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UU£ source of I>;*l> wealth ;i Itifvd others might perhaps be tonnd in the (act that, beyond a daughter, he had no family. Lllis wife had heen dead many *, and this only daughter, Blow aged nineteen, ruled all with Eli the house, not excepting her Bitlier. As tin* farm would In* Her undivided properly, and as it Pw as known besides that Oalv paid occasional visits to a eer tain hank in the nearest town, she was looked upon a- a great heiress. He that as it might, slit' was reckoned the lovliest girl in that part of the country. On a mellow October afternoon Eliza stood in the garden before her father's house engaged in lopping ot) branches lrom the mountain ash trees. The finest and richest WijJi berries were ihose she se lected, its if the\ were destined tor some testive occasion. The garden still presented a verv pleitscnl appearance, t hough No vein her was aliunst at hand; hut the season had heen a part i. ular ly mild one. and few signs of win ter were yet apparent. As Eliza stood thus, her head thrown hack, the light straw hat she wore fallen over her slmul tiers and displaying the glossy coils of her raven hair, she made a charming picture. She hail placed some of the crimson her lies in her hosoiu and hair, ami they became admiruhiy her rich, sparkling brunette beauty. Had tdie arranged them .'iHbewitchiitg !v with any reference to some one who might chance to pass that way f "(iood evening, Miss Italy," waidflttMecat the gate; hut it kid j&BggBP i ix-i -ii u. oh i. All old w "111:01. .lb,.i,t liinet \ \ k ~i VfyAkUcic. I tor li .i in v\;i --m Wr~ . i“ ii I w.o, MBHRk w about arnTllOUset in tin.' neighbor thus earned her liveli vQtto Patty ; and how retmiii i u. lv. while* luT bright eyes darted a i{ nick glance up tin* road. “•Very well, thank you kindly. Mis- Daly. I -ee you’re busy preparin' for to morrow evenin'. If I'm not mistaken, it's the last Hallow eve voiill spend a- Mias Daly. If we may b'lieve all we hear, if- a happy bride you’ll be long afore a year's over." She paused, as if expecting some eonfirmation or denial ot thi- statement. Eliza, however. Was engaged plucking oil some withered leaves from the hranch es -he held, and made no answer. ••He's a good, steady gorsoon, an" a handsome too. well worthy your I'hoiee; an" I'm sure" •• Who'* good and worthy my choice Who is it you’re talking about !" interrupted the *irl, lift ini her head quickly and speak ine sharply, while Hie color deep ened on her cheek. •• Why, Mr. Hogan, iv course. Sure, doesn’t every body know all about it : an'it’s only waitin'they all are every Sunday to hear you an* him culled in Chapel.” •• Maybe, then, they'll have In wait long enough. I might take it into my head to disappoint them ami him, after all. Suppose I -lioiild'nt murrv al all; or suppose suppose" She stopped. ••Suppose there is someone else you like better. Hut sure, didn’t you give the go by to all the boys ■in the place, and ain't you an' Mr. Will Hogan always constant ly together ? at la-le you used to be till tin- last month or so, when young Mr. Croft on came home from foreign ports. Hut you would’nt be so foolish as to he aft her t hi ilk i u of a giutleman like him. An'you know, besides, dotit you, that lie's been plighted since hoih were childur to his father’s i ward. Miss Ellen ('onrlnev, that's come to live at the Hall ?” •I neither know nor care wlieth ei lie is or wind her he isn’t, re- turned Eliza, with a haughty lit Heins. - of her head and a touch of dcliaucc in her lone. “He’s not married to her vet, at all w vents, no more than I am to Will Hogan. But, tell me, Catty, have you seen Miss Courtney yet t 1 hear she’s very beautiful. 4 ’ •• \ i-. I have : an’ a sweeter, lov tier lookin’ crathur never lighted on Ibis earth so gentle an’ kind to all in her manner too, an’ rea dv lo help them that's in trouble. Ihe folks are all jtot delighted to think -Crofton Hall' will have such a mtothress.” "Maybe -he'd never be that, alter all." “ Woe be to them that part plighted lovers! Woe be to them that break their own plight, woe an' bitter w ailin'!” she exclaimed; then drawing her cloak round her site moved on w ithout a word of parting. The smile instantly faded from Eliza's lips. “That old creatuie ■sends a chill through me," she ! muttered in a tone of annoyance. “Would it be for my woe? Oh. if I could read the tut ure !” Sudden ly throwing down her boughs she opened the gate and ran up the road after the old woman. “For give me," she said, coming up with her. "I didn't mean to be rude. Now tell me. Catty—they say you know everything -what w ill be my lain ‘ Shall I be hap pier next Hallow eve than 1 am now ? (>r or, shall Ido anything to bring mis fori line on me?" ••ll you waul to know your fate, try the charm of the Twelfth Rig.” ••And what i- that ? Tell me what I must do." I’liey were standing beneath a wall. The old woman seated her sell on a stone, and leant her arms on her knees. she sat lluis, her red cloak drawn close ly about her. her spare gray locks hanging loose, her eyes glancing restlessly about with a strange kind of motion, as if they were #t in work by mechanism, she looked like some weird sibyl of ancient days, Eliza had to repeat her question before au answer came, i'lien, in a mysterious un dertone, Imt so distinct that not a word was lost, the other said: "1 on must go to a field wid furrows st ret chin' from north to south, (loin at the western side, an walk slowly over the ridges till you come to the twelfth, then "top in the middle an' listen. If you hear merry music an' dancin', j there's a long ail happy lift afore you; Imt it mournful cries an'i groan s you 11 die alorc a vear'.