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LAVri tell b, bid at this Oace. .
flow dear to my heart aro the sCotlee of my cbtld
-IMOd . -
That now but in mem'ry I sadly review ;
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'The old meeting-house - at the edge of the wild
wood,
,The rail fence and horses all tethered thereto
The low, sloping root and the boll in the steeple;
' The doves that came Ilutteringent overhead
As it rolemnly gathered the God-fearing people
To hear the old Bible my grandfather read ;
Tho old4ashloned
Bible—
• The difst-coVered Bible—
The leather-bound Bible my grandfather read:,
TowANDA. PA.
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The blessed old volutnel Tho face beitt above It
As how I recall lt—ls gravely severe,
ThOugh the reverent eye that droops downward.to
love lt
Makes grander the text through the lens of a
tear;
And, as down Ms stern features It trickles and glis
tens, •
The cough of the deacon Is stilled, and his head
Like a haloed patriarch's, leans as he listens -
To hear the old Bible - turgrandfuther read ;
The old4ashioned Bible—
The dust-covered Bible—
The leather-bound Bible my grandfather read.
th who shall look backward with scorn and do-
• rision
And scoff the old beak, though it uselessly lies •
In the dust of the past, while this newer revision
Lisps on with a hope and a hotnefu the skies?
Shall the voice of the blasterhe stifled and riven ?
Shall we hear but &tithe of tto words He • his
said, -
When so long ho has, llstealtq, leaned out of
THE MAJOR'S. MONKEY.
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-When. I, a very. young subaltern,
first joined my - regiment ° (tbe - Royal
Manx nisileers) the depot bad been
for some 'six months stationed at the
delightful town of Ballynoggin, Coun
ty Longford, Ireland... -
I suppose my brother officers had
by that time contrivo to exhaust all
the resources of the neighborhood in
the ways of amusement, for on my ar
riVal I fourA them reduced .to three
topics of,coriversation. First, snipe
shooting—a bog - with a bird in it•
lying within reach. Second, the say
ings and doings of the three.. Miss
McCrans; dazzling beauties, daugh
ters of the local solicitor, who - kept a
"(liege" and resided_ in a stucco villa
with 'Castellafnare' painted on the
little greetegate, on which the manly
torms _of two or more of the Royal
Mnux - were generally to be seen
louna ° ing—in conversation with the
loVely NOrah. Third,
Major monkey, and why
he kept it
• The snipe became a bore now and
then, one's interest in Ger'dine's be
witching- IrishismS -or N : 6raiN s • con
quests might even flag occasionally,
but the mention of Congo's name 01-
of his latest iniquity 9, - -.ofght excite
ment into our flattest moments:di
rectly. ,
Congo was a beautiful little crea
ture, with long, soft fur, dark face
and-paws, and gentle, mournful eyes,
the temper of a wild cat, and the
mPralsof an imp of darkness. He
was supposed to reside in a house,
made of a wine-case, in Carntody, the
Major's servant's room ; but except
for the purpose of secreting 'his plun
der in. the straw, never was found
there by any chance.
Ei - ery device that the mind of man
could conceive; and Carmodglilt, tip
on a freSli one once a week at:le:lSt,.
failed - to; secure .He bit through
leather and rope, untied knots . , paled
locks, dislocated chains nnqinlviays
ended by flying like a tleinon-spider,
up and down every passage and stair
case in:theoplace—Carmody swearing
in his wake—till, he gained some
coign of vantage whence it was im
possible to dislodge him.
To, appreciate the situation one
should' have knowrf the Major.
Feb 27, '79
CnoTll-75
L. ELSIIREL
llowas.a sedate and dignified per
sonage, about forty, very quiet and
rather precise and told-muidish' in
his ways. I always suspeeted that
he considered hiMself'civated by , na=
tore to be the regular pattern of the
British .officer gentleman,. and
intended his dress; demeanor and
conversation to be instructive studies,
for us youngsters—each was so, per
fect in, its way.. I can't imagine why
we didn't detest him. I. think we
were rather proud of and consid
ered .him a credit to the regiment.
He was a thoroughly good,: kind-
hearted fellow. azi
. fond, - and it was
generally underitoOd that he . could
if he chose dO everything better than
everybody else. lie didn't often
choose and generally held aloof from
our sports and pastimeS, not,only re
fusing; to _enter.. WS iorse for our.
strepledhaks, but actually_deelining,
to lend him to Miss 'North McCran
for the same occasion.
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VOLUME XLII,
THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE.
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heaven
To hear the old Bible my grandfather road?
The old-fashioned Bible—
. The dutLeovere.l
The leather-bound Bible my grandfather read
• ,_-_ "—.l. W. lillcy
His dress was a study of cut and
color, from the parting of his hair to
the toes of his boots; but I think. his
rooms impressed me most—such
combination of military precision
with feminine prettinesses ; trophies
of warlike weapons ; lace, flounces to
his shelves and chinipey-board; tiger'
skins 'crewel-wort i - ..4,tritimacassars,
military.-models and plans, and old
china. :lle .had - some valualile en
gravings and :photographs about, and
over-the fire-place t 'hung a large wa
ter-color sketch, 'Brockwood,' . Lei
cestershire—a magnificent old baro
nial residence—which, without . the
slightest, foundatiOn.for-the idea, we
all agreed to be the.- Major's birth-1
place or inheritance, of which he had
been sornehow wrongfully deprived.'
There was also a big Writing-table,
surrounded by ladeq boOkshelves, at
which he spent most of his spare
time, - elabosating a:11d revising his
great.work76a tactics, of which we
were wont to speak with respectful
- admiration. Now imagine, over this.
steno: of peaceful propriety' a -four=
armed fiend rampaging, leaving de-.
struction in his tram ; playing all
manner of impish pranks, hiding a
bottle of 'Brilliantine; careftilly un
corked in the =Major's, boots ; swat
-lowing every stud he possessed under
the delusion that they were bonbons;
or bombarding him with freshly4ior
rected. proof-sheets . Crumpled, and
chewed into pellets—and you'll, have
some notion of the never-failing zest
the existence of Congo gave to life
in Ballynoggin.
Why did lie keep it? -
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Some of Congo's performances
turned. him liVid with rage, but never
drove him to condemning the brute
to exile oFeiecution.
