ELSEY FARM. HOW IT WAS LOST AND WON. BY DAVID R. LOCKE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 5

ELSEY FARM. HOW IT WAS LOST AND WON. BY DAVID R. LOCKE.

riIMTKU 1. ■I'lM, TI.H'K Dl \ Mt)M^ l,l\l)l\C I,AW\I.KIIOW I LSI'.Y 1 AUN \\ \s I,(M. .!uu\ (' w,it>N \, law olhee was in l'»iot\n Jit-hn BioWnhclm is not imicli ot ,t vilhejo in tact, id is one i>t the .-ma!>i>d and nmv' m-i^nilu.i.ili ullage-- in I\oi thwestein IN nn-^ i\ a: i i.i, but -mall a,ida a- id hoaslul ot <i law ) <•! , uho wa- John ( as-id). ,lohn ('a--id\ dul.i'U) liitt bib'.iu ■s, 100. The !<'un,uy --rat was ill) mile- away oxer the iiio-i/ lnl.unoi 1 -. load-, ,iinl law had been tinlteuld In ",et ad hetoie Ml ('a-MiU ioc.it ci! ihtie, inn -inn (hen thuo had been no (tnln ult\ i.i (ho matin, lie «,h also a btokei in a mil ill \\ii\ In lend l.iiiin mon< ) wlita tni^ had -hull uop-, oi idi ,iu> (Iii: ii,i--()!! wi-heil i(, taLnnj; ioi -<ii'i,.\ nu,i!'j,a<j,e- mi the 1 1 laim-, whiUi <ie>u iall> v nuil in In-, taking ' ll( - hum-. \\ h\ I'iuito a slut 3' in -mJi a mll.i;j,o ' a-i -n (iil i< id< !. \\ It) not ' Tin. <!( u'cutu( a -lvi \ ,tic, lii u tl\ , Lu\ c , ! I ilc, Ke\ vim , !k\ ■ I mi, ;-\u i ili< c, du\ <{ !'id \uihui ( a i n n.mi.it) -o -mall a not I > include v n hill 1 ' tin U > il 1 t he-e lU nn nt- ' While L\ti \<mi t'lid twuii) jii-on-, urn -kill iiud i In u. .ill, end tin, mo-a ot them wondei iiiiix. v. !l <(<. \(. i<»pt (I. '' It . all i \i-ti d in I.tow 'lh.-ltn : neneu I,i i\\ niu (tit ' • a- <4<Mi! a phu u in x\ liv l\ to j Id ,\ i a tin ;> a-> ( In H 1- ii lln \i mid. | .lohn Ia- l-'^,ltn ill-l ni ill' iI<MU C- N\ 0 j wiiiiin miiiet , w.i - man < I not tiii/ie. than t1.,1' i\l lit Wlh'M I'.lNti l>llil iluliULll ai . \ in ' . , lv' ne li.nl a .ae> w iu< h w.ct ,i I."; \i,'nu it w<2. |)l< mliii lii had . ,n ot i w<> i lit '11 I i L-, Y. It 111 1 IW t> U 'J.UI U ) ii' i. i 11.,'! !< at ttw hi- In ud awa \ - , a. , 111 1 'laiiieii ami i ai> il tut , hi - il vi „! .\ ,i \ In i.-ht d\.it h i >atl in --„ ,• {)• oniiin Ml inn -'> ,Mi '', no c, i I ii'^o nioiuh \> u'ti thui !.[ i- i . 1 1 _, 1 1 •■; ti'j,htl\ id \ii\ \\ lule iLelh, ,mmi i i---i i l),u Iv in Iho h< aI, a- j^tc % and a- t old and I'.uil as me nvl.-ou iln lull-. . v mii{ i i an ' tall in pt i -jii wa- Ml ( ..--id\ , v, 1,, 'i m> ii'li u. 1 -•> .hkl t.iilni— . hi- (le.-i in > itott --suiii.d -iiit o( l)ii,Jv mtiua-cd. I!■ ,1-, ion i!• ,n .i/ii i in') pi <i ; t to. hi «.\ i \ ua lhe uh a th it i'il.-.ui.m; 1 en it el ,i.ii i !, v a- a | >ai I ol hi- I ni -me--, aim tluu Ijt ni" .dv t tin -iMi 1 , In v. a-al\\a\ pit; ;/ i. it lit. ua ih /; ■ i u"f and -til |io-. . I Ui i.iiu> 'n was a \u.«--tnl man- -vuh i)i ,i l',,,>\- ait. lie Lneu lit- liii-me-^ ili.i, ae^hl\ .'tnl lu'lov.id il uuiniii",^, He ii,,' i . u l i a 11 1 111 1 a I \'- 'i ■ a n c <.>lmllk i k . > i , wii- h i L i > i il in hal tpiadi ii,i! d, hn h< had i-i'n[)!t. -. ! in ait'ii In deal v-.ili 'i'nt li. ,)| |. oi ih e 1 1 1%. )i" i! !>! > d him \\ ilh awe im'i !' "., Inu he laicdlutU 'ci ila;. 'V\w\ I. ji )( 'vi lv ! nn, and ti.i'cm hi- iia-ad-he loi v \\ h it ,o do v n'n them. .io'im ( a -,u_\ Law Oiliu". .lo'nn I a--i<K v a ci, .'id an], [until waiting lvi Mi.ne i,i i i!e \,,h i s tteiin 1} pale and wi\ iit.i\'.ii- ll's (\ t U AY.d fat tola n. ./amis vi •nn I'udaiit, \\a-D wutni'j, bn-d v , .it a ue-i . \.aitni", a i \uii-K tot hi-, punt ipal io ■;>) out him ■ii in -e'ui Inni inn, loi .uin \ w . in „ ii, ,i t, 1,,^1,1'j; tiiu-i and di -in d \,i, nun h to -lip into Madduolvo toi a i;ii'inh>i. .Mm had biti t n ilii.ikiiil' tin. ni'iiiL i'(.tu)e, a:id w.i- |>a\ mi; the penalts. ;-itud' ids .Inn looked up horn hi- vox* ,i id it n.uked i<> In- pinntpal thai old .lull' 1 Ijl i\ <\a<,l hi \.ih \Mit eonuir;, ■ N t-, I i'|i uml them, \\.i-- Uit iej.l\. '1, \ w mil- i uiienal ol tin, noi c— liii, -in Inmd.ul doll u- 1 lvii him two <\'j.o. ' , 'h ill \ on tun w it ' '*, i takiir, a leoit^.i'-^ on hi- (ami t.u -t • u it \ .' iiaidi wa h ;.'