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h .'? BSXAKKTO Of TITI KCWS TO MT LORD
' '.if, . ivn una nrwnv
STOOD a moment
m U e d then It
itemed te tne mj
duty lay most plain
en the tide of the
living; and I ran
after htm, leaving
tlie candid en tin
frosty ground and
the body lying In
their light under
te trees. But run
as I (ileeeed, he had
thoitartef me, and
was get Inte the
house, and up te
the liall, where I
found him ttandlng bofero the flre with lilt
face ence mero in hit hands, nud at he se
steed, he visibly shuddered.
'Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry," I said, "thli will
1m the ruin of us nil."
"What It this that I have dener cilci he.
r and then, looking upon me with ncounte-
E5' W1 aance that I shall never forget, "Who U te tell
, - -i'- tl..nMtn.i.rlin..U
Tji' ......, uw ...
The word knocked at my heart; but It wni
no time for weakness. I went and jeunvl
him out a gloss of brandy. "Drink that,'
aid I, "drink It down." I forced him te
wallow it llke a child; find, liclnz still
perished with the cold of thenlght, 1 follevwn
ills example.
"It has te be fold, Mackellar," said he. "It
mutt be told." Aud he fell suddenly in e
teat my old lord's seat by t he chlmnoy-fJde
and was shaken with dry selis.
Dismay came upon my soul; it was plain
there was no help in Mr. Henry. "Well,
said I, "sit there, and lc?ve all te me." And
taking a canille In my hand, I set forth outel
the room in the dark house. There was no
movement; 1 must stippose'that all hed gene
unobserved; and I was new te consider lien
te smuggle through the rest with the like
secrecy. It was ue hour for scruples; and 1
opened my lady's deer without se much as a
Bieck, and passed boldly in.
"There is teme calamity happened," shi
cried, sitting up in bed.
"Madame," said I, "I will re forth again
Inte the paJaage, and de you get ns quickly
as you can into your clothes. Tlicre is much
te be dpne."
Bhe troubled tne with no questions, nor did
the keep me walling. Kro I had tlme te pro pre
pare a word of that which 1 must ssy te her
the Tiu en the threshold signing ma te enter.
"Madame," said I, "if you cannot lx very
brave, I must go elsewhere, for if no one hcljM
me tonight tbcre is nn end of the heuse of
Durrisdeer."
"I am very courageous," said she; and she
looked at me with n soft of smile, very pain
ful te see, but very brave tee.
"It has ceme te a duel." Raid I.
"A duel!" the repeated. "A duel I Ilenry
and"
"And the pastor," Mid I. "Things have
been berne be long, things of which you knew
nothing, which you would net bclluve if 1
should tcU. But te-night it w cnt tee fur, and
when he in3ulted you"
"Step," said she. "nel Whop
"Ob, madamel" cried I, my bitternen
breaking forth, "de you a.k me such a ques
tion! Indeed, then, I may go eUouhtre for
help; there lsnoue here!"
"I de net knew In what I have offended
you," said she. "Forglve ma; put me uut e(
this suspense"
But I dared net tell her yet; I fult net sure
HIr r her: and at the deuht mirl mitler lhu hiuiui
fc-,5 of Impotence it brought with It. I turned en
the peer woman with tomethlng near te
anger.
"Madame," said I, "re ero sjicakliig of
two men; oneof them insulted you, and jeu
ask me which. I will help you te the nn
wer. With ene of thc&e men you Lave sviit
all your hours ; has the ether reproached you I
Te one, you have been always kind; te the
ether, as Ged sees me and judges betuevu ih
two, I think net alnnjg; has lib love ever
failed yeul Te-night ene of thuse two men
told the ether, tu my hearing thu hearing of
n hired stranger that you wete In leve nlth
bun. Before I suy ene weid, you shall nn
ewer your own question; Which was itl
Kay, madame, you shall ausnvr me anether:
It it has ceme te thU dreadful cud, uliose
fault is Uf
81)9 stared at ma like ene dazzled. "Oixwl
(,,' Gedl" she said ence. iu a kind of burstinirvi-
jBlamatlen; and then a second time, iu n
whisper te herself; "Great Gedl In the
name of mercy, Mackellur, hat Is wrong!"
the cried. "I uin made urn 1 ran henr nll.41 nll.41
"Yeu are net lit te hcur, said I. "What
ever it was, you shall iy first it was your
fat.
"OhI" she cried, ulthngosturecf n ringing
her bands, "this man will drlvu ma mud'
Can you net put me out of jour thoughts!''
"I think net ence of )ou," Iciliil. "1
think of none but my dear uulinppy nnwtcr "
"All" he cried, with her lund te her heart,
"isHnrydeadr
"Lewer your voice," said L "Tlie ether."
Isawhrsnay llle something stricken by
the wind, and I knew net whether iu cuwar-
llce or mbery, turned aside and looked upon
V the fleer. "Tbeearudiculful tidings," said
( at length, when her silence U-gan te put me
In tome fear; "aud you and 1 behne te le
the mere bold If the house Is te liesauil."
Btlll she answered nothing. "Theio Is Miss '
(Catharine besides," I added; "unless we bring
this matter through, her Inheritauce Is like tu
te of shame."
I de net knew if It was the thought of her
child or the naked word shame that guve her
jcllvcrance; at least I had no sooner spoken
than a sound paed her lips, the like of it 1
never beard; it was us though she had lain
buried under a hill and sought te moo tlmt
burden. And the next memetit she hud
found a sort of voice.
"It was a fight," she w hUpercd. "It was
net" and she aufced ujieti the went
"It was a fmr light ou my dear master's
part," said L "As for the ether, he was
slain in the very act of n foul stroke."
"Net newl" the cried.
"Madame," said 1, "hatred e? that man
glows In my besom like u burning flre; ay,
even new lie Is dead Ged knows, 1 would
have stepped the fighting had 1 daied. It Is
ray shame I did net. Wit when I saw him
fall, If I could have spared ene thought from
pitying of my master, it had been te exult
in that deliverance."
1 de net knew if she marked; but her next
words wcret "My lurd?"
"That will be my purt," said I.
"Yeu will net speak te him as you have te
mef" she asked.
"Madame," said 1, "liave you net seme ene
i else te think off Iave my lord te ma."
"Seme one tlsef" die repeated.
, - "Your husband," said f. Bhe looked at
me with a ceuiitenancQ Illegible. "Are you
going te turn your back en himf1 1 uskuL
Still sbe looked at me; then hfr hand went
te her heart again. "Ne," snld she.
"Ged bless you for that word," I saM "Ge
te hlmuew nheruhe sitsjn the hall, sjieuk
te htm It matters net what you say; give
haft) your hand and say, 'I knew all;' if Gwl
glywyeii grace enough, say, Torgive me."'
"Oed strengthen you, and make you merrl
1 ul," said she, "I will go te my husband."
"Let me lipjit you there," said I, taking up
the candle.,
"I will Cud jny way in ths dark," she said,
with a shudder, and 1 think the shudder was
at me.
