CHAPTER LXXXIX

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 260, 2 May 1888, Page 6

CHAPTER LXXXIX

1.H51 IM PI '•> loUtt M . a lo\ niii contort m:\do lie Ami lior gentle muni «as stieii. That -In iru % \\ .1 noble l.uh . \nd liov ,hhi:>lo loud Iti 1 ' Miurli. TIAN\ "-ON. ' Fkii mis. theio ran now be no question ato tin- ident!t\ of tin- untoitunate man' Thisi? the hod\ ot oui lony, mi— uiu'telatiu Aithm L!u\({ Xi f /^eiaUi. iaie ot Summit Manoi, -\u<l Colonel Fit/ueiald, uiaxoh, a- io! the la-; turn' he finoio' the face oi the dead. 'No doubt ot it in the wo- Id ' exclaimed lien Bonoi-, blntfU. 'Hut, 1 -as , ( Joiald. m\ bo\ . h.>\en I \oi taken a \ aM deal ot pun- to di-anhent .\ oni -eh It i- a haul oa-e toi mhi, H tlii- mai: -houid piove M ha\c 1 ecu m.imcd ami lett hen -." -aid lloyal (■( ■ i eenleai -\ mpat hetr lmll\ *l ha\e ir.\ proto— ion ,iul Colouo 1 Fit/iioiald. \Mth a pecnliai -mile " li otet— ion ot ,niih, b\ \\ lneh no oik c\er i_ r ots lii'li, unle-- indeed 'no should in:i!i\ an !u he-- -w hich. b\ tin* n.n, a soldier i- \ei\ apt to do ' The uirl-lo\e t lie uniform and all ' the piide. pomp and eneum-tance ot <_ rl onou-' -die-- paiade 1 But that cliam o i- yone foi \ ou, deal fellow, who aie aheadv Bciedick the mm i ied nun 'But ho\vd'i\ou Iciow , <i 1 ha\e not mat nod an heno-- t;ia\el\ mquiied Colonel Vit/yeiald. 'What' in lo\el\ little luitiude. fan and-weet a- tin white watei lilies aiming which she wa- tound She i- ' Heir of all liei i.itl'^i -\iimh\ ' I lon ot all hoi mot Ikm s >_,r,, r , ,u p. no doubt, wluu^ei rhe\ ma\ h,i\e been: bur -he i- heire— ot nntiiiim ei-' , nnle— it should be in H addon ■= t\n\. m ea--e old <iabner- 10-t daiiL, r ht- i -honKl ne\ ci lie found." ■ W«, bur old i; ibnel - 10-t it mahter has been found,' ijuietly ie-ponded (<eiald Fit/ (jerald. 'In that ea-e I hop. 1 th.v Anhui Fit/ ireiald ha- ne\ er l»een nianii'd. or that lie ha* never loft an hen ; for if \ou aie di--inhented tioin \ oui uncle - e-tate, you will ha\onolhini: lett but \oui i-cloneN pa\ , and what i- that oompaied to tlie }umcol> revenue- of the Summit Manoi '" ■ J>ut At thin Fit/^eiald In- boon man ied, and ha- an hen. lie niamed that ver\ 10-t dautrhtor of Uabricl Haddon, and left one only child an hcire-< — tin wife t.ertinde f En .•• ' What '" ' (.ODD If) \\}\ ' ' Th> ih >i' • j/oi' >''?/ ' ' I ;>on"t r.j \ ]i \y i^f nom> <u i i '" ' Su.-li lieic the evclam ition- that bui-t ->imultan» < ou-ls tiom the lip- or all [UOj-ent The la-t i "de denial ■ amo liom Hie <u»'j;ulai Mi-- M,i\im<i Kow l»-\ 'FnemK. -aid Colon' l Fir, ■_"-! aid, who felt rhat tin- di-cu— ion wuul ! I>l nn-eemly in the chamber of de.tth, 'p i 'iut me to c.i tend \on ro the p.u 1 uu , w hei e \h (Jooduuiaii,! ])r Miaw await u-. and wiieie we will la\ bofoie \ou rhe nio-t mduljitablc e\idt nee of the tact- 1 ha\t -tated.' And he wentw ent to the dooi . opened it and held it open until the < > mpany h'ul all pa--ed out Then he eircfull\ clo-ed r\m] \o< krd up the death loom and foUnwed t'u m into the jKirlom, \vlieie he lomikl thtin ahead\ .-fated aiound thf coutie rablt>, <it which al-o -at the icetoi and the ph\ -lci.ui. ' I)r (toudw in. will Mm lie -o kind a- to art a- it \olafoi rm thi- oda-ion. and },n\e om ,i— enibl.'d JiiL'iui- ciiiii km -folk an account ot \ "in < ( we-t in ->m! 