C HALT El? LXXXV.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 256, 18 April 1888, Page 6

C HALT El? LXXXV.

THL WOKK OI Till, tl KM . Blanio mo not that 1 am cried A siupw rooked man: Ye know not how "strong the tide And em-rent ran. ANONVMOU-. Akthuk Fir/t.invn continued Jus state ment. " 1 wandered with the gvpsio-* for so\ernl yeu\-. and should probabh h.uo lomaincd with them longer bin tn one ciicum-lanee. "A Innd-ome ghl. ealVvl t'lon Plnu.r {TiOw up under my e\e-, 1 know hei from her childhood "md made a pot Oi her. Ho'o t he o\nio>-i\o f.u c ot (Jetald be ti.uod -o much di-ipprobai ion thar Auhur ha-t^ned to explain. " Let n.e heie .wno \ou. on (\e honoui of a geiitL M n mi ami me imiim lenee ot a dying ma", tlin </oi Ph,n i u.i- ne\ei nearei to me than a p.?i child Xe\or m\ t-w eciieai r : ivnc", oteoui-\ i.i\ wi'e, a«he eia/ilv e 1 iimnl to be A» to talhtv; Hi lo\e with her or man urn: !i> i . 1 fhould a^ soon ha\ edicmed ot tailing :n \>\ c w it h ."> l»et kitten, or of mv r\ ing a |iet bud. To my mind, they were equ ill\ out oi the quetio:i '' Xcv orMielo^-. a-- theg\p-\ 111 .ld'Mi ijew into w omanhood, it plea-ed he; 10-et me upon a peie<:al and fall down and woi-h.p me a- 'in idol, miv ii to m\ 10 i-t<. in ition and emhai >a— ment \\ hen lot thit lei-on 1 shunned hoi, -he put on an riiuu-d look, -ot up a ■;: usance m m\ -toad, and cheri-litd /'?"' until hei mind b-^an to gn, " I'ooi <.nil'" l \cl miiod do'ild It pcrald. " You blame me, poiliap* " -I'd the. Lei man. " Xo. no. ••The ti nth 1-. when [ bud 1 alwa\meruit liu-me-^ [would no; nv,]' ,>"i.i whom I coulil nit nai I\ . lu'-id'*-. 1 l\nv^ .1^ claik a? a \lOoi. .\h\ \y- arloic 1 tail Momen and eoul 1 1:01 end ti;e bionn nn^ '' 1 lett the s:\ p^ie- and w enr to i, -ndon. I had my Irur and beaid dimmed \nm cmh-ation. put msselt m ie~ne(^' ible cti /en'< dre**. and tuo'< deeenl Io l^ino- in the heart of the cit\. At'tei m\ lornl p wandninuwith the n-yp-ie^ t'hrouLch the nnal di-tut t^ In a intiual me'it.d ie.net ion 1 a fleeted the bu^io^t haunt^ot men. "Up to th 1 ? tine. (-'eiaVl I had -.'aic 1 - 1\ touched my mothei'- ie^a^\ . wlneh I ha I depoj-ifed in ji Londun m\iiii;« ban'i. v. lute it had lain i\n \eai-, aoeiinml uin<: n.teie-t A- I liad no Met-. Ceia'd. tL r > mt> e-t <n this monej e<ive me enouu'i t<> li\ v' on. '„u!i a little -ir ;>lu- our 101 an ocewi "ial \1 -n to the tlieat.e. when, a^ -e'div.n hanpemd one of Sh.iK-p'TC ? p}'-}? ">'- -O be pioduced. '"Then, to iilta?."- nn -oh, and 10 fill iip some of the n k.-oine ho il^i 1^ ot an idle m in, 1 be_Mn tn Hii.e cntiLi-in- o-i the di ur,i, w hich 1 -ent to a d.'il % panel Peihap-if \\a^ because I did not caie whoth<u tin \ 1 1 c taken ur not tli it th?\ w e:e <iee tpr • -, and becau-e I did not want the m<>'ie\ t n.i f they w^ie paid lor. " . s >> nc'.ih a }o.n had pa--^d -un c ! had left the irvp^it 15 . in ■which I iu\ei he. 1 id ot Clea Ihaia " Tli" rii -t oi(>uif" w w h fh r m.»t h^v after oui -ufld^n -opdiaciu.i \\a- at I'p-OiU, on the Dei by D.i^ . I had tlown there alone in a hiied i\> f _-eait. "Tlute v i-. on that tLn . the a7mn.ll co n ntle-< collection oi i>to;,le 110 m ail parof England, fiom I'iuopc, a-id cvi Ameiica, to be found upjn I]; worn lIiU. '•Among 1 them, of rouu-e. v.eie the übiquitous and infvit«lil3 '_ r .