Be we separated, she down stairs te where
little light gllmiuertxl iu the hull deer, 1
long the iiassage te my lord's room. It
ma hard te say why, but 1 could net burst
In en the old inau as I ceul n the yeuug
woman. With whatever reluctance, 1 mut
lraeclc Hut bis old slumbers were light, or
rirbaiki he slept net, and at the first summons
was bidden enter.
'. IU, tee, tat uplabcd; very ajjul and bleed
T Ism Ik loeked: and, whereas be had a certaiu
ww apotwanee wneu arebsut for
inKk Dew mmmnI fraU and Uttit, and
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BX ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,
Tha Otlebrated Novelist,
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than a child's. This daunted me; nor less,
the haggard turmtwef mUfortiine in his oye.
Yet hit veice was even peaceful at he In
qnlreil myerraiuL I sat my candle down
upon a chair, leaned en the bed feet and
looked at htm.
"Lord Durrisdeer," said I, "it Is very well
known te you that I am n partisan In your
family."
"I hepe we are nene of us partisans," said
he. "That you leve my son sincerely, I have
always been Rlad te recegnlie,"
"Oh, my lord, we are pat thn hour of
these civilities," I replied. "If we are te
sare anything out of the flre, we must leek
the fact In lis I ero countenance. A partisan
Iain; partisans we have all been; it Is at a
partisan that I am liore in the middle of the
night te plead befere you. Hear me; bofero
I go I will tell you why."
"I would nlways hear you, Mr. Mackel
lar," said he, "anil thnt nt nuy hour, whether
of thu day or night, for I would bs always
sure you bad a reason. Yeu tpoke ence be be bo
eoro te very prejicr purpose; I have net for
gotten that."
"I am here te plead the causn of my mas
tT," 1 snld. "I need net tell you hew he
acts. Yeu knew hew he Is placed. Yeu
knew with what generosity he has always
mc your ether met your nlvhes," I cor
rected myself, stumbling nt that name of
son. "Yeu knew you must knew what he
has suffered whit he has suffered nlieut his
wlfe!"
"Mr. Mackellarr cried my lord, rising in
bed llke n bearded lien.
"Yeu said you would hear me," I contin
ued. "What you de net knew, what you
should knew, one of the things 1 am bere te
rpeak of li the persecution he must bear In
pmnk. Your back Is net turned, befere
ene whom I dare net name te you falls upon
him with thu must uufe'ng taunts; twits
lipTsn him jiarden ine, my lerdl twits him
with j our partiality, rails him Jacob, calls
him clown, pursues him with ungenerous
rarflery, net te lw berne by limn. And let
but enn of you appear, Instantly he changes;
ami my master must sinlle and courtesy te
the man who has been feeding hliu with In
sults; 1 knew fur 1 have shared in seme of
it, and 1 tell you the life Is lutupporlahle.
All theso month it has endured; it began
with the man's lundlng; it was by lhu name
of Jacob that my master was greeted thu
first night."
ity lord made a movement ns If te threw
atlde the slethes and rUe. "It thuulieany
truth In this" said he.
"Del leek llke a man lying P' I Interrupted,
checking htm with my hanll.
"Yeu should have told uient first," he said.
"Ah, my lord, Indeed I should, ami ou
may well hale the facu of this unfaithful
servant!" I ciled.
"I will take order," said he, "nt ence."
And ngain made the met eineut te rlsn.
Again I checked him. "I havu net dene,"
said I. "Would Ged I hud! All this my
dear, unfortunate patron hits endured with
out blip or coiinkninuce. Your own best
word, my lord, was only gratltnde. Oh, but
he was jour son, toot Ile hud no ether
father. Ue was hated tu (he country, Ged
knows limv unjustly. Ile had n loveless mnr mnr
liage. Ha steed en nil hands without nfTeo nfTee nfTeo
tien or support, dear, geuoiern, 111 fnted, no-
llle I. A.. If
"1 must net hear you hlaine you i self, my
ffird, willi that which 1 hue et te tell upon
iny coiikclence," 1 replied, "Yeu have net
bet u weak; jeu have been eliyil by n devil
ish dissembler. Yeu taw ji.unclf hew he
had deceived you In the matter of his li.iu
pr; he has deceived you throughout In every
itep of his career I w Hi tu rttiick him fmm
veur heart; 1 wlOi te force your (es uhu
your ether son; ah, you hae a x Hum el"
"Ne, no," said he, "two sons 1 have two
sons,"
1 iiiade seme gesture of desilr that struck
htm; he looked at me with a changed face.
"There Is much worse liehind)'' he asked, his
vujce dying ns it ivse iqien the mint ion.
"Much weise," 1 anancrtal. "This night
he snld these, verdi te Mr. Henrys '1 have
never kuenn a woman who did net prefer
me te jeu, and I think who did net continue
te prefer me.' "
"1 will hear nothing against my daughter!"
he cried; and fieni his readiness te step me
iu this direction I conclude his eyes were net
se dull as 1 had fancied, and he had looked en
net without anxiety upon the siege of Mrs.
Henry.
"I think net of blaming her," cried I. "It
Is net that. These words were said In my
hearing te Mr. Henry, and, if you llnd them
net jet plain enough, thesu ethers but a llltlu
utters 'Your wlfe who i In leve with me,'"
-They liaVoqutirrtled," he mid.
1 nodded.
"I must fly te them," he snld, beginning
ence again te leave his lied.
"Ne, uel ' 1 cried, holding feith my hands.
"Yeu de net knew," said he. "Tlioe nre
dangerous w enN."
"Will nothing ninke jeu understand, my
lord I" said 1.
Ills ej-cs Inflight me for the ti nth.
1 Hung mjelf en my knees by the tiedIde,
"Oh, my lord," criiil 1, "think en him jeu
have left, think of this peer shiner whom jeu
beget, whom jour wlfe boittej'ou, whom we
have noiieof us strengthened us we could;
think of him, net of yourself; he is thetither
sutlerer think of him I Tint is the deer for
sorrow, Christ's deer, Ged's deer; eh, it
stands 0x;n I Think of him, even as hotheught
of you. Who Is te tell the old itiant these
were his words. It was for that 1 came; that
is wbj I mn here pleading at jour feet."
"lAt me get up," he cried, thrusting me
ildc,nud was en his feet licfore mj-self. HI.
voice shook like a sail In the wind, j'et he
ipoke with u geed loudness. His facu was
like the snow, but his ejes were steady and
dry. "line is tee much ieecli," said he.
"Where was ill"
"In the shi uhlierj-." said I.
"And Mr. Henry P hen-keiU And when 1
had told him he knotted his old fuce in
thought.
"And Mr. Jamesf" says he.
"1 have left him lying," said I, "be.slde the
candles."
"Cnudlesr he cried. Ant with that he ran
te the window, opened it and looked abroad.
"It might be spied from tke read,"
"Where none gees by ut such nn hour," 1
objected.
"It makes no matter," he said. "One
might. Harkl" cries he. "What is thatP
It was the sound of men ery guuuledly
rowing In thu luiy; nud I told him se.
