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OLUBIE %Va.-NUMBER 32.
,POTTER JOURNAL,
IMEELECE2
NE: W. McAILt.UNEY, Proprietor
Ilia" Devoted to the cause of Republl cant Eta,. the in
lereste of Agriculture, the advancement of Education,
;and the best good of Potter county. Ouming no guide
•except that of Principle, it *a ill endeavor to aid in the
work of mere fully Freedonfizing oar Country:
warAdvertleements inserted at the following rates,
frelcept where spee.ial bargains are made, A "scidare”
Ss 10 lines of , Brevier or S of Nonpareil types :
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; 'Administrator's or Executor's Notices 300
Special and Editorial Notices per line_.____ .20
gar All transient advertisements ratli.e be paid in
ladvance.and no notice will be taken of advert i-ements
!front a distance, unless they are accompanied by the
'money or satisfactory reference.
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par-Job Work, of all kind=, executed with neatness.
and despatch.
'BUSINESS NOTICES.
IL A. DRAKE, 31. D.,
1101ITSICIAN s SURGEON, °Tess hie Eervices to
the citizens of this place and vicinity aml desires ,
to inform them that he will promptly resndnd to,all
wills for professional services.. Ottice on Main street,
over C. F.M.anni;ng's Jewel rY Store ; Residence nearly'
opposite the ol.M.ce of 'the Fox & Ross Estate. :17-2S
Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons
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- DITLALIA LODGE, 342, F. A. M. Stated
Meetings on the 3rd and 4th wed ne&tays: of each
qnoinh. Ball, In the 3d Story of the Ohni , ted•Bloek.
I 3LW.lfcAtinskr.See. D.C.LAR B.A BEE, W.ll
JOIIN S. 'I...ANN.
A TTORNEI AND COUNSELLOR AT LA*.
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Coudersport, Pa., wdl attend the iieceriti Courts
Potter, Cameron and lirKean counties. Ali bosi
'noes entrusted to his care will receive prompt atten
tion. °like. on Main street, in residence.
ADTHED. G: OLMSTED,
A TrowsE -r AND COUNSELLER AT T..AW,
Condo'rEport. l'a , will attend to alliiagineas en
sruated to hiF earewali pi-Di - aptness and Utlice
in the seeoDa storey of the Olmsted Biock.
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• I ISAAC BENSON,
ATTOR,..cETI-AT,LAW, Couder , rort. Pa., will
attend) to all bllFirleSS entrusted to I: l'ln with care
and promptnc,Ra. ..t.t.ends Courts of coljning coun
ties. Officelun Seco:A ..,t rect,near the AlleganY•briclze
Z: ii-. E.sox, -
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
1-1 Cou4e4r6port, Da., Will atte:ad the youns in Put
ter and thud_l7 , :ciaiDg counties.
MILLER. d YitALAILNEI
eitTTORS EYS...IT LAW, 1:1 A r.r.l , wzat , .'earia.—
A-get for tir". Cc:keno:l of Claim, aguit,t the
'lilted ziLat s :till StoteGoN ennvl4.lit • ~.1.- : 11 as l'ethilons.
Bourity,..krieara of ray,d:c-Aiiiroe.s Box 95, -larrts burg
, Or $. MILL It, Z. C;ICALLICNEY
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I:114.N BA lI.i.ER.
srEYSIO --, BOUNTY and W..A it CLAIM AGRNCY
Pensi ns procur , d for Soldier of the preEent
ir whot
ce e theabled by reason of -. , -..ounds received
or disease co y putracted while in the service of the United
1 States ; andpensions., hognty, and arrears of pe.v Ob
-I.."..ained for widows Cl heir of those who have :lied or
been kill 4 while in sera , loe. Ali letters of inquiry
I promptly answered, and on receipt by mall of a state
imeal of tl4 ease of claimant, I will forward the Ile
-11 oessary papers for their 'signature. 1 . t•e3 in ren
, cases as tined bylaw. Fuefert,tc Eons. lem icßenson,
A. G. Oim:ited, John S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, 1.:1
! 'DAN lIAKEP..
