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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour etre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) !.0 I.I 1^ 1,^ 2.8 32 m 114.0 1.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 ^ APPLIED IPsA/iGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Rcchester, New York U609 USA (716) 482 -0300 - Phone (7 If.) 288 - 5989 - Fo-; / ^ (• y X y y /■ / .4 I 4: \ D. XOXTK WELL! WELL! A TALE, JounWb ffit Jad. BY M. A. WALLACE. ••Th* TofcM of my home f— I hear them sMM, They have been with me thro' the dreamy night, The blessed household voices— wont to fill My heart's clear depths with unalloyed delight. I hear them still unchanged : tho' some from earth Are muslc-parted, while the tones of mirth, — WUd, silvery tones that rang thro' days more brlght>~ Have died in others,— yet to me they come Singing of childhood back— the voices of my home r Huuvfc NEW YORK: D. riate name. I ^^ew York, • By Ameri^ •omprifles the account, accuse t of contrasting another. If he han the present, sh- Yet, if one , 13 indebted for mg very diflfer- h, is productive e says of those >e supposed to ut to' the fact ite. 'er yet having- be has, never- , thought, and hard to stand "Why should 3 none but a t is, however, one accuse i upon those land. This frislimen are erior, va.stly INTRODUCTION. VlJ But, ,„a,,to,. author,', some one may remark, "j„„ would b. the toue or you, book, oouvince th„«, upon the other aide of t ' »ater. that America i, a horrible piace, a p.aee which 1 produce a good Catholic, a thorough Protestant land " Not altogether so, replies the writer: many a good Catholic Amonca rea. ■ she has, for iostaoce. native PrLt. a:^Bii .l.e ta. her celebrat«l Reviewer, whose feme is a, wide as th„' . holar , she ha^—but enough. What, after all, are all these ' As w sa.d above, they a. only exceptions, few too, ve^Tw n ae rule emphahcally is, that America is Protestant ; t ere iaTo 2TZ\. .y^.-'r"' "'^-'— V -e cha:i ; uas no Claim. The writer, accordingly, has in hi. In conclusion, all that remains to be said, is, that, if ,he re«ler « be peruses certain things perpetrated here, have not reasorfl' pent^ to exclaim, « Wei, 1 Wei, 1" then indeed the a« t ;rnarr"'"°"'^"^^'-"'»'^---^'-ppr: ^'ewYork, 1855. iter hope to to those for r heart can I a heroine, th profit to • By America is here meant only that portion of AmenV. .> • i. «ompri«e8 the United State8.-At;TH0K. ^^"'' THEatte exceeds th( author. T *.nd heshal present the pieces are r hat impuls American li nost interest ipto be his ow W>y no means fielieve, that American. jveakened bj PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, The attention given to this little work by certain critics, gmatly exceeds the importance which had been attached to it by the author. They seem to have expected a verfect worlc-A. had not ■^d heshaU never have tie presumption to think that he could present the public with anything but an imperfect one. Master. P-eces are rarely to be found in our tim<.. His desire was, to aid 'to .mpulse which he considered necessary to form a Catholic bnertcm literature, for he considered that an author should bo .«< inte^sted m the literary honor of the country which he claim, ^ be his own. But, his notions of Catholic American literatn,., by uo means comprehend the delusion, by which others are led to behevcthat in a Catholic American Novel everything should be Amer.ca„. The stock would soon be exhausted, or be, at the least, -_lc.ne. b, ...un„ai reproduction. The contrast of characters m PREFACE. ana countries always a, s bjccts for the scop, of the novelist's imagination. To create and .« for love pr^crve a hterature with such t^trictions, wo,Ud therefore be. to *er may I -elude the assistance calculated to .nder it interesting., it would h.t it shouh .ndeed be a most monotonous lUemture. Again, if we are to make «,«,aileso, a oho.ce, the faults of our country should be portrayed more ta for allow strongly than its virtu.. , provided that these do not suffer in the «5' to keep event. V.rtue is always right and capable of- taking care of"*ain a Ca .Wf. In illustration of this fact, the author beUeves that no harm 1» for the a, whatever would have been done either to im Iite,.t„re or to«>spaper m the I™A character, if the faults of the one and the other had been ^nge that I brought to light more strongly than their perfections. This will 4. a. gene, "r :r."""°"' '""■' -^ "- given offence to the"«tfrom that ontcs „ Harriet Houston be not a true character for New^tedwiU. c< England protectant ladies in gene^l, the most that such ladies lauding in , who«ad Well, Wein can say, is, that it either apples to thel It may be. or it does not. „,, lestined to ren Ibc author, although not born in the United States, is a Catho- >» for the author ,-he must purchase pens, ink and paper The hterature or to «»Wer must be sustained as well m the author • but it is other had been tonge that the men who are the loudest in their cries for he!,, »s. This will '^. are generally the most inveterate opponents of anything eon, offence to the "g from that press which asks but a fair judgment, and is con acter for New»ted with contributing to Catholic American literature without ■at such ladies Iwan^ing in return, anything more than the price of a pen I CTlies to them 1' may be asked of tho author ; what service is your little book tatmed to render ?_c„, bom 7 he replies to himself 1 None To ^, is a Cathc-tters? a correct answer may be obtained from the numbers who rton was. He»-« «ad and admired it. Majorities are judges sometimes, par- literature; if Wlarly in republics. In the formation of a National literature it vui PREFACE. extremes ehonld always be avoided. '• Well I Well ! " is no r ■■ tremist. It does not aim at making the Celt s.iporior to the Saxo- j or the Saxon superior to the Celt. It was brought forth in Amt ■ ica,-its author is not an " Irish priest," * its object is to show tlu i even in the New England States, « Catholicity is superior, vast: , superior to Protestantism." With the most sincere thanks to th^ public for its liberal patronage Weill Well! goes to the pre^ again, notwithstanding the charitable predictions of the wise MA^ 4 of the West. * St. Louis Leader CHAP. « 1 « IJ « n i " A f u V] 1 u i VI] i n i 1 1 VII] « IX 5 « X « XI u XII 41 XIIL M (( XIV. i " XV. -1 1 XVI.. 1 " XVil.- Well I " is no 0' > porior to the Saxo; « ight forth in Am? ' ject is to show th is superior, vast. ^ icere thanks to il 4 goes to the pro*| of the wise MA' I CONTENTS. CIIAP. I. II. III. IV.- y.- " VI.- « VII.- " VIII.- u IX X " • XI. " XII. " XIII. " XIV. " XV. " XVI.- ♦' XVII A Prrludr, —Sickness and Sorrow, —Dreams and Realities, -Bachelorship and its Consequences —The Phases of Beauty —A Surprise. ' • • • -The Sublime and the Ridiculous, -The Sublime and the Ridiclt^ous (con- tinued), -Polemics, ... -Diversity of Character, -An Ugly Fit, . -Grief for Glee, -Trouble Brewing, -A Mystery and a Mishap^ ■A Discussion, . An Unexpected Discovbrt, . — Moke Trouble, . PAOI 7 II 14 19 28 32 37 43 50 56 61 66 72 76 81 86 95 C X T K S T 3 . '^\ ('MAI'. XVIII. A IX. XX. XXI. XXIJ. XXIII.- XXIV.- XXV.- XXVI.- " XXVII.- " XXVIII.- XXIX.- XXX.- XXXI.- « XXXII.- " XXXIII.- " XXXIV.- " XXXV.- " XXXVJ.- " XXXVII.- " XXX VI II. " XXXIX. XL.. XLI.- XLII.- XLTII.- XLIV.- XLV.- TuK Skqubi., . -Ukv. Mk. Alljaw, -DivKRHiTY OF Opinion, -A Contrast, -LaNGUAOK as I) CUKED, -Mklody and Mouunino, -A Hard IIkajit, -Si'si'icioNs AND Visions, -A Tot:(iH Hide,. -iSlIADK AND .SUN.SIIINB, -CoN(JKNIAI, AND UNCONGENIAL, -(^'hakacterh, -MAStiCERADINU, . -(^ravk-Vards, . -A Storv, . •A Stranger, ■A Long Fareweix, -V Cold Customer, Henry and Emma, —Sad and Glad, . — A Stra-vger, — A (3 reek Word, — A Bi'D OF Promise, —Making a Vocation, — Si'DDEN News, . — L0NGIN<;S, . -A Harder, -CrRIOSITY, . -The L\d, . . .' ring . lUl . 10« . Ill . 121 , . 121) . i;{.) . 142 ^ . mo I • i^'.i . 166 i . 173 ^ . 181 ^ . 190 .197 Tw the 1 . 20.')r^iblin, ca . 2171^^^'it''" tli£ 227 •'l^ted to j . 238 j'^ ^'*^«^' fith its raa 2o;) 2i)0 iir-off dest in Irish he • 2^-^ kaving the *. 2C8 |jr this, str • 27G |)ect now o . 282 I' one longi . 290 Iher's land . 293 t)'^ describe . 302 ^^'lo can, \ . 311 f^'^'u the bi \vere spent 1 WELL! WELL! ciiaptp:r I. A PRELUDE. . lui . 108 * . Ill . 12i , . 129 1 . U5 ^ . 142 ' . lad . 157 . ir.o . 17;} • 181 ;l . 190 ^ .197 Tw ihe begii»nin^> i-S and the fearful threats of stonnv s,.a>u_.,i i f"" '" •-' worse than du-pwavk, „„d the death of fr^Js ™d f '^ S™".1 : 'm " *'" """ """ ""^ -l-P-triai: ;;"', 'Oil,n,Uar',. itvtr anu the tuiiune tlioinselves Patrick K nohly from I ' '1 "' "''" '""-' '" ''"'"'■ 4 "" ' aai wno makes her now his home 1 Will fh™ .„ i J»ol*" so i fathers taut, then- .^ r"^ * """■■■ '-•'""'^"' «« their ¥'"'''• ™" .wande,^^'^'''!"''"'T''"'^^"''<«''^''''<'t'''^arenow ^'"P"^'"' <» an/:::::,rf^^"-i--SLr.=^^^^ faithful and true to their religion ? And „i,! the" i '" "'" " ■A TALE. 9 nation cspoeiall t little I'Ise til, wood.s niid wili west is iiKiccd, region. 'Ti.s W ilmdovvs and iir it offers to iiji of einploymem •ist, liave MuiM L'ver cttific trr„ er and uiotli. tht' r ifdness ot my seaf^— trial rieuds, and tli in fine, wor;;; l)ears with hei ike to know, a the lot of end ^ill they, eaeli • the last, the l»t-T love, and vho have just !, as they lovt parents — the 'dren, as their i they are now broad, as they nr d'-fend, as to love God, only One. eir ministers, nd will thev hr foiHl Of their n.lhor»' ,- .,„try, „,„1 ,„-,i„, ;, ■, ,,„|,„. ;« h-r Kl.M-,o,„ „„„nl..y ,v,„l ,vin ,lK.y r,.tui„, „„,! „,,„,. ^i;t to th, .r .ilTspmiK, their (teuiiinc Celtic immes-or nitlier »Ma2h,^»m.m so,,,., after U«y, nil hhaself Du'^^.v J, < line,,, a lirh.e, a„ O'lluru, a Hare, a iU„|,o„y, MaHoiiio ? Uiie knov\s — only One. Kelly-a good old name-has been met before now with ?srael to its front. Israel Kelly .oun.ls very strangh^y in- ^I'H'd I Was there ever in Ireland, sinee the days of St ^|t.u•k, sueh a Jewish-Irish name? Never-but it has i>ten been found in Ameriea. Who was Israel Kelly ^ pJe was a convert (?) to the Baptists, and he had the loft^ title of Doaeo... Deaeon Israel Kelly-a Baptist !-was Ihe gnuHlsoii of a tine old Irishman, as firm in his ft. th as «>ibratarV. rock is firm upon its basis; but the phur old i atriek Kelly-Israel's grandfather-would not shnp. his J)eard to any modern fashion ; neither would he sport to his hirt an exquisite collar, nor could he be induced by any ■arment going to forego that blue, familiar J^oi^^.i/ whirh looked so well in its blaze of good brass buttons. And for ^his, his son and namesake Pat, when come to the "age of l^eason," grew in the first place perfectly ashamed of his un- jprogressive sire ; in the second place, grew ashamed of that ^ires i,oor shabby religion ; and in the last j.lace, joined the Baptists, made a speech, and was "dipped." Then in due course, came the little prattling Kelly, rejoicing^not by ;i)apt.sm, for he was not baptized for years-yet rejoicing pn the while in the name of Israel. Deacon Israel Kelly V^a, a living reality at last, and, what with his puritan imme, his puritan bigotry, and all that makes a hater of the Catholic faith, belied his Catholic name and his Catholic origm. in the neighborhood of Kellv thero wi" nnotl^-^- -}■- 1* I 10 well! w e l l I very l.neamonts of whose face would tell you that he wn. born „pou ; the sod." 1„ his young days, and on through nnmy of h.s old days, O'Neil was in the habit of going ^o confession, and of abstaining upon Fridays from flesh nfeaf but now he followed no more those ancient practices, and he aug ed at h,s country's faith. He experienced upon a cer- am day- twas hard to tell when-a certain feeling, which in reah ty was no more certain than the day itself, but whi was mterpreted by the ''initiated" as Lka^^e of tr Poor Jerry O'Neil-afterwards called Brother N^I-fo' |,;ottmg old times, and old faces, and old scenes, forgetting - c--ence, older than all, openly renounced his rdig a Methodist meetmg-house. Thus it sometimes is And what are the descendants of Kelly and O'.Xeil to- day .-haters and abominators of everything Catholic. You w. II fid an.ong them no Denis, no Michael, no Bernard no Patnck-you will find among then, no Mar^, no Br Z' no Nancy no Winifred. Oh ! no. But Gusttus Hham Wisdom Jac son, Lavinia, Esther, Judith, Mariam^e les ■-these orced unchristian names are, alas I the perp t I tors of a hue which was for many an age o-raced a^Lll nn.ht be with pearls, with many^ lov^ t^^^Z: ^^S have aded out from that pedigree for ever Sail on then, beautiful ship, and bear thou with thee uo renegade like these I "° Many what voys Fair days Carae upoi our ship ec Course fri^ created a y anywhere i a one who moment. |o calm tl are now a Still went 1 i)ut us as] itself." Tl abated, anc iv^as empha just thien. g But the; Ivanderers 1 For seve liad been s that no hof to live alto< tiiul besides l^efbre he f( iojiiiiiig old A TALE. ^oa that he was and on through ibit of going to from llesh moat; Jractices, antl he iced upon a ccr- feeh'ng, wliich in :tself, but which ^a7ige of heart. lier Neal— for- ones, forgetting ?ed his rehgion, i a situation iu !ies is. md O'Neil to- Catholic. You 1, no Bernard, 17, no Bridget, ^tavus, Hiram, ariamne, tliese the perpetua Bd, as a string , whose names 11 I CHAPTER II. SICKNESS AXD SORROW. with thee uo Many things might be related about that voyage, for What vojage^was ever taken that did not prove eventful? Fair days and foul days-^the latter the more numerous- came upon the waters, and went. The first storm which our ship encouiitered, though far from being the heaviest of course frightened the women nearly out of their wits and created a world of disorder. " Captain dear 1 put us ashore anywhere at all." was a sentcmce often ejaculated by many a one who thought of notliing but the safety of the passing moment. 'Twas to no [uirpose that the captain mildly tried |o calm them by replying, "Good women I be easy-you ^re now as far from one land, as you are from another." Btill went up the frecpient appeal—" Oh I Captain agragal ! put us ashore anywhere at all, snpposin' it was Afraky itself." The danger, however, was little, for the wind f bated, and a calm came on which to the affrighted creatures ^as emphatically about as great a consolation as possible yust then. I But there Was something besides storms to try those fvanderers from home. 3 For several days a yoimg man of about eighteen years |md been severely ailing, and at length had grown so bad that no hopes were entertained of his recovery. He seemed *o live altogether in himself. He had no relative on board, find besides he was naturally of a \ery contemplative mood! Before he fell sick, he employed all his time in reading, and xouiiitig old roils of manuscripts. It was conjectured by all J2 wei.lI wkllI that he must be some student, and it was not conjectured f, in vain. He was nothing else. ' J*^""™! k A student is always an obj'ect of interest will, tl.c Tri,l, and perhaps n,ore so tlmu witl, any otl,er peo, I ri! Urn, ty, *|nch they sliowed to the mere sicli youth was , man. Crod help liini I" another would rrv " fn. the wi,d ocean, and bis poor mot^^fot Z^r ' ""gS i" - :-r:tirs;-i:---F Among the many who constantly visited the .,Vt ... .1 sympathy very distinct from that wbi^l, ^-o >"owea a others. What was it? Md h ,1 J; p """^ '" *'"» own were similar ■> Did IT ' ""' """^ ''" which she now showed It TT" '""' "" '"■'"""=^^' herself? Was fl 1 ,' ? "' ™' <'">' '"'^^''^^ for at that stritv J: d :!!rr°" *"^ '^^*' *"■'* ^■■^ f*. she felt before It !nv f ^"■'""' °"'' ''»"<»■ ^^an ever ueioie at any similar scene ? Perhan, Ib hi.^sing and frieu for the 1 listers he > The pi hear the him ; hoi i'irgins ! ■ fere joining tiiortal sii iiot leave Jirst ohtai tidoral)Ie iiid, thonj liared to Vantiiig 11 |iis faee ai ^vater is e^ iiiraof tha last fit hi: liappiness : ■ There is lias long a; fl(iiek-raad( ithe dead \ fwhich is tc iiary place. borrow dee vanishes in mothe |lrom thy But what art thou, human aid ! when thfarr "" yji ucaui Yet bear u ^^s iiolmng A TALE. 13 ot conjectured sc t witli the IrisI), peo])le. This is 1 student. The : youth, was nn- i-mer when thej for the Church, Montreal. All ifferer whatever »oy," one would the fine youii has received both, find, though no hand is near to anoint him, he is going pre- |)ared to his God. And the blessed water, which never is \vanting in a ship where a Catholic is found, is sprinkled on • |iis face and pillow— and the blessed candle, by which that Ivater is ever accompanied, is placed in his hands, reminding fiimof that light of faith, and good works, which now at the Jast fit his spirit with angelic plumes, and waft it away to liappiness and rest. ^ There is no necessity to wait for preparations. His grave ias long ago been dug, and his coffin needs no nailing. ' The fluick-made sack is quickly put around him— the prayers for ihe dead are as quickly pronounced— and the heavy stone, fwhich is to bear him to his resting, is attached to the ordi- nary place. 'Mid silence then deep as midnight, and 'mid sorrow deep as the seas, down goes that coffinless clay, and 5^•a^ishes in a moment. mother of the lonely student ! tears of blood will flow |rom thy heart when thou hearest of this dreary burial- ^ct bear up, old mother I bear nobly, faithfully up. There '-^ notljing more dismal in tlie deep than the worms in the ^iis 14 wellI wellI Boa, mmnT»; poor ' 'r " .?'""'' "' " ^''™->-'" Jlr "™ noi^oplesimi e, t t r ' *"" ""^ f"^ thee- '°'"- fr with flowers • yet nr tl , ^ * '™' """^ ^"•™ « ovrr •* '"1"'^ heavy earo";i^^l:i;t;r;: "''^'"''''''^^ ""^^ »"- ^^ ■■« f""' '" hearties,, world «S aC ^ ;i?r.rr"" ''''" "^ ,'"'"'""' ness-no trouble, win 1„ Z * *""« "^ Wtter- ''"^ ''^•' '" will try ther„rev relT '. f P^"^^-" -eighty task. , ^^ - Peace to thy a"he LdT /* T '^^ ""^ '''' '^^ f""-. '"^ "^ thoa lie,t, the t™l!"1 f *t ""^ ^''"' ' ^" down „s "=""■"'"« a bli.„f„i tale t r ''"" *' '~' ""<» ™» 'hee to •^^-™"y •'^* rejoiced a Imve neil ■houses 1 home, but flow. Ye fcunshine c general fl; jtoiy. ^ t)nes leap CHAPTER III. DREAMS AND REALITIES. ins on the linM, f "'"' "* '''^' announced. Blcs- "^ 'y'' »' that P'eilX :Vttt "„r" *'^'"'"" I'™'" *""'"" ^ To one returf in. arte; a ,„ "/""^^ " gave all there I i« nothing so It:: zi tr; '° i" """"''■ '"- strange sights, however betti 1 .?:/""■ ^" *"^' are deprived of their sweete,r ', ' """ '"^ ""'road, , home. His heart laTs^ It "'''' '"™"'''™^ "^ '■'■^ "n" and pride, a. its gratefu 1 , '"'^ """*'''"' ""' ''o^'asy , ,^<»> grateful shore looms up bluely in the di^. '^"^^"^ toe, that p fGod be: i>f gratific fciid men, i p'ring, noi ©H'n espeeii Down b( ;e iri] A TALE. lb 'gli not flunff intr i of a gravc-jard is with God, and stole indeed sliall blaze for thee— and fervent disci- nd strew it ovct • after all, for no y — no false and *afts of bitter- weighty tasks J first fair fame. Far down as md call tliee to 3 passed over need, Bless- 'gs I Land ! ■e all there I ountry, there ri. All the seen abroad, lations of his *ith ecstasy }' in the dis- |anee. His thoughts ontstrip the wind.,, and bear him ,o «.c bc,„gs w,th whom men,ory is insep'a-ably ent i e d I ; ic tT„ ir "Vr"""*',"''" """"■'■'"">■' '»-^^ ■"'" « ir|,.c.st m hfe. The rapture which it gives ropavs a ousand times, that killing sicl ness of U,e heart which on,es from lass of home; it repays, a thousand t mes 1 aangers ,vlucl, have threatened us whether by land or 'se t repays, a thousand times, the sufferings which « la e borne fron, the long bleak winters of the Ltl., or tte b rL ug summers of the south ; it repays, a thousand tim 1 even the ac. umulated toils and tears of a whole life itself ^ ISO wonder. "A local halitation" is in itself a jewel and much more so is a happy and plentiful home One returmng to Ins country from a foreign excursion Z generally both the one and the otl,er. /.rray well be rejceed at the sight of land. But how is it'^^Lse wh ;ave ne,the. a local habitation nor a name, mucUes! . houses and home, and heritage, and lands?" KotU ! l.ome, but leaving it, is, alas I the burden of our uS tow Ye what cloud of sorrow is not streaked with Le .unsh,„e of joy ? That announcement of land has c eateTI fio^eral fl,,tter among the houseless and homeless oour «o,y Weary ones forget their lassitude, and exhausted es leap up refreshed and restored. There is a st " i ' of eyes and a stretching of necks, and a standing on t ,! oe, hat pamt expectation fully. "■ God be praised 1" and .God be thanked I" are heart-felt exclamations. A glow »f gmt,flcat>on irradiates every countenance. Childr ' nrrwIoT™ «°"n '■^'■"°" "" ""-^ "-"' ^^ "^^ ^^®^^' Sleeping a sleep which was fc fl 16 well! well! im> the swoetest of her voyage, and dreaming a dream which made that rest more balmy. The vision was land, too, but not American land. Suddenly she started up, as if wakened by some frightful fancy. She looked around her in bewil- derment, and soon understood, by the conversation and bustling above, that she was nigh the shore. She attrl- buted her waking to the excitement on deck, and she felt thankful to the sounds that woke her, not because they filled her ear with the cry of land, but because they freed her from a dream, which, though beautiful in the beginning hung upon her towards the close like the shadows of eter- nity. She had no faith in dreams. The painful slumber, which that one just passed had caused her, was all that made the aream remembered. It was this :— She thought that she was kneeling in her own parish chapel, and the tune was Holy Thursday. At the side of the main altar there was erected a little shrine, adorned with a profusion of lights and flowers. The blessed Sacrament had been as usual, placed there for the adoration of the faithful' Hundreds well known to her-the friends and acquaintances of childhood-were making their meditations in different places within the church. The holy sadness, which comes over every one who participates in the devotions proper to such a time, had absorbed her very soul. Presently she thought that every one around her fell suddenlv dead before her eyes-a blood-red hand swept the adorable Host from the altar-the atmosphere became thick and heavy— every hght was extinguished, and the darkness of midnight pei- vaded the holy precincts. The strange and terrible vision was startling in the ex- treme. She arose from it, and was nearly exhausted. The Bight of land which gladdened so much every one on board was a thmg for which she appeared to care very little To her the s many fri( felt no lo v^liown he mind it \ throughoi dent, ovei watery gr I>rospect ( cabin still, i't'W hours ^vho board iast makii bound. "Well,r x\o, sir I "Letm( ■so, and fbi: than the h |siekiiess. ;j "Have ] Jofficer kindl i "iVo,"wi " Have y He was a "Poor th: indeed, and These sevi l^'liieh showe |- y interest |)f a grade si yit'r easy ms Ino-ether with i dream wliich land, too, but as if wakened I her in bewil- eersation and !. She attri- :, and she felt because tlioj ise they freed he beginning, lows of eter- inful slumber, was all that -She thought apel, and the B main altar a profusion nt had been, the faithful. cquaintanccs in different which comes ns proper to Presently she ' dead before e Host from eavy — every lidnight per A TALE. n ig in the ex- listed. The' le on board, Y little. To? her the sea was as good a refuge as the land. She had as nmny fnends „. one place, as she had in the otl er She lelt no longmg for leno-fh nf rio-. m ^ "^nu. one t .ro„„hout. Therefore it was that she considered the st„ .lout, over whom such sorrows were shown hapnie ' ; Ust^mak,ng her wa, „p the harbor to Which she ::: , >o, sn, siK, replied, "bnt I am weary and vcr^ weak " , I. t me feel yonr pulse," continued the officer He did and found that there was nothing the matter toh ' 'iless '"" "■" '""^"^ ^''"«'''"™' °P« <» fit of J .onicc^Wndf;" ™^ "^O""'"'™''- - the city?" asked the " Xo," was the reply. ''Have you any relatives on board ?" He was answered in the negative ''Poor thing 1^' he whispered to himself, "you are lonelv "deed, and your condition is very hard " ^ 18 well! w e l l 1 small white hands, immediately impressed him with the tlioujrht, that hers must be some mysterious fate. Eager to ascertain all about her, he inquired whether she would con- bent to come and live in his house. She was, of course, happy in having such an offer made her, and accordingly accepted the proposal with thanks. The ship, in the meanwhile, had anchored in the port, p^ and, after a short time, the passengers were pronounced free^,,^^!;^^!!."^ to go on shore. In a few hours the whole assemblage were^,, of the standing in one of the largest cities of the western world g<|.iption Each, as his fancy led h n, took the path which he was des- doctor wis tmed to pursue. 'Twas like another scattering of the human pfl^pectable family wnen the world had emerged from the waters. They eminent toe parted, and perhaps never met again, as they and ourselvt^^^.t he was now part. Of their history no word has been written, andat spn.P of few words told. They mingled w.h that mighty mass, theiR-ivalin 1 fluctuatuig crowd, aud made no great excitement. Theyfho would had, no doubt, their struggles and their hopes, their sucj would bp cesses and defeats. But enough. Nothing farther of theml sensible will be known, till comes the day of general revelation, ions On] when the high and the low shall assemble together, and GocjIukt' fellov, be the arbiter of all. jfUMj, reiiov it would n( Jey were c -(wledge o: |eu he was \iy, or on t iself, of m ^ler hand, j irely into t Jen led hiras' (ing forehe lich, if it h{ i(.;u the mou A TALE. him with the 'ate. Eager to she would con- was, of course, nd accordingly l\9 CHAPTER lY. BACHELORSHIP AN'D ITS COXSEQUENCES. .e,«b ?w r^;;tr; ''L T' r t """ ""^ '"''""^' "»» " «™'^-''- weBtorn worlil * . "'"i"'" ""'''• ^.s peculiarities deserve some de- and o«rsdv!'«';T'' ' '" T' "'"" ''^""'•'™-''' of ^- Profession. nUZ an W *"r ?. "' ''"'"''-'' «"»*">"»ly ^^ke in the tn- emir i^ey#; '",f T™?' '" ""^ f"™" •« ''-1' '-^''-l-'^ "«»• her of theml , , ""^ '" " '™P'Srace like Doctor M'Dongald ? ther, and Godj| „g fe|,o„, just „nt of eollege. He had tresses of ha,? ■it would not uiibecome even the brow of Absalom himself ey were curly, dark, and flowing, and, as far as the uwledge of any one went, had no equal in the conntry leu he was tall and graceful, without doubt ; and in com- uy, or on the street, had a knaek, peculiar to nobody but nselt of makmg an oriental bend, and putting to his lip Pier hand, as the case might be, with a grace that flung trely into the shade the most exquisite Parisian th.. ever ■eaied himself to America. Moreover, he hr,d a high re- l'"g forehead, and a coal-black, beaming eye, and a face "*, If It had any fault at all, was too pretty for a man ' the moustache-which certain people of a certain age <♦ i'n 20 W E L L I W R L L I ^oiild, through a kind of peevishness, call a mistake nol moustaehe-even this, considered by others as an incleseri able charm, belonged to the doctor as certainly as any n, session of which he boasted. Yet for all this, who won t^^ink of becoming the "better half" of such an individual Nobody. Yet, strange to say, M'Dougald was not , all disposed to be sad ; why? for this particular reason p. haps, more than any other, that he imagined himselflf, tiie present at all ovents-a ^^/ec^ whole, and therefore nev. once thought of asking for a better half. And thus can the bachelor's hall. A bachelor's hall-be it known now-is no freer fro: annoyances than any other establishment. This is a triitl which, at no very late day, came upon the doctor with pov erful effect, and showed him, distinctly, that his love of "sin^i blessedness " was not to be indulged in without cost '' The housekeeper, who had been recommended to him b some friendly wag in a fit of his good humor, was, to say tl, truth, a regular Tartar. The friend who selected her f( the surgeon did not, in bis kindness, tell of her what i\ lawyer wants in evidence, t.z., the truth, the whole trutl and nothing but the truth. Yet he told no lies • for 1 graced the document with such captious names as a ' ' stro.i healthy girl, a good washer, a clean housekeeper, and a fiiv rate cook." For such a housekeeper as the doctor-and I was the worst in the world-this was a perfect article in r way. Bell, which was the name in which this first-rate coo rejoiced, was all this and more, but the ^.rewas left for tl doctor to discover by his " larnin'." In personal appearance Bell was anything but a beaut- Her height was bordering very closely upon six feet H hair, which was brown and frizzly, considered by herself no great ornament to a housekeeper, was generally left ^ke the i)r('lioad, tionly higl jistincd h ♦ere mine lave been fiouth, wil #10 lower < ^ from eai #0 a point lixhibit^d I ^ deepen. 4'ei'e, as si 4'ora swayi #1 the neigl f bullying rmcr, she !> her day ixens of h hen occas lard." Su( But Bell She had, hom, for tl lis unfortui thapter spea ^'ith any dt |)retended tc here about ifter. It w ndertaken I 'ther brand ith Immedii A TALE :H a«„y a. any p, ,o„ly l.i.h, a„,l ,avo l,cr an air of command wliiZ ll lus, wlio wo„i |i,tin.tl her to rule. Her eyes were lar™ and f ,11 I , , , an Jndividn. fere rnined „y a na.ele. L Z^Z:tJm^Z M was not a |ave been painted by natnre expressly for the owner ll! ;."";■ 7:"", ■ "'" "T "''""• '" "'"■-" '"^ "" -.traced, i LrZf ;;: ' * • " •^T'"''"' '"■"'™'"*'' <^'""»"' " PO-^lon near, it ere 0,0 ne>. J Irom ear to ear. H.t whole eonntenanee was „,a.enline And thns ca»4na pomt, and t.,e skin eovering that facial or.„ni::'il s no freer fr„,^ " tx ' "'''''■'' '""'^ '""' """W ''"« ''"■'d «ork T i, Itr fere r"-, 1"^" ""'' ^^"'"^'^ """-' •"■<» "" ««'» Ills IS a trall|ere, as she walked, excellent ballast to keep those n-n„ ont cost ""^'^* ''>'',"^.«''bo''h«od. and. if need be, she was no less capable ont cost || bnllyn,g and boxing. Of the latter, as well as of the nded h,m irmer, she gave many a remarkable proof. S hid hid jas to saytJ, her day, many a keen encounter of the kind Tot Itu 1 htr what tfhen occasion required, give knocks that were "nlaoi.v le whole trnlJard." Such in part was Bell '^ ^ es Ii"a'"I:L,!l Sh? f1' "T r'f "'"" '"^ ""■^'- »•"■'«» 'han these. es as a stronl She had, what the doctor was not aware of a hnsb-ind per and a .Ihom, for three years, she rnled with a rod of ir;n Wh 'e firs : '" f :r '"?''' '^ * p'^'^" "^ '°f°™'«™ ''«'=i> -nnot begii : ' "'ff ; ™'V'* ™y 'l^g'-'^e «f certainty. It was said by some who vas left for ,i fretended to know him, that he got lost in a fog" on : but a bea,„ T tl ^^d'^Toth ^'t^ Th "'■'' ''' ""' "^ '^ .,v f * ,, , "^ *^^''"*° oy others, that having once foolishlT .^ foet. 1 n,.,lertaken to give his wife a lecture on propriety or ome 1 by herself : ci.er branch equally unknown to her. he waslr""": :iiera,ly leit v.nU immediate destruction, and had to flee for his'ufe.^Th'e I 22 W E L L I V\' E 1, L ! partios, who ^rave cirnilation to this lattrr roport, were fiil Itiml to of opinion that the terrified ninii was still running ^oa the i Sueh indeed was Bell. amstanees The (loetor Inid a very expressive way, perfectly InooniJt every v too, of stating her qualilic-ations. When congratnlaied l#ght he s a friend on the happiness of liavir.g so exqtn-site a cool he would very emi)hatieally rcs].ond— " Yes, she is ri doubt, tiptop in that way, b.it oh, Tom ! she 'is a i.erf,. devil." ' In a very short time Bell gave full evidence of her co«iuf nis j mandmg abilities, by ruling in reality not only the docturit'HHHlents. kitchen, but the gentleman himself. , Taking it Some three or four months after the opening of baclil|"^^<^^r do, i lor's hall, M'Dongald had occasion to take a journr»rtnor ; an which would detain him fi-om home for at least twf th very ro months. On his return he found Bell in the kitcli.f a sonnet, rocking an infant. By the powers ! that was a stran.Jlt was nol 8pecimen of mortality to be found in a bachelor's haliie art of p( To the doctor, not the reader, it must have been som^ ^ '" thing no less than terrific. would li re to con he was ; n throat, idc his ( much as sees of sat •What's this, Bell?" asked the son of Esculapius nje parties mcallv. a^_ . , [tempts hac irbling of lavailable. chanically. "It's my little one, that's what it is" replied t mother, proudly. ■avauable. What did the doctor say or do ? nothing. The mal^ffment of would not have stood more still if he had then and thole believer i met with the fate of Lot's wife. It is a pity, howeref considered that be could not speak, and vent npon his honsekeen#^ect nuisai the anger which he thought she deserved. Had he doniong them. BO, we should have such changes of that Bell run"- oiirfessional ci upon the doctor's ear, as would make this record ofoufrt was nee as spicy as a breeze from Araby the blest I folent fellow Without makinO" anv nnrnm'^^*^'- ^\-- fl? • 1. ■ •• . .. Mtrn -A i; o —V ••'"imcaio, Liiu aiirightea travellw ^^ ^^ f A TALE 23 pning of hat'ii take a jouriv ' at least tw in the kitclif was a straiu report, were fuljtirea to his rooms, and ther r.innnated at his leisure uuning. fou the pleasures of a l.aehemr's hall. UnU.r si.eh'eir jn.ta,u.es M'Dougakl, it must be believed, „u.,st have perfectly lncon,|t every way but easy. He fdt as a man under a harrow -on^rat.ilated bfcht be supposed to feel. It is impossible to sav wh-.t xq.usite a coo« would have doue, if the many pa.i.^s whieh raekc'd hhn ios, she is, „ Jre to eoutinue for anytime. Fortunately, however just she IS a perf.J he was about deciding whether he hud better cut his f ';/';':«^^' «»• that of his housekeeper, a friend of his nee of her eoi^ulc his appearance, and informed him fully of Bell's >nly the doetor#fw'edents. ^ •Taking, it now for ^^ranted that a single life would no .;jer do, the doctor resolved upon takin,. to himself a r i.or ; and w.th this happy wholesome tl.ou.rht. he forth- th very roma.itically undertook to win a bride by means a sonnet. ^ "j^uua It was not the first tin.e for Dr. M'Dou^ald to dabble in achelor's hallfe art of poetry. A true son of Apollo, he loved poetry avc been sonil much as he loved physic. He had fathered several >ces of satire, which proved by no means agreeable to le parties against whom they were directed S.ver-d tempts had been made by excellent critics to hush the trbhng of the medical muse, but all these efforts wcto iavailable. Th. doctor had no faith whatever in the Igment of his cavillers, and therefore continued a bona ""- "-W' ^'^17'^ ^^ the existence of his poetical powers. Critics pity, howevel considered, were the most abominable class in creation-^ is honsekeep»fect nuisances. There was not a respectable scholar "^ong them. The fact that himself was a scholar, yet no ) essional critic, settled this point to demonstration All j was necessary to constitute a critic was that some iolent^fellow would place himself behind a musty old desk hted travellel^'S »'^ ^^^ commuud an overflow of impudence which Esculapius, m ," replied t ng. The m hen and thei Had he do Bell rung oii •ecord of ou 24 WELL ! w E L L ! nothing could stop, a stock of fool's cap, a pen and a pro. It made no matter iiow ignorant he might be, provided L were able to form a tolerable sentence. His ignorance ri the subject, upon which he made his comments, was sJ ficientlj hidden, and atoned for, so Jong as he was co, petent to deal out largely in those essential conmioditie. ■. whK^h he owed his position-viz., flippancy and cffronter A few measures of such material showered upon a booi were capital substitutes for learning and refinement T admiring world applauded the wisdom of the oracle a timid adventurers up the steep of fame, though in 'the hearts they despised the dictates of Fadladeen, nevertb less trembled for their pages when they thought of frown. o ■''■ Such was the doctor's idea of critics in general ^ Accordingly, buoyant in the belief of his skill, and radia m the ^,e of victory, he hurriedly seized his quill, a« headed his paper with, " Stanzas to Harriet." After throJ ing himself back into his arm-chair, and looking up to ll ceding as if to court inspiration, and scratching his ha where such inspiration would appear to lie, he at lei.o conceived an idea which was immediately embodied bv 1 poet m the shape of a line. Throwing himself back i secondtime, and performing similar operations, he awaitJ a new unpulse, such as would harmonize to his satisfocti«* wi h the aforesaid heroic. The expected notion came ^ hehre-from the ceiling tkra^tgh his poll, which by til time was considerably taxed with scratching ; it came m Irom the meagerness of its body, seemed to be the last d an honored race. Back again into the chair fell tl" parturient bard-up again to the ceiling turned his suppl ca mg eyes-to its wonted position, true as the needle to pole, went the still industrious hand In vain I N( Cometh '. it comes Quick as van of perused own app I drawn, bi; «;Mninated did not, d jguit of a f the poem . |to its desti great m everthelef lit the fo iou, than t The day 'f the futui iiJ'St six mo ■econciled ued, not \ !"rom her bi -'ere doing ^ :he malady itill Dame E 'f J3ell's Chi Lit'diciue — t I'eport ha wore thai if's's and coi 'J not reac ■•>( siilficient king a rise A TALE. pen and a pros i '>e, provided t His ig-norance uments, was sci as he was coi.j 1 coninioditiei? y and cffrontcr •d upon a booi ■efinement. Ti, the oracle, a tlioug-li in th ideen, nevertk 25 thought of ineral. kill, and radiai i his quill, aii: ' After throf: Dking up to lit ching his hoa- , he at lenail nbodicd by tt; limself back )ns, he awaitf- his satisfrtctic;! otion came s; which by tli'| ; it came, ainl be the last chair fell tl led his supplj e needle to i^ ^ain I No— 1 tomctl, late and tart™ long, a roRular roval Charlie vet -t co,.,e8, that lagg,,r,l li,,o, and better late tilT ^ vaaofa„„tl.rheroi;'sI;' t:r7-;"''- 7" °P1'™'""<>"- After a &„. ,i,.,e anothe I e J drawn, l)ut it was a hard one n,v!!.A.t i ' ' ""' "•'» - -ated the „,aat.a, Z.^t^':^;^T ™"; |"«1 not, daring the ,,roees.s, renu.mhr^l ' 1' ;: """ ka.t of a .hnffling nag.- If „, ,„•„, , '^^^^ ;_„-';; he poen. .„ ,ts birtl,. The s,,i..y thing was at e^ , I'o Its de.tn,at,on, and thongh the author attribnted to t t the tuture bndegroom were dazzlino- of eonr^e v .i last six months the honcfnl \rn„„ i', ? "' ""* •oconeiled with Bell Be h r« t ! "" """ a aladj was e,,«le„„cal, and cut many a fair flower do w ...oR.