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From the 11 , (teton True Flag.
Ult Staten Mite:. Or,
T lIE LOS11 1 WILL:
-• A PHYSICIAVA STOUT.
'You will be having rare doings op at the
sold ball this Chris:lnas, won't you, Matthew!'
;said old Jonathan Brown, :is lie and a party
of cronies. drew -up their clirs • before the
biasing tiro, ih' the travelldr's room of the
village inn of Royston.
'Yes, I warrant me there !will be gay doh
ings," was the old game-keetan's reply. 'Ws
many a long day since the old Ilall was
trimmed for Christmas Ili naw; but Miss .
Maud wishes it, and it's not, in the squire's
heart to reflrse her an y thing.'?
'1 don't know hawhe coUO, fur a sweeter
or prettier piing lady I never-saw,' said-the
parishvletk, 'lt does my old eves good to
look at her beautiful face bn Sunday; and
then her singing—it almost snakes me forget
myself sometimes'
tor my part, I hate not seen the
yon'ng lady often enough to judge of he good
qualities, but her brother bathe stamp of the
old family on him. There's no mistaking
the real gentleman, and hel is one, if ever
there was one. Ilere's to hit good health,
and long may be live in Itovaton :"'.and mine
host of the Royal OAk draindcl a tankard of
his foamy ale, in honor of the man be thus
eulogized.
•Wejl, how does Mr. Gilbert like the
change in WI uncle's plans' !asked the old
clirVof Mattkew, the game keeper. 'Folks
said he-was not well pleased, ht first, to have
the strange cousins come in to share the for
tune he has so long, thought would be his
own.
MEM
• Afatthew looked long and Jarnestly at the
fire before he answered. ;
'Mr. Gill-eit is a queer one I don't know
what to make of him. Ile iS the lAA man
in the world to give up money without a
struggle, but Le is woude full pieasnnt wish
his nettsinat almost too _pleasant, I think,
sometimes; and he lowered his voice, and
looked- round, as if featfuL , that, Lis .words
should be overheard by unfriodly ears.
'How did it happen that the squire never
owned his brother's children uittil, this year?'
asked the schoolmaster, who,llike myself, a
stranger in the village, manifested much in-.
teren in these retninh , eences 4f the wealthi
est family.in the neighborhoodi
a tong story," said 'the landlord, to
whom the question trIL, addresigekbot I will
tell it to you in as few words,as possible.
The Present Mi. Cactleman'sfatler bad three
children, two isOns daughter, and
their mother died- whili — ,theyi wEe, still in
the nursery. Gilbert, the oldtarcsvas his fa
ther's pride and joy, and from eroyhood ruled
the old man after own faneyi: The broth
ers. never agrentl well, and• Margaret;their
si-ter, always took part with "art in their
quarrels. When she was still quite a child,
she marriedgr. Staunton:a 'p.oliege chum
of eilbeit's, kid a great favorite with her fa
ther. • 7.1
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`When Arthur Castleman wa g twenty-one,
he mortally offended both Ids father and
brothefhy , Winning the affections of a young
_lady to whom the latter Lad long been very
paitiab.and'on his marriage he was forbidden
ever a? Ain to enter his old home.i The young
lady's friends were also opplsed to the
match, as he was the younger ton ; and, dis
gusted with the treatment he bad received,
.A.rtbnr..took his young Wife to iraDndqn, and
for mazy years nothing was 4ard of them
here. ~
, •
• !When the old man died, thJ, property all
came-into Gil4tt's hsrds,; - .for Margaret had
received her share on her marr age, and Ar
thur had taken his part, which was the dow
ry of 'pis mother, when he 1 'home. The
same year ,that the old sq J . did, Margaret
Came hoMOri Widcw; and Giliert at once
made her IniAress al the Ilan.(She did not
'live many years; and, after her death, Gilbert
Castle Man adopted her aurs,,yinag Gilbert
Staunton, and has ever 'sin'e ber to him as
a father. , •
•
'ln the latter part of the pastiummer, let- I
ters came to the Hall to any than Arthur and !
big wife, wete both dead, and that their two I
children. were in gieat distress. The bay had
been some lime in the army, without any tlifng
to depend on but ilia pay ; could do little or
nothing for his sister, and she was then de
pendent fur-a- home on the kindn'ess of stran
gers:: *heftier it was that the slquire's con
„science reproached him for his cruelty to his
brother, or that he felt some lingeizng tender- I
nfts for the , children of the woman bet bad 1
once loved, I cannot say; but certain it is, he I
sent at once for the orphans"to
. 4:cmie to the
Hall—procured six mon h's leate or bib neph
ew, and installed his niece in the place bin
sister had once occupied.
