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Auther of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.'
IV I
dunni via
SMiWflf. ULrjumuv rummies te
fe?T
VUMMDESB.
ROM the coming
of the colenel'i Jot Jet
ter, I bad spy
glass In my room,
began te drop quet quet quet
tlomte the tenant
folk, and as there
wa no great o e
crecy observed and
the free trade (In
ear part) went by
force at much ai
stealth, I had toen
get together a
knowledge of trio
signals in tire, and
knew pretty well
te an hour when
TJiii
t
iky m eater might be expected.
,' It happened en the afternoon of Net. ?, In
Vue Mta unfortunate jcar, thnt I espied,
daring my walk, the smeke of n beacon fire
rth Muckleress. It was drawing near
for my return, but the uneasiness upon
aay spirits was that day se great that I must
Burst through the thickets te the eclge of
what they call the Craig Head. The sun was
already down, but there was still a bi ead light
ta the west, which showed me souie of the
Baggier treading out their signal fire ujien
,41m Ress, and in the bay the lugger 1 lng
with her tails broiled up. She was plainly
,bst new ceme te anchor, and yet the skiff
lwbb aireaay lowered anci puuuig ier me
i im1finr nUi nt tliAmwl nf ilia l.,m tlitMtli-
i'JberT. And this I knew could signify but one
fi thing the coming of a messenger for Dur-
' S I laid aside the remainder of my terrors.
fekrobered down the biae a plnce I had
,i Mrer Tentured threuzk lefore. sud was hid
v among the shore side thickets In time te see
(the beat touch. Cant. Crnil himself was
ittteering, a thing net usual; by his side tlicre
i I'liiiiuccr, unu me men gam way whu
.difficulty, being hampered with near upon
b uuwju puruiuinicaus, great nnu sinan.
Bat tee business of landlnir was brisk! t car
ried threugh: and presently the biccnce was
Prkll tumbled en shore, the beat en lu return
rcyace te the lugger, and the nasseuscr
etandlng alone ujieii the point of rock, a tell,
Itlender figure of a gentleman, habited In
Hack, with a sword by his std and a wnlk
le cans' urnn hi nrlit A T r twl Un
Hsn
1 HV BK j
vUs Hrl t
W, waved the cane te Capt Crall by way of
ti nratauen, with something both of grace and
Sri ISM ml IM il thnt nrrntA thn tvjfiitk itiw.lt r
aur mind.
Ne sooner was the beat away with my
awern enemies, than took a sort of h'xlf
eurage, came forth t the margin of the
thicket, and there bul ii again, my mind
,alaff greatly pulled ab ut between natural
TJWMftiCB and n, dark f i ,lm!Inr'nf 11m truth
"bdeed, I might bare .oed thcre swithnrlug
i suk", naa uei inu tirauir lui lie 1, Kpimi
a thnnurh tha mtittjt. wlitpli tvfri lMfJitMtn
B-' ! mII Mllfl !Uu4 ami ..t.ul .... .n I.. .!....
i,, WJ lWn WfU -t IUII 1711 l. 4I III rt
aaar. I did se with a heart like lead
I A"Here, my geed man," said be, in the En ;
I accent, "here are some things for Dur
,l waa new near enough te seu him, a very
WsMseme figure and countenance, swarthy ,
saaa, long, wun a quiet, alert, black leek, as
'at one who was a fighter and accustomed te
awtnmand: upon one check be had a mole, net
aabtcemlttg; a targe diamond tparkled ou
ass bend; his clothes, oltbeugu or tl.90110 tiiie,
wars of a French and feppUh 1cmIi; his
,aVs, which he were longer tlutn common,
afemuuite lace; and I wondered the mere te
at him in such a guise, when he nns but
aanrlr landed from a dirty smuccllnclucccr.
f&t the tame tlma he had a better leek at me,
, aassed me a second time sharply and then
"
"iI wager, my friend," says be, "that 1
kaew both your name and your nlcknnme. I
Mllrflia At .ai.. ntnltiu. ...u.h ..mis I. ....I
.. VMvcsfvk, Mll W WVlUn MWII J Will URUll Ul
wriLinz. Mr. Mackellar."
if At these words I fell te shaking.
; V.rub." savs he. "veu neeil net In nfrntil nt
tBsV I bear no malice for your tedious let
lart, and it is my purpose te cavJey Ju a
oed deal Yeu may call me Mr. lially; It
m the name I hare assumed, or rather (since
2 am addressing se great a precision) it is se
r J nave curtailed my own. Come new. rick
b Mb that and that" InrtlrjitW twn nf tl,i
fSFtmanteaus. "That will l as much ns you
ra fit te bear, and the rest can ery well
wait. Come, lese no mero time, if ou
j,i Bsi tone was se cutting that I managed te
'de as he bode by a sort of lustinct, my mind
kaing all the time quite lest Ne sooner hail
I Kicked Up the portmanteaus than he turned
Ms back and marched elT through the leui;
Ubb?ry, where It began nlnwly te-be-
k. for the weed is thick and eiercrecn. 1
fallowed behind, leaded almost te the dust
though I profess I waa net conscious of the
aardeu, being swallowed up in the monstros
ity of this return and my mind (lying like a
weaver's shuttle.
? Oa a sudden I set the portmanteaus te the
Jpoeiid and halted, de turned and loekod
hack at me.
"WellF" said he.
ts"Yeu are the Master of Ballantroer
Yeu wUl de ma the justlce te obscrve,"
aaya be, "that I have made no secret with
tba astute Mackellar."
tri ."And in the name of Ged," crlea I, "what
J"wvm ww uw., iiue Ik is ie&
-sei"! tbank you," said he. "Your master
M chosen this way, and net I; but since he
nude the choice, ha (and jeu 11L0) must
id by the result And new nick un thee
jjr iWags of mine, which you ha e set denn in
,MTy boggy place, nnd attend te that
which I have made your business."
JiBut I had no thought new of obedlcnce, 1
aasM straight up te him. "If uethlng will
aseve you toce back." said I: "tbeusrh sura
f- finder all the circumstances, any Christian
r even any gentleman neulel scruple te go
'Tbes are cratlfyins exnreislens." he
KMttwwin.
. ''S f nntlilnw nlll nmva vnt. ,.. n I..-!, n i
enUnued,"there are still some decencies te be
atesi'ied. Walt here with your baggage,
aa4 I will go forward nnd prepare your
aasUy. Your father is an old man ; and"
EatM&Ued "there are decencies te be ob eb
anrai" Vuly," said be, "this Mackellar linprei es
'tsJMa acquaintance, Ilut leek you here, my
and understand it once for all ou
1 your breath upon me, and I ceny
1 way with inevitable motion."
JfAhrsaysL "Isthatral We shall tee
r.