„orwas^ ch 11 to the tree consent of the man who gave the e n7 ° "°" '''"""'"'""^ ^"^»-°"- WhetLr s h DO. t had come to the ears of the sorrowin.. moti e ' .ore than can be stated ; bnt from her unwo^ecTk | .s and condescension to the doctor, it is „rol,ab,e , ' lu not roach an f-n* ii,.u \ , i^-i-n n, ■-;'/>."-n,,,over,,ersor;o„.stowa;;:ath< ^^""'■'''" 'Hii]- a rise out of his housck IS tor eo per occasionally. Lia-fd 26 w E r. I. W E L I. .she had so mucli recovered from the shock, that .she no^r and then g-avo tokens enough to convince him tiuit ilw (hiys vi lier glory were not yet over. Trusting in this recovery of tlie maid, and anxious for a Uttle frolic, the fac-'- tious surgeon resolved upon api)rising Bell of his intentions. '•' Bell," said he, one morning as he sat down to break- fast, " I'm going to be married." " To who ?" was the grammatical inquiry, made in a tone vhich sounded not so much about tlie marriage itself as about the person. It must be observed, that Bell had her own idea of what that person ought to be. She liad in her view a mate for the doctor, and though she was aware that he had some notion of the identical one, who, fortunately for M'Dougald, was no other than Harriet herself, still she was nowise certain whether that was really the one or not. As to Bell's regard for Harriet, it is nothing here or then*. However it came, the former considered the latter a par agon, and for this reason decided that the doctor shouli have nobody else. Aware of Bell's affection for his intend cd, Dr. M'Dougald calculated upon having a moment '> frolic with her, by answering that rough and ready to whi of his maiden, in a manner that could not fail of putting ii her " dander" to the pitch that was desirable. " Why, didn't you hear it ?" he asked. " No," said tlie other, expectantly. " Well, to Emily Wilson," roguishly he rejoined. " Emily Wilson — the devil 1" " Devil or no devil, Emily is the one, and no mistali about it." " Then I tell yon that Emily Devil is not going to comi into this ar house." Bell spoke this sentence with an emphasis that was trul; empliatlo. " I'd like the doctor. '■ What is 3?eiTthiiig to 3lefi IS up, ai ivhiit would 1 'or what it ai .'iio wag \\ ■A TALE. tluit slio now lim that tliv- isting- in this •olio, tlic faee- lis intentions, iwn to break- 27 lade in a tone iaj.ce itself as P,.'ll had lici 10 had in In i s aware tlui! Drtunately foi , still she ■\v;i- ! or not. .\ ere or thei.-. latter a pin loetor shoi,' or his intcii ! a momcni ready to wl of putting i •ined. i no mistakfl " I'd like to know what bntiinf ■ ;+ ; ^r \ doctor. ' ^ '^ ^' ^^ ^'^"^•S" demanded 1^^ "ic and co2r:„. ^^^t:::,:;;;;:— -^ 5't;vouId that jade know abont neh w^kT^ ^, t^^- ^vliat it aint no bnsiness of mine" "'"'" >'E.iiywastheone,:dS;r::!:^f^"- ;^ I- the exasperated advocate' fi;;^L^:; --■.iitl,b.n,vainlX;^:^^^^^^^^ ^•^l"-an- agam, and, gathering fresh fLo f.. ^ ;# together, made a l.ne;o?wt:iH^^^^ :^ --ring, and vowing all sorts of '.; ', '"""^ '-'V, she was pitehed into again by ^"" h Ind f 'er<-, with all the reality of a reo.ul.r b H ^ "^'^^^''' ^"^ •rlMw and fall fnr ru\ . ''^ttle, it was blow >^, and laJl tor fall, between Bell and her m..f f iii'vu'dt! r^p aP4. • ' """ master. ;oing to coma lat was ti'ulij 28 W E L I- ! W E L L I CHAPTER Y THE PHASES OF BEAUTY. Ar tlic time in which our story properly commcnoc ]M'I)onj2:ahl Imd boon married {il)Out ten years, and w: mother of two cliildren. Ennna, a rosy, lanu'hiniz: ore had a flow of raven lo(;ks that was lauded by all who her, and a large dark sparkling eye that bid fair to ~ some future day, many a heart a-sighing. Iler face, was a sweet little miniature of her father's, indieali unmistakable marks, tlie quick perceptibility of her As a matter of course, her parents doted upon Ler : all that ever darkened the happiness which they felt in ing such a child, was the shadowy fear which from ti time swept over their spirits, from the consideration th; was too beautiful and too wise for one who had maiiv to live, George was a being of fewer attractions. He w thick-haired, stumpy little body, with a clouded lo-i visage, showing everything but relationship with Ei: with, moreover, a midatto-like comi)lexion, a thick and a thicker head. He bore, as is evident, no reseml to his father, but inherited, to a large extent, the it and qualities of his mother. Ol't did M'Dougald si think, as he marked the bounding step and pretty of some fjiir and promising boy, that if Ai:thony Brutus, and Brutus Anthony, he would be the happi men. Anthony, however, was Anthony, and nothiii,? What George was, he was. The mother's name was ? wpon the blade, and there was no ruljbing it out. ATiiis con iwiiig to lliirrict the doctor ^tO' I SOUKM lie iiiaidei] • -il feal iJttf.ii descoi 'H Ifousati lJi|"'actcd I Mi'>' chin, J IS HlMJglit (1 ait^iiiilly the I lioauty ^'•li of a ' given, tl 1 the gei iity the mi object of Pio charms, eless, nth e dcsirabl Nuly been g |)iiig, these 10. His I. M, and kne |k III the cit was reall3 father of ac expedition. Id bring inl • She ha( 1^ when the A TALE 29 'ly commcncos, years, and wa , laiitrliinj]^ rrcii cd by all who 1 : bid fair to s( . Her face, ^\i her's, iiidiciite bility of her i d upon l.er ; L'h they felt in vhieh from ti isideration tli;i viio had manv :tion.s. He \\ a clouded loj isliip with Ell ion, a thick iwi, no reseinlJ extent, the uj M'Dongald si] p and prettyj if Anthony be the happij and nothing name was sti g it out. Ti,;. ro„trn..t, in tlie m.n„ (i,„,. .suggests tl,o propriety „f »l»>-.:,u- to the roa.l.T „ pi..,,,,,, nf ti.e v |,„,.!,.|,' ^ ll.^n-,,., lf„„ston, „„w .Mis. Alia,, .M-b„„.,,|,|' „,,, ,, ; -"."vl,„. i„ the „ei,hl,otl,„„„ of five ,,,, ,„;„„,,;:* ".• 1-Umv.s vvo„l,n,„|,-,vi,i.,„.,. to y„„,|,„t, shewn , '«! .lo-scendant of that genuine native t.ihe af.e,- «• „ iro„sa,o„,e ,■.;.,.■ «..en,« to have been eall,.,l. A v,.,-y '■■"'"• f^'f'""'. »'""" Waek ey^, high cheel< h, !f tn d,t ,h„.k ha,r as ever covered head, bespeak not „, ™ 'My the physiognomy of Mi-s. JI'Donn-nld • ■ 1. of a ,v,fe ,t ,„„st be i„fe,-,.ed fron, the deserip.ion ?™n, that h. bean i,,eal of the lovely diliered w d " 1.0 Soneral standard. However, perhaps ,,e scored ...ty the meteor, and shaped In's eonrse by a better ^nido ■■ oliioet of h,s d,oiee, be it reme„,bered, tl.ongh possessed' c desn^uble c],araeter. To JleDougahl, who „s \Z «"lv been said, I,ad not a partiele of the bnn.p rf u^. I'lng, these latter named qnalities were almost of inlinito J. H,s uncmnely lady, for instanee, wrote a beantiful I, a„ 1 knew how ,o keep books as well as the eleve,-est l-mthemy. She .-ognlated her honse with a preeisio, \ was r™lly .narvellons. }ler eoneenti-ation of lhon..l,t l.or of aet,on seeond to none, was f„I|y e.ve.npliHed hi M.«I,t,on, a thonsand tinies exhibited, with whieh she I'l tang mto order the disorganized mate,-ials of a house. She had but to pn..,, as it w.ere, through au apart- ', «liea thesp,nt of restoration, you would believe l,a,| \\ *». 30 well! w r l l I brcatac'd over tlio srciio. Willi nil this, sl.j pof-'sosrof i agility uf an aiitclope. There was none to conijx'te wit! in the nianii«^^enient of a lionse. Tut that animal in ;, trnp])in,i;s yon jileased — in saddle, in harness, in earrisigc. in sleig'h — and she was able to control him. When on the i« with a favorite steed, she would most certainly not be beatt and if some mad-cap were hardy enough to endeavor to |i her, she would, by her fearlessness and dexterity, prove all concerned her undoubted deserving- of the eulonv i pronounced upon licr horsemanship. Were not these, it may be asked, accomi)]ishments of ordinary kind? Weighed with them, would not bwi: kick the beam ? In taking her to wife, might it not be, that the doctor was more romantic than particular ? J\IiJ he not have thoug-ht that, while the qualities just descri were like angel visits "few and far between," comnio beauty was a drug in the market ? Yet, how coolly I'.ave we all this time shelved, or put ii[j the shelf, the beauty of Dr. M'Dougald's lady. And J coolly, at the same time, have we jjroljably imagined 1 the self-same individual w^ould be satislied with us for i admiration of those mere accomi)lishments attri))uted to al)ove. Strange woman, she not only thought, but, as many of her kind, she actually took it for granted, that veritable self was a beauty of th(> first mngnitude. If judj by the standard set up in her own locality, she was no deed unaware of her being looked upon unfavorably, standard, however, was in her Oj.inion a regular luniil The phrenologists, she asserted, were the fools wlio erected it, and accordingly she had a thoroug-h contcmj^ all demagogues of that order. From something which had heard from her classical husband about a passn-!, Horace, she knew that high foreheads were an abominat; the (lav K'lil!ll. 81j il.Ul.T of k'i'c the loj ge, that, IK'S, no f< .>(:'ntials tl lilt, in som . ter, were With sue] 'Dougidd ) le was not renologist^ better jud beauty so s ; and if lould feel ^ased her j [ine of her t iiegy lists c til an admi fl \vas an o Fully coiivi 1(1, therefor I'lity to hei^ niroije wa <-l\ Her iiiis. Thevi 1 .sorts of bi 'l> of things 'iiisclvcs, an |i|Misite ownc "" "thcMc A i A , E 31 ' compettMvill, it aiiiuuil ill ; ss, in c'aiTi!i1.1, therefore, was not the one who could fail of any opnor- hty to heighten those charms to the full. Ko no Her b'drobe was flashing with dresses of every texture and aa.. Her casket burne.l within with the aahixv of la r in-s. ihe vicinity of her toilet was re M L.,d,.sl.man was tl.o spirit and tho Pf. r . ,1 iich tl.o exmisos annnallvcMrno off u '• •" • ,, ^'^' '" from tiie dtj of pcrfdniiiiij , a hliiff, roiM I'"' . -cs the ;„,.t,;nv ;,;;:::;;" -'^^^ loiisokeopers who i.Mnn ... i ll'o iHiinlMr of •»!'"■ «»•-'§ tl,c . .r,.soim d., r J: rf ''^'"■''''■°'' ''»^ "'-■■ -le Fur tln\ iM "*!''"> ^^oul( (for ve liMvoif-^f i lauds and tni*i. ; , " '"-^ '^•^^tc. J3y no moans. Therofhiv. o. ■thtTs who thronged to thn f. c+- J^'iutioic, anioiio a.i.w.rod to tl,o nan.e of Jfary t,,,^!""", '"l"^"'-'". «Wy recovered from the effects oM ' "'«' ""«' ir walks wi«,' , . 7 '"^ "° ''^">' ♦« 'kt oliedience. Durinn- Af„, . "■""- "■» f :■ ti:- err: " "-r^^ "•■' ""'^•' '- -!^; ountains maM, , . ., , , /"^'^"^^'s and a hcart-sioknoss to^roth,^r Ti i. ,. . W^ ^ hiithful attpn(]'U)f TT • • i<'^'^cn,er, Jj( J '1 S»l'l- K ' , , ^ "■"■" ^"'o»'l'"'c.d down |,v a i ^ i,' , „I"U, u„dcrh,y all. Between Mary and her'elf ,1 '' this meta,u^'" "''''*' «" "'"'"<-' '- -■ ■ ' "™"""' IS firmly on ttcr liis comli in,u' for liini^^il ices, beauti odiately fam lihuited tliiTi might bo ] ) woll. Till ickoning- trci "^'- - *^o e..ed an i..ei,,ie„t 1^ ^^ " -; --;. tr 34 vv K [, r, ! \v r i, i, I iiuisiniu'li as I?;-]! was as firm in 1()V(3 as slic was rclcull, . ill luiti', were likely lo be wana and durable, pruvided, Ik.. ev.T, that Mary eoiitiiiued to conliuo lierscli' within h, own particular provinee. Tiie sun hud rolled down the first day of Bell's master! jarisdietion. Ni^'lit, witli its beauteous stars, sighinr the powerful protcetion of l)er fearl.'« guardian. Bell, taking advantage of her " little brief autliui ily," luxuriated over a peaceful pipe of tobacco, with ii; otiwm cum dlgnitate, that was nearly aristocratic. Old Jen, my, the man-servant, had already, under his blanket in i attic, relaxed the stiffness of his twin lame legs, and shut, li liapi)y slumber, those queer cross eyes of his, which invariulih looked, atone and the same time, east and west, or nort: and south, as be might happen to take his position. The conversation, which helped to enliven the evening, Wiil not of such importance as to merit recording here. Pi posed altogether by Bell, the topics, it may be suppose would not be very interesting to the reader. Indeed, tli| loftiness of her present position was a thing more to be dwoif on in silent delight, than to be abused with passing collo(jiivi The long strong pulls, too, which she lavished upon herwi loved pipe, forming, as they did, a fume that possessed power almost as lulling as opium itself, had a wondi r: effect in kee[)ing the smoker silent. These cireumstam combined, made the solemn night — not for Bell, but I Mary— more solemn and silent than it really was. T^ hour for retiring was at length decided by the fact, tliil Bell's last puff, a:id complete prostration, were siraultaneoBJ |iJK'iit, and JVelimin Bi'll never Islie got un k'.veejtt in th buier's j)an 'cd to say li foiisod her s Whatevei ''"lasifsud "}■" — proloi s'<'])s toward " What di Mary liad In about ti iiU' slumber, T'ldcn drean M'o, in conip 'le honsekee] " Where is was rt'lc;i(l( .. provided, lio-.v ■li" vvitliiu In,.' liell's mastoiiv lids, gliostlik •nts, liiiiig' ()\-> as a subterra hand, saf, r of lier feaiic^ !o brief aut!; acco, wiili I, ic. Old ,]ni blanket in i' :s, and shut, i lidi invarialil vest, or nori ition. e evening-, w ? here. V< be suj)po>! Indeed, "6 to be dwL'l sing eolloqiiv^ upon herwcl t possessed a wondcrfl cireumstaiicej Bell, but fcj ly was. Till he fact, tliaj siraultattcou A TALK. o- .1.) "Let's 0*0 to bod ATii'i. " 1 • 1 l>;M.lve, and stretchin- on! botli 'h-m,. u-itT . j;;;;^;;:./-''---^K^::i:':r:;;;^: ! i,i„.|,t ■!" ^ ""' ^''-^'1' »■'"' )01l to- •;SkTp„ithn»to.n,,l,,,Ar,,.,, ,,|,,,t,.^^,,, lioth „o>v ,,roooo,Iod up stairs („ I he l,ou»okoener-s an.rt .i.in,t, am] prqiare,! thorasolvia for rest. ' iVeliniinaries in the sli-nm r^p . ';-""-er„a<,„,„tL;r;^z:r,:^;:'r""' (-'''-■ got uudcr cover witl, a ra„i ".Idea drein.s L , """"•'■""■<^. ^t^'rtled from her l'« l'»nsekeeper's cha.nber." ° ' "'''"■'""■''' '" •■ Where is the rascal ?" they in,,„ired 36 W K 1,1, ! ?; K ! ;. I " Uiulci the }h>(V' Vu'l'ovv, licU hud till)*' to iiiiilvc ail ohscrvntiou, or (.v;'u i. >-olIf('t her scuttcml wits, out from iiiidcr her n\\' the miti lluit black I me that ♦\ Ii's time t sleep, Man B.ll bou a trice. I usual liistn kitelieii. Old Jemi t'l or:lvi, no lie housekc !•!' attendina 'ly tlie appe !!>i)e not nnl rV'kety ! w this hour of tlnorallovei a pail of wal Joniinv, h A TA I. n 87 )!i, or cvi'ij (u cstliin- nislr i| )\' iii.U'lit, an i itc crturrs tn le watcliuK II. mere iiijriiTr," I her, j)ass('(| it merely ex- poke, "Wliv I llie jiolicc '! ruscal's hide i' — the devil- most, liy til" not to luiv Citillji' ill llir hilt she Wiis niv ' cried, I I leur that: and vou 'II l.le Bell, nsi |x)sitiori for] cd, " hiu'rv iiii CTiAiTi:ii VI r. THE SUBMVE AND THK RIDirUI.OUS. Tmk sliaduw of the jjeril, just passed, troubled Afury as iiieh as ir her friend were a thousand mik-s away, and press- |iii- upon her like a weijrht of lead, kept her all ni-ht from ;( ln>in''' her <'ve.s. ■ The cheerin.iz: sun was fairly uj), whin the recruit* d r.rll, nj.i.nin.o; her funny eye, hailed her sleepless companion with, ■llillo, chicken Mary I are you awake yet 'f jVpprised of the nature of the other's rest— "Why," she cried, "ditl ihat l;lack scamp fri<^'hten you so awfully ? It didn't trouldc lai" that way, 1 guess, for I slept like a Imek all n\'/nt. I "s time to ho movlu' at all events, hut you can stop and |.>leep, Mary, while I g-o down and get ready l.reakfast." Bell bounded from her (Ouch, and was inlo her iVork in la trice. Down she went, and liavino- n-ouo throu^-h lier usual lustration in the sink-room, made her way into the kitchen. Old Jemmy, whose bn ' >s u was to have a blazinn- fire jto oriLi, not being, on this morning, sufficiently in advance of the housekeeper, v - -■ .,r.,^.,.(i ,-„ m l'n«yoni,.s( n,„tin;.ou l.is h„ols, when IMUas ahva.r, "*v,l.TanM^|,issp,r,| hy Imndi.,^ hin, (ouanls th. ,luor' J huiKl.T .,..1 .uvs !" I,. ..xclainied, " he aisy a ...iait t : ln.al,,T|,uniu'on,nylH.ofs,anyway;sure, youclo,;. v^antmMoMHM.ouI,|by|.uin^n...^ Y on ..l.l nMt (rr, you, Low afraid you an> of w.ttiu' yo.ir 1 niu,l-.|.-,Ts ; IH.,.. Hear o,.f as n.st as your oM l.^s c.n ' carry you, else I 'H ,.rij,|.k. you worso than you arc " ^ | ,.'"';':" '''V''' '" ^""' ^'t »»}• rat..," mult.'rod Jmmv to ^ I'-Misdl, as, hoping no n.hvss. ho undertook to hol,h]J Jn. ^ way to til." \v( ll-viird. ] in duo tin.. Udl haa juvpan-d broakAist, and wa« ju^t ': alter c rannng hor hist oup, whon M.vy, unable to enjoy anv i tlnn^ bettor than a troubh.l rop,.e, iof-t hor weary Loi, | nnd stood, pale and fatigued looking, in the prosonee o^ I " Ha ! is that you, JNfary ! did you have a good sleep •'•' " 1 could not sleep at all.'' "The darkie is in your head still, I reckon, and seare< you to death ; he couldn't scare this ohihl, no how JJuf nov,T mind, Ma.y ; oonie, take a cup of tea, and I guess you'll (eel belter." ^ n«"Il j.roceer the corner of Ikt evc^ as the wca,ygirl was taking the beverage which she i.ad been handed. "That darkie-//.,/ darkie," still she repeated »ml burst out uUo a " horse laugh" at t he cleverness of the joke wh.di, as she supposed, she was cracking upon her fri,-nd xV..w iAfary," n-sun.ed IJell, as the foruier rose up from ber shght n.past, "the family will be homo to-morrow. an,| twill be n..cessary for me to have things leaned up bv th • time the} j'iit the ( voii can r a like ii while it nil alone. " Aii.l Bad Asid There fr, tlii'oiigh re 'Sid ; there «utild mee % A T A I. R 3'.) .iriiiiif:' tlio pro. II was ulivadv • Ls tilt' (lour, isy a Jiiiiiit t;!; I'e, you doll' 1 my vaiiiji.v.'' r Wet till' your old li'g's ciiii arc." (1 Jt'iiiniy (u O iiul)l)l(j Jii, iiiid was jut lu enjoy aii\- voary couch, prc'scuce of ood sleep ■;■■ , and scari ~ ' liow. I5ij; 11(1 1 g-iK- "15 k'd. - j>!i; M,u" full int. I of lier eyes, ieli slio iuul 10 repeated, ^of the joke T friend. >se up from orrow, and 1 np l»v tlif tinio tliey come. I'll sweep the rooms, make tli(> beds, I put the , "you'll fancy Gumbo ^ is somewhere under the sofas, if 1 don't go and open the parlor shetters." I She accordin-:ly led the way towards the i)arlor, and j flin-ring i,p,.,i the door, left ^laiy a moment to c()ji:itate, ^ while she herself went outside to let in li-ht u}.mi the ; ()]>eration. The sun, as the shutters were fully oi)ened, flashed u])on the scene, and revealed to the fair beholderan apartment, the l.ke of which she had not for many weeks had the pleasure of scein,!^. With the richness of the room, came over the liulf- r.rovered girl a feelin.i,^ which riveted her to the spot, and icndered her i)erfectly motionless. A beautiful model would ^he then make to {.niide the sculptor in bringing into shape his beau ideal of a truly lone, and truly sweet creature of sorrows 1 The first ol)ject that caught her eye was a splendid i')sewoO(l piano, which stood immediately facing the door, ^'ikI thrown open. It brought to her mind the remembrance "i !i like instrument that was now, alas ! far. far away, and ^^liil<' i( lilled her with this thought, it made her feel doubly ;ih>ne, " And sliijht witlial may lo tho tliiiitrs wlii.-li hrluff Back on the heart tlic \vcij,'lit whicli it wouM tlinj^ A»klu fur over." There iras a time, she thought, when she, too, could skip' through rooms like this, with heart neither sunken nor Kud ; there was a time when the silver sounds of u j);auo would meet ready accord in tli(> music of a soul now no 40 ^1^^ A TALE ongcT t„n,_.f„, ; tl,cre «•„., a thne when she minted w.I, •'"ng. other than the one who h.,] her converse now ti was a time when .he, too, possessed a piano, and U:u, finj?ers skdful enongh to walcen its dulect tones OM «,- thon eheerless ,vor,l, cheerless for all wh,,.., .'y of joy ,s done, what a load dost tlion brinn- „,„„ the Wt of those of whose happiness thon art L 'l Mary drew nearer to the Instrnnienl, and gazin-. lov Kly npon ,t, n,dnlged to the fnll in a sadness, ^-l, on,d, d«,,, was one that was sweeter t , pleasure' that wa ,,„,„, ,„ni„,„^^ „„^ ^,,^ „,^._.^^^^.^ ^^^^i^^^j ^^^_ key. Had she done so, a spirit from beneath it answeri or, wonld be lite the rising of fancied pleasure sta : Je^^a^ spectre from the tond.. Snch was her fear,:^ sof^'If,^' """''" ""'" '^"'"' "'»" ""■ 1™"»- Sl.e took M>n,c of them „p, a.ul glanced at them ,lr,.amih-. "Th, bong of t e Exile.' w.s a lonely strain which she Veil npon , wound, bleed freshly. J„st ,hen, as her eyes were brim- nng w, tears she looked „p as if to turn for a mo t that place where sorrow has no vi.tin,, „nd she saw -tt. el m he cap and gown sometin.es worn in eo Ovir hci I emulous Irau.e then swept th,. g„st of manv TXTT ?'■■ '■"■■'" »f " '""•'■-"t 'n.den."ro.l n ately before her n.iud. That strange, strange coffin- ervu.0 a., strangc-that sluggish drearv p ,sh, w, iel t^e dead boy went .s„d,lenly down, flung ,-l,e cold .salt pr ; ".to the bystander,,' faces-that awful sen.se which folio f M cliilllnf^ .-pivadiii; slit' a;;-ai (i»>t!y a I !i '!• alu'o, (Icatl. Overw lollligC^ j itllDOst fo I'lrtially 1 'iiistiuj^ \ -Mary waj I'OW^, will (-•lii'sr, and into the ] ill which ;; a bellows, "Mar- lias som.-. I my head 11 "Ah I ] " Love-i I'll swear, twice mar I'l'incmljcr lliere's as ^ III the I ii stride t( •■I'oii her })i liii.U'crs froii " How d without wa the bottom '*'% m miiio'led with 'C now ; thoro ino, and Jiiui well! wiollI 41 or ill! uiios! bring uj)o/ art the mw gazing lov- Incss, wiiicli, :»n ideasurc. led a sorrow touched no it answorinu' ure slartiiiu- her fearful She took lily. "The le fell uj)<)ii :1 made old were brini- ^ a luoinenr id si 10 saw ' one who, n colleges, he doctor. t of nianv ;e imniodi- jflin— that which, !is salt spray foIIoW('( <-l"ilIini? the very Mood, and dn.ining the tong-.o, aud spreadnig over all around a wild unearthly pallor-all I !..■<« she again felt, and saw, and heard, and she stood in that costly and dieerinl apartment with sensations that niade )i'i- ahrost feel as if she were standing in the caverns of the dead. Overwhelmed with a thousand thoughts, slu. fell upon a luange, and wej.t hers.-lf sick. The" poor afflicted girl f almost fbrgett ino the task assigned her, arose alter a while' I partially restored, and commenced the necessa.-y labor Tiic I justing was soon over, but the tears again (lowed Aist I Ma,y was sobbing deeply, and floating, as it were, in sor^ I rows, whe,i JJell, with a difcnt heaving expandin-^ the ; Hi-st, and a dillerent ichor flowing down her visage, bonndKl ;"ro the parlor From the various scourings, and so n,rti. "Mvhich she had just played her part, she was blowing like a bellows, and perspiring like a hodman. " :Mar- ^[ary ! " screamed she out, " what's to pn v now ? J'"Sson- . . I- black chap given you a squeeze ? Til ,..|ve n)y head for a foot-ball if the gal aint in love." "Ah ! Bell, I feel sorrowlul and sick both." "Love-sick, or home-sick, or somethiu' of the sort ; but i 11 swear, Mary ! you'll be well of all that afore ;ou're ;-'ce marned; so rouse up, my hearty! rouse up an.l «berthathomeisafb^^ '•"■les as good fish m the sea as ever was caught." in the gayest good-humor, the solacer ma.le with th^s a stride towards the piano, and intending probably to trv >'Pon hcj patient the force of many octaves, ran her clumsy Ii.igers from bottom to toj) of the k.-ys. " How do you like that ?" hK|uired tl,(> skilful artist; and I- 7 r'^ '''^^''" '"' '''' ^'"'"^'*' ^^^^^" ^^^"t from the top to 42 A T ALE, u^ if to (]i.),lay to the fai-thest extent the iiiiKscal power which Hhe wicl.le.!, slie d.'liberately sat down i,p„„ tii.- Ptool, and commenced sucli a tirade of discords and donl)lc discords, and min-led flats and naturals, as would puzzl, the ablest master in the land to imitate. "There," said she, turninn; to her friend, "that's the devil among the tailors— did you hear it?"' ^faiT of course had to laugh. " Tiiat's the ticket I ron • up now and dance. I swan if tliere ain't fun enoug-li in tlnit ar ji.^^^maree to put mettle into the heels of critturs half dead." Doing the best she could to please her friend, 'SLwy raisino- herself up, and not without ))eing considerablv enlivened )>y the antics of the self-constituted i)layer, said, "If I were able, my dear Bell, I would dance in a moment ; but dance you now, and I will return the kindness when J am l)etter." "Well," suo-gested the fun-loving Bell, "here goes, Til dance if you'll play ;" and up she sjyrang for the purpose, while Mary not unwillingly placed herself before the piano. ' and struck a harmony or two. "That's it, go it!" cried Bell, and putting both arii.> H kiinbo, she began as awkward gambols about the room ::^ - iver the whales, mentioticd in Homer, played around th.' car of old Nepti;ne. Mary fingered a lively air, and Bell, i in an ecstasy of ddight, careened from side to side, let oul' tm occasional yell, ana f^ung u}) very gracefully, and as neiir as she could to the ceiling, now this leg, now that leg, us her fancy inclined her. " Why Mnry, why Mary," cried she, ceasing at last fioiii li'-'r sport, and throwing herself down upon a sofa neurlv exhausted, "you're some punkins, I'll tell von, and yoli can beat the miatruss all holler, that's u fact.'* Ile.-e A 'Ilea t ffiiOL'l s' *«. •cmpuj the after those "1 • thicker « ' soul over and openi its melan c.\j)ressed both. Tl Jiiid thosi tiiat wordi and all al !^:mg that the burdei There h and cares oin- fcelin; those trou! lii'iir to wl ol .Mary h Iia|>py flov, and in the iis;('iil power mid (]ou)i|c vould puzzle it's the devil A TALE 4 a Ho.-o iU !iall-door boll was run.^r, and DdPs imt mettle •lend, Miwy -'onsiderabiy !)]ayer, said, a moment ; ncss wlien J ■0 goes, Til le ])urpose, the piano, both arn .- he room <:-. Liround tlir , and Bell, de, lot out ind as near hat leg, as t last from ofa nearly and you THE SUBLUIE A^D THE riL'CULOUS CONTINUED. M-.Rf liaving been informed that I\.J1 was goino- to *<. -onipany her comrade abroad, and would not return (ill the aCrerncoa, had nothing to break upon her privacy save ose halcyons of n;emory," which always f^.ster and tiHcker gather, tho g^-eater the sorrow and solitude ..f the M>u over which thoy come. She went again to the piano ;nHl openn,g out that ^'Song of the Exile," began to awaken ■>s melancholy sighing.. Wa.s it the words or il^e air that '■vpressed so well the heart-aohes of the mourner V 'Tw.s ' '^tli. That melody was the roal tone of Marv's lo.elv soul =nK those words were its truthful history' She ftu.cied 'fiat words and air together were mado expressly for heroclf ^'"<1 all alone as she sat, and fearing no present listener she .;s ones nt bo im- iiig'lit s(i 30lI vvli it'll e she fell I transient t so often lire for its n'ly laden, test lio])es r such, its y possess, oliition to isie, how- iway dull A T A L E . 45 E doDufy boil the kettle, and do other ctdinarj work, accosted Ik r sleepin- ear wit h divers lieavy knocks which he g-ave her tloor. There was no answer for some time. Determined on being- heard, J.'nniiy would first give a few taps, then put his ear to the k. y-hole, and so on alternating- with ear and list, till he suc- •'ceded at length in getting an audience. " Who is there T asked Mary ge-tly, lifting lier head from tiiC pillow. '"TiS me, marni !" rcjilied Jemmy ; "])rukfast is ready." " BreaLfast, Jemmy ?" said Mary, half thinking that she was over another night. Jemmy recollecting himself, and scratching his head, nj/lied, ":N'o, not that same, but diimer, mann ! sure I'm forgettin' myself intirHy ;" and thus saying, he waddled back to the kitchen as fast as he could. What comj)any that in any wise has affinity to our home— what company, however jioor that comi.any may be, that has not for the wan.lerer an attraction unfu-md even in the most i)olished society of strangers? The weary exile in his loneliness and sorrow will eling with all fondness not only to such persons as in his daily walks at home he cared not to recognize, but even with objects—a vessel, a grain of dust anything—and he will cling to them aliectionately, because tliey are mementoes of home. Subjecting lierself, no doubt, to this singular influence, Mary raised up her enfeebled form, and proceeded to share for a while the conversation of her uneducated countryman. Jemmy was before her, but unfortunately he was in a pliu-lit. He had, in his own estimation, so adnu'rably suc- ceeded in boiling some potatoes, frying a beefsteak, setting Hie table, &c., that he was sure of winning eternal credit from the compliment which Mary would pay him for his cooking. This hope, however, ^^as now completely blasted, m 46 W E L L ! W K I. L ! V .a i.,,.slmp for whid, no mnonnt „f ,,n,i.e eo„U afono \ t™-pot bntnnnia mCal, wInVh, ....fore |,e wont ,„' ,,,|| n.y ,0 l,a,l «ll.,l .it,, .va... ,,|a,.,.,, ,,,„„ ,„, ,„„ I.n.t of , ,c oook,ng-s,„ve, lm,l ,„is..n,l,l). „,olt,,l „wav i„. .•.- .„g t„e «,„vo wi,., a ,no„on arton.na.nt, wlWI, .oik "Msel 'Iwaa tins untoward cirounLstanco tlait ,1„ n,,..! ardor «,th wind, .1™,,,,^ ,,ad, a few „,o„„.„ts „,,,„, ascended tl,e.,tai,-,,. TI,o poo,, feilow, ahvady eronei ; 'l-i umUT tl,e a„tioi,,at,.d ,l,„nde,. „„d li,|,tnin„. of lieiiC vo„-e and eye. ,,oiate,l M.vy to tl,o scent, of ,ii»a.s,er, and ..„i I do a ail, at ail? Save, I'll l,e n,n,Me,ed intirelv «licn that wieked catur eo.ncs home " h.dS^:;::'"""'''™''"^-"'*"'"'^-'™"'-"'^^' Ac,inaiatea with the eanse of l,is lani'entation., .^ , ,„.«,„. .cd ^to^sh,eldl,i,af,.o,at,,e.,o,.n, which he .o™i:;;; Je,„,ny however, had his donbts of |„,. ,neec.s. Sc much afraid was he of Bell's "l,allv„,;,-,in » as he c^.H,.! it «t he wholi,. lost both his eonve,.sati;n, a'nd , t^ , ' Mary eoal.1 not prevail „pon l,i„, to taste a .norsel. U^ "g, after many efforts, suececled in hrin-nn-r l,i„, to hinvdr ^1.0 scovored that Je,„n,y-« own life wa^an'e '' and that she was not even here eon,panio„less in sn i 7' authority, llie eveaing was far advanced when she who^e ™ve,-e,„.ty t at was, returned frotn her wander 1 Tu the ahsenee of Jemmy, wlio, the mom. nt that Bell ative :: f . ;;,r Tr '""' '"""""■"'^■'>- '^^'-" »'- -^ whi : ri t:^a ;:;7;.^ ?"r,!" "'^ r ■"""■^ -''^^ ac(|„.Ka hum uie froiic of tlie day, to say m |u)iliiii<,( of iciiiolisfn'i ]i'Iilir|lic!i(; " 15 :t, 3 * I', "if SIII.',SC(|('st f Fwoiild ta "Twos only ^^'lili• do yc .'■;"ve, as I'l i'. till I SCO: liiii' dear o ^\!i r .«! of r,co I Yes, I swear to goodne.ss, a round of r • ^^. l.od n,, u, a sheet of brow,, paper. Did lou ever 1 1.0 heat of that ar ? I reckon yo„ didn't, no'r nohodv ciKU ,»n sliead, no how you (l.v it. ]intl,„shl there -oe, «• oclock, and it's time for all honest folks to te abed -«me, J nry I let's get uuder the blankets ; I s'pos! yo ^ poop with me again to-night, chuck " ^ bel' f„7 , , '^' "" "■•'' ''" ™"'' ■'"^■t "own at thl M s foot, and began to say her ],ravers Jot thinking for a moment about the exercise i„ which Ma y was engaged. Bell laughing out as loudly as she could roared- Mary, you needn't trouble yourself with prvin; f i-hn U^J . Till 1 . . - X J it way uiulor the bed : I'M h. tiicre to-night. Mary is d )01I!1 ,1 +1 ry IS death on the niggers. tiicres no darkie 48 W K I. I, ! W K I. I. I ^Uiry (•uiitlniR'd lior devotions. Bell vvaiUHl a second, then rising n,>, and loukino- (owanl^ Hh' foot of the bed, unable to deeiplnr the n.vstery eri..,| -tor goodness' sake, Mary, what are you Annbliii' ubo, t^ere^ Come along to bed, and I'll take care of the dark, t^;s time." Sui- enough, it was for goodness' sake, in a different s.^k However, to that in which Bell put the questioi., that Man was on bended knees, " The gal is gettin' crazy, I do believe," said Bell, j.nnM,. at last out of the bed. >J i '- Mary was upon her feet, as the bewildered B(>11 touch- he lloor, and meekly apprised her that she had been sav,.r rier night prayers. ' ' "Ha ! ha ! ha !" went Bell, evidently surprised at s.,. employment. Growing, however, more grave, " Well, now, INIary, said she, " you astonish me, you do ; a young gal KlJ you, makm' such a fool of herself." ' " Why, Bell ! is it folly to say one's prayers ?" ' " But It looks so old-fashioned," replied Bell, looking wiin growmg surprise mingled with an expression of conipassio. lor the weakness of the other. ■ "Well my dear Bell ! my mother taught me to say nuj prayers ; h<^ Ma,Vs voice half choked up as she th<;,uhl| to liorselt, "\\ ould that she taught me nothing else " "3Ivi mother," she resumed, " taught me my prayei-s, and I sa;| them mornmg and night." '' Bell doubled herself under the blanket. Marf'"'^ ^'""^ "'''' '"^' ^'°'"' l'^'^^3'ers, Bell?" inquirdi "Indeed I don't." This was said with much expression. Via your mother never teach you?" " Cosh ! I guess she didn't." "Wh "For 'i ^!lt' (lidii fVCM if i iani 'cm, ■Whj . " Vou voiiny- fo I "But, r'liristian "M)W '.ilk. ! fb tliut I ha "Audi "Why, you a sto a visitiu' told me m there was .^olf, it's a it aint hen the gent, a " Vou ci " Yes, I tlie Bible t: I'm a think As she fi heartily. By this ti "Xow.M itiff Mary fi better than lifter spiunin A TALE 49 »< living- towai'i iiystery, cried iuinhliii' alioi, of the (lurk I: liffcrent k<'1' 311, that M:m i ■ 1 Bcll,juin|ii),- 1 Bell toiu'liii; (1 been saying irised at sik "Well, IK.'. oung gal Ik. looking ui; r conipass:( ne to say imj she tlion;o;v any prayers herself; and the second ;-.^^^l.ed.d, I reckon I wouldn't have ca^ '■ Why would yon not ?" " Vou Soose you I 'taint ftusMouablc i„ this co,u,(rv for V'i"i- lollis to go into prayi,,' •' - ' ,.; .J;:;;.if - n,.gl,.et to ,„.,, ,,„„. ea„ we call ou,...,v,.3 , . .'f°"; * ''»;• "'at little Mothodist preacher, ho«. .he ;;:?:". hr;:l!;::,::r ^•"'' '-' ^''^- ^- '''^ ^- "And what of that ?" " ^^''f' '^ *"'^ "11 "'y pray.-"'. Sec here, Mnrv Til tell ; ■^"'" "'« 'loetor, and ho gave a,e a «,nall Hil,|e „„;i •1.1 me my rehgio,. „a« „,„e ; „„j ,,,„^,, „„,,^ J' ' ' _ If, . a ,,|ag„y good thing that my religion i,s here for if «"t ere, I guess it's nowhere ; so I to'ok the Bible "o the srent, and put it in my trimk." " Von can read, can't yon ? " tI,e"BihllH''?M ■"!>"""" ' '"" ' ""«• ''""'«1 «' it since- 10 B ble hat Mr. Pulcifergave me ; so if the mice let it be By this time Mary was lying beside her friend ".■ttor than I ij after Z; ,' ' "^f'l'""' '^ ■™"'- »"/ -e.sphmi„'thar.rdo^tk^-C";^S;:,fr::^:: 50 WK I.L I W K LL ! if I sIcH.p witl. vou a .■,,,,,,1. uunv nl^his, and .-o to nnvti,.' vour« "''"'"'^' ''''' ""''''"'' "•^"''' '" '■'•' ^''•' "••■^^ ♦"•" " J>oii't you jro fo cliurch vwvy Siiihlay ?" "M<"'^ cN.td, moat it-tlH-y don't cum that o,,n,-tran„- over ... no ov, I toll you. The last thue 1 .^s toC Ml. J>o.vall tho oM covoy proached such a liration of ... s.nnon and kopt us thar so onarthly Ion. that 1 VaU-ulatod M t sulvatHm enou,-h that d.y to last me six months ; and so 1 hum beo.i to m,>oth,' since. But now, Ma.-; " con- '■ n'l.d boll rodin^. over (o a dclinite position, " ilu^V^r^.u^, In^S^^'^^'^''^^''^'-^^^^--^^^-^-— *i CHAPTER IX. POLEMICS. 2^h concern „o one save aad except the autl,o,- of our One eTO,in,e, abont a week after Bell's .lissertation on Wer a,^ about two days after the return from ,h aee, " • l». ; ver tl,e,r ordinary refection of tea and toast. Allen!" !„„„„ the lady of the house, "what in the world p..s.d you to hrin, in that passen,. gir, int^y:!: " Why do you ask me that question ? " ;; That', an Irish way of replying. Answer me fairly " I^ airly! one would think^ from tho alarming tone in vhirh yoi hi't'll l>llilfl Uifiiioas." " Vou n wlicn you to;io.'" •'W.11, !•' ;is()ii, tha fi'ii'iids in a '•Thatw " How is "Vou ai J'(H "it wa,< Allen, to brill; 'ith a malad} ill to-day agai K'lieving that "Harriet ! A T A r, F M y^nrh you .h.nan.l .n o.j,l.„atioM. I[arri..t, that 1 luu\ ^ " Vo.i .K.r.l not be so sontontious, Alk-n I you n.islak,. rno •' W^n, I brou,.}.t hor here for tl.o Hi,„,,I.. an,l .i.,,-!. ;;'-". that «hc was a creature who had neitfuT kindred i^r in.'Mds m any jmrt of this country." "That was, I think, a poor reason, after all " "How is that?" "Vou are surely aware, Allen, that hundreds of sueh l"-">'- who eona. to An.eriea, «-e^. .,!on.. very well by thei g^ui l.''r^.'veranee and indnsti-y." » / ^ »y niur •; Vou are surely aware, ILndei, that ew, if any, of this ^"s stamp are among the chara...rs or which yo, sp.ak " "Is she not from Ireland I"' ^ "So it wouhl ji])pear." " irarriet ! I wonder at you. You must certainly be u >oo observer, when you find nothing in .Mary to 'distin ?u'-sl. her from the rest of her tribe.'" ^ ^alady that ™„y ,.„rry off th,. whole of u, She ^ p tOHlay asain, you knovv, an,l what reason hare you for Miovnior that sl„. k „ot lal.ori,,, under an inW. ^ Harriet I I lUCipiejit typ am sorry that you are such a bad lo !U3 ii-ie;un. 52 W K 1, L I W ell! a-i(l 1 a.u (loiii)!y sorry that you are so poor a philanthrr.j,".' Voii iiiiiko a ]iy[)orli(.'sis for which there is no gromid in tl world, and then you draw a swt'cj)in,«<; conchision, enou'di •. fri^-'hton old Aristotle himself from his slumbers. In otln words, your conclusion lias no foundation in your i)remis(.- or, to make it clearer, the structure which you raise is I, too lary this til Hot vet foro' '"I'oni him pr^ liiiaself rema lit length coi vcrsation. "Allen," s !i piiiiiist." Mie 1 IS, c 'j!' iier tribe,' ■ " But whai 1^ >" refnietl a m, I A T A I, R . ilularjihrop"-- ;Toiiiid ill il )n, eiiou^-li ', ra. Ill otlii : 3iir premis*.- I raise is 1, : amis." d, too," jinir- pliilaiitlm.j V uive all tl„ I have falli. ; liave, in fiiir ppy. In tl .' of'considd 5e blessLn^''N the rcRjK'ct- na ^i - itil" ho,lv tint ,.v,.,. . ' ""•' '^''"^"'- '-'■'"!'-* J Mil, ho, J l,,,t ever I sot eyes on ; and cverv niirl.t „H„-e ■ .-■ .oes t„ „,,„■. s,,e do,,', ,„.„y „„.,„ Hko ml er,;, ;, I I And rve,,o,„e.hi„' „„„,,,„ ,,„ vun „l,u„t l,er 1" 'lo so, as she told me not to, feai-i,/ 1 'v„eet ,1 , y '''-^^ yon n,i.d., ti,h.k .1,0 ... „,:l;j ,r;:;;!r Ml..! .s tl,at ■/" .,,,i,| the n,b,,e.,,, ,ieki„„ ,,,,,,. ^.,^^ '-l;.'"'l";ll.:...Mu,.yl,„di,,,,,ne.,te,il,e,.s.:i,-' ■^'" " l,y, she plays tl,e iiiano tlie l,est I eve,' I, ,. 1 ■ „ '">■ '-" 'l^ys. Sl.e's a ri„,t.il ,-oa,,.r, I te o ,. ,'' ;-■-"•''■••' -e who eo,nes,,e,v„\eael,^^,:: -. a e,r,n,,,,sta,,,.e to he,- ;,,„,,,,.t.,y „,„,,,,,,,,,,,;'''"'■' ^ All tins was said with a„ „i,. „f t|„, ,„.„.,. ,, , . , \ ^: "f J-"'"-" "'"'• •'-«i'lin„ en,,,l,,,si.,. I I 'ly of the honse, n.aki,,.. no f„,.the,-i,„„,i,.ies, o,.l,Tod M to „ko away the tea-l,oa,-d, a,„l el,.ar „, the t d,le I'V this tnne the doetor i-e-entei-ed • l,„f l,i r ,• -' M..^..i,,. the h,,,oee,,t':.is:::^ ;:;';:;;:; "m l„,n ,„-evio„sly, was too ,,o„,y to «,,eak m' ;:;l;;.;.^^^eo.,desc.e,,dedt„,,,ed„,d,e,,ors;,,.efn,;h;::;^ a,.;!!!:";""''*' ■•''"^"•-'»^^»-. Bell says, is ,,,,ito of I,' ""r-i'' ,"!' • '■''"■" •*" ''"^"'•^ """"^I'l't Hon, the Te^t «ri>.Ttr,l,c,"'sai.l the physic,- ,.,„•. '"'' Jii,t what of that ? what ki'-i on, .1, T . , is so re(i,„w' „ I , • ' °' ''"-11'' * """It lo know, » "0 niniei. « |joi|^ jjomjr to make "' #. r.4 W K L I ! W K I. 1. ! "If she is, as you say,