'Every man has his. pet -extrava
gance,' he . was wont to say, smiling
serenely. suppose Congo is mine'.'
I never )fit once saw Major Null-
Her nearer to being excited
when a rumor that Congo was lost
arose.
He wasn't, the beast; he had as
many hiding-places as a mag-pie.
My bed was one, and there he was
Amr (in.epmpany with Carmody's_
blacking-brush, one ill' the Major's
immaculate gaiters, and -the . big owls
head with the red glass eyes that
used to adorn Miss Lavinia Meeran i s
.hat) jOst in time to preient his mas
ter from -bursting into tears, or offer
ing 1:100 - reward, either 'of which
seemed imminent. • a
• What did it mean ?
We speculated, arguedi betted,
nearly-fought over it, so dispropor
tionate grew the .ex , Atement in . the
dull - stagnation-of:our lives in Rally
noggin, and got/ no nearer the truth.
Once
. the . solution of the enigma
seethed within our grasp.-thanketo
Mr. Terence O'Flaherty.
He ;was a local 'squire - en' proprie
tor of the :before-mentioned bog,
whom, in default of other society, we
used to invite continually to mess.
He was heavy enough when sobe - f;.
later on,. 'area:. on Home Rule and
the departed glory of Ireland and his
family : 'The fightin' Flahertys,',dit
ellists.of note in the brave.days of
old. when Castle Flaherty was. kept
up in princely style; and 'the clar't
in the cellarswould have iloOded. the
countfy for miled round.
O'Flahert3i himself
some Whisky and water one evening
before departing, romancing7the while
gloriouslyOrhen suddenly a black.
figure Tegdendedmith a. swing and.h
bound froth, somewhere, alighiing on
O'Flaherty's shoulders. Congo, _crf
course. - lle - claived'fast to O'Flaher
ty's hair with one hand and plunged .
the other into the scalding brew,. pre
sumably. in =seam eh :of sugar; their,
chattering wrathfully, upset the boil
ing mixture on O'Flaherty's legs and
vanished with a lock of. his hair.
jP.lflaherty'fil language was forei-
WC.; well- -it might , be." Marillier
apologized In the handsomest man
ner, but the blood of the descendant
of the 'fightin' Flahertys' was up,
and mere words had no power to ap
pease•him.
lle demanded the instant execn
tion of Congo, or. the satisfaction of
a gentleman.
'Are these your onlyalterliatives?'
asked the Major:gravely.
'They are,' blustered Terence.
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'Then I accept the latter; said
Mariner unhesitatingly.,
'You're a gentleman, bedad I' ex
claimed O'Flaherty, suddenly sober
ed. 'And if you think that dirty
little baste worth fightin' about, Ter
ence O'Flaherty's not the man to be
grudge you the pleasure. Still, l'cl
be ready to overlook. it, and let by
gones'be bygones if_ you'd gii - e me
one single claeentreason for keeping
tLe baste.' - . • •
A . pause, during which we all grew
breathless. with excitement. -
Marillier looked - as imperturbable
as ever. 'lf • one reason wii.l afford
you satisfaction, Mr. O'Flaherty, I
glon't see how I car► in faiiness refuse
you. ,-I keep - the beast be( ause—l
expect him some day to be worth
1:4;000 a' year to me.'
And that..wss - all sy,eiever gOt out
of him.
I got leave in January, and started
borne jOyfully. •
My father had been promoted to a.
good living in. the country since. I .
lett home, and the first week of
,my
visit was spent in' seeing and being
seen. My sisters Freda and Gertie
trotted me all over the .place, dis
playing the church, the cow, the pet
old women, the schools; the new
pony-trap, and the 'points of view.
They treated me witib a respect and
consideration that was entirely - novel'
and for which I suspected I had to
thank my uniform (which I. had been
implored to bring with me), 'but
- which,-- was nevertheless gratifying.
It was all very pleasant and home
like, and I quite 'forgot how very
much in love With Norali MeCran. I
had begun to beone,short Week ago
in Ballynog g in.
My. mother in the pride of her
heart took"me to pay visits withher
all 'over ;the country, so that when
the first Sunday came round, I felt
quite intimate with at leaSt .half the
congregation.
'Who wfrs the funny old lady in
the yellow bonnet and furs, sitthig
under the pulpit?' I asked after din
ner., :
'3/iSs -Corbett, of BroelmOud; said
my.lnotijer. You 'know we, called
- there on Thursday, but . she out.'
'And the little nigger with , her ?' .
"Ohl that's a real ,African-prince,
her latest pet, :son of Uhe J umbo;
King of Bonny. • She .wanted .a hea 7
then to convert, herself, and the mis--
sionaries had no end of- trouble to
steal this one for . her, as she inbisted
on his being of 'good family,' Gertie
exclaimed:
'She's wild'abont pets,' Freda con
tinued, and she changes them-on - ce
fortnight at least. H 'The place was
just like the parrot-hrise at the Zoo
- once, when we ; first! came, and the
next thing weheard : of her was that
Dr. Burnaby was -Orions
.at being
sent - for lone winter night to see her
kangaroos - The Climate. wasn't
agreeing "with than.] She kept tame
snakes once and they escaped and
were never found. No one ,darcd
cross thk park for months after, as
'they, were
. supposed to be hiding
there.' 7 ;
I.heard a good:dealluore about ,
MiSs Corbett's . ecceitykiitiei beforC
long. Blic had takeni'a violent liking
to my father, and to send for
Win constantly; much toFreda's dis
gust,'
,as she • had to drive- him to
Brockwood—'the man:. a compound
of gardener, butler and coachnian,
being invalided. The old lady's
gravest consideration in life was the
disposal of her large property, : which
wlt.s absolutely, under her contra
Ser proSpcvtive beirS were as numer
ous as her pets, and ;nearly as Olen
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changed.. 'She'll end by dying intes
tate or leaving everything to the
country charities,' my father used to
say on coming home from one of the
numerous interviews he bad with her
on the subject. 'She ought com
mon decency to provide for her faith
ful old 'servants- '
and that unlucky
little - A=frican in her lifetime, and co
I told her.' -----
. Nest day it was, 'Well, I think the
old lady has made up her mind at
last. She has sent for her nephew
from London—her natural heir—and
made a will' in his favor. It is all
very right and nice. I saw it signed
and witnessed, and the old one de
stroyed ; that is her regular custom
,htfore she signs the new one.'
