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MIRIAM!
1
Tie Romance of HeateleiEii Hal
By Maxda L. Crocker.
COFTmiGBT, 1S88L
'Yea," ane m wo rued, emlnfr!y much re
lieved, 'an thm ye'd hare to see the gal
lery. too. ma'am, with ita tome psuntiuK.
ahure; every wan aetsa thetraliery, nva'aru."
Thia aotUed it, aad we aooa passed from
the deep ahadowa of the central hall out
throuKh an open court, and back once more
into the coxy aerranta' quarter. Here wo
found old Ancil Clarkaon aitting by the Are
with a mujr of beer for company, and watt
ing for the proapecuve 'Tar" Fegy Ud iu
Tiew.
The next day Clarkaon took a large braa
key from a rin(r in the wall, and nlockinlr
tuo fateful drawing-room door, bade me
enter.
It waa a apacioua apartment, eleganUy
furnished. The hih-bucked, carved chairi
And deep aofaa alood in formal AUfTuesa on
either aide the room, blending their dark
outlines with the somber ahade of the
atameu oak wait. Boot in. The two deep
windows heavily curt am od with ruh dam
aak hangings depeudiug from their ancieuU
looking wng opened out on a verau.Ja,
tvhose ornauiental row of carved pillare put
me in mind of kniKhta in armor.
At the opposite end of the apartment was
a flre-plaee, n hose massive mantel was dec
orated with curious tws and ancient'
relics, of which Peggy could not give the lua
tory. In their niches, flanking the Are-place,
were two pieces ol exquiaite etatuary.
statiditkg out In ghostly relief in tho shad
ows. The shining surface of the polished floor
was covered here and there with costly
rum of 'Tarkiah desoign.' aa Peupy siiid.
Hiit after all therewmi un uiiUetidiug, uu
eotiipromisiag air about tho tirawtn-roum
Uiufc prompted me to be brief in my visit.
itr fixitstepa made au UDvrlnmie sound
t.f obtrusive iiapreasiou that grateU on mv
ears as we walked about sn Uio hollow si
lence. audi felt a repugnance creepingover
uie which I had not experienced iu th olhua
upartmenta. "The gallery nixt,' Tuurmured Clarkaon,
locking tho door of the drawing-room bu
hiT.d us. "Oi dou"t nioind the gallerv,
:.i:i'am, though its histlujty. U forninst the
whole of Ilijf lUirleih in its thei iUleuesa."
1 made no reil. I fominir closer to
the object of- bit visit, the portrait of Mir
iam, and my promise to bo f uiHUed.
CHAPTER V.
The gallery 1 never can forget it, or
rather, the .-memory of thobe faces will
never slip from my mental viaion.
There were portraits on tho walls, in
groups and In pairs. Some of them were
uoMe-looking and of pleasing countenance,
while others looked down at me with a
frowning face, as if to say: "Why do you
intrude on our silent existence."
There were faces smiling forthl from their
wealth of loug, sunny curls, and stern
visages sporting powdered queues and look
ing coldly duwn over their great, stiff ru3a
with an aristocratic stare.' -
I viewed each face with deep interest as
the old housekeeper gave me ita name and
history as far as she knew, as we went from
one to another down the long, narrow
apartment.
Here," she said, ta a voice of pitying
tenderness, as alio crossed the floor to tho
opposite wail, "here are tbe portrait of the
puir, unforthunate childer as has bin siut
away from Haythurleigh by the theriblo
distiny ov the house."
Hhe paused before a row of portraits with
their faces turned to the wail aud folded
her arms, whlie tho great pearly tears
rolled down her withered cheek. A strange
i,j
' iiiiiiiii," i said, srxvovsxr.
Teaming sensation seized me, supplanted
by a nervous, chilling aritation. it was the
first time 1 had felt my self -possession
leaving me since I came to the Ilall; stand
ing tbere before the group of ill-fated soita
and daughters branded with disinheritance,
a Hood of emotions iadrscribt.ble rushed
over me, and I mutely moilonod PPggy to
go on.
Gently, then, the turned the face coming
first In order over. A bright fae met my
sympathetic vision, with a nair-senous,
half-playful expacssioa. Lkiii'l," said
PegK7. "n that's all Ol know ov im. bo
cause his curse fell long forninst me loifo."
The next, a beautiful face with dark, ex
pressive eyes and perfect mouth pro
claimed her tho daughter of a proud fam
ily. Agatha," said Pgry, wiping ofT the
'dust with a caressing movement. "An' its
her, ma'am, that ran away with a young
Friach Count, because the family couldn't
a bear the loikes ov a Frinctuuau. She died,
poor thing, away off in France, somewhoro
on the batiks o the Heine. An shuniTer
room back afthur her family firbid hor Iver
ahowin' her proud, wilful l&oe agaiu at the
.Ilall." .