_:, hu :U h. lie knew \. hat thitmtant I 1I 1 had hci.n witli Mi v a-sid) -I \e' ,il \i al . •'i h-' land ai:i i woi tn n , sii , -aid he. %la, ti - tinl) »<> at ie- vi n, and it - ihe \, in pi. 1 1 ot land ni the Loan t\ ' i !.)\> ilii \ oa know '• ' I Ua\ t I ien i heic, '-u ' \nd -■ he hid \\ hil \ouii 1 , ikhi m 'lown'n'm hi, I not,' 'ot i di-—i)) it'_d .! nn i'ollanl had, on that lianeii \ u t c ot huid, In. n d'-nn- id knnih and jihni'jU l>\ \|,n\ i,l e>, not w nhstaatbiiL; lih i)ioiin->i 1 to i n't m Mi did no,, hnu n ilium, oi lanu'i at the IHi tie 4 - i"i< tHou, ,i, hi- ied, v hi-Ly-(ilouitd i,K ' tills 1 a (h % !.j)ii ied (tin-. inioMi lv h'd no need to lie a-hamed ot), win n he (old hi , thai ),,. |„\( d het, and that -he had it m h< i jiov.i j |,i MU him iu-.n tlu n.iii h<M\a- m' 'ttn-j,. Shi thaukid him loi hi- pit feii .it c, hnt told him -he < oidd not, i",iu\ mm. l'»nl -ho h' ".«,e(l him lo itloini all ihe -i>mt , and «_» I \ t his io\e lo -onu hone t, ,nood <;ni u | 1( , ( . { >ul/l t 'lu.n j|, and -))•> did Jl " hi, n (|] % „,„] kmdi\ ihal |-oo ( •Jim lilt lvi. linn., in lmt 1 with liv Ih.iii u\Li, iiioii'ih h'j Knew id \!a- hoiielt ■-- \nd ii' >\ (l s, h, (hei.uht ot Alan r,U ) and (he mo n „,^ O n lluit hum. hi* v. "m\. ftJou 'i (,> lv l^lUon -, -aid ( a--id\ io him. 'I'i'd.^it Ins note toi Hie b il,uh m% be I ween v-, ac I then m> Io Smith and tell him he tan ha\e the mone\ he \.ant>. 'j'hi- \' a - aid a-, old John I'.l-e) and 'u- old wde w.ie <'()(( iit('4 (he ollit c. 'ihe ( lei k I- ti ai : hi" pan ( ,un fl in. Thes weie (woaveiau' lullncopie Then iice- wiie luow nod" v. ilh the head o! (he -nn and the i old oi diie Minlci,tlun ioims ui'io b, '.i witli laboui, ,}\)(\ i lu i! paielnd j and lint adbaie elaih'-s show ed too plainly j that (In i, I i bom- had ne\ ci been lull') tomnnuated. r J'he\ came in with n he-il-admjj,, .-eaied look, (had sueli _ people ah\irys ha\e e\< epd u;«m Huh t.v.n land, and they -ad down as Uiunuli the chaiis \\'ei<" tl.i]»-. The <h,iii--iii th.^t ofhei- 1\ at beer tiap^ to a uicad mmn ot (iieii i i,w^. '(iood nioniiii'4, JMr iolse\.' 'Cood nu"auin;4, Ah (.'ti—idy, 1 letmncd (lie old man nuum^. 'We cime down tin-, monuti'4' do liv \om maf-tei .. I am obliged to \on, Mr Cassidy, lor aeeomtno(!;i(m' mo, tor of I shood lil.\ do pay thai money now, I shood hoy (o the place, mil that, would kill mo ! am too old to ! move. Mi Cassidv--l ami/, bom on IClsuy I K'uni, and I want lo (ho diicic. Hi- Aeiy [ kind u\ yon.' 'Mi I'j'l-t > ,' icliu ned C'r-^idy, '1 do nod olden do 'clever' dhin^, bnd 1 am m dho hnnioiu do do dhis. J would nod willingly si-c a pooi man ground utdo dno eardh, it I could help him oud widhoud doo much sacrifice. You ha\e had. bad forduno. and i am • dad Iliad i can Jiceonimodatc you. I ha\e fiiawn up -i node and ?i inoi d^a^c 1 . Tho nodo ik made puy.iblo two yoarri ifom dale, and if id in not convenient* for you do pay then, wo e;m iciicw it. Sign Mic note, now, and 1 will e:dl in two \vidnosscs lo your sit;na dire.- io (lie niorlo'a^o, and fini.sh dhc bu.si-tiCs'.-i/ Old ,lolm Elscy adjusted Jus spectacles, and widh a \asd amount of labour aHi\ed bis hi^natiue in tromblinp; hand to a promissory noto. i\li- Ciit-idy kept tho odher wiittcn instrument in luss hand, a,s he wend to the door and called in two poisons. One was Moddocks, the tavern-keeper, who was then, as he always was, in a state of maudlin in-