'What's the nevi one like ?' ask .d
Gertie. 'Has he come P
'Oh, such a horror!' broke in
Freda, 'looks like a little Jew trades.
man—and his manners are insuffera
ble. I shan't go neatis43rockwood
again during Mr:Jonathan Marillier's
stay.'
'MariHier I' I exclaim - edi thought
I had met with Brockwood before,
but conldn't imagine where.'.
'What on earth are you talking
ithont 7' said the girls together. ••
* I
isplained. When I had done
lorecla biNgan:' 'That's the very Major
Marillief Mit poor Miss Patty Payne
Corbett's
,companionis al
ways telling:me about. Yes, lie's
cousin, a distant one, and four years
ago was here on a-Nisit.- Miss Patty
goes into wild raptures about him on
small provocation. He was very kind
to her, poor forlorn little woman.
Miss Corbett was delighted with'him
at first, and then quarrelled furiOnsly
with him. I (believe he.used disre
spectful language about her monkey.
'The monkey I' I shouted'.
'Why yes, she had one for a pet
just then, a nasty, thieving, mischiev
ous creature. 'Every one hated - it,
and it ended by costing -Major Maril
lier Brockwood. ' Miss Patty doesn't
know exactly what the quarrel was
about—but Miss Corbett called him
a swindler and a time-serving hypo
crite one day at (Homer, and he' got
up, said good-bye to her quite polite
ly, and, left the: place at once. His
luggage was sent after him—and the .
-monkey... He ; - left orders with the
butler that if ever it was to be dis;
posed of, hekl.like it. Next-day Miss
Corbett did nothing but cry and
moan after him--saying he had de
serted her, and . „..that — Fltnonkey
should be hanged-,--so. Parker;, the .
butler, took it away, , and sent, it off
to • Major 3larillier without telling
her.'
When Freda stopped, 1 began my
story, • and had .the satisfaction of
seeing all the fathily as pinzled as
myself. .
_ wish your friend could be in
duced to make sonic' :advances to'
Miss Corbett,' said my father. 'l'm
sure . he would have a good chance of
the succession.'
. qhat Airliner will never do,' I
replied,.emphatically. 'lle's not that
stlrt of man.' , . • •
'lts a simile !? said Freda, Wig;
nantly, • speak to Miss Corbett .
myself tomorrow : 1 know she likeS
me. .NO ! you shalt go and tell her
what a line fellow her cousin is.. Well
drive over together.' .
That interview never' came . off.
Once only in 'our. lives. Were Miss
Corbett and I destined to meet.
From the moment of Mr:Jonathan'
Marillier's arrival,. all outsiders
.like
ourselves were gently and unobtru
-sively kept from approaching the
poor old woman, who looked feebler
and shakier every_SundaY. ; 'Poor
MiSS Patty's eyes and nose bore
:signs of much weeping and we beaid
'of no new pets, being adopted. •
One. night came a furious peal at
the bell and a mounted groom deliv
ered a note from Miss Patty begging
my father to ' come without delay.
'IIII drive you,', I called out to him,
plunging Into some clothes; and in a
quarter of an 'lour We: were on the
road, greatly 'wondering - what had
caused the summons... - • •'
• Lights , were in the Brockwood
windows •as we .droVe up. 'One!'
clanged froth the tall • clock .tower
over - i - . )ur heads us we passed under
the echoing archway that led to the
.
big hall. Brockwood was a rambling
old -red sandstone pile smOthered - in
ivy, looking gloomy and ghost-ridden
enough: by daylight, but.. positively
gruesome in the small hours . ... I was
left by 'Parker, who shook - his head
dolefully when I: inquired afuer his
mistress, with-one candle,, in a spa
cious vault of a dining-too4,sur
rounded by grim portraitsi4olead
and gone Corbetts, white
from. their dingy backgq. 'The
gloom and the stillnestro. - W A sO ttp
palling that I fairly jutatielt Wilta the
.14:tor suddenly opeaedodthittmg
truly: awful apparition4ifllgnic with
dishevelled black ringlets in a shawl
pattern dressing gown, carrying a
bedrpom candlestick. • -
'Mr. Marillier, I presume,' •.I - re
tained sufficient-composure to remark.
I'm Mr. Maritiler, MISS Cor
bett's only nephew. I'ye not the
pleasure of your- acquaintance, sir,_
and at any other time should be hap
py to make it; ! but for a stranger to
be here, just now is—you must ex
cuse my saying it—a—a. species :"of
intr,usion. 4 ! .
'Miss Corbett :Sent an imperative
summons to ray father:. I replied. •
'Most extraordinary ! A . very ex
traordinary proceeding. I am -Miss,
Corbett's . natural guardian and (pro
tector;, I'm her.nephew. only
Wok the name of, Corbett With the
property,
.Dear, dear !" , ,Rhoda ought
have,been here : now :- a lady can
be of so_ much use—such a pity to
haVe brought your'father here at
. this
time of eight! . And Dr.. Burnaby
refuses to .allow - me to see my aunt.
Rhoda should - have been here, but
. ouo - baby—our. ninth—is only four ,
days old—or she should (*dainty.
have been with= her dear aunt. Dear,
dear, it's such a pity to detain you
here l' and so on he maundered. in a
querulous monotone while
_l:listened
to the - clock chiming the..4naiters,
and wondered whatever was going on.
Mr. Jonathan Marillier had talked
himself to sleep in his-arra-ehair when
my father entered hastily.
my boy, we Want you .!at
once,':" and he hurried. me Off. - %est
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t ) -N
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REGARDLESS OF FENUNO4TION FROM ARY QIIARTEA.
extraordi - nafy.freak of the dear old
lady's! gfi'e has made a new will
leaving .t 20,000 to me ! At least, I'm
to have the life-interest andlhen it's
to go to, Freda ! She . has taken a
fancy to her. I can't Witness the
will, of course, so , we want you. ; The
rest of the money goes to the county
charities, as I expected. Nothing to
that' man downstairs.'
