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It GT:l'mm.
Judgt..—Gon. coodin, Urn
II ugh 'Atuart
Dl:truct A torney--.1. w. 1).01110143u.
111ot:try—Samuel 'Ahlretnati
CI ,r/4 nn f• It•o trier— Cornman
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Cor tnor huith
County Contittlasioners—ilenry Karns, lob N
'ny. titeholl
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BOROUGH OFFICERS
Chief
. 11urgess—.1..1,, t'a mpUcll
I=l
Town , 'ouncll—P.ast 11-1.1—.1. II D. Gillelen, An
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Hoffman. It ert n a rd— A I rot John Ilia s, "tobt
M 11Iark, S. 0. Hillman (ht, .‘I nasonlialnulor
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1110) Coustnblo!, Erna:tutu!Sw.tr.z, 0:11(1 Constables.
Earl Ward, Andrew 31arill,.''Wo,t nat d. James Wid
nor
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M=
liiilrew Kerr, Ward Cieleetorx—East
Ward. Jae, h ilood, ear West A aril, II II %lilliarns
Street Cointnlsqlsia. r. Patrick Madden
Joi Ica; of Chu l'ea,e— insler, David Smith,
Abrai Nllchael Holcomb
Lamp Lighters—Alex. Meek, Levi Albert.
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O'CiOCK P. M.
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yowlers rmunu•nrr at II o'eloe', A \I • and 7 o'e/ork
I'. NI.
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)1 .; it Chu,h (first rharg, 1 corner of 'lu lu
situ Pitt. chII.11:1S 11. Pastor.
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John IC Staym in, A , Prolesse. of the bath. and
French Languages.
I-I in .lanes LL D , Prelessor of Law.
Iter Ilenry C. C11,411)11, A. 11 Principal of the
Grammar rch no 1.
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TIIE ,N 1
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Vt.. F.. lira! :MI 115111,15.1 of, I suing nod Pointing.
Iton Plit•lps, Lect met on I.l.toution and Psychol-
BOARD OF sell()01, DIRECTORS
o.lrlllll ro. Presoleut. James 11 rotator',
It C. Woodward, floury e‘istium. Ilumerich,
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. at Eday.ttioll 11311.
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CVILLISLE NI( —Pre , liletit, le. Mler'
son; Hugslet. lelle,r, L A. •nuth null M •
A. Cox; Nlo,setiget. ; Dirretors. U. M
C. Wociiiivarti. John D. Ilor
gas, luhu Stuart. jr.. Henry
Sidles Wooilliuru..l.
Flair N krl 1 . •1 Sh.—Vrovldd.ll. Samuel Ilepburn
Ca tiler. Jos C Ihdrer, Abner C. Brind.e, 11es
se ger, Jesse Brawn Win liar, .14.1111 Dunlap. hich'd
IVoods, John C. Dunlap, :vane Brenneman, John S.
Sterrett, Snail 11-Tburn, Directors.
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Frederick Watt, :. , ecrutar and Tteasurur, Edward
31. di Hie: stipetinte.alent.'o. N. Lull l'esavngo
trains three times a day Carlisle Aeconium at lon
Ev.itwvrd, leitVoB Carlkle u 55 A. 31., arriving at Car
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and 2 12, P. NI. West ward at 11.27, A. NI., end 2.59 P.
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uel Todd; Treasurer, A. L. Spon.ler; superintuf. en,
lieorge Wise: Directors, F. Watts, Wtn. Al. liestenit
E. NI. Biddle, Henry Saxton. It. C. Woodward, .I.'W.
Patton, K. .ardner and D. 9, Croft.
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Cumberland :its! Lodge No. 197, A. Y. M. meeKtel
Marlon Ilan on the Sad and 4th Tuesdays of 9:very
month.
St John's Lhasa Nu. 2SO A. Y. M, , Meets 3d Thurs
day of each month, at Marion Hall.
Carlisle Lodge No. UI I. it of O. F Meets Nionday
evening, at 'I rout's building
Letort Lodge No. tl3, I. U nt CI T. 21Nap every
Thursday evening in It heem's lAlll, Bcl story,
FIRE COMPANIES,'
The Union Fire Company trn• orgaolzad In 1789.
Home, in Louther between l'ittand Hanover.
The Cumberland Fire Comnary was Instituted Feb
18, 18011. [louse In Badford,"tutwoon Maln and Fund
frat.
The Good Will Firo Company was Instituted In
March, 1855. House in Pomfret. mar Hanover
The Empire [look and Ladder Company wastes tu
tee in 1859 (louse In Pitt. near Maln.