lo\io,ation ; tno other an ipioiant liiownhelmito who could wi ilc his name, bill • who.-o accomplishments <li(l not include londinp,. John I'Hscy wa i old and halt hliiul. (Ja c .sidy uni oiled tho instrument just im enough to show Lho places tt» si«.»natutcs. I'ilsoy n<>,ain wont through Iho painful piocoss ot wilting his name, as dul his wile, and with like pain did Moddock.s and Alkiu wiito t-hcii.-', a-> witnesses, and (ho in-( i imicnt w as porlcetcd. ' Thank you n<iin, -John Cassidy,' said Iho old man, as lie, departed ; ' thote will ho liuht heaits on the IClsey iarm to-night. Thank you— thank you.' Ilc did not know how little cause ho had to tlrink Civ-idy. but that worthy ieeei\ed ! Ihoold man-, piotestat ion , with as meek a / tare a*-, though he had ically done him a iaumi. Me kept hi- 1 icowondei lully uudu eonhol--it wa-1 im <4ic.lt p.ut, his capital. 'Ihe iwo v. Unease-, h.id u'liu: b loio — I In ■ pan- loiteied up the )o<"d and weit, 10-t in I he detain c. .lohn ('a - 1< I \ uniii'l'Ml tho inslinnieni , diew a lonu bieath and laid it upon tho , ta!i!<. At tin- uioini nt lie was call* d out ot hi din c, <md .is ho weid out Jim I'ollaid cause 111 W In n Ca--id\ teiunxdho Sound I'oll.u d at hi. i.ilile with llio uM 1 iimen 1 in his hand. Iledaittd to. waid ca'j,ci l,\ to - natch it, horn the eleik'- hind, but he was !oo quick 101 him. '|) n \oii, n lint bu-.ii'O-'- ha\c \ou uith ni) pap. is 4 I '<."-( lily no no. 1 v, j * th< < aim upU , ' but linuir 11 \\\\ bu-ine- , to look .d t hi-. John (a-snl^, i tn~. 1 noii a mo. t <;.im <. n '.'I ey i .11111 1 1 1-. \llli> 1 01 11 ( ,1 -id\ hod icecm u d hi- equanimity • Well '' lie 1. ;ilud. 'i( is .1 ii ui(l. John 11m y no\« 1 -up po-od he was M^nin'j, . 1 dood, 1101 did hiuite Tin \ would die -eonei , ! -a\ il is .1 ii aud. \\ h.it de\ d's woi kdo> on intend to do ' W hat mien -I 1- it. to \oii '' ' None- now Hut 1 u ill not st ( John U-i ) w ioii",ed. 1 w ill not -iv \' i ('A idv -t.u.d.d limu wn h a ti'iei "-\\ e\pi «' 'ion a- ie 'u--«. d '1 know wha \om ,ue <.'O,,'. ! i -a^, .'lid liitenapf >hi to s-v\e tionbl' 1 t\o not piopo-t- to e\p' 'in up mat it 1 -. to my clei k. i „,ui! 01 no li.iiri. iliat 1- a dtid, ,n)d 1 Ikil.l i!n- in'shipii oi tli' i,Ki"> F i:m It ! niinc. J cmi tin n John !,Ke\ and hii'ind\, ii" iudimj, iho Mai\ who ufu-ed the ollt 114 \lllll h ind oni I.1 '. inti> the -heel vi 11101 1 (iv, , '«! I diui-( on will not -cc them v iiui'j,( 1, won't \ou' N mi w 1!! < ham ji.i.n them, »' ill >iui ' Jim Poll ml \- ihe man to do fh' ' Jim I'oll.nd the <>ainlili 1, .Inn Toll v<\ In i>oi c tht< t, Jim Tollaid iho (n""« 1 w!>■ 1- old 1 out ot iln pi i aii em 1.11 n i) ( ( ,hi-< 1 i do not „- the know kd'_'o I h i\e. f! >\ -m t!i<- p ip« ' ' I will not.' 'Norn \ ill v.-l ' h.»U i H N«.u a little >,(H\ 1 t0,, 1 i( (o \ ,il (. ue b'Aili Imt till1 iln la t ! mm 1 .' 1 I 0111 \i. •> -1 aMo I w 1- cm ploud to Xi ii I 011: • 'j in 1 : ot t Hit \t who v cv- 'ilnndu iiil t h ivil'i.ad !'i .'oMlnm ! i au'jht , ,I'iiiui' au in tin | 1 nitt 1 1 1 • n tiaiy to d,n 'i'))' 1 Itim<-d, Ii id - ,iik (j'i dili< - that mi-iht b- made u-"tul d^ mi, aud i let turn -hp I'nou'jji the nu lie- t)i"thelaw, though he v. as Ihe v> v)i -t 01 tiu lot Theothei- weieMinpU thie»is -huwa- t lioi i thu'tand toi^ii as well, v, do. h.id he not hi on a umnUaid, and ■.;aml)!ei, mi^hi h'i\t bi-i n 1n h in 1 uau itimj, the - 1 01 \tol km il\ ' ' on ,11,', omittui'j, lli' 1 tae! that \ou h t me 1 -t.tjM bri iu-e I liad pi,. of 1,1 m\ hainU whuii ! 