scared-looking black eyes that seimed to fear in cTory stranger to see an enemy or a penl. Aa Ishmael advanced towards her these wild eyes grew wilder with terror^ her cheeks blanohed to a deadly whiteness and she craped her hands and trembled. 'Poor hunted htfl-. I she fears even me a foe i' thought Ishmsel, as he walked np to the desk. She arose and leane ingly. Tm ^Hnshl I knojir what yon are going to say; yon needn't say ir 1 Ydn *x»^ going to tell mo that a w. it < f Aa6ea» Mfpn* I8HM AEL I OB, IN THE DBPTHa m ifl th* most powcrfol •ngina th« Xnw. oMi bring to bt«r npou m« I that to rwist it would ba flagmnt ooutampt of ootirt, rabjcoting a« to flno atad impriionm«iit I 1 do not oar* I I do Dot a»r« i I h»T« oonttftnpt; « vfry profound iit«inpt, for Miy court, or any law, that would try to wraat from a Ghriatiaa mother the ohildran that ah« has borne, fed, clothed and aduoatod all heraelf, and glT« them to a man who baa totally iieglooted them all their livea. Nature M bard anough upon women, the Lord knolral gtTiug her a weaker frame and a heavier burden than is allotted to mau I but the law' ia harder atilll taking from her the aaored rtgbta with wbioh nature iu oompeuaaiion haa inveiited her I But J will not yield mina I Theral Do Vour beat I Serve your writ of AofrecM corpu$ I I will reiiat It i I will not give up my , own ohildren i I Will not bring them into eourt i I will uot lell you where tbey arat They are in aplaoeof aafety. thank Ood I aiid aa for me — flue, impriitun, torture me a^ muoh aa yon lik»;, you will find me rook I' ahe ex< olaimed, with her eyes flaahiug and all her little dark figure briatliug with terror an4 resialaQoe, for all the world like a poor ITktle frightened kitten aplnttenng dbflanoe at a big dog 1 > lahmael did not interrupt her { htairicallf . lahmittfl'aexperre >cc taught him to let her sob on until her fit of p|M>»ton had ezhansied itaclf. Heanwhila one or two of the moat sensi* tiva httla girls, seeing tlirir teacher weep, fell to crying for company ; ot era whispered among themselves ; and oihjBi-a, again, looked beUigeraht. ,...>»*•■ ^ ' Go tell him iiii-^ni^ayrH^y/Midona- Iittle'oniB.'- '.m-t'-, * I don't like to^{ you ^go, Bllen,' said anoihar. •I'm afraid.' ' Oh ! yon ocaky thinga i' Fll go myself, ' said a third ; and, riainc, tbia little one oame to th« rescue^ and atanding ap firmly bef on tka intnider, i»aid What haveyoacone here for, nakingonr taaohtr cry f Go home ttau mmiite; it yon doat I'll run right itoroM the street and fetch my father from the ahop to you I he's aa bigas you are I' I«hmael turned hia beaut ilul eyea npoti tbia Uttle champion of aix summers, and amilflm upon her said «ently : ' I did not oome here to make anybody •ry, my dear i I came to do your teacher m ' aarvice.' The child met hia glanoa with a saarcbinc look, aucb aa only babes can give, and turned and wen I back* aad reported to her oom^ pan ions. * He 'a good ) he wan't hnit anybody.' Mra. Walah having aobhfd hersilf into qu oHiess, wiped her eyea, looked up and Said : *W>1I, air, why don't you proceed with your business f Why don't you serve your writ?' * My dvar piadam, it is not my business to serve writs. And if it wan I hive nona to serve,' said lahmael, very f^ently. She looked at him in doubt. ' You have miataken my errand hera^ madam. I am not retained on the other side ; I have nothing whatever to do with the other aide. I have heard your atory | my syinpathiea are with yon ; and 1 have come here to offer vou my professional aer- vices, ' said hhmael, gravely. She looked . at him earneatly aa if aka would read hia soul. The woman of thir y waa not ao quick at reading eharaotar aatM little child of SIX had been. ' * Have you ooan«el V inquired lahmael. ""■ ' Counsel r No I Where aholald I get it?' 'Willyon looept me aa yonr counsalT I oame here to offer ydf my sorvioea.' ' I tell yen that I have uo meana, air.' * I do not want any remuneration in yoar caae ; I wiah to serve yon, for yonr own sake and for Ood's ; something we mtut do for God's sake and for our fellow craatursa*. I wiah to ba vour connael in the appron«ti< ing trial I think, with the favoar of Divin* Providenoe, I can bring yoar case to a ancoeaaful issue and accpre yoa in thapeaaa- fnl poaaeasion of yonr ohildren.' 'Do you think ao? Ob 1 do yon think BO?' ahk inquired, eagerly, warmly. *I really do I I think ao, even from tho ahowingof the o:her aider-who, of conrau, pat the faireat face upon their own oanae.' ' And will you ? On I will you ?' * With the help of Heaven. I wiU.' 'Oh, sorely Heaven has aent you to mf^ aid.' At thia momont the little aohool clock atmok oat aharply tho hoar of noon. It is the children's rscaa%' said tha teacher. * Li^ aaida yonr bboks, dsari» and laava the room quietly and in good oraoi.' '^"''"^W^S? t i* • rrw ISHMAIL I OR^ m THE DEFTIU Th« •hildraB took thdr hoodi and olMki I from th« p«n on whioh th«y hung, ftnd \ want oak ob« Of on*— Moh ohild taming to m»k« hoc litlU eartMy. baton pMSinf th« door. That nil went oot bat two littlo ■iston, who living tfk • dwUnoc hiwl broag ht .their las«h«oii, which th«T now lOok to tbo ^bfu fioni door, wher* tbay Mt on th« itaiM in the pleMMt winter eaiMtiine to eat ; The UMher tarned to her voang ▼iattor* > • Will yoa lit down ? And ah I will yoi ynrdon me for the rade reoeption I <»ve joo f ' ^ v ' Pray do pot thiuli o it I It wm ao oatnral that I have not given it a thought.' aoid Inhmael, gently. ' It ia not my diapoaitioa to do ao | hat I have auffered aomuob ; I have bean goaded nearly to deif^ration t' • I MO that, nuidam ) yon are exoeaaively nervona.' . . ... • Nervona I why, women have been dnvm to modueaa and death, with luaa oanae than I have had r • Do not think of yoor treablea in that ■Muner, madam t do not exoite yonraelf, oompooe yonraelf, rathar. BelteVe me, it ia of the utmoat important to yonr anooeaa, that y«a ahoald exhibit ooolneaa and aelf • Booaeaaion. ' ' Oh, bnt I have had oo much sorrow for M Buny yeara 1' • Thou, in the very natnieof tiiinga, yonr MRowa moat aoon b« ovar I Nothing laati loa« ia thia world. Bnt yon have had a l«6entb«reavemenr,' aoid lahmael, gently, and glaaoing at her blaak dreaa; for he thdngut It waa better that aha ahoald think of her ohoeteiitng frooa the hand* of Ood, t'ltfaar tuoa her wroMta from thooe of men. Bttt, to his aarpriaa, the woman amiled faintly OS she also glonoed at hor dreas, and replied t • Oh, no I I have lost no friend by doath since the deoegge «>f my parents many years ago, for bock in my childhood. " No, I am no wearing monrning for any ono,- I wear thia black alpaoa beoaosa it is ehoap and dUosnc and proteo live. • ProtectiTa ?' • Ah, yos I uo one knows how proteo'ira the blaiiBk dresa ia to a woman, better than I do i There are few who would Teoture to treat widi lavity or diareapeot a quiet wo< iiion in ablaok dreas. And ao L who have li^fathar, brother, or huaband to proteat mo^ take i shelter under a black alpaca. It rupels dirt, aa well as disrespect. It i« s isa n OS w al l as s afe t a n d t h at is a gr ea t ' I MS flsd to son Jim smile again | and now. ahall we go to Duaineeaf inquired lahmaaL » ' • Oil, yes, thank yok' ' I mnat oak you to b« porfsotly candid with m« I it la nrreaaary.' - Oh. yea, I know it is, and I frt}l ba so i for loautrus you, now.' * ^^' , > T«ll me, then, as dearly, Silcf lly* snd as calmly aa you eon, the emirltiatettoaa ofvKurdaae.' A y ■ * I will try to do ao, ' aaid the w&ipaa. It ia Uaeleas to repea her stoir here. . It woa I nly the aiime old atory— of the young Jirl of fortune marrying a apendtbrift, who . isaipated her propertv, estranged hsr frienda., alienated her aff^otiona, and then~ left her p'onilesa. to atruggle alone with all the ilia of poveiTK^O briii|( up her three little Av\n. Yky htPosIm uuaidod effor te ahe had fed, ciothed^^and- educated her throe children fi'r the laat nine yeara. And now he had come back and wanted her to live with him again. But ahe had .not only oeaagd to love him, but beg»n^to', dread him, left 'he ahould get' into debt and make way with the little parapnal property ahe hod K^therod by yeara of labour, fm- gality, aelt-denial. ' He ssya that he is wealthy, how is that f ' queationed lahmael. A spasm of pain paaaod over bar aensitive faoe. • I did not like to teft yon, although I fromiaed to be oondid with you { but ah t oai^not beheflt by hia w«al b ; I oOuld not conauieutioualT approp iatu one dollar { and eren if I oould do to, 1 could not truat in ita oontinuanoe I the money is lU-gotteuond svanesoent i it is the uioiiay df a gam tor, who ia a pdnoa one hour and a pai^per the nex .' Then aeeing lahmael shrink hnok in pain* ful ani-priae, ahe addsd i ' To do him juttioe, Mr. Worth, tliat ia his only vioe ; it has ruined my little family ; it has brought us to the very verge of beg- gary i it muat not be permitted to do ao agam ; I muat defend my littto home and little girla a^ainat the apoiler.' * Certainly,' said Iihmnel, whoee timewlw erowing short } * give me a pen and ink ; I will take down minutes of thu atatemiant that yon have made me, and then read it to you, toaee if it ia oorroot.' of thesehool-deaka, and he satdown and went She plaosd stationery before him on one to w o rk — ^, -L — , — ■ daaidocakom to a ]K>or sshool miatreaa,' ahe said, smilinr, with w almost ohild-like * kou have witnesses to support yonr stato- ment f ' he inquired. ' O , T*S 1 scoros of thorn, if wantsd.* •'•^1^' (fX.tTFTi'WW*' »»«^TWRE'~»-< ("SSr- i^ssr^^ ^ ^ f^ i ji^^^ipae^-** ^p^'^i i . ?^sp^?^ '"'^-t; IBHIIAKL I OR, IX THE DBFTHB. S21 i- tia4torteot * 6iv« ■» tk« BMBM of lk« Mi tli« fa«to th«y oui sWMir to. Un. Walsh oooipliMl. and h« took thorn duwa. Wbon him had flnUhadand roadovor the briof to har, aad i«o«iv«4 har aaaor- auou UmI It VM oorroot, mahmm lo toha bb laaVo. * Bai*-wiU sot all fthoao vilaoaaaa ooot a Baat doal of moaay f And will nut thoro othar hoavy axpanaaa apart from tlia •orrioaa of oeaual that yoa aa to giTO OM V ioqnirad anxiooaly. * Not for jou, ' rapliad lahmaol, ia a aootto la ha ahiiMk aro M good tkm tsMhor, banda with her, tha promiso to aao bar again houi tho nost day^ took hia in* voioe, and with atthaaaa UavOb H«: amilad apo« tho Uttlo ^Ura a* he paaacd tham in tha door>way, and then Itf c tha Mdkoul-hoaaa and harriad on towards bonif. * Well I' aaid Jadgo llnrlin, who waa wait- ing fur him in tha library, 'have yon d^ddedf Aro yon oonnaAl for tha plaintiff in tba great aoit of Walah MrtM Walsh r ' No,' anawarod lahmaal, * I am retained f9r tha defendant. I liave Juat had a oon- iultation With my olivnt' { ' Great Joto I' axolaimed the Judge, n onbonnded aatouiahment. 'Ii waa nriuil madn^sa in you to refasa the Jtlaintiff'a briaf ) bnt to aoeept \ha de- andant'a— ' ' I did not only accept it I I went aad aaked for it,' imid lahmael, imiling. ' Mud i mad I Yon will loao your first OKse ; and that w£U throw back your saooeaa for years I' 'I hope not, sir! "Thrioo ia ha armed who hath hia qaarrel Joat,"' smiled lahmael. At the InnohoMi-table that dar the judge told theatoi^ of Ishmaara Qnixotiam, aa he oalled it, |A refaaing the brief and the thumping fee of the paintifl^ who h«d the law all en his aide ; and whom hia eonnsel would be smo to bring through viotoriously ; and taking in hand the eause of the de- fendant, woo bad no money -to pay her Oounsel, no law on her aide, and who was bonnd to be defeated. * Bnt aha haa jaatlce and meroy on her sido; audit ahail go hard but I prove the law on her side, toa' * A forlorn hope, bhmaol I a forlorn hope i' Mid Mr. MiddleUm. * Forlorn hopes are always led by heroes. that waa aaid waa meant i the judge talked to him wtth« plainneaa of a parau' i aud lah- mael rather enjoyed being aflhottonat«ly blown up by OUuaia'a father. Mi[aa Iferlin now looked uP. sad ouado- ■oended to aay i ' I am very aorry, lahmael, that yoa re- fuacd the rich client i he might haV* b««i| '.be making ot y< a.' •The making of lahmaal I With the blMsing of Heaven, he will make l.imsell I I am very ^lad he refused tk,i oppr«aaor'a gold r exolaimed Bee. before lahmael oould realv. When Bee oeaafd to speak, he aaid t 'I am very aorry, Miaa Merlin, to oppose fonr soatimenU in any inatanoe, ba& ia this oonld aot do otherwise. ' .'It is simply aquesiion of right or wroag I If the man's oauae waa bad, laiimael was right to refuse his briet { if the woman's oanse waa good, he was rinht to tane her brief,' sMd Mrs. Middleton, aa they ail aroae from the table. That evening Ishauel found himself bf by chauee alone in the drawing-room with Bae. He waa standing before the front window. g dnoting hia aaitf' .•>Yaa.' * . ' How will aba aaaft tham t* * Baa, daar, I hava aavad a littla monay t Ifliaan to oae it in bar aanriob.' * What I'tgiolaimad the yoang girl; 'do yea mean to ^ive bar yoar prMeaaional aid and pay all bar expenaea beaidaa f ' * Yea, ' aaid lahmaul, ' aa f ar aa the money Will 90. I do thia, denr Bee, aa a " tbapk offering" to the Lord for all the anoocaa He haa given ma, np to tbia time. When I think ot thedaya of my childhood in tbat ir Hill Hot, and oompare them to theae of Hiy profaaaional hia a«An4iig ehil' poor dayi jaya, I jm deeply impreaaed by rhf meroy He haa/ahpwn me ; and I think that 1 can never do enoa|^ to ahow my gratitude. I ooiudder it the right and proper .thing to offar the flrat fraita lifa 10 Him. throogh dren.* ' Yen ara right, lahmael, for Ood haa bleat yoar eam«at afforta, aa, lnda«d, ha won'd blaaa tboaaof anyone aooohacK-niinaa and paraaTaring a* yonraatf. But, lahmaal, will yoa have noaay anoagh to oarry on the aait f' ' I hope ao. Bee 1 1 do not kaew. ' • Hera, then, lahmael. take thia little roll of notea ; it it an hnndrad dollara } aaa it for the woman,' ahe aaid, pnttiiig in hia hand a amall parael. lahmael heeitated a moment 1 bat Boa baatanad to ra-aaaare him by aaying 1 ' Yoa bad aa well take it aa not, lahmaal. I oan vary wall apare it, or twio«> aa muoh. Papa makea me a mneb larger allowaiiaa than one of my aimpla taataa Oan apand. And I abonld like.' ahe added, amiling, ' to go partnera with yoa in thia enter- priaa.' ' I thank yon, dear B^ 1 and I will take yoar g«nt!roiia donation i^nd aaa it if na- 0* aaary. It may not be naoeaaary,' aaid lahmaeL ' And now I moat leave yoa, lahmael, and so to little Lu { ahe ia not well tnia «)vaning.' And the litt'e Ma- donna^like maiden glided like a apint from the room. The ne Ft morning labmaf 1 want to tee hia elient. . He ahowed her the abaolnte nroeaaity of aal>miaaion to the writ of Aofteoa corpua : he promiaed to nae hia atmoat akill in her oaae j urged her to traat the reaalt with her Heavenly Father; and enoonraged her to hope for Kuoceaa. Bven aa he apoke, a bailiff entered and aerved • be writ that ordered her to bring the children into ooart on the flfih of the enaaing mouth. She followed lahmael'a adviee ; abo pro- mised to obey the order, addinU t ' It will be on Wedneaday in Eaater week. Tbat will be forta>* 1' OflAPTRRLVt . rmuh AMtt nnurm. Lat airaaBMtaaoM oppoM hloi, H« banda it to bia will i i And if tha lood o'arflova liim. Ha dlTM and atama it atiU | No hiodarinK dull malarial Hhail ctrnqnar or ooatroi Hia anarcAiaatharaal, Hia gladimr aoal I L. > lotrar •pint* Iiagar, For hint aB Of aa OBward argntg Gkhi I —if. F. Tupptr. Lika oioat aaaloaa, yoang, profaaaional man, lahmaal did a graat daal mora work for hia flrat allant thanaitliaroaatoai or daty azaotad of him. Aukhoneed by bar, he wrota to Reuban Gray to bring tha ohildran ta tba city. And aoooriiingly, in ttaraa dayaaftar, Ban* ban Oray anivad at tha ' Farmar'a Baat,' with hia waggon fall of family. For ha not onjiy brought tha thraa littla girta ha waa ra^nirad to bthig, ' bat alao Hannah, bar obildron, and bar naraa>maid Sally. Aa aoon aa ha had aaan hia oarty in com* fortablf quartan, ha walkaa np to tha Waahiagton Houaa to rapoi t himkalf to lah- maal I lot, aonwhow or othar, Ranban had grown to look upon lahmaal aa hia anpe]rior oAoar in tha battla of Ufa, and did him hon- our, vary maoh aa tha vataran aargaant doaa ta l^a yoong oaptain of bia oMnpany. Arrivad in Ia.hmaal'aroom, ha took off hia hat aad aud i ^ * Hara I aak air i and Fva bmaj^ 'am all along.' V ' All Mra. Wabh'a littla giria, of ooaraa, tor thay ara requirad,' Mid lanmaal, ahaking lianda with Gray. ' Yaa, and all tha laat on 'am, Hannah and tha little ana, and Sally and Sum, ' aaid Bauban, rabbing bia handa