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Strtra not with restless hmin to penetrate ,
And comprehend the bidden things of.Fato ; • .
Ere many days the suer' will molt, and then
Earth Iles once more uncovered to men.
What geed the future's sealed nook to know?
For It it roses hide, thestll surely blow. •
Carlesruhe, tiertusmy.. L. M.
Do not forget !no:
The hours full freighted with a joy too deep
.For words have flown too svelftly by. Oh keep
That joy tintllmmett! •
And though hyncororth WU two should dwell spirt,
Let nottad trunnorlos linger In yoUr he4trt,
JOIIN fi..B.A/Dptl4o.lV
Do not forget me '
•Think.of the happy tlaii when !Int wo
Their golden radiance is around us yet—
That afterglow
Of the - blest time. when earth and sea and skies,
Revealed new glories to our wondering eyes,
'Transfigured by love's power.
Uo not forget me I .
Co where you will you are not tar from me,:
thoughts will not follow you o•er land and sea
Unceasingly.
And In tho stillness of some lonely hocir, •
Your sonrand mine by strange magnetic power,
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Do not forget me! .
Thtnk,of tho love that patiently waits for you,
Think of the heartlhat ever clings to you,
All trustingly,
Content, if sunshine falls around yout way,
To brighten every -path wherein you stray,
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Do not forget me.:
A kind remembrauce Is not much -to ask
Surely It will not be too hard a task
Sometimes to MIA
Of one, for whom the world can yteld no Wes
So deeli. so true, so - exqulstte as this, .
Love Me, Love My Dog.
L. Et.sinint
In Farmer Applegarth's lower
meadow a bull was being baited, and
from all the moor and fell-side huts
and, villages around, miners had come
trooping in, with dogs at their. heels,
to-enjoy the sport. Nay, boys and
women were not wanting, for those
were rough times, and unless the poor
beast . had been , duly tortured, his
flesh Nfould not have been , esteemed
suflielvotly tender for a gentleman's
table. Beef was wanting for a bnn
qiiet ,at Derwentside, Hari, and henee
there Lwas a call for the, bull-bait.•
Women then worked .in the depths
of the oal-pits, not. merely on the
hanks, ''nd were naturally Amazons,
of a oarse and brutalized type,
mingli ig freely with the men in their
rough ames, just as they shared their
labors,. .
A ;, rong stake bding driven se
curely into. the ground, a fine young
bull, with ' sleek brown hide and
fiery eyes, was 'fastened to it, with
length of chain jitst suffiCient to leave
him tree to throw himself about ,in
impotent attempts to break away.
Then,.one by one,
thick-set,, black ;
muzzled, strong fanged -bun-dogs
were,let loose upon him—dogs train
ed to the sport, and expected to grip
the bull firmly by the nostril and pin
to the earth.
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But the proud animal,already chaf
ed by the chain and the vociferous
spectators ; was not likely to brook
this onslaught ; and they who ventur
ed their dogs were prepared to see
them caught on the ready horns of
the bull, and tossed, high in the air
_over his head, gored, maimed, and
bleeding, to lie down and die, or re
turn to the charge more furious from
defeat,while the chained beast champ
ed and bellowed, and bending down
its strong- and i:passive bead, brought
its defensive horns
.low enough to
catch his foes one after another on
their formidable points, and fling
them to their defeated fellows; or,
wild with pain, strove in vain to
shake his tormentors from frothy lip,
or'biceding flank and - dew-lap, till be
sank exhausted, the clogs were choked
off, and the butcher with his pole-axe
put an end to the brutal sport.
July ?I', 76
Common as were such scenes, it is
not to be supposed 'that the whole of
the countenanced or up
held theM. They were sanctioned
by custom and long usage, but hu
manity and intelligence shrank from
such spectacles, and tender-hearted
Women shuddered at the. very
thought. • .
Such, though reared- on the inoor
side, with none. of the educational
;advantages of the present day, was
Hope Wolsingham, - dairy-maid on
the Applegarth Farm„whieh was sit
uated near the confines of the Der
wentside woods, sheltered and almost
shadowed by the oak-crowned rocks,
below which rose and fell with many
curves, the mile-long byway to the
river and the hall. Between the
woods and the farm, round which it
swept, ran the broader lane common
to• the scattered' population, and was
cut up into deep ruts by the' wheels
of. coal Wagons and farmers' carts.
Not far away was a side gate into the
woods, and any one• crossing thence
to the moors must pass the farm-yard
gate.
. At this moor-side farm 'Hope .tVol-.
'singham had been placed by her
grandmother when she was little
over nine years of age. Her father
and mother had both been killed by
choke-damP. in the bottom or . the
coalpit'Where•they worked together,
and Betty Wolsingham—nurse .and.
'doctress to' the 'whole-moor--side—
thought she bad done. well for her
orphan grandchild *hen' Gilbert Ap
plerrarth and his. wife agreed to take
the littie 'one and find her, work on
the farm, She patted Hope's fair
head as she left her standing' by' the
oak settle in the big •kitcheri, and,
bade her be '‘:‘gude bairn
had :no oppressive foreLodings of
!.how the little back would ache with
stooping to pick stones and weeds
all day Long, week in and week out ;
1 or how lonely and monotonous it
would be to htand in a field all the
sunlit hours to frighten birds from
the farmer's crops with clapper, voice,
and wild gesticulatiOns, till arms and
throat alike: were 'weary. Indeed,.
had any philanthropist, born out of
due time, so much as hinted that a
' growing child's strength _should not.
TOWAN DA. PA.
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TWIBL&TED FROM METES.
DO NOT FORGET Ml.
Vi cloud j 0111" brow with care.
hula cotumunton sweet
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To lova and care for for
gtelcrkti QTale.
A STORY, ,IN SIX CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER. I.