'j,ot wh a w< io l >l>Ld \om -alt, tint \, on too hi! U 1 11 a c o'Uiu 1 ti lti 1 'Tine, but \ou know i'io-e piool-, 1 obtained p.>s-e--ion ot atkiuatd, the\ weie de-(io\od. 'Thanl s io wlu-ky md tuend, tho de\d, th it is tliijl.u t.' •Sum, turn \ou df-uod to sl,i\ hi tin ' Imi l ' think lon ~ iei \l,u> IJm\ !.' i>s \on lieu-. 1 have unt 1 \on v inplo\ nu il , but I could ut au\ muimiil ikinei y o u up tv |i-tiec. i'nc mo the papu ' i'ollaid tui ned I,'de, and handed hi en. plo\et tin 1 paji " , -übmi-M\el\ 1 Now, <^e( to \\o.h an<l toi^tt thai \ou ( sci -aw the deul. And .lohn <• >.--id\ li. ked U m hi- -ale .; id w 'lit oui ,\, (he dooi elo-i d „pon him ihe ( lei k piam; to his lect, and hmi hbduulud 'i m 1 >t him ' ! ,ui\ hi , bod\ and son!, but the i\<i\ will turn. 1 wlirn 1 will put nn toot, on Ir.s iufk,oi I will kill him. IwiUnotliM tins ha mm h lonm i -I eiiMioi. And 1 will a\ < John !'>!-e\ ) el.e 1 . (Ml MTKi: X IKI 1 Nil ].IM)M'Ss O, io'l\ ( \'S||i> V \ 1 ! 1 1 |\ ! l> \l' 'I HI ' I- 1 "'! I \l>^' \ Nl> ''" m ; 1 im, 1 ii \ r 1 01 1 e\\ 1 o .\ w n.ni 1;, moie doolatt 1 nltioii than that iim hi' ;i; i urn -10. \ is loi ded does not evisi on tins ( outm-'iit. 01 piobal>l\ an> ot hci To (In 1 eou.iiios of l'< misshauia, wheie (he hdi- 1: c vi the >kio-, and fi om w hosi slet p -ides tho I. oils or ate- have washed th - ltitle sti(;nuth I'-om the >oil down upon Ihe In i!e -ti ip oi bottom on the -uk of the cieek^ that inn then de\ ion - wa\ amove them, i- v.lun 0111 leadeis inn-, in mi^.Mii'tio]), )>i lake 1 hoinstM\ c -.. The> niti-t piet.u-e to (liomschi 1^ eleai s(n\inis ot beautihil water- on oil lv r bank a p.unn, mcen nlibon ot wondoi fully leitde land: tieu ' i-imj, a!)iuptl', uieat lull (almost nio'iuiains) oi ;-tcnle. baktd, led (hJi uie>, land and look, so s| C nU< that. \e-'otaiion baiely liideB tlieir naktulne, . And. mv leadei.s who li\i; upon Die ii<ii pi.uriesnt Hie Uo-I, the w ide plains o! Cent lal New or the wide bottoms ol tho ( 'onnoitieut. wiMwondei how anyone can lno on .such laud ; how laud .so Mei \k\ so utteih dosoid oi sdcnylh aud ilie, i *\n be, made to y\A<\ pn-t en. 11100 foi a c k aied t h.nv, ( i) >I. so'niiios an\thino moic than ail and w atci. Dub people — mi 11. uonioM juitl cluldion. do li\o on' these hilK, and \ei\ evcelleur people tlu\> aic, as a mle. They <\o 111:111afj,e, somehow, to wio-'t limn chuihsh niitaio enout;h to keep body and soul (0<j,(,Uici ; they manage t,o pow seantyeiops ot some kinds ol <;i,iin, to keep Mime cattle aud sheep, and ini-e multitudes ol wondeilull\ .sti'on^- and \ i^otous childion, who •401101 all y niake their' way to 11101 c hnoiuctl localities. The hot ,sim oi a July aitcrnoon .shono with lieico heat on tho dv.sty mad that /i<r/a<4ue<l o\or one ol Iho hills (hat led out ol j tholittlc village ot iiiownhclm. which \il I'iuo was- nothiii'j,', Io nowhere 111 particular. It "was a tievee auvl coiiMimini; sun. It had risen m tho moinino, in a ( \oudle. c s — J it had .shone all day with a lieico h<\it that mado men helpless, and had, as it was »oinp 1 ({own, nathcrod its strength together, and was pouring out its rays with an intensity that was tearlul, as if its design wa^ to melt' tho fti/oy rocks. Its iioroo "larc nvade j tho ban en roil land lcddcr, and the j;roy rocks shine silvery. Under that tiei co sun, aloiur that dv.sty load, old John I'jlscy and his wife, in their licketywat^on, drawn hy omacia tod horses, toiled' painfully. The horses were covered with dust, the wap^on was UkowihC buiicd under ib, thoir poor, ])atched clothing was ' thick with it, and from their browned laces ■ pcispiration poured in streams^ They stopped under the grateful shade of a liu^o • rock by the roadside bo rest.