i/e a jnunisf, shv will just he tl, Kind o* help that m; want." " What Would yon ]»nt her to ?" "Slie will make u capital -overnos.s forEnuna, and onaM. U.S to chsjK.n.s,. with that lido-ety fellow that is now enframe,! Mrs. M'Don-ald, j.artly believin- that in this latter'".., vernation .he was eo.uedinjr too much ;-smartinjr. too, m„i. the fresh wound which aroused her clioler at table del. mmedou maintainh,^. her prerogative, and standin^v ,„ , her hrst platform. "Allen I" she exclaimed, " our Knun' ■ not to be put under the direction of any Irish Papist " " Vou make resolutions, wife ! without snflici.nt medi- tion, just UH you draw inferences without snfliei, nt premis,^ ^ "Allen, when you tell me that you would appoiut .such,- girl as this for governess to Emnn., are you serious, or .,.' you only jokin<^ V" '^Vm not joking- indeed, but I'm in right down earnest" . ^ Uave your way, then, wise doctor 1" ejaculated the la.hl in a tone of the greatest despondency; " have your way aivj take my word for it, that you will one day weep for the pati w .ch you have taken. Before long," said she moeki.Idv J'^mnui Will have, three inches thick upon her tongue tl.i brogue of the bog-trotters ; before long Ennna will, by'w.v of amends for this, have, upon that tongue, the blarnev ei. llibernm to such an extent that she will be the kindest'a.ail sm^etest little ' thrush ' that ever was brought from Erin ] before long Emma will have as great a taste for beads l.olv water and all that ku.d of tnnnpery, as the MW wlJ lonnshes over his forelu^ul with greatest gra. .he sign ^^ \UH crass; before long Emma will go to the prirget-me-nol T.'it'se poor vui'al.ularv 1 kill just l)c t! la, and eiuili. low f'nf^{i ilioiiit .such L'rious, or ;.: 'n earnest." itcd the l;ii '111- way, ill for tlie piitli] ' n!Oekin,ulv.| toiio-ue, tlicl wi!l, by Wiivi ' blarney (ifj kindest aiiiij IVoni Erin; beads, liolv I'addy wlioj tile sign (ifj ■ for i)ar(i(iij iS tlie ni(i>!i Oil IllV! A TAl.C. 5. '•]l..r. eloquence, but raw lu^-i,-/' was M'Dou-ald's littin.r loiiiuicatary upon his wile's rhetorical outburst I Tl.e stream of the f..ir un..s thp^ancy was too niueh ox- I hausted to allbrd sullieient dauiper to the lire of the ..(.nius I .ho stood upon the delensive. She was, ther..|bre mute I ulule he went on to say-" Harriet ! you arc n.ourning ov,t in nmeied misfortune, you are pouring out invectives un.m |.,..or whom you can i«>ssibly kn(,w nothing-, and you are I < ataromn^ m the ciiair of u governess a girl who may not be ;M all (juahfied to fill that situation." . ill the most of this M'Dougaid was perf^-.tlv rio-ht The ,|;n-riirhted mother was never pained l,y the fulliinient of the lii.ici.table i-ropheey whicli she made with regard to her •• Wait, then," continued her husband, " wait until von ' "•=; inoro of Mary than you know, and perhaps vou inav ■ ;r luid^ her endowed with snch accomplishn.ent. as those l(u- •" !i IJell gives her credit." At this stage of the p.ocwdings the doctor left the room liope." .soliloquized the terrified lady, " that whatever m:.y be her acquirements, I will not be Ion- troubled bv lu r f'vseuee. 'Tis true that I know no more^of these aequin- •"•'iiis than 1 know of her eharaet.r ; but fur all this, I have a thorough contempt even for i)^, name which she bears Mary Theresa, forsooth! She must be an out-and.),,; i =q»st I never knew of an Irish family that was wantim^ '" '^ Mary. There's, for instance, 3Lrv Finagan, the wa.li- envoman ; there's Mary P.drcrly, that hawks the oran... «'.ont ; and there's Mary O'Flam.igan, the greatest drn'nk- "'•'1 -n the city. A.al Tner.sa ! of cours,., another Iri^h torovt-me-not, and, therefo.e, as hateful every whit as Mh-t l^ic-se poor ignorant creatun-s the Irish have, it seems no' vo.abuhn.y but Mary aiid There.a, Theresa and lii.idy 50 well! well! iiiddy and Mary, back a-ahi to Mary and Th.-nsi ,,,1 on to the e.ul of the chapter. Tncre., then, is u uiln-n.. of the hrst water, an.l was, of coui'se, a native of some I.. Hi ould Jreh.nd, near 8t. Kijhui's well, or holy ' Loch l» ' riM-.' My stars ! Mary Theresa-what els.' v ,.,,.1,, ' UFlaheriy-Mary Theresa UTiaherty ! only think of hi' a M'overness for an American l»rotestant ! VVell 'tis rea provoking." ' ' "• And Mrs. M'Dong-ald, having- f.nLshed her charitaMe a,,., learned solilo well as {] i.v^ sen; teh ■^'"i"e, what * :Maloo'UO. '■I -iiiall hea( f !• ill the ] liiiient th •I fiarm grrei i' *'i, Iir)j)e, ( '■■I'.'t'i't Chrif -Now and '1(1 tiien, to ■«'tli theatre e g-oes to ■''^"•I'fnl eloeii !'•' to-morro' f o'l the sta< 'iiii'ch, beean ''f^ij' ; soino c A T A r, E . 'i»<'lVs:i, uii.i ., i» a UilR'niiii, b' of SOIIK.' I„ iy ' Lodi 1» , I'SL' r IHTli;ij, lliink of si;., '♦-■II, 'tis rcuin 'll!intiilil(.' ;iiM iiotliir aj);ii[. 67 fi-s. MT). iicllu'rcnt (, T, is not i fi:Hi^-lit(.r oi M I 1h' no 111 t- oi-sc-rufiiiL''. i Itidcd evcrv t, lias Ih'cii '«e foroniovt ^of'ond, li;i8 ourso, um\ 10 of those was rcpiil)- dlsloyultv bo-an, his profos^^ion of faith ran bricflv thn • • i ij- cla„.htor Han-iotjuuin. heen lK>n. i^^ '■"• '=' ''7'^ l-I'tH-al aposta.y, oonhl not bo exoc-c d t V |--..d<.pIyind.n..d.ith«ontinu.ntsofVl : tr^ IWhethiT^Jrs JVrDon.n.l.i i... » '^^'ly H'la-mcd. ■*■ . ««;.'■ "' ""' """ ■'"" "■• ■»" N,. ;f;t:'x;-rLtr,^t;- -. I'Oth theatre and lI...,. i i ^"♦^'"'^<- , and slie went to 't on the st'itrn €j„. ,, . '" *^ ^'^'*<<'''il t'locntion- *oir; .,„„,o „,i,„ ,!,! , ''™""'"' l'"'-''"-'""'-" ■'" ll.» nlli'T linip she wiii K" to ,1 ,|i(r,,,v,ii ilipiUrc 68 W R I, I, ! W K I, L 1 because some splendid ].riimi doiUKi is uboiit niakiiij.- ]„.r ai l.caruuce The grout players and the great |)reaehcrs ai gone from botli theatre and church, aud so is Mrs. M'D.ifr gald. But how could horse-racing, and republicanism, in ! person of Mrs. M'Dougald, be so terribly antagonistic i Catholicity, and Ireland, in the person <>! Mary i'lier-r It is impossible that they .;ouId. Jloise-raciug is a. sjiorr dear fo a naiive of the Emerald Isle, ns it is to Viie h.^:h of any country on the globe. F.r a i)r iof of this-, go to u Curragh of K ildare, and be convinced. Again, republica ism is a form of governmeut as agreeuble to an Irishman, , it is to the rao4 'horougl, - licr a I preacliciv a; is Miii. Ml)r. icaiiisin, in ti, untatroiiistic k Mary J'liori"'»'n| )j^ is a fjjiocr ;,• s to tlie h.rtifi this, go to tr^ Eiin, r<'}»iibii( ii.. .11 Il'Islilliail. ;i- les imopriuu'.'li ice. he mere hnr 1, whieli luadfj T. We mibti lat from 3frv licr creed nf| bowed to til* le it would l)t liat tlie lai W'^'um but l! the one. ]h n both (^M ons, with ll, nainod, foiiii' ife. To have must in sn' lore tlieoiy-l , so all Urn istian. Coh cligion, ihi. "'■'■'' ''"^' "f™' '■' '!"■ "I'1'",T...„.,- ,„■■ ,,„ „nlH.l„.Mi,„ .....nv cannot ,tsolf he .,„.K.l,ris,i,„, ,„„ „„. „,, ,J , ' |i:,:it IS to say, It must 1„. CLrisiim, Af.,,.,.'. .. r-"- " ' Ir, »a» hated by M,.. M'D„„ , „' ^ ';^;^i;::',;'""-^- .1... it was Christian. Tl.is dedneti, , ,1« s not , I IdiT' |.l,.. .,,int by winch that hulv was a.fnatcd '"' .-Ul we henceforth .-onsid,.,- I,,.,, a h,.at ? ^|,,n I .-T ; poetry and ,,hysic was the ,„-ae,ice. hesid,^ 1,^ *"" 7 nether ,,,■■„,, of action, r,«r sprin. „ , , ,' the doctor. One or two f,„,s, which i, ,,„„!,„ as w " h't« l«;.v, will explain how it „,„ ,,„„ ,„ f, " c" an Icorous „otry for which his wife ,v.,s so rcn.arhabl Ihe doctor's father, a „,an of ,„a„y pccnliaritics. '.en, hi, '. " '^•^ "S" °f «^'«-, to a celebrated acad n.v „ r wlaeh a Protestant clersTinan orcshlcl it "^ '""^ |l«n- in charo-e to tl>e T> I '"^'"''"'- """"S Ki™n the H..r^:::^j:s:L:;trt::t:!;f;;;i^^^^^^^ h"«l. yet." Allen jrDon..aW was twentv-liv y." r' o ■-, -d a medical doctor, and yet 'tis a cer'tainty ,?; "■'■™ no sn-e did not, any ,„ore than before, specilV t Id y r ; .nl '7,'""° "^ ""-^ "■- ""■ K-1 "'"I.T which oefrl??'' ""■"■ *" '" '""'• " '^ "»' "onderhd ■'■' Po f.y and phys,c were the only articles of his creed Another lact, which will prove how true he was to the dan, „.h,ch he had receivcl, n,ay not nnlit.ingly se^ „ paniish this parnQTiinh fe / »^' vt lo GO W K I, 1. I V,- ''9 His mother, a .s.,iisy old I.„wl;u„h r, ct • • •■, ',,; til.- (liiUc-s iiR-uuibfiit upon Chrisliijiis coa.sM, u . , ,■ ■ liil^lo, furuisluHl iKT son on Lis .l.part.uv Irom S.oii With the miiJKsit(3 vuliime, and msoivin- nj,o„ liiuiip... . , some day or another, whether her " l.onnio laddie in the I '. eouMtrie" would "searcli the Serii,tures"or not, she j.ut b '.' It H liank of England note, e(,ual in value to a hun.h'. dollars oi A.neriean currenej. It was a singular fact ll the doctor never discovered the money until the expiruti.. ot four years after his coming to America. The discovnv was a i)ure accident. Though on the whole, then, M'Dougald gave to all ,< cerned, sutlidcnt da ta to have thm believe that he was m-it Ir r l»;actu.dly, nor theoretically, a child of any particular fail stil there were those who were fully certain that he was .„ ^Mthout 1,18 religions convictions. II,. never went to na , • ing,yet some old Baptists of the feminine gender finr believed that he was a Baptist, lie never went to chnn I yet some old British ladies lirmly hdieved that he wa^ ■ churchman. Ho never went to kiik, yet some old Prc.l v- terian ladies lirmly Ijelieved that he was a Caivinist Ji never went to muss, yet some old Catholic ladies fi,,,!, behevTd that, if he was not a Papist all out, he was nn": very far from being one. He was never circumcised y, i ■• certain rich old Israelite firmly believed that he was a Jew' Ho never denied the existence of God, yet hard old materi- ahsts hrmly believed that he was an Atheist. His prliH'^i I. ot "Omnia omnibus," evi.lently deceived them all i^,L two or three wiseae-res of the masculine ge.der, had il.. impudence to say that the doctor would just as soon be one thing as another. More said that he wouhl just as .oon Ik- nothing as anything. But no matter. It will be suflieient to state m conclusion, that he was a g<,.neral favorite witl. all niann j:"!ieral I This explain religion t I Thkhe jvvelry b) !') euine ( iiiul, to he lai's uj»on I Ikt haiidn pri'liare tl liiiles off t 'b'ininv, th iiiiiiision. Shortly Theresa, w room, and j "God s{i couiitrywon self this ni( ■' Very w Joiiiiny ?" " Brave « never sick a oiareios.'* A TALR. CI ill V-\:i['.\: > liiidiiij;' . ilio in till" I slie j)iit v., i o a hundr.. lar fact tl: ' »c expiratifi lie tliscovdv all niannor of Christians, and all manner of Chri.stians ^vas a f^i'iicrul tavorite with him. •n,i,s aeco„„t or iIm.. ,lo,.tor'.s rdidcus t.udmW, „:i; . xHum the imle foa« «l,Icl. I,e ll-lt about the lutu.v ivli--ion of Emma. ciiAPTEii xr. AN UGLY FIT. Tn,.:„E was soo„ to bo i„ .M'J)o„s,M'.s hull "a som„l of .vvolry by ,„gl,t.» A h,,.,.. „ar,y h. honor of the .u.. was ■■ >'o..e off at the .s„...„.stio„ of the wortliy ,„isi,v« who N."i, to her luluute ,lehj;l,t, won a bet of two hnn.lre.l dol- ^ ..-^ u,,on one her father's favoi^ite steed., llerseli' and '"■'■ '""","""•• '"". I«'l -t ont early in ,ho rnin/,o l-pare the articles necessary for the feast. Son.e tea uie» off the doelor had a patient whom he went to see j™,ny, tl,e hostler, and general drndge, had charge of the .Shortly after the departure of mistress and ,nai,I, .Mary Heresa, who by this time wa.s perfectly rec^overed. 1 ft her room, and proceeded to the kitchen "G„,l save yon, AIi.ss Mary," cried Jemmv, as his fair oun ryworaan made her appearance, " how do yon find vo" - self this nioniiim: ?" jel,!;'?.""' '"'"""'■ ' "'""^ ^"" ■' ■"'" ''»»• - yo--'f. " Brave and stout, thanks be to God ; but sure myself i, IS' '''""'^»«'-'^<''-I'0,-d be praised 'r^hL t\2 w K r, (. ! w K 1. 1. 1 Of tho Inidi .»r this srninm^, nuy oi.c who wo.iM l.u.k ,f J<'iiitny, would at uiicc )m. crrtuin. Ho was almnt fiw f.vt hitrh, .„„i |,, ,,,, „^..^,.,^, ^,^ ,^^.^ , as li,. was loajr. a k.jr ^-ivos a rapital idea of'lus unik- i^ilv.' a k,.or, he was swelled out, lore and aft, al.out mi . ships, and, like a k.- he was abruptly tupeivd off ut l..,ri, I'Xfn-nuties. His head was nearly all fare. The h.-ad ,i load you muM call it, perfeetly flat at the top, looked nu .keacou.. '"his face, than a head. A little sprin . " , • I""'"' ''"1''^' iuuieate that the head had b.en phu-ed iu son,.: other r, ,^,on, and that tin- hair, whiH, ren.aine.l, was left h,r ' the purpose of ren.indin;.^ all beholders that Jeuuuy on.v possessed a head, as we-' ' • i^hhors. The faee, how- ever was. you may be sure, no fraetional part. The elnrk^ whieh were as red as searlei, were pulfed out to a de^nv' tlmt evidently ^.ave the skin ns rrmeh t.. do to maintain^!,. "•Hon as it gives the patriots of our eonntrv, to krom th. t great extension, that Jennny was the blower of some invi^'. ble ba^r.p,pe ,vhieh he was determined upon keepin- fill, everlastm-Iy. On a.rount of tho ehe.-ks' mono.K^v | ■- eyes were consir liis iiuik , aljoiit 111 oir at Im . Hie head, , looked un> Hull' spriii. it l)()iis[ h out ,v a g-oon, and I was gothered up into a k.iot in' ^^'' I'rol.al.ly you had c-aton something that di^agre.-d with ••l>"iad,m.yl.eIdid-howsumever, I disrememlnT now '-«■ .t cum, but there I was at any rate all .other up, and ^i-ure enuuM-h, J thoug-ht the hfe was lavin' me. The nei-h- hors l.earin me .sc-reeehin' run to the house. Tim lii.rke nn'iio .li-d not lonn: afther-tho heavens he his bed this dav-was wan of them. Vo.r Tim, 1. was the dayeent, gint.-ef boy-l you wouhin t hud his a.juals in . ..y's walk ; 'twas he that cum from the fine dayeent father and molher ! Wisha (jod '•■with you, ould Ireland ! I never thinks iv it. Miss Mary out the tears comes to mv eyes." .Jeimny stopped a ui.mlent, and Ma.y felt fullv as sad as liinisell. ^ "Well, as I was t,-Ilin' you," proece^led Jemmv. reeovred •n-.i m transient fit, "I was roarin' and bawlin' like a bull |v a^n ^ j.oor Tim kom in, and ses I, Tim agra, g., up oj t ait aole th. o, ses I, a.id keteh me by the two heels, and straiuhten n. ,t, ses I, for I think my baek-bone is broke «•" my hvers, an twas myself axed him, for he didn't love his own brotlu r better nor he did me, he jumpr ' on top iv the table a • was the warrant that o.>.A/ iump-^'tvv-,H a hijjh wall or hui-.- » f.4 ^' K I. L ! w i: I. I, ! that T.in vvoi.l.lu't ho afirr cWrii.' ; but now mln.l ho ...( "1> on tnp iv the little tul.Ie, which ha.l, hv the same t..k' a kind IV crass h.^rs uiuler it—I mind it well, 'tis orini 1 <„ „ my share iv u ^n,,,,] j.|ass iv poteen aff iv it—and with th »'<3 tnk me by the heels and slnn.k n.e, and shnr,\ ,ne till | thought— the Lord JM-tnne us and harm-thut there wasn't . goot m me, but was oiU iv me." Mary eould scarcely contain herself. "Tis as thrue as ['m t.-IIin' you," said Jemmv, hx.kin- ;,t •or with all possil.Ic seriousness, " will I ever fnr-cf it v n,„ I'ad nuun.ers to the bit iv n.e, just as I thou^^I.t I uas <.n tl.. pomt IV gar,, a', what do you think but a rmsfort. unite uW that strolled into the house, nnule a pioon.u-- un.ler the tal,l"' frigh;ened, I wouhln't wan.lcr, from the hubbub that w.. gom an, and threw poor Tin. alf iv the table, an.l mys.'lt IV . lorse with him, ninm the flure down." Alary laughed outri<-ht. "Oh, as thrue as I'm savin' it with my two lips and mv toongue- liis o t(» liiiMse f over nie, vcMi see I iur I \\i[ .' (lay to (I ' M)tli-ae|i me, ele f« I, and tfie groun that he hi my tooth, i hilt I didn' siiiifli's, ai more nor i And, niydt diskivered i tt'otli, and 1 "•b'Mimv, ''\Vasn''t I'airh, if I sarvin'. B,, Ixniiered na dragged out J iniiid, lio n , fume toki i ot'tcii I (., „ • I with tll;,' I'li mp, till I icre w si^ri't , lookiri^i' at •'Mt? I5,it was oil tlic •tmiuto pi^', T the tahlr. > that Wii> and iiiy.sf li ps and Tiiy fliiro, {111(1 ked Marv, A TALK. Gft "'^'"""' 1"" n|||en * ;ii(le hrou! xir.i'iy, an • tl'lldl' jloi llullOI'S. Now, re liiiairine wlii.vkered ^ I'uny ])m «li.vli he wen ^""iii^^ in tun <'0!K-ei-jifd us ti '■""Tt- A r /^ I, E . J til v,.,s,„M„K.lik,.,.o.„f,|,o ,,,„,,. T„ „ll n„„.,.,. li, „„, ,»n^,.l„r,„,l,.„l. I. M,.,in,M,„v,„^, „,„„„., .,,„,,;,„,.,,„: . -nH,,,„.„. u,,„„ ™.h „ irial, i» only ,.,,„„,1, v ,l„. W .-''■ '-.,. o„ ,, u,e „,,„,,„i||. V,.,, ,|„„k,-,„ ,„,„„.,., -™-JI.M.»to,,-. I,c.,.ltl, in »„,,. „,„ ,,,„„^ ;.„, ^;,, ^^^^ Xmv, iradcr, for mmtli,,- ,ffi,rt „r yoin- f,„»A- ' ': :""■'•■ .V"«"l'"- Pan,ll..|osn„„ „f „,„,, j ., V"'! '"" ""'™>« ''•n-"i",.s, will, , .11,1,.. i,„H,ti. ....... a, .r,«o,.,h,.,f ,,,,,„,,,, ,„.„,. „i,„ no. '"' " '"'"■■* '"''^y >•-'■". ■' -"'ff of love ,„„| ,l,„v, of „.|,;h; U,ose w,,„ ,,„„„ ,,„,„ ,i,„,^ ^_„,, l,u,.,,n.^. K,„ , ""l ^' ...ror,l, will, ,„|,„i,,,„|,. ,•„„,,„„„;, I, "'• (.,,V..,,o,.«V.,,,.,,,,.,„,i,, ,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,, ,,,,!,,,,.,, I"... I a .,,.,1,,.,. „,„sl,.,.l^. i„ it, ,av, ,.,.,.„,„.o„s ..x,,),.;,,-^ -.»;.;.^..,:..n™,.o,„i.,o,....„„ ,4':: ', ,„, ..•.'^"'"""■'■\">''-"''''i" I". 1 ,™,.i,i,„ ""« ". IIIIM l,i.s |,i,„., ,„|,| rowtniLj as til >-'|irtaliiiiir „i[( as t'a>v 11 til j uri- gTuvtHliggrri„JIa,nlet,u„tfro,nI.isfl iroiil 68 w K I, I. ! w a 1, 1. ! I- 1 lM!t from tho roof of Lis inoufh, a hn\hv\ Nvofnl I„ |],p oxtn i. One sl.nink.'n shank l.s lovii.uly lai.l niTo.s the oth.-r c. of his fordino^ors is firnily hooknl in the arm-hoh-s of |,i,j vest, his nic.. is dry and nnmcanin- his hrad, thou-h a liN-i rate lit for hi.u, is suited to no other man in en-ation - a-' tliere, perpendieuiariy seated as lie is, he forms, on H whole, one of the greatest euriosilies that ever held' forth ,. a singer Of course he had a right to call, so he did. One more effort, reader, and you have done. _ Imagin,> now a thick-set, taciturn, stoicnl. inn-itaii-lo.,!.; UKlividual playing his part. Imagine him sustaining an an., composition, whose last edition was l„ng ago e.xliau|„.rin^- to linnselfonc of Wesley's Jiy.,,,,^ i: was u-,.|| for the party t!mt thu son^ was u ;hurt* on,' ' II..' siajrer, heloro linishino: the second verse, fortnnat.ly hruke down, and just as h,- l„.o,,u to stinnl,le-ensli~<.rash |._.,r„sh_went the piano, nnd -r the tread of a proeoci,.us |r:.t that had jnstjnnip..d npon it, with the mtention, prolm- .M My, oi accompanying the sonirster. lM.r the surronndin;. sufferers, that was a most opp<,rtnne "VH.t. At the nuisic of the feline jH-rfonner, they all hnr^t, ""' ""; ;^'' i"nnoderate (it of iuno-hter, and thus happilv '■••l«ved theuLselves of a hm.l under which thev had too lon.V iH'ea ^Toanin.tr. 'Ph.. siri^n-r himself, not dreamin^r fbr a m"- >'""f that 1.0, and not th. cat, was the rf^al cause of the "';'.";' V« ' •» the .ncrriment, an.l, from the manner in' wlach he did it, made ample amends for the badness of his SUhfT. H.'arin- the tumult subside, and concludin- that all dan- P'rwas pa,.se.I, 1),-. M'J)ou-uld here re-entered the drawin-r. r .o,n. I.rin.trinjr with him (m.c whom, in the excitement of tl?e m.^ln^^ he had wholly for.n.ttcn, an.l whom, as nn.y be suiv V^^'^^ his amiable spouse di.l not car., to rena-uiber This «as Mary Theresa. Havin^r been introduc.-.l to the company, much to the eI.a.L'nn and anuize of Mrs. MDou-ald. she took a seat ai'd evidently surprised them all. ' The forms of some ten younjr ladies ^rra.'od the apartment bieh S.Iks enfolde,! their fi^nires, rich bracelets «littr.son, yet all eyes saw that she was fair- all ^^"H that she was graceful. The silence, which followed "I""' I'er entrance, was in.mciiately broken bv ti.edoctor wla Very res|M>clfully re,,uested her to sing a song, accompi nymg to W !•; 1, I, I w i; I, [. ! |! 'Jib alii ' ■ W'rII. ' . ill Ill's in'otJidiiSj • vcr siiw, At III is , Hiini/fstcd ii Ciii''iiis iii()\ 61 "I" I (i(»V( ■ U'h.it ai b(«Jy, wlii lifit nioiicst IkI iicrfornic •More than Wnf (Mll()! with .s< ^"( at nil/ ■M,ss Lo V(,'tt ' '" ■'•■•'li'I ill til '' ''oursc of tl ■ill ns well us ^VllCII tl,(, Q 'i'Tupt Hoiit A T M.F. i. ^rr)(»iiL!";ii the {'\rs ;i y moved lui- H fairv-lil, !ill, with tl,. liidc the (i,. ; sIk' llilli III . Her lioi, . iKHT. ^\ , . *vlio spiini! :»rtiiio uii.i, , Tor her, ||, cciiood l)(^: lircfbro muv: '< t long H;^(i y tliep 'iii;> liliiifT, tliuM of old owr mid. l<\\v 'itii j»iis was fill!}' to rciiimv vc JI ::•..> a!mo.t as .oon as I have .nvs.If t,,„ , '■'"■-"••" ■'•aH„...,;,::::,;i',.''"''''''-^' -''-■■• ''.at »' ■'^'-.»lm> evident «„,,,,,;,„,,,;'■;;''''"; '-'tr »-";-:ir:;;:t;:x7;;:"i^ - -^ I "- '"HI.,.,. .o„„„e,„s fro, ; ; ; """■""■"• '" "'"■" ■ kIMcI -i;. S::?" '"'""' "''''^'""•'■™"- not ,,„.„ ">" "ic, Miss i^ovetfc » „. , , • ^"^'*'i'<'H .'— ' '■"- "f H,e eve ,; :'";"■«■"'";'•■« ^--. m 1 '"" "'^' f Governor, fhrn-ror,., ''"'•pt ^ejiieufo iiioidioiinl „I cavp n'hrn -"t' to TfiHt "^v«', the spirit of Aimvl, mr n w E r. I. ! w K I, I, ! icii Lovctt vaiiislicd for that iii-l:t, and wIlli hor vaiii spirit, vanished, too, thf spirit of the j.aiiy. Tiio iiu:;,. ncrly veto which the old i^^eiitleinaii {ml iipoii her siiiirinur. j accomited for in the fact thiit ho was, at that time, so el J vated by the many {rohh'ts whidi lie had(|uaircd, as to hm. very small memory of the commonest rides of propriety. A| tfuihleti chill came over every one of the party. The niusi' was hushed, the siiifi-in^r was silenced, and in a few mimiteii th(?ro was every reason to exclaim— ♦' Tl.ey nro (joiie, tliey nre floJ, they nrc parted all ! Aljw! the formikeu liall." CHAPTER XIII. TROnil.K BREWING. Mary must now be considered as havino; been ai)jioiiit..' notwithstandiiiir ]\rrs. AI'Doiif^ndtl's opposition, the govcr of Eimua. The little pupil had already ret-eived Abin primary instructions, and f,nven her all reason to believe iL : she would make an extraordinary |)ianist. Between t.-arl.f and sdmlar there soon grew up a mutual atrection wliici day after day, became more warm. Eimna would suoiief tak»> a promenade with her governess than with her o«b mother. Emma would sj»end with less pleasure an JKir with her ntother than .she would with Mary. But this, altif all, was not surprisitig. Emiiui was a gentle child, -m though not (|uite teti years of age, was of a remurkabiT thoughtful turn. She was also highly intellectual. M1117 no .f.'w getitle, had a ror^-niai di.s|jGnition, And a lijiud \m only nnl ready so had ofte; Instance, •iftoii suci »liin!iig II lillll|l)ers \'^'nM |)|| "Cjiroliiin such instr iiiiil his h m«)tlier, an I'V Alary, The love Af;iry, wai docility an iiltle soul turt'8. AiK and bright, were being! '''•■^f abodes Alary wa? gal ^'i at times, j Raid's good V 'lojx' Wjw uo ni (Ircad.'d soon w^iiieh she wius A T A 1,1! . il lUitlU iiuii 73 onlj na(„n,IIy ,^uirk, hut fully (.ulfiv,!,.,! V r.-uutinvain,l,..„a.M'::^:^^^^^ '"^fana. onjoyc.! .uore tlu.u Knuna a look into n^L "I-" such ni^WUs as roveale.l to Iut delJh !l . ' MKli i.istruclions (Jn-I I '"'^'^ ''''^'^''^■^' '■'•""» hy Mary, w.,.e tl,„^s„.J;i: ,t 7^'"' ''T"',' ' The lore of Go,l Ibr ■„„ T "^" "'"■ '"■"'•'I- W'-' "iKxlcs, that rf,c „.i,.,,t ,„ 1 ' ' " '"""" f"'- "-> ^- .-,■„„,, to,., cnphatiea,,;: „ ; ' :i:";,|:' °" '■' as strontr as ovor \l..r,, • i , '^' dislike vva,H • '^inu. ilieopfHisitionwIuVlKslie wliit'li sh oon took a i'-^'i «-' was aljlo, since her •••'il- r<»iiu. Tiu" lirst Suiidi •"'kiH-ss, to think of 'V oil g-Oillir to "'■'**l 74 W K I, I. I W K . L ! mass, had Rrrivod. Of courso, she mouM, as nsnal, v\uUnv<>{ to fulfil, on tliat (lay, one of the ii ast biiuihi;; prcccplH .,t her churdi. With this intention ^he prepared herself Ci th.. {,uq)o«o. Mr.?. MThai^ndd. wl o for a " month of IS.ii,. days" had not darkened the doo • of a ehureh, kindly in- fonned the ^roverness, that she cou d not be pennitted, 'tli.a ih\y, to go out, inasnuich as herself was goin^r to nieetiii},'. " IJow can that interfere with no ?" asked Mar}'. " Why not T Jinswered the mist -ess. " Kn.ma is not jro- iiif,' with me, and, therefore, you n ust stop to take eare^ci her." ^ I Mary's duty as governess was hus put pettisldv hefon her ; Mary's duty as Catholic, wa,< already set 1)efore .is n. pointwlly. Which was .she to do ' The thought of oL. , Hig G(mI before men, oceurre«l to her, and decided her - going. " Mrs. M'Dougald," said she, " I must attend n., rhnrch upon Mindays and Holy days, and I will not be p„t ' off it for any cause." The mistn-ss, .«cceing more than ordinary firmness in (I, Kpeaker, came down a little, yet i.ent to have, if j.ossiM. her own will prevail, and perhaps jaek a quarrel with Mmv liurried out to the doctor to inform him of the iuipertiueii. | which she had just received. f " Impudence," said he, " impudcuce I If Mary is able • display u thing like that, her conn enancc very much beli> ^ lier But what's the matter, Harriet ?'» Mi-s. M'DougaKl n'jK'ated the charge. "Well, Iliirriet," replied the dtxtor, coolly, "go you (o meeting, let Mary go to mass, and myself will take care of Ermna." " Allen !" said the enraged hid,., "if this is the kind of governess that yon have selected, and if this is the way lliiil you intend to trcut mo, our hapi iness, and all are over 1x\ her g( f 'id our la( Tims liai hlnl^c In ji The doci fowii uj»on iiift'iided to I -Mary, in : iiid thus, it lit' Mt'nt : The altar, Iii> attcndiint fin'th its riel cnnvdcd with Miiiiid thee wiictli into ( til'' strains of filmy wurshij) *''liiii those 1 "lid's liaj)pic «f ifd of uiisfc f'"ii standest ''i'' old altar, bla/itig JK-fore tl. native land ^i • lioruago n( laiik'd (irst 1 "s'ng up an I'Pi'tly Ijcfore t ly Jx'ad to-day "" art fully rr 'hich here croi ""'gl't that th( prcccjilH (if il licrsclf I'd oiifh of Sim- 'h, kiinlly ill- niiittod, tliiii o iiicetUij,'. liary. rut is not 1:0- akc care 01 tislily hefop' hcfore us ji- ::lit of o\\v\ ■i(!c(l Iht (i!i ' atteiul iin not }»-. jiiit mess in tiif if possiljlf, with Marv, npertiui'iiic y is ahli' f(i uucU bi'liis po yon (0 ike earc of lie kind of e way fliiil ure over A T A L E . p . tJ .ot her po to her nmss then t'li 1, 1 . . r, ^~^nn;;::;:,;::r^;;;;:,;;::"^ -. I Tk. doctor, rtrkloss of ,l,e con.s«,„,.„ce «ii upon a s(]f,i, and font ,„. •• ,' """si'lf I 'i-oconsu,;: ;,„;;;' "™ """■'■ «■"' "■'-■i' ".' Alary, in thr mean time, went forfli «.. 1 f'Nili lis riVh ,„„l varied U « ,.„ , . '" "''"'"'« "^"■Hiiiilo tiMMvorld-" (1„. „,"^""""' "'O- "lie ll«,t f' -.rains ofaj;;;'i,„:r ;,,::';,:/'■'':'' ''■'•'•"'■ ri.ln.1 .1,0* walls a power and a '" ""■"■ '" f "H.r.s l,ap„iest fetivilie K ;, '"™ ''"^""•■'' "' "- «'i »taiidest in a «,,,„,«,■ land yet h ""*■''' ^' "Id altar, beaeatl, ^.J^X^^Z^"]"' ' ' teiNK before tliec f„ll_,|,.,i „ ', ''"''""""' »-'■■'■»•, i» ^'■-■'^■ei„ndti,„„d to ':'::t"r'™'^^ I'.'- l"'"iaKe now tl„,t T ""'"''• '" """•'i T'-r »"""' ,s uud ivst, of whi.-li tlum lm.st Iiitcly ha i sli.ire. Tlie hopcN of tlir latter, wlach, in a pluce'lik.' i;. of liH'iMise ait(i psalmody, nml li^r|,{.s und flowers, >■ •>rl;i:Iiter than anyvvhereel.se, lead thee to inmiortalitv , ^ive to i!,r m,irit more than Htren^^th to hear with th. brought on oy a cold ii d callous worhl. lU filled with then, as the loud Ilosanmis roll, and pray thatthoM. «, would distress thee, may one day share a si iiilar j..v ; bein.i,' brou^dit to the way of thy thinkinir. Thus jK)ur sinless prayer, and a blessing will yet come down upon ilweliing of thine enemy. CIIAITHR Xiy. A MYSPKRY AN'I) A MISHAP. One night ahout eleven o'clock, Mrs. M'DonguM j.ened l>y some chance or mioilier to pass hy Mary's rm door, and, seeing a ray of light issuing through the k.'v-l 8to«^pc.l down to see whether .lie could (lis<-over wluii k'^TJiSi? her up at s) late an hour. Mary w.is sittin?! Bhk ft table, and af (parent ly writing a letter. The iiKjii tive suistress was determined to be on the watch. » morning, she was on the alert to secure a look at epistle. Fearing that she might miss it, she told Jm that, if Mary should give him a letter to be deposited im post-office, he should first show it to the mistress. No ter was given to Jemmy. That day Bell did not go oiitj the house. Mary kep^ her place as clo.sely as Bell. Ti strange— Mrs. M'I)ong,Jd coidd not imagine what become of iiie letter. .Next night at the same hour V 'nii('(l III ntii= a\ 'f senr ( HfclH'S W( niffli repr In tliiit etei liK'li despat lilt t(Mlk fH ironlrd. : 'trisioii, Mr •'itiriiged- P|h'cies of p( lined to nu i'lle into th !i"i(' hour, t t .Mary loii i''it upon s rely from i 'flw'iiniansliij ftlil's jtrospet "I'iii, whose i'<'iiig ln'r, bn iJaile the lady iiiaii before," '••iiiiian woulc '"iiveiiient. '| ''"'■•'< I that M ■'K'il. 1111(1 tha i«-^k best kno ■'""■ Tlie pof; J>'Jt siie Won l"b' «'ariied of =" iJiicoinnioiiJ A T A f. I-: 77 t lately liai I plaee liki' i 1 llowcrs, > iiiiiiorfjility. , cur with tlif ; lillfd with timt tlio^c (I I siiiiilHr i<" Thus |)()i;i down \\\>u ' Mury'a ! ii the k('\ ' over what 4 MIH sittiiiifi The iiiijoij watch. >Vj a look at } told Jciuij ppositcd rcss. No not ^-o on! Bell. "N ne what line hour,: '« ' I- ^-l le, apjH'Hi'ed iiothiri... ,.|se th... r , "lUMMi!,, What was most unfavorahle to Mrs \f'n P'M^ ."-ospeets of a c-Iear di.''^"' "■"•"" K"ou„ to the votanes of nnu.nnerv and snnersti '• - poor .vonnu. fH, he '^"f^l'evvould have other p-atilieation Tl, l "ly warned of th. .1 .^ ^""- ^''^ '''^''fo'' ^^n.s of the (huiuer that I ^"^eurnraonl^r Jate hours which ih. "ni;r over hi.s house fp, •on governess was iu the MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No, 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 Hi !£■ Li *^ u KUu 2.8 3.2 II 4.0 2.5 '|2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 ^ APPLIED IIVHGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Roctiester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 238 - 5989 - Fax u W K I, [, ! W K 1, I, ! habit of ktrpin- It was, sli.- si.i.l, tni .•haiicrs t<. one that the whole family wouM, upon s.»ine iii-ht not far distant, i.. hunied uj., body and bones. Xothin^r ^is,.. co,,],! be Vx- ])eet«-d, when the doetor was u-uUl enou-h to allow his candles to be destroyed ni-lit alter ni-ht for the pnrpose of giving a superstitions girl from Ireland an opportnnity ..f liohling her papistical orgies. Tlie eI«H,nence with wlii.h .Airs. M'Dongald manifested her sentiments with regard in the unfortunate Mary i.i particidar, was only equalled by th. hatred which she entertained for Catholics in general.' Jt would be imi)ossil)le for the writer to give a synopsis of h.r glorious dissertation, so he quietly omits it for want of tiinc and talent. There is one idea, however, which must not -o nuehronieled. Mrs. M'Dougal.l dwelt with parlieular (i,i- phasis on the fact that the health of little PJnnna, who sl.j.t in the same room with the governess, would, in consecjumre of those late hours, be in a short time irreparably Impair, il. This was a flourish which she knowingly reserved, not onlv for a linishing stroke to her speeeli, but also for an ar-u- inent which, she thought, must indubitably enlist iu li.r favor the sympathies of the child's father. There is no doubt that, were it not for one thing, the ai)peal would he irresistible. But unfortunately there is alwavs coming in betwx-eu us and the realization of our hopes, some "evil genius, whose real element seems to be the blasting of our brightest expectations. ]\[rs. M'Dougald overshot the mark, In her hopes of annihilating Mary iu the doctor's estima- tion, she drew from imagination such a tedious array of evi- dence, that the appeal in favor of Emma was made just t..o late for the orator's purpose. The doctor was in divaiii- land. IJut, bad as Mrs. :M'Dougald is, who would wish thai ^Le should be the only one destined to trouble ? Her can ksi husband tiling to it. JJis tliufiderl fortuhle frald, wlj when she as she mi Tilt' pliy*- i^i'lf, utidei tlie fate c What hui •'•jwuse wii should jioi already, w doctor's he '''iiliiruijce. ^or the call tiaatioii wh " What 1 old saail do — -^'ilciice sti Tile night the doetor, ^ 'hirkuess woi •h'tniliy, who ""'J hJiiidnes his way to tL "Jeiniuy !' }"» h<,'cn al)oi '*oor Jemu "^''1"''," replie. ^'"« outenei T A I, K . to one tli.it • distant, i.f Jiild he v\- allow his |)iiri)ose of ortuuitv \.e ' caroksi Ti) I'lisband deserved for Jik i .,ti 4- "-.'.' ... .™r K. i : "r: ;: '""""■■ """■'^'^ ™"»- as she might he. For th; \ , "^' *^i"^"'^« •'■'■'• .'".v-i^-u htd .^I ;, Z7: "'\ ""' ""'^ — ""■ fate of a «.«« „ ^■^' ^ f f" ' ™'^"" "«t it «a,, ^>ivtriug so necessary a leetm-P ? ir i ^ 0"ll i,ot have it all tl, .ir owi/wtv I '"""'' "'■•'■a.ly, will, lautern i,. la„cn,u,.H i' f"""^' "''" '""' <■"' • •'" Tl- "i^'bt or rat er nn "' '" ''"'" "" ^"' ?~"'". "'-'".■tor, Z^^'Z'"?' "•"■:«-™^'J'"«lyJarfc ; aa,l '"■^' w"y to the kitchen. " ' measuring buck ";'"""»y!" roared his master "wh.f J .1 •"'" '"'*■" a'>out all this time ^" '" ^'" ™^*^ ''«^-« ^•Mr, aadlmgoiu'in toreddin 80 W K L I, ! W K 1, I. ! it." The (k'lay, however, \v:is no huh oj" J, tniuy, huf <,i many thin^^s combined. The trutli is, that the ^e any siieli thing. She was, therefore, on the point of resuming her lecture, when she was informed rather peevishly by the man of medicine, that a sleep was much better adaptetl to the oc;casioi., and mum was '' ihe chetse." Suiting the action to the word, he was once more in the arms of Morpheus. ^^ Let him, then, sleep oa ; yet let him not dream that (he " coup d'etat " just made, in silencing his companion, is goiii- to rid him of the rod which has been in pickle for him loix^ The waters of the dam, which fain would onward flow, cim be restrained by barriei-s only for a season. They will hurst at the last the very topmost bomuls, while those littlo obsta- cles, just put to their course, will, instead of keeping them back, give them a power and impetuoi* ompared to whicli, their original force and flow were but .. . sweeping and mh of a rivulet. Though woman's rights hav, not yet'seen th.'ir day, still woman's rights shall, even in M'Dougald's time have their frolic of an hour. Though woman's rights have not yet the force of law, still woman's rights shall, eveti ic his hearing, be bravely and passionately proclaimed. IT AVI. V iiiu' to J\ -Miirv hae evi'iiiiio^ i »'•'! iained i ii'T imeea; v-;is uiiabli lie very c "listress to finie tlie pe 'H'fure Mai Tiie present 'j*-' passed afl'orded. j ficted, in Mi I"'i"ft'(!t mut( ''^T k'lowled pompously g "I 'T'''^' was said t'ie fact of hei at or.oe unde uy, Itiif (,(' t sloVZ-n'oiim- lie stahic, 1 a &k'\i>-\\ l»e liad, in task as he yes of the i a subject ^ partner, any such ming lier f the man id to the action to [iUS. that (he I, is goin.i,^ lim h)iiir. flow, ciin vill hurst Jo ohs ta- ng them to which, uikI siii'h een their Va tmv, hts liave even iu A TALE. 81 CHAPTER XV. A DI3Ct;SSI0.V. -uib. lUiniugaid, of course, did not f-jM fn . ■ "^'lai comments upon such onh., , ^''''' ''*'^' Af => "|Hm '^I'c/i oiitraireons condiicf a^ r -'- -7 o,,«,,u„oly open c'l o„t\ o™' ^ r';"'",""' "^'7 '» "'^'I'e «o,„r appropriate r, "ark Vo o ,'■'' fii'ie the peevish Iiflv w'>^ 1 li "-"'ii'^s- Lp to tins ''rf«.e Mary h d L ; "' 7 '.""^' "''■' "'"■"^•'^ » '■""■-■'I JMaiy, naa not the temerity to censnre li,.- „ i iJcted In \foi.,rJ„ ""e""J> "no til now ^t n, m Marys presence, not tlirou-h feir hut .1. • • -.-.S^v^rtri-^LS;;^-^'^'^ "Earlytobod, andearlvtome Makes , man lioaltl.y.VeaM,;, „„d wise." "^ ^"" <^^ ^'^e s|)eaker, Tiie doctor 4* J 82 W E I, L 1 W E L L 1 ol),scrvin,^r still more clearly the drift of his wife, (letoriiiiii,.! upon i»luiitiii■ • " ."'''"' '•«'^''°' "«". '"' « you for i-efu.iii,. to be lieliied ? " ""IMired Mrs. M'Dougald, .uii/ideiitly ' ' ll™ the doctor, seeiii; liut his better l,.,lf , .■ „ resolred npoi. l.ivii,.. a iLWil i,„ , " '""^ "i«-vliatgro„„dvou ; M ' "''"■"^ "'"^^•^■^'-'" 1 'alio,, for tud. 0, duet o " 7 '" ='''-■ ^^ "" -1''"" jiiasdiction." ' "' '"'^ '" "^ "'">% "-t-^iJ..- your "'I s'l!"'f ^f "L",f '•' '"'""''"•" '"""'^''"J the lady X .earcely think," ret, nied the doetor " that i ./« no reason why you e. T- , „ , , ' ^^"'■J' '^''^^ -y -.0,1 why s"does ,t a't t K t', """ "^^ '"' it, you have any cause to ^^isa. ee\vi h L ^%""' *"""*>' '' rVnMin " .. / "" ^ liberty for mux is auother " 1 cople," coutmued the doctor " du.nii j always a-^reeable • hnf . n ', "^ endeavor to bo -,^^e;,st*;r,:i,:Lrir:;;rb^™^r ;;!:;::; """""-^ - -'""■"/ -' --y unfair, :„;•:;:: »»^ about' a 'it j:„ : r irr trrr *: ■ " ''-'^ '•'^'^ "^ ^'"•' ""»gl" »-0"W apply ag.ai,.st the H4 ^' i: I' f. ! ^\■ K r. i. I'!:, tl'at us „|| ,|,„,„, „,.,-o ,|,„ „ir,.. „,„, ,,,,,„„.„^ „, t..«l, so any one who ..orusoU to nmkc nse of then, „a.s ,„>, o.ly no U,n.st,un, bnt was even woi« than a liealhcn Ihe d.„.,o,. hnn,e,h-utoly suhi : "P„is„„ ,,, „, ,„ ,„^.. ,„. atod a «h,l« ...so, a creature of Ciod. Kow, Harriot ■„■. ""■'1;..« to y„nr logic, all who reluse to oa ,,oi»o„ a „ licalhcns niiil puUicans." ' Airs. M'Dou-ald could not see through this "The rorbid,len fruit," continued the doctor, "was al.o ■. civature of God. I should like to know, larriet h"; Adan, and Eve ,nade such a„es of then.sdves .; e„ that goodly creature f" " The fair di«i,utant, ever averse to logic, neither adn,i(t,,i .or de.,ed, nor distinguished the proposition ; ,,„t lea ' a n, slalu^, launched out into all her elo,„ence by de "ounnng, r.ght and left, popish bishop.,, p„pis , ,,riests a 1 m- people. Such a practice, she saii, was L.tra;; bu.pture, to reason, and to eonnnoo sense ; it was a rice of tyranny on the part of wicked Kon.an priests, X first to last, wanted to keep the people in bondage , it w observed by none e.vcept a handful of poor, illiterate Person who came here frou, Ireland, and it ought to be abolisl„,i b hose who were enlightened enough to see the folly and phrensy of so gross a superstition. "Not so fast, Harriet I not so fast I" calndy crio.l JI Dougald. '■ K„ believe that it is contrary to the S.rl ures, and all that, but C„M.