glaainlly. ' But that waa a graat taak t* aaid blimaal, inaurpriaa. ' Wall, no, it waiant air i not half ao hard a t aa k a a it woo ld h a ve baan to a i a ft th a m aU behind, poor tbingk Ton aae, air, ,tha t-iaaon why I braag 'em »ll alontt waa be- eanaa I aort 'o think they loVa me a deal ; 'pon my aoal I da air. aM mi gray ag4 Mk mggt'd aa I am i and I don't like to hi partad from 'em, 'apeetaJly froaa Raanah, noi not for a day i 'aaaaa tha daar knowa, air, aa wa waa parted lone an<>agh. poot Hannah and ma i aad now »a wa la married aad the I^rd baa donated oa • aoa and daaghlei at tba aleventh lionr. nB«p«ning to othar folka and why not to me ana pcK>r Hannah t Why, air, I would be the happieai man in the world, if I thoaght aa bow I had all tbim there y«ara to live long o' Hanoab and the little ant ia thia plt'aaant wo Id. Bur Hia will be doof I' aaid Ofay, reverently i aiamg hia hat. ' The littU Kirb ire all right, I hope f* inquired lalmuML -^ ' Yea, air I all on 'om, and a deal fatter aa«l roaier ^d healthier nor thay Waa when I foat took 'em down. Party, little darl- iuga I Didn't thoy enjoy beinat in the coun tnr, neither though it waa the depth of winter tme t Law, lah — air, I mean — it'a a mortal ain ag'in natur' to kvtip ehir«n in. town if it oan be helped I Bat there ma, taw,' ]' ■ a aaOD her ^ that aauia aaid Chriaimaa day, aa aha ran '^ in with hei- chil'en «9 her annt aa ia hoateaa at the " Farmar'a." If ever yon aee a Cor Uttltt white bantam trying to oovr r abioka whao the hawk wak 'hovering nigh by, yoa may have aome idea of th« way aba looked whan ahe waa trying to hide her ehil'en and didn't know where ; 'oauae aha daren'l, keep 'em at home and daren't hide 'am at bar aant'a, for her hont^ woald be the flrat plaoe inwaded and her . nnnt'a tha iMOond. They waa all wi. fluatered, thay took no more notioe o' me atandin' in the parlonr'n if I had been li pill ia r-p oa t , 'til l _ feeling of pityfal tow a rd a Elor thing, o.(>alda't help i^ I know, h— air, I mean — if y(, to go for- ward and offer, to tak 'em hoiBM long 'o me, and whiob waa aooepted with ihanka .j.£i Ji- ill ■ '''^r^^'T,'^^^^ 1-^^ ^i^A I8HMABL : OB. IN THE DEPTH& and tMtn m Mon m *h» liuadlftdy reoom- amended m« m ui old aoqaAintanoe and w^U-b«kiH>wn to herself. So it iTM Mttl^d. Tlwt'niaht,wban yott eom* to epitid th« evening irith iu,Ikh— si Fi I mean— I feally did fewgaiity in having of a aeoret Ml wouldn't tell yoa; but yon see, air, I waa boand up to Mcreoy, beaidea I thonght aa yon waa stopping in Waah- ington CHty, if yoa knowed any.hink about, it yon mieht be apeened afore the ooort and be obliged to tell all, yoa know.' ' Yon did quite right, unole Reuben, 'aaid lahniael, nffeotionately. . *.Yoa call ma uncle Reuben, air?' ' Why not, unole Reabao t and why do you call me airf ' Well— iir, beoaaaa you are • fe^tleman now — not bat what you allera waa a gentle- man by naiur'; bat now you are one by profeasioi). They aay yon hev ^me to be a. lawyer in the court, iir, and ekn atand ap and plead before the judgea them- aelvea.' ,-,4 , ' I have bean tdmit ed to the bar, nUola Reuben.' • /ea ; that's what thev oall it ; see there now, yoa know, I'm only • poor ignorant man, and yon. have no call to own the like o' ma f«r unolet 'oauae, come to the rightaof it. I ain't your une'e at all, sir, theogh your friend and well wiaher allera ; and to elaim the likea o' me aa an nnda might do yon a miachief with them aa thinka riohea and family and oataide ahow and book-larning ia every think. So lab— air, I'inean, I won*t take no offence, no)r likewiae fesl harted if yon leaves off ealling of me ancle and ealls me flain "Qray" like Judge Merlin does. ;*Unele Rttubm,* qpdd Ishauel, with leelins, *I am very «pjdoaa to •dvaaee myaelT in the world, very ambitioas of dkitinetiOB i^bat if I thonght worldly snooeea weald or eoold estrange me from the Menda of my bmrhaod. I would ceaae to wish for it. If Imaat eease te be tn», fai order to be great, I prefer to remaiii it obaearity; j&ive me yoor hand, unele Beabea, and call me Ishmae] aad know me for yoor Wf;* *11h»«, there, lahmael I ^I'm glad to find Toa again I God bleaa my boy I Bat law I whai'a the uae o' .my azing of Him to do that? He'll do it any waya, witkoat my a^ng 1*1/ said Reuben, pressing the hand of bhojaeL ' * And now,' he added, ' will yo« be ruund to the Faiho»> er^' thi« eveaiag to see Honnah and the yowng vmB7\ * Ttt, vaele Beabon i bat Arati I past Kaod let Mrs. Walsh know that you ve brought her little girla badE. I yappoae Ae will think it best to leave them with her aunt until the day of triaL' * It will be the aafest plaoe for 'em I for besides the old lady being spunky. I shall be there to protect 'eni; for I mean to suy for that sam^ ..^i ^- fHflHi*?~li^!|- ^^ :3"5Wf!^".; oonrt on WtfdnMdajr of the eaaning week. Then in family ooonoil it was arrftosod th»t both herMlf and the children ahould main at the • Farmer'a' nntil the day of trial. . ' . "ooo M all this matter waa aatiafao- toriljreetlled lahmael aroeeandbid hem all good-i^ht, promiainji to r.peat his viait often #^e hia relatiTea remained at the hotel \ It waa la^ when lahmael reaohed home, butthedcawing.room waa ablaie with light, and, aa he paaeed iu open door, ha aaw that ita onljNOooopantf were the Viiooant Vin- cent and Olandia H^lrlin. They were to- setliei^on the aofa, ulking in low, oonfiden- tial tonea. flow beantifnl aha looked I «milingupto the handaome faoa th»t waa bant in deferential admiration oTer hera. A Eangoflova andj^onaywrunit Iskmaoi'e eartaa he harried paat and ran qp the atana to hia den. There he aat down at hia deak, and, Uflding vain dreama begone, oon. centrated t^ tbonghta npon ,the woi k before ISHBJAE^ ; OB, ly THE DBPTIIS. 889 or no inapiration, you will ba able to retd, at m mMvm v 'My notea Are very oarefnily arranowl i they contain the whole argnm«nt' - • And for the reat •• it ahall be given ye m that hoar, what ye ahall apeak.^" aaid Beatrice, earneatly. They all aroie and left the table. •Thank yoo, deareat Bee,' laid' lahnuwL aa he paased her. — —-• • God aid you, lahmael t'ahe replied, ferv- ently. . ■ He harried up-ataira to collect hia docu- menta, and then haatened to ihe CityHalL where Mra. Walah and her children were to meet him. He found them a»in the ante-chamber of the courtroom, attended by a body-euard HKdr *' **"'*'■• «••"'•»'.•»' th. He apoke a few encouragiiiff worda to hM client, ahook handa with^^the meml^eS , of her party, and then took them all into ^ r:""';7"y"""'li°^^»V°^.^a»wo\ motion the court-room and ahowed th«m Vl..!! h.m-the *.t apeech he waa to make at the | J^W_^ The ^plaintiff w« noJ preaHaT lahmael worked yeiy bard the daya pre- oeding th« trial ) be took greAt paina mt- ting up hiaoaae^ not only for hia own aake. but for tkeaake of that poor motiherand her children in whom he felt ao deeply in- tereateo. No farther aUaaicm waa made to the --,- -— — — .™. waa __ atfair l»r •ny aienber of Judge Merlin'a family uh«l^e4iea ^J M^ ^■'l''?'! *'"'*■■"•»«' notea I but for tha «|t I,dii4^ teMt to the iMpi»\ion rf SeX! iol^'lS!?*****' ;8P«i» tho inapiration •out comet or aWae yon loaa vonr g^ign ee of mindf ^Siilrhavt your »£^ «re£ullywntta»oir, and. then, ^Mpiratiaii The Jadgea bad not yet token their aeata. And the 3onrt-room waa occupied only bv \u ''"^®r"' ''^*""*"' ^liff*. oonatoblea and other omoiala. In a few minntea. however, the fa dee- entered and took their aeata ; the orier opened the court, the crowd poured in, the plaintiff with hia counael made hia appear* anoe, and the burineoa of tha dny^oi- meneed. ' "* thia trial ; I ahall only glance at a few of 'them • Tha^ooBrtrroom waa full, but not arowded; nothing abort of a murder ar a ^MaT *^ *'^ ^'*^* * *'^** ** "^^ ^Tooonael for the plaintiff waa oom- poaed of thrae of the oldeat, aUeot and moat aKperienced membara at the Waahmgton bar. The lint •( thaaa Mr. Wiaeman, waa diatingniahad for hia profound knowledge of the law, his akUl #i ??°"t.^'- »»""«. waaoelebratS Sl-H If. tr— * eloquence I and tha thwdi Mr. Vivian, waa famona for hia wit and aaroaam. Engaged on one T« ♦w^'^^u '^". «»«d««*d luvindbla. To ^ these three gianta. with the Uw an with noihmg but justice on bisaide. Bad look-outforjuatioa I Well, aa it waainthat the^'^^sTw*: t'^TSkr^ .