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,
lm overtaxed, Betty, wise in her own
generation, would, no doubt. have
asked in indignant response "Wey,
what div ye• think lads and lasses wor ,
myed fur butte 'mirk *Wark's gnde
fur th' balra, and wark' she mun; iv
she myens to live." ,
And really, judging from appear
nces, work did not seem to have
done the girl ,much harm. She had
had a good and sensible mistreat,:
Haile Applegarth had t.aken her into
favor, not the favor £f indulgence,
but judicious trtining for her walk in
life ; and at nineteen, Hope had much
to thank her work and her mistress
for: The fresh breezes of moor and
fell had. fanned the roses of her
cheeks and elbows into perennial
bloom. Her foot was firm and free ;
.she was straight us 'a willow-wand,
and as supple, and balanced the laden
milk-pail on her head as .easily as a
Countess might carry her-coronet.
Be sure, many a' shy, glance was
cast toward Gilbert Applegarth's
rosy:eheeked dairy-maid at fair or
market, or at the parish church on a
Sunday ; but Hope seemed provok
ngly unconscious, and would-be
wooers had finial! encouragement.
Perhaps the right one bad not
glanced her way. Perhaps Amos
Hedley, the new game-keeper at Der
wentside, might have found her less
indifferent had he sought her out.
But though the buxom • maid might
be seen in the farm-yaid at all hours
—or on , her way io field or byre with
'stool and pail, or decorating the'
barkless dairy-tree- with cans that
shone like silver, or, if it were Sum
mer time, churning in the open air—
Amos Medley' would cross the road,
and stalk past the farm-gate with his
gun over jiffs shoulder,_ and two or
three dogs at his heels, whistling, in
utter disrtard of the clear grayeyes
that followed his footsteps, until trees
or the rocky banks of the descending
lane siiillowed up dogs,
.man, an.l
theiast glint of his gun-barrel.
lf&was a firmly-built, keen-eyed
young fellow, with crisp amber curls
and fresh ruddy complexion, . and
Hope was not the only damsel who
had speculated whether the newcomer
had left a sweetheart behind him else
where.
• It so happened that Amos had been
out on the - moors in attendance. on
his!Master and a party of sporting
friends, and on his . way homewaral
laden :with grouse and moor-fowl,
took n short-cut through Apple
garth's meadow during• the progress
of the? bull bait.
Gipsy, a favorite black-and-tan set
ter, ran by his side, with eyes
.that
sparkled.like crystals in his graceful
head, with every motion of which his.
pendulous ears. flapped and 'shone
like silk; but the drooping curve of
his feathery tail, and the darkearthy
clots on the fringe of his limbs, told
of a heavy day's work, and a readi
ness for the kennel.
Whether weariness or euriosiV, or
both combined, prompted Ainos to
take the field path rather. than
the lane, he soon did cause to
regret his choice. 'Your game
keeper is never a favorite' with
the dregs of a rural population, more
particularly if he be a faithful con
server of his master's interests, and
Amos liedley had not won his way
into favor by familiarity.
Ms appearance on the scene was a
signal for scowling and whispering.
It was observed and hinted that his
gun was slung at his back, and that
he had only one dog with him. "
Pre.4ently some one—it,waS after
ward said Nick Paw. the traveling
tinker=stmgested that- it would be
fine fun to see Gibsy seta bull; his
cronies, Joey Dobson and Mat Laing,
about whom hting allavor of poach
ing, catching and communicating the
" gran lairk" to others.- No coal-pit
ever fired more rapidly than the re
fuse of that crowd, already excited
to explosion.; .
Amos had. loitered to look on. Gip
sy wagging his tail and ptittingdown
his head dubionsly, as cries of "New,
Grip !" "Naw, lioldfast !" " Pincher
fur ivvor I" "Naw - Grip's pinned un
by'r lakins!" " Dom ye Pincher hez
him !" half drowned the stifled bel
lowing of the bull. • . •
There was a simultaneous move
ment among the crowd, the setter
was caught up by experienced hands,
fincl before Amos, who was hustled. /
aside, could interpose, the dog was
flung into the open ring right in the.
face of the maddened beast. Nature
and training were against his attack
ing so formidable a foe, yet GipSy
was too well-bred td turn_ tail even
had there been time. The bull, with
lioldfast on hiS, flunk, Grip hanging
to his lip; and- Pincher on his should
er, yet made a final spurn to shake
th,rn off, and meet the new assailant.
.Down went the strong shart horn,
and- s tlipsy flew into the air, and land
ed far behind with a great gash in his
side and broken foreleg.
" Who did- that ?" cried Amos
angrily, as lie caught sight of the set
ter in the ring. ",Gip, Gip !" but the
good dog was past- recall ; -and the
gamekeeper, descrying a grinning
face before hinr, clutched the owner
by the collar, and well shook the i
grimy fellow, whom he accused of the
cruel deed in no measured language.
Nick , Faw had both bands free, and
helpers ready. 'Tearing himself loose
he struck outst Amos,.who was cum
bered with his load of gaine:
The mischievous conspirators
closed round with shouts and yells-;
the birds were torn from him, and
tossed from hand to hand ;, the flag
ging bull was forgotten, now that
there was an obnoxious item of hu-.
inanity to bait ; and though the shrill
voices of women, and the gruff tones
.of sturdy men called loudly . for fair
play, and though Farmer Apple
path hurried up and strove . with
strength of limb and authority to
part the swaying crowd, Amos was
battered right and left, his. one pair
of muscular hands availing little
against the shower of kicks - and
blows which fell upon. him and
threatened a fatal issue.' ,
Already his manful bearing lad
Created a diversion in his favor among
the miners and other non-plotters.
An attempt'-at his rescue,which might
hive reSulted'in a general fight, was
• being made, when
.there was a simul.
taneous cry from the skirts of 'the
noisy crowd : " Sir William!" . " Sir
• - William 1" And almost at the' same
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TOWANDA, - BRAD' FORD COUNTY - =MAY MORNING : -Mlo4.tti 13 1879 .‘
moment was heard the Authoritative
demand . "_What is the meaning of
this ?"