We 'entered -Miss Corbett's rootri.-
The-. old lady-say upright in bed sup=
ported- by weeping Miss - Patty. In
the gloom I could just discover a
pair'of very bright eyes looking out
of - a hatchet face surrounded by
voluminous frillings. Parker and the
old • housekeeper were present, and
the doctor. 'On the hearth several
sheets of torn blue paper smouldered
—the.previous will: I supposed. The
new one with writing materials' was
on a table near the bed. ' • -
'Do just what she tells you,! whis
pered the doctor; 'any discussion or
excitement may prove fatal. She is
quite rational ; Lean testify
.to that.'
'ls - that your s'n, Mr. Rivers ?'
asked a. high shaky voice from the
bed. 'Then giVeine_ the pen. Quick!?
she gasptd a little—quick! See
here •
.
• Parker .held the light while - she
made a shaky but perfectlylegible
'Annabella.' A tapcame at the door;
she threw the pen down. 'lt's Jona
than! Keep him out-! Tie'll murder
me r and then fell back speechles - 0 - .. ,
It was Mr,. Jonathan Marillier -
We hustled him out with scant.cere
mony and returned to the 'bed. Dr.
Burnaby. shook his herid--Alt's. a.
question of moments now,' and as he
spoke. Miss CorbeWS.head fell back
on - the pillow. Miss Patty.broke in
to aloud fit of sobbing; the unsigned
will slipped from the bed and fell at
my feet, a useless heap of waste
paper, and in that moment-Brock
wood and all belonging to it_ passed
from the poor old lady's hands into
the grasp of: Mr. Jonathan
My fother-beboved . splenffielly. No
allusion to hi S loss . ever passed Ilia
lips. Ile officidted at the funeral, of
course. • Lwent, and found myself in
the same carriage with-a brisk young
solieltor from - London representing
the firm employed by !MisS Corbett.
'He'slan awful.cad, that Marillier,'
said Mr. -Harry Blew, discussing his
client with engaging frankness—the
meanest little screw I ever met with.
Ihope he'll withdraw his business
from us,, that's all.- Think of his dis
puting the .servants' . claims to a
,month's wages,. and recommending
us to - send that poor little black
prince to the Union. He makes me
sick,. he does. . 'I must stay down'
here till • affairs ' are wound up
- though. Lucky for me the . Major's
come.'
'Major Manner, from Ireland .
‘Yea; . didn't You see him? He's
here; man- , -monkey and all. His af
fectionate cousin isn't overjoyed to
have WM, but he seems :t• cool hand,
says he'll stay a week, and evidently
doesn't mean to be turned out , before
he chooses.'
BloW went on to tell wile that there
had
. been a careful search' i mad,e. for. a
will,, though to a 'moral certainty
none existed, Miss Corbett's. ways
being well known. ' • .-
Mr.-Jonathan Marillier took pos
session in due course: Mr. Blew ex
torted: s6me- -concessions from him
,hy :representing - thao- his• conduct
would be severely criticised by "the
conni.y;" and as Jonathan quite in-
tended starting in life as a local
magnate, 'as soon as Rhoda, could.!
travel,' he was amenable to reason.
. He actually ,asked us to dinner one
day before. Major Starner depirted:
I should say that the Major spent .a
I fair share of his time at the rectory,
and was. deeply . touched at hearing
,of Freda's narrow escape. of heiress
ship. - • ,
We found the party to consist of
Mr. Blew, , the Marillier cousins, our
`
selvei, and Lord Allonby, a- big, io
vial squire of the. - old 'school. The
dinner .was magnificent, worthy of
the display of family plate• which.at 7
- tended it. • Parker waited- - -under
prOtest ; in fact it was only out of
consideration for Major Marillier
that he condescended to remain un
der the same roof with Mr.• Jona
than he informed me: It was a dis
mal-ceremony. The cousins were
barely on speaking: terins. _ Blew
looked bored ; Allonby hungry ; and
the Major- grave and curiously ab
sent.
• Jonathan' was captious and, argu
mentative when he wasn't boastful,
talking of the changes that would be
made 'when the place had a master.'
'Wher'es that pine-apple?' he sud
denly asked.
Parker looked, slightly confused,
but replied with dignity, 'An acci
dent baA happened' to it, I believe,
sir; but I'll inquire.'
'What, has become of it? - I insist
on knowing !'
Parker ; hal disappeared, but one
of the footmen replied :
'The monkey, sir—' •
• not Stand it !' , broke out Jona
than: It's always "that_ monkey,"
whatevei happens! Yesterday it
wa§ the sugar-tongs ; • old family.
plate, heirlooms! to-day the desert!
Hoar any man can reconcile it with
his sense of what is honest--simply
honest4-to be the means of making
away. with anothei man's propert3q
can't . conceive.' '• .
8o he.fumed-:-the Major the while
pealing a pear with pupremeindiffer
enee. .
The whole big .suite of rooms—
yellow drawing-room, .music-room,
boudoir and conservatories—was il-
luminated for our benefit, but felt all
too narrow to inclose the etplosive
elements of our party.
Blew and I at last walked the Ma
\
jor-out through the conservatory on
to the terrnce. It was a warmish,
Pebruary night—such. things do be
ta' now and then—and a blazing
moon. We walk€4l 'backward and
forward for a turn or two and then
leaned over the- balustrade, looking
at - the.expanse of lawn and shrubbe
rY, and:the woods beyond, •all . won-.
Alerfully- clear : and distinct in the
White, 'Suddenly a spge.,-
tral outline flew over the, lawn,.. fol
lowed by a very substanthdligure in
hot pursuit.
IN
'Congo eielaimed Marillier and
I simultaneously. ' 'Won't it recall
Ballynoggia?'.
Conga it was. He dodged . ear
mody round and round the fountain,
and then—attracted, I ''Presume, by
the brilliant range of, lighted win
dows—made lor the terrace, came
*and over the side in three swarm
ing leaps, chattered a recognition- of
his master, and then, to_inake all
safe, seizes) a trailing bough ,of
,ivy
and swung himself aloft up too" the
ornamental stone-work above one of
the windows.
Up came Carmody. -
• 'lt's the housekeeper's - best bonnet
yer honor! She's just dancin' mad
after him,' he panted.