^^ v» I8HMAEL ; OR. IN THB DKPTH& »/c .•a i^bUck mith hammers »n •nTil, «•«'••'• forcible, ie«oundiDg munner. •••'«« J* ^0.1^ •vrybody deolmrrd-not a leg "fg^aTworth. iti. •»\r^i\V-• »ndI•h«Udl• r whispered Mrs. WaUh, m d«»dly terrdt-V , . ^ , . ._ *IfaT« patien* I hi. Bpeeoh doe» not im- ' preM the court M it doeB you-they we ■gad to him.' , ^ . __ Wito-w- were called, to P'ove « well •■ il»«y «oo*d '"*" • n^ it of facfS what an ««»»•"* rib-nd* and father the plaintiff had been ; how affectionate, how anxioua. how iMdooi he waa for the happine.. of hi. wife •ad children I leaving it to be inferred that nothing on earth but her own ctiI tendenoie. vinatigaied the wife to withdraw heraelf and children from hi. protection I . , • HeaTeu and earth. Mr. Worth I did yoq •Ter hear anything lik. that? They mair S to tell the literal troth, but jo perwj. it that it i. woTM than the worue falsehood I exclainvd Mr.. WaUh. in a low but m- diffuant tone, / . ., • Aye,' anaweredlrfimael, who .at, pRnoil Md tablet, m hand, taking^ note.- • aye I ".. lietha i. halt «^ truth i. erer the blaekeat of lie.." But the court i. aocu.- toned to .uoh witneiM. ; they do not re- oelve M much credit a. you or their thiuk. -lehmael did not croM-examme thew wit- DCMe* ; the great mai. of rebutting teati- , mony that he could bring forward, he knew must overwhelm th«n, 80 when the la.t witneM for the plaintiff had been etaminad, he whi.p«re4 a few cheering word, to the Jimblii^w^nMrnby hia.ide, and row for the defeiiiwit. Now, whenever a new^bar- riater takeTthefloor f^ t^^ ««« time, there ia alwava mor*' or lea* curiciiy and commo- Son «not.g the oW «?l**',*4*^, ^;;f .Tl. th. > What trill he tuM out toEbe f that i. the oneatioa. All e)^. were turned- towa^ TheyMW a ^it broad-shouldered, full-. ohMted youtfg man, who •topd, with a oer- t«iii dignity, looking upon th« note, hftheld i7Si.hV,d J and *rhen heUHMd h* .tamely bead to addrcM the court, they .ay that hi. faoawa. not only beautiful in the uoble mould of thefeature., but alraoat dmne from the inapiring wul within. Among the tye* that gaaed ui>on him were^ow of tne three glanta of the^ tow whom he had bow to optww. They .tared atliim mefoilewly— no doubt with the in- ' tention ojnteringhim down. But they diji .noterenconftuifhina; for the .imple rea- .oil tbst he thav might .Ure themMlret .tone blind, but they would have no magnetic inHuenoe apon that atrong,' oonoentrated. earneit ""lahmaelwaanotin the leaat embarriMftd in.Undingupto addrew^the court for the lint time, .imply becauae he waa not think- ing of himwM or hi. audienoe, but of hi. client, and her caae a. be jiehed to .et it forth ; and he waa not looking ^t the .pec- tator. but alternately at the coart and the note, in hi. hand. _ ii,. 4.1.. He did not make a long openmg like the OtaQt Wiwman had done; for he wwhed 10 rewrTe bimwlf for the clwing .peech, m final reply to the other.. He)u.tmadea plain .tatemont of hi. client', caae a. 11 1» in part known to the reader. ^ . . He told the court how, at the age of fifeen, .he had been decoyed from hor , mother', homte and married by the plain tifi, ' a man more than twice her age ; how when i aha had come into her property he had Muandered itall by a method, that he, the " plaintiff, called .peculation, but that other, called gambling ; how he had then left her in poverty and embarrattment and with one child to aupport ; how he remained away tWo year., durinc which time her friend, had set his wife up in buaines ma litUc fancy .tore. She wa. proapenng whrin he came back, took up hi. abode with her, sot into debt which he could not pay, iod when aU her .took and furniture was aeised to Mtiafy hi. creditor., hft took him- wlf o£^ once mere, leaving het^ with iwo children. Sliewaa worae off than before; her friend, grumbled, but onco jno" o*'"^ to her aMi.tane«i'«»t her up a little book and new. agency, the atock of v-h"* ,*[" nearly all purchaaed on credit, and told her plainly that if .he permitted her hasband to come and break up her burines. I«ain, ihey woold abandon and leave I her to her fate. Notwithatanding tjhi. wam- ina. when at the end of wven or eight month, he cam^ back apan. ahe re- eeived him a«ain. He .Uid Witli her thir- I toon month.; and auddenly diaappearod without bidding her 8«>*-K«' ^"^"'^.J'^ within a few week, of becoming the mother V 4)f a third child. A few day. after hi. dis- appearance another txecution wa. pnt m^o tKi»M to wtisfy a debt coatraotedby him, and everything wa. wld under the hammer. Shewa. reduced to the laatdc tfree of poverty ; her friend, held thenMelves Sloof, disgueted at what they terined he culpable weakhes. ; .he and her children Buffered from cold and hunger ; and during horsuUequent illnew. ahe and they miiBt ssssst t,."r'.;:;s. !::rr^^'w-=v.. .« vp-w. 'ap^'^'>fw«x.*«!;^*'* r^""'^'^?^^*'!^ytr"v "'•'i I8HB4AJBL ; OE. IN THB DSPTH& oii^rttiat, that would not kt Miy'^no bi oar ?" P«>«J» 'rom want of neoouary food and fual. Whau aha i.aoorarad Irjdi her ilfneaa, one relative, a widow now itfaaaat in ooart, had from her own narrow neana anpplied the money to rent and furniah a amall Hohool. room, and thia moat hapleaa of women waa on«e more pot in a way to earn dai y bread ior heraelf and ohildren. Nine yeara pauaed dannR which ahe enjoyed a respite from the peraeoationa of the plaintiff. In these nine yeara by atriot attention to bnaineaa, untir> •ng indnatry, ahe not only {Mid off the debt owed to her aged relative -, bat ahe bonght II little ootta«re and garden in a oheap Buburb, ftnd f araished the honae and stocked the K»rden. She waa ikow living a kborioaa bat contented life and rearing her children in comfort. ^But now at the end of nine yeara Mmea baoii the plaintiff. Her hnaband ? Xo, her enemy ! for he comea, not aa he pre- tenda o cheriah and protect ; bat aa he ever came before, to lay waate and deatroy I How long could it be upposed that the mother would be able toiieep the roof over the hcada of her ohildren, if the plaintiff were permitted to enter beneath it ? if the court wbuld not protect her home against hia invaaion, he would again bring ruin and desolation within ita walls 1 They would proves by competent witneiaea, every point m thie statement of the defendant'a case ind then he would demand for his client not only that ahe ahoold be aecured in the undiaturbod P«ffeeaaion of her ohildren, her proper^ ^aiid her eaminga { but that the plaintiff abould be required to contribute an annual aum of money to the aupport of the defendant and her children and to give seeuHty for ita payment. 'That'a ••oarryiiig the war into Africa " With a vengeance.* whispered Walsh to his counsel a$ laiimael concluded hia address. _ He then c.:lled the witnesses for the de< fettdant They were numerous and of the higheat respectAbility. Among them waa the pastor of her pariah, her family phyaician and many of the patrons of her schooL They testified to the fycta stated by her at orney. . The three gianta did their duty in the cr<*«-examining line of business. Wiseman croas-examined in a atern manner ; Bemera m an iuainuating way ; and Viviau in a wcaatic style J but the only, effect of their forenaic skill was to bring but the truth from the witnesaea, more clearly, atrOtoriy and tmpreasively. ' • ' Wh«n the laat witness for the defendant had b«vn permi ted to leave the stand Wise- "** — w to addreaw the co urt on hwhalf of . ■ _ — , rW^ — ^ — , ,...^ TT-rw fc wii upiUMf — V% tke piaiatilL He apoke in his own iwonliar ay aledM-hamiteratyle. aonoroualy atriking the «.'i!°*^'"^"«.'^?«"!l"i ttpenlaw! ouatom, preomleiit «nd ao forth that alwaya aave the ohildren into the cuatody of th* *i'"^,j'A'>«* •>«>n«JetI by demanding that SM *T°** ***'^^*"** ow to hia «h2L'?f '""•"•My Bemera, who had charge of the eloqu^ee 'busineaa'of that iSlfilf S"^if '*'t ? \P*!