& believe tl/ve,; o .f , -lou bcheve that it is a tyrannical imposition o c pnests, but Catholics believe the very contrary Y nnag,ne that it ought to be abo,ishcd,\ut Catholics in agnie the very contrary. You say that it is observed by no more than a few illiterate people from Ireland b,,' Cafholi vijiir ai not !i W nf their aiifliorit Mie (ij)in tliority i Ciiiistiai tile ijiiijc fiiindfiil ^^■iiiit ))JI port ion c i Harriet, i ^vlieii you 'jt'lorifr.s tc " Yon i nhont it, t "Tliati "WeJJ," to tile oriif ''riling her : mii'onn hei " Oiiarit} 'd multitude "»f^. Harriei Here endi Ti'atun's 01 ?ni, wa.s iio( •atiiwi. you insiiiii' Elarrii't, iic- j)oisou are was also a n-iet, liow ^)y Qathiir adriiKtcd. «t leaving,'' iice by de- fiests, and Mitrary lo is a piece ^lio, frojii ^ TA I. f: 85 3 ; It wiis 'i persons, iiboli^licd folly and ily enVd be Scr;])- •ontrary. of llie You )Iics ini- rved liy lid, but Catliolics assort that tho cis^,. k- h -^-'i'it better than any «;;;^;^^^^^^^^^^^ "•'^''ority of the san.e cla.i " l ' '' '' "'^ '" '"' '"' •'-'Pinion of the mnjority-^iZ^T'" '''''^''''^'- /"•'•^t.an world, be it known to vou is* c 7"'! '' '" tiie uin ority of the Ciiri.flo, , . ^'*^''^*''^' J tlK'n-fore ' ""I Of iHs,,„,:. if; •':;:';;■"' "-' - >■-" -r. ^ "'wit It, that yon on-ht to h 'l' ^" ^'"''>«' so maeh •;/V'.ll/'ret„,..,eOt...A;D ,;";^.'■T'>•■ «.'"« Original one, and I ,,.y, j;! ,; ,,';;- ^ ™'"» '""^^ ''""? Iier fanatical notion, to thLul , " """* ""' '■^ '•'"■'■'. by and b^,.. '""""■■ ""^ '^o'" "" know wli "ore ended the disputation. 86 WEI. W K I. I. ! ClIArTKIl XVI. AN UXEXPRCrEO DISCOVERY. The opposition of Mrs. M'Dou^-ald, it need scarcely 1)C siiid, made Mary's existeiice niiserublc. In \iAi- terious work in which she knew Mary to be still engaged, was not yet satisfied, did not, on finding the room open, lu • . , "S"n-Iyuot,"sij.H,i.,lJ!,.n, «o,„l,.ri„'™- tf'e moon is made of o '. " ^'^' ''''"''^ '^^'^'■^'^■^' ^''^^^ then, so." ^'"'" '■'^^'^''^^' "■ ^^-' P'''--t only told " ^"V' oJ^^erved Boll, very serionslv, " Mary often t IL to nie about God, and eulhs Hin, a S, ;,.• , ""' '"^ ''«>v- on airth eouhl she talk o .f ^ V"^ " ''"'' ''^*"' Mr. \r'T^ , , . ''*^' " *^''^' ')t'lioved t'other '''' -Mi^. MDouM-ald, Ie«.s logieal than even her ninid " t''^' question a "transeut," l,y l,yU,r UokU 1 li ' T"" vase whieh hung over the head of H.o V , . ' ''""* "it! c?'.:;; '', """""' "■"• ■"" — '-*.- -lu'Ji .Ucii}, eh .-'— how noor she is'" «.,;,! fi .i 88 WF. I.I. '. WEI- 1' " Yos " saitl thf inistrfss. , -Lor'l.lrss .no," exdui.no.l IJrll, cyeinjr tho rosury w;th all nossil.!c curiosity ; " tho.n's the thin«. that k.q.s Iht so \Jr prayiu'. countiii' of 'em. By f,n..;.^er ! l.ut .1 .l<.esn t tak"e long to connt mj prayers, nor p'r.ps F";^^ ""«;;'.'•>' body's else that whistles 'em, as I do. Well, what a .Uler- ,„(« !-our eonutry folks whistles their prayers, and Mary s folks eount.s 'em." . i r , - And see here," eried Mrs. M'Dou-ald. not heed...tr Ball's observations ; " here's something else ; let me sv.> what it is. Oh, yes ! ' Saint Patriek. Apostle of Irela.wl . l»a.hly was a elever fellow, truly-see, he has his toot upon a snake, and the snake is belly up, eml)lcmatie, no doubt, of Pat's triumph over all nnmner of rei>tiles !" " What does that 'ar mean ?" inquired Bell. " The Papists believe that Holy Patrick killed every snak. and toad in Ireland, by a dash of holy water-pity he wasn't here 1" " Is that a fact ?" asked the maiden. " It is " quietly assumed the mistress. " But' my patience I" exclaimed the woman of the house, " what is going to become of us ? Here, wherever we tnni our eyas, are lloman crosses, Roman water, Roman beads, Roman pictures, and every Roman humbug imagnuiblo. My patience, oh, my patience 1" Now, gentle reader, there was no virtue of this delecta- ble ladv so often summoned to her assistance as this identi- cal one'of patience. Why she called upon it so frequently is easily expUuned. Glendower, Shakspeare tells us, was wont to " call spirits from the vasty deep," but he could never make them listen to his call. Mrs. M'Dougald wa^ something like Glendower. As she never could coax tlie spirit of her patience out of its vast deep, she thought tlii-' licr only i ujipeal. " Ihif, time, " 111 Just til 11] inn that "the Litii 011(1, s(;an' a tissue of my roof » iifvcr." And sh Out of scizcil. T the otlior iii.ir iiotliiiij (if the pic therefore, lorosa " w, "Sairite T wliosc birt t'llly fixed i iroiii the "■; make, and it some fou "There "Popes, p and all ar( read hurrli sinners now Jiaticnce 1 «totli ! is n ers as these A TALK. SO li.r oiilv chanco of snci-css would lio luroic jH-ivvoraiicp mimI ii|i|i<'a]. " \U\t, my pnti.'iice !" oxclaiincd she for tlio liuiitlrcdth tiiiir, " liav<' I iiiiy aufliorify Irtc or not ?" Just tlirn she oiKTicd out a book, and liaii|t('ii('d to li^rlit ni»iii thatjyraycr so hateful to all of licr jKiriicidar staiiij^— " the Litany of tlio Ulvs^cd Virji-iii." Slio read a few \v(»rds, ami, scarcely able to eoiiiinuiid herself, cried out: "What u tissue of absurdities and lies ! Am I jioin«r to leave under lay roof such a pestilent, pernicious thin.i,' as this ? ^o, iifvcr." And she threw the book upon the floor, passionately. Out of it fell two small j)ictures, uj)on which she ea,u:erly scizeil. The inscription under one was, " Mater Dolorosa ;'" the other instription was, "Sainto Tliercse." I'nderstarid- iair iiotliin-r either of Latin or French, she was left to make of the pictures whatever her fancy nn"j.ht su^-^r,.st. yi„.^ thorefore, concluded wisely within herself, that " Mater Do- lorosa" was some old L'ish woman in distress, and that "Sainte Thcrese " was prol)abIy intended for the Theresa whose birth-place she had, on a former occasion, very Icnrn- edly fixed in some bog in old L-eland. She took tlie book from the ground to see what further discoveries she could make, and lioldijig it ])y both sides of the cover, shook from it some four or five snudl French jilates. "There go the saints flying," she joyously exclaimed "Po[)es, priests, nuns, holy water,' crosses, beads, papists, and all are getting a hard time of it to-da} " She then read hurriedly, " Holy Mary, Afother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen." " My jiatience ! our accomplished, enlightened governess, for- sooth ! is making beneath our roof such blaspiiemous pray- ers as these to Mary, who was no better than anybody else ; 90 W F. I, I. ! W F, 1. I. ! and not only to l>er, but to evrry oM rotten saint tlnit po- i.l.'s tl... Pnpist l.(>avf.n. AWll-wcU-vvell/' excluimcd the rabid Mrs. M'Dono-ald, rollin- lier eyes once more around the room, and stan.ling, as it were, in an attitude of di- fence, " is not this idolatry and sin with a vengeance ?' " Bell ! shall 1 break that vase, burn this book, tear these pictures, destroy these beads, smash that idol, and drive this mass-goer out of the house ?" " Oh I guess not," quietly responded Bell, who all tlii.s wliile w'asUstening with unprecedented patience, to her very foolish mistress. ^^ " Why should I not ?" fiercely demanded our fool ; are you not ashamed of the state of this room, and don't y..a feel yourself, your religion, and all grossly msulted?" - Oh, by golly ! as for my religion." replied the unfortu- nate Bell " I calculate it aint easy insulted. As for them 'ere erisses-crosses, and prayin' things, I guess there aint much harm in 'em arter all-and as for Mary, I kinder have a u-reat likin' for her, and no mistake." " If" returned the lady, " if, Bell ! yon have no religion, J am I'lot so— if V<'U think that these pernicious idolatries can do no harm, / know better-and if you can have a regard for a silly Papist like this, you must be losing your senses. - Now ' don't know, mistress, aV)Out that 'ar," rejomcl the fantastic maid, " but it strikes me as how them pray.u' beads, and them pictures, can't have any wickedness nuuh iu 'em, seein' as Mary is such a heap of a good crittur. ^i ou know close on to as well as I do, I guess, that she is as Christian a gal as you can scare up anywhere romid these 'ere diggin's, and blame me, if I ain't almost of opinion, now, that them 'ere affairs are first-chop articles for puttm ivh- gion into people's heads. 1 do, 1 swan to goodnes. .1 1 don't." " Don' Lite Mrs. At thi; his study, mercy's s{ " Wha liis head i " Look lierfectly > " Wha observing "Thei the fancif of observi liniiiiaries. " llarri " Talkii " Allen 1 ])oj)ish cha " Oh, h serving th( " Scare; you ?" "Xoth " Not ii At this 1 tlie sigji of lield up th( tcred over used for n of sorrow, for, and b ^I'Dougalc A T A L R HI ill [)»'<>• (hI tlie a round of de- k, tear lol, and all 11 lis ler very ; " are uii't von unfortii- lieni 'ere ut nuuli have a religion, Ltriescan a regard senses." rejoined 1 prayin' ess nuu'li ;ur. You she is as uid tliesi^ lion, now, Lilt in' reli- Incs^ if 1 "Don'l talk in that way again, Bell !" cried the innnaeu- late Mrs. M'Dougald, "lor it hurts niy leelings dreaillully." At tins moment the doctor, who was just i)assing from his study, was hailed by his dilapidated ludy, saying : " For mercy's sake, Allen ! just come here a moment." " What's wrong now ?" inquired the husband, as he put his head into the room. " Look 'round here," suggested the omniscient woman, perfectly certain of giving him a surprise. " What's the matter, Harriet ?" asked the doctor, not observing the cause of his wife's uneasiness. ■'The priest is going to have mass here to-morrow," cried the fanciful intruder, evidently pained at the doctor's want of observation, " and Mary has gone off to arrange the pre- liiniuaries." " Harriet ! what are you talking about ?" " Talking about !" repeated the half petrified Harriet. " Allen 1 do you know whe- you are, or are you in a jiopish chapel ?" " Oh, is it that that scares you ?" asked the doctor, ob- serving the crucifix on the table. " Scares me 1" echoed the mocking bird ; " doesn't it scare you ?" " Xot in the least," replied the inexorable surgeon. " Not in the least, Allen ! Oh ! my patience, my - At this moment, Mrs. [M'Dougald changed color, and drew the sigh of an afflicted heart. After a moment's i)anse, she lield up the beads, pointed to the holy water vase, and scat- tered over the table the little scriptural i)ictures which Mary used for marks and mementoes. She " spoke not a word of sorrow, but she steadfastly gazed on the face of the doc- tor, and bitterly thought" of the facts. The tantalizing M'Dougald was equally silent, pretending probably to be » 92 T9 E L L 1 W E L L 1 nmch aggrieved, or frightened. " I presume," said tlie lady at length, " that you are soniewliat scared now." " Not a bit, Harriet !" replied the niisera)))^- doctor. " I believe in my soul," shouted tiie thunder-strick(Mi Mrs. MDougald, in a tone of phrensy and despair, " that you are a Papist in your heart. If so, prepare to say mass, i'ather Allen ! and I will receive the veil from your hands.'' The kindly doctor, believing that his impetuous and [)re- ci[)itate spouse was going to the devil a little too fast, very oi)i)ortunely remarked, in a tone not particularly pleasing : " Harriet, allow me to tell you, that you are making much ado about nothing, and crying out murder wliere there is no occasion. The best thing, I think, that you can do, is- to imitate Mary's virtues, instead of acting as you are ; to work out your own salvation, and let Mary do as she pleases in working out hers." " I guess so, too," whispered Bell to herself, and as she afterwards muttered, when she was returning to the kitchen, *' Mrs. Mac, I can tell you that Mary is a darned sight better than yourself, and I reckon, too, that you couldn't do no better thing than to lay hold for a spell on her pray in' machines," With this sentence, not expressed, but understood. Bell, anxious to get away, was passing through the room, when she very awkwardly upset a small table that stood just behind the door. M'Dougald caught the table as it was falling, and in his hurry let the drawer with its contents tumble on the ground. " A new emporium of papistical trumpery, I suppose," said the prophetic Mrs. M'Dougald. " Probably," said the doctor, curtly, picking up a locket which he opened, and found to contain the portrait of a Bplendid-looking young man. A T A r, K 93 Mrt!. M'Doii, readily obtained. " This is m saint, I rather judfrc," ob- served the sajraclous dame. Whether it was a saint, or a sinner, she was rot given to nn(h'r.stand. The reader, how- ever, will not ;> ft in similar darkness. If he read ou, he will be enlig-ht/nud by and by, " I rather think, Harriet, that you are right for once in your life," the doctor was just after saying, when, as if seized by a sudden surprise, lie exclaimed : " Jf that's no saint, THIS IS, by Jupiter !" drawings from the midst of a pile of l»ai)er, a life-like portrait of his darling Emma. For a length of time he contimied to gaze, with all ad- miration, upon the faultless picture. " You're mightily taken with your saint," remarked the lady, who had some time previously seated herself at the other end of the chamber'; " you're mightily taken with your saint, and I would huml)ly suggest that you go down upon your knees, and pay it true Catholic homage." "Is it possible?" cried M'Dougald, handing over the portrait to his dear distracted wife, asking as he passed it over—" Who is that, Harriet ?" The fascinated lady looked at it as steadfastly as did her lord, who jocularly said, " You're mightily taken with your saint, and I would in turn humbly suggest that you go upon your knees, and pay it true Protestant homage." 3Irs. M'Dougald replied not, but gazed and gazed. Gaze on, then, wwthless woman ! gaze on, and let a dis- criminating world see where lies the idolatry now, in you for adoring the image of your daughter, or in Mary for venerating the image of her God. Gaze on, and let a discriminating world see whether or not there be superstition in a system which allows its f( jlowers to cherish sucli thing's as most forcibly remind them of the love which a Saviour i\ 04 W K I. L : W K 1, L I had for men. Gaze on, and let a discrirainatinn^ world sti y whether or not you, with all the devotion now riveting yo;i to that graven image, are guilty of an act that should he. called idolatry. Gaze on, and learn from the object now before you, the mystery of Mary's watching. Angels and Saints ! whose representations this wicked woman laugliec' at to-day, and scattered in derision on the ground, let you alone tell how obdurate and blind are the votaries of error. Ye who, seeing, as you do, " the Lanil) that was slain from the foundation of the world," who, 1)eholding him face to face, require no outer aids to fix your, eyes upon his beauty, and inflame your hearts with his love, pray for those erring multitudes, who, while they worship tlieir earthly heroes, and never cease to tell of their prowss, forget the victory of the heroes of Christ, and 1; ugh lilve lieathens at their memory. merciful One ! whose ignominious death should, above all things, be ever before our eyes, and whose red cross — our pillar of light^ — should unceasingly illume our way, for- give the perverted heart that can treat thy image scornfully, that can call it a pagan idol, that could fling it to the flames ; forgive, too, the polluted mind that sees in that mother, who alone was worthy thee, nothing beyond tli(> ordinary woman — that absolutely entertain for her a con- tempt — that mock at such children of thine as make lion )r- able mention of her name. Let not a creation is a being ( he lonnd ir Who, bi which pool hiii'oted mil write the 1 here on ace such a volu hlottiiig th( iSotith, {jud affliction, fit girls have forgot the b iig-e of the V That libei of tlie negr nothing mor if his, woulc half so dear only in the a that religioi mass which as that sacr were, frnui ji shut out fro A T A [, F . \)b CHAPTER XVII. MORE TROUBLE. Let not the reador imagine that Mrs. M'Dontrakl is morcly a eiratioii of the fancy, but ratlier kt hun hehevc that she is a h'wr of blood and bone, hundreds of whose like may he iuund in our ountry. Who, but the victims themselves, know the persecutions whicl. poor Catholic females experience at the liands of l.i-otcd mistresses like Mrs. M'Dougald ? Could they but write the history of the trials which they have to underjro iioro on account of their religion, they would furnish forUi siuh a volume of woe as no gentle eye could (race, without l)lotting the page with its tears. Talk of slavery at the Soiitli, iiiid weep for the black man's miserj', but learn the affliction, fierce and unremitting, which unotVending Catholic girls have to suffer in these New England States then lor.irct the bondage of the black slave for the greater bond- a,u-e of the white one. That liberty, which clamored for, as it is, by men in fiivor of the negro, means, so far as that negro is concerned, nothing more than other air, and broader sky— things which,' if lii3, would be but his larger misery— such liberty is not lialf so dear to the black man's heart, whose slavery ex-ists only in the abolitionist's speech, as to the Catholic female is tliat religion which she always hears maligned ; as that mass which she is frequently prevented from attending, or as that sacrament which is many a time snatched, as it wore, from her lips. Put tlie iron on her hands and feet- shut out from her eytv? the light of day, and feed her as 9r» W K I- I, W K r, L you fcMid a friiiiinul. Do all this, and make of licr a slaw, whose like not even the tenderest modern idiilanthrupiKt v^w Bee in this land. What then? Will she, think you, d'! that her chains are heavy ? Will she weep for the liuht that is lost ? Will she eat her hard crust rei>ininerstition 1" M'Dougald, perceiving that his lady was determined to be right, and pestered by her wrangling spirit, exclaimed ut last, as he hurried out of the house, "For heaven's sake, Harriet! * castle stan', or castle fa',' let her finish that jtic- ture, for I would sooner have it than the whole establisli- meut." The doctor's absence was now a grand opportunity for Mrs. M'Dougald to act the tyrant fully. This of course she did. The white slave, from whoae eye to-day the light of the Gospel was banished, and from whose soul the food of angels was withtirawn, bowed with patience to the mandate, and retired to her silent room. How has the devil such power as to triumph by his agents over the innocent and weak ? How is he permitted, as he is, to throw the stainless on a dunghill, and to place tlie polluted on a golden pavilion ? 'Tis a harrowing thought to know — 'tis a crushing fact that makes the heart sweat blood I Is there nothing to cheer us in the contemphitiou of so hard a truth? Oh, there must be — there is. Why or liow could it be that Lucifer, after his fall, should be left so much of his original power, and that those brilliant Essences, whose light was never darkened from the first, should he accorded no power at all ? Why or how should the dannud and faithless spirit be mighty in evil, and the blessed and faithful ones be powerless for good ? The battle between the celestial and infernal hosts may be still said to be goiiig on — and ! (Iwonifit a.s lie was Yes, yes, (iocs tein]) k'lp US to Ou the lifTs, a dre Tlint visioi ^liippers, lier as if realitv, sna The atnios light of th shadow of When ]\ prnyer-ljooli ^vhich she i mitted to as devotions, s of Emma, h ■f^s. " Sw upon her ov ago, when i you are no' How little ( time, be wai vanished joy ^viJl some IV; .von're now r cross your ps once as hap|; the world's i A TALE 99 ON-,,,,, .so the arch n,.n,l with his f„llo«n.s arc „s ,„„.rK. "■■"""I't o-,lay i„ l,is fi.l.t „.i,h Go,rs ,re„tio„_„u„,i « l,e was at tl,e l„.gi„„i„g i„ ,,i, |i^,|,t „.i„, o„.l hi„„,|f c, .v™. l,s sweet, then, to feel that if the devil ea„, a„,i 0. te,a,,t „s o ev,l, there arc aagel.s „„d arehangelswho Wp as to good. Tl,i.s is coiLsolation Ou the wild Atlantic JIary ha,|, „, i|,e reader remen,- o,y dream, winch, like thcpoct'.s, " was not all adrean, •' l,at v,s,on was never fairly realized till now. Those w„r ^v on "■; "■": ^^""P"-''^'J f»'- '"■■r, an.l the black sl..d, „ of her lady's tyranny darkened eve,-ythin,. arena,!. "l,e« Mary arrived at her chamlnT, ,.he took „n l„r l^.vor-book, and, falling upon her knees, read those -aayers wlaeh .she would more satislacto,-ily read had she be!.,, per- «tocl to assist at the Sacrili,.e. After she had linishcd I,..- *vot,o„.s, she rose up, and taking in her hand the portrait ol f.,niaa, looked at it till the tears went bursting f on, her ™s. "Sweet child I" .sai,l Mary to herself, as she giz... «|.on her own fair haady-wo.^k ; '■ Sweet child I nine years a?o, when my portrait was taken too, I was as young as lo. httle d,d I dream M™ that I would, in so .short a tunc, be waihng over a picture like this, the image of mv vamshed joy I Beloved Emma I so fond, so fair, so hap,,, »JI some Maiyof another land ever make you weep ,,s .voure now making me ? Who knows what shadows .„„. cross your path and darken yoar bright existence ? I was tiiongbt tlie world's sunny side. I am changed, I am changed I 100 W E M, ! W K 1. 1. ! Shall I think that you may ho my succt-s.sor hi pain ? L\ \m not say it ! O Emma ! my little love, long may that brow be smooth, long may those eyes be bright, ever nmy tiiat soul, looking out so innocently through those cyvs whose windows they are, be free from each sense of sorrow, aud never may that i)ure, fair face be dinnued by the exile's tear." JiLst as she was finishing her apostroj^he, she heard tii. light little foot of Ennna coming up stairs. Not wishiiii: that any one should see the [)icturC until she had given i' the last touch, she ran to her drawer and secreted tli.' paper. Emma, seeing immediately on her entrance that Man- had been weeping, inquired of her, in a sweet, affectioiiak tone, if she was sick. " I am not well, my dear Emma 1" " Oh, my sweet, good Mary ! I am so sorry," said the gentle child, throwing her arms lovingly around Marv'< neck, and kissing her. "What shall I do to make you well ?" Those kind words of innocence were the medicine that Mary most required. They went like balm to her sorrowful soul, and made that soul feel happy. She took up Einina in her arras, and printed a kiss of childlike gratitude niwii her consoler's cheek. " I am better, now, dear Emma," said she, "and I am glad that you have come up." Having said this, Mary, in spite of herself, burst into tears, and Emma, unable to resist the infection, began to weep, she knew not why. " Don't cry, my sweet Emma," said Mary, " I am crying to see you so sad," said the beautiful oliiln. "Well," said Mary, wi])ing her eyes, "I will be sad no longer, and let my little Emma be as glad as ever." A TALK lOI The happy chihl, a.W^hU,] with hor .srovorncss, fl.u- ,Iowa ^Mirs, and m a few mo.nonts roturnod. hri.mi,,. with her » ii'ti. Ini..ket co..tai..i„g ripe ^n-npes arul snf,^ar-ph„n.s "See " Miid she, as, all radiant with smiles, she skipped up to Mary • ■'sec what I have r -t for you here ! Look at that heauti- ful bunch of grapes I -O taste it, do,-and look at n.y suKar-p uni^all colors, red, white, blue, yellow-aint they •■My lovely little butterOy I" cried Mary, kissin-^luT '•''"nucr again, 'Hhey are beautiful and sweet, indeed but joii are more sweet and beautiful than they." At this endearing compliment, Ennna threw back from lur fair forehead those raven locks in which there was a play of light, and tittered In her own sweet way as .ho said: "I like sugar-plums and grapes better than I like K'vsdt. but not so well as I like my own dear Mary Tht^ This was a strange expression, yet it was as true as the ^■I"H who spoke it. Mary took her by the hand and pressing it with all the tenderness of true affection, moved turvvurd to take with her beloved charge a walk in the garden. CHAPTER Xyill. REV. SIR. ALIJAW. 0-v his journey the doctor met with an accident which prevented, him from returning home that night. His lady lor some cause unknown, did not vouchsafe that evenin-r to gra^;e the table with her presence, but allowed Mary to t"ike tea m silence and solitude. J 02 W F [. L ! W E I. I. f The doctor ,li,l net HrrivMlII dinn.r luM.r novt dnv nni a« soon as he luul taken the cam,., knife h, '' ;o ,.h.asure of hearing IVorn herself the experi i., ' l".s w.fe ha(U.athere.l dnrin^^ his absence "I am sorry," he-an her hidyship -that vm, 1...] |^.-iA,.nnetohearthe.,ea.^ifj;iJ^^^^^^^^^ ^ , We of Hstenin, to y^^^^^^^^^^ ''What was the text ?" inqnin-d the .loctor. Mis. M I).,Mo.ahl hesitated, and at leiM4h .aid • " W ii leHnyecoIh.ctitJnstnowJ.ntit.asa e^^^,^^ on., .ndeed, and the .er.on itself was the besUhat :. ^ I ^ J' What was the tenor of his discourse V asked the dec "It was such a one as would not i.-, very a.^reeable to some persons whom I know." "r,recaoic to ][ Would .Alary like it if she heard it ?» " I ratlier think not." ^ J Oh, tl,o„, it «■«., „„ aoM, so„„.ti,i„g „.ain.st the &(1,«. "You have just Kiiossed it." "Auil wliere iu the liilJe eoul.l he find a text nn^„ „.|,: i, he eouki l,„ihl a fabric of that Ily." "Vi he and all the I inoiiieiit KuiiT int These minister good, • Alljaw if " Ihtl '• Willi "I'll t is fa his h •'tr iliiin c '" rdijrioi o/r. Ikn " Why, 1 assi take off tl neck ; the natural, ar 'ookod up I tiT) ; then a'Jd Alliaw A r A r. K . ' next (lay, an^i ' in liaiid, haj Vi«Ticii(.'e wliic!, t yoii hail II,; 'se whicfi I },i„| tliu Kl-v, .Mr 1 fail] : " Wi !!, t'ry iiislriR'tivi !.st tliat ever I skcU the - ai,d fear. "What truth '/ Is if th-it r'..n i l.'a,„l his f„„„H.e„ all , i, V ":i*,; ;'™ " fTT' "'"' "" '"■'z'" '" '"'"*"■'"'•' ''^^ I'™-- «"« u,i ot ;,i! — ™ . 'y would IK, i„„re t,,„„ «„ai,,,.,u to ,IH c , 1""^' ,Nlo the sea u„„tl,er hei'd of ,wi„,. " These wonis were K,«k,..„ thus sharply ou .,„•«„„. r „ ;™... Whose histor, the u„etoreo,Lil:d'^;l;;^:;: Alii "":r:,s:;::t^--«--H ■....:,.. ■ K'.ther say, IIa,-ri,.t, that he fa a ,„a>. of relf.^o,, - What IS the diirere,ice ?" '''-'yo,,. , ".HI hlf" T,,f r "^'*-' '^ '« '"■" wl..t the harno. "'liy, Allen, you amaze me '" "f ■ then let M™ iook^outf ^ ; ^Tw. XV'-'' ••■o;th:„irll';;^™■-;— ^^ ~ ^"-■" '-"^ "iiiiself wiii liave parted." ■"iv 104 well! w k l l ! At tliis dissection of Mr. Alljaw, Mary could not lnit smile, thereby hurting Mrs. M'Dongald to the quick. "Why, Allen 1" cried the lady again, "you roiillv amaze me." " How ?» " Is there among Mr. Alljaw's people, a child that dies over which he does not make a sermon, which soothes, if not banishes all sorrow from the parents' hearts ? Is there a house into which he goes, where he does not offer np an appropriate prayer ? And is there a person that he meets, whose hand he does not shake with all the aflfection of an apostle ?" " Faith — as to the last thing yon have said, I agree with you, and moreover must say that he is almost too fond of shaking hands, particularly with the young ladies. But, Harriet I tell me, what confined him so closely to his house all the time that the measles and ulcerated sore throat were so prevalent here ?" " Mr. Alljaw was sick then." " Ha ! ha ! ha 1 yes, just about as sick as I was. I fancy that on that occasion, the sick had not such a })!u('e in his mind as the healthy. Alljaw has children, yes, and he knows as well as anybody else, the meaning of number one. Have you anything more to say in his favor ? Mrs. M'Dougald, observing Mary smiling again, felt so Tery much like dying that she remained perfectly silent. " Now, Harriet 1" began the knowledgeable M'Dougald, " I see that you have summed up all this Rev. gentleman's excellences. I will, therefore, proceed to give you one or two specimens of his defects. " In the first place, I should by right begin with that scrape of his — but never mind ; you know it as well as I do — let it pass. In another man," said the doctor laugli- ingly, " hilt, by go for SI " Pco api>ropri Irue party is with a In stone at observe 1 should no in one of " Go "Tocc now, Ilan iiiigiit hai eircumstai bors' fault; "Aboui before Lav the time. as a servan of hers in waives, and ' I thought, one iiundrec already rec 'But, 'said.' than thirty- limidred an( pious Alljaw to Squire JV cave you pu A TALK Kid not lillt )u reallv that (Ii<,'s oothes, if Is there Per np an he meets, on of an ^ree with I fond of ?s. But, his house e throat was. I li a plaoe yes, and ■ number ? 1, felt so lent, Dou Geor.-e I m a minister it should not be allowed o go for such a joke." " "t auoMta lo "reoplo in glass houses should not throw stones " very api.ropnately remarked Mrs. .AI'Dou-ald " ^ "True, very true," replied the doctor, '"' if the dass of one with a hou.>e of common ^dass may be excused for peltin.^ a s one at the man with a house of bull's-eve glass D vo' observe the distinction? Kow a man i,'. Ai » ^■ should nnf hn i.-v- • , "* Alljaw's position ui one 01 a thicker material." ;; Oo on," said M,'.,. M'DougaKl, very primly. io come, however, to a fact of recent date pcnnit ,„<, n"gi.t lave told you of it long ago. but as under ordiin-v ™cum.s,ances, it is not my practice to speak of Z^2 bors- faults, I made no mention of the matter "Aljout a year ago a poor girl from Ireland came fore Lawyer Johnson, in whose office I happened to 1 e tune. She said that she had for three yiars been living ■servant m Alljaw's house. Wishing to join .son.e frie2 t l.ors ,n the West, she called upon her master for it a|^«, and was told that there was nothing eo.ning to he • I i.ought s,r,'said she, 'that I was entitled to as much as' e hundred and twenty dollars.' 'No,' said Alljaw, 'yon have already received your full amount i„ money and clothes.' han thrty- wo dollars, while the whole of my wages is one » red and fty.i...' .Qo about your busLss.'said th^ P ous Alljaw and say no more about it, else I will go .lown S(,u,re Murdoch's, make oath that you are insane, and oari; you put m the mad-house.' 106 WELL! W E L L I " Oil, I don't believe a word of it, not a single word." " Why do you not V "Because the story is not even probable, much less possible." "How do you mean?" " From Mr. Alljaw's pretended threat to swear to a lie " " When he said so, Harriet ! he had no notion of swear- ing—he said so merely to frighten the poor girl out of Iilt hard earnings." " I don't believe a word of it." " Tell me, then, Harriet 1 how came it, that when Jolni- son sent the summons, Alljaw handed over the dimes imme- diately ?" "Does it follow that because the law made him pay, lie »vas therefore guilty of the alleged act V" " Decidedly, oh ! decidedly." "But do not lawyers sometimes make right appear wrong, and wrong right ?" " By Jove I if Johnson could, in this in^'ance, em[)loy the 'hocus pocus' of which you speak, lie would be more inclined to use it against the girl than for her. After this Harriet ! don't talk to me about Alljaw's preaching." " Mr. Alljaw is a beautiful preacher." " If he is, his practice makes it all moonshine." " Mr. Alljaw is a beautiful preacher." "Now, Harriet 1 as you seem to be so positive, I tell yon distinctly, that, villainous as his practice is, his preachimr'^ if possible, a million times worse. Preaching 1 why, thun- deration ! I heard him at old Major Hudson's funeral,' and I considered him the poorest preacher I ever heard in my life. All that he seemed to me to be able to do was to screecli, and sweat. But to preach— nonsense I I don't, however^ blame the poor man for not being a speaker, but how I do hiamc j)U(ien fact is "3J U Q AiJjaw "H "Tl then, I somewl "H( "He who kn such a guessed allowed conseque kicked h "Nov^ " Thai sooner h( near the aud dow chokers. which All tiiu to go ■Mrs. M "J. r V T Y( A A T A L K lOT blame lilin is this thnf whn,, u . • fact b, 'tis hard f.r bi,„ to pr^c , Hh " '"""t'''- '''"" " Mr. Alljaiv, every one !T^' , "° «''"«'"»"■" "0 ginger b,aerw;'^:;:/f'™'"' -'•"'-'' ^^ He was a minister of the Gospel " " " Tliere's where you're wrr.no. u • , «-,Imust tel, ,L tlL rtstTf T^"'"'^^^' somewhere in Kennebec." '^"''*'' "^^ ^^^^'^^ "He wasn't, Allen I" -vii tHi/aSi-r ;^» r? ' •""' "'^ "-'"^' *»ch a fenow taking it „: ^ * ff" to "' "," """«'" "^ guessed that an ox teamer of » "''"'"'' *''"' '"'"^ allowed to holier muehT • '""""" ^''""W"'' '« -sequence wt hattt Xe"'to' ^^ '" '""*"'' '^"^ ticked l,imself out." " "^<'*'"S-''0«sc, and Tliat's a fact, Harriet I I do not iL .,• t sooner hear a pig squealing bluel*' ', ""■ ' "■"'"'' near the three-fourths of Lhi """^or under a gate, than a»i do„-n here ca i^l Tu°7T ''T'"''' "^ ="» "P ehokers. But HaS L °"*'''"' ""'^ "'"' *ei.A,va.v.afeXir.rti:;:n^^^^^^^^^ t"" to go and preach the Gospel K" «P'"t moved *'"-**'""°S'"0--="-^.whifc the doctor said: "A. ,Irivi„g „x<,„ „„, „„, t,.; I bo»pre„e,,er,rilorutrary, seo no well! w e l l I I think that if every one in the world were half as .ffood as JVlary, we shouki have a re<,nihir i)ara(iise on earthf Does ■her popery take away her {reiitleness, lier patienee her modesty, her faitlifuhiess, her piety, or any other of those many qualities of which she is possessed ? Rather, niav not her i)opery ^ive her these ? It cer' Inly does not take theni away. If it give them, then popery must be a different thin^^ from what you seem to imagine." '' These very qualities, whicli you ascribe to her," returned Mrs. M'Dougald, " make her all the more dangerous and instead of reconciling me, only increase my fears. Pop.rv IS not the tree to produce such fruits as make this girl so charmmg in your eyes. She is a stranger here, and conso- quently she adopts a policy which conceals her real character If she were the owner of this house, and we the dependents" It IS my firm conviction that you would know more about popery than you do. She is, therefore, as I said, the more dangerous, for she will, I fear, by her soft ways, winnin^^ smdes, and all that, insinuate herself so much into Emma's affections, that our darling child will finally be drawn into those abominations for which all good Protestants have such a thorough abhorrence. Indeed, I have csufiicient rea- son for speaking as I do. Emma this minute, I think, lov.-s this girl more than she loves me. She seems to wish 'to be always in her company, aud she seems to find no pleasure in mine." " Tut, woman 1" exclaimed the doctor, " 'tis all collywcst. What I have to say myself on this tormenting score is, that if you, Harriet, never grow worse than Mary is, you will have as good a chance of heaven as the best protestantism can give you ; and also that if Emma turn out to be a pup- worthy of her governess, neither you, nor I, nor she will have any reason to be ashamed of her popish education. A T A r, K . Ill But confoun,] it_I ™, ,,„„,;,, (,,,„, .,f j,,^,^^ Wiiiit to tliiiik no more alioiit liiciii " Ilavinj; n,a,lo tlK« f,..«- ,-,.,„„,k,: i,,., jo,,„, ,„ok „,„ C't ">""; ';:" '.''''"■"'■"' '" "'•'■^» ■' """•» '1-° ever. By Jupitor ! la,™,," said he, " if yo„ have not eye. o.K.„g ,„«ee the merits of thi„oa onght to procure a pair of goggles immediately." " I'orhaps something of the kind might hel,, to give your- self a keener sig'ht." b '^ juui '■ Woe wife,' Hetty !" said M'Dougald in his very best ..nior, "the eccentrieities of old age are gathering Yom.d you fast, and I am sorry for your own selfs sake " ^^^ As^these words were uttered, Bell's gaunt form entered "Who is that, Bell ?» asked the doetor, handing her the matter of dispute. ° "Does that look like Emma?" inquired Mrs. M'Dou-ald ma tone very much like Do belowthe linewith three sti;k^ on the head, aud one on the neck. " Ye8, exactly, and no mistake," answered Bell "Look at it again, and see if it4 like her," suggested the incredulous lady. 'ofet^hiea me u-lf'sl^ut'\^'""'' """ '"""'""S ""t °« if Emma's real If sa d from the paper, " Is that you. Bell !"_eried " If .at am, Emma, and Emma to the ni'nes, rn.r :st; a, ores hehair, the forred, the eyes, the mouth, the ehin it to a shavm'— did vou evpr f ii„f i *' it done it ? Mary ?" ^ ""''' "'■ "'" »"' "Bell," said the doctor, "whore's Emma V" ' Out in the garden a walk in with Mury, 112 well! w e 1. l I " Go and call her ; but don't say anything to her about the picture." Bell was off, "Now, Harriet," remarked the doctor, "I'll lay you whatever you like, that Emma herself will recoj^niize tl.e likeness just as quickly as Bell." " Probably," said Mrs. M'Dougald ; " ye all seem to have the same eyes." As Emma came skipping into the room, her father ht-M up before lier the beautiful painting, but spoke not a word. " pa, where did you get me there ? dear me, let me see myself. Oh, isn't that my hair, and eyes, and all ? and I've got a necklace on, too ; doesn't it look well ? Pa, won't you give me that pretty one you promised me ? Well, well, if that's not a good one ! Ma, you have two Emmas now. Well, I am so glad. But who drew me ? was it Mr. Jack- son ?" This was a question which Bell was as anxious to hear answered as Emma ; but it was one which M'Dougald did not, for certain reasons, like to answer immediately, and which Mrs. M'Dougald, for the same reasons, would not. The doctor was for a moment silent, evidently in a puzzle. At length he said to Emma : " I'll leave you this eveuill^' to guess it ; and if you can tell me then, I'll give you the necklace." " If I guess it now, pa, will you give me it ?" " I will," said the father. '• It wasn't Mr. Jenkins, was it ?" asked Emma. " No, it wasn't Mr. Jenkins." " I guess I could guess the coon," exclaimed Bell. " no. Bell," cried Emma, " let me guess it myself ; be- cause if you don't, I shouldn't get the necklace." A TALE 113 " It wasn't Mr. Jenkins. Ah ! pa, was it Mary ?" The doctor, laujrhing out, said nuthin<^, but walked out of the room. If he had given expression to his sentiments, he woukl tloiiljtless say : " Well done, Emma, you have won tJie reward ; and, in that reward, you have got an actjuisition which will probably reverse your critical mother's opinion, and reconcile her at last to the picture. With the reward you have also the work which, construed, as it once was, into a ' pai)istical orgy,' was deemed the means which would one day, not very distant, burn up ' body and bones,' both yourself and your parents. You have in all this received a memento which will make you love Mary for ever ; and you have increased in a love for her that will be reciprocated to the full. But, gentle, loving Emma, you know not, all the while, that you have been turned into a triumph over your mother ; you know nothing of the pains and vigils which that mother has undergone, in endeavoring to arrive at a knowledge which is, after all, more tormenting than either vigil or pain ; you know not of the frustrated hopes which, huilt, as they were, on what is now your greatest pleasure, show in their blight that uo similar hopes are possible u^ai'i 114 W R 1, I. ! W K 1, 1, 1 CHAPTER XX. A CONTRAST. The doctor, wishing to take advantage of the excellent opportunity now aflbrded his daughter, was all for haviii;r Emma learn drawing. The doctor's wife, wishing to tak(- advantage of the excellent o])portunity now afforded to lur oi)p(),sition, was all for having Ennua learn French. The doctor maintained that there was now a possibility of her learning what he proposed, while there was none of learnin^r what was proposed by his wife. The doctor's lady niaii"- tained that, as it was now high time for Enuna to beuiii French, and time enough afterwards to begin drawing, tluTo was no use of keeping a governess who could not teach the particular branch which the exigencies of the time re(iuind. The doctor reminded his lady of a wish which he had IVc- (piently heard her express, viz., of having Enuna juit tu drawing ; and wanted to know how it came to pass tliat she had so suddenly reversed her sentiments. The doctor's lady informed her lord that, having been assured by a com- petent judge that the French should take precedence, she had changed her opinion. "I have," said the doctor! " known young ladies to devote their attention to both tlieso departments at one and the same time." "So have I,'' rejoined the lady ; "and if you feel disposed to have Emma thus instructed, I will have a chance to see another instance of the kind." "How can that be done?" inquired tlie doctor. " Simply," replied the lady, "by discharging your present governess, who is incapable of teaching both, and by getting one who will be capable." "F jM'Ctcd Detch The tiu'n o Arrive iiig off "A "Yo him." Afary The d come ba "He doctor t The I mondicaii "D'oii " J)e h "P:tqi "Un p manger." The do( ^mni at About 1 failed, mac 'j'lt the pa sjK'akhig vi The doci The fore tlie acciden Kliouid he n As M'Dc lie cxcollciit for Imviiiir iiig to tiiki' rded to lur eiicli. Till' lility of liir of louriiiiii.' lady iiiMiii- a to Ix'uiii wing, thcro t teach the \e reqiiircil. he had frc- nia put tu pass that he doctor's by a com- •recedeiicc, he doctor, both these ) have I," ave Emilia 3r instance juired the r":in "For mercy's sate, com,; Ihto (hHarl- ...: . i. „ i.