Congo proceeded to dissee, a man
gled, mass of black ~ stuff, !pa of
which seemed composed of, giant
grapes made evidently of some indel
ible substance, for, after teasing one,
Congo wrenched off and cracked: the
o hers spitefully till he took to Pelt-
Blew with them.
Marillier meanwhile was talking
to Carmody. •
‘TherS they are, ready enough, I'll
be bound, sor,' I beard the latter re
ply. 'Two fins active boys, and lad
tiler enough to go up a , church stee
ple, let alone the roof.' - _
'And lanterns?' Marillier asked.
I thought it rather-an expenditure
of force if they only wished to reco
ver the bonnet, low hopelessly de
-moliShed---`Congo had I'put it on, and
Alloriby,--Vvho hadjualcome out, was
shouting with laughter.
'Very well, very well,- Major Mar
said Jonathan's voice at the
window. 'l've found my servants in
new mourning once; I can't be ex
pected to replace your brute's—'
Here his rernarki were cut short
by Congo, who made one leap on to
his head, and - a,.second into the room.
Marillier sprang after him...He sped
like lightning through the -; whole
- suite of rooms, across the - ball, and
into the deserted dining.roolcHern
vVlien we came uP with hirn,we found
him; ravaging the . table, his cheek
stuffed with preserved fruit and -nuts.
.Allonby tried to throw a napkin
over him, but this .only produced a
fierce chatter, andothe creature now
seriously scared, kicked over the-ep
ergne, raced back as he _ had come.
-Out on the terrace, -up the ivy, ap
pearing for one moment grinning
over: the hattlemented parapet, the
next high out on the ridge-tiles Of
the ro_against the sky.. -
• '" Slffiot him!' shrieked Jonathan,
half frantic. 'He's got the nut-craek
ers ! • A sovereign to the man who
gets -
agunand
.e I'll give ten to any man who can
bring himback !' shouted the
Major. - •
'Here yon . are, - sir!' sang out a
gardener's boy, hurrying forward
with A ladder on his shoulder. •••
He placed it against -the wall, and
up he went. '. - Up went Carmody with
a lantern - swinging in his teeth. Cp
went Major .Marillier, shouting,
a Come 'along--sonie one-,-Blew Or.
1 - Rivers !' •
Up went all, followed by two men
with additional lengths of ladder,!
stirred by a simultaneous impulse of
frolic, to join the mad game of fol
low my leader (and that leader Con
go) over the roof of Brockwood.
There can never have been a weir.'
der scene under the stars 'than that
monkey hunt.. Brock wood looked as
big as a. small village by the' half
_
light. The roof ran up into count
less peaks and. ridges; now and then
descending
now
into abysses Of
blackness, opening into. great
wide plains of lead roofing with
treacherous pitfalls of skylights. =The
great stacks of chimneys cast black
shadows across Dur way ; an - .owl
,flapped out at us ;lights began to flit
about excitedly in the windows'that
overlooked our course ;- the-servants
'turned out on the Watch for Congo's
descent,. and we four lunatics .in ev-.,
cuing dress, ran, halloaed,l- slipped,
scranibled and perilled our . ,necks
more times than we 'cared . count
without the smallest chance of ever,
coming up with our quarry unless
by his own good pleasnr., Carmo- .
dy, in good training from" long prac
tice, kept well. up ; then the :boy, an
ex-slater it appeared ; then we four
at varying distances. Jonathan Mar
illier had-taken heart of grace, i and
but contented himslf with surveying .
us from a drittnnce.
Congo took it easy now and then
disappearing entirely into some bid-.
ing hole , amongst the chimney's.
When he did so I noticed that Car
mody marked the place before dis
lodging hid]. • .
'At last, last, after a steady. run of fir;
teen minutes, he seemed - tb conclude
that it was time to dispense with our
attendance, and accordingly. made
for " home." We could hardly keep
him in view'as heilew . up ; Ito a high;
er level and round to the front ofthe
house, then up the steep slant of the
roorof the big hatl,,and with a migh
ty leap gained an arched opening at
the top of the clock tower.
. Carmody gave a. wild 'Miro° ' of
triumpli'and was after him like a cat.,
Congo danced and defied him madly,
Ile was safe until we could . get the
ladders up. At last they came, also
Jonathan. The . gardener's boy
swarmed . up first,..but_ retreated ' , in
dismay 'from a vigorous onslaught of
Congo's. -
'Never mind the monkey P.sholited
the Major ; turn out his hiding-place.'
looked - at - MaTillier- in amaze.
Bid, voice cast e cracked and shaky
with excitement, his facedeathly
pale With Idol, desperate look
- abo,ut it. In bid easordered dress
and tangled hair no one could have
recognizedhim as tim standard of
military propriety so well known to
Ballynoggin.
Then followed a queer scene. ,We
all got as close under the tower as
we could. - Soule one sent us up more
lanterns and a clothes basket, into
which - the contents of . poor Congo's
treasure-houde were flung, he mean
while lamenting , piteously or grima
cing with impotent wra!,h from the
top of the tower : First 'the sugar
tongs, also the crown of the missing
pineapple; next' my father's gold
eyeglass missin(Y since funeral, and
one of Parker's ° shoes, also a handful
of livery liuttons, apparentlY trrerich
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ed off. That seemed thi l total of his
reclnt pilferings ; but under a layer
of rubbish came a collection evident
ly dating froni - 3.his .earlier days at
Brockwook: aladed and fiattered
work basket once brilliant with satin
and, beads; a gold-topped , smelling
bottle; a set of kitchen skewers ; a
prayer-book and an evil-smelling
mass which on investigation proved
to have been once IL tongue highly
decorated and frilled with lace pa
per. We got quite excited at- first,
but it began, to feel chilly and we
made'a movement toward a friendly
attic window opened for our descent.
'Stop, please,' implored the Major;
'only a moment longer!' His voice
Was husky and queer,- and his band,
laid on my arm, - trembled violently.
.'Hurry, men! Is that all?'
'Every-bit, sir, except some torn
papers and litter.'
'Send it down.',_
Down came an armful of rubbish.