*'°'' tear^ white pocket hsndkerohiefa Eai poetical quota. tiona. He drew a moaiheartrending pic. ture of the broken-apirited husband and lattaer, rejected by an unforgiving wife and ill-oonditioaed children, becoming a friend- leaa and hoaaeleaa wanderer over the wide world J m danger of being driven, fay despair, to madneaa, and inioidel Wm compared the plaintiff to Byron whoae poetry he liberally quoted. And he eonoluded by imploring the court, with teara in his «yea, to intervene and save hia ""'••PPy client from the gulf of perdition to which hia implacable wife woirid drive hima And he aank down in hia aeat utterly over- whtlmed by hia feehnga and holding a drift of white cambrio to his face. _• Am I such all out and out moaarer. Mr. Worth r whispered Mra. Walah, indiamay. Ishmael smiled. * ' Everybody knows Bernera ;-^his •• mad- new and '• abicide, " hie •• gulf of perdition" and his white cambric pocket-handkerchief are recognized institnUons. Sect hejudae is actually amiling over ifc' ' »" Mr. Vivian aroae to fo'low— he did up the 8?°*??; ««.'"*<»y,5 b« k«P* on hand a supply of 'little jokea' gleaned from Joe Milfcr current comic hterature, dinner tobies.' cluba.etc.--' little jokea'of which every point in biadiacourae continually reminded liim. though hia hearers could not alwaya perceive the association of ideaa. This gentleman waa very fiicetiona over family jara, which reminded him of a • little joke ' Which he told ; he waa alao very witty upon the subject of matrimqnial diapntes in par- ticular, which reminded him ot another 'little joke.' which he also told ; but mpst of all, he was amnaed at the - eapricFof wom:inkind,wh^ very often ratle. liked to be comp lied to do as they pleaned, which reminded him of a third ' lit le joke.' And if the court should allow the defendant the exdueivo pouwsaion of her children and « aeparata maintenance, it was highly probable that she would uot thank them fbr their trouble, but would taice the firat ppportunitv ofvoluntarily reconoilinur heraelf to he". hwst ta nd an d giving him back heraelf. her — home and her ciiildreh, which wottld lie T:'r r-vrp-^'&waf JT^Wl^ *> IBHMAKL > OR, m THE DBPTflfl. •qoM^to My 'Uttk Jok« ' h« ever h«wfd ial M hMlif^et«L, eta;eto. ■ ■ . __, thewdieDoe were, kll m • breed grtn. Breo Mre. Welsh, with her hpaof 'lue- longiedneee.'emiled. ... . , _ . , •Ton mey emiljt et Wm,* eeid Ishmee^. •radeo Willi, ei^oe I do ■ot et ell doubt the ueae of thia trial { but ivt all the , Joker »e he ie, h*^ ie the moet eerioue oplponwit thet we here. I would rather enoouQter haU a doaeo eaeh 6f Wjfwmans and Bemere than one ViTian. take knman nature in general, it can be move eluly Uqghed than reasoned or persuaded in or oat of w»f measure. People would rather Ipugh than weep or rellMt. Wiseman tries to mslM them reflect, whieh they won't do ;BernerB tries t^make them weep, whieh the can't do | but Vi»i» l with his jokes makes them: laugh, Which they like to do. And so, he has Jofcsd himself inti a. Very large praotioe at the Washington bar.' ; . , . ' But th< laoetioos barrister was MnmiaM ' h« speech te a oloee, with a bnlliant little fake that eoUpeedaU the preceding ones Mid iet the audience in a roar. And when tto Uushter had snbridsd* he finally ended by •meMiing a hope thnt the oonrt would not so aerionsly disappoiBt and soornelly wrong the defendfivt •• by fi^mg • *••"»«» »»• "•/ favour. CHAPTER liVH; , ' fgrm TomiQOHAlIFKW* Xli*n ttiprose Oismond ; and she knew V That she was saTcd. Some ncTet met His faoe betore t but at t«t riew ^ , . They felt quite tare that God had set Hinuelf to Satan { who omild spend A minnte's mistmst en the end t • . Tbii pleased her mo«tk that dm enjoyed the heart of her joy, with her oontmift In watching Oismond unalloyed By any doubt of the f Tent ;' f, that on Him— Hiho was bid i Oiunond for her part I' She did. — -^1 uiisim^. ^ waited n few minntes for the «k- eiteaeni woduosd bv the last address to ■nbsidw thir last^ddrem'tiMit in ita quali- tiee ind effects had roSMibftBd ahampo|^— > nut tnAiaent, ^brreacent' but iiiilmitt. And idben order had^Jleen lestsnd Ishpael arose amid a V'*'"*^ eilenee tom^ KJs maiden speech, ior «ho fewopeningraMifcathathe bad mM* in i«iti>tyn g the di i inii conld s^areely^b* called MPo^^B^ •**• *»>•»•»> >1^ Ood eaiiea n spuiem w^ •«»»• •«— — -^-r- —-7-- '. __l^« j were (bed t^pon Um in ezpcotaney. And. «f h«r.h«8»ana. before, he was undisturbed by tl reoards because he was unoonMious of them Tand he was calm because be was not thinking of himself or of the figure he uws makinff, but of his client and her canee. Hf did not care to impress the orowd, he only wished to affect the court. Bo little did he thmk of the spectators in the room;, tjiat be did not obeerre that Jndge Meriin, Olandia and Beatrice were amonc them, seated in • distant corner— Judge Merlin and Claudia , were watohing him with curiosity, and Bet< with the nfoet affectionate anxiety. Hia attention wae confined to the judges, tne counsel, his client and the inemoranda in his hand. . He had a strong confidence in the justice of his cause ; perfect faith in the proyidence of Ood ) and sanguine hope of , success. 9 . True, be had arrayed against him an almos I OTcrpowering forcg,; the Imsband of hw client ; and the three great guns of the bat —Wiseman, Bemers and Virian» with law. custom and precedent. Bnt with him stoou the ingels of Justice and Mercy, invisiU^ bntmigl^ty: and, orer all, the Omnipotent God, unseen, but all-seeing 1 i»hmael poeseseed the minor advantagea of yonth, manly beauty, a commanding pre- seDoe, a graoious smile, ahdas#eet, deep, aonorons ▼oioe. He was beaides a new orator among them, with a fresh,; original He was no paid attorney ; it was not his^ pock«4i that was intereeted, bat his sympa- thies t lua whple heart and soul were in the - 9MMe that be had embraced, and he 1Wou|^t to bear upon it all the genius of his power, f al nund. , » J. I would like to give yon tiio Whole of this neat speech that woke up the Washington eourt from its «tate of semi^wWinolenoy apd roused it to the seiiae of the unjust and ^rael things it sometimes did when talking \n its sleep. Bnt I haTc onI/,nme and space to iAum at some nt its points 1 and if any one ^ahes to see more of it, it may bo found in Itbe published works el tbi fttent J«nst and - orator. ■ • • ' «i fle-bcKan t6 apfJak with modest oonfideMe •nd in blear, eon«iBe and earnest torau. He , Hdd that the court had heard from the liamed wmnsel that had preceded bus a flreat deal of law, sentiment and wit From him their «iio«Ml ■*"" J**"** justice, merqy asd truth I ' * Be'rwerted to the ttoiy «« *he Romans vnngs, suffMfings aisd ntkgOm, oontlMed throaSmaoyyMtai he ^eofherloTe, ■•tienoe and f oibearanoe nn4«r the aoTereot Sdrr he d w elt upon the^rolong < 4 nb ee n c» \- t^t4^ so mauT /', - S 11^, .K^^"'*- \ I8HMAEL { OB. IK THE DEPTHS. 729 yiMtft, and the fab* petition of th« fotMikfO wife. * position «o mnoh won* than widow;* hoodi inminQoh uit tzpoaed h«r not only to »U the avili of poverty, bot to supieioa, oalamoy mad timulU Bot ha bad* cham nota how tha woman had pataed through tha flra, aQharmed I how she had fonght the b«ttli( of life bravely and eome oat vio* tohonaly ; how ahe had laboarrd on in hon-^ oarable indnatry for yeata nnttl she had aeudred a home or heraalf and littlf girla ; he spoke plainly of the ar . iTal of ! he fugi- tive buaband aa the ooming of the deatroyer who Jhad three times before laid waste her home ; he described the teiror and distresa his very preseooe in the city had brought to that liitle home |' the flight of the mother with her children, and her agony of anxiety to uonoeal then j he dwelt upon the omel positioD of the woman whofa natural pro- tector has beoome her natural enemy ; he reminded the oonrt that it had required th» mother to take her trembling little onea , from their plr^e of' safety and oonoe%lmeat ^ and to bring thehi forward ; and now that they were here he felt a perfect oonfidenee that the oonrt would extend the ngis of ita authority over theae helpless ones, atnoe that would be kh» onjr shield they could ..