tear oil the mask of duplicity that hides human nature and we find the world pouring forth nil the vials of its indignation at the course of life led by those who have been more sinned against tlion sin ning yet secretly feeding the flame of indulgence that hums upon a shrine already so polluted


would to god hot i cotild write upon mens hearts in characters of liiiug lire


and would pray for strength lo write charily ill every soul was softened


i care lillle for the mock cry of gooduess which tells me am vicious because sympathise with a race so outcast and forlorn


i care little for the worthless principle lhat sets me down as depraved because i choose to think it no sin o examine the condition of the reckless and abandoned outcast


h came to the lost sheep of the house ol israel and shall man neglect thousands pe rishing hopelessly around him


no


i would ask what difference is there in human hearts lhat those who of fend should be considered alien to our nature


i would tell those who blame me to go into the world


to image to their own feelings the wretchedness from being outcast from all that is goodto he scorned by come and reviled by others


to en dure the sorrowful consciousness of being more sinned against than sin ning to know hat all reputable ways of earning bread are denied them and if they do this if they combat prejudice boldly and fairly and then do not pity more than they condemn then i say in ihe words of st panl if ye have not charity ye arc


but as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal in a fashionable street leading into one of our fashionable squares a neat equipage was standing


the door plate exhibited the name of dr pcr cival our old friend hyland now happily married and settled in life


he was not a fashionable doctor his own good sense taught him to despise the affectation of servility which is but too often accorded to station


ami as pcrciva recognised only an intellecluil or moral snperiority in mankind it is hardly to be wondered t that his success in practice was slow although in tbc end it would be certain


he was married too to an amiable elegant and accomplished woman one whom he valued for the quiet possession of those virtues which adorn the domestic circle


here was no wondrous beauty to captivate his soul no blandished spells of fasci nation to throw around him the witchery of sensual captivatioa but there was that unwhispcred love founded upon a proper estimation of honourable virtue that afforded more real happiness than could ever ema nate from the most passionate regard


his wife looked upon his high and lofty character with almost reverence


she adored him as a husband and venerated him as a friend and al though the magic word love had never passed percivals lips she set a higher value upon uis esteem than she could have placed upon anything that bore the name of passion


and percival was happy happy in the enjoyment of that felicitous inter course of thought reeling nnd senti ment which being founded upon the best and noblest feelings of human nature ever leads to a long and an unruffled course of mutual happiness


evening was closing in and perci val had not yet left the dinnertable


he was not a fashionable doctor for he could not endure the restless fri volity of ennvyted patients lo him tlic ever nameless ever new disease


was a monster lluil he detested


hut if he slighted those who were ill at ease no one ever applied his ener gies with greater skill than he did when disease and distress were his antagonists


to him there was some thing exciting in the struggle when lie could bring the whole of his ex perience to the contest and by a li beral exercise of his purse and talents grapple boldly with the disease and vanquish it


ft was for this that his name was almost worshipped by the poor


who knew him


to them be ws ever kind bit services ever ready add his carriage was cow waiting a summons from a poor and wretched being who was forsaken and aban doned by every one yet he was ready in slail as soon as he receiieil word of uny change occ tiling to her and no one was ever more liberally re warded than he felt himself to be by the honest convictions of his own bo som


it wbs on this evening when he had witnessed one of these scenes of squalid misery that lie buried as it were beneath the superfices of lon don society that as percival was being slowly driven up the haymarkethe set his eye upon a figure that seemed fa milar to him and as he passed the light fell full upon her face and revealed the flushed couulenaoce of ediili hamilton


percival looked again to convince himself he could hardly believe lhat the bold and impudent air of wanton levity which sat upon every feature could ever have assumed a nlacc udoii one whom he had once thoughtiuore beautiful than the boasted florentine venus lo which he had compared her


rut he saw that there was no error he could not be mistaken in a face whose dimly de fined characters were still shadowed upon his heart and his pulse beat with a wilder throb than usual while he communed with himself how lie j might best hold forth


lund of charily


emerging from his carriage he directed his servant to walk slowly homewards and looking round him for a policeman who was not far olt he directed his attention


lo edith i and presenting his card and a hand some donation percival requested him lo had out who and what she i ivis and report lo liijii on ihe follow


ing morning


l ouceman a was punctual ami particular he told percival nil lhat lie had learned the flush name and residence of ihe fair one and all that he could pick up of her acquaintances percival delermined to visit her that night his heart was sick and could not rest


it was a november night wel foggy and dismal the streets were nearly clear none but those who were obliged by absolute necessity would leave the shelter of llieir own firesides and percival hailod these as good points for he thought that he should be sure to find the fallen one at home


wrapping himself there fore in good appliances for the pro tection of his health percival pene trated his wny into one of the back streets of the strand and having gained he house he looked about to reconnoitre lliose outward visible signs of inward and spiritual doings which are bul too common in this metropolis


it was a snuftpliop that he was directed to and he scrutinized its external appearance before he en tered as he wished to preserve bis incognito


in the window were the usual variety of cigars and boxes curled and twisted pipes a blacka moor the playbills of he day and a few indecent snuffboxes


the shop had been partitioned to make a small back room and this was partly of glass curtained with dirty red stuff occa sionally moved by those within as they were impelled by curiosity to look at an occasional purchaser


percival thought that disguised as he was it would be a chance if any one could recognise him so he walked in boldly and selecting a few prime havaunahs he was politely requested by the lady in wailing to walk iuside her customer however preferred being nearer the air and he lit one of the twisted weeds and sat down to wait he rain over


to his own heart he acknowledged that he dared not enter he had already heard the voice of edith in conversation with some fancy friend


he smoked in silence and listened to what was said


but i say fred where the devil have you been this long while


it was edith that spoke


why luce to tell tlio truth ive been down in the country


well and what the devil took you down there inquired slie


o the coach went to see the old un raise the wind get some brads flare up have a lark eh


yes replied edith you are always out upon your larks


when are you going lo treat rue lo he play


o the lord knows i dont was the reply but haw have you been


and where have you been


w wouldnt blab whercs your ticker


uncle


eh nice man friend of mine sometimes deuced queer go how is it


wljy returned lucy ive been regular down upon my luck cleaned out every thing gone and my body in qucd


to quod yon


ejaculated fred


yes replied lucy i was something peckish one night


id been dialling and lushing not above half drest sal nnd went down to the ham and beef shop to get some sup per passed the old cobblers shop just below


he was just come home drunk and caught hold of me


i slapped hi fcc and ran on for ihe grub


when i came back the uglymouthed beggar gave us both in charge for being out without bonnets


i was half drunk so i kicked the lobster got in the cage locked up next morning got a month of it tramp tramp tramp tramp let out on monday and here i am


pleasant remarked fred


pleasant said lucy


yes pleasant


and while i was away w seized all my things for rent


you must let mo hare a trifle fred i havnt a rag to put on


lend us a sovereign


fact one or nature brined wett wai recently mived to in lie tight of ihe writer the franien of ttie new police bill will bate much to answer for


ant worth it pon my soul


ten oclock so im oil see you ou sunday


post the browns then


none of your gammon heres a crown for you


bye bye wheres w


oiveus a weed


i say old cock here he addressed percival why youre a reglar chiniley eh passage for smoke


toss ye for a go of gin


wont


my eyes


ant you a lilessed shirk


puff pult good night luce


percival had witnessed till this in silence and dismay


memory pic tured out what lidilij had been


lucy pictured out what she was


she ap proached him with he meretricious air of a courtezan and when perci val looked her full in the face she said not a word but fell iulo a chair and wept


percival went not away alone he took the weeping fair one o an institution where she might yet he redeemed to good conduct if there existed one green spot one hltlo re lic of olden time one feeling not yet prostrated at the dreadful shrine of infamy and pollution


chapter xviii


arrival at st petersburg general sitinln hotel dcmouth


colonel mont indre


the minister of war


english uniform


the war office


anteroom of the minister interview with prince doljroroukiremain at the hotel return of the annethe emperors orders respecting may we breakfasted about six oclock and i felt relieved by the few hours sleep that i had had during the night


punctually at nine we reached st petersburg the terminus is like that at moscow


here we left the servant with our portmanteaus to be sent for later in the day and proceeded to the office of the general de service to report my arrival


thh office forms part of a series of handsome buildings in a crescent opposite the winter palace


we found that general sitinin who i believe is the commanderinchief of the troops at st petersburg was absent and we had to await his return


in the meanwhile i had the pleasure of forming the acquaintance of the sides do camp of the general and of colonel montandre who were very polite to me


the simplicity of my dress which was a plain round jacket attracted their notice and they wished to know if this was my uniform and whether i had no other russian officers never appear but en grande terms and i have sometimes fancied that they must sleep in their uniforms


i stated that this was the dress worn on board as more convenient for active service but that we were provided with a dress of a more official character for particular occasions


the conversation ran on general topics as to the means of travelling in russia so until the governors return


this gentleman expressed a hope that i had had a pleasant journey and that i had found every thing satisfactory and then directed mr sharman to return to the station to convey my servant and luggage to the hotel dmouth


colonel montandre under whose care i was placed by the general undertook to accompany me to my temporary quarters where i was to wait until the arrival in st petersburg of the prince dolgorouki minister of war who would decide as to my future movements


we drove in a carriage to the hotel where i was shown to a bedroom in which i shaved and dressed while the colonel entered into arrangements with the host


in the course of the morning one of the officers of police visited me and finding that the room was small and inconvenient having no bed for the servant he mentioned the circumstance to the proper authorities and in the afternoon i was taken over the hotel and given my choice of the apartments it contained


i selected a suit of rooms consisting of a sitting room an anteroom and two


bedrooms the whole could be separated from the rest of the establishment by closing a door in the corridor


about two oclock in the afternoon


i received an intimation that the minister of war had returned from peterhof and was desirous of seeing me


my servant had brought away a pair of old epaulettes which it is customary to have at hand in case of being suddenly called upon duty and with these and an old undress coat the only one recovered from the wreck i was enabled to make an appearance in some degree consonant with russian etiquette