There were two more portraits of the
broken-hearted, disinherited chiltlren who
had goue out from the doors, and of whose
fate none at the Hill cured to know after
the gates hod been shut against thutu. The
next face was that of a handsome young
man, whose dark, soulful eyes looked into
mine aa if to say, "pity- me. "Allan,"
Clark son murmured, as the fascinating orbs
appealed to .us, "puir Allan ho was slnt
away in. diaghrace, ma'am, all becanae he
loved a cottage lassie lnat htiad ov the wan
his family chose out OT the h'.h carclea." .
"Did he ever come back!" I asked, pity
ing this promiaiag young faoo so early
clouded because of vanity.
Oca boon T' moaned Peggy, "an" Allan
was niver the waa to come back, ma'am.
Ha married the laaaie and took her with
him whin he left the countbry, me Loddy."
"Aud you know nothing more of his his
tory then" I asked, catching a laat gUmpse
of the dark, honest eyes as she turned the
portrait Itack ho the wull. ' ' - ,
"No tnore'n ye know or the dead, ma'am ;
only a rumor now an' thin, an' rumors don't
count for any thing.
But when the housekeeper put her with
ered hand, trembliug wild increased agita-
tion, on the rim of the last reversed portrait,
1 felt that I was to look on tbe fare of Miriam.
A deft movement 0 the trembling hand,
a 'owering of the crimson cord and the
proud, beautiful features of my friend's un
happy child swung over to the dim, dreamy
lipht of the Ions, silent gallery.
"An this wan is the puir, prou J-hearted
cUudt-rtf zuo Iteddjr rarci-al," sobbed
I
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1 1
Clarkson.
"Miriam," I said, nervously.
The same, ma'am," replied Peziry, chok
iug back a Sob, while her warm Irish heart
acted for the vision of the proud face which
had nestled on her bosom in years aoue.
Bhould I tell her of Miriam! looked into
the ainolderinf? fire of the eyes on the can
vas, and caught the answer as if by intui
tion. No!
The picture fascinated me strangely.
There was something about it so inexpress
ibly sweet, yet so proudly sorrowful withal,
that my whole auul went out to the sad, im
perious woman, buried, as it were, at liar
view, with more fervency than ever before.
What a tale tbte lirtnly-ebut lips might
unfold could they speak. What a dearth of
patvmal affection, what loneUuess of life
could the Miriam beyond the sea reveal if
she chose to tell it all!
Aud thin was the portrait, then, I was to
carry home with ma, and I, aa yet, had no
plan to assist me in keeping my rash
promise.
Poor girl!" I said softly, as Clarkson
turned the face to the wall once more.
Daughter of my friend, and come to this:
her proud face turned to the wail iu the h:til
Of her ancestors 2
I could not trust myself to say more, and
Clarkson led the way to a corner, where the
shadows were fittingly the tbickefct, and
startled me by saying in a curious tone:
"An1 here is the masthur, ma'am, a han?in
aU alone; all alone I The Ledaly Parcival
niver had her portait painted. She would
niver sit for it, ma'am, and she was per
fectly rot'nt in it, too, afthur knowin' Ov
the th roubles cooiniu" dowa on heir daugh-tht-r
f rout the long loine of mUtherioa. She
didn't want her lace to apprar iu tho flay
thurWiirh gallery, at all, at all !"
C'.ai ksoti's lust sentence gave mo an idea,
and I could almost have shouted for joy at
the promising proposition, but coulroliing
myself Willi au effort, remembering in time
that it inuat be matured, I gave my atten
tion to the lace f Sir Rupert.
Clarkson drew buck the crape covering,
atd put aside the window curtains iu order
to let in more light. A glam of sunlight
flickered for a mmuent across the pauiiini;.
Truiy he cmst have been gruff and obsti
nate, judeintr from the heavy frowning
brows aud siulster-lookJiix eyes bieath;
yet tinder the uicou:iM-uiuiig .vicr:or 1
fancied I could see a ut-p, corroding Krief,
that, blighting his life in it s prime, h:td mixed
. for his remaiuicg davs "the wormwood and
the gall"
"And this is he vko roauia about Aie
thill!" I questioned, taking my eyes from
the stej-n countenance on cauTas aud lura
ln g to Pecry.
She no Med In the afBrmatire, and drew
the crajie baclc over the ixjrtruit of she
"masthur of Ua.vthu leiKa,'1 as she would
say, and toft her we lclx the galltwy.
We had now been over tho Hall, with the
exception of a few aiuirtments of "no In
thercst at all," and the library. To this IasV
namod room we turned our altuiUun. It
was on the first floor, Juat across the cen
tral hall from the fateful drawi-rwjni
Jfearly one whole side of the apartment
was taiceu up with books. I looked
at tbe hundreds of ricbly-Louii volumes on
the oaken shelves,, after C'hirkson puilod a
heavy tassolcd cord and drew back a lycg
silken hanging of green, which lad the nia
; joriiy of tho books from view,-and won
dered who next would aspire to the owner
ship vlauch a cohecllon of elegantli'-bound
volumes. ..