'They have-keen here now five months, and
the squire treats them with the r ' . 'same kind
er/5s be has ..41W;y5 shown to tl4lr • cousin,
young Staunton, on whose prospects it :will
make a material 'difference, should they be
come- joint' heirs with bin:melt. The squire
has bad two - Aevere. fits of sit:bless this au
'tumo, and both times spoken of having pro
vided for Lis niece and nephew; he has even
tried to persuade young; Arthur tb leave. the
I army; and make' Itoyston hame, but no
one knOwn how things will' be with-them!”
There were various coma:l - etas on this short
history; then`the conversation tonk anoth er{ turn, and the state
oflhe'poor families in the
par'sh became -the leading topic.; The old
clerk had just read a list of the various con
tribution., made by the gentryland , far- I
mers around to enable their poorer neigh-.
bora - to keep Christmas with 'some de
gree of comfort; and all were cornmenting
on the benevolence of this one and that one,
whose donations , had been_ unusnally large,
when the door was suddenly , thrown open,
and a servent, in blue and' oranie livery,
rushed into the room 1
.'ls the new doctor here!' eiclaitned as
'crones he got breath•enough tospeakt.
'Of course 'lumped tip, for that heel; been
no title in R.oystoo for the pads As weeks.
" . Wbat's We matter was echoed tonsai
the room, as I hastened to itot . Ley jbat arid
overcoat.
Oh, tbe squriehai got anothersittack, And
he's worse than ever. Doctor Stevens is a
way, and Mr. Arthur bade me to get, the oth
er as quick as possible. We must bUrry, sir,
he said do aie.'or we'll be too late;` lie's Mein •
bad this i •
teb;htbel3''
Br A. I.; ZRUlitillANK
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CHAPTER
I was ready to start, and at dice tdld LIM
so.
In the front yard stood two horses awaiting
us; and, in a few seconds more, We weirs go
ing over the road at a full gallop, to my un
known destination. After tiding about, a
mile, my guide pulled up at the great gates
of the tunic belonging - to Squite Castleman,
and for nearly another mile we dashed through
the long avenue of leafless oaks and cheSnuts,
whose bare bouglis met above our heads; On
reaching the Hall, a groom instantly took my
horse; while a young man, who - had appa
rently been on-the watch, hastened down the
steps and escorted me into the mansion.
`Don)t lose an instant, do tor h said in
o e
agitated tones; 'even now I fear it Is to late
to do anything for him; and snatching up a
light he led the.wey up a broad flight of stairs,
along a wide upper hall, and then into a large
and magnificently furnished chamber, where
on a splenlid bed lay an elderly man, seem
ingly in tbe'agonies of death. Bending Over
hi m , i n g r e a t distress, was a young gill, who
continually wiped the great drops of agony
from his bray!, and the froth which gathered
on his livid lips, only pausing to give him the
cold water, for which he unceasingly called.
Leaning . on a table at the opposite side of Lie
room. with his fade bided in .his blinds, sat
GilbertStafinton, the only oce of the party I
hi !ever seen, and was seemingly unconscious
of oultentrance.
This was the• first case I had been called
upon to attend io Royston, and, before I bed
been in the room ten minutes, I would - have
given half what I was worth in the world to
hVeii safely out of the job. Never, but
once before in tby life, had I seen anything
similar, and that WAS the deathbed of a man
hi - eight to the bbipltal, and whose agonies I
shall never fOrget until my dying day; and•
that, man had poisonedlib:well with arsenic.
Nothing else that hailover ccnio under
my care, in any way resetribled this attack of
Squira Ca t tleman's; and ; ,abitdd ivithout
thinking of the possible "result, I adminlstared
such remedies as our hospital
,physicians had
used in the cam 1 have alluded to.
`Twice before ho has had these,•artacks.
raid the young man who had met me, and
who now watched me every ruomentivq.ll aux=
iety. 'They are very extra , rdinary iu their na
tter., nnrl I should like to know the cause.'
- .That is more than I can tell you at present,'
I answered, eiaA!vely, for every instlnt I be
came more convinced that there was some
thing wrong in the case. •
For au hour we three stood and watched
the sufferer, scarce - daring todixturb him by
a word, and then the door softly opened, and
another person entered.
'Thank God !! I mentally exclaimed, as I
saw it_was Dr. Stet:ens, the village physician.
Now I am relieved of part of the mponsibili
ty, ,
41 rota came quietly to the bedside,
looked for a few rm..;: - .2,"ts on the squire's dia
totted face, laid his hand soothingly on the
vouna girl's bowed head, gave one look at
Gilbert Slatinton,.and beckoned me to the oth
er scie of the room. Iu a wbiwer ktold him
what I bad done.
'You use strange remedies,' and begat° me
a keen, peculiar look.
'I could use none'other, and they bave cer
tainly relieved him,' I replied. _
•No doubt of it, no doubt of it,' be said ;
and again his glance fell on Gilbett Staunton,
with an expieselon that told volues.
Wa returned to the sick man, a d kept un ;
ceasing watch all night. •At day' teak the
doctor advised Gilbert and his cousins' to
to take some rest, promi•ing to call there
should- their uncle grow worse.