'i ofdabiicl Haddon- 10-t dauuhrei, m<l if- i--ue '' ( ulonel Fit/trctald. a- he took hi- -e.i! amon-_f them The icetoi bowtd. and m a low . eaint -t and di-tinct umc < ommonced the lour; nanative ot the -» a)( h and f li-=f •< >\ ci ie- w nh which the leader i- aliead\ made ramiliai At the pi >poi plaLi - m In- nai iah\e. and in -uppoit ot hi- -r.ttemeni. lie piodueed Kunilv col l e-pondi'nce .inn' mmiaruie-. ceititrato- ot m,u na-jt , \>: biith, and of bajiii-m. and all otli2i ue(e--ai} documentropioit what \u« n<tw ih'- only [>onit >>t 1--1H — linmeK, tU it ( .ei ti udf Fit/<jei dd w a? the onl\ d.niirhtfi .md -oh hene^- of Ik i fathi i, Aithui JJo\d i'it/i^'iald, -iiid of In- v ifc. .Majidala Haddon that, be-ide-. ljMii'_ r . thiou<fh hei r.ithci iuiie-- ot r!n '_ r teat Mimmit M.moi -',!■ >\,i-, tlnou^h h"i liiothri, the hem — o: rh< Mouiitain Manoi. Hill Top Hall, ( aye f ouit. Wood Lodj^c, •^tonev I-le and H.iddo" - Foi i \ "1 con^i;itn]-itt urn. i-<iald I nm iTicjtulfite \ on with <di m\ lie.nt, 1 e\claimed i 7Jov«'d < M ee'ilt a!, boi-Lt i du-1\ : and the, b?-t of it i-. that \on man ied tin- wealthy i heiie-- quite uiifon-ciop,-!', , lulics incr he; to I bench onl\ in beaut% and he! added a Imn in^lj . j I b'-lie.\i be km w all about it all the ! time, and that w.i- the na-on why he thiov o\o ( Ici.ildine, -[)Ui,full> exclaimed Mi— Maxima l{fA\le\. ( o'onel Fit/^ciald took no -orf of notice of tin- f,d-o ( hai lt ( • but Mi> Do^' Fily--|)eakiii^r now for the Jn-b time, '-itihcd forth : I ' Ah, pool (ieialdine ' ,She will now be quite a pan pei 'f-eialdine ma\ (|iii« tl> up hei ritrhtful inhcnt.incc to ,m impo^Loi if ] plca-e-. Ido not 1 1» i n k -he will plc.i-e f (J <\o -o : but, in ,m\ ca-e. i -hall not u\> | Hill Top Hall, -a\.iu r el\ exclaimed Mi-- j Maxima, a- -he -t,in<d to Ih i feet and ' b 1 - ii.'in to -ti ide up and dow r the floor 'My fl',a'* Aunt Masima, yon ha\e no ca^e. How l\ <•> , jou may i e-»t easy. T am -me liiat 1 can fl | v m the n une ot ni\ beloved wife, .md pifinii-e that you "-hall not be di->tuihed in the po—e^-ion of Hill Top Hall dnriimr the i eniainder of \onr natutal life. l>ut let v-> drop the Mib|ect at pi c-ent. Tleieeome- the coroner,' .'•aid (Jeiald i^it/^orald, /i-, healing a can ia^e diive up to the dooi , he wen b out; to meet the coronei , whom .Inbal had just admitte ! into 1 he hall. With the co! -me), Di I'iekaid, was old S(|uiie l{,iwlm-. a .In-ticc. of the Peace, who had left hi- olhee in \\'ilde\ llle. to come and take the depo-ition of the dyin<_ r man, who, .!»• he learned fiom the coroner, h,ul nnee died ; so the woitJn ni.ij. r i-tiato came now, not to take the depo.-ition of the d\int(, but to a^i^t at the inquest on the dead. Colonel Fitzgerald met the two gentlemen with #reat courte-y, and eondusted them into the pailour. Soon aftei Iheeoronei, aimed men from \Vilde\ jlle and the neighbourhood, wlio had been hastily -nmmoned to -it on the jury. The inqne-t was held in the chamber of death, wiieie the body wa.s viewed and the testimony taken." Royal (treenleaf, Mr.sl)oy Fit/Gerald, Mr Benjamin Bowers, Mi«- Maxima Kowloy, and l)v. Abel (ioodw'ui were called in succession, UU( J identified the body of the murdered man a« that of the lon(r-miV.-iiij; Arthur Lloyd Fitzgerald. Colonel herald Fit/Gerald wa*- ii(;\t called, and tc-'Ulied to the fact ot huwnj; <lihco\ered

