IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) f/^ 1.25 "^ Urn 1122 £ Hi 112.0 II 1.8 1.4 111.6 Piiotograpliic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-45C3 i: t with ii.e ivl,„u ovviy sn,„„i „|,,„u,"„,o? j In the south eulry I Hark l-uiore knockinc I SllAKnfiri'AIlR. Harricftno Hall is a largo old fn„)ilv i,:nn8i„n, .lu.tof dark riid 8uiid«tone, in oiio of il.o luiio- Iiost and wildcat of tlio Dioumaiii rt-ioiis of Vir- The estate ia furroiini.'ed on tlirce siilcs Lv a rnuge of steep, gray rocks, spilMd with clumps of dark evergreens, and called, from it, hor.e slioe li'ini, tile DeviPrt Hoof. . On the founli side tlie ground giadnally de- wcuds in liioken rock and barren s„il to tl.e I,'' ,.,"*''''"""""'''» Btreuni known as the When Btomis and floods were high the loud roanug of the wind througli the wild uioimtaiu gorges and tlio terrific raging of the torrent over Its rocky course, gave to this savage locality its Ill-omened names of Uevil's Hoof, Devil's iiun and Hurricane Hall. '= "un, Major Ira Warfieid, the lonely proprietor of the Hail, was a veteran oflicer, who, ia di.gust at what le supposed to be ill-requiteil services, had re- tiled from public life to spend tliu evening of his vigorous age ou this liis patrimonial estate Hero lie lived m seclusion, with his ol i-fashionad house. ,TJl"' ^'t ';'""'''""•'■"• 8'"J >'••■ ol'l fa-KUy ser- vants and his favorite dogs and hor.ses. 1 1 ere his morninga were usually spent in the chase, in which iie eicclled, and kis afternoon and evenin..., were reonpied ui small convivial suppers among his few chosen companions of the chase or the bottle In person Major Woriield was tall and strongly nult, reminding one of some old iiou-hmbed louglas of tlie olden time. His features were large and har.sh; his coniplesiou dark red, as that or one bronzed by long exposure and flushed witli strong drink. His fierce, dark gray eyes were surmouu ed by tl ick, heavy black brows, that, wlien gathered .n.o a frown, reminded one of a A. 1 1 1- V: *-•■■•• -I— long oros ucncaiii tiicni did o hg itmng. ilis l,«,.a, |,arsh lace was sur. rounded '.y a thick growth of iron-gray hair and beard hat met beneath his chin. Uis usuiil habit was B black cloth coat, crimson vest, black leather breeches, long black yarn itooking.., fastened at »Uo knees, and aioroooo slippers with silver but- tnuii, JiB alifttftetor ir^or Wojfield wii UT<^»nt, i edTv TrfiollTl 1"'7'-,'9''«"y loved and fear- qna,n,ancesabro,ul,whT,,p:rllyt:rh"'lr; and partly from his eliaracter, fixed u o, him he appropriate n ckname of Oli. HcaanliE sidesThJ"'; ^"""-■'■'■'■' """'■• (■■'■"'""1 of dislike be- sulcs that of his arrogant mmd, violent temper and domineering l,aUi„. oi., jju,,ica,ie was s'Jc to be an old bachelor, yet rumor whispoied tlm there was in some obscure part of tko world, hid- Z^.°'ZS° ^"'"'"^ '■"■» «i«i»t BO mysteriousTy I "hI^^^S ?**" T'" "P"*"! ">« woman. ^ wa. ^t ? ^-'P "^ *"■"'» ' ^"^ '»■■ what Clime hrl. J°." "" '""y,' ^'""ne-make a clean breast of it, woman. You have nothing to fear law now I " "I know U, nuBtar." "And the host way to prepare to meet t)ie Divine Judge is to make all the ropaia on that you enn In a full confe«K|on I " " I know it, Bir,-if 1 had committed a crinio ; awayr"' °""""""'^' •"' "^O' '>"•''«' ''"1 I ..i.i memUr'"Ir,''"" "'""'-Wh«» "«» " then t Re- ,r . ' W'"'""' y<" nrn on your oath ' " but It ,no°,rh ''*'•"''•'""' ' "'" '"" "'« truth; out It niiiBt be 111 my own way " hail roarwl down the mountain side and rattled ng-iins the wall. king the witch's hut m would have ahaken it about their oars. ' "" " " abo utT h.''["iT' 'T^'"" '" "'" '»'« 'bat was nn? 1 .„ . '• ^"■"'"»»'i'"' w«» impimsiblo until the .lorn, raved past and was heard .lying lilo Zil'.XlT'Zr''''" '""" ""• "O""^' »' tirilil''""^" '!''""'»' y««" «Ko," began Granny Orowel, u,K,i, j„„t such a night of storm a, this that I was mounted on my old mulo M„||v with' my BaddlebagH full of dried yarbs, aiuf t ' waters and sioh, a. I alia, carried wh .n I was , tendm 'on the sick. I was on my way a g„ ng to Fee a lady as I wuh sent f..r to tend ^ " Well, master I I'm not 'shamed to say, as I never was afraid of man, beant, „or spcrril and never stopped at going out all hours o the r^igW through the most hmesoinest roads, if so ho I was called upon so to do! Still I must say that Tost UiicT'l'""' """' "T ""''« «"' i"'" ".»' .loe, lick, lonesome woods as stands ronnd tho o d Hidden House m the hollow, I did feel qucerisi case It was the deail hour of tho night, and it was said how strange things were soon and liea ra yes aud done too, in that dark, deep, lonesome p ace tho If"."™? "'/ "■"'? """y '^" 1""" '""by Bo, paitly to keep up my own spirits, and paiiiv to 'courage her, says I, • Molly,' 'savs I, • what a i ye ateard on? Be a man, M. llyV But MoUv row and the bushes so thick we Jould liar "y get along I b«t JUBt as we came to that little creek as they calls tho Hpout, cause Hie water jumps and jets along tJl t empties into tho Punch "^Bow and just as Molly was cautiously putting her fore oot mto the water, out starts two men from t e buBliea and seizes poor Molly's bridle? " •|Oood heaven!" uMlaimed Major Wsrdeld Well master, before I could cry out, one of them wdlanis sei2ed me by the soniff of n y neck an with his other hand upon mymouth, ho says "'iie silent, you old fool, or I'll blow your brains out!' ' that tImrMn vtr, ccvertd ov.r ',cill, block cn,M I eouldii t a-6croamed if t:,ey'd let me I for C breath was gone and my senses were going «lo"i with 'em from the f, ar that was on me " slm'll no."'i' "V"",*'!" • ""","' "'""8 qo'^'Iy and you shaU not be hu,t,' ssj-s the man a. had spoke be- " Struggle I I couldn't a-struggled to a-saved I hked to have a-dropped right oflen MoIIv'b back Ono on 'em says, saj a he : n„l"»"iJri,''®'' f '"^ brandy I • And t'other takes out a flask and puts it to my lips and says, says " • Here, drink this.' "Well, master, as he had me still by the scruff mv mo^.M'' ^TTK"-- ''" "° o"'" ™y« but open my mouth and drmk it. And as soon as I took a swaUow my breath come back and my speech And oh, gentlemen,' says I, 'ef it's 'your money crymrUfi,' yon mean.I haint it aliout me! •Deed 'Clare to the Lord-amighty I haint! its wrapped np in an old cotton glove in a hole in the plas enng in the chimney-corner at home, and of youUUpare my hfe, you can go there and get it,' «Jli' "''" "■■' '"'"c't^oaS.' siivs they, ' we want neither one nor 'totherl Como along quiollvMid you ahnU receive no harm; But at ?l?e fiS c^, or attempt to esoape-M.'x shall stop you I ' And with that the wiUain held the mj.zl of a pU ol so nigh to my nose that I smell brimstone, wW°e •tother one bound a silk hankeroher 'rcmd my Her along. I couldn't Me, in oourso, and I das- Bnl I said ray sinl hrcBlho fir fear o' the pistol prayers to invsi If »l| t|,„ time. '• Well, master, ih..y 1,^1 the mule on down tha path uiilil w-o cmned (o „ place wide enoneli tj "Uten tl *o(«i, an.l then ronnd and round and iTth",t d":".;"'"' '''^' *»■" "•"' I'-ttb « . r Ukln^mt"" """' ""' "^ ""'' "^-» »"«?•-• " Well, sir. wlien they'd walked about in thia fused way, leading of the mule about a mile I ' r;;,7",i "■ """•"'^" •^mn~,^, vcr,t^„, J , f ^ ""-.y'lme p„th-\ knowed by the f •. 1 of the place and the sound of tho bushea, m wo hit up against them each side, and also by the rum .ling o the S,«,it as it ,umblc.d along toward the I'uneh Bowl. We went d.wn, and dfiwn and down, and lower and lower and lower until we go right down in the bottom of that hollow ■1 hen we stopped. A gate was opened. I put up my l.nnd .. raise the handkerchief end see where I was; but just at that minnto I fe the ...uzzlo „■ tho p ,tol liko a ring of ice right ag^n' my ear- '"' '' *" """ "'"*'" li''"«''"8 W " ' Jfyni do I " l.a!i "l".'/, '''''"''-I 'If "rpod my hand down as if I «rav.^lv IT," ?"i ""■''"8'' » »""« ""'l "P » gravelly walk— 1 know it bv tlm nro,^^.ln™ of the gravel under MoUy'7 fe^' Lani Jto « pc'd at a horse-block, wLe one o' thX willain, lifted me off 1 pu. up my hand again njifwii I'.irc,' says t'other one with the muzzle of the pistol at mv head. " ', !'^<'P1"''' ">y band like lead. So they led m« on«httlcway,a,idtheunpsomesteps Vcou"! ed Ihein to myself as I went along.' They were SIX. Yon see, master, I took all this uaina to know .1,0 house a.^in. Then they op™eS Tdo^", that opened in tho middle. Then they went ahmg apassugo and up more stairs -£ewM ten and a turn, ai.d then ten more. Then al™^ r;;^?!:r??!!;-;':^-»"-i"«btofS just like tho fir.st. Then along ■snolhe'rraVs.™ and up a third Bight of stairs. \\~, l\Sl** "Well sir, here we was at the to/ o' tho house. "S:,a°nd";^oTheTs":id: "''""^ " '""^ ^ "•" •"" " ■ There-go in and do your duty I • and push, ed me through the door, and shut^and looDIt on me. Good gracious, sir, how soared I wail I slipped off he silk handkercher, and 'feirTu I .■tk'^", ',""'"' '^ P»» '* '" m bosom. thehoa^Uiir "'"""»«• BiRbtaforemeon the hearth wa. „ „ weeny taper bnming that vZ'^it™' '"," ■'"™.' ''iggir.etwiTsVi.^ walla. At one end ( vo deep dormer windows and It 'other'","' "•""■"" """•'■-« bereen tiiem At tother end a great tester bedstead with daTk ZTZ, I\r **" " ^"^ ""^P"' °" «be floor And Kith all there wore so many dark obiocta and so .nany shadows and the little taper bu™^,„ dimly that I could hardly teU t'othef from which" gropTairt.''"'"'"'^"^ •""•"'«'^-' «»^»«» "i c„,".t".? """" .'