Allonby kicked it over as it lay at
his feet in the gutter. 'More family
plate I ha! ha!' and he picked up .a
tin flour dredger, battered and rusty.
What's this inside?' A big envel
ope full of_ papers was cdoubled—up
and crushed into into it.
'Family letters ! That is my affair,'
said Jonathan. 'Hold the lantern,
some one.'
They were:-damp and discolored,
but the envelope, linen-lined, still
hung, together. Blew looked over
his shoulder. - '
‘" Last , Will -and Testament of
----" ' he'read. - think, Mr. Mar-
Blies, I had ,better take charee of
that,' and he drew it without cere
mony from Jonathan's hand. ' Sup
pose we go down e.nd look this over,
gentlemen.'
We left Congo and his tormentors
to adjust their 'differences, and de
scended. • •
• Such a set of dirty, disreputable
figures:as the drawing•room mirrors
reflected, if anyone had had time .to
thinl: of it.
My . father started from a quiet
nap, and stared in amazement at our
appearance, but stared, more when
he behdtl. our plunder. It protred to
be, as we all gueSsed. , one of—Mrs.
Corbett's numerous wills, and won
der of wOnder4 l . in favor of Gusta
vus Adolphus Marillier of 11. ' M.'s
112 Regiment (Rua!, Mans Fusi
leers).
•I gave a cheer—l couldn't lielp,it•
—so did Allonby - ; and Ore rushed at
him to Congratulate, 'him, before we.
remembered ' Jonathan's, presence.
He raged, stormeditalked Orconspi
racy, and vowed - he'd fight it 4:n4 ;•
Illit •Blew assured him he had nct _
chance—the document was all right
and . replier, and I- think he . was
sharp enOugh to see that the Major
was too good a fellow not to. make
him some compensation for his . dis
appointment, if he gave in decently.
'At last,'about midnight, we quiet-: •
ed•dewn, and let Marillier tell_ifs his
-.;
story.
- \
f.My good cousin, the late Miss
Corbett, quarrelled with me in due
course, he said, 4 the very week after
the will was made. Never mind how
the dispute came about. -'The new •
will - and the new favorite:-- 7 ;a very
distant "coit'§in-were both on the
premiSes, and I was ready to go,
whew ''t - his .'precious document was •
missed. Nothing would convince
Miss Corbett that I had not purloin•
end it. Why I should do so I ican't
conceive. However, I .left.,' I had
had some experience of Congo's do
ings, and the idea. struck roe that
some day I might have the chance of
hunting him down , and -convicting
him of the - theft.
~.M y chief object
was to justify_ liis ,Cor
bett, of emu* arid fo that , raw of
hope I: have clung Jill he . death
seemed to have rendered' it useless.
When . I found she tad 'died intestate
then you may that I thought
the chance too ,valuable to - miss ; and
heie kept Carmody on the alert ever
since my arrival here. ' . .• ' '
,So the mystery was -cleared, and
my story - ends. People who like* to
hearthe very last of everything
.may
care to, know that the Majqr (now
Colonel of MilitiaYbas left the- ser
vice, encl .: is ' forming himself * into
the• realized ideal 'of.' the English
squire and county , member. ' The
said 'characters being•in their peace
tion inconsistent with old bachelor
hood, and Freda's unpaid legacy be
hg still.a small grievance with him,
I have a strong idea that he intends
to discharge all his obligations 'with
one graceful act, and prevail - on• her
to accept Etockwood—plus the mas
- ter. - I hope so, atlearit.. Any more?
The little blatk prince—not much
converted, Pmafraid—shivered mis
etably thro - agika . few months More
o.f England, and then. at: his own
earnest petition was dispatched in
.care of a party of missionaries from
Livetpool beekto his own sunny Af
fries, and—.took Congo with him,,
Temple Bar. _ ,
"
THE D.n3tvin von SKILL.--In • all.
manafactiring countries may lie
found scores of workmen who .have
but imperfectly learned their trade.
They infest shops, bother employers,
,and disgrace . workmen. They arc
the vagrants 61' the trade. :The wen
tryi needs - skilled workmen. It, is,
only at rare intervals that business
is so fiat that skill is not in demand ;
but - there are frequient periods of
slackness when only skillful and re
liable Men are wanted., There is no
royal road
.to the position of skilled
Workmen.• It must be reached by the
close, attentive, .patient , plodding of
the . apprentice through the lane of
learning into the broad road of com
potent. aequireinent.. The. entire
matter resolves ' itself into the .
plain, old-fashioned rule of sticking
to . a business. No looking back after
the harid.is placed to the plough.
There is . hard 'work and unpleasant
work to bedsit* lint it must bedone,
else -the. aPprentiee • never becomes
the..workman. . Serving one or
tw6 is not stifticient. ---. •
6 .1 icier tire of reading 'Parodist:4
Lost,' 4 ' said Mrs. PoSigns!), her eyes.
beamlog •with a dreamy languor. "Don't
you admire ,it, Mr: Crab'?" "No,, I
don't," replied , Crab crisply. •"1 used to
read it before I was married, but now"—
misting a look toward Idrs. C;—"I know
What 'Paradise Lost' is without reading
it."
$l.OO per Annum In Advance.
A Hitch in the Ceremonies.-
Brood;bpi, : "I hate to see a
hitch in a weddin'," remarked a
farmer from-out Jamaica way, as he
dropped into the_counting•room with
a nuptial notice. "It look.s bad and
it makeatalk."
-"Anything wrong abmat this wed
ding ?" asked the clerk, as he made
change for the old man.
"Nothing positively wrong / but it
didn't launch like I want to see
things of that kind. You seen by
the notice-that - Mick Thomas Was
marryin' - Mary Miff, and at one time
we begun to think they never would
git through that ceremony."
"What was the hitch
'Why, Buck ia . a Methodist, and
3lary is 'a 'Pisc9alian, and as one
wanted . One service, and the other
another; they patched up some kind
of 'scheme to have both. Neither
Would go to the other's church, but
each had their own minister and the
weddin' come Off in . the svhotd-house.