I turned and took te my heels for
(leer. IU clutched at me and eriivl
'angrily, and then I believed I lni
t saW taucb, and then I am eertaln h nurmui
te?i ! P or two, and 0 suppose) desisted.
f 4QM thing at least is sure, that I came but a
v.Btiaate later te the deer of the great
aw, esuriy nrangieuiorinelaclcof breath,
I aite alone. Straight up tbe stair I ran,
I Burst Inte the ball, and stODned before
(family without the power of speech; but
MHt bar carried my story In mv leeks.
r they rose out of their places and stared
as like cbansellncs.
has come," I panUxl at last
-Ur said Mr. Henry
Blnelf . said L
My aenr cried my lord. "Imprudent,
at boy I Oh. could be net star whera
isafsr
Mr a word said Mrs. Henry, nor
ttlsars I acarcsly knew why,
Bstl," said Mr, Henry, with a very
did I
1 very deep
HpU"
"ana wnere U her'
mm In the long shrubbery" said L
MM te him." said he.
want nat teselher, he and I, nltheut
word from any one. and In ti. ,,,1,1
IhafravebJ plot enceuatared ths tiusttr
awap, weiuntti be came and bost best
tb air wllh his cane. There was still
leaettzh errhal te recognize theuyii
'fa l fwnntAnanr-a
-J
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I4ILUIML
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,
The Celebrated. HereUtt,
"Ah, Jacob!" says the master.
"Be bere Is
Bsau back."
"James," says Mr. Henry, "for Ged's sake
call me by myiaroe. 1 will net pretend that
I am glad te sea you; but I would fatu make
you as welcome ns I can lu tba hoitse of our
fathers."
"Or in my houet or yeursf says the was
ter. "Which was jeu about te sayl But
this Is an old sere, and we need net rub It If
you would net share with me In Paris, t hoie
ou will scarce deny yeiir clder brother a
corner of the lire nt Durrisdccrl"
"That Is very ld!e speech," replied Mr.
Henry. "And you un lerstand the rawer of
your position excellently well."
"Why, I believe I de," said tbe ether, with
a llttle laugh. And this, though they had
never touched hands, as (is we may say)
thoendetthe brothers' meeting, for at this
the master turned te ma and bade me fetch
his baggage
J, en my slda, turned te Mr. Henry for a
confirmation; pcrhnpt with noine deflauce.
"As long as the master Is bore, Mr. Mao Mae
l.elbr, ou will cry much obi I go me by 1 0
gardlnir. his nlshes ns you would my own,"
tajs Mr. Henry. "We nre constantly
troubling you; lll 3 oil be wgoed ns tend
one of the servant!!" with an acccaten the
word.
If this speech w ere nn thing nt nil, It was
surely n well devined icproef iien the
stranger, ami jtt, se eleUlMi was I1L1 impu
dence, he twitted It the ether way.
"And shall we be common enough te saj
'Bnctk up!1" Inquires be, softly, looking upon
me sldewaj .
Had a kingdom dep-nded en the act, 1
could net Iirne trmlfd nnself lu erdt; even
te call n servant was bojeud inn; 1 hud
rather serve the man mywlf than speak; and
I turned away In slli'nee nud ne.it Inte the
leug slu ubbcry with n heart full of linger and
desjinlr. it was dark under the tieee, utid 1
walked befere me and forget what business I
was come upon, till I near broke my shin
en the portmanteaus. Then Hum thnt 1 re
marked a it ran go puttlculir; for wbireas 1
lia.1 before carried both and scarce ebrcd
It, it was new ns much ns 1 could de te mar
Df e one. And this, ct it force 1 ma te make
two Jeurnejf, kept me the longer ft 0:11 tbe
ball.
When 1 get there the buslnes of welcome
ieit lengiigii, tliuiemNiny wns.already
it Mippt 1 , mid h an eviiflght that cutine
te the quick, my plnce bad bein fei gotten. I
had secii 0110 side of tlw mnstcr's return; new
I was te see the ether. It nns hu who first
remarked my coming in nnd standing baik
las I illdl In fceinu nnnojauce IIu jiiniie.l
from his seat
"And If 1 Inve net get the geed Mackel
lar ' placel" cries be. "Jehn, lay nnotherfer
Mr. Billy; Ipietrat he will dliturb 110 one,
end jour Inble Is big enough for all."
1 could scarce cn-dlt my cms, nor yet my
icnsci, when he t(x)l, me by the shoulders and
thrust me laughing Inte my en 11 plnce; such
an alfectlouate phi fulling was In his oleo.
And nhlla Jehn laid the fresh place for him
(n thing em nhlih lie still liiiUtedj he nent
and leamil en his father's chair and looked
dewu uiKjii him, and the old man turned about
and looked upnerd en his son nlth such n
mutual tenderness that 1 could have carried
my hand te my head In mere ninarcnie nt
Yet nil was of a plcce. Neer a harsh word
fell fiem him, nuer a sneer showed upon his
lip. He had lild aside even his rutting Eng
lish accent, nnd spokewlth the kindly Scots
tengue that sets a alua en auYctlonntenords;
nnd thengli his manners had a graceful elo ele elo
gance mighty foreign te our waysiu Durrls Durrls
decr, It was still a homely ceurtline, that
did net shame 2ut flattered us. All thnt ha
did throughout the meal, Indeed, drinking
nlne nlth ma with n notable respect, turning
nbeut for a pleasant word with Jehu, fondling
his father's hand, breaking Inte llttle merry
tales of his adventures, calling up the (wist
with happy reference nil he did was se lo le lo
cemlng, and himself se haudsome, that 1 could
scarcely neuder if my lord and Mrs. Henry
tat about the beinl with radiant faces, or if
Jehn waited behind nlth dropping tears.
As seen ns supper was e or Mrs. Henry rese
te withdraw.
"This was nevei your way, Alisen," said
he.
"It Is my way new," she replied; which
was notoriously faK, "and l will gle jeu a
geed night, James, and a wclcome from the
dead," said she, and her voice drooped nnd
trembled
Peer Mr. Henry, who had made rather n
heavy figure through the mcnl, was mere con
cerned than ever; pleased te sce his n Ife n Ith
draw, and yet hnlf displeased, ns he thought
upon the causa of It, and the next moment al
together dashed by the fervor of her speech.
On my pal 1 1 thought I nns new eue tee
many, nnJ was stealing after Mrs. Henrr.
nlien tlie master saw 1110.
"New, Mr. Mackellar," sajs he, "I takethU
near en nu unfrieiidlluess. I cannot ha 0 j ou
go; this is te make a stranger of the prodigal
son nnd let me leinlnd jeu wheie In hU
own father's heusel Come, sit ye denn, and
dnuk another gloss with Air. Ilally."
"Ay, ay, Mr. Mackellar," s.js my lord,
"we must net make a stranger cither of him
or you. I ba 0 been telling my son," he add
cd, his solce brlghtenlug as ustnl en the
word, "hew much n 0 vnlued ull j our friendly
service"
Se I sat there silent till my usual hour; and
might have almost been deceit oil iu the man's
nature, but for 0110 p.ts-age iu whleh his ;er
fldy appeared tee plain. Here was the pas
sive, of which, ufter nhithaknes of the
brothers' meeting, the reader shall consider
for hlnwlf. Mr. Henry sitting semen hat
dullj , iu sjilte of his best endeavors te carry
things befoie my lord, up Jimiw the master,
passes ulwut the beard, nnd claps his blether
en the slieulder
"Come, come, Halrry lad," sajs he, with a
bread accent such as they mut hue uscxl to
gether when they were bejs, "jeu must net
bodeimcnst because jour brother has coma
home. All's yours, that's sure enough, and
llttle I grmlge It jeu. Neither must teu
I grudge inu my place Imlde my father' fire."
"Aua mat is tee true, Hcurj-," says my old
lord, nlthallttla frewu, a thing ruie nlth
bun. "Yeu base been the elder brother of
the parable In the geed sensj; you must be
cartful of the ether."
"I am easily put lu the wrend," snld Mr
Henry.