the colonel came to take me and was delighted to see me thus array ed


although my epaulettes were old and had seen much service they were considered very handsome as in russia only general officers wear epaulettes of that size the rest wearing little things made of silver wire and during my stay i received visits from many of the officers who came expressly to see my uniform such as it was and made me put it on


the war office is situated nearly opposite the admiralty in the square in which stands the statue of peter the great


the building is of respectable appearance without pretensions to any particular architectural beauty it has two stone lions couchant at the feet of the steps leading to the entrance and like most of the public buildings has a written over it the name of the office which is locatt d in it


as the minister was engaged when we arrived i had to wait his leisure and thus had an opportunity of looking round me


in the hall where i was accommodated with a seat and which was the anteroom to the ministers apartment i saw some thirty clerks seated at separate tables in two rows with their backs to the wall


they were dressed in blue uniform with red cuffs and collars coats buttoned up to the neck and swords by their sides with cocked hats within reach


a chief clerk whose table was nearest the door that communicated with the generals room occasionally brought out papers to be copied by these gentlemen who maintained a profound silence except a few who could venture to break through the rules and who crowded round mr sharman to inquire into the particulars of my story


the aidesdecamp of the general gentlemen who were not much affaires availed themselves of the occasion to converse with me directly as they all spoke french and some of them english


i remarked two old soldiers covered with decorations standing at the door of the generals room as porters or messengers


of these i had seen several at the entrancehall and if one is to judge of their merit by the number of their medals they as ore they must have seen much service arid have distinguished themselves but in fact all persons in the service of the russian government appeared to me to be decorated


after an interval of half an hour general sitinincame out of the ministers room and beckoned me to approach


colonel montandre and mr sharman remained in the hall in conversation with the aidesdecamp until my return


i


f


bowed the general into an inner room where he introduced me to the prince dolgorouki and retired


the prince is a man of about fortyfive above the average height rather stout with a pleasing expression of countenance and amiability of manner


he came forward taking me by the hand he addressed me as follows still retaining my hand monsieur le lieutenant the chances of war have thrown you in to a position which places us now in the relation of friends and i trust that in our future intercourse we shall esteem each other as loyal gentlemen


his majesty has directed that you should be located in an hotel and every attention paid to your comfort


you will make known to the colonel any request that you may have to make


i must inform you that your parole will not exempt you from the attendance of an officer such being the law but every thing shall be done to render this as little irksome to you as possible


the emperor is now at peterhof and i shall have the honour of communicating to you his majestys pleasure when he will be at leisure to see you and until i can learn his wishes i must request you not to leave your present abode


we then entered into conversation on general topics and i took the opportunity expressing my satisfaction at the unvarying kindness i had received and the accommodations afforded me at the hotel


i particularly called to his excellencys notice the polite and considerate bearing of mr sharman upon which he replied our our cest un brave garden


i hope mr sharman has received some advancement as a brave reward for his unremitting attentions and delicate conduct toward me


his gentlemanly demeanour frank and honest was extremely pleasing he never sought to lead me into any conversation that might place me in a false position indeed it was only on her alluding to the tiger during our journey that he ever spoke of the cause that had led to our companionship


although desirous of knowing the details of an affair on which he was so much questioned on which he would be expected to be well informed he refrained from putting any questions that might give me the slightest pain


i appreciated his kind forbearance


i afterwards found that he was appointed to be my aidedecamp during the rest of my stay in russia i say aidedecamp for his attendance upon me was certainly mare in the quality of a friend and companion than in that of keeper or surveillance i was duly dismissed by the prince who informed me that i should probably hear from him on the following day


i returned to the hotel demuth situated in the rue des ecuries which derives its name from the imperial stables being at one end of it


it is a fine broad street wide enough for five or six carriages to a drive abreast and remarkably clean although there is a regular stand of conveyances for hire


these latter are not placed in the centre of the street as in england but there is a trough near the pavement at which the horses stand harnessed to the carriages with their heads towards the houses


the streets are so broad that the vehicles when thus placed offer no obstruction to the traffic in the centre


mr sharman informed me that as we were prohibited from walking out he would have to be a close prisoner with me that evening much to his disappointment as he had anticipated the pleasure of visiting his wife and family on his return


we passed the evening as agreeably as we could looking out on the street and criticizing the passersby


my appearance at the window was always a signal for an assemblage of the curious and in order that we should be on equal terms i provided myself with an operaglass which mr sharman obtained from his wife who came to see him the next day with this i could scrutinize those who were looking on me


although i cannot speak much in favour of the beauty of the women i saw my curiosity was as much gratified as theirs


i had been informed that smoking was not allowed in the streets so perhaps to make up for our detention at home we smoked a few cigars extra that evening


the following day june th was sunday but i was unable to rise from my bed in consequence of a return of my ague


great was the consternation of the landlord on witnessing the paroxysms of the fever he fancied i must be labouring under at attack of cholera and was astonished at the number of blankets required to keep me warm


of it was fortunate that some one had been appointed by the government to look after me otherwise scarcely know what would have become of me in a place where one spoke only german or russian


the landlord the servants of the hotel the very doctor who was called to attend me were all germans and my sole medium of communication was through mr sharman


i purchased some german elementary books under the impression that i should remain in russia long enough to acquire a language so much in use among the inhabitants of st petersburgh believing i could learn it much sooner than russian


during my illness that day i was visited by colonel montandre who had received the emperors orders respecting the degree of liberty i was to enjoy but seeing i was not in a state to be spoken with he did not communicate to me the contents of the document till the following day when after breakfast he called and read to me its contents which were to the following effect st


that i was at liberty to go anywhere


i pleased about the city but was always to be accompanied by an officer


nd


that i was not to communicate with any english subjects except the rev dr law the chaplain to the embassy at st petersburg


rd


i was allowed to have any books or papers i chose to ask for but all letters that i wrote or received were to pass through the office of the commander in chief


to crown their liberality the colonel produced a portfolio with pen ink and paper which he placed on the table recommending me to make notes of my resi dence in russia


he did not omit to give me two sticks of sealingwax although my letters were to be sent open


i did not avail myself of my permission to write to my friends until i had had an interview with the emperor and my letter which was forwarded to the general four days previous to my departure from st petersburg reached my family as many days after my arrival in london through the danish minister


in this letter i had avoided any express mention of my i release as i could not calculate the time i should take to get home and was afraid of disappointing my friends by holding out hopes that might not be realized this omission no doubt caused general strain to ask me a day or two afterwards whether i still wished the letter to be forwarded


some of the officers at st petersburg whom i saw were much amused at the contents of a letter written at that time by a turkish prisoner to one of his friends at constantinople in which he stated that the only are i markable thing he had seen since his arrival in russia was a painting in a picture gallery of some cocks and hens


e u i th o v glen g yl


e by robert h ami lton


from


the ladies companion for october


chapter i night was on the waters


the blue sails of the starstudded heavens were occasionally tuoltloil by whileclouds which rising in the boundless horizon and careering on the wings of tho invisible winds seemed like an gel visitants soaring upwards again from earth to tho regions of the beautiful


the bosom of the oceanlay as placidas the sweet face of a sinless sleeping babe not a ripple broke is mirrored surface br if there did


it looked as a dream ruffling the slumber of a mighty beauty


peace had spread her man tleover all


not a sound disturbed tho holy silence nor could creation have looked more lovely on the first night of its virgin birth


from the broad bluevaters rose abruptly the high and rocky island of canna in tho wes tern highlniids ol scotland formed ofrough and precipitous crasis with scarcely a vestige of verdure on their frowning fronts hut thickly inhabited by the gannet and other sea fowls thatsojourn there in the security of natures fastnesses


on thu summit of thc i stn nd are still lo lie seen the remains of an ancient cus tlewhich tradition informs us in carly times belonged lo the family ol glengyle


it was thus as nature lay in thc arms of midnight


that asmall speck was seen to rise on tito distant verge of the horizon and gra dually increasing insize al length assumed the turill of a boat or pinnace


nearer and nearer it approached till the figures of two limn were distinctly visible the first who from the sound of his voiceseemed lo direct the movements of ihoothcr was a young niau


of about twenty j earsof age


his face was perfect in every lineament that betokened manhoods make yet commingled with those trails of beauty that arise fro ur the virtuous spirit that lights itsfire within


his hair was dai kand glossy and foll in matted ringlets down bis broad and manly shoulders over which was thrown ti dark green tartan plaid the folds were fastened on the left shoulder willi a massive gold brooch while his lower garments displayed the kilt or philalieg so peculiar to the celtic character in days of yorefrom his waist were suspended two


silver inlaid pistols while a short dirk mist richly mounted completed bis warlike equip


melita


on his brow was placed the peaked


highland bonnet surmounted by a heron feather


such was the personage whoguided


thc rudder off thc vboat and iin a tone thai


d picted him a man of


superior grade di rrced the ellbrts of tho other


to the left fergus shouted he


see yonder the pine branch blazes brightly


the highlander looked askance to where a a bright ruddy flame rose on tim peak of a crag thal lowered high into tho heavens then


plied his oar with a stronger energy while with a voice of jocularity quaintly remarked sit her eyes or the pine that burneth brightest both both my cunning vassal replied the young chieftain ronald as tho boat bounded against tho batik of thc island


iliko a wild deer he leaped ashore and the next instantwas lost inlhcgiooui of a moun ft lin corrie


was it to join his brother chieftains in the liour of battle


was it to hunt tle eagle in lils mountain eyry that thus so eagerly sped heyouthful


ronald


novl but to meet the iblueoyed edith the delight of bis soul


opposed lo the father by the most inveterate dionds of hatredfor theyounger brother of ronald had fallen into a feudal skirmish with ihe clansmen of glengyle who a proud and powerful chieftain was strongly incensed against the house of ronald which disputed his lille to tho lord of the isles it was only by stealth he could obtain an interview with i the object of his aflfeclions the daughter of


lils implacable enemy


such was tho time selected for ibo scene we have just narrated


we will not detain the reader by a useless detail of the secrecy and danger with which


tho youthful chieftain stole to the society of ins love


suffice it they met


on tho very ditmmit of a rugged rock were tho lovers boated


in thc exuberance of thoir joy they dreamed not of danger


the still hour of midnight seemed to hallow with its breath of silence their words and vows of endearment