"The f ree ti adorn," said my lord. "Hun at
once, Mackellar; put tluocandlesout, I will
dress In the meannhile; and when jeu letuin
we can debate en what Is wisest."
CIIAPTEH NIIL
D13AITKA1UNCE OF THE UODV Of
TnK
lIAhTUIl.
GllOrUI) my way
llewil tfnli-i; riml
'-. -K ' WISH inf nt tli.t .t.p
.7 v
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rrein qulte a far
w aj- off a sheen w as
v I si 1)1 e, making
points of brightness
in the sluubliery;
in se black a night
it might have Uvn
remarked for miles;
and 1 blamed mj'
self bltterlj' for my
lunnutieut Hew
much mero sharply
when I reached the
5W
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Vh '
vi
placet Oue of the candlesticks was over
thrown, and that taperquenched, Thoether
burned steadily by Itself, and maile a bread
space of light upon the fronted ground. All
within that circle scorned, by thu force of
contrast and the overhanging blackness,
brighter thuu by day. And there was the
bloeditalu in the midst; und a little further
off Mr. Henry's twerd, the ieinmel of which
was silver; but of the body, net a trace. My
heart thumped upeu my ribs, the hair stirred
upon toy scalp, as I steed there tearing; se
strange was the sight, se dlre the fears it
wakened, l looked right and left; the ground
me nara is ma no euiry I stiel ami
8i
vxb
listened till niyttart tvhed, but ths night Was
I ml low nlieut me like an empty church; net
even a rlpple stirred upon the shore; It
seemed you might liava heard a pin drop in
the county.
I put the candle out, nnd the blackness foil
about me groping dark; It was llke a crowd
surrounding itie; and I went back te the
bouse of Durrisdeer, with my chin upon my
shoulder, startling, At I went, with craven
suppositions. In the deer a flgure moved te
mect me, and I had near screamed with ter
ror ere I recognized Mrs. Heury.
"Have you told hlml" says the.
"It was be who tent me," said L "It li
geno. Hut why nroyeuhoroP
"It Is gonel" the repeated. "What li
gonel"
"The body," said L "Why are you net
with your husband P
"GoneP said she. "Yeu can net have
loekeik Come back."
"There it no light new," said L "I dart
net"
"1 can tee In the dark, I have been stand
ing here se long se long," said she. "Come;
glve me j-eur hand."
We returned te the shrubbery hand In
hand, and te the fatal place.
"Take care of the bleed," said I.
"IlloedP she cried, aud started violently
back,
"I mippnfte It w ill be," said L "I am like a
blind man."
"Ne," said she, "nethlngl Have you net
dreamed P .
"Ah, would te Oed we bad I" cried L
Bhe spied the sword, picked It up, and, tco tce
lug the bleed, let It fall again with her bauds
thrown wide "Ah I" she cried. And then,
with nn Instant cournge, handled It the second
Unto and thrust It te the hilt Inte the frozen
ground. "I wilt take It baijk mid clean It
prejierly," says she, and again looked ubeut
her nn all sides. "It cannot be that he was
deadp she added.
"There was no Hatter of hi heart," said I,
and then remeinlwrlngt "Why are jeu net
with j'enr husband P
"It is no iism," said she, "he will net speak
te me."
"Net speak te j ou P I repeated. "Oh, j ou
hive nottriedl"
"Yeu have a light te doubt me," she re
plied, w Ith a getitlu dignity.
At this, for the first time, I was seized with
sorrow for her. "Ged knows, madame," I
cried, "Ged knows I am net se hai d as I ap
H!,it; en this dreadful night who can veneer
ids words) ilut 1 am a friend te nil vv he nre
nef icnry Dune's eiieinicsl"
" Is hard, then, you should hivltote nlxjut
his wife," said she.
I saw all at once, llke the rending nf u veil,
hew nobly she had berne this unnatural ca
lamity, and hew generously my reproaches.
"We must go back and tell this te my
lord," said I.
"I I lin 1 einnet fnce," she crl d.
"Yeu will Hud him thu least moved of nil
of us," said I.
"A 'ul jet I ranmit fare lilin," said shn.
"Well," saliT I,' ,rycu can return te Mr.
Ilriirj-;' I w ill see my lord."
As we walked back, I bearing the candle
sticks, she the sword a stiauge burden for
that woman the had another thought.
"Should we tell HcnryP she nsked.
"yt my lord decide," snld 1,
My lenl was nearly dressed when I came te
his chamber. He heard me with a frown.
"The f i ee traders," said he. "But whether
dead or idlvep
"I thought him" said I, nnd paused,
ashamed of the went.
"1 knew; but you may verj well have bwn
In error. Why should they remove hint If
net HvIngP he asked. "Oh, here Is a great
deer of liojie. It in'iit be given out that he
departed ns be came without any nole of
preparation. We must save all scandal."
1 saw he had fallen, like the rest of us, te
think mainly of the heuse. New lint all the
living ineinlwrs of the family were plunged
in Irremedhil borrow. It was strange hew we
turned te that conjoint abstraction of the
family itself, and sought te bolster up the
nlry nothing of IU reputation; net the Duries
only, but the hired steward liimcelf.
"Are we te tell Mr. Henry P I at!:ed him.
"I will see," snld he. "I nm going te llrst
vliithlni, theu 1 go forth with you te vlew
the shrubbcrj' nnd consider."
We went down stairs Inte the hall. Mr.
Heurj-sat by the table with his head ujien
his hand, 111.0 a man of stone. His wife, steed
a little back from htm, her hand at her
mouth; it was plain she could net inove him.
My old lord walked very steadily te where
his son was sitting; he had a steady counte
nance, tee, but metheught a littluceld; when
he was ceme qulte up, he held out both lib
asindsnnd salds "Mj'senl"
With a breken, strangled crj", Mr. Henry
lea;ed up nud fell en hit father's neck, crj'
Inland weeping, the most pitiful sight that
ever a man witnessed. "Oh, father," he
cried, "jeu knew 1 loved him; you knew 1
Med him Iu the lieginnlug; I could have
died for him yen knevvthatl I would have
given my llfe for him nnd you. Oh, say j-eu
knew thatl Oh, say you can forgive met
Oh, father, father, what have I done, what
have. 1 dene! nnd we used te be balms to te to
getherPand wept nnjl sobbed, and fondled
the old man, nud clutched htm about the
neck, w Ith the passion of a child in terror.
nd then he caught sight of his w Ife, you
would have thought for the llrst time, vv here
slj steed weeping te hear him; nnd in a ine-nn-nt
had fallen nt her knees. "And, eh, my
la.," he cried, "you must forglve me, tool
Net jour huslinnd I have only been the ruin
of Jeur life, ilut J'eu knew me when I wnt
a lad; there was no harm in Henry Durle
then; he meant nj-e te be a friend te j-eu.
It's him It's the old bairn tint plnj'ed with
yu eh, can j-e never, never forglve hlinP
Throughout all this my lord was like a
cold, kind sjiectnter w ith Ids vv its alwut him.