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ale it mers. 2 cents per ounce. Advertised lettere to
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Mrs. It. A. Smith well known as Mrs. Ii A:Reynolds,
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A TALE OF TITE SC A RBOROUGH
I don't know why there should be
something pleasantly suggestive about a
staircase ; but there is. A nice wide
staircase, on whose carpet your foot
makes no sound, and against whose bal
ustrade you might have leaned some hot
night years ago, talking,•with a fan or a
boquet in your hand, and a companion
in gossamer listening to you: Perhaps
your words meant very little indeed in
reality; but the chances were that they
would be heard .again in dreams when
you were faraway. and remembered them
no inure. You couldn't help putting into
them more than you felt; time and place
and surroundings were to blame flu- that,
not you. And it was -.so stifling in the
crowded rooms up therembove People
thronged and jostled caeh other without
mercy ; whilst here and there was space
and qiiiet, pleasantly broken by the dis
tant music ; and you could talk of the
parting which might be for ever, and
lower your voice. and fin• the moment
half persuade yourself that here was . your
fate. Thus you might have stood, as my.
friend Captain Halph Gahm' is standing
to-night on that friendly staircase. look
ing down upon the thick carpet under
his feet, and won .ering. with a vague
sense of irresponsibility, what he shall
say next, and what will conic of it. Mr -
Gal o n i s b u t a c , ,entry ; , quire. and his
captaincy is simply a y emnany cavalry
affair; but he has a baronetcy in pro:,
peel, and there is nothing countrified
about hint. lie had been everywhere.
and seen everphing. Ile is—or was,—
a little tired ot the London season. A
while hair or two might be seen prema
turely gli!-tening in his hdaek, close cut
lock -4, and no one would suspect the
wealth of' strength and muscle in that
arm which is trifling rather languidly
with a lady's bminet of Imthouse flowers.
- Lady Julia always leaves town hefore
m , ust is over then r said Halton,
just raising- his eyes to his companion's
face. •\ nd this year she goes
—North. I believe it will be Filey or
Scarborough. )Thu know both places, of
eintr , e
=
'l'm ashamed to say no. I he in to
think a man should see something of his
own country before randding'over others.
I'm sure you agree with me
don't know. I shall he glad to get
away frinn town; and mantilla like , going
early. 111 take my thiwers eow, Mr.
ton ; We hail better go hark ; they will
wonder what h heCOIIIO Or lOC.'
• Let them,' said li,rll h . Consider
that it's all over fur Inc,' he added, rather
incoherently, • and to look forward
to no more meeting; like this, Miss Ten
neat. What an nrld ihin, 2 it seems for
people to conic into almost every-day can
tact for a time, and then go their sepa
rate ways and forget each other. Ito you
know it's a little hard upon a fellow ?'
Miss Tennent gave him a quick, puz
zled glance, and laughed.
• But I don't see why we shouldn't
meet again sometimes. I suppose you'll
be here when all the world is here, .).1r
(;alton ?'
No, I'm a rover. My cousin--you've
heard of hint, I think; they call him the
count—lays forcible hands on me and
carries me off whither he will. He has
sonic mad plan about Africa in his bead
Never mind that, however. You
say you are glad to get away to the corm
try. Miss 'ferment. I don't think you'd
like the country all the year round.'
`Perhaps not,' said the young lady,
dryly. • I've an idea, nevertheless, that
I should hove made a very good farmer's
daughter. But I'm not likely to try the
country ; it wouldn't suit mamma '
MEI
When the captain spoke next, they
were Moving on into the-ball-room, and
he still held the flowers.
wish you'd give me one,' he said.
' 1)o. I'm not a sentimental man, but
should like one of these. I'll jts.
an augury that we shall meet again.' 4 %t
And then a gentleman came up to
claim Miss Tennent, and Ralph's chance
was over. He stood a little while watch
ing her, moodily. so absorbed in his own
thoughts,, that he started when a voice
at hie elbow accosted him familittrly
' Hipped, Galton ? Or— let me whis
per it—caught at last -Poor old boy l
I did think you were fire-proof A man
ought to be, by Jove! in such au atmos
phere as this. But Lady Jhliti doesn't
do the thing badly, considering how poor
they area
'Poor!', repeated Ralph, speculatively
~Pinched, very : and three daughters
to get offilier hands. Look at her. Up•
on niy word, I've a sort of admiralion for
these indefatigable women. And
has been handsome, too.'
Now Mr Galion experienced a.sbnaa
tion of delight ,at these "remarks. He
hardly knew why, for a very little time
ago be might probably haVe made them
himself. He shook off the unwelcome
critic, and passed on. He bad a great
mind to alter his plans. He was ac-
'countable to no one,•he thought, p.their
disnially. He was alciiie'leiliC''world,
and his' own master;' what would. 4 mat
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SEASON
CHAPTER I.
ON A STA IRCAS F;
ter to anybody where he went or what
he did ?
More people in that room who knew
him nodded to each other, and murmur
ed that the captain with caught at last ;
but inasmuch as these kept their opin
ions quiet, they did not hurt him. Lady
Julia herself had not been unmindful of
him, nor of the little tableau on the
taircase. It was true that she had three
daughters, and,
- was a care-worn, hard
worked woman. Moreover, this one, Itive
lyn, was the youngest, and as her Mother
considered, the most -hopeless of the three.