the bod> before life was extinct, and caused I it to be com eyed to the ferry-house, where thiee da\s later death ensped. IV. Peter Shaw testified as to the uaturo and extent of the wound, and the cause of I death. Here the daujrei that had been drawn from the back of the wounded man was shown : but no one could identity that as the propei (y of anyone they knew, or an instrument that (hey had e\er seen before. This was the sum total of (he testimony taken. The witnesses., and other outsiders, here all witluhow, and left the coroner and jury , to their dehboiatioiis. I olonel Fu/^erald tound himself alone with Mi Pun.il (Jiemleat He took his arm, and talked with him oul ot the house, and down tow aid the feuy, sa\ tno a» they went alonu ' E\er since last Tuesday , in\ deal Koyal, 1 have been \ei\ .uimous to ieoei\e some intelligence ot m\ Coiwn Geialdine : je* I h.i\e felt .1 eeitain deheacx in making in({Mines toi her Ha\e \ou an\ tinny to tell me '' "Well. \on see, llei.Ud. when 1 lieaid what had happened, liom Father Dubair\, 1 ne\ei was so oonfoundedh cut up in v>)\ lite \mi kiiow it was rijilu ilieieintlie middle aisle ot 'he chut eh, .inu ,ye weie actual^ on oul w.n to Ihe alt.n, where we saw \ oil and attendants w ai(in<; toi us "At that moment [ knew uo'luntrot (ier tiude s leturn. I was, is < omplett 1> in ii^noi atiLC - vl i that f-übjet t as \ out^'lu^,' put m (.ei aid Fit'<jjerald '\ ou imust ha\e been, for \ou looked quite unmoNed. Well, thue wl wei c mai(hin<4 tip the aisle oi the eluueli, with the e\es ot the w hole eontii elation on ib, as the\ wul e\ »> be on .i budal ptoeession. ( !ei .lldme was i,.i m\ aim, \on know, and hei 111 1 am ot luidesinauls behind het , ,md 1 confes.s I felt pioud ot ni> beautitul w aid as I heaid the w liispeied t onmient.s ot admnation as we passed • ' \\ hat a queud\ eieatuie ' -aul one 1 ' \\ h.ir <i ma;4nitn ent diess '" said otheis. and so toi th ' In the midst ot this eanie down to meet us r.ithei Dubai iv. with a t.iee like death I ennUi not imagine what could lia\e happened.' ' 1 witnessed that mo\ement. and was as much peiplexed by it as sou could ha\e been, -ml Colonel Fit/Gerald. 'Well, Fatlui Dubiinj, -s\ith thoevo-of all the enumeration on him, watching and wondeiinji, diew me aside, and \ v 'his peied " Something ha* )iJst cucimed that must stop the mainatfe. Foi Hea\eu's sake take Mis> Fit/<j,eiald home at once, t will follow \ou to explain all within an hum. The bishop will dismiss the eonm elation. ' Hut. vie.it .Jupiter ' 1 bejjan, ' n'lint hahappened ' Who is dead' Does (ieiald know Win doesii the come and e\pLun hinisclt. ' 'But Father Dubai)} stopped me b\ s a _\ . in o r , w ith authoiit\ •'I said that 1 would tollow in an houi and explain all Take Miss Fit/izuald home at once without, an instant s delay "Then tuinm ( , r to lieialdine, who had stood an ama/ul and pupleved >peetitoi ot this wlv.speud colloqiu, he said, witli commanding ' 'M\ dau^htei. 'isk no t|uesii(in- but <_jc home at on< c with \our uuauhan. ' Xow \uu know ( icialdinc would as soon put her beautiful In ad into the Cul as dis ol>t v hei spiritual dnectoi. So si u . j )ei . I mittect me to lead hei out of the chinch, i follow ul b\ the ■ \cs of the wondeim^ con ;j;i elation. ' All tha( 1 -aw with as much ama/einent and pt'iplt'MtN as L.mkJ ha\e been felt h\ I an\ of the courieuation, said Colonel Fit/ ' £?tl.