\j>-i -. cr ■ < n 1 <_^ from carriage to cama'je, a-kwi^ in ' r> 11 the foitunc of thi> 01 that '^oMi _ >n rl< • n'.ui 01 'jjiett\ lad\ ' I a\o'd. 1 tie gyp-ie?, in the flicad ot m< •ti r: ( \< a Phara '■ In the crowd ot \eliu le^ 'u-t b- 1 i\s r'ihill. I p:e-eutl\ -tw \\ nit -l^p 1 '! to lie a mai ket •- c.ii. oi.fim'ed b\ a men\ family paitv — a ]oh fit'n.i. 1 b ,\o:n mother, md four oi fi\e bloo mi 2 '_'iil- md bov-. al.!a 1 .! enjoying thcm-cl\ ( --« in tic liiahj-t degree '"But what chiefly nttiaefd '"'• "'ten tion not the craid^nu - wtt, noi t'u famil*, pai ty. mil the fan andlo\'l\ bunj, tha*" sat in their niid-t among tiO'.i. uut not of them " (ieiuld. w f have fill h.oaid (>t tin famou beaut} of Lillian and \\c l-n.imbii what a grand Apol'o Habiiel KaddonwaThink, I hen. what the dun ditci ot t'lin lo\ c marnagf mu^t ha\e been! T!st-< tat. cieature \va- Magd'ila fFaddiri, a> I .n civraid> learned. I ahwn- admned bK.ndc women : -h- w,i^ the faiie-t of 'iloTidc^ Ye-. t!ie \eiy fane-tott ot the fan ll ei copi plexion wa- a> pmc. a- eieai, a- lint a- Hi< p' j tal> ot the white cann ilia, he 1 '\i> ablue a 5?a 5 ? the nraven- of June ; h«_i liaii ' who <"\ui imagine the gloiy or hei h m ' !• is inde=ei ibable — ' "'SiUe 1 in th' 3 -un-hine and gold"n in the >hade,' ' -aid (reiald rit/goiald. uith 't t-mile, <h he quoted thewoio'no! old (-a-ni'l Haddon. '• Ye-., tb'tt •Hill do foi want, of ab t* * 1 simile to de-cn'be tliat light, iipp i:ig, .shining, living ladiancc To -a\ th it I loved her at fir -fc -ight would but faintly e\pre?"s what happened. It v,ai no: o 1 1 1 3 love, il wa^adotation at tii^l -ight ' '■ I was then -ltting in my dog-caif. a fow yards from her, but directly in fiont, with u full \iew of her face, and J v,i"\vrapb in the contemplation of iK beauty, when suddenly a young gyp«> came to the front of her cairiage and partly hid her from my view. The gvpv/S back was turned to me; jet J knew her in an in fctant. " She was ('lea Phara ! " I was startled, and would ha\e left the spot had ] not been i-pell-bound by the beauty of my angel ! I called her my angel, e\en then! The gj-p^} was beginning to tell the 'pietty lady's' fortune. And the fair crealme good humouredly cro«seel Cloa's hand with a .silver sixpence, and. then held oufc her own, and leccived the usual formula in return, unlimited promi^es of wealth, lover-, tr/uel-a, etc. Then I saw the fair candidate for all this happiness take from her boom a little pocketbook and gi\c it to the gyp^y, savin cr : " 'I give you this tor a keepaake for telling me such a good foitune. .See, it has my name on it— Magdala.' "Clea took it, and went on her way, never having turned hei face towud me. "I wondered whether that beautiful gill had really believed all 1 hut jaigon tuld her by the gypsy, or wheihei, in making that little present, she had only done a childish, impulsive act of kindness I was inclined to the last opinion. ' " The gift of that pocket book with her name on it, however, cau.-ed a long mistake," said Colonel Fit/gerald, who, then, in a few word.?, explained to the elder man how the relic being 1 found on the person of the mad pyp^y when she was rescued from the floocC and seeming the only p>sible clue to her identity, had caused the name of Ma^dala to be given to Clea, to whom it ever afterwards clung.