The poor lady thought of the baronetcy
in prospect, and sighed out a great sigh
of mingled hope and despair. They were"
so very poor, and it was so difficult to
keep up appearances and live like the
rest of the world. And these ttt. homes,'
which of course she must give for her
daughters' sakes, did pull so heavily
upon her lean purse. The annual visit
to the sea side, too, was an indispensable
outlay-. She could not be in London .
when all the wo Id was rushing away
from it. But here, too, that hard neces
sity Tor economy had to be considered ;
and when some kindly adviser went into
raptures over Searffin-ough, and assumed
that of course the fashionable south was
the only part to be thought of', Lady Julia
smiled a ghastly smile, and said that she
dared not try it—the air was too relax
ing thr the girls. Iler medical man had
positively ordered the North Cliff. In
deed, Lady •Julia herself needed bracing.
She knew in her secret heart that this
evening. from which she had hoped so
much, utut.t be reckoned a failure, so far
as the affairs of her youngest daughter
wereconcertied.
Evelyn might,' said her ladyship,
with bitter irritation ; the game was in
her own hands; I know she might have
brought this tardy captain to the point ;
and he will be Sir lialph—not that a
baronet is much; but then lie is rich. I
almost wish we were nut going away.'
If Lady Julia could have known the
thoughts which perplexed the brain of
the country siluire that night, what a
brilliant ray would have shot across her
gloomy regrets and forebodimrs..
CHAPTER II
'l'll E COUNT 11L.MONSTIIA'rES
I don't onden•tand thee, lialphomio
Tall: of the attractions of this place—
old to we ! Sitar! Will you.:-Inolie!'
The :-.quire turned in his seat and took
the offered eirar.
• I like the place,' lie said; 'it's fresh;
and you needn't have come; nobody ,
wanted you, that I know of'.'
'Flue gentleman of the case, a
black-haired fellow, with a fine
unim,-,tache. and a would-be Italian air
~lamt him, shrugged his shoulders slight
ly, and puneturn.d the end of his cigar
preparatory to lighting it. When this
was necomplislued, he threw a glance
over flue bay. far above which the two
were lounging on an iron scat innonst
the shrubs and flowers. Ile slurred over
;he shoals of white sails in the distance
with :-erene contempt; they were prolw-
Hy only in:-ignificant trading ve,sels;
and then he came back to the pier and
the little packet which- had got up its
steam, and was scudding away Ibr Filep
As to me, it matters little. I am
rywhere, and everything, except sta
tionary. But, Ralph°, think ,of Ischia
and Bane. To us who have stood on
Xiberio and seen the sunlight shine on
Napoli and its blue bay ; on Alamfi; on
—but what signifies talking? As little,
as these Sicilians understand the admi.
ration of the forestieri, which, neverthe
less, they trade upon, can I comprehend
this mad rush to a bleak northern rock
and its chilly waters, unless '
IA ell, count, unless ? Suppose I
were tired of wandering in foreign lands?:
Non capito ' •
Speak English, Dick, and don't pre
tend}' said the countriAquire, brusquely.
I shall not indulge you with that ficti
tipus count any longer. It has got so
habittial, that people will actually begin
o tAelirve the scapegrace of his family a
roil live count.'
You are so energetic,' remonstrated
the, count, feeblyk, 'so very English. Se
riously, Ralpho, you introduced me last
night to tt.Lady Julia something—forget
what. A rather lean woman, you know,
with daughters; one of them like a cap
riote girl, only not so handsome. • There
can be no attraction in that quarter, eh ?'
Seriously, Dia,' retorted Ralph ; -
wish. you would . become: a respectable
member of society. Give •up the want
derer, and settle down—marry, if any
one will have you.'
The count took his cigar from his lips?
in speculative amazement
A laic° inin, I possess a bare compe
tency fir one. Look at me. Are these
hands to work ? Is this restless soul to
be still ? No, no, the fool • marries and
settles down; the great hearted man trav
els. Ile enlarges his experience; he
learns front the wide open hook of human
nature; he become's a god in his know
ledge of good and evil; he is able to move
men like puppets to - his •
And then ?' said Ralph, with an, odd
sert• of. pity in his tone;". and then he
grows Old, antl-his friends; . if he haS made
any, which is doubtful, fall' 'away,,,and
his knowledge turns to bitterness, and7--'
Carlisle, Pa., Friday, October 20, 1865
Ah, bab ! my good fellow, no croak.
ing : commonplace. The best of life
is but intoxication. Come, we will settle
the Burton and Sprite controversy next.
We will have a
go
at the Victoria Ny
anza. Let us go at once, and give up
the capriote ;i llalph,' said the count more
earnestly, ' don't you know that you are
a catch in the matrimonial Market-place?