*" '° "'" ™™ '"T to do? I couldn't oven form an idee. But presently ms llnltiZ ?,"'■' '" ''™"'K™'"' trom beliini Tbl cuitaina! then another! and another! thenacrv as soiufl child iu mortal agony, saying: ^ ^ P'lllie J irealhe IhroHgkl" „,„ " ~ ■■"••"> ""trtftn ! rcmombor thai voo are upon your oath I » said the magistrate ^ . 1 know It, master I And aa I hope to be fo-. given, I am telling the truth I » " Go on, then," n.<,j^K'l:.u'''' J**--". "" ■ y°"n8 oreatnre, xsareeh past chUdhocKl, If one might judge by hM^mafc ^°*°f «°". ™»T skin. I aski he^f let^ take that black crape from her face and head, bai "he threw up her bandi ud eislaimett i THE CANADIAN LIDRARY. "' oh, nj, «.i, HO/ Jtir my lift «.■/' " Willi, 1111W.I1T, I Imrilly know Im* to li'll jnn Wllill fn l,,wii|— " HHJJ tlM'oUl M..H1I11I, htlNlliilHlK 111 ultibarriuiHUiflit. " "I ill riKli' utrmglitnii likiia cur nUiinKei until, woiniiii I lli'iili llibiir- the wlmln tiiltli I" " W«ll. mmit' r in Ihu nnxttwolioiipii tlmrowfirn twiuH lioiii ill tliiit rooui -II buy ittid k girl j llii> li'.y win (Ic'ii.l, tliii(;irl liviiii,'. Aii'l nil llm timi' ' liiiaril tliD luiiniiuriiil tramping nf imo of thi'in w.lliiiiiH up ami Jiiwu tlir iiiiH»ii((o iiiitnijo o( lliat ripoui. I'roHeiilly ibii uleiii Htiiiipiil, and thiTO was a rap at tliu door, I wcut and liHttiUKd, tut dill not upuii it. " ' Ji) it nil oviirf ' Dm voioo aiikiid. " Ilntuiu 1 could uiixwcr, a cry from the bed cauifd Hill to look iimiid. TIrtu wnn tli.> juxif inankid iiiotlmr »lriluliiiiK out lior wliiln 111 to. « HI iIh mo ill the mo.it imploring way. llm,.. nod buck to liur. "' Tdl him -no — «<>,' ulin Kabl. " ' llavii you not tliiMU(ili ? " aaked tbo man at tlio door, riipiiiiiK impatii'utly. " ' No, no,' ^aiii 1 iM iliiiotml, " IIii rimiimtiil liin tniuipiiin up and down, and I wont buck to my paliiMit. Mho beckoned me to come dole, and wliit^portul : '" Hiive my {iiilill the livini; imf, I mtan I hidi her I oh hitti hir from liiiii I Wlmii he di'inandii the babe, givo liira lliu poor little di'ad one— ho cannot liuittlinti And lio wll not know tlivrc ivua aiioihiT. Oh I huh: and siivn my child ! " ■' Miintor, I wiirt iiM',1 to .puH-i- doii'igH, but thin wan a little tlio ipiiiTrBt. Hut if I war, to coiiim iil thiit Ki coiid ohilii in ordur to mivu it, it wiw iifc- tiwiry to atop its uiuiuh, f"r it was niualhug hliu a wild oat. So 1 took u \iKl of part'goiic (rom uty pockiit and nan' it udioisiiiid it «iiil oil lo hliip like an aiigil. I wnipp.'d it up ttniiu mid lay it along with my uliawl und hiuiiiul, in a dinU ouiucr. Just then the man rapped again. " ' Come in mustur,' Kaid I. " ' No bring me the habo,' ho Kaid. " I took np tlio dead infant. Iln mothm kiH.scd il» brow, and dioppid tours upon its liUle cold face. Audi ciirriiil it to the man outside. '" Is itaslwp?' tlie willaiii askud ine. " ' ios master' —said I. an i put it, well wrapped up, ill his arin« — ' very sound asleep.' " ' So laiich the better,' aaid the kuave walking away. "I boiled the door and wuut back to roy pu tlont. With luir free hand she soizod niinu und picaai'd it to her lips, and thou hold up her hift liiiiid and pointed to the weddiua ring upon her third finger. •■■ liiaw it oCT and keep it,' ronooal the chUd un- der your shawl, and take liur with you when you go I save her, and your tortuiio shall be mnde.' "I declare mastci', I liadii' liino to think, be- fore I heard one of them wretches rap at the door. " ' Come ;' got ready to go,' ho said. ".SVif also beckoneil mo. 1 hastened to licr. With eager whispers and inip'oriiig gestures she piayeil me to take her ring and tave lier cliiliL " But j/oK,' said I — ' who is to attend to you ? " "' I do not know or care I Save /«/■/' , " The rapping continued. I ran to the corner where i hail left my things. I put on my bon- net, made a sort of sling around my neck of the silk handkerchief, opened the largo pnrt of it like a hamniiiok aud laid the little sleeping babo there. Then I folded my big shawl around my breast, and nobody any the wiser. The ropping viaa very impatient " ' I am coming,' said I. " ' Remtmhtr f whispered the poor girl. "'/ 7otV/,' said I, aud went and opened the door. Tb,'ra stood t'other willain, with his head covered with blnck ciupe. I dreamt of nothing but bluck-ireaded demons for six mouths after- wards. " ' .Are you ready?' says ho. " ' Yes, your worship,' saya I. *' ' Come along, then.' "And binding another silk lianJkorohief round my eyea, lie led mo along. ' ' Instead of my mule, a cnrriogo stood near the horse blo,^,;. " 'Get in,' said ho, holding tlie pistol to my oara by way of argument. " I got in. lie jumped up npon the drive''.* scat and wo drove like the wind. In another di- rcotiou from that in wliioli we come, in course, for there was no ouniage rood tktt t. The oarria^a nbirtikl alo'iR at siii'h a rate it nia■ hngUt u day ttuni.i, hi, .w.a mo tlmt tlii.y wnrn « 1 ti.liMi(ilotl,el,rMt, I, .',l,.,lnti„r,.Mlli„'.t..tl,um I.. »«« IB.. nuJ tiK, l,„l,y. H„t no „m numnwl tn ji.i.r mo; ihov w,K, All i,m bii.y irvinj? lo iinva tliPiuMlvoK i,iiil lu,.|i„i|irr< mil „f t|,„ IkiM, irn I cir.Mii^! niij »f.vii,i:i, nu.l liollrriiiKtlnt tlii>re nil- i.i>iuoii,rnom, lli.it thu Ixnt woiil.l Uu •w«iii..,,l mill «(> on. lliu tuil wtt», tiMt nil who .•.'ml.i on.n.1 int.. tlin hunt rtul io. AikI irioniid 111.. Lu'.v aud » poor .niU.i- i«J mid tlis blmik cook wuro li'/l Ujuihd to pi.iislj. ll.it. iii;.r ;.r. ii» it liiniod out, «o an wm l.fl to diB wuiv tim only oii<.» (ncd. W,. ^Ynt.■!ll..l iiC. r tlia boat with Inn^^iiiR <.y. n, ll.o ujli wo <■ mid only •pe It whuu tho lliOitiiiii!! U.Mlinl. An I iivrrV tim. »» ,nw it, it wn, f,„tli«r off. At Li.t. mm. • er, H IU,1, of liKhtiiin:: «li,.wi..hH tho iMnt ns (nr oir »H ovir wo (.oiiM »,.o hor, cipiizo.! .iii 1 l.riUon luthor and t'litlior by tlio wi.U wufe.-U, craw li«d puri8lio.l. " Mnrstor. fig goon as tlia .ca had nvnllowod up Ibut wick... ,,,,,tain ,,n,l . vidcnce ilienaw us ami lavti.,'„nd »enti.if a boat tiQd p.ekod us np and took n« on l.,.„r.l -me unf tlio baby, and the cook an.l Vi.> wiiL.r la.l "It w;iia f.n-iimi vc,is,d. au.l we could 'n.,t lui- dors and a wo,,l th.,y „uid. „„r ,|„.,v „„, All wo coul.l do was by H.;!iia. 11 u tliev w„io vrn 1 to ns, dii.d oiir dotbeMin.l jjave I'ls breakf«;.ir«nd made na he down and rest, ,\iid then p.it about and oonlmiied their conrso. Tin, sailor lad -Her- bort Or..ys>.„- .o.ni to.„„l onl and told mo thev lu about tell days wo uia.lo that p.,rl " WfifU tliB ship auohored boiow tlio Daferv, Iba o liUTs and pasM.n-era iii:,de mo up u litllo bund of oloU.es, and a little pur«e of money, and put ine ashore, and theiu I wa.s in a si,.„„«: fnn,' '"..Vrr'' "■«' 1 'li''"'' know wl,:oll wl.y 'i tmm \\hilo 1 was a-staiidin^- there, iu dancer of I'oniK run over by ihe ..ninamaos, the sailnr- b..y eaine to my side an.l told mo that ho and tho co.,k was Kwme to em;ane on bo.i,d „t an- oth. r M,.nc.iii we^xi.l, mul used me wjiat I was r.1,'"', 'i '"• .l'"''',''"" I'™ I'll'l'i't kuo.v what 1 si < lid do I'll,,, he said lio-d show me whore I ooii . Ko and stay all uiijht, and tolie took mo into fbo „'/?;"; V " MoordookiuB house, where the people took lodner^, and there ho left me to -o tent's phce. ""^ °-'"''^' *"'' ''' '" «"' » «"• with telhiiK yon of liow I toiled an,l stro^reled ™nt\nd ^ «'■"'",'=%-«'■>" livi"K ont as a ser. ,, iLT' "'"-''""'■'l» '""""« a room au.l taking 8tiU(!«le.l-for--ton--loi,g_year«, liopin... f„r the tiia u.iKhl,orlio.,d, where I waa known, ami ex. pose 11,0 evi Jee.lHof tliem wiUains. Aud t„r this nn mL r °" '""i'"« ""^ """KKl'i'R. ""J iavint? .p mon..y ponny by penny. Sometimes I was ool euouBh to t.U my storv in the hopes of get- in^ p, ty and h,. p_bat telling my st.Vry alwavB made It wo.ao for mo! some thought mo cmzy ». ..thers l,ouj;lit mo deceitful, which is not to be tto.idercd at, for i was a atraoger, nud mv ad- veuinivs wore iudei ,1 bov..ud belief Ur,'^^.o■^ wT"' ''■■'I""'"""-' l''" 'I'O l»d. Herbert uieys,),,. Whelle^er he came from sea, he »_MH;ht me out, aud made a little present to me or •• Cap marster, was Capitola, the child. The reason iRave that name was because on thatriuc 1 had drawn from the masked mollior'a ban.l "A^iV'n '''° '^'■""""-li'iKou'^— Capiiola. Well, marsler, tho lai-t time Heibert Grev- wTh^wZ rT','"' •''"? "■" fi™'f"ll"'».'»Hl that. p Is^aKo to ioi'wk!"' ' ""' "'"""^^ '" ''"y ""y ' _1 1 fi my li: u. Cap in the caro of tho people o Iho h.ni-j-she w,u bi|; cuoucli to pay for her lt-c« ;a wuik-iuid I took vasnage l-u Hwfoik. When I ,;,>t lhor« I fell 111, ,pe„, ^n „y „,„„ aud wan at but t^iken to the p,mr bonsn. wfx m..ntl,s |.n.,e.l awav b, f.re I waa .li^obari;e,i. A.1,1 then .IX m.,r« b.fore I bad earuod aud .at.^d m.iiiey enouidi to pay my way „n lur.), "I ri.a..|i,;,l here three duy^ aiio, and found a lb. 'at (b 1,1 KrowiuK wh.ru my ootUjie lira ll^e,i to 11111, and all my .,.,1 uronie. dead, all except ol.l ll.it, wli"ha«receiv,.d an.l siren raoahfllej. >.l,r,. iriy sl.iryis d.>uu- make what .vou can >,( it ! '' "uil the invand, smk.Ui; down in her be,l oi it ut- teilv exhan^tl.d. • •• " ui Old Uurrcaue, whoiooountcnanoalia.liixuross eJ emotions an powerful aa tlev w,ire iiirioie. while i. i.niDK to thir talo, n.,w ar..r,e, step 1 can :,. ,. i y to the door, drew the bolt, and coiu ug baek. ...mthiahoad and asko.1: " What more of tlio child?" • " ^'i^: ,'''[' ' ''""' ""' '"""■'• » """l of Cap since 1 left her to try to find cut her friends H.u any one interest,.,! in h.'r mi^'lit iuqmre for her at Mrs. aiiumoii'fl. lauii.lroas, No. H 11,1,; Alley." "l.ni ...iv the nimes upon (Imt ring' wero— EiiK,'!!..