The unlooked-for appearance Of
the Baronet and his . Mends cowed
the turbtdent'spirits, that .Is, as soon
as the silence which fell on the fringe
of the_dispersing erowdeommunicult
ed its warning tos the writhing knot
of brutes who had Amos Hedley in
their midst struggling for his life,
now up, now down. • -
Nick :Few slunk away on the first
alarm, leaving his two associates',
Joey and Mat, to bear the brunt of
the Baronet's displeasure ; and when
Amos rose 'staggering to his feet, a
bleeding, bruised, and disordered li
bel on the fresh-looking young fellow
who had come so fearlessly into their
midst,: hands were not wanting to se
cure the delinquents, or tongues to
tell their demerits. • ,
And &demerit not to.be overlooked
by the men who had pitted their bull
dogs against the bull, by this time
dispatched, was the =outrageous un
fairness of flinging a . setter in the
ring at a ; the onslaught on
the keeper was as nothing in compar
ison.
Nor was Sir William likely to over r
look either the loss of his four-footed
favorite, which had . unaccountably
disappeared, or the maitrestmetit of
his servant.
Cursing lilek Faw with every step
of the long road, Joey Dobson and
Mat Laing were hauled off with
scant ceremony to the Justice-room
of the hall; and thence transition to
the local house of correction was
swifter than pleasant. It was ho use
for notorious poachers to plead that
they were Mere tools of Nick Faw,
the tinker. They had been 'instru
mental in, the destruction or injury
6f 'a valuable dog, highly prized by
Sir William, and had likewise brutal
ly ill-used_ his servant.
Although Apos Hedley had strug
gled to his feet on the opportune
rival of his good master, he stagger-,
ed like a drunken man, and was only
kept from falling by the help of oth,
ers. Being a single' man, he was
quartered at the hall with one of the
grooms ; but he had bled profusely,
and was in no condition to, walk
thither, and no conveyance was at
hand.
But Gilbert Applegarth was, and
though he did not throir, his doors
open to everyfellow who got bruised
in a common brawl, he was ready
enough to proffer hospitable welcome
and attention to any decent body in
distress.
He was especially attentive to the
wounded Amos, who cut a sorry fig
ure in his torn garments, with his cut
lip, swollen nose,and eyes half closed
with pulpy cushions of indescribable
hue. In his bluff good nature, he
felt as if the onslought on the game
keeper in some sort reflected on him
self, seeing that it occurred on his
own land, and that he could not do
too much to wipe out the stain.
Ile assured Sir William that his
servant should have every Attention
-at the farm, that his presence there
would be "no inconvenience- what
ever ;" and at the young ivan's earn=
est,request, caused . diligent search to
be made for the missing setter, which,
not being found; dead or alive, wes
conlectured to have been carried off
by the uncanny tinker.
When Amos, suppoited by the
farmer and his son, stumbled into the
great kitchenay
-here a bright. fire
*as blazing on the hearth, gleaming
and glinimering . again . polishei
oak, gl*ng in burnished brass-and
pewter—and war helped to a:cushion
ed 'rockingchair by the ingle-nook, a
stooping female figure rose with a
sudden exclaniation, to make way for
them, almost upSetting a large bowl
of water as she did so. It was Hope
Wolsingbam, whose\4es were red
with weeping, and Whose - clothing
bore as many sanguine stOns as that
of Amos,- who was alniostloo blind,
dazed, and exhausted to take' note of
her or her occupation.
A , low whine, of recognition;, a
dog's nose aganst the hand •which
hung.listlessly down, aroused .him
the consciousness that Gipsy was
safe-, and next, that the young woman
before him had been compassionately
Washing the wounds of the poor
creature,, and binding them up as
carefully as though it had been hu
man.
He could not see how she had wept
over the dog,'when by some instinct
it had crept to her feet at the house
door, or how pitfully she had brought
water for its thirst as well as its in
juries,or the mental process by which
the dog had been associated with its
keeper. But, for what he did see, his
heart thanked her better than his
lips. ,
Aye; and thanked her more than
when, in conjunction with busy name
Applegarth, her attention was trans
ferred to himself, and he felt the
fingers tremble as they bathed his
poor disfigured face, or fed him with
healing possets, or shook up the soft
feather pillows. to ease his aching
head and shoulders.
Sir William came to see his game
keeper, and then my lady, whose cu.
riosity had been aroused by her hus
band's 'praises of the kind-hearted
dairy-maid, who had so deftly bound
up Gipsy's gaping side and broken
limb, and was taking as much care of
the setter as of the young man.
Hope condsied and blushed, and
rolled her apron over her hands ab
stractedly as her ladyship with con
descending affability commended the
maid's humanity and skill; bpt she
jerked her bands behind her when
thelady drew a long crimsnn silk
purse from her handsome reticule to
proffer a golden gift, and retreated
as if the• coin were a very witch's
lure.
," Hon; maw teddy!" she protest
ed. "Aw cuddn't, aw cuddn't tak'
it! The puir dumb doggie's welcome :
twice over. Awd,lx) a brute mysel'
to telt' pay fur th' bit of tendin aw
gied either th' puir doggie or th' can
ney young chep pander, they brutes
nigh °looted. to death!" ,
The .money went back into the
parse of the visitor, who returned to
the hall undecided whether to admire
or resent ihe singular young woman's
refusal of , a reward - •
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CHAPTER H.
Amos Ridley kne*, though his
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eyes were hsilf-shnt, and 'the " puir
doggie "' . might have knowikhe wag-.
ged his tail so unhesitatingly,at her
approach, Or followed - her movements
with, is bright black eyes, before he
began to limp atter her on his three
sound legs.. •
She - put aside the faint thanks of
AMOS, much as the had rejeeted:p4-
ment for an act of natural - kindness,
but; she gave the dumb animal many
a caress, which the.
." canny young
chep " envied, having no intuitive
perception that the tender-hearted
maiden was caressing , himself by
proxy.