" Kut excuse this- inteiruption, and go on I w illi your s-tmy," .said Colonel Fit/gerald. i il At tor the departure of the gjpsy managed to gel nearer (hat earl, co a-? to •-ec and hear moie of the fair beinir who hui. uneo'iseiously to hersolf, taken full po-so-ion ot my soul. Thou I gatheidd norn then 1 eomer.sation among Ihemsehes ' lh.it the latlier was a market gatdener, who attended Co\ent Gaiden M.uket. % 'lla\mg learned .so imieh, 1 made up my muni what to do. 1 would ficbuent Co\ enl Garden Market, until I should (md nt\ gardener ; thm I would tollow Inni hoi-v ami eontri\o smie wa\ ot a le-peetihU inticduotion to the; twnil>. Then 1 would woo ,iud mai iv the girl. '• Tlie ioll\ paily left the giounds nnnudiatoh alt' i t.lic trieat l>ei ( >y iaee, as 1 heaul the moiher lomin i them, the tather had to get ieid\ toi mirketeail) the ne\t nnu n 1 1 1 <_ r '• 1 did not leinam long atrei them I al-o fi.itl i '-dK.'il to be c\ul\ at m.nket the next m lining "Ti In* !>ii.i\ I e.u neil my te-uluiion intellect, wont to l'o\ent Gnideli. found ni\ man, touml that his name w is Uohhitis \\ r.on he kit the nnrket in his wa<jgon, 1 lett mm\ lnii'.l do; exit 1 followed him i i fnpei Not wood, to his little place, 'The Chei'iu-.' \\lii>ieJ had the good foitunoui >cc a end i.i the n out w nidow w ith ' At 1 \urAH Ms ! > [/ 1' "M\ fviiM tor entiaiu c wa heloie me 1 -\\<.ut up m.l knocked at Iho ilooi , and w lien a m ud-o! all-uoi k appealed in ,ins\. e> ! a-ked to s^e the looms, ami was admit d. • TliL m'-tiessof the house e 'me to -how them to i.io I evpx'--ed un-tlt plea-ed with ;'ie apaitmon's -uul iead\ to take pp w --i --ion oi t'aein 1 u pie-ontod uij-ih as ,i ; -in i. il: -i wl.ieh I w ,b, to -ome e\i enl au<t 1 e\"ie--ol <i pet fee I wilhngtie-s to p.«\ in jent c.ii'iithh ina<l\anie •AU l'iis - ( rm- s> I'istaetoiN that a luiLi.'iU w - s r,( k v. ith nn latuiloid at mice. ami tV -.uno iia\ . it d.isk, -aw me - i tied in m\ new apailnient- undei the -,:in i■) -I mi' :i: i "ii\ tan Oiio '• >!> pim'i ii eat nest was I thai, ieelin<j iii\ -t.lt t>> !' a s;i nmer to them, 1 sought !soto a I. 1 . ;>t u^-'lt tothe-e [vnpk as ! t,i i Kike .i t i\ ii'.ilile impiesj'on on them 1 1 i nliuu rlu ii to lit -u ul\. tiod teaimu, i him h _oin.r people. I, who was aluadx '-i,\i«i\, t't , ime eluuehuwiny too Ac lui^rli, .i icier t i lit iMiiutoi, v\ith a. & mile, "m\ >^oov{ 1 u dlad\ «.i- laaid to c-ay that sin « (I'l-idoiinl ny a w omlei nillv moial uul lehuioiis \ounu man, consult nn<j that 1 w .-a >iewspapt i poison 1 Me/nwh'.le, I made <j;ood pioLTie-s in tin i ,j.\i.i;i ii iu\ mu one, and m due time I ioinrtlh -olii Uul hei hand of hot paients; ft.: up ti th>' hout ot nn piopo-al, 1 be1k m 1 the hnne-u maiket iraidenei and hiw i.'l t> 1' Ma_;d iia s paients. •• I ln!l\ LNjtoeLed he-Uation. pel haps op pi-iiitiu . 