At the first cry, which was Indeed enough te
cjl the heuse nbeut us, he had svild te me
ever his shoulder! "Cleso the deer." Aud
new be nodded te himself.
"Vi maj' leave him te ids wlfe new," sayi
he, "Bring a light, Mr. Maekellar."
Uimn my going forth again with my lord,
1 was n ware of n strange phenomenon; for,
though It was quite dark and thenlght net
j-et old, metheught 1 smelled the morning.
At the Kama tlme there went a tejsing
through thu brunches of the evergreens, se
that thej' sounded llke.ii quiet sea, and thu
nlr puffed at times against our faces and the
llanie of the candle shook. We made the
mere speed, 1 Iwllove, lieing surrounded by
this bustla; vidtcd the socie of the duel,
where my lard looked upon the bleed with
stoicism, and, passing further ou toward the
lauding place, canunt last Un seme evi
dences cf the truth. Ter, first eL all, where
theie was a peel across the path, the ice had
I eon tiedden Iu, plainly by mero than ene
man's weight; next, and but a little further,
ajeung tree was breken, and down by the
landing place, where the traders' beats were
usually beached, miether stain of bleed
in irked w here the ledy must have been in
fallibly set down te rest thu bearers.
Tills stain we set ourselves te wash away
with the sea water, earrjlng It In my lerd'l
hat; and as we vveie thus euguged, there came
up a sudden, meaning gust and lift us iu
stantly benighted.
"It will ceme te snow," sajt my lenl,
"nud the liest thing that we could hope, lxt
us go back new; we can de nothing in the
dark."
As we went house" urd, the wind being
again subsided, w u w ere aw are of a stienij
IMtttring nolse about us m Hut night; nud
when we Issued from thu shelter of the truci
we found it ruining smartly.
Throughout the whole of this, my lord",
clearness of mind, no less lliau his actiritj' el
ledj-,kad iiotceusod te minister te my amaze
ment. He set the crown Uwn it iu the ceuu
cil we held en our return. The free traders
had certainly lecured thu master, though,
whetherdead or alive, we were still left te
our cenjectuie. The lain would, long ist ist ist
foreday, wqioeut all marks of tho-trnnsne-lion.
IlythUwe must prellt, The muster
hud unusiieetediy ceme after the fall of night.
It must new 1st given out he had as suddenly
departed Iwferw tlie bleak of daj-, nnd te
make all this plausibli it new only remained
for me te mount into the man's chamber aud
pack and conceal his Imj-gage. Ti ue, we still
lay nUthe discretion of the traders; but that
wiu the incurable weakness of our guilt,
I heard him, a 1 said, with wonder, and
hastened te obey, Mr. aud Mrs. Henry wen
gene from the hall; my lord, for warmtli'i
sake, hurried te his bed; there was still no
sign of stir among the servants, nnd as I went
up the tower stair und entered t be dead niau'i
room a horror of selitude weighed ujmii mv
mind. Te my extreme surprise, it was all in
the disorder of drivirture. Of his three jiert
liumteaus two weru ready locked, the third
lay eiu aud near full. At ence there Hashed
upon me seme suspicion of the truth. Tin
mn b4 Iumji rln? after sill ha hail hill
waited upon Cralf, at Crtll waited upon tb
wind; early in the night the teamen had per
celled the weather changing; the beat had
ceme te give notlce of the change a'nd call
the passenger aboard, and th, beat's crew
had stumbled en. him lying In his bleed. Nay,
and there wat mere behind.
This prearranged departure thed tern
light upon his Inconceivable Insult of the night
before; It wat a parting shot; hatred being
no longer checked by policy. And for an
other thing, the nature of that Intuit, and thi
conduct of Mr. Henry, pointed te en con
clusion! which I have never verified, n-'
can new never verify until the great assize;
the conclusion tliat be had at last forgotten
himself, had gene tee far In hit advances,
and had been lebuffed. It can never be ver
ified, as I tay; but. ail thought of It that
morning among hit baggage, the thought was
tweet te me llke honey.
Inte the open portmanteau I dipped a Httle
ere I closed It, The most beautiful lace and
linen, many suits of theso JJne plain clothes
In which be loved te appear; a book or two,
and theso of the best, CaAar't "Commen
taries," a volume of Mr. Hebbcs. the "Hen "Hen
rlade" of M, de Voltaire, a book upon the
Indict, ene en the mathematics, far beyond
where I hnve studied; these were what I ob
served with vtry mlngled feelings. But in
the open portmanteau, no papers of any de
scription. Thlt tot tne muting. It wat pos pes pos
tlble the man was dead; but, tlnce the trad
ers had carried him away, net likely. It was
iiosslble he might still die of his wound; but
it wat also jowible he might net. And In
this latter case I wat determined te have th
meant of seme defense.
Oue after another I carried bis portman
teaus te a left lu tlie top of the heuse
which we kept locked; went te my
own room for my keys, nnd, returning
te the left, bad the gratification te
find two that fitted pretty well In ene of
the portmanteaus there was a shagreen letter
case, which I cut epen with my knife, and
thenceforth (se far as any credit went) the
man wat at my mercy. Here wat a vast deal
of gallant correspondence, chiefly of his
I'arls days; and, what was rioreto the pur
pose, here were the copies of bit own report
te tiie Ungllsh secretary, and the originals of
the secretary's answers a most damning
scries such at te publish would be te wreck
the master' honor and te set a price u;en
his life.
I chuckled te myself as I ran through the
documents; I rubbed my hands, I sung aloud
in my glee. Day found me lit the pleasing
task; nor did I then remit my dillgcnce, ox ex
ccpt In te far as I went te the window looked
out for a moment, te see the frost qulte geno,
the world turned black again, and the rain
and the wind driving In the bey nnd te
axstiru myself that tlie lugger wat geno from
Its anchorage, aud the master (whether dead
or alive) new tumbling en the Irish Beu,
It Is prewr 1 should add ill this place the
very little I have subsequently angled out
upon the doings of that night. It took me a
long whlle te gather it; for we dared net
openly ask, and the free traders regarded me
with enmity, If net with scorn. It was near
six months befere we even knew for certainty
that the man survived; nnd it was years be be bo
eoro I learned from oneof Cr all's men, turned
fiubllcnu en his ill gotten gain, teme part leu
ars which smack te meet truth. It seems
the traders found the master struggled en ene
elbow, und uevv staring round lilin, nnd new
gazing nt the caudlu or at his hand which was
nil bloodied, like a man stupid. Ujien their
coming, he would seem te have found bis
mind, bade them carry him aboard and held
their tongues; nnd en the captain asking hew
he had ceme In such a pickle, replied with a
burst of passionate swearing, and inconti
nently fainted.
They held seme debate, but they were mo me
mently looking for n, wind, they were highly
paid te smuggle htm te France, nnd did net
care te delny. Besides which, he was well
enough liked by these uboiniunble vvretche3t
they supposed hlra under capital senteuce,
knew net In what mischief he might have get
his wound, and judged it a plece of geed na
ture te remeve him out of the way of danger.