"They're as the masthur left 'em," re
marked Peggx, breaking in on ray specu
lative rererie, "an' he was a great taon for
the books, too, mu'am."
' "Tell me the story of Miriam now," I
said, crunk.g the room to a great deep
chair, with Its Inviting cushions, that stoed
by the elaboratly-carved secretary in the
corner. ' - .
"Niver a bit ov it win Oi be afthur teliln.'
ye'sla this part o'. the hall, ma'am. Oi'd
be afthur gettin' Into me own solcfe ov the
house afore Oi've a wurrud to say about it
atail.
"Agreed, Peggy,' 1 answe4, glad to
humor her by going anywhere, if 1 only
might hear the story -of the daughter of my
friend.
Once more ta fcer "own so'.de or the
house," Clarkson lighted her pipe and sat
down where tho bright sunshiuu atreaii.ed
in through the white dimity-curtained win
dows. I could not blame her for wanting to
get back into her own cheerful rooms again,
for I ft it happily relieved of the shaeiows
myself.
CJlAlTt.lt VT.
And now comes ttie story of Miriam as I
beard It from the lips of Peggy CiarAsoa
and her husuaud during my stay at the
HalL .. Af ier it, the ud, tragical cud of Sir
Kupert, supplemented by a strange experi
ence of my own while beneath the aiastral
roof.
Twenty years before the utter desolation
of the ilall a little tid bit of mortality was
laid tenderly iu Lady Pcrcivai's arms, and
great tears fell silently on the laco fabric of
its dress, while her whiw lipi murmured:
."Sorrow's child." While the baby fae
nestled unconsciously on the fair mother's
bosom -me uiuucr neart made agonized
moiiu o-cr her first-born.
This was the welcome Miriam received as
she lay wondering at the gray October
dawn Big heralding her advent Into this
curious world of ours.
LadyPercival remembered the terrified
look of the attendants' faces when it waa
annouueed that a daughter was born "to
mel'ddy." ' ' - ' ;
It was then that the legend of tbe house -of
tbe Perviva'.s came u before her with
menacing power.
Down the ancestral -lines had come the
tradition, ful&iled to a faait, thoy said, in
the generations preceding this luot ill-fated
child.
When Lady Percival was yet happy
bride Clarkson had communicated to her
the story of the hereditary curse, coloring
her narration vividly as she went on in do
tail to prove its correct doss. And this is
the maiedxtive tradition : The eldest child
PEOOT'S 8TOKT OF VIBLSJC I
ot each generation, if A daughter, and the
youngest, if A son; would live to incur tbe
lasting hatred of their paternal pareut.
Tho curse enUuled on the hapless offspring
dated away back to some wicked pld ances
tor who had. by som evil power, handed
down his wrath to the innocent, because of
the wretched life -he had ' led. This ante-.
ceaaor, eo raa tint legeud, was 'A youngest
child" arid had wedded the "eldest daugh
ter" of a house which had become alien
ated from him because of his dissipated
life. The wito had gone back to her fam
ily hearth and forsaken him entirely, and
te had hated her wila bitter hatred for her
desertion. .
Pertaps Clarkson would have never
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terrible tradition, but it happened to the
wife of Sir Kupert as it had to the other
unfortunate and sorrowing mothers. It
was a part of their dsuny to unravel the
legemd in spite of imposed secrecy.
Lady Percival, on her first visit to
the Heatherle'h gallery, had been strange
ly impressed with the brio of portraits
whose bright faces, reversed, gave K them
an air of mystery.
She had afked her' husband why they
were hung so strangely, and he had grown
pale and agitated, and had answered eva
sively, at the same tune leading her away
.with some remark entirely foreign to the
quest ion.
Being curious concerning the portrays,
and ' mystified by her husband's unsatis
factory reply, she sought au interview with
CUrkson, telling, her of Sir Itupert's lui
ox ..unable demeanor during her visit to the
rallery. Thus it happened that she heard
theittgcadof her husband's ancestors re
lated. And the housekeeper had, with all the
superstitious influence of hor IrUh aawro,
impresaod on the susceptible mind of hor
-mistress tuo woight of the withering sor
row of this woeful legeud.
Yet it had never come to her, after all, as
forcibly as vbcn the iuuoccnt, upturned
face ou her agonized bosom proclaimed her
the mothwr of "the eldost child a daugh
ter." Then Lady Percival had shuddered aud
wept over 'the sleeping infant, gathering
her oioaer ho her aching heart and walling:
"Oh I my durliug! my precious child; my
ill faied onel May the kind Father, in His
mercy, spare thee from this awful thing a
father's hatred."
With her tear-wet cheek pressed to that
of heruiiiad Lady Percival could hear the
pitying tones of the housekeeper once more
as sne ended th recitaL ' "Ah! me Leddy,
an' Oi'm sorry for ye's that's niver hear'n
tell o' tho loikes ov this therible thing, that
eooina to all ov 'cm thut'a born under the
curse. Thim faces what's turned away
from ye, ma'am, is ov thim ez has bin ban
ished from the house. They hv to boar it,
me LeUdy, tor there's not ony thing to
alhond lorninit, au' many' the prayer for
marcy ai' forgiveilesa ez hud CiKim from
broken anuria witha tbeso wail, an' nivor
teen listened to, i-aythur."