eat th andits sordid feelings were forgotten the stars of tho cloudless skies beamed as in brighter brilliance on their meeting and ii fe waa lo the n one garden of bloom and bl os afc m


and jon will bo mine my edith through weal and through woe through danger and peril till the chill hand of death shall sever ns exclaimed the impassioned youth as he pressed to bis bosom the true aud blushta girl


can you ask ii ronald relied she


of have i not plighted my faith before tho presence of my godbefore him unto whom allsecrets aro known


yes niy ronald hire till mine eyes aro litn in death


and assheuttered these words abo extended ber right hniul lo heaton anti looking upwards scorned to call lo witness the spirits ilf ibo just who looked smilingly ns it were frpnt t every star thal gemmed thc floor uf tho otcruitl paradise


g i do bcliovo theo fervently rejoined ronald


and look hcrehe added rcli ccivc ibis ns thc symbol of our eternal fiiih at tho same moment unclasping tho brooch that bound tho folds of his tartan


thc mindenreceived the token and placing it in lier bosonfoll in toarapbut tzars of joy in tho arms ofher lover


suddenly a black cloud sbnl across the disk of tho roomvivid streaks of lame chi qnered the boris in


the sullen sound of distant thunder was jicard


ibo wind swept pas with mournful moan


big drops ibo precursors of ibo coining tempest foll n beauly around and usurped iu atiiaslant t mill nil


lils reign ol glory


ah exclaimed edith tis an evil omen


tcke it take it back my ronald theheavens frown in anger upon ihe gilli foolish girl bc exclaimed is


it for us alonojihink you that ibo ruler pf tho j storms seeks now to showhis anger


in truth kditb i deemed you a maiden of a clearer soul


old duncan thc seer of second sighl should only bo guilty of such supersti tion


farewell my lovctl one to morrow al ibo nccustomed hour i shall be again willi you


go tlie night breeze will chill thy ld lender form and bc drew her mantle closer i around hor and imprinted a buming kus on ber ruby lips


ll villain


exclaimed a voice from some unseon figuro that had been a witness to their meeting and ihe next inonienl the crack of a ride followed by a deep groan told thatpoor


ronald was the victim


like a panther from his ambush sprung forward the father of


edith ho rushed furiously to i lie hotly of tho i bleeding youth seized il willi herculean slrcnglh and dragging it to the brink of tho precipice hurled il to the dopths of luedark deep ocean


chapter il three years rolled awayand all traces of ronald were educed anti although suspicion hung heavily on glengyle still no distinct proof had been found tofix on him the crime of murder


the yoting edith refusing all consolation anti wishing not to implicate her father hud renounced the world and retired m to the convent ol innisfail


one morning at this period of our story a small schooner with every sheet of sail expanded to thc wooing winds was seen to enter the waters of canna


tho pennon thal fluttered from ber must donotcd her of spanish craft while the bright brass cauuon that looked frowningly from her port holes told that she was accus tomed to thc hattlo and thc breeze


mer crow were attired in a motley mixture of fan ciful dresses while their swarthy laces and brawny frames marked them lr men whom blood and peril wore the day deeds ol heir lives


as the gallant vessel rode gaily up ibo bay she made tho welkin coho willi her brazen throats of thunder and many wore tho surmises of ihe islanders whence she came


and what was her object


lltving anchored directly opposite tho castle ol glengyle a small boat was lowered from her side and ni ide directly for the shore


il was manned with six seamen as we have already said ar rayed in thc richest and most fanciful attire


he who appeared to bc ibo bailor of thc parly was however nure gorgeously attired than thc others


on bis head ho wore a cap of network of the brightest crimson from which over his left car dangled a largo golden tassela blue and yellow stripedjer kin encased bis hotly a snow whito shirt similar to thoso worn by greek sailors bung in thick folds from tho wais to the knee his hose were of tho deepest scarlet a short bool or buskin enclosed each foot and ivas bound lightly at the ancle by a largo diamond buckle


a tarlan scarf wa thrown loosely round his throat his dark hair foll in thick masses over his shoulders while bis sun burnt face and bosom showed that he hail been a rover in a sunnier clime


his bearing was bold and daring while tho tone in which bc gave bis orders lo ihe crew told that bc was accustomed lo command


look to your armi shouted lie as they reached the shore aud fastened thc boat lo a large rock that lay on ho margin of tho bay look to you arms


therearesharks here that may show their teeth


in an iustanl their cutlasses were gleaming in tho air


follow me he cried and leaving tho boat in prsscssion of one of thc ere iv the party briskly began lo ascend by a path which lett lo tho castle of glengyle


the leader applied to his lips a small bugle which hung from his neck by a scarlet riband and made tho glens and the mountains ofrugged canna echo and reechoagain


the peaks of the island were in an instant thronged with the clansmen tif glengyle arrayed in their bright coloured arlan costumes which showed like a tinted forest in the rays of an autumn sun


ry the mass said the captain but this is a gal lant light


i should like to try the prowess of these hardy clansmen


what say you spa hn to ay ay responded spalatro but their numbers senborthe hawk wars not with the oaglc


the boldest breastmusl fall be


fore unequal numbers


by this time they had reached the summit of tho mountain uland


the rude fortress of glengyle stood full before them


on the out ward wall paraded some hundred clausmen while the centre lower and turrets were thronged withwarriors ready to do battle nd wondering who could be tho strangers who thus fearlessly broke upon their mountain stronghold


a stroug oaken gale thickly studded willi bolts of iron precluded all en trance while from the hall bunga rude bugle formed from the born of the caledonian bull which in llioso days roamed the monarch ol the scottish woods


the slrangcrs paused


thc strength of tho castle and thc formidable array of warriors showed that although ac customed on their own element to rove as conquerors yet hore they must in submission bend


thc captain approached thc ghie he seized the horn and blew a blastsq loud and shrill which showell he whs


no stranger to this niodo of highland calling


glengyle fol lowed by a numerous retinue came forth and demanded the strangersbusiness


it is with glengyle alone i must speak said the leader


alone i free and unguarded


must our interview be held


glengyle looked around to his followers who


regarded the manner and language of


theirvisitor with astonishment


tot he in ed he ul


ate of ith nd led led iiy ith of me ed ess ich of ry ors icy of of nt


cn in ile tn


gb iud ter he ins whatdo you fear mo contiuued thc lu stranger


in a deep blush covered the countenance of gi glengyle a breath had been cast upon the sa unsullied buckler of his courage and his hand t involuntarily grasped tho hilt of his sword pi


the tallowers of the stranger rt the sight of p this like bloodhounds in idufcnco of their gt leader sprung forward


thc vassals pf glen ll gyle drew heir arrows to tho head


they hi wailed but tho signal fromtheir loader and in tho next moment the feathered shafts would have been buried in thc bosoms of the rash and fearless crew


ti hold exclaimed glengyle


ntvcr shall it bo


saidtltal by numbers wc overcame h a loo and bo waved hi hand for them to retire


their bows were lowered lo earth tho sinews of their artus relaxed and their h arrows rattled as thoy again were roturncd to theirqnivers


the captain willi a look told his followers tn desist


slowly and reluctantly d ns if disappointed in tho dearest calling of tl their souls they passed to a distance and tl glengyle and thestranger stood face to face


a breathless silence ensued


conjecture i wonder anti suspicion were busy ia ihosoul i of glengyle revenge


deep insatiable s revenge alone occupied that ottho stranger


he was the first to break the silence ll iou know mo not said be keenly eyeing glengyle no


no traces of your features dwell in my memoryno sounds of your voice are familiar to my ear replied tho chieliain


b indeed


yet wev have mot beforowe fi have seen tho runray kiss the night tears from tho heather


we have chased tho deer over moor and mountainand heard tho pi brock rise on the gale as wokaro shared in tho conflict


say you so


oxcliiiicd glengyle


whenwhere


i can call no sign to me or i moryto remind nie of our meeting


li m follow nie cried the stranger and ho of j made a motion to move lie i whither said glengyle


to a spot dear to thy memory and mine


they passed ontho stranger leading tho wayanti though dangerous and intricate yet from tho apparcut ease with which ho i threaded it he showed that he was no stran


h ger to the path


on tko summit of one of ji tho crags that overlooked the ocean he sud


b ilenly halted and turning lo glengyle ex ll claimed hore pause we


and as he spoke he looked on the broad blight skythen on the face of lim boundless deep where like an albatross slumbering in its ocean cradle y his gallant bark swung by its deep imbedded i anchor


oh god


ho exclaimed scene of my youthful happiness bitter remembrance b of my blighted hopes


and like a child he sobbed homily in thc agony of his soul


d glengyle regarded bini with wonder and distrust


the memory of tho past was busy within him and remorse and terror clung to his iieart like coiled serpents around their victim to what purpose are wo here asked glengyle why this emotion cjusi thou ak replied tba strangerin tho most bitter accents of reproach


thou destroyer of my peace thou


blighter ef my bower ol beauly


look herc


and he fran ticly toro open thc garment that covered bis bosomanti lo tho heartstricken vision of glengyle displayed the mark of a fearful although now closed wound


glengyle started back in horror


the past i was frighfully clear before bini il looked like f the dead returned to life anti he gazed mute h and motionless upon the figure of young llo nald now thc pirate captain and who iu return sought for retribution on the very spot where titree years before glengylo assassin like thought lie had destroyed him


thc btautl of the rover gleamed ficrcelyin tho air he spoke not but looked like the demon of revenge


gengyle knew that ap


peal lo bis bosom was in vain ho therefore drew from its scabbard bis sword


slern mid savage was ihe combat thal ensued each in his lumsought lo be victor but thc prowess of young ronald prevailed


glengyle was thrown prostrate to thc earth


bis sword was shivered into many pieces


tn the savage exultation of revenge the conqueror drugged him to the very precipice from which he him self bad been hurled


j mercy shouted glengyle


with a giant grasp ronald held him above the waves


a loud shout rose from tho pirate crew as from thc deck of thoir vessel they beheld the iguro of their commander thus triumphant although to them was the cause unknown


