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Cleopatra. , ni , iore-promptd to bestow i fr: , upon n.v little boy, A l *", ~ with his years might grow , AI^V\ M , in nil his games a joy, ', t, ,>Ke<] ii] > with a "cleat and slat, tiger-striped cat. , ()llie d her with loud acclaim, ft*j', ulsVV cring plaints the rat., replied ; her back, and shr eked her name, Maria Brown!” she cried; 1 W a,’shrill hospitality, i" , in a cat to share her tea, n i,ig. as she sat to sup, ,'ciudihor eats sat down with her; . „”u day a third came up, r : , ~r o„ ght a fourth to howl and purr, A 0 ' 1 ‘ tt „, week its course had run. I „ine cats, where we owned one. ,j ,),(> night and half the day, y ‘ I r ,r our cat in constant call; " iirown !” black, brindle, gray, ' , jn ( ontndngled caterwaul; Voti-ou !” And shrill and clear, .jt r ,.plies, “Maria’s h-e e-r-e!” Burdette in the Brooklyn Eagle. IffflPtt gy WALTER BESANT. ’ I One flo v • h° rode away without telling I Wjbi'b'i' ''. hither he was going or what I ( ; •• I lie did not return that I r ‘,y .i two days later he rode into the I torn rnpanied by a grave and elderly I Ltlcnif.n. and after leaving the horses Fjthe in:i l>e walked to our cottage. I Ii them at the garden gate, and ray Iu a ,-t felt like lead, because I saw very I eiearl what was going to happen I Hi:: i felt certain that the money , ; demanded and our house sold jew, l >aded by his sister, who •il without ceasing for the money ( >1 to have been lent to us, and un ,ui; longer to endure his suspense y regarding their cousin, re [ t > bring matters to an issue. Fort indeed was it for us ho had delayed cni:o in, therefore, and the grave nth opened the business. lie 52:1 ■'. .i !.< was an attorney from Mor [!], tint ilie mortgage, of which men •c uly been made to Mistress getht;ir "lou. had been drawn up by him lithe iv-piest of Mr Mathew Humble; (jiatre had witnessed the signature of B v hither, and that the business, in ikort, w;is regularly conducted in accord luce with the custom and the require ments of t ho law. 1 asked him if he had seen the money pad to my father. 110 replied that he bad not. but. that it was unnecessary. I iuiiiucd him thereupon that the money never had been paid at all, but that my father, a demented person, as was very tfli known, yet not so dangerous or so mai that he must bo locked up. was per suaded by Mathew that he was signing iaimaginary deed of gift conveying lands riiicb existed only in his own mind, be cause he had no land. Tin- lawyer made n ' reply to this at all, “Now. mistress,” said Mathew roughly, ‘is tli time to show the proofs you talked tout." “My pr ofs, sir ” I addressed the law r, iuv, first., that my father believes timsell prodigiously rich, and would Korn to borrow money of such as Mathew luii)!' I .'. next, that ho perfectly well re k!h rs signing this document, which he bong 1 1 1 a deed of gift; thirdly, that we i' positively t hat lie has had no money 1 in his possession; fourthly, that ho tees wiih indignation having borrowed Kay, fifthly, that Mathew, like every else, knew of iiis delusions, and bald certainly never have lent the bay, sixthly, that £‘2oo is a vast set mid could not have been received ttsp'iit wit bout our knowledge. Lastly, k Mathew was known to boa base and •feed wretch who even tried to kidnap td carry off a girl whom he wished to tarry ” “Every one of theso proofs,” said my nother. • is by itself enough for any rea- II lie person." ■ lawyer replied very earnestly that and nothing to do with proving the that he came to carry out the in nms of his client, and to give us a s notice—which was an act of mercy, ‘ no clause of notice had been in -1 in the mortgage, that the house '1 be sold unless the money lent I that it was not his duty nor ; vnoss to advise us, but his own • ! bat the law of England provides erly f,,- everything by the help of ttys, and that, by the blessing of n, attorneys abound, and may be !,,( i in any town Finally, he ex 1 his duty by his client in counseling but our affairs in the bauds of soma ‘ and properly ;ualified adviser vt.>l, he bowed low and went away, I ad by Mathew 'hither returned half an hour later H'nud mo alone 111 i°d me." he said, “six months "1 more, that should 1 attempt any "you and vours. you would write "°. v I waited. If your story was M ; n would have written to him at "’ :t of fear But your story was rue Ah, women are all liars. I ' have known that. Barbara says ,die ought to know.” ’”° 0n - Mathew,” I said. I j :UT( ‘ 1 If your story had been true, would have-hastened home. WeU, -a ! would give you another chance. • ( ‘arry you off. That would make ' ' ::h ‘e, if he was living. Yet he has ” come " ii terrors to an end, or to an issue, ' have made mo his unwilling and wife. y 've found you out. Why didn’t “-A of it before? I asked the post " ver a letter, he truly swears, has ( to you—never a one. So it 11 He from the beginning Very T. uon Marry me, or sold up you e leid into the cold streets shall 11?