— i;ai,;t..la.'" " Ve«, air, tliey were." " fl.ive y..u that rim; about you? " " No mast.r. I thought it w,i» best In coao of aocdoiits tolinro it with the child " "ILivo you tidd /,er any purt of this stran™ story ;' " ^ " No, master, nor hinted it ; ebo was too youuu for sneh a e.mli.Ii.nco." * " Y,m wore riiiht ! Had she any mark about her p.iiion by wnich she coul.l bo idi.ntilicil » " ,„;'i n'""' f '■""■'V^' *,™" ""'""*'" """■• I" "'0 mul.llu of her loft pilui was the p,,.rfoct imaeo of a cum-,. 11 baml, about half an iiioh iu b-n.-il, Ihor,. was also another. U,.rbert (Jreysour lo pl.'a^e m... m,nk,.d upon her forearm in In.iian ink her u.ime and birth-day-' Oapitola, Oct. 3Ut, " Uiijht ! Now toll mn. my good boiU, do you kn.,w from what you w.u-e Hiiabl,.d to observe w.iat house that was where C'apit..l.i was boru ? " bii't'-i!^" "" '"^ "^"' ' ^°' "'■■' '■ ''° ""' ■*"-"*- " Vou suspect?" The woman nodded. ,'.' " "'.*'' " »"'l old Hurrioano, sloopinR and whisperinR a namo that was heard by uo one but the siek woiurm. She noddud agaio, with a look of iutenso moan- " Doea your ol,l hostess here. Hat. know or aus- Ivarfield '" "' "''" '""''*''" '"'1"'"'^ ''''^'J" i( l"„Not a word 1 No soul but yourself has beard ■That is riiditl Still bo discreet! If you wciuM have !'■ ■■•ke.! puni.-he.l and the iirno- cent protect. ', I siK-ut an,l wa,y. Have no an.x,ot.v abou: .:h,. Rirl ! What i.iau can .lo for her, will I do ami quickly ! Ai.d now, l;.«,1 croa- turo, ilay is actually dawniuK You must seeit re- pose. And I nuist oa'l the pars.m in and return home. I wdl ,.,.,id Mrs. Condiment over will f.iod, wme, n.o iic.no, cl.ithin,?, ,„.| ev,-rv comfort that your cou,i:tionie.iuire.s," sai.l old Huriicano, risim,', and caKuiK in tiie cI..rKy,naii, w.th whom ho s<.oii after lelt tho hut for home They reaobu.1 Hurricane Hall in time for an early breakfast, which the a.st„nislie.l housek,...per ha,l prepiired, and for wliich their night's .ulveu- tures b.ut e..rtai,ily (jiven them a good appetite. Major \\arheld kept his word. an,l as soou aa Incnkfast was over he dispatclied .Mrs. Condi- m...it with a carriage tided „ith piovisi,ns for tho siek woman. But thi-y w,rr, not needed In a coupio of hours the hou..d.eeper ret,irued with he mtelhRonce that the old nu'.-ie was .le.id. The 1,1 Ho rn' 'i°' """Vl •'"■•'<«'"'■■" that enabled her to tidl so louj. and dreadful a tale, had been i',™fi' l"",""^ "''"' ""•• """"" "' '•'''. tl"" "li^io'^ imme,lmtely went out. "I am sorry, upon tho whole, for n.,w I shall have the game hi mv o,vn hands I " muttere.l oUl _.,... .-..m: ti> i;in-.!! --.. All i (J.ibriLlie I,e :-oir ' better you had cast >o,irs,df down fr-m the high' OS roc I oft. IS r,„,.;.. ,.nl l,.,,,, .bi^ied t. rites below, thai, have thus falku ii.to ,,iy power 1 " CHAl'TEB m. Tui guui. Tb.n dl.l Sir KiilHhl abaudon awollln*, Aii.i out lib ro.lo. Hco Pursuant t.> tho o. lora of Major Warfleld, the mn,»e of th.. oM m..lwifo wa, the ueit dav after lor .Iccnne bmuKhl ,.y,.r ami ,ini,.tly inteiVed lu t.,« family Kraveiai.l of Hiiriienne Hall An.lll„.n .Major Warhel.l a.toun.b.d hi« hou.p, hol.l bygn-nj! or.l..rsto his li,mM.k...i.er an.l hi. b..,ly.servaiit to pr,.piiu his wa-.lrob,. „„a ,,„p|, li.s truniis f.ir a Iouk j.,urnoy to the ii..ith " W hat can the M,j.,r bo thinkint! of, to bo sct- timj out f.r the noiih at this time ..f the year' " ex..Um„.,l g,„„l htiiu Mrs. Con.lnnent, aa ^iio I'lihi',! over brr employer's sliirt.1, s, lecting- tho 111 went ami warmest to bedime-np for the occa- " T,ord A'mighty only knowa •, but •peam to mo niast,., s never been right In his lieadpieco since Iv' ,™ "r," "',*''''• '"■'"'" ''" '""'' '!"•» fill" to tlio Witc, s Hut.' replied Wool, who, with brn^h ami spong.., was engaged iu rejuvenating his masters out.'r-ganni.nts. r.iit let Ins family wnndor as Ihcv w,mld. Old llHni>-nno k, j.t his own connsil -ooly in«t as ho w,iM going away, lest mystery shoul.l I,.,,! to in vestigation, aiul ihat to.li.covery, the oM man gave out that he was going north to invest ,.apiial in bank-stock, an.l so, ,,nit« unatbnd.d, he ,hVarle.l Ills s,.rvaiit, Wool, indeed. accomi,ani,.,l him as far as Iip I'op, the littlo hamlet in the moun- tain at which he was to meet the P„.,tein Mage- but th..r„. having seen his master comfortab y .-eposited in the insi.le of tlio each, ami the uj. gago safely sto'.v,..! in the boot. Wool »a» or,lin IV..I ■,■.■„, ni.,.,1. 1 ,-.h„ii take a walk areun.l ti,., e.iy boioro ,;o.n.,'. And liark vo ! If ono of ioguor ^ '^""«'^'" '"'^•" >•'■■" lianged.yoB u..i«hod hi. i,at ,„ ,1 , , ' '; ''"''1;'"^ "" '"' ouii™,„un,„„!,';',';i 1;;;,;;:;;:;::;."""^" "'- ""*•' Hi" iii»n; but a,iu, V I , _, . ^.. ' '''['''"""V "' l« look lur Iti. u«iwur« "^ '"*'' '"''^ CnAPTBn IV. eiFITilt.A. 'PI N« TT. rlo-lr Mw'a'v'lir.rr' '""'"'l""'«'« 0.,. " II ««• I, air, hur„ j- „„ t body, .erviou, sir I" .ni,! ii,.7 ^ "^ *" "'y- a .orue thirU.,. .v™.,""; '.Ka""""' " ^"'> '«««''' "ith in'JrZ """' "'" '"'J' '"'"■■uing tlio lo,.k thi"if,r;:t;;"''i:'';''' "r"-"«"ii not i..„ "«th/i;i:;:J/^;!:i-;;;';;^.i--;.wi.a.und w.ll'r!.'„.:t*KrA,l,.J:"" """"""« ""'"n" '.ov I br:;i'.';;r.':' ^"^ "'" '""k « l» yon w„ro b,,™ a„d " Ullt, .if, I WftMfl't." ■■01, ilon'tKct me off again I ! lol in Willi a UmSXTl i I ' ' " * !"'' "'" >"» I'Vioi, iHi'l ii,„r„ til,,, . ,,. ; "'"■;» yo". tlm uanal K»....r,.u», a .bill';;"b*i ^"m"' '' >"" " "«'■ "-• ^'Mi... I.ori' ,7u "'■^I.^'f '''•;!J'''''''''--'l'''« an,lroili„J.,a*",«;»,»'"<'"''Poa ibe .i.U.w.u, 01-. h". 1.0, i,u 1 1 bi:i::;:;'i'.'rM;it z^r^ • ' "■""'"' «•>- •• Wall," lh.,u, .how me Ibo war .n^ ,. .. , ''" ''•' "^""f Ko Zl''Z'.'ii '.i''" ''•!.'" "'" '■"'" ' «'«y- fool • » " »V. •"'l dou'l bu a ,,„„.t 4„„^ ^ Ko .,,,1^ , , .^e poho,, I |,,„ „.,„', . 'Jl. ";;Zi^^! :'•!''• Thi. i. the wa,,.. «aM ^^rrrir' '•'? P^'"«i"« "./r;:; lliohul, liiliin7tlu"lui'il ■uiil: ' • """■> a ciom ulriiiit, «'ion H. tho o, ;o.it , i" ';,?:^i';;, "P '" -InMr. nmiHiiiu,. " •■" "I matfly hmwn Ktoiin T«i„'t'':;n,„i"i,a!:"Anov""' vr'\ "'"^ Aii„y. Ilifalutin Tir u.«l TLm'^'' """"■:'""■" '■"■M W"r.. |Mill«l ,W,, mnr'i' '•■f'''"'''' >•"" '"'''of w..tl-„,jr:i.,;r;:;i^<;|;«.,.^;;.^- A. rrovcinciitV "^ " ""^ ""■'""'" "' iui " i'ho tt'nnntH? 'li -order «r,.„i„l a for,^„Tl wf'" ",'''"''''■ ' »'"' "'" otur, rub 4b w^^^^^ -•uiooth a.H tb.t of a Kir X., I. r r'^""' ""'I /«/a«/j? ""•"LtlsU-What became of tljo ,ii„lio,I l.l..„l , HI" . "IC'UUor ami nun nil.-. "UHohiovuu.Mkrk,,."vnv, ?. , ""? » '"■'■• "' '"«i KHtl.,,.,1 at thfil!,!;,'; '"""""""-''oyB that -huSi:rij^r;Lri"['''"''-'h^ '.ad never "•y «onl» " ^ *'" 81V0 you the job, "P at l»;t l"m IP 1 r "'■"'<''™™or'8 turned ■'id I toll vou ? I almv ' hi "''""."' ^'" '"''»• :l'at 1 «,;,« have te'"^, *''"'■' "'""Pf'^^s^ion :Jcriod of ,," ?J 1," f .,'" ","'1 '" """« 'ormor '-»0W8 but I „ B ,'t 1 1^ iV''^'''' '"''■° ''« " ' Who "■at i«i't l,k "w^ St n n7 \T""' '^"" l^"' oMwomai, "rf" «»,;,, »'''''',""— How . the tl.e bo.er„U taki, ." Il,'" """f-'^y. jumping off >''JloTui:"L\]ll """"^ « P"'ow uu,ler'uiy "Silence, laKKamiiffiul" ■'i'i^ror.'i^l„;:^v:)r';,:>r^"";'»«ertiiana •..^n«bi„ ,,,™-'i ".e lad, demurely, fol . „ur nonor Uiih, ;:lt^b^]l;;:; r-;:^«i -,-:~ xi-;- jj;- - i."d after tT^.!', f .'PI-' ->«.".., bewiu'i 'd ""'?,",V""« '" "'"^"J " ^aafter,i.:;;^;4u!;-;^:-«-.J«wiMered "BoyI" " Yo«, air I "Do you know aijaJ, . ni-^ ^ ti S:..uiiio street?" '^'"* *= ^ Alley, in . "!<»« Allay, sir r "•.a.'i':i:!r^;;^d;i^.^;-rr'n!.e?r Fo^c'u--,^p.£.^-^| Then H,,eaking out, he called "' '" ''™"*"- "lloyi" " Yes, sir," " 'Jnll nie a enaoh," to do^li'.; tl'ihif"' ""' '"'' "" °ff "'«' an arrow " Here it is, sir." pMTt:^i[™;';;j;t^-,2s-;»youf/ee;..aid lad's hand. ** "'^^' """ar into the "Uovcrnorl" awi;Lr.j;;;^rbv^:^lk:';^^«~j«'vome in.;.^;:«J:;^^:i;f,r' ""n^" a mistake, you "^ our honor didn't ,«.«„ it r 'u'-r,;:,°l?!;'.:\":"'^' ^^alf-of course I did. .vou!" Bftid Old Hurricane itupa ' llilll I I 1, ,,JW what I'll.! t ■... """* "«*OII and watch ,„r Uie c. a"h < '" '[' '"«>"' -laud tl'o 'Iriver what h„ la. I ',' "'.': '','"''•• ""^ a.k old fellow 1" »ai.l lie 1 ' t'v' T/'i' "'" ''""■ ''•""• <"' n, an,l nutii,,,, 1 . 1 ^^ P'"'"UK np the K„ia "tH.t..d:iirt t r :'„";"„';:: /rf'"- *"' "™' •■• nut : "y" 'o '"» '"i""iBin, aiugiiig «'=utln„,„„ thai';..;,:. r%hl,'l'" "'"'"^ "'"'« old .'.-. .f 't !;rdtct::,lXu.-!i >no.m|" ,c im. o "7"" ,■"" »" '">»» »o m° oh '•'■ ''-■" 'ay ■• uuo. j",,^/;;, »" "' ■'""«'". '.-If ".urder-uirHl;.':.rV.,?','' ""■''''■,''«-">" •'"'■■»''« perou, and lulp,;^ '""' "'" """"''"y '«" •» pros- OHAPrEB v; TDB DIBCOVEHT, .«=^in«'Ul?^"e,rvi{h':.S'J'°''«"t7'^''" " I'm a «,„rf to I b„ T I, .-, m '"" ""'' ''""'•0 ; ernor,I.ayl" '''" ''"''"'I 'Tamt fair.-Goy. 1 waa tc-mjitcd ;,„ hard!" "'"'^ '""''' '""'™'' " .^^ Whatdo youmea. .o.you .dicuiouelitae -;-l -^^S^r^ I ringlet., and L i^ro^^i 'Z '^^^^L^m tabb'at"iietl"r" S';"!!!" ''/""' »' "'" mWi. to roBt, smoke alidl, ."''""'"*''''"«' 00m, theevenfCby "iiHn^ ^^ ''" ""'"'"x' I„ ii„. .""Ppmg and retiring to bed srcsstis^-:''=- ^€SSs?/o^c-- |;|.;;oyaMdun„owbicb,.^S;i'r;ZJ--- into the Reeor.w";oo;" ■'■''''•■ "'"'"""^ '''« »ay " This is not the odice of tl,» »i„„. . ri!i.«;::!,jr°"'''''"'''-»^^^'HdrS;i ofr';trd°'l'l;sr:"r,''"'i?»'''«"'''''-™- »lcp, thith,.r 'Up^t o™ t.