seuse forsook glen gyle be hunglifelessas acorpse iii thc clutch of ronald


revenge was gratified humbled ant helpless he hat


his enemy at his mercy and mercy prevailed


he throw the senseless chieftain on ike ground winded his bugle for his comrades aud in an appoased yet moody spirit of revenge sought again his bark of bloodnod battle


rt ng liis jot nd de his ior nd a a


nd


his led icy a y are ni oat fly led icd his ins nd jro df red ed


lhe ol ess pa eir ilk be


rni of ut en ero ul ho ain kly en sic ill hie ion ke ind his fol inti k lcd irs s of chapter itt


whither oh whither wilt ihou roam like a sea hird seeking an ocean home


when ho reached the deck of hisyessel bis gallant crew thronged aroundhim anxious to know thccause of the scene ikey liadfecently beheld


ho spoke not but walked modily to and fro


tko sun was now high in tko keavent and a brisk breeze came sweeping along curl ing theface of the ocead in an insiant as if struck by some sutlden thought he shouted aloud heave the anchor and set sail


withthe speed of ligktening were his orders obeyed and like a thing of light and happiness she bounded across the waters


on ker prow stood ronald gazing to the south as if in expectation of some object which should strike upon his cyo


with none held he converse and seldom aud few were his orders


just as the god of day was descending in his car of glory thc solitary and stormbeaten abbey of lunistail rose upon the sight


for ibo first time did he move from his position and willi hurried steps hastened below


in an instant he again returned relieved of his weapons of warfare and with a smile of joy beaming on his face


the vessel had now neared the shore


at the command of ronald was the anchor given to the deep and accompanied by two of his crew his favorite spaniards spalatro and hcnriqui landed on the holy island


at once he directed his steps lo the abbey


the vesper hymn was swec ly rising ou the wings ofevening


the grey twilight wasdrawing her veil across the face of tho waters and the dashing waves rose in mournful murmur on tho ear


slowly and alone he approached the building one solitary taper from a little casement mingled its melancholy beam with the receding day and coming night like tho fading eye of depariiug mortality


ronalds heart was softened


jjoyhoods years were again beforo him when unstained with criuioj ly ns to hy to nt ri os ed il srs iss ow in ke se as of of rst iib int of on re lor of nd


at he igs lng


the on the tie ith tho he


placed his hand upon his bosom and bowed in devotion at tho hallowed shrine


tenrs gushed into his eyes and unconciously he sank upon his knee nt the postern of the abbey


tho porter from within had beheld his ap proach and unclosing tho gate in charity and peace hailo him enter


ho obeyed


thc gate was again secured and ronald stood for thc first lime since tho ocean claimed him ns her son within a house ol prnyer


your mission son inquired tho old domestic


have you said ronultl a daughter called edith glengyle in your sacred sane tuaryf


wo have


pcaco bo iih her answered lip


tho rover felt ns a brand had enteredto his soul


sight and fooling seemed to forsake him and he


grasped the shoulder ol thc do mestic to sive himself from fulling


the saints bo merciful cried the atten dant


what has befallen theewhat ails theo son


what havel intered that tbus thou shouldst bc sick at soul


nothing nothing my good man replied ronald


a sudden faintness came over mo


is she well


does she ever think of me


speak i conjure thee olthee my son


who


what aftthou that thus shouldst ask such questions respect ing the lady edith inquired the old mun surprised al his singular and almost frunlic manner


lamho was about to reveal himself but a moments reflection caused bim to re frain


then continuing he said can i uot see her


shoknows mewell


nosho does not now know me buthe could say no more tho fount of feeling had drowned his utler ancec and a stream bf tears coursed down his manly face


thc domestic could not divine tho cause of his sorrow and only endeavoured to soothe his grief with kind andconsoatory words take this said ronald takcitto her place it in her bun haids and sho will know that ono who once was dear to her yet lives andiovos her i it was a small locket containing tho emblem of livo hearts united thofustgift of ihe lady edith to ronald


it was a precious onehe had ever worn it next his heart


inmove and in joy in despair and iu hope in banishment and battle there had this treasure reposeddearer than hie blood tears of his bosom


and now


whou she deemed him numbered with tho de


partedwhen the world was to bu lo her


but as a dream


when every hope was gone butene


yet that the best and brightest ber hope in heaven


again was she lo be called back lo earthly hapinssagain tvas thebloom of beauty to blush upon her chock


andtbo kiss of love lo burn upon her lip


tho old man departed


wili tottering steps he sought thc apartment of the lady abbess and revealed his mission to her


ineilent wonder did she receive ibo intelligence and gaso upotithe token


edith in their moments of converse had unbosomed to her the story of her early love and now the abbess i new that it was ronald who like a spirit of the other world had cometo claim her for his own


thy will be donell ejaculated tho holy matron aud atjonco proccodod to thoelianibcr ol edith


to doscrilje the feelings of edith when informed of her orrandof her doubt that it was ronald who still existed might be attempted but weak would be the effort they who hava felt the pang ofseparation from all that was dear to them on earthwho have been unexpectedly restored lo the object of their affections at ibevery moment when every bopo appeared to have fors ikciivlhcm can bestconceive tho ifeeliugs of the lady edith mother


she exclaimed deceive mc not ls he alive


has heaven yet such hap piness in slore for mcoh lead inc to his presence


ronald thy


edith is yet true to ihee


lcaning on the arm of ihe abbess slowly they followed tho oldman to thehall of the aliboy


the shadows of night hud fallen thickly upon the world


in a recess stootl ronald lost in thciulcnsity of his feelings


the soft steps of tho party scarcely disturbcd the silence that reigned aroundthe abbess consigned ibo tremblingedith to the support of tho aged domestic and


advancing to ronald softly ejaculated beuedicile my son


tlc started at tho sound and behold ing the abbes fell uponhis knee


rise she said


thou hast past through the furnaee and thy reward awaits thee


edith approach


edith raised her head which till now had rested on the shoulder of the old domestic


the moon at the same moment burst forth in its majesty of radiance the faoes of the two lovers meet each others gizo


edith glengyle


exclaimed he enrap tured youth


a loud scream hurst from ihe maiden and the next moment she lay sense less in tho bosom of her lover


that night beheld her on board of the rovers bark and the first beams ol the mor fling saw her before tho towers of canna


rriof was the message that ronald sent to her father and brief was the answer tliat was relumed


peace and welcome


that noon behold the nuptials of the long parted lovers in tho chapel of the castle and at the same alter did gengyle and ronald wcar etcrnarfi lelity


the bread was bro ken and thc cup was drained and long and loud were thc shouts of joy that arose and deep andfervent were the blessings showered on the gallant ronald and his lovely edith


the reader will naturally ask how came tho lover to be thc rover captain


tho ques lion is easily answered


the night on which glengyle had hurled ronald from tho cliff tho pirate bark was cruising in the bay of canna a parly of her crew had lauded close to its base for the purpose ofreconnoi tering when ihe splash ol the body in the waters atliacted their attention aud having recovered itfor tho deep folds of his high land costume buoyed it on tho surlaco they found that lite was not extinct


they bore it to their vessel and when ronald awoke lo consciousness ho found himself carreoring over ihe blue waters of the spanish main


no alternative was now presented lo him but to their lawless life


his noble form and daring soul soon raised him lo the command and seizing thc first opportunity to visit the scene of his love and injury it was in tho lalo described he gratilied his revenge


with regard lo edith in ono of the spanish islands ho encountered a priest who ia his pilgrim age had visited innisfail


in his discourse he happened to mention lier name


curiosity led ronald to inquire the minute particulars ds and thus was the clue to the discovery lt is ero almost needless to add that fi om thc hour


no i of his nuptials with edith lie renounced tho lifo of a rover


peaco and plenty were ofletcdj to ihe remaining crew lo leave their calling but thc dull life of the landsman accorded not with their feelings


the broad sea ihe black lag and the clearing cutlass were light and music to their soul and thc same night that beheld edith anti ronald united behold them aguiu on their path ol peril and of dbutk


a to llumphrrpoa qloctt


o


personat adventures of master hl uai piirib y te od cuasinsity stoopciiapttr xviit


the jolly sandboys was a small roadside inn of pretty ancient date with a sign representing three fandboys increasing their jollity with as many jugs of ale and bags of gold creaking and swinging on its post on the epposite side of the road


as the tsavellers had observed that day many indications of their drawing neater and nearer to the race town such as gipsy camps carts laden with gambling booths and theirappurtenances itinerant showmen if various kinds and beggars and trampers of every degree all wending their way in the same direction mr codlin was fearful of finding the accommoda tions forestalled this fear increasing as he dimi nished the distance between himself and the hostelry he quickened his pace and notwithstanding the burden he had to carty maintained a roundtrot until lie reached threshold


hera he had the gratifica tion of finding that his fears were without founda tion for the landlord wvas leaning against the door


post looking lazily at the rain which had by this time begun to descend heavily and no tinkling of cracked bell nor boisterous shout nor noisy chot rus gave note of company within


all alone said mr codlin putting down his burden and wiping his forehead


all alone as yet rejoined the landlord glan cing at the sky but we shall have more company tonight i expect


here one of you boys carry that show into the barn


make haste in out of the wet town when it came on to rain i told em to make the fire up and theres a glorious blaze in the kitchen i can tell you


mr codlin followed with a willing mind and soon found that the landlord had not commended his preparations without good reason


a mighty fire was blazing on the hearth and roaring up the wide chimney with a cheerful sound which a large iron cauldron bubbling and simmering on the heat lent its pleasant aid to swell


there was a deep red ruddy blush upon the room and when the landlord stirred the fire sending the flames skipping and leap upwhen he took off the lid of the iron pot and there rushed out a savoury smell while the bubbling sound grew deeper and more rich and an unctuous steam came floating out hanging in a delicious mist above their headswhen he did this mr codlins heart was touched


he sat down in the chimney


corner and smiled


mr codlin sat smiling in the chimneycorner eyeing the landlord as as ith a roguish look he held the cover in hisahand and feigning that his doing so was needful to the welfare of the cookery suffered the delightful stream to tickle the nostrils of his guest