° " him begone, and he went, terri- c-Thaps, at the fury with which I I <>! this I forbear to say more. ' a we sought the advice of Mr. Car found that he entertained an ; a hout law and justice which *° differ from that of the Morpeth ' r P r oofs,” ho said, “though to mo ! “ f lear and sufficient to show that * t T. is a surprising rogue, would go dng before a court And 1 doubt " Mother any attorney would be round to undertake, without guarantee of costs, so great a business as a civil action .Justice. my child, in this conn try, as wu-ll as all other countries, may hardly be obtained by any but the rich, and only by them at the cost of vexatious delays, cheats, impositions, evasions, and the outlay of great sums upon a rascally attorney Beware of the craft Let the man do his worst, you still have friends, my dear ” So spoke this kind and benevolent man. i am sure that his deeds would have proved as good as his words had they been called for W e told no one in the town, otherwise I am sure there would have been a great storm of indignation against Mathew, and perhaps we did wrong to keep the thing a secret But iny mother was a Londoner and did not like to have her affairs mad ) more than could be helped the subject of scandal and village gossip It was now already the middle of De cember; we should, therefore, be turned out into the street in winter As for our slender stock of money, that was reduced to a few guineas Vet was I not greatly cast down, because, whatever else might happen, the time wms come when 1 might expect an answer In eighteen months, or even less, a ship might sail to India , and return to port Ralph’s letter would set all right I know not. now. what 1 expected. 1 lived in a kind of fool s paradise Ralph was my hope, my anchor I looked not for money but for protection, he would be a shield When the fugleman came to the cottage we would fall to congratulating ourselves upon the flight of time which brought my letter the nearer He even made notches on a long polo for the days which might yet remain Vet. oh what a slender reed was this on which 1 leaned! For my letter to him might have miscar ried. Who is to insure the safety of a letter for so many thousand miles? Or his reply might be lost on board the ship. A letter is a small thing and easily lost. Or ho might be up the country with some native prince, or ho might be fighting, or he might bo too much occupied to write. A slender reed of hope indeed Vet I had faith Call it not a fool’s paradise; ’twas the paradise of love. Then came the day. tho last day. when the money must be paid oi wo lose our house. That day I can never forget, it was the 22d of December Tlio mum mers, 1 know, were getting ready for tho next evening. In the night we were awa* krned by the waits singing before our house; God rest you, merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, and I, who ought to have taken the words for an exhortation to lift my heart to heaven, lifted it only as high as —my lover. To be sure, ho was always a good deal nearer heaven than his unworthy sweetheart. In the night there was snow, and when the sun rose tho garden was beautiful, and tho leafless trees had every litt! twig painted white; a clear bright day, such as seldom comes to this county of rain and wind in the month of December. If oue has to be thrust into the street, one would wish for a day of sunshine. Is it not u monstroua thing tliat this jus tiee should be possible? Will t here ever come a time when justice and equity will be administered, like fresh air and spring water, for nothing? So certain was Mathew of his prey that ho sent the crier round at D o’clock in the morning to announce tho sale for noon And directly after 11 o’clock he came him self, with the attorney and a man to conduct the auction or sale <>f the house. Wo put together, in order to carry v >th us, our wearing apparel Mathew was for preventing us from taking anything— even, I believe, the clothes we stood m out of the house. Even the family Bible must stay, and the very account books, but he was rebuked bv his lawyer, who informed him that the mortgage included only tho tenement or building, but not its contents We should keep our beds, then. But whei*e to bestow them? Whither to g<>? My heart began to sink. I could have sat down and cried, had that been of any avail, and if mv mother had m>t set a better example and kept so brave a face “Tho daughter of a substantial London