~ JuneSe-.41 Claim Agent, Couderiport, Pa.
• i M. W. .31,,t' ~.4.p.2t-ry, I
.REAL ESTATE nndIINSI:R.ANCE AGENT—
Land 110..iff,.ht and Sold, Taxes paid and Title,
'lnvestigated. !Mures property ngninft fire in the Les;
companies 'ln the Ceuutry, arVI l'erfone azaliv.t. Aeei
dents in the Travelers Insurance Company of Hart
ford. Buelnefs transatted preirLyllY 17-'29
IN A. STEBBINS A: Co.,
I‘l ERCSI_ANT:S—De.d,r4 In Dry Fqnev
Goods. Grec, , rie.: , ..Vrovitio.4=,Furur, , Feed,Porli.,
and everything untl3'.ly tert iza cwd coautry store.
Produce bought and Euid
C. IL SIMMft s.
.INT —WELLSVI LLE N. Y.. INThdle.
id lietail Dealer in pry GOO FanOy and
.Cluthir.dj..adiee DreeeCieode . .Grozeries.
sa I2'eta;ler= Fdppiled on liberal termi.
tERCILV
-111 Fade an(
Staple Goods.
re.lonr,
! Cs S. dr : r...: A. JON ES.
IFT.CFIANTS —Der.lers inDrmr,Q.Metliclnes,PaintE.,
Oils, Fancy Arocies. Statonery, Dry 0001 , .
roceries, ~..c., Main Street, C.)t...derspert, Pa
:1 D. E. OLMSTED,
TERCE4,-V-I;er.ler Dry Goods, Rendy-made
Clothing, 'Crockt'ry, Groceries, Flour, Fred,
or[, Provi,4ont , , &c., Mai% rtr.-c4. Cou.,...rs.port.
COLLINS SAIT/I.
yERCII-Ilir —Dealer in Pry Goo s. Grmetics,
Provisions, Hardware, Queonsware. Cutlery,
and all (4, - i 4 -5 usually found is a country store. n'6l
EL J. OLMSTED,
1311 - ARDWA.II..F , lierenant, and Denl(r in Stovoa,
Ttss nd Sheet Iron-fitare:Main etreet, Couder
eport, Pen a. Tin and. Sleet Iron Ware made to
brderi ingdod style, on abort notice. ,
NARDLE YARD,
WEE subferibend,:slres P.:inform the CititC7lff of Pot
ter thilt be can supply them wall all ?Awls of
Marble wark, as cheap and as coed az It can he bad
T place irt the country. MONUMENTS :Lad TC'l.l
- of all kinds furnished on short notice. . •
Cbuder6porl, Feb1:76.51y C.
COEDERSPORT HOTEL
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F. GLASSMIRE, P.OPRD4o R ' C
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111:1 d' 6-condettent.e. Lielereport:rut e t r el ? C f M o. V a n.
Lieery Stable is also kopt connection with this
HoteL Singee to ati front the Railroads.
Potter Journal Job-Office.
HAVING lately added a fine new assortment of
JOB-TYPE to our already larze assortment.
we are now prepared to do all kinds of work, cheaply
and with taste and neatness. Orders solicited.
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Philadelphia & Erie Railroad.
srIIIS great line tr av erses the Northern and North
-. west counties of Pennsylvania to the city of Erie
erflake Erie.. It ha+ been leased and is operated by
Pasaanvial/ I4ettsoin CO , 2P6ST.
Mine of passenger trains at ENtronitst.
LEAVE EASTWARD.
n'rie M&1 Train..._
Erie Express Train
LEAVE WESTWARD. •.•
Erie Mail Train 10:30 1. v.
Erie Express Train._ ............
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rassenger eats run through on the Erie Mafl and ,
Express 'trains without change both ways bets:Ten ,
Philadelphia and Erie.
NEW' YORK .CONNECTION,
Leave New Fork at 7.00 P. x. , arrive at 2.e.e 3.4.01 r
Leave Erie at 205 r. 31., arrive at New Yori t 12, noon.
- NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEMEME & NEW YORK
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Night trains
For Information respecting Passenger bn elneE4sap
ply at Corner of 30th and Market streets, Philadelphia
.And for Freight business of the Company's Agents
S. B. Ein;sten, Jr., Car. 13th and Market streets :
Philadelphia. -
1. W. Remolds, Erie.
SCm Brown, Agent, N. C. R. R. Haltimore.
11. FL HOUSTON, General Freight Agt. Philada.
U.W.General. Tie et Agt. Phi!ada
A. L. TYLER, Genera: Son, Williamspert,
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Grantley Watts was going ont4 l n India.
It was hith.last day with his ell-to•do
cousin Wlp had been like a father to him;
he had paSsed the morning in shooting
but when be returned he had only • pne
bird in hie bag; though gdme was plead
ful this year and he was acknow.edged to
be a good 'shot. His cousin John Thish
leigh rallied him unmercifully, and Pope
said ircher most disdainful way 1 1 . "I thot'
the coveys would be tolerably rate Mr.
Watts!" but he only, laughed and admit
ted that he wawa muff and not worth his,
salt—that powder and shot war thrown
away upon hini-:-and that he would make
bat a sorry figure in India where men
tould shoot—with other jeerings playful
1 or bitter as theY might be, sim 'ly saying
"Well, Miss Htipe you must hve it for
breakfast some morning when •am gone;
it is the last I shall shoot, and I should
like ion to bav,a it." .1
"To which Hope 'answered,in iferettly,
'You are very good Greatly;at I dare
say FM° will be the oily one to benefit by
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-polar last bag; I do not suppose I shall
ever see the creature."
Grattley colored; anti Mr Rashlzigly
himself thought .slhe might have been rp'e
gracious just.on the eve of the poor d's,
departure, when perhaps they might never
see him again; and after all, though 4e
was a poor relation, and had very proper
ly never forgotten that, or gone beyond
the strictest demarcation,'-yet he had bebn
,many years in the home now, and Ho Si; e
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was very young when he came,'so that if,
even she had considered him almost as a 1
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brother, no great har s m would 'have been
done; , and so on ht.s heart unconcioasly
, pleading amiinstlhis ;ehilds outward pride.
in favor o f dependent. 1
I Perhaps it was some such half discom
-1 fort - Lilt could nut be said to be eoneicu.s
' displeasure—th 4 made him refuse Hope's
requst that evening. 1 AS usual, she was ;
out of funds and she had a spedicl need
for money at this moment: She wished
to help poor Anne Rogers, doWnwith ;the
fever, with her husband in the hospital,
aA her children destitute, and she knew
that her father Would not give them a
penny; for the - roan , had been convicted
of poaching, and .Annici herself did not
bear the most unblemished character, and
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had seen the inside of the county jail
, more than oncej in her life time. But
I these counter pleadin g s did not influence
hope; and she 'thougit only;of the suf
fering family, which she could jhelp and
would if she had the money. I Then she
wanted to make Grantley a present before
he went away, and she 'did not want her ,
father to knot of it; thlough Perhaps she
would have been puzzled to explain why'
she wished to keep sues a trivial matter a
Isecret. She had never given him any.;
thing, not 'a book, nor even a flower,. 'and'
Ibe was almost the only Person within her''
[sphere so passed over ; , bat now when; he ;
I was going to leave forever,sheiwould give!