The lean woman knows it, my Pius Ene
as. I have spoken. If this goes on, I
shall feel compelled, as your cousin and
fidus Achates, to win the young lady's
affections myself, and stive you. h's.
distressing .to think of, I know—a blight
ed young heart—consumption, an early
grave—but the fare ?'
Captain Galton's lace flushed an angry
red ; then lie broke into a laugh; for
what use to be angry with the count ?
Dick, you are an insufferable puppy,
and worse But we have been friends.
Don't force me to quarrel with you '
'Who, I ? I - quarrel ? Ny dear boy,
what for ? I. haven't the energy in we.
By the way, en garde; cigars down.'
The two gentlemen rose, and the wan
dering count, Richard Calton, familiarly
Dick, stood for a moment as a French
man would stand with his hat in his
hand, in the vain expectation of being
told to return it to its natural position.
Lady J ulia scarcely saw him. For Ralph
her sweetest smile, her most cordial hand
shake; for Ralph at first a charming flow
of animated trifles, and then a slight ex
pression of regret in answer to his polite
inquiries after the two absent. daughters.
Dear Evelyn wa not quite well, and
Crace had remained indoors with her;
but it was nothing; it N) ; uld pass .fff.—
Most pi obttAy they should all enjoy to
gether the eMing promenade at the Spa
Delightful, was it not ? All the pleasure
of lhe sea air combined with the attrac
tions of' a concert room r. Calton
would excuse Lady Julia now ; she was
really obliged to pass on
The count. looking after her ladyship,
twinkled his Hick eyes as lie selected a
fresh cigar, and said aloud. •Been, very
keen. Never mind, Ralph°. We have
been fellow-travellers too long to lie sep
arated You will yet traverse with me
the bo g s Of t - ganda, and stand euraptur
ed on the shores of the mighty lake.'
-Ralph never -heard- a word -he was
lookim down into the short grass under
Lis loot with a lazy half-smile on his lips.
that told his cousin welhenough where
his thoughts had wandered. Richard
Halton sat back on the iron seat, and
smoked sulkily.
•It never shall be, if I can help it,'
said this pntleman to himself 'ls my
life to be mulcted of half' its lux urics for
a dark faced ;41 with a gaunt mantilla ?
No, Ralph° Lnio, I can L afford to lo,e
thee. Pleasant company and a long
purse—no, no !
CIL11"I'Ell 111
TIIE (ILIAII.1)'S WALTZ
• Lady Julia :..at in the amphitheatre
under the colonnade \yell screened from
any draught A slim gentleman with 6 an
olive complexion had secured this seat
I'm- her, and Tie had been talking to her
fur sonic time: one low languid voice
amidst the general buzz, distinct only to
the ear for which it was intended Lady
du ia's eyes had wandered to the little
pavilion wherein the band was stationed,
and her •attention,, to all appearance, was
fixed upon the rows of gas jets running
round it ; the glittering chandelier and
the musicians themselves. No one would
have guessed, except, perhaps, her com
panion, the suppressed anxiety which
was hidden - under her smile as she list
ened to the conversation of the slim gen
tleman beside her.
'He was always an excitable fellow,'
proceeded the latter, gently. A v6y
good fellow indeed, very ; my nearest
friend, in fact, as well as my cousin; but
a confirmed rover, I fear, like myself, by
this time.. You know how much we all
become the creatures of habit.'
I suppose so,' said Lady Julia, still
smiling. 'But habits may be broken, you
know.'
o ,The oount shook his head
4 It might have been better, as you ob
served just now, Lady Julia, if my cousin
had settled down-early in life and become
a steady counuy squire; bin that is all
over now; it is too late. lam firmly con
vinced that Ralph will never marry. As
for , me; there - are no social considerations
to 'affect my movements. • Lonely men,
Lady Julia, naturally Seek to create fur
themselves interests and pursuits in place
of those which are denied to them. These
may be but as paste to the diamond, I
cannot say. I fancy in Ralph's positidn
I might -have been different, yet you see
how it is with him ; and after all, what a
fins generous .follow- he is I Forgive me,
however; it must seem egotistical in . me
to parade my friood before you.
' Don't say so, Mr. Dalton. lam a
believer in friendship. The world scam:-
ly does justice to it.'
A slight smile.purled the count's bleak'
moustache, but he did not answer, for just
then the 'Guards' Waltz'; struck np, and
'Lady Julia began to'spealy of the music.'
Et' fell softly on other ears b.esides.those.
of the'poor haragsed lady, jf indeed there
Was any. softnele..in it- to .tier . ansinae.
' You remember where we heard that
last,' said Captain Gabon; 'and the flow
er you gave me. I said I'd keep it as an
augury, and you' see we have met again.
Miss 7 ennent, have I done something to
offend you ?'