I sat by the fire; and bad almo_st fallen in
to a.doae, 1;40 heard Mr. Castleman speak
to my companion. :Ale Fait" be knew be was
44 that be had made all his arrangements,
settled all his affairs' and bad dune what be
could to repair all Hodes.
`M.y will Is in tnyliekk,' ha sai II ‘and.in it
I leave yolr a great charge. S evens. You
hate always been my best Mend' and for my
sake you mitt lia a [mbar to littod;. she will
be tiCh 4 but that only adds to h.: danger;
watch over her as you would your own Child:
Some few other: Kora he added about the
servants, and then the pains attacked him
again, with even mora than the f!rrit severiv,
and those *ere the r nly rational wards I
heard the old squire speak. At noon he was
sinking fast, and the doe - tor called Arthur
CaxiTernan -and Gilbert Staunton to witness
hislast moments. The young girl, worn out
with watching and anxiety, was asleep, and
they would not disturb her. . • .
'lt is all pver; said Dr. Stevens, as lie laid
down the hand in which the poise had ceased"
to beat. forever ; ibis sufferings are at an end.'
. Gilbert Staunton thing himself on his knees
beside the
,bed, with aloud groat! ;, but Ar
thur_Castlertia6 bent down and, -reverently
closed the eves and folded the bands of his
dead uncle,
CHAPTER H
!NO will!' Every one in the room echoed
the wordo;in tones of mingled doubt and as
-
tontshmeot.
- It was Christmas day. , The old siftdre had
that morning been laid in the family todib,
and
~a party of fifteen or twenty had gathered,
by request of the heirs, to, hear the reading of
their uncle's will ; to this party the two cous
ins and Dr,.Sterens made the above startling
announcement.
•
. .
. 'lt is most extraordinary:the doctoi said ;
`the last words the deceased spoke related to
that document, and my young friend, lir..
Aioge, I believe-overheard the same. .1 bow;
1 ed in corroboration of this. ' Now, among my
late fliend's papers, 1 .bave‘found two wills,
iboth. d ated several years ago, and both mark
ed 'TO be destroyed f and, as lawyer Sharpe
can testify to the making of another within
1 the past fewmonths,- it does not - appear to
Me that these ought to' be read at all; but int
'inediately destroyed, as was evidently the in=
tendon of the ° maker.- .. 1
The old doctor paused for a reply,. sihich
was instantly
,given • by. a relative of the
Staunton faraly, who insisted that th, last
'rill found . must be the -true one, withoot
reference to any intetstioni.eipressed .: by
deCensi3.- 'lf lawyer sharp made" Istir .will,
let it be 'produced - ;,if it.was not forthcoMind„
then the list,orte that was to be found would
Fold good: 4 . -,-. , • . .- •- , . -
There was Much discussion ot,the rod-
Cron ;- another thorough search for the mis
'sing document; and , At the end of - a week
the family met-again, when it was decided
that the latest of the two Wills should Stand.
Otcourie, Gilbert Staunton liecame.master of
Castletoa, 4is cousins - at once yielding up
mowt - Roti l JUNE 23, 1859.
their claims, and euietly resigning tbernseltes
to the poreAy wl;4ch now seeped ioevitabre.
,In,.,the shod knoirn theta, my
fienftts bad been deeply interiited in the
welfare of the young soldier and Lie beautiful
sister,and my, sorrow for their disappointment
*as scarcely leas than if my own hopes bad
bean crushed instead,
' I cam.notbing for the trioiley . ,' Arthni.. said
to me, as we walkbd`tbrough the park one
day. 'For - myself, - 3 never desired my un
cle's bounty; .hut-,for Maud I am . distremed
beyond measure.. She lids actually no borne
on earth, for alre ady i see that Gilbert con
siders us intruders ; and is abtious fdr obr de
parture. Dr. Stevens hes offered her a home,
and his wife was quite willing when she thought
my poor sister . would 'have some fortune ; but
the good lady's temper is not the most amia
ble in the world; and she has given me to
understand, in plain terms:Htt they have
no room there for dependants.'
Knowing, as I did, that Mrs. Stevens was
the veriest shrew in the parish, Lcould well
imagine how utterly wretched Maud •Castle
man would he in such a home. My conver
sation with Arthur decided me on a plan I
had been dreaming opori fur several days and
nights.
That evening ) , when the moon rose over
the chestnut avenue, in defiance of Gilbert
Stain4on'isblack looks, I sat alone with Maud
in, the oia fashionediparblr of the Hall, and
N%ked her to be r my wife. I told her how poor
I was, with little more means that would pur
chase us a cottage, home; but I was young
i
and hopeful • our expenses, for a time, would
be small, an d I had , full faith in Providence
helping those wile_ strove to help themselves.
I did not envy the flaw man in England
that hour ' when Maud laid her fair hand in
mine, and let me call her my own betrothed.
