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UY AN OLD BACHELOR.
Just,aftpr breakfas
one fine spring mor
ning in lo7, an advertisement in the Times,
lora Luratp, caught, and fixed my atentiori.
A. The i-salar was sufficiently remunerated 'fir
a bachelor and the prishai $ personally
' ' bnsxr, onej of the most pleasanty situated in
all.So'mersetsliire.' Having said that, the
, reader will' readily understand that it could
not have bqerf a hundred miles from Taunton:
I; instantly wrote, -enclosing testimonials,'
with which the Rev. (Mr. Townly, the rec
tor, was so1 entirely satisfied, that the return
post brought me a positive engagement, un
elogged wiih . the slightest objection to one
or two .subsidiary ? items I had 'stipulated
for, aud ac.eompaniet( by rnn invitation to
make the rectory my .home till I could con
veniently suit myself jelsewhere: This was
loth kind jajid liandsomc, aud the next day
but one I took coach with i;.rl. f.
jj . , UV'Ul IT lUi
It thus happened.
ed, and, in some de
my new destination.!
that I became acquaint
...j, iium.oi. events it is
ray rrcrntfpmTrjscnKJteiate.
time settled that 'Agnes; shall on that xiay
be united 'in - holy wedlock to Mr. Arbuth
not." i:, -.. i
Afr ibiniiot,!of Elm Park J ,i
KA great match, is it 1 no' ini a -worldly
& pleasant -smile at the tone of my exekma-tion.:
, -And much Jetter J than that, Kobert Ai-
jjumnoi is a young man ot nigh and noble
nature as ; well ; adevptedly attached to "Ag.
nes.. lie will, I doubt not, prove' in every
respect; 'a ji lsband deserring and worthy
of her 5 and that from the lips of a doating
old grand-pj pa mnst be esteemed high praise,
luou will ai'Hin-yrentIy-: ' I
l U often, and 'quite a-eed
in the rectoi 's estimate of his future grand-Bon-in-law
?I have not 'frequently seen a
nner looting young man his age was tweii-
ty-six, and certainly .ope of more honorable
and kindly, fepiritj', 'Qf H more genial temper
tnan He, Jiasv never come within my observa
tipn. He lmd drawn! a great prize in tne
matrimonial lottery,fand I felt deserved his
fortune. . ::'f j ''' ; .. " -: : '. -
? They were married at the time agreed
upon, and ;he day was kept not only at
Elm Park and in its neighborhood, but
through our "parish" as a general holi
day. And strangely: enough, at least, I
have never met with! another instance of
the kind i was held by our entire female
community high as well as '- low, that the
matches, a perfectly equal one, notwith
standing that wealth and high worldly po
sition were entirely onjthe bridegrom's side.
In fact, that, nobody less in the social scale.
the representative of an old territorial fami
ly ought in the nature of; things, to have
aspired to the hand ot) Agnes Townley, ap:
peared to" have been a foregone conclusion
Thisj will give the reader
vivid impression of the
words or colors I might
with everybody
a truer and more
bride than fanv
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use.
The days,
out a cloud iave a few
ones which
weeks, months of wedded life
flew over Mr. and - Mrs: Arbuthnot with-
j dark,' but transitory
and then flit across
A saw
now
The rector I found to be a stbutnrr
gcndeinjanl.whosejsjei
between sixty and seventy. So many win
ters, .although they had plentifully be-
, sprinkled his hair with grey, shone out with
- rudy brightness in his ; still liandsome face
and kcenj kindly, bright hazel eye, and'his
voice, hearty and ringing,1: had. not as yet
one quaver xf age in!