He asked this with a sudden accession
of bravery, for he had been disappointed
This Was not the young lady who had
stood with him on the staircase, but a
chilly likeness of her. Ralph did not
know why, but as he recoiled from the
freezing politeness of her greeting, an
angry, uneasy suspicion darted into his
"mind, with the count for its object It
was soon banished, howevc;r." ' As he asked
that bold qiiestion, Ralph, leaning over
the wall with his face seaward, was dimly
conscious of all the surroundings, which:
as part of a whole, seemed to come be
tween driin and the answer. He saw the
lights spring up in the little fishing smacks
out on the bay,and heard the gentle slush
of the water agains the wall as he leaned
over it. Behind him there was a moving
of chairs under the colonnade, and the
buzz of a thousand voices, as the tulip
bed of human beings sauntered in two
distinct streams up and down; and, over
all, mingling with other sounds and soft
cuing them, the music of the • Guards'
Waltz.' ,Ile waited patiently for Evelyn's
answer, but it did not come. And all at
once this pour foolish emptily squire felt
his heart leap into his throat, and his
pulses stand still at the light touch of a
gloved hand on his arm He knew the
next moment thtt, the action was uncon
scions, and she was not thinking of him
Gralton,' said Evelyn,' look there '
The moon had conic out from behind a
cloud, at d threw down one long line of
rippling glory to the edge of the bay. A
fishingboat bloke the line ; a mass of black
with silver light upon They could
almost see the firm of' the fisherman
stand . out in relief against the black
shadow of his boat, and his red light
shone like a watchfire in the whity'r radi
anre. of the moonbeams. Ralph did look
at all this. and from it he turned to his
companion.
• How small it makes one feel, doesn't
tt ?: said Evelyn ; and what. a pour affdir
all this ,qts and glitter behind us seems
I wonder what the fisherman nut (here
thinks of the quiet night, and the silver
on his face. S'otiiing, perhaps. I should
like to change places with him for five
MEE=
Mr. Gahm] did not answer. lie could
not take his eves from her free, it was so
changed. All the coldness was gone out
01 it, all the stiffness and propriety which
had so irritated and disappointed him.
Arid yet 't was with a little bang of re
_gra that he tick nowl dged to himself how
far away he was, individually, flout her
th..ughts, and how little he had to do
with the change. Fur the moment, he
was simply one out of the mass of human
beingS a sort of abstract comprehension
to which her own insiinetively appealed
Look round,' she went on, and listen.
Thousands of lives, and every life a story ;
who knows how hard some of those stories
are? And then, hear the perpetual hush
of the sea as its creeps up the shore.
I've read that somew..ere ;us thou g h a
pitiful patient hush" were all that, could
be said to every struggling soul in its
sorrow. But they won't be patient for
all tl at. It. wakes one want to 'comfort
people.
I've an insane desire at times to break
away over the rubicon and see if my
hand can bind up no wound before I die
' You are thinking of Florence Night
ingale?'
' Yes, I am, and of such as she was.
Not that I could ever follow their steps.
I rise no further than wisheseraptynnu
profitless.'
' You are so young,' said the captain,
uneasily. ' When you know a little more
of the world—'
The. world broke in Evelyn, with
some bitterness. ' What world, Mr. Gal
ton 7 you forget that this is my third sea
son. NO ! I don't think I Want to know
more of l the world.'
The captain's next venture was a quo
tation from a poem, and it was a blunder.
She turned upon him with a quick return
to the old manner.
I halo poetry..; I never could bear it.
Mr. Galton, I am disposed to hate you, too,
for having been a listener to my ravings
just now. Don't let us play the ridicu
lous any, More, please. I shall go and
find mamma.' .
They turned towards the crowded am
phitheatre, Evelyn leading the way,seem
ingly. indifferent as to whether Ralph
follciWcd or not. As for him, the light
dazzled his eyes, the braying chorus whjoh
haesuceeded the ' Guards' Waltz' deaf
ened him, and he was vexed. Perhaps'
Miss Tennent . knew this, and•repented
little : At'arg rate, he found himself all
at once face to face with her, and heard
her voice saying, with something of ap
peal in it, Galton, some day, if
mamma can get over the 'dread of the
Water, we Willgolor the sail you' spoke
of., Good night
.
She held 'out her hand to him , and then,
went-awtiy. Ralph had: a gliwps.of the
count's figure rising to follow, him as he,
turnenoleavo,the promenade. --He had
Msert of indistinct consciousness that ail
'artriwas thiuSt‘-.,tfireUgh
. ovni, that he
owes. led amongst winding
1
,
Lt tt it (I •
paths, shritbs, and grottoes, while° the
distant music mingled oddly wit)?. the
flex*. ceasing tramp over the bridge, and
the red spark of Richard Galton's cigar
flashed before him from time to time, as
the count took it from his lips to tell
some fresh anecdote of Lady Julia's pow
ers of finesse. But the captain knew all
this very vaguely indeed, and only roused
himself with,a-start when his cousin stood
suddenly before him in the path and bar
red his progress.