-«lfl ! ' We'l, I took (!ei, ildme and hei luide-. ! maids to fhe tainaue and ciowded tiiem Jin These hi-X mentioned \onnt; ladiewei c not sjleut, J do awuc urn, Ijiit chat- ! teied awa\ at a meat late "■ " \\ ho r ai> it. b( ' | '(nlonel Fir/trei.dd hh t i- no \ei\ ueai i elal pl\ and »ti r>n. "I'm, \'Mi s L . ( , both 'oinle and bnde1 mauls had (juit'- settled it ilia; -oineunev preterl dfatll ll.l'l CK'CUlied to dela\ tin Iweddinii 1 letL them with <dl then ! tunj^ues bkf mill (lappeis. and I !wej>t /md bioi.'jlit m\ ast'»uisl)ed .imi lie | w il(lei"d -i-t"i s out nt the < hm eh, anil put 1 th< m Jlj to oiii own uld ta'iuh iai i la^-t in take them home Tlx \ , too, iiiiindat< r i me w itli que-tions ; luit , ot i inn -i . I '••ould not ar.sv ci t hem "At last w t trot t) ( iiceiiw ood. vlieie the ih \t tiling we did «,i- tnaMiuibh th* i household, who opfiird ilxii i\fs to t|,r i v id' -t <\t(nt io -( . tin bnd< I'.-Lm nin^wif 1 ioi 111 1 ' }]< In i<l( j^tooin • lint tln\ weie f|uickl\ < nli^hteui d b) I'll' seh d( iin ( (I \ mi'_ bi i<\i sin.nds. wiui : -jnead tln on^n the hiuise t lieu own ilicois of the stian^i'ls mtei i upted w < drhn^ "(olonel Fit/^ei/dfl has ieeei\(d th<1 nitt-nftln sudden death ol a deal Jiiend. [ < h'*\ said, with oik accoid, < i Nfcptin^ m\ J wild mccc, I'atnoia. who maliciously b\ust I out with a tl)co)\ that she hei self would not | have ci edited, thounli it \\, ( s the tine one ' '' I don t Iklhm it is dcam ,u all,' >iie : said 'Jtisa icsiuiuction : Theie : His j In -t w lie has tin ned up '" 'Did P.itucia ieall\ s it \ that' nf, quiied ( olonr.l Fit/uci.dd. i 'Mieiealh did : but we none ot ib jiaid | much attention to hei lcmaiks, so fai was siu h a possibjhf, fromoui (houehts. And, foitunatel\, Ccialdme did not heai it, for -he had letiied to hei own apaitmcnt to await i/ovi .miv.d, ih -he eontidc ntly «v pected you loietinn with Fathci Dubai jy. ' AVell, ( lei ild, punct ual to his piomise. tlu juiest came within an houi after oui own airhal. Hut In cam' r(/o«- , ot i oiir-o ; and lie asked to s U e me alone. J took him to my own pi hate apaitment, and theie fie abounded me with the. intulht^ tee that VMi) wife, (.(jitiude, had l etui ned, as it weie, laised iiom Lhc dead. And he neatly Jmished me by ,-oking me to bleak thenewh to Miss Fit/^ciald. 'I told him I would maicii u|> to a battciy, rush into u burning i>uildm<r, or into a lion's den, in the servii c ot my fellow - eieatuie-, if called upon to do s O ; but face Miss Fit/Belaid with such now.s a.s that. i could no% and would no', even at the call of duty. 'Then Father Dubauy inquired whcthei one of m\ sj^ters would not uiifleitake bho task, hintiny at the sunc unic that the ill news mi'dit be conveyed moro tcndeily and gracefully by asym})athetic woman than by a man. 'I aj,need with him 1 1 would ha\e agreed to anythinn i-atlier than to the proposal that / should peisonnte the bird of ill omen ! ' I sent for Sue and Doy, and them the overwhelming news. They wei t; stupelied and dumbfounded by it. They remained staring at u<- in silent apathy until the proposal was made that one or the othei of them should to GeraldLne with the newfc that the wife of her bridegroomexpectant had, as it were, been cast/ up by the sea in which she was suppo.sed to have been buiicd twelve months befoie, and leturned to her husband. 7 Fere Hue turned white us a sheet, and shook her head in silence, while Doy put up ] both hands in deprecation, and declared that she would rather bite her own tongue of) than make it the bearer ot such humiliating news.