He had spent a day in bed, with
streaks from the brown bull upon his
disfigured face, and had quite a week
in the farmer's may -chair, before the
taxed-cart was sent for him from the
hall ; and though the farmer - and Akis
dame did their hospitable .utmost
toward his comfort and recovery, he
was keenly sensible of the dif
ference of touch and kips , when
their dairy-maid applied a poultice,
or administered herbal decoctions
prepared from her grandmother's , re
cipes. And though his eyes were
black and swollen, be had .yet sight
enough to discern the fair propor
tions of Hope's lissom form, the ten.
derness of her .smiling countenance,
until, 'as the outer wounds healed, a
new and inner one opened. '
Hope offered,her ahoulder for him
to lean on as he walked - to the cart,
and he was not too proud to accept
her aid, although he knew well he
could have without it.' She ran
to the barn for str&w to put under
his feet, and to make, a bed for Gipsy.
She stroked and patted the dog,
which returned her farewell in demon--
stnltive- dog fashion. She shook
hands with Amos heartily, bidding
him come and show himself when be
was quite well, and to keep out of
the ill-disposed tinker's way. And
when the - cart bad driven off, and
Gilbert Applegarth and his wife bad
gone back into the house, she' still
lingered at the gate to watch the con
veyance, as it turned the corner of a
reoss-grown g rey rock, and waved
her last good-bye to the young man,
who chanced to look back at that
moment.
BaTrely had Amos Hedley time, to
discover that, ho was in love with
pretty, rosy-checked Hope Wolsing
barn, and to torment himself lest his
disfigured face should, have set her
against him, or to resolve that he
would not set foot again on Apple
garth's floor until his lip was com
pletely healed, and he could walk
erect as of old, self-conscious of
strength and comeliness ; -barely, I
say, had he time to arrive at this
stage of feeling and resolve, when
news reached the hall that his two
poaching assailants had escaped. ,
There had been iron- bars to the
windows of their prison, and - the
building was of solid stone, but the
rogues and vagabonds were lodged
in one common room, and it bad a
window easily accessible from with
out.
Two of the three iron stanchions,
which had , seen - years of service, had
been filed away, evidently by a prac
ticed band: The lead-setting of the
diainond panes had. been cut clean
through, and the entire window with
not a pane broken left outside, along
with a rope which dangled from the
remaining bar.
It was very plain that, Nick. Fair
hail come to the rescue of his com
rades, and had satisfied them that
there was honor among thieves:
Sir William - and his fellow justices
were naturally incensed, threatened
the.warder with dismissal, and had
descriptions of Joey Dobson and
Matthew Laing inserted in the Rue
and-Cry, but they might have spared
their pains; the men were not forth
coming.
A peddler brought the news with
his pack to the servants's ball "at Der-
Went side, and what more natural
than for Amos liedley to hasten with
the intelligence to his kind friends - at
the farm, forgetful of his seamed lips
and yet perceptible limp. Bearing a
hare orer his shoulder us a present
from Sir William to the farmer, .a
pair of bright shoe-buckles and a gay
cap -ribbon from the peddler's - pack
for the "mistress and her maid, he
croskd the park an • an , unwonted
tremor,„and bad nearly stepped upon
a steel man-trap, of his own setting,
in his iucantious hurry through the
woods.
As he emerged from the shadow of
the trees at thec \ opse-gate, he saw
that the peddler \ must have loi- .
tered by the way and left his news
bellied him, for all deism the village
street knots of women with-their hare
arms crossed, and smut 't y fellows
with short pipes between their \ teeth,
were grouped together,
or dispersing
to gossip elsewhere. .The farm:gate
stood - open • burly Gilbert Apple
garth, with b oth hands thrust into
his breeches-pockets, leaned against
the gatepost, demonstrating to an
eager audience that none other than
Nick Faw -the tinker bad helped the
culprits out of jail. Wasn't he and
them thick as thieves? And wasn't
there a token of his handework about
it?
Applegarth's tall son George, with
a flail over his shoulder, stood close
by his father's sideosodding his head
in assent, and Amos caught a glimpse
of a dark blae,printedshort-gown, or
jacket, and, a smiling .face under a
white linen cap between the father
and soil ; but as he neared the group;
he, saw a dark petticoat - disappear
round the corner of the house, and
his heart sank with a great fall.
He was, too busy asking himself
the question why Hope ran away, to
pay much attention to the queries of
others concerning the prison-break
ers, and the farmer spoke to him
twice before he received an assent to
his theory of Nick Faw's tools hav
ing done the business.
Disheartened by Hope's apparent
avoidance, be would have contented
himself with handing the hare to the
farmer with Sir William's compll
'meats, and leaving the . buckles, for
Dame Applegarth with his own ".re
speetful service," but Gipsy did not
answer to his call, his lip was yet too
sore for whistling, and Gilbert's hos
pitality was not to be'gainsaid; so
paid" to oblige the &ruler ' and part 4
ly to look alter the stray setter ; he
followed thorax:net into. theNg
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ing einokinghpqdarficieftheeiei:
And,thea 'the gossipif mint biAre
periled, for - Monne 3 A pplifipithls dal ;
w as loud at work' in the team ;
The eyes,of Amos we j te.egOn dis ;
appointed. A ,sun-burnt baton a,peg
and a pair of PattensAythe
Were all the - *hale iii(piTcorHope.
The dame&mid not leave Tier bilk=
ing;' 'and 'the. firmer *anted cheese
and, ale. , He. atrode,to th6dow,and
ea4ed "jlogetht* I" , i l l ; a
like a tru mpet. • \
At the call, Hope eauiecknironitbi
dairy with Gipsy in her waei licking
from-his - blecli•Amligte the tiLlicfs;Or
fresh gurda:. ...Thep§es I,Qn noPe's
cheeks'wero in their , fUllest •
but ber'eyes airiaided4Mcis,andaiter
a salntatiun too brief 'and cainnion.
place to: satisfy his .new craving, she
molly.lilted a brown stmie•ware Jug
from 'hook, and descendedinte* the
cellar for the. then ;she plifeed'
the cheese biggin, contaleing:ineerly
half - acheese ‘ beside. the;aiet , Ond ,
freshbrown loaf sble.of
with no moie apparent concern than
a daily 'duty Called for. , -•
A mos -felt ; himself ~ .rehaffed., • Be
'had not the peNeption tc!tvidWtti : l 4
Gipsy, stood , proWfor inteaelf when
Hope stooped to.pat
his silken ears, as she went to and
fro; .or that'sbelurd - disappeared on
his approach, leather. pleasure should
be too self-evident. :
:She had had timesineeshesAw him
cross the lane, to.see that he was well
enough to put tri an appearince ear
lier if he were as gfatefal as-he had
professed, and to collect her womanly
resolution not to. make herself too
cheap. So,Gipsy came in for the fa
vors self-consciousness withheld from
his.master.