You are-bad company amico, and
go,' said the count. He bent forward a
little as he spoke, and his small black
eyes gleamed into Ralph's with an ex
pression of intnnse misphief.
' Have a care of the eapriote,lpbo
tnio. There's an ugly story that she was
engaged to some poor fellow, and has jilt
ed hiw for a greater match. You and I
know that the Lady Julia would manage
this, don't we ? A clever woman, very.
A rivederti.'
CHAPTER IV.
ON THE CASTLE CLIFF
There was a concert in the Assembly
Rooms at the Spa, and the promenade
was thinner than usual. Captain Galton
sauntered about amongst the flowers up
above, trying to make up his mind. He
had a cigar in his mouth, and every now
and then the red spark at the end would
go out while he stopped to smile down
into the turf at his feet, like a modern
Narcissus, only the image that he saw
there was nut his own. And at times,
something troubled this image—a too
mentary cloud only, which just darkened
it to his eyes and then vanished. It was
the speech which Richard Galton had
made some nights ago when he parted
flow his cousin in disgust at his lack of
'attention. Not that Ralph believed it.
Ile thrust the idea from him with supreme
scorn when it obtruded itself upon his
brighter dreams. But the thing was, it
would obtrud,. itself. He couldn't for.
get it He haled the possibility that
gossip should dare to take Evelyn's name
upon his lips and slander it. For it
Such a thing as that of which the count
had spoken were true, she could be no
love of his. But it was not true; he
had but to call up her thee as he saw it
at-times,- open and frank, - and beautiftil;
exceedingly to him, and the doubt fled
away vanquished. Some day, he thought,
he to igh t tell her this idle story and laugh
at it with her. They had met very often
in these last few days, and the count,
gazing on the sort of mental paralysis
which had seized his cousin, so far as the
outer world was concerned, sl rugged his
shoulders with a moody ' e seiolto,' and
almost. des;atired lie did not know that
even now fare was about to play a single
stroke in his favour. Captain Galton
suddenly flung away his cigar and start
ed at a quick paeo . to walk up the Castl e
Cliff. Ile ha I been idle all day, and he
wanted a good st ff climb, and space and
solitude to think it all over once again.
Ile passed the one armed sailor with his
miniature ship. not stopping to talk as
he usually did, but pressing on as though
he had some object to gain in reaching
the ruins beflrre him at a given moment.
Ile stood on the broad summit of the
chill and .leaned back against the iron
railings, with his hat off, and the wind
blowing fresh about his head. Again be
saw the lights begin to spring up in-the
fishing.boats on the bay, and the moon
come out, from a 'cloud and shine down
upon them as it had done when Fvelyn
touched arm to. make him look. He
was. thinkine9f hp'', of the count's words,
which did so haunt hi,tn, and of a possi
ble future, when he turned his head and
saw a figure coming from amongst the
ruins in front of him. An odd feeling
of wieti§iness began to steal over the
captain.' ' He had no time to wonder what
it meant, for the figure came on hastily.
It was a man, hatless like himself, but
with a face that looked haggardand-wild'
in the moonlight, and with bloodshot
eyes that seemed to see only one spot in
all the waste of water far away below
the cliff.
Curtain Galton was a brave man, but
there was something in this wild figure
and its mad rush towards the iroix rail
ing—all that separated from the precipice
beyond—which Made him draw his breath
sharply, with a vawiese,nsation of terror--
not altogether for himself It flashed
upori him suddenly that the man was
about to throw himself over, • There was
no time to think. Instinctively, Ralph
started from his leaning posture and stood
between him and the railings:
'Are you, mad ?' shouted Ralph: Stop!'
There was a single violent word in answer,
and RalphGaltori saw rhe stranger flag
up his arms and Spring forwards on one'
side of him, The 'next moment the two
had grappled with each other. Ralph
felt the hot breath on his cheek, and the
two arum close round him like a vice;
but the country squire had been too well
trained to be tuktin by surprise, ,For a
few seconds he stood his. ground firmly,
and then all at once the man's-grasp re
laxed.; his arms dropped heavily, and he,
stood.back axaring qt his opponent with
expression of rage and hatred: The moon'
shone full on ; the tiro faces; Ralph's a
little:rialer than usual i • but steady and
composed; the . staling rs. haggard and
gaunt, with dark hollows under bis eyes,
TERMS:--$2,00 Advahoe, or $2,50 within the yedi.'
and a quiver of suppressed passion about
his lips.
' You I' he cried out at; lastiraising his
hand and Fhakingit at the captain. I
knew it would be so ; A fit meeting. You
miserable, cowardly villian I I wish I had
a piitol that I might shoot you like a dog.
I swear -I would do it, if they hanged me
for it.'
Ho went a little nearer and peered up
into Ralph's face of amazement with a
fierce sneer.
I saw you with her last night,' he
said between his teeth. ' Oh, it was
rleasant ! honeyed moments, were they
not ? Just so she used to smile on me
before you came and bought her with your
pitiful money. You poor dupe, you fan
cy she cares fur you. I tell you it's a lie.