Se he was taken aboard, recovered en the
uuisage ever, and was set ashore a convales
cent at the Havre de Grace, What is truly
netable: he snld net n word te nuy ene of the
duel, and net n trader knows te this day In
what quarrel, or by the hand of what adver
sary, he fell With any ether man I should
have set this down te natural decency; with
him, te pride. He could net bear te avow,
tierliaps even te himself, that he had licen
vanquished by ene whom he had se much In
sulted and w bem he se cruelly despised.
CHATTER XIV.
BUM1IAIIV OIT F.VBNT3 UUHI.N'Cl TUB MASTERS
HECO.NU AUSKNCE.
F THH heavy sick
ness which declared
itself next morning
I can think witli
f;uanimlty ns of
the last unmlngled
trouble that liefell
my master; nnd
even thnt una per
haps a mcrcj- iu
UUgulse, for what
pains of the bodj bedj bodj
ceuld equal the mis
eries of his mind! Mrs. Henry and I bad the
watching by the bed. My old lord called
from tlme te tlme te take the news, but would
net usually pass the deer. Once, I remomber, remember,
w hen hepe was nigh geno, be stepped te the
lwdslda, looked avvhlle in his son's face, and
turned nwny with a singular gesture of the
head and hand thrown up, that remains upon
my mind ns something tragic, such grief and
such a scorn of sublunary things were there
expressed. But most of the tlme Mrs. Henry
and 1 hail the room te ourselves, taking turns
by uight nnd bearing each ether company by
day, for it was dreary w atcblng.
Mr. Henry, his shaven head bound In n
napkin, tossed te and fro without remlssieu,
beating the bed with his hands. His tengue
never lay; his veice ran continuously like a
river, re that my heart was weary with the
sound of It, It was notable, nnd te me inex
pressibly mertlfjlng, that he sjKtke all the
w hlle en matters of no import; comings and
goings, horses vv hicli he was ever calling te
have saddled, thinking jierhaps (the tioer
soul!) that he might rlde away from hU dis dis dis
comeortmatters of the garden, the salmon
nets, nnd (what I particularly raged te hear)
continually of his affairs, ciphering figures
nnd holding disputation with the tenantry.
Never a vv erd of his father or his wife, nor of
tlie master, save only for a ilaj- or two, w hen
hl.s mind dwelt entirely iu the ;astaud he
sup)eMHl himself n boy again nnd upon seme
Innocent child's plaj- with his brother. What
inade this the mere nirecting! It appeared the
master had then run seme peril of his life, for
there was n crj' "Oh, Jauue w ill bodrewnod
eh, save Jamlel" which he came ever nud
ever w ith a great ileal of passion.
This, 1 saj-, was iillVetlug, lieth te Mrs.
Henry and myself; but the balance of my
master's wanderings did him little jus
tice. It seemed he had set out te justify his
btther's calumnies; us though he was bent
te prove himself a man of dry nature, Im
mersed in money getting. Had 1 been there
nlone, 1 would net have troubled inj- thumb;
but nil the while, as I listened, I was estimat
ing the clTcct ou the man's wife, and telling
mj-sclf that he fell lower evcry day, I was
tlie one person en the surface of the glebe
that comprehended him, and I wns bound
there should U yet another. Whether he
was te die there and his virtues (ivrish, or
whether he should save his dajsnndrome
Uick te that inheritauce of sorrows, his rijlit
numery, 1 wns lieimd he should lie heartily
lamented in the one case und unatfectedly
vv clceui'sl lu the ether, by the person he loved
thu most, his wlfe.
Finding no occasion of free speech, I be
thought me at last of n kind of documentary
disclosure; und for seme nights, when I was
off duty and should Inve Kvn asleep, I gave
my time, te tlie preparation of that which 1
may call my budget.
But tins 1 found te li the easiest ;ort Ien
of my task, und thnt wlueli remained, name
ly, the presentation lu my lady, nliuest mero
than I had fortltude te ev crtaku. Several
days 1 went about with my Us'i's under my
arm, spying for semu juncture of talk te
serve a Introduction. 1 will net deny but
that semu elfd-ed, only when tliej did my
tongue clove te t lie reef of my mouth, and 1
think I m'ght have Ih'U earrj lug ubeut my
Iiacket till lid day had net a fortunate nccl
dent delivered ma from all my hesitations.
This was at night, vv hen 1 was once luere
leaving the room, the thluj net yet done, and
mj-self iu despiir at my n u coivurdlee.
"What de you cany ubeut with jeu, Mr
Mackellar P she aked "TIijmj last ilaj. 1
see J'eu alnaj-s reinitij iu und eat with the
some armful."
I r.tnmta.1 iimii jnv ktii urltVinnt ivnrtl
laid the papcrt licfore her en the table, and
left her te her reading. Of what that wat t
nm new te glve you rome Idea! and the best
111 be te reproduce a letter of tny'ewn
which came first In the budget, and of which
(according te an excellent habitude! I hare
pnwrved the scroll. It will thew, tee, the
moderation of my part In these affalrt, a
thing which tome bava called recklessly In
question.
"DtmRusncs, 1757.
"HoxeniD Madam; I trust I would net
ttep out of my place without occasion; but I
tee hew much evil bat flowed In the pact te
Ml of your noble house from that unhappy
and secretive fault of retlcency, and th pa
peri en which I venture te call your atten
tion are fandly papers and all highly worthy
your acquaintance.
"I append a schedule with tern necessary
otiscrvatiens, and am, honored madame,
your ladyship's obliged, obedient servant,
"Eruauv Mackkllab."
tencecu or rtrtu.
A. Screti of ten letter from Ephraim ibvetcIUr
te the Honorable Jamta Durie, Esq, by courtesy
Master of Dallaetrte durtag the tatter's residence
lu Paris! under dates fellow the daltsj Net!
te be read In connection with D end'JL
V. 8ercn original letters from the sold Master of
tlallantrae te the said E. Mackellar, under dates
(fellow the dates).
OL Three erl(lat! letters from the said Master
of tlallantrae te the Honorable Henry Durie,
Kw, under dated (fellow the date) Net:
given me by Mr. Henry te answer: copies of my
answer A 4, A Band At of these productions.
The purport of sir, Henry's communications, of
hlcb I can find no scroll, may be gathered from
theso of his unnatural brother.
1). A correspondence, original and scroll, ex
tending ever a period of three years till January
of the current year, between the said MasUreC
Uflllantrae anil , under secretary of
state; twenty seven la alL Keta: found among
tlie master' papers.
Weary as I was with watching and dlt
truss of mind, It was impossible for me te
sleep. All night long I walked in my cham
ber, revolving what should be the Istue aud
sometlmcs repenting the temerity of myin myin
mlxture In alfalrt te private; and with the
first peep of the morning I was at the tick
room deer. Mrs. Henry hail thrown open
the shutters, and even the window, for the
temperature wet mild. Bhe looked stead
fastly befere her, where was .nothing te tee,
or only the blue of the morning creeping
among weeds. Upeu tlie ttlr of my en en
france, she did net se much as turn about
her face a circuiustnnce from which I au
gured very ill.