it.' I met bim at
breakfast on the morning, after my arrival,
and his reception of, me was most friendly,
-We had spoken together but for a few min
utes, when, one of thef iFfejich windows that
led-from the breakfast room into a shrub-
hery and flower garden gently i opened and
admitted a lady, just then, as I afterwards
learned, in1 her- nineteenth spring. I use
this term almost unconsciously, for I can
not, eVen now, in the glowing summer of
of her life J dissociate! her image from that
Feason bf i youth and i joyousness, Sbe was
introduced to me. with old-fashioned sim
plicity, as "My grand daughter, Agnes
Townly." It is difficult to look at beauty
through other men'sj eyes, and in the pres
ent instance, I feel hat I should fail mis-
crably in the endeavor to stamp upon this
blank, dead paper any adequate idea of the
fresh loveliness, the rose-bud beauty of that
young girl. I will; merely 'say, that her
; perfectly Grecian head wreathed with wavy
tondcaiuclof bright S hair undulating with
-golden light, vividly brought to my mind
Haphael'si halo-tinted portraitures of the
Virmn. with this dmerence, tnat in place
of the holy calm and resignation of the
pain ting,; there was in Agnes Townly a spark
ling youth and. life that even amid the' heat
and glare of a crowded ballroom, or of a
theatre, irresistable inggested' iand recalled
the freshness an,d perfume of the morning
of a cloudless, ' rosyj morning . of May.
- - And for higher charms than feature beauty,
howeverfexquisite, a sweetness of disposition,
a kind gentleness of mind, and temper, was
i evinced in every line! of her face, in every
: accent of the low piiched silver voice that
breathed through lips jmade only to smile.
- Let me own that I was greatly struck by
so remarkable a combination of ,'rareendow-
ments; anil that, I think, the eharpyed
rector must have perceive'd, or he might not
perhaps have been so immediately cominu-
nicative wth respect to ' the near : prospects
of his idolized grand-child ;, as he was, the
moment the young lady, after; presiding at
the breaktast- tablehad .withdrawn;.-.--'
-..We shall have gay doings, Mr, Tyrell,
at the "rectory, shortlyhe said. . "Next
Monday ,three weeks will,- with, the blessing
of (jod,ibe; AgnesTownly's wed6Ung-da
(l Yes," rejoined the rectorr turning to-
' 37ardsand examining soma flowers which
Miss Townly had brought in and'plaeed
en the table -t Xes it has . been for some
-came to be more and more spoken of.
1 1 should, not survive her' gaid JVlr. Ar
buthnot one day, in reply a chance observa-r
tion of the rector's, nor indeed desire to
do; s6.",x;' j: 11- -V..-:-'
.The grey headed man seized and warmly
pressed the husband's! hand, -and tears of
sympathy filled his eye's, yet did he never
theless, as in duty bound utter. gravewords
on the sinfulness of despair under any cir
cumstances and the denying in all trials J
however heavyj of patient suhmission to
rA-sad accident - occurred about a month
subsequent to., the foregoing conversation.
The recior was ttt riding j upania f usually
quiet horse which all at once took it unto
his head to shy at a scare-crow lt must have
seen a score of times, and thereby, threw
its rider. Help was fortunately: at hand,
and the reverend -gentleman :asr instantly
Coriveyed home, when it ! was! found ! that
his left thigh j was broken. Thanks, how-
ever, to his temperate habits it was before
long authoritatively' pronounced that al
though it would be a - considerable r time be
fore, he was released from i confinement, it
'was not probable that, the lugty ' winter of
ms lite would . be shortened by twhati had
happened..' Unfortunately the accident
threatened to have evil consequences in an
other quarter J Immediately i after it oc
curred,: one Matthews, a busy thick head-
tA Inn' vf V..i.l. . 1 P li' f !i ' v
. f MLcucr, roue iuriousiy on to
Elm Park with the newsl Mrs. Arbuth
not, who daily looked jto be confined, was
walking; with' her husband upon; the lawn
in front of the house, i wh6n the great ' bur
ly blockhead rode up, and' blurted' out that
the rector , had been thrown from' his horse
and it was feared killed j !' Ill , 1
The shock of such :atf announcement was
of coursey overwhelming I A few-hours af
terwards,1 Mrs. Arbuthnot. gave 'birth to a
healthy male child j . bijt the young moth
er s lite, assailed by, fever, wasifor many
days utterly despaired Qf for week held to
tremble so evidently inUhe balance that the
slightest adverse circttmsUncej .might in a
moment turn the scale deathwardj At length
the black horizon that seemed to encompass
us so hopeleksly tightened; and atorded the
lover husband a glimsend hpe of his
vanished j arid weirnitldairea lof Eden,
The promise was ful I wfiln theJiJ
awkitinff the!