• It's sing'lcr,' muttered the old man, as ho wiped his lace, 'it's sing'lcr how clover .lolm Cassidy ho/, bin to mo— sinjj'lor. Jlo lent me the money two year.-* ago bo buy a lio.sb to take the place uv the one tliat J lost, and to pay oil tho Uraham mortgage, and now ho let's it run a whilo longer, and he don't want tlie interest. Thoio is good in the, world, Susan, after all. Nad lie not > dune this-, $ shood hey losb tho old farm, and bm sinned out of the world, me and you, old woman, and tho children. Hut 1 never wood hey Vnoscd 'John Ciihsidy wu/, the man 1o do it. Hing'ior clever in him. The devil ain't near ez black cz lie is p-iinted." ThoiostacoomplHicd, they toiled along ihe dusty load, tho old man musing on the ' single)'' elovei nc-s of .John Cassidy. I'lt'sontly the Ulsev homestead, on which he w.is horn, and which a\ as bib little world, was in «i<dit. and in a lew minuter lie was ;iL the nckcly gate ;it the honli of tho house, and In-, eluldtcn, who had been watching Uicii appoaianeo, had moved out to meet them. The family knew scry v>ell the bu-ine-sth it had taken them to Blown helm. 'Wei!,' .spoke .Mm (ha KKoy, *i- 'John ( a-ndy in want of his money v ' 'Xoiatull,' loplicrl the old man checriully: Mie 1 may hoy all the lime I want, that, m iael, I needn't pay next year oi Cue year aite), onle-s tilings come mound light with me. Sing Icily lib'i.d in -lohn Ci- idy -singio. He ain't bed LheiepH.'ishen u\ doin r this kind o' thing, but Loid liic^ii-- \iMiir\ci know men till >oo tiy '(in. Maitha, git moa drink o' water. It's a 10t,.' 'idi hum (<>%\n, and theie ain't any watci on the load that quenches m,\ thiist hke that horn my own spiing. ' how it wood ],i-p mu toliev tolcocthcohliann, pOOI CV ll 1-.' Milt tha Kl-cy liipiw.l away tothe^piinu ; \Mlhth( gouid dipjier io biing Hie watt r ol whu h -In «<b o loud, while Mary, the .'ld(-t hold, stood at Ihe back of the chan, lookmg down wistiul'\ at h.m, as though -lie h id M.mc thing losuy, vJiiih *-hodaied no! Mailh.i i etui nod with the "Kalei, \\!ii(Ji (he ol ! man diank. Mai y took (lie • (iippfi iii'in !i'> h.uid, and Maltha and tk muihii \.(tii out upon the poieh to the'u ; u-u,d u'i k, li;i\ing I he two together. . Ab- .(iitiml qu) u,h Maiy Kl-c}. Clad , h-|iiM,,N in bonn-pun, with no oinamonLs , wlutlewi lv heighten hi i beauty ol call ] a.tention to am of (he Ihou-and item--tint mike w\) the -urn total, she would . haw ai(i<(ct(d attention anvwheie. She : had lonu golden ban, that tell in beautiful . wav - o\eL hcL shotddei-. as Dec us the wind that I a cd wiih i. l:-l»e had ui«"iiblue e\i N ol lb.it pecuhai kind that li.ac bnlhdiptli and cliMi'io^. llei ioimwas out ,i Cietian would ha\c gi\cn : In- iiL;hi liand U, ha\e had hn a model, , whilrTin iace was oac in which 'ib-olute - puni^ wa- tombincd wilh mt( lligeiu c and • wdl ' ii was not one of tho-o faces tint look puie liri-au-c ih<) no too innocent , ol the k'um 1< due oi -in : ll w.i- too c\piv-->i\r t"o lull oi moaning, not to know , >\hat m,i »\a-, luit tlieie was ,i w ill in it to , ii -, i tempt it ion. It was a tacc-tiongm t <M ddii. — , and u<n).hn -nength. \\ dd, un- . tui.»n I. uncultnattd, .-he w,i- a specimen ] oMitid'- handiw o>U laicly seen. V>om aiu' nM;ed on a Him, on the most lumnoi , 1\ nn-\l\ani<i lull— tai^iit on!