<» liiYe under Heaven. He spokn noble words . in behalf not only of his oUentk bat of wo- man— wonum, toviug, feeble and oppraaaed from tha bftginning of time— woman, hardly deaU with by na ure in the firat place, and by the lawa, made by het taatural lorar and proteetor, man, in the ieoond pUoa< Per- hape it waa beeanaa he knew hnnself to ba the son of a womatn only, even aa hia Master bi^ been before him, that he poured ao mooh of awakening, oonvioting and oon- damning firo, forcie and weight into thia part uf hisdiMwarae. He uttered thoughts and feelings upon this sabjeot. original and atartling at that time, hot which have ainoe been Qi^ted, both in the Old and New World, |and hay* had power to modify Uiooe cruel If Irs whieh at that period made woman, deapitc^her ttndaratanding intalleei afi idiot, andideppite bar loving heart, a ohattel-4a the law. - Itnadbeen the time-honoured preioga tive aad the invariable onatom of the learned judgas ol this ooair , to go to sleep, daring ^« Vm^W* of tbd lawyers ; but upon thia occasion they did . not mdnlge ' in an after- Bodn nap^ I aasure yoa 1 Hajawft ravie>r»d the testimony. hemonthe ingenuity they" had display^ i n le a king, *th e wc^t app e a r the bette r caur«,' by telling hiOf tho. truth and ignore ing the otheC half ; but warned the oonrt «ii the same time 'That a He whfob is half a troth, it aver tha blackest of lies, ^ That a lie which ia all a lie may be met and ' fought with outright ; " But a lie which ia part a troth, ia a hardvr matter to flght' Then he reviewed! in torn the speeohes of the ooansel for the plaintiff {—firat that of Wiseman, thro ponderous Uw-expoander^ which he answert d with qufte aa much lawi and a great .leal ipore equity ; aeoondlv,/ that oiBerners, the tear-pumper, the fallfK aentiment of which he expoaed and ori4l- oiaed ; and thirdly that of Vivian, iOm langh-provoker, with whioh he dealt ^tha most severely of all, saying that one who. eonld turn into jest the moat sacred affee- tiona and moat serious troubles of domestio liftf, the heart's tragedy, the hOasahold. wreck before them, conld be eapable of tolling funny stories at his father's funeral, ntteriog good jokes over his mother's coffin. He spoke for two honra, warming, gldwipg, riaing with his aubject, until his very form seemed to dilate in orandenr, and l^ia Ikoa grew radiant aa the fioe of an arehangal | and thooe who heard aeemed to think that* bis lipa like thoae of the prophet of old had bean touched with fire from Heaven !. Un- der the inspiration of the hour, ha spoke truths new and atartling then, bw whioh haye ainoe reaodnded through the aanate ohambers of the vorll, eban^nf the lawi of the nations in regardfto woman. Kora, do yoa see yoor son? Oh! waa it ' not weD worth whila to hava loved, snlbred and died, ^mly to haya givan him to tlM world! It waa a oomplete anoooas I .All his long, patient, painful yaani of straggla were n. warded now I It i|MOBeaploadid leap from obfeoaniy to fatna I « : The gianta attempted to aoaww him, but it waa no use. After tha fraahheaiL the lira, the heart, aoul uid Ufa ia lahmael's- nttarw anoea, their old; familiar, well-woni atylea Jn which the same. aignmant% pathoa, wit that had done duty in ao mairr other aaaaa * were paraded again,only bored thair haarera. In vain Wiseman avpaalad to Kaaont Bemeira to feaUog } and yirian to hnmoar i they would not do t the ooart had oftatt heard aU tbatbefbnand grown haartity tired of it. Wisaaiaii'a wisdom waa fMmdTto ba foelf shness ; Bemers' pathoa iMghableiaad yivian'a hnmoar grievooa. Thtf triamvirate bf tha Waahington bar were dechroned and Prii^ IshmaJ taimad in their atead I "■^^«' , y^ ^¥^%*^]p^ l^i'^^l^^ )'■ 280 I8HMA EL ^OB, IN THB DBPTHa^ A fflw hottn Ut«r th« deoition of th« ooart ' WAS made known. It hrd grsntod all that the yooDg advocate hadaekeU for his olieat— the exoluiire poaieeiion of her children her ptoperty and lier earniiiga and also alimoni^^ from her husband. - A* lahmael paaiTed ooi of the court amid * the tearful th nki of the mother and her ■ children, and t he proud congi-atulatidna of ° honest Reuben and Hann^h,Tie neared the group oooipoaed of Judge Merlin, Olaudia, and fioatrioe. , • . •Judge Merlin tooked smiling and con- Hra ulatory ; be shook^ands with the young hamster, saving : . , • Well, Ishmsel 1 you have rather waked up the world to-day, haven't y6u ?' Jto« looked perfectly radiant with joy I fler fingers closed Hpasmtdically on the band that Is^mael offered her, and she exclaimed, • little in oohefently r • Oh, Ishmaei, I ialways ^ntfW you co«d I lata so happy l* „ / 1. • Th nk you, diearest Bee 1 Under Divme Provi.ienoel owe a great deal of m;^ suc- cess to-day to your sympathy.' Claudia did' not npeak ; >he waa deadly pale and cold ; her faee was like marble and ber hand like ice an slf^ gave it to Ishmaei.: * She had alw.iys appreciated a&d loved him, Mninst her will ; bnt now, in this hour of Us triumph, when be had discovered to the •* worl^is real power and worth, her love rose to aavguiah of ponging that ahe knew her pride iBUft forever deny ; and so when tahfluMl took beriiand and looked in her faoe lor the wordi of 1iy>np*t'i7 ^'>*^ hfsfaeart ' waa kvlnj^anilg td, receive irom h> r of "M the " wofid, abe obnld^iot ipeak. Iriimaal pasi^d oyt with bis friends. When be had gone, a itranger who had bt-en watching him with the deepest interest, during the wholjftooane of the trial, now oaine forward, Had, -witfe an agitation- impoa- •ible to oonctiiie, baatily^ inquired : • Judge Mifrlin ! for Heaven'a sake I who iathatyonnkman?' «,. •BhlwItotlBnidenelllyottbere 1 When did Heave iver . . . inoniing t Bnt for the'loT •itedly.' , ' Why, the Lord bless mf sonl alive, man I Hets a i^lf-made barristei'; His name ii Ishmitel Worth ; bir mother was a pooi weaver girl named Nora Worth ; his fathei was an unknown ' pcoundrel ; bb was born at a little hut near-.— Wbv, Brudenell, you ought to knows $i\ about it— neai Brudenell Hall 1' 'Heaven and uae the party separated in the hail ; the ladim went each to lier own chamber to dreaa for dinner, and Judge Merlin called a aervant to show Mr. Brudeneil to a spare room, and then went to his own apartment. i When Herman Brudeneil bad' diamiued hia attendant an^ found -himielf idone he •at down in deep thought. Since the death of Nora he had been a wanderer over the face of the earth. '' The revennea of hia estate ha^be^ mostiy paid over to his mother for the benefit of herself and her daughteis, yet , had aoaroely been sufBioient for the pride, vani y aBd^ei:trai4ganoe of those foolish women, who, living in Paris and introduced into court oirdei by the^mencati Miiiiaier, aped tne style of the wealthiest among the Fr. noh aristocracy, and indulged in the most ex< Sepsive eatabliahntent, rqnipige, retinue, ress. jewellery, ball , et cetera, in the hope of aecnring alliances amopg the bid nobility of France. ' They might is well have gad^bled for thrones. The pnnoes, dnkes, mor^uises and conn ta drfcnk their winea, ate rh suspected of t '> solvency T He had signed so many blank chocks, Which his mother and sisters had filled tip with 9gures so much' higher than he had rtokoned upon, tha athu his Pa his. uocount had been so long and so much oiver- di awu that they had b^n obliged to deoline t-ashing his last checks. It was this I hat had startled Herman Brudeneil out of his lethargy and goaded him to look into his aflbirs. After examin- , ing his account with his Paria banker witii Vt ry uusatisfikotory results, he retrenched his own personal expenses, to arrange his estates upon the most productive plan, sod to le out. Brud nell Halt ' . He wrote lo the Countess of Hurstmon- ceux requesting her to vacate the premises, . and to his land agent informed him of the vast improvxmeiit of the esta e during thu residence of thi Countess of Hur imoncenx nponi it, and of the aocumnlation of iu revenues, and finally of the large sum placed to his eredit in the local bank by her lady- ship, This sum, of course, every sentiment of honour forbade Herman Brudeneil from appropriating. He therefore caused it to b^. withdrawn and deposited with Lady Hnrstmonoenz's London-bankers. Soon after this he ^received notion that Brudeneil Hall, stockecl and fnmiahed m it WM. had been let to Mr. Midd^eton. The aooumulated revenues of the estate ha devoted'ro paying his mother's debts, and the tiurrent revenuea to her support, wnming .her at the samu time of iinpeoi gamblers, the header th^r hMSea th* greater bMame their stakes t they went on, living in the bMt hotela, keeping the most expensive aerriaits^ driving the pnriest blo o d e d h opsB , we iniug the rio h est dresees ^ and the rarest jewels, giving the grandeet 'fanlla, and — to use n common but strung .HBlUCi^iffM'-l^ 282 I8HMABL t OR. IN THK DIPTHS. phraM— ' RoiBg it with a raih I' AU ib tb« a«iiMr*te hope of Mouring for 4h« yoong UdiMWMlthy hatband* from Mnonc the titled iuiatocriMy. / At length «wne wolhor orisit rand onoe more Hemwn Brudenell wa« compelled to in erven* between them and iqin. Thia he d»d at a Taa. aaorifiqu o( nroneny. H« wrote and gave Mr. Middleton wam^ ing to leave BmcUnell Hall (tt the end of the yMT, beoauae, he aaid, that he himaelf wished to retnrn thither. He did return thithor ; bat it waa only to sell oir, gradanlly and privately, all the stock dn the home farm, all the plato, rieh farni. tare, rare pictures, statues, vases and ar- ticles of vertu, in the house, and all the old {ilantatiou negroes— ancient servants of the amily. who had lived for generatiqus on the prcniiMS. . . . „ While he was at this work he instituted, o lutious jnquiriea about * one of the tenants, Hannah Worth, the weaver, who lived at Hill Hut, with her nephew)' and helearnad that Hannah was proaperoosly married to Benben Oray and had laf t the neighboar- hoodwitb her nephew, who had received a good education from Mr. Middleton's family •ehdoL Brudenell substquently received a latter from Mr. Middleton himself, le- eommending to his favourable notioe. * a yonngmap, named Isbmael Worth, living on the Bradeif^Uea:ates.' Bat as tiM youth had left the neighbonr- hood with his relatives, and as Mr. Bmde< nell nally hoped hat h« wns well provided for hj the lai ge stun of asoney for which he hftdjpvenHMiitaha eheek on the day of his aepar tore, and •■ he was overwhelmed with htoineae oeiee. and asUy, ae be rather fewed than desired • Htaeting with hie nn< known eon, he deferred isekiag him oat. ' When Brndeuell Hall wsa eatirelv die- acntled, andalithefarnitare of the boose, the stock of the farm and the negroee ci the plantation, and all the land ejcoept the few Aoree immediately aronnd the hoose, had been sold, and the puAdisse money realiaed, he returned to Parte, settled his mother** debt*, and warning her that they had now bnrdy suAcient to support them in piode* n^ comfort, entreated her to retom aqd Uvc quietly at Brudenell Hall. Bat no !* If they Were poor, ao ma«h the mors reason why the girls should marry rioh,' argaed Mr*. Bmdenell | and instead of retrenching h* r expenses, she ■Mtfely changed the eeene of her operations tfoni Pari* to London, forgetting tlie fatit I ds* eonsidered, thai her *v«r>on« — .^- ^ - . ^- tho«g4i still handsome, beOAnse well are* iarvcdt were now mntore women of thvtj' ' girii. I two and thirtyflve. Herman nromlsed to give them the whole prooeeds of ttie propertT, reeerving to himself the right barely enough to live on in toe moet economical manner. And bs let Bru- denell Hall onee more, and. took up his abode at a cheap watering plaoe on the Continent, where he remained for years, paas.ng his time in reading, fishing, boating, and other idle sen-side pastimes, until h« was startled from hia repoe* by a letter from his mother— a letter full of anguiih, telling him that her younger daughter, Bleanor. had fed from home in company with a certoin Captain Dugald, and that she had traced them to Liverpool, whence they had sailed for New York, and en- treating him to follow and if poMsiblu save^ hia sister. , ^ . ■, Upon this miserable errand he had re- y.sited his native country. He had found no such name as Dugald in any of the lists • of pasaenguis arrived within the apeoifled time by aBy of the ocran steamers" from Liverpool to New York, and no such name on any of the hotel booka I so he left the nwtter in the handa of a skilful detective, and o^roe down to Washington, in the hop'i of finding the fugitives here. On bis first walk out be had been at- traoted by the crowd around the City Hall ; had learned that an intereating trial was going on ; and that some strange, new UWyer was making a great speech. H^ had gone in. imd on laming his eyes towaA* the To«Bg h*rri«ter, had been thunderstruck on being oonf rooted hy what seemed to him to be the living face of Nora Worth, elevated , to iMson- line grandeur. Thooe were Noras lipe, so beautiful in form, colour and expression ; Nora'* splendid eyes, that bl**ed with indignation^ or melted with pity, orsniiled with homour, ; Nora's Biagnifloent breadth of brow, fpanning from temple to tettiple. - He saw in ^sa remark- able features so mudb of the likeness of Nor% that he failed to eee, in the height of I the forehead, the outline bf the profile, and^ I the occasional eipressioi^f the oountenuice, 9 the striking, liknuess to himself. He had b(B«i spell-boand by this, and by tlie eloquence of the yonng barrister until tbe endof hia speech, wht^n he had hastftned t<> Judge Merliti and demanded the name and history of the debutant^ ^ ^ And the answer had oonirmed the pro- phetic instinoto of his heart— This rising iter of ttM foram was Nora'i son I Nu t at s t m, b or a ia the d e ath* of pov e rty • ' the •- — -**■■- ••dVbamaT'paatmg from t&e hoof of his birth f Of the very brsfth of life| working ISHIf AitL I OR, IK TUB 0IFTH8 froth Ik* days of bia InfuMy for idly fW**.t fJrlTinii from th« jmn of hia boy- homHov^kiiowledg* } atraggliDg \rj the moat amFalloaa aariaa of pe1ra«T«ring affort mael Brndenell I But thia he knew, oould neTor, never be. Brery prinoipla of honour, delioMiy and pru- dence lorbade him now to mterfere in the 'laariny of Nora'a loog ignored and neglected but jgrifted and riaing aon ! Wi th what face, oould be, the deoayed. impoveriabed, al- moat forgotten maater of Brudenall Hall, go to tbia brilliant young barriater who bad juBt made a aplendld debut and nohieTed a daisling snooeaa-and aay to kim t ' I am your father I' And how abould he explain auob a t«U- tionahip to the aatoniabed youiig^ mabf At making the dreadful oonfeaaionle felt that he ahonld be Uke(y to drop at tito taaiof bia oWn aon I Nol labmael Worth mnat remain la..-' mael Worth I If be fulfilled tbe pronMae of bia yoBtb, it would not ba ttia fatber'a name, w ^hia young motherli maiden name whioh would beoome U uairiona, in hia per- •OB I ■ » And yet, from the firat moMont of bia •eeing labmael and identifyiag him aa Not a^a aon, he fait an imaia ibia daaiia to meal him fMO to faoa, to abake hnnda with bim, to talk with him, to beoome aoqnainted with him» to be frianda with him i^ ^Itwai thia toomng that urged Mr. Bru- oanall to aooept Jndge Mar&'a inritaUon and aooompiny tn* latter home. And now "* *J*7 momenta thia longiiag would be cra'ifled; * In the midat of all other tronhled tbooffhtt one qneatiou perplexed him. It waa thia : What had beoome of the oheek he had given Hannah in the hour of hia departure, y are tffof ■ That It bad never been preaented aad pe fltat waa that he had never aaen it umoag Ikbmael'e Ao|«i*t.»^ to him when hia hankboo: JSSJ',' tbe Judm that be reeoTvrd to not have reoeived and appro^iatad tho money to her owa neee. Aahe had learned f^iA Hannah w.ia m Waebington a«eka private mterview wi'b b*r and aa- ewtein what bad beoome of the obeok. and why, -with tba large aum of money it re- tHPOMnted, the had neglaoted to um it and ptrmitted henelf and o«r nephew toanflbr all rth* avila of tb? moat abjeo^ poverty. '^ chapter' LIX. ' vnak Munifo OF mthbk and aoir. Oh, Oh^at ! that thna a aon should etend Befoi^ a fatber'a faoa.— JBjyroii. While Mr. BrodenaltatlU rnminated over theae affaira the aeoond dinner-bell rang and almoat at the aame timn moment Judge Merlin reppsd and entered the ehamber, with old-faabioued hoapitelity, to ahow hia gueat the way to the drawing-room. 