"Who puts jeu In the wrong!" tiled mj
leid, 1 thought cry tartly for si) mild u man.
"Yeu hut u earned mj giatituda and jeui
brother's manj theuuud tiinus, jeu niij
count ou Its en Inrnnce, mid let that sufllce,"
"Ay, Hany, tint jeu unj," said the
master; and I thought Mr lle.nj looked at
him with u Und of wildiiesi 111 his eye.
CHAI1EH IX.
TIIE Mn KLOCH A0 A(lCJIlk.hS B du IJCITY
IF THE UAkTCltUt Uel.LA.NTIUK.
N ALL themlseru-
blu business thnt
lien rollewe.1 1
hatofeurque-otions
thatIasU'duij;lf
often at the time
and ask myself
still Was the mail
rnettil bj a partic
ular sentiment
against Mr Heuiyl
or by what he
thought te be his
Interest I or bj- a
mere delight In
cruelty, such as
cats dlrnlav nnd
theologians tell us of the dot ill or by what he
would hate called love J My common opinion
haltx among the threo first, but perhaps there
lay nt the spring of his behat ler an element
of nil. As thusi Animosity te Mr. Henry
would explain his hateful usage of him when
they were alone; the interests he came te
&3ria would explain bis scry different attl
ti ' befere mv lord; that and somasjneerf
ad ijntf j-mlautiy, his care te stund well
with Mr. Henry; und the pleasure of malice
for itislf, the pains hs was continually a( ie
iHlnird siul r.r.uuA f luun Unas of nendutt.
in tyi
a Jj:3!& Ft
Partly becattM I waa a XHf P lflend te
my patron, parity because lit my letters te
Paris I had of tan glven myself soma fraedem
of remonstrance, I was Included hi his dia
bolical amusement Wberi t was Atnna with
him, he pursued me with sneers; before the
family, be used ma with the extreme of
friendly condescension. This was net only
painful in Itself, net only did it put me con
tinually In the wrong, but there was In It
an elcment of Insult indescribable. That he
should thus leave me out In his dissimulation,
as though even my testimony were tee despi
cable te !e considered, galled ma te the bleed.
Ilut what it was te me is net wet tb notice. I
make but memorandum of It here, and chiefly
ter this reason, that it had one geed result,
and gat e tne tbe quicker sense of Mr. Henry's
Martyrdom.
It was en him the bunlen fell. Hew was
he te repend te the publld advances of one
who never lest a chance of gibing him In
prltntel Hew was be te smile back en the
deceiver nnd the Insultcrl He was con
demned te seem ungracious. lie was con
demned te silence. Had be been less proud,
hed he spoken, who would have credited the
truth! The acted calumny bad done Its
wcrkj my lord and Mrs. Henry were the
dally witnesses of what went en; they could
have sworn In that court that the master
was a model of long suffering geed nature
ami Mr. Henry a pattern of Jealousy and
thanLlcssnes.'i. Ami ugly enough as these
mint have appeared In any eue, they eccmed
tenfold uglier In Mr. Henry; for who could
forget that the master lay In ptrll of bis life,
ami that he had already lest bis mistress, I1I1
title and his fortune I
It was during this time thnt I perceived
most clearly th effect of manner, and waa
led te lament most deeply the plainness of
my own. Mr. Henry hnd the essence of a
tentlemniil when he was moved, when ihert
was nny call of clrrumstnnce, he could play
his part with dignity and spirit; but lu the
day's commerce (It Is Idle te deny It) he fell
short of the ornamental. The master (en the
ether hand) had Hever a movement but it
semmeiided him. Se it befell that, when the
ene appeared gracious and the ether ungra
cious, evcry trick of their bodies seemed te call
out confirmation. Ner that alone; but tLe
mero iheply Mr. Henry floundered In his bro
ther's tells, the mero clown Uh he grew; and
thamore the master enjoyed his spiteful en
ttrtntmurnt, the mero engagingly, the mero
smilingly, ha wentl Se that the plot, by its
own scepe and progress, furthered nnd con
firmed itself.
It was ene of the man's arts te use (he
peril In which, as I saj-, he was supposed te
stand. He speke of It te theso who loved
hint with n gentle pleasantry, which mnde It
the mero touching. Te Mr. Henry, he useei
It asn cruel nonten of effense. I remember
his laying his finger ou the clean lozengu of
the painted window, ene day when we tbrce
were alene together In the hall "Here went
your lucky guinea, Jacob," sa(d he. And
when Mr. Henry only looked iien him
darkly, "Oh," he added, "you need net leek
such Impotent malice, my geed fly. Yeu
cnnlierld of your spider when jeu please.
Hew long, eh, Ixirdf When are you te be
wrought te the (letnt of a denunciation,
sciupuleus brotheri It Is ene of my In
terests In this dreary hole. I etcr leted
experiment" Still Mr. Henry only stared
ujxm him with a glooming brew and n
changed color; nnd at lu.st the master breke
out In a laugh and clnppcd him en tha
shoulder, calling him a sulky deg. At tfiis
my iiatreu leaped back with n gesture I
thought very dangerous ; and I must sup sup sup
iiose ie master thought se, tee; for he
loekod the least lu tbe weild discounte
nanced, nnd 1 de net remember hint ngnln
te have laid hands en Mr. Henry.
Dut though he had his peril always en hi
lips In the one way or the ether, I thought his
conduct strangely Incautious, and began te
fancy the government (who had set a prlce
njeii his head) was geno sound nsleep. I will
net deny I was tempted with the wish te de
nounce him; but two thoughts withheld me:
ene t hit, If he were thus te end his llfe upon
an honeinbli scnITeld, the man would be
cnnenlzud for geed In the minds of his
father nud my patien's wife; the ether, that
If I was in any way mingled In the matter,
Mr. Henry himself would scarce cscnpe sotue
glauclngs of suspicion. And lu tha mean
while our enemy went iu nnd out mere than
I could hnve thought posslble, the fact that
he was home again was buzzed about all the
country slde, and yet he was never stirred.
Of all these se many nnd se different persons
who were acquainted with his presence, none
had the least greed Ira I used te say, In my
nuneynnce) or the hast leyaltj; and the man
rede here nnd thcre hilly mero wclcome,
considering the lees of old unpopularity, than
Mr. Henry and considering the free traders
far safer than myself.
Net but whnt he had a trnuble of hU own;
nnd this, ns it brought about the gi at est con
sequences, I must new relate The reader
will scarce hat 0 forgotten Jessie llretin ; her
way of llfe was much among the stmiUKlliig
party; Capt Crnll himself was of her Inti
mates, and she had early word of Sir. Daily's
presence at the heuse. In my opinion shehnd
long ceased tocare two straws for the mas mas
ter's jcreii; but It was become her habit te
connect herself centiimallj- with the master's
name; that was tha ground of nil her play
acting; and se, new when he was back, she
thought she owed it te herself te grew n
haunter of the neighliorhtied tf Dunlsdecr.