' Arthur looked both pleased and grieved
when I told lam, and. asked his consent to
our litippint.ss.•
'1 fear that you have done this tbtough
pity to her loneliness; but, Robert Ainge,
it is not too late ybt to repents if aught else
than lotto bas dictated this offer. Maud will
share poverty, , suffering, di.igrace, anything
with the man she loves; but she will die
broken-hearted, if she aver learns that your
heart culd toward - ' bee./
I succeeded in convincing Arthur that his
sister was more to me than all the world
and, as he was just on the eve of' departure
to join his regiment, we arranged to have
the wedding over before he left Royston. To
our great astonishment, Gilbert himself pro=
posed for Maud's' hapil on the following day,
and an • unpleasant scene s occurred, which
ended in his bidding his cousins instantly to
leave his house; a request they obeyed by re-,
tackling-at once to the house of the mini•iter,
where Maud And I:were Married, and where
Anthilr bade ris farewell a few hours after.
I loot nrit a =Sweet in making my ar
rangements for the future; and having heard
of the death of -the village physician at
Brockithrst, a place some five miles from
Royston; I determined to take his place, if'
possible; and, through the sindness oil
old friend, Stevens, succeeded in -doing so.
I hired a little cottage, to which my wife
'lnd . ! at once reeloved; and, though at first
its aspect was not inviting, we succeeded in
patting it both a pretty and pleasant home.
The night before our departure I met Gil
bert Staunton, in company, with a -dark
featured, shabby-looking individual, who ap
peared very anxious to avoil scrutiny. dirt
ben was partially intoxicated, and at once
addressed ate in terms of insult, ending with
some vague threat of revenge for 'crossing
his path.
I took little heed of the words at the time,
though they came back forcibly to my triiiid
in the course of a few months.
at
and I were - soon eq \ sbliabed snugly,
at Brockhurst, where arm was a tolerable
practice, and where I had good prospects
for, the future to encourage me. Our thtee
little roams were the picture of comfort;
the poor 'charity girl' we had taken proved
no excellent servant; and, in the sunshine of
contetitmCnt, Druid grow lovelier everyPtliy.
Our courtship bad heets.so strangely sudden,
that it remained .for 11:111Wir months to make
me acquainted with all the goodness of my
wife's dispoAtion; how
,eotle and, patient
"she could lie tinder trials and dicappoint
meuts; bow grateful for the smallest kind=
neva, and how,cheetfut under all circiimettin-
When spring came, she worked in Lee
tbwer-garden early and lat i g r And many a lit
tie luxury _we denied ourselves, that the
money - might be -spent for some rare or
beautiful plant, Flowers 'were her delight,
and I only .grieved that my means were too
limited to indulge her taste to the full.
Wd beard from Arthur regularlY, and the_
height of our ambition was - to make our cot
tage as.,beatiful as possible, against - the time
when be should visit us in the surnmer..:.Dr:
Stevens also wrote freepintly; and Came to
Brut:latent ,whenever hie business permitted.
le reported Gilbert's conduct as being bad
in the extreme. More than one, wild story
had.been.iold, of his:, associating with bad
characters, and more: than one respectable
family was brought to shame .through his
means. He kept plenty of company at. the
Hall, played high, drank hard, and was, to
all appearances, fairly - gaited on the road for .
destruction. At such times I congratulated,
myself on our quiet home,life, little dreaming
that the day. was near, when the quiet should
be rudely, interrupted.
~ _
I was called out late one afternoon, teat
teed a.patient at , the extreme end of the vil
lage, and -left . Maud, as usual, in her-garden,
.very. busy among her roses and' carnation.
I was detained much longer than I expected,
and it was nearly ten o'clock when I again
passed through firockburat street, 1 saw no
one about until just as csme, opposite the
apotheditry'a shop, when-the glare of the lamp
till on d face :I. bad seen, before, but where . /
could not recall, It gave pie an unpleasant
feelipg, however, I hurried on the road bonne
as fast its porisible,
Qo entering our little parlor,l found Maud
analmisly 'attending on the girl Jane, _who.
bad feinted on, the Isofa. , wife herself
looked fearfully 'pale;
bit that, I thought,
arose f ro m ivuet6tz ab out the girl's state. ,
• Do sommhing•for. her quick, Robert; or
she will die!' Maud 'exclsrimed r 'she his
tainted five or eix times already.' , ,
'.But what is -the matter!' What caused
her to faint! frisked as lapplied restoratives.