'Yon feel better, I hope, Brudanell ?' ho inquired. ' Tea, thank yon, Judve.' - ' Oome thfttn. We will go down. We are a little behind time at beat tbia evening, upon aooonnt of our young frieud'a long- winded addreaa. It waa a aplendid afUr though ! Worth waiting to hear, waa it not f ' nroudly inquired tbe Jadgeaathey devoended tne ateira. They entered the drawing-room. It waa a family party that waa Maaambled thore, with tbe aolevxoaptionof the Viaooottt - Yfnoant, who indeed bad beoomo a daily viaitOr, a raoogniaed anitor of Miaa Merlin, aad nloKiat one of their aet. Aa aoon aa Mr. Brudona'l had paid hi%^ reapeote to eaoh member of t be family. LnM Vinoent advaooad fhwkly and eordtally to groat him aa aa rid acquaiatenoe, ahy- ing: . * I had Inat loamed from M aa Merlin your nrrivali xonmuathave left London veiy aoon after I did r' Before Mr- Brndenell oould reply Judoo Merlin oame up with labauel and aaid t ' Lord yiaoount, exeuae ma I— Mr denoU, permit me— Mr. Wor b ii df Waahingt^n bar.' Hermafti Bradenell tamed and ooafroated lahmael Wcwtb. And father and aon stood f»oe tofaoe I Horman'a faeo waa quivering with inepreaaible, yot anapeakablo emotion ; ooaataaaaoe waa aereae and LOP-. P»virlf.«||k*r nophaw, and therofteo oould 'ainlaai taatinot wmraed Nora'a aoik tkat he atood ia tko prraonoa of hia father f He ai^w befora liim a tell. thia. fmrHjom- ^^^C^i«lrr \C-^;^iiSlkS^%i»-A.k^^ W)^K^M-^fB!f I ffHifAM. , Oft. IH THS DBPTH8. -n Elaiioaad, g«ntl«cpMily JMnon, whoM light •ir wMiUghtlyMlTarwl Md who** dMrk brown ejM. io >w>h •»r»ng« oonlrMi •<> the blon^hidi, wtw bMit with InUmt apon him. ' I Am happy to msk* joar MquinUao*. Tooiig gwntUnuui I Permit ms to olbr «o« mt oongratoUtiona upon yoar vary dMiOwl taooMs.' Mid Mr. BrndraaU. giTing hia hand, lahmaal bowad. • ~ • Brudenall I will yoa Uka my daogbter iB to dinnar T' aaid Judga Marlin, Mt>ing that Lord Vincent had already giTen kia MTin to Mra. Middle' on. Herman, glad to ba relieved from a poai- ^nthat%a« beginning to ovarcoma hia i#U-a liataner rather than a aptakar. The ladiaa aa namxl at dinnar-partiea, where tba ooDTeraation tarna apon pqlitioa. Were rathar in tba baokgnnind, and took an aarly oppwrtanity of ^^thdrawing from the tabla^ laaving the a«utlaman to ioMi thair polittoal diaooaatoa ovar thair . wiM> ' ' TIM Uttar, howavw, did not linger long ; Imfaooa followed the bdiaa to the drawing- room, whiare oofTee waa aarvt'd. Andaoon ■Itar tba party aaparated for the aTan< ing. "Herman Brudenall withdraw to hia dianbar with ont idaa ooflnpying him— hia aoB i Sinea the death of Kora had paralysed bia aftt Libvrtr HnlL' Hie g«Mt8 btMddaatad when thW cot Uteadiot up when they awoke. It waa oae ol Us wrotdheta sever to have aay OBe awakaaad. He aald that whaa ^..^ had had alecp em Bf h, they woald awaken of thamaelvea, aad to awaken them befom that woe aa iajariova imerfaianee with natnre. And hia ataading order in rafard to himaelf woe, that no one ahoald eter rouae him from aleep naleaa the hooae waa on Are, or aonie 09a at the point of death I And woe betide any one who abonld disre* gnrd thia o der I 80 Mr. Biudenell had been allowed to aleep ni^il ha woke up at ten o'olook, and ^haa ha went down^ataira at eleven ha found a warm broakfaat awaiting him, and the little houoewifa, Bee, pre- aiding over the coffee, muAna, and broiled ohickeni. - ^ . . ^ Aa Bee poured out hia coffee aha informad him, in anawer to hia remarka, that all the membera of the family ha.l breakfaated and gone about their several affaire. Tba Judge and Dnmael had gone to cenri, and Mra. Middleton and OUadia on * ahon ping • xpedition j but that they would all be back at the luncheon hour, which waa two o'olook. OHAPTER LX. AHD HAMHAH. She had the paoaiona of her h' rd. She ipaka aoma bitter trutha that day, Indeed beoanght one ugly word, Waa aoaroely fit to aay I— ilaoi^ When braakfaat wae over, Mr. Bradeaall took hia hat and walked down the avenue to Soventb atreet, and to the • Farmer a. in aaaroh of Hannah. .^' ... In anawer to hia inq^iriea he waa told that aba waa in and he wai devired to walk op to her room. A aervMit preceded him, opened a door, and aaid 1 . • H-re ia tk'^m'iM to aee you, mom.' A' JMr. BrudeaeUehtored. ^. '^ Hannah looked, diopped the needlewoik abe held in her hand, atotted up, overturning the diair, and with a atare of oonatwnation, ezolaimed t ' . j •The Lord deliver aa t w it yon? and hasn't the devil got jwyt, Hwmaa Bru^ danelir . \. '-"^ . • It ia I, Hannah,' he snawered. dropping without invitation into the neareat seat. . , • And what on earth have you eome for, alter all thaaa yaate f ' abe aaked, ooatinuiag tostareathim. — 'To eee yoB, H an Ba h .* — : *- ". -.. " / - — •And what, iB the^amaal aammon ,,1 ,,^ , do y«m wsB* fta aaa 'ma for t-- I don't wast to see ywt aad that I 'j^^kyMinS'i I8HM AKL t OR. IN THE DBPTH& tol'/yoQ pUiply . for I'd Jast m lUf wt old aaowth tli« old. ara«l. •noMiritod toandiJ ^'"^J L. . .^ « . . ! now foriotum I No, Ran aah i to too only, ' NMUMh,' Mid B«niiM BrvdMdl, f who are Um mU liTing vorely try my femp4>r. but in memory of ail yoar kjndaeaa to lay aon — ' 'Oh I I'waan't kiod to biito 1^ I iraa aa l>ad to him aa too and all the reet I I wiahed him dead and neg'eeted him !• ^ ' You did r ' Of oonrae t Oonld anybody expaat me to oar* raoia few him than hie own lather did r Yea 1 X wiahed him dead aadaegleoted tt^i!:!;? Z2:^;?.!'!!!rL-?,^sii ±^f: \ ^^^^^^^^'--^^^ ^-^ '«•& to;: borriUe pit into the open air of tha world ; and now that freai being a poor, -deapfaed ontoaat babe ha haa riaeu to be a man of note among meti ; bow. foraooth, yoa want -toe aim bim aa yoar aon r Herjnan Bru- denell, 1 dlwaya hated you, but iiow I aoon m the world a»d would bo better out of it^l So did every ohe elae I But he aaoked his' little, akinny thumb, and looked alive at oawith hia big, bright eyae,' and lived ia deflaaoe of everybody I And only eaa ~'^'.'"' ^tT'T"'" "IT"^''''"' "1.'"""' *"""*": what ha liaa lived to ba I But you I Twenty odd yearaag.» I would have it ia the good Lord'* doilfl Inied yoa^ only I didn't want to kill your .ud uot mio* nor >onV He? •oDlawallMyoar body, nor likewiaa to man Brudenell. ao don't tluiik me any te^hanffed for you I And now I would ahf' moie for kindneaa that I aavar ahowed to kbi* atiok of Wood at your head only that I don't want Reuben Gray to have tha morti" lication of aeeinir bin wife to >k up ior iriMialt I But I hatoyou.'Herman Brudenell FAud I de.pia^yoa i Tbere I t4ke yoaraelf oat of oy Bight I' ' ■ , Mr.^u^aiMU atMDpad impatiaiitly and ^ VHandOi, yoa ap««k angrily,^ and thera. ! fw^ of ooarae^ fo oiiahly. What w. iUuMli V QMMh looked •arpriMd. *Bd Mid t ' Y««, bai WM that attic bit of dirty wklM p«p«r, tor* ottt ol Ml old book, wortk all that '"^'l^ I altM I had draws a okMk apM It r « I didn't know I I didn't andcrttaad f l was wort o' daMd with grial. lioppi*.' • Bat what bMamo of tb« papor. Hannah T • Mra. Jonao lit tha aandk wiih it i' •Oh I Hannau I' -■■:: ' Wai the monaT all Ihttf antiraly loat baoaoae t^t little bit ol paper waa barnCT 'To you and to lahinael it waa, of ouara^ •inoe you navar received it | bat to me It waa not, aiooa it wa« navar drawn from tha • Well, than, Mr. Bradanall, ainoa the MMiay waa not toat, I do not muoh oar* if tbaoh«okwaa burnt I i ahould not haTo uaad it for myaelf, or lahmael, anyhow 1 Though I am gUd to know that yon did not aaglaot him, and laave him to pariah in dratitntimi, aalanppoaad you had! lam vary glad that you took maaaarea for hie hanefl , although h* uaTar proi *d by them, and I navar would hava latliim doao 1 Still It la plaaai^kli ihat yon did year daty i and I an aorry X waa ao oojaat to yon, Mr. Indenall.' ' * Bay no more of that, Hannah I Let oa talk ol my aon I Bcmamhar that it ia only to yoa that I oan talk of him. Tell na all aboot hi* in^ft^y and ohildliood. Tall mo lUtloanaodoiaaofhim. I wa«t *«.kn®^ m«M about him than the Jadga oould t^l ma I I know old woman lova to goaeip at grant Ungth of oM timea, ao goaaip away. Hannah t tott ma evwything t Yon ahall haraa moatintereated liatener I' • "Old wwnan," indaad I Noi aovary maoh oliHr than yonraaU. Mr. Hermnn Bm- daaell I if it oomna to thai! Bat any waya, if Bieaban don't nw) aa I am old, yoa needn't hit ma in tha tenth witii it I' anapped Mn. Omy. _ • Hannah I flannah I what a tamper yon haTO goi, to be aqre I It ia w«ll Beabcn i* aa vnttent aa Job f • it ia anongh to roaae any woman'* tam- par to ba oallad old to her face I' ' So it m, Hmm^ ; ^^ *^>*'J*' "'fj !*? al^. Aad BOW. will fo* ialk «• Ma about my aonf* . _. • Wall, jm, I will,* •rngmmi lUaoau. year pardon I Bnl nothing waa farther bwn py khoofl^ts than to offend yoa I I faal