the glow of the fire was upon the landlords bald head and upon his twinkling eye and upon his pimpled face and upon his round fatfigure


mr codlin drew his sleeve across his lips and said in a murmuring voice what is it


its a stew of tripe said the landlord smacking his lips and cowheel smacking them again end bacon smacking them once more and steak smacking them for the fourth time and feas cauliflowers new potatoes and sparrowvgrass all worked up together in one deicous gravy


having come to the climax he smacked his lips a great many times and taking a long hearty sniff of the fragrance that was hovering about pitt on the cover again with the air of one whose toils on earth were over


at what time will it be ready asked mr codlin faintly


itll be done to a turn said thelandlord look ing up at the clockand the very clock had a colour in its fat white face and looked a clock for jolly sandboys to consult itll be done to a turn at twentytwo minutes before eleven


then said mr codlin fetch one a pint of warm ale and dont let anybody bring intothe room even so much as a biscuittill the time arrives


nodding his approval of this decisive and manly course of procedure the landlord retired to draw the beer and presently returning with it applied him self to warm the same in a small tin vessel shaped funnelwise for the convenience of sticking it for down in the fire and getting at the bright places


this was soon done and he bandedit over to mr codlin with that creamy froth upon the surface which is one of the happy circumstances attendant upon mulled malt


greatly softened by this soothing beverage mr codlin now bethought him of his companions and acquainted mine host of thesandboys that their ar rival might be shortly looked for


the rain was rattling against the windows and pouring down in torrents and such was mr codlins extreme amia bility of mind that he tore than once expressed his earneat hope that they avould not he so foolish as to get wet


at length they arrived drenched with the rain and presenting a most miserable appearance not withstanding that short hadsheltered the child as well as he could under the skerts of lois own coat and they were nearly breathless from the haste they bad made


but their oteps wvera no sooner heard upon the road than sthe landlord who had been at the outer door anxiously watching for their comiog rushed into the kitchen and took the cover off


the effect avas electtical


they all came in with smi ling faces sthough thse wet was dripping from their clothes upon the floor and shorts first remark was what a delicious smell i it is not very dihliculs to ferget rain and mud by the side of a cheerful atre and in a bright room ihey were furnished with slippers and uch dry garments as the house or their own bundles afforded and ensconcing lthemselves as mr codlin lhad already done in she warm chimneycorner soon aforgot their late troublee or only remembered tlhem as enhancing the delights of the present time


over pswerecl by tlse warm and comfort and the fatigue they had undergone nelly and the old man had not long taken their teats isere wvhen they fell asleepr


swho sre they whispered nthe landlord


short shook itis head and wislted he knew htim self


dont you know v asked the host turning to mr codlits


not i ito replied


theyre no good sup


pese


theyre no htarmfsaid shote


depend upon thai i tell you whstins plaio that the old man ahst in his right mind if you havent got anythiog newer thtan that to say growled mr codlin glancing at the clock youd better let us fix our minds upos the supper and aol dlstturb us ilear me out wont yous retorled his friend


its very plain on me besides that theyre not uaed to this way nf life


dost tell me that tltat bandaome child has been in the habit of prowling ab sot as slhes dose these last two or three days


i ksosv better


well who dosea tell you she has growledmr


codlin again glancing at thte clock and from it to the cauldron cant yous thinkof anything more suitable to present circumstances than eayingthings and then contradicting ern i wish somebody would give you your supper


returned short i for therell beno pence till youve got it


have you seen how anxious the old man is to get onalways wanting to be furder awayfur der away


have you seen that ah


what then muttered thomas codlin


tthis then said short


lie has given his friends the slip and persuaded this delicate young crectur all along of her fondness for him to be his guide and travelling companionwhere to ire knows no more than the man in the moon


now im not a going to stand that


youre nota going to stand that


cried lur


codlin glancing at the clock again and pulling his hair with both hands in a kind of frenzy but whether occasioned by his companions observation or the tardy pace of time it was diflicult to determine


iheres a world to live in


l repeated short emphatically and slowly am not agoing to stand it


i am not agoing to see this fair young child a fatling into bad hands and getting among people that asos no more fit for than they are to get among angels as their ordinary chums


therefore when they dewelope an inten tion of parting company from us i shall take mea sures for detaining of em and restoring em to their friends who i dare say have had their disconsola tion pasted up on every wall in london by this time


short said mr codlin who with his head upon his hands and his elbows on his knees had been shaking himself impatiently from side to side up to this point and occasionally stamping on the ground but who now looked up with eager eyes its possible that there may be uncommon good sense in what youve said


if there is and there should be a reward short remember that were partners in everything i ills companion had only time to nod a brief as sent to this position for the child awoke at the in stant


they had drawn close together during the previous whispering and now hastily separated and were rather awkwardly endeavouring to exchange some casual remarks in their usual tone when strange footsteps were heard without and fresh company entered


these were no other than four very dismal dogs who came pattering in one after the other headed by an old bandy dog of particularly mournful as pect who stoppingwhen the last of his followers had got as far as tsle door erected himself upon his hind legs and looked round at his companions who immediately stood upon their hind legs in a grave and melancholy row


nor was this the only re markable circumstance about these dogs for each of them wore a kind of little coat of some gaudy colour trimmed with tarnished spangles and one of them had a cap upon his head tied very carefully under hts chin which had fallen down upon his nose and completely obscured one eye add to this that the gaudy coats were all wet through and discoloured with rain and that the wearers were splashed and dirty and some idea may be formed of the unusual appearance of these new visiters to the jolly sand boys


neither short nor the landlord nor thomas cod lid however were the least surprised merely re marking that these were jerrys dogs and that jerry could not be far behind


so there the dogs stood patiently winking and gaping and looking extremely hard at the boiling pot until jerry himself appeared when they all dropped down at once and walked about the room in their natural manner


this pos ture it must be confessed did not much improve their appearance as their own personal tails and their coat tailsboth capital things in their way did not agree together


jerry themanager of these dancing dogs was a tall black whiskered man in a velveteen coat who seemed well known to the landlord and his guests and accosted them with great cordiality


disen cumbering himself of a barrelorgan which he placed upon a chair and retaining in his hand a small whip wherewith to awe his company of comedians he came tip to the fire to dry himself and entered into conversation


your people dont usually travel in character do they said shortpoiniing to the dresses of the dogs it mustcome expensive if they do


no replied jerry no its not the custom with us


but weve been playing a little on the road today and we come out with a new wardrobe at the races so i didnt think it worth while to stop to undress


down pedro


this was addressed to the dog withl the cap on who being a new member of the company and not quite certain of this duty kept his unobacured eye anxiously on his master and was perpetually start ing upon his hind legs when thete was no occasion endfalling down again


ive got a animal here said jerry putting his hand into the capacious pocket of his coat anod diving into one corner as if he were feeling for a small orange or an apple or seome article a animal here wet


i think you know somethsing of short


ah i cried short lets hoave a look at him


here hse is said jerry producing a little ter rier front his pocket


he was once a toby of yours warns lhe


in sonto versions of the great drama of punch thsero is a amall doga modern innovationsup posed to be the private property of that gentleman whose name is always toby


this toby has been stolen in youth from another gentleman and frau dulently sold to the confiding hsero who having no guile himself hiss no suspicion thasis lurks mnothers but toby entertaining a grateful recollection of his old master and scorning to attacls himself to any new patross not only refuses to smoke a pipe ri ise bid diog of punch but to mark ihis old fidelity more strongly seicqa him by the nose and wrings sthe same with violence at wlsich instance of canine attach ment the spectators are deeply affected this was the character which sthe little terrier in question had once sustained if there had been any doubt upon the aubjeet he would apeedily hsave resolved it by his conduct for not only did ito on seeing slhrt give the strongest tokens of recognition but catching night of the flatbox he basked so furiously at she pasteboard nose which he knew was inside that his master wvasobliged to gathser him up and pus him into hiss pocket again to tlte great relief of sthe whole company


the landlord now busied himself in laying the clash in which process mr csdlin obligingly as sisted by setting forth his own knife and fork in the most convenient place aned establishing himself be hind them when everything was ready the aned lord took off she cover for the last time and then there burst forth such a goodly promise of supper that if lhe had offered so pus it on again orlsad hinted as postposnteaet he would certainly hoave been sacri ficed on his own hearth


hlowever he did nothing of the kind but instead thereofeassisted n stout servant girl in turning ilhe contents of the cauldron into a large tureen a pro cording wlsiclh she dogs proof against various hot sploashes which fell upon slseir nones watched wislh terrible eagerness


at lengthhe dish was lifted on the table and mugs of ale having been previously set round little nell ventured to say grace and sup


per began


at this juncture the poor dogs were standing on their hind legs quite surprisingly the child having pity on them was about to cast some morsels of food to them before she tasted it herself hungry though she was whentheir master interposed


no my dear no not an atom from anybodys hand but mine if you please


that dog said jerry pointing out the old leader of the troop and speak ing in aterrible voice lost a halfpunry today


ile goes without his supper


the unfortunate creature dropped upon his fete legs directly wagged his tail and looked implo


ringly at his master


you must be more careful sir said jerry walk ing coolly to the chair where hie had placed the or gan and setting the stop


come here


now sir you play away at that while we have supper and leave off if you dare


the dog immediately began to grind most mourn ful music


his master having shewn him the whip resumed his settand called up the others who at his directions formed in a row standing upright as a file of soldiers


now gentlemen said jerry looking at them attentively


the dog whose names called eats


the dogs whose names ant called keep quiet carlo the lucky individual whose name was called snapped up the morsel thrown towards him but none of tlhe others moved a muscle


in this manner they were fed at the discretion of their master


mean while the dog in disgrace ground hard at the organ


sometimes in quick time sometimes in slow but never leaving off for an instant


when the knives and forks rattled very much or any of his fellows got an unusually large piece of fat he accompanied the music with a short howl but he immediately checked it on his master looking round and applied himself with increased diligence to the old hun


dredth


to be continued


chapter xlv


is which tojt pivch afd his sister


take a little pleasure jldtqbite in a domestic wav akd with no oeeebonv about it


tow pinch and his sister having to part for the dispatch of tbe mornings business immediately after the dispersion of the other actors in the scene upon the wharf with