She loves me—me, a poor devil of a
younger son who had nothing but his
love to give, and eo she sells herself to
you. No, I'll not punish you; the pun
ishment is enough. Fool ! you may take
her to your home, but her soul is mine to
all eternity.
Captain Dalton stood stunned and helpless
as this strange flow of words fell from the
man's lips. The dark ruins and the g, ass,
and the distant light, all danced before
his eyes in one confused mass, and the
only thought that stood out clear before
him was this : Richard Galton's tale was
true. He never stopped to reason about
it. The terrible earnest and reality which
burnt this man's vfords into his heart left
no room for mistrust or hope. A little
while the two stood there facing each other,
and then the reaction which follows such
stormy passions as his came upon the
stranger, and he staggerd to the railings
and sank into a sitting posture with his
forehead in
,his hands.
'Why did you stop me ?' he said. 'lt's
cool down there, and my head is on fire.
I'm quiet enough now , the devil is gone
out of me. Leave me to myself, if you
'are a wise man.'
Ralph was silent a moment, and then
he bent his white face down close to the
hands which looked so cold and bony in
the moonlight. •
'As you are a man,' he said, in a low
voice, 'as you shall answer for every word
spoke!) here, was she your promised wife?'
I swear it.'
`And she—threw you over forme ?'
'For your money, you fool. Go, I tell
you, while I am quiet, and free me from
this devilish torment Hush ! who's
that ?'
Ralph started back, for a hand was put
on hi artn drawing him away, and a third
voice broke the spell, which tempted him
still to question.
I didn't mean to be a listener,' said
the count, gently, but come away now '
Like a wan in a dream, Ralph tuned
and went down the hill with his cousin.
lie hardly knew, indeed, where he was
going or what it was that happened; he
only felt that terrible, dead weight of op
pression ; of something in tha back-ground
which he must think over by-and-by
when he should be able fur it; that shrink
ing of the soul from such an examination,
which comes upon us with SUM heavy
end unlocked for blow. Half way down
the hill the hand o❑ his arm grew heavi
er with a momentary pressure, and the
count spoke, a novel gentleness in his
tone.
' Poor old boy l' he said, Pm sorry.'
Ralph turned with a sudden bitter and
unaccountable irritation, and shook him
MT.
'Leave me to myself, Dick. I don't
want pity, and there are. times when a
man can't brook being worried.
The count walked,on, and Ralph, lean
ing against the wall, watched the round
balls of light far away on the promenade,
and heard. once more faintly the music
of the ' Guards' Waltz;' Was sheamongst
that dim throng of moving figures? Only
last night they had talked together be
side the sea wall :rard a dull sense, of
If -contempt came over him as he remem
bered his own happinegs at being near ,
her. With a common spirit of self-tor
ment Ralph left his position and went to
walk up and down amongst the gay peo
ple on the promenade. He would go
over it nll again; he would call back the
dream which had made that place of bus
tle and glitter so sweet a paradise to him;
he even sought out the exact spot where
Evelyn had stood listening to him the
nig& before.'
oried out Ralph, with a silent,
inward cry. It was all, he could say or
think. The word was stamped upon,
everything he saw, in his bitterness.—
False—to her lover, to him, and to her
self; false and mercenary.
'Like the rest of the world,' ho said
aloud, turning from the sea; 'l've done
with it.'
' Some one lookertrfr into his fade as
.
ionished, but he did not care. Whtki
were appearances .to him ? *hat wua•
life—what anything? , ' •
'Dick,' said the captain, coming bud.
delay upon,his cousin that night. 'let us
go. Lady Julia must have` a farbviell
card, and then for Egypt, 'or4 Panama :
California, or the Catacombs; but the
farther 'away the better. never . sec
Old .England again.' •
CHAPI'4Ii; V.
E scacotho.'
: 0 ' ' Never again; - Away from it'
,01 and
forget it. What was this , foolish dreatrV
of a few weeks . that it should wreckla life
like hist Captain Galton Walked up and
down
,the platform, glancingaimlesslyin
to the carriages , of the 'train. that stood
waiting its time. Not thatheoared about
choosing his seat; but he was restless
and miserable, impatient to be off; and
he could not stand as the count did, to
all appearance absorbed in the conversa
tion which was going on briskly between
the station-master and some of the pas
sengers. Chancing to look at his cousin,
'however, Mr. Galton's attention was
caught by the expieesion of his face; it
had a strangely. eager .look ; nostrils
were dilated and the thin lips compressed.
Ralph's eyes rested upon him with a lan
guid wonder, and when he looked up and
saw them he started and went hurriedly
to meet his cousin.
NO, 42.
'Not there,' ho said, al9iply, as the
captain paused. 'Take the next, Ralph;
we shall have it to ourselves.'