3uw, wuh the h'.rui of her daughter it ail
caiuo back ao ri-inful!y and vividly, that to
her supersensitive soul it seemed that the
trio of reversed facva on irfie wail of this
gallery gad down rn ). tying sorrow on
vhe huie loiiM ao aVour'bo her mother's
hoiti-t.
And Sir Rupert walked the corridors si
lc4.t and glum, little Uiiuidng tliat the dcl
icute ilovt'ka- of a wife knew of the trouble
entailed by the L J-lii of the duughter. liis
only cou-ftrt-t lay iu the t'uouLit that the
was bhsafuUy lnt,rat:t cf it ai Le jaued
up and dtr.vu iu aa a!:n!ess march, liut the
biUen:ss of tho wormwood lie had hojied
j keep from her crip had been put to her
lips threnv'h his reticipr.ee in the rudest and
most thoughtless mutucr.
. The season of gloom ushered iu by Miri
am's advent gradual .y became dispelled,
snJ the auuli'ht of happy, content siiorus
frojii Lady pet-oval's sweet eyes aud. li.a
miued Uio visage ol Sir ituport ait the t liud
grew, beautiful, bright, and above all else,
aeciioute.
It was then that hope sprang uj Iu the
bosou. of U.e mother.
She wwuld watch u the child grew;
watchvrd palliate anydi.-dike, smooth dtnvn
uny aifterenees which might spriag up be
tween the two she loved.
Bl-, with he great wealth of aAection,
wouie avert, or at leabtmoiiilj-, aay trouble
threatening an Catrant-meuh
- To this hop Lady Percival clungas Miri
am deveiwpod Into beautiful childhood.
S;r Report seemed very fond of his
bright little daughter, and spent many
hours with her after she was old enough to
prattle her childish witticisms to his
paternal ear. He stuned to have forotteu
the ancestral anathema, aa he amused the
child by the hour, driving t-r strolling about
for bar pleasure. IVrhai ho was trying,
in ctAseieas endeavor to fod the evil in
fluence hovering over the nances aud a
father s lovo brek its spclliu this genera
tion. Thud tbe fond mwtLer argued, not
dreamiusf that deep in the heart of her hus
baxul Uu.-re lurked a terrible dread of the
day when the happy days' should have an
ending, darker aud more sorrowful than
death. lie was certain the evil days would
fall, and ho was rtfllit.
The clouds of fate were already ta tho
horizon of the fair heavens. Although the
fair mother, trusting and ever hoeiui, per
ceived not their baief ul gathering. -
Aad so it happened mat tuo aay arrived
wheu the black cloud of vengeful darkness
came but .voeu the sun and tho dial, atui all
their lii'cs were ht.ceforth shadowti by
the st.-m-oloud without a silver linis g.
They wcr walking in tho park, all three.
In the lovoly weather and Miriam, running
on before her pa routs, was to all appear
ances the very embodiment of beauty and
affliction. lier bright curls flying in the
soft sweot air, and her tiny red boots twink
ling over theclotte-cut sward as hhe sported
among the trees, delighted the eyes of the
mother. She looked up with a word of af
fectionate admiration on her lips, only to
see such a strange, yoarning look on tlie face
of her husband that she forgot her remark
in the chill of apprehensive terror whieh
seized hr. Such an expression of deep
emotion ou the countenance of Hir Rupert
could never be lor got tea. Ahl what could
it mean! VY'Ly should she, of all others,
ask I . - 1 1 . .
Her, Iseart refused its usual boating, and
the trees soeroed as if ia a miat, ' while her
husband's kc she saw as one boos faces in
a t ruubled dream. '. '.
Then she put her trembling bund on his
arm and leoaed khe wretched quostidn she
did not dare to put into wurda. ,
' Sir Rupert starttsd as if from a terrible
croam, aud looked dowu into the face of'
pale, fxightuned inquiry a moment, as if try
ing te read her thoughts. !ie is older iu'
heart than In years, r ho replied, slowlv,
with a daah of laoouret pain in his voice, as
his trmiUl.'d vision turned toward the chUd.
She is getriug old enough to hate me, and
it vsml fail, how or wb.es I know not, but of
one thing I am certain, and that is the com
inir est nmeremtrnt. J have felt a atrange
presentiineat present win ma fr woeki.,
and "
He stopped shirt, as if alarmed at having
made this coulenaion, aud hud not Lady Ter
cival understood, throurh previous Infor
mation, hi words would havo been a mean
ingless riddle. As it was, tao well she
knew to what he referred. '
1 Miriam' at 'this moment oame rushing
bauk to thim, shouting ia chil.lish gloe,
and Sir Earicrt caught her in his arms,
kiased her fondly and thenstrodeoff across
the paric, leaving his wile aud daughter to
return to the hail without him.