^V'^'J*™ ''^''"- 'X" of about tliirteen'yet ,''l''h?SL' t"" *"^ new suit of gray easin k ?,? .'S''^,^" 'J^"'} > th« Mnnlry, tnii "tn'l ini|iiHn you, till! iiKHtl i' joii're rich «ii<| r tljB qiiikI jvtlM, r|)»tcliin|..ther», •I'll » iliirniil >iilt nul" rdmcd Olil >ii Ihe mill-walk, I wondor whom n not /,vu I Mty. loul Hut tlit^ii I i'« gone. UiU liH fling tw»7 iiviTT iiini|« oftu oiitod go to thn xtuiiil baok, and auk h ilio poor, ilmr k'liK lip Ihi! gdid »t. All 1 tliiiii h« ii"iiiB»«, singing Inst aoonnnt of ■ n. , fito., etc.," lliu ciiaoli Htand. there. And to iliily of the old no morn'n you iniau, F. F. v., '(inhoro. Kopp' in adoiii' on." liRvo >o muoh II dulinht, linir a warm Hujipir d to>ninrruw a I— thehorrihlB Pto., eto., itc, f hfaring. Molt so proi' and a THE CANADIAN MnilAUY. lad, I'ruud t thi> pnhlio 'toliiK loom, lie thiLshod o bed. rcakfaHt, he Jlcd a coach till) vnrioiia !■ Then, to rder'a ollice t portal, he hlockud up united upon tuk np for I for wcar- tonohing > tlio cliief g his viay sir; yon is!!." sairl the sense drew hill !ood a lad lis smart ing lilaok tuee, Old Hiirrletne iinni<«llat«ly roongniml ax hit aaqnuiu- tniiM ul Iha prvuivliiiK day, the •aiioy young tat- ItidiMniiliou. Vovliug lorry (or Ilia (rlnndlfu Ik^t, the old man ini|mlilit — what ! uiy n.wn. K.y, my ■iiiioy little prince of patchun, a t|iil in b ly'a Clothes III" "¥•'!!, sir -a young aooundrul. I actually twigxod him selli'ig paper* at the Fulton Kerry tliia morniiiKl A liltlu raioal I " "A girl ill boy's ehithes! W ;■/'//" eiclaimed Old Hurriiaue, with Uia eyes nuiuly ataitiug out of hli henil. Juit then the young culnrit looked np in his (ace with an oxprossioii half melannlioly, hiiK miachievous, that appealiil to tlie ruMgvd hi'ait of the old man. 'I'urnin:,' arouuil to the pulico. man, he startled the wliule iilllce by i'oiiriiJt{ out ; " (/'/>/ ia ihe, «irf— then, deminy, air! wlii'llier a girl ill i,'v'i clothtM. or nifii't eUitlms, or i,i/- i/itrs olothos, or jn//,/; 'x cltithcs, or f/Hf vlntliia, or »o dithes, sir ! treat iiir willi tlm d.lii'iioydue to wi>WAMhood, sir I aye, and the tenderness owwl to cfn\',/h (1,1 1 fur she is but ii bit o! a poor, friendless, niollu'rless, fiillicrless c/iiU, lost and wundormg in your kh at li.iliylou ! No more hard worda to At'i\ sit-- or by tli*' i^verla-itiiig " "Order," put in Uio cam and dignified Ko- corder. Old Hurricane, though his fioo was still pur. pie, his voiiis nwiill.iu and hi.i eyeballs (,'liiriug with anger, immuliately rooaveru.l himself, tuiu- ed aiiil bowed to the Ileeorder iiihI h:\'u\: " Yes, air, I will keep order, if you'll mulio that brute of a pulioeuiau reform his langusKe." And so aaying, OM Uurrieune nubsidcil into a aeat, iminedialoly behind tho child, to watoli the examination. " What'll they do with her, do jou think? " llo Imiuired of a byatoiider. " Hi lid her »/», in course." " f// '— wheio?" "To BlackwtU'u Island— to the werk'na, in lotirsc." "To tho iivrihoano- /itr, that M/'A//— the wretchoa I Um-mm-me-l Ohh-lih I Kiomied Old Hurricane, stooping and burying his BlmK(!y, gray head in his great hands. He felt his shoulder touched, and looking up saw that the litile pri-oiier had turned arouud, and was about to speak to him. "Governor." said tho same clear voice that ho had oven at lirst supiiosed to belong to a f,Mrl — "Ciovonior, don't you keep on letting out that way! You don't know nuthiiiKt You're m tho liioonlor'a Court I If you don't mind your eye lliey'il commit yon for oontiuupt I " " Will they? Then they'll do ,at/l lad I /ast, I mean, I plead guilty to contempt. Send a child '.i!ie /,.« to the ! T\ny sAaii't Uo it / Sim- (ily, tlioy ».*(i«'/ (Ij it I I— Mojor Worflcld of Vir- ginia-tell you so, my hoy— qirt, 1 mean I " " Uut, you iuuoceut old lion, instead of freeing we, you'll lind V wrscK shut up between four walls, and very narrow ones at that, / tell you I You'll think yourself in a coflin ! Oovernor, thoy call it — 7'//.' TombiV wliispered tho child. " Attention I " said tho clerk. The Uttlc prisoner turned iind faced the court, ■id the " old lion " hurried his shaggy gray head td teui'd in his hands, and groaned aloud. '■Now, then, what ia your uumo, my lad — my A", I should say? " inquired tho clerk. ^Capitola, sir." 'id liurriuaue pricked up Ids oars and raised hlheod, muttering to him"clf — " Cap-il-o-la ! Tya a very odd name, Can't surely bo two mLo world of tho siuue. Cap-il-n-ln !-—\\ it "liM bo my Capitola, after all? I shouldn't "»ol,- at all ! ru li-teu, and say nothing." iii*th tills wise nsohuioii Old Uurrioaue aaain ihtoju Ilia head upon liis hands. "f "^X >°^' uouu) ia Capiloht— Capitol* what?" In>|iiirad the ettrk, mthliin lb* m- •minatlon. " Nothing, ilr," " Nothing I What do you mean?" " I have no oanw but Oapitula, •if.'* " Who ia your father ? " " Never had any that I know, air." " Your mother?" "Never \\m\ • mother either, air, M nar I heard." " Where do you live?" " About in apots, in tlio oily, air," " OI,-vh-o>il" groaned Old Uurrioano with- In his hands, " What is your calling ? " Iminired the clerk. "Bellinii newspapers, carrying portmanteaua and pii> kagea, aweepiiiK before duura, clearing oO auow, 1. lacking boots, ami au on." " liittle odd jolia hi Kmrral, eh ? " " Ves, sir, anything that I can turn my hand io, and get to do." whore the landltdlee knew fttSBj ; but they diiln'l want me. " " Hoy— rt'V I should aay— what tempted yon to put yourself into male attire ? " "Sir?" "Ill bo) 'a olothea then ? " " Oh, yes -mint, air- and — and— ./nn^vr, air," cried the little prisoner, putting her hands to a face eriinaon with blushes, and for tho hist time Mince her arrest upon the eve of aobbiuK. " D'l—vh—ohl" groaned Old Umrioano from his chair. Want? Danger I How U thjt?" continued the clerk. " Your honor mightn't liko to know." " Ily all means. It is, in (nut, necessary that you should give an account of youraelf," said the cli'rk. Old llurricano once more raised his head, open- ed Ills ears, and gave close attetitioii. One eircumataiiotf ho had particularly remarked —the hingnago used by tho peor child during her esaininatioii was much superior to the slang siie had previously atleeted, to support her assumed character of newsboy. " Well, well— why do you pause? do on— go on, my good \my—);irt I mean, " said tho llccord- 01, iii a teno ol kiud encouragement. CHAPTER Vt A laoBT, 110 noiiT. "Ah t poverty is a weary thing, It lmr,leiictli tlie l>raiu, Itnuijad of making muilk every day, I econoniiiod ami made gruel.' " Hut my boy ffi^ i,wi/ j(ir/, I mean— befora you became so destitute, you should have found r.iw'"' """"'"r omnib«.s that i,aj Jinn- en i,'""'"'"™ ot-ii.a. And s,. u ,t i "> ''" '^" "" "'" week passod uv I "j '"',;';""■ ''■"""';"" ^'i'"! i.«t pe,?„y ^va.s\:„^•.'^, :';-,,'"'■"'". -""ii th.; «,luTever X coald-»„„ e „„s li',',"';' /l' r^'" «'oop of ttl,ouse, somotm..,i,r, ,,'/"; '','"" an;^™::^-i^ii:;-^^,^,.hat liU us h^ar nl, about it." °'""'<^. _ Ob, Mr— I cau't— I_l.ow oau T» w i. i, uig always „xpo.ud, sleeping out d„L ll^'-"',^- ti daujjorof bail bovs »„ f 1 „ :, "^ ""'-" ilola, an,l d.o™ii,^ i„", . , ","-"■ '^'"'' '"» -«a to talk about v;;u,''ih;ei:'i'3^;;y'«^''"">' tl-:^Sllm^t^'h;;^j:^""' "'-•" -""ered cloMr::!si;U:Zla''"-«° ''"'" «-J '''o -Liy^iidJig «"c::^;.ju'ThrT ■" '"» «"■' <>' ^^ l.»^J.ln-tHeta job'o" ,^ rfi'^l T"'"*^' "•''"' ' f.lioij mv Inui ,,..,...." """' '"' luvo nor nioiiev. ^ndniylasr^oliwa''. ealiTmy"'' ."V '"" •■""-- THE CANADIAN LIBHART. aZ^u:fet",l«^'i,„,1-' '■'■■»/ 'olt hitter thinliiug „„,, th ikiiSai^^r," '"'^r' ^''" »" 0" uutil I foun Imvir/ ' "'"''""(?• I ''andered used to live ? LdTna^L;,'.' i"^** ^^'"■^,' "''"•" ^ broken bricki nla° t r „.. I .'""'" "'" P''" <" I «dd „,; cVb, r P""nbrnkor'.i shop nl„,re "Mado up y„ur mind to be a boy I " ^''^ «irl for It wrtssocnivl I u-m, i„. j i t m::„'? "? ': r "p^" "« -' >,! .far ; t"" oil'-ed o sw pty'a'uu 0^;';; "T ?' '"""• ^'>'' ro.u,, and |,u( ;'„,!;! ■"" '° «° "" ^'^ daughter's '''uSxt';r'v;::^'S'r''-»''»'<'tha. Old Mm™;""' '^■"' """ '="""' '» ''- -11 '^^iu «li"vel u 1,„ 'e " Tl ?'i°,'"' ^"'' '"."'■-I', tr. b:'^nd-^^iH"~'----^ p;'U!tsr-;iV'r:,fe',;-3?vi- to^m^ii^i^ni.ri^l^r^^^-'^^^^y—e turn to a boy 1 ef^^o'v Lii i 1 ' '"'''"■ ""' '" from that dnv f, ,'t1 I v ,1 "' '" ™''>'-' ^'"1 I found vlmZtd^, 'T "'''? """ P"-" Parous ! 'a'l -niKl t.;-rri:'b d' V'lS'o^or'''' '"■?""' yfur I was as l.i,„ny „, „ u;„„ „ '^"'^'^ '"or -'i. e ki'iit on fo oiilv r f .r,?l 1 ,"' ""'' """"'l 1 linv, h.stend of euL'u'nff "."''/"'"? ''"" t"""' ""•' -y cap^ „::itTbL' m"or 'l,f«';fet'' "P ']"''' in a hiL'li breo?,. (V,„ ■ ",*""'•'"" 'orrv-boat. Alley,- iateriupted tL officer ' "''"''"• "' ^^'"^ oo;a:^r?L:Lft:™u;-i;;^"^-a ,...,. CHAPTER VU. UETAMOBPaosia OP TnB NEWa.BOI. K,perleiicooftbutli1;r'^;,^rto'bo'.".^r'.'"°' SlIAUESPKARK. What shall wo do with her?" iuuuirni ii ^S'totSc^.:,,'-[|;';:.^«S'f'': answ'erc^arf,;^:f2d:r' ""''"'=' ''^''--"^■'•■So cu;i.h:j;t New'^oJkru^ie^fr !■" .^°^"""" i'adasi.bou«htit:''w,iti^'S:;:ii;^'""^" trained Ullabil^^J^ifir.-J '""""'" d^hu'iuents ai fortlf,';;,rm,^S;i:^':!-"f-f' neverl" burst the Ik.corder ' "'' ""'' "nar-hiiig uj, to loui Honor, li « proper IcgaJ guaidiuu ap .-beatouX'^.;:?-;-'^ :^t;•,/»»y"'- "-, gnl, c;,,.l,';,a "j^i ^^-^-^^ ,»^ ' .B Kuardian of ward. And 1 wdl ener'in^f """" "'' ■"» any sum to.np,*, ' ,, " '"'° » •?'»"«nizane8 f., bo disputed 1 ormv ' '^'- '".v liKbt, if it should have known mo many yeirs '• '^'°''' "'"' 8mno\iTo"f:ot"if 'vT,'/'-^''''"' ^^^fiB'" ^ we as. "P ".e yonlrgiH Co^/r-'^IJ^r''' "^ ■"" ''"^"' ,^^^ I thank you, sir," said Old iiurricane. bowi„g l'«te^S:r^°.r-'vhere.at.h, i«'i"™'i^'siii^::^r;t,»f"'^7--'' Sb--!;^rT:b!u?r ''v^"-^ i''^ nor I sluuM ndther umil I «n7,r'"'' ^ """» •' Its proper , .e«s- Inl I T "'" creature i„ J-ou,'gei:tlem.,rtbat o ' S/,,;:;,*, '» .