« off taward, the g«to ■. ivhnZ I ^ ""'^ " '"'"■• _JYou ,i«,e rogue, you Lave been t„lk,-,,„F„,,,,_,,,,„ Jfiiry said, " Yes, a little " TI.e .loc'tor hailed the Frenehman with " UilM „, , r „ loinc back here." ""lO, oM fellow, " He does not understand Ei..'lisl, " =„!,. ,f ^ doctor the,, cried out: "Arretez™ ' V f ! "'■^- '^"' Tlie Frenclnuan, who Im, ,e nrf^o , ' ' ™"'' ''•'■" ™o.ii.nt,.adeh.„.„y's;:;:;::;-p'''-,,d oft .enezvons?" said the doctor. ' '^■'""'"''"^—''■n.liod the stranger " Un ,r .'" ''"° ™"" "'"'"■''^^ '" ''■*'»1 '!'« doctor ,4:r O"'^-' 'l- J» »» procure „ue„„e !Zo , «.S;::i?:;jn:-^;-;:^,,-M,,.the,„o^^ l«" tl.e pain of hearino. "1, "" '^'■»"«™*i»". r "' "i.amiir^ with 1 er own onra " tl.,. T..- i. • i S|>™k.,ig veritable voluble French *'"'"' Tlie doctor's delight it is un„eces.,ary to describe Ihe fore o-nor In'monif f ^t. i "^ uuntnoe. "» aecident^he .n T , "' ''"''''•' "'^ "'" '''«*<"■■ By ^ougald and h,s lady were returning to the sitt!n«- »! 116 W E I, I, I W K I, I, ! room, tlifi former cui.iiiitly informed tlie latter that she could now, if she pleased, Imve another instance of u yonng hidv learninfr French and drawing at the same time. "Do you call hers good French?" demanded Mrs M'Dougald. "Certaiidy," rej»Iied tlie doctor. " I'm of a different opinion," observed the lady. " What do you find wrong in it?" " She sjieaks with an Englisli accent, and slie has none of the nasal sound whatever." "1 think that she has as much of that as it is possil.jc to find in one who is not of French blood. I think, moreover, that it would be impossible for any one with so pretty a littlc nose as Mary's, to get up a more nasal twang. You must remember, Harriet, that the Frenchman's was so thund.T. ingly big, as to leave him under no necessity at all to employ the other organs of articulation. 'Twould be hard tor Mary's nose to compete in nasal modulation with a proboscis like his." " It may be," returned the lady ; " but then again she has not that action which seems to be part and parcel of the language. If she had learned French from a comi)eteiit master, she would not be wanting in this very characteristic accompaniment." * " Do you mean," asked M'Dougald, laugl)ing, " that she has not the pursing out of the mouth, the shrugging of the shoulder, the tossing of the head, and all that kind of thing ?" " I do," replied the lady. " Well, really," said the doctor, " I should like to see Emma an adept in such antics. 'Tis a great pity indeed that in these particulars Mary is so very deficient. Harriet ! I once hcai'd of a French preacher who was so accomplislad slio could JUiij^ lady A r A I. K 117 s norio cf ossiMc to norcovcr, ty a little i'^on must thuudrr- to cnijiloy hiinl for [)rol)oscLs n slie lias el of the 3nii)ct('iit acteristic that slie g of the kind of e to see leed that irriet ! I lllpli^ihtil ;:;.'^i:tt;;r:''''';':i.:::'''^t"''' -n,.,„„. »i''' 'l.r,.e or four n„ -e 1 , r T """ '"'' "«'"""- ■>'\jump French with a yeuLmuwo f if . ^ ^ liH'Iady JicJd her peace ■' Her rulfeio,,, „» I oft,.,, told yo« Lefore " ..ot r,.li,Hon." ' "■'"■■''• '^''"■"''''' '""' ■'"•«'^. «re " Vfs but I feel convinced that she will tearh P,„ -yehgion than she wil, either ,„„,*, i;Ll"tdr " In what way ?" "In her own Jesuitical way." " Ha I ha I and is Mary a Jesuit, too ? By J„no I h„t a female Jesuit is a queer kind of am'mal " ^ "^ Ar. Alljaw preach that very thing " ^ fellow «;:;^„ I "TfM-"*' ""' '"■'' •'■«' il?' w,"" "" 'T."'"" "'™' "• ■■"'<• "^* "■« -" yo» this It „ ^>^^ ' M,ss Brinfremp, at Colonel S.vmo,„-» " ' iou couldn-t get ter, and besides, even if yo,, could jou 118 wellI well! m^ would have a stuck-up thing, who, with all her [u-ide ami importance, kiiows not half as much as Mary. Let me tell you, ilarriet I that you have here a most remarkable girJ, one the like of whom you will never get again if you ouco lose her. With all this, she is the very essence of modesiy. She never said a word about her musical talent until it w.is discovered by accident. She never said a word about her skill ui painting until she was forced, by the circumstance of Emma's picture, to make it known. She never said a word about her knowledge of French, until it was found out at the eleventh hour. She will probably, before luiiu-, let us see that she speaks Italian as well as she does any- thing else. Here, then, is a governess with a sjilendid ( du- cation, and with the most unasvsuming marmer. What's going to drive her away? Is it a mere groundless api)iv- hension that she is a nun, or what is the height of folly to suppos a Jesuit? For my own part, I say that if 'she were the General of the Jesuits, himself, I would not \Wl the least uneasy ; and if she were a nun of not only ow black veil, but two, ay, and twciify, I would be just as tranquil as I am at present." " Oh, as for you, Allen ! yon have no religion at all, and, consequently, you take Emma's future very quietly." " Bless my heart, Harriet ! when did you come down ? If I'm not as good a Christian as you, then I'll give up the whole argument," " Why, you never go to church, at any time ; 1 go fre- quently." " Church going, Harriet I is not Christianity by any means. If you require proof for this, just look at Deacon Wilder, and 'Squire Dodd, and be convinced of what I say. There's no greater church-goer than either Dorld or Wilder, and there's decidedly no worse Christian between the poles. A TALK. 119 Dodd, for instance, will lend a poor devil fortv doll cl.ar,e him interest at the rate'of fi^^ .'^0' 't wr, 'wdl swear a hole throudi a .fuhn. ' ^^'^''''' 1-e done in that ehar.e'ti::: f;,:;; 'Z'^ '' ^'^^ ^^ Parson Lawson, and he will lie lik lid T ' T'^' ]i™™, th„t wherein it lies " "^ ' '^^ "'^ ^<^e "ation to preserve protestantism in her child and -If «n., her l.uslVa'd '"''''"™ "^"'^» "f "^''- „ '^'"' *"" mean what you say » G;rn!;«r/-.:-»:^''«^rprof, an^ to hate the deviL For ""'i^'rstaud how it is that thi: t^muir to lovo s reason, I euinidt 'ou have such a lasUn- dread of \ 120 well! w p: l l ! tlieni : I have only to suppose that you fear them hk idv from prejudice ; and if so, I must say that I wisli, for vunr owu sake, Harriet ! your mother had not suckled you witii such milk." '* I wouldn't be surprised if you would soon be a eon- Tert." " Perhaps I am just as well as I am. I believe that a inaii can, in any religion purporting to be Christian, secure \u, salvation, just as he can keep himself warm in clothes of aiiv color ; but as people of all denominatiotus, with the excep- tion of Catholics, do, generally speaking, as far as I can m, break iii practice the commandments which they hold in theory. I am inclined to look upon Catholics as the only oiks who have about them any of the reality of true religioiL I was never brought up to any i)articular creed myself— con- sequently I follow no particular form, but I hiteiid to examine, before I die, upon which of those spiritual racks I shall hang my bonnet." Mrs. M'Dougald, who was all this time "nursing litr wrath to keep it warm," and vowing within herself treMe determination to get rid of Mary, merely said — " Go on.'' Here temiinated the conversation. M'Dougald rose up, and going liis way, did not think of prosecuting the hiquiry as to which " rack" had the h>i right to his bonnet. The poor doctor 1 many 'a one is like him in this dis- tracted world of om*s. " We'll all know, by ajid by," a phrase by which he always banishes the doubt that oooa- sionally rises in his mind, is the saddest truth that he could select for his consolation, " Now is the day, and now i> the hoiK," not by and by. The time for work, for inquirf is now — by and by will be the time for rest and enjoy- ment. Bu uearlj was w iiiatioi Piira^l as— al Eve? throng' of the the son very fe f'ossesst Jiig win mging While holding i on the go Bt'll and other plac "Mary, 'nake out that you'v( pond langu ^olks laugh " 'Tis no horn iiK n !v isli, for vunr (id you Willi I be a coil- e that a man I, secure ho Dtliee of aiiv the excep- as I can sir, they hold in he only oiiis rehgioii. I nyself— con- [ uitoiid to tual racks I A TALE 121 But why soliloquize thus ? I« nnt h -early a. i.„ora„t of truth anrl ' '"''^'^' '"-^^^^^'' i--oas Of so,:f':::}^^^:{:i^^ f^ ^^^^^ aud aw IWli.e, Christhuuty-that ^^ ,,;, ^ "l^ ^'^ --^ as-^hno8t as widely blasted nVf , ^'"''"'' «^^^'« I^ve ? The so-called' CtttKrio:! r ^^'^^^^ "' '''''' ^"'^^ throu,^hout-the bloon o , '' '" *"'"^^'^'^ ''^»Nd language as ,l,a, ar hi! DetcH ' ""'~™^'" " '''- f'" » lan.h their eyes out, liJtenfe' to i ' " '™"''' '" """^ ^-o'I'".oh,Be„,.saidMar,;'h,.tFreneh» 'I J 122 well! well! " Six of one, and half dozen of t'other— I gnoss thar ain't a groat sight difference in the two. Is there, Mary V " Yes, Bell, a vast difference.*' " If there is, it's hard to see it, I reckon. It seems to nie to be all spitter, spatter, clash and clatter, like I don't know what all. What, think you, did it sound to me like ? Well, 'twas for all the world like the gabbliu' of a flock of geese goin' out of a mud-puddle, stretchin' out their necks, and one says ' goosy,' and another says ' gander,' and then all jine in, and the hull country finds out there's to be a rain- storm in the mornin'. It seems to me like that 'ar for nil the world. Say, Mary, won't you laru me some French T " 'Tis pretty difficult. Bell." " So you don't think I couldn't come it, then ?" " You would, Bell, after some time." *' Well," exclaimed the Yankee girl, wondering at hor- Belf, " the idea of m talkin' French— pompy, donsy, fronsy. What are you laughin' at, old ppavin ?" said she, addressing Jemmy, who happened to be amusing himself at her expense. " Get up on your spindles, and let i . hear a taste of Irish. Mary, do you know Irish, too ? Doesn't it go this way— .crough, brough, blorough, and doesn't the French go, ding, dong, doolaro ?" " Be my sowl I" cried Jemmy, straightening himself out, •* the Irish longage Is as good as the Frinch, any day, and a divilish dale betther, too— tisn't that I sos it, or has it to say, but becase it's the God's truth, so it is. Arrah ! 'tLs raeself that offen hard the rail ould Irish spoke in style, and I wish to the Lard I was there this minit where I hard it, and had a thousand dollars in my washte-coat pocket, 'tis I that wouldn't care about the Frinch, or the cowld country of America aither, sorry a one iv me would. Mauy's the lime I hard Father Mulhern praychin' in Irish i never hard a not. } ill wan on the liiin to he didii a dry ej Thatwa Ireland Irish is has mor( to say a wjiich w frive a sp Irish. A every Jia; and Jan till next . Star of ]!l knilt dow I stood u] me, who t and ses I here, ses ] you talkii niv ravson I was nei God is eve rayson tha and I didi soon." Bell, thi; hijii: "H( A TALE 123 hard a sarmon to aqual Vm ,si„ce, and timfs no lie, tro.l, U's not. \V,,s ha he was wan day givm' a station at U.lKvn.ss ... »^n Bat Mu,i, y',s house, and you eould hoar a pu', fawl t e ure w.d the silence that was u. it. I eouldu't see .,.n to ny ,Ja,seme„t, so I got up „„ top of a ehair, an., if ho d,du't saffen ,ny heart, 'tis a quare sto,,'. Ther^ wasn't Ihat »a. the man that eould spalce Irish, and show ye's what ro and ,s. Shure the Frineh is „othin' to the Irish The In.* IS the o,ddest lon^nge in the world, aud one word iv it has more manin- in it than fifty Frineh ones. There's no one to say agmst that. If ye's wore to ask Father Mnll„.n, wh,eh was the test, I'd watrant ye he'd say he wonhln't pve a sp,t out ,v his tnouth for the Frineh, long side iv the Insh. And maybe he wasn't a judge. He knew the Frineh every haypurt a« well as he knew the Irish, and II„vl,rew and Jarmin, and everytldng else ye eould think iv from th'^ II next Aister. And by the same token he was ealled the fetarof Munster. Whin he was done his sarmon, we all ... t down on the dure, but myself knilt upon the ehair that I stood upon before, and there was a erass awlawne behind me who told me to kneel down like the rest iv the neighbors ■ and'ses I to him, I will not. shure I'm as near to heave.; he.'e ses I as you are there, and nearer, too, and what are von talkm' about, man ? ses I. That's what I sod But my rayson for kneelhi' where I did, wasn't that I thouo-ht I was nearer to heaven there than anvwhcre eke for (.od ,s everywhere, blessed be his holy name ; but for the ravson that I had on a new pair of breoehes that mor.Jn' and I didn't want to have the knee.s wore out iv 'em tJ, soon." Bell, thiukiucr Jemmy's speech rather long, cried out to ^"u : Here, away out of this with your nonsense and 124 well! w e l l I fetclj us a Ijiicket of water, and shut up y .»ur clatter-pan, you old bhuMerum skite you," Jemrny's dissertation on the learned languages was thus pereini)torily cut short. In tlicsc two individuals, Jemmy and Bell, we have a spwimen of the Irish peasant and the American peasiitit. The conversation of the latter, bold, rollicking, and reckl.'s>, is the best criterion of what is the religious spirit that per- vades all persons of her class. She has about her not a particle of Christian faith ; she is totally blind to the rea- sonableness of holding to any Christian observance ; she is a being upon whose mind the light of the Gospel seems never to have even dawned ; in the midst of a country with its thousands of spires, she is as if she lived, since her in- fancy, in the depth of a wilderness ; and she perseveres in a course which seems to indicate that she knows nothing what- ever of the history of redemption, or of the hope of the world that is to come. Although in this story all such language is studiously suppressed, yet it is true that by her God's most holy name is taken in vain, with as much indifference as if there were no commandment forbidding such a practice. By her, no thanks is given to that God under any circnm- stances whatever. For her, there is no charm in a church ; for her, everything like prayer is a folly or a burden. Like the beast of the field she rise3 from her bed in the mornina-, and, without making the least offering of her heart to her Maker, she hurries to her breakfast. Like the beast of the field, she tumbles into bed in the evening, never once raising her eyes to heaven. O preachers of Protestantism ! what do you mean, when you talk of the ignorance of Popery, and of the enlighten- ment of your own strange creed ? Where is this light i\\y parent m the majority of your young men and young womeu A T A I. E 1-25 t u« countrj. ? I. „ot B.II „. ,.,l,Vious „,„,l „. ,<„„„,,,,„,,. a 10 a,, any o h,. >.l„,ss ? What .!„ ,„..,■ k,„.w „r ^.i Cln-,rt,,.„ truths? Do tl„.y, like yo„„. Cntl.olic ,t 1 .a>,k.s be to Gocl r X„. Wh.u such, the. arc , It <1.™ »„,.k.,, whore i,s their knowledge, the ■ li^llt v t';, o,.e o„ every ten of tl,em tell you of the Trh^.y , c,m one out of every teu of them tell you how ,„„„y God, tL re, and how ,na„y persons in the Godhead ? They 1 „ a^..o- ly been asked these neeessary ..uestions, L„ th ! avc eldo,n been able to a,>sw,.r them. Whe e, then is l.e,r ,ght, and why should you boast as you do ? They k..ow he,r names, and they k.ow, too, that 'twas "their gdfathers and godmothers » who gave them those „a,„es laey „,ay know, too, who was Abrahan,, and who was I«.ac. and who was Jaeob. They may know who was t roiigest man n, times ,,ast, and who was the oldest. Fr„n l.cse very«»e„,«/ truths (whieh, by the way, arc found ^.c Protcvs ant catechism) they nnght be ible to answ ak to nake a jacket for Goliah V But to keep pace «..h tins then. Jewish, where is their Christian knowLd'e ? Take promiscuously from the crowd a dozen of the Pro- estant world, and a dozen of the Catholic, and see Z ;.ow.s more about Christ, and his „,«stles, a out God Id - attr,butes, about the real duties of ,„an in this life , . destmy m the next. And yet this is the ,e,„nne k„o:! M e tl„s , the only true cnlighten.nent. The knowled.^e o» '. "'« g!ory of steam an,l electricity, and the wav to t'oodcn liams and iiutmogs, and th convorsations with the spirits of the damned-the 10 means of hold in'-- se, alas I 126 V, E I, I- ! W E I. I, ! make up the liglit and the liberty of the "glorious reforma- tion." Ill tlie conversation of Jemnny we have the best criterion of what is the religious spirit that ])ervades all persons of his class. Quaint and curious as this conversation is, and though now and then garnished with an ofl'ensive ei>itli('f, it has about it an evidence of faith, a practical love of reli- gion, a thankfulness for God's good gifts, which, while thoy fully show the Christianity of the one class, make a fine con- trast with the heathenism, the nihilism of the other. Jemmy will, if possible, be every Sunday at chapel. If he cannot read, he will surely have those beads on which ho will repeat the prayers which remind him of a Saviour's lovo and passion. Should he ha})pen, as he sometimes does, to take a glass too much, he will have a conscience which con- stantly whis[>ers to him that he has done something which he must as (juickly as possible remove from his soul. At night, he will not, lest he may die before morniiig, neglect to kne('' down and beg of his God to bring him safe to another day. At morning, he will not, lest he may meet with some misfortune before night, neglect to kneel agaii,, and beg of God to lead him safe through the dangers of the day. If, at times, he blunders out, "Be my sowl," or " The divil go wid you," he never fails, when anything sur- prises or rtyoices him, to say, with all sincerity and devotion, " The Lord be praised," or " Thanks be to God." This hitter act — thanksgiving — he makes, not only when he re- ceives what is pleasing to flesh and blood, but also when lie receives the very contrary. If he be questioned about the dogmas of his church, he may not be able to maintain them scripturally, but he knows the idea — he will enunciate tlio naked truth. Neither is it impossible for him sometimes to show sliould he be hard nressed. even substantial proofs for A TALE. J27 What 1.0 believes. For iastui.ce, he may, some day, be toM hy l>arso,i Canter, whom he happen, to meet, that the m.,,iMl \ irgm was no better a woman than Mrs Canter ^^v niotiier. Jemmy will be aj.t to tell him, as a certain Jeimiiy has before now told a certain Mr. Canter that "I am no scollard, plai- your Ilivrence, and I'm not abh' to sjmke tt> a jintleman like you ; all I can say is this that I cloii't know a great dale alx3ut the difference betlume the tuo mothers, but by th, hokey, I'm sartain anmmy, indulging in the 1 c^asores of the bottle. Both worthies drank away mitil they could not tell a cow IVom a haystack. They were to •slH-p m a room which had a M for each, and, when the '"^"i- for retiring had come, they made their way to their ivspectiye couches as well as they could. Jemmv. who blow high, blow low," never omitted his prayer^ went •l'^^^'» uix)n his knees, and was exceedingly devout His 'ompanion, as wai^^his custom, rolled under the blankets >v.t .out any preparation. When Jemmy had made an end ofhis orisons, he asked the other whether he wa^ in bed or "«t. and having been answered in the affirmative, asked agaia whether he had said his prayers. " Prayers be ,» resi^uded the other "Get up out of that, like a baste that you are, and s.xy your i.ravers like a Christian." ^ ' Go to the d-— 1, you and your prayers. 128 W K L L ! W F I, L I t* "Como, irct up this luiiiit, I toll you, or I'll draii- you i.i.: by tho scruir iu tlit; ucck, you ImytliL'U ; 1 woulilu't slfrp iu the same room, nor uuder the same roof, with sueli a dirty lirute." The man in the bed made no re[)ly. " Are you goin' to get out of that, and say your prayers, or are you not V asked Jemmy, determinedly. " I'm d — d if I do," persisted the incorrigible comrade " Thona mon deoul !" roared Jemmy, seeing that nothing but physical force could bring his man from the bed, and ,so saying he lustily laid hold of him and pulled him out. The conquered comrade, perceiving that Jemmy was a stronj,^, smart junk of a fellow, did not offer any resistance. " Say your prayers now, and do as you ought." " I don't know any." "The Lord be praised I and is that the tnith you're afther tellin' me ? Didn't your father or your mother tache you V " No." " Oh, to be sure, what a haythin country I Well, fro down there an your knees, you misfortuuate man, and Til tache you what you ought to lam long ago." Jenmiy drew over his chair, and got his companion to kneel before him. The scholar commenced, " Til — lay~i\\^ body—" " What's that you're sayin' V " I'll lay my body down to rest," the sinner had about time to say, when Jemmy bewilderedly shouted out, "Stop, man I that's not the way at all. Come, bless yourself first, make the sign of the cross upon your forehead, and thou go an." Thus saying, Jemmy took his comrade by the hand, and made him regularly sign himself m the name of the Father, A T A r, K. «tc.— then, h > n^v.nnr p)t J,i,„ throuM-i, th, L,„,| tlio " Hail Mary," d (io for this turn, and iiiiiuo of God." i«in:.s.sed his "OH' go to bed Jik « pniycr, and P"I"'I hy «uying, "Tliarii e a Chri.siij ill ill Iho lanioii to CHAPTKR XXII. MELODV AM) MOURNIxg. Kmma had now been several umuih^ foi- , drawi.u. and French nn.I u "^'"^ ^^'^^o"« '"n '"- ":"" '"-« -"nce might come of it, she rc-luctantly refused. She wa. walkinjr Hwav, and biddinj,^ Emma follow her, when t ho child beir-ed* her to come back, and go with her mto the chapel ^ Mary then complied. They went in, and just as ihey entered, a long train of priests and atten.hints, all dresse.l in white, came slowly into the sanctuary, iilling the wholo place. They knelt for a few moments before the altar, and then entoned vespers. „ i , "The deep, majestic, solemn" organ presently rolled out, wave upon wave, gorgeous music, that shook the very build- ing Then again it changed, and poured out, like cehoos from afar, symphonies so sweet, and low, an.l thrilling, as the harp of night makes when touched by the fingers ot the fairy summer winds. Then once more changing, it would send forth all the thunder of its deep diapasons, m peals glorious, jubilant, and trium})hant. What a power is there in music 1 Warbled at evening across the calm, clear waters of some lake or sea, it has ft fascination that cannot be described. Listen to a song of sorrow comimr thus, and in it hear the plaint of some ban ished angel wailing for the heaven it has lost. Let the note be changed to that of joy. and in it hear the pa^an ot that spirit recalled, rejoi( Ing in the heaven it has regainc.1 It is in the splendid music of the Catholic Church, which is unrivalled, that this power, equally talismamc for sorrow or jov. is particularly felt and acknowledged. Who that A T \ \:n ,k. Tlx- li hcsidt'. c dmjM'l, the door, ip, askt ;. Let the lie pa?an of 1 rejj^aiiu'd. urch, which I for sorrow Who that p»er heard the melody udaptcd to the Passion, and snii^' oij Good Friday, could listen and not weep ! The Vespers were soon over, and the iK'nediction of the IJlessed Sacrament was about to be piven. Additional i;,i,dits added their lustre to the already refidjrent altar. The "remonstrance," containing? the Lamb without s|)ot, was set up ; clouds of irwensc rolled from the censers ; and priests and people, stoopin«? down sinndtaneously, adored, siivinj? as they bowed: "Thou art worthy, O Lord! to receive power, and honor, and ^rlory^ and benediction for ever and ever." Then came the thrilling "Tantnin Er^o," so venerable, so old. so solemn, infusing into every heart a deeper devotion still, and preparing the faithful worshippers for the Man-God's blessing now to be imparted. Clouds of incense once more went up ; and those prayers, of which that incense was the emblem, ascended as fervently. Then, for the last time, changed the organ its slow and deei>toned chant, and pealed forth the joyous " Laudate Dominnm" in such strains as filled every soul with the thought, that "one day in the house of the Lord is better than a thousand in the palaces of princes." " Mary I dear Mary !" exclaimed Emma, when both had come out from the church, " was not that beautiful, was it not heavenly ? I never felt i!i ma's meeting-house as I felt there. What was the cause, Mary ? When the mi Jster put that silver i gold candlestick upon the place where the flowers and lights stood, I could not speak for the world ; and when all the ministers and people knelt down and bowed, and the sweet smoke floated all round, and the organ played that beautiful tune, which, like thunder in the distance, was so awfully deep, yet soft, I was scarcely able to breathe. Tell me, Mary dear, the meaning of all that, and when I ?et home I will tell ma." 132 well! well! Mary told her all about the ceremony and service, but could not, or would not explain for her, why it was that she felt so overpoMered, If Emma's mother had been there, she would, no doubt, being uiuible to appreciate it, laugh the whole to scorn ; but this would not be surprising, for " God hides some thing's from the wise and prudent, aud reveals them to little ones." Mary told Emma not to mention to her mother anythinix about the matter, but Emma, so full of the recollection of what she had just witnessed, and so absorbed in the thought, that, either not observing Mary's counsel, or forgetting it, iunnediately on her entering the house, informed her njother of the whole affair. " O dear, ma !" she began, "I was in the Catholic cha|Kl this afternoon, and saw the prettiest place I ever saw in my life." The mother, perfectly alarmed, cried, " Why, Emma ! were you so wicked as to go into such a horrible place ? Was it Mary that took you there ?" " ISo, ma I no, Mary did not want me to go in at iill. But we were passing by, and seeing the door open, and find- ing such a beautiful \)\ace, I persuaded Mary to take me in. " O Emma I you naughty girl, I am astonished at yon, and I have a great mind to chastise you severely. Did yon not know that it was a Popish house, and that Popery is the religion of the devil ? Fie upon you, fie — let me never again find you guilty of such a dreadful misdemeanor." Here the lady burst into tears, as she cried : " See what pain you have caused your dear mother, see how wretched and miserable you make her I" " O ma 1 don't cry, and I will never go there again," said the child, throwing her arms about her mother's neck, "ba "On it, you \ Tliis \ any reas trinated such a b this insts The (1 tciirs roll llniTiet? Tile hi articulate (■lo(|uonce it highly. When very little The lad ness, blaz< almost enl Perfect iiig his da fry any mi patted hei father's af " A pre your child, to eiiconra " Now, hard — don' into that ci am sure tli A TALE 133 " But what r pettislily askf-d tlie motlior. " ma I it is such a beantilul plact., that if v«3u o ily saw ir, you would like it yourself." Tiiis was insufferable ; a.ul Mrs. M'Dou^ral.l, who. without any reason in the world, concluded that Euima was iudoc- try.atod with Mary's rolifrious views, ^^ave the innocc.t ccirl such a blow across the cheek as nude her weep bitterly " ; Take that, you bad -irl," said she, " and leave the room this mstant." The doctor just entered the apartment, and saw the tears rolling from Emma's eyes. " What's all this about Harriet?" he asked. Tile lady was so choked with anger that she could not artuulate for a moment ; at length in a strain of burnin.r (•lo(,uence she told the whole circumstance, and exaggerated When she had ended, the doctor remarked : " You had very little business to make the child cry in that manner" The lady, tiiunderstrieken at the man's unpar.lonable cool- ness. blazed away again, and acquitted herself in a wav that almost entitled her to a place among the Tullies of old IVrfectly indifferent to her oratory, the doctor fondlv call- ing his daughter to him said, " Come here, Emma, and'.Ion't cry any more." He then smoothed down her flowin.^ locks patted her upon the shoulder, and kissed her with all a lather's affection. " A pretty way that," blustered the wife, - to train up yonr child, to make her despise her mother's counsel and to encourage her to go into houses of idolatrous worship " " iVow, Hetty, my wee good wife ! don't scold me so hard- served by the bigoted n.other, ar.d considered as the pre- (Mirsor of a misfortune which would eventually be Ennna's doom. It was now so matured that the lady entertained a-arce a hoi>e of her daughter. What a very silly creature was Mi-s. M'Dougald I ^ utaiure The doctor, who.se partiality to Mary was founded on "othmg but the best of good nature, grew in his regard for HT m the same ratio with Ennna, and considered ' a treasure to the house. "Though father, and mother, u.d all would go mad," he would not, he said, part «ith her for .e world. Though he loved his wife in the fullest sense of the Apostle's counsel, still he was unjKTvious to her strikes agamst his friend. In the lady's attacks upon him for thi« end, If he would occasionally give a hard rub to her logic or to 136 wellI well! If her pliilautliropy, he was always sure, before the end of tlif dispute, to pour oil hito the wound. He would g'eneraliv begiu with sareasm, and terminate in a juke ; or, like t month of Mareh in uortheni eliinee, he would " eonie in l.ko a lion, and go out like a lamb." If, then, he had a dw p- rooted regard for the stranger, he had, at the same time, every affection for his wife and every regard for her feelings. His unflinehing advocacy of the governess was, therefore, an act of philanthropy, and nothing else. Who would l)l;uiic him for not taking the advice of Mrs. M'Dougald ? The doctor's high esteem for Mary, and Emma's affection for her, were i >\v as living realities as Chinihorazo and the Jungfrau. When such an array of influence stood up he- twecn the mistress and her devoutly wLshed-for ends, it was clear as demonstration that her position looked wciikcr than ever. Who but a steeple-chase rider would have the courage to think of charing, at a bound, this fonnidahle barrier, and of getting once more into clear coursing ? The same buoyancy of R])U'it which had made this original woman a jockey, was the one which now emboldened her to break down every opposition, and triumph over " pope and popery, brass money, and wooden shoes." Her creative or inventive genius began to contrive a machination, which, when considered as the means, was evidently worthy of the end. She determined to establish in the breast of JK^r daughter true Christianity, or freedom from Antichrist, hv one of the most diabolical of instruments. On a certain dav her sad self lost, by. some unfor- tunate accident, a purse containing fifty dollars. So it was afterwards stated. On the day that the mishap took place, she never said a word about it. She reserved t!ie announcement for another occasion. This occasion was one on which Mary appeared with a splendid gold chain arouiiL I cud of the 1 g't'nerally )r, like the ome iu Ike lad a tle<'j)- same tiiiif, icr feeliiiservn.g the gold chain, and heanng o sn.n taneonsly he did not feel as easy .s he v:o.dd w h 10 satisfy M,,. M^Dong-ald, Mary, findin. that all Iut Tlu. lady informed her husband, who felt satisfied at this i'at the oat. of Papist, were not worth a n.h. I| on f - were to take fifty false oaths to-dav, he would j!^ rom the pru.t panlon for them to-morr^;. Ther ' n necessity for an oath. The fact of Mary's ,nnlt wis oo glann, to be smothered up in that way. BdU ^ne er known to steal-Jemmy wa. .s honei as Bell-Ca wonld not dream of such a thin,-the n.lstress d^ noTu " .e money the doctor had no knowledge of it ;- h r fo e it .as as clear J. sunlight that the governess was th llf Poor Mary defended herself with wonls, and wie Is' -de no impression, she defended herself ^ith teat J On-ent-flowwas Just as unavailable. Finding that neit S zrt T r:r ''- ^^^^'"«' -'^ ^-^ - hi : r r "'^'' '^ ^^^"^^ '^' *^«"«^ in.mediately but this she did not wish to do until she fully proved h t "."ocence. In this dilemma she at length conee ed a , an -J'H:h completely satisfied the doctor. Slie recmlHl I -.and mistress of the ho..e, together lili^C^^^^ Dell tn accompany ^ - -^ ' lie opcneu a smaU truidv from which she dre I they did so, w out several gold 138 W E T- L I well! riiijrs, gold braoeletvS, gold pins, aud a s])k'ndid gold watcli. Then opening anotiier trunk, she lield up before tlie housi'. hold sevond rich drosses which she had never worn on tlii;< side of the Atlantic. " There," said the calumniated girl, " Is the proof of my innocence;" and having said these words, she burst into tears. " My dear Maiy," said M'Dougald, "I never believed that you were guilty, and I did not, as you will remember, come to this place for any other parpose but to comi)ly with yoiu' own request." "Thank you, doctor, for your goodness," returned the weeper ; " I know that you were fully convinced of my hon- esty and honor." At sight of the articles above mentioned, the diabolical mistress retunied to her own apartments. In the mean time Mary hiformed the doctor that she did not wish to continue any longer in his house. At this an- nouncement Emma burst out weeping, aud cried piteou.sly : " Oh don't go, Mary, don't, don't go !" "My dear good Mary," said the doctor, "do not, I Ikv sccch you, give me any such notice. Why would you leave me who never offended you ? Tell me, did I ever do so ?" " Never," replied Mary, " never. You were always kind to me ; you have from me all the gratitude that my worn out heart can give, and you will never be let fade from my memory." "Then," said M'Dougald, "when you know that I will be yonr friend to the last, why say that you wish to go ? If this damnable bigotry of my wife, who is a good-naturcnl woman in her own way, breaks out at times hito those disa^ greeable ebullitions of — I know not what — will not my esteem for you, and Emma's love, make up for all ? I will leave myself out now, and for the sake of my child, whom I know vou an iiiid livi Kiiui to her i 111}' Ma; The 1 for Mar doctor, left tiie As sc paid, he "Win lino won "Suli.> "Fur of (lint ; vt'7 fact dislike foi "My( "Iniei The do< " U'her ai tides?" Tiie raai "Ibelit tlie hardes "OJodf( kindest mei "Ailjaw "woidd no uJid then flj "Do yoi A TALE. old watch, the hous(. )rn on tlii^, liatod girl, icse words. lioved that ibcr, come with voiu" tunicd the of my hoii- diabolical at she did t this aii- piteously : not, I 1k<- [ you Ictive ' do so ?" [ways kind my worn e from niv :hat I will sh to f>-o ? od-natured tliose disii' my est^'cm will lenve )m I kiiow 139 you ardently love, I ask you to for,^.t this transient tri .1 and live on a;s you are." ' f """"' "■'"' """''"« <-W »■"» "II the while clinch,.. f„«, •" '';; '■"''""'• »"" ^'^^ «"J anon e.x,lai„n„g : •• Lry O mv .Mary I wiU you go ai,d leave your Emuia "' ' Tl,e u,,,K,.al of Irieuikhip aud love w.us ahu;^! too much ,r Mary to ros.st. She wa« uual,le to say auythh.g. The |l^-.or, foudly trusting that all wo.Ud soon l,e ri.W.t „o«- W< tlie roon,, leaving Mary and Enuua toge,|,er As soon as he ean,e into the ,,reseuce of Mrs. M'Dou- pl,l he aske : " Well, Uamet, are you satisfied now r tine Uln " '"'" ^ ''"'""^■" ^'* ""^ '"J-"""- "Satisfaction ten tirao^ over," he replied ''For ^^u, perhaps, but not for me,"'pc;-sLstc>d the piece of llnjt ; " and now let me ass.u-e yon. Alien, that from the diJike (or this girl than 1 had before." " My God, Harriet, what do you mean ?" " 1 mean what I have said " ^ The a<«tor bit In. h> iu ,ifc„ee, and stood wholly ,,„z. ^^ ■, JVh^re could this wauderh«girl have got these costly Tile man made no reply. "I believe that they are all stolen property," said one of tiic hardest women in the world. 