physician's' morning repwt ver Inxiouslyithe 4 that
entered the apartment in a evidently cleer-1
fulmood.;;-V; ;:; ! .rj
. ' You, have been causlesly.aame4 he
said. There isj no fea;tejr "'of kre-
lapse. ; Weakness only ; remains, j and 'that
softie of-"! coming. Not a word remember
-iofc V word V: .At' the same time' the
wbelea; his chair half round, so that; his
batk smld be towards the servant we heard
apWung. j-. . "
Isu sent, sir,' said Mrs. Arbuthnot's
majd, fa ask if the post has arrived V 'I -
Ye replied Mr. Arbuthnot, with won
derful nastry of his voice, j ' Tell your mis
tre jMall be w;th her almost immediate
ly aat her her son is quite well ' ,
cs'7jtTey he continued, as soon as the
sertant . was out of hearing, -( there is, I
thirik, liquor-stand on the side board in
the -Ura diningroom. ' Would you have
thekMness it to me unobserved mind
thalHfnobserved by any one ?' ,
;4I s he requested ;yand the instant I
placed '-he liquor-frame before him, he seiz
ed ti tfandy carafe, and drank with fierce
eagems. Por , goodness sake exclaim
ed, fcVisider what you are : about, Mr. Ar
buthn ; you will make yourself ill I
. r&o, no,' he answered, after finishinghis
draugkt It seems scarcely stronger, than.
wate.l But I am better now. ! The let
ter he added after a long and painful pause,
during which he eyed me, I thought witli an
eye ofsaspicion ( the letteryou saw me ofen
just noy comes from a relative, an aunt, yho
is veryill, and wishss to see me instahlly.
You Understand V - : -: -" .- - A
' I ' dif understand, or at least I feared that
I die too well, i I however, bowed acJui
escer ce,' and he presently rose from jhis
chair , and strode about the apartment in
great agitation, until his wife's bed-room
bell aag. He then stopped suddenly shprt,,
shook iimself, and looked anxiously at Ithe.
reflecjtion of his flushed and varying counte-r
nanc4 in the magnificent chimney glass.)
; MJdo not look, I think or, at least shall
not; h. a darkened room odd, more out of
-than bne
ind sudden, but 'scarcely -unexpected. ? What i! what does he mean? exclaimed,
Things had gone well,' too, with the nurse, Mrs. Arbuthnot, bewilderingly, and at the
Mrs.sDanby and her husband j. well, at least, same.timej clasping her son who gazed on
fter a fashion. The, speculative' miller Danby with kindled eyes, and angry boyish;
jnust have made good use of the gift to his defiance Rightly to her side. Did 'the
wife for her care of little Arbuthnot, for he man's strange words give form and signifi-
had built a genteel house near the mill, al- cance to jsome
ways rode a . valuable horse, kept, it was doubt thai had
said, a capital stable j and all this, as it times? .. I jud
t a - j t ;i ; . " '- i - 1 ::t i I a .'-.i -J '
, uy U1S Clever speculations in COm -a"" jumuijeu. auu uau cuaa. ucuucd -
ar, foxjthe ordinary business of the upon a sofa. 1 ' ' - ' '. ; -:: A
is,, more
agitated-
mighl than one must appear, after healing
of thi dangerous illness of--bf -an aun
yes : much better, much better
am gteL tof hear you say so. ' ,That waslmy
wife's fcelL She is anxious, no doubt to see
i ;
But4the venerable gen-
the will of G od
tlenian spoke in a hoarse and broken voice
A gleam of lightning eeined to.flash over
Mr. Arbuthnot's expressive5 countenance.