- o\er.” ••How trig fitful!" muttered Eltoa, shuddering. -And should (•lie alone ?" "Vis, alone, un' unknownst to <ny livin'-owl." A> he uttered j tln -e words, she rose and walked im with a rapidity astonishing in one so old and feeble. TII E F I E E I) A N 1) E lli E SIDE. Eliza gazed after her. Site wanted to ask more questions, but, fearing to do so. she too turn eil and walked away in the oppo site direction. The wail they had -food beside inclosed a spacious park, lint behind that wall there had been a listener to their words, of whose presence they were iinu ware. In the centre of the smoothly •Traveled side-path, a young lady stood still. She seemed to have been taking an evening saunter when the voices outside arrested her attention. As site now walk ed slowly on she appeared to Ik* sunk in deep relleetion. evi dentlv of no cheerful nature. The deep dark blue eves, whenever the snowy lids with their fringe of long black lashes allowed them to become visible, were full of a mournful expression. It was a beautiful face, a perfect oval in contour, with features more strict ly regular than those of the rustic heautv Eliza Daly, but wanting in the brilliancy and richness of coloring which made the great charm of that sparkling little brunette. The full white fore head was very thoughtful. One could see that melancholy would be at anytime the characteristic of her countenance, as it indeed frequently is of thoughtful faces. But there was so much sweelness jand gentleness in it ami the I charm Ed its pensivene-s was such ! that you would hot have wished i to change it for a gayer look. •‘How will it all end ?” murmur ;ed the lady. “How w ill things be w ith me in a year ? If 1 be lieved in presentiments 1 would say that this weight that presses lon me boded evil. Which of the two fates Is to be lftine ! To die, !or tol ive and be his wife. One or Hie other 1 think ; but which (" Suddenly she again stopped, j and listened with her head bent down. .No sound seemed to break ! the silence of the evening; but [ after a few minutes footsteps on tin* road without became distinct ! ly heard—a light elastic tread, with a firmness in its fall that told it was that of a man. She listened with suspended breath, standing perfectly motionless,the color suffusing her pale cheek, her hands clasped tightly, as if in intenses! agitation and suspense. I The steps came nearer and near er, went by the park wall, reach ed (lie gale, and us Ihev receded the color laded slowly from the expectant face, the hands unlock ed themselves and drooped bv : her side, while her breath return ed with a low gasping sigh. The next moment a thought J seemed to st rike her; she sprang towards the wall ami stepping on the trunk of a fallen tree looked lover it down the road. The fig ; ure of a young man was visible at a little distance, and while he j walked, as if in a careless mood, I he passed his cane lightly through ; the wayside grass and (lowers, striking off their heads as he went by. She watched him until lie dis appeared from view, taking the turn which led to Daly's farm. ••1 knew it. 1 knew it !" she mur mured; and in that passion of 1 sorrow which seems as if it must take hold of and ding to some thing, she wound her anus tight ly about the young elm that stood by her side, striving to choke hack the sobs that rose in her throat. The evening breeze went moaning through its topmost houghs, mingling its sighs with hers. A shower of yellow leaves, shaken by her convulsive grasp, tell around her to the ground, like the faded hopes for which she lamented. nor iKH u. THE ( HARM TRIED- The house of patrick Daly was ever a favorite resort on festive occasions ; he was himself much liked for his hospitality and ge hjal manner; and wherever Eliza wait, fheiothe male portion of the population of Uto ware ea ger to go; although nßiiy 4 mong them had given up their claims to her hand in favor of the young farmer Hogan, they now stood by to see whctlter he who had defeited them would himself he defeated by anv still more powerful rival. I’ll ere was a merry gathering at the farm on ihe eve of All Hal low-. Many Inighl prellj fmft'e, were present that might well have ctuifioled the di-:jp{hjsn£>d oues; Imt beside the radieut j young hoste.