\ the nub- , moii-'of knowledge in the ruue-t of -ehool < lioi.si -. b\ tho most ill-quahlied ol nw-l-i , she ' had ne\eithele-s manaued to (tick up information m some way, and «;i< | lav m ad\ance ot the mil- of the neighbour- | hoo<l vi( vi ]>ihipu. Iludcas-lie was, igno , i nit as -he was — -he blood thcie, ] woithv the attention ol an> man on the ] tool-iool: hir nahuo had been la\.di , with he i that ait, and education iound in , hoi iheii work halt done. Mai\ bivjeied in-ide Ikm lather, ior -he had -omethinu, to Niy to hnn alone. % j\illrm, •-1h > .aid, Imall}, "how long a f^o ; ii Ih'd -)ohn Cas-id\ lent Aon this . vr>nuc\ ibati iionltliag urn so .' : Two u ii-, di ai." ' on haw him a moiigage on Ilio uuni, j !o d w . did ) (Hi not ' i •\ { . (Y.i! Ol i'om-c 1 bed to gi\e , -\niii Nv'luidx lets .Mi} bvidy he\ moiies , withoai imuiln. k A'idh( w ill not lioublo )o\\ tm n-.' ' I\o. daibn'. lie -a\ -br kuov , I\c iiul bul'uik \v ll'Villlh 111} l(»Mll lU\ 110-s, at.d u\ the mm i j in th d Ink lm cattle, and th * -luut ciou--. and .Jolim he i-tii -ti t. the ma.i to pie a poo; nvn 'TathtM, »\o iiui-l u< t tin- moiu\ m swii'iMwU. .lohn Ca—id} is not jvimitlim: !!)i- to inn ii<im .>n\ kimlnc-'s ol heail. oi an 1 ) ' i-'ia! il \\'V ,x, x >m. < ' \\ In. v hat'do \ on iik.ui, M.v} ''' ' I i-t^n, tall i >, ' but -a\ nothing to n.ovhvv, oi Mailha, oi Sam, of w hat. I sa} (o \ou Thive >eai- ago, when T w uIninu in t'.,uiu M...ham- iamil} , doing ihei^woik loi m\ boaid, and going to m-Ihml, .Inlm Ca-^idv, toll — that, i— well -he Ull m low with me. 1 ne\cr could .-In a -t^p that no was not holoie mo. Howa\l.ud moa- ! w out to sinning school cvino--v\.\\ night-, to spelling M-hool Tue\-da\ night-," to 11 1 1 net meetings Tlnuvda} night and (hon mocting- Saluula} night . IIT told m v hi lou 1 me, and begged me to piomi-othat \\l"'n 1 was tw o } eai* older I wo-dd bevome mi , who 1 did not like him 1 h.itod him. 1 haled his told, haul taw, In gUUeiing and coltler and hauler - 1 , o'lie am t a go. 1 i'u io look at,' the old m m • I halitl his smooth, soit -i)oech, and cat 'like walk. Px^ules J was in—that i-,L hkod Paul i ai< boltei. One day, two \oai-.iiul .i halt ago-M\ months bctoro he lent \ou this mono> , when he came to me iur a' inial at\sv\oi. I told him plainly (hat. I did not like 11,I 1 , in -lhat I would not man} him, that I would dir .sooner. 'lie looked tia'u'it at mo w ill) his enicl, cai-hko e\o-, <uu\ i^kul mo il 1 loved any otbe. m:'u. 1 told him je-, a man worth a Lhoiis.'tnd sim I: a-, ho. '• i know it,' -ad ho. '.aid h:i\e known it- — i 'aid i >ato- . -Mn }' 1 you w ill ne\ or maiiv I'aul 15ai o- —>ou w ill uuuv\ r.vo VoL \\\ one \oai, uol.m two, but >ou will many me. (iood-l>\t —I shall never speak to you again on the übjecl, but you will speak to mo ' \Vol>, gitl, vhat ha-, all Ibis to do with his huding me I in*, money.'' 'It is his low. His plan ih to get a hold upon mo, tlnough you. I do not know il^ow— 1 do know that he is a cunning', ! dangeunts man, and that he is determined to uTake mo his wile. L know nothing, but I letir e\oi ) thing. He knows that 1 would not, .sec } ou and mother and Mai tha turned i out. of dooi-- thai I would die for you, ami |it is this that lie is playing" upon. Oh, ! tat her. is there no way oi paying- this debt at once V ' None, my tlai Hug I—none1 —none whatever. But don't take on about if. It ain't certain that this i^ what Casaidy is drivin' at. He may be dom' it, lor once, iromgood nattuc. Don't cry, darlin', don't cry.' I Jut slic did ciy, nevertheless. The old man hobbled out of the room feeling a strange lear, and Mary sank into his chair and wept. Was theio any escape? Paul P>atcs ! Paul would coin his heait's blood tor her, but that was all he had to coin, and there was no price for blood in that market. A poor student of medicine, living from hand to mouth, could do nothing. And jus.t at that moment she lifted her eyes and saw riding by on a ho/so as wicked looking us the rider, John Cassidy. Ho