'Blessed be God!- he f exclaimed. 4 And
how bemadded, shall j we manage tespecting
the" child? ' She asks for it.incesfintly i
'- Mr. Arbuthnot's infant son, Ishbuld states
had been consigned immediatel3 after its;
birth to the care of Mrs: Danby,: who ! had
herself been confined,' also with a boy about
a fornight 1 previously, i Scarlatma bein
prevalent in the neighborhood, Mrs. Danby
was hurried away ; withlthes two:
a place near Bath, almosti before
ble to bear the tourney. - Mr.
me "
difof a few
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it was easy to see he tetwith Mr. Arbuth- paa not lett ms wue tots one nourj ana icon
nbt, that the realrty of an event, the bare sequently had only seenhis chi
ossiDiiity oi wmcn, suook inem so xerriDiy, minutes just aiter was Dorn. r
were a crosstoo heavy! for human strength ' With respect to the child,'!
to bear and live.- ! j I V LindleyiXl am of bpinion'that 3V
It was of course decided that the expec- not may see it in a day for two
ted heir or heiress should, be entrusted to a third ,day from, this, if- 'all goes well
wet nurse,
and a Mrs.
children to
she was a
Arbuthnot
replied: Dr,
r. Arbuth
Say the
ask
;hat
was thought less nervous than beforei I
rose to go. Give my respects he saidp'to
the' good rector : and as an especial fator,j
he added, with strong emphasis, let me
of you riot to mention to a living soul
you saw me so "unmanned as I was just riowj
that I swallowed brandy. It would apjpear
so strange," so weak, so ridiculous
I promised- not to do so, and almostj im
mediately ; left the house, very painfully af
fected. " His ; son was, I; concluded, ejther
dead or dying, and he was tlrn bewilcred
by casting about' for' means, . of keeping be
terrible, perhaps fatal tidings from his wife.
I afterwards hearOHnat he left Kim Park in
t-i , . ; " j' 'f" :
a post-chaise, about two hours after I -came
away unattended by a single servant. I
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dark shadowy, indistinct
previously haunted her at
2cd so. The rector appeared
seeped
and flour
mill- was almost ' entirely nedected. He ' Ym guess dimly, I see, what I have to
had no children of his own but he had an- say resumed Danby with a malignant sneer.
ip-son, a fine lad, ' Telb, hear it, , then; once for aU, arid then,
parently taken to his step-:
now about eighteen
greatly grieved the boy
ed above all things that her son should con
ract the evil, dissolute habits of his -father-
in-law. - Latterly, she had become extreme-
i years of age. This ifjou wilj, give me up; to thej officers
iy's mother, who dread- Some years ago,' lie continued, and steadily
V.n It,v.:.ij Ronift wars ntrn: n. wrtmnn -n. Tiiirsni xen
some tears ago, ajroman, a nurse, was
.placed in t harge of two infant children, both
Boys ; one of these was her ownj the other
jy solicitous to procure the lad a 'permanent Was the spn of rich, j?roud parents; The ;
situation" abroad, and this Mr. Arbuthnot man's hustand was a gay, jolly fellow, who '
jiad. proinised should be effected at the ear- preferred spending money to earning it, and V "
iiest opportunity. : ; - 4 just then it happened 'that he was more. than.
stood affairs on the lGth of Octo- nsually haj-d up. One afternoon, on .visits
ber, 1849. ' Mr. Arbuthnot was temporari- Wg bis wifc, who had 'removed to a distance, ;
ly absent, in Ireland, where he possessed he found that the rich man's child had sick- :
Jar;propcrty,' making personal in- ned of the small pox, and that there was no -jt
quiries; as to the extent of the potatoe rot, hance of jts recovery. A'letter containing i
not long before announced. The morning's the .sad news was on the table, which he, the .
bogt had brought -a' -letter to his wife, with .brisband, teok the liberty to open and read,
the intelligen3e that he should reach home After, some reflectibri,- 'suggested by what
that very eve ning ; and as the rectory was be had hetfrd of the lady-mother's state of ,
pn the direct road' to Elm ' Park, and her mind, he copied the letter for, the sake of
jjhusbarid worild bei srire to pull up there, Mrs Embodying in i a certain suggestion. That 1 j
Arbuthnot came with her son to pass theaf-1 tetter was jdulv posted, and -the; next day
fternoon therei and in some slight desrree to Brought the rich man; almost in1 a state of
anticipate her. husband s arrival.
lestractiori y but his chief and mastering ter-
About three o'clo.cky a chief clerk of one ror was lest the mother .of the already dead
pf the Taunton banks rode up in a gig to infant should' hear, -in her then precarious '
jthe rectory, and asked to see the Rev. Mr. state of what had happened. The tidings, .