-s. w ho, in more than usual beauty, was dispensing smiles and hospitality at the head ot tJm table, they all paled into insignificance ? At least so j thought Hogap. as he sat by jieg I and watched her graceful move ment- and listened with rapture toher sweet ringing laughter; the merrie-t and most silvery of all. it seemed to him. On his other ,-idea fair gentle looking girl was sealed, who di vided with Eliza the duties of hostess ship. Htir though her soft blue eyes rested often on his face, ami she evidently listened tf him with more attention than the other, lie seldom turnecl to address her. This was Eliza’s cousin, Mary Coulaii, who lived at the farm. Daly had risen le> his present comfort by hi- own efforts, Imt had relations who were in a very different ‘position; and. Mary's parents when living had occupied a very poor cottage. On their death Daly brought her to reside with him. Though her attractions id' person, and still more so those of fortune, could hear no comparison with Eliza's, she was still not without her ad mirers ; but notwithstanding her gentleness, it seemed that she could be saucy too, for none bad as yet succeeded in w inning her. Daly, however, was not anxious for her marriage, for she was in valuable in his household.— Though Eliza had decorated the room and filled the vases with an tumn tlowers, Mary it w as who had made Hie cakes which the com pany seemed to appreciate so highly, and whose skill as a house wife had in a great measure won for the farm its reputation of al ways having everything of the best description. That Mary Don lan would make a model farmer’s wife, everybody declared. Eliza was unusually gracious this even iug, smiling upon Hogan almost as of old, and playing off a hun dred arch little tricks at his ex pense. Daly looked on well pleased, for there was nothing he desired so much as a marriage between his daughter and the young farmer. Whispers went round that “to be sure it was no one but Will Hogan Eliza would marry after all, and it was only nonsense to think she'd ever had any other idea in her head.’' Thus pleasantly, amidst talk and laughter, the tea and cakes were passing round, when sud denly the door w as throw n open, and a young man, whose dress and bearing unmistakably stamp ed him as belonging to a very different class from any of those 1 assembled, appeared on the Hires ; hold. He started as if surprised 'on seeing the company; but a close observer might have noticed something a little studied in the movement, a- if the intruder were not altogether so taken a back as he would have it appear. He advanced easily, however, and going up to the young hostess apologized gracefully for his in trusion, requesting at tlie* same time that as chance had led him there he might not be excluded from so pleasant a gathering.— Eliza, bliishinly, but with warmth, gave the desired permission that he should remain ; w hereupon he drew a chair to her side, heedless of the one, farther removed, of fered him by Daly, who did not seem by any means so flattered as might be expected by the condescension of his land lord’s son in thus honoring his house. There was a constrained pause. CJljurlps t'rofton, however, leant hack in his chair, con versing with Eliza, and throwing out two or three general remarks of a nature to provoke laughter, soon contriv ed to restore things to their former state. But for Hogan all enjoy meat was gone, lie sat moody and silent, a frown knitting his usually open brow. The two competitors for Eliza Dalv's favor were as great con trgsts ip apjmutnnee as in rank, llogan was thp tajlgro) the tvyo. being above six feet, and of more powerful and vigorous though less graceful build. Don Id he have settled Itis claim to Eliza by personal combat, it i- likely that the other would have fared bn? ill at bis hands. Both were handsome Drofton particularly so; audit is probable that the cultivated expression of his* tea tines ami the pla.v of his hand some eyes, wliieh lie knew well how to make the best me of, would have a greater charm for Eliza than the frank sun burned countenance and straightforward, Uhtlitoivd orbs of her rustic lov IT ”AlTl|allows eye. is it not f" inquired the new comer, bending dose to Miss Daly. "Has any one got a ring? Have you ?** "No. indeed ; no one ha- \et. 1 believe.” “Then I'm in luck, lor here to oue in my cake; and there. Mis Dalv, whv vou have the other half." • Well now." whispered some of those near, “if that isn't an o men. to get a ring Hie same min ute !" “‘Tisn't the right half." ex claimed llogan. somewhat rough ly. "1 have that.