which the reader has been already made acquaiuted had no opportnuity of discussing the subject at that time


but tom iu his solitary office and huth in the triangular parlour thought about nothing else all day and when their hour of meeting in the afternoon approached they were very full of it to lie sure


there was a little plot between them that tom should always come out of the temple by one way and that was pastille fountain


coming through fountain conrt he was just to glance down the steps lead ing into garden court and to look once all round him and if ruth had come to meet him there he would see her not saunter ing you understand on account of the clerks but coming briskly up with the beet little laugh upon her face that ever played in opposition to the fountain and beat it all to nothing


for fifty to une tom had been looking lor her in the wrong direction and had quite giveu her up while she had been tripping towards him from tbe first jingling that little reticule of hers with all the keyb in it to attract his wan dering observation


whether there was life enough left in the slow vegetation of fountain court for the smoky shrubs to have any consciousness of the brightest and puresthearted little wo man in the world is a question for gar deners and those who are learned in the loves of plants


but that it was a good thing for that same paved yard to have such a delicate little figure flitting through it that it passed like a smile from the grimy old houses and the worn flagstones and left them dulerdarkersternertuan before there is no sort of doubt


the temple fount might have leaped up twenty feet to greet the spring of hopeful maidenhood thct in her person stole on sparkling through tbe dry and dusty channels of the law the chirping sparrows bred in tem ple chinks and crannies might hove held their peace to listen to imaginary skylarks e so fresh a little creature passed


the dingy boughs unused to droop otherwise than in their puny growth might have bent down in a kindred gracefulness to shed their benedictions on her graceful head old love letters shut up in iron hoses in the neighbouringofiices and made of no account among the heapb of family papers into which they had strayed and of which in their degeneracytbey formed a part might huve stirred and fluttered with a moments recollection of their ancient tenderness as she went lightly by


anything might bare happened that did not happen ana never will for the love of ruth


something happened too upon the after noon of which the history treats


not for her lore


oh no


quite by accident and without the least reference to her at all


either she was a little too soon or tom was a little too late she was no precise in general that the timed it to half a minute


but no tom was there


well


but was anybody else there that she blushed so deeply after looking round and tripped off down the steps with such unusual expe dition f


why the fact is that mr westlock wab passing at that moment


the temple is a public thoroughfare they may write up on the gates that it is nut but so long as the gates are left open it is and will tie and mr westlock bad as good a right to be there ns anybody else


but why did she run away then t not bping ill dressed for she was much too neat for that why did she runaway


the brown hair that had fallen down beneath her bonnet and had one impertinent imp of a false flower cling ing to it boasting of its license before all men that could not have been the cause for it looked charming


oh foolish pant ing frightened little heart why did she run away merrily tbe tiny fountain played and merrily the dimples sparkled on its sunny face


john westlock hurried after her


softly the whispering water broke and fell and roguishly tbe dimples twinkled as he stole upon her footsteps


oh foolish pantiur timid little heart why did she feign to be unconscious of bis coming


why wish herself so far away yet be so flutteringly happy there i felt sure it was you said john when he overtook her iu the sanctuary of garden court


i kuew i couldnt be mistaken


sbo was so surprised


you are waiting for your brother aid john


let me bear you company


so light was the touch of tbe coy little hand that he glanced down to assure him self he had it on his arm


but his glance stopping for an iustant at the bright eyes forgot its first design and went no further


they walked up and down three or four times speaking about tom and his mys terious employment


koir that was a very natural and innoceut subject surely


then why wheuever ruth lifted up her eyes did she let them fall again immediately and seek the uncongenial pavement of the count they were not such eyes as shun ihe light they were not such eyes as re quire to be hoarded to enhance their value


they were much too precious and too genuine to stand in need of arts like those


somebody must have been looking at them i they found out tom though quickly enough


this pair of eyes descried him in tbe distance the moment be appeared


he was staring about him as usual iu all directions but the right one and was as obstinate jn not looking towards them as if he had intended it


as it was plain that being left to himself he would walk away home john westlock darted off to slop him


f to btatfmutdj


mfe and adventuiies of mautin chuzzlewit


n v c hickexs es chapter xvii


maittix exltrtges itis


cihcik op ac ovaintaxck inchkafs stock ol wisdom and has intensive th


tukiiy of oojilaillkg his owk kx knifncks with tlinsk of lummv nkd or tux light saltsurtiv as related ov his frikkd mil


william simmons


it was characteristic of martin that nil ilis while lie lisid either foreotten mark tapley as completely us inhere lwd


iwii mi such person to hyniidby nml ciuld wail bis period leisure


bill beiiifr don in the blreets uriin it occurred to him ty iuit coining uitliin the bare limits of possibility that jlr


tapley mijrlit in course cf if ilic twlv jnurniloflice so be intimated lo liis new friend that il lliy coull con veniently walk in that linriiou


hc would be glad gel this pieep at business orchis mind


ami spcakiuir of lusiness


enid martin may i iiak in order liinl i may lint be behind liautl with questions rither


whether vour occu imtion holds yini to this iiy or like myself a lisitor lopped his friend


i wus raise


it


tin


slat of massachusetts nud reside lime still


my home is it


n quiet rnuntrv town


i am riot ften in these busy places


nut my inclination to visit them does you have been abroad fj iibtrd jl rtiu


oh jb


ami like most people who travel have become more ihnti ever attitcheil ti


your home to my home yes ivjoinnl jiis friend


also


you implv some nmivalion said martin


well relumed his new iriimnl if you ask me whether came back line nitli greater relish lor mv c unitys faults with a greater foulness fur thus who claim at the rate of so nanv dollais davto he ber friend vilh ti cooler indifff rente to the lrouth of principles among us in resprcl of public mnt ters mill f private dilili between man ami innn the mlvneacy uf tjiicli bevnuit the foul atmosphere of a ctiniinul trial uuitll disgrace your own old


biliy lawyers uhv then i ob i saiii martin in so exnctlv the mine fcev as ilia friends no that it suuiifed like an echo


it von ask me his companion pursued whether i came back here lniur satisfied with a state of ihiims which br


adly divides society into two classes whereof one the most niisenihly dependent for its mean exist that the cuarser a inn is the more distinctly it shall appeal to his taste wlne the clhef distrusted v ith the ictt sfcmditr thus set and made udaptulile to ever thintr


takes refuge lo bear nil private life mid leans the public weal such fortune us may lnlide it in the press nnd uproar of a general scramble then agiiu i nnsuer no


and again martin said ohl in the same odd way us before biing anxious and discon certed nut so much to say the truth on public grounds as with reference to the fading prospects of domestic aicbitectuio


in a word resumed the othr do not find and annul believe nnd therefore will not example to llo world and the perfection of human reiisou iiiul a great deal more to the liliat litwittiu ineittaable ndfaml wlnt ueic ihvv


iiskel mrln


one thai our history commenced at so late a pcriud as to escape the mrm id bloodshed and cruelly tbiiiiijrb which utlier ualiuus have passed iiid so had all he lilit of their pro hation and none of its darkness


the other tbat e have a vast territory and not as yet sidcrert we have ilone little enough i think


education sujrested martin fainlly


pretty uell mi tht head said the other slinissinii his shoulders still no mhrlili matter to boasl of for old countries and dp more ami uisde leas noise ubnnt it


me shine out brightly in comparison with luglatfd cer tainly but here is very exticrre ciise


you complimented me uu uis frankness vou kiiw lie added taulliinir


oh


i niu not at all nslouished at ynui speaking thus opcnlv when my country fa in question returned marlin


it isyourplain sueiiktig in refereiuc to viur oun that stir you will not find it a scales quality here assure vn eaviir ainon the colonel di vers atidjrvrsiiiksiiid major law kilisislhilih the best of us are something like the man ill goldsmiths cyinedy n wudnt ulvrimylmd but himself tu abui his uaster


coin


he tildeil let us talk o ilesipn ol improving your foilnne dare sj and should grieve lo put you out of liean


may on a kw trivial pviuta advise you perhaps


there was not the leitt cniiisily or imper tinence in the manner ol this oiler which was openhcarlid unaffected nnd iroodnatiirej


as it was next to impossible that he should not have his counmcnc awakened by a deport


elated vhitliadhruullit him into those parts and even made the very difficult avowal that must be admitted rather llmiwing off the de claration with mi air which milit haveimplid that he had money enmijm fr sis months instead of aa many weeks but pour he said he ivas ml fkitrftillii


siij he nimld be fur any couusil dint hit friend iron


pire him


it


would not have been very difficult for any one to see but il wis pattivulirly easy for martin whucie perceptions were sharpened by bis circumstances dibirn that the etrmi gchs face grew infinitely lunger u the duineslic architecture project was dereloped


nor nllliouli


he midc a gred ikjh to be as en couraging us possible rould he prevent his head from shaking once iivoluiiturily ns if it no go


lint he unlike iu a eheerlui tone and siij lhit although there was no such opening us jlutin wished in that city lie wuuldmukcil matter of itnmediiitecuniiidenition and enquiiy where one was most likely to exist and tii he made martin acquainted with his name whirl was bevau anil with his urofewiuu whivb was pliywc though he seldom or never pracliuid and xith other rireunietaiiees comiecud with himself and liimilv wliih fully occupied the time until they reached the uuwdy journal office


mr tapley appeared to lie luting his ease on the jundiii of the firm floor for sounds s ofeoinetretithnmn rsuiblished in ihul region whistling liule llnlunni


with nil hit might and main greeted their ears before lllcy reached the huiite


on risccndiiig to the spot from whenee this ntiitic jroceeded they found him rircuiiibiiit in the miilst of a fortification of agitifr ujptiiently performing his national antlieui for the irt fication of a greyhaired blackman who eat on one of the outworks a purlinaiileati


flaring intently at murk while mtuk with his head reclining on his hand returned the compliment iu a thoughtful manner and whistled all ilieiime


lie seemed to iinve recently dined for lii knife a case bottle and certain broken meats in a baud kerchief lav near at hand lie had employed a portion of his leisure in the dccolution ol the lfondy journal dour whereon his own initials nun iippenred in letters nearly half a foot long