-^''"' of jonr report, or if vm, 1 ' '"'P"'at Hem from »itii delicacy as the 1,, , i """""n "■ treat it involved." ^' ""^ ''"'"' '""""<" a Jonng lady is and i!;nd,^';^;^^v:'''fl^'o"« glances, wu.k., -.".u.:caiirr^™^'vx^:;!i^T^:';i •iS:fw:ii,^::i-:;::!i^«'oeowithmer. Old Km'r' ™r '^""'^' ""^ ""'"='' '^ "-^"-"g." «.ia ^^^^'Theres a huary-headed old siuuerl" said .di;;.'''"'' '"' '"''-' '''"' <"■ two peas." quoth an- oft,)r:;;ti^^;:-;:;;v-.b.ongi„g.ohim Hc^nrii3^t^;;:r""-'r""l'™'"'''Hnr. ^uo:ia!E;;'^v-,-.n:'iri- ^vitbiK-.t eiciliuR farther Ci-"'^ """"' "«*'" les, governor." '"'^'n:in;r'ttUT^i'e^"'""t'i"»«— "^^tJ^j^JiTh^^i'^Hi:^ f sr;?^?^ of her news-boy,';" ^ZT" " ""B^-'mnant -;^itg:?;::t;i::'s-n-.r I know gov_uiajor, 1 mean Ti ■shop of reaily-made clothing ^Ht . TT "- ' man's Aid ' con,, ■■ „i Vi '' r '"' Needle Wo- ont thereVrbu;;'„;it'',S"" "'""»• ' ""^ 60. oi.°go."mrd"t''.ie^'s',ro';r' "■"• """ "-^-^ "« ^-.'rrr^cifrr-ii^rSr^l? -osenting her ,o my friei.is! nl"::,; If"' .^ff eompLirsiyfr'?'''':^""''"'^''''"* you have t mt w « ' h " "'a'"; °', ""* ^^''^^ *' 'be««oofar„on:'a!;:iiy^;-„,„^:t,r'„7d'rn''' "■^J'?XciJ;r"rt,i'-s:... eryei ifivA-r THE CANADIAN LIBEABY. V person, and holda liim u-ible /or hoT. mBv »],(, tohis (jaiiilH? " tlie magistrato, witli li" t'i of tliB clinrjfo. 'I'l. of Hurricaiie Holl, 'If tt« tl.e Kuaniian of "liom I Claim as mv "to a ivcognizaiuw f„f ••■■".V'lKllt.ifitsl.oMld lual rcBpousibilitv, sir 3;s of the Aster, whj ijur Wnrfield : we aa. lonmliility ami deliver inruo." m liurricane, bowing room whore sat th« u: T to ask of you_it rop thi« case of ;|,o »n the gir/ in giii ., kLow what I uitttn i KPO Iho creature in 1 wish to re^uat of ihoj) that item from mmtion it, treat it ueofajoiuiylailyia 'Jim glances, wiuks, [Hired promise, and ^0 bide of his /,„. » go with me ? " ;h is waiting," said took il,o liniiil of iJtheilI.8uiivre«s- 'IJ Binucrl" said peas," qnoth an- belonging to him urd. '"' liini, Old Har. ' the cooch, took ilers to bo driven in the coaoh, the 1 said: ist to your girl's per clothes ayain lot tho governor ' liuJ his rights However, I am III niau, naively, ea Ibat tho title a mere remnant '. i ineun, now igain." '• There is a Je ' Needle Wo- ""■<)• I can got oorner, driver;" ew up before a id leading his counter only J-looking wo- Mne, stooping " a littl,, em. bo willing t« • I oaiuo t/ —tills youn sthos. I „5 dross, bef^ IK!-. Tl,f - hair a dqlJ tho veryjkt ■y to givJbr id in cfg- V." Jui;?,,^ , rst ii/'Aa ward; but finding in the extreme vonth of the one and the ad-.anced age of tho other, and in the houcBt expression of both, eoujething to allay bcr fePJS, if not to iiispiio her confidence, she eaid^ "Very well, sir. Como alter me, young gen- tUraau—jouiigludy, I should say." And calling in a boy to mind the shop, she conducted Capitola to an iimer apartment. Old Huiricauo wtrt out nud dismissed his coach. When it was ejit.iely out of i-ight, he bailed another that was pai-.aing by empty, and e:ij;aged it to tiiko himKolf and a young lady to the' WiLshiuKton House. When be re-euteied tho shop ho found tho sliopwomau and Capitola rutumod and waiting for Inui. Ciipitola was indeed transfigured. Uor bright black hair parted in tho middle, fell in ringlets each side her blushing cheeks ; her dark gray eyes were cast down in modesty at the very same instant that her ripe red lips were jinckered up with misebief. She wih '■■, l| and properly attired ma gray silk dress, eiiu. .. merino shawl, and a bl.Lck \'olvut bonnet. Tho other clothing that had been purchased was done up in packages and put into the c^^ach. And after paying the shopwoman handsomely, Old Uuirieaue took tho bond ol Ins ward, handed her into the coaeli, audgavo the order: " To tho Washington House." The ride wa.< pui formed in silence. Capitola sat deeply blushing at tho recollection of her male uttire. and luufoundly cogitating an to wlmt could bo the lelutiju.ship between herself and the griiy old man whose claim tho liecoider bad so I n.u.iitly admitted. Tuero seemed but one way of .iceounting for the great interest be tj.ok in her fiite. Capitola came to the eonelii.,ion tliut the grim old lion hefoic her was no more nor less than— her own lather! for, alas, pt)„r Cup. hud been too long tossed about New York not to know moro of life thau at her age she would have known. She had indeed tho innoctiue ol voutb, but not its simplitity. Old Hurricane, on bis part, sat with bis tliick ciiue gia.sped in his two knobby bands, standing belwom his knees, his giizzle.1 elnn resting upon It, and his eyes oast down us in deep thought. And so in sUeuoo they reached the WasliinKton Ilouse. Major Warfield then conducted his ward intD the Indies' parlor, and went nud entered his owu and her lumio upon the books as " Major War- liibi and his wanl Miss Black," for whom be en- gaged two liodioouisiiiul a private iiailor. Then leaving Capitola to bo shown to her npartiuent by a chambermaid, he went out and oidoied her luggnge up to her room, and dibmissed the couch. Nest bu wulkid to the Astor House, paid bis bill, o.llectol his baggugo, took another carriage •iud drove back to tho Washington Hotel. All this trouble Old Hurricane took to break the links of his action and prevent scandal. This filled up a long forenoon. He dined lUoue with his ward in their private parlor. Huiili a dinner poor Cap. had novor oven ^mcU before! How intensely she enjoyed it with all lis surroundings !— tho comfortable room, tbe g owing fire, tho clean table, tbe rich food, tho ob»u,ju:ous attendance, her owu gouttel and be- foming dross, tbe company of a higldy respect- able guardian— all, all, so dilleront from anything «be liuil ev<.r boon accustomed to, and bo hiahlv ■pprroiated! " ' U.pw bnppy she felt 1 how much happier from J» contrast of her previous wretchedness ! to y (Uddenly freed from want, toil, fear, and all ^ evils of destitute orphanage, and to find her- »( blest with wealth, leisure, and safety, under t. cars of a rich, good, and kind father I (tor • |i Capitola ooutinued to boliovo her guardian ••'f}. It ^;ns an incrciibio thing i H na» Uiso » Vy talo I taething of what was passing in her mind wwerceived by Old Hurricane, who frequently bufiuto uproariouf, fits of hiugbtor, aa ho watoh- A\st, when the dinner and dessert were re- P'^'^Ailud tho nuts, rasins, and wine placed upou^p tftUe, and the waitera hod retired from the room and left them alone, sitting one on each Bide of tho lire, with tbe table and its luxuries botweeu them. Major WuiQold suddenly looked uu and asked; " Capitola, whom do yon tlunk tbnt I am: " " Old Hurricane, to be sure! I knew you from Granny's description, the moment you broke out so in the police idliee," answered Cuji. "HumphI yes, you're right; and it was your giauiiy that bequeathed yon to me, Capitola." ' " 'rbon she is really dead ? " "Yes. There— don't cry about her. She was very old, and she died happy. Now, Capitola, If you please me, I mean to adopt you as my own daughter." ' "Yes, father." "No, no— you needn't call mo father, yon know, because it isn't true. Call me umlcl micle' uncle I " " Is that true, sir?" asked Cap., demurely. " No, no, no; but it will dot it will do I Now, Cap., how much do you know? anything? Ig. norant as a horse, I am afraid." " Yes, BU-, even as a cult." " Can you read at aU ? " " Yes, sir. I learned at the Sunday School." " Cast accounts and write? " " I can keep your books at a pinch, sir." "Humph! who taught you these aocomplish- monts?" "^ " Herbert Greyson, sir.'* "Herbert Greyson! I' Veard that name be- fore! here it la again. ' that Herbert Grey- son ? " •" "He's second mate on the Smmu sir, that is expected in every day." " Umph ! Uniph 1— lake a glass of wine, Caui- tola?" " No, sir; I novor touch a single drop." '■Wliy? why? go.d wniB alter dinner, mv child, lb a good thing, let me tell you." " Ah, sir, my life has shown me too much misery that has come ol drinking wine " "Well, well, as you please. Why, where has the girl run off to?" exclaimed the old man, breaking oft, and looking with amuzemeut at Capitola, who had suddenly started up and ru.hed out of the room. In an instant she rushed in again, exclaiming: Oh. he's cornel her cornel I hoard his " Who's come, you madcap? " inquired the old man. "Oh, Herbert Greyson! Herbert Greyson! His ship is in, and he has como here I ho ahmys comes here- most of tue sea-onioers do ! " ex- claimed Cap., dancing around until all her black ringlets flew up and down. Then suddenly pausing, she oamo quietly to his side, and said solemnly: ' " Uncln ! Herbeit has been at sea three years I he knows nothing of my pust misery and desti- tution, nor of my ever wearing boy's dollies. Uncle please don't tell him, especially ot the boy's cb>ihe8 ! " And i", tlio earnestnos's other nppen',, C.ipitola clapped her hands und raised her eyes lo the old man's face. How soft those gray eyes lookeil when praying ! but for all thai, the very spirt of misebief still lurked about the comers ol the jdump, aieli lips. " Of course I shall tell no one. I am not so proud of jonv mnsquerailing os to nublis;! it. And as for Ibis young felb.w, I shall probably never sco him 1 " exclaimed Old Hurricane CHAPTEU Vin. nUBBBHI ORKiaoN. A kt) rt, true liosrt, a spirit lilch. That ciiuuot four and will not bow. Is flusl^leu in bis manly oyo And stuoiiied upon his brow.