"Madame," t began; and then again,
"madame," but could tnake no mere of It,
Ner jet did Mrs. Henry ceme te my assist
ance with awerib In this .s3 I began gath
ering up the pajiert w here they lay scattered
ou the tnble, and the first thing that struck
me, their bulk nppeared te have diminished.
Once I ran them through, aud tvlce; but
the corresiienduure with the sccretary of
state, en which I had reckoned te much
against the future, was newhere te be found.
1 looked in the chimney; amid the smolder
lug embers black ashes of paper fluttered In
the draught, and at that my timidity van
ished. "Geed Ged, madame," cried I, In n voice
net fitting for a sick room, "geed Ged,
madame, what have you dene with my pa
jiersp "1 have burned them," said Mrs. Henry,
turning nlieut. "It Is enough, it is tee much,
thnt jeu and I have seen them,"
"This is n Hue night's work that you have
donel" cried L "And nil te save the reputa
tion of n man that eat bread by the shedding
of his comrades' bleed, ns I de by the shed
ding ink."
"Te save the reputation of that family in
which you nre a servant, Mr, Mackellar," she
returned, "nud for which you have already
dene se much."
"It is n family I will net serve much
longer," I cried, "for I nm driven desperate.
Yeu have stricken the sword out of my
hands; you have left us ull defenseless, I
had always these letters I could shake ever
his head; and new what is te del We nre
se falsely situate, we dare net show the man
the deer; the country would lly en flre
agaliist us; nnd I had this ene held uKn lilin
aud new It Is geno new he may ceme back
to-mei row, and vv e must ull sit down with
him te dinner, go for n stroll with him en the
terrace, or take a hand nt cards, of all things,
te divert Ills leisure! Ne, mndnnie; Ged for fer for
gleo you, if he can find it in his heart; for 1
canued find It in mine,"
"1 wonder te find j-eu se simple, Sir. Mac
kellar," said Mrs. Henry, "What does this
man value reputation! But he knows bow
high we prizeit; he known w e vv euld rather
dlu than make these letters pubbe; and de
jeu supjiose he would net trade upon the
knowledge I What j-eu call j-eur sword, Mr.
Mackellar, nnd which bad been ene, haloed,
ngnlnst n man of any remnant of propriety,
would have been butnsvvordef paper against
him. He would smile in your face at such a
threat. Ile stands upon his degradation; he
makes that his sticugth; it Is in vain te strug
gle with such cliaractei s." 8 he cried out thlt
last a little desx'rntely, nud then with mera
quiet: "Ne, Mr. .Mackellar, 1 have thought
ujieii this matter all night, and there Is no
way out of it, l'aiers or no papers, the deer
of this house stands eien for him. He is the
rightful heir, forsooth I If we sought te ex
clude him, nil would redound against peer
Henry, nnd I should see him stoned again
upon the stieets. Ah, If IIenrydlcs.it is a
different mntterl They hive broken the en
tail for their evv n geed pureseB. The estnte
gees te my daughter, and 1 shall see w he sets
a feet upon It, But If Henry lives, my peer
Mr. Mackellar, nnd that man returns, we
must suiTer; only this tlme it will be to
gether "
Ou the whole, I was well pleased with
Mis. Henry's attitude of mind; nor could I
even deny there wnt some cogeney in that
vvl;ich she advanced about the papers.
"Let us say no mere nlieut it," said I. "1
can only lw sorry 1 trusted a lady with the
originals, which wns an unbusinesslike pro
ceeding at the best. As for what 1 sSitl of
leaving the service of the family, it wus
s;ekeii with the tengue only, nnd je"u mnj-setj-eur
mind nt lest, I keieng te Dunn
deer, Mrs. Henry, ns If I had been born
there "
I must de her the Justice te say she seemed
perfectly relieved; se that we began this
morning, ns we were te continue for se many
years, ou u preicr ground of mutual Indul
gence and re'pect,
Thu saine day, which was certainly pi oil
cite te joy, we observed the first signal of
lecevery In Mr. Henry; nud about !1 of tha
following afternoon he found hit mind again,
leoegulzing me by name with the strongest
evidences of lroetleii. Mrs. Henry was also
iu the room, at the lied feet; but it did net
upiK-nr that he observed her And indeed
(tlie fever being geno), he was se wenkth.it
he made but tlie oue effort, and sunk iigaln
Inte a lethargy. Thoceufsoof hit lestera
tien was new slew but cqu li; every d ly tils
npjwtlte Improved; everj' week we were able
te remark nil iiiereasa both of stieugth nnd
flesh, nnd liefore the end of the mouth he wat
out of lied and irid even begun te lie cai i led
in his chair u;kii the terrace.
It nn perhaps nt this time that .Mrs Henry
and I vveie the most uneasy in mind Appio Appie Appio
heusleii for his days was nt tpi end; nud a
worse fear succeeded. Hvery. day we drew
consciously nearer te nday of reckoning, and
thedijaMs,scdunt nnd still there wiisiiethiiig
Mr. Henry better In strength, he held long
talks w ith us en u great diversitj of subjects,
his fntliyr came nud sat with htm and went
2nlm nnd still there wns no reference te the
fail, tragedy or te the former troubles which
hail Hreught it en. Did lw reuiumlier, nnd
conceal his dreadful knowledge! or was the
whole blotted from his mind! this was the
problem thnt keptutwatehingnud trembling
all day when we were In Ids company, and
lield tisawake at night when we were in our
lonely InkIs. We kuuw net ev en w hicli alterna
tive te hepe for, l-eth appearing se unnatural
and jmlnting se diieelly te an unsound bralu.
Once tills fear offered, I elsserved his ceuduet
with sedulous jwirtictilarity. temethiug of
the child he exhibited: a cheerfulness quite
foreign te his previous character, nu interest
readliy aroused, nud then very tenacious, in
small matters which he heretef ere despised.
When be vv as stricken down 1 was his only
confidant, nud I may say his only friend, and
he wasen terms of division with his wife,
Uwn Ids recovery all was changed, the ast
forgotten, the w ife first and eveu single in
hi thoughts. He turned te her with nil his
emotions, like a child te its mother, aud
seemed secure of sympathy, called her In all
his needs with something of that querulous
familiarity that marks a certaiutr of indul
gence; nud I must say, In Justice te the wom
an, lie wa never disappelnteil. Te her in
deed this changed behavior was Inexpressibly
affecting; and I think she felt it secretly as a
reproach; te that I have teen her in early
dJJCPftoiitifJbrepm tjitj b might
uitiutire swrwfii ui wersniKi uuv w site sue
change appeared net natural, nnd, viewing It
along with all the rest, I began te wonder,
with many headthaklngt, whether hit reason
were perfectly erect
At thlt doubt stretched ever many yean,
endured indeed until my master's death, and
clouded all our tubtequcnt relations, I may
well consider of It mera at large. Wbea M
wat able te resume tome charge of his af
fairs, 1 had many opportunities; te try him
with precision. There wat no lack of uader
'standing, nor yet of authority; bat th old
contlnneut Interest had quit departed! he
grew readily fatigued and fall te yawBleg;
aiM ha carried Inte money relation, where It
la certainly out of place, a facility that bor
dered upon slackness. True, sine we had be
longer the exactions of the matter te contend
agalntt, there wat the lets occasion te rait
strictness Inte principle or de battle for a
farthing. True again, there was nothing ex
cessive in these relaxation, or I would have
been no party te them. But the whole thug
marked a change, very slight yet very per
ceptible; and, though no map could say my
matter bad gene at all out of his mind, no
man could deny that he had drifted from hi
character. It was the same te th end, with
hit manner and appearance. Seme of the
beat of the fever lingered in his veins; his
movements a little hurried, his speech nota
bly mere voluble, yet neither truly amiss.