The master could scarce go abroad but she
n n thcre In wait for him; a scandalous figure
of it woman, net often seln'rj hailing lilm
mlilly m "In r linniij- liil.lln," qmUg Jiedler S
iKetry, nnd, as I recclte the sterj-, cten seek
ing te weep upon his neck- I own I rubbed
my hands eter this persecution; but the mas
tei, who laid se much upon ethers, was him
self the leist patient of men. Thcre were
strange scenes enacted lu the jiellcles. Bome
say be took bis caue te her, nnd Je&sle fell
back upon her former weapon, stones. It Is
certain at least that he made n motion te
Capt Crall te hae the woman trepanned,
nnd that the captain refused the preposition
w Ith uncommon vehemence. And the end of
the matter was tlctery for Jessie. Meney
was get together; an Intert lew took plnce in
which my proud gentleman must consent te
lie kissed and wept upon; nud tlie woman rat
set up In n publie of her ew 11, semen here 011
Selnay ude (but 1 forget when), and by the
only news I ever hud of it, extremelj- 111 fre
quented. This is te leek forward. After Jessie had
been but u llttle while upon his heels, the
master tomes te me ene day In the steward's
elllce, ami with mero ettility thun usual,
"Matkellni," sajs he, "there is a damned
crnzy wench comes about here. I ciunet
well mete In the mutter myself, which bilngs
me te j ou. He se geed ns sce te It; the men
must hate astilet Injunction te drive the
wench un ay."
"Sir," said I, trembling n llttle, "jeu can
de j our ew 11 dirty errands for yourself."
lie snld net a word te that, and left the
1 00111.
IYiscntly came Mr. Henry. "Here U
new si" ci led he. "It seems ull Is uet enough,
and jeu must add te mj' w 1 etchedness. It
seems jeu have insulted Mr. Bally."
"Under your Mud fat or, Mr. Heurj-," said
I, "It was he that Insulted me, and ns I think
giessly. Hut I may bate been cureless of
jouriesltlou when I speke, and If jeu think
se when jeu knew all, my dear patron, you
but e but te saj the word. Fer you I would
obej- In any point whatever, 01 en te sin, Ged
paid en 1110 1" And thereupon I told him what
had passed
Mr, Henrj smiled te himself; a grimmer
rmile I never witnessed. "Yeu did exactly
well," snld he, "Ha shall drink his Jessle
ilreuu te tha dregs." And then, spj lug the
matter outside, he opened the window, nud
crjlng te him by the name of Mr. Ilally,
asked him te step up and have a word.
"James," said he, when our ;ersecuter had
tome hi and close-d the deer behind him,
looking at me with n smllu us If he thought I
nns te be humbled, "jeu hi ought me a com
p'tdut against Mr Mackellur into whleh 1
hatu Inquired. I need uet tell jeu I would
altvujs take hi weid against yours, for we
are alone, and 1 am going te use something
of jour enu freedom. Mr Mackellai Ua
gentleman 1 tulue, und jeu must contrite, se
long us jeu are under t'.ls reef, te bring
jeurelt into no 111010 collisions with one
whom I will tuppeit utuuy possible cost te
me or mine. Asfei tha en and upon which
jeu t-ame te him, you must dellterj 0111 self
fiem the consequences of jour ewnerucltj-,
and uoneof my hi tints shall beat all cm
pleyul iu such a case."
"My father's servants, 1 btlict e," says tbe
master
"Ce te hint r, 1th this tale," said Mr. Henry
lhamasti-i grew tery whit. He pointed
ut me with hi linger "I want that man dl
ranrl,"hesald. "Il- shall net Le," rr-Vl Mr Henry.
"Ycti siuall pay tjrett filear for tub," fa
tue master.
"1 have paid ke dear already for a wicked
brethtr," told Mi-. Henry, "that t am bank
rupt even of feara. Yeu have no place left
where you rnn rtrike me."
"I will show yen about that," say the
mster, and went softly away.
"What will he da next, MnckelWrr cries
Mr. Henry.
"Let Me go away," said I. "My dear ni ni
teon, let me go uway 1 1 am but the beginning
of fresh sorrows."
"Would you leave moqultenlonef'said he.
We were net long In suspense as te the
nature of the new assault Up te that hour
the master hed played a very close game with
Mrs. Henry; avoiding pointedly te Ira alene
with her, which I took at the time for an
effect of decency, but new think te be n most
Insidious art; meeting her, jeu may say, at
meal tlma only; and behavlug, when he did
se, like an nffrctlonate brother. Up te that
hour, you may say be had scarce directly In
terfered between Mr. Henry and his wife;
except In se far as he had inancmcred the
ene quite fifth from tbe geed graces of the
ether. New, all that was te be changed; but
whether really In rovenge, or because he was
wearying of Hurrlsdeer and looked about for
somediverslen, who but the devil shall decidel
Frem that hour nt least Iiegnn the slege of
Mrs. Henry ; a thing se deftly carried en that
I scarce knew if she was aware of it herself,
and that her husband must leek en in sllence,
Tlie first parallel was opened (as was made te
appear) by eqgident The talk fell, as It did
often, en the exiles In France se it glided te
the matter of their songs.
"There Is ene," says the master, "If you are
curious In thiwe matters, that has always
seemed te me very moving. The poetry is
harsh; and J'ct, (lerhaps bocause of my situa
tion, It has always found the way te my
heart It is supposed te be sung, I should
tell jeu, by an oxlle's sweetheart; nud repre
sents, irlia, net se much the truth of what
she Is thinking, as the truth of what he hopes
of her, peer soul I In theso far lands." And
here the master sighed. "I pretest it is a
pathetle sight when a pcore of rough Irish,
all common sentinel, get te this song; and
you may sce by their falling tears, hew it
strikes home te them. It gees thus, father,"
says he, ery adroitly taking lyy lord for his
listener, "nud If 1 cannot get te the end of It,
you must think It Is a common case with us
exiles." And thereupon he struck iipthosame
air as I had heard the colonel whlstle; but
new te w erd), nulla indeed, j et most patheti
cally setting forth a peer girl's aspirations
for an exiled lever: of which ene terse Indeed
(or something like it) still sticks by met
"0, 1 wllldjomypettlcentecd,
Ith my elrer oey I'll beg mj hrcad,
Though nil my friend should 1UI1 me dead.
Ter Willie amenR the nislict, 01"
He sung It welleten nsnseng; but he did
better jet as a performer. I hate heard
famous ncters, when there wns net n dry eje
iu the Udlitburgh thcatre; a great wnndtr te
beheld; but 110 moie wonderful than hew the
master phij ed iqieii tint llttle ballad nud en
theso who heard him Ilka an Instrument, and
seemed new upon the point of fulling, and
new te conquer his distress se that words and
inusla seemed te pour out of his own henrt
nnd his own past, and tebanlmcd direct at
Mrs. Henry. And his henrt went further
yet; for nil was se delicately touched It
seemed lmpoNslble te suspect him of the last
design, and se far from making a parade of
emotion, jeu would hate sworn he was
striving te be calm. When It came te nn
end, we all sat silent for a time; he had
chosen the dusk of tlie nftJrnoen, se that uone
could sce Ills uclghlxn'd face, but It seemed ns
If we held our breathing, only my old lord
cleared his threat Tha llrst tomevo was the
singer, who get te his feet suddenly nud soft seft
ly, nud went nud walked softly te und fro In
the low end of the hall, Mr. Henry's cus
tomary place. We were te supiose that he
thcre struggle! down the last of his emotion;
for he presently lotumed and launcheel Inte
n disquisition en tbe nature flt the Irish (al
wajs se much miscalled, aud whom he de
fended) In his natural voice; se that befere
the lights were brought we were In the usual
course of talk. Ilut even then, molheiight
Mrs, Henry's face was it shade pale, and for
another thing she withdrew almost at ouce.