i him something as a remembratice--some-1
1 thing that would make him think of her
whim be was away: Poor proud Hopei
come then atlast to this ! ' '
She knew that her father ad money
I in the hease, when she went into the Ii-
1 brary-room to speak to him; for she , easy 1
him put 'a twenty pound note [in his deskl
yesterday s which was just the sum; She
wanted. at d indeed *as oii the point of
asking for it. She would have got it had
'she done so; but to day the vane -had
shifted, and for the first time' in his ' ; life
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he refused her, and so .sternly ; and Posi
tively, that as much in surprise as anger
'she gave up the point at once But with
Sa sullen flush of pride dad determination
I on her face, which he did notlsee j sitting
as he did toward the light,while she stood
lid' the shadow. 'Add then she left the
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room in stately silence; too,prottu to wax
, eve her father after a refusal so ha r shly
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ma e; though had she coaxed him as
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Ho e knew how Co coax, .116 , whole thing
wo Id have been at an end,l and John
Ra...hleigh' would have Yielded. 'Slid was
buti a spoiled child, remember, whose
fau ts had been fostered by the injrididions
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training of her life. , 1 'I ,
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The distress ofpoorAnneßogers press-,
led upon hen! Unused toLopposition and
in a mood more than ordi arily excitable,
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everything became exaggerated, and she
laid awake through the night in a state
bordering upon mania, feeling herself to
be a coward a nd a murderess in not tie
cutiogrthe r ighteousness of will, and tak
ing from! her father what he would not
but ought to freely give. Was not hu
manity before mere obedience ? Was she
,to let'a fellow creature die rather than
take what coulii trespared so well,and what
she had the right to demand? Yes, by
right;'her father's money was hers as WellI„,
if not 'by law,Eyet moral justice, and if he
made a cold and churlish steward, it Was
her duty to supply hisidefects and let/ the
poor benefit by his superflUities. All the
wild reasonings of a willful Mill A i.,:ai ng
the imPalses of a gene] ised
through her brain that rhea
she arose in the mornik the
determinativ to do her let:) ,
her father's.
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z,b4e.a to fhe ?I:iiicipies of Rye &I)ocrqc, qqa fho bisekißtlion of WohlifD, Kitehitto 410 fretos:
UDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY,
John Rashleigh was a magistrate, and
to-day was market day at Canstow; the
town near which they lived, where the
magistrates always assembled in the upper
room of the town-hail and dispensed law,
if riot justice, on the offenders. Hia i ribL
sence gave Hope the . opportunity/she
wanted. - Very quietly and very tyliber
atcly she unlocked his desk, i3 ;nd took
from it the twenty pound te. But
thongh the act was shameful,/she had no
idea she was doing wrong/ beyond the
concioasness of self will su r d disobedience
which did not trouble h 4 much—which,
on the contrary, she h9,d reasoned herself
into consid log the/meritorioas exercise
of a better and nob er motive.
"Grantley, cha b e this for me," she said
and she hande im the note:
"I cannot ange it, Miss Hope," he
[ answered, " at I till get it done in Can
stotr ; I a going over there directly."
"Charnte it where you like," she an
-1 svre \ red/car elessly. "I Want the money
as sopn as you can give it to Me, that is
all ;%and Grandy, do you bear i if papa
ail:s you do not tell him that I gave you
e note to get changed."
' "'Very well, I will not said Grantley, .
who suspected nothing wrong, saw noth
ing odd in her request; and who indeed,
felt not a little flattered that she should
I base made a secret with him in the mat-
I ter. So, full of pleasing leelings,he rode
over to Canstow, where he changed the I
note, and bought various things with the
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money, partly for Hope according"to her
orders, and partly for himself; net at
1 Hope's charge it must be understood, the
squaring of accounts was to come after
wards. Andamongother things,he bought
a certain camp apparatus i for himself at
Tell's the iron-monger's, fOr whiCh he paid
with the note in question=thot being the
larges shop 'and the largestt purchase.
Nos it so happened that Mr. Rashleigh
went to pay his bill at this same, iron
monger's that day. He took a check
which he had just received in the market
place from one of his tenants who owed
him half a year's rent far his farm ; and
to save himself the trouble of going to
the bank, he gave it to Tell, receiving
the surplus change; among *Ma came
his own twenty pound note. Passim; it
through his fingers and looking at the
number to take it down in his pocket-book
he recognized it' is that left in his desk
at Newlandi. He knew the' number ;
and a certain private, mark which he al
ways made on his bank:notes, thereby
rendering them double "branded ;" and
I he knew no one could have Obtained pos
h session of it lawfully.
"Where did you get this, Tell ?" he
Basked.
"Nr. Grantley, sir;" said Tell. "fie
chdnged it here not half an hour ago,and
ordered this patent camp apparatus,"
showing theyoung man's ] purchase.
