A ROMANTIC SKETCH. The following | from a son of the clergyman who per- formed the marriage ceremony, aud who came from England to this coun- try, where he is now in good business. “On the evening of a dark and low close carri story had dirce ry day in late autumn, a age was driven to the door of an inn Derby- alight d, in a manufacturing town of ghier, from which a female led. the landlord closely cloaked and ve she seems ed to know that kind-h arted man, ed. S called without raising he was a and one to be trust she him aside, and said, veil, bat in and a voice of rare sweeiness evidently of young person t trust vou to ser that no harn account must he a wife with st find I must d you mu thst you married. hour: an band. I only ask man who can legally man not a rascal, and take thi nor to me word of the marriage « have been pronounced. find er, and then bring such a man, and bring him’} a willing « man, you will do me a great favor.” “But the licence, madam?” have a apecis the “I am pryided. I ilcense waitng only name bridegroom.” It took the host some little make up his mind that the lady time to was in earnest, and that all else was right so far as the law was concerned .When he was satisfied upon these points he nodded and pleasantly smiled. Just the man required was in the employ. He went out into the stable where he found Mark Conroy at wor Mark was L Ss over a favorite horse. splendid mental manhood. Nearly six feet tall swrfoctly wortione i featur perfectly proportioned, with features Wp and handsome, an eyes like a | ¢ [| well gh ustering mass of t. and a cl n oni wih | head, he Ma and went with In ard apartment where mined to have request from and she made i, lips : hie } Bin, and so proud before considerably. But she with it, claiming before mentioned. got from him While he tried by every means in to gain a glimpse of her face, bat in Yet he did not miss her to his the pledge she spoke his power vaio. It was very sweet voice, ear, He think he loved music, and he did not should ever forget the rich,pure tones | of that voice. to her Never woman with such breathing of “My dear lady,’ ine character a music he said, with a head. “1 1] 14) Hel yn of the hi Mat respectful nati will accept the money which y because I think I can make a Ordinarily 1 but use of it. w listen for a moment, now hundred pounds may be the weight in | the balance that shall make my whole future ; and added to this I may serve you. Not hundred pounds would I lend for a thousand myself to a plot that could work harm yourself. “It will save me, sir; oh, it me!” “Then I am ready.” “And—I have your promise “I have given my word, It never yet broken, and I do not think that to your harm I shall now make my first false step.” Somehow the lady seemed 16 be | more shy than she had been at first, will save WAS and once or twice she moved away | from Mark, as though she was afraid of him, and cruched nearer to the landlord. Near at hand lived an acco mmoda- ting rector. He came in fully un- derstanding the work he was to do, and after a few whispered words with the lady he signified his readiness to proceed. The name of Mark Conroy rv was filled into the hicenseafter which the work was quickly done.” ‘Must I sighn the register 7" the newly made wife asked, uneasily. The clergyman insisted upon it. The law required it. Mark signed his name in a bold, strong round hand. Then the lady took the pen, and tremblingiy wrot¢ fi name, saying - “That is not the nam I right by which am known, but I have a sacred io i.” She had written*( she gave LO the re host five + Temple.” tor fivepounds to the more : and then she | them and put them into and il | as though to hide an counted out six crisp Mfifty-pound jotes 10 her husband Mark took PO ket, then he drew from il sovereign n the p whoes name you can wear when will, and whe ust hencelorih td » ovou?” { ith ) | and turved away, She caught the peice of gold wit spasmodic clutch, emotion which 1 | she did not care to have witnessed, One step and Mark Conroy was by her He took raised it to his lips. “] do he almost in a whisper. “And now lady” he added, lifting his | pd stepping back, shall be true to the taken upon myself. side, her hand, and, this reverently,” said roundly: w that |] vows this night If, to come, Mark Conroy can in any way “ and Ki in the time serve { and be will never : 'i y hvat ot i S00 ’'1 ( MIVSICH § " pecimen of | aysician an I ADY service he Adieu! through | was whirling | nine It was to him an index | COATSe | times three i to | you, you may command him He will never intrude, take happily without fear advantage may nder. vod an- y ore Ea } ble May G yd and the watch over you, and “8 gles go | Bonifa rtly afterwards t 1 rapi lly away int ge the | gloom, toward Cheshir.. the old bi The clock in the tower of the woman church was striking of as the strange from the Derby:hire ion. -as the same forth the another carriage was driven rapidly wr tL Tuve Two bell hammer Way pealing eleventh rom which alighted two elderly face, gentle Nn AND man, and the othe del au arrival, hard, hawk-like evidently a heard the ger, and Mark Conroy n to see younge emen was Had anything young lady, described, appearing as th man Mark contrived to whisper into the at's ear, to direct his questions How old publican, no WAS the la ly ked tl “Nineteen,” answered theold man “Was “She had the name vixen! she bandsome the shameless -0of being the handsomest girl in Staffordshire.” And then the host told his story- told it as it was, all save that he rep resented the husband as having gone | in pursuit, not to molest the lady, but | to protect her into Staffordshire, for | he had determined to serve her if hie | could. The younger man swore a big oath, and the elder man swore a bigger. Their plans were shattered, and they were crestfallen and chagrined. B:fore they went away, the young. er man discovered our hero, who had remained respectfully in the back. ground, “Hallo, Mark ! is that yourself?” t | Hag al of | P hour | with a |ci ai And he advanced and extended a hand with perfect freedom of manner, “Yes, my lord, I am stopping here just now.” “Ah, say, Mark, did you see this girl we have been talking about?” “Why, my lord, as for seeing her, 1 cannot say I did; but I saw the car- ringe, and saw a woman get into it [acd whisk away.” “Well, old fellow, there went the most dainty bit of womanhood kingdom. Egad! hard and fast, in the Sir John is ber gura- dian, and had given her to me; but an oath | Loe ks wen of no use, “she has giv bolts and iron bars have |§ Sir John's 8 and shi 's bh en honest | " .y { ly married, guardianship is jut, filly. | at an end. say, A mhbe + ent whl en took their leave, “Who as they “That,” replied Mark’ i of Bently—Dick Temple.” And they all went L.