She was sufficiently well...pleased,,
when Amos, with more parad9lialA
was at all necessary, produced_'`he
shining shoe-bucklesil• and' begged-
Mrs. A pplegarth to aceept.theml and
she was ready with her, admiration
but something she would have scorn
ed to call a pain smote her when lie
rose ,to depart without offering ber
"so mickle as a brass thiamin," as
she said to herself. ,
Had she followed Amos to the
gate, no doubt the bright-hied rib-
bonwould have been foitheoniing,
but' she gave him' her hand to shake
as he lingered by the door, and said
" good-bye " - with - much-4.as hearti
ness than did her tall, thin mistress,
going back to her buttemuaking
fore his foot was well , off the thresh
old.
I've a notion that had lie lookedinto
the dairy and seen her wipe'hernrm"
roughly across her eyes as if half
ashamed that the process was ;feces-,
sary, be would not only bave left the
ribbon, but something else besides
for a remembrance. ' • i*,
Gipsy seemed to have an inkling
that all was not right, and came rub
bing his head against her woolen
petticbat, but a sharp call, repeated
still metre illartily, - dreirthe. dog,uf
ter his disconcerted and discontented
master ' as fast as his three legs'would
carry him; and soon the. -russet
woods swallowed Up both, and it was
no use straining wet eyes . at the dairy.
lattice.
CHAPTER 111.
The misunderstandings unavowed
lovers arc, of all others, most persis
tent, least comprehensible, and' least
open to happy solution. ' ' :
Amos liedley and Hope Wolsing
ham saw just so much af each other
as served to, widen the:gap' bevreeri
them, and not eriongh to - bridge. it'
over; yet, with perverse . inconsis
tency of human nature,, the attaell-...
merit of each, became strong as there
seemed less
.likelihOod off' a mutant
understanding.
Servants botb;With set dutiesiand
hard work between - them-from one
week's to another, they had no leis
ure to ruminate. with folded - hands
and grow mOrbidly, sentimental, -but
the heartache was: not the less real
Una deep. The few'days'interceriise
at the farm, when the men was help
less and the woman tenderly helpful,
had raised
.hopes which only lacked
confirmation.
. Alas, for hope f Their first nteet
ing set doubt in its place, add doubt
is an enemy not easily dislodged..
The brown and crimson, leaves of
October had grown dingy under, the
chilly breath of young :Ntivember,
and lay in sudden- heaps under the
dripping trees when the light frost
gave away before moist ,
Amos, in aitendence on Sir Will
iam, came andwent from the park to'
the moors, the nearest Wart° which.
rounded to the corner of the farm
yard and -crossed the-Aipplegarth
meadows,' add had frequent •oppbr
tunities tdisay a word in passing to
whomsoever chanced to be. about ;
and, as they 1 mostly. passed at milk- .
,ing-time, whether morning' or even
ing, and the' dogs gave;notice of their
approach, it deeded little, contrivance
to bring Hope %9,thin speaking WS.:
tance 'on these occiSions. - Bur is'
milking- Mine come 'Close tupod feed
ing and fdddering time,.bigGeOrdie.
A.pplegarth Was generally, there also
with his, pithfork, or pails of' swill
for the porkers, and - beirig rfoiddr
gossip, effeetually .. pmented any pri
vate tete-a-tete., s-,
Geordie was sublimey \ tiliconscicius
of bitrualot," but Amos' 'read
coristant preeenceran intentionaLink
tervention and :tnipervision,nf„.l,topo
only,eompatible Iwith l niterior deplg9
of, his own, arid 'resented 'it accord
ingly. . ;.•
Ile had carried the blight ribbons
in his pockethopingl to fin4,a , Ester
able moment for, their presentation;
but uncertain hOw his otfeiinilnliht
be received, he could not With
the raw-boned fellow at her' elbow.
So the and
went !mai!'" With
iri higk spleasure 0 &Age
garth's • assoCiation'• • With: Hope, he
began to. pasn' ' Without,: ;lanci ng, toward - ,the' fartd-iite' l even'
l when
alone:" gayr;Ar Gripiy ifireicith bite
and - evinced
the bars a rab,. mutt "..quiet' frolic`
with Hope„ plump : : nndlywi
always ready“t o ntroke, Jis ..head,
shrill and prolongee..whiAle!PlO:
monad , ctbe grateful:on/44'1141%i
before he,could•lick-ber, bazi4A9 /Pe
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Amonihati
'he sees` aft ebeit:l
hotwsiteluiethei ,
thought him) But she theegbt
Pr/We Tx% ehe. kept ,o 0 frif
eight 9,1 1_,A. be ,r e . pear ;
,144 - she
*ate ed (roils behitid
the itatiy' WM*, dfiit sighed'l42 mile
111-Pne'
;afire- irealzotti tfuling,epior t hut
its:; l lrigiltile*pr4oi aho,, host het
anti , l!er, appetite;l and then
Dainfi of the
t' , ; • 1
flops insisted, it Was only due to
the , weather,, but': the good datie
thclught4berwile,o!, decided -that'
her maid should have a holiday 'for'
the; purpoic H of eonsaltitig her graud
rocithiiri'the- dectressi and tininging
back - sack herbs' and : simples as their
own garden might not afford.,
Betty Walidugran,_..whariwt borne;
hi ,was. :but seldom, ,occupied a
clottuge, in ri lint. of rift high on the
side ; plo3lacli Felt Ot her' 'Cottages;
,chie9y+:Cn abated bY'Oltaien 'and their.
families; , Were scattered•ihere 'AAA
sing : :or" in .grupW. .]