'mi r I i m\ astoni-hme.it, I walnil |i iv iiiOi'.iti in and apolo<_r\ Ma^dala, ! the\ toltl m . it wa- then bounden dut \ to luiiitN-, u i- not tht 'i viw n ehdd, .dthouu;h 1 1n _, hid lean d hei and l.ne'dhei cis -at h. Ih it indeed the\ would be ulad to 'leoept me ,b a -on in law, and fjlad to --e M.ej;dal i -o we'l -ectled. imL not undei fal-e pit'i- mi e- • die" i .i-^-ut. t! tho'n tli it u i iuld make no -ci . ()■ oitieitiue to \n wh"oi what M iL'dil.i leally W.I-, s/,,. v/. „ „ h.,,,'1, buMmploK'i them nil the -ame to tell me tilth \ knew al>out. hpr. The% told me the tißiiiiM, nc % s ot In i bn !h)n a ho- pit. d, and or tlu eri'^aLoment ot hei fo-tei molhei aher nui-e: ot the >eai l it at tm l>o-o;;i o! mi 1 nnu-e, dining whnhhei nn k'liwn piunt- (ii <fiiauhiins hadieinitccd ini'in \ loi nei suppt.it; oi nei Mib-e(]U< nt ri'i imlonment bv hei lelatre-, aad ot hei ' linu upon th'^ chanr\ ofhei fo-tei -pai out\v !io biou'. r ht hei up md educated he atheu ov, ndauc r htci. Ah, thisthes told me, md then the\ piodueed a packet oi old 'etteis -vi iiespondenec, it -ectned, between thi-uiils fathei and mo'hu --^ Inch, how • e\ei, the fostd -patent- but a faint t !u<_ t ) the oi i(_mii of fie '411 1. because 1 he\ h id ; ot the U\ to the. m\-ter} •'I ex iMimed the-e lettet-. and. to m> ii'ib'.UMikd aina/LinuU. 1 dis>eo\(ied that tin (lii'd, i'jnominiouslj bom m the h i-pilal. wa- the dauf_ r h(' v i of that old iiMMuan, (labuel lladdon, ,md his l)ea'itital paineian wife, Lillian Wile. Kno.- mu tin-, I al-o knew that in n^ht ot hot n-uuhei -he wa- id-o h<Mic-s of -ome half do/en ot the tin'.-t old "anoi- 111 \\ ilde ( onnt\ . I " i told I".m '_ooi! iu-t< 1 paietit- tin-, and I tol i M iLfdala, and, though it eo-t mo the -e\et(sC tiuj;rrl,. to do -o. J, told tin m tli it, und"i the ciicum-lam c-, 1 a pooi. n.imck - |oiunab-t, -would withdiaw my piet^n-ion.- to t he hand (A .Mi-s li.iddon " Pnit 1.1 itht't tht ,'o-lei paient- nur theii j child would hear ot -uch .i-ientuc Iliad Uned hei and. wooed hoi uhen I h,id -up po- (1 h> 1 to be the maik'l LMidoi.ei s p. nmle— dati^ht"! , and -o J -howld ha\e he;. e\e>j t! O'l'jh -he piosed to be the^ieat heiics- I -up|)o-ed. So -aid Hi" Jiono-t, 111 in t'nd 1p- wiie. ,uul then fo-tei child u;ll\ a'_ r ic d w ith t 'icin. " Well. m\ de.v dciald, t he\ weie simplt neopl •, and, thoirjh they jim) thf 11 In ■«.' ty const nt to 0111 nnuitiue, t'ne\ had to eon -uk the ( uiate, ill.- doctor, the in-vt-dnoi ( ntiL'hboui , aiid -t^cial other wnitln folk betoie t'.e} w ou'd \ eiitui c to ii\ the wedding da}. '• Hippily, all the-e coun-clloi-. pio\<d p'opitiuti-, and a time was '-ct fot our mar I " 1 employed (he inteixal in uuin^ to ihii jni\ate hospital w hei e Ma[(dala was bom anrl to \auou- other places to which 1 hud obtained a due, to collect eudeneo of Ma^daln s identity a- the daughter and hene-s ot Gabiirl lladdon and his wife, Lily Vale. ! I succeeded 111 pcrfeetin;! a complete chain of evidence, of which e\ cry indnidual link I was as f tion^ 1 a-> fate- could make if. " 1 know," .