Uowthocomuig evil goaawl l.im no one
ever knew, but tho pain aud haunting
dread, visible on his white, drawn face, in
dexed a struggle against decree.
Miriam looted after her father in a be
wildered manner, than turning to her moth
er ashed, with a strange, impetuous air:
"What ails my father !
Oh ! how the heart of Lad y Percival went
down in the depths ot agonised sorrow at
the question she dare not answer. She
sank helplessly oa the sward and drew the
surprised cLnid into her arms with a prayer
such as she never yet had utterod.
And a curious inquisitiveness had taken"
possession of Miriam. Pointing after the '
retreating figure of her father, who had
gone off to fight his battle wit b fate alone,
aud of whom she caught glimpses through
theintcrveuinj oaks, she ask"d with moro
than usnal iinuerativtiAaii! 4tVl.at. .Irtc nil
myfathr I say, U he angry I"
Then Lady Percival took the two litt'e
inpatient fcAals ia her own, aid tald
brokenly : 4'Miriam, dear, look up to mo,"
and, the child obeying instantly, she con
tinued :
'Father is not angry, my child; some
thing troubles hka very much, and mother
is sorry for him sorry for us alL Is not
daughter feeling sorry for father, too?"
And then came the reply, quick and im
petuous, while the beautiful eyes flashed
with an uncertain light, and the pink, taper
fingers withdrew from Lady Pcrcivai's de
taining clasp.
"I am quite soliy for you, mother, but not
soliy for my father not a lit.'"
"Oh, why not, my darling!" the stricken
mother made moan, as she burst Into tears.
"'Cause I do not love him velly well,"
Miriam replied in a tone of apology. She
put her arms around her mother's neck,
and kissed her tear-wet cheek fondly
"But I love you velly much," she supple
mented, while her sweot childish voice
trembled with tearful emotion.
Lady Percival took her daughter's hand,
then, without further words, led her
back to the stately roof -tree which one day
refused even sheltering care. The agony of
soul Lady Percival endured In that hour
had broken her heart. She was conscious
of it as she leaned against the balustrade
for support before going to her rooms.
"Mother so velly tirodf" Miriam said, as
the twain entered the apartments, and
forthwith she began arranging the cush
ions of Lady Percival' s chair. It seemed
that the child wanted to do something to
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alleviate the sorrow she felt tad fallen,
somewhere and somehow, on tho idolized
mother.
The nur?e came for her charge, but for
the first time the child stoutly refused to
leave the room.
"Leave her to me awhile, Hewitt," the
white-faced mother interposed, and the
nurse ieft them together alotio, wondering
much what ti-oubWd Lady Percival as she
closed tho door softly and went back to the
nursery.
Having arranged the cushions to her sat
isfaction, Miriam went over to the window
whose narrow panes gleamed In the after
noon suu, and stood guzing far away over the
environs ot her palatial home, awed into
silence by something she could not under
stand. iliiw the mellow light fell through the tail
lissome elms, and glowed iu its sifting rays
through panes, falling at last ou tho long
sunny curls, and forming a halo of glory
around "tho eldest child a daughter,"
as bhe stood puziling her inexperienced
heart over tho dark titie-page of her life.
Lady Percival watched her with a sense
of utter helpless mwery. The child's sen
tence of an hour ago fell like a verdict of
lite sentence, dooming them all ho woe:
44 'Cause I do not love him velly wed."
The legend of Heatherleigh Had was be
ginning to unfold its menacing power, and
the tide of doom bad begun to set toward
shores of estrangement, heartache and
tears I ' ...
Lady Percival gazed long on the heiress
of tho proud and aristocratic manorial pos
settsions in dumb snguish. Unt her heart
was mamcg moan ogamst a ereary Darren
shore, and the burdoti of its languaee was:
"Ohl- Miriam, my own lovely child, why
must it be ; why, on ! why !"
And an unseen iniluenco made answer :
"The eldest child, if it bo a daughter."
Sir Rupert never referred to the scene in
" Jhe park, and, to all appearances, had for
gotten the unpleasant occurrence. But
there wns a-change in him that rendered
him at times uncompaniouab'.e and reticent.
. The servants noticed the change and
speculated accordingly. John, the coach
man, remarked to his lellows that "the
dreary days were a-settliu' him, and that
hafter 'while hit would be war to the ilt be
tween the master aud the young mistress."
- But long to be remembered was the day
of the first real disagreement between fa
ther and daughter. '
Miriam had rushed into her mother's
apartments and had thrown herself into
Lady PerrfvaTs arms, crying-and trembling
In a very much excited manner. Upon
beiug interrogated in reference to her un
usual behavior suo roplied, amid sobs of
painful excitement, while she clung to
Lady Pcreival's gown : ''I do not love him
one bit, now, and he doesn't love me, either;
and I do uot care."