Item
fituod, alone . ad
. ; Ivor , '3 under t,h6
shelter 'cif tw.giOy \ • rock, and'ivis dis
ingiiiihed' by w small , : piacili et :gar-
den=ground.iin , !each' ifettyl reared ,a
few IvegeMbleu medical
4er.bsfirl...llrtd nourish' With . little
Cultivation.
A' clear rstiriig'ofpure iva \ ter trick ,
led front' rthe rook behind, and ran.
away a,thin : rale. :down thehill.
Side, leaping to spray here and 'tkere
lo'st itself inw' wider barn,
inkfas the coal- depoSitS whence it,
-
'Burphead was little More than
three,,miles 'from Derwentaide, but
threemiles of rugged, pathleia road
oVerMoor and' fell, intersected with
yalining eavernsin the. shape, of 'an
Old .and• abandoned, ,coal-pitAii, with
gorse, and whin to impede progress
if the' "blind path . " be deserted
three' miles, I say, of such road might
Well count, as six. fki: Dame Apple
garth must have felt when she filled
with.fresh butter,. near laid eggs, a
piece of bacon,. and '"a pie, - a.basket
for Hope to'earrYto her grandmother
and hurried thogirl off early on the
Saturday, afternoon, with strict in-
Jiictions not', to return 'Until the next
day, When She Was to start early
from - 13urnhead, least the mists of
evening should overtake her before
she got,home.
Hope took the basket and tnidge'd
off; • hardly &cling its weight;
perhaps her heart was the heavier of
thel,wo, for as she . : left• the house
door she saw : Athos .Hedley , at the
corse-gate, and! though
,his foot ad
itanced as if to meet her he'stepped
bac., and, the, sudOrT7siiitedied out from his face.' -
Shtilidd net' seen Gilbert Apple.
girth and Geordie together watching
r.from the farm-yard, or heard, as .
Amos had, the fartuer's words to his
130 n ati- he slapped him on the back
•
pesoUragingly with one hand and
painted at the sametime,to the figure
going „toward the village with the
other. •
• " There's a canny lass for thee,
Ilwordie; mitvor her . marrow in all
Darwham... . • •
A canny .lass, indeed, under the
gray defied , cloak,' - with the gypsy
hat tied down sci'clesely and modest
ly under her . chin, so as to cover her
ears and shadow her face from either
glaring sun or staring eyes. ,
There . Fee little sunto stare at her
ihat"-November afternoon, and the
fen?' pittnen she Met, with their picks
over their'shoulders and their empty
bait-pokes slung behind, merely said:
“ . qude4lcp, hinny," and passed on.
Never i had the, road to l
'M er grand
other's ieemed to long and' weari
i3ome7litlier she was y - ill;reall or
had been disheartend at the first
start, for before she.:. had gone half
the distance she sat, down to rest on
a boulder gray and yellow with lichen
and put her basket beside her, glad
to be relieved of the weight.
• As she sat there pondering what
Arnoi Healey really thought about
her; and whether it was true be was
courting the laimdry-maid at the
and whether it would be wise
to mention him at an to her old graral
mother, ruminating in a desultry sort
of wiy i looking absently before her
across the fell the 'while, she saw a
,figuie approaching in the distance and
,swidenly recognized the disreputable
tinker, Nick raw, _ She_ snatched up
her ;basket in the instant and hastep
ed along, with steps no longer re
tarded by lote-dreams, but quicken
,
edby apprehension. '
Apparently he_ was not journeying
her way, for, on- banking back after
awhile. distance, or the ineqalities of
the road hid him from view. .
Greatly'to Hope's disappointment,
Betty Wolsingliam's cottage - was
CloSed: Its owner was evidently
abroad, smonlhing some one's way
either into the nro4d or,out of it, for
the door, was lacked, which was never
the case 'during temporary absence.
Whit shout& she do nowr,. Go back
she.rutist(and ;that withoo delay;
bot,she was already , .tivedotnd had,
no find to carry a. heavy load back
with her. 7'There 'was=h small Stone
tench OntaidiAhe' cottage; acid here
she seated' ' herself tor consider—not.
the !expanded I prospects . before her,
blate bertiliPP•• • " - •
' :FA4IE, b r ad given h er an appe
tiie. Cimiratuliting' herself: On the
pork pielnlier basket, she- broke
• claim i Ofa - paste without , cere-:
many, and.linding 4 tin,dpper at the
back of.the cottage, helped her Self to
a draught Ofwiter from the
_She then triellath_easements, but
t4if had Awn• earefullY,#ceureikie
there was, : no,ehan.ce to empty her
- bisket iviralo'w-seit
Her titO plintitie ttileave the things
and ar.menshge - witiv Betty's. nearest
neighboricelllet's Wire-, , wito lived
acme f,onrlutdret/yap:la avfay dOivn
the burn-side. \''fhisigotild 'take her
- inn iif UrtirtiSi,thilt *mild betetter
-than gninglbsele (Ss atlen.; • •
:;So resoliting,pho lgYd,..iter
' basket this i t,ime with "a little sigh Of
,weariness ; the aftertMen
thOugh'slibtknette every
- 10bt:of thermakthetnnwhieige Mote,
with the cono2o4BPow
t sor,44. t;vddy,l}, before pei`ilutdovs'
defied - hi: -
Brilitithe'etSllferli tlitY
tabled tliattfergnindeiotheriadmay
liellitente.thp-IFCA4e:d!tir.oo-, !. :`
5 -tYi
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1
fietened up her cottage becanse there
Were borne!" uncanny, chaps. Moshe
WV_ kecpin', aboot."
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pea heart give a leap as she
?bought' of lack lfair, and was half
inclined to-accept the woman's hospit
able, invitation to remain there until
Morning. She - bad, , however, - too ;
clear a perception of the already over I
croide4l'state of pitmen's but to
add' for its inconvenience. Content
mg herself with leaving the comesta
bies behind for the woman's own use
reserving Only the bacon for her
grandmother, with many profuse
,apologies for rejecting the hospital
ity, premed upon her, she turned her
tke9 honnward , not without calculat
ing' hoii far she would be able to
trarei , before darkness came to ob
scure her path.
stout heart hid Hope. Setting
fatigue, aside, she stepped forward
resolutely, with the gray hood of her
cloak drawri over her bat, and the
einptY. basket swinging In her hand'
tothe motion, of her feet. It was
anything but,a straight or a defined
path ; here and there 'she followed
the downvrard course 'of the burn,
once or twice:she crowed therunning
water with a bound,noW she traversed
preelPitous ledge of
_rock s , anon a
cleft in Which the day was quenched,
and from which she only emerged to
- find. the twilight . deepening, and a
thick: mist blotting the outlines of
the., landscape..