'Oh, she hour had a dreadful frightz-a
dreadful fri,Tht;' and ,my wife cluog to my
arm, Lien:o36llg so violeotlj, and with such a
Wild glare in her eyes, that I was iriexpressi
hly shoeked. -
I got the Story from thins' in broken sen
tences, and -between wild expressions of
alerts; but the , substance of ..it was plain
enough. Jane 'lima a noise at the
kitchen window, and ran into the;parlor to
tell her mistress. Without e 11R:iambi's
thought, Maud went ,otlt see who was'
there, ttie girl folk/tiring, with alight--when,
just as they descried the foins of a man get
ting in the Window, a bout report stunned
them )nib, and a heavy charge of leaden
slue, or jaggard bits-of metal, was lodged in
the door-casing, within an inch of 'Ely wifi's
head. The man instantly clambered out of
the window, and made off; Jane fainted ;
and my p oor (righted Maud had bees fully
occupied in attending her ever since.•
After this, I never, knew . a moment's peace
again. -On after reflections, I became certain
that the man I had seed in Royston with
Gilbert Staunton, and the man I had met
on Brockhurst street, on the night my tiouse
Was entered, was one and the same. The
coincidence chilled me to :be heart; there
was something mysterious altogether ab - out
Gilbert's conduct, and I could not divest cey ,
self of the one idea that the burglar came
into the house for other intent than robbery.
I did not dare to trust Maud out of my sight
for an instant, for the first week or two; and
I bought a horse and gig, so that she might
accompany me on my visits—a piece of ex,
travagance for *Lich she half scolded me, as
we had scrupulously avoided all debts; and
I only l had the meats to pay half the price
on this purchase, besides running myself
very short of money.
We went to sea Dr. Stereos, who, I was
convinced, entertained some tharfnl &aspic=
ions about Gilbert Staunton. We had al
ways avoided the subject; but now I.told
the old man all my fears, although I hardly,
knew myself what I did fear. Hp listened
attentively, and, could see, was deeply
moved.
•My dear Ainge, there was a mystery
_about Gilbert Castleman% death ; there was
a mystery about the loss of the will ; there is
eornething very mysterious in the attack on
your wife ; and I believe there is a guilty ee=
cret at the brittotti of it all. Oilbeft Staun
ton was a bad boy, and he_ is a bad man ;
be was Cot one calmly to yield up any part
of that property, and he had not the power to
change the old men's determination, when
once formed, God forgive me If Ido him
wrong, but I believed he killed Ida uncle;
and destroyed the wilt. Why be should
have, any design on his cousin's life, I caunot.
tell; it cots not seem very probablev never
theless keep a good watch over your wife.
We'must keep these suspicions to atirselves,
for you can do nothing with him on suspbp .
ion alone; but give him rope enough and• he
will hang himself yet. I have my eye pretty
constantly on his movements!
Need I say that any heart was none the
lighter for this conversation with the good
old doctor!
azlrer tart Ilsod alone_again, but super
intended the training
. of pinks, and tritz=
miog of geraniums, pith the utmost pitience,
only claiming army . reward that she should
share my professional Celli. _ _
CIIAPTER 111
It is-an old proverb that 'ltlisfottanes never
ems. singly;' and, in about three weeks from
the night of our alarm, I received the follow
ing nose from Arthur i•
If you can come to me without earning Wad,
do so i dear Robert, for I need you very much;
but on no consideration let my sister know that
I have sent you this. I nted only telLyou that
I am obliged to fight a duel, and you will 'nee at
once the consequences of letting her hnow ! ,.l am
almost certain that 1 met Gilbert hero
few nights ago ; someway I fancy- ho is con
cerned in this trouble of mine, but yon shall
have the particulars when you come: •
'You -are not well; Ttobert,' my vi ife said, a
few hours after I received this summons,' ' You
work too hard, andlake no rest.'
'I beliete t Lave worked too hard, lately,
and bad some thoughts of asking.you to let
me take a tew days'. holiday. Mow would
you like to go and stop with Mrs.. Stevens ;
bite I.eboold pay. Arthur a -visit?' • .
'Oh, that I 'Will; so done change your
mitid; now,but go while you are .in the hu
mor. And do try and bring Arthur back'
ith you; I am pining to, see him."
My heart teproacbed.me for deceiving her,
also for leaving, be; when 1 knew she wanted
to accompriey ele; but I did net dare to tell
her theltruth, nor would it do-ito tare bet'. •
-I left her comfortably doinicile# , at the
doctor's, arid in a few hours' was closeted with
Arthur, listening to the strange stop , of his
quarrel with-a brother officer, who had gratu
itously insulted, and then .challenged him.
'lt is a most estraordinary affair,' he said.
'llanson.andi have always been on the best
of terms,:and be is not a quarrelsome fellow
by any means; but lately be has taken to
playing very high, and has got himself in
volved deeply. rcannot help thinking that
Vonie otte who holds him in his power has set
him to do this; but who can have such a
spite at me ; is more than I can tell. Since
seeing Gilbert, I have. thought be . might be
at the bottom of it; but why should he seek
my life I- - If I stood in his way ; it would be
e diffekent thing; butt be must sutttly.be
con
tent with everything in his awn hands:"
I now told Arthur all:the suspicions Dr.