"Mr. Grantley Watts 7" cried John
Rashleigh, flushing up; "he changed this
note here 7"
-"Yes, sir—l hope no mistake, sir--
nothing wrong ?" asked the iron-mouger,
anxiously.
"No, no, nothing' I was surprised,that
was all ; no, Tell, nothing wrong."
But his face was more truthfal than
his lips ; and Tell saw plainly that some
thing Was very far wrong in spite' of his
denial, and that Mr. Grantley was in for
it, whatever he has been doing. He did
not suspect anything very bad._Canstow
was by hti Means an immacuate place,
and there were' offences and; offenders
enough as times Trent; but it was by no
means to be supposed that a young gen
tlemen
note at of
gentlemen
do 'such t
Earn i ehew;
functions
ie4ly kids)i
ined was tl
suit which
to keep in,
tha't the m
tea'tper of
thai was q
and to nm
his thin lij
ever the f:
thought Tt
of regret fr
Grantley
the man to bear With cross 1
nese of circtiantsfrined patiently: Hope's . l
/extravagqincti has annoyed him; partly
because some other of his - money Matters
had gene wrong at the same time; and
like most proud' men; the merest suspicion
of possible einbarrassment gilled him ter
ribly ; then he was sorry at Grantley's
leaving, and vexed with himself for being
sorry; for what better could a poor relation
de ? and if he had made himself iseful,so
that he, John Rashleigh of IsTewlatrdil,
felt that he should. be "quite lost" with . -
.
ie John Raslileighicr tiame
•e easily imagined than de-
ings . had gone crossly with
ast fevi hours;John Rash-
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out him, why that was only the lad's duty
and / ought to have ken, and he was worse
that absnrd to feel the least pain at his
going. Then' the magistrate's business
had beein worrying him to day; and had
been du bee side of an Opinon and his
brothers on the other,and had been forced
to give
,in ; which bad ,annoyed him not
a little; so that, when added to this accu
mulation of disturbing influences was the
sudden conviction that he had been rob
bed, and that too by the boy he had loved
and cherished more than he had ever open
ly acknowledged, we can understand in
what a whirlwind of fiery Wrath lie lode
full speed through Canstow and up to
Newhinds,not: ten Minutes after Grautley
had returned home;
" he called ont as soon as he
till standing in the hall;
atts, where are you ?"
" said Grantley coming out
g room where he had been
1: ope an account of his pro
emptying his povkets of her
"C-rantley
entered and
"Grantley ¶
"Here, sir
of the drawi
giving Miss
ceedidgs, an
commissions I
"Where . d you get that twenty-pound
note yon ch raged just itow at . Tell's?"
fairly shout • • John Rashleigh.
Grantley as silent. -
"Come, si , I want an answer ! cried
his 0305i0. "Looking down and keeping
a demure sil :nee will not suit me ; I want
a simple straight forward answer. Where
did you get that twenty-pound note from?
Ileft itin my desk when I went to Canstow
to-day, and my desk was locked; whoever
got it forced the lock or opened it with
a false key, t was either you or some one
else. 7hoyas it Granny ?" 1 •
Grantley still made„ s no answer; the
truth was beginning to break upon him.
IdO not think any one in my house
hold Would do such a thing; two hours
ago I ShoUld cot have thought you would
have done it ; and even yet, suspicious as
the whole thing is, yet I will accept any
explanation that will clear ' you, else I
must hold you responsible for the theft."
"I did not steal it. I have committed
no theft," Said Grantley, looking straight
i into his cousin's eyes.
"0 I yen may dislike the Word,brit that
I do not care for," said Mr. Rashleigh,
disdainfully. "I have always remarked
that people shrink more from:a ford than
a deed, and think themselves especially
ill-used if called by the name of their
erime. If you are not a thief, What I are
you, then? If yon did not steal it hoW
did you get it?
1 ; "I did not steal it," was all that Granny
could szy,repeating himself monotonously.
I' John Rashleigh was an impatient man
as well as a proud and high tempered One.
At Grating's second asservation he raised
his hand and struck the youth across the
face. . ...