Clarkson, who was passing her mistress'
rooms on duties intent, heard and saw
Miriam in her paroxysm of grief aud anger.
"Oh, Oi've known it iver so long that it
wud cooin to this dicliration ov wur. Och
hone Ian' that's the ginuino Parcrval tam
per," muttered she to herself. And the
old housekeeper Communicated the affair to
the cook with a doleful shake of the head
that set the broad whito ruUles ou tho cap
she wore to trembling over her whitened
locks.
Subsequently Sir Rupert had come into
his wife's apartment in search of his daugh
ter, yet, after all, dreading to meet her.
Finding her sobbing on her mother's knee,
he gave her surlis strungo look of dof,
angry sorrow as perhaps few see in a life
time, and 6aid, in a voice as strange as his
look : "I have tried,. Cwd ia my witness,
to love tho child and break the power of
the decree "which will estrange us", and I
find it Is useless. I can not lovo my child !"
He covered his faco with his trembling
hands, as if entirely overcome by the
baleful intent of his own words, and leaned
against the doorway screen. "I cian not,"
he moaned, "avert mightier decrees than
my own 1" .
Miriam seemed to understand, in part,
her father' s great grief, for she shudderod
visi'uly and ceased her violent weeping, hid
her face in Lady FercivaTs gown and re
m.iiiicd silent.
Seeing this demonstration of fear, Sir
Rupert went over and, bending down, with
white lips pressed tho last kiss he ever be
stowed oa his child on her sunny ringlets,
whilo the tears rolled down the face of
heart-brokftn Lady Percival.
CHAiTEU VIL
And after the scene closing our last chap
ter Lady Percival never saw another happy
day. From tliat wretched day on, until her
decease, her existence was but a living
death.
Not many months after the death of Lady
Peroival there fell a shadow over another
home a beautiful country seat near Heather
lei eh.- This one was the lovely home of a
former friend of the Percivals. But it was
not the shadow of the sdeut reaper's sickle.
?fc, it bapcued in this case to ti that of
the grim-visaged horror of polite society
poverty, and the stricken was the pleasant
residence of Reechwood Terrace, and the
home ef the Fairfaxes. .
With one fell swoop, uncompromising
failure had swept tho luxurious case and
carcloAscontcntmeatfromttieelogaut stone
taaasien, aud its trit&tratic i'..ni; faund
themselves suddenly stranded on tho ruins
of its former prosperity.
So when tho mother of invention sat down
in tho. handsomely-furnished apartments
to devise diff-.rontarrangemonts from those
of simply enjoying life, she sent a thriU of
horror through the veins of their dwellers.
To be thus thrust out of thoir rank iu life
and society, and reckoned with the plebe
ians, was a trying ordeal. The common lot
of the financially unfortunate cast a dis
heartening influence across their day. The
social cire les began to forget them, and no
member of tho proud, refined family felt
the neglect more keenly than tho eidtsst
son, Arthur, who had, hitherto, many warm
friends within the radius of the 6on ton of
Castings.
To be thus Ignored, many a less suscepti
ble neart than his had found a bitter fort
une; then marvel not wheu Arthur grew
morbid over his changed life, -and looked
upon their circumstances as something
savoring of a criminal offense.
Society snubbed, -society talked and spec
ulated, until, driven almost to despair,
Arthur determined to retrieve tho loss of
property in part, at least, abroad. To this
end he resolved to einmark In a mining en
terprise with an uncle in the coal mines,
which promised unbounded success.
But paramount to all the grievances he
endured iu consequence of his unfortunate
circumstances, there was a wretched dread
of a possibility of more magnitude and im
portance to him.
In his palmy duys he had been a welcome
visitor at Heatherleigh, and had been a
favorite of the house, with the exception of
Sir Rhpert.
He, however, had treated him kindly, al
though he could not lay claim to a title.
Thia mark or favor young Fairfax did not
accord to the real reason, but was pleased
to consider it in the light of meritorious
wortn. Had he, for an instant, imagined
that tho master of Heatherleigh was only
condescending to him, in consideration of
the wealth and influence of his family, his
visits to the hall would never have been
made in the free and easy manner of au in
timate friend of its occupants.
But Sir Rupert's kindly tolerance flat
tered him, aud tho siucerity of Lady Per
cival pleased him exceedinglv; but, after
all, it was really tho society of Miriam
which had held him spellbound in those
days.
Thrown into her charming company con
tinually, his heart had gone out to her in a
sacred attachment before he wad hardly
awaro of it. But when Miriam, who at
first had received him shyly and with re
serve, had grown to welcome him -ith cor
diality and heightened color, he awoke to
the knowledge that ho loved her passion
ately. And often, too, he had flattered him
seif she whs not indifferent to hiin.
After this awakening it was only natural
for him to indulge in dreaming of a happy
flay "to be," when tho beautiful daughter
of the Percivals would consent to unite bt-r
aestiny with his.