merchant, my dear.” she said, “must not show signs of distress before such cattle” • —die meant the attorney and his honest client “Get your things together, and we will see where we can find a shelter My poor old man shall not feel the pinch of cold and hunger, though we work <>ur fingers to the boue.” Her lip trembled as she spoke. Meantime my father was giving a hearty welcome to the astonished at torney. whom ho considered as a visitor “In this poor house, sir.” he said, with a lofty air, “though we have the conveni ences which wealth can bestow, we have not the splendor I trust, sir. that you may give me the pleasure of a visit at my town house, where. I believe, her lady ship will show you rooms worthy of any nobleman’s house, not to speak of a plain city knight, like your humble servant ” Th - attorney regarded him with wonder, but answered not 1 believed lie under stood by this one speech how impossible it was that this poor mail could have bor rowed his client’s money At stroke of noon the sale was to com mence But as yet then were no buyers No one was there to bid except Mathew himself, who was impatient to begin It wanted five minutes of noon when Mr Carnaby appeared, bearing his gold headed stick, and preceded by the fugle man with his pike, to show that the visit was official He was followed by a dozen or so of the townsmen, now aware that something out of the common was about to happen “Go on with the sale,” cried Mathew impatiently: “it is 12 o'clock “Stop!” said his worship “Sir ” head dressed the lawyer, “)*ou will first satisfy me by what rigiit you enter a private house, and next by what authority you are selling it . ” The attorney replied with submission and outward show of respect that be \sras within his powers, in proof of which he exhibited papers the nature of which I know not. concluding with a hope that his honor was satisfied “Why. sir.” said Mr Carnaby " so far as you are concerned, I may be lam also satisfied that thi* business Is the con spiraov of a villain against the peace and nappiii**se of an uiD<*eu‘. girl itn resjH-et. sit ..id the lawyer “tlie words conspiracy and viliaitt are libelous 1 name no names " but he looked at Mathew who shifted his feet and en deavored to seem unconscious I name no names he repealed shaking his forefinger in Mathew * face yet villain is me man wtio would ruin a helpless family because a virtuous woman refuses to marry him Villain. I say’’ He banged the floor wdth his great stick, so that evervtswly in the room trembled “1 do not think sir ‘ said Mathew “that your office entitles you to offer im pediments to a just and lawful sale “Prate rmt to me Master Kidnapper “If continued Mathew ’Mr Uether ington disputes my claim, here is my lawyer, who will receive his notice of ac tion For myself 1 want my own and nothing more Give me justice ” “1 would to heaven sir 1 could,” said his worship “Go on with your iniquit ous sale It appeared at first as If no one would bid at all for the cottage, though by this time the room was full Then Mathew offered £“>o Mr Carnaby bid £55 Mathew advanced £5 Mr Carnaby bid £OS Mr Carnaby was not rich yet he had formed the benevolent design of buying the house so that we might not be turned out. even il tiie rent would be uncertain Mathew wanted not only the amount of the (pretended) mortgage, but also the pleasure of turning us out Ah' where was Ralph now? Where was the boy” to whom 1 was going to write for protection if be dared to move? “One hundred and ninety!” said Mathew One hundred and ninety five,” said his worship “Two hundred'” said Mathew Mr Carnaby hesitated He doubted whethei the cottage of six rooms and the two acres of ground in which it stood were worth more The hammer went up He thought of us and our helpless situa tion “Two hundred and five!” he said “Two hundred and ten 1 ” said Mathew Again Mi Carnaby hesitated again he saw the hammer in the air, again he ad vanced "Two hundred and ninety five!” said his worship mopping his face “Three hundred!” said Mathew “Any advance upon three hundred?” asked the auctioneer Mr Carnaby shook his head. “Vilhans all." he said. “1 can afford no more i canuot afford so much Poor Drusilla' Thou must go out after all ’’ “Going going'' cried the man, looking round “Five Hundkei)'” Mathew sprang to his feet with a cry as of pain, for he knew the voice More than that, in the doorway he saw the man He reeled and would have fallen, but that some one held him, his cheeks were white his eyes were staring The blow he had so long droadod had fallen .l lasi. His enemy was upon him His enemy was upon him. The figure in the doorway was that of a gentleman, tall aud stately still in the bloom and vigor of early manh -Hi. gal lantly