1 1 "Coward !" he said, "have you not the
bad courage of crime ? Dare you not con
fess' what:by confession would have been
Only a fault If you had told me fratikly
how And why you come to do such a thing
I could have understood it as a,. boyish
liberty, and forgiv n it, but now I tave
nly one way o dealing with it—as a
rime. If
When he s lick him, Grantley invol
cntarily rais his own hand ; but a thot'
ame across him, and he retreated a step '
Or two an. dropped his guard.
"It to . es the remembrance of all, yon
have ..ne fell me, - Mr. Rashleigh, and
more an even this to make me bear your
!as is !" he said excitedly; his boyish
fa c convulsed with contending passions.
His voice, harsh and broken as it Was
ad somehow a different ring in it to that
Of guilt, and Mr. Rashleigh had not been
it magistrate for so many ;Fars, and scuts
touted to all shades of criminals, not to
know something of the human voice, dud
What it betokened under accusatioa. Grant
ley's Startled him- - so did the Fond flush
face with' -the honest eyes lookidg so
frankly. and the indignation rather, than
fear upon it—zmade him half afraid that
he had been too hasty.,But men of his
Character do not long oubt themielves
for good er evil; and while that one
broad fact remained unexplained—low
did Grantley get possession' of 'money
locked up in his desk ? be was in his
right to suppose that he had stolen it, and
;Common sense and the law wire on his
I "Tell me how you r , come by it,' he then
said in a somewhat gentler tone; "If I
have done yon wrong, boy, I am sorry for
it, and we will bear no malice; but tell
me how yOrt got the note."
"I cannot sir," said Grantteyi his heart
. :
"You will not, you mean, you young
fool I" said Mr.Ra.shleigb,contemptdously.
E "No, I will not.' ,
"Then you will not be su - staised if I
send for the p.ohce? Here, Lewis, Lewis!
come herel The thing must be thorotigh
ly sifted, Grantley ; and if you are guilty
I anisorty for the csposiireyou have brot'
upon yourself. It is your own folly to
let things come to such a pass, When they
can never be mended again."
"To Send for the police will not make
'L.matters melt worse for / me said Grant
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ley, "the servants have heard all that has
passed, and my character will be pone the
blacker now fora Public Charge."
"At least we , ; shall get to the truth
then," said Mr,. liashleigh, "which will
be so inueh'gainee
10, sir," s td GranileY firmly," I
shall.not tell y u even then where I got
the money from, and how I came by it !"
All this While the drawing-room door ;
had been stan ding half opeii, With Hope
cloie to it, listepidg td What its tia.s.ting.
A Whole world of feelinUs had possessed
,lier by tiyiis=fear of her father, fear for
IGantley, and shame at the false position
lin which her self-will and cowardiceto
gether had placed him, sOmething, too,
that was more than admration at the con
stancy with which he had borne such
pain end indignity that he might keep
faith with her, and a ' kind of claiming 1
idea that what she 'had done had been
after all a sin and a dishohcii, and that
confession would degrade lier forever--
all the.sci thoughts'passed through her
mind by turns and held her motionless ,
h
andsilent; 't ever thebit ter recolection
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that Grant rwas , but a poor relation at
best, and at the distancelbetween them
was immeasurable, running like a sorrow
ful refrain to each. But when her father
spoke of giving hini in charge, and called
, to the servant, then she hesitated no long
er. Throwing the door wide open she
come out into the hall. I . .
"I took the money, papa," she said
boldly; and as she spoke she laid her
hand in Grantley'e, the first time she had
ever willingly done so. I
"Hope !" iexclaimed her father, "are
you mad ? you took that Money ? You ?"
"Yes, papa," she answered quite stead
ily, "yen reinsed to give it to me when I
asked you for it yesterday', and I took it
, this morning,. I wanted itiand you ought
to have giien it to me." .
"If I had thought that to retase it
would have made. you capable of stealing.
it, Hop; I *mild v.othave hesitated a
moment, -' said the father 'sternly. .