Again Ralph looked up at him wonder
ing. The gentlemen to whose conversa
tion Richard Galton had been listening
had chosen the, carriage -before which' he
stoocl,,but in 'a
- general way the count
liked to have fellow-travellers.. A fit of
perverseness seized the country squire.
'This is as good as any other,' he said,
getting in. 'lt doesn't matter to us about
being alone.'
The count, biting his moustache as he
followed, muttered once more between his
teeth soiolto,' and threw himself bank
upon the cushions. The other occupants
of the carriage continued their talk, but
Ralph was staring vacantly into the flat
expanse of heath and moorland through
which the train had begun to move, and
he paid no attention to them. All at
once, however, a sentence caught his ear,
and made him turn away from the win
dow.
'They think he must have thrown him
self from the Castle cliff. A one-artued
sailor that stand.4' at the gate begging saw
just such" a figure go up the cliff late in
the evening.'
Then Ralph leaned forward and asked
a question.
`Yes I wonder you didn't hear of it,'
was the reply. 'The whole town was
talking of it when we came away He
was a lunatic, you see, and had managed
to get away from his keeper soinehow. 7 —
A fishing-smack brought in the body early
this morning.'
Ralph shot a glance "at' his cousin, but
the count's eyes were closed, and he
seemed to be asleep.
'it's a romantic story too,' proceeded
the gentleman 'The poor young fellow
was engaged to be married, and the lady
threw him over for a rich merchant.—
They say he had been mad ever since,
always searching for his rival, and imag
ining every stranger that came in con
tact with him to be the man
71yioaptiiin!shands were pressciitight
ly into each other, and he spoke again
slowly
'And—the lady
'Oh, she has been married some time.
The daughter of an Irish peer— poor, of
course, so it was best fur her. This
young fellow was only reading for the
bar. I forget the naate-IVarrenne or
Warrington, I think.'
Again Ralph glanced at his cousin, and
he saw that the sleep was sham, and the
count was furtively watching him out of
the half-closed eyes. An angry spot
came into Captain Galton's cheeks, and
he turned again to the flat land-cape,
think rig with desperate impatience what
a wad fool he had been His fellow
passengers talked on, but he heard noth
ing wore. The count watching him, saw
puce l or twice suppressed qui% er about
his lips which boded. he tnought, no good
to himself, and Richard Gallon sighed,
fur he had done a mean trick to nu pun
P•
ose When they reached York, the
captain sprang out with an impatient
•At last ;' and on the platform he turued
to his cousin.
'Dick, you have played me false.—
You knrw all this and never told me.'
The count shrugged his shoulders.
I only knew this morning. You were
half cured, amico; why should I inter
fere to bring back the disease ?'
'Our ways are different liencefoith, l
said Ralph,- briefly.
He walked a few steps down the plat
form, and then, hesitated. The same im
pulse must haye moved the two men ; for
when he paused and looked back he saw
that the count had mopped also and was
looking after him with an unusual wist
fulness in his face. Ralph went backend
held out his hand.
can forgive you, Dick, sooner than
my own rash credulity. We may never
meet again, and it won't do to part like
this.'
'You're a good fellow,' said the count,
with an odd mixture of pride and humil
ity; 'and I wish yqu all the happiness
that I would have, kept from you if I
could—that is, if it is happiness, which
Isloubt And so good bye, old fellow.
You'll hearfrom th Nyanza yet.'
'CAD° back with me,' said Ralph, with
sudden compassion.
The count shook his head. ' He knew
that ho was not wanted ;
and the life that
ho saw stretched out before his cousin
would not suit him. He was one of that
restless tribe to be met with occasionally
scattered here an'd there about the conti
nent or the remoter corners of the world;
at home in all. scenes, yet never at rest;
be will wander from place to place a soli
tary man, until age or disease comes on,
and he creeps away, sink and frightened,
to some wayside inn, to die amongst
strangers, alone' as he has lived.
But Ralph had little' thought to spare'
for the wandering count. His ,Ettind,
which had been so wavering when'he took
that walk up the Castle cliff,• Wavered no
longer. ,floknew now what this chance
-
that. he baa Inearly flutrg ,
away was to
him. And'Undorlhe lamps on the pro
menade he told 'Evelyn Tennent the story.
'of his ettootifiteir, and another story, as old
as the hills,iAalways dew. And I think
it would hait,idone even the count's im
passive, heart good to 'See the radiant look
which beamed on Lady Julia's poor tired
face as shosat 'under the enlonnade that
night and knew that the future' baronet
was .won,,:in spite of ull those - ab'surdly
,401santioiddas with whinh
daughter had been wont,to drive .the poci',
144 to despair. Than eomes ,the Nntioo.:6
al Ani hem, and the bustle `greateelhati
ever,, then, the, nrittneetide' is 'deserted,
Ihe lights are ,out; and ,nothing
~ but the
'perpetnal Inish Of - the, Watts, 'the:
Ii