The 'Piscopal minister married Ma
ry, and the Methodist undertook to
marry Buck, and there they,. was
takinkalternate, whacks at the thing,
"and neither payin' any attention to,
the other.l The. Methodist brother
fired lermon fuit — , and the bride
sat down "and trent . to - sleep. Then
the :TiSesiPalian Gaid as how we'd all
dropped in -to - see that woman j'ined,
but he Wouldn't. say who to, and
wanted to know. if there was any ob
jections. That started up the Meth
odist, whO begun to ask Buck if he
knew what a solemn
he
he was
at, and if he really meant
'trade. - alb, that time the 'Piscopalian
was hoverin' around aboht 'this wo
man,' and. Mary was sayin' she'd do
this and :that and other.' The
'Methodist - minister - was marryin'
away on side and ffnally they
brourait up agin a stump."
"Ilow'S that ?"- asked the clerk.
"Well, the 'Piscopalian wouldn't
recognize Buck
. or his minister, and
the Methodist wouldn't' have nothin'
to do wittiMary or her preacher,nnd
there was, no way of . g ettin' 'em to
gether.'_ Fverything:.was all ri ady
except askin' • them if they'd take
each other, and neither one of ''em
would-do it. Mary . find Buck was
standin' hand in hand, and the crowd
was gettin' hungry."
"How did they, get through
"They had to compromise. They
wrangled for a time, and finally Buck
spoke up of his own accord and said
he'd take Mary for his wOded wife,
and then Mary chipped in'and said
she take Buck .for her husband. At
that .we all cheered and hollered.
Bitt
. • t;:ere ,they plumped . on another
snag." •
wbat respect?" inquired - the
clerk. •
'Because there was no one 0 pro
nounce ;'em man and wife:', Buck
.tried to l'eason ' Alary into 10.6n', the
Metllo(l64 do.. that part; and! Mary
argued witil.• Buck and tried 0 per
.suade into listenint. to : her
preacher ; but it was no use. That
brought on another row, and as it
Was : „aettin' nigh on to dark . ; we all
felt, that somethiu' ought to be done,
as we'd been there most all day." •
"Well, did they get married ?"
asked the tired clerk. •
"Yes, we fixed it up. The! minis-.
tors .was gettin' pretty mid at each
other, but they agreed that they'cf,
each attend to their own flock; so the-
Methodist said now pronounce
you man,' and the Tiscopalian said
'L now pronbunce yoli wife.' and they .
let it go at that. Then Buck paid
the Metho,klist, and the - Tiscopalian
wanted to.:, know where he came in.
Buck kiaid, he'd hired his man , and
p2id . hiin, -and as he was not respOri.t
sible for his tvife's foolishness before
marriage; her . parson - Could whistle
for his.wealth.. I guess there'll boa
lawsuit about it, for the Tiseopslian
sari.he'll hare. half of that ill dollars
If it . takea: . - ,a leg off to the "armpit. I
don't . like to, see . ._ them bitches .at
Weddin's..; It don't look right, and it
ain't business."
With this reflection the old man
._
buttoned sup his change and drove
home in deeli . meditation.
ASleeping Beauty.
"She is our sleeping 'beauty," said
conductor of a Jay, .Smith, and
Ninth street line of- cars in Brooklyn
pointing 'to a fashionably dressed
young woman, who is well known to
habitual passengers of the line be..
cause of her habit of falling, asleep
as soon Rohe pays her fare. The
young woman had (dark hair Ain't
falls in ringlets over her foretiead;
dark, clear eyes,:and a complexion
that is: almost perfect. l "I "guess she
must be
. pretty, because she sleeps
so. much," continued the conductor,
"for they say - that's What keeps wo
pen pretty. I don't know why it is_
luit-justas soon as she gets:in to . the
car and hands her . fare she crosses
leer hands and feet and begins to
.'ln "aboutfour minutes - she is
Weep, and then she gets a good nap
until she reaches the. ferry - going
down and ,the place where she gets
out. Ifiquissenger pushes fast her,
to get out she opens her eyed, fixes
her hat, which usually gets - loose by
her 'nodding' ' and then. she goes to
sleep again Its eurious.to see young
men try , to get her to flirt. ; Why,
she goes right to sleep while they are
smiling at her. We haven't ;a more
lady-like person riding on the line,
but. I.never saw such' a sleeper.lShe%
been I,passenger -now six days in a
week for .over two years, and she
makes most .i4 -7 6 - :ery trip •. asleep.
Here's her street. ,• - ;. • •
The conductor gave a shrill whistle
and called out —street." The
young woman opened her eyes step
ped off the car and passed gracefully
down the street, patting her mouth
gently with her hand to check It
yawn.—New Yiwk Sun.
As AN Illinois bride and mom were
about to take the train on their wedding
tour a few daywiigo, the newly-made bus
band becoming offended, slapped his wife
in the face. For a moment she paused
and gazed in ;urprise; then seizing his
cane she laid it over his head and shell!:
ders until she was exhausted, after which
she seated herself in her father's : carriage
and was driven back to her former home..
NM
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NUMBER 16
A Bridal Trtialimm ,
,
The - London queen gives the fol
lowing desexiptiou- oti,a trousseau .
prepared in Paris for an Italian lady:
The bride is Signorina Ituccellani,
of Florence, and the bridegroom
Prince Odescalebi, of Rome. -_The
house and Isody_linen are wapiti
-
cent, and cdmprise three different ,
types: First, renaissance emliroidery .
enriched With deed guipure, massive
designs copied from bas-reliefa, after
the Byzantine school, and this orna
ments sheets, pillow . cases, towels,
petticoats. and .peignours ; second,
embroideries in modern style, light
bouquets of flowers and sarlands of
foliage surrounded with fine Valen
cennesiaces for chemiSes, petticoats
andisummer sheets; third, Russian
andi Bulgarian embroideries, with
large flowers and greeques in colored -
silks" (the dye and shade being guar.
anteed for stashing), and some line
gild-embrdidery these principally
For.serviee'N , -sheets tablecloths, and
bournouse. for the ,bath. -Among
the twelve dozen cheinises there aie
some of very novel cut. The top
of the chemise -is low and round, and
edged with light Venetain guipure,
belciw which is 'a garland- of
--Mar
guerites, embroidered . in white satin
stitch, the hearts being pale yellow.