-HALLECK. In a few minutes Coniiola came bnundinR sip i!ie stairs ujruni, exelu'ining, joyously— "Hero he is, uncle ! here is 'Heibert Greyson I Come along Herbert ! You must come in and see my now nualo I" And she broke into the room dragging before her aatouisbed guordiiiii a hand, some, dHrk-oyed young sailor, who bowed, and then stood blushing at his enforce.1 intrusion • I beg your piiidon, sir," he said, " for buret- luj; lu upon you in this way i but " " I dragged him here wiHT-nilly," said Capitola " Still, if I had hud time to think, I should no* have intruded." "Ob say no more, sir ! Yon are heartily wel. come! exclaimed tho old rain, Ihrustiug out his rugged hand and seizing the bronzed one ol the youth. " Sit down, sir,— sit down! GuoilJoi,/ ho-o like r he uddrd, inentiillv. ' Then, seeing tbe young 'sailor still standing blushing and hesitating, be struck his cane upon the fioor and roarwl out : " DtMMY, SIT DOWN, SIR I When La Warfield lays sit down, be mkanb sit down I" " Ira Wurlield !" exclaimed the young ma." starting back in aBlonishmeiit— one might almost say in conslei nation. " Aye, sir ! Ira Warfield ! that's my name ' Never heard any ill ol it, did you •" The ycniiig man did not uiiswer, but continued gazng in amniisment upon Hie speaker. "Nor anygoo•»'« " Say no more— say no more , lad I Drink Z „Vi'' ^°" In'?- ^' '"""'' ''"'■' >"'" '" "Claimed tbe old man, filhng and quailing a glass of cham- paigne. Then he said : "I quarelle Cap. "grecable to 3 h ^i."' *« 'ho meroha.,1 ^ ■ " Not perle„o; "^"^ '" ^*"' »«'"co tent." P*™""?. su-i but ona ,„ the old man ,J^° «Vlu.m, jou i,„p ,,?; " Not "p^X"; Herbert P"'" " "'"<"'^^ service "f^^ant «orv,,i?;'' ""> ""^ »von ]ess than tho ,, " la s proud, asi.ir.-„ ^ ^ "'s army ah ,.' Jie yomig man. »» 1^, « P'^'o'sion, "r " . ?, Husiasn. "• "" '"" '-"=9 lighted up with almluntvIrT; " ^°" '"<« 'ie »nny „ir !"' Aye. youngster tn ro xV "eoiaud it. " •' ?"^.«'ne.„heSM''„'!?'«^P'- But aS^.tlH malto „,, wheTher or°n^""'^- "<" ^ociJent wii '"8 mo a bov 0/ »„., ° ™y Jiiother (ii,.j i • «£'. sir I ^11 » ' ™r'. he resumed : ..'a°,° i?™""? "gain to Her "And now, Herbert r ■»*'• '"•^.i to rest. " "" '^° «»""«R and eooi Xrrl" Warfield's carriage ^^it,-„„ , "'"? '"and Major sp:c •"'"'":-■».%;:;,£ As poon an *li.. - i , over h„pp„„, cJiT/.fh""''""'- UovPaJil ' Tvv?" •>"" 'J"»k?""' ^° "'"" '' on pur-" I and }on, |,ko vourKel/ , i, I"™"'? s m,,- .,„,.., . "'e -poor mdo,^."'':;ri'',, »"rf,,t%''''''''"'"™"' . etrugjjling ni„thor ;' b* ••nd h„» ""T" ''a«k and seel. . '* "'■"ff. ^r"S^r'^'^'-es^^ Be. sw.i,t,' 1 X*"^ »"y o'hname- won,';"""'"? '" '«''"eaVor'.?A'^'"''" ""iJ Wool a« OlrAPTER IX. around tlL i *''''«« Jouff Bast T ^"'''*^ and l-ors, dwelt ti,„ . . "'^''' fomote from T.i, young wo ue/rT''!'' '^'^^O"" "-e ,wo n one cnndle and , „„. , ,™'"<' ""ilod o,?,. « -^-M th^liK"^.. "-£ ' modated the two wX^^"^, "" r'"™ ,T?,r' ".™rrow for tL ,.,"''" "'o". «>'. "' "I" ivmr, this was a V '' "'"' "'o W* lie widow Ji„„ke ro„m„ i ^V'V?- A«^''«'i em fUr'wS"' -ouM '■hem r '°" ''« »!'»•> wou* "o ho (lij T, °/'" "aid Wool a/ler . /' ""w, Missus I Md rf! S IX. Don, d, leading ,,o„ „„ We. gro^ stoue cot- *n enclosed by » A few gjiarled ^nd ^ '»"»M branches 'little wooden Rate ,;K from door, on 'rom other nciRh- ;Wt^Gre,son,?ie '1' ? .^'lence, or ors be/ore she had , '° 'Mt^ mouru. Z,"' *•><"" 'wo ^beto, snpporting «»» died and hfg ^dest'tufe.andit won to look ont ^''"''Id find the eanhness, and '"ke, whom she "eagro income to such unox- 'i-eyson and her 'lie two poor » leqiinintance a thence into 'his world °J. Ono fir, '" little famii, -saved as wd Ind when fe lieir motliiH, ' other aco'8 iiet "HE CANADIAN LIBRARY. \ 11 \ small means, ran away, as he had said, and went to sea. Every year had Herbert written to his kind foster-mother, and his dear brother, as ho called Iraverae And nt tlic nnd of every nrosporoas voyage, when he had a little niouuy he had sent tUurn fun.ls ; but nut always did theso letters or reunttanci'8 reach the widow's cottage, and lonif seasons of intense anxiety wouKl be suDered by hur, for the fate of her suilor boy, as she always called Herbert. Only three times in all these years had Herbert found time and means to oome down and see them— and that was long ago. It was many months over two years since they had even received a letter fiom him. And now the poor widow and her son were almost tempted to think that theu' sailor boy had qmte forsaken tuem. It is near the close of a late autumnal evening that I shaU introduce y„u. reader, into the inte! nor of the widow's cottii(jo. You enter by the little wooden gate, pass np the mouldering paved walk between the old, leaf- less lilac bushes, and pass through the front door right into a large, clean, but poor-looking, sittins- room and kitchen. * Kveiytliing was old, though neatly and com- fortably arranged about the room : a faded home- made carpet coveru»"'• ^^ «P0'' the door! hitch and the next instant entered i- youth some seventeen years of ago, clad in a handsome suit! whose coarse material and clumsy make could not disgmse his noble form or graceful air. /»„. **« li'"', Ills mother, with the same oval face, regular features, and pale olive complex- ion with the same full, serious lips, the same dark, tender brown eyes, shaded by long black lashes, and the same wavy, jet black hair-bnt there was a di^erence in the character of their faces; where hers showed refinement and mel- ancholy, hia exhibited strength and cheerfulness -his lovmg brown eyes, instead of drooping sadly under the shadow of their lashes, looked you brightly and confidently fuU in the faoe- and lastly, his block hair curleil crisply around a broad, high forehead, royal with 'intellect Such was the boy that entered the room, and came joyously forward to his mother, clasping his arm around her neck, saluting hor on both checks, and then, laughingly claiming hia child- ish privilege of kissing "the pretty little black mole on her throat." " Wm you novor have outgrown your baby. hood. Traverse ?" asked his mother, smULng at his affectionate ardor. ""i "k »i "Yes, dear little mother I in everything but babyhood I never ./ia// outgrow I" exclauned the youth, kissing her again with all the ardor of his true and affectionate heart, and staiting np to help her set the table. He dragged the table out from under the window spread tlio o oth, and placed the cups and saucers upon it, while his mother took the bis- cults from the oven and made the tea; so that in ten minutes from the moment in which he entered the room, mother and sim were seated at their frugal supper. "I suppose, to-morrow being Saturday, von will have to get up earlier than usnal to go to "the store?" said his mother. "No, ma'am I" replied the boy looking up brightly as if ho were telling a piece of good news. "I am not wanted any longer I Mr. Spicers own man has got well again and re- turned to work." sadly" ^°° "^ discharged?" said Mrs. Bocke, 11,1'*^!''°!' i""'?" ' 1;°' J"»' "link how fortunate that is I for I shaU have a chance to-morrow of mending the fence, and nailing up the gate, and sawing wood enough to last you a week, besides doing aU the other little odd jobs that have beeo waiting for mo so long; and then on Monday I shall get more work I" "I wish I were sure of it J" said the widow, whose hopes had long since been too deeply crush- ed to permit her ever to b. sanguine. When their supper was over, and the humble service cleared away, the youth took his books and applied himself to study on the opposite side of the table at which his mother sat busied witli her ueedlo-work. And there fell a perfect silence be- tween them. The widow's mind was anxious and her heart heavy, many cares, never communicated to cloud the bright sunshine of her boy's soul, oppressed 1 mltbJ r ■■?■"' ^.1 '"""" ''"'""y behiJ-hand, and the landlord tlu-eatened, unless the money Z^.^^ '"'""f lu ''"y«'""'' '" '^'^^ ""'if '»™i w H° '™' "''"° '""" "•« Preniiees. And see at all I True, this meek Chri.ti.n h«.l ottcnin lior sad experience proved Ood's special providence at her utmost need, and now she liehcved in His ultimate int^^f^renco, bTit i! what manner He . ,uld now interpose she her ,r rr' ■.';■'' ',""■ '"'* g'^" Jim. «nd her hope dark, ,.■ I |.jr love cold While she was i evolving tliese sad' thoughts n her mind. Traverse sudenly thrust aside U. of "iSert '?'*'"" ''° '""' """'' *"" "" ''"""°' " I do not know. I dread to conjecture. II has now been nearly three years since we heard irom him I e-iclaimed the widow, with the teari welhug up to her brown eyes. "You think ho has b.Hn lost at sea, mother but don't I I simply think his /M.rs have becc lost 1 And somehow to-ni(:lit I ruu't lix my mind on my lespc:;^, or keep it „ff Huibertl He ir immmg m wy head all the time I If I were faneiful, now, I sAou/J believe that Herbert was dead aud Ins spirit was about me I Good I.eavens, mother! whose step is that?" suddenly !n f.'.'". j"".^"""'' """•""B "P "«i assuming an attitude of intense listening, as a firm and ringing step, attended by a peculiar whistling, approached np the street nnd entered the gate! 