The next sign was a friendship this insid
ious devil struck up with Innocent Miss
KTnthnrine; se that they were always togeth
er, hand in hand, or she climbing en his
knee, llke a pair of children. Llke all his
diabolical nets, this cut lu set oral ways. It
was the last streke te Mr. Heary, te see his
own babe debauched against him; It mnde
him haish with the peer innocent, which
brought him still a peg lower iu his wife's
ete-cm; nnd (te conclude) it was n bend of
union between the lady nnd the master.
Under this Inlluence, their old reserve melted
by dally stages. Presently theie enme walks
In the long shrubbery, talks In the Ueltldere,
and I knew net whit tender familiarity. I
am sure Mrs. Henry win like many a geed
ne.nan, she had n whole, conscience, but
perhaps by the means of n llttle winking.
Fer etcn te si dull nn ebscrter as mj self, It
was plain her kindness was of a mero mov
ing nature thin the sisteilj-. The tones of
her tolcenppeircd mere numerous; she hail
a light nnd softness hi her eye; she was mero
gentle with nil of us, even with Mr. Hem j-,
ctcuwlth myself; metheught she breathed
of soma quiet melancholy happiness.
Te leek ou ut this, what a torment It was
for Mr. Henry I And jet it brought our
ultimate dclit ernnce, as I am seen te tell.
CHAITEIt X.
MB. mWV 13 MOVED Ta TCItV ON THE
HAHTEIL.
hi: PuitroiiTef
the master's stay
was no mero uoble
(gild it ns they
might) than te
wring meneiy out
He had soma 'de
sign of n fortune in
the Flench Indies,
us the chetnlier
wiote ma; und it
w ns the sum 1 en
quired for this thit
lie came seeking
Pur the rest of the
family 1 1 spelled
ruin, but my lord,
In his lneredible partiality, pushed eter for
the ginuting The fumily was new se
iiuiiuueildeitii (Indeed thcre neie no 111010
of them than just the fathei and the two
sons) thnt it w. 11 posslble te break the entail
and alienate u picce of laud. Aud te this, nt
first by hints, nnd then byepen piessuie, -Mr.
Heiiij-nai brought te censeut He neser
would hat 0 done se, I am t erj- n ell assured,
but for the weight of the distress under
which he labeivd. Hut for his passiointe
eagernea te soe his brother geno, he would
net thus hate broken with his own seuti
ment and the traditions of bis house. And
eteiise, he told them his consent ut n dear
rate, speaking for ence openly and holding
the business up In Its own shameful colei-
"Yeu will obserte," he said, "this Is nn
lu justlce te mj son. If eter I hate one."
"Ilut that J en me net likely te Inte," said
mj- lord.
"Ged knew t" s ild Mr. Henry. "And con
sldering the cruel falseness of the position in
which 1 stand te my brother, nnd that jeu,
my lord, are my father nud hate the light te
command 1110, I set my hand te this paper.
Ilut one thing I will say llrst: I hate leen
uugcncreusly pushed, nnd when next, my
lord, jeu 111 utmnpted te compile jeui sons,
I call en you te remember what I hate dene
and what be has done. Acts are the fair
test"
My lord n is ttie tnmt uiuasy nun 1 etva
mw, etcn lu hU old f.iiM th bleed e-ame up
"i thin1, tlnslsiietu ttij wi'rflj then 1110
incut, lltiiry, for eempl 1I11U," said he. "This
takes nwiiyfrem the merit of jour gcnei gcnei
esitj "
"De net deceite jourself, mj lenl,"saId
Mr, Hem j'. "llils injustice is net deua
fiem generosity te him, btit in obedience te
jeurself,"
"Uefore sti angels"- begins my lord, still
mero unhappilj- affected
"There is no eue but Mackellar hure," said
Mr, Henry; "he is mj- ft lend. Ami mj lord,
as you make him no stronger te jour fre
quent blame, it were bird if I mustlkcep bim
eue te u thmg se rnre us my defense."
Almet I belles 0 mj' lenl tt eul I hat 0 ro re
scludcd his decision; bat tba master was en
the watch.
"Ah, Henry, Heurj-," saj a he, "jeu n re tlie
bcitet us still. Ituggcd nuil truel Ah, man,
I wish I was as geed."
And nt that instance of bis favorlte's gen gen
eieslty, ray lord desisted from his hesitation,
and the deed w as signed
As seen as It could be 1)1 ought nbeut, the
laud of OchtvrhitU was sold for much below
Its value, mid the iioney paid evr te ear
leech and sent by soma private c.irriu je into
France, pr fcQ le mW, tbeuzU I Intro suj-
f if
hectedcmceituM net goaetaf. And new
here was all tba man's bealnesa brought te A
successful bead, and hie pocket 'once mera
bulging with our geld) add yet tha point for
which we had consented te this sacrifice wat
still denied us, and the visitor still lingered
en at Durrisdeer. Whether in malice, or be
cause the time waa net yet come for hU ad
venture te the Indie, or because he had
bepee of bis design en Mrs. Henry, or from
the qrders of the government, who shall aay I
but linger he did and that for week.
Yeu will observe I say 1 from the order of
government, for about thl time the man's dls dls
reputable secret trickled out.
Tlie first hint I had was from a tenant, who
commented en the master's stay and yet mere
en his security; for thl tenant waa a Jaco Jace
bltlsh sympathizer, and bad lest a ten at Cul Cul
leden, which gave him the mere critical eye.
"There is one thing," said he, "that I cannot
but think strange, and that Is hew he get te
Cockerraeuth."
"Te Cockermeuthr said I, with a midden
memory of my first wonder en beholding the
man disembark e pelnt-da-vlce after ae long
a voyage.
"Why, yes," aay the tenant, "It wa there
he was picked up by Capt CralL Yeu thought
he bad coma from France by seal And e
we all did."
I turned this new a little In my head and
then carried it te Mr. Henry. "Here I an
odd circumstance," taid I, and told him.
"What matter hew he came, Mackellar,
a fcmg as he is bere," groans Mr. Henry.
"Ne, sir," said I, ''but think again! Dee
net thl smock a little of aome government
connivance! Yeu knew hew much we have
wondered already et the man1 security."
"Step," said Mr. Henry. "Let me think
of this." And ns he thought, thcre came that
grim smile upbn bis face that was a llttle like
the master. "Qlve me paper," sold he. And
he set without another word and wrote te a
gentleman of his acquaintance I will name
no unnecessary names, but be was ene in a
high place. This letter I dispatched by the
only band I could depend upon hi ucli a
case, Macconechle's; and the old man rede
hard, for he was beck with tbe reply befere
even my eagerness bad ventured te expect
him. Again, as he read It, Mr. Henry bad
the same grim smile.
"This is the best you have dene for me yet,
Mackellar," says he. "With this In my band
I will glve blm a sheg. Watch ter us at
dinner."
At dinner accordingly, Mr. Henry pro
posed seme very publie appearance for the
master; nnd my lord, ns he had hoped, ob
jected te the danger of the course.
"Oh," says Mr. Heury, very easily, "you
need no longer keep this up with 1110. I am
as much Iu the secret as yourself."
"In thosecre.tr' snjs my leid. "What de
you mean, Henry! I glve you my word I nm
In no secret from which jeu nre excluded."
Tlie master bad changed countcuance, and
I saw be was struck in a joint of bis harness.