The front is gathered, and --a branch
of Marguerites falls graceftilly over
the fine gaugings, Thd Greek sleeve.
has a similar embroidery, and the
edge orthe chemise hasp wide, open
worked hem, bordered with "narrow
guipure; the initials R.. ` 0., with a
princess coronet, are. embroidered on
the left shoulder. The wedding
dress in view of the extreme heat or::
Rome, is in. crepe lisse over white
satin. The train is embroidered
with. orange blossoms and- roses
in white - silk,
,with silver veinings
and a thick framework of lace.- '1 he
skirt opens in front over. a satin
tablier,
covered with.point l'aiguilie,
embroidered crepe bodice, wreath of
orange blossoms- . without . leaxes
round thuchignon, and q l ong -tulle
worn ll'Espagnole, falling over the
hair and dresses, and not over the
face.
Why She Was There.
The latest thing at Long -Branch,
says an eiChange, is an adventure:of
Miss Verona Jarbeau, :whom you
will remember as the heroine of ope.
ra bouffe at the Standard. A large
party were sitting, after dinner,. -on
the wide piazza of John Hoey's mag
,
nOicent,residence. wheXt they beheld
Miss Jarbeau dri‘iing -about" the .
grOunds in - .an elegant turnout. She
wore a lovely lace . drkss ; her pink
silk stockings peepeitfrom herskirts; r
in short, she was a picture of ease,
beauty, and taste. But • how did
she. get into • - the groun., - ..5, and
why was she driving about, as if they
belonged to her! The guests . "asked
these ..questions or the hostess imd
oT each other, and at last Mrs. Hoey
touched the bell and said : _
. _
" I'll send a servant to asliherwho
gave her peiniission."
'°in .
said Wait a moment," John
. 11oey, rising; '°l gave her perinie
sion."
" Yon!" was. thegeneral tr..clama
tion of astonishment. -
" Yes," replied Mr: Hoey, " and
I'll tell you the . story: 1 was amus
ing myseq in !a, big straw bat, the
other mornings trimming some plants
down yonder, -when Jarbeau
came driving past. I knew her from
having -.seen her, on the stage; but
she didA knOW me 'Arc you the
cia
head rdenerr she inquired, .very
Well,. I have charge of
!this place,' I aniwered.-hunoring the
mistake. Would you give me per.
mission to. drive iu andlookiabout?'
she. asked. 4 Whenever yoii please,
•AlisS,' : surd I. .=-W heieuponlie threw
me a gold piece-, which . I wear
,here
on my watch-eTtain, and I think that,
having tipped - the gardener,. the lady
is: entitled to her drive." - •
It' I think so, too," said Mrs. aoey*
and there was a unanimous chorus of
assent.
==fflEl
The
- :SLEEPLESSNESS. -Medical
Press and - Circular contains some
goad . suggestions about the hyienic
treatment of. Sleeplessness...w . hich are
summarized as follows: Wet half a
towel, apply it 4 'to , :the back of the
neck, pressing it upward toward the
base of the brain, and fasten the dry
e 1
h_ f of the towel over so as to pre
v t the two rapid' exhalation. The
e et_l3,.praraw.._ and. ellarining,-cixd
inetie _brain and inducing calmer,
sweeter—sleep than any, narcotic.
Warm . water limy .be used,.-though
most :pprefer cold. , To those
who Suffer, from over excitement of
the brain, whether the result of brain
Work or.pressing anxiety, thiSsimple
remedy 'has. proved an especial 'boon.
- ,
Fun, Fact and racctist.
' , Tills woman liad . 64-door nerves,-
didn't want to vow, and. would bold a
husband with a firm grip e "I beg your
paidon, madam," said he, "for thesmokc
in.the room." "Not at all. I 'rather like
it. It smells as if . there was a man
around."
The 14-year-old daughter of Sitting
Bull is called ”She-Who-Glances-at-You
as-Slte-Walktk'l' This is bettor than hav
ing a girl who glances at every ice-cream
saloon between the theatte . and s tlie„horne
of her proud sire, 'who keeps a dog.
• Pl'u-sorry to have it to say of a woman
at her time of life, Mr. Btuddorly, but as
,ii-e!re talking:confidentially now; I'll con--
foss My wife uses powder." "Lucky
man,"r innocently p returned 31e 78.; "if
Mrs. Brudderly evenfelt that Way toward
me, she'd use dynamite."
Foca years ago a young man, without
n. cent on his babk and only one suit of
clothes to his name, entered Denver and
begged his supper. Last week be eloped
with his employer's wife and $lO,OOO of
_Hs money.. Close application to business,
coupled with pluck and industry, wins
every time.
Etnr.s . r.iltinghter—l think you might
let me-.tome out, mamma! I'm twenty,
you know, and surely I've finished my
education ! - Festive - mamma (by no
means prepared ti act the part of chape
rone anotwall-flower)—Not yet, my love.
Society is so hollow ! I really - . must pre.
serve that sweet girlish freshness of puts
a little w file longer.
TII_E. i had siuldenty ; Overeleuded
air i . • me quite stormy. Being of a
sentimental . turn she.accordingly took. her
turn at the piano and ',.,began to sing.
"Into some lives the rain must fall.",
But he was entirely practical, and, clutch=
ing Ir..r arm, said tenderly, "Sing some
thing else, darling ; you knout I didn't
bring my umbrella." . • ,
A ROMANTIP maiden was rescued from
drowning at \antasket by . her loVer.
When-she had suriciently recovered from
the shock'and fright to feel like talklii,g,
she overwhelmed hitn ..With repo-aches.
"My darling," he replied in aittouishment ;
"you surely did not wish me to 'let you
perish ?" " she exclaimed angrily,
otint why didn't you let me _go down for
, the third time?"
THE gas suddenly went', Out . at a - Sin
.Toro concert the other eveninF, , and when
it was relit a young lady intlig4ntly ac.
cased a happy looking man *bo sat. on
the next bench of kissing her in the dark
ne. Tho man. tried to es pl:rin, r but
some of the lady's. friends seized and pro.
ceeded to tire him out with expedition. As
they reached the door the victim - manag
,ert to gasnt, - "Me kiss a woman.!
Why, l'm just divorced That settled
it, Ile was apologized to, anti- the man
Of experience proudly resumed hia'seAt.