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had been to Elm Park, but not finding eith-
;er Mr. 1 Arbuthnot or his lady there, he had
Townley, on pressing and important busi- be was sure, would kill her. Seeing this;
mess, lie was usnered into the library. I tne cunnmff husband ot the nurse suggested
where the rector and I were at the moment (hat for the present, his, the cunning one's. ;
irather busily ! engaged. The. clerk said he Jlhild might be taken to the lad j as her own
nd that the truth could be revealed rbcn
phe'was skrong epough to bear it. - The
thought thaf perhaps the llev. Mr. Townley ! rrich man fell into the artful trap, and that
might be able to pronounce upon the -genu-1 Irhich thelhusband of the nurse had specu-
fineness 'of a check for .300, purporting to i tated upon came, to pass, even' beyond his:
tto be drawn on the Taunton Bank bV Mr. i liope's. i The lady grew to idolize her fanel-
iMfeaiiiSkfif m enild-he lias, fortunatelyvihadno' oth- ,
ded, thatrhe bank had fi,;f1
nJl ill lien 1 1 1 1 fj 'ucu auu j in? v-' 2 , "
. , t ocnevetngit tn o -fW
g
ery year, it oecame more aimcufi, -mui;
l. . t A forgery !' exclaimed the rector after Impossible to do so ; iind very generously, I
merely glanc
tion .that
This was,
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with many apologi
drew and hastened back to Taunton
were still talking over this sad affair, al
though some, hours had
tt ni i 1
ut i will be
anting at the document, 'Ko qries nusi say , has he paid in purse for the tovj ;
it iland a very clumsily executed earance of the nurse's husband; Well now,.
" one, too, besides, Mr. Atbuthnot is riot yet fhen, to sum up : the.nurse wasj jMrs. Dan- : '
I returned from Ireland f ' ; ' bylj the rich, weak ' husbandj Mr. Arbuth-,
sufficient and the messenger, riotj the substituted child, tha handsome
)ologies for his intrusion with- bo my slon ! j ; V ; ' .;.''!;: ' ; :
I A'', wild j scream from Mrs, Arbuthnot :
oko the dread silence which siecompanied -
elapsed since the fis frightful revelation, echoed jby an ago-
clerk's departure in fact, candles had been nized cry, half tenderness, half j rage, irom ,
brought in,' and we were every riioment e- er. husbarid, who had entered jthe roord un
peetirig'kr.iArbuthno
at a hastv tallon was heard anproachirig, in his arms. ; The carriage wlieels we had
He was gone three clear days only, aHthe V ,
dCf which he returned with Mrs.; Ikyl1 shntjby the
Panby, the wife of a think we riiay venture so far, !)
miller, living not very far from the rectory, present for, an untoward'agitatidn "might be,
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was engagea ior- mat purpose. . 1 naa ire- pernaps, instantly iatai.,!: j.nis point pro-
quently seen the woman j and her name, as visionally settled,1 we alt three weip.t our sev
the rector and I were ; one evening gossip-, eral ways : I to. cheer the still suffering rec-
ur tea, on some subject or other tor with good news. 1 . ! r. 1 , J j
that'l forgot, came up. ; ; . The next- day but one, Mr, Arbuthnot
"A likily person I remarked; "heal- was in exuberant spirits. ; indley's re-
thy, very good looking, and qne might port is even more favorable han wq had
make oath, a true-hearted creature. But anticipated he said'; land I start to-imor-
there is withal a tiniidity; frightedness, in row morning, to bring: Mrs. Di nby and the
her manner, at times ; which, if I may haz- child' . The postman's subdued but
ard a perhaps -uncharitable coniecture, unmistakable knock, interrupted him.: ' The
11 for that smart husband of hers' nurse he . added, is fery, attentive and
weeks only I had ever seen.
ished the . air-drawn ' Doubting
end
and his son m' nored health,; too, any one
of the finest' babies of its agoutf nine!