,She was glad- when
reached the open moorland, and
lnew that more than half the distance
was:traversed. For the first time she
stopped to rest, leaning against a low
gray_ ridge of atone, while she shook
the chafing sand and pebbles, out, of
her shoes..
ME
thnvery. stoppage had con
jured up a "bogle," she heard a loud
halloo, w4tich was Answered by a
rough Voice, \ apparently on the other
side ot the ridge, sad- within two
yards of the spot where she stood.
Neither the call nor the answer
were in choice language ; but what
made tier heart sial:was that the man
hailed hid answered - to the name of
" Nick," arid that she could not par-,
sue her road "'without being seen as
soon as she reached the dip of the
slaty screen of stone. \
Hope's breath came and went. The
spot was lonely. The man had an
evil name, and his friends Were tarrnd
with the same biush. She was equal
ly at a loss whether to advance or re
treat, And indeed was hate ' afraid to
stir lest the crunch of looie_siOne be-
. ,
neath her tread might ~ tell of her
17,
presence.
And now she felt that even the
gathering fog was a friend to her ;'l
she might be able to pass tlie,end of
the ridge under its veil. There was
no dinigei on the moors she dreaded
bi comparison with - those men, of
whom she had had a shuddering hor
ror since the day she saw young
Ai s nos Hedley so bruised and battet
ed by their brutality.
As she paused in fear and uncer
tainty, she heard Nick Faw abuse the
others for keeping him waiting -so
long in the cold. Then there was a
gurgling sound as of liquor passing
from d bottleneck down some one's
throat, and then—well might she hold
her bpath and -listen with mouth
agape—all the details were discussed
of a vell-laid plan to break into Der
wentside Ball on the Vonday night,
and carry off whatever plate and val
uables they could lay their hands on,
any opposition on the part of the in
mates to be silenced by the knife.'
Hope's - eats and nerves were
Strained to the uttermost, her dread
of discovery increased by the weight
of the secret now in her keeping, and
shealosged to hear the Men depart
and leave the path open to her':
Presently there was a move,a move
that appalled her. Nick" Faw an
pounced his intention to return to
Black Fell. If he did, he must turn
the corner of the ridge, and not even
the fog would hide if - he- brushed
liwainst her. .
Resolution came quick as thought:
'Gathering herself together, she dart
ed off like an arrow froin the string,
passed the dip of the rock unseen, if
not 'unheard, in the fog, and barely
caught the startled " What be yan ?
or the jeerint , reply, " A hare, mon
Ply,ye think it be auld Clootie ?" as
away she scudded with all the celeri
ty of fear and' its reckless lack of
perception. =
In the one dread of pursuit, she
kept her course though she could
fiCaredy see a yard before her, and
landmarks had disappeared.
Soon she had a dim consciousness
that she bad lost her way. and moved
forward with •rnore caution. Now
she beganto wish she bad accepted
the born-lantern offered by the pit
man's wife, that she might scan the
path before her feet and distinguish
bishes from boulders.. She was worn
out with fatigue, terror, and anxiety,
and what wonder if she::also wished
for; the arm Of Amos to sustain her,
as she stumbled at diery- - Step? All
at once her Spirits rose ; she fancied
'she' discern6l a well-known clump of
balhes through which ran a narrow.
footpath leading direct to the Village,
MA Hope,. congratulated herself on
;being so near home. '
Ics there was the gap between
'the gorse. She put her 'foot cent'.
4ently forward—s shriet pierced the
fog! = She was going dizzily down,
down into the depths-of unuttembld
darkness 1 •
. "Mamma," said a wicked youngster,
'data I a canoe?" "No, my , child; why
do your ask'• Oh, because you always
say yoh:likb to See- people paddle their
own canoe ; and I didn't know but maybe .
I vizi - Yours." The. boy went out of the
door with, more reference to speed than
c An evil is no¢ necessarily unreal be
calm it has been often feared without
juit cause ; the wolf does sometimes enter
in and Make havoc of the flock, although
there May hisg been many false alarriis.
- •
It was On the
,train and he was trying
to read. - -Theto.arr.a a crowd -in' the cars,
and :amongst , others a. lady with a very
sprightly . little :gni that had blue eyes, a
bea44 geld, and an inquisi
tive = tongue. She'plied hini iwith guns
tiOtie-ind -toyed - with- bts= watidr chain.
The':•Mother. fairly bemired upon him.
lie, mermsly to the mother : " Mat do
lea c 0 your ; little darling?" Widow,
He; "Caliber then:"
Mien: - &Ail* resumed.
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W-=LMIII,
• nu) fiords which, bursting through -
the rooky- barrier thist - gnartli- the -
const,run far up into the interior,con- •
constitute a most characteric feature
of Icelandic scenery. - Tiu3y have all
a great similarity of form, so that the
description of ths3 genend,fiteturee of
one may eerie equally for that ofnlf,
the others; -;Raving-:probably. been
at first rents or chtunnx produced by
the gezieral.9heaving of the Wand,
their length is very often dispiopo
tioned: r
to their breadth ; some of
them being scarcely two milerwide, • _
yet extending twenty-five or even
thirty into the country, and continu
ing still farther by narrow- .vales,
down which the mountain rivers find
their way to the Sea- Lofty ridges,
running out into'the ocean and end
ing in precipitous' headlan ds, separ- _
ate them from each other. In the
neighborhood of the Rode and Bern
fiords. these assume their most-mag ,
nificent appearance, attaining an ele
vation of nearly four thousand feet;-'
though their awage height on other
parts of the gout is only about the
half of that now specifiWSo sadden
is the rise of these mountains that it •
is no uncommon thing to-and preci
pices - one thousand feet high, from
the top of which a stone may be cast
into the sea. :The fiords are thus shut
in on both /sides by pependitular '
nulls of .rock towering ttp to a tre
mentions height, whose summits are ,
clothed with eternal snows or veiled
in dark clouds. All around seems -
dead ;no trace-of life is visibl e. Man
and all that he produces vanisbamid,
the mightier works of Nature. Woods
and the higher classes of the vegeta
ble creation are entirely wanting,
and. the naked rocks are too steep
for even the hardy birch or the stunt
ed willow to fix their roots. No
sound is beard save the billows dash
ing on the craggy shore, no motion .