"Hew!" says Mr. Henry, turning te him
w Uh a huge appoarance of surprise. "I sce
jeu serve j our masters very faithfully; but
I had thought you would have been humane
enough te set your f ather'B mind at rest"
"What nre jeu talking of! I refuse te
have my business publicly discussed. I order
this te cease," cries the master very foolishly
nnd passionately, and indeed mero llke a
child than a man.
"Se much discretion was net looked for at
yem bauds, I can assure j-eu," continued Mr.
Hcniy. "Fer soe whnt my correspondent
writes (unfolding the pajier), 'It is, et course,
in the interests both of the getcrnment and
the gentleman w horn we may perhaps best
continue te call Mr. Bally, te keep this un
derstanding socret; but it was never meant
his own family should continue te endura tha
8Uionse jeu paint se feelingly, nnd I am
pleased mlne should be the hand te set tbese
feei sat rest Mr. Bally Is as safe in Great
Britain as jourbelf.' "
"Is this possible!" cries my lord, looking at
his son with a gi eat deal of wonder and still
met 0 of suspicion In bis face.
"My dear father," says the master, already
much recovered, "I am oterjojed that this
nny be disclosed. My own instructions di
rect from Ijnden bere a very contrary
sense, nnd I was charged te keep tbe indul
gence secret from every ene, j-eurself net
excepted, nnd indeed jeurself expressly
named as I can show In black and w hlte,
unices I hnve destroyed the letter. They
must hive changed their mind very swiftly,
for the whole matter is still qulte fresh; or
rather nenry's correspondent must hate mis
conceived tint part, as he seems te have mis
conceived the rest. Te tell you tbe truth,
sir," he continued, getting visibly mere easy,
"I had supposed this unexplained favor te a
rebel was the effect of seme application from
j eui self, and the injunction te secrecy among
mj- family tbe result of a deslra en jour part
te conceal your kindness. Henca I was the
mere careful te obey eidcrs. It remains new
te guess by what ether channel indulgence
rail hat 0 Hew ed 011 se notorious an offender
as myself, for I de net think your ion need
defend hlraself from what seems hinted nt In
Henry's letter. I have neter yet heard of 11
Durrisdccr who was a turncoat or n spy,"
says he, proudly.
Aud se It seemed he hid swum out of this
dnngir unharmed; but this was te reckon
without a blunder he had made and without
the pertluacity of Mr. Hcnrj-, who was new
te show he had something of bis brother's
sphlt
"Yeu say the matter is still fresh," says
Mr. Henry.
"It is recent," saj s the master, with a fair
show of stoutness nnd yet net without a qua
ver. "Is It se recent as that!" asks Mr. Henry,
llke a man a little puzzled, and spreading hit
letter forth again.
In nil the letter there was no word as te
the date, but hew was the master te knew
that!
"It seemed te come late enough for me,"
saj 3 he, with a laugh. And at tha sound et
that Hugh, which tang false llke a cracked
bell, my lord looked at him again across the
table, and I saw his old lips draw together
close.
"Ne," said Mr. nenry, still glancing en his
lettei ."but I rememberyeur expression. Yeu
wild It was tery fresh."
Anil heie we hnd n proof of ourIctery,
and the strongest iustuuce yet et my lord's
Incredible indulgence; for what must he de
but lutcrfcie te sate bis faverite from ox ex ox
pesuie. "I think, Henry," says be, with a kind of
pitiful eagerness, "I think we ueed elispute
no mere. We nre all rejoiced at last te dud
jour brother sate; we nre nil at ene en that,
and as grateful subjects, w 0 can de ue less
than drink te the king's health and bounty."
Thus was the master extricated; but at
least ha had been put te his defense, he hid
coma lamely out, nnd the attraction et his
personal danger was new publiclj" plucked
away from him. My lord, in bis heart et
bcai ts, new knew bis fat or! te te be n get era
ment spy; and Mrs. Henry (howeter she ex
plained t he tale) tt as notably cold In her bo be bo
iiavier te the discredited here of romance
Thus iu the best fabrie et duplicity, there is
seme veal: point, It jeu can strikeit, which
will loosen all; and if, by this fortunate
stroke, w e had net shaken the Idel, tt he can
say hew It might have geno with us at the
catastrophe!
And jet at the time we secmed te have ac
complished nothing. Uefore a dry or two he
had itlpedeff the ill results of his discom
fiture, nud te all appoarance steed as high as
eter As for my Iird Durrisdccr, he was
sunk In arcntal jtartlality; it was net se
much leve, which should bonnactltequallty,
as an ajiathy mid terHr of his ether powers;
and forgiveness (se te misapply u noble word)
flew cl from him in sheer weakness, like the
tear-set senility Mrs. Ilenrj's was a different
cne, and ht.it en alene knows what he found
te say te her or he .t he persuaded her from
bci-centempt Itlsone of the worst thlugs of
sentiment that tlie teh a grows te be mero
Important thun the weulj, and the speaker
than that wliich is spoken Hut soma excuse
the master limn hate found, or perhaps he
had et en struck ujkjii some art te wrest this
exposure te his own udtanUige, for after a
timoef coldness, It beemud us If thlugs tteut
worse than eter between hint and Mrs. Henry.
Thej were then eeiistantlj together. I would
net be thought te cast 0110 shadow et blame,
beyond whn Is due te n half willful blind
iiesj, en thnt uufortuiute lady, but I de
think, in tlui-e hist dajs, she was plnjlng
tery iieui tlie flie, nnd whether I be wrong
or net iu thnt, una thing Is sum and qulte
sulllclenti Mr Henry thought se.
The peer gentleman sat for days In my
room, se great a pic tin oef distress that 1
could 1 tt r v nttire te a 1 lres hlmj j et It is
te 1 ili. ,iiiufiUiitj 10 ceiu'ci tot eu In
mj pii.seiiiw.iud tins knowledge of mysyni
p-.tlij llteie weie tints, tie, nh;n no
talkM, and a strai: -j tna't ier of t tile it was,
thcre was net cm pel son named, nor un in
dltiJual circutastance referred te. yet 9
nan tue same fssaiser m ear mm, aM w
were each aware of It (t I a strange rt
that can thus he practlexedi te talk for hour
of a thins, and never nam Het yet te much
a, hint at It And I remember I wonder!
If It we by tome uch nitaral skill that tba
master made love te Mra Henry all day leaf
(a he manifestly did), yet never ttarUaa bar
Inte reserve.
Te show bow affair bad gene with Mr.
Henry I will give tome word of hi, uttered
(at I have cause net te forget) upon the 90th
of February, 1757. It wa unseasonable weath
er, a cast back Inte winter: windiest, bitter
cold, the world all white with rime, the iky
low and gray; the tea black and tllent like a
quarry hole. Mr. Henry sat dote by tha fire
and debated (a wa new common with him)
whether "a man" should "de thing," whether
"interference wa wise," and the like general
prepositions, which each of us particularly
applied. I wa by the window looking out,
when there pasted below me tha matter, Mm
Henry and Miss Katharlne, that new con
stant trio. The child wa running te and fro
delighted with the frost; the matter spoke
cloeelnthelady'a ear with whataeemed (even
from se far) a devilish grace of Insinuation,
and she en her part looked en the ground like
a person lest In listening. I broke out of
my reserve.
"If I were you, Mr. Henry," tald I, "1
would deal openly with ray lord."