i cist one glance over the barren acres, an- • / otlicr at Maiy, a\id waving his hand ab her, ! j with a gesture in which there wab maligi ' nity and triumph combined, rode on. The poor girl trembling so that her limbs could, barely support her, tottdcd out of the room and joined her mother and bister at their work. ' it i.-> mo thai lie has a mortgage on -not the farm,' &he murmured to hor&ell. 'I am what ho wants.' f in ti the woman that &be wa-D, asset ted itself. ' J will foil him yefc. I will never v.cfl him, nor f-hall ho ruin my father. John Cassidy, it is you and 1, and with Cod's help J 11 win.' By tliift time, the day was drawing to a close. Mary and Martha had milked the cow> that young .Sam had drhen up, the simple meal had been purt.ikcn ot, the di^he-. had been washed and set away, and (he old man wa^ on the porch smoking his pipe. The good wile was busying hci&clf with Mjino household matters, and Mary 'vci'-- not thcie. Whciowas she? Where .should a i/irJ, loving and beloved, be at such an hour? 'J'Jie sun was just sinking behind the great lange to the westward, letting on the hill tophisla-t gush o{ fjloiy. The delicious eoolnos- ot the exening \uh inviting to a walk, and <-he had tin own on her head ! her hat, and was taking limb walk. It was 1 one thai, she took frequently, of late, and singular it Mas that her steps always bent, in one dhcch'on. Theio v.eio no end of pka-aut walks 1:1 lh.il. \ icinity— many ot them moio pleasant than the one hhe was in I ho habit of goint;, but .she su-ongly fancied tin- one. She" ai ted (low n a lane into a piece ol wood that had been unrtei -blushed, across the wood s<> lightly, that the fchoit gra&.-> wis hardly touched under her feet. Uovr iK-hl is joutli and lo\c ! .She 1 cached a ( 0 a, (|iiiet little ia\inc, where she paused a few moment-, looking anxiously about ljU 'Maix " ' I'.tul ' That wib the end ol the walk and its object, \ stiong, c (alwail, manly fellow, bix feet in height, wilh the iiguro ot an Apollo, d\\d a uoo ■which, li not exactly handsome, w t- in mix and m^ciiuou^, precisely the in. in -neb apul us - laiy Kl'-ey ought to fall ni lo\o with, and ought (o ( Imp, to, and UKUiy aiter .she h.ui lallcn in loxc with lum- -hold her in ln^ aimrf. On the 100 L ot a tiee, co\crcd with mo&-, a 1.10-t roii\enient and ploa-anb scat, the imei- s»t and talked. Their faces weie -ad and tones low . • Paul,' viid --he, ' ! .see no way out of the double iam in. I know what poverty is. I lunc <;n>w nup m it. J ha\e giownupto bo a woman, and w hat kind of a ■woman ? I know nothing. I ha\o no education — there i-* not a book in the hou^e, sa\c half ado/en winch came there the Loid know-how, and which no one has c\cr lead bub myself. Maitha 1- now -cxenteen, and knows only tin; little 1 ha\e taught her. Tom, Bam, I.'!!. 