Little did tho young lover know of the
sad days of reverse and keen sorrow the
future held in store for Miriam as his wife.
But since Lady Percival s death ho had
intruded on the sorrow of the hall but
little, for Sir Rupert had seemed so siient
and grieved, and Miriam had not been vis
ible. And now, after his own reverses had
fallen, would Sir Rupert ever be kind to
him again Knowing his eccentric ways,
and of late years his strange reserve, ho
dreaded to risk a visit to tho gloomy old
gentleman since the failure of his father,
and since by it ho had fallen out of rank
with the Percivals.
How the news of his family's changed
circumstances had been received at the
hall he had uo way of finding out, aud how
It had affected the one sweet friend of his
life on whose yea or nay hung his futuro
happiness he knew not.
Te be Couiiuutd
KEEPING HIM BUSY.
' "v
Uow a Couple of Foxes Tired Out a Canine
f'ertMHTulor.
In the spring of ls8S a pair of red
foxes took up their home on a Dakota
farm. They dug several holes ou a
knoll In a wheat-Hold, aud soon after
four "kits," or young foxes, arrived.
Every dny, wLilo harrowing- aud sow
ing; wheat in the field, frays the farmer.
I saw tho two old foxes lying on the
little mound in front of their home.
Tho kits rolled about in the sun, played
with the bushy tails of their parents
and enjoyed themselves apparently as
much aa a group of kittens.
Ono mornlnji u neighbor cacao to
work in a iitid adjoining, brinij!
. with him a doj;. and tho dog, with a',1
tho curiosity c.f hit k'.nj. soon began
tlio investi'iition of both fnrnis.
Hi wns still a lonpr distance from
tho fox-den when I hoard at-harp,
warning b;trk and saw tho kit disap
pear. As I looted, tho mother fox
lay on tho mound, her ears erect, her
rioe on the ground, all attention. Tho
father of tho family, with his biff tail
swinging in tho wind, trotted toward
tho dog-.
Can he intend to attack himP I won
dered. I had nevor heard of euch a
tiling, and tha do-, though not a largo
one, was mill larger than tho fox. Hut
llcyruird knew his business better than
I. Ihi approached tho intruder until
the dog- saw him, when both etopK-d
fot- an instant, and then the dog gavo
chaso. Tho fox. with a bark of de
!i:iaco, tut nedah,d ran in a direction
r. way from his home.
At Hrst tho dog bcenicd to gain rap
Idly upon the fox, but I watched them
lor nonrly a mile before thoy disnp
peared in tho prairio grass and con
cluded that tho fox was able to koop
out of the other's wiy.
In nbout an hour tho d- returned
from a fruitless e;hn?. and for a lime
ho or.l-enleiily followed his m u-tor.
Tb.-n La beg-an prov'-ingMirouud i.uin.
Ail this tiuio tho mother fox had ru
maiued on the mound, a pic.iireof
quiet vigilance, LuL now, u tno di;r
ventured near, tint roo and trotted
tov. v.rj. him, and tho ;loi uvis snon
chafing her over the prairie. Hnrdly
hud thoy disappeared when tho maio
trotted back from same hiding-placo
and took tho position vaeuted by his
mato. Tho dog returned after a
time, unsuijcessful as beforo.
During tho day ho was afain and
again temptod to a chase, Crtt by tho
ni:do find then by tho fenirde, nnd,
while tho ono kept him bu-y tho other
watched over the young, who did tnt
show themselves after tho first sight
of tho dog.
It is hard to say which v. o f.li aired
mnt the bravory of tho ;iir in chal
lenging the dog to a rnco that would
have proved fatal had ln caught
them, their ingenuity in taking turns
h that each might bo froh when
chased, their skill in leading him
away from their young or their clev
erness In throwiug him off their track
when farenoughaway. Youth b C0111-pauion-
LOSING A VACUUM.
How Mike's Kindness Was Howard od bj
an Ungrateful Creator.
Tho teacher of tho Ro9evilla Iligh
School was a young man with an
ardent lovo of wience, and tho boys
and girls had all caught something of
his spirit. Twenty homes iu Hosevillo
gavo evidence of tho experimental
work which waa being carried en by
thc young people, and mothers, and
aunts held indignation meetings over
the bugs and toads aud snakes and
birds, alivo and dead, that appeared in
unexpected places. One day Frank
Jtfewman found an unusually handsome
mud-turtle, nearly ns large as his hat.
ia which ho carried it home.
That evening after tea thero was an
excited meeting of young people on
the lawn. Tennis was forgotten as
the boys discussed ways aud means of
preserving this turtle's flno shell.
Finally thoy decided to and asked their
teacher's advice. Mr. Doan was full
of interest. Ho told tliom that ho had
once cleaned a shell of this sort very
easily, after he hadejtilled tho turtle
by putting him under a glass receiver
and pumping out the air with an air
pump. -
Next day, therefore,' tho aoology
clas assembled after school in Mr.