together ti ith the day of the month in smaller type the nhole surrounded by an ornamental border and looking very fresh and bold


i wos amot afraid you was losl sir cried mark rising and stopping the tune nl that point where britons generally are sup pose


tn declare tvheu it is whistled that they nothing gone wrong hope sir


no


mnik wheres vour friend


tlicinml woman sir said mr tainvv


oh i sins all right sir


did she find her husband


yes sir


least ways shes found his re mains said mark correcting himself


the mans nut dead lmpe


nol altogether dead sir returned mark but hes inid more fevers nud ngues than is quite recoticilcable with being alive


when she didnt see him a waiting for her thought shed have died herself


i did i


was he nut here then i


iu wasnt here


there was n feeble old shadow come a creeping down at last


ns much like his substance when she knowd him a finest and longest by the sun is like you


but she look on with joy pour thing as much ns if it had been all of iiim i


hud he bought land


asked mr bevin


ah i hed bought hind said mark shaking his head and paid for it tuo


uverv sort of nateral advantage was connected witi


it the agents said and there certainly nas one


quite unlimited


no end to tuevrater


its n thing lie couldnt have done without i suppose observed martin peevishly


certainly not sir


there it was any way always turned on und waterrate


inde pendent of three or four slimy rivers close by in the dry season


he couldnt say how deep it was in the rainy time for he never had anj thin iotir etiuuih to seund it with is tuis true


asked martin of his compn lixtremclv prol able he answered some mississippi or missouri lot i dare sny


however pursued mark be came from idoti trkuuwwhercuiitlatl down tn xew york here to meet his nife and children ami they started ofi igiiiu in a steamboat this blessed afternoon ns happy to bo along niili each other ns if they wis going to heaven


i should think they was pretty uraisilif if i may iulge innn the poor mans inois


and may ask said martin llancius but not with any displeasure fonmark t the negro nhothis gentleman is auutlwi ivhyi sir returned mark taking him aside nild speaking confidentially in his ear


do you take me fur a blind man askei


martin somewhat impatiently that vou think it necrssiry co tell me chat whu his face is the blackest that ever uas seen


no no when i sny a man of colour re turned mark incun that hes been one o


ibcul as theres picters of iu the shops


a min and a brother vou know sir said mr tapley favouring his master with a significant indication of the figure su often represented tracts und cheap prints


a slave cried martin in a whisper


ah said mark in the same lone


no thing else


a slave


why


when iliat then man was young dont look at him nllile tit atelliigitbc was shot in the


lea gasbei in the arm scored in his live limbs like pork balen out of shape hud his neck galled will ms dnv


when i was having my dinner lust it he stripped off his coat and look auaj mv appetite


is this true


asked slartin or his friend who stood beside them


have no renscm todoult it he answered looking duwu and shaking his head


very often is


uless you said mark know it is from hearing his whole story


that nwstr died eo did his tccotid nsler from bavins his head cut open uiili a hlcht bv another slave who wlieti hed ilone it went and drowned liimsell tlen he got n heller one


in years ami jems he saved u n litde ne and bsught his freedom which he ml pretty cheap at last on account of his streijtb being nearly gone and be being ill


then he come here


ami noiv hes a saving up tu treat him self afore he dies to one small purchase its nothiil lo speak of only bis oily daughter thats all i cried mr tapley beioining ex citi d iiberly for ever ii uriah i


huhl cried marlin clapping his hand upon his niouili atul dutii hi an idiot


what is he doing here


wailing to take our luggage off upon a truck murk


hed have ccme tor it byaniiby but i engaged him for a very rea sonible charge out of my own pocket to sit along wilh me and make me jolly and i am jolly and if was rich enough lo contract with him to wait upon me once a day to be looked at id never be anything else


the fact may cause a solemn impeachment of marks veiacily but it must be adinilicj ueverlheess lilac there was that in his dice and mainer at the moment which militated strongly against this emphatic declaration of his stute ot minu


lord love y


u sir he added theyre so fund of liberty in this pait of the xuik that they buy and ll her tind carry herti market wilh em


theyve such a passion for liberty that they cant help taking liberties wilh her


thats what its owins


very well said mai tin wishing to chnni


mark perhaps youll attend to me the place


to which the luggage is to jo is piinled on this card


mrs awkinss lloiiruina house


mrs lawkiiiss boardiiighuute rejieated matk


now cicero


is that bis name


askeil miiilin


thats his name air rejoined mark


and the negro grinning aseeut from under u ttii them portmanteau than which his own lac was many shades deeper hobhlrd down stairs with his portion uf their worldly goods mink tapley having already gone iwfure with his share


martin and his flieud folloed them to lie door below and were about pursue thur walk when the lam r stopped and usked with some hesitation whether lbit young mull was to be ti usfed


mark


i


oh certainly i wilh anything


you dont understand in i tliiuk he had better go uilh us


he is an honest lellow und speaks his mind


so v ry iilainly


why the fact ii suid martin smiling that being unaccustomed tu a fret republic he is used ui do so


i think he had better go with us relumed the other


he may gel into some trouble otherwise


this is not a slave state but i am anbuineil to say that the spirit ot luleranct as the form


we are not remnikalde for be having very temperately to each other when we tlitrr but to strangers i no i really think he had better go with us


marlin called to him immediately lo be of their party so cicuro and ujh truck went one kay anil llley three went iiiolher


thev walked uhout the city far tiro or three hours seeing il from the hvsl points of viw und pausing iu the principle streets ml before such public buildinusas mr dcvan pointed out


night then coining on apace martin proposed chat they should adjourn iu mrs lawkins establishment lor coffee but in this he wub overruled by his iiewacquuiutauce who bcemed to have set his heart on carrying him though it were only for an hour to the house of a friend of hie who lived hard by


feeling however disinclined he was being weary that it would be in bad taste and not very gracious to objret that he wus untntruduced when this oneuheaited gentleman was su ready to be his sponsor maninfcr once in his life at all events sacrificed hie own will and pleasure to tbo wishes of another and consented with a fair grace


su travelling hail done him eoioe good already


mr bevan knocked ut the door of a very neat house uf moderate bite fiom the parlour windows of which light were shining brightly into the now dark street


it was quickly opened by a man with such a thoroughly irish face thnt it seemed ns if he ought us a matter of right snd priuriple to be in rags ami could hove tio sort of business to be looking cheer fully at anybody out of a whole suit of clothes


commending mark to the care of tliis phe nomenon for buch he may be said to huve been in martins eyesmr devan lead the way into the room which had shed its cheer fulness upon the street to whose occupants he introduced mr cnuzzlewil us n gentleman from england whose acquaintance he bad re cently bad the pleasure to make


thov pave him welenn e ii lite i t self silting very inucl at lis case by the fiic side and becomiugvaelly tvell acquainted tvilh the whole family


the ether twenty lulh very sleuder but very prcltv their mother who looked as martin thought much olilrv and more faded than she ought tu huvc looked nud their grandmother a little flaipeyd quick old woman who seemed to huve got past that stage and to have come all lightagain


besides these there were the you ladies father and the young ladies brother j the first engaged in mercan tile affairs oil second a student ill college both iu a caltiiin cordiality of manner like his own fiiczil and not unlike him in the appeared tint he was their near relation


marlin couil not help tracing the fumily pedi gree ironl me two voun indies because they were frenost iu his thoughts not only from biug nsnloresaid very pretty hut by reason of their rearing miraculously small shoes and the thiunvst possible silk stockings the which their rockingchairs developed to a distracting extent


there is nn iloubt that it was a monstrous snug welluniishcd room warmed by a cheer ful fire and full olvariuus pleasant decorations including four small shoes and the like amount of mlk stortings and


yes why liut


the feet and legs therein enshrined


and there is no doubt that martin was mottstruus welldisposed to regard his position iu that liirht afier his recent experience in the screw an


i of mrs la kins boarding bouse


the rotisrnueiice was that he made himself very iireeihle indeed and by the time tea und iiffei


arrived with sweet preserves and cun ning teaenkes in its train was in a highly ge n


il slate and much esteemed by the whole family an ther delighlful circumstance turned up wore the first cup of tea was drunk


the hole family had bviii in england


there was a pleabant thing


i


but martin wus nut iiuile su glad of ibis when he found that they knew all the grand dukes lords viscounts marquesses duchesses knights and baronets


qute riffectiunntely and were beyond every thing interested iu the least particular concern ing them


however when they asked after tiie wearer of this or that coronet and said was he quite well


martin answered yes oil yes


never belter and when uiey said his lordships mother the ditches waa she much changed v martin said oh dear no they would know her anywhere if they saw iiit tomorrow and so got on pretty well


iu like manner when the young ladies questioned him touching the gold thh in that grecian njuuliiin in such and such u noblemans con si rvatory and whether there were as many as tlisre used to be


he gravely reported aftei naluie consideration that there must be at least twice as many ami as to tue exoiics ihl ivelll it was of no use talking abuut them they must he seen to be believed which improved state of circumstances re minded the whole family of the splendour of that brilliant festival comprehending the whole of the british peerage and court calendar to


n hich they were specially imitid and which indeed had been partly given in their honour and recollctiuiis of what jlr


norris the lather had sail to the marquess and uf what mrs norris the mother had said to the mar chioness and of what the marquess and mar chioness imd both said when they said tbat upon their wards and honours they wished mr nonis thu fillicr and mrs norri


tli mother nnd ills misses norris the daughters and mr nirris junior the son would only and give them the pleasure of their everlasting martin thought it rather strange and in some suit inconsistent that during the whole of tli ir enjoyment thereof bulb mr nonis junior the sun who corresponded every post ivith luur members ol the linglish eeragc eiilnrgiil upon the inestimable advantage uf having such ai binary distinctions iu that enlightened laud where there were no nuble men but natures iiublemen and all society wus based


u one broad level of brotherly love and naiuial eiiwlily


indeed mr norris the father crniduully expanding into an oration on this sweiliug tlcme was becoming tedious when mr ljevan diverted his thoughts by happening to make snine casual iuijuiry rela ply to iibib this same mr nonis the father ohwrvid that that person entertained reli jsiutis opinions of which he cuti lilnt approve unil llirrelure he hadnt the honour of knowing the uciiilctnan