"Mackellar, Mackellar," said he, "you de
net tee the weakness of my ground. I can
carry no such base thought te any one, te
my father least of alt; that would be te fall
Inte tbe bottom et bis acorn. The weakness
et my ground," be continued, "lies la myself,
that I am net one who engages leve. I have
their gratitude they all tell me that; I have
a rich estate of Itl But I am net present In
their minds; they are moved neither te think
with me nor te think for me. There is my
lessl" He get te bis feet nnd trod down the
(Ire. "But seme method must be found,
Mackellar," said be, looking at me suddenly
ever his shoulder; "seme way must be found.
I am a man of a great deal of patience far
loe much, far tee much. I begin te despise
m J self. And yet sute never was a man in
volved In such a tell I" He fell back te his
breeding.
"Cheer up," said I. "It will burst of It
self." "I am far pest anger new," say he, which
hnd se llttle coherency with my own observa
tion that I let both fall.
CHAPTER XI.
ACCOUNT OF THE EtCOUOTEK OH TUB N10IIT
eir ran. 27, 17.17.
N Tim evening of
the Intert lew refer
red te, the master
went abroad ; be
wasabieadagrcat
e'cnlef theiiextdny
alse.that fatal 27th,
butwhcie he went
or what he did, we
n e v 0 r concerned
eursclt e-i te usk un
til next tluy if we
had dene se, and by
any chance found
out, It might have
changed all But
as all we did was dene In Ignorance, and
should be se judged, I shill se narrate thtse
passages os they npiwai ed te us in the mo
ment of their birth, and reserve nil that I
since dlscetered for the tlmoef Its discetery.
Fer I have new come te 0110 of the dark
parts of my narrntite. and must eugige the
render's indulgence for my pitien.
All the 27th, that rigorous weather en
dured a stilling cold; the folk passing nbeut
llke smoking chimneys; the wide hearth In
the hall piled high with fuel, some of the
spring blidi thnt had nlrcidy blundered north
Inte our neighbei heed besieging the windows
of the heuse or trotting en the fiezen turf
llke things distracted. About neon thcre
camen blink of suii'liluc, showing a tery
pretty, winterj-, fiesty landscape of white
hills and weeds with Crall's luggT wnltiug
for 11 wind under the Crulg Head, and the
smeke mounting straight Inte the ah- fri.v
et cry farm and cott.ige With the cetnlm,
of night the haze closed In etcrhead. It fell
dark and still and stnrless nnd exce cdlng cold ,
n night the most unseasonable, fit for strange
et enK
Mrs. Henry wlthdiew, as was new her cm
tern, tery enrly. We had set 0111 sol tes of
late te pass the evening with a game of
cards; another mark thit our visitor was
wcarjing mightily of the life of Diirrisdecr,
and we had net been long at this, it hen my
old lord slipped from bis place beside the fire,
and was off without a word te seek fcf
warmtn or bed. 'the three thus left together
had neither let 0 nor courtesy te share, net
ene of us would hate sat up ene instant te
obllge another; jet from the Influence of
custom nnd as the cards had just Ixxn dealt,
we continued the form of plajing out the
round. I should saj- we were late sitters,
and though my lord had dearted earlier
than was bis custom, i was alreidy geue
seme tlme upon the clock, nnd the servants
long nge in bed. Anether thing I should
say, Hint, although I never saw the master
any way affected with liquor, he hid beeu
di inking freely, and was, perhaps (although
be showed it net), a trifle heated.
Auj way, be new practiced ene of his tran
sition', nnil se seen ns the deer closed behind
my leid, and without the smallest change of
voice, shifted from ordinary civil talk Inte a
stream of Insult
"My dear Henry, it Is jeurs te piny," he
had been siylng, nnd new centinued: "Itisn
very strnnge thing hew, even in se small a
matter as n game of cards, you display jour
rusticitj. Yeu pliy, Jacob, like a bonnet
Ian d, or a sailor in n tat era. The same dull
ness, the bumu petty greed, ctte leutcuT
d'hobete qui ma fait ruger; it is strange 1
should hate such a brother Kten Squaro Square Squaro
teea h is a cci tain It aclty tt hen his stake Is
imperiled; but the dreariness of n game
with jeu, I jiesititely lack language te do de
plct." Mr. Henry continued te leek nt his cards,
as though tery nnturelj' considering some
play; but his mind was elsewhere
"Dear Ged, will this net er lw done!" cries
themi'ter. "Quel leurdcaul But why de I
trouble jeu with Fiench expressions, which
are lest ou such an ignoramus! A leuideau,
my dear hi ether. Is us we might say n bump
kin, n clown, a clodpele: a fellow without
gruce, lightness, quickness; niij- gift of pleas
lng, nuy uatural brilliancy; such n ene as
j oil shall see, when you desire, by looking In
the mirror. I tell jeu the things for jour
geed, I assure, j ou ; nud b, I pi iretecs'
(looking nt mound stifling 11 t 1 "it is eue
of my diteislens in this ten . ysiet, te
toast you und jour nutstei ut the lira liku
chestnuts. I hitogrcntpleasureiiijourc.ise,
for Iobscrte the nickname, (rustic ns It Is)
has nlweys the power te mike j 011 writhe
Hut sometimes I Inte mere treuble with this
dtar fellow heie, who seems te hut 0 geno te
sleep upon hisciiils De you net seothe np
plicablilty of the epithet I hat e just expliiued,
dear Henrj I I;t me show you Fer in
stance, with nil thoe solid quihtles w hich I
delight te recognize In jeu, I neter knew a
woman who did net prefer me nor, I think,"
he continued, tilth thn most silken deliber
ation, "I think who did net continue te pio pie
fer me."
Mr, Henry laid denn bis cards. He rese te
hU feet tery seftlj-, nnd seemed ull the while
liken person In deep thought "Yeu cow
ard I" he said, gentlj-, as if te himself. And
then, with neither bun j-ner any particular
tlolence, he struck tha mister lu the mouth.
The master spuing te his feet like one
transfigured. I had never seen the man se
beautiful. "A blew I" he cried. "I would
net Like a blew from Ged Almighty."
"Lew er your t oleo," said Mr. Henrj-. "De
jeu wish my father te Interfere for jeu
again! '
"Gentlemen, gentlemen," I cried, and
sought te ceme between them.
Ilia matter caught me by the shoulder,
held me nt arm's length, and still addressing
bU brether: "Dojeuknon tt hit this means!"
raid be.
"It tt as the most deliberate act of my life,"
saj s Mr. Henrj-.
"I must have bleed, I must have bleed for
this," saj s the master.
"Flease Ged it shall be jeurs," said Mr.
Henry; and ha went te the wall and took
den 11 n pair of swords that hung thcre with
ethers, naked. These he presented te the
master by the point. "Mackellar shall sce
us play fair," said Mr. Henrj-. "I think it
very necdfuL"
"Yeu gced Insult me no mero," said the
master, taling ena of the swords at random.
"I hit e hated j ou all my life."
"My father is but newly geno te beJ," said
Mr. Henrj. "We must go somewhere forth
of the house,"
"There is an excellent place Iu the long
ihrnbberv." said tha master.
. H.JqHBa.U-5rfArfJ.-iavPM' . ..AT
afea yw
both! Beaaof'taiaaMate(hr,weakl red
the ttfetheaAv rear
Even e, MackeUar."atUMr. Meary. with
the eiM perfect laie rnr f- had
tbewn througheat.'