'u one ot " Uod forgive Alljaw, and all his kind," cried one of the l"«los men m the world, in a fit of pious feelin. Aijaw and his kin,!," remarked the stony^substanee 0, d not lo^ themselves with other ,«opJs pr^ 1 i"i'l then By away to a foreign country." ''1^'V. " t>o you ,ae«, to husmuate that she pilfered those 140 wellI wellI things in Ireland, and tiieu, to escape detection, fliM to America ?" " I mean what I mean, and, doctor, let me tell you dearlv what my meaning is, and my conviction, too. I mean and believe that your precious Maiy is some runaway nun who rifled her convent of whatever she could lay hands on, and then cleared out. Neither do 1 say and believe this witlun;! proof, and I will give the reasons upon which this proof i, founded. I presume that 1 am speaking clearly enoiiizii );,r you now. How could a j)Oor girl, such as she Is, procmv such proi)erty afi this? No way, except by foul means. She could not have obtained it from either father or mother, for if so, she would then be such a one as should have no necessity to seek her fortune in a distant land. Is tliis proof enough to verify my meaning and conviction ? It is ; and if it is, we have certahily a magniiicent model for tliu moulding of Emma's virtues." " IIow do you know that she is not the child of wealthy parents ? You have no knowledge of the cause which scut her out here. For myself, I have believed, and still believe, that her history is a novel one. I have frequently tried to imagine what it is, but aiLxious as I have always been to know it, I could not bring myself to make any intjuirics of herself. I expect to know it yet, and when I shall, 111 wager you whatever you please, that I shall be aaiuaiuted with a very mysterious tale." " Allen I you are as credulous as the most benighted Papist, and you will, in spite of reason, be credulous to the end. Can you not see that the very thhig, which prevented tills girl from t«lUng us her history, k the best po.Ysiljle proof that \vhat I believe of her is correct. If she luul an honorable history to tell, she would, no doubt, rejoice to make it knovNU. But as no such history is hers, she hm i of: A T A I. f; , 141 . r,.,v, Iv kept l,e«.:f a ■nj.U.ry. „,„, ,0,. „.k,„, ,„., "What has boon her hfatoiy since she came to thi, . bouse .'" asked the doctor. " '' '"^'i '«cn well eni.iieh till now " "liut tljat it is now what you believe, renmins to l.e Foved Ueraet., here np ,0 the pres,.nt prove her L Z « u ts deserving in won.an. When s.'-h is ok e,^l ly Ihe faef, a mere ohar-e, without the slightest fonnd-,,!,,, • ..ot to undo her Christian dee*, and st-an^er :„:„': - c u.r„eu.r. I have s«.n l,or goodneJ, but I ha e «« her badness, and untU the latter is apparent I wm «i"Hys be convineed of her inteority » The latter part of the last sentence was rendered inandi e by Bell rushing into the door, and erying out • i^ lilty dollars is found." 6 ""i- . iiie u^no'onr '" ''"'"' ''' "^'"'- "' ■"'- """ Mary was ;; Who found it ?" asked the doubly diaboUcal mistress Jemmy," answered Bell. "I'll be bound 'twas he," observed the other "and 1 fancy that I ean tell how he has been so clever " "Very hkely that you could, for according to the oM «la,jre, 'He that hides, finds,- might the reade; whi^r >ear reader I Mrs. M'Dougald, on the day that ^iry "> on the Cham, was the loser of no money whatev r b^t '^ermnnng to make a last effort in getting clear of' he , .she thought there could be no better opportunity to " ! ."V''.V=''"f "PPoarance. Accordingly, with a view - ei.uig »o,ue color to the accusation, she dropjxid the fifty 142 w F. I, I, ! w i: I. L ! dollars where, she knew, Jeinniy could not biit find it— in the burn — iutendii% that, iu the event of the old man pii k- in^^ it up, she could still criminate Mary, as she afterwards did, by sayhig that the Irish thief would never be betravdl by her countryman for getting- him to declare that he liad fmind what she herself had simply given him. CHATTER XXIV. Sl:?PICIONS AXD VISIONS. The next morning Maiy infonned her friend the doctor that she would that day leave his house, and seek her liviii" in some other family. He, sorely grieved by this unex- pected triumph of his wife's oi)position, endeavored by iill means in his power to make Mary change lier mind. His efforts, however, were altogether fruitless. Tlie govenic>> would go. " How," said he sadly, " is Emma to bear this ?" " Ah ! poor Emma," replied Mary weeping, " it rnakfs my heart bleed to think that she and I must part, but oh : dear doctor 1 what greater trial can I know than that of tlio life which I am leading here ? I feel tliat, when I jjio, I shall be miserable indeed, and if I stop, I shall be efiually wretched. I stand between the shadows of two dread realities. To whichever side I turn I meet the stern reality of woe. The buoyancy is gone from my heart — my spirits- wing is broken — and for me the world is all gloom. Who loves Emma better than I ? Who can worse live without her ? Who has a weaker soul than I ? Who knows ffreater persecution ? From all this learn my feeling:-^, and lus t i'md it-— ill )1(1 mail |)ii k- le aftcrwiinls • be bctrayid that he luid i tho doctor ek her livinif y this iiiif.v vored by all p mind. His be governe- ss ?" :, "it makes lart, but oil I n that of the when I jio, I 1 be equally two drciul stern reality — my RpiritV loom. Who live without nows greater A XAI, E. US 3" » and fean^-from all ,l,is l.um the ca„so wl,i,.|, drives „,c to „ »lc|i winch I have Uikon I k,,,™ ,i , ." '""'^'""•"o tho I 1 ■ . Mow, that HI cro rjif frojii vmi I ara phiiiging into a wiMeniess but I k„mv .1 . ^ ' ; 1 "Miirs nuiy be, I am tenrin? iiiym.|f f,.,„n » «™e of trouble., thorns, and toars. Mv ,,rcw„ fate t, »;.r.l one, and rankl. like „„ arrow in -nrra/Vv f.nu e, thon^h .t n,ay be as ,lark, has for the m„ nent at^H Uai^:t;ir:cx^rtir:rr aR.m_sad roq„«t for me to makcv-spare her and ,ne - i.i«erL Of t:i :i-tirrr I^Ser, here, give her this little rinR fron. „,e and Ttt *;Hoke„ be the only thing t,,at ^indl ^Idt'r, ::•; -.■cuhan s^dened atL iCf^Lrai::;;:'::: tome. The anger, which he felt at the eotKlnef nf h; T ~.o,. great to allow hin, to experie^ a Lt ' JiS With «^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'V '° '"^ -f". d-P."..-.ted words bnt ™ « ,''-'"' '"'«''' n" eommenta n,»n Mary's yords, but munificently rewardo.1 her for her service, u„said wiU, I am s.u-e, obtain her rcwu-Z 144 W K I, I, I W K I, I, ! i Einuuiwill be eonifortlt'ss now. Once mon', my (h-ar M.in- ! adirii ; limy you !I| made s«!veral visits f.^ \r . room, b«t fo 'liseoverin.r «"'^t t . .nght have .asiiy discovered before th-.t l^r :;:^^--'^ ^^-^ ^or,,.. ,., ,^^^ ^-:,X:z'- Jjstaoal ones, ran up to tl,e scene of bowilde„,.ent and "Mary has took her trunks," said liell, "and left the lionsc for good," Emma sereamed afiain ""'"<'"«'« ^^^' Hush, hush," eried the mother, " eke I'll have to flog " J^iit is she really gone?" "Vp«» n«i; i * . ,. the ol.iert „f K u .-acceded m drivinfr a«ay o'.jo'-t of her hale, and a feeling of dismav ,.|ull..d hi 7 14(i well! wei.lI again as over her till then niisuspieious mind swq.t tlio U"-- rn)le thought that the doctor had absconded with tlie iugi- live. " Where is Jemmy ?" she hastily inquired. "He baiat beu to home since an hour afore dinner;' replied Bell. Mrs. M'Dougald, immediately convinced that her snddtii suspicion was but too well foumled, condudwl that Jemmy had been sent out of the way, in order that Mary and her paramour might be far on their journey before anyiluiiL' eouUl be ascertained of the fact. The lady's feelings can be better imagined than descrihid. Twas a trying night. About twelve o'clock next day, the missing Jemmy was seen coming out of the hay-loft, in which he had been picas- antly located during the past night. This is the way it happened. After seeing Mary off, he chanced to fall m with an acquaintance who was kind enough to take Imii from his proper track, and escort him to a plentiful becr- Bhop He was not long in the company of his friend when Ik became unfit to k(>ep the even tenor of his way home. On; glass was enough to make Jemmy lose the centre of i.is gravity Having lost this particular Ijalance, he snorc.l away on the floor of the tavern until late after dark, vh.n he arose with recoveret a few minutes after he had revealed himself to daylight, tl..' mysterious man of thn house dispelled by his presence ev.rv fear that was "chiUing and kUling" the breast of his spmis., sang, ■j>l tllO tf"- ,h the I'ugi- •e dinner,'' her suddt'ii lat Jt-niiny ry anil her e anylhiiif; I described. Feniinv was been plcas- the way it i to fail ill D take liim iitiful l)eei- ?nd when lie lome. Oiii' 'litre of his 2, he snored dark, when best of liis said to have 35? in a hiph Llonbt, luive ion, but jiisi Uiylight, tlie osenee every >f hia spouse. A TALE. i,H The servant man and the man himself were both at hon.e re htticmess of the former wan lost in the ma.nntnde of thJ h.t er. Jemmy was, therefore, not only not harmed by M.-s' MDougald, but was not even heeded. This esca,.,- of his' however, was only an escape half way. If his mistress No. 1, who was JVfrs. M'Dou^uld, neither hurt nor heeded him, his mistress Xo. 2, who was Bell was not so indul^e.t. The No. 2 mistress pave him the word and the blow" both, scripturally proceciinp while she did so, making the " last first, and the first last " From the aj>pearance of the doctor it mij.ht very well l>e mferred, that the spirit which had waved his wicked wand over the man, had .'.o waved it over the master And such was really the case. After biddir.j. Mury ff..od bye, he hurried to the house of an " an(M-ent trustv, dond.lv n-on.e," with whom he drowned, in bmnper aft^r bnmpe.' all cares past, prcse , and to come. If his (roublr.i Wife lay awake all night dreaming of him, she kept no better v.gil than did her husband who, i» his watchfulness had this advantage over his Andromache, that he was m't oi.ly wide awake, but right merry, too. He thought and fiang, ° ' " Tlie cock tnigl.t craw, the day mij?ht diiw, But he would Uistc the barlic brie." Whether the doctor, who was generally a sol)er mnn plunged into this " ungodly glee" for the purimv of havino-' f^ome little revenge of his wife, is more than the chronicler i^ able to tell. His conduct indeed would seem to indicate as much. When on his return home he met his fair companion, he looked very gloomy nnd m>evish. His first word, was an ironical congratulation ou her late great success. " Vou U8 well! well! have had tl»c first tnuinph, Han-ict !" said he, "and I wOl b:ive the second. Turn alwut is fair phiy. You have sun- yoiu- Aniabcean strain, I mil now hegi'ii to sijig mine." To all this tlie lady was stoically indiffensnt. She ha.l [)layed her part, and, havbig done so, put an end to her troubles. She made no reply. Indeed, she was highk incen.scd with the man for remaining out all night. Harriet ! where are you going to get a governess now ?" intiuiral he in a hall' tauntmg tone. " I have aln.-ady marked out one," she re[)lied. " I hope that shell satisfy me," said the doctor ; " if it was dliricult to please you before, I'm thinking it will hu as dJlficult to [)lea8e me lum." Without further conversation he threw hioLself n].nii a sofa to take what he much required— -a comfortable nap. The thoughts or reveries of husband and wife were widely different. " If Emma"— thus miLsed the man—" is not ti be the pupU of one so accomiilished and perfect as Mary, she shall be the pnpil of some of tho.^e under whom Muit received her own uistru(;tion. Dear Harriet I you shall n.it have it all your own way. I wUl send Emma to a con- vent, and there have her learn what she might have learned at home, if it had not been for you and yoiu- hij^- otry." Upon tins velvet pillow of present consolation, the doctoi' fell asleep, and so continued till late evening. Meanwhile, wrapped up in a mantle of her own mind's weaving, thus niminated the lady, as she rocked her to aud fro, beside the slumbering ''omi of her ea.sy husband :-- " PJmma is now ftx>ed fi-on the clutches of that harpy, ami 1 thank Providence for the blessing. T\venty years hcnco what shoiUd I do, if my only dau^jhtor should be the blind ^ Tale. 149 enioss now ?" votary of beads a„J !,„,, „,,„ ? j.^ „ , r««il™t girl, rii.e| ravsdf,.:.|,v':| "'"";'"""■" "''"''^ "■■i'lMd „,,on my l,reu,Mik„ . " '""■''"" "«' This relief wUI a.w vear, I" rr " ''"™'"'-"' '"^l'''""'^-- tl-c rest of my ,,„y, .f"' '^ '"^ ''f^' "'"' ""ke a .smmuu- ol f "V'f • "'"J "'".«, in world, of their ow. ,• , ■ and mfe Ore™,, out tl,„ „„„•„, ,„„,„;;'J "«-. d-" ''-band ""' the former hn^ alreadv f.,ir ^ 'I'li-To, and fled to that „f !l '^""" ''^^ '"'•^'•'"'"'•v '»i- IV. latteri:;,;!^::'*^' "■'''■'' '^"'^ "' "-■' faaeies, " "^-^'''a'r still, and reveb in l,e"r If " the being-,^ of the mind are not „f „. •, ■ » l"ty to call Mrs. M'DouJ.I f , ^^' " """''' '»« »'"'•'' «'» is s,UT„„„ 1 d it "' "" ^'''"'-""'-W ly l«'ting realiUes. They have „ """ *"'"■ '"■"■'' ""■ '"" !'■•« "-*,- of life, and die o « | hT;'" """ '"'"•'"'"- '"^^ the »'"i^' u. the pl„aa..res whieh t J' -tf T' ?"'"'* " •ircam "'^ ^'^^^ w liapjiy, live, nnd -alrU: t'^iT' '"" ^'-'-^' - t"^' -ker-«.ho «•„, !«■'■' fr^'a are wavin^ flow ,' T ' "' ""'^ •■'""•"•"' P™- heautif,d .„|,e se'd^ 0.^"! Tr ""''"" '"""■ "■'-^' *•' ""■ " ^<^^'"K, over whieh no 150 W E I, L ! W K I, L ! shadow (IrtH'S fliuf^ a slirond. The gloom, tliut, but a day Hiiico, hiuijif lieavily over the scene, and marred the loveh- ness of the landscnpe, has beeu chased ))y a goldm beam that {)romLises to pUjy tliere forever. Tlie soft gusliinj^ music of happiiK.'Hs, filling with melody the balniy air, is float in;^ from ever)' side, and the flowers of kindred and frienib^lup are pouring their odoi*s 'round, making the phice the vcn- emporium of sweetness. And yet who Is liappier — the sleeper, or the drcann r, and wliich of them is nearer to the truth ? CHAPTER XXV. A TOUGH HIDE. The momuig, on which Mary took passage for a better port, was as beautiful as any that a brilliant sun could give. The coach — a slow machine of the olden time — Wiis freighted not only inside, but outside. Eight indivuiuiils were located within, and eight more without. Of the inside passeng-ers Mary v.aa one. Broken-winded, ring-boned liorses, which should have been asses, constituted the loco- motive power. Tlie driver — Hardy — a name beautifully appropriate to the owner, was as joUy, unconcenied a soul as might be found from this to the little hillock where his "jibes, his gan»bols, Ids songs," and himself now peacefully reijosc. Sun and rain, hail and snow, aU kinds of weather — fair or foul. — were all the same to hivi. He had a hide so tlii« k, and a face so faii-ly tanned, that it is a question not yet decided, whether he had not in him a little of the rliinoccros. A TALE, l;Jl id the loio- , ■u' «i I)oo|,lo had a "rattling rcirord" for lardy. ^olcM volo,., tl,e l,or»es should go th™,,. J "•■;; 7" ^•'"•^ " • "'^ «■•«■'". "' times, a« it often did sho> it.st^lf below what it ou<.ht f/i h« i , , ' it uugni to be, he wou kl nrospntlp q,wI ™".H»..u.ly with their derolietic, help t r^th^^ " .urn., as well a« to (heir s,«ed, with diver, ...eal! „ .el.e„,«.,tk,„d of „rove„der, .uigariy called " J^U, H:.y.K)tto».aswortl,yof aSolo„. It ra„ thus : "Vty "« '™'. «'1"<. „ Btrauge to my, never grew wo J ^ „ ivour, aimwered aU seasons of the vea,- Hi iT ^.»-.e «.„,pa„iou of the cat,' ^^^'of o":t :;:,.: -.^■-.rrt-iteZ^r;;;.^^^^^^^^ »:;;■ a'.ove, he wa, the pe.o,:;fi,.ati;:-" ^ 'Z^JZ ". wlup ,„ on, ,.„„,, „„,, ^^.^^ .„ other™" '■ "'I years Few monareh. have « longer reign. ™.s J "^/^''^-"'.of «'- road. >,„,,. wi now fairly »'"! "".iMo" wt the n^m 'o"t, ' "'" '"*''• " '""'"•' :»' -rile J;:::. .::r'^,r ""^ "■•'■''"""• -either heavy.headed;^;;'w,^':,«-^* ■ 152 well! w e l l I large amount of lead in tlu'ir brains, could not contril,,,!. much U> one unotlior'H happiness. They were, thcrelbiv. „;| a,s silent as misanthropes. Not such, however, was the mu- pany whose coach-roof was tiie sky. The outsideis-a merry, motley grou])— kicked up worlds of fun with llanly who, be it understood, could crack a joke nearly as well us he could crack a whip. All strangers as they were to ea^h other, they made the bm oi tlteir time. Run out of jokos at last, one of theih, at -be .sii,.rgestio.i of the driver, striirk up, with an excellei^t vo^ee, which jut spirit into the'hors.s that quaint old son^. ■ Dull (are," ihc melody of which w the true tone of a sorrowful heart that fain would try at joy The cliorus of this half-merry, half-melancholy strain, ever and aiK.i! joined in by th.e jocund pafisei.^gers on deck, roiiso,] from their sle.py re eries the leaden-headed inmates' IkIow, rvlost of tiiose, wljose iiri:nim or doxings were thus disturlied, felt veiy mutli a.uioyca indeed, and would, if possible, put uu end to the ballad. Pity they had not some real cause of complaint. But they had it very soon. For two unbrol:en hours the singing had proceeded, ami was still proceeding, when to the infinite deliirht of ttif grumblers inside, t'.e skies, so clear, so cloudless, a moni.m before, suddenly thi^ kened up as if by a minicle, and pound down such torrents of rain as ought certainly be sufficiiic,l,«.er„„,o,,,,,„,,,,' ■ 7"' •-> '""mom l,,|V„.., '■'«>• c,uar.,.,..s a,„J .l..irf ,•:'''''*=■•'"''"-''- "" '!«. ^'-y ■«'-«l.t guard .l,c,T fa t„", '',"''''{ '"""'''"'■ '""- !'»'' to bear „ot onlv rth 1 ?"'' *''™ '""'■ ''''"y tuni of imsery. ' '''•"""'O .'.l«.'akiug, »as the „!,:,„„. 1VI.0 ever ^aw sutli rain ? Tt '"'■■••'1I7. "Kot ,|,e ,ea, „; ■ ^' """'" ""' ■''""fe riv..,^ '"■"■'■"'»^e. Yet not Cm 2 flT """ "'^ ""I "-^ •>i'l.o"t forbear their drcalft 1 , ' "'" "'■''"^■""'« '«."'l "o»-", and the song .^T^''^ ' '^''^ -"" o...n„ -"'e the rain, a,fd londe^^; f " " ""'"'■*''"' ' S"-o"g.r '^■' "- '•ain. n,ore voeifer ,:; , T^' ^^-'' ""Vh'ily ";."1 fain togethercontinned fo fit' ""'- ^'"' ■•■"■" l''>e hours? Paet. ^nd al iLr ™ """■'"' '"""•''• y ? Ye, several. 0« a"io L T "'"" """'^ - »f I'lace, a traee I„.oke a or ^ f I '"'"■'^'"'>' ««' ""' 7''» «n-t. But as f„ 1 g,! tsf H" """' '■"-'"' of hor,,e.,_therc was none ' ""*''''' <"• " '-'""'t'o "-'lc.nt speed for hors,« ,ha h-id 2 " ™ "" ''""^ ""» '."^.•"« -i'- One nnle an r",":" '°. "" «■'" "-I dark day; 's ! Five ho «r8, at four ''our was leisurely fe^ait. O tho lilies per liour, tho/i gavo 154 w K I, L ! w K r, I. ! a travel of twenty miles, which brought the iiiisseiijr(.rs to the first station. In taking: these facts into account, proat consideration must be paid to Hardy's time, and ours, respectively. That was the age of flesh horses— Mw is the age of iron ones. Of course, you, fair journeyer, prefer the latter power. But each has itfl advantages. If you take the fonner, you will, without doubt, get home " in propria persona" at some time or another. If you take the latter, you will, as likely as not, arrive at your destination with a raw head and bloody bones, or with no head or boius either — a style, you nnist confess, that does not speak \vt 11 for your progress. Out, then, upon your horses of iron ! Stage the tirst was eome. The jjassengers from above, and from below, taking advantage of the five minutes which were now allowed them, hurried into the inn to take some refreshment. " Bless my soul ! neighbor," cried one of the outsiders to one of the insiders, who happened to be dripping from head to heel, " how is it that you are so drenched V " Drenched — drenched !" repeated the other, evidently in bad tamper — " there's more rain in that coach than there's triLt of it." " How is that ?" " Why, it leaks like a sieve." " You don't say !" exclaimed the wily questioner, who knew better than his neighbor the cause of the grievance. " Driver," cried the wet man of the inside, "this old coach leaks like a basket — can't you put on a better one ?" " I'd like to know," responded the wicked Hardy, " what wouldn't leak in weather like this. Why, the whole world is uncorked to-day, and out at ends completely." " The d — 1 1" said the man, quite wroth with so wet a piece of consolation. The others of the inside, too exasperated with the singers and the coach together, to look for any redress, in smoky silence guzzled, with backs to the fire, a bumper of brandy each. Less unfortunate than her misanthropic associates, ^ T .U, K ir».'j nisHPtJji^crs to •count, fxvi-nt \ and ours, — this is the T, prefer the If you take " in jiropria e the lattiT, lation with a id or l)oii(s t speak \V( 11 3 of iron ! from above, inutes which take some i one of the 1 be drippiiiir drenched y" evidently in than tliere's like a sieve." r, who know ?. "Driver," ?h leaks like ' I'd like to ouldn't leiik is uncorked d— 1 1" said consolation. the sinjrers R, in smoky r of brandy associates, 3fary, havin- occu].ied a (•orM 1-1»™ of d ."^r :"" .'""■*■' ""-• I""-"-™ »"iv,. at Daivfuec's hotel ' "'•'"""' f"' " "'S^'^ "t II,, oiig, song, rl iing, song, CHAPTER XXVI. SHADE AND SUNsIIIXe. WiiERK now had Mary a fnV.wl 9 t. , . «. «-«^ a Hollander, nhow.d a fair , '"^ '^''^ '"•^^' ^^"''^ '"'r- tl.at friendship in nr.n ,1 Z ' "'""^"•^'"^''Ivinlorn.oU ^''•'- Beyond eulin, iZui^^ T ^^'^^^">- '"'1- ';'^;o thought ,.t.LtL:::;;^rs^ ^f"II fee(hnff. he nuff,..! }.;. . itrnity. l„t even to «"«H.'ss, hand., : h :^"::^'i,:" "™"' '"" ^"'" «— l™ "ike u UiasoWog .iew, sc^ly p "^ ^ """'';"^ '" 158 W F, I, I. ! W K I. 1, ! ull but K'^no. Cliucklc-l.eiuUHl servants- oomitrym.-n, nnd liknu'sscs of the host—of heavy quarU'r. md full moou face, lazily, luuilH-ringly wadUU'd froui room ^o room. If there was, in cither s*-rvauts or master, a s.iutilla of feelinj^, save that whuii belongs to monopoly and sellishneas, then ull physiognomy in a follv ami a farce. Might you judge from the surly, slow, chill numner, in which ma^^ter and servants attended'you, it would ntrike you that the sentiment of ull eoueerned, if exi.ressed, would be, " We are here apparently to feed and refresh the traveller, y)ut really to cMtx;h at his money, and chuckle over the gains." Where now had Mary u friend ? Perhaps the newspa- per lyhig uiM>n the table before her may thr.)w some li^lit upon a sulyeet so dark. She took up the pai.er and be-aii to read the advertisements. " Wanted, wante.l," were words of frequent occurrence. " Wanted a bgokkeeiK'r "~" Want- ed a hundrtHl tailors "—Wanted, wanted, wanted. Is there no one in want of a governess, or a female teach- er? She read on, and found many wants ; at length, far below, towards the bottom of a page she read, " Wanted a governess." Will it do ? No, no. Ah 1 disappointment ! how close you follow hoi)e. Are ye sisters that ye are sn( li mseparable companions ? Ye may be so, for sister and sister are often as different as ye. " Wanted a governess who can teach French, music, and drawing. None but a Protestant need apply." Read on, Mary, and find a better notice. Soon she read, " Wanted a young woman who ran teach reading, writing, and English grammar. None but a Protestant need apply." And she read many such adver- tisements, and found expressed the self-same cold condition. Where tiow had Mary a friend ? The house had none, neither had the newspaper. Where was she to look, whi- ther was she to bend her way ? What a blank was the world A TALE ir.9 all round Sl„. know now in all its .Iroad r.-ality what it i« to he a Htranj^er. Tlie r.'nicrnbranco of lionuC whirii was inunifold, anrl not to he nuM.tioru.l hore ; the renu.nil,ru„oo of the voyage, and the burial of the student ; the ren.eni. hraii.T of the doctor and his fair htth- dauKhter ; the renieni- hrunce-hut this for another pa-e— all earne over her with tprrihle effect, and made her feel utterly miserable Where now hamiy he said, the friends of the body, too. 'i'heir visions and their promises are not always of things beyond the jrrave. Those promises and visions are not seldom |kt- iormed and realized even here. To Mary did they now whisper not only of heavenly, but of earthly consolation And in this they did not deceive. The solace was near at huni. The evening on which she arrived at the hotel hai)i)ened to be that of a Fast Day. This circumstance, if there were no other, would be quite sufficient to show her by what kind of persona she wn^ snrrnnn^if^ Af ^ *-•_ - 160 well! w f. l l ! twi'iity or more laon her with the suspicion that slie was a Catliohe. The cftrver, in particuhir, a pompous, whiskered, yet very ipnv rant pretender, conehided that she must be of those whose portion is not lijrht, but darkness. " Mr. l>oit<'r," said lie, nchlressuig himself to a counterfeit of humanity that \v;is gormandizuif^ at the opposite end of the table, " have you seen that article of the ' Advertiser ' about Popery V " No," was the reply. " It pives," said the carver, " an exposition of that proph- ecy witii regard to the l)oast and the man of sin, and to my mind shows very clearly indeed, that the Tope's downfall will tjike place in aliout two vears." " I should hke very nuich to see it," observed Mr. Bol- ter, "is it an original article ?" " No," replied the carver (as it was true for him in niorc senses than one), " I think that it is copied from a London jourmil." " Is it, indeed ?" remarked Bolter. " How unaccountable it is," proceeded the otlier, "fliat such a gigantic superstition as Popery lujs laste..,( for a mon»..nt. Evvrv ono ,.,.» . '"^ '^^'■•''» tliou^-htfl. ^ '" "ff^'«>"»ee to iii.s Jf the company had at firsf «.,!,, I--.' a C„H,„|ie they "0"^ „n 'l "''""";'"" '" ''-'^'^ ""Ti.a.i ,io„o. s„„ i«d .,, ts„ ;;:;:rV'!' '■ '"■'"" ""'" proc,H.,le,l to another roo„, *" ^" ""■*'■ "'"' f'lllv ol,*rv,.,|. When .he 1 1 , ' ■''"' "■"•" '"" *'■ ref„so,i ,0 be helped ^ it ,'; ''"'''"'-■'>■• When "■TO „,K,„ her, ve, ,,;.", ''''•'''';'''•'••"-''••'"• - '""»''<• ^" '^". Thfv p„ii ,1 and r>nll down that \-ith their own Always do they slight it U' they are seated witli the seoitVr. Catholics of such a cheek are always the more heartily de- s)»Lsed, and the more they try, 'oy means like this, to recon- cile those outside them, the worse do they succeed. Next morning the same parties, with one or two achli- tions, sat down to breakfast. One of the new comers — a gentleman — took his seat immediately opposite to Mary, and very soon showed that he was a Catholic. She at si^^lit of him fancied herself half at home, and ex[>eriencod unusual huppinefis. Feel'mg that she had a claim U|)on his sympatliv, she succee<]cd, after breakfast, in getting into a convcrsiir tion with him, and discovered that he was a priest. This was the friend which her hope of the previoiL'^ eveiung had promised. She felt exceetlingly happy, and tnLsting in him as her best conRolcr on earth, made known to him her con- dition as well as her history, and inquired what she should do. " Well, my child," said he, rather surprised at her vciy singular story, " I am not acquainted here, but I will give you a letter of introduction to a clergyman living in tlm next town, who will, I feel confident, procure you a place." Mary returned many thanks. The priest wrote the not*', stated her qualifications, and jiLst finished his advice, when the stage-horn sounding, hurried hun on his way. After a weary jaunt of another day, the lonely girl ar- rived at the town, and made no delay in calling at the cler- gyman's house. " My good child," he began, "it is next to ini|Htssible to make out a situation for one like you. The Catholics nt' this f)art of the world, being all late comers, are generally poor, and have no necessity for the things of which you BjX'ak. Yon might get a place in some Protestant family, A T A L E I Ifl.-? hut wliere I cannot cxju-tlv ,«te»taut would :'::;. ^^"^i'''^;;"^ -"-^'-y- "IlKTcmy child," «dd the cler^rnan "il I',,, ^0., had totte, „.,.k„ „„ dehtj in a^! i„„ .V, "' »jai.U. with that fau,i„, /would' l-ui di.,.; . ,7™ l«l.aps It isjust as well, i„„s,„„,|, „„ „ ,. , .' ^^ '■ '" f ..-.on miKhtdoyou more !,„„„ tl.,„ '^ T """' " arc »„„dcrfuily inimical to us esnc.ciair r T '",■"'" ....J I SN,ccR.|y hop,, that you ,„„ |,e „,cce,^^ d T ' « moTueut, aud 1 will scud u,v raau to T """ the pliwc." ^ '° •"■"'"l'""y you (0 She was soon escorted to T_ ,i • "'"i'^""ff that It made a vt»rv fnv<.r..i>h- ; ■ ^'"'^■— -".y .rflgjr,,.n.U. To become a mere 164 well! well! rhamber-maid, was rather too menial an oflGce, altojrether However, as raisfortune must have no ehoice, she niiul. up her mind, and told the lady that she was willing to aca-.'t the offer. Mary's duty was soon marked out, and her wandcrin-^ was over for a while. " Mrs. Baxter, the mistress of the house of which our lonely friend was now an inmate, was, as she sat in licr si>aciou8 arm-chair, as fine a personification of comfort inid eaije as might be found in any part of the world. She liad a great rosy cornitenance of excellent formation, an eve that was truly eloquent, and a forehead that was command- ing enough for a Catharine of Russia. On the whole it would be impossible for a stranger not to admire her If phrenologists say true, she ought to have a kindly h.art and a mind of quick intelligence. Her matronly looks were very agreeable to Mary. As to the rest, we will have occa- slon to know more by and by. Mrs. Baxter had two daughters, one about fifteen sum mers, and another about seventeen. The elder, Julia, wius tt fat i^irl, whom no one would take for a very remarkal.lo person. The younger, Gertrude, was a wiry, airy creature, whose quick turn, symmetrical figure, and fair face, were the subject of ev^.'rybody'a laudations. Julia had no' taste for music, for French, or, in fact, for anything except fine dresses, lates' fiishions, and a prolusion of jewelry. All she could do was to adorn her person, read sentimental novels, and go to evening meeting, for which last she had a prodi' gious predilection. There was another thing which was a iivt of Julia, and that was the Bible. The Song of 80I0 Uion, or, as the Church styles it, the Canticle of Canti.l.s, was the Scripture which she took particular delight in read- ing. Whether she made this her choice from the fact that ^ TALE 165 her waiulcriiit^ ' -iK-. As, l,„„,.v<.r it .-si " "' ""•' ''"■^""'' !<""»- '-' ^«,.ipi„.r ccr./„> ./J.,™, ';;''::;""" "'■'•'■'' ro<>'» -».. stmlW it because it dij „ot', v ,7 """'"' "'"« «l"= f.l tl.o.,e cI,a,„or.s „-|,id, ZmII "'"'^■'^"""I'"»?. «« "■' '-"tu'le by rou, a,„l i„ ,, . 'j^ "'»^- ^Lo had " -/eligious. So ,„uc.., for }Z ^ '"' ""•""'■"-'- "<" «>„ fastidious. Sl,e c-™ J V ■ ' ""' ■''"• "■»« ^-f--itl,e.ouud.„,J,: ,::'7;.'^'"'•"■ me was a n,ost mysterio ;'Tf I" -« """ »'^- CO..W understand scarcely „ ythh,! w°,f "' "''''■'' ^"« S«»g of Solomon, she was oft L.^ 1 "T" '" "'" p^^^ttii^r:r.rtor.':^tr'-^ »^ewl,attheythiulcofherrespeethely. "'"' "'""<''. <^'>d 166 w f: I. T. ! w K I, I. I I CHAPTER XXVIL CONGENIAL AND UNCONGENIAL. The young woman, who had anticipated Mary at Afrs Baxter's, was goveriiesa to Gertrude, not Julia. For Ih,, reasons Julia needed no tutoress. First, having no tast,. fur the fuie artf?, she never attempted them— secondly, she w,is of an age that recpiired no sehooling. Perhaps the word governess in the present instaiiee is not altogetiier appropriate. Teacher is prol)al)ly „,nn. correct. Gertrude's teacher, then, was a thin ethereal kind of mai- den, over whose brow no less than thirty summers had v"< iike al,„k,/ '';„t:,:, «™™- »ol., „,„, "■W.".' «» none l,„e ,„e ra^., I '"' ■''"■ "•»" «"'■'■ "n Olara was not !„„„ „, x,,^ „ ' *. OcrtruCo fai,,, a,,:,,,',;:;: ' ^""^^ T'';! »«" "'iv.'.) '"■'• "i^'T. Clara „„,l .r„ ;„ *^'""""" '"»"l"' f"r «■"; »'«,. „„,„ „„ I;;,; J ;;;"". i-o-,. ,.r t.,c rati., "'Other, who love,l l,o,h eh^l i " ' '"' ''"■"">''■ Th, Clara wa., cxeeedin^k f'rf!. "■'""■"' •"■ "■'"'•'• 'v.Te tha ' «.-. Imd eno„,h to d„ i, ™ l^i, r:™''^ '•""-''-■'l .ha^ *""<'"« b„t ,„iniste,. «ntr,t"oV.'. ;?'"■"'■'''■"-»"'' "•«*-red that the hvm„s o D W '" """"■ """^ "'^ »"-' -«'«.. prose, «n,r,herefl ha,, . '• "■""' ••"" P""'"'. "yrceable, or even tolerable n „ ' '' '" """''"' "'™ ™,-or, (oop,^ W-^Oertr„de wa, .0 ea.,. T'iT ""■'"'"•"' f<"- "ne Uo P"*T these cirenmZl ^' "'"■ """' "»""•"'• -w '■" ber hatri^'T;:: w,::;""t "^ "'-"-^ ^^-'y ; - new Office, -n.at nj; J ,f„'"'^- T'-- ontered W." iTinffseongeniaJ dispositiol' '"'''''''''''' "■'"'<■'' '"varia- «-™de and Man- i,. L::;^;:*"' ""^ '""•^■^'•>' ""'""' ^•^er their aftrm.t As =56aj%T to i'>fifl trrpi '^ «-«K-n other borne J" 168 W R I, L ! W K I- I, ! Clara ami .Julia were tlew drops that miii}?le(l upon quit(i a different leaf. There was no possibility of their niingliiig ui)on that of Mary and Gertrude. A.s Mary had offered herself to teach music, French, un.l drawing, it is evident that she was not long without beiiiir called on for a proof of her powers. She gave it to tU satisfaction of her friends, but not to the satisfaction of ull. When she fully uroved her knowledge of French, and win ii she gave specimens of her drawing, Clura, who knew but u " smattering " of the latter, and nothing of the former, was sujik down far below zero. Despite the morality of Watt^' hynms, and her constant reading of the Book of Books, Clara as a matter of course bit her lips with chagrin, am' wore her heart with jealousy. If her disposition was befcn; different from Mary's, it was doubly different now. Slie was never to be a dew drop to Mary, as Mary was never to be one to her. In this display of knowledge and skill, it was proved that there had taken i)lace a contact wliich demonstratively showed the presence of two opposing powers, between whom friendly relations could scarce be established. When Mrs. Baxter engaged Mary for the office which was then open, she made no inquiries about the girl's reli- gion. Had Mary made application soon(!r as a teacher or governess, there is no doubt that Mrs. Baxter would have questioned her concerning her creed. The rea.son is that a Protestant was the desideratum for a position like that, hut for the position of a mere chamber-maid, a Catholic was not unacceptable. The matron was, however, soon aware of the rer.gious convictions of the stranger. About this time, Gertrude, delighted with Mary's talents and manner, requested her mother to discharge Clam, whom, she said, she could not endure, and to put Mary ;s A T A r. E 109 1- sto^od. ms Mr.,. Ba.v,.r ,v„s not .illi,., ,., .,„ ,. >>M l,er „„t a ifuk sh had h r'" ^ "•' '''" ""■"'• nei.tJy »u,K.rior to Clara's. I,ik„ i|,.. x,.,, '"',""" ''""• ««ea no ,.e„.-h„.,t for d r ,! i, '"■';"''■ '"" '"'^ «l-"^ un,,ra,.,ica., She Ik fc f. 7 , 1 ' T" ""' '"..- rdigion, „n,l »he »on,Hi e .. „ 1 7,;":,'"' """ At prm.nt she was not ,„.,f„.,lv Z ".';"""'"' ''""''• ." »l.ich she nonnnally h 1 b„f T h """ "" "''""" """ ''»* »"t he so har,l. I„ the n^J^'C^^ ■on, notmthstan,lh,« the nasettled state of her n7J ;" liambei^. It may be said tlnit she «-n.s one of tho«c u-hn i.ora ..th natnral gifts, yet nnr,,od in ,h,. era.lle of .1^. "' "llovv a whole life t« pass „„ay without taki.l tl " ' to whir'h th^;.. K .* «"uouc uiiCHip^ thftt course .!j .«e a froofl ai-iuiient for the opposite >x perfectly oveijoyeo.s to m^^' no W K L I, ! W K I. r. remtiin what slie W!i> Tier strong rcasoiiiji;^ fu.'uliHs would, in spite of her, tuli lior at times thatsiie inuM chaii-,. lliul siio possesseil no cloiiror reusoniiig power than M ,. M'DouiT'ld, her mind woal I never mar her tratuinillity. Thus was she always uneasy. Mrs. M'Dou,t,nild, whos^. reli- Kouiu.ir faculties were very defiei.nt, never had the edj,'o of her biiTotry blunted. Thus wiis she always tran(|uil. The difference iMitween them is this, that one was a l>iu:ot whose eyes were eternally hlind— the other was a bigot wlio> eyes were occasionally open. During Mrs. Baxter's short Intervals of light or truth— intiirvals that wore very tran- sient indeed — she was u mistre&s of whom no Catholic girl could complain. Her kindness and consideration, on those occasions, were great. Durin- lier long intervals of darkness, or error— intervals that were very lengtheiicd indeed— she was a mistress whom every Catholic girl woiiM put in the same class with Mrs. M'Dougaid. Iter dislike and oi>position then were painful. Her eralJem is very well seen in the following. Sometimes the pendulum of a clock makes one shui l and one long oscillauon. This uneven ness of action is owing to the uuevenness of foundation upon which the clock stands. Mrs. Baxter was exactly like the pendulum. Iler long inclination, or swinging, or oscillation, was her Protestantism — her short one was her Ca Jiolicity. This action of that lady is of course attrihuta- ble to the unstable ground upon which rested her private judgment. Henceforth, then, let her be called the Pendulum. Mr George Baxter, who deserves a few words, was a fat, slow, dul). good naturefl fellow, that never knew his own opinion, much less that of his neighbor. Ifis father, an old soldier, had no time to bestow on either the secular or r.li- gious cultivation of his sou's mind. Baxter's mind if mind he A T A I K . 171 vou roiiimcMcni vaul- ' "I»"n l.iiii inoiP ,M,n, ■ M, wns lost in IJaxf „,',,,,„ , u^' for him the news, von uu, U^ly tluu. (he • '"'■'•' "' -' i'«»n, on wluel, ho had spirit e,.o, d ^ I " ""'^' '"'"^ »f • Fophet. Was tlL ' "" ■*"""' '""' '" '- « Wt ^AW„t twelve C-look one ™in, ni.ht. „ ,o„, ,,„„,„„ sband ler. whof ^'as on tho '« name for kindnci^s I^oint of di'ntX hurnal to M rs. w "s wide sjuvud, and MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 [5.0 US, 1 2.8 m 14.0 1.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 APPLIED IIVl/IGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - C300 - Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fox 172 well! w k I, l ! requested her to send somebody for the minister. The mai, of the house, happeuinj? at this time not to be asleep, tuu his wife tiiat no horse of his shouhl, on such a night as tliui, go for [)arsou Fairweather. " But the i)0or soul is dyiii^r;' remonstrated the lady, " and crying for the consolations of his religion." "What consolations," asked the husband, " will Fairweather give him this hour of night ?" " Ho wili pray over him," answered the mistress, "and give him the sacrament." " I tell you," returned Baxter, " that the pur- son will not come out a night like this, and besides, I am not going to have my horses spattered all over with rain and mud." " Why, Baxter," said the lady, " are you such a neighbor ?" " Why, Margaret," said the gentleman, "ai' you such a fool ?" " George," entreated the lady, "do fur goodness' sake send Fred for Mr. Fairweather." " .Mar garet," rqjlied the gentleman, "Fairweather and foul- weather are never out together." "I know he will come." persisted Mrs. Baxter. " I know he won't come," persisted :Mr. Baxter. " Why not?" asked the mistress. "For the same reason," rejoined the man, "that made him refiisf going to old Judkins." " Well," concluded Mrs. Baxter, " I'll send Fred for him, and try him." " Well, send," con- cluded Mr. Baxter ; " but let Fred go on foot, and Fred, I say, will return as he went." Baxter's prophecy was verified. Parson Fairweather would not go that night, but promised to go in the niorii- Ing. Before morning the sick man died. Baxter, after all, had some knowledge, as well as courage; and was at times aw^ake. warily leiifed and t occasi( !i,!:ains with 1] '»ook si ^Vith t Oertru( to o-iipr Being v from Jio; jliowod ■"•'iirli for I fiat .