dressed in scarlet, with gold laced hat laced ruffles diamond buckles, and his sword in a crimson sash Alas for Mathew' The girl had told no lie The fugleman, being on duty content plated things without emotion even so surprising a thing as the return of the wanderer But he saluted his superior officer and then, grounding his pike, looked st raight before him This was the answer —this was the reply to my letter Every woman in love is a prophet l knew being in love, that my sweetheart would make all well, I knew not bow he would bring peace and protection with him. for those 1 loved as web as for myself Great and marvelous are the ways of Pro valence 1 knew not nor could I so much as hope that the answer would be such as it was —nothing short of my lover s return, to go abroad no more. CHAPTER XII. “GO!> BEST YOU MEHIt Y GENTLEMEN.” What remains to be told? Ralph was home again What more couid 1 have prayed tor? While these things went on we were sitting in the kitchen In mv mothers eyes 1 seemed to read a reproach which was not there. I believe, but in my owu heart I had prophesied smooth things, and promised health from some mysteri ous quarter w hich had not come “There are five guineas left.” said my mother ' W hen these are gone, what shall we do?” 1 tried to comfort her, but. alas! I could find no words Oh. how helpless are women since they cannot even earn bread enough to live upon When the bread winner can work no longer hapless is our lot W hat were we to do when these five guineas were gone? For. if 1 couid find work to keep my fingers going from morn till night. 1 could uot make enough to keep even myself, without counting my father and my mother What should we do when this money was gone?- We must live upon charity, or we must go upon the parish At the moment of greatest need my faith failed me I thought no more of the letter 1 was to receive I ceased to hope my paradise disappeared ! was nothing In the world but a helpless wa man a beggar, the daughter of poor, old, broken down people, whose father was dttle better than a helpless lunatic. We heard from the parlor, where they were holding the auction, a murmur of voices some hiirli and some low Snd del.there was a change from a murmur of words there arose a roai of words—a tumult *•! words Strange and wonder ful I should Uave recognized the voice which most | loved But 1 took little heed lhe misery of the moment was very great ■So now indeed 1 heard the voice of his worship which whs full, deep and sonorous voice- “so may all traitors and vi.iains be confounded' Kidnaper, where are now thy wiles?” I heard afterward how Mathew would have slunk away but they told him (it was not true) that his wife was without brandishing her cudgel So he stayed, while Ins attorney ignorant of what all this meant, congratulated his client upon the sale of the cottage Five hundred pounds he said would not only suffice to pay his own bill of costs, which now. with expense of traveling ami loss of time, amounted to a considerable sum. but also repay Mathews mortgage of £2OO iu full % and still leave a small sum for the unfortunate gentleman they had sold up Mathew made no re ply H 0 looked fearfully into his cousin’s face, it was stern and cold There was no hope to be gleaned from that face, but the certainty of scrutiny and condemna tion V\ hat had he done to merit leui ency 7 Conscience—or remorse — told him tliat he bad tried to kidnap his cousin a sweetheart to drag her down to destilu tion while as regards h;s own trust and guardianship none knew better than himself the state m which his accounts would be found The words of Mr Carnaby reached every ear But yet I beard them not. as 1 sat looking before me m mere despair For I knew not what to hope for. what to ad vise, or what to do Then the door was thrown open, and there was a trampling of feet which 1 re garded not at ail. or as only part of this misery The feet I supposed, belonged to the man who was coming to turn us out I buried my race m iny hands and burst into violent weeping “is this some fresh misfortune?” It was my moibei who sprung to iiei feet and spoke ‘Are you come, sir to say that we owe another £2UO? What would you have with us on such a day? We ha ve nothing for you. sir. nothing at all. who ever you are, we are stripped naked. ” “Madam," this was his worships voice, “you kiiow not who this gentleman is Look not for more misfortunes, but for joy and happiness ” Joy and happiness' What joy? What happiness?. I began to prick up my ears, but without much hope aud with no faith “My lord” —this time it was my father, who saw before him a splendid stranger, and concluded in his madness that it was some .great nobleman come to visit him— “my lord. I