«aid Colonel Fit/gei.'ild. "I ha\ c -ten it all. ' " You ha\e -cci it all !" echoed the elder man, in a-stoi>islnnciit ! " Ye. i)o you not remember Quit in the bejrinnin" ctf oui conveisation, I tokl you that encum-tanee- had aii-cn, about three yeai a^o, that started T)r. (loodwin on a sc.'iich for the missing daughter of (iabi ioi Hnddon, who-e \ery existence had not been .suspected until the death-bed confessions ot o'd <!eneral Sl.iiufhtcr, and that hib inve ttigation icsiilted in the di-covery that .she had been adopted by a market gardener, of the name of Robbin.s, and aftei waids mar1 icd to one Adam Lackland V Other cii cumstance-, pointed dhectly to the facfc, .since confirmed, that ourdeitrude was the solo child of that maniage. In tiuth, Arthur, nearly all that you have told me of your court -hi j> and mai liage to Magdala Haddon had .-cLeady been 1 elated to < loodwin and myself by the market gaidcner and his wife. They also put in our possession the original documents of which you had only taken the atte-tcd copies." "Ve 5 ," .said Arthur Fitzgerald, " for safety i left the original papers with them, thinking that the attested copies would be .sufficient for my purpo.-e. i hope you have the original ones safe ?*' "Ye-, they me in the keeping of my solicitor in Wildeville." "lam glad of that for Gertrude's sake and for yours. Well, Gerald, doubtless Robbins told you that after our marriage one ciicumstanec or another delayed our journey to Wilde county until we had p-issed a year with them, and our child, Gertrude, was born."

" Vc ; I)u(< those circumstances seemed scarcely of suiliciont importance 10 delay a journey upon which so much dcpcndctl," " J don't know. It wab important to pot all (he evidence together, and that took time , then to pet il all properly copied and assented, and lawyer^ are proverbially slow. By tliat time my fair and fragile j ou tig- wife became very delicate in health and could not lea\e her toster-mothcr, far less could she \enture oi\ along bea voyage. Ne\l, it was discovered that sho expected to become a, mother. It. was expedient to defer the \oya<>e until alter the advent, of her child. Tim- it happened that we did not s-iil tor the United Slates until we had been married 1 at her more than a year. "Neithei, during this time, did 1 once wiite to .my one in Wilde county, to make an\ inquhies for tho-o L had lett behind. Theie ueic-eveial ioas>ons iermy not dein<; >o. i li.st, bein«i under the ban, 1 could not wiite to my father, and I did not-choo-e then to take a -hanger into my contidence. " 1 once (houuhtoi u ri(in<.; to old d'abnel ll'iddon. bnl the impie-sion ainoi)!^ us all wa-, that he had lonv; since died, and I felt it would not do, at tin-- ninctine ot ailair-, to l >.-k a lettei nit nikd tor him jjcetl ivy into the hand- ot .mot hei . and setting all the «ro— ips in \\ ddeeounty talking o tour atl.ius, Bc-ide-, tiom monlh to mouth 1 expected to lto o\ ci "Well, dei. dd 1, my ymin» wife, and out tour w evA-'-cild babe, billed horn Lneipool übout the l.i-l ot .li'iie, and landed at. Vow \oik on the 3.oth o t Julj. The nt\i i\a\ I -tailed ioi \ u^inia. " Anil th.v \\!b the last that was known of \ou to! ji.ii^' I < oiwe-s I am \eij auxiou- to Ikmi thehi->Uu\ ot\oui sudden and unai countable di-appeai.wiee, .