mrs norris the mother


ddeiianother reason of her own lbe same in eflec liut varying woids lo wit tbat she believed the people were well enough in their uay but they were not genteel


another liille trait came out which impressed itself on marliu forcibly


mr beyau told ilietn about maik and the negro and then it appeared that nil the nisrrism wen ubolition ists


it was a gnat n lief iu hear this and martin wilt so lunch encouraged un finding himself in such company lint he expresbcd his sympathy with the oppressed and wretched blacks


noiv one of the young ladies the prettiest nud most delicate one nas mightily amused ut the earnestness with which lie spoke and on his craving leave to ask her why was quite unable fur a time to snuk lijr


luuhiii


as soon howlver as she could she loldbbiin thnt the negroes were such a funny people su excessively ludicrous in their man ners and appearance that it wug wholly im possible lor ihuse who knew them well to s sociute any serious ideas with such n very ub surd part of tin


creation


mr norris the father and mrs norr the mother and miss norris the sifter and mr nonis jun the luothcr ami even mis


von is ten tlie grand mother were all of this opinion mid laid il down ns uu absolute mutter of fact as if there wetu nailing in suffering rnd shivery grim enuugh to cast a bole uir on anv human an ini tlough il were as ridiculous physically as the most grotesque of apes or morally as lie mildest nimrud among lullhunting repub in short said mr norris the father seu tling the ijwsliun comfortably there is a extending said martins friend in a loiv yuice to the cruellest of tortures and the bargain and sul of unborn generations


mr norrib the son said nothing but he inailf a wry face and dusted his fingers as lliimlel might alter gelling rid of yoricks skull just as ihuugh he had that moment lunched a negro nnd some of che black had come off uion his hands


in order that their talk might fall again into its luriner pleasant channel martin urupped lbe subject with a shrewd suspicion that it iruld


h a dangerous tlieine revive under the best of virctimetuttccs qnd again addressed himseir tu the young ladies who were very gorgeously attired in very beautiful colouis and had every article of dress oil the same ex tensive scale as the liule shoes und the thin silk stockings


this suggested to him that they were great proficients ill the french lashiuus which soon turned out to be the case for though their information appeared to be none of the ucwest it was very extensive and the eldest sister in particular who wan dis tinguished hy a talent for metanhysicb the jaws of hydraulic pressure and the right of human kind had a novel way of combining these acquirements and bringing them to bear on any subject from millinery to the millen nium wh inclusive which wai at ouce im proving and retnaable so much so in short that it s usuallyiserred to reduce foreigners to a state of tenorary insanity io less thun five minutes


mattin felthisnbon going and asamoans of saving himsel besought the other sister seeing a piano i the room to sing


with this request she illiligly complied and a bravura concert sely sustained by the misses norris presentlyicgan


they sang in all languages excepttlrown


german french italinn spanish nrtuguese and swibs but nothing native nhingso low as native


for in this respect loraiages are like many other travellers ordiiimaiid commonplace enough ot home but specfly genteel abroad


there is liule tubt that in course of time the m isscs nurris ould have conie to hebrew iflhry had nut becniterruptedby an announce ment from the iihman who flinging open the door cried in aloud voice jilliral floduvl


m v i cried llieiisters desisting suddenly


the general com


back


i as they made the exclamation the general attired iu full unilori for a ball came darting in with such prtcijtniicy that hitching his boot in the ojrpif ttid getting his sword i be tuecu his legs lie mine down headlong and presented a curious little bald place on the crown of his hpl to lie eyes of the astonished company


nof was bis


the worst of it for being rather eopulcut and very tight the tiencra beinriloivn could not get up again but lay there tiithing and doing such tliiugs with his boots is there is no utber instance of in military uisltry


of course litre was an immediate rush to his assistance and the general was promptly raised


but i uniform ivas so fearfully and wonderfully nfade that he came up stiff and without a uemfin him lice a dead cluwn and liad no command whatever of himself


until he wus quhe fia


upon the soles of hia feel when he became animated a by a miracle and moving edgewise that hejnitght go in a nirrow compass aiid he in less janger of fraying the gold lace on his epauletrs by brushing them against anything advaiced witb a smiling visage lo satule the ladybf lbe house


to be sure il would hive been impossible for the family to lestifyiurer delight null joy than at


ibis imlookedlf appearance of gene ral fladdoik


i


the urnenil wits as warullv received as if new yoik iiiul been in n state uf sirge and no oilier renpriil wms to be cot for love or money


hf shook hands wilh the nurrises three time all round and then re viewed them from alutle distance as a biave commander might ith his ample cloak drawn forward over the itlil shoulder and thrown back nnoii the lelisidc to reveal his mauiv breast


and do i then cried the general once more behold lbe ebweest spirits of my country


yes said jlr norris the father


here we are general


then ull the nwrises pressed round the general enquiring how and where he had been since the date if his last letter and how he had enjoyed birrself in foreign parts and particularly and abive all to what extent he lud become acquainted with the great dukes lords viscounts maucssesduchesses knights and baronets in whim the people of those be nighted countries hal delight


well then drm ask me said the gene ral holding up his band i ivus among em all the time and lave got public juurnals in my trunk with my name rintcd he lowered his voice and was very impressive here among the fashionrble news


but oh the conventionalities of that amazing europe vhl cried mr norns the father giving his head a melancholy shake and looking towards martin as though he would say i caul deny it sir


tvoulil if i could


lie liniitpil diffusion uf a moral sense in tint country i exclaimed the general


the absence of a moral dignity in man i ah i sighed all the norrises quite over whelmed with despundency


i couldnt hare realised it pursued the general without being lucatcd on the spot norris your imagination is the imagination of a strong man bit you couldut have realised it without being localeil on the spit


never mi mr norri


the cxcluiveness the piide the form me ceremony exclaimed tue lieneral em phasizing the njiicle more vigorously at every repetition


f he artificial barriers set up between man jtid man the division of the human race into court cards and plain cards of every deuor nation into clubs diamonds spades anythig but hearts i


ah i cried the whole family


too true general but stay cried jlr


norris the father taking him by le arm


surely you crossed in the screw clieral


well so aid was the reply


possible tied the young ladies


only think i the general seemed at a loss to understand why his having mine home iu the screw should uccasiou such u seusution nor did he seem at all clearer on he subject when mr noiris introducing bin to martin said a feloivpo sengeror yours i think of mine


sclaimed the general nol he had neve seen martin but martin bud seen him and cognised him now thnt they stood face to fa n as the gentleman who had si lick his linnil in his pockets towards the end of the voyage ind walked the deck with his nostrils dilated


everybody ic fced at martin


there was no help for it


tli truth must out


came ovc in the same ship as the ge neral siid n irliu but not in the same cabin


it loin necessiry for me to observe strict economy took my passage in the steerage


if the genet i had been carried up bodily to a loaded can and required to let it off that moment e could not have been in a state ni greutei constcrontion than when he heard these words lie fladdock fladdock in full militia uniform fladdock the general haddock the caressed of foreign nobleman cspecicd lo know n fellow who had come over in the steerage ol a lincofpacket ship at a cost of four pound ten and meeting that fellow in the very sancluarj of new york fashion and nestling iu lhu bosom of the new york aristucraiy i he almost laid his hand upon his sword


a deathlike stillness fell upon the norrises


if this ttory should get wind their country relation had by hia imprudence for ever dis graced them


they were the bright particular mars of un exalted new york sphere


there weio other lubhionuble spheres above them and other fashionable spheres below and none of the stars in any one of ibese spheres had anything to say to the stars in any other of these splierer


lut through all the spheres it would go forth that the norrises deceived by gentlemaulv manners and appearances had falling from their high estate received a dollarless and unknown num


o junrdiun eagle of the pure uepublic had they lived for


you will allow me said martin after a terrible silence to take my leave


i feel that i am the cause of at lrtst as much embarrass ment here as i have brought upon mytelf


mm am bound before go to exonerate this gentleman who iu introducing me


to such society was quite ignovaut of my uiikorchiness with tlu he mad his bow to the norrises


and walked out like man of enow very cool externally but pretli hot within


to h continued


american notes for general circulation


by charles dickens


chapter iiicontinued


boston


at south boston as it is called in a situation excellently adapted for the pur pose several charitable institutions are clustered together


one of these is the state hospital for the insane admirably conducted on those enlightened principle of conciliation and kindness which twenty years ago would have been worse than he retical and which have been acted upon with so much success in our own pauper asylum at hanwell


evince a desire to show some confidence and repose some trust even in mad peoplesaid the resi dent physician as we walked along the galleries his patients flocking round us un restrained


of those who deny or doubt the wisdom of this maxim after witnessing its effects if there be such people still alive i can only say i hope i may never be sum moned as a juryman on a commission of lunacy whereof they are the subjects for i should certainly find them out of their senses on such evidence alone


each ward in this institution is shaped like a long gallery or hall with the dormi tories of the patients opening from it on either hand


here they work read play at skittles and other games and when the weather does not admit of their taking exercise out of doors pass the day together


in one of these rooms seated calmly and quiet as a matter of course among a throng of mad women black mid white were the physicians wife and another lady with a couple of children


these ladies were graceful and handsome and it was not difficult to perceive at a glance that even their presence there had a highly bene ficial influence on the patients who were grouping about them


leaning her head against the chimney piece with a great assumption of dignity and refinement of manner sat an elderly female in as many scraps of finery as madge wildfire herself


her head in particular was so strewn with scraps of gauze and cotton and bits of paper and had so many queer odds and ends stuck all about it that it looked a birdsnest


she was radiant with imaginary jewels wore a rich pair of undoubted gold spec tacles and gracefully dropped upon her lap as we approached a very old greasy newspaper in which i dare say she had been rending an account of her own pre sentation at some foreign court


i have been thus particular in describing her because she will serve to exemplify the physicians manner of acquainting and retaining the confidence of his patients


this he said aloud taking me by the hand and advancing to the fantastic figure with great politenessnot raising her suspicions by the slightest look or whisper or any kind of aside to me