« was that?’ deman host, drove away, AVS med y LIK Ma { CAL books to French and German sch | had that hundre pounds might be the making « 8 Hee k Conroy fi He , and read and stud IC A Lew man, said the three { him, take. The Derby mis tu nor did he owner of place near A raiser thoroughbred stock—was him a half interest and in a very few stables of at the years the horses from the Monkton & Conroy stood of the list in England. The Earl of Be sotly le go betting Mark bou | head favorite filly to pay a debt, ght the or guineas, F ania twenty ur yeags later the filly was koown and celebrated under | name of “Lightfoot, | her to the Earl of Laat unds, and sl the and Mark sold Derby 'r for ber noble own | | [his was but many. Mark Cont hood that any might covet, for it wa and above all gl ght years had elapsed since i Mark C grown pure, else, yrions health. lay on whi uroy was mar ried, and be had from four and -twer ly, Ww ol Paris first | tour rmany. From pleasure he did { hiding 1n a rec I supposed I had her | | whom | { aud the n us the slip. | mi master that | and tha a | of | o CC glad to sell | “O07 carfeully prepare | tgaw her speak witha man cupant of the suite he had designated | was an English lady, who had been with him several weeks—Lady Isabe) Cordelia, of Templeton, She was beautiful woman, but evidently happy. Mark Conroy found it the suite un un apartments, and did pot lose sight entrance dark he About an hour out, and who ling Presently afier ined by a a tu af er saw the maid come (HH, Lhal Lhis man was j« noth he had called by a low whist from A two entered the chambe which the maid came. the and thet W ments, during which sound of a smothered cry, isimeqd Lhe self up an Knows morrow Mark C tif he 15 in roy all, to morning he may suffer for it} The two men sluvk away, and led the lady to a seat, would have let her go, but she to h He comparative calmness, hecause y a clung with he had the m. was able to speak himself for | meeting. and | promise. Ih | . Lady, 1 have not forgotten my watched it Hover y Ave you when you knew u may | | where were | make it homelike, | were | | § then 111 aod ta k K€ rest he | | The | | command me even yet.’ | { clinging to his strong arm, She looked up into his face, still viet y HOLL i upon } low Shae I 1&8 Were her surprisingly beautiful face, | fr 8% | half of the robust io | the [1 {and frankly into her face, he } nen | 1e | brance | dare not, | Are, juaintly | uy « m= ted inn, witl yumerable nooks stru when of a Earl and corners, he al n TeCORSES, was attracted by the sound familier ¥ Lt was (he Mee, B ntley, an ne th his valet d, Pp weriul engaged b a cal, of his daring. visage AUC physical | gth aad sire in her | an hour after dark,” said the voice of the Earl. I bought up her My boat is at the old landing Will you Carry the lady to that boat ? The valet said he would do it “Bhe will be alone have maid (I must not be seen here. He | knew just the | task. He would bear the lady to the boat and she would make no outery. “Once the is in my went on the Earl, “all elseis simple. We will prove her professed marriage all a sham, and she will marry me, or" The rest of the sentence was lost.” Conroy's heart beat hard and fast, He knew very well who was the lady alluded to, He inquired of the landlord, how, ever, and was informed that the oc how to accomplish power,” { him, of | have not lost sight of you. I a dark | evidently | thrived snd pr ] chamber thought of “You Aare Mark C “l am." “Do y “I do nroy | trous eyes a living light, she er own bosor where | s the golden halfsoverign. mh n, been kept in a velvet pouch ther Conroy orld contain his great | heart no longer. Grasping both the | ady's hands and looking earnestly said that hour, of h “Lady, from that Derbyshire inn! 1 | faith then trayed to me a pur the kept Your voice other years— ur in haye the be wm pledged. e and worthy w an, and | have held the sweet remem. de Vi y and what y in love and true knowir g wi ask vi if you u to shar She put oul ] “Mark Conroy, from that hour lived jrere Qu” how you have how ¥ have “But,” he cried, “you do interrupting her, not know that the one yourself has been the blessed spirit of my uprising.” “But—I have hoped it, “You-—have—hoped “0! my husband ! if you can claim me for your wife, and love me always, I will be happy !” And so, after the years of she said, walling Mark Conroy found his reward; and he was not prouder or more happy than the Lady Isabel Cordelia, heiress of the vast estate of the Earl of Tem- pleton. A distant cousin inherited the title, but the wealth was hers, Lord Bentley, when he learned the truth, not only gave np his striv. ing and his persecution, but he de scended to beg that the story of his fruitless endeavors might Le told in and a var | R i | the | England, But in England, Mark Conroy and | his wife lived no more. They found ‘a pleasanter home on the Rhine, countryman enough to and where gociety they estimated in for the Of grand qualities of head and heart that of | endeared them to all with whom they came in social meeting. a2 —. WAII——— CONFIDENCE MAN STED. | AKLKE swindlers that ever operatea (en- N Ie 10 3 to be ral add irthern 10 8 1air way bbed Ast week one of the is, oLherwi “Pete M Harrisburg ort. 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