"It It what I wiQ twaret," tatt L
And new her U a blot a?ea taytta, At
tbeeewordjef roie the meter tara4 kit
blade against my besom. ItawthaUgMnm
along the tteel, and 1 threw up my ana aael
clt te my knee befere htm m the Seer.
"Ne, no." I cried, like a baby.
"We shall have no mero trouble with him,"
taid the master. "It U a geed thing te hava
a coward In the beuse."
"We must have light," tald Mr. Henry, at
tbeugh there had been no Interruption.
"Thl trembler can bring a pair of can
dice," told the master.
Te my shame, be It tald, I waa ae bUnded
with the flashing of that bare sword tba 1
volunteered te bring a lantern.
"We de net need a 1-1-lantern," aakl tha
master, mocking me. "There Is no breath of
air. Come, get te your feet, take a pair et
light and go before. I am close behind with
this" making the blade glitter a he tpekav
I took up the candlestick and went before?
them, step that I would give my hand te
recall; but a coward Is a slave at the best;
and even as I went, my teeth emote euch
ether In my mouth. Itwosashehadsald.there
waa no breath stirring: a windiest stricture
of frost had bound tbe air; and a we went
forth in the shlne of the candle, the black
ness wat llke a reef ever our head. Never a
word was taid, thcre was never a found bus
the creaking of our steps along the frozen
path. The cold of the night fell about m
like a bucket of water; I shook at I went with
mero than terror; but my companion, bare
headed llke myself, and fresh from tbe warm
hall, appeared net even couscleu of the
change.
"Here is the place," taid tbe master. "Set
down tbe candles."
I did as he bade me, and presently the
flames went up as steady as in a chamber in
the midst of the frosted trcea, and I beheld
these two brothers take their places.
"Tha light 1 something in my eyes," said
the master.
"I will give jeu every advantage," replied
Mr. Henry, shifting bis ground, "for I think
you are nbeut te die." He speke rather sad
ly than otherwise, j et there was a ring in his
t eice.
"Henry Durle," said the master, "two
n erds befere I begin. Yeu are a fencer, you
ran held n foil; jeu llttle knew what a change
It makes te Leid a sword. And by that I
knew jeu nre te fall. But soe hew strong is
my situation 1 If you full, I shift put of thl
country te wbcre my money iibefore me. If
I full, where are you! My father, your wife
wheisin lote with me as jeu very well
knew your child even t.he prefers me te
jeurself: hew will these ntcuge me! Hnd
you thought of that, dear Henry I" lie looked
at lib brother with a smile; then made a
fencing room salute.
Netcr a word said Mr. Heury, but sainted
tee, and the swords rung together.
I am no judgoef the plaj, but my head
besides w as gene w 1th cold nnd fe ir and hor her hor
eor: but it seems that Mr. Henrv took and
kept tlie up)ier baud from the engagement,
crowding in upon his loe with a contained
and glowing fury. Nearer nud nearer he
crept upon the man, till, of a sudden, the
mister leacd back with a llttle sobbing
oath ; and I bellet e the movement brought
the light ouce mero against bis ejes. Te It
tluy went again, en tbe fresh ground; but
nor metheught closer, Mr. Henry pressing
mete outrageously, the master, beyond doubt,
it Ith shaken confidence Fer It is beyond
leubt he new recognized himself for lest, nnd
had seme taste of the cold agony of fear, or
he had net er attempted the foul stroke. I
cannot saj-1 followed It my untrained eye
w as net er quick enough te selze detalls but
It appears he caught his brother's blade with
his left hand, a practice net permitted. Cer
tnluly Mr. Henry only sated himself by leap
ing en ene side ; ns certainly the master, lung
ing in the air, stumbled en his knee, aud be
fore he could met 0 the sword was through
his body.
I cried out with a stifled scream, and ran
in; but the body was already fallen te the
ground, where tt writhed a moment like a
trodden worm, aud then lay motionless,
"leek at bis left hand," said Mt. Henry.
"It Is all bloody," said L
"On the Inside!" said ha'
"It is cut en the Inside," said L
"1 thought se," said be, and turned hit
back.
I opened the man's clothes; the heart was
quite still, it gave net a flutter.
"Ged forgite us, Mr. Henry!" said L "He
is dead."
"Dead!" he repeated, n llttle stupldlj-; and
then with a rising tone, "Dead! dead!" sayi
he, and suddenly cast his bloody sword upon
the ground.
"What must we de!" said L "Be yourself,
sir. It Is tee late new; j-eu must be jour jeur
self." He turned and stared at me. "Oh, Mac
kellar I" says he, and put his face In his hands.
I plucked blm bj- the coat "Fer Ged's
sake, for all our sal.es, be mero com ngeeusl"
said L "What must we de!"
He shetted ma his face tt Ith the same stu
pid stare "De!" saj she. And with that
hiseje fell 011 the body, and "eh 1" he ci lei
out, with his baud te his brew, as if be bad
neter remembered; and turning from me,
madVi off toward the house of Durrisdeer at
strange stumbling run.
CeiiffiiHctf narf Satuiday.
Harry l.'aslerdiiy, the Shortstop.
Hany Enstenlay, whose picture Is here
git en, is the shortstop of the Columbus club
He was bera in Philadelphia, Kept 10, 1MH
He liegun his career as an amateur en one et
the teams lu bis native city. His first pro
fessional engagement was with the Kej stone
club, of Philadelphia, during the season of
ISM Tbe following
'tgji season ha played
nun 1110 Augusta
team, of the Seuth
crn league. Dur
ing tlie scisen of
1KM1 he pluyed
shortstop for the
Bridgeport (Conn 1
club, of the East
ern league. Ha
'made a great rec-
01 d with it, and
w ns signed bj Mali
nger Cliapuinu, of
the Buffalo club,
which theu belong
ed te the Interna
remained with tha
HAnnv EASTcnnt-V.
tlenil association He
Buffalos until the latter pirt of the season of
ISJ7,when bu signed with the Imist llle club
When the Kansas City club took the place of
the Metropolitan, of Nan Yerk city, K istcr
day was 0110 of the plujcrs usslgned te the
new te'im. His work nt shei tstep was of tha
highest enler. Histciduj is a fair batter
only, but his flne fielding 111010 than offset
his neil; with the stick. HU rcceid with
Columbus dm lng the ist season wusef a
erj-brilliint stmdard. He ranks well up
among tbe leadeis in bis position.
"Kid" Mcliels.
Charles A. Nichols, commonly known a
"Kid," is ene of the most premising of young
plajeis. He has been signed by the Bosten
League nlne for next season. He Is regm ded
by manj- as ene of
thoceinlng pitchers
in the profession.
He is nwell built
jeung fellow, nnd
ery prejiesscssing
In npiiearauce. He
was bera In Madi Madi
eon, Wis , Sept I J,
1HJ, nnd haslheie haslheie haslheie
foienotjct reached
bis majeiity, ilu
play oil his first
game ns pitt her for
the Blue ntenue
tram, of Kunsn
City, In l&N), which
was nt that time
"Kin" MCIIOLS.
the host amateur club in the cltj-. In 18S7 he
bocame n professional by joining the Kansas
City Western Ieagua team. In the following
jcurhe signed with the Memphis club, but
returned te Kansas City In July of the same
j ear, lifter the Memphis team hail disbanded,
nnd finished the tcisen there
The Omaha tcutm U the third professional
tenm hehas eter sigud with, nnd the first
p-imnnt winners. .Vdiels did met of the
pitching for the Omaha club during ths pa-.t
s"isei;
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