'Then, Gcvnld, 1 spoke up, and told Father Dubarry that, smoly lie, in his character of clergyman, and as Mi-s Kit/geiald's spiritual dii color and oldest friend, was the most pioper poison to break the news to her ; and that she. would need both comfort and contiol, and that he could both console and dhoet hoi 1 . 'Father Dubarry w'sibly shrank Irom the task ; but on him duty had a paramount claim, and lie consented, though unwill ingl), to undertake it. 'I sent a menage to (ieraldine, asking her to icceive Father Diibarn. She returned a favourable answer, and the good man arose with a sigh, cin--ed himself and went up to her, '•Jl.will kill (Jeialdine, -aid m\ si-.lei Sue. 11 Or era/c her," added Doy, Con i s-idei my ( lei.ildine's eondiiion dining the last twel\e month.-, I -h.urd then apple hensiuns. An horn of the deepe-b .iipicl n pa— ed, and then Father l)ub,uiv c.une with .'. taet 1 so fiee ttom c;ue that lhe\n\ si^lii o f il iebe\ed u> tiom anxiety. ' Sho beai- it. like a hei o' -aid tin <;oud man, as he enteied the loom. 'Sho -a\s it i- .ill toi the be-t ' We all e\pie-st«d oui pie t-uw at healing this, and -non .t'ter F.ilhei Pnbair) took hih lea\e Then, 1 i otiti --, m> miv; , \ m^s mi (.t( .t lal dme's account iei vi ned. lln uued m\ two -i-tt i - to go to Imm 'it nun , and \ln \ w < in Tlie truth i-, I teaied thai (.'eialdnu - pi id. caused hei to make a ->inu ul (ouiaut thai she did not ieel. '1 «a< nut at .dl niepaied joi what ne\l h<i])])cm d. Ctialdiuo camr down and joined u-atdmnet. Him iae> «,b a li t\> paler thanu-ual '1 hat \\a-all tin- dnli i ence to be .seen in hei 'Later in tin da\ I hail <mi tnteivuv with my «. \w od S\w told me that -'"* ieall\ thought e\ei \ t hm^ had happ< n d tot the hot. To nn utni aina/cnuMit -h« told me that she had not latek caied \-is tniuh foi hei C mhin < -'eia'd, t hough a tn I mil ot the old kmdne— and i leilain -«tMi - ot oomenlional lit ne-- had induced hri In eon-ent to the mai i lam N n\ th.'t it w itoi e\ei at an I'lid -hi telt w lie\ I'd, t«u --Ik wa- suie that a mm h lii^het dt-tiii\ awaited hei Mieiald, 1 u.i- hall -lad and halt digitated, if \ou on undei-tand such a of feeling I wi- Mad toi her -ake that bho -utluiid -o little, anil w i-> di-uu>led with m\-elt to think what a tool I had been iob<lie\e that -he hadewi -\itliied at .ill ' \Vi.ll. (ieiald. aftei what 1 ha\et"i<l \on, \ou will be pit paied ttvi v heai what toi low s.' * What wa- thai ' mqui'cd ( olonel Fit/ tjeiald. ' \\h\, theiu'st moinin^ 1 biou^ht Ihm .i lettm hointht po-L olhci , which nunedtu oe trom that piett\ hltle Flench lad\ - Madame- Madame' Melaplatt- l>c\dctli w hat the dem c w a^ n 1 Madame de la Valet te, do son mean ' • e», that i- tin n imo Well, thf little Funeh lad\ and hei hu-l>aud au in W.t-' 1 inn tt < »n attain. lie ha- -unit diploni..tn appeintmcnt time Madame i- li>->> iwliatesei that m i) mean i, w ithout \w\ < in , • (lei.ddme In a woid. a- I af » • ■! %\ai <i ■ le.une'i fiom m\ -i-tei-. Madame de It \ alt lie had in\lt"d Ml-- Flt/uel.dd in come and pas hei a \i-it in W a-lun^t'in t.ei.ddine accepted the imitation, md with hei Funeh in.ud and toot in in, -hi lett (.leenwood tor tin i its moi 1111114 'lam\ ci \ s' a( ' *-° nea ' '*•' " <il^ °' ol|t ' Fit/tjc' aid. 