^far •i!id poin ^'^m mat Baxter vv "lake her Having ^^eojj tow; to ])ay all ^^ii.xter's h tion will, tl oC Po])ery , T A r. E . 173 CUAPTEll XXVlli CIURACTKHS. "'■'*'■'»' tl,a. off,.,,.,] i,,^' ";'"""'','■"*'' "Ot o„ any - »'.o handed ,0 Mrs. It^;'"^ ""-''. -«1 >',:, "'tl, this she s„c.c.„.dc.d mvl\ ^•'"■'"■•»' °l'l'0rtu„i,j.. <'"'™.le'.. groat afl'^etij ' U , '" -"^'-•'-.. ^coh^ '"g-mrd her daughter „oll'«- fv-.«ip,>aat%h:rr e:.nrr:'-"^"''''-^ »;»»•"' >.ow the like ™H Cn "" °"" '•""'"■•»■' """-^'ar,„.as .som-„gG,.tr', '■",','"■"""' "'' ">«"'- "»" PoiMod to this „: « e . t?,"'" '""■■'"■'' '"■■■ '^'"'-■''-•. ;:« »>aking more Fo.rlsL'n """"""' ^'"■•^"<' '«'«ered at for abstaining; from fltsli meat upon Friday and Saturday. She was turned inli," nlj kinds of ridicule, when upon certain Sunday morniiigs Aiv took no breakfast. She frequently experienced opposiiiuii in trying to get to mass upon days of obligatioi'. ^'I^o heard many a joke cracked upon confession. She \\;i.s asked — did she not think that the priest kept some one ' kc a wife in his house. She heard read to her, time after tini', newspaper paragraj)lis about very wicked deeds done by the Catholic clergy. She was told that the Virgin 3Iary wa- the mother of more children than one. Mrs. Baxter, though she took pleasure in thus treatinu' the poor girl, had nevertheless no intention whatever of sending her away. Above all things Catholic, our Pendu- lum had a horror of confession. Whenever s ho'.iglit that Mary wanted to attend to this particular, she invariu- l;ly 0[)posed her. She said that she did not wish the jirie-t to know the secrets of her house, but considered that such a probability was really alarming. She inforintd Maiy in tine that it was both her own and her husband's strict orders, that she should never speak to Gertrude upon any rCiigious topic whatever. Miss Wintei-'s efforts were not made in vaiu. For stv eral months Marv continued to dracr through a very niitiii'- A TALE al jk' existence. Julia saw her but seld iu.i)()rtiiiit to talk to a mere vvaitiii< ora. Clnt lO a was t(ji» -maid. Mrs. Ijaxto she .poke to ner at all, had always something to say a.^iin.t the Catholic faith. The nmster ol' the ho^e hud litth to say, pro or con. Gertrude was the only one who really loved and respected her. ^ Compared with her former position, llar/,s present one ».^ on the whole, less di.«greeable, Juii.', .sulleune., was otl„„g_Clar..s hatred, prid., and jealous,, were noth.nK- a.x,or s ..Khnereneo was nothing. The greatest anno3a",ec ttat she knew, w™ tire bigotry of the mistress. This how- ever wa.s not of so eruslung, hilling a kind, as that ol' Mrs M Dongald-,t was neither rabid, nor even violent, b,.t it >vas sueermg, cutting, and al st constant. Gertrn.le'.s ki.d- n<.s love, and encouragernont, were sweet.s that nnllili,.! all l.e b,teeruess of the lady's tannt.,. Mary felt that, in ,.„ .« a young fnend, she had found a worthy substitute ibr the beloved and beautiful Emma. All apix-al to one's prijudieo, however weak that apm-al niiiy be, ..s sure to rou.se up a pryudiee still stronger. Had Mrs. Baxter been left to her own good natural rea.son, had »ie not becu poisoned by that jau,idice-<.yed Miss Winter Ae would, no doubt, have bce.i more favorable to Marv' e unchristian Clara, who, keeu-sighted a., a lynx, eouid Ml ma moment how high or how low the thennometer of iUs. 1 axter's " religiosity" stood, continue,!, whenever she ' «;in« ,t necessary, to keep up the bigoted n,ercury to the citable pitch. The semlilance of a kind lcK>k f™„ the mistress to Mary, went hke an arrow through Clara's i.-d- wlrr"-, !k' "'.""'^"S-ostionof Ucrtrude, the fonn'.r .".Id touch the piano, the latter would tell Mrs Baxter '■•t Mary, not having a sufficiently light touch, wouhl p,,, ""' '"•^"•«™«'t 0"t of tunc, and destroy the hammers If 116 W K I. L I W !•: 1. [, ! Miiry would slny; a sonj? for (Jcrtrudo, Clara would in for 'Ul wuiiM the mother that such old-fashiouod, vulgar tuiic! ivhoUy vitiate Gertrude's taste. Marv wu.s at length I'or- hidden to meddle at all with the piano. When Clara would come from church, she would never fail to repeat for Mrs. Baxter all the denunciations which the j)reacher made against Popery, and all the dreadful tales that he told of its abominations. She tried hard to keep Gertrude entirely from Mary's company, but in this she could not succeed. Hard mistress for some poor Catholic girl would Clara Win- ter make — a bleak consoler for some broken-hearted exile ! At length, Gertrude, heartily tired of her teacher, ami perhaps wishing to i)ick a quarrel, very plainly told Clara that the chamber-maid ought to be teacher, and that the teacher ought to be cham])er-maid. This, mortifying Clara to the soul, caused her to raise her hand in a violent pas- sion, and slap her pupil repeatedly on the cheek. " You old maid !" exclaimed Gertrude, highlv indignant ; " you will never, if you were born again, be like Mary ; you play the piano like a cat walking on the keys ; you siiij like a rooster, and you will be an old maid all your life.'' Miss Winter, to whom nothing in the English language had such terrific meaning as the word " old maid," rose into a hurricane of passion, and wept aloud. Never but once before had she been called by that appellation, and then she fainted. As he^ passion had now somewhat al)at((l, she all but went off into a swoon. Old maid ! ! Tlie hand-wi-iting on the wall had not half such terrors for the Assyrian monarch as those monosyllables had for Miss Clara. She raged, wept, and waxed weak, alternately. She vowed vengeance upon Gertrude, and treble vengeance upon Mary. If the mother would fail to chastise the daugh- ter, and give satisfaction for this indio-nitv, she vowed au O A T A r, (•; fjiial vcng-oancc Cliira nut h "1"^" her. From oa( ■a was thoroughly convulsed. A I'l'lllitV lo (Xfi 177 f liiifV lave shaken 1 — her -'yes looked ghastly d '<'!" i».s much. ITcr li, '• *'iirih(jn!ikc Would v^.o ...,.rt-,, gmisijy uim— Ii.T I •r hosom heaved temi)o.stnousIv--lik '••^ wciv corj)>-c-u hi'to <■'' ran j)cr.vj)iratioii ••""'"''•nance chanrred col 'if' a prismatic ^1; *il. '■(•r flays, when ir..p,- (old lat- tah's, it nmst be (h-clared of Clara tl "^i'e^if^he.ltWr many, but HlHMu.nul not one." Was not such disappointment truly distressino- . j^ ,.,, ''-'"y ; nnd it .hould be a hint Lil peoni; ;.f f r ^ "•accommodate their speech to the ea t om/ '"' An.l again, considering Clara's n-un'fl ''""^"''^■• ^-aidthatsheonghttob^Lr ^^^^^^^^ "'. eccentricities: In the first pli^:X^,^;;'^ "•ul nmis for what she cllr.i f • ^"■"''^'^ state In fl.p T V '"" """«tural and ,mso i » "0 partiiiT fo cheer li in ii, tho (Insert ,i„.i ■ ,i '-' r'lace. she could not_.tran.es , it '.f ' " Cl..ra ond Gertrude .too-l before Mr.. I3ax.,.r w,th each 8* 118 WKI.I, ! \VF. i.lI lior c'omiilaiiit. The former accused tlio liittor of ji^ivinu" lif r iin|)crtiiR'..ce, and (•iillinj^ her names. Clara was on tli.' jioiiit of meiitioniiij^ what name, but l'earin;z:, as she iiiiLiht, that the mere sound of " ohi maid" woiihl unman, or ratli-r unwoman her, she cautiously abstained from using thf word. Gertrude accused Clara of strikinti^ her repeatedly, ariil callinpj her a huzzie. And both, smartin*^ uniU'r their own particular wrongs, wept much and so))l)ed heavily. Mrs. IJaxter, who had never herself struck Gertrii.l'\ even slightly, was very indignant at Clara's conduct, ami told her not to act so again. Then, turning to her dnnuli- ter, she gave her a sharp reproof, and connnanded lur to be resj)ectful and o))edient to her teacher. Clara, very unsatisfied with the result, informed the mi- tress tliat Mary was giving G(;rtrnde bad counsel, and was making her a very naughty gh'l. Gertrude denied this, ami said that Mary never spoke a hard word against any one. IVlrs. Baxter again reminded her daughter of the respect te be shown to Clara, and was about to dismiss l)oth j)laintiir and defendant, when Gertrude, in a fresh flow of te;u•^ emphatically stated tiuit she hated the teacher, and would receive uo more histruetion at her hands. The mother looked at Gertrude, but said nothing. Clara left the room. Presently came in Julia, and soon after appeared Mr, Baxter himself. The trouble between Ger- trude and Clara was now before the entire household. Tin' father took Gertrude's part, and Julia took Clara's. (Jer- trude told her sister that 'twas none of her business. Tin' sister insisted that it was. Father and mother decided against Julia, and told her to be silent. The former gave it as his opinion — wonderful to relate ! — that Gertrude could not learn much from one whom she did not like. ^ f A I. V. . K'.) TLnls n,o rather," .„idCiortr,„l,.,-,„„,|„,,i,,,.,,„„,„^ ro.an,-l..d that she co„IU not fhh.k of ,li.s,.h,.r,i„„ 01 u, .i- reason that CInra h,„l heon hdrodn.-c? t^ h i, P»r.n,lar fncn,!. '.Well, n,a," ol,sorv„l U„,r, e '^h ■ouHte no great of a fri,.,,,! to .send j-ou s„el, a eross di ^ Krwalile creature as this " / » tross, uisa- "o., m her si,hn« agan.st (Jerlrude, s,,eak so mneh in •rr-non to Mary, as she s„ok,, in favor of Clurr o ' '"'•■;' ^T;'"'sIX "eli. Mary, having a partien lar u" v I l.rau]n,g ha,r, and of netting olf yonng ladies to a,l n tas-, ff.uned, to a great extent, Jnlia's eousideratio, " ».. o,.rat.ons of the kin.l. J,dia, however, thongl L ! "fC no w,sh to part with Mary, had nevertheless greter .lo..re to re.an, Clara. The teaeher was a bird of her Z fcuher, and made a good eon.panion. The other was not co,,genu,l f„end, but she was one who, on the evening of a ball or a party, could badly he dispen.sed with .yr.s. Ba.Kter, still preferring the Protestant to the Catho- .0 teaeher determined to send Oertrnde to the country for a few weeks ,„ the hope that after h..r return she woul.l orge her d,splea.sure at Miss Winter. Uertrude, rejoie- ng at the chance, immediately prepared her.,elf to go and having received, as a present from Mary, that beautiful' "-old Aui. wluch, on a former day, eontril,uted so much to Mrs -M Dougahl s diabolical pnrpo.ses, showed it to her father' and requested him to be very kin,l to the donor. The gift P".sed B«.vter exceedingly, and made him Mary'.s greatest a-tarer. Upon Mrs. Baxter it n,ade quite a iiO-e™ ' ITossion. Site told her husband that had she known it she «oald not allow Gertrude to take it, and, now knowing if «l>o would, as soon as possible, have it returned. She °ave IMO w i; I. I, I w i: I, 1. ! ns licr rc-ason for thus c'Xi)rossin«^ Iicrsclf, tliat It vns n mwu tliiiifi->. B:i\(cr ofdiP (1 •T ^*;is iiu UM'. KlJ^'l-POahl,. f;„.| ^\-,,, ^^,,j .It .>ii( -N" iu'i|> fur ilic,. CI i""Mt.' of Gt'rtru(le'.s farhrr's I w'li, none I II' (I l"l| \s;..!i tn l» Mir y, tind st(>iv— if not, K'USC, CVcllilimv phic's w pliK'c to thy likiii' IS accomiMU.yinir herself ,u I'l'oii.i^Hit from JK-r eon.' >■'"' .sin,i,^s it, that thou 's Lanieiit;' which she I AFrs. Baxter h iiii'S aii.l tells thee l.y the w,| cuiist he her iiistniet las V wa -w IS read a e;o,Ml ar-.nuei,t for Cat hoi H'^s no ni(»i' lys a little frotn her favorite side. M ii',^• hair, and Mary's l,ri-ht -old el , .. i" "'='ly a fear that his people would disapprovr of his eourse. This choiee of a teacher for a yonnu; woman of fifteen, may seem to be too small an alfair to warrant us reeordinLr such a display of contendiiif^ influences. But it is no sueli fimall affair at all. Tla^ whole world knows that Protest- antism cannot Ijrook the idea of haviufj; its chihlren taught by such a vuljj^ar thinj? as an Irish Catholic. Mrs. Jjaxter, therefore, partly from her own choice, and partly from the counsel of friends, would not lower herself 60 much as to let a " Paddy " instruct her daujihter. This she would not do, even admittinj,'' that the unfortunate Pad- dy had all the learning of all the ages together. Like others, she feared that Gertrude's religion would be endangered liv " Papistical contact." As, then, a Catholic instructor was to her mind both {)eriIous and vulgar, she withheld from IMary the place which none could better occupy, and secured for Gertrude the services of a Professor. Mary was now left to attend to her rooms, and to con- tent herself as best she could. On 'occasions of company she was not, of course, permitted to mingle with the guests. She was not permitted to eat at the first table of the family. She was not j;)ermitted to practise her music except upon those times when the family would not be at home. She was not permitted to hold much intercourse with either of the girls. She was not, on all necessary occasions, permit- ted to attend her church. She was not permitted to giv« A r A r. F. ly.t .. ....... ,.r«,„i„,.„ ,,„,„„., ,„ 2 [^ """"''l '<'l"l<.' ..walk ,„„,■,„• ,„i,, u„-,.,k 'n- "I.UOS. .ke a ..|„s,.,J ,,„„k. ,vi„„..v,.,. „„,.„„ ,,,„ ; , " ;:.:^'': ' '^^•""■''•'^-'"•-""•h..,,,. ,.,.„„,,■,.„„ i.- "" "," "-^l-^-"--' u,,o„ ,1. ooufcss ' ,; .; i.ut s e «ou 1 „,„k„ ,l,e siK„ „f „„. n-,,.. „„„„ ^ )"K,I tl,e lru.n,lsl„|, a,,,! alloction of (Jcviru,!,. who „o, ■'7'",";"- ,'" -"-Tso with her favon,. iU^yZ •■c r,„h.',s forl,i,l.l,.„ f,,,;,, l„„ for this v,.ry ,hh,., M, v« . ho ..oetor. Oc.nr,„h, stealin, fa.ue't .uaMt , - . v ., sk.ll ,n ,ruKh„s r,,.n,lc.,,,l Julia a nontral, ami l„.|,„.,| " koep from Mrs. Baxter the i„ti,„„,.y Mhich oxi..|.,l b 7" "'; '7" f™""-^- When the ,„othe.- happened „ ;.t Gertrttde and .Mary ha.l n.any „ nn.ieal hour to,.,he, W „de thou, prevented fron, reading Catholic vork po then, from Mary, and loved to pernsc them More It not for the «a,in love «l,ieh those fair vonn.r ncnd,s entertained for each other, Mary eonld never, , s she possessed th. faith of a n,art,T, continne in the position 184 w i: I. I- w E 1, I, wlucli she lield. When sometimes slie had r..'asoii ahn-wt (o verj^e upon despair, the thought of her youthiul coiisdlcr would banish all despondency. Meanwhile, Gertrude, whose intelligence and sjiirit of in- qiiiry were wonderful, drank, through Mary, large draughts from the fountain of Catholic truths, and l)y degrees grow fouder of the beauty, holin'iss, and jwwer of those celestial waters. Julia, whose brain seemed to be formed of baser material, satisfied the craving of her small inciuiring appe- tite, with the florid and mysterious Song of Solomon Under such auspices and circumstances was it Mary's lot to plod a long and dreary way hideed, yet not altogether comfortless. One day as her work was done, she sat herself down in her room, and began to read a newspaper which she had just received. Almost the first thing that came under her observation, was a notice of the sudden death of old Gov- ernor Houston, whose admiration of her on a former day caused considerable pain. Immediately below this, poor Mrs. M'Dougald was spoken of in lamentable tones as one whose form was now no warmer than her father's. Some two or three days after the old man's demise, she went out, it was stated, to take some exercise on horseback. She had gone only a short distance from her house, when she was thrown oft' with great forc«?, and left insensil)le. After the fall she lingered but a few hours, and died in great agony. On reading this melancholy notice, Mary melted with sorrow, and wept abundance of tears. Gentle girl ! 'tis only a being like thyself that would shed a tear over the grave of so cruel a woman. " God forgive her," said Mary, " as I forgive her, all that in her blindness she wickedly did against me. O you who were mv enemy, and never wished to be anything else, may A T A I. E . t It be better with you now tl; ly you to your enjoyment see 185 U an I won Id hai 'ly nna-j-ine. he trutlis wliieli I taun-ht vours- ig'it your child- even beyond the tomb tliat yoiitliful mind." _were the loveliest lights that ever be -my love, as wdl jus iHued upon her Farewell, .Afrs. .ArDouo-aJd IV clann. If tl niiiy the reader too on wert "nkin.l to one who de.served I a tl,y Lands, tl.ou hast paid ,|,e j,enal(y ,k,,i-ly ex- )etter The golden dreams even here. are gone like a mor ', which, a little while ago, were tl ■nm line. oiig brightened by the beauty of tliyd 'g mist. Thou hast not had a life of thy fancy has faded for „ . . least with corporeal eye, thy ro ly daughter. The pictu ever. Thou wilt not behold at th th child e (loo mas wliich thou didst « niind indoctrinated I . . "'"^'' so much dread 'V\um «t I cjond the point win™ rcpontance k aoc.ptal,!. I .,„. rdt tt.» '™''" ''- '^^■'- ""'« "' "'-y «-™ Months passed on. Tl"re wa,, to be a fancy ball, to wlnc-l, Julia and Gor- e were ,„v,tod. J.dia panted for the evenin. and « r. ..ude..™t.t,.„,.t,„.„in,. At,en,thth;;vi.hed-,W 11 ? M regarded Juha, this »■„., abont Mary's dilii.ultv f fine feathers nn.kc fine birds, so satin, gold, and gen",s ;,T™"""- "-- ^^f-.V ln,nr,s were eonsun.^l by M.»y n. translonnmg the poppy inio the rose. II,,. ,na-deal ver was snpren,ely snceessfnl. Jnlia walked for.h „ I^^ »'th or Without the " castas," a.s yon please " 180 well! w k l l ! The rose without any painting is sutticiently charmin^r. Gerlrude, a rose of fairest blooin, needed not nmeh, if ai ^., the cultivating hand of lier friend. Mary, however, turned now to her rosy favorite, and soon effected all that was dt^ir- abie. Gertrude walked forth as beautiful as she who, of old, came from the dank arms of old Ocean to dwell lur evermore in a world of sunshine and flowers, Julia looked at herself in the mirror, and viewed the reflection with as much admiration as Adonis did the fault- less form which he saw in the stream. From the time ami pains bestowed upon her toilet — circumstances which she considered proofs of the superiority of her beauty over Ik r sister— she was fully satisfled that with the exception ot "the love, the dove, the beautiful One" mentioned in Solo- mon's Song, there was none who might compare with herself in matchless symmetry and graxie. Gertrude, on the other hand, was sorry that her sister's unseemly figure and face required such a world of extra- ordinary relief in the shape of embellishment. Yet thus went the world since the days of Adam— thus it goes this minute — and thus no doubt will it go to the end I What a pity that wayward fate kept Mary herself from joining in masquerade this young and glcesome pair ! Per- hai)s, fair reader 1 you are more sorry for the destiny whieh precludes her the possibihty of doing so, than she is herself. If you were like her, you would probably repine at your fortune, and weep yourself sick. But if you knew all, you would be convinced, that fates, which the world calls way- ward, are oftentimes the best. Mary's history, which you liave not yet heard, but which you will hear very soon, would never be made known to you if what the world woukl here caII wayward was such in reahty. It is not if A T A I. E . y cliarmiiifz;. mcli, if a! ., ever, turniMl at was desir- she who, of to dwell lur viewed tlie lid the fuult- he time ami IS which shi.' uty over In r exception ut lied in Solo- with herself t her sister's :'ld of extni- Adam — thus it go to the herself from 3 pair 1 Per- iestiny which she is hersch'. 'piue at your knew all, you rid calls wtiy- •y, which you jr very soon, at the world ;v. It is not 1S7 iusinuatod, however, that she did not, oa this occasion wish to share lu the plecisurcs of the party. ;i1ie girls are mingling the mazes of the (hnnce an.! rojo^cmg ui the spirit oi ball-room. The whole world H. nmnature is around them There is seemingly no sorrow in any heart-there is certainly no shadow upon any brow AVas there le.s« pleasure in youthful Paradise than tliere is n. th. brilliant hall tcnight ? Relgu on, Joy ! your tine IS more transient than Spring's. Mary has been summoned to Mrs. Baxter's side and country. lh,s was a question which Mrs. ^r-Duu-ald's pnde always prevented her from putting. This was a^ue. t.on from whuh, through a fear that it was not fai or exped.en , Dl^ M'Dougald, though curious enough, alwa a stained. Mrs. Baxter, a being of bohler d^ri g tl^ either, has made ''no bones" about it, but put it .^th al lave^saiy emphasis. Slie has long paus^-d for a replv, but has not heard one. The Pendulum quest ioas again. Marv for certain reasons of her own, which tlie reader will soJn' appreciate, ansvyers the lady in si.ch an enigmatical manner a> gives but little satisfaction. Mrs. Baxter, therefore has her o,vn conjectures, but conjectures which happen to have no fomidation. ^^ _ " And how did you learn music, French, and the rest ?" "iquired the uiquisitive woman. Mary, biovving the lady's hostility to Catholics, was at ir..t afriMd to answer this question direc-tly, but fearing that 1>7 not doing so she would be acting danu-erously to her ri"' ^'^^'^' "''^''^ '^''' '^'' ^''^' '^^'^'" ^^l^'^'-ted in ^ " Tell the truth, now," suggested the Pend.ilum. "aud .,. u you ever saw there any of those evils for wluch people 188 W E 1. 1. ! W F. I, I, ! give such places credit." Not having received an answer in the atBrmative, the large substantial matron felt egrogioiLity that you were not, in turn, asked whether or not you yourself could Uve in the state that you deemed so hard. If such a question luul been put, you would probably, for modesty's sake at least, A T A [. E n answer m 189 ter warnilv, .l,mv hyvcu- aa.,v,.T ,l,at j-ou, t^"'^ "'I'l*"' «H.i„.,orip,io„" l:^;";;':;' '"-■'- ^y roa,ii„. !«■ to God o„ high." " ; , ,„ f: ^.'"^ ""> -'"■" " "lory the u.,al ,,e„to,rcc. whi.hL , ! "' ""?" "~"''' »-« over the stone or ,„':,'* ::r:;tr"'"" ' ™ *l-rod ones. Over those i.^nZ^',^T'7f -wasinvaria.year.edin.o,dl.e,:ror;:,i::S:4 » cltSele^:';* ? " "7 ""d -"■■".-> there I'hco where o-randf.,!/', , "' '""" «^° ''"t" 'I'o Fmloriek Ire'^ed!" ' °"-''"'*»"'"' -"^ -X brother This was the Protestant ceraetcn- inH it My beside the other. They entereZ't , T' """"*■ rradinjf as befo-e the v,! ' "'' '™"^'''<' "•''"■"d, wave" ■■Af "'•'rarious in,scription3. •' This is th» Z^^ZZ^^l!: Oeath"-.. There is res t ^•in-ed thus B^ n. ^ ^'^"^ P'^'"t^J or u, Luus «§^ or a weep no- wilinw ^n -^ompass and square were «M tw ; ^° "'"' ^'^ ''^ This," said Gertrude after a lone silence, " this, Mi w 192 W K 1, 1. ! W K I. I. ! is not likt' a Christian gnive-yard. Oh ! no — I scf it plainly. What a dillercnce is thtTo between it, :ui(l thur beyond ! I don't know how it happens, Mary ; but some way or another, I feel over mc here a lonehness and ehill tluit I fonnd not in the other place." " Yes, dear Gertrude ! there are in the Catholie groinnl many things that make one feel warmer than here. Tin' cross there tells you that the dead believed in Ilim who di'MJ igMioniiniously for the world. What more fitting renicin brancer than that to keep fresh in our minds tlic love of a Saviour ! When we look at the cross, are we not remiiKU-d of the enormity of sin, and are we not inflamed with love for the one who had such charity for us as to suffer himself to be thus cruelly massacred ? Do not the words, ' Pray for the soul,' which are so numerous on those Catholic grave- stones, console us with the thought that our kindred and friends, though mingled with the dust, are bound to us by a tie that never can be broken ? There are no such requests on a Protestant monument. And what, then, does such a spirit seem to indicate ? Ah 1 it says, Gertrude, 'The dead and their friends are sadly, miserably severed ; there is to be between them no longer communion.' It says, ' Ihnf pray for the happiness of your old dead parents — donH ))ray for the happiness of your dear dead sister — don't pray for the luip})iness of your fond dead brother — never ask that tliey be well, never even wish it, because such wishing is but prayer still, and prayer for the dead is in every way wrong, How chill — how cheerless is such a doctrine ! How can such a grave-yard as this, without one ' sign of the Son of man ' in it, show to the passer-by that the dead which it enshrines were Christians, and not Turks ? Say, then, Ger- trude ! how would you make the tomb-stone of a Catholic answer for a Protestant ?" A TALK 1»3 "I don't! -w, Mary. How?" "By put,,,,,- th„ ,vor,l, UM,' before .l,e word, • Pr.v .r the soul,' that is-' J„'> pray for the sou).' J„,l ,e ^mr ™l.po.s,„. you were to ra!.n, how ran I die? Gertrude 1 Miir — ." Miirv'^ heart blee^ls. Gertrude's is |)ier^pd as liy a da^'-^er. Tii- l)lo(xi has fled from Mary's cheek and lip, Gerirudo, ovtr- po^vpred with sonow, loses all consriousness, and falls to iIm' jLT'Mnid. The lust slrujrgle cewnes upon Julia — the last that evir *he shall have on eartti and hard and horrilile it is. AFother, father, all have faded from her sifjcht -a low. low moan is heard — and Julia is nothing but clay 1 And so the spirit of the ball-room, though 'twas as hniirh- ing as life, was nothing in truch but Death's spirit in dis- guise. More tlian Julia has that spirit" deceived. Tliere in tlie grave-yards, where white blossoms are whitest in suninior, go and see what the fell spirit has done. Night and the sj)irit are strong. The latter arouses the prey, and tlio former pierces it to the heart. Will the young still love the liall-room, and take no notice of the graves which it has made ? With all the wrecks which we see around us, and with all the white blos.sonis which tell of his works, will other Julias fail to detect the phantom of death masquerading in the ball-room ? I she iu(' ili(> A TAI, E, 191 ClfAITKR XXXl. A IsTORV. GFRTRr-DR, whose li(.„Iil, ;vas fH.t r..ii:. I- . ^^<-ctioii brought upon her, she drew fruiu her bosom that little locket, which, on a former dav, as \m aches and burdcm liere, ng heart, weep, anrl not for e are, whose sor- say ! Gertnidc, you how truthful 1 me out, perluip^j )ier. ft my liomc. At re alive and wdl. ie, still is. Beidi: . good educiitioii. 1 have no douKt, f fourteen I w:!s ny education. I to my parents." 'ontinued. mother both re- lawyer, who was ' was, moreover, ' this jiropositioii fur o}»porfing my ' I can scarcely ! not of my own loved ajiotlier.'' motion, and for from the feeliiiL' ', she drew from mcr dav, as has A T A I, E I'Jtf l««n stated, Dr. .\ri)o,„.,l,l >u:admMy mot anj 1,„„ r 2^ ^„.,.„, .,.,,,_,/. ,^;---. . "™ "".■•« ''^ » ■<>"? pause OB both si.lee Gertra,Ie w„„„ Hosit, awaiU,. t„e ».o,,, Ma,, a ^ n.l-.a,.5:te:y"'''''"' "'"' '""^ "- -^ ^-i«'-' These heart-l,reaki„K words, sou,„li„go„ her ear cUsnnll. fe"iu^ on. J5i,t he was nnooent vp« was amoceat," said she, after a „,o,„eut. Th Ijll "'"•; •""'. '""•'=■■ *« •'-•Pluia of a subjeet «, sad Leavn.g her for a momeut to her ,,iie„ee and tears the -very, reee.ved seatenee of expatriation ibr life \ flor;on.,, high-minded, fearless >•„.„,.. fellow not I «. I' WIS generous, noble, fnder, and brave ....Jo ' ' own all, he was a member of Mary's church ' ■M^>ry, resuming her histo,-y, said : " Gertrude my nar-ats l-""»-.ug my affection for hin, who is now in d'.I^fwO ;;;r-.-t bleeds to think of i,-„,,re not thl let" J I «i "Km stdl, I told my mother the danger of mixed liicUTia^cs 1 lemmded her of the ma,.ifold miseries whi,.h 200 w ell! we l l 1 spriiij^ from such unnatural alliances, and ri-'fcrred her t/> several instances which fully sulxstuntiated my words. J spoke in vain. My inotlu-r was a reli<^ious woman, and Laving, in my father, a partner who, unlike the ti'eneraiity of Protestant husbands, never thwarted her in her si)iritu;il exercises, believed, no doubt, that though many mixed mar- riages were miserable in the extreme, mine would neverlho* less 1i>e as happy as her own. She bade me remember that Cliarloe, which was her favorite's name, was 'in such circum- stances as blessed few of those from among whom I might be inclined to make my choice. She bade me remember that from the love wliich Charles had for me, and tlu; prom- ises which he would give, I need never be afraid of haviiit!; anything that would cause me a moment's pain. With such reasoning did she, day after day, endeavor to win my con- sent. On the other hand, my father, who, like the most of his kind, seemed to have no thought whatever of becoming a pnictical Clirlstian of any denomination, cared not of what religion my husband might be, provided he were wealthy. Wealth, and nothing else, appeared to be his creed. Havuig a very latitudinarian conscience, he would often say to me that no matter what I was or was not, it would be all the same in a hundred years. If I had seen hhn religiously inclined in any way ; if I had been accus- tomed to see him going to some church, I would, no doul)t, be as likely to be a Protestant as a Catholic ; but when, from the first day that I could observe, I found my mother going every Sunday to mass, reading works of piety, and praying morning and night, I saw of course that there wiu-^, m her religion, reality, and holiness, and power, which con- vinced me of its superiority. If, then, my mother's advice with regard to this marriage, made no impression upon rae, it is evident that my father's would, if possible, make even A T.,,K. 2gj rniml tn I ""'.'" ""^ '^""vci.t, had so ,„udi on,,,e,| ,„v mwi to tlic prmousuoss of the tme faith M,.,t I i " for the world thi„k of havh,<- th T ' '"" Kxr.rio„ce too, which, Z'J^t^ri^J'^^r'") Rathored at homo, kept souudini^ i„ „;,,,:'",* ';''''''' ' "^:^r:;;,:rt:-:r~;-^ ti: To ,; w«,i,:: "" T """'""" '° '■'» °''j-"™^ of their H Irite S if'r TZ' ' ""^ '° ''-^ '"« "'^ iavontt. tetill I ojpposed them. Whotlier i„ «..„ :' o^»ot I cannot say, h„t the, at tet info , „ , l^ I c::,d Z: t^ :,:r -r/, f- -:'" ^ '>«^r it ? n.„ • X. '^'""'o' iiien, that I had no other nio'iM« nf scapmg from what I considered the snare that wal h If r !l r ; ! """"^ •"■ '"•» »ft«>vard.,, the couch for >"b n,, and finding ,l,ere a vessel that wa. jnst abl " ■ S for America, I bade farewell to u,y naive land Alt -days „revions to my leaving, m'y hrjn.t.ut^o f VM to an nnele-s, who lived in a tow,, about twenty Z^ "», I wa^ afraid to await his coming. I was afraid to tell 'f my mtendcd flight, lest he misht prevent neo hi 202 well! w k l I. ! poinff. Ob ! t was liard— it was liard. Since tlion, I have" never heard of nither, mother, or l)rother. I never wrote to them. Of course, they could not write to me." Having gone on so far, Mary next proceeded to recount her trials at Dr. M'Dougald's— trials with which the reade- is already familiar. The i)ORition which slie held at Baxter's, so well known to her fair, pale listener, was such as, to Ger- trude's mind, put a climax to her misery. Her beloved companion, having heard all, stood mute in sorrow and amaze. " Well, who is more unhappy, Gertrude, the living or the dead ? And who should be sadder, you or I ?" " Mary, dear Mary ! I cannot give utterance to ray feel- ings. All I can say is, that my trials are nothing." "liaving said this, Gertrude, taking her friend's hand in that chilly white one of her own, kissed it, and wept like a child. For nearly four years this history of poor Mary was a secret which she could reveal to none. During that time, often did she wish for some being like herself in whom that story would find a sympathizer. Yain was her longing. She had mingled with none but Protestants, and she rightly judged that in such there was no pity for a tale like hers. Emma, though dearly loved, was too young to hear such thhigs. Gertrude, before her conversion, could not be ex- pected, any more than the rest, to appreciate the great sacrifice which Mary had made. A good Catholic now, and a loving associate besides, she was just the one for whom our gentle sufferer so often wished in vain. Having at last unbosomed herself thus, Mary felt im- measurably relieved. Let not the reader turn away from this page, and say that such heroism as this of our wanderer is a thing that never ex is ted. cc tlion, I '. I never to me." , to recount the roadi.'" at Baxter's, as, to Ger- )od mute in iving or the to ray feei- ng:." liand in that like a ehiM. Mary was a jT that time, 1 whom that her longinsr. \ she rightly ale like hers. hear such 1 not be ex- te the great itholic now, )ne for whom [arv felt im- age, and say a thing that A TALK, 2o;{ ld houses and lands, worldly happiness and hope, and gone into solitude, forgetful of them all. For this, maidens, higher born far than Mary, and ten.ler as she. have moc-ked at the I agan's edict, and passed through the fieriest death rather than join the way of the unl)eliever. And why not? Compared with this, what is worldlv royalty, what are worldly riches, what is worldlv iovV >othing. That which will prove royalty a rag,' rthes passing beams, joy a vision, as vain as it is beautiful-that foilh, true faith, is greater than them all, and should in spite of every temptation, be preserved, even at the shed.lin- of the heart's last blood. What happiness is like that given ]>y that faith which keeps the frail heart from failing ? That faith can liohten with loveliest raj, the gloom of the dungeon, and warm' with holiest fire, the iron of the captive's chain. That faitli has a power which no sorrow can quell, a glory no adversity can dim, a loveliness as fadeless as the stars. That faith can make all things fair, and bid the desert blossom like the rose. 'Tis of all things gh.rious that it sings-of end- less joy, and bloom, and light, triumph, bliss, and immoi- tality. Twas l)y a faith thus mighty and invincible, that Ma- n's young spirit, otherwise conquered, soared superior to every affliction. Had she met with no recompense in this world, yet would she be doubly rewarded in the other She has long^ since faded from this enrthlv scene, but she 204 W K L h ! W E I, 1, I surely sliines with peerless lustre in a region wlierc there's no such thing as blight. The fond girls, risen from their rock on the shore, move towards their dwelling. Gertrude has about her all the symptoms of a swift consumption. As she walks hci breathing becomes shorter and more difficult — her cherk is bluslnng witii a hue that belongs to decay— her face is mournfully pale and transi)arent — and " The cliaiige is o'er her charms that eays, the flower must pass uwhv." The professor of music and French has ceased to give her lessons. Every time she sees her piano, now shut up, and covered with its cloth, she imagines that she sees her coffin. She sings no more. Mary observes all this, yet hopes for her friend. If Ger- trude is to die so soon, what is Mary to do ? Oh ! why is this world so full of disai»pointment ? If joy even for a moment lightens up the gloom, something dashes it out immediately. " False is the light on glory's plume, As fading hues of even, And Love, and Joy, and Beauty's bloom, Are blossoms gathered for the tomb — There's nothing true but Heaven." How can Mary regret that her fair companion shouki, before trouble comes on, ascend to that bright inheritance ? Yet so it is, and it is not well. But Hope, never unem- ployed, allows no one, meanwhile, to think of Gertrude's grave. Perhaps the charmer knows best. icrc there's ^ho^e, move her all the walks her -her check -her face is st pasi* uwny." sed to jjivc lOW shut uj), ;he sees her id. If Ger- Oh I why is even for a ishes it out uion slionld, hiheritanec ? uever uneni- if Gertrude's A TALE. 205 CHAPTER XXXII. A STRANG ER. A rm weeks before I,i3 wife'., deal!,, Dr. MI)u,„-.nM H,cc.ee.M by ,l,o will of |,i., n,tl,er-in-l„w, ,o a l„r„ e -v-.y t ,o„,,a,Kl Uoilar.s. ,I„vi,„ ,,,„ ■„„, , ,„„ l" . '^ -■■w.« to returu to bis native cou,„ry, be „ow Hnalv re^olve. to carry out as .soon a., possible, his favorite inten- tic..l He I bad been plaeed iu a position wl.ieb left l,i,„ c"t.rely free trom any elaim that she n,i,.|.t have npon her master. Under these favorable cire.nustanees, Ml>„nu'ald Uoke np bouse-keeping, and taking with bin, bis |,e„,uif„l Kunna, who wa., at this ti,„e, nearly lifteen, be started for " Where the licather wavc^ its purple bell O'er moor and uiouiUiiiu crest." or wa. a Profes.sor m his own Alma Mater, the Medie-,1 College of Glasgow, He „„d been in this po.s ,ion ab i' «..l,s, when taking a groat faney to a eertain young n a u ^0 was stu.lying at .be University, be invi.ed'bi.a" o house, and n.troduced bim to bis daughter. jrDou..ald «l»ays a great and even enthusiastic admirer of talenrner- "■"-".g that tbe student po..sessed uucomn.on gifts at'o ,ce onee,ved the Wea of having bin. and Eunna engaged T ^'1? gentleman's name was Henry JIangan. He was of ■•o-ic a„K.ara„ce and faultless symmetry. He bad a br„w 4'Ou wln,;h genius was certaiuly enthroned, and be b»d an 206 W E I, I, ! W F I, I. eye wliich a.s certainly won where it wniiilered, daz/Jnl where it s- nr.ites, he was still the admired of all. The delij;ht of tht- social circle, he had a voice that was really captivating. He drew prizes for everythino; he studied, yet vanity he showed not the least. " \\'ild as a wild deer," however, was this same graceful and comely young Mangan. The element in which he felt hap})iest, was that in which Innocent mischief was rifest and most ram[)ant. To catch hira in his scrapes was a ching impossible. He would, for instance, write letters of invitation to the Professors, re(iu'<^sting them to do Lord So and So the honor of dining on such a day at his mansion. In the mean time lie would, when the hour came, chuckle with all satisfaction over the prank which he so happily played. At another time he would direct afiee- tionate epistles to his companions, and sign them with the names of such parties as, he knew, would be most agreeal)le to the recipients. Things of this kind, to say nothing ol' others as funny, were his endless and highest delight. This wild way of his only made him dearer to the doctor, who believed that Henry was more like himself, when hiiii- Belf was young, than any person whom he had ever met. Mangan was passionately fond of singing, mu'sic, and poetry. There were few songs which he did not know — there was no part, whether bass, tenor, treble, or counter, in which he was not almost an adept. He was thoroughly conversant with the English poets, and he was not unfamiliar with the French ones. With all this, he could finger the piano as well as most amateurs, and he could compose verses much better and faster than the doctor himself. During the time that he spent at the Medical College, no one could tell to what religion he belonged. From all relig'ious cosUroversy he cautiously abstained. For doing A TALK. 20: ... *" I f'""^' lio had a poruliar t^^nt \fiA l-ci Of this yo„„^ iacl„ie.'T ;.