seen but the cataract rushing down
the rugged cliffs. ,such isithe gener
al appearance of these fiords, and the
repulsive aspect they present; yet
there does the Icelander choose his
dwelling, unappailed - by the rocks
which threaten every moment to
crush- him by their fall. .The island -
is' nowhere thickly peopled ; but
these firths and all their connected
valleys are more so than any other
portion. Here grassy meadows are
found, in the immediate Vieinity- of
the sea ; and here, therefore, the na
tives can employ in conjunction both
those
,sources of gain which alone
the severe climate leaves open to _
them. On their shores are the-finest
pastures for the cattle, while their
waters are - - ,a favorite retreat of the
cod—the' most esteemed of - the fish
caught on the coast
FACTS FOR KEROSENE BURNERS.-- -
Every lamp filled with the fluid is
liable to explode alter burning sever-.
al hours. But no explosion will ever
happen when the lamp is full. The
danger come,2 from the constant gen
eration of an invisible vapoi in the
Confined space above - the oil. The b
vapor,whieli is inflanifnable,is caused
by the heat of the burner communi
cated to the - oil; but it will not ex- -
plOde unless exposed to the flame.
The metal attachment on lamps often
become 40 degrees warmer than the
Oil, which is' itself sometimes as high
as,loo degrees. Hence kerosene ' to
be entirely safe, should -be neatly 150
degrees proof. •
Iti 'the United. States alone '
.last
year, over 100 deaths per week were
reported from accidents by kerosene.
A simple test is to place a table
spoonful
of the oil in a saucer and
apply a lighted 'match ; if the, oil ig
nites it is unsafe never use it. If it
does not take fire it is not necessarily
safe,. because the temperature of the
oil in open air is not so great as that
in a burning lamp. ,
Keep the metalic. pa.rts 'of - lampa
clean and their air passages open.
After a lainp has been burning three
or four hours at - one time, never-re
light again till filled.
In extinguishincr the light, tutu the
wick down quite low and .allow - a few
seconds to - intervene before blowinty -
out the flickering - flame, .or, better •
still, do not blow it out, but let it
flicker out.--Prairie Farrier.
FUN, FA61 1 AND FADETLE.
A. ten-dollar bill Calif the feminine gert;•
der when it is the fair's X.--[ Whitehat,
Times. .' •
- Dancing has beeriAntroduced into the
army. Probably yok-have heard of its
squad-drills.. •
The accordion was invented in 1828 by
Damian. If weever get hold of Diamian
—.—[ Fos Humana.
The way'tFt make six cents go farthest.
Buy a. stamp and put it on a foreign let
ter.—[Pittsburgh Telegraph. . 1 ,
The man who got in a barber's chair,
pinned a newspaper round his neck and
began to read the towel,. •may justly _be
called absent-minded.
yin IriShman says that "itis a great
pleasure to be alone, especially any your
sweetheart was Rid you. Antique je§t—
Eastlake sehOol—vert r re. [Boston
,
-Traveler.
It is said that afternoon marriages are
the present style in England. Can't be.
There never was a marriage before Bic.
What, never? No, never !—(Philadel
phiu
"What," 'said an inquisitive young-la
dy, "is the most popular color for a bride ?
We may be X, little particular in such mat
ters;but we should prefer a white one.—
[ Elmira Gazette.
Mrs. Partington again •. "Poor man !"
said the old lady ; - "and -so' he's really
gime at last ! Ninety-eight, was he ? '
Dear,- dear ! to think how that if he'd- •
lived two years more he'd have -been a
centurion."—[Judy. '
In struggling to make a dull-brained
boy understand what conscience is, a
teacher finally asked, "-What makes you
feel uncomfortable after you have done
wrong?" " Father's leather strap,"• feel
ingly repliOd the boy.
" Whyare you looking at me so intent
ly, Alice?" said_Theodpre. "I was gaz,
leg at vacancy," replied Alice, dreamily ;
and yht there is a twinkle about her -
mouth that shows her appraisement of - .
the yonnglnan.t[Boston Ttaliscript •
Breathitt county, Ky., _is described in
the Louisville Courier-Joirnal as— '
a land where resolver and rifle.
Are used for the purpose of settling disputes
Where life Is regarded as only a trifle,
And usual for people to die in their booti.'r
"Oh, heavens, save my wife !" Shouted` _
' a man whose wife had fallen overboard in
the Hudson River recently, He succeed
ed in rescuing her, saying :" "-My dear , if
you'd been drowned what should I h a ve
done ? I ain't going to let you carry the
pocketbobk again."—[Syracuse IleraldL
Everything : that is lovely is in= Christ,
thereferd - He is called the "altegaher
lovely ;"= -- yOu want strong sight, clear
light; and fixed attention to discover His
glories ; all this God can give you, and he '
bidi you ask Hint.
" First class in astronomy stand up.
Where does the sun rite?" "Please, sir,
down in our meadow; Laced it yesterday." -
" Hold.your tongue, you dunce. Where
does the sun rise?". "I know, in .the
east." _" Eight ! and why in the east ?"
"Because the 'east makes everything
Mrs. Dunshudder fed a tramp yester.-
day because he wore an old army coat of
faded blue. "You went through the
war V! said the qmpathetic soul. "Yes' m;
I was drummer," and when the fellow
reached the sidewalk ho concluded the
smtenee, for a hardware store in Chica
go"—[Vita Obserstr. • • -
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