'Well, (ieiald, >ou n<\ci »n a io\conib ; I II -a\ that tor \ou, m\ bo> : and >+> pei hap- you wdl al-o be 'jlad to Ik ai that theie i-> a di-tni'iiii-hetl admin i ot Mi-- Fit/tjeiald s fawny with tin l''n ndi iainil} --that biji behemoth ot a (Jenn.tn oi Ku^-ian prince with the jaw bieakmu name — Piince-I'i ince - wt 11. tin ie, l-ne it up' I could not pionounu that name uule-- 1 had a \ei > -inch < at.mh m m\ head and tin oat. toi it l- made up ot a hiccough, a w hee/( . a -nee/e. and a i ou^h IJut > on know In- nann ' ! • No, 1 ha\c toi^otti n )l , -aid lv/ | u r ciald, mdifh tent l\. 'Well, a docsti i mattu. Hi aa- tin -arne iellow who «,i> down hen atlii (IcialdiiK I;i4 Himiii'M, wlnn -Ik icjiitid him: but, Loid ble-»»ou, that ele|>hani wa- mi fat yonethat ->ln ha- only to -„iiti Jon him i> bimu him lo In i 1> i t a'j un ! \n({ she II do it, ninifl \on ' I'ut'mi! one I tlimu with auoihei— h(i talk abou. i • hi'jhei de-tm\ awai'iii" h"i, and nei j aeci ptance o} the I leuch \<>>\\ - in ! \ it.it ion. knowing that i'liint Sin i/< m\ ro\ir^h-o(l i- -iKo hoi -t Mill l'l i\ <U pend, Mi-- Fii/^eial.l m a tew moMiii> I w ill i a-f oil tli< elu \ -all- ul lit i plain Republican name, and < ohm out hki a buttufls, l'l im c— Koimli m\ tu\sl<l o'l m w hatc\ei it i- ' I " I -hould be \t■ i \ -Ltd to h> ai ot il , -aid i (.eiald. | ' Ws, and 1m 11 lit the \ci\ tellow toi In i. Hcllicceivc hei on' l)iu-t -of huiouleiiipfi a- (Vneial .lacK-on )ieLi\ed tlie iiriti-li cannonading ai New Oilian- with bale- ot cotton. "That l- to -a> win u -h< iaiii«. nm-l \jolcntl>, he, with his ( :■ rman philo-oph\ and- -phlegm, w ill <_ r o into hi- -tudy oi his garden, and lead C.octhi o< -moki a t'lpe, added ( lei aid Fit/j^eiald, wU h a lii.uiniuih -mile. The^ had turned in tin it walk, and wen now appioachiny the hon-i . A- they (hew neai , the tiout dooi opened, and a patf\ ol nun i--ued tiom it. Amimj: them wa- the coionci and jui \ ' Vom in(|itc-t i- o\ er, *hen ' oloik 1 Fit/yciald. 'Vc-, \ ( s," -aid ( oi oik i I'ickaid. ' And t h» \ ordiet '' ' I lei c i- y copy of it . And Dr. I'ickaid placed a folded napir m Colonel Fit/eciald's hand- The lattei opened the j>aper and ')\ei the pie luninai^ tounula, unt.il he ( mie to the wi diet: 'Artlnn ]j!o\ (I 1 ( i'(///ei.il(l Lit. 1 ol Hie Hmimiit IM.i'ior, ol Wihlu cnuntj. West Vn^ini.i. cainc to lusdcith (lu'oukli ii w'oiuul in tlie luniks, inflicted bv a daK^ei' 'ield m Hie hands oi ,i ])eison unknown to the jury.' ' Under the ehemn-tanees, the onl-\ possible veidict that could bcrendeicd, J suppo-e.' 