„/:;;, "'"^ ""' '''^'^ '^ "PI'O'ite of wl,at it pfotemlc, t„ '"" -^'-se just tl,e mcT. y wanted ,o ,st.e„gthc„ their affect.,, I . "T' »f -Ma>,gan, an,l his hatred of old bad H ., "'"'"■'"""' to not i,i tliis wise Tint 1,„ , "'"•''''•""*"'. '"'Iiiwi him To«.nato„ts:;:pii:^::i:-;-''«'7..nxi„.. «as not on acconnt of l,e ,i ,.i ' , " 7™^'^ '^'"■'^- '' «"J, or the res^-tl,o„.j:;^'~.;:'^ '";•'■■ "'"'"'■'"""■ ^I'ogrew so enamored of ™ " ' V""*'™''' '"">"l^''~<^>:'t »-;tMng Which .he coaid ' ,e:ir:, "'';"", '"■" ' '"'etly marked, that ca,-ried her coIieM ' " '"^ ■'»™elo«s rceommendatio,. is left for t.^''"'"-- '■""'^ if well and good von m,„. ■ "''" '" '""'*'i'"'- •*« 4 o'/L" : ',":: rj . ^" -"'•" '"^ sibly tell. ' ^^^" ^'"^ we can pos- 'I'lie affection between this vnut),p. i • ^.v Jay. Henry wasTe It ,!'''" f"" ■*""^" ""^ »«rty. Emma w«, n , ^^^ ''' '"' "™ '" '■'"""■''s 4 voi h- I "■ ''"'W unles.s she was in h-m-v s >cnr had not passed when they were betrothed ^ 208 well! wki.k :;ir How lieavily time lags for those whose ))rul il .s :;ir iii tlie distance I Henry, with two years yet to sliily, Ult almost as miserable as did the Hying Datehman who neviT doubled the Cape. Emma's Ulteeu vanished yeais seemed to her shorter than the two years for whose expiration she was 80 anxiously waiting. Both were now in the slowt-st coach that ever yet drew them along. What a pity that every month wavS not a February ! Enmia one day found to her deep regret that the last year of waiting was to be a leajvyear. Goodness ! what a misery ! — the time lAOfie w/wle ^% longer than she expected. This was intelligence so painful to her that she knew not how to compose herself. And thus, it may be sup{KXsed, have pant«d for a day similar to that for which Emma is sighing, the nnhapi.iest pairs that ever marriage made one. 'Tis well. . Better thai an impenetrable veil hangs between us and futurity, than that no veil was there. If life is miserable enough as it is, what would it be if the future were as clear U) us us the present or the past ? Worse a thousand fold. If we have not the futui-e to enlighten us, we have what is better- bright hoi>e to cheer us, to charm us— hope, winch, if the veil from the future were withdrawn, would never tliug a niy over present miseries. Henry and Emma have promised each other to become one, and one they surely shall be, if nothing untoward intervene. Who would wish that two such loving hearts should, by any misfortune, be the victims of disapi>ointmcnt ? But the dark veil of the future hides many a strange fact. Wait, till it is a little uplifted. While things are thus traaspiring, while Emma is dream- ing of bliss to come when the leap-year shall have passed. and while her beloved is indulging in a reverie no less joyous l)l'"ul ll '.s I;ir ill , to stii.ly, IVlt man wlio ucvur .1 yt'Hi's sl'oiirhI > expiration she in tlie slowest hat a pity that t tliat tlie hist )(lnoss ! what a n she expectt'Ll, t she knew not nted for a day the nnhai)piest ll, . Better thai [1 futurity, tluip enough as it is, lear to us as tlic lid. If we have hat is better — ie, 'A hidi, if the never iiiug a ray other to become itinng untowartl h loving hearts disapiK)intmcnt ? y a strange fact. Emma is dream- all have passed, rie no lei^s joyous ami lovvly, ,he l„,,,da.vs of coll^Hv-lile ,uove sl„«,v, „,,,,■,, -l"^^^ly «„. A» uMul, II,.,.,.,, ,■,..,„ ,i,.,, ,^ : ,^ I' ". ■'>•!• It the o.v|R.„,s„ of so,,,,, wo,„i«.i„. wi.-ht or w .1^ «-:^."rt!:;;rS::";i::':'r^- '■■"■'■'■"^' tn .......i. ' ''•' ' '"I" "'•■*'ii,„;c, hired to s.n I, „i, s„,„„ „|„.,.„„„,t „, „„ "^^ ' -■'. >vi..., .aa,.ki,., ,vi,i, „.,,„„, ,..„„,:,,„„ ."h;; -1 eum,u.s a,,|,a,.,.| of the .s,u.h.,„s, i„„„i„„, ,h„t ,,.',; be reuliy .supe,.„a„„.„l. AVhe„ ,she ,.k.s hh„ for .J ' pittance d„e to her services, he look. „t h,.r with wi,, ■"(,' a,r a,K asks her i„ „ to„e .„me l,e„.ihh..,.i„.: , ! .ac„„a„„ed with the tricks of eolle,na.e life, "„i:,, « «-,shes to hnpose „,,o„ hi,u „ ,K.c„„iar, o„,s f r , ablu ,o„ of hi., domicile V The „oor wo,„u„ startled at t Ui hiMg At another time, "he pro^nostieates fVoa- 1." ...Aulos„y of the at.aosphero, that Lrtals ,„ay a ■ate for the „,or,.„>v „ ph.ioas dis.illatio,,." I),.iW„r ,t - ""ncnd a,„l pa.i,,, by a ce.aetery sun.,,,,,!,.,,",, Fctty ,ro„ fence, he e.xelai,ns : " AVhat a heantifnl i„elj. -le !» and w.thout fur,h,.r liein^ asked by » J^-fcllow how he hked Dr. Rassell's last lectnre, he re- "It was exceedingly eru,]ito indeed, hut the tenor of :» .hssertation was huneatably obsenrih^d by th ad io ot a superfluity of technicalities.'' ' In the n>ea„ time En,„,a is keeping rep-.lar note of each day that p„.,sea by. When Henry is uot m her company ^ 210 W L I. I, ! W K I. 1. ! she is feasting her eyes upon his jK)rtrait, which sht- would wish hud as witehiiiir a tontrue as the inatehlcss orivtiiial. iieriry is determined to take a " rise" out oC some of his eomi)anions, and for this purpose hiys a wager witli four of them that he will run, by night, not bij day, a race with horse and carriage to a certain town, stop tliere three hours, w.ite a rhyming account of his journey, and be back to (ihjsgow, before they, who need not delay a minute, will Ix! more than half the road. The bet is taken up, and both sides prepare for the contest. They start. l>oth keej* an even pace until they arrive at an inn about seven miles from the starting i>ost. Henry invites them to go in to take a glass of whiskey punch. This is agreed to, and they sit down to drink. Another tumbler is tilled out, and another, and another. 'Tis nearly twelve o'clock at night when the rivals think of i)rosecuting their journey. All of course are in good travelling condition. They start again. Henry goes ahead. Shout and song enliven the way. The night i.^ l)itchy dark. " You'll hear of sport in the morning," saitl Henry to the particular friend who rides with him. Prc- sently the hindmost racers suddenly stop, and cry out to their brethren ahead to hold on a moment. The gentry in advance, deaf as beetles, pursue with roguish unconscious- ness their midnight course. What's the matter ? Con- found it 1 one of the wheels of the rear carriage has come otr, and rolled— the " dear knows where." Everybody is busy groping in the gloom, and two full hours are thus wiuandered in vain. The wheel is neither seen, nor even stumbled on. No use poking there. Back at last to the inn hurry the unfortunates, and after grievous falling in the lirst i)lace, and desperate calling in the second, they succeed at length in waking up the drowsy host. " Nae carriatre hae I." says Sawney, " nane for ye oi A T A I, E mV'iol. Caii't you let U.S have ji I.nit( 'Ht itlior." Xo hel|)-tl... hai.I rii \ !ll lit, and eon.sid I'l- ->|«irty Imv. n, put iiMfui I'liig the lewne^fi of \h "'youKlittobeiniirl.tilyvvellplou.sea '(,S ut tl up le inn. iiitxjation fvni with li(.uruceoni. KiiHy in the iiiorninir H,. , fii;r, while his ry was on his way home, rt"joi(,. competitor were just alwut nroc -^ "P t'-ir vanished wheel. lie bade the/u ■y, and pas^sed on. l)ayh>ht tl ry. The wheel had rolled f eedi iMVstt irew iiK to the time of its ii^ht upon tl 10 want of an inm pin, whose nl ar away from the earr niL^' J>lace was badly supj.licd 1,3 which all eonelu.ied was the work of tl »y le prophets to understand u wfXHlen one ":iy II«nT. l-,..r.o„s neoir'no't be ,„„,,„,,,, „ "; ^"■"l'-""-", was the „,„|„„l,te,l winner. Wl,e Heute.1 oo,arud,.s ret„nu,i to Ola.,ow he read fo I, h« |»en. teeriptive of the journev an,l i i, TV " ilow do you like my portrait ?" said fimm'. fn Tr one evening, when tired of singin. tliev .a 'l '.'"•' ^^''"ting for the doctor ' " *''" l"'^'''^'' b:i!!f;i?;?/^"''^"^^^'-^"'"^^^'ooksaw witli"" """"' "^^' ^'^^^" ' -'^ ^•-'" -iJ she, " Emma I tell that to the marines » "Now only hear him," said the rosy .riri « :, ,,^ ,.,, dorfiilly in( redulous ?» " ' ^ "^* ''■^"• " Vou'll be very innocent before you die Emma if vn grow more "« — ^ - ' '^'"^"'^' '' you df For liiy own part, tljoucrh the re 212 wellI well! are few more innocent tiiau I aui at present, I was fur ujiore so about a year ago." " Yes — those i)ranks for which you get credit at the university are pi'oofs tnat convince nie of wliat you say." " What pranks, Emma ?" " Hear him, again. Henrietta's brother was telling her all about them, ami you're down for the whole." " Well, well — what a calumniating world it is to be sure, when even innocence itself cannot go lujblamed 1" " Who was it, Henry, that made such fools of the Pro- f(;ssors, the other day, by getting them all to go to Lord h 's great banquet, &c. ?" " I suppose, Emma, that it was I." " And who was it that wrote that billet doux from Geor- giana Murray to Archibald Russell ?" '"TiiJ hard for my innocence to make that out." The conversation was hiterrupted by Dr. M'Dougald, who just came in, and having but a moment b. re heard for the lii-st time the hoax played upon some of ilie Professors, im- mediately asked Henry had he been t^ld of it, " I was informed about it to-day, but I heard nothing of it before," said the immaculate rogue, with im^)erturbable gravity. At this dexterous dodge of her intended, Emma ran ont seeking for a place where she might indulge to the fullest in laughter. She c horse, and followed the sweating cavalcade. He dared not laugh except in his sleeve. Silently as a funeral procession walked the man In the shafts, and his assistants. Nothing broke the stillness for a full mile, when the doctor suddenly turning round with a countenance expressive of great j)aiii, asked the gentleman on horseback whether this was reallv the road. " Yes, we're just there, the house is upon the next hill," was the consoling reply. M'Dougald, having wiped his brow, resumed his march in silence, vdnln the gents ■A TALE, replied Ilctirv, •utes I'll taUc." steed, " tills is two miles, when lust have taken no," cried the rond at every , and at length I the ground up e of the shafts •r, " there, see ved Ilenrj with to go." "That ^ extremely un- ^ here." "For (Served Ilcnrv, ye it here, per- think, draw it icd tlie doctor, t us try and get the word, and e party, lie got into the shafts, r mounted the He dared not leral procession mts. Notliing octor suddenly of great pain, this was really e is upon the aigald, having vhile the gents 215 »" '^^^^^x^:;!:cr.:"'"'"''-"""^^ K-«' a.«e.. and e.;,, ^T" ,^'™'' """ •" -"< of n,i„. ^"tinff advant„.c of an oc Jo J ° "'''"''■"' ■'"'''' "';™ou« iu t),n,. exertions u,, l!ill ' ""'" ""' ""■^- 'Jliegcal wasat last 0-ained wi . . ' ever tl,erc was an iun tl,or t^lt "'" ^'"""'"^ '""■ jf« 'he flood. A rude eabi 'JL "7 '"' •'"^'••' '^^ hiVe mistaken tl,e wiy tl,n - . '" ""'' *« '^'^ «ecn. f'»vel,, Tl.e do to ':';:, ;:'■'"'"; "'" "^O' at ,a.t, "-.H.nt, but went intit f 'Z ''"" *° "-'- -"«' - h of -vonrs, ,ou seapegrac-e '" renn I'd ',?"' """■"""*"' oul*. " Very likelv » aunti .1 , ' ™'"l>anions h W t.,e seriois ,ool' w^: '":„?' ""? ""■""^- •"->- Jiation. Tl,c young o-enileme, f !m i ''■•'"*'™"^ impu- kbhy abode Tlfe^t „ '°"'1 "'" '^'"^'"^ '"'° '''o h';w,,i.keyw,.i4::iv::^r-L:r;T"-'^'''°^ f '■ "pon a table, wast: ng?::;:;";.;;-. ''■l';^ '»"- N rocking a youno- el,il,i 7 ""^ ""•^'^'o "f 'I'o }*r smolfng a ve f b tl T ""' '" «''» ol'imr.oy '«'Heary,b^„:Xtrtort:.rT''^^"'- K >vMeh he had perpetrate .We, ,"■" ™""' "'" ""myself for this st„ni,lL„r! •._„"' ^ "'"' """r for. Iiomnii nri.-^ was Stupidity of toKlav;" then sitting upon the table, he asked her whe- 216 W E M, ! W F. L L 1 thcr tlicy could not got a little whiskey. " Naiio, miid nion." " Is there none anywhere round ?" " Ay, an yc'll liud it, 1 wot, at Jockey Drysdale's, seaven miles awa" Henry was silent for a moment, but i)rescntly wishiii*;' to give the " auld wives " a bit of a fright, he remarked, " I sujipose, good woman, that you have considerable of nioiicv laid up here — have you ?" At this ominous query, the smoking woman took the pipe from her mouth, the roc kin;' woman stoi»i)ed the cradle, and the sewing woman laid down I her work, while all three, smoker, rocker, sewer, simultiine- ousiy and tremblingly answered : " We hue na siller at a', guid frien, we be a' poor ilka ane o' us." " Would yuii show us the road to the next inn ?" asked Ilemy, anticii)at- ing the doctor, who was just about asking the same favor. Js othing in the world could give the poor women more pl< a- sure. Each one, terrified almost to death, was heartily aii.x- ious to show the strangers, not so much the tavern, as tliiir own door. With much ado, and after many inquiries, the party ar- rived late at night at the place where Henry originally pro posed that they should dine. When morning came they leftj orders with the host to hunt up their wagon, and have itj sent to Glasgow. They then took the stage for home, and had nf course, for their city friends, a world of romaucj coucerning their pastime in the mountains. With all this spirit of play which seemed to be Henry'! very essence, strange pangs would nevertheless from time tol time bring a shadow over his brow, and make him deem sad. Such changes are not to be attributed to love, to scD-f timenialism, or to any kindred phrensy, but to an mfluent^l that was perhaps stronger than any. When these m moods came on, he was entirely out of his world. His nf through life was essentially sunny, but a cloud there wa ing that ^ r A I, e 2i7 tint occasionahy - fo«n.sh i,, .s,,e for etail ™ 1 "■" ^'""'^ '''"■"^""' '""1 " 'hat at ti,„e.s raakeVt ,e T. "''*"" ' ■»''"""" it "■'"■le we are iafor,„e5 ,1, .t w . > i-" "'" '""y- '^'— '-"Will, a spirit oe .r, ■' '°"''"' '" ""- "- -t tl.e ea»e, e, e™, ,e , f '^ •""■■""•^' '"' '^ «-l' «ere t"-ly miserable. Ill'llTl"''''''' *° """'^ I"" E-a. ,ove, aad the readXSo's """' '"" '" CHAPTER XXXni. A LONG FAREWELL. Hope, when last we mentionpri hn. ™-d l,eart,, a. .sweet a .so g a 1/ ™7 ^1 ™'°"'"" ^°^ I"? bower. Over the wfrbL-Ires? h " '" '"'^'"""■ Covered a deep black shark, I, .? ' ^'""^'"'' ■'"''^I'ly ,:;:" ,^-. »".' w:^dto?;:?™^ 'xr tr "'^: ^■"' '^''^I't, and it darkened and PhMi.^ J' ^^^ 'P'^'* of ^--■HoK. sweet ::r:;;;r:!:f^r™^^^^^^^^^^^ •'-t™a,a„dw,.a..eaus_thats,JerTt;I™::: 218 w E I, r, ! w E I. I, ! that which Iiit'.ly imsc upon "Mary's ear. and told of ioiii": days for Gortrnde. The latter is *;hat which, now hat){rin:r heavily over Gertrude's coueh. makes that dark eoueh darker, and warns parents and friends that Gertrude's sun is settinj^. Gertrude has Mary by her side, and tells her that they will shortly be sundered. "Last night, dear Mary," said the jrale, siek f2:irl, "I dreamed that I was walkinjij with you in a spaeious apart- ment, so wide and lonjji; tliat I could not discern its wall>. The floor of it was filled with innumerable li<^hted eandh's, some of which had just been lighted, more were flickering in their sockets, , \ others were more or less burned down. I stood wondering at the scene, and could not tell for whsit j)urposc it was thus lighted up. I asked you the meaniiiij: of it, but you could not tell me. Just then I thought tliiit there suddenly stood beside ns a man, who, in a hollow tone, replied to the (juestion which I put to you, and said : 'Thcx' candles represent the whole multitude of the human race.' I then inquired, were you and I there. lie said, yes, — and pointing to a light which had not half burned down, re- marked, ' Here is this young woman who accompanies yoii. Follow me now, and I will show you yourself,' added he, as to our mutual amazement he walked through the candi' s without quenching one. I was afraid to go after him, lest I might overset the candlesticks, which stood togetlier as thick as the grass upon the field. ' Come,' said he, seeiii<( that we did not move, ' come, and you need not fear of dohig any injury.' We then proceeded, and to our greater astonishment, found that we neither set fire to ourselves nor extinguished a shigle light. Far up, very far we followed him, until at length we became afraid of going any fartlier. The man J" ..-.A A TALE ind told of ioiii': ch, now liaufriii:; (lat dark couch t Gertrude's sun 8 her that they 0, sick girl, " I t spacious npart- disccrii its wall>. lighted candles, vere flickering in )nrned down. I lot tell lor what ^•ou the rneaniim' I I thought thai in a hollow tone, ndsaid: 'The>e he human race.' ! said, yes, — and urned down, re- cconipanies you. 'If,' added he, as igli the candles o after him, lest ood togetlier as ' said he, seeing }ed not fear of d to our greater to ourselves nor far we followed nng any farther. fig to mc saiu : 210 f:.;:/:i 5;;:;: ;;--:■■■;'•; ■• '" t'"^ enfeebled body " ' ^'''' '"'^ '^P'*''^ companion. " "'* '"'r faitlilul " I •1111 not s,i,l,Je„,..i| hy it Man- • r n,„ „ .i ti» warains whicl, it .ive^ iu Vnl u ' "'""''^ '" 'i>ed a life long „,„„,,,„,,,,, ^wTlutn ""'" »i" ».v be able, when she Z^luXZinZT',' '""' ' --ion and ,„y .ish to see a l!::'"i::l:Z '"^■ ,f P=.mt »ua her own hands for Gertrude, and when she 220 W K I, L W K 1. I, drow nig-h the bed, she told lior to take it hcfor*" tlio R. v. Mr. Lovelace, who had ju.st visited tlie house, woiihl com. up to pray over her. The weakly girl merely tasted the cordial, and asked li.r mother to sit down beside her. After a moment's pain... Gertrude said : " My dear ma, I don't wish to see the min- ister." " Why ?" kindly inquired the mother. " ma ! I am goin*,' to tell you wiiat I slioiild have told you befon I hope that when you hear what I have to say, you will iidtl be anj,Ty with me.'- " My sweet child, why should I he an<,n-y ?" " Mother, dearest mother, I am no lonj^er a Prot- estant — I have for some tune past been a Catholic, and I have secretly practised the duties which the Church en- joins." A thunderbolt of agony flashed through the mother'? soul, as she hoard those chilling words. She could not speak. Having somewliat recovered from die hcfuv i^hock. she exclaimed: "0 Gertrude! Gertrude! Gertrude! my sweet, my darling child ! are you going to bid a doul)!.; farewell to your own dear, desolate mother ?" And that mother wept bitterly. " My mother, my dear, dear mother ! Oh ! do not kill me with those tears. I am low, and faint, and dying, and I can speak but a little. Send Mr. Lovelace away, and bring nie him who will anoint me, and give me, for my meat and, drink, the body and blood of my Saviour." Mrs. Baxter was still in tears. " Weep no more, my own sweet mother ; grant the re quest of your poor loving Gertrude, and send for Father | Summers. yes, send for him who has those gifts whiit will " " Gertrude, my beautiful Gertrude !" broke in the dis- tracted and distressed mother, "what is this— oh ! what I A T A J. R . it hcforr tlio R< v. loiiso, would conn ial, and askod lur a moment's pause, isli to see the niin- loflier, " O ma I e told jou before ; say, you will not why should I lie no lonji^er a Prot- a Catholic, and I 1 the Church en- n^h the mothor's . She could not 1 Uie heruv shock, ; ! C^rtrude ! my to bid a douhli her?" And that >h ! do not kill me [] dyin^, and I (?aii i^ay, and bring nie | for my meat andj ir ; grant the re send for Fathpr] those gifts whicli troke in the ih this — oh ! whiit 221 ^' IV^*^'-^? '^'^'" ^^'«' «"rtn,de, ,ny h.nb MI '""^ "'-^^^ jov-i you as 1.;;;,^':: ''''' ^^''^ '-i'^--^' ^ou, --", and seein. the v^l 1 ''''"' ''"^'''^'^ '"f- ^he ^•'"■'^^ to whom he never <..,■"':' '"^ ^^ '"'^ ^-^''ite t."', liow she Mt. ' '"' "'(^ '"f? tear in his '■ "-^^"r |>a, I am woak-vcrj- ,n,,k " ir - • ("iTtrudc ivept for the ,li«... r '''"" ™''l ""X ii^incr ,vas soon n ^ """^ ""^' '"■ "' "■■'^f- " Go nn ?^ '' ^'*"' ^'■^' not so bad '^" paru!J',:j,5^»''''->-"«'"ot,-or,„.J,,,„„,,^ '■I'"'l !-(iertru,le /„"'"""'' '"'l^l'. <"! Werfrudc !_,„^ Presently five or si.I ■ ^ T' """^^'"''^ ''" "'"l '«'l't- .ralstn'T; '" "'"' '"" "^^'^"^ ^-'. -"1^'", fro,„ her I' ^^''0, n,y dear Gertrude ?" " ma, let me see Jihn f" Tlie motiier thouLWit that hop ch??.-l v Mcr ciiiid was ravin go Je- ff i^- She said ')00 W E I, L I W K 1, 1. ! iKjtliiii^^ G.'rri'ijdf sank awny n^rniii, till Iicarinjr a (luick foot ('((miiiji- up stairs, she oxclaiiiiod, in great joy : "This is hi', thank (iod !" Several of her cousins were silently and sadly sittii.mwl in the i>rnv,... .1 ' ^ *- ''"i'" while '■'P' '"'.^i..!-' at ,h„ iHothert knee, fl.ll i„i„ t|,„t ' , -l'""l«'n„K „„ i(, «!"■"■ »h,,ll e„li her '"'' "'"'" "'"^■'' "'» ""'"!« t „.^.| ilcar It not we, but euln, the j.ierving Jlonrnnot.Odiseonsohitenmlher- Ti , «'"i «aste.l (Jertnnle, the he 1' , | ' , 7"", °^ '''^' """ Mk'" fron, Ihee, h'ke the iL r ■■"""' ''"''' " "'' r;7^i''H'/..erJ;;,e:;::,':.-::~^ I'ri'le prevent thee ' ' Z'' ' "'""'"^ ' "'"' '"' "<>< ll.y "a.^H„;t;;:' / ;:j:;:y;;''i^''. .he, ,,„i : 'I'"" of so ,loi„.? s,v IT, '"'"'"■"■'•''■ "'« »■!■'•- *^•'-"., t,,e „^i,h,;r:'t' ;;: rie^ ••"-■tio„ that .,o„: ;,';::: ij;;'"'*'' "■ ""'e .ith „„ - estrange ? She has go, wi,r„ ^f "'"* ■?'" "'"""■" She has gone with a c™ el 1 " "I ' " "'"''• '-■red, with a spirit r IX, ^TT' ""' " '"'™"' l"".U'i"g to be away To h er tl " ''"'"' "'■"' » '■'■W't. For her L ,vor had fn" "" "°' ^"™'"-'-' '"" i-siraWe. "'' """'"« '" ""'k^ longer life lint liow went she whom flmn i ,,] ■ ,- , 226 well! w e l l 1 liorror of the grave, with (le('|»est drciid of the future, witli love of this miserable life, with agony, and cries, and tears. Keniember the cold clammy dews that iiung upon her brow ; remember the startling stare, the wild unnatural fire that burned in her eye ; remember the frequent shudder that shook her feeble frame, the hopes, the fears, the endless desire of recovery, the want of resignation even when the rattle came; remember, last of all and most, the fearful, appalling exclamation — "llow can I leave you, how can I die?" mother ! wilt shut the eye, the reason from seeing all this, and fail to discover the hollowncss, the dearth, the agony, the woe found in a religion of falsehood, and the joy, the bliss, the glory, and the triumph found in that of truth '/ Thou hast never seen the power of Catholicity so clearly as thou hast seen it to-day, nor hast thou, at the same time, so clearly seen the weakness of everything else. Yes, thou knowest all, but, O proud woman I thou wilt defer what thou shouldst this moment do, thou wilt move along as usual, and even war against thy conscience. Thou wilt be among those who love father and mother, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, better than they love God. The fear of falling in the estimation of kindred and friends will still keep thee as thou art. The fear of losing any- thing of this world's goods will be another impediment to hold thee back from thy primary duty. No sooner wilt thou have seen the cold clay heaped upon thy child, than thou wilt listen to bad counsellors, and sigh that thou hadst not courage enough to shut the door against the Komish j)riest whose administrations were all thy Gertrude's jov. And through the same worldly motives, and the same worldly shame, thou wilt be guilty of more wicked things than these. But go on. We are not looking uj)on thee as ft phenomenon. There are plenty of thy sort, and plenty A T .A I. i: . 22; v'^/tl.ero be. Yet is tl.eir, U.e saddest rf 11 ;;'■-'" our .„,,.4.„i:;^^^^ ;-;/"-'-... We "'""^Imt tbdrojc. to (l,e 1,„,, ™ ,, "^ ';">'■ «»™ «'rs to its wonis On,.p fht, , ' "'"' ''■'"'* H'"'- (."mortality '" ™' '" ""■'« "» '!'« Chiistia,,'. bro^. ' ^"^ " '" '"•■'• ''^■"rt as well as upon l.or Wlio wiJI take it awaj f CHAPTER XXXIT. A COLD ClSTOMEn. Ves; .0, of course L li^ " ''"'"'"' "> ""' /"""'v. •''-^ortijiiiri^tirririr^""*- 228 WELL ! W E h L ! matter. It was only the raoult such a course. On account of these destructive springs of her action-pride and the world-her people, who were all wealthier than herself had more power over her than either reason or revelation.'than either prophets or philosophers. Had those j.eonle been poor or even poorer than hers^>lf. she would probably have paid little attention to their counsel. ]3ut we need n^t won- der at this lady. While pride and the world will, at times ' ofGcrtnidc liiat over tliut looil of as iijformed that 10 would iniafriiie a wliile by house cold iishos of the ue Mas tills iuf'or- " You i/Ksidiuus ly affections, you i, and you have never be rubbed tched <,n"rl ! and testal)le present, d vietiiuized my 1 threw to poor so much, a beiu": of the )bable that she ertrude had for laughter. But id consequently f Papist-liatiim- L'ewliieh should On account ■pride and the an herself, had 'evelation, than :e ])Oople been probably hav« ! need not won- will, at times, A TALK, 229 he able, as too freouentlv fl.n,, than one. ""^'^ -"'>*. iiuAter^j --:r::;tn':::;;r-^^':r '-""-" - "■""'« of sorrows tia" t '^ Z " ''"'• "' ""■ "'"'■ --' for l,is foot no Hv 1 ""'""-' """ "''" ""» "<"•»'• '■■■"'■■a, but ]„,„, ,i,,, ,„„ „„, „,,, ^° "-"^ • -r W,„,l,„| "« aiLswer was received Willi,,. '' '" "'""'' »ae else, .she wo„M fro, if it w .^■; i''' -r""" "'"" ♦" ""•" !'"f »."o -V. ti„.t„,h ir ,: ,™:„:: i;::"" "-•'•i'- for her in the skies ' \v;ii i . '^"nenraiit>, was pravin- cisely) was an extensive seamstress, and employed as nnmy as forty hands, which, being interj)reted, mean eighty hands, and forty heads. Though short in every way except that alluded to, she had nevertheless a great liking for loiiir stitches. Indeed there was nothing that she gloried in so nmch, and in this she the short was very consistent. She was all short. She liked short work, and as nothing makes shorter work of sewing than long stitches, she was parlicu- larly partial to them. Her name in truth oujfht to be A TALE, 233 Skinflint. She wn« an ..«, r • , „ «'■'•• "■«» also ,ui,„„J,v „ ,1"'", : , "'" '"''" '"■ "'^' '"-'«• •■'* from tl,u cdlar ,0 t ,. .^ , If •"'''■;"' ""^"'''« """ »l..' luul also ,„a^; ; f [^ "■; ^"■"';^'.vs„s,„.,...l •"'•e sl.e might, „„„a .„,„e , 4 1 " , ""■""^''' ,"■'>• ■"'■^'"■■• .v<"".g, l.ut tl,e fairies took iiu .t- T,'": "'"■" ''" ""'^ l'l»ce. 1, tl,is conic-turc „!,„ ' • ' "'"' '"' """"'" "' '"» 'KT lain..-, it n,u,st 1 f r ';:,?■ '■'•""•!-;" '■<"•'""■"• ^'»tion, for ,l,«.e .as not 1 1, .asi it ," "';'■,"' ^"' ""- -i.i oo,„a,a,a, lillr J :r 'I Z:? /'T' ^"^ ncr i,frion l.j- „ suffioenry of that cl«n,.„t. hands. The n.„soa ,s obvious. Two .nonths were as If 234 W K L L 1 W K L I. ! long lis Job IjimselC, witli all his paliciici', could riiii:iiii in fcueli a place. Her table was like hersclt'— so were her beds, or rather blankets— all short. The table was short in Imtter, short in milk, short in meat, short in this, that, everything. It was, however, very long in eggs. These were always so hard, or, if you like, hardy, that few but ostriches could use them. Mrs. or Miss Marjor;el)anks, knowing probably how to feed canaries, perhaps intended those bullets in the shape of eggs for such of her young ladies as, having a taste for nmsic, were in the habit of chir- ru[)i)ing. But it is hard to say. Her beds were very short of blankets, and so on. So much for small talk on short things. Mary was now living upon Marjoriebanks. Sweet as such a place should be, her lot was as bitter as eve;. Tiie girls who formed her associates were partly Provin(,'ials, and ])artly Xew Englanders. Around her were Miss Fidget, Miss Flirt, Miss Fashion, Miss Fulsome, Miss Faithless, with others, "qitas enumerare longum est." Before the time that the sixteenth century threw its light uj)on man- kind, you would not find the like of the aforesaid individuals in any part of Christendom. In the time of Horace and Catullus, when all minds were polluted, this class of people was very numerous. They are now in greater abundance than they were in the most pagan of past epochs. If Mary, night or morning, would kneel in their presence, some one of the young misses would invariably arouse her by means of an old shoe or stocking pelted at her head. In conse- quence of this usual practice of saying her prayers— which soon became a useless attempt — she got the appellation of Saint Mary. They hated her for her goodness, and when they discovered that she wa a Catholic, they ridiculed her hi idi manner of wavs. A TALE. L'Jo " ^''" "">'''"g myseif a dross wlijVI, r :„. , '"•"i"ff,» replied (he operator "^ "'"'""^f ">« ;; Are you not afraid to work o„ Sunday ?" ,^,^^A|;-t there but seldom an I „ . ' '""''• '''" »"''!. '-re purpose of eei ' "' " 'l'' """ "•^■" «-. lor the ™..»Iorec tlmt it wrfl^rr '*"'''"''' ''" ''«'™'. «l.o »-k, fooling away e. ;"':"""'"""»"■"«•-* "f- «„n,en. ^ ' '""' "'"' " I'-r.el of old men and e.Xx,a'ti:„:r :: --^ *'"™^. vir^ima, '■"■lia-rubber eonscionee 1 , '""^ °"'" '"™l"''- of Mrs or mZT "'™""'J"« ""> •'ki"fli..t board ' '- -ail s f r ' i:'^ ':r^ t""" ^-^^ "■»-"- '"■0 yea,^ she h d no^ "* ""^ ''™'''' '" ^"^ """ " '"r (^'le rijade this admission, however, 236 well! vv e l I. ! not so much for the purpose of kecplni,' licr uirls fn.tn church, as keeping them from that exercisi; whicli would create hi them an atjpetife of whicli the stiim-v ladv wiis ever afraid. Yet unchristian as slie was, lieathen hh sin; was, 'tis a singular fact that she was ns hostile to ^[ary'a religion, as were even Mrs. M'Dougald or Mrs. Ba.xter. She always gave the desolate girl a hard timi; of it u])on Fridiiys and Saturdays, and other days of abstinence. Slu; always jeered her for her "saintship," upon Snndnys. She talked very largely about i)riestcraft. She couhr not set- what took Mary from the house every second Saturday evening, unless it was for the purpose of getting an appetite for supper. " Forbidding to marry, and doctrines of devils," was a theme upon which she descanted with unfailing elo- quence. She hated the Mother of God, and snaj)pislily called her the Virgin Mary. She scarcely could be said to know the meaning of the word. She knew it merely by sound, not by sense. She was far from dreann'ng of its hav- ing any perfection. She could not see why people would not confess their sins to (lod, and not to man. (Did she ever confess to either ?) She hud an extraordinary respect fur Martin Luther, and probably, for the same reason, sympa- thized deeply with Milton's devils in their efforts for a "lo rious Reformation. She blew up convents sky-high. She said that the Po[)e was Antichrist, and she "knew" it, and believed it firmly. She had a cordial hatred for the Irish, for the simple reason that they were " poor and vulgar." She, &c., &c., &e. On all these tojacs she "held forth" upon Sundays, and late after dark upon ordinary evenings, Dur- ing sewing hours, the oracle was nmte, almost breathless. To see her t/ien, no one could believe that "one small head could carry all s/ie knew." She was, on the whole, a spitfire, as well as a skinflint. ■* I A L K 287 ^■f::tif:;^— r:::--••"-r "'- cw, .n,d one rci l.c-ri,,: "" "^ '""' ■^''"' "^ ''"-I, « li.'thcr lliis „anii.|«s »-i,r|,t was •• rl,.. i '"" Known. « „ t ,h r ', '"" '""' '""' •"'-"<». '■^ <■■■ -M-s Marj«rid.„nks? oonfo,,,,,! I,. T ," " *'"^- ■'"'•I' '"-"H.V, is no wonder „t 7 n "' ""?'«' '» And now wl.cn we wkl, Z , '"'" "f-''" ' »f the ,,ewi„K „o , " w n !! T' ' '".^'^'f^^'^ "- head ■"-h ... the dark a. ever. So lot it be ^' '^ "° "^ Mar 'c:,sr'T:o:::-:;; :i it™"^ ^-^ '"^ '-' -^ poor "•■".....1 her, wa., sl.oclci,; E em ^ 'r"'"''*'^ "«"' "" »•"■' banished from that nbodtw Turn T"' '""'' to have the conversation „f .,' J '''" "'"= "ow give !■- .she often s^lTZlu^ if T"""";" ''"""" ^ *^or nrM. In hor she had » , ' i ' '"'"''• "'"' """hi not ^" "n sne Had a treasure aid hv n.., • OV.T were Mary's days. Will that le tret com TT ""'" nothing better than mere Gentiles she ived T ""* l.v an oasis in the desert n,- „, , ^'' "'"' ""^'^ |K>etsaTs, 0. more proprly she was, as the «l 288 W KLL I. I. •' Like It Klovy-wnrm Kolden, In a l(ien ItP fifrial In.f, 'Mid rnnk wild wocds lli:.i hid it from the \io7r." Oil, well nn winrr far tliari YoniirN dtlij^iit, HwiltJT far than liapf)/ nij,'ht, Art ihoii cuino and g ho '.ic:y." vclnim, when sli* 3 of her lust warm w a little more in this ehajifcr rriblest place in who are in it ; it. llinn^ of rooms ? I tlining saloon. ng from such a ends or at tlic let the worI(i\^ ^w :;ir ;;;r:;;; "r;:r^ '' ^"' '^-*- - »■""'"»■» I'lacMl in ,|,e roof "''"'"" " '' '«'""' ''^ -li..u,,- Cross, „ 10,.,^";":. "7; •■-■-. ""-^i"" .h,.i,- ""•I niaterial. Tlu-v look- .1,. .r ^'"'' '«""' ''"'or »■■■''• '■^^•*"n.^";;^::;;Vir::;'j„:;:t^^^^^^ •^WiKod in k„-i„. ,|,e 1,0: „;' ■" " '"• "* •'"■» '""■"."(. "- and dear io „' Y^y "'"" "''" ""'•^ °"™ " I- were gntti„« tl,e e„ ,o;„!:'„ '^'n i!; " 'T"-^' ^ ["■'■'■hanee yon will s.,y-,K,.l,„,« " ' , '"'J' "^ .™'"-''. t""!™! of as fond l,e .rt a d ? T '"""" "'"^ "''o l'°» "n?, and in a spirit of «„„« ''•" "'"'■'' '"' ''« >■"'■ J-. It i. ntt ,•„,:,: " ::"i;;:r"T' ""•-• ««- '» tins dismal roon i., n.erter «; K " ' ''"' ""•'■ »"« ;Jei»in .,,0 ordinal do^;::rtttT^"- ^ !"■' seorie., and c-ackin.- hi, iok „ „5 'T'"^^ ''■"''"« retail the while prose;nt „' J J.; ,l"f r '" ' ''-'"■^' = "• ■^''«»8^' studies without a h 2-10 W K I. l. ! VV K I, I, I tli'ju^hl that lie himself may one day be a suliject for soim.' of his own successors. liook around the room, and see if you can find Hk iv father or mother, brother or sister, wife or chihl, relative or friend. On yonder table there is lyinp:, as naked as it \\u< when it came into this miserable world, the body of a yoniiL' man, who, it would aj)|)ear, never saw more than twentv sumjners. The hair is as dark as a raven's win^^ and tlidv is a mark upon the arm. On the table beside that, theiv is, in the sann; state, the form of one who certainly was, jiot many moons ajro, a beautiful woman. The hair is dark, inv, dark and abundant. On another table, there is the b much as to say — " This can easily be made to fit a motitli more dainty than my old friend Dinah's." After this discovery there is suddenly made another, simultaneous with which there arises from end to end of the apartment, a boisterous shout of mingled joy and ejacula- tion. The company have just fallen u[)on the corpse of an old acquaintance, who in fife made himself very conspicuoib by the wearing of a w hite cravat, a brnad-bnramed Imt, and a • aker-cut garb. Of all men dead or buried, 'tis the Rev. Dr. Bhvdderjans, who wasicd, over the midnight lamp, a siiliject for som.' ^ T A I. E . 241 ^41 "-.ne are], earvor eric. " vcw T,'""''''"^""« •'" ""'-^ ;'- "■«'« rough i.™.,;n/l : ' ' ;/,!:::";'''\™"''''""' "^ '"■TO- But no ,„alUT It urn i , "' '"'"'"I «ill' AiioditT, will, tlioualiiful lock v., ■ l"-™'li>'i-, ^claims : "i-holr! ,■ " '^ '"'" "'<> ''™d J'"- ! Tl,o Lord fur,.i " „r „ ",T"" '""' '"" '"-"'''"■■ •l'^ i«"0lK.ll,, here 1,1, "r^"" '"'^ "'''"•".V- Jf y"'> <-""M. .v,„, .r, h Z t uT 7- "'■'''" ^■"•' "'•'■ """•■ certainly yet tast. hell" ^ "'' '"'"•^ "'•".™" "oul.i And thus, each after his o«n f i ■ "■"l*e over the hero of Univ, ■ r '' "'"'''' '"^ "''«* 8m„king poes on, and (l,e i„kin„ ' ""' '^'"""»l">, Hie *-">.■« on, a,„l the cutt „!„ ' * ^? ""' "'"^ ""' '"".■-'W-iR Come away, dear rt^m] ^ • , i« llHTe-eome awav L i, "'^ *'""'•'»" "'"'^ ''« '"«'' of l,odie,,, that e uellL ' T"* '" ""'' « '"-^^ «'■* the "Faclty" in o ! ?" "^ ""' "''" ««' ""o" >"'--.^n,ydeaJkil:~„'"r''''^"'™"-^''' •>™, when "the iron tonJLf -^ u '"■ »'"' ''" ''"*• <^"o» ploonn-ly aIo„7to r "^""*"«f'" '""!' '"W t»-H.e," M i^gan, the mpHif.oj o*,,j ^'le Arelinnpcl. ^ 'ori'f mir.ft - i . ■■ • iiiii.ii " • ''"^^ ^^"^^ «vvay, and meet U 242 ■VV K I. L ! WE I. L ! not tliis dread man, wlioso heart is, long aj.^o, lunied t(i stone, whoso eyes, sunk away down into his head, never wink, whoso hand is as cold as his heart, whoso face has nnu'der in it, wha'^o sonl is not a si>irit but a vamjiiro, whoso (iod is tho god of this dark world, Mammon, and whose pick- axe may one day break our bones. Come away again to the bright light and fresh airs of heaven — come away to your hai)py, innocent home ; take up some gentle book, for- get the scene which you have just witnessed, {)ray that the disturber of the dead may never light nj)on your own dead frame, and hear now a word about Dr. M'Dougald's beauti- ful ilanghter. Kmma was at home, as " busy as a bee." What was she doing ? Preparing for a grand dinner party, which her own fair self had planned and concocted. The company was to be a motley one. No persons ever rejoiced in more npi)r')priate names. People too often have names which sound the very opposite of their nature. Name and nature should, we think, accord. Kichard Large, for Instance, was the name (so we have learned from a friend) of a being not tall enough to make a walking-stick for an ordinary biped. Jolin Small was (as has been learned from a similar source) a gentleman who, without his shoes, stood full six feet four inches high. William IToney has been known to the writer as the most waspish individual in his neighborhood. Laurence Sterne, the celebrated author of Tristram Shandy, was, as all the world knows, so very mild tx creature that he has won for himself the name of " the gen- tle." Now this is preposterous. jVs for the company which will compose the doctor's j)arty, or rather his daughttVs, the name is the nature, and the nature is the name. At len * so it was in a great mens- are. There were to come a Mr. John Bull Brandv. a Mr A TALE. 2^3 "■^ to say timt he ,vas exceodmo-ly f ' , ?,r ? ■■"-' '" beef. Mr Cnilv w,. „ , ?^ , "^ '"""'"'J' "'"' ■■»"»» -I.T took :';!,: „ ::i ;•"■;;""■ " ?"'™ "'""•" f-".e.i .ike a glo. over7,i:;"'',f*,:f •'>-*--"■'; l»fore him a most rnnri^,,. , -"'^- *""'"1w"iticiNon, ai„l Mr. la „;«:?■ r'""'-^' "'" "»f"">- I>™».^ivo ,„„e.,. ;« .li.««eet a certain fo,vl at o r I ,-U " " H """' "''"'' •-. -^-^ - u.ut or m« name. Tlit«e were to bo the 244 well! w f l r. ! elderly f^ontlemen. We have no time to descril)e tin- yoiinj^er troupe. There were also to come the wives of the aforesaid g( u- try. We are sorry that they should have their husbands names, but for the sake of unity in our description, we will, for the moment, christen them as follows : Mrs. ]S'el)rosa (Jiiile, Mrs. Aurora Smile. xVIrs. Felieia Isle, Mrs. Amaru Bile. Mrs. Montana Pile, and Mrs. Ferocia File. Mrs. Guile, Mr. Brandy's lady, wore as many difforeiit faces as she sported dresses. Twas as hard to explore Iht as it is to explore that African riv(.T of whose be^inniiiir and end no one knows anythinj^. She was one thin