His whole mind steed open te happy im
pressions, welcoming these and making much
of them ; but the smallest suggestion of trouble
or sorrow he received with visible Impatience
and dismissed again with Immediate relief.
It wat te this temper that heewed the felicity
of his later days; and yet here It was, It any
where, that you could call the man Insane. A
great part of this life consists In contemplat
ing what we cannot cure; but Mr. Henry, It
he could net dismiss solicitude by an effort of
the mind, must instantly and at whatever
cost annihilate the cause of It; se that he
played alternately the ostrich and the bulk
It It te thlt strenuous cowardice of pain that
I have te set down all the unfortunate and
excessive steps of his subsequent career. Cer
tainly tlds was the reason of hit beating Mo Me
Manus, the groom, a thing te much out of all
his former practice and which awakened se
much comment at the time. It is te this
again that I must lay the total less of near
upon 200, mere than the halt of which I
could have saved if his Impatience would
have suffered me. But he preferred less or
any despernte extreme te a continuance of
mental suffering.
All this has led me far from our immediate
trouble whether he remembered or had for
gotten his late dreadful act, aud If he re
membered in what light he viewed It. The
truth burst upon us suddenly, and wat In
deed ene of the chief surprises of my life. He
had been nev eral times abroad, and was new
beginning te walk a little with an arm, when
it chanced I should In left alone with him
U(en the terrace. He turned te me with a
singular furtive smile, such as school boys
use when in fault, and says he, in a private
whisper and without the least prefacei
"Where have you buried hlinP
I could net makn one sound In answer.
1 conceive i nad oust taKe me euu ey tne
born. "Mr. Henry," said I, "I have news
te give that will rejoice j-eu exceedingly. In
all human likelihood your hands nre clear of
bleed. I reason from certain indlces, and by
these it should appear your brother was net
dead, but was carried hi a sweund en beard
the lugger. By new he may be perfectly re
covered." Wbet there was. In bis countenance, I could
net fend. "James!" he asked.
"Your brother James," I nnswered. "I
would net raise a hepe that may lie found
deceptive; but in my heart 1 think it vcy
prebable he Is nlive."
"A hi" says Mr. Henry, nnd suddenly rising
ffem Ids scat with mere nlacrity than l.e had
jet discovered, set ene finger en my breast,
and cried at me in n kind of screaming whls
Ier, "Mackellar" these wei his words
"nothing can kill that man. He is net mor
tal. He is bound upon mj back te all eter
nity te all Ged's eternity!" says be, and,
sitting down again, fell upon a stubborn si
leneo. A day or two nfter, with the same secret
smile, and first looking about as if te be sura
we were alene, "Mackellar," said he, "when
you have any intelligence, be sure aud let me
knew. We must keep an oye upon him, or
he will take us when we least expect."
"He will net show face here again," said I.
"Oh, yes he will," said Mr. Henry. "Wher
ever I am, there will he be." And again he
looked all nbeut him.
"Yeu must net dwell upon this thought,
Mr. Henry," said L
"Ne," said he, "that Is very geed advice.
We will never think of it, except when you
have news. And we de net knew j-et," he
added, "he may be dead."
The manner of his snjlng thi convinced
me thoroughly of what I had scarce ventured
te sn,iect; that se far from suffering any
IK'iiitence for the ntteuipt, he did but lament
his failure. This was n discovery I kept te
myself, fearing it might da him a prejudice
with his wife. But 1 might have saved my
self I he trouble; she had divined it for her
self, nnd found the sentiment quite natural.
Indued, 1 could net but say that there were
three of us all of the same mind; nor could
nny news have reached Durrisdeer mere
generally welcome than tidings of the mas
ter's death.
This brings me te speak of the exception,
my old lord. As seen as my nuxiety for my
old muster began te"birr')hixed71"waS"avvare
of a change iu tlie old gentleman, his father,
that seemed te tliicnten mortal consequences.
His face was pale and swollen; as he eat in
the chimney side with bis Latin ha would
drop elT sleeping and the book roll In the
ashes; seme days he would diag his feet,
ethers stumblu in shaking. The amenity of
his behavior appealed mero extreme; f ull of
excuses for the least trouble, very thought
ful for till; te mj self, of a most Uatteiing
rivility. One day, that he had sent for his
wyer and remained a long while pi irate,
lie met me as no was crossing t He hall with
painful footsteps, and toel: me kindly bj- the
hand.
"Mr. Mackellar," said he, "I have had
many occasions te set n proper vnlue en your
services; and today, when I recast my will, 1
have taken the freedom te name you for one
of mj executers. I believe jeu bear leve
eueugh te our heuse te render me this ser
vice" At that verj- time, he passed the
greater portion of his dnys in slumber, from
which it was often dlfllcult te reuse him;
teemed te have lest all ceuut of years and
had several times (particularly en waking)
called for his wlfe and for an old servant
vv hose very grave stone was new green with
mess. If I had been put te my oath, I must
have declared he was iucaiuible of testing;
and yet there was never a will drawn mero
mnsible In every trait, or show ing a mero ex
cellent judgment both of persons and affairs.
His dRsoiutlen, though It took net very
long, proceeded by infinitesimal gradations.
His faculties decayed together steadily; the
power of his limbs was almost geje, he was
extremely deaf, his sjHch had sunk into
mere mumblings; and yet te the end he man
aged te discover something of his former
courtesy and kindness, pressing the band of
any that helped him, presenting me with ene
of his I.atlu books In which he had labori
ously traced my name, and in a thousand
ways reminding us of the greatness of that
less, which it might almost be said we had
already suffereiL Te the end, the power of
articulation returned te htm in tlashes; it
seemed he had only forgotten the art of
speech ns n child forgets Ids lessen, nud at
times he would call some iurt of it te mind.
On the last night of his life he suddenly
broke silence with theso words from Vlrgilt
"Gnatlque pratlsque, almn, precer, mis
erere," perfectly uttered and with a fitting
accent. At the sudden, clear sound of It we
started from our several occupations; but it
was in vain we turned teldni; he sat there
silent and te all appearance fatuous. A
little later he was had te IhsI with mere dif
ficulty than ever before; aud some time in
the nlgnt, without any mortal violence, his
spirit Hed.