Stevens and .1, hat(..entertained, and also Of
the murderous attack on. Maud, of which we
had never let him know. -As be listened, ilia
brow grew dark, while Cheek and lip turned
ashy. pale.
'oll,if I could but know this forcertain,'
he muttered, between Lis clenched teeth, 'he
would ,have bet few days here to plot against
Out
s,
'We must have patience, Arthur ; the
time .
may.yet,come When. we• shall discover
all; at ptexeof,vre could prove nothings.
hrtkur was in x bitter mood.. ~ • +,
'My whole life lute beeps War cif. patience,.
Robert; nothiegbut povety and dieappoint
meat have attended me all my dayr, and, if I
fall Aconorrow, I ,have flaking to regret in
leaving this miserable world'' .
Ile want-to his desk, and took out is small.
package, containing a. likeness rand .a letter;
The former was the miniaturerof a lovely,girl,
with 'golden curls ,. dark-blue eyes,. and .
blush-rose- cou3plexion—i.a. sweet,. face; on
which one would never lire of piing.
'That is,ithe likenese.ol anal havelnoire
and loved from i tbildbooty-4 Artbus,
'She is the only daughter of,. Sir Ilugh idea,
tiers, and is as good, as true and risloving as.
she is beautiful. There is no engagement be-
tween us, for Sir liver 'Stever dreamed that I
'Would presume to hive his heiress; but Mira
knows well how strong my affection for her
ha's always' been, and, though hopslestoris
Still remain true to 'eh other--a sad, sox- I
ious, - unsatialled existence for each. -Should
the mutat:happen - to morrow, and I fall; :Ton
intuit give her this lettet With yourbwit hand.
It is more than probable that, in the end; my
death Vould prove a blessing to her, for Mith
ing but misery can result (twit our love, as
matters are with me at present.' • •
I was deeply affected , at •Aithdr's ciespon
ding tone; it seemed hard that all his hopes
should 'be crushed—all his fondest aspira
tions blasted in the 'bud I' knew not what
to' say to give him comfort. I made him
take some r est
s to- prepare' for the encounter
on the mor row; , but my owe :bind it:Igloo
;deeply agitated to think of repose..
At dawn we started for the pleas! of Meet
ing, and, just before sunrise; the whole party
seven met on the ground. . • -
; After a vain effort on thelpart of the Sec
onds to., effect ii' reconciliation—an effort
Lieutenant Hanson stubbornly iesisted—the
parties took their plaCts, the signals were eV
en, and both fired at the same instantr
Hanson fell without a word. I saw Ar
tiler stsgger, and rushed to his side in time
to receive him in my arms; he gasped faintly
once or twice, and fainted. 'Hoch were badly
wounded—Hanaon through ther lungs, and,
we all thought, fatally.
Arthur was in less danger, but be bled pro
ftfiely, and •not an instant was lost in convey
ing him borne.
For three days 'end nights t scarcely left
him an instant, snatching a - few moments'
sleep when, and as I could. > •
• :! , On the "third,day a gentleman called, who
intpOduced bimself as a friend of - my, unfolln:
nateyoung relative: He had libard a report
of the duel, and came at once to know if it
could be paesible that *a son of his Old friei.di
Arthur Castleman, had thus disgraced him
self, outraged nature afid huthanity, and so
clearly proved himself a coward. .
Without knowing who he was, t telt it my
duty to set hidi right on a few points; ex
plained how totally innocent. Ar th ur was of
any intention of w rong; and then. finding
that he liEtened with deep interest, I went on
and told him something of my suspicions,
and the cause of them: .
I soon found out that this irasciblii old
gentleman was Sir Hugh Manners=hasty,
passionate and proud, but still not devoid of
kindness; dud, before I Was thiiaugh, I plain
ly saw that Arthur w.akreinstatecl in the old
gent!ernan's good graces. •
•
This is a strange 'story you tell me, sit,'
he said. 'I should think the conduct cdthat
Gilbert Staunton mord than suspicious; yet,
as you.say, there is no way of proving him
- • • .• •• • • ,
I,liad A long , conversation with the old
gentleman, aaderf3 parted en pleasant terms
promising to call on Arthur assooti as
the physicians permitted him to be seen.
We felt much anxiety about our.patient
that night, and' f sat with my linger on the
fitreti4h !wise thronglillie long hour; of.dark
new, anxiously lookiny, foi sa change. .As
day dawned, he fell asleep, and I was almost
in the same state myself, when the nurse en
tered and placed , adeper in my bend. II has . -
tily opened it, and, witb'feelings not to be
desmibed, read the following lines front Dr;
Stevens :. • , • -
- 'Dear Ainge :—ls your wife . with you!
She disappeared from here yesterday, and I
can account for her absence in no other way
than that she got wary of 'Mir dull dire, and
went to seek you. Tell her I shell scold her,
for she has given us-A sad fright, besides
causing a thorough search of the village itt
quest of •
Of the cold, horrible chili that went thro'
me, as I took in the meaning of, these ft*
words, no pen can. give an adequate idea.