1 and liK'o S'imo aie ail coming up in the vine way. Paul, I cannot be.ir the thought ut u f can live as I am, and die a- 1 am, but the\ — my biocbeis and sister-^, inu-L i-c s-;i\ed iiom ihi's kind of a liic. I h i\c -rcn a little ot a hi^hei and better life. 1 ha\i'had taint of it — and they must bo lifted out of this into that. I >>hall de\ote mjsclt to their ele\ation — not my ow ti.' ' You ,iv oood enough tor we, Maiy.' ' lam not. iam your peer only in po\ nlv ou arc a-- poor as I am, but you ha\e had ad\anta^o-. aic educated — \ouriamii> tuc ot .1 be' tor ela-^, liecause the} had an education, and as dearly as 1 know^ou lo\e me, Paul, jou would, if I w ere j our w ife, be ashamed to take me home to thci.i. c L'pon my life, Ala\y--' ' Not a vtoid, Paul, I know better. You w oukl at the hi. -4 uiow of our new lite biave the woild, bub \ou would tiie of it-. You would the o! the <j,iil wlio wa^ unable to r-pi ak a- ym do — w ate as you do. l\o, Paul, bctore we wod 1 musLcomeup to you» le\cl, 1 mu-t luiu^ \\\\, brothcis and sisters u[) to that le\cl, and that will be a long and duai) ta-k. I can ne\er li^e and lea\e them 'j^iit, M.u\, why not li-c— if you insist upon it, I wiH teach )ou all 1 know—it's lit i(c enough, Hod know-, but that little [ can u,i\c ' 'Thai. i-< impiai tie \blc. You ha\e jour own iMiecr to make- t > 011 ha\ e a t.i make and ii. i-^ be-fc tor you that you uo it alon'\ L t-liall plod on my weary wax. 1 -lull piay for 30m jirogic^b, and -~!iall icjoico as \on ri-.c. 1 cannot many \Oll-! bhall ncxci many anyone else— l -hall—' MlO s'loppci .-peaking, .sudilcnly, and >c!/in f _i Paul hj the ami, pointed cageily, into the wood. Thcic, not twenty feet tiom thorn --tootl .lohu Cas-idj— his, c^cs e\|)ic- t:tg all the hatied that eyes — nudexolent o\os weio ea])ablo ot evpres- ' -ing. I \\il\\ one bound, Paul Bate* was before ' him. "What <uo \ou hero for j John Cassidy ?' [ he demanded : '\\ hat is it to jou, Paul Bates?' ho an--weied, wiih a -ncer. 'The wooilb areas much mine as >oui- —this j)artieular blretch ot w ood-, pos-ibly more miuo than youi.-. I walk where I ianc> and fetop wheio 1 choose" ' But yn\ ha\c no right to choose to s.top and play the ca\e&-droppcr upon me' ' ' Ivncs chopper !" S'ouhc !' ( v >uick as the lightning stroke, Paul -pi ang u[iou him, and C'a&sidy wa.s proatiate upon the ground. Onepowoiful blow hit etched him hclple.-s. Or.herblow.s would ha"\o followed, had not Mary sprung be twecn bet lo\cr and the fallen man. '(lot- up, '•ir!' .-ai<) Paul sternly, 'and Icaxo u-. You owe your safety iiom the chastisement you deseue to this lady, not to any pity or forbearance ot mine,' John I'a^uh rose to his teet and gave the two one look. It was such a look as Lueiku might ha\e iuuled at the angels who ovpcllod him iiom heaven. it was a look in which there was. baffled hate and revenge combined. It was a danooioiift look. ' llaik \t\ Paul Hates,' .said lie .slowly, as 1 hough he was. weighing ouch woid, 'I am no match ioi you m an encounter of bin to hticngth, but you .shall pay for this blow, and dearly. ThLs year, next year or twenty years hence, 1 will make you repent it, and more. I w ill make you regicb that you over stepped between mo and my desiiesin any way. As for the 'lady' an you ehooac to term her, on your arm, let her — but 1 will not threaten a, woman. She will know me better hereafter.' And ho plunged into the darkness and was lost to their sight. Mary and Paul left the scene a moincn ) after, sad and thoughtful. Paul know that he had made a mortal enemy of the most powerful man in the a icinity — Mary knew that the enemy of her lover held a mortgage upon her father 1 h home. John C'ashidy went into his oHice, ami unlocking Iho safe, took from it a written, document, which he looked af. lovingly. 'If all else failb, this will bring- her to me/ ho mutters to himself. ' She will never permit nor father to bo turned into tfta road lo beg their broad. I can bide my time. I have Elsey Farm when I choose to take it — I will have the rarest treasure on. ib.' (To be Continual.)