Dean's class-room to witness tho ex
periment. Frank Newman put the
big tortoise under the receiver, and
Mr. Dean pumped out tho air until the
craturo lay limp and lifeless, sprawl
ing out of its shell.
"It is a painless deatai," said tho
professor. "We will leave hi m here
until morning, to bo Euro that life is
extinct, beforo we remove tho body
from tho plHtron and carapace."
On his way to tlio class-romn, early
the next morning, Frank Newman met
tho jar.itor. with his dustpan full uf
fragments of glass.
Suro,Masther Newman.it's throuble
you'ro niakin' with yez animals ami
the glass bella," siiid Le. "That big,
expinsive ono in Misthcr Dean's iou:n
ia smashed in sliveceens by that shell, d
basto you left shut up and here thev
are!"
"But ho was deaif cried Frank.
"Uow coald ho break tho receiver?''
"Faith, I fetched him to life, the
poor crnythur! I found him there
a-gaspin' when I went to swot-pout tl.j
room yesther evening, jn-t nfiiu r ye'd
gone, and I thought you'd been forget
ting him, so I saved his life fur him;
and then look how he broko the gin-,
bell!"
"You saved his life for him! How?"
) "Sure and I just slipped a thin bo, .la
under one side of tho g1.".s-, to
him a bit of fresh air. Ami to ;,-iy i,.c.
ho had to go and hump hi:u.-e-f i,
and kick over the bell and ynush it.
b.-id hick t ) him!"
"Wluro is Le now?"
"He's found the bad luck." Bu;. '
Mike, with a slow smila "Iwaisonw
mad. to spake tlio thrirN.. when I b:iv.
' what he'd done, and before 1 stopped
lotniiiKld picked him up from the
floor wlioro ho was prancing about, and
give him a fling out of tho window.
And thero I se ono of thim little r;i
caU from iiie patch a-llekingoff down
tho road wid him."
"Well; Mike. I bopo that in tin
future you'll not meddle with our experiment.-;,"
said Frank, with tsom.
irritation. "Wo loft tho turtle over
night in tho receiver because wr
wished it to be there. If you hadn't
let in the air tho accident would not
havo happened. You see we had n
vacuum," he concluded, condesceiid-mtriy-
.Sure, was tho craytluir a vacuum?"
said Mike, with great respect. "I
thought 'twas just a common mud tur
tle!" Youth's Companion.
MOHAMMEDAN POWER.
The EstsblUh nitwit and Extrusion of Arab
louilulon lu Africa.
Hut tho problem of Arab dominion is
not on tho coast at ail, but in the in
terior of Africa. On the coast the Ka
ropean States can make their influence
felt, but it extends no further than a
narrow strip of land, Wyoud whieh bar
barism roigrm supreme. And here we
arrive at onw of the most remarkable
phenomena of the age in which wo live
and tho planet wo inhabit. The alw
riginal inhabitants of Central Africa ar
savages, sunk in heathenism, afflicted
by the evils and the weaknesses of
savage life, and perhaps inferior in
mental and physical vigor to the strong
er raws of niaiikiiiiL Over them has
passed, Hko a tempest from the 1-a.si, a
horde of men of another and a Wronger
race, which marks Ih'-in out for slavery
and destruction. Tho Arab invimijn of
Africa is characterised in every part
to which Europeans havo penetrated by
desperate valor in arms, hy un utter in
dilTorenco to human life, and. aoove all,
by an osithusiatir, and fanati- al Ik lief
in tho faith of Islam. They remind
us of tiioso ardent followers of the
prophet who. in tho first ages
of Mohammedanism, Lore his blood
stained standard and his intolerant
creed from Spain to the conivs
of China, and well-nigh overthrew the
faith and civilization of the ancient,
world. Indeed, if we are not.
mistaken, they are tho same mn
the living Inheritors of the pas
sions, the valor and tho faith of
tho soldiers of Mohammed. lUttoro the
strength of the Christian States they-Aro
now compelled reluctantly to ho-; but.
over the unarmed and untutored native
racs of Afrif a they are supremo. Ac
cordingly, what we are now witnessinfr
in Africa, sine it hat been jtartially
opouod to our view, is an amazing rec
rudescence and fermentation of Mo
hammedan power. On the Congo It is
not the native population, but the blood
thirsty Arab slave dealers, who oppose
the progress of civilisation; the natives
ask for protection from tiiest, formidable
tyrants. Ou the .'ilo the fierce chief
of this new warfare ha-ie mado Khar
toum a seat of power and authority ovr
the neighlioring trilios, for hinee the
overthrow of tho Egyptian government,
in tho south they arc mau-i of th-
Soudan. The capture of that important
position, and the defeat an I denth of the
heroic champion of civilization who per
ished there, wore much greater events
than they even seemed to Ihj at tho tin,"
they occurred; for t!i.y established a pow
er, whether it was that of th Mai, y 1 r
any ctht r name, whi.-h command thein-tt-riCT
an itht-river -Liii,'. j.th r-io-.