l 1 - : ; i
Xhuffan
Castlland
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Uiant despair wnicn i naa so
jured up. The cause assigned by M
buthnot for the agitation I had witnessed,
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was doubtless.. the true one ; and yet! (and
the thought haunted me for months, iyeara
hail
hisj
1
speaks ill
"You
dear sir.
hastily cori-j
1 t).
to
and nresentlv the nale and haggard face of I heard werd his. It was long before 1 could
window at whicli the! Recall withl calmness the tumult the terror.
rpctnr nnd nivself were standing. The gate 1 wnd confusion of that scene. , Mr. Arbuth
bell was runj almost immediately afterwards, pot strove to bear his wife . from the. apart- v
and but a brief interval passed before Mr. mcnt, but shq would not be forced awayand
i "' ' ''- r'1 '.i . : ii?i: nro.;':- 'X-1 N .LV;L."":a1 lt.A.,'-
ianny was announcea to oe m waumg. iue Kept imploring, wuu lreuzieu puuiriuyuvc,
iave hit the mark precisely my punctual. She writes alm6st every day
Danby is a very bad fellow,. and A servant entered with ai salver heaped with
a domestic tyrant to boot. His wife, who letters, i Mr; - A.rbuthnott tossed them over
is really a good, but meek hearted person, eagerly and seizing one jafter glancing at
uvea witn us ; once. : jiow oia ao you sup- me post-marK, tore it eagerir .! open, mutter-
pose her to be?" - . - r ;; v ' ing, as, he did so ; 'Ptis'npt the usual hand
" Five and twenty,! perhaps? ;. writing, but from her noidoubtii fMerci-
" Six years more than that. She has a ful God j T impulsively J exclaimed,1 as I
son of the name of Harper' by a former suddenly , lifted my eyes to his.r j : 1 1 i
marriage, who is in his tenth year. Anne i' Wbat is the ; matter V A mortal palor
wasn't a widow long'. . Danby . was caught had spread over Mr. Arouthnot's before: an-
by her good looks, and she by the bait of a imated features,! and he; was glaring at 1 the
well provided honie. Unless, howeverher letters in his hand as if a basalisl had sud-
husband gives up his j corn speculations denly confronted him.! ibAnother moment,
she will not Ilhink have that much Ion- arid the muscles of his frame appeared to
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gyr.
" Corn speculations 1
give way suddenly andhe drappod hcayily
Surely, Danby has into the easy arm-chair from whk-h he had
no means adequate tolndulge in such a game risen to take the letters, M was .terribly a
as that' '3 ''' '.;"' ;' ; ; f ' " larmed. and first loosening his neckerchief,
5 u Not he- " But about two years ago he for he seemed' choking, I said Let me
afterwards), he Opened only one lettej
morning, and had ' sent a message
wife that the" child was well." ; . ;
- Mrs Danby reriiained atj the, Park till the
little Robert was weaned, and was then! disi
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missed, very munincentiy Tewaraea. s x ear
after year rolled away, without bringing
Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot ariy additional litf
tie ones, and no one, therefore could feel Eur
prised at the enthusiastic Jove the 'do
lighted mother for 1 her handsome, nobly-.
proniing boy. '"But; that; which jadastorii-
ish me,;though no one else, tor it seemed
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that I alone noticed it, was a strange defecjt
of character which began to develop itself
iri Mr: Arbuthnot. He was positively jea-
ous of his i wife's affection for their.; ow ti
child Many- and many a time have I re-
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marfiea. wnen ne thought nimseii unoDsery
ed, an expression - pf intence flash from his
nne, expressive eyes, at any more tnanjusu
ally fervent n manifestation -of the lyoung
mother's gushing love for her first arid only
born. I as much as possible forforc to dwell
servant had hardly gained the passage witli that Robert that her boy ehou
leave to show him in, when the impatient ken away from her.
visitor rushed rudely into tne room in a
state' of great and it seemed angry excitement.-
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' What, sir, is the meaning of all this ill
marincred intrusion ?' demanded the rector
sternly. . ; '
You biaye pronounced the check I paid
h a forgery ; and the officers are.