'The only possible one," as.senfed the coi oner and the magistrate in a breath. ' And now, Colonel, our duties heio bein<j ovei , we will bid you good /iftcrnoon,' s.iid the coi onei. extending his hand. ' Not so, if you please, gentlemen. Fray, leturn to the house,, and permit me to ollei you some refreshment-,' insisted Colonel Fit/rfciald. 'JSo, no, thank you, no' You have ladies there. "No, you must please excuse us, Colonel, and let us go," said old Squhc Rawlin^ for himself and pai ty. 'The iadics will be ])iea.-«ed to sec you, and, in short, I insist on you troing in,' said (lenild Fitzgerald. ' Oh, yes ! Set fire to you, Coi onei . Non are noL going toaftronta man by turning your back on his house, without breaking bread in it !' exclaimed blunt Royal (ircenleaf, taking I'ickard by the shoulders: with keenly roughness, and facing him around tlie way he .should go. The party laughed and yielded the point) not unwilling to be compelled to do as they liked. Coionci Fitzgerald conducted them to the

parlour, wheu\ by his previous order*, luncheon had been prepared for thorn. r Phe men gathered around iho table and ale and diank until they wero satisfied, but all w ithout jest or merriment: and in a gnue, luneral mannci, befitting 1 the occasion. .lubal, gointy j n and out between the dining-room and the kitchen, waited on the table. OKI Jos:-, over (lie (ire, coaled bread and cheese, and 1 All de many an' lonn years as me and MaissO (ia'bol lladdon an' iMis.s (iertrude lib here, wo lib quiet an' decent- an" Vpeetabk- ; bul lieie soon V ebber M.u^e (ier'ld come cbboiy tin» tinned topsy-tiu vv, w id b.itl.lo and minders and sudden deaths, i-iu I\\ha< (lie ole s.iyin* say v 'New measurenew men ' 'Sides wlneh youuu men /- de debil, ( \en de lies' ob di>m, :is M,u a- (!ei Id is de bo^ % ob dem, dat s eeitam. Now,. ill dis day lonp;, peoj)le a comiu' .iiT comiu". lieu ior \ e.iis ,uf yoaix nobody cbluM come nc.u the place Vepl. twas (ncidssdu tt'iiv ' An nnw ill m> la^' fi(>e days, since M. u.se Colonel ( nine home, nuHm bui < omin' an' eoinui', nioie an utoie eulin an dnnkin' .ill i\v tune, lvi urn' a nil c ipnet. hou-e mlei a nois\ , bois'iMou.s -ta^r toacli l.ncm. '!( cant pom but it lam-.,' a- tlu old sa^i'n -.\)s Heap v' sen c lit dem oh vi\iii's'' An dt loiiLjei I iili (!■ moie 1 liud it s ( i ' |)e\ u.mt mole lo.i-' chce-e, s,^, ■ lubai \\ tii den >oii iiniu an' tak<. <l( 1 toik an toa~' H mum Vl ' 1 .1111 t been Use , !! 1 1 1i in oli ainiLld .i in.ul -iik: | nibht .an so I iill \ei all j^ood ' deic '' ( oncli idi d old • less, ,i- -he h.indcd the to ( istitii; l oik (o .lubal. and di opped hei sulf into In i (ban lint tin \evd old woman A\as soo'i jp li< \cd o! iinw' Ii ome mn -t- : toi that plale !oi t n,i-1 •d i ; u'< -c w.is (hi ki>t cihblc con i suincil l»i) the ioi on< i s juis, who soon athi Kink !t.i\t and went aw.i_\. j Meinwlule tin und(it,ik(M and his men i had b'"i n at woi k, and t h'- loniain- ot Vi ( hui Llmd I'':!/l;i laid 'wei c pioptil\ l.nd onl Di , Ihe lojni tioui wliuli Ik had pa--ed aw i v