thank you for the honor of this visit My lady will call the men and maids 1 fear you are fatigued with travel. You shall take, my lord, a single bowl of turtle soup, as a snack, or stay stomach, the finest ever made for the lord mayor, with a glass or two of imperial tokay the rarest in any cellar before your dinner Not a word, ray lord, not a word, tril you are refreshed, not a word. 1 in sist " At these utterances I raised my head, but before I had time to look around me a hand was laid upon my shoulder, while a voice whispered in my ear. “Drasy!" Oh. we foolish women' For when the thing we most long for is vouchsafed, in stead of prayers and praise upon bended knee, we fall to crying and laughing, both together Why. when 1 recovered a little, they were all concerning themselves about me. when they ought to have been doing houor to Ralph The fugleman had a glass of cold water in his hand my mother was bathing my palms Sailor Nan was burn ing a feather my sweetheart was holding my head, and my father was assuring his worship that nothing less than the king’s own physician should attend his daugh ter. unless she presently recovered He also whispered with much gravity that he had long since designed his Drusilla for his lordship, just arrived, who though of reduced fortunes, was a nobleman of ex cellent. qualities, aud would make her happy We heard later that Ralph brought with him an attorney from Newcastle, a gentleman very learned m the law and the terror of all the rogues on the banks of the Tyne With this gentleman and a clerk, beside his owu servants, he rode first to the mill He found Barbara engaged in her usual work of knitting with the Bible before her open at some chapter of prophetic woe No change in her. except that she looked thinner. au<> the crow's feet lay about her eyes She recognized him. but showed no emotion “You an* come home again.” she said. “1 have expected this Mathew said the girl lied but he w<as afraid, and 1 knew she did not Girls do not lie about such things \on come ai a fine time, when your sweet heart is begging her bread." “What? asked Ralph “I said she was begging her bread She said you were prosperous If fine clothes mean aught you mav be Ixird grant they were honestly come by “1 will now Col Embleton.” said the attorney place my clerk in possession and seal everything “Where is Mathew?” asked Ralph. “He is in the town. You will find hha selling their cottage—Brasilia's cottage By this tune your dainty girl will be in the road, bag and baggage. ” “What?” < “Pride is humbled. The girl h&s be gun to repent of her stubbornness. Of course so fine a gentleman as you would scorn a beggar wench." With such words did this foolish and spiteful woman inflame the heart of a man whom she should have conciliated with words of welcome. He left her and rode into the town with such speed as the suow, now two feet deep would allow An hour later Mathew, pale and trem bling rushed breathless into the mill. "Has be been here?” Barbara nodded Mathew weul hastily to his room. Here he found the attorney with his cierk "These are' my papers," he cried, now in desperation ‘Everything is mine. Ihe house is mine, the mill is mine, the farm is mine " tient tv gemiy." said the lawyer. "Ijet us hear ’’ Mathew played his last card “A second will was found,” he said; "it is in the desk " •‘We will wait." said the lawyer, “until the return of Coi Euibletou When Ralph came back, accompanied by Mr Carnaby he found Mathew wait ing for him “Now said the lawyer, “let us see this second will " He opened the desk and drew forth the paper winch Mathew pointed out When he had unfolded and looked at it for a moment, he looked curiously at Mathew “This," he said 'is your second will?" “It is.' Mathew replied. "Found five years ago and" “(juite enough." said the lawyer “Friend " he had by this time compared the signature with that of the first will, "1 tuaße no charge 1 only inform you as a fact mat this document is valueless, as bearing neither date nor witnesses, and if it did it would still be valueless because the signature is a forgery plain and palp able It will hang some one if it is put forward Mathew dropped his hands by his side This was the fruit of his labors He had forged the will be had made it of no use by neglecting the witnesses he had forged it so clumsily that he was at once detected “Any well wisher of yours, sir.” said the lawyer “would recommend you to put that paper in the tire " Mathew did so without a word. Sir said the lawyer “you have saved your neck Have you any more to say about the will?" He had no more to say The plots and designs of nine years* came to this lame and impotent, conclusion “Then. Mr Humble " the attorney con tinned l have