"I do not call it stealing ," said Hope'
defiantly."lt was only, 'taking what I ,
had a right to. I unlocked your' desk
with my own key and'gave the money to
Grantley to get changed."
John Rashleigh turned fiercely acminst
the youth. "How dare you, sir, abet my
child in folly ?" he exelaimed, passionate.;
ly. "What was folly in her, and exous;'
able Considering hoW I have always hu
mored her and acceded to !her wishes and
remembering after all she is aniere child
still,,was downright wickednesS and dis
honor in you. And how del kno* but
that you instigated her to it ? How do I
know but that it was your doing in reali
ty, and she lint the' innocent tool of your
cunning schemes ? You bought a precious
gimerac% for yourself; and paid for it
with My Money. I tell yeti, Grantley, the
Whole thin 'looks too blaCk yet for your
white-washing." I „
"Grantley accounted id Me. foi that
camp thing," said Hope. I "Did I not tell
you, papa; that it , was my own doing from
first to last ? Grantley ;did not know
where I got' thMnote from. I only asked
himto get it dashed for me.. But I asked
him i not to tellyou that I &Me So, because
I was afraid you would be ang r y with me
, were
kindl meant to tell , you when you were
kind a g ain ." This she said coaxingly.
."I 'c ould not break my word to Miss
Hope. said Grantley in a; low yoke, but
firmly.. Yet I should have thought, Mr. '
Rashleigh, that you would have known
the to well too have mispeated me of such
a thing as this. What Miss , HOpe had a,
tight to do was aiother, matter, but it :
would have been a theft iki me; and men
--z(there Mr. Rashleigh 'emiled h little
satirically) - "do not become thieves all at'
once. Yet Ido not think you have ever
tided Much iratit cf LionOrat Me ?' ..
"I will not have that tone taken," Said
Mr. Rashleigh, harshly. ' , You have done
ill Grantley; and it is rSsurd IC attempt
to give yourself the air of injured indo
dence,,and as if you had' the right to
blame me hedause I suspected What was
so entirely suspicions:4nci . whit do I
know yet ? I have neproof ; only your
()vin word and Hope's assertion,
which for
aught I know; may be merely, her gener- i
ous desire . to get yon out Of a perilous po
sition by taking the blame on herself: I
can scarcely believe her guilty. To have
gone into my room in myabsence, unlock
my desk, take the money I had refased j
her only a feri, hodrs ago;
teateal, I can -I
not believe' it 1 I will not You have been
at the bottom of it,' Grantley ; you have
had some hand in it 1" ., ,.‘ I
"Now papa, how calf You gO in so?"
ifried }lva, thoroe,ghly frightened. "Do
I noi tell that Grantley it innocent, and.
that I have heed the only one to blame ?
what gore can I say' to, convince you!"
"It is dot lila easy matter to . convince
Me that My, child has' committed a theft,"
said John Rashleigh, gravely , and ttirn
inguviay his head. I
, .1 ,
"I did not think of it as a fault it the
time,
dear papa,' she cried, din ging her
seltinto his arcosi, "I wanted it for poor
Elude . lidgiis "ehießy • I did tint: viant it
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did not *lint it for myself. roigiits and
aaarest.papa,for having hemi SO teilliihnti
'disobedient, and do not blame cir taboo
Gmatley any more ! lam the only and ,
to blame and be has been far nobler thati
I deserve." Here she bdrat into, twig ' .
and buried her face in her : &that's breast:
"Won't pan forgive nta, dear palitkrshoii
sobbed again, after a short parse, kissing
his cheek which her tears made alMosi,
as wet as her own.
ldi fa/MI
ilohn Itashleigh notild
lope had never yet been uriforgiyao,eveti
when .she had not shown contrition,and.
the unusual softness of her mood tO•At
could Inset with nothing but the ltion
fervent response.
"Do not cry, Hope 1 Mt Out OYU
child 1" he said tenderly. ", there there.