'Dead I murdered I' was the first thought.
'My own' Maud—thy" precious • wife 1 06,
vrbr did I leave her 1' Then, as my eye tell
on Arthur's death-like courdetter*, the ne
cesrl7 of caution for his sake, made me re
press all outward symptoms of 804: I gave
the nurse all Eobitile diteotions ; left a. hasty
line for out friend, the - Military , doctor, tell-
ing him' that news'. (tom lottre called me
away insfintatieously; and, leaving Arthur in.
his care—a trust I knew he would conscien
tiously fulfil—and, having arranged all as
safe an I could, I made all speed to. reach
Roystm,- never stopping for An' in-taut until
!stood in the iloctor's little , sanoturn, where
My coming spread terror and dismay in the
little family circle., ! . • - •
.
`Not with you nave never seen 'her ?
- For Heaven's sake, Ainge, w hat do you mean
Where is she'? And the doctor's rosy face
became of a deadly purple,aahe stood before
me the liring image of horror and surprise.
'She went out to take a walk in the afternoon,
as she has done everyday, an 4 never .came
back; after searching all over the Valets we
could do no other than come to the conclu
sion tharsbe had gone to seek,you.'
'Where is Gilbert Staunton r
'At the hall, quite sick. I went,there and'
informed biro of the .object of my search, but
he cimld,havi had no hand tn• it; els •ke had
beetreickin bed two days.,, lie seemed quite
concerned, and • advised me to wt,ite to you at
once; he - has sent halta•dOzen aunt to-day
to know if we bail
• 13iillt be may be, but this is hi, 4cirk. Ile
has almoit killed the bicither, and I believe
his,mttrderedi the sister.'
'My dear-Ainge, be calm for the sake of all
concerned;. you can do noting by igiving
way . fo despair, and if There. ,a craft at the
bp,ttom of tbi4!you can only meet it with
equal craft..: MO1'0 ; 01111/ that, yott are too ill
nowt() doitiiy. thing; TOtrare in a violent fever:.
I had felt all dap; strange weight and op
prertion on' my brain, and, as • the doctor
spoke, sharp darts of pain went tbfough my
temples; the sunshine grew suddenly dark,
anti Iraw - no-more for. many,hours.
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TO BB CONCLI.II?Ip N,EXT WEEK.] •
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• .
In Albany, an old gentleman wottb come
half a million of dollars fell 'desperately in
hive with bin servant 01. propoieed . and
was sampled ; but the old gentleman's Oil
deen learning bow Mattenr_stood, threatened.
lekn 'with,. a berth in the tisffatict.Asyluni.
He became' ilarmed it thii and finally told
the girl "it could:A be, did." ;Young fedi
bears ther.announcement '4.1 then .talks of
"-cold pizenr and bleated dinpes. Elbe eitin
sult4_4 lawyer and threatens-19 make Rome
howl. -'Her lawyer brings suit' or bread' of
promise r and to get out of - thencrape, the old
gentleman pays $2,500. • -
VoLLliiii Nbit4i301,25.::
Csonc4a:7There ire
practices tolerated is religious congregations
which Christians, who ate jealotis for the hoe=
Or of their Master'irbotite,.shimld utterly Con
damn. Decorum is the handmaid . ' of -devo
tidtial and for this reason the - house
of GOdshould never bedisturbed by the.slight
est approach to irreverence. "It is a past of
my religion," said a pious oldlidy, , when I
asked, why she went early to church,- it is
part of rtlyreligion hot to interrupt the relig
ion o(uthers..7 . And we bailey:fa if many a
criontry L vOngr.egation made it a° pars of their
religion not to twist their necks almoit ont'ot"
joint.to :witness the entrance of every - perslou
who-parsed up the aisle of the meeting house,
it arduld be Better tor both of their necks and
their religions. A grors- abuse of religions
decorum sometime' needs harsh medicines as
a remedy. We give'that adopted by Henry
Clay Dean, who wasirt one time Chaplain of
Cinigress;, The anecdote is from the Pacific
Methodist. - - - •• - •
• Being worded poe afteinoon, by this tern
ipg practice itfbia • congregation, :Mr. Dean
stoplunt in his sermon, and said : 1 4 ,
"Now, you listen to me, and Pit tell you
who the pedpie are as each one of them comes
door.'• - _ i
• He then went on with his diicourse i until
gentkunen entered, when he bawled out like
an ushey"Deacon Av, who. keips the, shop
over the way," and then went a with hie ser-
•
mon. •
• Prisently, another man passed up the aisle;
and:he gate name, residence and ecupation;
so•ita continued for sutne time. - ;
At length some one entelvd• the door,who
was unknown,to lb. Dean, when he cried out;
"A little cad Min, with drab coat and an olci
white bat; don't know hint—look for your
selves."