—Don't you know . Eliza." he w hispered, got one before." ••This tits exactly," said t'rof ton, trying his own and Eliza's together. And so they did; Imt it seemed that seeing was not be lieving, in Hogan's ease. ••Nil," he per-i-ted; “they aren't tits at all. Let me try.” l — stretched out his hand, and almost snatched Hie little shining cresent from the white lingers of C’rofton, who relinquished it qui etly, and with a provoking smile watched the other's vain efforts to make it lit. “You see now it wont do,” lie said banteringly. “What havn’t been made for each other wont go together, no matter Imw you may try. But cheer up; you'll find the match vet.” The young farmer, however, returned his'sfhih* with a very black frown, and stood up. As he did so he perceived Crofton whis per to Eliza, who laughed merri ly and glanced at him. He could willingly have struck the young gentleman at that moment. He determined, however, not to let him have altogether Ids own way if possible ; and when the tea was removed and dancing begun, he went up to Eliza and requested her hand. Bui Eliza was engaged, and told him so. Hogan stood still between two minds whether he should go away at once; but In* was reluctant to let his rival see him abandon the tield. When, however, the dance was finished, ansi the burning of nuts and other Hallow-eve rites began, he still found no opportu nity of approaching Eliza ; and all the omens which in other years had been favorable to Jiis cause were against him. At last, when Eliza's nut, being placed beside his, instantly bounded away and fell into the lire, there was silence fora moment and glances were exchanged. Dancing having recommenced, several came round Eliza request ing her hand ; but she answered hurriedly 1 hat she could not take part in this dance, but would in the next. Slit* had things to look after just now, and must leave them for a little while. Saying which, she quietly quitted the room. A few minutes after, a slight fi gtire, wrapped in a cloak, might have been seen gliding through tho farmstead. On emerging by (he back gate on the road it stood still for a moment and looked be hind. The pale moonbeams gleam ed on the face, but so blanched were the features, so altered the expression, that even had any of her friends been near they might almost have tailed to recognize Eliza. With a shiver, as if the chill wind pierced her, after the heated room she had left, she drew the hood of her cloak closer over her face and began to speed rapidly along. Nor did she pause or again look around till, some distance from home, she at last stopped, breathless, at tlie gate of a potato field. For a minute or two she stood before it, as if irresolute. •• Shall 1 go back without trying it after all ?" she said. “No ; i w ill go on. and see what comes of it." She entered the field and began to walk slowly across the ridges, counting them as she went, till she had numbered twki.vk ; then she stood still and listened intent ly. The wind, which was high, swept over the wide unsheltered space around. Was that its mur mur -Jie heard i Slip hpld her breath. Low ipoaq,- and spbbjng sighs seemed to mingle with it.— Surely no wind ever wailed with such human anguish as that.— Louder and clearer it rose, swell ing on tin* breeze, full of more piercing; passionate sorrow. She remained routed to the spot, ter ror stricken,her heart almost peas ing to heat. The sounds seemed to conn* along the ground, As 'ln* ltotenel, a -lender figure rose up slowly, as it' from off the earth, confronting her in Ihe uncertain light, and gazing upon her with a cold sorrow ful eye. Shrieking. Eliza rushed hack, -tumblingami sometimes fulling over the ridges she ran. How she gained the road she scarcely knew, hut -he found herself living along it. with the cry ot "Doomed! doomed!" ringing in her ears. She had heard it, low and despairing, as she left the field, ns it wrung Irom some -oui in mortal terror and anguish: now it seemed repeated by a hun dred voices, exclaiming "Doomed. • loomed !'" - She llew before it, pressing her hands to her ears, to shut out the sound. The farm house was reached in a shorter time than one could have imagined possible. She wrench ed open the gate, rushed up tue garden path, and with trembling hands knocked loudly at the door. The summons rung through the house, above the music and the darn ing and the buzz of laughing voices. Everybody liew into the half. On the door being opened. Eliza rushed in, and would have sunk fainting on the threslihold it Hogan had not caught her in In arms. She was carried into the room and laid on the sofa, while every remedy for fainting was pro cured. Where had she been! was t he question each asked the other. Her hair, and dishevelled, hung about lierpier dress was torn aiuLsoiled, her hands covered with cbn' and bleeding. At length the remedies had effect,conscious ness began to return, and when it did, it came quickly. She open ed her eves and gazed earnestly round, as if seeking for some face. If it was Crofton she sought, lie was not there, having left some time before. *• What has happened, dearest Eliza f” whispered Hogan, close by her side. •• Where have you been !” •• 1 went out, and was frighten ed,’" she murmured. ••And what frightened you, ma vourneen !” asked lie, coaxingly, as if speaking to a way w aid child. Hut she made no reply, nor could any questioning; draw from her any explanation. 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