'It 18 Herbert I it is Herbert! cried Travoiso, starting across the room and tearing open the door with a suddenness that threw the entering guest forward upon his bosom, but hia arms were soon around the new-comer, clasping him closely there while he breathlessly exclaimed : Oh, Herbert I I am so gind to see you I Oh, Herbert I why didn't you come or mite all this ongtime? Oh, Herbert! how long have you been ashore? I was just talking about you!" Dear fe low I-dear fellow I I have oome to make you glad at last, and repay all your gre*t kindness; but now let me spjak to my sefond mother," said Herbert, returning Traverse's eu, brace, and then gently extricating hims,.lf and go- ng to where Mrs. Bocke stood up, pale, treni- bliiig and mcrednlons ; she had not yet r«. covered the great shook of his imexpeoted ap- pearance, '^ ' "Dear mother, won't yon welcome me?" asl- ed Herbert, going up to her. His words dis- solved the speU that bound her ; throwhig her arms around his neck aud bursting into tears, she exclaimed ; .il' *''''■ ^7. ^™ ' "y ""n I my sailor boy ! mr other chdd ! how glad I am to have yoi back once more ! Welcome ?_to bo sAe you are welcome l-is my own circulating blood welcome back to my heart y-but sit you down and rectlv'^' '"'*' ' ''"' ^*' y"" '"PP" ^'• " Hweet mother, do not take the trouble I I ^JJPP«n ,*wenty miles back where the stage "And will you take nothing at all?" ''Nothing, dear mother, hut your kind hand to kiss again and again I" said the youth press- ing that hand to his lips, and then allowing the TheTre ''"' '°'° * "'"'"■ ^^* *" '""' "' Traverse sat on one side of him and his mo- ther on the other, eaoh holding a hand of his and gazing on him with mmgled incednlity snrprise and delight, as if, indeed, they could not realize his presence except by devouring him with their eyes. And lor the next half-hear aU their talk vas as wild and incoherent as the conversation of long-parted friends, suddenly brought together, IS apt to be. It was all made up of hasty questions, hur- ried one upon another, so as to leave but little oliance to have any of them answered, and wild exclamations and disjointed sketches of travel interrupted by frequent ejaculations ; yet through all the widow and her son, perhaps through the quickness of their /mr as well as of their intellect, managed to get some know!- edge of the past three years of their "sailor boys hie and adventures, and they entirely vindicated his constancy when they learned how frequently and regularly he had written, tnougli they had never received his letters. ■' And now," said Herbert, looking from side to side from mother to son, " I have toW you ."".""'.r .""'"'"''' ^ *™ ''y'nB to tell you some- "'fhat concerns us I" exclaimed mother and son m one breath. "Yes, ma'am ! yes, sir I thai concerns yon both eminently ; but first of all, let me ask how you are getting on at this present time ?" " Oh, as usual," said the widow, smiling, for she did not wish to domp tho spirits of her sailor boy; "as usual, of course. Traverse h;\s not been able to accomplish his darUng piu-pose of entermg the Bomioary yetj bat " 12 ^'HE CANADIAN LIDRAHY. " But I'm getting on quito woU with my oJu- ontion for all that," intoiruptoil Traverse i " lut J belong to Ur. Day's Uible class in the bubbatli scliocil, whluh is a class of voiiiis iiu'/i, you kiio.v I an.l 1110 doctvr is so nood n's to tliink tliat I liave Boiuo inenlnl K.ft^ wurtn cultivotinj;, so ho iIudh not couliuo his iiistruutious to mo to t'lo Uiblo olaid tt'.ouii, but [wriuits mo to como to him in his libiury, ut Wiilow-Hijjhts, for an hour. tvTioa a week, when ho exiimiuos me in Latin and Al- t'elira, iind sets mo now oxoroises, wliioh I study and write out at uight j so that you see I am doing very well." " Indued, the doctor, who is a groat scholar, and one of the trmteos and oxaminors of tho Summary, says that he does not know any vonng man t/itn, with all tho advantages of tbo'insti- tution around him, who is getting along so fast as Traverse is, with all tlio dilliuulties ho lias to enoountur. Tho doctor says it is all booauso Traverse is profoundly in earnest, and that one of these days ho will be " " There, mother ! don't repeat all the doctoi'g ki'id speeches I He only says such things to encourage a poor boy in the pursuit of knowl. edge under d^hculties," said Traverse, blushmg and laughiug. — " Will bo an honor to his kindred, oouutry and race," said Herbert, finishing the widow's iuoomplete (juotation, "It wsii aoiujthing like that, indeed," she said, nodding an 1 smilhi,'. " Vou dome pioud 1 " said Traverse, touching his foreloek with coinio gravity. "But," in- quired he, suddenly cbiingmg hm tone and bo. pomiug serious, " w,is it not— li it not— nolile in tho doctor to give up an honr of his preo.ous ti!ue twice a week, for no other cause than to help a poor, struKghng follow like luj up tho ladder of learning?" " I should think it wai ; but ho is not the first noble heart I ever iieard of," said Herbert, with an aUectiouate glance tliat directed tho compli- ment, "nor is his tho hist thiit you will moot with. I /iiitit tell you the good news now." " Oh, tell it ! teU it I have you got a ship of your own, Herbert?" " No, nor is it about myself that I am anxious to tell you. Mrs. Ilocke, you may have heard that I hail a rich uncle, whom I had never seen, because, from tho time of my dear mother's mar- riage to tliat of her death, she and her brother, this very uncle, had been estranged ?" "Yes," taid the widow, speaking in a very low tone, and bunding her head over h.ir work'; "yes, I have heard so ; but your motlier and myself Beldom alluded to tho subjoci." "Exactly! mother never \v.\< loiul of talking of him I Well, when I came on lore, and went, as usual, up to the old Washington llous.:, woo should I meet with all of a sudilen, but this riuli uncle. He liad come to New York to claim .i, little gild whom I hapjiened to know, and who happen- ed to recognize mo, and name me to him. Well, f knew him o/i/y by his nam.) ; sud he knew me both by name and by my likeness to his sister, and received me with wonderful kindness, offered me a home under his roof, and promised to get for mo an appointment to Wrst Point. Are you not glad ?— say, are you not plad ? " he exclaimed jocosely clapping his hand upou Traverse's knee, audthen turning luoundaudlookingathia mother. •■Oh, yes, indeed I am -M-y glad, Herbert I " ex- fllaimed Traverse, heartily grasping and squeezing bis friend's hand. " Yes, yes, I ain imleed sincerely glad ot your good fortune, dear hoy," said tho widow, but her voice was very faint, and her head beut Biili low- er over her work. " Ha I ha I ha I 1 .4->,7ii you'd bo glad for nu- ; hut now I require you to be glad for yoiiisdv.s. Now listen : When I told my honest old undo —for he is liouot. with all his eccentricities— when I told him of what friends you had been to me " " O/i, nol fvu illil not I You / iiwninn DS /.) niii!" cried the widow, suddenly stailiiii! Up ui,_d eluBpiiig her iiands togelie-r, whlio ao j gazed iu an agony of entreaty into the face of tho speaker. " Why not?- why in the world not? Was there sn.vthiBg improper in so doing 1 " inquired H(ubo t iu ustouishiuunt, while Traverse himself gazed u ftiiiwemout at the exoossiro oud uuacoouutaLlj ajjitaUuu ut liu luolUui. "Way. momer? W.i/ shouldu't hi have msntioned im;' W.h there anything 8tr,m"e or wrong iu that ' " inquired Travor«o. "No, oh, no: certainly not 1 -I forgot, it was so sudden," said tho widow, sinking back inhere.iair and strugghug (or ael(-oontnd. " Wliy, moilior, what in the world is tho mean- ing of this » " asked her sou. ■'Nothing, nothing, boy: o;ilv wo aro poor folks, aud should not be forced upon the attention of a wealthy gentleman," she s lid, with a co'd, nimatiiral smile, putting her hand to her brow and striving to gaiu composure. Then, as Herbert continued silent and amazed she said to him : "Go on— go ou— you wore saving something about my— about Major Warfield's kiuduoss to you— go on," and she took up her work and tried to sew, but she was as paJe as death, and trem- bhng all over at 'he same time, that ovorv nerve wai acute with attontio'i, to catch every word that might fall from tho lips of Herbert, ■' Well," rooommenood the yonui; sailor, " I was just saying that when I mentioned you and Traverse to my uujle, and told him how kuid and diiiuterosted you had been to mo— yon being like a mother, and Traverse like a brother, ho was really moved almost to tears 1— Vui, 1 declare I saw tho raindrops glittering in hi i tompeituous old orbs, as he w.ilkod tho floor muttering to him- self, • I'onr woman— good, excellent woman.' " While Herbert spoke, the wi I iw dropp.-d her work without seeming to know tliat she h:il dono so ; her fingers t» itched so nervously that she hid to hold botii hand: clasped together, and her eves v»o. J lixeil in intense anxiety upon the face of the youth, as bIm repeated: " 'Jo on —oil, go on ! What more did he say when 3'ou ti*lked of us ? " " He said everything that was kind aud food. He said that he could not do too much to com. pensate you for the past." " Oh! did he say thai?" ^i claimed the widow, breath >essiy. ■• Yes— aud a great deal morel- that all that he oou.d do for you or your sou was but a sacred debt he owed you." " Oh, he acknowledged it 1 he ackuowle<1ged it I thank heaven 1 oh, thank heaven 1 (Jo on, Her- bert! (.to on!" ■■ He said that hb would in future take tho whole charge of tho boy's adMincement iu life, and that he would place you above want forever ; that he would, iu fact, compensate for tho past by doing you and yours full justice." ■' Thank heaven I Oh, thank heaven I " ex- clahnod the willow, no longer concealing horaei- latiou, hut throwing down her work, and startin,' up and pacing the lloor in excess of joy. "Mother," said Traverse, uneasily, going to lier and taking her hand, "mother, what is the meaning of all this ? Dj coD-.a and sit down ! " She immediately turned and walked back to the fire, and resting her hands upon the back of the ohair, beut up I'l them a face radiant with youth- ful beaut.'