That,iongregation was cured.—Aubuni
..4n,terican.
liciTnnt To Clergyman of
one of our -Eastern States, who, during him
wet as much distinguished for his
eccentricity as for his talents and for the sir=
verity and fervor of his piety, dined one
Thanksgiving day, with the senior deacon of
the church.' The deacon being an old fash
ioned man, was Iu the hat'-t' of aiking bleS
;
s:ngs of a; 'tiresome length. On tins occasion
be .was particularly prolix, end finally was
forded to pause 'to gain a new supply of
breath. ithd Winds: iThe instant he dropped
the words theliastor sat down and commenc
ed rattling bia knife and fork. The worthy
deaciiii, very : much disconce!' ) ?ed -by the
,con •
dtct of his reverend guest; opened one eya,
and looking dowrrte hitn, claimed
'Doctor ! doctor ! dot through yet ;, I
only hesitated.'
repli2ci the doctor, 'lt's rio time
to hesitate when a turkey's cooling'
EFEECT OF ELECTRICITY OR MILK...-EipOri
menta recently made by passing currents or
electricity through _Milk, indicate that the
came of its becoming sour during a rhunder
storm, is the state of atmosphere which • ars
cdtpaniesiuch storms, rather than the:direct
effect of hghtning.. - The Scientific American:
says is' It is :41eli s notjn . Tau; the irtztheris
generally sultry or hot pric4 to'tbe: thunder
storm, and this warm condition of the air is
very fitioratde to the itAvelopemenn of lastio
*Odin the toilEr It is stated 64- some ex
perirhentslave been made at . Cineinnati with
sweet milk, by plit , ing currents 'Of clectricitY
I*nelit, and that the•butter by t ,the opera
tion: wet separated or. ..churned in the moat
coMplete and perfect manner.
'
A Bett.l--erhe farmers in Oloucester Coon
ty, New dersey,4 , wishing to improve their
breed of cattle clubbed together to buy air
imported bull bearing the name of Napoleon
Bonaparte. • Thii- treasurer of 'Abe hotnpany
was Mr; John Bedford, a large'farmer but a
small scholar; very full of wind, and 'little wit.
One drills neighbors pflid bird• his aliiir 4; and.
Mroßedford gave . him his receipt as follows :
Iteceived from fames Smith fifty dollars
for his share of the bull Juba Bedford.
•McSnsith suggested that the receipconglit
to include the game of-the bull ; whereupcin
Mr. Bedford said he wodld fir it, and taking
the en added the name so as to Make it r
;Teceived from James' Smith fifty dollars
for his shale of the bull John Bedford:.
.
yANITY IN DRESEL—Soroo Joung
feeling tbent4elves aggrieved Ilysthe .severity
pith which their frieude / animadverted oa
their. gray : plumes, crinoline, scarlet pettk-
Coate, nod flounces, wait to their pastor to
learn his opinion. "Do you: think," said
they,."that there•can be - any impropriety is
our wcarirrr these things V' "By no means,"
was the prompt reply. "When the heart is,
full of ridiculous , notions, it is perfectly
proper to hang out tha sign."
Reronsmo To SLAVRRY.--At Idontgore
eiy Court, Texas, week before last, Adant
Gautier, a negro, claiming to be. a free pm,
aged about sixty Tears, imluntarily entered
into seivitude again, lie was. freed -some
sixteen years ego, says -the Uouston Tele
.9rdph, but found his e.dddition
..under our
laws so unsatisfactety; thtit be preferred tb
,return
leer SiNntrarcre.—.The following. conclu
ding sentences of the aecieion given be Judge
Swan, of the Supieme Conti of Ohio, in.
the earwig the %edit, rercuerA, da credit
the heart and the head,.the;hurnan'e instinct
and the high toned patiiotisna, of hinfaho ut
tererk theta.:
,t'As a ditiZen L would not deliberately vid-'•
late the constitution or the law by interfer
ence with fugitives from justice. But
weary,frightened slave nould'appoal,to rite tti
prefect him frOm Ids pursuers, u, is possible I
might inomentarilY foiget,niy allegiance
the law arid constitution and giv : e him a Co
in from those who ward ou track—,there are,
no doubt, many ziaveliolders who would thus
the instincts of Initilan sympathy. And
if I did it o .and was. prosectited, condemned
and imprisoned, and brought by say- counwd
befote'this tfibunal on.a'llabeas corpus, its 4
was then
„permitted to proimunce Judgement,
in my own case, /trust - d should. have the
moral o:metope tio say before - God, s and the
countiy,na am pow cOmpelled to bay, under
the solemn dofjes 9f a . I Pdgal hound by se t y,
otgeral oath to sustain the supremacy niche,
constitution aad the law : 4 The.prisoiterkmust
he retaanded.", .-• ,
gelioat kinds of roots and bark ; sro pow
used .eoinediciae. exoopt the cube root ' itt"4
ate bark of a dog.
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