nothing more to say than this Col Embieton expects an accurate statement of accounts and payment to himofall sums due to turn without delay. " Mathew made no reply he was defeated He left the room and presently one of them looking through the open door, saw him leave the house with his sister Ralph spoke not one single word to him, good oi bad By tins tune he had heard of Mathew's attempted abduction and all his iniquities There was no room in his heart for pity In the morning Sailor Nan came to draw her pay She heard that her husband had deserted her She lamented the fact, be cause she had intended to be kept in pork, rum and tobacco so long as he was alive But she was easily consoled with a jorum of steaming punch Thus vanished from among us one who had wrought so much evil toi which 1 hope that we have long since entirely for given him (but he was a desperate vil lain), and we never knew what became of him It was ten years later that Barbara came back alone We round her in the porch one summer evening She was worn and thin, and dressed in dreadful rags “Oh." 1 cried, moved to pity by her misery “come in and eat and let me find some better clothes for you She refused but she took a cup of milk “I want to see the boy she replied in her old manner of spt\;ck When Ralph came home she said what she had to say “Mathew ought to have had the mill If it had been bis. he would not have taken to drink and evil courses You were an interloper, and we both bated the sight of you When you went awav I used to pray that you might never come back The waiting for you and the fear of you made him wicked. That is all 1 have to say “Where is Mathew?" "Dead Ask me no more about him He is dead Ralph led her. unresisting, into the house “Wife." he said to me, “you have heard Barbara s confession I. too, have had hard thoughts about her Let us forgive, as we hope for forgiveness She stayed with us that night—an un willing and ungracious guest —and the uext day Ralph placed her in a cottage and gave her an allowance of money, which she took without thanks Perhaps hei heart grew less bitter as years fell upon her but 1 know not, for she died aud made no sign On t hut yea: Christmas day fell on a Thursday Now Ralph, who though a grave man and the colonel of his regi ment. showed more than the customary impatience of lovers, would be content with nothing short of being married on the very next day after his return It is almost incredible that he should have had the forethought to bring with him a special license, so that we were not obliged to have the bans read out (amid 1 refuse him anything? Therefore, on IV cdirosdsv morning the very next day after he came hack, we were married in the presence of all the town, 1 believe— We H*re married in the presence of aU the to am. maa, woman and child, while the bells rang out. and our joyful hearts were warm, despite the cold without I was so poor in worldly goods that I must have gone to the sac red ceremony with nothing better than my plain stuff frock but for the benevolence of good Mrs Carnaby, who lent me a most beautiful brocaded silk gown winch, with all kinds of for eign gauds, such as necklaces bracelets and jewels for the hair which my lover— nay. tny bridegroom —bestowed upon me, ma te me so tine that his worship was so good as to say that never a more beautiful bride had been married, or would here after be married, in YVarkworth church Thus do line feathers make fine birds. When the next bride is married in bro caded silk, with a hoop, her hair done by the barber and her homely person decor ated with jewels, people will be found to say the same thing Vet. since my hus band. who is the only person I must con sider. was so good as to find his wife beautiful, should 1 not rejoice and be thankful for this strange power of one’s outward figure —women cannot under stand it —which bewitches men and robs them of their natural sense until they be come used to it After the wedding we went home to the mill, where tny husband spread a great feast In the evening came the mummers with Sailor Nan. who drank freely of punch, and wished us joy in language more nautical than polite His worship slept at the mill because he was overcome with the abundance and strength of the punch Even the fugleman, for the first time in mans memory, had to be ferried to bed. preserving Ins stiffness of back even in the sleep of intoxication And the next day we had another royal feast, to which all were invited who had known my dear husband in his youth But to me it was a continual feast to be in the presence of my dear, to have my hand in his and to rejoice in the warmth of his steadfast eyes We are all, I hope. 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