The daath of my old lenl was the occasion
of a fresh surprise te u who watched the be
havior of his successor. Te any considering
mind, the tw e sous had between them slain
their father; aud he who took the Bwerd
might be eveu said te have slain him
with his baud. But ue such thought ap
peared te trouble my new lord. He was lie lie
ceuiiugly grave, I could scarce say sorrow
ful, or only with a pleasant sorrow; talking
of the dead with a regretful choerfuluess, re
lating old examples of bis character, smiling
at them with a geed conscience; and, when
the day of :he funeral came round, doing the
honors with exact propriety. I could per
ceive, besides, that he found a solid gratifica
tion iu hi accession te the title, the which he
was punctilious In exacting.
Ctmd'iiucU it f Saturday,
THE TRgATMENT OF LINES.
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Beems Toe Itlfft Bhenld tie Treated Hett
uintally; Ten Lew, Vertically.
It may 13 said, tot lis honor and glory of
our younger nrchltcct especially, atyt The
Art Amateur, that when they Introduce
color In the Interior fitting of ahouse, tbey
almost always produce a tolerable result,
sometimes even a very agreeable one. This
they de by attention te commen-sens rules,
by leasing te harmony of gradation rather
than of contrast, utilizing the natural colors
of material wherever possible, prcferrlas:
warm but broken tones of medium intensity,'
end distributing these in bread maKswOrost maKswOrest
faig te the furniture and me vsble. decora
tions te glve sufficient variety, and, Indeed,
they usually give tee much. But this sensi
ble moderation, this predilection for an har
monious and simple treatment, Is net te b
looked for, as a rule, in their disposition of
lines.
We have nothing te sayngninst the plct plct plct
oresque In architecture when It arises natur
ally from the circumstances of the case, or In
course of tlme. It may be well worth bear
ing the discomfort and inconvenience with'
which they are almost certain te be accom
panied, te have a striking tky line, a fine ef-
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feet of shadow, or n let of romantic associa
tions. But some Of theso things can hardly
be had te order, nnd an attempt te imltate
the accidental plcturesqueuess of old country
dwellings 1 likely te result In anything but
the wished for effect exteriorly, whlle In the
Interior, In ndditten te the various sorts of
discomfort which it entails, it lias led te an
entire disregard of proportion and of the ex
pressiveness vv hen properly managed of
architectural lines.
The owner of a modern cottage, or even of
an cxponslve residence, is us likely ns the
occupant of the most ordinary house te tw
troubled about what te de with bis ill pro
portioned nnd badly arranged rooms. Some
thing can generally Iw done, though in the
former case a satisfactory cui e is often im
possible. Usually tlie difficulty is that the
room is tee high or tee low, tee long or tee
narrow, aud these faults can casllj- be rem
edied when they are net complicated by
Irregular jogs mid bays, by window and
deer casings of unequal height and similar
unlocked for results of the modern architect
plan of worLteg from the outside in. In deal
ing with these complications their victims
mustrelj-en their own Ingenuity; but the
greater obstacles overcome, it may lie found
possible te reduce the lesser, or, if net, te bear
with them, A few typical examples will help
us te understand the principles involved.
Take tlie case very common in modern
houses of n room being tee high for its
fleer space. The obvious thing te de would
lie te previde It with both frieze nud dado,
and te make both of exceptional depth. But
perhaps the builder has alreadj- put in a
dado of the same height as in ether low
studded rooms, and the chances are that he
has made doers and windows se high that a
deep frieze is impossible. He may also have
aggravated the difficulty by fixing ever the
mantel a tall mirror reaching te the cornice;
still, there is no need te despair. The prln prln
clple te act upon remains the same. It is te
multiply and accent the horizontal lines, te
subdue nnd efface seme of the perpendicular
ones. Thus, if the cornice should contain a
row of tall palm fronds, in the Empire taste,
ene should nbstniu from picking them out
with geld, or otherwise drawing attention te
them; but the longitudinal moldings, in
stead, should lie se distinguished,
The narrow f i ieze maj' be decorated w ith
oblong panels or mnj- have a ruuuing or
nament whose curves nppreach the hor
izontal. Sofas and ether oblong pieces of
furnlture mnj' be disposed where they
will de the most geed, nnd the current
fashion of decerntlng iiertieres nnd heavy
window curtaint with bread horizon
tal bauds may be followed with advantage.
The effect of tlie tall mantel and mirror may
be neutralized in part by treating the frame
of the latter dillereutlj' from the mantel it
self, regildlng it, for example, and by cover
ing tlie mantel shelf with a deep lambrequin.
The paper should lie of n dlajicr pattern. In
the opiesito case, nil this should be reversed.
The figures en the wall paper should le ills ills
jiesed in vertical stiipes; the frieze should lie
emitted or made very narrow; no horizontal
bands should lw allowed en the curtains,
which should haug in straight folds, sofas
VERTICAL TltEATME-Vr OP LINES, TO am! AP
1'AUE.ST I.NCItnASE OF IIIOIIT TO A IIOOU.
should glve way te chairs, and nny paneled
nrticle of furniture that may be introduced'
should be chosen for Its height nnd the height
of its panels. I
The two necempnnying illustrations show
ing thesame wall differently treated, explain
tlie principle en which nil these suggestions
nre based; but the murh pleasanter appear appear
raice of the second should teach us that it is
well that vertical lines should dominate.
Anj tee great insistence en the horizontal
lines is sure te give an Impression of a crush
ing force overhead. It w(ll sometimes hap
pen that a single bold stroke, the introduc
tion of ene conspicuous horizontal, will suf
fice te correct the bad projiertlons of a high
celled room. But violent contrasts are dan
gerous; n few objects bounded by graceful
curv es, or of shapes approaching the square,
w ill be desirable te obviate them.
A l.imirleiis Lounging l'lnce.
A divan made out of n ;iacking box, cush
ioned and draped with u Bagdad curtain, or
ene of grandmother's blue nrjd white cover
lets, it, if filled with plenty of soft pillows, a
most luxurious lounging place, and discounts
the cabinetmaker's twst effort by half, that is,
If comfort nnd economy are considered.
A Famous JZngtUli hettvr.
Here is a picture of the noted black nnd
white English setter Cincinnatus, who was
whelped in May, lbSfl. Gen. Shattue was bis
breeder. Cincinnatus U a thoroughly wl-1
brai animal. Hu sirs U Count Neblo ant
CINCINNATI'S.
dam Champien Dide II, se, It breeding
count for anything, he ha It thick. Ciuciu
nntushas doue well en the bench, having
wen third In epeu class at New Yerk last
rpring and first at Teledo in the full. In th
field his record is what his owner, being a
sportsman, U mere proud of. He divided in
Ie53 the third prize in the all aged setter
stake at the Southern field trials. Then In
the recent Eastern field trials he divided
fourth lu the all aged setter stake, his kennel
companion, Teledo Blade, taking second
glwe, .
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