Let us heat no .more about it. I qiiitsi
believe you that you did not know ;hit
you were doing anything wrong and that
you were only thoughtless and impnlaivd
as,usual. And as to you, bby"(to (;iant;
ley), "I am sorry 'that I accused You ed
.hastily ; so shake bandit, and think, rid
more about it. You cannot expect ;lie taf
say more than that I am Bony," head_ ded
Ipleasantly as Grantley hesitated.
it
blow on his cheek yet stung, and it watt
rathei early days to take the hand Which
had just struck him . "_ o gentlemen 'earl
*ant more than an apology, and a fiftiet
can only express his regret to his son.; ad
shake hands, boy, and let us forget What
has been a very painful inland - delta:Oiling
That word did what the feeling
. had
failed to do. Grantley giasped his Con;
sin's hand warmly; he had Conquered all
his uoyioli pride and manly indignation.
by ihe simple name Of fathet. • 1
I have made you suffer, drantleh ii
said Hope ' as her father left them; and
again she laid her hand in his. " •
a I would have bdrcie twice se mach
fot year sake, Miss Hope," he anaWered;
pressing her hand betwe.ed both. of his,
and looking at her lovingly-she not
haughty and disdainful Is usuat,brit doWnz
cast, bashful and repentant.
'/l l .do not knovir what we shall do With
ont Yen, Grantley," she then said very
geiotly ; and as she spolte,she tiunediale;
and he felt her hand trembling in kit.l
"Oh ! you will soon forget me : I hive
often' , displeased you, you will be glad td
get rid of me," Grantley answered.
"L do mit think we shall," said flops,
in a lovi voice. And then there was it
momenta.sllence. All this time they were
etanditig with their hands clasped in each
other's in the hall which had Just heed sci
eoisy and heated with the late storm tim•Ho
in° through.
"Yon have not displeased tile; it is I
Who have been ill-tempered," Hope con
tinued, in a still lower voice, 2111 softer
and richer in tone. "I ought to ask rut'
forgiveness,Grantley, for I have oftedbe
hayed so b adly to you." .
"Yoti must not, do that," he 61011'1.1nel
hastily; and his eyes filled up With tetra.
I could not bear that, Miss Hope I.
cannot bear to hear you blame yourself
for anYthing." •
"Grantley 1" she said; aid then isha
etopped and said nn. more.
. Still With her hand in his, still look;
ing, down on her as she stood with bent
head and lowered eyelids before Liino,Ahe
dies,. just a shade nearer to her. -
"Yon Spoke 7" he asked. . 1
She laid be other band on his , Aral
"I ani much obliged to yea for all that,
you havi done for me these many yeatiq' ,
she said alcr.Ost id a Whispet. -I
The words were formal Jut the voice
and tone Were not; the dimneast eYeti
the parted lips, the cheek now crimsoning .
and neW paling; the heaving breast, the'.
ptide swept array beneath' the siren; of
this unnsual tenderness and rat;
nude, all told of something deeper and
warmer stirring in that 'impetuous heart
than what those qaiet, fennel words ex;
pressed.
If -
Do not say that you are. Jiged.to
for anything, dear Miss IHope,". said:
Grantley, himself scarCely clele to. speak;
"It has been an honor to me to be allow:
ed to serve you."
"No one 'has did dorie s so much t o t.
me," she said.
"Because no one ever- - =' tae step=
ped in his turn, and said no - ,dote; tyini
, after a pause, to went on : I haVe acme
nothing for yoa unwillingly , : Miss Hope':
If you had asked me at aril bite to give'
you my life 'I would have done it as freely
las I would have given yoia a tower: = 1 -
lave had bet one object4thst cTeervibg
and obeying you ;. and I had Vat die 4e
sire—that of pleesingi o yod: I have tltme .
lid the first the best way that
. I cenlai • if
I have failed id the last 6141 Y. ffut
*that yell to remember me tiled X am id _
India,' he went on to say, rand to:reined:
berme with as little_ dislike as you can
and I am so glad of last.
thing
for the laa
thing you hare ,to remember me of vii i
be my faith to; von:'
The teats were s*elling in her eyesilit
in his.
"I shall' never forget to-day," sboAsidi'
gently, "nor how good you .t.acire alwspr
beecrto mei dear. GrantJe3,7
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