-aid ( lei aid t"it/<;eiald, eai ne-tl\ . ' \ou -./,"■''/ luai, and thin \ou will not i) lh acquit me ot blame, bill \ou will pit} me " i ho ->i ,/(/'< ; I know tin! \ou ha\c bei u the mo-*' unhappy in, in ot mvi/ -aid t ieiald, with i at ne-t -\ mpath\ >l \i-, it v.i. ni\ i.ithti'- ttn-e' Oh, how that ui.-e blasted and blighted my hie ' W< li. 1 l.mdid. ..- 1 Niid, on the 10lh ol.ltih.a'id -et out with tin lit tletannh loi Xn^riina, on (In lit 11.1 1. 1 hid been absent fiom m\ I ith.'i - house ioi .ointi^en \iai\ I still tui\ ellcd uuth i theti.ime vit La kl iiitl lo no one, not e*on to in\ beloved \oi ntc wife !ui<! 1 ili\ i:ltr«-'il Illy u\d u.iuk and tank ; not di I t intend to do -o uniil m\ tathti,)t b\inn, -houlil / 1 i/ui •<' me: toi mm, coiniii'; nome atiei -o inan\ \ i u- ot ab-enet , 1 iceallt^d the t.iet t hal, iittei all, 1 wa- In- uu/if -on, aide--, indeed, he -luuild ha» l man nd a -eeond t nne, and naied auothe. tamd\ - md (\en in that ca-e, I w.i- -till lu> eldc-t -on andlu'i!, who'n h" ii 111 1 z ln di-ea.d. but could ne\ei di-mheiit, -nne the Minnnit Manor wai tilt d upon hie, 'md 1 thouulit it piohabi", tlu.tlote, thai In would be willing, n not ulad, to H \uki hi- -.cntenei 1 ot baiu-htuent .I'i.unM me. e-pecial!v it, m addition to milki iea-on- toi < limit" -o. he -hould lind that 1 had m.uiied the wealtlnt->t luiie— in W \U\r i ount \ "Withthcit thought- in ni) mind, i no lon<^t i dieadul hi- itn-e, though i! wa--oon to t.ill upon mi aiid uu r > mil mo to du-t Sjlittl"ihd I liutik ot it that lie-ohed, i.n l I'achinu Wildewlh, to pioeei d at oik • to the .Summit Manoi to m iLu in\ elt known, and a-cen.un ni\ tale "A- I ti.iM'lled down b\ -tacre withm\ lit tie tamih , i oeea-ionall\ made cautious luciiui ie- ot m\ lellow -Das-enyei - eoncein niU W ddcsille ; but without i ilect. Thc t \ were people uoutj tuothei f>ait-oi N'liLfiuia. npii ii.o. loit tii^. t,.j,e .it \atiou- po-t hou-es to take em-- loute- " At. len^^.h, howe\Lr, w hen we l eached I'ndtuh!!, th^ ueaie-t po-t hoii-e to W dde- \ lde, a pai t y entt ted who, tiom ilicn talk, pi o\ ed to lie Wilde count) [icople. "Of them 1 lautiousi}' lncjuned. and leai in d. t ) ni\ di-nt.n, tlwtt my lather had bei n dead ioi -cm n yv 1 -''-. ««»d that, hi\ouiifjei biothei, Otho Maunee Fit/ueiald, lei^tied in in- -tead Al-o, that, dahnol I'adilon, the teiivinan, -till h\ed, loved <u\d hoi'oiued l'\ all who knew him, not w lth-tau'lin^ tin tumble wionn- that had -ottirht to biand hi- aouii^ manhood with lntaun. Fin. dU , that lliiani blau^htet jet <. in -' il •!u c.uthwithhi- baleful e\i-tenee. "Oh' what letubuUxc iii-tieo, m u;o>id ,md in oil, 1 thought 1 -hould -oon\i-it iq)on t'ue-e men ' W hat jos ] should bim^ to the loin 1\ lie it t and home ot d'abnel iladdon Wi at e\po-»u c and l^nomi.ij to that ot Ihe ai i-lociatn ielon, I lnain Slaughter. ]>ut list 1 mu-t ;, r o to the SummiL .Manoi.' llueAithui i'lt/^ciald eo\eicd hi- tace v, ith hi- hatifl- and iell mlo -ilence dei aid adinmi-tei ed a ula-sful ot the b < i f jiiic( and a lialf oi biandv. This -' nne w hat it \i\ cd the -inKinu; man, so that alter aft w nnnutt he le-uuied his stoi\.