bought on credit, I believe, a considerable call some one ;' and' I turned ;! to reach , the
quantify jof wheat, and prices happening to bell, when he instantly , seized my 'arm. , and
fly suddeniy up ; just then he made a large held me .with a grip of Iron.;, f So pno
v. -., .i fih nnite turned his head, no 1 ' he hoarsely grasped,, waterf water I
. : 't ii- '.. .' nnAiiig rn rT-n a I Tfioro wna fnTtniin fpl-r snmo vr n. i-iflp
tr.-T.cr fWr.or thp Tfotor mfirht' have to say, thrust the crumpled' letter vote his pocket
and 1 soon afterwards went bacJ nome.; . ana saw m a .'iU1: f - -
d not be ta-
'T have rio wish to do- so far from it ,
said Danbj ', with" gleeful exultation,- only,
folks must be reasonable, and j not threaten
their frienfis with the hulks' ".' 3
Give hain anything '
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away at Ba
I am told, already at my heels. . 3Ir. Ar-
happy lady. 4 O Robert; Robert she added,
with a renewed burst of hysterical grief, how
could you jdeceive me so?' ;i ;r ! ;
I have been punished. Agnes, he an-
buthnot, unfortunately, is not at hoirie, and j swered in a husky, broken voice, for my
I am come, therefore, to seek shelter with J Well intended but crhrinal weakricss ; cruelly
you.
f Shelter
dignant rec
the belb'
this instant ?'
punished by the everpresent consciousness
with me sir V exclaimed the" in- this discovery must one day le surely .
or. moving as. ne spose, towarus ma(jei What do you want r ne aiier a. r
Out of my house you shall go wftile added with recovering
firmness, ad'
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Yes, yes; exclaimed Mrs. Arbuthnot, still
Udly solibing,' and holding; 'the terrified
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The fellow 'placed his hand upon the " re- L ; U q-ne clknowledgemcrit of that little bit
verand gentleman's arm and looked with his ;,f paper 'A dispute, ;of course J and say a
4 JUon t r said JJanpy, aon t ior tne sa.e
of yourself land yours ! Don't I warn you ; . iiaV sobbin
or if you like the phrase better, don t, tor hoy strained in her embrace, a3-if she teared
the sake of me and mine : he might be Iwrcnched iroiri Iter by forces1
"four's fellow I Your wife, whom you 1 Anything fc pay him any tiling J". :s J ; ;'
nave; so long held iri! cruel bondage through; i! At this indment, chancing tolook to-v ;
herffeari f(jr her"sonrhas at length shaken ards the door of the'apartriient;I saw that ;
on mat cuatu. .ui- uaijjti pau. iiry was paniaiiy opeucu,-uuu iuat jwuiy a
days ago, from Portsmouth to Bombry; I ifowas Hsteriing tUerc.; ; But what'inlgl ;
I sent her tne news two hours since. : , - V that mead t ! But wliat of hopieful. mcauirig i
Mr?. Arbutbnot and ber son. All's right; ; : ; begone 'ai'lpceH':
upon the i subject. . 4 ' ;
,;Nine years palsed away without bringing
any material change. to the parties involved
in this narrative, except those which time
brings ordinarily - in; his train j - -Yoiing R
bert Arbuthnot was a healthy tall and fine
looking of his age;" and his great grand-papa,
the rector,v though not : suffering undr
any actual physical or-mental infirmity; had
reached a time of life when the announce
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ment that the golderi-bbwl is broken, or the forcibly, from the apartment; when the
silver -cord is loosed, may indeed be quick ' sound of wheels was heara oumae. ,
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with an irrepressible start oia-arim ;jvnyw Be it ib, love. - id -Mn' Arbuthnot
then But no'matteiu here luckily "comes- j inntl,inil J'! f f Danbv. -call tomorirow at the
She will, I know, stand bail for me, and
I was thinking rt-suined the
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rascal, witn
if need be; acknowledge the genuineness of :ST7cUing abdaeityj Mbatwo
heribatids ; -; ; como ts(A
;'lthe fellowVinsolencV was J-ecomingvun 'Vjack.' andj white.- Butr never inind I csir
bearable; arid I was" about to seize and thruSi z mdeed, Voa
i aiwavs nut iu. 9VIV. v , '
get tired
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