. Her ciieek!^ wore brightly flushed. Her eyes were sparkling with light, her v,'holo countenance ruspluudent with joy — she scarcely seemed twenty years of ago. " Mother tell us what it is," pleaded Traverse, who feared for her sanity. •' Oh, boys, I am so Imr py I at last ! at last I after eighteen years of patient ' 'I'^pnig against hope! ' I shall go mad with joy I " "Mother," said Herbert soltly. " Children, 1 ar- not crazy I I know what I am aayiui;;, though I did not intend to say it ! And yon shall know, too 1 lint first I must ask Her- bert another question: "Herbert, are you very sure that he— .Major Warfirld, knew who wo ■vere ? " " Y'es, indeed. Didn't I tolUiiin all about you? Your troubles, your struggles, your disir.terosted- noss, aud all your history since ever I know you?" answore.l Herbert, who was totally nn- couscioua that ho h.aj left Major Wurfield in ignorance of one very importaut fact — her i.ir- "Did he allude to any previous acqaatntance with ns ? " "No ma'am unless it might have been in the words I repeated to you— tliiu-e was nothing else I — ixoept that he bale me hurry to you aud maku you glad with his message, nud return as soon ,is possible to let him know whether you accept his oJlL'rs." ^ ■■ Accept them I accept tliem I of course I do I I have waited (or them for years l-nh I childnn I you gaze on me as if you thought me mad I I ,im not sol nor can I now explain mvsolfl for since ^e has not chosen to he eonfideiitial with Ilerbrrt I can uoi be so premnturelvl but you will know all, when Herbert shall have borne back mv moss- age to .Major Wiu-field." it was, indeed, a ui'Vl evening in, the cottage And even when the litti.e family had sepsruted and retireil to bed the two youths Iviug toeetiier as forrnerly, could not sleep for talking ; while the widow, ou her lonely couoh, lay uwuko for " lho!i you are sure he know who /«.• was talk- iug about? " " 0( course, ho did I " " He could not hava failed ti do so, indeed I Dnt, Herbert, diil he montiou any other impor- tant toot, that you lutvo tiot yet commuuioatud to us? " ■■ No, ma'wQ." CHAPTER X. TUB BOOM o» Tna TnAP-noOB. If you bave hitliorto coilco ilod tliis sir'bt. I
    t heiu'^ made iu the best bedroom ; but v.dion I was not wafned of r,'/)- coining, Madam ! " "Madam! Is the old woman crszed? This chill is no 'miidam!' She is .\fiss BlacJ;, my ward, the daughter ot a deceased friend " fi'iho. ly exclaimed Old Hurricane. "Excuse me. Miss, I did not know; I was un- prepared to receive a young lady. Shall I at- tend you, Miss Black?" said the old lady in a modified tone. " If you please," said Capitola, and arose to fol- low her. " Not expecting you. Miss, I have no proper room prepared— most of them are nol furni.'^hod, and iu some, the chimneys aro foul; inderd, the only tolerable room I can put vou iu is the loom with the trap-door-if you would not object to it?" said Mrs. Condiment, as with a candle iu hor hand, she preceded Capitola along the gloomy nail, and then opened a door that led into a nar- row passage, "A room with a trap-door'— thofs a curious tli.ng I but why sliould I object to it I I don't at all, I think I should rather like it," said Cap- itola. " I will show it to you and tell yon about it, and then if you like it, well and good I If not, I shall have to put you in a room that leaks, and has swallows nests in tho chimney," answered Mrs. Condiment, as she led the way along the narrow passages, and up aud down dark, hack stairs, and through hare and deserted rooms, and along other passages until she reached a remote chamber, opened tho door, and invited her ouusl to enter. It was a large, shadowy room, through whinh the single candle shed such a faint, nncertuhi light, that at first Capitola could see nothing hut black masses loompig through tho darkness. But when Mrs. Condiment advanced and fel the candle upon the chlmney-pjcco, and Capitola'^ s:;;!it i:^0(.,,iiii,..l.,lj.^ {..(.jj jg jv. ..^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ that upon the right of tho chimuoy-piece stood n tall tester bedstead, curtained with very dark crimson serge; ou tho left hand, thick curtains ol • •" same color draped the windows. Between these windows, directly opposite the hod, stood n dark mahogany dressing bureau, with a Urge looking-glass ; a waah-staud iu the loft hand cor- ner of the ohimney-plaoe ; and a rocking-chaii ^*K- f prerlotia leqnaintance might have been in tho -lh(!iB was notliinK else I liiirry to you uuj muto ', nixil rotum A>i hoou hs whether you acci'pt liis Uicra I of cmirso I d'l ! r years I— nJi | e>iil,lren ! hoiight me imul I I aiu plain myself I for liinoo iifi.leiitinl with Herbert, elyl but you will know ^e home back my nio.is- ivening in, the cottapo. ! family Imd separated ) youtbii lying togi^tber oep for talking ; while coiioh, lay awuko for lEX. i TnAP-nooR. oncoilcil tliifi si{;Ut, »ur Hilonc3 still : rtotli hitp to-u Rht, lug, but no tnn^M^o. HUk&EBin'.AtiE. lie care of the Major, much ti) the diKpom. luent, who was quite ew inmate ; and when is your young Indv, ilroom, where she can wl," the worthy dame, olil fool OS g(uie nn I 3 uuough ; a more elilt ;'ii curtsey, and a very nl the fire n 't bein^ ; but when I was not bull ! " 'Oman crazed ? This iio is Afiss Blad;, my ^ased friend ; " tbnrp- not know ; I was un. ig lady. Shall [ at lid the old lady in a itola, and arose to fob sa, I have no proper 3m are not furnished, are foul; indeerl, tlie It you ill is the loom would not object to a with a candle in her la along the gloomy )r that led into a imi- ')r?— that's a curinup ibjoct to it ! I dciu't her like it," Baid Cap- nd tell yon about it, and good I If not, I room that leaks, aiul chimney," answered d the way along the .ml down dark, b.acli I deserted rooms, aiui die reached a remote ind invited her guesi room, through which ih a faint, nncertuhi ould see nothing but h the darkness, ut advanced and Fiil ■piece, and Capitola'.- 3 thd .sOeilu, bhu saw liimnoy-piece stood a tied with very daik ind, thick curtains ol windows. Between site the bed, stood n irean, with a Urjiu in the left hand cor- and a rockingchaii (the CANADIAN LIBUARY. ii i and two plain ohsira oomplotod tho furniture of this room, that lam so particular in describing, as T-|ion tho simple accidnnt of its arrangement dep, iided npon two occasions the life and honor o( in ooonpaut. There was uo carpet on the floor, with the eioeption o( a largo old Turkey rug tli.ll V as laid before the fire-place. J " lb r.-. my dear, this room is perfectly dry and ■; eomforiablo, and we always keep kindlings built np in the fireplace ready to light in ease a guest sboii'd come," said Mrs. Condiment, applying a maleh tc the wastepaper under tho pineknots and logs tliat filled the chimney. Hoou there ainso a rheurfiil blaze that lighted up all the room, glow- ing on tht crimson serge bod curtains and win- dow-curtains, and liishingupontbolargo looking, gla^sbftivei II them. " There, luy dear; sit down, and make your- sell oomtortalie," said Mrs. Condiment, druwiii" up tlie rocking-chair. " C.iji.l.ila threw herself into it, and looked around and nroimd the room, aud then into the trtceijf the old ladv, anyiug : "But what iiboa. the trapdoor?— I see no trap- door I " ■ " Ah, yes— look!" said Mrs. Condiment, lift, log up tlie rug and revealing a largo ,/rofi some fotir fot siiuiire, that was kept np in its place li.v R short iron bolt. " Now. my dear, take care of yourself, for this bolt slides very easily, and if. wlideyou happened to bo walking across this plaee, you were to push the bolt back, the trap- door would drop and you fall down— heaven knows where I " '• Is there a cellar under there ? " inquired Cap- iloia. gazing v,-ith interest upon the door. "Lord knows, child; 1 don't I I did once make one of 111,, nigger men let it dov/n, so I could look in it; but, Lord, cUili', I saw nothing but a gieat, black, deep vacuity, vvitlioiit bottom or sides I It put ." ,oh a horror over, mo that I have never looked down there since, and never want to, I'm sure." " Uxli ! for goodness sake what wis the horrid thing niade fori" ejaculated Capitola, gajing as If fa^oinatid ly the trap. "The fjord only knows, ray dear; for it was made long before ever the house came into the major's family. But Uuv do sav " whispered Mrs. Condiment, mysteriously. ' "Ah! what do they say?" asked Capitola eagerly throwing ofl her bonnet and shawl, and settling herself to lieat some thrilling exploua- tion. ' Mrs. Condiment slowly replaced the rug. drew another chair to the side of tho yoiuiK giil, and Kaid: " They do say it was— " (.aid tloglowof boiifiuk-iitsulf- ted bryoiirl all nieuMln} I " biii({ I Sco, jc.iiiiK f„lk-5, lalthy, l.y sparing a :itilo iii», to make the po,-.r and I Ijoy, Herbert, the hoy ? " ir himwlf, hut still moio ; for her joy was such a« iilanu me ! liefoio tliat Uocke a proud woman, »'«/" oxclaimod Major she was a proud woman, a proud woman, sir ? " lied tho young man, with up, seized the chair up- iiid struck it upon tho i to shatter it to pieeca ; up and down the door the two young peoiilo irniition and fearful ex- turned suddi nly, strode id stood before him. lis veins swollen until 'oroliead like cords, Lis aring, his mouth clcncli- nioustache and beard huge frame was quiver- t was impo8: