LORD OF HtIMSELF.
A N2O VEL. 
FRANCIS II, UNDERWOOD.
"This man is freed from servile bands
Of lope to rise or fear to fall,
Lord of himtself, though not of latnd%
And having nothing, yet bath all."
SRt H.tNRRY \VWono
BOSTON: 
LEE' AND  SIIEPARD, PUBISIERS.
NEW YORK:
LEE, SHEPARD AND) DILIA NG-FAM,
1874.




Entered, according to Act of Congxsss, in the year 1874,
1WY FRANCIS If. UNDERWOOD,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washhigfton.
Ettrsotyped at the Boston Sterotype Foundry,
No. 19 Spring lAne.




TO MY WI FE
ltbske 4it(1rt0 of sifc i't ler gttibe gtatte
ARKZ
AF PECTIONAThLY DEDICATED.








A PREiFACE for which any necessity exists is always an afterthouglht. A  novel should ordinarily explain itself, and there
should be no occasion for the author to come to the footlights;
otherwise the reader in search of entertainment might fear it was
only a sermonn in disguise to which he was invited.  But after
conversing with a gentleman who hlad read the early sheets of this
story, the author felt that a few words might be needed to give a
clearer idea of the actions and the motives of its ideal characters.
The reader will pleaset to remember that during the last thirty
yeats, great social as w'ell as political changes have taken ptace.
Since the fabrtic of slavery was consumed in the flames of civil
war, the whole course of thinking and action in this country has
taken a new direction.  It has required no little efliort on tlhe
lart of the author to free himself fiom later impressions, and to
present a faithftul picture of life and manners as they were at that
tinme, which now appears so remote.  In the lifetime of a generation, the world's dial seems to have moved centuries.  What are
familiar truths now were then subljects of earnest controversy.
The social system of the slave states apleared strong in itself,
alnd doubly so, protected as it was by local governmlents and by
constitutional bulwarks. The upheaval was as unexplected, and
has tproved as tremendous in its eflfects, as the revolution of'89.
It would have been easy (after the event) to have given to some
person of thle drama, a spirit of prophecy, but that would lhave
been untrue to history.  It would lhave been equally false to have
attributed to any character a conception of the absolute right, or
a sulperiority to the ideas of caste.  This consideration s.hould
temper the disa)ppointment that may be felt at seeing menir and
women, naturally just and generous, accepting the lower positiont,
stopping short of the d(emandls of enlightened conscience, and exhibiting themselves as the slaves of an unreasoning prejudice.
Judging frlom the comments of the friend referred to, it would
seem that few people here are able to understand the true condlition of southern society as it was, or to perceive that the thoughts




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and feelings of even the noblest southerlners might be so tinged'with inherited and all-pervading notions concerning the inferior
race as to make them  now appear less kindly and considerate
tlan they really were.
The reader who (loes understand what influences mIoulded
southern men and women will  not expect the novelist to p)aint an
unplrejutliced hero.  Such a person would 1)e as anachronistic as
an ideal advocate of liberty of conscience in I630 in Boston.
The freedom of intercourse between yountg  people which prevails in the northern states has never been known in Kentucky.
Yountg  adies in the rural districts do not, as a rule, receive calls
except in the presence of their elders. Thie prevailillng tone of
address is stately and deferential, recalling the manners of " chivalrou.s"  times. For the least indiscretion, real or fancied, or
for any presumption on the part of a suitor, the rifle in the hands
of a fathler or brother is the ready anttd efficient rebuke.  A love
scene such as is depicted in the highly colordd novels now fashionable, would be implossible in any decorous household.  E]very
woman is taught reserve friom the time of plinafores; every man
is taught discretion and self-control )y a prevalent sentiment no
less than by stern examl)les.
Time and d(istance, while they give picturesqlueness to scenes
and characters, are likely to blur their clear outlines; and it is possible that in attemptingl to recall early impressions, something of
their original vividness has been lost. lBut it is more to thle Purpose to portray human life in its essential qualities than to attempt
an over-nice (delineation of leculiarities of speech and manner.
It is not an unfamiliar, and certainly not an unfriendly hand
that has made these sketches. The story, as a whole, is purely
a fiction, )but every onel of its intcidents hlas its foundation and
parallel in actual events.  " Aunt Phillis," whose uncouth spchclt
may try the reader's patience, is a )ortrait. Two or thlree other
personages are also drawn from life.
Trustint  that the realder will believe that this is a novel, and
not a series of essa;s, and hoping that the threads of the story
may bear the wei-ght of the slight disculssionl that appears )proper
to illustrate it, the author commits his wNvork to thie judgmnllt ot
the p)ublic.
B.ot)ro5, May x, xS74.




CONTENTS.
CfAPTKR                                             PAGU
1. Tlul Rjussm,,s O1  ff'CIi KNOI...            9
II. AN OrLD-FASOND I oxs-I-UNT....       26
IlI. Tl,: Im hIEROO TINKS LAW NOT AIlWAYS TIlE PIE)RFXiCTION OF REASSON.O.                   38
IV. TlHiE:1 ]Ijit MEIlITNG; AT PAPAW CREEK..  48
V. A IOAN AND A  llCTURE 1..                    68
VI. Poor \tITIrrJs''rts..AS...'80
VII., TIHE PItVRREIPONTS GIVE A PARTY'..  92
VIII. MILLXY ESCAPE:S Bl.ING SOLD)..... 11 2
IX. VISIONS...                   12S
X. Aliss SIIELItBURNES'S POLICY..  38
XI. Tin}m CooIx;  OF TlI I)OVE...  151
XII. Toswn GOSSIpv.. I64
XllI. THE. II.ROClINES RIDE.S OUT', AN)) WALKS HIXo,    173
XIVT. SPIE.S oUT..1.. I84
XV. JolE IIEAI)Y,'S TREAT...          I96
XVI. A ROMANTIC E'LOPE-Flr T....    o 209
XVII. A Mmr:nY CHRmtISTMAS..                       221
V III. UNCLE, RALP's  VIEWS.....   239
XIX. AUNT PIILLIS UPON I1,Aw. —- A PAR'lx....... RIIK,: I'ACTICE.: — IRETROS1PC1ION S6.  ~ 259
XX. A SKIRmISI,  AND) A SURllPRISE.. 276
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Cf A P TER                                         PAUGR
XXI. T' HOIU: IhoUSES OF MOURNINGT..   294
XXII. A\N AitrEST r   ANI,)D  SUcGEs'rIOx... 306
XXIII. SOLD AT AUCTION..                         317
XXIV. DI)vOTED TO'I'E:ORIZING....          330
XXV. I,I'r'rTS I...s.                            342
XXVI. A  n\VxTrxss CHANGCEiS iIS TEJSTIJMOXN'.. ~  354
XXVII. ANToEri}t MOVE: IN TE.:c GAMxE,. 370
XXVIII.'ArmER ANxD DAUGIITER..  383
XXIX. CONVMA1L ESC:,NCE. E             397
XXX. GOOD ANDX ],VIXI COME UNSOUGItT             411
XXXI,. TRUTH STRANGERt THIAN FICTION 1.           429
XXXII. A YoUNG,LADY'S D)IARY...       445
XXXIII.'THE D l)AtRx' COnMES TO A PAUSEI..     459
XXXIV. UNDER wIICHi KING?....  476
XXXV. NFMws FROM ABROAD..,.                490
XXXVI. FINAL'Ar. BLXLAUX...                     504




LORD  0 OF   Il-lSE11...i.
CIHAPTER I.
t'HIE IRUSSELLS OF BEECII KNOLL.
I]FlIIECI KNOLL, in Barry County, Kenttucky,,was the
residence of the Russells, an ancient Virginia family
that lhad migrate(d in early times, and hlad obtained possession of a large tract of fertile land.  The house stood
on an elevation among native trees, mostly beeclhes, and
commanded t fine southtward view of meadow, field, and
woodland, with glimpses of the river that loitcred in the
bends undter the shade of giant sycamores, or ran br awling over the shelves of limestone in its winding' courso
through the valley.  Fifty years before, the original proprietor wvas almost literally monarich of all he surveyed.
It was almost a d ay's ride to visit all the various parts of
the estate.  The stables, stacks, ricks, fodder yards, andt
negro  hotlses then forItme a large andl poputloils settlement
thlat clustered around thle springs on thte eastern slope of
thile Knoll.
The family mansion was originally a simp)le structure,
witht wings and broad verandas.  In the next generation,
the alterations made for Isham Rtussell  in the wtest vwintg,
gave the buildings an irregullar, but, perhaps, more IiCturesque, appearance. Immense masses of climlbing roses




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covered tlie eastert  windows, and vines hung like fiesh
tapestries oni each side of the ample porch.  In the carriage-hotuse was the old IEnglish chariot, once gay with
satin linings, and trimmings of silver.  Blooded horses,
with glossy coats and interminable pedigrees, frisked in
the stable  yards, or cantered over tle bill l)astures:
"profligate creatures "     that   have  eaten up) many  a
southern plantation.  In the lall vwere the family portraits, wlvose pictulred wigs, brocades, jewels, andt lace
attested and justified the family >ride.  But all this vwas,
in tihe olden time.  A change had come.  At the periodt
of our story the house vwas occupied by iMrs. 3Mildrce
Rtussell, wvidow of the late Randolph Russell, and her only
sont, Beauchanmp.  In the western wing there were wilndows without glass, and only a p)ortionl of it was habitable.
The veranda wvas borne (down in places by tlte weight of
thel old rose bushes, and thie wvalls had lost nearly every
trace of paint.  The log- ho1uses in the negro quarter were
deserted and ruit1nos.  Thce stables had lost rmost of their
tenants; a coupjle of cows and two rather aged, but still
serviceable, horses were the only beasts to be seen around
the masses of fodder and straw.  The working force consisted of an ancient negro, Scipio, his wife, Phillis, and
their granddatughrter, Sylvia.   These were al1 that remained of thto once numerous family of blacks, -  and
Sylvia was not the property of the Russells, but of 3Mrs.
Russell's brother,.. — but they were enoughl to cultivate
tie few fields that were left.
Thte late proprietor, Ra3aldolph Russell, had cottme iiito
l)ossessioil of about a fourth of his fitlher's estate.  The
l)ersonal property, and most of the latends, had been sold
to pay the racing  and gambling debts of his brothters, and
to satisfy a judtgment il favor of L:Mr. Wyndliam, who
lived ntot many miles distant.  A Dutchlman had becoime




7IH, Ri'SW'X ELLS OF7  1'E1? CIt KtCNOLL..
the oml ncr of a tract that contained the best corn lam(ls,
and hlad buitilt a moden brick liose over against the old
manDsioln of Beech Knoll.  The southernmost tract had
been boutght by Ralph Beancebamp, an eccentric bachelor
brether of Ml'rs. IRusell, who lived the life of a recluse
in a lihouse ihe had built on the river bluff:  The plantation of sup;gar maples near by had given the place the
name of AMatple Grove.
Elven these sacrifices had not been sufficient.  To
satisfy the insatiable WVfyndham, money had been raised
by a mortgagre on the home lands of Beech Knoll.  Ran-.
dolphl Russell had preserved  his dignity and prile, but not
muvich more.  Tired, at length, of wrestling' with debt, and
with the Wyndhanm lawvsuits t:hat had lasted for so many
tyearns, he had given utI tlhe unequal contest and his life
tocthelr, atltd was buried in the g rdcen arong the myrtles,:lnder the g-reat catalpa tree.  Ile was a man of genial
temper and exemplary life, but not equal to his father in
talent for managin0g, and the burden was too great for
Airs. Rlussell had never signed the mort-gage  deeds of
the iorne lands, and her dower rights were intlact  liter
sonll, Beauchamp, was now txwenty-two, heir to a family
fcud, to paternal debts, and intfinit  troubles.  Ie  had
been tolerably educated at an institution thaflt was a college in lame, and an ordinary high school in fact.  lie
ihad never caarned a dollar in his life, and (lid not know
hlow to putt his abilities to any practical utse.  liTe mighlt
not have been too proud to work, if lie had known how.
I [c had sometimes followed the plotugh for a morning, but
the ancient Scipi lhad alwxays intdignantly objected to
young massa's demeanin' his-self;"' and probably the
little lie could earn int ploughing wotuld not ltave greatly
affected the general recsult.  Indeed, a more helpless




Ig          Z-f~LORD  OI' IIZIJJSZ5L
being than a youth of one and twenty, the descendarntt
tof a good family ill Kentucky in reduced circumstanes,
it would be 1di11icult to find.  lTe is not thoroughly clucated, and therefore cannot teach school.  Mxoreover, the
practical YankI-Xees, and their descendants, have furnished
mrost of the teachers, and made the profession unpopular.
Trading is lmonllopolized by tlhe common peol)le who tave
no grandfathers, and by Jews who have almost too many.'i'te Virginian of cavalier blood cannot trafnic,  ieo might
follow a pIrofession, if le could find the meanras to live
whiile stludying.
If ever a youth had excuses for his indolent mlode of
life it was 3Beauchamp Russell.  I1o was a universal
fatvorite.  As lie wvas very handsome and very aflectionate, his mother naturally adored him.  As his features
and bearitng reclled his grandfather, the famous Squire'Madison lRussell, the negro servants believed lie lwas destined to restore the ancient glory of the family, and worshipped hlit  aCcordingly.  They toiled for hlim, defentded
hint by wor(l and blow, anld Nwould have robbed for him
if they could.  lBut the ploughls and hoes were too fcw,
the fields were narrow, and the soil needed nourislment
and stimulus.  The cfilrts of the small force scarcely
yielded more than the necessary food for the famtily.
AMaster Beauclltamp was fain to bo content withl at suit of
holmeQspun jean of butternut color for ordinary wear, and
one of'" store " cloth for Sundays, and for cIlction and
county court days.  The cloth suiit vwas mtuch worn and
unlfashionat:le, butt it was, like the knight's coat of arms,
a blad(ge of respectability.,  Mounted on his horse, a ilandsome l)east, though nearly as old as his master, he was a
sighltly person no matter whtat lte wore,  lie was six feet
and two inchles inl height, as straight as a young poplar,
with thle hlead of Antinous and the limbs of a vwrestler,




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anld no sat ]his horse with an easy grace that you vwill not
match until you look at the figures on the sculptured
frieze of the Parthenon.
To say that Beauchamtp Russell was a universal favorito
but faintly expresses the fact.  All faces looked kindly at
him.  The old1 men who rement bered his father and grandfathellr, and knew how they had been entangld in the
snares of thle detested Wyndhams, father and son, could
not repress their symnpathy.  Tley "allowetd"  that he
had had a "lmighty hard chance; " but that such a
"likely " young man would some time (they didn't know
htow) " conic to hlis rights," and be1 master of a restored
and more splendid Beech Knoll.  In all gatherings of
the young people he ewas a natural leader.  Thie best
jumi)cr, the best rifle shot, the most daring fox-hulllter,
the liveliest at mnerry-makings, the kindest neighbor to
the sick and thle poor, and the most gallant squire that
ever tendered homage to a ladyt, -how could lie 1)6 other
than lie vwas, the most admired and beloved of all thl
young men in tihe county?  With all his splendid beauty,
and his natural poweor and grace, hle had not a trace  of
va-nity, and was as unmoved by the silent or the spoklen
flattery of mothers and daughters as the rock is by the
flower leaves that fall upon it.  Such a clear, sweet, sunshiny soul, it was a pity it vwas born to such a heritage I
The memory of former wealth and grandeur only made
the present poverty more bitter.  Even the slender support on which 1lt    depended would  be taken away in case
htis mother should die,  For wvith her death iher widow's
tenancy would end, and his title to the last remnaining
lands would be lost by foreclosure of the mortgaoge   his
father gave.  Tile moltgage wvas given to his mother's
brotlher, but the young man (lid  not place any dependence
aupon that.




1]4             LORD  01' IHZMSLP7~fI'
It would be only proper to introduce to our readers theo
widow R1s2tsell, but tihe beginning of our story takes us
rattlheri to the servants' qtarte'S.'1 Uncle " Scipio and
Aunlt" Phillis oc cupied a ptart of a log  house in the
rear of thle ftnmily mansion, the remainder of which servcd
tbr the kitchen.  To begin with, dear young people, banish the ideas of thick lips, coarse and greasy skin, and
splay feet, when you think of Aunt Phillis.  True, shie
was a slave; she could neither read nor write, and hcr,s~peech was broken and indistinct, like that of a savage;
but hter features were delicate, her voice was soft and
musical, antit her hands and feet were as small as those of
the fairest dame of her age.  Aunt Phillis was a native
of Afiica, and was believed to have been bornt a princess.
Sihe wvas stolen away in her childhood, while playing ot
a river bank, and was sold in Cuba to a New Orleans
trader, friom  whom the old Squire Ma;dison Ruussell had
bought her.  1ter mind, naturally acute, had received an
odd kind of development, and her native fetishisim  mingled with Iher acquired Christian'devotions in a rather
illogical wvay.  Charms and philters vere secretly cherished, while religious hymns and prayers were outwardly
practised.  Though she had married Scipio, a plattern of
faithltlness, as well as the blackest afd plaitnest of his
-race, siho maintained a position of calrm superiority to
all the common herd of negroes.  lIer cabin was so nteat
and1 her glance so shtarp as to nmake the mnost careless
field-hand look about for the foot-mat of cornt sIhctucks
when lhe entered tlhe door, Though she was srhort in
stature she had a queenly air, and t.here was never a  man
or woman of iter race so bold as to offer her the least
imlpcrtinetce or disrespect.
It was in carly October, aptd the cool air swayed tra1tquilly over Beech Knoll.  Not a sound was heard except




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from tle ducks gabbling about the rivulet that issued
from the spring-Ioluse, anwd the crows that were cawing
in the mwoodlands behind the house.  Aunt Phllis was
sitting by the kitchen door whvXen the full, deep voices of
the hounds alnnounced an arrival.  The d(ogs were loisterous, but their tones expressed delighlt;  and inl a momentl Beauchamp appeared at the stile in the rear, and
throwing the reins over the post, bounded lightly o\ver
into the yard.  lHis face was glowing with exercise, and
naturally expressed the joy of a huniter in lutck...  Ile set
down his rifle and stalked towards the kiitchenl, while
Uncle Scipio went to take care of the horse, and to bring
in the game.  Aunt Phillis smiled proudly on the handsome young man, and asked"What luck, Mass' Beechum?  Ah, I knows.  I sees,tte good luck in ste eyes."'
"  ell, aunty, we haven't much melat in the smokehouse, and I was bound to bring home somethitng to
eat. "
"Massa, ste earf is sto Lord's, an' ste fiillness stereof,
an' ste cattle on a stoutsand hills; an' shoar stC squirrels
an~' ste birds are for you and ste missus."
Yes, amity, they arc mine as long as I lhave a good
rifle, and can draw a bead oil a squirrel's hea d in the top
of a tree.  But, Seipio, lhave you counted the gname? "
"Well, massa, not bezactly.  Dere's two, tree dozen
squtirls, and dere's do pltasants, and de quails.  Well,
dere's'nough, anyhow, and dcy's all shot troo de head."
I recekon so,"  saaid Beauchalmp.  " AS if I cver sthot
a squirrel in any part but the hlcadl 
Aunt Phillis here went into the kitchenl to look after
her work, and as she was busying' lherself inl preparations
fbr supper she sang fsramalents of a pml)l.  In this site
adhllered to the i-manneltr ibllowed in rural cllurches, first




.1~             A~se) LORD  OlF IIIAJSELP.:
repe'ting' a line, and then singing it. It seemd as if shio
wtas representing two characters, one of them  " lining
out" the words, and the other responding in song.  It
waIs somethling like t1is ---
Repeating - " Ste Lord into lhe scarden come."
k. <SYL-         _Y _1i,     0 _ 
Sto  Lord in- to  hoe   scardien como.
Repeatitg -- " Ste spicy yiel ste sweet perfume."
Singing - AIelody as before.
The remaining lines of the stanza were generally omitted, except on great occasions, when thley wero given
with a melody improvised to suit the circumstances.
Butt the two lines abovo would sometimles be repeated as
long as it took her to get a meal ready.  In fact, tho
melody wvas apt to become monotonous.
Sometlitng mysterious in her looks, as she went in, attracted Bleauchamp's notice; and while Scipio Went to
put up the horse, the yo1ung master lingered at the kitchen
doolr.  The granddaughter, Sylvia, was engaged in setting the supper table in the house, - the " big house
the negroes called it by way of distinction, -- so that no
)ecrson was in hearing.
M"[ass' Beechlum," said tfe  old  voman, fixing her
small, black, beady eyes upon him, "you'nmembers ol'
Aunt iMilly? "
I Right well I do," was the reply.  "She's free, and
in Indiana."
"Yes, Mlass' Beechum, she was froe, but dey's done
cotch her and 8ste chillen."
" No, aunt.y, that can't be.  Uncle Isham, before he




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(lied, gave her free papers for herself and all her chibl
drtlen and bought her a p)lace to live on over the river."
" \Tell, nlov' mind;  sty got her."
"Do you mean she has been ]kidnapped?" 
"Kidnap?  Yes, rmassa, steal tup to ste house night
time.  Stey hlaull'ea out o' bed, and fottch'eml ober Ste
riber.  HIlde'em at Flccemistcr's in ol' stable by stackyard.  Geon' to sell'cn.  Ste WTyndhams  not done paid
Up yit.  Ste horses, ste mniules, sto corn, an' hogs, and
ste ol' farm all gone, an' now stey want our b)lood,"
"They can't scll free people, aunty.  The law won't
allow it."
" Ste law I " exclaimed Aunt Phillis, in a fine disdain.
"Ste law only ol' blanket; cover good man an' bad man.
Sto law like you gun; you lhave hil, you shoot me; I
have him, I shoot you.  Ste law eat up ste Mass' Randolph, eat up M:ass' Isham, an' young Maass' Thomas.
Keep'way, lhoney I ste law cat you too."
"X W~ell, aunt.y, I am hun)llgry enough to turn round and
cat the law myself.  Just broil me a bird, -  won't you?
I'll see wlat  cant be done for Aunt Atilly.  Above all
things be cautious, and hold your tongue."
Aunt Phillis smiled half scornfiully at the idea that she
needed any caution on that score, and commenced plucking a quail, in her swift  and dexterous way, like her
i' neat-lhandedt " namesake.
Beauclhamp sauntered around the yard, reflectilng- upon
the news hle had heard.   Aunt iMilly, as the reader htas
seen, lad been emancipated by her former master, Ishlarm
Russell, Beatuchamp's uncle, before his death.  I[er children were nearly white, while she was a rather dark mulatto, but with extremely regular Caucasian features.
B3eauchamp regarded her as a sort of foster-mothe'r.
Her children had been his pfayfellows, and he could
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lardlly ltave been fonder of them, during his boyhood, if
they had been of his own blood.  Then lhe thought of
hler caprice in naming her children.  Pe1rhaps she \as
ambitious for them    for it had not escaped notice that
they bore thle Clhristiafl  names of prominent people in the
county.  H:is tlhronging suspicions catntle into a circle,
land whirled hit  into,a vortex untitl he was dizzy.
Wyell, whatever the case may  -ave been, lie was glad
his uncle Ishtam haid been thotlughtfil  for this " black but
conmely' "woman, and her singularly handsome brood,
and had p)laced them far away froml painfiu recollections;
from censorious eyes; from pharisaical )ride; — and the
other kind, if there i's onte;.. —..from  tasks and bondage,
and fioml the attuction-blIock.
Then lie recalled to mind that the property of his uncle
Isham, to which his faither succceded, had been the chief
means of his f;ther's ruin.  For the reader should know
that one of the Wyndham lawsuits begfan with Islham
Russell.  The battle ralged some years before Ishani
gained a tardly and costly victory.  When le died, lie
told his brother Randolpht that ie did not owe antuy one,
and tlat there wvas not a single matter of business unsettled.  The incautious 1Ranndolpht I le became administrator, and was the sole surviving' heir.  Ills trust wvas
fatal to hlilm. Neglecting to tmake inventories and returns
to the county court ---- and why should lie make them, he
thourlght, when- there were no debts to pay, amd he wras
sole heir? -- lte thereby made himself liable personally for
any claim that  igt igh  t)e brought against the estate.
Ishani's lawyer dying' about the same time, the ~Wyndhams, under a pretenco  of newly-discovered evidence,
filed a bill in chancery against the too-confiding Randolpll, got the old case re-opened, ald after a numtlber of
years, William Wyndham; the survivor, obtained a judg'



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ment for a very large sunm,  The sacrifices that htad been
tmade to satisfy the judgment htave already been told to
rthe reader, and it wtas not satisfied yet.
13eauchamplt   could not understand, however, by whlat
law or righltt Aunt hilly and hler children could be re-enslaved.  Hfis feelings and his retason alike rebelled against
this monstrouts abuse of power. The tlhought of his old
"black  lammlty   tat Court; H[ouse Square, rolling her
large, mourniful eyes upon her pretty daugtltces, and lher
han1dsome1 Sons, his former pl''    ayfcllows, as they stood
shivering before the scrutiny of purchasers and idlers I!le could not bear it..  It should not be I
A silvery voice calling his namet interrupted his medlitations.   leo turnte( and  ansswered " Yes, mother, l'm
comling," and strode across tile green plat, thlroughl tlhe
rear door, into the house.
Thle broiled quails and frice squirrel-s, smoking on the
table, gave a pleasant savor, as hle opened'the door, and
the claims of al)letito thrust aside, for the time, tile evil
news.  Sylvia stood at the table with unobtrusive attcntion, her round, good-humored face, smooth and brown as a
filbert, set off by the white kerchlief that confilned ler thlickC
and close curls.  Mirs. Ruissell was pouring the coflee as
]her son entered.  The color cameo faintly to lier cheeks
as lie saluted hler; and if it had not bemit for her suit of
inourning', and the plain wlite calp, the closest observer
wourld  hlave been puzzledt to guess  the relation between
this stalwart and muscular youth and tlt  delicate and
placitld womanl'.  Her frame was slight, anid hler staturoe
below  tIhe mediurn sizet   and as ]her hair was glossy
brown, her face without a wriunkle, and her eyes softtly
brilliant like a girl's, it was (dilicult to imaginxe  lter the
mother of a youngl man of such heroic mould.
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feeding. We cant only hint at the suppt)er to which Beau.
champ sat downt-the delicately-browned "corn-pones,"
the sweet potatoes (roasted in the tashes), the clear white
hominyt, and the fr'agrant coflbt  pouiredt from a silver pot,
last relic of the old days of s)lendor.  These, Nwith the
quails and squirrcls, made a solid and attractive repast,
and our hero indulged himself to a degree that wvould
have shocked the sensitive Poet of the B3reakfast Table.
"My dear little motlher,  said the young' man at
length, as ihe moved back from the table, "  won't you
let Sylvia go to the kitchen and eat her supper?  She
can just take off the dishes now,  and come and clear up
the table aftecrards.'"
Sylvia readily understood the htint, and took away the
platters, leaving' mother and son togoetler.
"Mother," said lie, "w lat is this I hear about old
Aunt 3Milly?  Phillis says the Wyndhlams lave  l:tad her
hidtnapped, and are going to sell her and the children."
"I was afrtaid you'd hear of it, Beatuchamp,* and be
getting' yourself into trouble all for no good.  I'm sorry
for Nilly --- very sorry."
"I'm sorry, motlher, and mad, too.  At her time of
life, to be put up again for sale like a horse —. and all
Iler children I  It's hard for her.  And it's so unreasonable, so against justice I  Why, she's free; and what
law have they got for it, anyhow?'"
0", Beatuchamp, don't ask what law there is for anything.  The law has ruined all the Russells, and it vwill
not be on our side, nor a help to any of our fieed negroes. "
" Well, my dclar little mother, I'm just going to )It
a stop to this.  t-illy has her free papers, and no judtge
* The name was always pronounced Beecham.




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can go behind them.  If tloe AVyndhlams have her tshut
up, they've only stolen h]er, and they expect to get a deCcree to sell her and the children, and so mlake thle stealing right afterwards.  Anybody that finds them can let
them run now, and whistle at the Wyndhlams and the
law."
": Beauchlamp, don't talk so I " said his mother, with
sudden energy.  "We have no money to fee lawyers,
and our own troubles are cnough.  You'll only make
yourself liable in sonme way.  We 1have few fiicends
enough now, and what will yot do when you are pointed
at as an abolitionist? "
An abolitionist I  VWhy, I shall whip the man that
says so.  I'm no abolitionist.  I stantd up for my state
against the Nortlerners, as my father and grandfather
did. But Alilly is free."
"' 0, they'll have some way to twist the law into a
noose for her; and you are so rash, — so brave, I know,
but so rasbh, - I know you will get into difficulty. These
pcopoe would be only too glad to see you in the wrong,
and get the advantage  of you."
"Don't feart, mother;  I shall take good care."
"Why, Beauchalmp, that Steve'Wyndham, William's
nephow, -— do you remember how lie shot Graves in the
street, in daylight, at Cl1earfield, just for electioneering
against his uncle?  Ito and his troop are ritding about
with rifles and revolvers; and if you interfered, and Mr.
Wyndhamt  gave the wor', they wouldn't mind shooting
you, moroe than if you\l  re a crow. Now, my dear, dear
boy, I am as hurt for poor MIilly, your kind old black
mammny, as you are, but you can't htelp hert; and if anything happens to you, I pray God that I may (ie at t.he
saltie hloutr.
"Don't take on so, mother; l'm not goilg to get shot.




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And before I do anytiling, I shall titalk with uncle Ralph.
ite knows the law as well as the judge, and his lhead is
as long as a hlorse's."
The widow appeared to be comforted, and, after a few
repleated warnings, changed thle subject.
" I was wondering, Beaucham)p, that you lhave not
been down to Papaw Creek.  The big meetinlg hlas been
going on for some days.  You haven't been to any meeting for many a week.  Brotlher Grimes is to preachl next
S unday."
" No, motiher.,    y cloth coat isn't very new, and I
can't wear a jean suit in suclh a crowd; my boots are
patched; the bridle-rein has been mended too many
times; the saddle is rusty; and old iMack, though he
walks fairly, has no other gait now.  We are quite ol0d
and out of sty-le, Mack and I.  We won't do for tel girls
of Papaw Creek."
"' Beauclhaimnp, don't makle fun.  I know your coat is
not as handsome as'it was, and that M[Aack is rather slow.
But I'd like to lkl(now wiho makes a better figure, horseback,.flthan my son?'
"That's because you are my: mother.  But all the
young men and girls know.  They see the shiny seams,
and the frayed edges, and trhe rusty leather; and1 their
young horses go bounding away fr'm poor old Mlack.
Voe lhaven't anly chance, Aack and I."
Thlere was a current of bitterness under this banter
that pained Mrs. Russell, and yet left her with no wvay
to reply.  But shle had a motive, hlardly contfssed to lherself, and she continued.
"D )itd you klow thtat Miss Shelburne, thte pretty niece
of Squire Hamilton, was down here on a visit??"
0", mother!  And she's to be at the big- meeting I
Xt'. hard; but there's no use.  I can't  ake tany show




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before her.  She is all heiress, you know, and every
young man about here, let alone her own coulty, is running mad after her.  No, I can't go to Papaw Creek.
She's lovely, and lively too.!But I'll try to think iher a
fool, as uncle  Ralph says every woman is (except you,
my dear little mother), and we will stay at home together."
"But I can't bear to see you so downcast.  You
should think yourself as good as the best."
" So I do, mother; but until there is a turn, -anid I
hiave a good horse, and a new suit, and enough money
to make ne feel like a man, I'd rather keep in the backgroulnd.  In the woods, my jean suit is as good as a
king's.  When we conme to our own, I'll try to please
my good little mother, and myself too. Miss Shelburne's
very vwell; but there are just as many pretty young
does every year in the Knobs, for all the hunters are
carrying therm off."
" But there are new hunters coming on, too.  They all
have thltir chance, but it does not last aalways."
"Ah, mother, you're a scllemer, I see.  Werll I'll try
to brush up and go to the big mneeting, to please you.
IBut I shall only be slighted, mortified, and come back
ready to hate women as hard as uncle Ralph does."
At tlils 11moment the loud voices of the lhounds were
heard, and B1eauchamrp went to the porchl.  Mr. Arthur
tloward Nwas the visitorl — a man of nortlhern birth, who
was a -stchoolm00 aster, alnd a student of law.  JIe dismounted firmly antd hitchecd his horse, though in a carcful way that shlowed lie had not been accustomed to
horseback riding fi'om his youth.  Iteo was of good statture, though not so tall as many young menl in Kentucky.
l:e looked like a student, while at the same time he he was
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this story is that of an observer, any more particular dcscription is unnecessary.  I[e walked up to the porch in
his usual mcasured pace, but with a cheery look and a
pleasant word.,
" Glad to see you," said Beauchamlp, with a voice of
hearty welcolne.
" I needn't ask you if you are well," said M.[r. HIoward.
"You are always well, and with life enough for half a
dozen.  I may as well tell my errand at once, for there
is no time to be lost.  The boys have made up a foxhunt for to-night, and I have come to ask yotu to join, as
you are tlhe most qmiliar with the country, and know so
well how to mar.ago the hlounds.  The moon is right,.
and the air not too chilly."
l" But I haven't a horse."
"' A, we know.  B3tt Davis wxants you to ride his:mare, Sycorax; so you'll easily keep the lead.  You
can ride Nwith me to the ford, antd leave your horse witth
thle Mc Kinleys until Davis comes along."' I've jiust been out shooting, but am rnot much tircd.
It is the old set, I suppose?"
Yes, wvith one addition, my predecessor in the school."
"What!  Hiarrison Adams?"
"Yes.  l]:e's a tolerably good fellow, if lhe is a litt1e
silent.  Beiing a Hoosier, he hasn't got into our wrays
yet —ryoullr ways, I  1mean, for I always forget I'n a
Yankee. "
"Ya nkee by birth; but we never think of you, IHoward, as a stranger."
"  ou flatter mIn. You will sec. When I have my hat
knocked off by the branches, my face scratched by the
briers, and my carcass falls one side of the fence wh]ilo
my horse leaps over to the other, yotu will see whether I
am more Keltutcki;an than Yankee."




T7UEi  RUSSE-LLS OlF ]BE3EC1I KiNOLL~1.    25
" 1i0e) you'll have better luck; thlough uncle Ralph's
tinbcle is pl)retty btard to:get througl', — so imay fitlien
trees, and so mttuch wild brush.  B3ut can the Hoosier
ride?  "
"Like a jttumping-jack.  Int fact, I think his father was
a contaur, and that lie was born horseback.  No, B3,eauchatmp, you. can't play any tricks wvith him, at least in
that way."
B3eauchamp smiled and called to Scipio to saddle his
horse, then went into the house to speak to his mother.
After listening to mainy cautions lhe canme out to the stileblock, an1d was at length mountcd.  Scipio ducked his
grizzled head, and hloped "young ma ss,  would be carefuil ob good ol' IMaC]k."
3Beauclmamp told Scipio of the chan ge  e  was to make,
and that lhe would ride MIr. Davis's mare Sycorax.
l")e dcbil's grandma I " exclaimctd Scipio.  "Now
she t'row you, Mlass' Becchum, or she kick you, or shft
bite yout, shear."
I'll look0 out for her," said leatuchalmp, grayly. "Now,
dogs I" 1 and be gave a shrill whistle.  " Now, Plutarch,
Sencct I P)lato I Venus I N}iobe I Sal)ph)o I t"
The dogs gave a comtplimentary howl at the invitation,
cach on a (difircent pitch, put up their noses and tails, and
bounded towards, the riders.
B" 3y the  way," said HIoward, " I see your dogs all
Ihave classical names."
"Yes, it was a fancy of )my grandfiather's  and the
names have been handed down through several generations of lpups.  We fhave had represented nearly all tho
famous lpoets and historians in our pack."
" Except 2J'actt.s," saidt Ioward.




26              ILORAN) OF ZZILZSF]LII
C IJAPTE11.It iI.
AN OI,)-1fAS1I IONJ1I;) FOX —!IUN'I.
FOX-4IUNT  in Kentucky is nlot attended by the
parade and circumstanco of which we have heard
in stories of Eng'lish life. l.There areo no gay scarlet coats,
nor marvellous top)-boots, and no elaborate  preparations.
They take place f'requently iy  ight, whlten the moon is
favorable; and the lbest sport is fltnd in the woo0ds or
mnenclosed. fields, for the staked-and-ride red fences are
too hi-gh to be vaultedt over.  Several packs of well-bred
h1ountds are assembled, select-ing the most trusty, <1and
tllose that lhave hunte(d toogetlher.  The lhunters are in
tcitr ordinary  dress, or, ratheir, in 0ol( suits to save the
better clotheI s fi'rom injury. Some wear bluckskiln lcg'ings,
and  some heavy boots; and the style of head-gear is as
chalnce or fancy i-may determine.
Foxes were plenty cnough in any direction; but, to
avoid trampling; over ploughedl fields, and getting' throull
or over fences, the llunting was generally sought in a
vast trtact of aborliginal         t frest about four miles (dlistant;.
Mtore than twelve hunldred acres of timber stretchled alongthle river,.-. now dipping into the bottom-lalnds, now covering the acclivities, and now s;tpread( over a diversifi edt
and rolling country.  in the lowvcr lands were enormous
sycamlores and poplars.  Sometilecs' a fallen trunk, six
feet throughl at the butt, and nearly a  thundred feet long,
would block the ordinary path.  Somet:intos the pendent




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eines would threaten thie horsermnain with the ftte of Abr
salomt; somctimcs t t::atgletd thliclet would p)rove inponetrable to horse or rider  sometimes a dangerous slougli
or a, deep gully w\ould compel fa long' circuit., ]Bu t }oreo
were no fences; and in mIany places there Nwas a kind of
vegetattion   h.l ardly to be called turf-. tlhat gave a secure
footintg, and the holrics could gtallop over it as over a
lracet'-course.
The hlunting party met at ttie ford nlear.lcKhiney's;
and after our friend Beauchaltm) had exchanged horses,
all set out at a rapid pace.  ThIe  ttare Sycorax wtas a
beautiful creaturo, chestnut-sorrel in color, antd with the
clean limbs,'pringy gait, fine head and ears, wlichlt denote
good blood.  There can htardly be a greater )pleas-ure fTr
an active man titan a brisk cantt r upon a, livcly,and welltraitned horse, cspecially with agreeable coimpany,  on a
smooth bridle*-path,:an-t under the clear lightt of ant October
-noon.  It is the very ecstasy of inmotion, exhilarating   to
soul and sense alike.  Beauttchamp was in his clement;
lf was as fond of a fine ]:orse as thougth tC were an A t'ab,
a Tartar, or an Apache.  Ite rode in front, and kep)t thi
d(ogs it order lby voice anld tltip.  The others followced
as thley could, -.-t Arthur 1] toward, Will Davis, I larrison
Adatlms, and half a (!dozen others.  In about half an htour
the party arrived at thlt border of the foirest.   Iere' thl
hunters d eployet   t    it d to the right ant left, their torses wvalking slowly amtongt the gigantic trees.; and all advanced
by p)artllcl lines, sontmewhat behind Beauchtampn,  }whlo led
the vway into the heart of th}e Noods.  Now and then a
youtng' olItt  got oft' upon the;sccutt of a rabbit), )ett'aying:,
his'rror by thel tortuous course he followed.  Iis, exultinpg yell) was ason  ctut short by the crack of tihe vwhip.
If the huntsmana had any dtoubt about the houitd's havitg
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the elder and more expceriencled hounds joined ill the cry.
These sagacious crelattires generally camo near when they
tceard the eager bark of anot}her do0, and swept the eartht
witht their broad and palpitating nostrils. When they perceived the scent, if it did not appear to belong to a fox
or deer, they left the premature bairker with silent contemlpt; otXherwise they liftcd their heads, and gave  no
uncertain sound.  Every pack has one or more dogs
whose superior intelligence is acknowlvIdged, iand whom
the others follow unquestioning.
lowardt and D)avis were near together, mtoving in
silence, exce)t for the crackling of the dead branches
undt r thetir horse s' feet.  Becauchaml) was in advance,
out of sig-ht, but within hearing1il0.  The (logs could bo
heard eagerly sctamlpering' here and there over the albundant leaves, and covering a wide track in their comtbineid
course.  There was an1 occasional eag er whimper firom
the dogs, sometimes a barlk, but no fresh tr ail had been
found.  All at once a yell brolke out from  half a dozen
throats, bass, teinor, and baritone vying ir cncergy, and
minngling their notes in not unmelodious concert.  the
oxpectant hunters listened for the direction which the
chase wags to take, while all wcre pressing to the centre
of interest.  But the dogs ran a very short course before
they stopped, and began barking at the foot of all cnormous poplar tree  Ilcetuclhamp saw  the situation, and
was atglry cenough.
It Why, Plutarch, you old villain I not to know a'coon
track  I  Plato I I'm ashamed of you: you're just fit to
hunt'coons0 or'possums for a party of niggers."
"What's the matter? " asked Adams, who rode up as
the hounds slunk a.tway.  " You catn't say, f Plato, tthou
rceasonest well' because  le h has started  friom  falso
premises." 




Aiar OLD-4I/SIIIOA7.I'l) IFOXJ-ZUAr7'         29
~'')Te tdorgs havo o0ly treed a'coon," said s ]eatlcltamp,
ildifierently.
"Couldln't w\e cut the t.ree townvi?   a;sked Adatms.
XYes, by sunriset?,' rpctlied ]e(:aucllttap.
i ]t's thle ci [bono you're thilkingl of, I suppose," said
"I don't hunt'coons," said BeauctlCaml), sententiously.
The other hunters camoe up. I)avis's quick eye ranl up
thIe lofty tree;  then lie tappedt the bark.
"This is a dead tree," ire saidt,' hard as a bone;c it
couldn't be chopped dowt in a dlay."
The party pressed ratther  near to Belauchamp).
"Look out for Sycorax I " lie exclaimedt,    She'll kick
if se hlas ta clat-.lnce."
All hteeded thle'1'lwarning but Adatns, who, being' a lwractised horseman, and proud of showingt all indifference to
d(angert, didt not retreat at once, an(d not until the vicious
mare h(ad dealt ]i8 own  or1 s01   a )rodigious blofw on the
side witht her lhoof. Adams hltad been sitting witht Oleg
(trawn up, andl the foot over the p)ommel of the saddle.
The hIoof struck thie s(addleC-lap, and thle accidental chango
of position saved the rider friom a brokeut legl 
I"  gave you fitir warningl," said leauchaml p.
"' What do yout ride suchl t a    1 —d  )east for? " was the
reply.
" Slhe carries fmie well enough," Saidl Beauchamp;   " andt
you mighlt lhave kep)t out of thie way of iher heels."
Adlams was full of conceit, prou~d of his superior learninsr, given to quotation of Latin comm-onpllaces, and hie
hlabitually assumed patronizing' ailrs, whicht galled Beauchlamp more than (lownrighltt incivility.
Come, no hard wlords' said  avis. t'   t's my mare,
Adfams:  we know sa)e's a tartar.  But suc1l a gait, suclh
sfpeed, such endurance I'Wlhy, A(dams, her colts havo




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the bost record in tle county; and she can't be beat
eitlher, for a sihort stretcht,  tor i:tr a long' pull.  Just givo
]lr ro00111, anld tlCere'11 be )10 trouble.1'
Well,  my )  oise is done  for for this ni [ht   said
A. damts.    N Notice }ow\ he ptuffs and gt'roatts.
P"l.'rps ttw)   e  slall  I-ave  no race,"  s aid  )alis;  " tanld
if we (o,t tand your hortse  lon't keep) 1-ti), >,ol cr int get4
lost, withi this 1t1ooin t.  ligto'ht you'.  The h'orso  ill take
)yo   out lo the t  ig road, if you give him  his hlet(tt,
Atdamttts sat;moody and Unlt pcilied;  his sell:love hl ad
received a shock, anid lie could not fiorgect thle narrow
escape of his })'rccious lego.  Titl mannetr,c f B eauchapllt -
wvas enot cGalculated to allhay tle irritation.  Bfut there vwas
no time fior mi-ore words, for just then tle liourttds, that
tlad strayed off, set utp) a cry that was lcard for miltes.
leGauc:latilm) listened eagerly.
lThere8 is  enu, Sappho, old Plato, and now Sen eca.
N(o miAstak< this time.  Ali, boy-s, what a clhorus that is 
Ill.ear tllhat 1deep 1)boomn of old Pllutarchl, htow  it sets ofT
Junllo's file cry I "
tlhe inldescribable tumullt i,icreasied, then lulled, then
became interinittentt, uiltil thle lheavy notes of tlhe trusted
olt dog's were  letard far in advance.  T'lhfy werce on tl1e
trail.   The young'er (los fotllowcd with joyfiul peals.
"Now, b)oys,"  said Bealuct aml1, "         listmen  a moment I
Thlley are g-oilg up from  thi e bottom.:[ithe fox has )eeCl
down here prowling,\ an,  d lhas gonle HI1) to thle o0ak;tlobs.
There's  soft g'routd  a(lllrat, al1 thll-e  horses  mnay l ) 
stfalled.  Take a sweep to thle riglht till you cross thre
head of t lie gully, and then;shoot awa\y  for l the htigl
g'round.  \V moo-oo-oop)e!"
Ills ]i ih1-l)itlied anIl olg)'-dlrawn Clall eeloed1 thilroutr
theC woods, eveln above tlhe voices of tile dog.-s that jamngled l
like a chime of bells ringint  a triple  bob-nt-ajor.   All




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rusled on pell-mell, clearinf  dead blranches and trunks,
sweeping' under stiff bough-ls thIat seemed to gr,,ow downwards for spite,  zor a(t  timtcs Igallop)ingf  over level places,
wheire the moonlight flickcred throught thl'e tall tree-tops.
1'. orses as \well as men fel thlie keen sport..  No nee(l of
switch or spurl. But it  was in vain thlat tlhe lunters tried
to keep together.  Beatuchamp nlatulrally led, t r Sycorax
went on like a fienid. D)avis followed closely on a no-ttled
colt.!towardl, on a stout geldingl tlhat insisted on trottini, was bump)ed and tosSCed, until lie tlhotugt  oe sltould
be shtlaken to }picts like a w\ooden toy; and in a sho rt
time lie found l   imself ta mile behind.  Adattms was not
able to keep up at all, h}is horse hatving' been hurt or
dispirited by thte kick.  Ile soon dropped into the rear,
andl then turned and endeavored to find his way out of
thle woods.
Hfoward kand the otler young, men waited,  atld  soon
w\erle  leasedl to  tear the troopl comingl  nearer; t for tho
fo5x hlad tutlred  from  tile oak lan Ids towards thle river
againll, expectingl to btaffle the dog's by dtoublingt' on m-arslly
g'roulnd.  TWhtat tt c'csccr do as tlto cry catlne over the hills I
Thto wholo party, exceptingt  Adams, wcere now together
againi, and mIoved swiftly onI tihe trail.
We caniiot recount all tlhe itcidients of the niight,.........
how  the fox puzzled the (l{gs in the wet gr1ound,   and
then pgot away up to tlle hligh lalls agtain; how 1 tow\ard
got a tumble i n jumping a gully; how  )Davis's colt ran
awray with hiim, and could 1not be g(ot Aundler control until
tlie  lllunt vwas almost lout of hetauring; thowt\ the others. explerienced tlhe usual vexatious wiitl dead litmb.t s and blr'ir
tlhi(ckets; and }ow  tlhe fx was:t   t lattst overttken, tand
torn  to pieces bef.irwe 13eauctplll  couldl gct 11ear clough
to interfre.l
I tIc called the dog's, encouragted them  wvith cheerin)g




32               LOR) L   OFD 01,' iD'II I:L;
cries, and then, turnitng to the quarter whlere lie stupposed
his compaliions wverc, gave a long, loud, and exultin_
whoo-om)-0oo-oope I
lit doin' t'lis, a'e bad carelessly dropt)ed the bridtle-rCin,
tlhat hl  mighlt lhave bott llhandls at liberty to make an extcxln1ore conch-shell of thotI.  A stout, p)rojectingl branch
caughlt the loose rein, and it snappl)l)e  just at the bit.
Sycorax had beten chafing withl impatience and on com)pullsory good behavior, andl now saw her advantage, arid
commencedl friskingi and curvetting. ]Beauchatnmp thouglht
]t  couldl reach forward tand g ct his finger int thle rinot of
the bit, so as to bringt her to a stop; burt t}le knowing
creature held lher ]head away, so tlhat lhe couldt not reach
aly partt of tlIe bridle on that s,side.  I  ttld tIlott't of
sliding off, but hle vwaited a little too long-'.  The i mare
imp)erceptibly struck  into a swifter l)ace, and whirled
amongl the trees like a mad dervishl.  In a very few min-t
iuts our hero, Beacauclhamp, the surest, bravest rider il
the county, %was  leaning forward, holdingF to mlane and
neck, witlout th e le ast atteml)t to control the nmadd(ened
creature.  LXow  blrancles raked  is lhead; long;  briers
scralped his body; his kn1ees bumped agt)taiinst tile solid
trunks.'lThis Away and thlat, kicking up and rearinglt_ alternately, followed by sud(den stooping and springitg off ob-J
liquely, a rod at a bound,. —..   rushing on like an arrow, tand
then lstopping sh}ort, -—. so tle furious, jnaro p)rocetded;
while I3eauchtamp, unable to guide or to dlismtoulit, could
only cling for life, with entire ignlorance of tie way lhe
was going, a(ndl withl the celtainty that Iris hold could not
last lon'g.
In suchl a condition, minutes are hours, and htours eterInity.  B3eaucharl nl  had not the sliohltcst idea. of time,
distance, or direction, while Ite swept like a new Alazeppal
tlhrougl thle woods. IH Ihad borne  all fthat humt nltl  uscles




AN  OJD-.-IU.StZZZONIVD  FOX4 -.ITUY'            3 o
could cll(lure, and he found himself strikinl' a bank like a
projectile  from   somie engilno, after describilt  a (dizzy
p)artbola.
The mare was soon out of sioght.  After nome minutes,
lwhen lte had recovcred firom  thle sllock, lte moved, he
ratised his hiead, ltC rose slowly to his feet.  Tlank God,
hlis )ones were'not broken. lie could wttalk, thoug'l stiflly.
\\rltere were the dlogs? and wher we tere his fiellows?..
most imtortallt of all, where  was tew?  Thlle region waqs
unfamliliar.  There twass not a soultd to boe heard.  lie p)ut
up his hands, and gave his Iong,, musical, I)enetrtatitg'
whtoolp.  No answer.  Another.  ite echloes of his voice
calte back multiplied fiom tlme hollow wood, and tlhat was
all. TIe moon anld stars showed hitim ttllceneral t lirectiont
to be taken, ant(l he begtan patiently to thread his wa'ly
ltlroug'}l the pathless wtoods. Silence, was spread like thto
air.  lIis own footstep, in leaves or brush  or ont harder
soil, w\tas absolutely the ontly sounl.   Ilte ltad walkctd
p)robtb)ly half an htour, whlle  lite saw a dark fltmn before
}{him, that finally took shipll     as, a house or stable, lor a
buttilditlt  of somte sort.  lit  came nearer.  Could it be? 
tYes, it \was thet old stable on thle Fleelnister fi'rm. t, 
was five miles away firom whlerc  lo supposed lie shtould
lavte been.  Should tie stop?  At. the stable?  Yes, perh]aps,; but not at the house; fi:r   lee-mister was the
firiend, or rather tlhe obsequious lackey, of lis life-tlont.
enemnids, thie \Vyndlttis.  dIe (Irew  near to the stable,
whlicl lite elxpectel  to find open; but thle d()0o1 was padlocked, aind the little square win-ows were nailed upt.  It
was.a building ma(de of hewn log's piled )upon oe atnolther
col )]outse-w i se..Them'Ie t' was no shelter to be lad( then, uIncless toe wvent
to t eo house; and thle alternative was to \walNk seven miles
Ilome.  lie thtought lie would try la window  ag ain.  It
3t




wats fast,t( alnd  lhe c(uld get (no purchaset ti) move it..  A.t
thlis momentt  o ]ltardt   a kitnd of low moan withtin, and,
b)rave  as lie was, the  necxpteCtc(d  sound  sent a tlhrill
t-otl'rllt very ner''ve illn hlis  body.  Ile listened inl breatlless silencec.   ilhe  soundt   slowly  grew l'      articuilate, and
formed itself in wordls.
"Who's thlere?  \lifeo troulles those that have trobt    l)les
enouglv h? "   Th'ile tone was olft of ltter sorrow,,land it
seemed strangely fatitiliar.
Who speaks?;    asked B3ealic11anl), eagerly.;S' ay yourself who you SareI:, w-as tile r1eply.
I Xam  ]3eauch-mllt  ) l:tussell," lie sai1d, inl a low  and
tender tlone.
Antd I am  your miseralble   black imanmny I  Ii'or theo
Lor d's sake,  Massa ]eeclllam, how  camt   you Ihere at midli:litt, so 11r frlom the Kn1oll?'"
"     ]tavwe b)eet htiutinlg at d h ave be.en thrownt firom  my
hlorse, and must nlow walk  ho1et; l)nt lthat is at trifle.
Ptlilis told  me you  were   here, but I 1l hardly believed, e.s; t Fte  e'l-enlisters brouIg;-lt me here,  s.tole me,
by,nig'ht out of mly hlouse, and hlave l     ct locked up here
till next corit dlay..
"1But witere  are your chtildren? "
lertr.natlm tS   ne awaty, I don't know whlere.   Sally
and ttl  l[  rttris(o    I'sptecct are somncwlertes itl tlhe   ci'ltdborl0ootd.  1,ittl   Itn anld Fanny asre  int Flecmister's ht}use.'Ifley took us all, every one, except B)erty, who  is whvere
teNy ca:lt:tl ouct  him.,
"\nd;t    you can' t gct. o(lt of 1c(re? "
"     No i; a-ll lockdt d u, -   ailcd, hI, olted. d. u)tt Xwlty dI) I
w8 iot to (fvt  lout?  I couildti't  ce t  itte c     lildrcn away, land
ht l'ttfr \haltit I care for.'it! \\yidlutianis can't  htr' t lft)ool'
11c aity) fiurde't.   it's  io mtal;lttel' wlat tlhey does to Alilly




Inowt..1lc' h8el~art is )broke, at' ther pride is broke, and in
plattce of the goottd  ord it's only tht devil reigns."
"Dn)mn't h)e downcast, Aunt Mtilly, for I'm  going to get
y'ou outt."
)on't, for God's sakle It  f you shli'd tlry to 1)pound the
lock, or to prize open thle window-shutter, thecy will hlear
you at the lhouse.  T.ntm Fleemister would just; as soon
slhoot  you as not.  1 le'd sh1oot anyhow,  n(d swear lie
shlot a thlicf ft-yinlg to boreak into htis stable.  No, BMass'
33ccchatlm; h)u quiet, honl y, and get away fromi hcer soon."
"  didn't intend to 1)break open ttis dcoor, Aunt l5illy.
I mcaIIt to say tlat i will try througl; thle court, or in
some watly, to'give you your I'h'cdom aagain. 
"Not wit:lhout mny childilen, Mllass' B3ecthanm, -...- not without thlc.  I am a worn-out ol' woTman, I  lshan't last lonl;
bttt tile chlildren,'I shie continued, \vithl a tingling', electriic
eItpltt:tsis,.-.. tlhe clhildren that Cod nmade free, eland the
master -11 made  f-cee, and the law made fiee, - tlle children,
say,,shatl hbe ftic.  Tlthey shall be ftice if I tave to lose
ly soul for'em.  No man tThtat buys'eI shall l        ive iln
peace.'There s htaltl hIe fire in his stables, Sickness in lhis
cradlle,  and death in!his kettles and milk-crocks I "'1h1e teirrible energy of t.the woman made Beauchlamp)'s
hair,stalld on Cend.  lie tried to soothe her, and assured
her tlhat lie would procure counsel,......... that lie would ilnterest ]his fiicends for lr1', f -o   thlat 2tany sacrifice }   could
miake, even till he stood pennilcss and barefoot, should
he made.
lMilly oifly moaned inarticulately.  S —oon she ccased,
and looked out thlrough th11e chlinks of thle lotfs towfards
thle  lwellitnw-llouse.
"ihere is ft tmovig' tlhre,"  site s'id, iln a whtisper.
"Start off, softly hut quick.  Keep ulnder the shiadoe   of
the tlres along  the fenice.  S.tep lightly -- btt qticl.  If
O~~~~~c lltyb,!qiclc 




36                LOA'D  OF IIZl/3'SFfP]'
Toml  gets a sigqht of you, there maty be a tity of a
rifle.'"
Beauchlainp wass no coward, but lhe was\t  unarmed, atnd
did inot believe in exposing hiumself to datli'er oir to susp)iciolt when it could (do no good.  Besides, lIe staw that
if hlis iltterview with Alilly were known, it mligtt lilinder
alny tctioln in her ibeh alf. So, promising solo to send Nword
to her, he stlarted off wvith at light  atd brisk movement.
Ile dtid n ot start any too soon.  F1trom  this safe  covert
under thle  leep shatdows  the saw  a figlure stealthily api)ro'ach the stable)l, and aftc\rwardsl examine every nook
and corner of the yard.  When at a lproper distance, Beauchampr left offi his tiptoe )'rol'ress  llt \ walked on stoutly
towatlrds thle villatge throtugh' whtichll  e must pass on htins
way to Bleech Knoll.  lie had lnot gone fiar before lie
heard a horseman behind lhim.  Tlhe rider  eithler pausied
nor spoke, nor appetaredt to see tile p)edestrian; but 3Beauttc}hamp saw in the clear moonlifjght the features,1and folr
of Adams, antld was tolerably sure tltat he h]ad come fr'om
Pleemister's house.  ltow Adamit s could h]ave gfot out on
that side of tle wvoods, lwhly lie hlad stoppedl at Fleemister's,...suchl low  )people,   and why hle had now
)passed him without recogiition, were questions thaltt Beauchamp could Jnot solve.  ]But lie puslhed on, and1 realched
thome, without fiurther incident, soIme time b1)efore daybreak.
The fattigue of the long night,  wvitl the echase, the rul111away hlorse, tile fitll, tlhe excitement of mcetin, Aunt
[iltly, ~fand the long't trx}amp on foot, \was suflicient to tax
the enduranlce   of the stronpgest; an(d Beaucl}ampl, wvien
le once got in bed, fell into a, slel) sucht as none  ut})
active inen ever 1k\now\.    -is mind in dreamt s rpeated the
advenlturies of the eveninwg.  I e lthuted tllroutgh internmimuble forests, witht uncouitted packs of hlountds.  HIe felt




AN  OLDJ —F,.iKS'1tYOjV.'IP) FOX-.ILI&.         8 7
ag ainl the sp)ringy step of Sycorax, tand w\atched her erect
andtl   nervous'ars.  Thenl hle thuldered wtith herd18 of
hlorses on a race, over vast plains, fordiing rivers, leaphing
over ravitnes, struggling up sharp slopes, and carecring
over fihlen logs..lThent the pace gTcw faster atnd ftster,
until Iris brain wh\irled, and lhe fell like a clodtt tlpon clods,
atl1d then \woke, i'celing sore in lhis fleslh and boles as
thoughI firoml an actual concumssion1.  Iec turned over and
slept agaboin.  Then hle was talking thrlough the cltinks of
the ltog hlouse iwitll his black inainny, and heard  erl, plassionate sorrow  for t hl  lot of hter boys.  As her wrathl
r0ose, 1eo could see the gleam of her eyes like a cat's.'tohto
wrctched l sttable,  with its dirty straw beddin,-g, was liglhted
1tup withlin.  A fire was under a kettle, andrt, withi hlideous
incantatitons,  Mtilly crouched over thte steaming antd appetizing mess within.   She looked up, and brusht-ed soelo
spidlers firom the old walls, and )put th}em inl the kettle.
Thar t lbri Fleemister,"' as she dlropp)ed in one after tahe
otiler, —- "alnd thlat for Wyndham, -- and tlat, and tlat "
The fire grew brighter.  It glowed like a living eye.
It slought the very seat of life, and scorche1d his soul. Hie
could not )(bear' to look, but could not turn away.  T{to
intensity of feelitg was too nuch; lhe started, and rublbed
his eyes.
Th'le morning' sunt  was shining ill tll'rollghl the uncurtaiiedtl windlow full in his face; and from below camoe up
anl odor of breakfatst tlhat to thle hIungry youth at thlat
time was sweeter tlan theo petilfun   of flowvrs, or tho
breath of' the loveliest womttan in the world.




'L 0" IORD) iOF    IIJ8L Stf'T'HLE  XIE1)IIO'tHINKIS LAW  NOT' Al,rWAYSS: T'III, PIJEth?ECTION  O17 lIttASON..   7.lll, breakfast;eauctiamp r'elate(d his adventures
to   mis mother, touclhing' upon h is mistaps withl a
ctareless levity, and inusisting  t1hat leo was N   ut slitghltly
blruised, anld not ilnjured inl tile least.   \\lie1ol he told of
hiis midnigiltt talkN witht AmuTt i \illy, site \wats greatl'y ex
cited ald apprehellnsive, and aoainl beg'ed lter dlear s1on
to lbe cautitious.
Autlt'Phlillis madte,several errands into the hlouse, but
tleauclltta  p saitl liothiting to ther, thtinkingl tltat anly w\ord
of hi}s mihrltt be mnisudllt rstood.  11e knewt, of courso,
th}at, all tlhe colored people, bond and fiee, had mteatls of
commlliult atint   with elach other, andf thtat his conversation
with 3tIilly would be soon known to tlhem, if nJot to tlm
whlitcs.   lie sent Scipio t tthet ford to b)ring lhis hlorse
}tome, and meanwhile hte walked to town, betweeon two
and three mi-les distant, to see if Sycorax had got hontro
s afe.
T'lhe town Nwas not much to see. It consistcdl mainly of
a little squarlc,  with a ding'r - brick Courtt  tlouse sttlandi
in tile centre, around whlich  tile trader s, lawyers, tantfl a
Otw mcvhanics were shclitered inl "ten-footers; " and on
its pave,enis aI(d sid{ewalks  le casual visitor, as well was
t}e ltabitaltt    idler,  i igh;lt }have to tightt his') way or imainl  }tis )platce  aiainlst stray t'roupsl of imit)ludet and iltL




1r, I IV T A,7' AL /l ". I'7d ARI' AT'.z,. r   0 )9
tondtitioledI hogs.'.lhe sidte  streets Itttd somIe lie houses
anltd gttarlelmS; anlld thlere were   a flew scattered cthurchels,
designled, apptarently, to  show  oa plLroper conoteint fr
Aworldly luxury, as well  as for all the orders of architecture.
Beautchaml) walker d along the street, bowint', and returnillg' every kindly " howdy' f'rom the town's-t(people. W\rlent
le reachedl the school-It use he called out lis frienid.1 Iloward, and they rapidly  exchlangced explanations.  1Howard
had returned in company with i)avis without accident.
Sycorax wats found at daybreak at Davis's stable door,
withl  bridle and saddle baadly (da-narted, and solne pretty
dee)> seratcles on tter side.   lttoward thad no doubt she
wals s  lively and vicious as ever, and ready to [runi awtay
agftlin if she ]lad a ctlance.
leauchamnp) relnainedl only a minute, and thlen returned
to tile Court lfituse sqtlare,  whlere hIe lhad promised to
wvait untit thle no:l interission of ti}e sclittol, that lie
mlitghl t talk furthler with lhis fiiend.  itie w.a-lked into tte
Court  louseO antI chatted awhile  with tile clerks.  tBeibre
long tle s        plerifl politely  handed himi  a d1ocument lwhicht
g'ave Ilim  cnoug'h to retlect upon.  1t was a copy of a[
petition to flte Chtllncery Court illn ehalf of \NWilliam \Vyndhtam for a decree to sell certain stlavcs, once thie properyt
of Randolph Rltussell, int order to satisfy the jltltgmellt formrolly rendered in the case of \Vyndllhal vs. Rvusseil.'1ltte
am:tes of thl  slaves wNere mentionedt  "   illy,  uinmarried,6
coliplexion dark, aTcd aboutt forty; Bertram, her son(,
co1tplexion olive, agete alo[lt twenty-two; 1 larrison, her
sonl, ligllt ibrown, age1 about twenty; Sally, her1 darthteir, Ia  i ~lit qlta(lrot(, ag.e(l about eigtlteenl;:Timnl and
Fannt,  twins,  vry lighlOt), at:(g'ed about ten.'
Beaucltat1mp  sat a l' onl time lookin,  over thle paper.
Thle purport of it was plain elougl.  1lut toe htad h1td nO




410                A2z'l) OFR  ZXI1LS fl:
flegal trailingt, and mluch of tihe pliraseology was GCeel
to  hiim.  Ilow thle court; }lad jlllrisdictionl,......... low  Atill)
w\as to answer for hlis father's or uncle's dtebts was j)a;st
his comlprehlet sion.  The longer lie sat, thte more  his reason was at fault, and the hotter his intdignation grew.
],Ialf a, dozen times lie came near blurting out his ivratht;
batt looking att tlhe placid clerks, busy over their books
antd papers, and reflecting hlow little sympSathly lie could
look ior froml those who wereC daily hamililar with tlth forced
sale of homesteads, the foreccl:osure of tIortgages, tlhe scizirec of crops, utensils, and horses, tand tile division of slave
tltmilies upon thle (leath or tle insolvency of their masters,
lie restrained himsf nttl and resolved to wait the comingr of
Iiowar(l.  lice oenly asked tte clerk,    Wrllhtt is imeant by
t}is  )etition  bcing' from  tile  office of \ydtlalli and
Adanms'?"
Thelo clerk reminded him  tha;t William  ~Wyndhtam  \was
formerly at lawyer bty proficbssion, thoughtt    not ial practice
for mlany years past, and that 1Mr. A(dam8s, who hadt  been
recently admitted tot the bar, tad tlte ulse of Atr. \5yndttam's library, and thlc, benefit of hlis naltle.
I lndlerstand,t,saidl Beauclhamp), thlin king' of Adaml s'.s
coming' from I:Icemister's after mlidnighl)t, -.''I utildersta1nd.
itr, \Vyndllam  is old, and  ieels tile aid of a Syoungler
mant    lie  gives Mr.  Adams thce benetit of his  name.
That; is g00ood.  I wisl hlim joy of his part nership andl  of
tte benllefit of Wynhttlam's namet."
cttauctlamp nervously tossed ione let whlich was crossed
over its fetllow, thlen chfanged positions, and tossed t le
other. -Iife was too full for calm  thougilt, too  fuitll fr
l)rudenlit utterance.  Ite could imnag in  }Itow Slamison felt
when bontld by lhilistine witIles, iand lttl Ihis gloriots locks
gouue.  Hlis initld rcbellcd ag'ailnst law, agailist society,
againlst God  hlimsel;  whlo sutit'red suchl iniquity  to be




LA    ArV NO' ALrA   YS I Y'Ii'I" P CI' IEICTRASO N.  4aI
done by the authlority of government, and with tlhe sanetion of relig'ion.
Mr. HIoward soon came and took the angl'y and unnrea
soning Beauclmamp1i) to an office across the square.'For
I[oNward was a law  studtent, atid had thle use of a rooml
and library adtjoiling Squire I lamilton's.  Thie squire was
out, and they had tlhe rooms Iun(listurbed
Thely were no sooner alone tlan lBcauchtamp brolce forth
into the most p)assionate  comIplaints.  I:Lo repeated tlhe
]history of his ill-starred fhmily.  ][e painted the rapacity
of the Wylldhans, tle progress of the detested lawsuits,
and thel consequclet ruin of his family.  Thlen le shlowed
lto-A',ard thfle paper ]l hlad just received, and described to
himtn tlhe condition of tlhe wretched MAilly and her chliltowardt wvas geatly mo-v  by y  is friend's distress, as
well as by thlte  itiable caso itself, but lie knocw that law
and mattnaoilgclnent wlere worth more in thl  em rgency tllan
sentiment or anger.  Ile s,}howetd Beauchlam1) that tlhe law
did rnot allow thte frecing of slaves eXCel)t whlec the imaster
owed  lo ldebts; and that if, after al apparenltly lawful
lmalumission, tthere were valid clainms brout]tht against anl
estate, the courts had t)ower to decree that the fied slaves
slhould be sold to satisfy thoso chlaims, prtovided ther'e Nwas
no otllher  isible propcerty to bo levied upon, and those
firecd persons wNere within reach of tile process of t.he
cou rt.
" XBut these peopl)c vere out of th-e juris-diction," said
Bcau chliam p.
"Yes, tlhey were); but you admit they tare htre now,
antl th{at is cinoughl."
B "ut is kidnapping no crinme?"
"Yes, in a free statc; untdcl   some ciircumstances it is
here."'




42                 LORD  01' 1111A/L. 7.1KI
T"'l'en, lwhoever stole them away is answerable to tlro
Indian:ll  law as a kidnllapper t I
Yes; but tlhat amounts to notlling.  Any mnan wtho
is atcquainted withl the facts will tcll you it i3 afs easy
to  cattchl a frltitive slave  in  Indilana. as here.  Those
I loosienrs for twenty miles from the river tare sprun)  g fi'rom
tlrc  mneanest and poorest tof the soutrnlt'l    ll.t --......... att
least, many of them are,.. and they h]ave as rlucll Iercy for a ni-glger as an alligator hIas for at little dlog.  Talk
withl  Adlans, our former schoolmlaster, --  now lawl yrct..r...''Wyndham  and Adaims,.-...- and try to touch  lris  eeclirngs.
Go tell him, how  sorry you are about your black inamt      y!"
"' I wish SycCorax had kicked Iris leg off,;....'
f'Swearino   wolln't do any good..t'is is t case  for
sharp pI>ractice, diplomacy, tact."
"Tlme trutlt  is, I toward, I lhadln't intecnded to  m-len0tion
this matter to you at all, fi —.   t least, for tlre presernt.  I
acknowlcdg(e that the case is; beyond re, and I ilttle!led
to consult mvy unctle xralph.  BuInt receivinl tlis notice I
could not keep it to lmyself."
"No matter, my dear friend; I am not a lawyer yet,
and there is no fee for consultation.  IBut have you any
olhjection to my layilrg tle imatter before Squire Jlamiltol?"
"None at all, - that is, int  a fiienldly w\ay.  Just at
present I have no 0   oney to fee a lawyer, andt  I cannot
even oin crledit run up a tbill of exIense.   1lut I stIall raise
somCe lmoney  to test thlis case, cvenl if I sell my ltorse,
and dogs,  and rifle'."
Well, this  everring  I'll talk with hitm.  You  rilr{t
call in at tlieo ]Louse, say to-morrow  or n1exft day.  You
knlow l\ tiss l; S ll)turrre is there.  Titeyt'It   all be0 glad to see
"       I I ot s-ure.  Thie squire, perhlraps; -.........e lady, no.




LA! FV  AOY',AJH V         J.:S I'i:A'i T^cCY' teAI,4SOAr   43to
A son of at brotket-dowt  l flrmenll,  in brown jelans, on foot?
No, no, lny YakCe fiiend.  Thl;t miy be in thoe E'ast, or
itn fi tiya-lalt,  Or i tlt' Arabia,  Nig'hts.   tl Kentucky   it's
itlaI a(1l liiff      N r.  Nothin I 1 I Ici sI.   ltlts; }itl'ave thilem.  No
good wit ilout tfitrem.   )Ot'hrwio. 3yot1i many be go1d       k l0okin!- org clever, lbut they Nwill ait,t' Is a p,ity, now, sucltl
a nice fcllow tllould be( so poor I  \ halt ill tLhe worldl is
tic  to (1o?    Not that I ttIllik of marrying;, or anythi:ng
of thte sorL.  I can't marry utttil.  i t.until smttc t ling,   tappens that isin't likely to happl)eli.'
"\\ell, I wonvt't ta tlk witl yoll to-day.  You are too
blue.  Go and ssee your utclI Raltlph, whlo is a wise man,
as tyou  say,. tihouglt a little queer.  I will t.alk withl
the sq5uire."
L' Let's beat thecm, IHoward 1"  exclaitiled Beaulchamp,
vith sudden ethulltsiasm.   " By the Power that madle m1e,... tllat lna(tce nle humnan, that, ml ade tlyou wise ad cautious,
atltd botl otf usi col'tra cots,    -c  t. w-e will beat; thllem."
)BeItauclirttnup walked out,    past tlhe taverns, with their
hells r'itin' i     n'.(.i.t.1er,....... past thle -' stortesl'8,'  resplendent
wvitllh gay p r)'int"s a-1(l red( flannels hanging friomt  the doors
tantd \winllows, -. x  )tlst the ipost-office, where a knot of sacgo
)politiciat s  were  (liscussilg- national alfltiirs,. lpast tho
sl)ops, wherle the great tent-like wagonhs haltted,         I..aclross
the dark, coveredl  brid:rge (thie nightly shelteri of the viliage' s\ine, and solmetilmes of belatettd coNwrs), and so out
b  ty tl)e'c}y' brancl," and1 over tle hills aInd thLe level
st-rCetlcles, until he lrc'aclled Beech Iko011.
Therel  ae so, practical and energetic men, w]ho, wiel    n
ill diictulties, Nwaste Ito time ill vain lttaments,,but 1)trs1
directly fo.' tile  (olmtrse tIlh-tt cxperience si nd reason   p)oint
out. /l.t'y d18sl1 awaty seiltilitt-tt;n, flre  thelselves lfrom
thle dtrowsiness of reverie, and rl solutly meelt the issue
with fat t.  lBeaucltniap knew that lisi ttrue course iwas to




44                PLORID  OF' ILL] fSF/LI:
see his tuncle Rtalph, and, after laying all his perplexitices
beforo'e hfim, to ask hlis advice tand his ltptl).  the cexti.remiity of the case demanded l     elp, and thiat was just whllat
)t lhatet  to ask    e..cspccially arotnl stclh a manl as Ralphl
30aucliamttt1t l).  No 1urchtin w\Nithl thle toothlache ever tlotluglt
of tile d(eltist with a livclier apprehen1sionll.  So t.le day
was \wastedl.
Ile was thoroughly wrtchedlc.  Ie loitered tabout thle
stable, and a'voidled his mother.  Tito friendly Scipio could
Imake nlothingt of him.  Ioe walked to the woodlalnd, alld
tlere passed the most of the dttay, listenting) to the crows,
or startling' thle  phlleasats till they  whirred awavy, or
watching the quails as they cowered utnder the fences or
crel)t away under leaves and bushes.  All wNere saft  that
dacy.  Thle s;quirrels clhattcred in tlhe tree-tolps or scanlpered upi the rou1gh trunks, and wavaNed their tails il thriutiph.  The peace of naturle was soothingl, but notltitng
could bringl relief to Ceaucllamp;  for his were real troubles.  The crops were tmaill, and after the little houschlold was fedt, and the' ordinary necessaries suptplied, there
was inone  too mucht left for taxes, to say notlhing' of thlo
clothilng lic  so mt1uchl  needed.   lie hilt cut off from  the
society of hIis mates, and pictured to himself a life of
deepening' solitude, whlich to his ardentt and social natture was d(isial enoulgh.  Ili spite of his (enials and his
affiected indifltrence, tte had been greatly imprelssed by t}to
beatty tand spl)rightliness of the heiress, Aliss Sllllblrne;
and rilght at tilc begtinningw the bitter lesson vwas set be)fo re
hlim, "' }Tlou slhal-t renounce I    Now, hlis old nurse and
all her children w\ere insllred.  They were to be sold,
and lie rmust be1  a silent spectator of the outrage,  withotit
the povwer to sav\e even one of them.  It did not seem to
lint  thitat theroe couldt )be any furthler lhumiliation.  Yes,
thore mighlt be; for in the evtent of his m-other's  death,




LA I.V NO7' AJl  A ]S' P! ]P: /FCT7' R]'AASON    45
her tenancy by dower would end, andl the equity of redemptionl of thle land would be sold, and lie would be a
beg'gar.
li.e returned to the louse to eat a late dinner, pleladed
i'llness, p)arried all his mother's questions, and,  when even t
ing Cname, p)lanted hitmself in the chilncy colner and readl
the Louisville Journal by the light of a couple of tallow
candles.  This served merely to pass the time, for, in
Beauichampt's state of rmind, the l)ungent wit and drollery,
as well as tihe sentimentt, of the ctditor were lost upon lhinl.
The next (lay was )assed in a similar manner.  When
lie went by the kitchen door Aunt Phillis slhowved an encycIoptedia of intelligence in her face; but ]leauchlam)p was
impllassile.  Scipio turnedl ip hlis eyes in (devout appIre
ihension, and feare d "' young massa had donle b)roke lis
heart."
Beaucharnp's mind was now like an eddly in the river;
its dcpths were black and imtnpeietraIble, while triltes
floated in cver-returning' circles on its surfaice.  Tile
branclhes, ctips, and refuse, whlen lonce involved, swep)t
endlessly taround the batsin, and found no outlet.
lie was not without resolution and energy, but lie saw
no way out of his difficulties.  1- e could dto nothing to
help himself while lhe remained at, home, and hle knew his
mother Nwould not consent to his going' away.  Were lie
less gencrous, less conscientious, less scrululous.......-  lnut
lwhiy dwell upon ifs?  The lim-itations around a man of
lhonor are like the bounds of fate, or rather the immutabie laws of God.  So in moody reverie, or in tilhe (lep)ths
of sielf-hurmiliation, in lonely walkls, throull-h llg-crilg'   t13-Ser
and sleepless  ligh'lts, ]leauchamp dral'ged otut the time
until. Sunday came.
The fatmily had been originally Eljpiscopalians, but thlere
wa.s no church f~or that form of worship in thl  neighbor



406                LORD  OF  I/ JA'LI/fL
hood.  Mirs. RIussell wrelt to  the diflTlr nt chtur'Cles iR
fgood weather, atnd joiJicd wittt 1lBalists, Meth1odists, -and:t
l'resb 8   L'MIIal!S \withl 1t-itI reg'rtl'.  here was no place of
o\\01osii   nearerl' ta ll  tle town just mtctictioned, atl thle
nmoie fitlelteited curticlchs in otter partls of tile county
\wcro, fi'oln six to ei:Iht miles away.'I'hl  day w\as briglh-t, tlte air, thlouglt  cool, xwas  bland,
and tlit'roads were still good, tihe fitll rains not  atttvin'
yet.set ill.   t waS  thle last ad crownling' day of tihe bio
meetig' at l'aptaw Creek.  lMrs. Russell gave the use of
her h}tose to Scipio and Phillis, andl tllhey staited away
early, tltouglt at a sob)er pace, lie in tie saddle, anttd site
ol a folded blanlket b)ceindi l llill.  f\ylvia wtas to remailn
tit homlte with htier Imistress.
]eeaucetlnip) s:at by tie chilinlley coiiler toyin  witlh tleo
li-hlt filre of Iickory w\ood, building  up lattice-work  for
t'le curling' flattles to play aroundt.  1 is mnothlter had m:ade
nlany at tent lts to  ra illw him  out andt diciver t  is mniind, but
h}ad lnow givenl it utlp as hopeless, land( dild not renew t io
slno'estion that l(  should()1    ride do'wn to IPaaw t Creek.
I tis silence was  ot stllon or aigiry;   hiCs fico Nwas covered with a tender shalde of sorrow, aind tlis tones, illn addressinig his mnother, iwere so kind that thley bec,cnaCe a1tlmost
patthetic.
It is useless to reason with a mt an in thlis state.  The
fit will hlave its course, unless it is checked  by soimne
friendly violence, or by tle  presence of solnetllingl' that
demtands action.  Onl this oCctasion the friendly violencto
catme in t}he pelrson of' Arthlur  iowtard, whto had left hlis
htOrso at the stile, and steppedl  upon  Ithe  p)orch  lunanlnoiuLeidI.  Ilis lmusitcal voice and xvilning- smile l)roke ill
upon the gloomt   tlhat hl tl'g over  le'auchamp, aiitd half
iallgoetized him  before lie \vwas aware.
"Why, Beauchtamp,   polkinlg  over thle fre thi s glorious




L/IA ATlO7' AL HZ/i ES_ I-' iRA'C7T  It/`/ISOX.  47
rmorningl I  Come, get ready, and let us ride to Papaw
Creekt."
"tleally,  \lowtard, I can't.'in} not ill spilitfs.
T"htat's the very reason you s!hould g'o.  T'he  air is
fresh and deligltfull;  thte sun is as genllial as a fi-icndl, ald
twarms witlWoutl scorclilg'.  The tOwnl-pcotlle     are all turningl out, and the Creekv will have all tte 6lite of tihe county
to-day.  Come, man, it isnl't good to rmope.  Colme, let
us see the ttl aslhions.  IBesidcs, I've somethiing' to say
to you onl tile way.'"
"Whly (lidn't you go witlh ATiss Shelburne?"
0, shie ]has beaux enoiughl.  She'll h1e tlere, and you
w\ill see hCer.  Shio's b)eautiful, to be Isure, but i'm  not
inlterested."
"lit I'm  a l )o  -  lor-looling o0ject, with mly 01d clothes;
anld tler  isn't a decent saddle onl tthe place, nor a horse
fit for anyllbody lun(ler seventy."
l'shaw I it isn't as if you were  a strnanger. ]fvlerybody is glad to;c  you, and nobody but yourself cares
wrhat you wear."
" Well, there's no resisting you.  A wilfull rman must'have ]his own way.  W\rait till I scrape my chin.  If I
only hlad a full beard likte yours, now t  Scipio has polislhed my boot,~ and I can soon saddle Mack fior myself.}"
Ptapaw Creek big-rmeeting must have a new chapter.




48               LORA'ID  O' IILS''I,I'L
CHAP!.1T'1:ER~I  IV.
TIlE BIG MEIEIT1:1LING AT PlAPAW  CRI%,IE;K.
r -lll!E grassy lane is lpassed, thle long gate swings tv,.   and tlhe two friends are on the main road.  The
country was,still beautiful, though the s)lcendor and
luxuriance of summer were gone.  A  silvery blute ]haze
rested on the distant woods, teand tlhe smoke of the
neighboring houses and cabits rose like slender plumes.
Cattle roamedl over the grass  lands and cornt fields, and
nibbled at the stacks of wheat straw l and husks at will.
The crows were busy in their plredatory excursimos, andt
the swine found abundat food tunder the beech alttd hickory trees.  After riding, a shlort distance, lBeauchamp felt
like a new nmian.  The situation lhad not chlnged,  but
there was a (lift'rent way of looking at it.
The county roads wvere  rarely laid out for the public
convenience solely.  It was a part of the unwritten law
that no mran's farlm twas to be cut in two; the roCads,
tlherefore, were generally on the dividing line between
estates, and either nmadle wvie i circles or turned abrupt
corners, or else followed the course of a branchl or rceek.
At one turning lBeauchamp paused, and pointing to aln
old oak, asked his friend to notice the linie of fence that
ran northward  firom  it, and thience led eastward and
around V.,Ltan IIolr's ftarm.  "f That tree is on a false
boundary line, made on a filse survey, and is marked by
a filse' blaze' on the bark.  You see it, just about tho




77TILE BIG,        JfY,,''7NA`G A7'  PAPA ITV CRE'EK':IC.  49
hfig'ht of a man's ]head.  rWell, thle titlu  oak, marked by
the oripginal surveyor (thoughl tile' blaze' is nearly
g'rown' over now110), is on that riso of g'rountd 3onder.'lhe
boundary, being in dispute, cost my fatther near five tundred acres of land.  The evidence of rlVan I[olt  turnedt
the scale tag'ainst hiin, and in favor of Aylndltam.  It wlas
tlhoughlt to be singular that, immediately after, Van Ifolm
should have lollghlt thl  land.  When I think of all tlte
VWyndlhamns got out of my uncle Ishlam, and out of 1my
fitller as administrator, for us to lose thle best part of
our  land oni what I believe vwas )eljurcd testimony, was
thard enough."
"Few  families have been so unfortunate   as yours,"
said lHoward.  " But how did this come about? "
It's a long' story, and I'll sparIe  you the details.
My uncle Ishamn had extensive dealings in t)artlelrshi )
with Jamens and William Wyndhami, in 1roduce, suich as
wheat, bacon, whiskey, hemp, and, I'm afr'aid, in negroes
now and then.  They did business at Louisville and in
ottler places down tlhe river 1as far as New Orleans. Thiss
begatn beforei the (days of steamboats.  Thle  ook-keeping
wfas not very exact, X l)resumlc  andl there was a ltawsit.
AlMy uncle IsLiam always s.wore le didn't owe them 1    d1ollar, tand, after a long contest, lhe gkained hlis case.  Butt
after lhis deathl,    n cllfather was adlmilistrator, tthy pr)etendtied to have discoveredr new evidence, and got the case
re-oplenedl.  By this time uncle Ishamn's lawyer, htlro k]new
thte wlole history, died, and the WVyndhains tlad it all theirt
own way.  Tltey3 just walked over tlhe cotrse. Youl kow
whlat has lal)lpened since.  B]lt taking th is slice oft our
hollme fairm   lonlg' argo, was the hlardest blow  we ever
got."
It's a p;ity we couldn'{ turn Van R[olin inside out, so
tas to see'whether lie (lit lie (rt not."
4




ro50              ALORD  OF  IZZI;ifSXLX:
rYes; )but lie shlo(l  be nlailed up afterwards o  t(he
sm oke-hlouse as  wa rni l,  i  like a tlmievine' crow."
"tV'a  tlt n  I AI a witnelcss  in both suits?'''" Yes; but'tVyndltalnn  ad other witnesses also3.  \a't
Ilolni wNas theh chief reliance.   W,\yndlanim said, befibre  tioe
last trial, ithat hlis wittness could hit tihe bull's-eCye at a
ulrtln(li  yarIds; atntld, if thta wlasn't tlenougll, lie \Nwoutll  ttav
ole tO hit it it t  co hundre(l.  Other p)eople, ie saitl, wcro
-very (anxious about hiavintg good lawyers; he twas better
sutited withl g'ood  vit nelsses."
"I [o.Iow c;al1}0'\a ylllyd}1hlam  to. ltave so much litigation? "
" ]Becausttl e tsoght it.  Litig'ation has bmee  the busi*
cess of his litf,   lie, and htis brotheirs, whtile thley lived,
all tllrove lll)01 it.  Our part of tlhe state t as ba(ttly sur-ll
veyed, and thie plans, made out by incompl)etent (itraugltit
men), lat)ped over each other like shingles.  It took ietar
fiftt years toc fix corners and lines so tlat any lran cttouttld
be secure of t title..he Vynldhams, and men like    ttc:),
Nwent laboutt ovcer lhalf a dozen counties, buyingl these )paptcr
titiles; atnd then they cheated or b)ullied the rightil occutpants, or else comtpromitsed for as much monley as they
could get.  In our case thIe X\ryndlltLam brotlelrs;(got 1hold o0t
the next tract west, and as the coirner was descrilbed as' an
oak tree on a ridlte, blazed on thte south sidte five feet
frorm tlhe ground,' they claimied ftlat the true tree was tllate
one }half a miloe back of us3.  Itow that tree cate to bo
bltazed  ione of us  ever knewV.  Father and uncle lISlamn,
\'h)o ptlayed1 about ftter' wen boys detclatred the b1ark lthac
wvas vwhol,.  ]But tllhey couldn't testify, aLnd Van li olr
could.  Tlto  \\Vltyndliamt s got the land, and Van Itolm
botught it, as 1 told you)t."
A. sttory of barratry  clai)perty, atld mnaintellanle,
wtith t Stl'rong' ft1'or of p)i;jury,l stlid.t\oward.'I don'lt kiow your law ptrases," replied Beauchamp




771iE  R>IX'G  M1fE1'7A,; T.7' A'/APA TV CIRYfEK:i.  51
but if  you have ay other  that lmeans anifytling worse,
you might ass well put tlhat in too."
\ll(VIn tlhe two lorsemllen reatchd l)eer Creek tlhely s-aw
grea''t nultt-bers of peoptle comingI down the valley on tletir
way to tile big meetintg'.  All along the niaturat  road,
attrnon  tile spotty whlite trunlks of sycamores, ntow sweepingl' with the C'rves of tle strea,  nIow splastl}ing tllrougtl
tlhe silver ril)plles of tiCe ford, nlow risin' on higlh, tuf'fcovered batiks, now clankincg on b)road shlelves of lime.
stone, thle  eople came, and still their numbers grew.
Thero w\ere young men mi prancing' colts, elderly menh
on comfortable f  acing hlorss, allnd women oln saft e fatrm
orses.'The women nearly all carried childretn, a Smrall
one in arms, and often a larger boy or girl clinlling to
tihe maternal skirts behind.  Thiere were colored nmen atd
women, wthos  Cattire seemed to invite the praise due to
ifaithful endleavor, if no more.  And now alnd tllen wvould
p)aass a well-mounted and well-dressed youtg lady, carrying her head with an erect yet unconscious air, and
riding as l)Diana would have done if she lhad ever u-sed a
side-salddle.
The scene was lively and  picturesque, especially to
[r I. [towarOd, who was not " to the manner born."   Tho
paces of tihe horses, the attitudes of thle riders, tlhe odd
contrasts of figlures in the various  groups, gave tile young
rmen plenty of amusement of aa good-natured kind. After
cr(ossingt two or tlhree rocky tand clayey hills, thely came
in sight of the wide valley through whlich Papaw CrGeek
runs.  The trees were thlickly planted o\ver tthe swelliing
alluviail mounds, aind thle woods on either hand reached
down nearly to tIle banks.:te p)ersimmlon trees swunt
their firuit lik;e coral ear-drops, and tlle scarlet ltaws by
tlhe fence rows displayed tlheir gorgeous clusters to tiho
sunt.  Itoward was never tired of looking at the mighlty




52                LORD  OF Z01  IXJZSALt,I.
ttlunls of the poplars tlhat s(hot upt lile gray columns,
often fifty f6et, without a limb, and vwatclhingl the snmaller
sprays in tlte distant tops, waving' antl murmurini g in the
upt)er current  of air.
P'apaXw Creek is broad and noisy, but shallow, atltd is
easily forded, except during winter fireshets.  When the
riders gained the farther bank, they saw, rigtjt  before
them, the church and its surroundings.  It stood on a
slight rise of land, that was mostly wooded, and the open
sp!ace artould it was smoothly cttarpetedi with soft turf.  It
was a, simple building of brick,; of one story, withl sloping
roof, and withouit spire or pinnacle, arch or columll, cross
or trefoil, -vestibule or saCristy; just so many plain, dull
wi\indow1 s on\ ch ae  side, the rear end a bllank wall, and ill
its front two doors that oel)ned d(irectly into tlhe building,),
and led into the twfo aisles.  But it is early for service,
and we mv ust first see thle horses hitched, and then look
about awhile before going; in.
The trees, for a considerable distance around the church,
were of recent growth, and had abundant branches w\ithin
reach  of a horseman's hand.  sacll ridler, upon  dismounting, fistened his bridle rein to the end of a swing'ing limb,  high enough to keep the lhorse from  slippinl
or breakling his bridle, and yet Nwith length enoutgh to
allow the animalt  his natural freedoum  of motion.  If tundreds of horses were tlus fiastened thlrough the grove,
some  standing in abject quiet, some, neihing andI st i jet qamping, and some vainly trying to get near enough, to annoy
their neighlbors.  The men were tardly lmore0 (ltevout thamt
their hlorses,  fThey were  scattered in grou)ps through tihe
grove, chatting, arguing, comparing crops, and prices,
making appointments for the mlonthly County Courlll't, and
exchanging, the'ssmiall gossip of rural neighborhoodst.  In
summer the religious services w\ere frequently in the open




7I11Z'. RIG  AIEI'FUING  A       P'  TIVAAI /f   CIT:R'EEK.  53
air, and there were roug'h benches for boys and other vacant-minded folk to whittle and cut initials upon after theii
manner.    towVard( told 13eauchalnlp tlhat, inl the matterl
of' whittling, the I.cntut:kians could( easily carry off tl(he
)prizo jack-knif, -  t}hat even the Connecticut Yantkeet
coutld not hold a whetstonl  to theml.'lel two friendt;
saunttered taroun  tlte chlurcht looking- with not incuriouseyes at the belles of tlhe neighborholod as they alighted
at tihe blocks, and adl miring the ready tact with whlichl a
bundled anll  closely-v eiled creature, done up1 like a Sack
of wvool, shook hlerself out in waving' lines of drapery,
an she touched the grnound, and threw her curls into fine
disorder, as the veil dropped fiom her head.  Then, as she
tr alked with easy and natural step towNYards the church,
her glowingl checks and clear glancing eyes would have
made even a lang-uid city Jeau enthusiastic.
"* rWhat at gait!"  Itoward said, as one particularly
splendid woman swept by.  " D)o you know, Bleauchamtp,
tliat in the most highlly-civilized  laces — I m-ean where
wealth and culture have done their best -*. — you can't find
a sing'le woman of toin that can walk like that? 
"Why, it seems natural enough."
"Yes, that is it; it is natural; but in the fashionable
Nworld there is no nature.  Wonmen somehow subdue it,
(llrie it out.  They burdenr thlemselves with dress, in the
first p)lace.... but vwe will leave that mystery.  The beauty
of ancient art is seen in the natural carriage of the body.
The Creek statues are alive with it.  A modern wtoman
is a shlip's fig'ure-hlad, a Imummy, wrapped in endlless
folds and cermnents, only her face is covered witll enamel
i lal ace of bitulmenl.  I lnevetr aw Olne of these g'org'eously
al)arelledt creattures whtose figurte was so sumptuously
ellcumtlberedt,   whl1ose mouith, fromi tile daily habit of pro
priety, had become coimposed to the expression of a




54           J0~I)] 012' IIZ~MS]NLI4
breakfast roll, and whtoso gait was a slowly gliding 10otion ttat you couldn't awnalyze, nor account for on the
theory  thlat tlhy Nwere  bifuircated like other p)eople, —. 
say  I never saw  one of these calm creatures witlhout
Nwislhing thllat some fiiendly old fitiry miigh:t cutt her stays,
bundllle u1p hert superfluouts skilts, sthoe  er w ith thling' sXhe
could'run ifn, and whisk her off to clambtler over sucht
brown hlills as theCS.  Jupl)iter'  \what a change   t Sthe
would soon00  know what ]ler llungs were for, as w\ell as h]er
hlands and feet,"
"You are thinking' of tlhe old story of tme statue that
becamec flesh."'
Yes; )but the miracle  wrought  for Pygmalion wPll no3t 
be rc!)e atetd.']The modern marble will not throb into life.
it is perfectly satislfied witll itself, and would be annoyedt
b)y an Celution.  It is where 1people0 live much out of
doors, and where they arc noot (del)rcsscd by labor nor sobered by too much study, tthat you tsee this vivacity and
gracefill moltion. There is no s)pring to the step) of a slave,
or of a bookwort. But see I tllhee comes the cavalcade I "
3eauc llamp needed no I)ortomtint, for he knew thlat bl)ut
one person could be the centre of such Ca group.  Squire
Htamilton  and lhis  laughters came first, and after them
lMiss Adelaide Shelblurne,  witht several gentlemen lollowinfg.  Beauchamip saw that Ilarrison Adamt s rode at _Mliss
Shelblurne'ts side, and having' scen thlat, lie could see nothiing else.  The party owere soo00   dismounted, and came
towards the church, directly by the spot where I oward andl
3ieauchanlm) were standlingt.  Grectinlg-s were exchanglt'
with varyingl   shtades of cordiality.   When ll   iss Shelburnte st0ll)edi to s)etak to the two friend-s, MAr. Adams,
in thle character of  ll(r esquirc, stootd  l)c]hitd h}er wilth an
air thatt  as ilttcinded to be (iig)nifid or hag'ttlyl, adjutsting' thie fit of a glove, or thle pressure of his hat, or giv



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intg- a finishingl touclt to thle contour of his wa istcoat.
l[e looked and nodded a g'ootd,lorninlf to l.\ toward, and
one  not tquite  so  good  to  >Beauclhaintp   andt  thltn  ihe
swayed a trifle oil 0   is heel as a pivot,  Rd lshowted his
title teeth anttl massive chin, ant d flotiuishedl  is bam,_ttboo
stick.  A. g'lalnce was sufficient  to show to Beaucllamp
Nwlhat it takes a sentence  to describe; andt  e tltotolitt,,
during that glatlce, thlat Adams, tlhough le distlihked  h}is
mnltanerst was really  a fine-looking- man, and one lwhose
pretensions w\ere not to be dlespisedt.  Squire l[amilton, a
mall of mnoutainoust stature and granitic illfeatures, aftected
tile blunt Sl)eech:and 11ltomespun ('Cress of tlhe fairmers, and
was talways distinlguisled by the extraordinary b)rim  of
is' catpaciouss hat..tie  berlated  rjNi. HJIowattrd (hlis. law
pupil.) fbr lnot comino' \it} the fittaly l party,  but, lookin
humoroously at, Beauchtamnl, excused the desertiin on account of thel recruit hte had p)ickedl up.'llthe squirc's two
dauglt ters, Mtalvyny and btt etty, as lhe called them,  were
tall tand well-featured  miisses,  \itht waxenl complexions
anld cold blue eyes, rather 1ast the ml eridian (whilic  ilt
Kentucky is at twentty-five), and a little res erved, if not
prudis}h, in manner.  Whethei  1)rudilsth or not, tlhey could
lnot wholly conceal their inl\ard anloy.ance at the filee
mthannlers of their cousin Adelaide, and tthey looked on
rather gravely friom underl their blue veils while the little
colloquy went on at the cthurch tetoor.
tlealty  is as rare  as genius.    retty  an(1  lovable
fwomeni   are, foirtunately, not uncommtl  on; but once or
twice in a generation there comes into the world a briolilt
exesl)llar of all t}at poets lhave imaltginedt  ill shtlipt)  tand
featuret; as if to sh~ow th at tlhe Creator is 1not less min}dfltl
of the( ide'al tltanll  is hlumble copyists, the p)ainters,  and
to renew t| o every age te visiont of the etern al beauty
to whlic  all  }is fobrms tend.  Such a presence mas Ade



o,6               LORD  OF' IZZISL''LP,
laide Shelburne, a revelation of  ierfect hlarmony ill outtline and color.  The impression slc  made me twas inttanlt
t'd ineflaceable; still it was difficult to describe whtlt
was so dazzlingl.   [eor ftteedom of movement and mobility
of expression conLveyeC   the idea of intense life.  Shle wras
somtewhat above thle middle size, thoughi the perfect syml
etry mtade her figiure appear smaller.  Sihe wore  at thig
time a closely-fitting black velvet riding-llabit, and plain
skirt of black silk thatt hung inl simple lines to thle ground.:l[etr brown hair was so luxuriant that her black cav'alier
hat with  its wlhite  p)lumes coult  hardly cover all its
wreathed masses, nor restrain its escaping ciurls.'Bealuclhamp) was tremulousll,   eager, abashed, wvishftil, silent.
to ha a(d met her twice before, but lhc had 1'never seen her
in so full a liglht; and now lhe noticed as for tlhe first time
tle delicate chliselling of ]her features, tho  tender violet
blue in her eyes, and the soft tint of her cheeks, like the
petttls of a pale tea rose through whicht'  er bo1)101 so eloquently wrou,0ght'That one mi't almost say her body thought."
T'lThis pglorious creature shouild  hatve been painted by
Vandyke, thie  )ainlter of l)rinces',"  thoughtt H        toward.
" 0one mll're brilliant ever shone from his canvas."   The
cooler northerner itlt his own heart beat a little quicker,
but the little throb was soon quieted, thoughtl lt revelled
in, the sense of beauty not less than his companion.
It was not much that AMiss Shelburne said(.  And, by
the by, our lives are less influenced and  our sotls less
touched by epigramls, a)horisms, land strtokes of wit, than
by those1 comnlonplaces which the heart goes otut with,
whYile the eyes, and the tone of voice, and the mantling
color are sayingn more  than tongueo utters.  Beauclthamp
felt that thle emplhasis of her manler and toneo were for




YIA' A3'IG MtI,':7'A~; ATvt 1 r' I'A f  CPAP]AV.  57
him, andc his nerves quivered again.  It was merely of
tihe delightful day, the canter over the vwindinig 1road and
nlong the water-courses, and of the expected festivities
of tlhe coming' season, that she spoke.  It was quite
enough for him. As shle swept by in her easy yet queenly way, there w\as a tumult Nwithin himi that heo could not
quell. All the glorious, and bcautiful, and tender impresiOIns of his lif), ^......... all tlhat lte reeClmbered of rare odors
and tropical blossoms, —. all tthat he had dreamed of
flabled goddesses and of the heroines of his beloved poets,
rushed in uponl his mind unitil his sober senses swam.
Could te have analyzed his clmotions, grouped them, and
portrayed them, le would have beCn al poet.
iBut the loud voices of the contregation vwithin, joining in the rmorning hymn, rousctd him  frolim  is ecstatic
reverie, and hte was aware that the service had b)eglun.
Nowv that shle hlad passed, every other face  looked dull
and uninteresting.  lie an(d his fiiecnd followed the current, and tookl a seat with the men on the left. /The, other
aisle was appropriated to the use of the Nwomen.
The big meetinfg had been goingl on for some o   days.
There was p)reaching in the imorning'; afterwards, a recess
for lunch, whllich was brought by each family; and then
a season of exhlortation and plrayer  in the afternoon.
VWhen theso services occupied only one day, it was l)op)larly called a " 1basket meetintl;   when they were  colttinued for several (lays, the occasion vas called a ")tig'
meetintlg.1"  Tlo tliese, lipreachers or " elders " and p)raying
brethren cale fr'om  a wiido circle, and were cntertained
at the houses of f'icends in thle neigll     10orhood.  Th.'lis
Sunday was the last (lay, and the enthusiasm and fervor
that hIad 3been gatheringl  during' the \week were about to
culminate.  It vwas very easy to tell by the countenances
of the assembly wtto of them had been seriously enigaged




58                 LORI) OF' 1f.IS'1t7L 1
in worshipt, a-tll ttwho hattl come fr Curiosity.   lnut tlicro
ats a decent atttftiol oil tie   )tpart of thle whtole autietce; it was  only  amon)l:, thlose  who rltaintd  outt
(1dof'.s tiat tiotio'rse-tradtlig, andtl  politics,   and stol'ry-teiitig
wVCFre ellj, yed.'[Tli silI.'it) at such iieCtinges was always alt object of
curiosity to  Mr. 1Ioward. lle  adtl some musical  talent
alrd cultiure, atnd le could nievelr sulicilently wondtrll    at the
clltoie of tunes, the  luncoutlhl pro     ciattion, the shortbreathlled  )ltrasit i,:, and t ilton dlt-dlrawn "single  llnotes of
the t1ntutored chloirl.   What \we  teilrn Na t tue, if it is i ot
really  Art, is generally attained by Art. "' atural   siners, - that is, untraitied sinl'ers,  -........ - -    t(tle oMlnes whllo evasily fall into grlot:esquel Itodcs of uttcraince, an(tld w\lose style
becomes incrusted  withl  aflectations.'The tutet  was int
tlhe miror key, armd tite melody led ove r  somie petlaks that
wcere   vose  tliLn  Alps  to  scale, al(nd  fioml which  the
throaty tnCiors anttd laboring, sopranos constantly slippced
off:   Some sturdy " natuntl' mImi growled   l   outt tlte  nelodyr an octave below, andr fhncied tthey were sintgi~n   bass.
One stalwartt fhrmer, with thle )urplle fLt  of attl admiral,
ant1d witl  a thtroat covered wvith ycllow htair f like a tbx's,
pouredl out hlis soul ill a series of festoons, his voice swintgingo from1  note to note, andl connecting plrase with lphratse
and line with  line by  a tremelndous porufitta!o, till lie
lrodutced at " linked sweetness"  that was t      quite dilctl tt
firom what Mtilton intended.  This robust sin-ger w\as etltirely forpgetful of hlimself while he raised  his, voice; tlhe
music twas a delirium; he g'enerally loosened  his cravat
by tile end of tlhe  first stanttza, pulled  it off whell t.lt
seconlt was done, and before tihe hyt-in was concluded the
]1ad ulbuttonted  his sh}irt collar, withoult knowirgt'  it, to
give  }iis larynx fuill play.   Beanclhamp hlad letard it related thlt this gentleman's niece one Sunday before  going




.77IA L PI; JUG /-P)I'fiA'; Al7' I'XlfPA IV  CRA.'X      59
(o mee.tingll' lhad coaxed lhill up to  a window, anld  under
prct''tcel.t of fixingl Ihis collar, had sewed thle oeck-baltd of
htis Tli lt tot)'otttcr witht, a sttrog linicil  tliead. —i tl  csxpotdiet  tha t prevI nt\ed t hin from  airlin  hlis  Adamtntl1's app:le
du(lrlln  thle  sosl tlhat dtay.  Butt thte alttoglthcrnac.ss  vlwas
iipr'ssivoe.  It was fa shower, a telmplcst of soinl,  ald(l
iii its volulle the lesser dlissonances \er  mo.istly drowne\d.'Tli bulk of good tone  and  tlhe solemn-iity of ellfect calne
firom  thle rear seats, w}roe the negroes,    sat.  te   >sall
was " liined off;' that is, each txwo lines were first re1a'Id by
the elder, and tlen sunog  by tile congreg:f atiotn, -.... il til
wavcy NwVe first lteard Aut}tt Phlilli.Shi sinini:l' ini }her kitcihelnl.
After a shorlt pt'layer tthere came anothef    r  )psalln, sunl.
to olle of  ite (detestabk:le tunes fi)r   whlicll the Yanlikee; are
responsible,-..... —-.witlout soul or celarlactter,,   and v"wr'itltell
without knowledge'c    and withIout tclitng, I  whtichl could bt1
made by tile yard, like cotton cloth,......... -tunmes whlicht htave
enrichedl  con}i)ilers  antd  publishcrs, w\1ile  they  }1travo
smiri-ched( t}lc,ood nalle of a really musical  city.   loteward writlhed over its sesecless p)roLgrscsions anl  its dironing' h]armonies, as if lhe had beelt l)ersotllatly; answerttabl
for thte dullncss lwhich tite psalm-b)ook miaklr bad dif' tuscd.
The main player caiet next.  It was a stupltndous picce
of architecture, rearet'1d  by consider'able pains adtl study,
— a  history  of tle  wvorld  fi'om  tle clreation downlt). -. —
bl'ringingl in kingsl ro, p)lolets, evatnelists, and alpostles, land
giving- a  complete  synops318is of t.h1e  planl  of salva\ltion.
Considered as a petition  to the Almlighty,l   its rotund sentences  were vc tll nigh blasphemous.   Specilal plet-itiolls;
f)iiowe'   the first' great;  movement, cilbraci,  g tl}e nat:ion,
the state, the county  and  neighborhood, witht gtlowing'
0reminiscelCces of tleo past week's labors, pl>easingt  anticipations for the chul ch l   i  thlis world  alnd tlhe next, and
due warnlin'gs to tle careless   and unrel entant.  Mr. Row



60              LOIRDZ   OF IZZASlIS'L.
ard looked at his watch, -- a quito improper proceeding,
but lhe was curious, --- and lhe found that twenty-five minutes hlad passed. The sentences g''rew s"horter, the groans
and amenos froim the audience were more intermittent, and
at last, with half audible murmurs, the elder sat down,
burying his face, as lie did so, in a large colored silk
handkerchief.  The elder's uinpremeditated increase of
tone through the prayer was a study in itself.  Readers
remeimber the curious mursical imitation employed by
Rossini in the description of Calumny in the opera of
"' The Barber of Seville; " how thle low murmur swells
and rises until it becomes a sustained and tremendous
uproar.   So the elder, beginning in a moderate and
steady tone, grew more enthusiastic as hle went on
through h)is appointed coursei  and by imperceptible degrees his voice gained in power, and his utterances became more empnllhatic, until in the latter portion the volnime and quality of sound were intolerable. The descent
from the high pitch was tmore rapid, and when his voice
began to fall, the concluding sentences were scarcely
heard.  Of the delth of feeling anid utter sincerity of
the elder in his long resounding prayer, there could not
be a doubt.'The fault was in the custon whichl he followed, that of making the prayer in effcct a discourse tc
the assembly, during which the attitude of a humble petitioner was forgotten.  The brief and comprehensive
prayers of the English church, though they fmulst lack
the fervor of unstuldied utterances, have one saving quality - that they do not pre ac;  and so they may sometimes
save worship from the painful extravagances of unlettered men.  Not all hearts are touched by the same
means.  The prayers from the liturgy would have been
cold and unsatisfying at a big meeting; and we  must adami that that mode of worship is best which is most




771Y,. BIG 1MEY7-'INGC  A 1' >PA PA TV (WtE1EK( O1
cffectual to lift the afiections and touch the conscienco
of those wh1o engage inl it.
The sermaoz l followed.  It was al extell)ore prodcttion,
following certainl familiar train:s of thought, aboundling in
scriptural quotations that vere often ingeniously wovcrt
together; anld at tolerably regular intervals the text wlas
rclt)eated with more earnestness thtan retlvancy.
"I have heard him I)reachl tlhat sermon a great many
timess," whisperedl Beauclamp, "ant1d lhe never did it
better.  Prom here on I know it by heart."
The preacher, as BeauchIamp precdicted, closed with a
pictuio of the glorics of heaven, and misquoted (witlt a
curious inattention to rhyme) the stanza with which his
final sentence was usually rounded.
" When we've been there ten tIhousand years,
]Bright shining as the sln,
we've no less dtays to sing God's praiso
Than lwhen wNe first begta."
lcatuchamp chuckled over the ending, not from irrevorence, but thte firequent repetition had Imade the bad
rxhyme irresistibly ludicrous.  The ladies, whose glanlces
lie expected to intercept, kept their faccs rcesolutely
towards the preachlers rdesk, and if tthey had anly perception of the fuin, they restrained it bravely.  The decorulti
of the world is maintained by women, anld most of the
relig'ion also.
As there was to be no second service this day, a brothcr
arose to pray, and afterwards began an exhortation.  Ito
addressed his remarks to the untbelieving and impenitent,
and, after a very short prologue, attempted to describe
the condition of thll  souls finally lost.  Hte (lwelt upoln
the lorror of darkness, the sense  of baishmenllt, the
gnawing of the worm that nlcvcr dies, atnd the filture tlhat
wats without hope.  Gro1wing more earnest and more lit



62              zLORD OF IJZJ/S]FIK
ral, se setched the great te trat lake  tat burd witllout illlm:1.'iation, lad imag ined tlhe tortures of Cver-duringt firf
and remediless thirst.  tie spoke of the sinners floating
onl this surfiace of seethinttg pitch, and raising their ltands
ftr'merlcy i'that did not anllswer, wvilte every filnger smloked
with the heat that scorched without cosutttll-ting.  Then
lie clianiged the figure, and -asked the coingregation to
imag'ine a vast abyss of darknless and tormenlt, tenanted
by fienids that flew\ through its measureless vaults like
evil bats,  while tttere whlirled endlessly ta wheel so enorim-ous that it exceeded the wihole orbit of the moon -- a
whieel -whoso rmadiating spokes bore1 crowds of clinging'
wretches arouend its axis, whlose revolutins were, meastured by thousands of years; and just at the top a small
lookout, throug]h whichl once    barely once in the tremendous interval. — tle sitnner ot a glimpse  of the blessed in
heaven, and then fell on his long  tlescent thlrouglt the
depl)thIs, {tltd rounltd again through everty ftrm aild tthought
of horror,  until the momenltary ligt t came  to make thle
succeedig' gloonm still more terrible.
The audience receivedi this frightful description Awith
varyiIng emotions. ieoward listened with calin w onder.
lie was  a cool and reflecting' person by nature, and ihe
had been trailed to look at reli gion from a diflere'nt point
of vievw.   The passionate  appeals and the answering
excitement around him were abhorrent to his idetas of
decorum.  lie could not be amtused, for le had a strongt
devotional feeling, and too tender a sense of what was
due to others; ut lie was not " edified," to,say thte least.
Beauchamp hIad heard  scarcely a word of it, for all bIis
thougtls clustered around  a white plume at the right.
Stout farmers said to their neighbors that it was " powverftil black."  Timid womnent looked yet more timid,  and
some mild eyes were suffused with tears. Elders groaned,




7THE B/C  f.'T7'INVG  A7" ]TA LA V CREE'KV. 63
and cried, " iave mercy on thet   I GodC, open their eyeS
ill tilme  "  Bu1t amonlg the coloored t0oplt in the rear thl
waves of emtotion rose and submergcd tall tltoughtst but
tlhose suggested by the tawfil future,   The tlen slliverel
and mloaned1, uttered terror-strulck Amens, t ld droppted
on tlheir kn]ees.  The women fairly shrieked withl tthe
ecstasy of fear.   "Save us8, good Lotrd I  Lord, lavte
mercy 1  0 imy soutl I, de poor sinners    0, (de good
Lord I  Take us out ob (ce lake i     Th'e sounds swelled
unllt  g'roans, cries, and Amens multiplied  confiusedly;
and when the fiery tappcal followed, there wer lno1t above
fift,)t in t1ie house that were inot on their klnees \wrcstluimg'
in l)preayI'.
There Nwere a few wtords spokent; some desultory prayers were attemlpted; but tihe climax lad been reTached,
and thi meetitng soon ended.
Among' the last speakers, who occupied a few mianutes
each in exlhortat.ion, was one wvhose fbw spoken sentences
those who wtcre l)resent would never forgctt  Therl'e was
nothing in anly wtay remarkable about Ihis person:  he was
simplly commonplace.  lBit his hlarsht and croaking- voice
rose and fe ill in sijng-song wavcs; his eyes had a dull and
sullen look; lie beat the air in lis gestures;  and at regfular intervals lie g'ave a breathling at the end of  a. word
that soundbd like a grunit added to it by way of empl)asis.
This wNas the wayv lie began-  " Brethring and sisters,
I'm  all the way from ihdiany-aoh, and I've left my witfe
and six childrent-ah, anld come to p'eacli the gospel-ah of
the blessed Jesus.  Brethring, I ain't larned-ah, anid lmy
b)lessed Master, he wast n't larned-a h.  I't[ow can this
man teach-al'h,' said the Pharisees,' having necver larnedaht?    And I atitt't pratoud-ath, and my blessedl 3aster lie
wvasl't 1 )rtaou(l-aht; for, dtidn't he go round bartfoot-ah,
a-plreachlin' repentance  to the Scribes and the men of
larnin-ah? "




64              LORD 0        OF IIIMASL]LF.:
This speccimen will probably suffice.  It wvas an exIA.
bition which required the exercise of a largoe measuro of
charity on tho part of the hearecrs.
The two fiiends, whlen.once out of doors, drew long
breatlhs of the fresh air.  They looked upll to the sereno
heaven from which the beneficent sun was shining-  on the
good and the evil alike, making glad the out-door loiterers
as well as the devout, and the former currents of thought
resuimed their course.  IToward imagined he was just
emerging from  a nightlnmare.  Beauclhamp thought the
afternoon was fine, and wondered if he should succeed
in riding home with:Aiss Shelburne. Mack's paces were
no longer brisk, and, in the hurry of so many people, lhe
feared lie would not be able to keel) up with the young
lady; for sthe was a superb horsewoman and proud of her
skill, and was, moreover, attended by a number of enamored youths, eager for the honor of her company and her
smiles.  Then Adams, lie was sure, would stick like a
burr, and lie too had a swift iand powevrfui horse.
Squire:namilton's servants brought the horses for their
master's party, whiloe 1toward and Beauchamp nmade hasto
to have their own ready to mount.
VWe Icave the great throng of the devout to disperse
and go their own ways, carrying their fresh hlopes of imlmortal joys, and ttheir tender memories of thd season of
worship.  We leave  also the indiflerent and the scof'ebrs
to return home with such vague thoughts as the 1meeting
had suggested.  Nothing is in vain; and certainly the
impressions of a Papaw Crcck big meeting are not easily
to be forgotten.
But we must follow our young men, whlo are in saddle
and movinlg as fast as they canl among the crowd of people
as they ride (own tlhe slope to the ford. Aiss Shllburno
was already in advance, and her well-trainced horse was




7tIA' MIG M"E7EATO AT  PAPA TV CREI~EK. 65
springitlg up the opposite bank.  3Beauchamp thoughlt ho
saw a friendly invitation in her face; but it might have
been only the sparkle of life in her eyes, and the smnile
which good health and good spirits bring to the active
rider.  Squire Hamilton and his daughters settled into
a sober pace. BIeauchatpl and HIoward )tassed them, and
urged on their horscs.  They gained groundl for a time
They sp)laslied throughl  water, they sprang over rocks
they scrambled up tlhe banks, and sped alon~g the turf
They came nearer, Bleauchamp ahelad, and within easy
distance.  Soeie of the group of young men were hard
pressed, andl jolted along uncomfortablty;   but Adams
seemed to ride likle a man of steel, pliant yet firm, rising'
in his stirrups;  or swilnginmg in a canter, as his hlorise
changed his paces.  IBlauchamlp wt3as within a very few
yards.  The road took a suddenx turn.  To keep up suclt
a speed, Beaucnhamp knew h]e must pick the smoothest
ground.  A high bank sccmced to pIromise a level stretch
of smooth turKf  The white plume was just ahead, watving
in the windl, and the lithe and couragceous rider was pressing on, managing her htorse withl ease, aed showing hetr
power and grace in every motion. Adams was resolutely
following. 1Beauchamp urged his horsoe up the rise, while
the object of his desire was gayly ntodding to him over
her shoulder.  In a mrnontlt he would be at her side.
No; it was too much:  the faithful horse was not equal
to the occasion; lie sprutng a tendon in the eflfort;  hle
]hesitated, stopped, faltered, and seemed about to fall.
Whent Beauchamp slid off to the ground, thle waving
plumle was fair in advantce, and the convoy in close pursuit.  H[e thought lie heard a, merry laugh borne on the
wind: it would tave beent  music utlder some circutmstatuces; but now, when lhe was baffled in htis vtehemcett
wish, u1nhorsed and left behintd, it scenmed the cruelest




6G               LORD  O(' hhIIziLs.rZL
laulgh he tad ever heard.  HIlad lie spoken, hlis words
wtxould lnot have been such as tlhe Patpaw Creek elders
would lhave approvetd.
loiward cane l uI) presently, and tile situation was dis'
ctussed.  Beauchamp w\ts full of his (lisal)p)ointment; and
before Ihe could utter a word of pity for poor AMack, the
mustlt needs berate the firivolity and vanity of the youngt
lady whot had led him such a dance.' Conftound the women I they are all alike.  Put oln
of theta horlseback, and ishe'll ride like a Tarta-r-ess, and,
if she can keep ahelad and have enotughtt danglers a tt lter
hIrso's heels, shoe woi:t mind who falL  behind, --- tlhe
best m1atnt or the silliest, -- it's all tile samtte to her. Mlotion
is \uwhat site wants;  flattery she Jmust llave;  land her
laugh will be loudest when her best fiiend fialls. I believe
she would Nwalk over, yes, gallop over  ly heart, if it lay
throlbblin.gr there in tlhe road.  The more fool ice."
" Come,!Beauchalp, don't be unjust.  Aliss 1Shelburno
can't have known the accident toyour ltorse. Sihe enjoys
a brisk ride; sle is young and full of spirlits, and shte hlas
gone on, I'm sure, witltout a thoughlt of anythitng but thle
exhilaration of a canter onl thfis fine day, al  without  any
notion that the speed of hter hlorse  would tax yoursI 0so
severely."
"I don't believe it.  She is a vaint  and heartless girl.
She Nwill take admtiration from any fool that offers it. See
h]low she stuck to that Adams."
"Itow Adams stuck to her, you mean.  Besides, lie
isn't a fool by any means."
" 1She mnust hltave seen I couldn't keel) up.  Sh}e must
have heard poo' 01od Mack's heavy breathinlg,  No; site's
a coquette, a flirt; prancilng along-, g<'ay and thoughlitless,
sweeping ahead, and devil take the hiiltilost."'There's lno reasoning with you when you are out of




T77ILE B/IGC  A-E1ti G YA 7' A.APA: tV; CA REETi. TT
1humtort;  so let us see wthat is to be done.   ft Mack can
walk at till, w  cant lead hiil lomln; and you andtl Xill
take turns oilt my 1torse.''
Miack could walk, tllough slowly;  and the young men
began thteir tediouls journey. Soon Squire tamnilton overtook them, and, when b1) learned of the Imishap, h]e called
to one of lhis,servants, who was riding at stout fairm-hllorsle,
to dismount; and lead Mack home. ]Beauchtamil, beingi
provided for, got into tihe servant' s place, and jogged( on
leisut tly.'then they reached Beechl Knoll, 3Beauclhamp pressed
ltoward to stop for an hour folr the late dinner, or early
supt)er, —. fort on Sunday but two meals were served.
The simple dinner, vith its kindly conversation, need
not occupy our time now. We shalll do better to pass to
another chapter, at the beginntig of whlich Beanucamp
Nwill be onl the Nway to visit his unclel Ralph.




68              LOR0D FCi    HIoSIZSELP.
CIHAPTEIt V.
A LOAN AND A ILGECTURIfE
~M   APLE GROVE was about four mlles distant ffrom
Beech Knoll; and as there were no streams to cross,
nor other natural obstatcles on the way, it was not difficult
to reach it in an hour's w\alk.  The path led mostly
througlh woods, and, for a considerable part, on the bluff
that overhung the river.  B3eauchamp started early, intending to see his uncle at the house before lie should get
away to visit some distant parts of his plantation.  lie
ilusually rode, as most Kentuckians do; but as Aack wts
disabled, lie preferred to go oil foot, rather tlan ride his
imother's horse, especially as his active, habits made such
at walk a mere pastime.
The hlouse faced southward towvards the river; and
down the slope int front, on both sides of a ravine, there
was a handsome grove of maples, colmmonly knownl as the
Sugar Camp.  tBut the usual approach to the house was
throlgh an irregular growth of locust trees, by a path
leading to its eastern end, and p)arallel wvith its front. The
owner, Ralph Beauchamp, as has been mentioned, was a
bachelor; and it mieght be necessary to mention it sevcral
times in ordler to suitably emlplhatsize the fact.  When
BIeauclvhamp arrived, lie saw his uncle seated in a hllome)made chair i. the porch, rolling a cigar on his knee oiut
of a Ieaf of native tobacco.
Prcmising that IMr. Ralph Bleauchamlp las rolled hIi




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cigar, and ligtcd it with a live coal brotught, by a bectle]headed and satucer-eyed negro child, with a p)air of tongs,
and that hle has invited his neplew and natmesake to take
a " cheer,") we must pause for a moment.
A good jtdge of hunianl nature says, " The apparel oft
proclaims the man;  a tnd we must ask our readers to
look at one whose chlief pride it was to call himself a plain
Kentucky farnner.  ][e was dressed in horme-made jeans,
gray-blue in color, which lhad been carded, spun, woven,
cut, and made by his wtomen servants.  The wool, it
is hardly necessary to say, was shorn froml his own
sheep.  I:His shoes were solid and ugly, and wcere tied
by strings of lhemp.  1Iis shirt of unstarched linen was
sim)ply lbuttoned at the neck;  and now that it was autumn, lie wore t plain black cravat.  His eyes of yellowisih gray were set far underneath beetling and bristly eyeb)rows; and his straiglit lhair overhung his face on each
side in lank, untended masses.  His nose w\as pointed
and promilnent; his chin was covered with a stubbly
growth, of tawny vood-color, that was kept in suclh order
as it was by occasional random clipping wvith shears, and
was\ faded to flax color at the straggling ends.  lie was
nceither tall nor very muscutlEar, but his countenance and
all his movements indicated a strong and wiry body, and
an  unolibtrusive btut perfectly indomitable  vill.  lie had
the reputation of being' very rich, while he had the out-ward appearance of a miser.  The novelist, whuo is expected to know everything, in this case franlly confesses
that lie does not know the exact truth. The best opinion
would sceem to be, that lhe was richer than lhe pretetdel
to be, but not so rich as the common people thlought. ife
was a graduate of Yale College, and tiad read law for a few
years, but had never enterd into practice, and wvas now
tas thoroughl  a recluse as one of thle woodchucks of Wal-1




70              ZLORD  0F' zP11/7SE'Lz:
den Pond.  le hlad a library, that, for the time and tlhe
location, was so unusual as to be fiirly called mnagnificent.
About one third consisted of law books, the remainder of
]ilnglishl and French classics.  Copies of Shlakespeare were
nuterouls, from  thle early folios to the latest annotated
editions; andt it would somewhat surprise a stranlger to
findt that this eccentric man, who dressed like a slave,
was a student of the great dramatist, and familiar with
the  tnost acute  of his critics and comment'ators.  But
few persons kunew of his abilities or his accomplishmients.
The county people knew  only his rough exterior, and
dreaded lhis sarcastic speeches.  Ite scarcely c\lvr htad
companty at his house, antd no wvoman, except his sister
anl his servants,  was ever,seen there.
It is not st-ranlge that Beauchamp felt reliuctance in
going to his uncle for assistance.  HIo feared lie would
yeave to  disclose  somethin i to this censorious vomallnhater whlich h1e  ould )refer to kcep to himself.  LtChen
tihe young man never felt quite sure of ltis footing with
his uncle.  His generat   course thad not been unfir'indly
to his nephe(w;  but his words \vere enigmatical, because
it was always ilmpossib0le for any Oll  to tell whethler he
spoke in jest or earnest.  Hlis quibbles and hits were
delivered \Nwit a grave face, while lie smiled in uttering
thinfisg's hard to be borne.
"Good morning', tunlcle tRal)h..
Morningl.  Afoot, hey I  htorso lame?  Bad road
to Papaw Creek.  Bad time for lhorses  when a shlte-fool
gallops ahead arid all the young he-fools follow."  All
tlhis with a merry, but half tnalicious laug'h.
J3'eauchamp savw  t once that htis uncle's negroes had
brought the news of the mishap of tIte day before.  I.e
judgced it l)ruldent to begin with the other plortion of his
errand.  So hle told his uncle of his having talked with




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AMilly, and of thle petition for a d(1cree to sell her and her
children.  Uncle Ialph listened w\ith some interest.
" Now, can thtis be?  Is this law? "' asked the youngt
" Certanly."'
"And carn llothing' be done? "
"0, yes.  You have only to pay up the judgment —-      a
trifle of five thioussand dollars or so.'"
"ut you know I can't (1o that."
W \ell, if you don't pay it, and no otlter proprerty can
be fotund sufficient to,satisfy it, Wyndham;  will get hlis
decree.  He can't get the decree  as longt as tlhere is
any othetr property of your fatthler's that hlas not been
levied oi."
"'There is Scipio."
Wortl  about as much tas an old cur."
" itlt still h-e would fetch something."
You htard-hearted reprobate, you wouldn't have old
Scipio sold?" 
N ot at all;  You don't see what I am  driving' at.
If we coould suggest to the jud-ge that tlhere was property
that lhad not been leviedt upon, could Nwe not get  a Continuance? And before another term of court, sometlincg mig'ht
tutrnl u)p.
M" leanwhile M[illy would bo in custody."
"I 1-know it; but jails have been broken beforLe now."
" AloWhewv I  fAre you an a tbolitionist, or a rebel? "'
"No, neither; but I want to save my black aimtt yllttym.
"Nonsense I  I should as sooni get sen timental over
my old(1 cow  after she had sto)ped giving milk.i "
" You are not lalf as hard as you try to make believe.
I kInow you   a at     mother, for you are my mother's
brotlher."
" Well, how wvas it about laming your horse 7'




72              LORD 01' JIM.S.L'~ bF
"1 You can have it your owtn way; for you show that
you have heard the story."
Uncle lRalph laughed internally, and theni said quietly,
"Just let Scipio lring MAack down liere'C.  Pete is a g(ood
hband f)r at lame kntee, and you can hlave imy old horse
Pom)p until the lameness is cured."
Thankl you kindly, uncle Ralph; but MTack is done
for.  lIe's too old to get over such a spraiin.  I shall
have to buy me a new horse."
"If you htad only caught up I  iBut to lame your hlorse
and let the Iloosier beat you too, wasn't it too batd I "
The deep-set eyes gleamed grimtly, and there wvere pufly,
explosive laughs.
"Enough of that, uncle Ralph."
"You just go on, running after women I  Pretty or
xugly, they're all the same.  The hormeliest wench in the
world, as soon as you give chase, or show a pretbrence,
puts on the airs of a duchess.  Pursuit imnplies choice,
choice is flattery, and flattery turns her head."
I really wonder, uncle, whether you }hate women as
much as you pretend.  Come now, who was she?  For
some young woman flirted with you long' ago, and gave
you a thard fall  that's sure."
" No, I never had any notion to be what they call
father of a family.' Thcere are fools enough now, and
fools enouglh who  rant their kind perpetuated."
"Well, uncle, I can't take pleasure in your gibes.  As
I am the son of a woman, your sister, I don't like them.
You talk just as if yout did not belong to the human race."
"Wcell, what do yolu think of women?  Are you a
marrying man?   VWho will eat corn pones and bacon
with you, or weave or knit for you?  Not 3Miss Shelburne.
IVill site now?" 
" I don't know, uncle.  I sometimes think I shall have




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the good luck to set up our family again.  I aim going
to try."
" O, I've no doubt you'll try.  You're a good marksman:; but there's no market for birds and  squirrels
hereal)outs."
" I don't imtind your taunts.  I know  I've been idSle
enought to deserve them.  But I'm going to teach school
and study law."
"It is school-keeping, is it, that is to briing back the old
acres     Vhy, you'll scarce earn your salt."
"I Mr. IHoward has offered me a p)artnershlip, and that
wvill give me tnearly eight hundred dollars a year."
" No; the Yankee don't do that — does  e?'Dern
my skin,' as McKinley says, who'd ehave thought a Yankee would do such tt thing? "
"lie has made the oflfer, and I'm going to take it."' The law you will learn, I sl)pposc, is to keep up the
family litigation."
1" I shall be able to defend myself, but I don't court
any  more strife.  There has been too mutch already.
But, uncle Ral)ph, I need some assistance now, and I
have slhown you that I hIave reasonable prospects.  I want
to etnl)loy counllsel for Milly.  I want to buy me a horse
and sad(lle, tand I must llave a sulit of clotlhes."
i" t —l-     I  SoI t you want to run in debt, and spend
yoeur money before you earna it?"
"I must have a start."
"  or a horse, old i'omp will serve you until MIack is
better.  M:illy doesn't need counsel —- or rather, counsel
won't do her the least good.  Andl for clothes, you can
get a suit of jealns, sucht as I wear, for a trifle."
Uncle Ralphl looked keenly out from un(ier )his jutting
eyebrows.
" Well, uncle, I don't want to be uncivil, but you




74,LORD  Ot1 IZIAJELZK.
know I couldn't go about if I wver  to dress as you dv.
You know tte dlogs bark at you everywhere, as they
would at a pedler, or a beggar, aand you glory in it.
Pormp is well enough at a plough, but his speed is not
IlllClt(. J
"Not enoughl to catchl a galloping young' woman, I
know."'" ],ut, uncle, won't you allow me to be my judge as
to what I need?  I can't dress as you do, nofr ride suchl
animals as you do, nor let my hair hang out of the holes
in my hat, nor s-how  tny stockings tllrough my split
shloes, nor carry eggs to lte stores to barter for needles
anid thretad.  You enjoy your oddity.  It fits you.  It
wouldn't fit mfe."
Uncle Ralph laughced loud and long at the roug!h sketch
of himselft:   Gradually his merriment subsided, and at
lengtll, le askced, in a cold, business-like tone, "' What
security have you to offer?"
"Why, you knlow  my circumstances.  I can't give
3ou any secur1ity but my \word."
"You can give mte a deed of the home farm. "
" It is yours already.  iAortgaged to you for all it is
worth.'"
" Vrell, I want an absolute deed."
I" will sign one if you Nwant me to, for it can make
no difiference to ic."
"It may maIke a great difcrence some time to both
Of 1us."
"I will sign a deed, and I will trust to you that, in case
the property shall ever be f'ee friom encumlbrance, you
will ttdeed it back to ime, if I I)avy you what you advanced
with inlte'rest."
"Well, so fiar, all is agreed.  But I lharve a notion to
lend you the nmoney in an unusual vway."




A  LOAN f AND  A  LECT/URE.               75
"It woulldn't be strange.  You never do things' ill
the way other people (10o."
"I haven't tany nmoney to-day, except in baink, but
perhaps I can get a cheek caslhed in town.  Now, I
vwant you to draw a draft on some banker or other l)ersont
abroad.  The reason why is my business  solely.  As
yout h1ave no funds abroad, it will coime back protested,
and thoe papter will then be a valid claim against you."
The youngt man looked puzzled.
"Just as you likle," said the uncle.  "You know  I
Nwouldn't be justified in lending' money at six per cent.
without security.  You htlave no security to give me.  If
I tiake a larger interest, it mlakces the whole transaction
Nvoid by our stupid usury laws.  ]Bult on a foreign bill of
exchange ta larger interest is allowed after protest.  Trlere,
I  ave g'iven you one, reason.  I may m have another; tbut
it is all the same to you."
You are l a riddle."
" It is pltai,1 cnough.  You draw on some one.  It is
no fraud, for I know, as well as you, tlhat you have no
fun.ds abroad, and no expl)ectatio  of the draft bleing paid.
You give mle a deed that you admit has very little, if any,
value, and that is all the security I have.'The draft
chines back l)rotested, of course, and theln I canl have a
rate of interest proportioned to the risk.": Well, it shall be done.  NMy name is Russell, and I'll
draw on the i)uke of Bedford.  lt:is grace doesn't know
me, and refuses to honor the draft,  It makes him very
little trouble.  The draft is a boomerang, and conms back
to nme.  I am the )one ilnconvelienced."
Youth is the season of holpe.  A note or draft has an
innlocent look whel new - — uch mtore so thian when the
clockwork has run dtown, anmd pay-day has come.
Beauchamnp's spirits had been risinl' with the near




76              L.ORD  OF IIl9IMSJ1E
prospect of success, and le ran on vit.h endless gay
rubbish.  The girl with  her bassket of egs,  and her
visions of affluence, whose fllt is  teld up to 1us as a
warning, was a fair parallel,
Hlis uncle speedily recalled him to sobriety.
"i I will meet youl, Beauchamp, at the villtage to-mcorrow 1-lmorning', where we can have the  papers mtade out,
and the deed put on record.  Don't treat this aflair as
a joke.  You w ill have about seven hundred dollars.
You can mianage this so as to carry you through, or you
can waste it in gallivanting after coqutettes in a very little
time.  If you are sharp, you can save yourself and make
a beginning of your fortune, sure.  If you lose it or fool
it away, you needn't conme  to me.  This is the first, last,
and only thing I do for yout.'
IBeauchamp winced, and lad half a mind to abandon
the loan that was given lhim  so grudgingly,  and couplled
with such stitnging  words.  But his long mental struggles
had left hlim in such   condition that failure would have
been the same as death.  Ile felt that lie must put down
]is pride and take the loan, and thein trust to his own
energies to carry him through. l:e ansxwered slowly and
with feeling.
" Uncle Ralph, for anything less titan a matter of life
and death, I \would not lhave come to you. for help in the
first place; an(d I wvouldn't take your help now, if I saw
any other chance.  For you ha-ve given me good counsel,
but in the bitterest wordls I ever teard fiom a fr iendl; and
you matke your favor a load that is leavy, heavy.  I will
try to think you are kinder than you pretend, and though
I shall stand by the conditions we have agreed u11o01n, I
shall hope you are not a man that wvould go out of his
way to injure or wound his sistel's son."
"tBeauchlanp,"t said his uncle, rising up, and spetak.




A,LOAN1  AN,1D  A  LEC'TURA'E.         77
ing with a surplrising change of manner, " you'll find
out it's easier to be taught by a fiicnd ill advance than
by thle hard lessons of experience.  Listen to me a miomont.  In collcge and ibr so-e years afterwards  I was
in debt.  That I am lnot in debt now is owing to my
rigid and persistenllt economy.  I g ave note after note to
meet bills and notes cominog due, until the orbit of the
whole year was traversed by thelc   as if they were a
system  of baleful satellitcs.  The various p)arts of the
orbit were marked by the appearantce of the threateningt
bodies; the three hundred dollar, thle five hundred dollar, the four hundred dollar, the two hundred and fifty
dollar moons came roundl  with frightful regularity, and
my horizon was scarcely ever clear of themn; they were
either rising or just overhead, or luclkily setting for a season.  They blighted evcerything.  All my thoughts were
centred inl them.  Somettimcs the impressions took a different form.  I was at sea, -- afloat oi an Arctic ocean.
hI had to steer among icebergs.  Collision meant sintking
andl  death.  The iceberotgs   were the notes due banks,
-which?must be steered clear of. tBut the floating masses
in ttle sea of small debts, often tlreatened to close around
me, and shut me off from further progress.
" I could vary tile comparisons without end.  I cannot
tell you what I endured; I would rather have foregone
my education.  I should have been happy as a farmer —
boy and man.  Thank God, I got through wvith it all.
I got throught it by meanness, by pinching selfdcenial, such
as you tave no idea of.  The whol experience saddentt eld,
sobered, hardcned, and perhaps embittered mly nature.  I
know what the sympathy and the firiedship of thie world
-  mern and women -  are worth.  Selflinterest is thi
whole of it.  It is your money, your helpc into  )ower
and place, your pleasant table, your flattery - that is all,




78              LORD  OF IIZLSRLfS'.
I canl see you arc astonished at me,  For years I havo
lnot opened mtly lips inl tills vway to a human being.  I
adopted tlhe lingo of rmy ne(groes and of thle neiglhboring
crackers,' and the blundering gramtlmar of our first people.
"I tave put aside the mask.  You see me as a somewh\rat diff'ernt person fi'om what you imtagined. Whether
you see mne again as I am, -  in ly library, or recounting
lmy adventures in college, or whliether I appear to you as
the uncouth and ill-natured, eccentric man, whv1 om evlery
body slhuns or hates, —  depends on yourself, or rather
on your own fiture course.  Ani idle, purtloseless youth,
— though lte may be imy nepheyw, could not expect to
be miy intimate fiicndl."
If the hleavens at this tinme had opened, antd thle angels
had been seen ascending and descendingcltl    upo   a ladder,
as in Jacob's dream, Beauchaltl) would not have been
so much astonished.  Hli[s uncle had been to him  not
only a plain fatrmer, but one of the most sordid and rep)ulsive sort.  Though lhe was very kind to his slaves,
so mult1ch so that hie was blamed in the neigllborhood, for
lowering   the standard of discipline, his biting speeches
and contempltuous glances made him appear a very embodimlent of malevolence.  Ioe used the roughest words,
and was perfectly careless of forms, as he was disdainfiul
of courtesy.  lie exlted, as tilhe world thought, in his
unpopularity, and practised all sorts of unlsavory jokes.
Vanity anld pretension were the objects of his scorn.  If
a man had anty weakness, his keen ra)ier found it out.
Now  this strlange man had dropped his disguise, and
talked like a superior being,.  Beauchamp thought of the
itights lie had stpent at Maple Grove.  lioe remembered
that his uncle never wentl to bed, but alwayts slet onl
rugs and blanlkets that were spread for him oil the library floor.  lie remetmnered the high-pitched voice lho




A4 LOAN  ANIt) A  LECCA'URE]'.             79
lhad heard crooning over snatches of song at midnight
and long after.  li'e ldid lnot know  then that inl thlese
hours his uncle truly lived.th at by lamlp-ligit lhe held
contver'se wvith his favorite authorst  -  that whllile hle was\V
alone, the pleasures of his life were most kceely enjoyed.
Just as ihe sat there -this strange man, s1mokin-g' }is;
huge and slot very fr'ag'trant cigar, plattingr the floor with
his coarse lheavy shoe, with his wild head and queerly
clipped  whiskers, tand playing with his wornt leather
mwatch-guard, B]eauchamp Llt h1  could hiave fallen on his8
knees to hini.  It will iihave been surmi sed that Beaauchantp had an impressible and strongly symplathetic nature.
The sudden surprise, the revelation of highl menttal1 qualities and of human ifeelings;, once ttender,  thvougl ln\, tunfortunately, hardened, came upon tlhe young lmanl witht an
electric force. lie fairly sobbed, choked, and with dimmed
eyes turned to lhis un(cle, exclaiming, -
"'0, uncle Ralph, what a blessed, old singed cat you
"Yes, I atm a singed cat, very likely.  But yout are
not singed yet, thougl I ani afraid 3ou will be, you foolish imloth I  Keep out of thte candle i These ptretty women
are spidery. They are never satisfied until they have some
fly fast in thle web.  Then let him  struggle  and buzz!
They can look onl calmly.  It isn't their fitult.  0, tIno 1 
Bleauchamp begtan to thinh-k his uncle was near being'
righlt, but lie (did not refly. " Well," added untcle lalphl,
w e'll mcet to-morrow.  You just rit old 01 Pomp back,
alnd sentd  p Mack to be doctored   Send Scipio with
hinm, (10 you S mind t {"
The intellectual lighlt had ftaded off from his sharp anld
lhomely features.  te puffed his big cigar, and looked
the cross and ill-natured  being  he had always been.
BJeaucltamp started l]home.




80              LORD  OF' 1I1J;1IS-'LF/
CHlAPTER VI.
POOR WIIJTE; TRASI.
r l     REltiE is an interlude for a cllhageo of scene and
costume.  Thle hero is soon to aplpear in a new
suit; lie has a new horse to take the place of' Mack, and
jeanwhile llo is vigorously at work reviewing his studies.
Wet will taike tlte opportunity to show a few other characters concerned in this story.
ToJm Fleemister, in whose custody AIr. Wyndhaml had
placed Aunlt IMilly and some of her childrenl, lived about
sevcn miles froml the county town, on a road that was
very little travelled.  In fact, it was hardly a road at all,
but rather a series of lanes with occasional gates or bars
to kee) cattle witlhin bounds.  It was not an easy tlhing
for a stranger, after branching off from the maint road, to
fitnd his way to Tonm's hlouse even tvith careful direction.
The inquirer would be told to cross a certain pasture,
siglhting by a clump of willows, then turning by certain
oaks, past Uncle Pomp's log house, then over the hill,
and thro ugh Gill ie Cochran's cattle-yard, and from there
straightt over to Ben Sanderson's otrehard fence.  From
Sanderson's there was a bridle-path, and it wasn't more
than three quarters of a mile to Tom's.  Pew  places
would be worthl so much trouble, and Tom's was not one
of them.  Excepting Mr. W1,yndlham and the sheriff, hardly
any of the county people ever ventured out there.  But
at Sanderson's it had been noticed that once in a while




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strangers, nounted and equipped as if for long' journeys,
appeared to have come from  the neighborhood of Tom's.
Perhaps they had lost their way.
Fleemnister lived on a small fIrm  that was mortgaged
to IJr. W!lyndham; but how lie lived by any crops th}at
any one ever saw, growing or gathlere(d, on the washed
and gullied fields, was a miystery.  i'ut lie did live in
sotic way; and, besides, M1rs. Fleemister had borne her
husbanld a great numbler of childrent to be fed.  They
filled the little ihabit-ation  full.  No matter how  many
imight be clustered about the great cheerless fireplace, or
peeping out of the unglazed windows, there were sure to
be more out doors, gathering clips or brush to burn, or
driving up the lean  cow, or going to the "b branch
Nwith bucket and gourd for water.  They were  doubtless
distinguishiable to the eyes of' father and mother; to
other people they looked precisely alike.  They all hIad
flaxen heads, tanned, by sun andt exposure, to a dirty
white color.  Their faces were thin tand tallowy in lit;
their eyes were like those of wild creatures.  The scanty
skirts of the bare-legged girls, and the raggedl andt thorn.
pinnied trousers of the sliml-shanlcd boys, were pitiable
to look at, even in the fine October -weather that was
prevaiinwg.   Mtrs. Fleemister was rarely addressed by the
ceremonious name  e w    have given her,  1cer husband
and her husband's unmtarried brother Jack, who generally
" 8taid " witht them, always called her; Cad, though shli
had been named Candace, for the Ethiop)ian queen.  Tio
childrein's ideas of the fourth.lcommandment (of which
they had heard only vague rumors) wcer  satisfied with
calling the authors of their beiing " pap) " and " nammny,"
or I"t n-ain." Wre hesitate --- for the historic muse is some 1. 
times modest;-to enter inlto particulars as to w-ardrobes, and as to the decencies and conimforts which thl
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pooreast peol)le in older countries consider necessary.  Tt
rmay gi\ve an idea of thel mode of life of tile poor whites
of thirty yearts  ago...and tlte class is not extinct, thoutlh'
most of' them havte strayed awtay to wvestern andl northwestern territories -- to say that their food was aitmost
wholly of corn, muade in dishes of mush, or in cakes
baketLd on flat stones, or inl the baking'-pai.  This utensil,
which served also as a fryingl-pan, andt( a couple of -kettles,
Nwere all thie articles used ili cookin'. Miilk was tolerably
plenty, stave  whent  the streams  ran dlry.   " Mea t,"
which inl Kenttucky always means some  preparation of
stine's flesh, was not very abundant. 3itt when Tom atnd
Jack wrre lucky, there were rabbits, squirrels, and birds.
Thet eastern epicure willt hear with Nwonder that these
dtainty articles were ]teld inl genertal contetnpt, tand that
~t  piece of boiled bacon, with g'reenls in the season, was
considered the correct thing, good enough for anybody.
At "p)ig-killing time " there was a feast, a surfeit, ill
fact, of liver, roasted sparerib alnd clhine, -.~.... backbono
they called it, -- hog's-head cheese, and " crackling'," or' scraps," as the crisp residuut   of the lard is called at
the east.  Of the table service, the greasy fingers, and
the naplkinless board, the less said the better. Flcemister
raised a little crop of tobacco, antd the cldest of htis tumerous children had acquired the art of rolling a rough
kind of cigars, which sometilmes, in a favorable state of
the market, broug'ht as much as a dollar a hundred.  For
the wants of such a family little more than a hundred
dollars in money was required yearly.  New whiskey
was twenty cents a gallon; a few dollarns  proXvided powder and shot; the summer dresses of Cad and her daugihters were made of pltain cotton cloth dyed with peacl
leaves; the winter garments were of jeans or linseywoolsey, which the patient, or rathter impatient, Cad




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wove on a hand loom  that stood in the out-houseo; and
one pair of shoes and stockings  for each were enoughl for
thle few monthlls in which tose luxuries were indulged in.
A. few simp)le dyes, and a pound of Rio coffee for grealt
occasions, an axe, and a feiw pounds of cut nails, were tile
only other articles ever bought or considered necesssary.
The matter of sustaining life on a minimumn  had beeln
understood and practised by the  Kentuclky  G" crackers,"
-withl such success as we have seen, long l beforfe tanly civilizcd Yankee had tried the Cxperilment.  The true philosophly is not so much to reduce the cost of livitng, as it is
to matke every outltty contribute to strengtth and comforlt,
culture and  happiness.  \We prefter to tllillnk that botlh
savagery andl twopenny views of life lae  In had their (lay,
andl to believe that in future times mnen will look back
upon the squalid ciabitt and its accompaniments as as we
now 1do upon the merely animal existence and the lacustrine dw\ellingsl of the pre-historic ages
B3ooks were   liunknownc at Fle'emlister's.  Thlifs wtas at
literal truthl.   The nmost careful search would not have
discovered even an old almanac, nor any printed paper,
unless it had been used to wrap a, bundle.  Cad nlad1 once
possessed the accomplishment of reading, but since her
marriage it had fiallen into disuse.  NeitXher Tom nor Jack,
nor any of thle tow-headed brood, ktlw a. sinile letter. On
the rare occasions when judgmr-ent had to ble passed on
the denomlination of a l bank bill, it was a lmatter for serious consideration.  Butt it was noticed by the traders in
town that Tom's fingers lihtd an infallible touch, and thlat
lie could tell a bog'us bill with hbis eyes,shut.  Ctad preservel  sorme recollection of her early reading, especially
of novels, and she had bestowed the finest natmes she
could remember uIpon her oflfpring.  The pressure up)on
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fitl whcther sihe could hlave fturnished many more of her
favorite kaleidoscopic comnbinations if thie necessity ] ad
continued.  There is a limit in kindly nature, even to th.e
spread of thistles and Spanish needles.  The nomenclature of this family was a mnatter of endless amtusement to
those who clanced to hear the sharp voice of Cad about
her houtsehold duties.  No one had ever heard all the
Inames; in fact, nonel knew how I11man1y chiltdren there were.
Cad never shlortened nor omitted a, name, but gaave cach
combination in fill, thotlugh with an etnmphasis and a tonle
that we cannot represent in type; and she tossed theml
abott with careless profusion.
"Nancy Arcady Jane, do you take the kiver off' that
bakie-pan 1 Tighlmlan Justice, go and cut some wood I and
you, Orburn Napoleon Bonaparte, pick up some chips I
Atlanty Amlriky Livadia, wipe D)orotlea Corinne's nose I
Calanthy Ellen Candacy, you hunt the cow l and you,
Orbilia Tyrene Sandusky, carry thlem slops to the hogis I "
The eldest daughter, whose fingers coaxed the rough
tobacco letaves into shape for  smoking, was more bountifuilly stlpplicd with names.  She wvore them like a group
of trophies.  " IEloisa Androlena Almonrosa Jerolina do
)Mont B3lantc )Fitz, Allan Davis Fleemister."  Such prodigality as this could not continue, and the names of the
succeeding infants were judiciously curtailed.
The log house at this time had solne additional inhabitants.  Two light mulatto children — Tim and Fanny,
Ntilly's ill-fated twins — were lodged on bundles of straw,
covered by a few rags, resting upon somec cross-laid poles
that formed a sort of attic floor.  This dark and generally
smoky perch waas reached by a movable ladder.  Thoe
silly little creatures did not know Cnoulgh to run away, if
they could; and they passed their time in a mute terror,
much like a couple of lambs Nwaiting for the coming of




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the butcher.  Pleemister, or rather his nmaster, Wyfidt
bham, was satisfied that Atilly would not try to escape
without the children;  so she was kept apartt from thelm in
thte old stable, as woe have seen.
The holding th ese fi'ced people in close custody, without legal authority, caused MArs. Cad no little anxiety.
31er reflections on tlhe law were not very clear or profouned, but she had some dim notion of naturfal rilght, and
slhe was sure that lMr. Vyndham and Tom weref outside
of the law in whalt they were doingl.  The sheriff was a
person who excited her utmost fears; for slte knew tlat
if that official caine up their unlfequented road, the visit
boded Tom no good.  So she looked and listened, until
in every bush shle saw an officer.
Tom wvas at the door, cleanling his rifle with wads of
tow, and Cad, who had just taken some corn pones and
a crock of sour milk tup to the twins, came and leaned
against the door-post.  She was not beautiful to look
upon.  T[er hair hung in stringy locks on either side,
that t were ct even with her chin.  She was lean and
scrawny.  TIer teeth were sordid and decayed, her lips
wtere thin and blue; and her complexion, as well as her
spiritless air and lack-lustre eyes, showed tlhat she was a
victimt to fever and ague, or, as the disease is glenerally
callecd, " the shakcs."
" Now, Tom," shle began, in a querulous tonte,'" I don't
like keepin' these dratted niggers.  What's the good,
anyhlow?    illy keeps a moanin' like an old cow that's
lost her calf,  Somebody'll fhear her; and then what?
Blamed if I don't think she'll die.  Site don't cat, and
she chatters and takes on like she had the sh-akes.'Pears like't must be powerfull  cold in the old stable.
The wvind comes in throughl the clhinks, and nights it
must be sbhivery.  Tlhis mornin', when I carried her corn



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cal e, she blegged ime for a little coffee, or tea, even'arb
tea, or saxiflax   somethin' hot, she said, for'pears like
she was all tgone insid(le."
"])oggon the ol' cretur t"  exclaimed l     Tol.  "She
ain't goin' off tthat way - is she?? It's too dogonoedn l)tad
if she does.  The ol' man AVynalham  vhas promnised -me
five dollars in every hundred of all thle whole lot of nig.
gets bring.ll  at the sale; tlat is, promised mnc and the
Hoosier.  You know he treed the game, and1 we went in
for it and got it. NowY, if lTilly dies, there's a clar loss so
fiur.  If she's got to die, why in -.. can't she8 wait till arter
the stale?  Tlhen let her die and be doggoned to  ler."
"Don't talk so hard about the poor cretur," replied
Cad.   "'Tain't lher fault that shIe's cold  and  downsI)erited-like in the old stable.   If you dlon't want a
sheel) or other sick cretur to (lie, you mustt take keer
On't and cosset it."
Thalt's so, Cad," said Toml, thoughtfully.  "I wonder whatt we could do.  I reckin I'll git a little pinch o'
store tea in town, - -an ounce or two, -  and you kin bile
it, an' try to warm up1 the ol' cretur.  Can't we imalce a
bed o' some sort on the floor, here? She can lay with her
feet to the fire, leastwise as long' as Jack's gone off,"
The effect of this first philanthropic reflection was to
turn Tomi's thoughts to the twins also, who were roosting
so uncomfortably on their perch near the rafters.
"And them  little nigs," lhe continued, in a tone that
lie would l1ave persuaded himself was kind and disinterested(, "they mnntsn't git down in the mouth.'Jhey mnust
look tougrh ain' hearty --- look as though the grease was
stewin' out of'er-, so fill of bacon an' iniddlins."  lie
smiled a lank and cadraverous smile at the ipicture of t1he
plumpl andl lappy chlildish fiees lie had imnagine(t. " Take
keer of the purty little creturs   It's dollars to us to




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nave'cm Ilcok stout an' peart when the salt  comes off.
Tom looks tol'able lively, but the gal fantly se-rems kinider
mtoanin' arte  herIe' mamny, like.  Site mout cheer ttp if
she could,see the m|ilamn1 y."
"1)id you tell where the older gal, Sally, an' the boy,
H[artrisoll,  was? "
" No, I didn't tell; an' if anybody axes, yo:  can say
you don't know, fer you don't, and won't.  Wyndhamt
knows, lie (os, i s1 what's what.  Why, that Sally, dern
my skin ef she atin't s ptirty as ta peach.  Real  kind o'
lady-li(ke.  Nobody'ain't goint to git sight of her, now
you bet.  Thto boy too, they say lie reads and writes like
a squlire.  Peart chap, straight ain' larnsolme.  Knows
little too mu1ch for a niggert; but he'll break ill, he'l
break in."  Tomi's hantd was thlougltftflly ptlcking at the
scanty beard on his chin, wvhilo lie wvas mentally cattlculating.  "Why, Cad, that Sally and Hl arrison tooetther'd
knock down eatsy at three thouslan'.  Least, thtey would,
if'twan't fior the Ablishen stir, so  WyVndhalm  says.
Court sets itl ttwo weAeks.  If Artyndlitnam keeps his vword,
we'll have a purly pile.  You shall liave a n\ew gown,
Cad, an' nlw  shoes and stockins.  An' the gals —"
Butt here rTom was appalled at the thoughlt of what so
nmany new gowns ttid shoes would cost, and. hle iel( up.
I say, Tot," said his wife, with some animation, in
view of his prospective generosCity, " I say, s when  you go
down to the town for tlhe tea for old MAilly, you git nce a
piece of tobackcr.'Pecas like I can't take any comfort
in leaf tobacker.  It burns 1kinder hot like, antl gives 7me
arterwards a water braslt ot my stomach.  A. lnew pipe
an a piece of good tobacker, ttere nlow, Tom! "
"tAal, I rcckin --'
Calantlty Ell lCntltandacy, do you shoeo that rooster off
the tablett    l e's a pteckitt' the dough out of the tiixil'
pant.  i)irty ol' creturl; just look at his tracks'"




88             tLORD  OF IIIUISRLF-.
" Now, if Wryndham  should tale tle back track I"
continued Tom, meditatively.  "No, he can't, and ho
won't; but if Ite should  - here lie tapped his long rifle
significantly -  " somethlin''d drap. No foolit' any more.
No, Master Wyndhlam, Ito foolin'."
"O0, you dralted dog I " exclaimed Cad, in despairing
tones, as a great lean white and yellow hound disapp)eared witlh a half-stripped bone in his moouth.  "You
dratted dog!  Tom, that cretur's done ctarried off the
jowl that I was gwine to cook in the pan vith the sweetaters, and there ain't no more fat.  You'll have to cut
a piece of middlins,"
Tom was as imuch anmused with his wife's distress as
hle was angry with the thieving old Tiger. lte ctut a
slice of tihe meat with his big ihunting-knife, and then
went to the stable to see how Mtilly was getting: on. She
was comfortably clad, but her only bedding was a blainket,
in which she lay wrapped on the loose straw tlhat covered
the ground within the stable.  The buildintg was without
a floor.  She e made no conversation wvith her custodians.
Even in her old state of slavery she, wNvould have considered
herself lowerecd by any intimacy with such " poor white
trash."  Now the loathing was changed to hate and a
desire for vengeance, on accountt of the wrong's, insullts,
and ill usage she had received from them.  Slhe looked at
Tom ass tlhe crouching btit wary dog looks at the blegglar,
his onminous eye slowly following the intruding figure,
and ready to attack or defend.
" Why, Atilly, doggoln my shin if you don't look as
thoulgh yotu'(d bite I Come, git up.  None o' that.  I've
comlle to take you u) to tihe hllouse.  It's gittin' mllighty
cold hycr."  (The hyer is sounded int one syllcable, like
fye with a p)reliminary rough breath.)
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But she was thoroughly chilled, and she thought that sihe
would see some of her chlildren at the house.  She got
up without a word, and followed Torn, thougth with a
trembling and unsteady ste1p.  Arrived at the house, she
found the im-istress sitting by the great, smoky fireplace,
her elbows on her'knCCs, pulling away at a cob pipe with
at reed stem.  MlIilly gave a sudden cough as the acrid
smoke reached her lungs.
" -Vhat ails ye? " iquired Cad, with somle asperity.
"  on't smoke, I reckin.  Too fine over'n Indianny."
"Don't you let out so much tongue," said the ihusband.  " You see she's sick.  You told about'water
b}rash t     on your stomach.  Now just you look out for
that.  Take keer of the' water brash,' andt put thlat oldt
pipe upl.  It's blacker than the sat of the chimnbly.:1tyer, M.tilly, hyer's a chef,' setting out a split-bottomed
chair polished by use as well as hacked and whittled by
many knives.
The groups of tow-heads in all quarters of the room
were regarding' the unusual scene with wovnder. All eyes
ivere fixed upon the strange faee  and proplhetic eyes of
tle dark woman, whose pride and whnose unbent will
offered such a contrast to the "slack-twisted "' nistress
of the house, and to her awkward and shambling spoutse.
For if Cad was not beautifill to look tupon it was also
trule that Tomn "d id not handsome nuch  --- as we once
heard a Frenchlmuan say of his wife.  The look of laziness, sluggishness, ignloance, and suspicion in his tdull
eyes  was ildescribable. And his lont hair, his thin
beard, his filthy clothing, and his hands, that migh-1t have
served for the talons of a bulzzard, made a l)icture of,squalor whlich we should have to go among savages to
parallel.
Milly merely rolled her large eyes in digntified silence,




90               ZJLO!)D  01OX I If SitYI
and seated herself in thte corner to  vtarm ]her b)enumlbed
feet.  }Meanwhile Ton wtent to th}e ladder, ntit   calledt tho
twtins.  Alilly heardt the  amncs, and hecr mother ls heart
fluttered.  Tom came (ldown the ladder with each child in
turn, stepping very carefiily; and as lie led the firiglhtened
little wretches to their mother, lie said, in what was meant
to be a vc(ry jocose tone, " MIighlty careful, 3MjNilly, ve are
of hligh-priced goods.  Hmand'em  tup and dowvii time ladder like clany vessels.  Can't afford to break a five hundred dollar article."'
It was wonlderful to sec the change in Milly's face.
You, })erhlaps, have seen, reader, tIme pathetic look in the
eyes of a seal in an aquarium.  If you 1lhave hunlted, you
rememnber the mneltitg sorrow in' the eyes of a wvounded
deer.  And a dor  solnetimes shows so much soul in. his
ckar'nest glance that you think lie must spelak, or that tic
tlinks and feels like the superior beiinr, ]his master.  So
in the nobly-formed face of Milly, dusky as sihe was, the
deep afilection for ]ecr helpless children gtlowed, and saddened, and melted )by turns, as the sudtden joy of meccting,
and the dloults and fears of the filture, flickered over her
face in alternate lig'ht and shade.  H[ow  she hugged
them, kissed  them, cooed over them, smoothlled their
straighlt, black hair, -  then held them  at arnn's length to
look at themll  and then folded tlhem again to ]her bosom,
with scores of kisses more I'Then began their artless
prattle.  It was of tthe lost home iii Indiana, the lost
fireccdom, the lost cvcerything.  Atilly  clhecked tihe talk
that would lead to unpleasarnt consequences, and did hmer
best to comfort thenm.
" ]Blesas my  teart,"- Cad exclaimed aside to her llusbaml, "just to ]hear tlte little creturs! Why, they d(on't
talk nothin' but dixonltry and truck I "
Atlanta America Livadia hlero  observed to Etloisa An



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drolena Almonrosa (&c.) that " man never hugs us and
takes on that-a-way."
Alilly at last asked her keepers whlere Sally and  lIatrrisot  wvere.  Shle did not get ta very satisfiactory answ\er.
She| feared they mightt lhave been talrteady carried off and
soldt  " down thce river," and persisted in her questionls.
Toni, to end the matter, said (doggedly, " No use, Millty,
to ax anythin' more.  The gal tlan' the boy is 2'igh!, all
safe, an' will be on lhand at the'pinted time.  At the
Court ]House door you'll see'em.  An' you'll sec'em
squwarely sold.  You an' all on'em."
"I shtall never be sold," said Milly, quietly.
Toin laughed.  "You won't, hey?  I should like to
know whly."
I've served my app'inted titme.  Ml'y task is done.
The Great Tafskinmaster knovws it.  Ity  ta sk as slave isj
donel.'Whe  I have no more to (10o as free woman, the
[flaster will set ilme task ui) yonder."
Shie rose slovwlyr and unconsciotusly as shie spoke, and
her w\ords camle w\ith tthe solelnity of anotlCer world.
As she ended she stepped back, her eyes closed, hter
hands fell, and slte would haove rolled upon the stoines if
Cad had not cauglht her.  Mlilly rwas insentsible.
The twins were sent up to their perch and bound to
silence by ma)y threats. The brood of Flleenmisters vwere
quelletd by the excitedl Caad, and Tone  was induced to go
to town at once to get a doctor.
" I reckon Wyndhtn'1ll stand the doctor's bill," said
Tonm.  " I)ern the critter, -- I d(1o believc sihe's goin' to
be mean enough to die, arter all t'l
l]e starteld off oil foot, his trousers tucked in the tops
of his clayey bo 1ts, his weather-beaten hat p)ulled on his
head like a conical extinguisher, and his lean and evillooking ldog following him.




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CHAPT1eR  VII.
THIE PIElRIItEPONT1S GIVEY   A PARTY.
r  THIREXN  wAas a party at the house of M3r. Pierrepont,.. who lived;a few miles from the county town, to whicth
all the young peop1le of tle neighborhood wtere invited, Mr.
Pierropont was the son of French parents, but was0 born)
in this country in a large city onV the seaboard.   Hlis blaptismial name, Jean Jacques RIousseau, testified to thle democratic principles of his father, but fitted oddly upon the
head of a rustic aristocrat and slavehlold(er.  Kentucky
twas an iunsuitable field for the success of socialistic principles, or for exhibiting the blessings of livilng in a state
of niature.  Thle young man was endowed with the natural wit, acutene'ss, and vivacity of his race, and hlad
been edlucated Nwith some care; but upojn settling down
as a farmer, he gave himself vholly to his crops, his
stock, his negroes, and the details of household economy,
and renounccd the tastes and the literary culture which
imost native born Frenchmen of his class try to keep
alive,.  le had never been in Paris, but he kept up his
klnowxledge of French, and he spoke Englishl  ith accuracy and fluency. At the ti-me of our story het was a wcllpreserved and blooming gentleman of sixty years.  A
faint claret flush showed through the, natural olive of his
cllhcks, and his eyes had all the softuess of youth.
It is clearly a vitolation of the common latw of fiction
to dwell upon this sketch, for Mr. Pierrepont, though an




TIls PIE EA'RRVE.'POANIYS GIVEd A  PAARTY-.    93
important person in tlhe county), will not be a nmain character in this story   t but the narrator, who remembers his
amiable manners in society, and the lino play upon his
intellectual teatures wtile in conversation, is glad of an
excuse to recall his picture for a moment.
The house was tample, if not eclegant, and its arrangements were such that a very large  number of guests
could be entertained   for an evening, and, if necessary,,
for the night.  Its surroundings, of oak pastures, and
broad, undulating lawns, dotted in summer with flowerintg trees and shrubs, formned a na-tural  park.  Wide verandas afforded welcome shade, and offered rest in Canton
arm-chairs.  Even at the tiime of the party, in late October, the vines onl the enclosing trellises were green,
and the air without was not too cool for an occasional
promenade, at least in the opiniolt of some couples, --
es-pecially as the moot0n was at its full, and very luminous.
M'r. i'ierrelpont, with his stately, but rather old-fasllhioned wife, and his chatrming widowed daughter, received
the guests with a firank hospitality that put the shyest 1land
most inexperienced youth compltcely at case, aned that
mlade of each damsel, for the time, a duchess in her ownt
rigIht.   The house nwas all open, 0ancd was lighted by
myriads of ctandles.  Cards ruled in the library, and in
sonme of the calmbers.  In the south room, a group) was
gathlered about the piano-forte; a veritable " Erard',"  b)ut
which had become rather thin.and music-boxy in tone.
The company wa s inot " select; " invitations for sucIh
occasions were quite general, but included only the yolung
people.  It wasi not custornary in the rural districts to
permlit the gray heads and mob ctaps to intrude with their
Vanity of  lanities " "into festive gatherings.
Ilarrison Adalns is a conspicuous person, from his file
plresence, and on account of his reputation as a rising




941              LORD  OF ZIJZMSE'LI.
lawyer..  Arthur Hl loward is obselrved also, though less
k]1own, and is regarded as a rather prim butt good-natured
spcimnen of the educated Yankee.  Beaurchaltltp  Ruascsll
iappearls in at new suit, the master-work of tlie village
tailort, and seems rather abstracted  in mannaer.  \\ill
)avis, the fox-hunter, l with pleasant featulres, brown eyes,
and full of animation, is the readiest of all in htis attentions to the ladies,  with fwhom  he seenms to 1)e o01  excellent ternms.  Mliss Betty antd Miiss Atalvina Hamilton,
\vith their tall figures, composed features, and cold blue
eyes (which, ltoward noticed, had the exact color of fiorget-me-nots), supported like flanking statues the radiant
youngtl  person for \\whose sake the p)arty vwas given. Mliss
Adelaide Shelburne has been already sketched with the
imost. vivid colors on our palette; and it is enough to add
inow that she wore a dress of white silk, with hiints of
blue in ribbons and borders, and that she displtayed no
ornaments except a spray of jmyrtle and a white camellia
bud in her brown hai,.  H[er supremacy was as absolute
as thlat of Spenser's Queen Glorilana.  Such a miracle, as
shle appeared in this breathing vorld, is rarely wrouglrt,
eitlter for a country party in lKentucky, or for the most
select circle in beauty-haunted Baltilnore.!Beauclalmp ap)proachedi the presence not ungraceffilly,
but not eagterly, and paid tis compliments in ordinary
)phlrases.:l:e did not linger, though lie Mi t in his soul
that lie could (1o nothing less than worship her. The mortifrcation of his unsuccessful  chase on the return from
Pa)atw Creek church had disappeared.  But his uncle's.sarcastic cautions no less than his own circumstances
dulled the edge of his resolution, and gave to his; manner
and conduct a hesitancy and vacillatio n that were little
less than pitiable.  Perlhlalps there was a lurkingl dlistrust
in his mind, for the young lady evidently enjoyed tle un



7TIE  IttRREI'. I. ONTkS 017 G~VA' A  PARITY.    95
fcigned homage tendered her on every siide;  and it was
not uncottmmon ilt B.tarry  Countyl —  ad pterhaps elscwhere -  for a belle to show bright eycs in amnswier to the
tender specltes of a. numtber of admirieres in succession during the samte evening. So Bcauchamlp, after the commonplaces were ended, feeling uncomfortably that curlliotus
eyes were upon hlim, and that he had made a poor figCure,
bowved and saunteret d near the singer at the piano.
The singer had a right to sing, for she had Ca friesh Land
beautiful voice; and though it was untrained, her simnplicity and feelilifng made it impossible not to sympatllize
with her, if not to admire her.  Those were thle dalys
when ",S'teelt lflon" flowed, when " ['he Carrier iDore''
bore the lovcr's  ilessagc, and "Love's Youtg.)i')rea
had not cortme to anl clnd.  Such simlple melodies, with}
such (tIJ-trlus of accomlpaniment, agitatet( the breasts and
moistened the eyes of your mothers, young leadies, just
ts youir ltharts palpitate to AMozart's 11 mitio lesoro, or
antswer to tote longing  call in Beethoven's Adelaide. W  lat
could renew those sensations? How couldt we hlear thoseo
dear foolish old songs with the delighted cars tand tlhe
trembling nerves of thirty years ago?  W-ho could sing
them  for us like the brilliant Eliza S. —-, a being all
ligtht, a soul of celestial fire?  She is sinlgilg other airs
nlow.  It was shel who first revealed to our neio'}tborhood
the exrquisite pathos of "'Alt ld Robit Cr'ay,"' and the delicious coquetry of "lWifthin a ilile of Edinboro'."  To hear
thlat glorious voice agcain, I could endure even the thunder
of "The B7 attle of.7Pragute," whtich poor Eiza's sist'ers alwtays woul  play with four haltds. And, as we ar mu111sing-,
where is t.le gay Ahark  ][eadley?  1to thrums  his guitar
itno more nunder your wvindowts, ladies of.. —; nor tells
you in his sweet mnanly tones that "'''Ts' 17idtightil  our; "
inror pours out his ltamenlt in "0, woutll 1 were a Boy




96               LORD  OizF tIMILSIL:t
again I"  The spicy smiell  of thle jessamine and honeysuckle petrvading the cool and dewy air of thosd summer
nights as'we stole among the;sthrubbery, wvhile the quaint
anld penetrating notes of the g uitar sounded the lrclulde
for the serenade, comes back this moment over the long
interval!  Alt me I  We all sooner or later take up the
old 1burden, V/wit ftgaces.
Beanucharnp walked away agaiti, thlis time withl Arthlur
lHoward, and pointed out quietly the ladies about whom
his fricend inquired.  Het was inot merry at lheart, and the
gay tone lie assumcd was at once a relief and a mask to
his feelings.
"That sweetly smiling, solid beauty there is Site laycroft.  Observe those dangltlrous eyes,.  You wouldn't
believe it, but she is the most finished flirt in the county.
WVithout saying anything, she looks everything.  Three
young fellows at this momient are dlying for her -- I think
there are five.  Each of them  hopes anid believes he is
tie favored man; but, mark rmy word, she'll jilt the whole
lot, and look on witht eyes of innocent surprise at their
distress.  When she marries, all the Deer Creek boys
will go into mourning, 1and then hold a big meeting to cry
boo-hoo together-.
"There is Ellen )anforth, with an eye like a deer, and
a pretty foot.  Notice tlte satill slipper is alwrays out.
She holds on milghty wvell, for site was no chicken wheil
T was a boy.  Will liarcourt, not one-and-twenty yet,
hangs aboutt her, you' see. She'll have him bridled, sure."
"And be a good mother to hinm, I hope," interposed
IfToward.
" J)o ytto see that little white niun, Lucy Penton? The
])ove is the name she goes by.  Ever since the poet of
tie county made her the subject of a poem that chanced
to be printed(, she ]as been calming her tempestuous




71i1" 1IX'ZNR/A'' (A/t' 7's cS  lI'T    A  14R1J7'J  97
nature, and looking meek and dove-like.  AWNhen s-he has
attailned the rightlt exnsl xoiot, s$to doesn't sp)eak for fe:ar
of breaking tle clTarm.  iBut the faithless poet didn't
marry her --- poets never do.  And 0 — 4-'Tle dif'trcnee to she.'
Th. TLfat yountg' man, with so n nuch hair andl stirlt-colttar,
is Aloysius Pittsinger, clerk in the printcipal store, ats you
probably know. Shallow land noisy, and such a bore! WAitht
a strongg  thead fo)r butsiness, hte used to go to the breakdowns and candy-pullings, and during the eveningt  ask
theo young ladies if their mothters hadtt  any driedd apple to
sell.'We roasted htim on that, and asked htim  if i9e had
any nutmegs or indigo in his p)ockets for barter.  If you
\ant to seec soml-e sport, you just ask hlim how Ite sells
intdiggo.  Ito looks up at the l)ovc witstfully, butt I doubt
if she flies downr to perclt on h]{is linger."
At that moment  they  passedt   a file-lookilng womanl a
brunette in comtplexion, with regular teatures and an a1ir
of intelligence.
"1 AMiss Kate WAryndham," said Iteauchantp in an undertone, " daughter of the enemy.   Of course we (lon't
speak.  It isn't her fiault that lher father is a rascal; bt
the afltair is so public, and my mind has bee1n so often
ftreed about it, that I couldn't meet her."
"She has the look of a cultivated woman."
"0, yes; brought up at the Nazaretlt school, kept
by nuns, you know.  Quite well educated for our l)art of
the country."
Pride Cnougt.'."
" Enllough for a dozen.  No family likce the AVynrldltarns,
site thtinxs.  I don't see wh'at shle's going to do, unless
she looks out of the county.  There's itobody here good
CJIO11tgIft.'     7




O8                ORDt  OFhIA IItSA3l'.:
"Unless she were to captutre you."
Ps!haw!  S Ie's as prolud of her money as slC is of
her family.  Ritcht marry rich.''
But what t a prett y story it mwould make!'' said Hfow-.
lardt. "' 1atther ric tt ald p'roud.  )aug-liter rich and proud
too, but with an eye tbr za  tlandtisonme young   an.  Thle
son of the etnemy, to be sure; but what is tlter left to
fight about? thinks sthe.  Better a  treaty of petace.  Father (Capulet and widow  fMontaguee shall shalke handS.
Romeo and Juliet set up housekeepingpr.  tamily grander
thlan ever; and the expected heirs will divide the county
between them. "
Beauchamp lauglhed in spite of his feeling of annloyance, and tldhen said,  " There is mtany a more disagreeablo
girl than Kate Wyndtham l — perhaps a, little imperious-lt
lintt sensible, modest, and almost a. be1auty. Butt thlere is a
ntl.lf b(etween our families — a'gulf nlothing, can ever fill uIp."
"Unless, like a Curtius, youtt lea)p in,'
"tolward, if she \were to be weighed in a scale with
gold for battance, and the deeids of hler fathter's lands
thlrown in, and I could have her for the asking —   But,
tnonsense   I won't finish the sentence.  Why tshould I
vow and protest? You know how I hate the old robber,
and why I hate him.  I wouldn't share his plunder, not
even to comle by my own again. A jest is tvery well, my
fiqend, but this comes rather near   thinkl she'll have
to take   da(lt.nes  t.   llsiness colnnectioA), you know.
She won't; take him if slhe can ge't anybody  lsoe, fior she
hates a 1[oosier nearly as bad as she hates a'.Yankee, and
that is had cnotughlt.")
"]But you forget," said  [oward, " thatt  you thought
Adamrs was looking in another (direction.  See now, lie
is talking to our othtei beauty, 3iss Shelburne.  lie is
offering her his arm.  They arel going, to lead the dance.1"




7< 1'1i]A'Rt'I.'RVI'ONrS CGl/'   A  P'A A RT)
Thlis stroke taught BeRauchaplm where Nwas t~he joint in
his armor of proot, and lie filt it ketenly.   tiut lie restrained Imlnself' wvith colnsiderable  eflort, andl advan-cinrwith rmore ease andl address tlhanl lowardl lhad givet  himt
credlit for, lie asked 3[1rs. Warfield, tIte daulgltter of' the
host, to dance with him.lt l
Pr'emt onitory tut1ing's of fidles were heard in the antcrooml, then dashes of boNws at randtomn, b)its of melody,
then m-ore tuning  of a loing-drawn, p ailtful ];kind, unt.il at
last the orchestra appeared.  It consisted of tlhree jollylooking negro men, two wNith fiddles (negroes never have
violits), and the third with a rude instrunment in tile slhape
of a flute.  Their kinks of haitr had been tightly wound
with strings during the previous week, so that tlhey stood
out like so many twisted spikes; and tthese,were now
loosened andl coaxed out, until their Iheads looked like
vast globular brushells.  There vwas a slight rush} fi;r' p)atners and for eligible places in sets, and a momenlt after'wards the signal was given for a quadrille, alnd  thlo
dancing began.
IMr. lloward rwas standing near the fiddlers, admiringthte tact and readiness with whlich they surtmlounted all
I-lmusical difficulties, either going' roundtt    or i gnoring' the
matters of keys, intervals, tand harmony, 1 and yet. gliving
well-imarked melodies in lively rhytlhm.  Force and enthiusiasmn carriedl everytligig   befbre thlem, and the listener
sootl gave up the idea of applying any rule of art to test
tlie p)erftirance.  Like the bobolink, the mnusicalt negro>
is a g'enuine, unta ught minrstrel, not a mtlsician, and it is
a:boult as easy to set d(own the notes of tle one as thil
other.  itwvard was also struck witht the calls  or tilhe
mlovenlents in tftc dance; a(ltt lie wtas only able to ]klnowf
vlwhat the calls were when lie sawt them interpreted in the
figures.  After sonlething tlhat soutded like  " Cavalry




1-00             LORttD  ORF IHZJSFwIKS]l
soul I h" le saw a gentleman advancing alone.  Then lie
heard(,  " Ladiets dissemtble I " tand the ladies met in thle
centre.  It was ellnough, lhowever, that everyLrtting wlas;
tspirited, natural, and enijoyable.  The dancing, too, was
htoJnestly p)erformed: no sliirking at the " nilne and tetl,"
and a brisk'" pigeon-lwing "   for a finishl.  rTito   1 mtanytwinkiling feet " \as a p)lliasC that imeant something.i
\ lfile Atr. IlowVard was lookingr on, AMr. Pierrepont
catte near antd asked, "D)o you not dance, ntf. Ioward? "
" Sometimes; and I altways ejo6y it;; but I knlow  e cry
few figures, and anm  alwrays afraid of making confusion.
I am stud.tying the matter."
"No need of studying.  lancing is like skatingl inl olne
respect: you have only to forget yourxself and move
naturally,   But the way for you to avoid contfision is to
selecct for a parttner ea lady wleo knows tlhe intricacies,
conlfess to her at the outsset your uttter igl'orlanlce, alnd
beg' her to be kiltd enought to look out tbrt you, and yot
will be p)ilotedt through w\itlout a care or ta feallr."
B' 3y the by, sir, st)eaking of skating, as the river here
never has antty good ice, I wonder whlere you got your
practice? "'XIn the lnorth, to be sure, -where  the ice is.  O, 1
know Jamaica'Ponld, and, for that nmatter, the Frog Pond,
too.  ]lut that was a great while ago."
"Thetn >you came out here to a wilderness?'
"Not quite. Boone Iad )preceded mT.. a little."  Thlis
with a lelcasant smile.  " But the people hlere in ear1ly
tihmes had w\onderfult  ideas about your Eastern States, and
coulttll't be made to understand how  I, a It1Frenchlmanl,
could lhave been born in Yan}kee land.  One fellow, I
lrelllellbt:lr, iii a deerslkin blouse and raccoon cap (or
helmet, ratlher, fi:or it was  precisely such  a cres.t as our




7tI1,  PIRRA'I.'POANTS GIVA' A  PARTY           1o0
K(eltic and Gotlhic ancestors;wlore), askled me if I tad
seen any witches hunltg,  and whethler  thiere war ary' of
therm ol' Pilgrimls round yit.'  I delied as to s8e.in(' the
Nwitclhes, either hanged or otlerwise, and t asked him wtlhat
)lilgrins lie re-ferred to.  iHe answered,' Why, MtitthliCV,
Atark, )Deuteronomy, and thelm.'
" I had a similar experience," said MAr. Howard,  " only
a few days ago.  An old gentletmatn asked t    e what was
the cap)ital of Boston, and how far it was fiom  Maissachulsetts?  I explained to hlim the facts civilly, and then
lie asked if we hlad big farms and plenty of niggors."
I noticed that young'ullllw tssll was with youl; what is
lhe doing?  Good boy; 3but I'm afraid of sonme outbreak
of the old blood.  Able men tho Rtussells were, but it
was either' draw poker,' or racing', or whiskey, or something' else."
" I am happy to tell you,'  replicd Ar. Howard, " thlat
Beaucltamp IRussell hlas started in a new career; he is t
student, and whlile lie will teaclh a part of lhis time with
11me, hie will read law  with Squire Itamilton.  It-e has
begun resolutely, and is industrious and apt."
"Wonders never cease, and tlhis is the most wonrderful of all.">
"' Well, so it is;  lnd I had some difficulty in persuading Itim to leave off for an evening', so as to accept your
invitation."
" I hiear lie is troubled about the petition for the sale
of his unclc's negroes.-. those thtat wtere set free."
"Yes, he has been in a. statL  of great wrath, though I
cannot see wthat le can do to p1revent it."'  othing, by the law;  I was afraid lie miglt try the
rifle,   tot bloo(d, you k;now.  My ncightlbor VWynldham has
given out tltat lhe has heard, tand has reason to bctliveo,
that young Russell and his friends -- "




1.02             )LORD / )' O   IIXISE:L
"  tMeaning' me? "
tossiblty -  that young IRussell  and his friends havo
threatened to liberate some or all the negroes by force,
andl that lie sh}all take such precautions  for detlnce as the
case mal'ty require."
"'!That is a way of sayingl, tat he will shoot either of
us at sight, if \we go ]near his thouse —. is it? 
B"ei shoot    O0, no.  You don't know  him.   A Why
should he shloot, whlen the Fleemisters and Jioughlton are
lis henclthmen?  Princes fond of hunting anciently lkept
leoplards to bring downv their gaime.  Our Nwiser neighbor
keeps a lean, fierce' cracker' with a long rifle.'
"Thank you for your friiendly hint.  But I am sure that
AMr. Ilustsell has never made a threat of the kind."
"Tlhat may be so.  But, if after a little puff of smoke,
land a slighlt )Cerforation by a bullet, there should be an
inquiry, and( Mr. Wtyndham has his witlnesses to lprove the
threats, it would be all the same.  You. ha-ve beel here
two or three years. Hlow many pcrsoms have you tlknown
to be t)ulislhed f:or shooting and wounding, or even for
hkilling outrigllt? J
hMr. Pierrepont continued, " You say tlis is all dreadfiil, and I admlit it.  So isour slavery.  Wet all know it.
But we can't clhange.  W'oe lave the system, as the
hunter had the wolf by thle ears, and so feared to let go
hlis 1Iold.  Now, it's in vain to reason abstractly Up)Onl
this or any other topic, so far as you and I are concernetd.
T/hinok whtat you like.  Believe, if you ch1oose, all the
fine theories of myiy father's idol 1lousseau.  But bto sure
to let tite thought remalin  a thought.  If it gets utteran(tlce
as a wsord.-.   eolen oe word    you are a mnarlrked manl, and
a ruined man for this country, forever.'''IThere were many things in wvhat AMr. Plierrepont }had
said that comllientded themselves to HIoward's prtactical




YtilE-' PI.'JARRVE'OAVtRS CGIVE  A  P/ARY':103
good sense, and others wlhich he mentally took serious
exceptions to.  But lhe considered only thle kind intention, alnd, wisely concluding' that a dancing party was
not a place fi:or argumnc t, and that, not to be singular, sle
onllht to take p)at for a while, hle excuseedI himsetlf, and
made his way towards the chlaruming M:Irs. W\arfield.  I:e
made use of' her fihithr'ts simplo stratagent,  conmmitted
htimself to his, partner's guidance, tanld went lthroughl  tett
figturs withtout getting tle (ttancers into serious disorder
mlore than three or ftur times.
Beaiuchamp dtanced wit hout intermission.  After MI'rs.
\varflield, hIe had Aiss I[aycroft: fbr a p)artner, choosing
her, Nwe fear, principally  for the p)urpose of mlaking  tlhe
young fellows of l)eer Creek unthappy.  Then lhe lanced
with thte D)ove, and told lher stuch funny stories that sihe
forgot her mouth entirely.   The satin-sli)cppered  Aiss
D)anforth  le neglectted, partlfy   because her boy-lover,
HIlarcourt, was so constsant antid assidluous.  h'l.'e exhilarating cflf'ct of the music and of thle rhythmic  rmotion hl1ad
diftused a sort of breezy tair throughl the rooms, and conmmunicated to our hero, and to others  lelrhaps, a subtile
and potent intoxication.  Bacclhantes were not inflatmed
with wvine only.  Beauchamp's courago came  to  hinm.
i:[o had been watching the favorable moment, and when
hie saw. his rival, Adams, leading out Mtiss Wyntalldhlfam, lie
wtound his way through the ttlrong, land presented himself
)efore Miss Shelburne.  She accepted his invitlation, and
they led the quadrtille.
It is impossible to show the reader how two suchl finelyformed  people moved  througlh the dlance, or to paint
their glo\wing faces, in whichl equal pride, courtesy, and
deference were seen.  Sunpper w\as nText announced, and
AMr. Pierrepont  considerately yielded lhis right of escorting Miss Shelburne to  Beauchamp.   Air. Adarms and




l10o              LORD  OF;' LfJI/t.!'LIKJ
l iss Tynttltham stood opposite, and althoughl tley clhatted
pleasanitly togethetr, thle readerl ligllt nlot err il stlurmisin
that each of tlent, for sepalate but similar reIasons, w\as
not greatty pleased xwith thle conjunction of the ttwo handso01e persons actress  tlhe t-able.
The tSupper was slubstantial in quality, and was served
wvithl lhospitable  1)rofusionl.  WVines were not int general
tse in Kentuckyy,    but various enticing compounds supplied  their l)laces.'&che Tiqueur   (alwrays known as
peach lacullt ") was in hiight fh\vor.  This is nadeIc  tby
packing a barrel with the finest ripe pieaches, and then
po'uring in oldi and smooth whiskey, until it is ftll.  After
standingi   a yea', this liqueurt acquires a flavor which
enables thle tippler to  bear tup against   " prohlibition "
anathemlas witht  undisturbed mind.   Somie peiole  tadd
spices, w\ticht is tant error.  Another and moroe  dangerous,
beverage wtas eg'gl-noggr.  The reader herleupon smiles,
and thintks this a very familiar drink, anrd hardly worths
mlention; but if lie has not tasted it in K<entucky, lhe is
in a stato of ignorance.  The great bowl wvith its whlite
mountainous lheaps, and its delicious golden depths, alnd
fireighted with uncounted lheadaches for thle next day, is
something' to be admlired, but to boe sipped as the bee sips
hollney dew.
Good health, active ha-bits, and anl hour spent in dancing, are sufflicient to give famous appetites; and our party
was ta htunfgryi one. The drinks were lightly sipped. Th1er
was not,a cheek the redder exceptl for exercise.
Beauchlamp was never at a loss for ideas, and rarely
for fitting words  but t now that lie vwats actually beside
thoe lady, lie wtias siCelet in spite of himself:  If hle wvere
to speakt at all as lie felt, there was so mluclt to say; anil
the near neiglhborhlood of t.wo plersons to whom  lie h tad
an ave'rsion vwas a gtreat dr-atwback.




7T17  I'I RENA'iJOV7S' GI~VEN.  A  PAR''tY -J
After all," lhe thoughtlt, " what could I say?  Wha'ttt
is it to her, that the father of the youngt lady oltpo.ito
(who is eying ime so stharply) has robbed our ftamily an(1
made me poor?  ITlWhat is it to her that I am  mnadly jealous of Harrision Adalms?  Sle would laugh at it.  WVhat
is mIy  speech, or umy silence, eithter, to  her?   WhAVt:tf
does she care for my lack of attention during' the month
site h-as been here?  A'WNhat am 1  to her in any way?  And
if I dro) apology, tand dare to reveal thoe secret in my
lheart, whllat have I to offel? 7- only the hand ola bep ggar.
Nothting' could lersuale   her that  I waVs iiot lmereneary,.  As
cle Rattlph says, I al onlyl  poor mtoth about acandle."
These thoughlts )assed tlhrough  3eauchlamp's mind in
quick succeeding  wraves, anld lie grew  momntcily moro
ult(lccided.  It was a, ease of "  lshilly-slallying;" of tile
tra(litional " filint-llheart;  " of letting the " I dare not"
vwait upon "    I would."   All thlis is true.  iBut in the cese
of this ldescend(l int of the ruilned fhtily of Russell,  was o()t
reasonll on the side of t1e doubllt?'.lie argumtl elt twas all
one way; but that was when lie looked to the left.  When
lie looked on ]lis right, teic duskly atmosplere briglhtened,
andt thle whrole fabric of imprisoning doubts underv'ent a
tranisfrmation (as in a Christmtas ltantomime), andl became
a bower of delighlts.
So he skimnted tte surface of things, like the svaterfowl that neither floats in repose nor ventures on upward:
wings.  IMeanwhile Miss Slelburne listened and loolked,
anttd uttered the )roper phra.ses at tie right time withl due
eml)ltasis, in the sweetest low tolnes ever heard, while hier
violet eyes and her fiuil and half-parted lips exlressed the
nmost engaging and etarnest aftention.
teauchal t1) proposed a prot)enade, and they wtalked
thllrough tlte rooms into  thle porch, and so onl, to thle
veranda -* me1:r. cly" to see if the moon was really fulld,'




106               LPOR.   ONF iiritsrft.tAI.J:
lie said.  Thlere was no moon, but heavy clouds1 insteaad,
moving swiftly and threatening rain; and they came back
into the souith parlor, and sat near the piano, apart,
"iiss Shelburne," lie said, rousing' himnself for an
eflort, "I Nwant to tell you a little story.  I su)lI)ose you
will soon be going back to Herbleu County, andi this Ilmay
be my only chance.  There was a young princ) e in tlte East,
who, on account of some faults of his ancestors, was in
disgrace Nwith his sovereign, and had lost all his possessions.  ITe was still a prince, but hIis king-dom was wholly
in himself.  No one resplected his dignity, and lie was
even force(d. to get his bread by the labor of his hands,
so Vlow had he fiallen.  While in thtis condition lie saw a
lovely youngl priltcess fi'om  a distant coultry, who was
more beautifutl  tthanl Fatima, and as wise as Zobeide.  I is
soul burned \Vitlh a secret but consmuming fire.  ITe saild,'If I1 tell this princess I love lher, she will scorn me; but
if I turn away from her, I slall (lie.  rWhat shall I do? I' "
Miss Shelburne ihere broke in upon tlhe narration, sa;yillf' in }her clear, low tones, and with a steady, but meaning emphlasis, —"I have lheard thte story, IMr. Russell; pray let; me
fitish it.  This  princess had one day overlheard the
unhappy lrince sighting oln hler account.  She did )not love
him, ftbr she did not know whether he was worthy to be
loved; but she dit pity him for hiis misfortunes.  So site
staid to h}imt,   Prince, silowi yourself wvortty of your biirth.
i)o not sigh, but rise up, and try whether by your own
ltand(ls you cannot rear a higlher dignity, and earn a greate r
renown titan you lave lost.  Then you need not ltumble
yourself as a sut)ppliant to any,l bhut can choose thtOe most
beauttiful and tle best.'  As I was gomtlg' to sayv," she
continued, without clhang-ce of countelltnatnce,  but iln a moro
conversational tonel, "I wast glad to see hlow much you




7'1/1A  I:' l]V eARE1A''OA-"'5' GiVA' A/ PI'AI"f.:tO0
vwere interested in the singing,  Some ftime I should like
to tell you about the music I he:-tr'd last season at Ci[ncinnati.  I don't remember all the composers' Inamtts, but
[Mozart and Beethoven affcted nme most.  MTozart wras as
fill of belauty as a spring' (lay; the other Nwas beautiful too,
but sometimes so strange, so grand, so overpoweringl,   that
I shivered as if I had heard my nlame called in the night,
anl  my secret thoughlts echoed by an unseen sp)ilit.
It may be conjcectured that footsteps approaching hlaad
caused the sudden change from  the fable to German
music.  The most excellent womilan in the world is sometimes capable of an innocent artifice;  anld, when it is
ilecessary, she will put prying peoplle on the wrong scent
long before the duller mani has pelrceived tvwhat was tle
matter.  So it wtas.  Tie companty hatd come )ack friom
the supper table, and Mr. Ioward(l anld tMrs. Varfield
were amon"g' tle first.  Aliss Shelburne, with heightcncd
color, but wvith an air of gracious composure, rosC  to
mct them, as did Beauchaiap,) and the conversation became gitenral.
A low, steady, monotonous sound had been heard for
some time; now it increased so that the genttlenen wient
to the door atnd looked out.  It was raining iin torrents.
lBeauchant p declared thlat every drop was bigger than a
blackberry.  The wind rose and roared among the trees
atrountd the house.  Faster and heavier the r ain fell, and
iin a few-  minutes it wvas evident that none of the party
could safely leave for hoime, especially as the roads wvere
uneven and slippery whln wcet, amid all the little branchles
wtould be full very shortly.  MBr. Pierrelpont now  shone
out in his capacity of host.:lie assured thle company
that lie could provide for all the ladies, anltl thlat the gentlemlen could occupy sofs and lotnges, and  lie blad
abundant blankets.  Meanwhile the (lance 6hould procced.




0S,LOlRD  01" IIIJi.l/fLI;:
All joyfully asstented.  Tlh e fiddlers struck upti, and tho
suets w\ere ral)idly filled(; aitt  thl eil0ry et(li  (t' i ifmusic aldtt
laughiter drowned thit disImal oundlll of tle storm tliat wast
ra'g't'lg)' w\titlloLtE.
iclauc}ltlnp did inot feel inclined to dlance, because ho
s;aw  -wlat lie thlought was a warl'lli    look il.Miss Shelblurn,'s flace; so hle joinecl a whist p)arty, with Mr. Pierrcl)o0it For ]uis t)artnilr.
13ctwccn two and three o'clock the danlcin' bet'an to
tlaw'.'fThr  ladies excutsed tlhelrslves and retired.  T he
servants broughlt in blankel ts, and  the young men h   isl)Osed of themC1lselves on the p)arlor floors the best wVay
tlley could.   Belllaei ll) did not slee) at all.
Th'lc  guests wNere not  walkcned very carly, as may be
supilosed, aidt it was not ulltil tCnl o'clock that )brealtlfst
was served(.  [Mr. toward hadtl taken an eartlly start, tlat
lie  mig'-lt be  in timtte  for hiis school..'Thle storI ltad
cleared atlway, but thle   vidences of its power wtere seent
ilt the prostrate hltrubbery and thll, broken i  inllbs of trees,
an:ld all tleC lands seulemed flooded witl tfle ellormious rl'ltfiall.  iAll lthe compatIny had come to tlce ptarty on  lortse.
back,, except Mliss Shell)burno and hler cousins,   o hatid at
comrltrtable oldl-fastihioned carryall.  The river flowed b)ctvceln Mr. lierrelpont's and the county  town, and tlhere
was nio  brifdge at the point where the roadl crossedl it.'1the river alwavys roso ralpidly after Slltc}h a rain.  Those'wiho were on htorsel:  ack ftlt sure  of  lceintg' table to cross
tlhc  br(l, \even1 if their animals ls had to swim   t short distatnce.   l But it w\as. thoIugfhlt best to make a reconnoissance before  allowiig tihe carryall to ventture iuito tle
swi;ft; water. TI is MIr.  Pierrepont tand hlhis servants un111dertook to hdo, tlIe services of thel  youngt   men C     e int,, declinled ats unnlcessarly.  The conttpany wern soon mounted
auit d  went their several  ways, leIaving behlind only  tihe




7/fIll, 1'.]//A~RI;.'~Al I/ S  (I:]JU,  /,I4  e1. I09
tlree ladies imentionetl.    leauchamp )itad li'geredl, htopiing,
to have a single'  word wtitth MAliss Sllllurne, bult fitiled to
see ]her until lie was in thel saddle..'tcln, spurring' up to
the  door where she stood, he asked, " Was thle iitAbl
ended? "   She rcplietd, "' Yes; tle princess waited to
see hlow hter advice was followed."
" Jlt story says i ttat lie (d  rise,  and tlhat lte returned
to claim iher wholo  ttas the' most beautifuit l and best.'
If the ladtly (lid not smile, at least sle did not friown,
and sioe gIracefuilly waved hlim a fitarewell.
B3eaucltamp was not sorry to fintd hlimself alolne, ad
h}e allowed his horse to wallk so as not to overtake tilo
party goingl to townl.  IJe wvas iln no  umor ftor the jlokes
fan1d gossil), atnld t;he commenlts upon thle faiees, dresses, a-tdt
dtancing' of tlIc ladies, which fobrm tIhe staple of conversation t}he day after a party.   ie w\as full of vast sclhe:mes.'.T'Ie law was a small province that lie \w)ould suljug'ate'
fort.ltwitl.  Bulusilless would comlte, then w\eafflt i atlfd honor.
A Inew  hoIuse onl Beech KInoll, and thlen. --- II- is blood
tingled at tlhe thtoughlit.  thlle comity shoC)uld see thlat tleo
ble)od of thle 1Russells htad not died out; and as for thle
\\yndliams.......... to be sure, what anl absurd notion th;att \was
of 1 towa\vtrd's   Romeo t and Juliet i(leed! TI hen he catml
back to }his uncle Rialph, and fancied he saw his 1ongl,, noso,poking' into the matter. Now, if }ie, Beaulchamp lRussell,
were pult onl tlhe witness stand, what reason could i}e givte'
as a basis for: the (airy structure lie had just been erectingo?
Si:ply thfis: thllt a, pretty wotmaln whorm  he loved, but to
lwhom  lie lhad not tlared in manly fatshion to avow  hIis
love, }tad substantially told him to g'o to work; andl tlhat,
oi( partitiig tile i-ornitng after, slte had smilled oinl hliml — *,she wvlo stiled sweetly on all.  Was lto not tle foolishl
Im-ot}t around thle catlle?
So, betweell tloe  extremles of feeling', the penduluntl




:1^10            tLO'D 01F I/L/tYI,5K/1t
sw\nlg', until tlhe young',' mant founld!himsclf near1ing   thi
fiodl.  Ioe saw  his fiendtls  atcad et   on  the opposite banlk,
alntd th.e shining legs and flanks of the horses showNed that
they htad been swviinminog.
iunt his attention was just then drawn to his horse's
cars, which silowedt that the anitnal recognized the tpresence of som,ebody or somlething unusual.  Fromn out of a
cluntp of btshes started a femlale figtre, and stood directly
iii the way. it w\as a younlg wom:an, white, aS h  tthought,
thlough li e was not quiite surc.  Shle was bundled up in
shlapolless clothingl; butt,as she threw off the sh:awl that
wrappl' d her head, her lotng, straigrlt, black hair fell ftomi
its confincemnt, anti Beauchamnp saw by the family likeness wrho it imust bc.
" Is it you, Sally? " lte asked wtith surpri'se.
Ytes, Atltss' Beecham, I am Sally; Sally  y Russell they
called me in Indiana."
" Well, vwhtat in the name of goodness blrings you here?
fIow did you get away? An(d whten you once g'ot started,
why did you stop?  Going to town, on it plublic rotad, int
dayflight i  It's the foolishest thing I ever heard ol f I
W' Well,  ass' Beecthanm, it looks fioolish, but I /havet't
been on the travelled road, andl I ait't  oin' t to town, andl
I am tryin' to get away to stay.  B3ut first I miust go to
3your mlnothe1r."
Beauchamptl   shook his  head.
"For the Lord's sake, just you tell JIle lhow to g et
across thlis river.  I tell you l'ml goin' to try to get to
Bch tKnoll, and I slhan't go back to Wyndhanm's, not if
I drown in the river n —. not if I am  chasedt by dogs --
not if I am tt1aken to jail -  not if I am whippedl."
\Tlty, Sally, w\ltat has happened?  Your eyes look
wild.  AVltat Ihas  raised this filry? "
M 3ass' Beecham, there's tthiws Inot to be spoken of



7'7I/,' I'lJ Vt'ZER I't')OrONTS GIlE,, Z' / l I'l'fR't".1l
iltinogs that make  you mXad --- thlings that you zmust rul
fro  -- things you'd be torn i'l pieces for.  i)on't stop)
mel. I'v\e waite(t  for you. I  nwC you'0were'0t the l)arty.
I trust you.  Nowt help mnc over, or I will jump into thto
rive r.  
T'he fierce intensity of her expression showed Beauchlamp that she nmight do just what she saidl.  lie Imeditated a moment, and then said, -.
Sally, to go throughll the town will certainly be dangerous for you, at any tite of day, and you must expect to be pursued.  Keel) down the river bank this side
for about a mile, then cross tile stone )bridge over tlhe
dead creek, anl  you will get round the townt, and not
have to cross the river tat all.  I won't ask you any moro
questions. G-o your way. You can trust me, as you say,
anlld you can trust 1y motXer. iBut don't be seen by antlyIbod0y, no matter how  log' you are in getting to our
Sally sprang out of the road, antid was lost in the blushles,
creeping and crouchling am ong thetl like a hlmIted doe.
Beauchamp wvent on to tho town greatly wondering.




112             LORID  Of IIJLLI',:K
CIHAPTER VIII.
MILIXY E'SCAPES BEING SOLD.
\TiXtCN  Bceauchlamp got to town, as he wvas )assing
b y tlle Court 1House lie sasw his  1otlher's lorse
hitcchedr to thto  rack, and going into the clerk's office. het
foulnd Scipio sitting gravely cnar the fire.  Fearing that
sometthing had gone amiss, lhe inqtired what he- had
colme for.
Scipio smiled  andl  grinned, and then said, " Young
mnassa wanlt to know cberyting."' Is mothelr wvell? "
"O, yes, M[iss' Mildred, she well an' peart."
Did shle want antything? "
"No, MaIss' Beechlain, but ol' Scip, lie want som'n.
IRlheumantiz powerful bad. Got roots an' barkls an' leaves,
and want s5om1e whiskey to soakl'em.)"
You mtiserable old toper," saidh Beauchamp, Iaughlitng
inwardly.  " And so you've come to town tor whiskey?
l)o tlhey sell whbiskey at tle Court louse? "
")on't be Ihard on poor ol' nrigger, Mass' Beechamn I
Yto knlow  de tahviuns, dcy won't sell ol' Scip any whitskey;  so I come to Mass' Joe I:teadly -- Ie always good
to ol' Scip -- an' beg himt to get jes' a little;  on'y for
the barks, an' de leaves, an' de roots, massatt."
"t So you are keepilng- thle lcerk's ofllice while lie goes
out to get yout  a bottlo of whislzkey I  AWell, Ul)oti my
worl, you are well saet to work, both of you"0   




JIILL 1'  I".SiCA,1'AS R]E]:/AC  SOLD.      1.I3T
Just6 tlen Mr. 1:feady, the clerk, returned, and gav'e Ia
bottle to Scil)io, who, with ta )rofision of bowqs, and good
wislhes, and blessilgs, backed out of tle door, and getting
into the sad(lle, startedt for home.
IMr. HIeady took hiis frielnd's banter good-naturedly, and
said tlhat &an old and faitittl, ttrustty negro, like Scipio,
oughlt not to sufflr, if a pint of whiskey would lnakoe lhim
hlappy.  t o wlent on to say how jolly thle old fellow was,
and how ble had told stories of the old times, boti of tthe
i[eadys an:d the iRussells, and then laughtingly added,
"lie looked  over everything  in  the office withl thf
gravity of an old monkey, inquired  what the  books
vere, and what they were for; what all the )igeon-lholes
were for; aln'' (lo Lord's sake s,' what so manfty  paOers
were for.'J'hen hle asked about' de big machine,'  meaning' thie hand-press with the county seal.  1 told him thlat
that lhad to be put oil verry paper to make it lawful;  and
theln lie wonlered  agtain, with lhis' gc-m-netly l [Mass'
Joe,' or' Laws a miassy!   So lie went throught witIt
everythingl d(own to tle blotting pad, pens, and eraser.
Finally I was glad to go and. get his whisskey to get shut
of hint'
" 0, it's all proper," said Beauchamp.  " I didn't come
to call yout to account; but as I saw the lhorse, I was
afraid something might lhave  lappe)ned, and so catlme int
to inquire. Good morning, Joe. Wlhen you are old, and
w\ant a pint of whiskey to maike some bitteris, I I tol)
somebody wvill be as good to you."
The services of the assistant teachler wvere not required
in school that day, and( Beauchanlp) we\t  to thlo law of
fice to renewv lhis incursions into tleo province he intendedt
to ovclrrun,    Ie had some difficulty in fixingrl inl his mitnd
tlie doctrine of "cdnutingent remtainders," fbo tlo    livingt
problenms of the present day wert so mutch moro vivid




114               ] LORD]. ORI ]IZLIfSf'ELf.
and interesting.  Itc thouglht of the chances of saving
A[iily anttd her children;  then, how he was going to Imallage to pay his uncle Ralph, when thlte draft came back
)rotestedt; then, how it vwas that; Adams had been so
udtldenly tsuccessful, and thad s8o much ltm loney; how it
was that a self-seeking;,, cold-bloo(ded0. —.. Blt ht reflected
that she couldn't know whvfat the man really was, since
Nwomenl only knew wonIten, and, men, men;  aldl, l)erhalps,
shle did't, af ter all.  And so, drifting away, away fi'ro
"contingent remainders " by whtatever current of t-ouglht
or feeling', lie always arrived at the same haven.  No, it
wtas not a havlen, for it was open on all sides to wvinds of
doubt and fear, and lhe could not anchor.  But whatever
else was true, this was true, lto was sure: that she had
the finest figure, the loveliest face, thle most captivating
eyes, -atd the most musical voice in thfe world. Then tthe
notion of the province to be subjugated, and tlc wNvarnings  of the princess, returned; then the straying, off
throughl devious ways, to end as lbefore. And so da capeo.
lie laid down his book anud walked into tthe square.
There was nothing stirring, not even a spoon int tlte redyed tavern.  A loysius Pittsinger, int the adjtacent shlop,
was nodding ov er his account book.  All tlhe young )Copie hlad gone to bed, or were loullngillg, and stretching,
and yawning.  The  pigs had the streets to tlersellves.;
SBut a horsemlan sOOn ap)peared in the square.  It was
Dr. Rlhodes, a medical practitioner of doubtful repute,
whom  Bleauchamp knew  to bie deplorably i-gntorant, and
ibelieved to lbe as destittite of good feeling as lhe was of
courtesy.  I[e calle(d out to Beauchlam), who tllhereupon
stoppedt to hear whatV1 ]  httad to say.
"  say, lB(Ier!lham, that's a toutgh case up there at Tott
Fleentister's.  F1ree Ailly, you kinow.  Site talces on
mighty batl.  Says she wants to see you --  ust see you
bectrc sIte dies."




A.IL.L F' ESCJAI'IS  tAIA%  SOLD.           115
"Before she dies   I Is 3Milly so sick as that?  Whlat
is tie matter? "
i 0, youl catn't tell about tlese old women, black or
white.'tlhey take tip strange ideas.  She talks and
ravers about her children c  tas if they wan't goinl to be
better ofi' to have good masters, than to be starvin' over
i Iln.ianny.  She says site's goin' to die, then goes into
highlcsterics; and I'll be derned if I don't reckon site will
die."
"' Poor old Milly I   As her trouble is minental, you
couldn't do anything for ltter."
"  Do anytlfhing- for her?  I reckon I (id.  I flung in
the old gray " (an elegant ternm for calomel), " enough to
fix her.  She vwon't havef tht highsterics no mlore, anyhowt; but hler teetlh'll rattle,'forte many days, like tIto
keys of a I)ianny."
Concealing his rage and disgust as well as lhe could,
Beauclhamp-11l inquired if Tolt Fleomister knew of Milly's
desire to llave hinm go to see her, and if Tom vwas willing.
f, yes I  Totm's no objections; not if you go..alone,
and don't make no disturbance.  If you want to see thte
ol' woman you'd better go soon.  Site may live to git
over it, and sill may ntot."
Beauchamp gave hlis thanls for'theo message, and as
sloon as lie had caten a morsel, and attended to thte wants
of hist horse, hle started ofi'.
ie arritved at Fleettister's soime time lfore sundow+n,
andl rode directly up to the door.  The sound of the htorse's
hoofis had been heard, and'rom came out.  Beauchatnp
disnmounted, and in a friendtly tone salut<ed " the master
of thte house," as we are accustomed to  say.  Bltt
what a house, and what a master I  Tom  was civil
1enough, after his surly anId stolid fhshion, but was not
disposed to waste words.  11cauclltani  inquiretd where




11l              LOTORD  OF 0 Ift/'tf'Lt.
his brother Jack wias, and was told that lhe was staying
at Wyndtlnam's.  lBeauchtamp instanttly conjectured that
Jack was eltployetl d there to gu-ard thle captive children
of'  illy; and as lie was, if possible, more brutal and
more evil tltan'i'om, thtere miglt be a stlfficient reason
for Sally's fury and tler desperate attempt to escapIe.
" It. Fleemister," hte said, vith a studied attempt to
be polite,' Dr. lihodes brought me word that fMilly, wiro
formerly belonged to my uncle Isham, -and lwho lived at
our house when I wt as an infant, is now veNry sick, and
wants to see me.  Can I go in tantld see lher? 7"'"  reckiu," said Toml, openilng the door.  Beaucharmp
entered and looked around the hlalft:ighted rooni.  nIts.
Cadt, sittingl by the chimlney corner, lad her youngest on
her knee. The other children were scattered about, somei
sittingt on thle edge of the bed, some on the table, and
some  lountgingl against the lower rounds of the ladder
that was used to reach the loft.  The bewilderingl array
of dirty-white heads, grimy faces, and soiled tand torn
clothes, all of one bad pattern, and tle nullberless wild
and curiorts eyes t}lat were fixed upon him, formed a
picture of a human menagerie undreaied of by showman
or missionary.  On the floor, a little way back from tlhe
fire, was spread something' that served for a bed, and
there  poor Milfy lay dying'.  A mother not widowed,
but lusbalndles.s.  Once f'reed by trhe tardy repenttance of
a dtying master, and sent taway like Hagar (but with a
better provision for her Ishnlaels), and now torn firom
her hew home, anld watched by lhuman brutes, without
decent care of nurse or-doctor, wtrithout the solace of
children or the prayers and kindly vordls for which her
parting soul longed.  Detath is terribloe even when all is
(0done to comfort the sufferer; when cltildren and friends
arel present Nwith love and symnpathy; and when: faith




ILL'"I,<' JS;'C.I'IS  JEhiVA',SO/D,.t T17
reachels throug'lh the g0loom to thie britlitness beyond.   lnut
for tIhis niserable, woi\t;naii, alfter a ttillC of COtmpla'rati\ve ease0
in at state of freedom, vwhile fill of 1top0e for tihe future of
tcer chtildreln, to be seized land thrltown back into tlte house
of botdagt'e, tnnd to know that hlc]r chitldren a(nd cltildrenl's
clhildrenl wvere (tdoomedt to a life -wit.htout lope,-...........and for
lter now to lie Astl{retcled  on the floor of ta wr.tcheltd hI ovel,
labout to die witlout tany sure hope ill ti lte divine X1ercy,
this was a heaping' ul) of suttfl'ring', te'rror, anld dtoespair.
Beatuchatmp drew near, anll  sat dlown\  bside her in a
low chlnair, nfl(n wited a mounent for 1her to sl)eak.  li.e
was quite astonished to see the change tlhat had ctomle
over her,...... s —own in the tllin and  j)incled lines about
her mouth, }etr sutlen clteeks, and hle rl dolefi  larget eyes.
She looked -at liim  steadily.  lie Spoke kindly,  an d asked
if he could (do  tytlling fr he'r.
N o\t muct'll' shle said.    I Tam goi,, wherl e you cat't
1tell) me, nlor anttlybody but thle great i\astler.  I would
like to ta-lk, but dlo't know how lotng I cat  loldt out.  I
didln't loolk to (lie lere, tlhs -way.  I did ]101oe to  ee tllC
childrlen once mIore,. lhey've taken taway tile little ones
this d(lay.  tlarry is a good boy, anr' stout an' brave;\
]e'l1 look out for htimself'  but poor  Sailly —- a lan-11b)
amongl'st woivces.
Th'ese words were uttered iln mIost )atlctic tones, and
were accomplaniedt by looks of utter angtuisi}; buti thiere
were no tears.  It seemled as if thle blessed tfuntaitS of
tears had been d(ried, and( the eyelids scorched, by tlhe
fever within.
" I'romise inme, Mass' Beeclitam, th}at you will be friicnd
to my children.   I l know  yout canl't  buy'em,  ior stop
their  emin' sold; bu),t  ou may do somlethingl to helpt)'em.
1 shall (lie llappier to klow they' \e one friicndl.
teaiuchalmp, witll cllokingl voice, gtave  the promise.




118               LORD0   0F HEIILISE,~JLF-:
"You see, young massh, if it's hard for fr'eo p)ople)  to
be good, hl\ow miuch worse fir slave!  I had lo lpel for my
Sally, and for the little F'tannly,"   here shit gasped, and
gave a look that was beyond spechlt,-  "but whenl,   a
\womlan can't be hCer own mistress    O, t[a$ss' Beeciham,
you see, y wtat I would have Stally be, what I would'a
been. People know whtat the poor slavte (does; they don't
know whatt she would do, nor how much evil and sin shte
runs- a-way froim.  The good God knows, and lhe will forgive."
Ifer breath was evidently failing, and a stmrange fltittring showed its elf in the pulsatioins in her neck.  But she'kept on at intervals.
" It seemo s only yesterday since I hcld your littleo head
to imy bosom.  You, nestled there'long w\ith mly Berty.'Thtink as wvell as you can of your poor ol' black mammy
bad as she has been, she'd give her 1blood for you....
"There',s two men wlo httave sworn the lies.  Betd
your iead nearer."'
Ito did so, and she spoke a few words in a low tone in
his ear.
"Remember this.  rhe Lord may chlange their hearts,
and so you. come to your ovwnti again.-~ That doctor," -,
and she shuddered as she spoke, —..     "so rough, so cruel,
ugh I I told him  I didn't want anty med(icine.  Tlhere's
nrothingl for a slave mrothter's troubles it tis saddle-baot.gs'Fore God, Mass' Beecham, he's hurried ime out th.
vworld.  But a day sooner, a day  later, it's all the sanie.
0, ty' Bertram, if I coutld(  oince see you I  No, you
shouldn't see your mothler here.  Yotu'll never ttknow\ th-at
she slept in t stable on straw.'"
"  iBut tle Lord of Glory was bor0t  in a stable,'' said
Bleauclham p.
" Yes, I ktow.  Bow your Itead once more.''  Again




ILL r    1,f5'.KAI'ES I'N/tAIGlS    SOLD.  11 9
she spoke in a low and inaudible tone.  " Tell Wyndham thiat, if lie sllould ever catchl Berty and oftib  to sell
him.  All the black touglhts go, when you colnt  to die,
Nl~Mass' Becehacntm.  I was mad whlen I said I woultd Iurder and burn.  You'niembner in the ol' stable, that nlighlt.
And thenl I wou.l'a k-illed someoldy.  13But it goes by
like the sto0l'rm, and the peace comes anl  you fiorgive,'causoe ytou havOe so muchl yourself to be forgiven.  1IKneel
dow)), -...- won't you? -- and say the Iord's Prayer.  It
grows dark here, but up there it's all lightt."'
Beauchamp knelt down, unconscious of the curiosity
his movement excited amonrg the swvarn-ing little heathen
around  lint, -- unconscious of Cad's contctm)t, and of
Tom's sullein wratl at his long stay.  Ite repeatced the
Lord's Prayer fervently, and then took lhold of thte black
ntlammy's htland.  There wvas no will int it.  D)uring the
1)etition, the p)oor sotl lhad gone wit} its bturden of sill
andl sorrows to the Creator.
Beatuclhamtp rose  p solemnlly, and simply,said, "S11 he
is dlead."  There wavs a lovw  1lmur1t11'iur, and hltf-filghtenled
glances were cast upon the body.
"i Slipped out just in timet-," said Tom.'.Tih  court
sits o011 the case Monday."
"Ier case has been carried to a hither court,"' said
Beaucamt: n.:' Atn' how's we to be paid for her keep? " inquinred
Cad, with Ian injured air.  " We wtas to have, somGe'n
friom the satle; now she's dead, an' we don't get nlothinl',
atin' have t\he trouble of lburyin' her besides."
"For lher' keep,' you will have to look to the one who
l)ut hler iln your char;,ge.  I vill attendl to burying her
myself.  Let the body remainl where it is; it can't harm
any of youl now; and I will send a coffil  early in the
morning and rmeake youv no further trouble."




120              LORD  OR: HfZJSiL5EI.I':L
Tom "'allowed'  thttt Cad and tlle children couldn't
slee) in the room N withl   "I dl il  r )tt  a pa  sadead 
cd finally to submit to vwhat was irlcvitable, and to let the
body remain undisturbed iobr thle nlghlbt.
It wIas after sundowt n when  e1auclaml)p started,  l[e
rode to town at a quick tace, gtave  an order (tr a coffin,
andl tthen went hlome. Ile fotund this mothl(-t:,r waiting for him.
Wh\tat has kept you so late, BelauchIatlmp? " she asked.
" And what ails you, my dear boy 0? Whlat has Ihappened?
You are p)ale and tired, and your eyes are red,.  Are you
in trouble? or htave you had a quarrel? 
"  [ry dear little mother," said  leauchamtp, " you just
get Sylviat or Phillis to set me some supp)er, and I'll tell
y0ou all atbout it."
\Wrhen M rs. Russell resumed her seat, lie beg i'tt  --
I'm not ill trouble on my own account, andlg I've not
had any quarrel; but I should like to have one, if it would
do aniy good.  I've just come friom Fl eeister's and have
fseen Milly, my) poor black itlamlmy, breathle her last."
illy  deadl I "
" Yes, dead; dead from  grief, dead friom chill of soul
and bo1d), dead fr'om hunger and neglect, dead friom t:.he
loatling of tle crawling beings that caughlt and -theld tcr,
and, lastly, dea~d friom the murderous trecatmecnt of a brute
that calls htlmself doctor."
The long strailn Ul)Ol his symp)athy during thle day had
been rathler too mntuch for him, and his faculties had an
unnatural activity, giving to ]his speech a rhlythmic-al and
oratorical tone that seems18 affected only to those who
have never experienced the glow and the thrill tlhat go
with it.
" Ilow excited )o'U are, Ieauchlamp!  I'm afraid your
wits are unsettled."
"No, mothtier, not unsettled; but I'm all alive with one




A/WLLY  ]".SCAPWAI'IS BtAEAy; SOLDi).       121
tlrcen(louts feeling' of Vwrath. That woman was mu trdcrctd,
fas sturely as thliougtl  shle htad been stabbed or straltnled.
tyid(litli' is a murderer.  Those vile i'Ileemlisters are
ilurderels.  Ant  Dr. r', lodes is an accomplice."
ie spoke with risitg tCnergy, and in h}is excitemenl t did
not notice thatt Aunt Pltlis, wtto was bringingl in a teatray, had p)robal)ly heard every word lie said.
1ie repressed his emotion, and sat down  to eat some
supper.  After a while lie said, " Mother, I believe the
hetaring on the petition to sell AIilly's children takes platce
on?Monday.  iltemister had carried away tte twins, Tinu
and Flanny; I presulme to Xryndhlanms.  Tlere'll be, besiides, 11 Tarry and Stally — "
i1t suddenly recollccted tte neccting by the river-silde
in the morning, and wonlfered if Sally thadt been seen.
lie thoullht it best, to ask his motherll, antt   llund to  is
great surprise that she hlad lnot been at Beech K1noll, and
itat unothing had been lhear of her.  Iec then detailc d the
conveirsation lite  ad Nwith lher, and added thlat lie felt sure
what her intention w\as; and, siitce shte h,1ad not come, lie
feared shie must have beent caught, unless slhe was lying
concealetd bcautse;lte tfound scouts were out after her.
H.ere was a inew source of l)erplexity, but whatever thel
case  migiht be, no aid cotld be given her; she would
have to worl  out hler own  sccape, or take the inevitable
consequences of capture.  One thing wtas saved to h]im;
lie would not Itave to tell hber of her mt-other's dlathl, and
he almost Ihoped she would not appe ar until after thte
body was buried.
It occurrted to A1rs. Rutssellf to inquire of the servants
as to whether they hlad seen or heard of gally.  Scipio
was first called on, and anlswered in the negative so decidedly that lhe was not cross-examined.  Sylvita made
similar replies.  1Phillis declared slhc (lid not know whero




1?2               LORD  Oh' /fiu[.S-1t;ItI,
Sally was,.  ULpon being' asked whethert shie had seen her,
site  said,' "Yes, siany  time."   "'But  thas shie been
here?'  No, Inass'; lot the'."      "   donl't mlean in tlhis
troo0m,  but Ilner,  on  tte  place /'''' No, inassa,''  "I
tintk you knllow wherre slte is."   "No, nlassa."   " I ave
yott sent tte  to-day?'"'    el, l  l Bi ass e B11acttltam, sinally
co'Ed womeln go'tongl s'troadt  slmatybe Slally go too."
3y this time ileauchamn1t     \was sure tthat P)hillis thad met
Sally, and  lttd )probablty    socreted hler; tanld  then it occurred to him  tlhat it was  better so,. —. tlhat if inqullry
were mnade, as w\as quite sure to t>e tte case, it would be
better for him, antd especially for htis mother, to boe able
to say witl tirutlt  that they  did  not kuow  her whiereabotuts, and had not seen h}er. Thl'lrefi)re  lie conlcluded it
\would be discreet to let tlohe matter tlro).
Aunt Phlillis then  inquired labout the death of AMilly,
and being told  in  g-eneral  termits, sshe exhibited  more
emotion thlan l was usually  seen ot hter withered  thece.
Shce Nwiped  the tears from  llr eyes wvitht hlr tapront, adttl
returned  to  the kitchen.  For a loncg time afterwalrds
t0tmou1rnfiul soun(ts were theard.  It seemed tthat the servants
were repeating   passages of Scripture, p)articularly ftront
the propltets (whose bold images so  strongly afftct itmp)ressible  minds), alternatilg Nwith  p)rayers and lamenta-ttion's, unltil their feelings could find no fit expression but
il song; and then  the dolefil htymtls were leard, sung-,w\itll pa$ssioltate- emphasis, -  such as " Theto lebrew  Chlidren,"' with  its iintermiinable stanzas, and that literal pichtro of Judgment scenes whtilch the negroeS call'' The
Long. Whlite Rl-obe." 
T Tl, tis last hymll does not " begin at the legiliiing." At tie. start it appeyars to be a contiillnatioi of something t1hat tias just Ieent stung, andt it is
easy to see that it mighltt go onl (withl vwaiations) witiout end.'e lie line,
"Crying, Oh Iord, &e.," was iendered much:ccorlding, to te feeling of tlhe




A/I. LLZ' ESC'A/I'l:'S BfE'AS1ING SOLD.:123
Beauelamp vwas fired enolugh, but ie \vas excited too,
land  he coultl not sleelp.   It s leemed to  iun  tkhat the sing-t
ing  inl th:e  ittche   lasted all nig'htl.   Nature  had  its way
at last, and  lie sank  into  fitful andl unquiet slulber.   But
the thoughtlts and  events of the day  still  ruled  htis mitid,
mt1oment.  lThe  excllamtiont  i  Oh "Oh  was  sutlig with -a tcist whticht imusical
uotces cannot expreCss.
" And the preaelhers on that dy,
They will s-hout and fly away
Wh'en they hlear the trltlpcet sound
Int that morningl; —
Cry'iln,  Oh Lord!
See how I long. for to go, my Lord,
To wear the long white robo
In that morning."
The  "brothers" 1    and     sisters" are introduced in  thle  elesxt stanzas.
Then come the "inntrs':"
"And thle sintres i that day,'Tithy wilt itock antid fly a\-way
WVhent thty lhear thle trumpet, sotund
I1 that 1morning l ---
Ctryin", Oh Lord!
St.c hlow I dread fib1r to go, my Lord,
To hear tite ttrumpet sound
la titat morninl.
heorums Da Ctap.   01or I ri;lly don't believe,
And I camniot now believe,
They will wear' the long white rofbo
In that morning.
Al-  i e,.h ht........................ev.......A-h.    _ _...........................a...
— J' --..L-.^~.......:                          ---— s —.- -:. ~   — o^s.......-    -'- 
t, [r;-iy-.:-:I:: #,:j~:...........:'..'. -  -   ---- -''''CY-..   -.....................x...........      -  -. —-------,..........
---------- ---- -------         -_-_..1___.1..,-...,.......~    a         --- -a-~-E~-~-........ --... —-.-...... —------— a —-—,.-.   - -' -. ------------  -. -...  - ~,
for to   gos, ny Lord,    To h  ear tdhe.iio    sou nd'in that mh trng.
i          ~ ~~;?~ —-— ~~<....   i    N                         >1 s
for to  go, my Liord,   Tlo  hfar thfte trumpelt- et soltisod in thlat m.olruing.




124L             LORD) 01 Of ILLLSW'ItI
and everythinlg was acted over in strange and distorted
guise. IMilly was sold on thlem auction bloc-k and delivfered
to her purchaItser t. cor)sc..  Van I olin confistsed his tper'jury, andttd Miss Wyntdham  offered to itmake restitution.
Bertxatm was captured in the disgoise of ta l)e,,r-'tr, a11i
was bougtht ill )y \ lWyndham after Phillis  thatd wtirsperied
a word int the old gentleman't s ear.    lee  stel   \ vtr  t igginlg     gravt e   for Milly  near tthe gardten at 1P, ech'l noll,
wh\ n la voice firom  under the catalI)a trece called him
liar 1" and "i villain,"  and hC dro)pped li spade lant   ran
away.  Sally wa's struggling against the violence of Jack
Fleemister, whelCn old0 PhilliS thrust a charml- into his face,
and hlie was changced to Tom's lean and eCvil dog Tiger,
and. Sally waTs spirited awany.   tiss Shelburne appearet  d
only as a spectator in these,scenes, ant d with  all his efforts Beeauchalnp could not get near enou-glt    to speak to
lier, beccat1use her uncle, Squire [talnilton, always interposed his broad bulk. II is uncle  Ralph sat inl the fortk of
a tree and laughed.  Thlcn Milly was buried, and the necgroCs sancg round tlhe grave, —.
"And we'll all wear the long white robe,
In that morning."
Ti\s  )art; of it was true, for  3eauchlamp was awakoe
and the (lislmal tune was sotunding fiom the kitchen.
So the night passed.




VISYIONS                      125
CIIAPTiER  IX.
VISIO;NS.
[r-ll Mf 1 Sunday came with an unuttsual solemnity.  Tho
I   evenlts of the preceding day had affected tho family
deeply, and none went out to church, not even tho indefatigable Scipio.   tllcauchalmp) bethoughlit hlim of his New
Testamcnt, and spent most of the (lday in trying to re1
cover something  of the little Greek hte had once learned,
by readincg a Gospel int the original, with thte aid of the
Latin version, ptrintetd on opposite p)ages.  It %was not
quite ani act of wolsilip,  because it required( som1e elt lrt
to perceive the evangelist's meaning thrlougll two  languages, neither of' which was perfectly  transparent to
him.  But the exercise occupicdi lhis mind, and thet train
of thoughtt it suggt'sted accorded withl the piety which
hbis mother had early instilled into htis mind, and whichl had
been) newly awakened by hlis prayer wvith the dyinlg ATilly.
In the afternoon the cofilt calne, and a gravo was dtug
near the garden line.  By twos and tIhrees the colored
l)eople came from  town, anid from  the near planttations,
uiltil there were fifty at least.  One of their number, N who
was accustolnedl to lead it exhlortation and prayer at tlheir
meeting's, condnucted the services.  ]ectllalimp and t lis
mother wvalked out tlhroug'lh the Iga'larden, and wiitnessed
tite ceremonlly.  T'he pl)rayer wtas tounchingg, f rilt its silnp1e and scriptural style.  It was, in fact, a kind of mosaic
of apposite texts, not -always correctly quoted, but twhichl




126              LORD  OR' tIZIISX LK.
formed  a strong, consistenit, and  often  poetic whole.
Beauchanmp could not but fcel hlow powerfully (thoughi
)lrhlaps unconlSciously) this uneducaited black man hadt
put  lthe case of hlis people before the merciful. Creator, by
rcefe:rring' to tle respon.lsibility for their sins and shtortcomings w\lich their masters, by tilt  ftact of ownershli)p,
had assutmed.  All the faliliar phlrass of "' breaking') tlet
yokces,' "" undoing the hecavy burdens," and'" letting the
oppressed go fri'ee,"  ere wrough'it into hlis appeal;  and
tafter depicting the suffilrings of tlhe deceasedi  illy, lie
thanked God that she hadt foundl rest — that v when Godt
samw thle burden was more than she could bear, he had
taken her away and( set Xher free in his own lhome --- that
sile had gone before shle had the pain of seeing her children taken froml lheri and scattered -  that thoutglh no chil(rct closed tcer (lyiig eyes, shoe had one tpowerful friend
iwho comforted ter, and wtho   took lier by de hand jest
in sseason to  rtib it into d( lhand obt (l blessed Jesustl,  who
was waitin' dere, eboen in dat mlean cabi~n, to take it, and
lead her, al  all Iartoeld anl sanctified, inlto glory."  Then
1e prayed with great fervor, andl in a long series of petitions, for Ileauchampl) and his motther, and at every p)auso
th}e amei s of tlhe complany showed t}le current of their
sy'lpathy.  The  )razyer at length caite to a:n end, and
tlte lid of the coffin was unscrewed.  All looked their
last upon the strangely regular feaufres, onlce so comelty;
they were nowr thin, but they wore an expression thlat
wvent far to justify the.bold figure used it the prlayer.
The coffitt was lowcered and tle earth] was tihrow, l ii upontl
it;, but not hefre Phillis h}ad ciast upon  lite lid a sniatllt
tlbunchl of hlerb.s or0 flowers.  As the simfle service entded,
the settinol stlun came withl level beamtl.s t}trloug'] the locust
trees, and in a momnent  touched the htorizon, and then
3S1anklc fi'om view.




TCIsI-OAIL S.                 127,I am do  Resurrection and deo lifeJ," said thle black
prealher, solemnly; "' and as dat sun, now gone down,
satll to-morrow rise ill do east atld light de world, so
a'tcr de nit o         grave, de soul ob dte just shall rise
anttld shine int do new (lay dat 3shall neCer einld.  Amen."
The evening' passedt as the day lhad done, but nothingwas heard of Sally.  Thle singingo antd )raying' were kept
up in thte kitchetl until after midnight.
Int the rmorning' Beauchamp walked into town and
heard some classes il schiool.  At noon lie went over to
tlhe Court Ilouse with lhis counsel, Squire Iiamilton, to
attendl the lhearing.   ihere  were but few persons present
in tile Court RIooml.  Alr. ArV, lldhaml  was there, of course;
a sedate lookinl, dark-complexioned roan, with a chin
d(eely blue fromn the roots of llis thickly-sown beard.
]eauttcltlmp observed himt  more closely thlan ite had done
beforel, antd saw where the hltandsome blrunette got the
imtperious linles illt helr iace.  Mtr. Adamts, the julior in
1Ihe case, smiled pleasantly at  leauchamp, and tried to
assumln  a professiotial -air, as though the case interested
1him solely int its legal aspects.'Thlie "t fbltowing"    was
on h]rand, as it always' was. itr,. t\Wyndhatr  never ]lid,a
case iin court, no matter 1how trivial, but thte Fleemisters,
Van JI[olin, and H[Ioughlton were to be seen in attendance,
or within call.  Dr. lhlodes was tlhere also, fitll of whishey to his swimmingl    eyes, and looking oni with an expression which Beauchamp thougtlt was somewhelre between that of Silenus and Satan. On   the ottter side  were
Beauchamp lnd this counsel, Squire 11amiltol, onrly.
It wtould not ilteCrest te reader to en ter into the (letails of thle proleedi;ngs; it is enough to say that the
case was  tot tdecided, lJbut was coltinuclll     on the suggestion that tle petitioner ihadl }ot shtown that lie hlad Cxtaitsted all other lrenCde, ttand that until tll thle otLher




LO ORD  0 1' tt I7SgI". Ig
t)roperty lattely belonglt ing' to Ranldolph R ltussell, not int tl1(
lla'iisL of intnocent third ptarties, ltlad b)een takenl and sold,
tile ('ot11n't could not proitlounce a decree to ttIake voitd 
boa  fi,./e ilanulllnission, and or'der the persons thtat vwere
Ilntdt fid l( to tbe sold for11 thleir mnaster's debts.
Sq itirc /  1tal iltt on saitl to ]Bealchattclmnp, " I have donet
w 1 it' yot  and  youl r unc(le wa ted(  done, but it's  not
accordiin' to nmy juldgtnent.   You'd bettr let te niggers
go.  T k11now it's hlard for'em; at least tlecy tltink so, as
thley've been fi'e  ta wllilc.  tBut you are just pulttin' a
stick into \\rillWyndham's hands for htiml  to beat you witth,
and, my -word, the'll use it..Thlerc's aScipio   and Pljillis
fir st.  t.ltose Ihe left, I'slose he'll saty, out of consideri'atioml for your mothler, thoug1t tthe truth wats, hle  thought
tlhey wouldn't bring much}.  Now he'll hltave them,sold.
TenteI  tllel(c's your equity oif redeml)ttiol..'
" I thave sold th:tt equity to uncle RItll)ph.'
" ut he m11ight (tenanlt to set your sale  aside."
Tltlat's tlrue; but it would ttake timlle, and he'll find
uncle R/alph a. hard manl to fighlt.
"let:'s see; the yountg  1g oe,  Sylvia, bcloncgs to your
uncle, don't slhe?"
Yes; we own only Scipio and Phl)lis, an1d    tllink I
can geet uncile R.alph to advance me erionouIg  to bid them in.
They'll not brin   much ll; they're both old, aiid nobody
wants tlem; besides, unless Wyndlham  buys them  limselt, there are not many of our neigh}tbors who are  unfriendly entoulghl to bid against mlec, if I sihow thar:at I mean
to htave tlhet-."
" \ll, vont buy'em  iln, we'll sayt a(Id what they bringlt
isn't a tpr'intil'.  lIn threGe monttlls thlre's anotlther term,
and then ht'll L get hlis decree, atd  nlmeanwhile the young
nig;e''rs will lthave to lie in jailt."




"' But  in  thtree  montlhs  a  great  mlanyl   tings  may
lmal)plen."
0, I know\   it's tllc  hope  that tsomellthiip'll turl  ull).
Not il ng' ever does tlllrn  t).  ^You makel  yOtuel f t roubleo,
antid cost, at1 expe)nse just; for la not ioin    a notion  (about
Your black  maintlly's Inotttrel brat;s.   Now, lBea\         l     pttil,},
/ am  your old friend, tand I know  you've the good  p)riltcipleos of a  lentuclkian altong with your good blood.   1)Butt
th'ere will )e, thllose whllo will say yott are at hteart ant abolitionist.  Look out fbr t          l,  outg ma n,.   You've taltkenll
hold o') law  low, and you },hope to ri.ise.   Now, tlhe  first
i(-e!at of law  is property.   J\n(l what tihe law  makes l)r1)p-'rty, tiat is property.   If you take  ftlcse  newr r (orll'till'll
i(leas, you tmigh  as well shut ull    p your btooks, land go off
where you'll live on salt codlisll.   I warn  you11, C youngll'
m1 —nan, ill tinme.''This comint11111ity, t.his stat, tan' tile Iation,
ai' t'oii' to( staid( t le ablolitiontists mtuch lo er,; l   andl if
>you  dolio't shlow  y o(rself clar e  agatist s'em, 1 wouldn't
stand in y our ski l ta (ay.'t
Thel'   squire attlmtost falicied  himsoelf on thle stuttp tas the
sceltences caine rolliiig out, and thle tone grwct          fhiglerl and
" Squire  Ifamilt.on, ymou weie my fttlCther's friend, and I
ibelieve you are mtine.   I don't need to defend  myself to
you.   I am  glad you assure llme of that.   I am1  not Ian
atbol itiomlist.   I stand lby my peo)1e and my state, (as I've
alwaykts said.   But I have some,fi elingrs abouCt l)poor   lilly's
clhiltrc tihat I can't ex plain to vyon V    o t. ---- ad, pler l'ps,
s1t1re1 knowledg'el    t;hat  out h1aven't; andl if I ca;t save thet
fom b)e Ings1old,1)),O~ldI'm  g oinlgf to (1o it.   I shall ltq, anyhl\ow
\li il this  is     ti::tllm tt    l}   t whicht I have a ri j:lit to judt:
for inyscl tlf and dt cidel will t I on1l,(it to do, if every ma;nit
il) tle coulltty was tagtaillst me.   ]ut tlle  canl't be alaillst
mIoe.   I'll deti' t},he iimost i;lol'alant or tthe  most (l'llllrt:ik
{1




1,8>0           ZLORD  OF  IzAiLfSvTr*;
crowd thlat ever get about the Court iHouse on' nigger
election' to  emar tlhe case as 1 s131ould k]nO\w how to put
it, ai(1 not g'ive me their c~heers."
\tell,  Beauchamp,   I hionor your pluck, and   1hlope
evrytlhintll   turn out as you wish.  But, nremember, if
you're to be a lawyer, you must be oit the side of l'property an(1 order; keep on the safe side of tlhings cstablishlcd; stand by the old patlhs; stick to precedeints, and
dainti all theorizing."g'fLike the  precedents that tile Declaration of Indcpendence starts off with, for instance."
"That Nwas  a horse of anotlher color.  That was a
whitC  folks,' revolution.  It was a  lwhiite folliks' constitution tthey m1ade, and the laws are for white folks; and, by
I -, thlis is a whlitte m-an's government."
tie squire,'s hulge fiame dilated witht h1is rising feeling',
and his n massive Itbaturets gloeamed witl  an intense expression, which fwats very miuch like wratll.  Beatuchtunp
(lid not eare to provoke  his counsel and precepttor, and
assured hlim thlat, as far as he was cotncerned, tlte foundations were safe f1 rom anuy atteml)t to upturn t1ihem.
3etauchanp wvent to the office and began anttew the subjugnation of the province he had takenl in htand, Nwith all
h}is miglht.  The day passed without inci1etnt, tand lwhten
it was near dark, hie called for Artttr ltwardl to g'o oltt
wvith 1imt aLnd speC1nd the night, as the h]ousc had Ibeen
ratlher gloomy.!Ie'was glad that Ioward hatl  not been
at ttfhe Court  [toutse at the hearitig, ans lie might (luringt
tlte 10oo0n recess ( f tle school; filr he knew so(ineting of
the prejudices thiat existed against thirm, ini comnmon witht
atll nortlerners, tand lie vas an xic us thlat his firied shoutll
not be nleedlessly conlprot mised by showinginterest il a
topitc uponi  whtich thle commtlunity was so seonsit tive tndll
excitable.




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They warlked out to  eechl Knoll, and after supper took
their'' clold-olmpellers," and sat by the broad open firc})lace.   then Beaucharmp called for wood to replenish
the. fire, it vwas br(ougtlt ill by Sylvia.,  toe did not notice
this until he had called the second time; and then, whenl
Sylvia ag'ain catme vith the light woodl to miake a cheerful
blaze, lhe inquired for Scipio, and was told that h1e lhad
gonte  out for the evening'.  MIrs. ]Russell retired early
tnd left. the young' men together.
Beallchamp)'s mind had been greatly impressed by the
deattll  cene lie Ilad wtitnessed on Saturday, and as hl
p)ainted it to ]toward, lie mentioned all the particulars lhe
tad observed as the end drew near, -- the dry eyes, thte
hIeaving cthest, the stifflninrg liltes about the mouth}, and
tiec fluttering motion of the arteries of her neck.  AVWhile
thlls was goinrg on, lie saw htis whole life iii perspective.
" Ay first dini recollections are of my black mtammf y,"
lie said.'" Iter son IBertram was of rmy ag'e, born the
same week  ); land I presume Nwe were often rocked in tlhe
stame cradle, and when we were  older, we rolled together
onl the carpets in tle lhouse, or on thle mats in the kitchen.
rce were nIlursed by the samle  bosorin, Nwe ate out of the
satne dishes, and were tossed  anld dandled on the same
kneices.   \re exploredt the closets toge'.ther for cake, and
swveetmeats, ald sug'ar, and p)laycd with tlhe puppies by
the kennel,.   Iy ftther was a handsome p1erson to remenmber, gracious and kidndly, and mny  mother, as yetn
know, is all sweetiiess and serenity.  I am  proudl of
beinpg the son of sucih a  ian and woman; but all the
vagnto and ind istiict memories of childhood, and of infantile deligrhts, are associated with the vwomtan whortim  T
saw (lie, and with her son, iny foster-brother and playfetllow.  As we grew  tup, thle (tifilerence inl our condition
bctgan to separate tts.  The books and the school were




1.                LO R L'D  OF IIZJ./SX' I II
for me, not for lhimr.  TLet htim 1)o what lie would, fib muzst
b1) a. ni'Ce' still.  lie was to (lo the little erranlds andt.
tasks fittedt to hisX age, while I was allowe(l to 1o lwhat I
pleased.  I lta:t the gay suits which a, oind mothTer deliglhted iln, vwhilue lie \vwas diressed in liiisey or tow breecthe's.
But lie learned hlis letters as soon as I, altd I fotund when
lte w\vs ten )eattas old, that though lioe hbad had nto triain;ing
and very  little: help, lie wars able to retad very well, andt
hlad what we should call ta verey fgood stalrt.  l[fe was very
hadtldsotte, only sliglItly olive in1 color, and was robust
lld twell firmed for Ihis age.  I lon't knlow much about
litn since lie went to Indiana, olily that I. have lteard ho
went tsouthl as servantt to an army officer, and from the-re
lie escatled, and went;, probalbly, to Texas.  Poor fellow,
lie little imalLgittes what his imother has suf'ibred, and w ft
his b:iot:lens rand sisters thave to go thlroutgll I'Wh\ile I was sittinll  beside  ftilly, mtty hlift seemed to
moe like a serties of picturel's, eacll enclosed in the other,
and tlhel one p'rojec.tigil   beyotd the otfher in sp)aCe, like
thle parts of a telescope, uitil {at tle flrthler entl   of tho
vista.  I saw myself, a white baby, playiing, and cacklin)g-,
and  crowin"  beside  a yellow  baby  oni Milly's kiiee.
Then, niearer, ea'ch successive year of my growth, after
thle manitter    I  have told you, was represellted, until II
caine to mny stature of a man, and then fo ittnd myself faice
to face withl thl bl a ck mammy oin her dea lth-bed.    S o, by
a scare:e y noticed effiolr of will, inmy telescope) stretched
out or shut tup, and wltch    my mind  estted, each el)ochi of
my life w\as:enclose(l, one withlin anlother, like thel carved
holtlow ivolry globes whiclt the Chinese  alltke fol toys.
"I ltave bteen obliged to.spin thlis curious expeiience
outt; for, thol,:th  my faculties too.;k  cogn'lizatnce of all
thatt I have told you, 11and of a hiunldred t}tousand details
1more, —.. even to the taste of tite sweetmetats, the odor




of our garden lilacs, the clharacteristic faces of the dotgs,
antd of every article of' kitclhen ware, -. —    thie whole series
of relmintiscences seenmed to be perc1eived with one sitngle
blackward glance.
"I suppose youl tllink it strtange thlat I have tallked so
mullch about a poor old   negro woman.  Most young tlle' lt,
ans miy 1unclte Ralplh says, would itlave the same fee ling lbr
her they would hlave  obr an old lh vorite cow.  I klnow
site's notling but a nigger (though I rather hlate tlhat
word), and ler'ty's iotlling but a  iligger, whlerever le is.
iut he was mty playimate, and I cannot htelp thinil-king hlie's
a little nearer our flesh land bl oo100  than those  lack and
stupid creatures thlat wCere mo(.e for slaves."
There wtas a sligh}lt but distinct sound at this rnoment
\which seemed to be nlear, but awhich could not be certainly
located — a sound like the crelak of a (loor, and a lollow,
echtoing  bootfiall.  ]oth startcdt, but after ta t-1moment all
was still, and thle soutd wals attributed to some (action of
the wilnd iln the unoccuplied portion of tie hiouse.
I lhave an experience somewhattt similar,"  said(  Itloward, "tranld I wish I could give you n t idea of it as it
c-ance to  te.  lBut t:tere is a switnell ss inl thouglt tlhat
astoiistlies and still eludes us, and the most vividt coicel)tion frequently  fitdes before you catn h]old it longenlough to fix its evanesecent Itues in youl  m iemory.  I
will try to tell  to    l  yto what I saw; ftr I sAw  it as really as
we bt)th saw your mIotlher just now.'" ly (lear fitti-er had suddenly died witil1e I was away
i't-from home.  I got to thte htouso it season for thte funeral,
aldtt  sawv t}he tserene atl velerabll    fteatures of the- good
mt1an  i Jl his last sleep.  lie seemed oat0 asielp), fo)r his
eyelids twere g-ently closed, alnd ihenre  was a b elautifiul,
soft fluslh o  his cheei ks.  The village anttd counttry people
haed como to bury' iin.  The gentfte  lorrow  of thelcse




1t~34             LORD  OFc IILIJSIJL.;
ultpolisllthed ibut watrm-licarted neighlibos was cxquisitely
touchting'  t o me; I ftlt it stinging' tltrough ily owiVl leelr
gridf, iiitil I cotlld inot bear to look utpon)0  the good, iolrtely,
hlonest tceS aro't:und me.  Ei~ght men wI erl   chosen aCOSI      ptallbetarers, nmotst of th.em seventy years and upwlards;  nlltd
tlhese aftfectionate friends would not hlave the  lmarso used,
but carried thle cofflin, four or six at a time, to ti.e gravc-.
yard.
-' I; saw thle scene in thlree flashes, quick and  1uccessive; but what  I sawv will re'quire a  little time to tell
-. 1 must ptremvise  that as a child  I had  always
thought  of (deatli as somnetltillr far  away.  I klnew, of
course, tltt youlg )p people (lied; bu)t I had settled( it thllat
my life Nwas to be lived out to the farthest verge;  alid
were ilot  y tathler a(nd g'tandfatht r both bet1weein ite t 1d(
the great enemy?         hen my grandfiather (died, I liad
somethigtl   of    shock; but  I hetld out stoutly, for mIy
fither retmatiled strong' il his (lecliningt years, atl d placid(
as the evening' of an altumnt Ifay.  No1w Ihe lay there /.-.. I saw  an immense landscapo in mornl ing   lighlt,
bounded only 5by hills whose tto)ps were tpurl)le mist; and
in the l)ortion iln whichl I was thiere were  childretI     playing', gatl wring wild flowexrs, an(1 sailitng mimic )oats utl)On
a st!realm.  The bland air wvas all perfilme, and its rel)ose,'was stirred  Only b.)y the songs of bir'ds a    tln e I   l merry
tlautghter o-f Clildren.  Sounds}(  friom afar at tites reached
us (fin' I was a chlild) thlat jlarred upon loutr c0tars, at1 (1 wtkene(d a sudden app)rehension.  It, wcas  a s if we w\ere in
safety  ourselves, lbu!t vagutlly  feared  that tumult and
)eril were not far off.  I saw 1a re-ion Zat some  (distanlce
vlwhere 51(riou-S a"Ind mi"a'ture mene  were g'atlh:e'ed, tand fromt
thence  heact'd nJotets of nl martial mnusict, now jt;oyfil amtd 10ow
fittnereal,. —. never' a coltl>lete s;tain, but only chlords and




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sugg'tIgestions.  It sounded like the far heard music of ta,attle-fiehld.   Beyond  was a tlhin line of gray and bent
veterans, onl the very verge of' the landscape.  What was
beyond tihem the eye could not piercet:  it wvas a, cloud of'
i-mnystery and terror.  Out of it scemed  to comnic slats, ----
thougIh we sawv eCflects ralther than causes, a — t and one after
another these whitc-bearded wavrriors fell, until at lenith
all inad vanis-hed, like a columni of mist tlong the horizon,
torn and rent, and then dissipated in air by witnd and stln.
-" It'was noorn, and I wtas among the seriotus t1and
mnature men.  The floowers anmd sports of children were'
Ibrg'otten.  VWe toiled and nmarched, and strove and dcfendted  but every now andl t:hen arrowsV camle over upo
us, as thouglt  falling' i;n vast aerial curves, and our numIbcr.s ltssetnd.  tThe music vwas near, painftilly near; for
I could hiea that its piercing' tonles and brazen clang only
covered tiet criens of stricken men, and tlte latment-ts of
brok-en  hlart+s.   Still we kept chleerily tog'ether, anl(t
pressed on, tthougi' the  nsl)eakablle horror beyond seemted
near'er, darker, and soul-chillinl'. The music slowly ftadted
fi'ro  hearing, al nd ontly sulllen drum-beats reacetld us. All
thec whlile I saw the thin line that Nwats now next before
us, torn and rent and dissipated as the first h1ad been.
I"Thc day was wearing  away.  I was weary, and
long1ed fo)r night and rest.  I Nwas thirsty, antl w\hle1 I
saw a poo1l, I stooped for wtater; and tthere, as in a lmir.
ror, I saw -..- G reat ticaven I - not ty childish ftee, butl;
tlle wrinklled, care-worn face of an old(1 man, with t la l:rd
like th}istle-down, and long, thin, gray lock;s hanlging over
mltly bent shoulders.  I looked ul).  I was in the firont
l'.tl~ll.   ALON.E  t
"These p)ictturcs ]hatd pa-sced lthrougth my consc.-iousness
as fa roket'; c'tavcs the (air; tand bel( re I could say so
]tmuch as a. word, tlhe  long train of' ire had sweptt its lhti:t




.t,)              OD  0tJ"OWL     O IF iH L1/"F'i
course, the cool blue had closed behilnd it, atnd it wats -as
tlhoughl it htad never been."
Becaucialmp had never seen his fiiend so much excited.
Hle toltd is lmental expterience witlh tmhe heightenellcd color
and moist eyes that showed  how  (leeply the poetical
imagl e  1lad been imtpressedl in his mind.  Both felt whal'ltt
Shelley calls -
"Slcemn  idniglit's tinglilng silentness,"
and (did not speak for several mi-inutes.
T}eo sound thatt startled them  earlier in the evening'
was suddenly repeated.  There was a creak  as of a door,
a footfitll, and then a heavier noise as of somethtin.g fhlling.'  t is singu"larl),"   said Ileauchamp, " about thoose noises.'hey miay be causel d l)y thle Nwind, but t:fhey (ln't SOudL(1
like it.  I'm going to investigate."
1 to took a candle, and went into the hall atXd up t teo
broatd stairts, lanid thell into the- roomts oin the west  side,
fromt  wlicth tle sound al)p)eared to come.  Mlr. Ilowardl
went up witlh him.'1 T}ie rooms were deserted, and the
wintdows Nwere broken, so thlat thlie candles flared inl the
currents of air.  l)ust and silence, noth}ingr else.  T-hey
vwalked through thlat )ortion of the hottuse, alnd examinetd
ever'ything' carefully, but saw" nothing which they thought
couldl have o.ccast8ioined the noise.  TheIl  ba1re floo'rs and(
large em)pty spaces made soundting echoes to thieir footstetps, and tthat was all.  They returned to t:le,sittinlgroom, and resumed their pllaces bly the fire. They chatted,
without firt her interruption, upon school-keeping', law,i-.
\V)yn(lhami, Flelemlister, Adams, and Squire hIiamiltont; anl
then by a natural transition discussedl tle sltpposted character' of dIiss Atelatite Shelburne, as tholllug;} sle were at
algtebraic   unkniown qullantity,)   ltl l toward declared
hinisself sleepy; upon which both w\t1ent to bed.  A.11 was




quiet during' the nighllt;  only Hloward declared in the
nmo1rningi, that, not longo  after lhe h1ad got to his room, lie
hteard the great g'ate at thle farther end of th}e lalle sxing
to and latcht.
Atter breaklast., as Scipio dlid not shoxvw imself, Beauchaiptt    wNent out to tle kitclten and i!nquired of Phillis
wlhat had b come of hliln   She answered at once tlat hle
had run  away, and was by flat time in a fi'ree state.
Bleauchamp was surprised  at first, and tihen laughed
heartily; for Scipio wvas old and totally ignorant, and tlhe
tlhoug'ht of his attempting to g;et away was only ludicrous.
lle declared he wsould not attempt to t)ursute lidm, but let
i1im  run until lie got tired, when lie wvould be s-ure to
come back.  Mrs. Rlussell said she had gtiven him a pa)ss
foir his l)roteetioi, on Saturdlay, which was good until
3tlondalSy morningt-.  1But that,   tteauthamll knewt, was not
Nwortht an-ythting on any later day, nor out of the county;
and Scipio mutst heave something else to -lepend upon if
lhe travelled on thle main road.  Hlowevter, Beatuctamp
did not trouble himnself about the matter, for lie expected
int a few days to see the old fellow skulking. home like a
scolded hound.
So the friends walked  into  town  to  attend to the
scihool.




318   1 CLORD OF HIIStELP;
CITAPTJ;iRt X.
MIISS SIIELI3BURNEI'S POLICY.
i QUIIIN If IAMIIT4TON lived in a substantial brick hlouse
on one side of the town, and in his homely hut profilsc way entertained a great tdeal of company.  H[is mnaners and spchccl, as we have seen, were blunt andl( downrightt; but the nmost studied politeness would not ]have
procurel hinm so -nuch b)usiness or s0o much considenrat-ion
in the county as ]he enjoyct; for peotple naturatlly thltouglht
a ltan who courted th lem  so little mu.st be botht ho toest
and indlepentdent.  Jie was not a great lawyer, but he
was ta prudent, safe adviser, and he was:a ma in  t wlhom
peojple Iad full confidence.  l1e had his,sihare  of craft,
too, and of the desire  to manalge  ald control, and to
mtake the plans, andi pfassions, and wveaknesses of others
selrve his ulterior en(ds.  Nothing like friankness as a
mnask for p)olicy; nor is tlerle any way, int this wvicked
\world, to cover your tplIrposes and veil your meanin}g il
inscrutable mystery, coml)arable to blurting out the trut}h.
/}The wicked wortld is not used to it.
M3iss Adel;aide. Shelbtrne was the  datghter  of the
squire's (eceasetI siste r. She was an ort)l tan, just out of
guardtialslit),   ltand the owner of a fine  sitate in 1[ terbltu
C(ounty, twhere shle residedl.,le \Nwasb; aetsittoed to visit
hetr ultle Itamittont  once a  lyear;  ant:Id when shet arrived,
thltere was a ripple int society that spread to tlte borders
of the county.'t'lhe young men all atdored her, tat greater




MISS' SIZAELR3LWAI i S P3 OL ICY.          ].39
or lesser distances.   Thleir pal)s all thouglht what a
pretty daugihter-int-law  silte would make.  Thie matrons
thoughlt it wvas a pity such a gttay young thing hadtt't a
good sensible motlit'- to advise I'.  The young ladies
thougllt her very stylish, quite pretty, in fa:ct, )but entirely
too fonld of admiration,  and — if the trulltll   st be spoken
-- ratller heartless and itnclined to  flirt. ]ler cousitls
Betty and M'alvina. t. lought her beautiful, very learned,
aitd, after the first fortlighlt, very tiresome. Her vivacity
fiatigued themL.  They were, exemtplary ladies, indtStrious
fromt habit, famous hlousekeepers, skiftl fid  ith the needle,
patterns of tall the dolmestic virtues, and tno loncger -very
young.  But theitr sewving and mending, their pickles and
preslerves, their knittinf"g anldt crochet-Awork, their neighborhood visits, and tie Sunday services, conmprised atll
titr idels of life.  Thle  sprightly cousin got tirted of
sweeilng oltly snowy linen, lperfect t needle-work, and tl rollt Ig
htousekeeping. Site would read an extract fitom  t tfavolite
autttor to them, and, unless it was shtolrt, Betty would,askl
aIalvinta, in tlte midsllt of the mIost touching or tlhe tuost
brilliant sentence, whvether such a place sfihould be gathered, or if it would be better plaited.  Perhapss in thte
middle of a s;tanza of Cltilde Ilarold the preserves wanted
stirring, or some bluing must be added to the starch for
laces.  At various timles she tried to interest thlem  in
romanllces — in rIvalhoe, ill Guy Mrtannering, and int tlte
i-ov-els  of Miss Austen,.  They listened, with  comtposed
fihues, and showed not a ray of i-telligeclie itn t-heir fontrgetiec-not eyes. About Shaketfspeare tthey had as cleat'   colcelptiion as they  ltad of Elder (rtaves's settnoni on tIe(
Near End of' t}l{he WA orl d, whlichl  was  1i-ov(ed by Calcultations based on D aniel and ltevelation..   f B ] eatlCh amp at)  d}tIaIl
ltad them  a chapter ott " Contingent Remlaind:ers,  thley
would havre heartd it with tle same placid feattures, and




4)1Q              LOP!) 0i,' IlISE'LtF
the same chlangeless color in their steady eyes. AI couple
of larg4e, good-humtiored, perfectly plrtoper, and wort ly
women,.'Th.ey  nide their iather thoroughllly comfortable,
for they studied his needs lan(d h}is tastess.  lie wanted
ntothling itere of themrn'W\thtn hte had dtone w\ith his
office, this pipe antd hits Ntweekly niewsptaper furnislhed hlim
all tihe amuse11 entlet lie dlesired, unleCss 0sometimt's neigsh 11 olrs
catne in fi:or a friendly gtame of whist.  Ifiis talk rwatl s of
tile county aftl'irs; -  Nvwho   was savilng ad gatining,  and
buyingl land, and who was selling a neg'ro every year to
pay ihis expenses;.*  who wras attentive to thle daughlters
of hiis wealthier clients, and whlose landed estates would
go naturailly together.  All that Awent on outside t his
narrow circle that made  his world was a matter of intifierelnce.  One suttject of national importance, however,
engaoged his attention, as w e have s-een in his late conversation \Nith Ie3auchlamp l    uttssell.  Authorsl, pailterts,
p)oets, and cotnposers, alttough lie did not know anty of
thiose classes, lie lheld in a passive kind of contempt.
Thiere was no money among such people; and only the
suciessfil    ftarmes and capitalists, in iis judg'ment, were
entitled to respect.  All thte rest of 1mantkild lie thourght
wvere born to watit on themt.  A sclolnmaster wNas a lkind
of' upper servant, tolerated because lie was usefiul.  A
preacher was only a little better.
There Nwas, no music in thie hose; and when Adelaide
brolke out unconsciously into song, as she fiequently dild,
3tiss Alalvint a reml1inded her tlhat a cousin of hlers had got
" the consumption," a ld(1 thle doctors lthad said it \as ontly
hlel siicgl'i   all the time that had "strained her breast."1
So' the amusemtrents Nwere few, and a party like th1alt we
savr at Al:r. Pierrepont's was a matter to be taliked of for
a year.  There was no denying' it:  the cousins were so
unlike, that tlhey  nig'htt as well have been of (dillerent




A3ISt'   SIJL/ BRUAAt"'S POIcY.           1 41
rkaces — * each side ignorant of the laItguage of the other.
Adelaide, witen hter resource.s failed, fell into thile depthts of
ennaui, and the sisters wondered whly sshe nimust always b)e so
flightty, or else " in tie dumptt s," and " downv in the mtouth."'
Adelaide, who 1kinew from previous experience how thlt
time wtould drag when she got to'her uncle Itamil;ltoll's,
hIad provided a, little stock of books for leisure hours.
These stie hlad at hand on t little taible near tle htead of
her bed, and evenings whenlI  the monontony below beC'anl
to oppress ter, she wvould retire to her rool, and read
herself to  sleep.   As the novelist knows everytling,
and could give full details even of tle young lady's wvardrobe, but Nwill'not, it may interest readers to know the
namtes of the half dozen book;s conlsidered indispensable
by a well-educated mriss of tlhirty' years ag'o.  Th'ey wsere
Ivanlhoe, Milton's Ilinor Poetms (thoe minor here more
attractive t     }an  the mlajorl), Scott'.S PoemIs, Pril   anltd
Prejudice, Childe I a>old, Ialla lflookhl, -Pope (a verly reshlooking copy), the Scottish Chitefs, and a few  numbers of ft
queer, comical story, the Posthmtlous Papers of The Pickwick Club, by a lnew writer, called Boz.
tdelaide sat by the wtindow  one afternoon, her book
in hand, but closed, except tllhat a finger was thrust
between the leaves vwhere  she   ad been readijng.   Slhe
had hteard the torn wvith which the arrival of the triwveely stage t was announced, and presently her uncle
came into t}he house with a letter' in |his hand, lnis face
b)eaming like the smtlit crest of a mountain.
"Now, puss,") said lhe, " we  mu st know\ all ab(outt it.
VWhich of your beaux is this fr'om?  Answer before 3yotu
break the seal.  Of course yo  kn ow the llandwlriting."
" Why, it looks like my uncle Shelburne's hland, only
Ineater."
So it does, to be sure.   \ly didn't I see t;hat it




t.142              LOJRD  OF' 11iSIIZ  I'f    1
wasn't a yountg  man's letter?  He wouldn't lta ve ulsed a
wafter now t. — w\ould lie? buitt w\ax, aned witlh  t\o htearts
for a sel.  And tthere is't attty flourishtt   it thec  writingr,
or othlcr sio'n of bingt' it lovet  all 1plain and businesslike.  A ell, >putss, after you read it, tell us tall the ne\vs.
If hie vwai\tts you to corllc lOrne, you jest say rwe can't let
you0 gIo yet.1"
Aduelaide took thie letter, alid carelessly turned it over
betweetn ]ter thumb atnd finger, toyinfg withl it witloutt
lookinog at it, until her tuncle sawv tltat slt \was lnot going
to open it in his presence, and retreated to another room.
When the squire caine  back, as lie did after a short
time, there was a  mtarked chlang   in the looks of hlis
niece.  Shie sat ini a t csy chair withl the openr letter ilr
her hland; ]er cleeks Nwere covered Nwith t a deel glow,
and hIer eyes were sliglrtly  dilated, tand  lookinitg  into
vacancy.  An unlconscious  foot, neatly  slippered, andl
witht  narrow  bands of black  ribbl)n  crossed  over the
instelp, andtl   around tIhe ankle — a a very pretty, old fatslionr
it. wvas, for a pretty foot --- was -visible beyond thie folds
of lher dress; arid its nervous movements shQowed how
deeply Iter minid wras absorbed in thought, and possessed
by varyingt emotiols.
The squire was curious, but. he Itesitated, and then
stopl)ed, as if lte feared to inrtrude. itis niece was ttle o}ly
peer'son illn is house that would not be tllnag'ed.  lie thad
no faculty to cop)e with sher.   t fe (lid nrot understand her
moods, anld her gayety at times  swas as unactt countlable as
her' p)nsirvelless.   i1er replies w'ere  sometimetS dit'iro
enough111, and sometimes illusory.  Ite fitilcd to at)prehe'nd
lrer    alrtine' -- as Mtatter migltt fitil to cotnpretlendl Spirit.
Ite used to say tythat her mnind ttalt  as miany coats as an
onion, and that lie never knew when Ite hald got through
the  covceritngs of pretence.  Thte figure was not quita




AIS    /II fLt UIJXI.'S  POLIC'1Y.           1 413
ttlrue, and the reader mtust not confound the retreating of
tihe soul withiln itself with anything  like filsity or deceit.
D)elicate anlt   setsitive  natures instinctively sitin  thlo contact of th}e grosscer, and  bar even the looking at their
hetarts' sanctuaries.
" AWell, ptuss,' saidt he, after he htad attracted hler attention, " you look troubled.  No bad newlts, I hlope.
Shle pressed h}er hand.to her forehead, and made an
attempl)t  t a slmile as sle replied, " No, m1cle, no bad
new5"s;   and. tlhen her face became serious again.  lie
took a chair anid sat down ncear her, crossing his legs and
tossing' his hutge foot meditatively.' Adelaide,'" lie said, in a tonel intended to be symnpathetic and lersluasive, " I don't Nwant your confidence
unle ss you choose to give it.  But you're my dear sister's
datung ter, and if there'ss any matter of doubt or difficulty
onl your minl, you would naturally ask Cllunsel tfrot-  me.
A11 th;ings right on the faint?  Nary niggser rtn taway --
has there?  Or has uncle Shelbr'ne got a beau for you? 
" I am tired of the talk about beaux, -uncle," sdhe said,
solmlewlihat pettishly.
" Yout may be tfired of the talk, but you don't seem  to
be tired of the beaux.  You always hiave a half a dozen,
becatuse yout smile so mightfy pretty on all alike, that each
tbllow'fs leartjullnps into his mouth whten you look at hlim."' That is why I am a flirt,, coquette -  is it?
M"lost likely.  WhVlen a youtng man tinllks that killing
look of youtrs isfbor him, and then sees you t.hroWv it just
as bright oni the next one, hle isn't pleased, naturallyt
Ite coinsiders you a flirt whenl you scatter about' what li
wants to monol)olize."
"When Pope said of his heroine, —
I;Favors to ntone, to all she smiles extends,' 
he intended to be complimentary; and I'm sure, uncle,




144               LORD  0 1,' IIi/SlLIK
that is all I do,  3But the poet's next line doesn'it prove
trtue: 
Oft stle rejects, but never once offendls.'
It never could }htae been ttrue.  >Pope didn't understand
the case.  I tlhink the. rejected are ofie'.ndetd, atd tlhat they
tdon't take any gtreat ptaitns to conceal it."
"ILtal  wvhy do you have so many  of thelm  bluzzingl
around?'?
M erely a p)iece of strategy,  u ncle  John.   \1Whenl they
are numerous, they are always in one anotther't  way, and
Il am morleat liberty.  If I had only one adlmirer, I should
find it harder to keel) min at at distance,"':1 So it's cavalry tactics, puss, 1mUlaking diver3 sions allt
round, so as to conceal the position of the  main force I
And you want to kcep them at a distance —. 1 do yout? "'
"' Certainly.  It latts been in onle waNty ilmy chief study
ever since I left school.  From  thf  timle I wats a little
girl, I lhave been in an atmlosl)lere of flattery.  M:[y nurses
told me 1  was beautiful, and  ras to be an heiress.   I remlember that youngl men u.sed to talk nonsense  to ime
before  I had (lone wearing bib-ap)rons."
" lBut you forget t\vo things; first, thlat it is natural
for the young men to admire you, tand, next, thlat it is
the (lestiny of all pretty girls: to mnarry."
"X don't believe in d(lestiny, uncle John.  A girl takes
up with a lover!half against her xvill, persuladed by parents
or friends, and then thinXks it was her destiny.  I t.hinli
\we ix our own destiny, and iwe shouldln't complain of
Provi(ence or fate, if the destiny doesn't  pleas'e 1us."
"3But, Imry pretty puss, I havenl't proposed any beatu to
you.  AWe've not one here g'ood  enougmh.   Who there
may be tup in Ie trbleu County, I can't say.  It's your uncle
Shelburnctl s family th-lat you're vexed with, not me, puss,
not melt."




Mi!SS',5'.SJIELIJ UNAP~S O.I6 O.      145
"Of course I don't doubt your good intentions, nor
uncle Shelburne's, but I have heard of but one subject,
I might say, tall my life, and that is my marriage..This
has made ame'worhlly,' 1 as the preachersCl(l'  say.  I think
I have had no real childhood on account of my wetalfth,
just as the poor have none, fbr their poverty.  )E.,very
young man seems to suppose that I am  rea(ly with t
smile to accept some ofier, and his in particular-.  At
lhomre I have been talked to in behalf of, I can't say how
many;   I should think a dozen, at least.  A  farmer, a
young doctor, two or three lawyers, and a melancholy
preacher, who is a wmidower %witlh tlhree childrell, have
offbred themselves within a year.  Mly relations, witllollt
nmy askin-g tlheir advice, %were always weighing and comparing these suitors, as if it,were a matter of life and
death for mc to take iup with one of them.  It was partly
for that reason that I came hlere for a time, to  lave the
p)leasure of being free fromn intrusion and importunity, to
enjoy life in doors and out doors without encountering
every few days some personl who would lhave me believe
that his fate is bound up in mine.   In short, mny dear
uncle Johli, I do long for the bliss of b)eing  let alone.
I am not old, and if I  vere, I am  the only person to'eg'ret it.  I love 11my books, and I should like to be as
accomnplished and wise as the sweet Lady Jane Gray.  I
like to be free to d(wvell in the lprivacy of my own thoughts.
I love sunshine amd calm; and the comting of these
lovers brings clouds and storms.   I love my liberty, and
I mean to keep it."
She Iladt risen up) whilo  she  spoke, and thle squire
tlhougrlt, as hie had often thought before, there netver was
sriCeh a queenly girl, witIt such a proutdly beautiftl face
- such a noble, frank tlaracter, with such.a maidenly
delicacy of fceling.  Only lie (id not analyze thle sutjiect
10




1.46              LORD  OF   tJLSW/FY.I
of his admiration, but rather gave in his spontaneous
holnage in the lun)p.  As lhe w-ould lhave said(, he "w vent
his pile o0l lher."
\Wet  shtall see, hereafter, what she came to think of her
policy tovwards lher admirers.
But we hIaven't pel'Seculted yotu herC'..... have wtC, p tss? "
"I h ave no coimplaint to Inake, uncle John, of anything
in particular.  It is tihe general tone; it is thle whole
atml3osphCere I live in.  If I am  at a party, a gentlemlan
thinks he shall  please me best by what is called'I mlakilng
love.'  As if love colld ever be   ade!  Anlld you and
my colusins, every day anld Ilour, speak in s:uch a way as
to give t}le inpression that you think every thought and
wishi of mine wvere centred ini getting a husband.  It is
the constant influence of this idea that has fretted m)e and
made me old before my time.   At twenty-one, I tam aftaid
I feel more like thirtyy."
" Well, puss, by and by, when I andl your other uncles
get old and ready to drop off, you will need somebody to
care for you, and to manage  your tlroperty."
1' Perhaps so, uncle; but don't you think it is the ldesire
to' tmanage my property' that prompts a good p)art of the
attention lpaid to me?  If I were a poor girl, slould I have
had a dozen offers before coming of agoe?'
0O, bless your soul, p1tss, you don't know  yourself.
You tare hlandsome enoulgh for a queen.  You must really
torgive tle young men.  Nobody can lhelp admiring you,
iandit loving you, too; only it is not every one that hitis
tlle couragltc to tell you."
"But I klnow ptretty girls, and clever, toto, ptertcetly
chtarmin't, in every respect, 0who, becautse tlhey haven't
riclt ttlf hers, are no10t the least soulgltht Lafter.  No (lucls
will ever be fought onl their account.  Tltey are fr'ee to
go and coime, and they wvill not be annoyed l))y ltalf a




MItSS,SJLfLIHJRI&iVMIf'S'OLZCJK.       147
dzcen young men galloping after them.  I don't behlieve
that beauty alone d(ralws, at least here.  It nlmay be tlhe
case where )monely is plentier and beauty arer.  ]But here,
evNery  youngt   man   who lhassn't a fortune of his own
endeavolrs to get one by marriage;  and there 0are a dozen
handso-me fresh faces for one heiress."
The squire was looking at the letter occasionally, but he
did not venture to ask iabout it again.  lIe played about,
rather, as lhe wrould with a ticklish customer for a client.
" You htaven't told ius about your conquests here.  Is it
Iarrison Adams, or one of tle schoolmasters, or bothl?"
1" I don't mind telling you, uncle John, but you are not
to repeat it -- tlhat rt[. Adams has intlmated quite plainly
several times that lie would lnave no objection, or rather,
that lhe would be quite pletsed, all thingt being considered,
and if it were petfccltly agreeable to me and to my family
-- but I liaven't patience to rcpeat-" and she stamped
her foot. "'  e seemed as if he wtere about mankig a trade.
I could tlfink of nothing but a boy who thas a jack-knhife to
swap, and doesnottrust it out of hishllands until lie getshold
of the other.  lie seems to nme only a cool, shrewd person,
and whatever lie does is from l)olicy'.  His business and htis
love must bring litim riches.  Then these are to give himi
position.  lie will, by anld by, own the largest farnm here,
lie will have thle riclhest wife, and will be in Congress by
the time lie is forty."
t"Do you think so?  Well, you have a knack of prophesying.   If lie's to rise in tlhis way, lie's the man for
you, he's the man for yout — I mean to say, if you can put
UI) with a haoosier.  The Htoosiers may be smart, and all
thrat, but I can't think one of'em  quite like our old
{CKentucky stock.  But htow you would slhin in   Washin-ll
ton I  That's somethingt to think of, puss -- to think of."
"It isn't worth a, momen3t's thought, uncle.  Ito is too




148              LORD  OF  HIZ/SeILRT:
cautious to risk anything, and he will be aftraid to com1mit hlims1elf.  fie may thinkl I should say B after lhe srays
A.  But tihough 1  kTnow t}he alphiabet, I don't choose to
10elp him or any one repeat it,  I don't lknow what love
is, for I have never felt it.  Bult I am very sure whllat it
is not!; and I say that the man who is so prtidelnt that lie
will not risk everything, -— refusal, mortification, mid all, —has no love to offer.  I~e is only negotiating.  Love never
thinks to hesitate.  It gives itself and all without stipullating for a return."
B Bleuss me, dear, how caime  you to know so mucth?
You say you lave not known what it was to love, buti
you lay down the lawy like a clancellor.  flow do you
find out all these fine tlhinlgs?" 
From books, uncle.  irol novels; and if they are
fictions, ill one sense, they contain the essentials of truth
as it is seen by thle most obslering of men.")
The confidence she felt in the wisdom shle had learned
in this way was stronger now at the entrance into life
than afterwards.  She had yet to learn that studying the
errors mand misfortunes of others is not sufficient to gutard
us fr'om other errors an' d misfortunes of oulr onl; thlat
every life has its own trials in new  )lphases growing out
of its peculiar and unforeseen circumlstances, and that
these  ill perplex alnd torment the wisest as well as tlhe
most thoughtless.
"311t I don't see how you came to get so excited over
ybur wisdonm, nor fwhiat has started yout to begin talking
to a foolish old man about all these things."
She saw that his curiosity was arotused as to the letter,
and she said to him, —
"I shall have to confess, uncle, that there was a reason for my getting  into this train of thought.  This letter — I tell you in strict confidence, as if I Nwere a




MlISS S7IIELIBUANEl1'"S POLICY.          149
IMason ill flll communion " (here her eyes brightened) —this letter is friom a young man of our colunlty, andl in
it lie has made me an offer of his hand.  I will read yout
a p)aragra')h:. --
"'For I aml  afraid, my dear, if I may call you so,
that, even in trhe short time you ar1e to be away, you may
listen to the vows of some other, pterhal)s even worthtie
of your love than I can )pretend to be, and that in listening you may be lost to me forever.  In suchl a case,
though you may b)e fortunate and hal)ppy, I feel that I
slotuld never cease to be miseralble.  I cannot wait for
your coing' home, but must send this, and my helart and
soul along with it, to tell you that I love you, and shall
always love you.'  
"Very well said.  A  very pretty pliece," said the
squire.  " And iwho  may this be? "
li' Ie is a young'I manl of twenty-five, of good family,
good princij)les, and good habits.  Hlis fiamily is wealthy,
and as he will inherit from his father and an untcle besides,
lie will be very rich.  I suppose lie would be considerled
th1c most eligible person ill our county - for any one who
fatcied him."
"G emini I how  you fetch'emr  down I  You should
have a Nbag, as the sportsmen do, to keep your  game in.
You know what I mean.  When two lhunters contend for
a wager, they save  thle leads of the birds and creatures
they shoot, and then each lhead counts for so nlmch.  As
for instance, in your bag, a schoolmaster counts forlan
owl, so muclh; a doctor for a chicken l\fhawkx, so muchl; a
farmer for a blarn-yard fowl, so much; Ia black-coated
preacher fol a crow, so much; a lawyer-'"For an eagle," she interposed.  "'' or, as t:he Bible
says, where1soever the body is, thither will thle eagles ho
gathered together."'




150             LORD  OF IIZMSEJYL.
" But all this doesn't exj)lain  hy you w vere so excited.
It seems you don't love the young man; so it wasn't thiat
which made your fiace look like a pina."
"  was thinking vwhy it was I coukdn't love this young
Imanl, who is so wvorthy of any girl's love.'
" AWell, what's to hender?  lIe is good-looking — isn't
Ile?"
"A very agrreeable and very handsome man."
It's citther a notion, a foolish girl's notiol, or else " —
and here lie fixed his eyes on her -- " yoe love some oine
else.  I wouldn't d1o it, putss.  He'll never rise, -- never
redeem his farm, -- never come to anythling.  You mark
my Nword.  Besides, he's more'n halfla Yankee, unsettled
like, talkin' of natural rights an' tlheorizin'.   When a
manl begins thtat wcay, you never lknlow where lie's goin'
to stop.  I te questions and examines; hle doubts and lhe
disbelieves; lhe becomes ani infidel in his religion, and an
abolitionist in his politics; and I should like to know
what's blacker'n that I"
T9he colloquy was rnot finished, for the tall figure of
Miiss MIalvinv   appeartd in the doorway, and supper was
amoun ccd.
Readers have probably noticed a certain clttling edge inl
the speeclh of Mliss Shelburne, and will infer that she was
more noted for clear intellect than for womanly feeling
and a tender heart.  They must be content, for tihe prescit, to take her own expllanations, and to consider the
nature and effect of the influences ttlat had surroundled
her, before coming to any adverse conclusions.  It is not
in the midst of general  adulation that a girl's sincerity
of character and tenderness oTf heart are prut to tle trial.




YlfX'  COOAC:G  OF  IT' 1)0 fOV. D151.
TlHIEl COOING  OF: TIlE  D)OVE.
tlrust olur readers lhae not forgotten thle I)ove,
who had prcc:ced her feathers for the party at
TMr. Pierreponts, and witncssced the fcstivitices witlh such
serene composure.   MtIiss Lucy Fenton was the cldest
dtaugtltcr of a respectatt )l  mechlanic of' t]he cou:nty town,
and  w\as ulndeniat:ly  quitc  lpretty,  )but so  devoid  of
stprightlincss, exccpt in certain ccstatic momlents, that a
real pigcon would  be )almlost as lively a, coimpalitlon as
shel.  The county poet, who lhad imlnortalized thiis datimsel, was the disci1)le  of a very  flourishling' school.-.-t. a,
schlool whose works are re)pres-cntcd in nearly all the
l\ewspapl)ers of America, occupying' thce Mtuses' corner,
just over the prices current.   Ile was a p:uy Wordsworth, stunted by menttl rickets, and sufieringll      i'om tlhe
p)eriodic breaking out of poetic rash.  The atttacks varied
in intensity, but thie disease  was genler"ally of a mild type.
lie had tried( rhyme, but lie said it fettered his free soul;
lland truly if his sotul kcept step NwitlI hlis metres, it Iust
hlave been fettered, for tlte lines limp)eed abominablly.  So
le confined his effobrts to blank tverse, and \tove h}is bright
imagtinings, and his soul-full aspirintg's, like brillialt threads
into the regullar tet-syllabled \warp, wNarr-anted full wvidt}1.
T.'hle Nwell-known classical poems, eintitled  LXanes to.ier)
who will USnderst ad T'hem; O; Ode to a D.ying''otmtit; To
a I)Doe oil the S!able  rtces, and,Stparation, or te.Brreakc




152                LORD  0F  IIZIJIS.LI'
ing ]lar't &Srings, werel his.  Ltucy Fenton wvas the layfigulre whose flexile nature obeyed htis wishes, who matde
intellectual poses fOr his studies, Land put on any of the
grades of emotional expres.sion at cotmanlld.   le fotund
ther as convenient as a barber's wig-block, to  try his
lhandiwork  upon.  Fed and nourished by celestial foold,
the maidenl  grew up in the world, but not of the worlld.
lcLr soul dlwelt apart, and occupi)ed itself in high communings, and strove after a prssioonate love of Nature..........
in verse.  Of Nature itself slhe knew nothing.  For all
her raptures about flowers, she could not tell a violet
from  a willd-llowxer.   It Nwass as if she wenCt imad over
muslin blossoms,  waxen leaves, stufled bird(s, tand plasterof-paris rabbits.  Nature did not own the acquaintafnco
either of this inglorious poet or of his inamorata.  Nature keeps her secrets w\ell; shte  does not reveal them to
tile noisy ad:lirers whlo prate of tile fhvors of intimacy.
Lucy had just finishled school, an(d was newly  admtlitted
to tlhe circle of youlng-ladylloodl.
fThe couity )oet had meantime begiun to feel that tho
I)ove cooedt quite too mull ch; 1he found withl regart   to her
ttle truth of Crusoe's  roplletic line, - -----
"Hler tameness is shocking to me."
Whlile this mlight be )tartly true (thoullh ino very singular
wildnless was ever observed in hitl), yet it was suspected
tlere twere other and less creditable  reasons for his omedlitatedl faitlll ssnles s-.......in fact, that le had rolled hIis I;tSsion-lilghtedt orbs towards a bird of brighlter phlunilage anLld
better-tatllleredl itest.  The parting' was dlone Awith} great
naturatlness.  The )poet bewailed Ilis hard fate, lamented
thkat tile hour had  come, andt (turning  Shclt( y topsyturvy), tilat hce 1imu1st 0now'' Tcac i stllrtilng  vwhat e Iclearned t n sonl."




7'71;, (COOLAG  01" 7111  )0 DOA'.          I1)3
The poem  before mentioned, S'epaeaoio, has cclebrated
this touchingi' seene.  WVith bursting tears lhc  bado her
farewell, rushed d(espairinlly firom  hler presence, and.-.
was married next day to M.[iss Julia Jones, the  )rosc)ective owner of two hundred acres of lald and six healthy
nlerOCes.
lhen the poet was fairly \eddted, tlhe perfect bliss
filled his soul, and he was silent.-like the yearning boy
who, when his mIouth is fillcd Nwith t thtought candy ball,
despairs of further utterance until  e has ( done rolling his
sweet morscel.  Th'lere was niotlinwg more in life for hinm
that it would be of any use to agoonize for.  Song- birds
re lean.  The vwell-filled crOp interleres with the trilling'
lar ynx.  Th'e bobolink, best of singers, 110no sooner  ets
into comfortable feed than lhe forgets htis quaint music,
and becolmes a fiat, prosaic  creature,   doomedl  y poetic
justice to be slhot and eaten.
In thle state of spiritual widowhood in whlich the lorn
darmsel now  found herself, the memory of her )i-cvious
experiences was sweetly sad, or sadly  sweet.......... thle order
is not material.  ] 1er faco assumet d an air of tender melanchloly,  and she walked
1"'With even step and musilng gait."
But this beautifii decllneaor, I 1 regret to 8say, was  inot
g-neralilly caltivatinlg.'erverse mlankind is inot iusually
pleasedl to re-light love's flalne on a last yeatr's blackened
lt1ar, wvhen it can start a firesh blaze on a new one.   the
youth does not delight in broken hearts when another has
done the  1 reakingl; nor is ihe oveljoyed with crtumlpledl
roses unless hle mcakes the Sybaritic dcvastAatioll himself.
To her mrother Lucy's ieha\-ior was a  deep  and poetic
mylystery.  ShIe observed her artless attitud(es, the plailltive tones of lher voice, and fitncied that the calm repose




14 5Z. LOD)  OF' I11f/S't;LF.
of her manler only covered thtoughlts that did lie too deep
fbr tears.  She fetared the dlar wtounded birtd would nleve
spreal  her w\inlgs, except to fly away to the better land.
So she coddled and soot.hed the poor thing, land said she
shou.lM rest hier aching hlead on mamtllma's, bosom.  She
even had the girl's bed brought into her own room that
she might t atch over her, sleep)ing antld vwakting, lest she
should becomeat anatgel  unawares. l The fathe    unf elnt-ll l'.ulcli{l
lman   ag'reed to the movinl of lhis d(aughter's bed, but for
anotiher reason..tlc througltt it was'"just as well to
ttvatch her, or else, before you khnew it, shel C 1 t runnin'
a\vay withl sole dclrned fellow, like a dlod-rotted fool as,}te was."
It was at this juncture that tlhe youth of,miany locks
and amlple Byronic shirt collar' appeared oil the scene.
Aloysitus Pittsinger was his nanme.  Ite wvas a consolation.  His very namc, Aloysius, had a sweett gurgle in
the soundl, resembling the anticipatory and involuntary
noiscs fri'om children's mnoutltl  at the siglht of sugtar lollipops.  11 e \was a, clerk illn Mt. Goldstciln'ls store.  The1re
lie (lispensed  tobacco, both fine-cut and pllug, assorted
nails, New Orleans sugtar, Rio coffee, Porto Rtico molasses, Gloucester nmackerel, together with foreign cloths
and homesl)un jeans, 1and all the girmcracks \llichl little
negroes coveted and  the siwarms of surmmer flies had
spared.'.llte appearance of Aloysius ]lappcried in this wise.
NMr. Fenton vwas an early riser, but was loath to go to his
shopI)  ithout htis breakftast.  Ont the  fateful imorning hle
had come downv rather earlier than usual.  After dute
search and discussion, it was announcedt to thim  thlat
there was notlhiing at once appetizing' alnd substantial in
the house that could, witlilt the desired p)eriod, be gotL
ready for the table; and his wife made bold to ask it in




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this emergency Ite wouldn't go out and  aget somethilg.
TI.o a hungry maln, in the fiaint interval aftcr a. " niipp)er'
and before a solid bite, such a propositionl is an unpleasant surprisc. But, after devotingo the cook aTnd the household generally  to immediate  pains and inconveniences,
and to solethling;  more hereafter, Mr. Fenton put on l is
slouched hat cand started out.  i e-I musled also.
If I were ambitious of the fame of the great Americitt
novelist, or were contending for the fift) thlousand (tollar
prize offered by the publislers of the Metropolitan A\lbum,
and hoped to hlave my thrillinlo descriptions read by its
subscribingl  army of tlhrec  hundred and fifty-one thousand
chalmbermt aidtf, I might ptaint the current of hlis swif'
thoug'ht tthus:......
"' The air bites shrewdly.  Ita, by the mass i  Slall I
to the abatoi)' atnsl i as  tic  slayer o ofoxen ot r at steaktt?
or a chiop from  the loin of slhecp, a bell-wettler of Kentucky's finest flock    Ken. Ittlltticky, state rellownedl for dlainty
mt-uttoin?  Or does the slaltyer of oxenl yet sicee, supitely
stertorous, lhea vy with tie lingering fumes of the nightly
1ourblon?  Perchance  lie has no steak, no ch op   -all
gone to feed an insatiable people i  Bctlhinl me.              -.......
Alnd the abatloir is far, thoug-ll its pcerfume is nigh}1; it is
thfi'ice a hundred  yatlrds from  hence.  I w\ill go to t}he
house of the Israelite, Goldstein, and1  get Ia fish}    a fish
dear to  losel Yankcees, and not scorned by the sons >of
thle sun-lland  ithl(r.'Tis w\ell.  I'will mlake the trial.
Itaply I s}hall find tllat the youtl ntg, Pittsingerl, whtose
p)romocnie  is Aloysitus, has arisen, andl is event low\ comn-bing' his ambrosial locks."'VlWhat ie did thlink was sometlhing like this:........."It's (dog'o"on cold this 1mornin'.  I:[ wonder whether
that derned old drunken Bill Stone's got ary bit of firesl
meat —.. and if he's utp yet.   I don't b'lieve it, for ho




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vwas druntk's an owl last night at old R].te  Eye.  Besides,
it's for to tlho slaughtcr-lhouse.  Le's see.  I mig'ht get a
mtackercl at Goldstein's. I'll tdo it. Biled a little, to take
th-e salt out, and then lhet with creaml, it ain't b)adt, by a
dclrncd sight."
Ie wvaltked out to the square, occasionally blowing his
coll fingers.  Th}e shutters were not taken down from
Goldstcin's front \windows, but Mr. Fenton knew fllat thl,
clerk slept in a little room  in a ruinous lean-to back of
the store, atlnd hl  rattled the d(oor to call him.  There
was no answer, lnor slid of any one stirrilng,   andl hoe
rattled again.  I8s powerfuil sthake lnade the square resound. Ile called, endeavoring to throw his voice throughl
the key-hole, " Aloysius, ain't you ul yit?   I want a
mackerel."'
Thire silence was aggravating', and there were internal
qualms that made.Fentn dloubly imll)atient.
Aloysius, you lazfy bones l D)o you hear?  I wvanlt at
mackerel for breatfast.  You're  thest tle no-countest;
boy I ever sec I  If'twan't for your faither, you'dl thlest
starve."
Fenton stadly meditated, and was about to give it uIp,
when he heard a voice withlin, saying, " Ncver too late,
[Mr. Fenton.   You  shall have your mackerel.   You
neednt't wait.  As soon as I get my clothes on I'll tote
Voll over o0e1."
Mr. Fenton returned, and found all the children, inclulding tle )ove, ready for breakfast.  Ite state(l thle case, and
they sat expectant.  Thl'he I)ove, who had come  down
wvithl her back hair loose, felt a momentary flutter, and debated whcether she s-hould not go up stairs and twist hcer
pale yellow locks into a knot, andt fasten it with her higihtol)ced silver coml).  But, on f'urther reflection, she considtlecd that the graceful negligence of faitllintg  tresses




7TI' COOIKG  OF' 70111, ])H [/E 1..Ti
might be quite as fascinating' as the m-lore elaborate mode,
est)ecially with a simple morning dress.  So she conlined
her cfirts to attilillnng a fine spiiituellCe expression.  SI 
was emintently successful, and when Aloysimus 1arrived, shel
arose with a faint crepuscular smile, and an attitude to
whichl  a formally d(isposed  hand gave point, antd g'ently
bade thle youth gooed morning'.
Aloysius }ad  scarcely washed  the  sleel) out of h:is
eyes, and his htair AwNas imore rebellious than usual, springilirlg up in wavay masses, and brushed back from  Iris tllin
temples and sloping- forehtead.  lte liad on, however, a
smart neck-tie, and looked genlerally spruce in his ap))atel.
Ife held a mnackerel, fiesh frtom the brine, wrapped inl t
brown paper, and, in his agitation, when hle belheld thle
charmler, he dlid not observe that dro)ps of tle salt andt.
greasy fluid  had been  trickling down the fr'ont of his
cloth suit.
This is a scene whict I conmlend to any gentlemanll
who Jnmay illustrate thifs story witlt his pencil: The Dove
inl Cer most p)icturesque pse; p)apa sullen and imnpatienlt;
namtma agtreeably civil, but sadly in need of some " fixing' up     the chlildren opeCII-outhed in attentionl  and
t~he polite Aloysius graccfully handing; the dripping papeir
parcel to thle black-visagied cook, whilli he turns lhiis head
over his left slhoulder, and looks ani unutterable messagec
to the l)ove.
Let us i-nmagine the breakhfast over. Indeed, it was ontly
to show, historically, thle tableau  in whic} Alo tysi s first
felt that his secret love was returned, that Nwe have
t}ought it worth  while to  meddle  Nwith  such  trivial
matters.
A  (lay or two later, when\  business was dull at the
store, Mr. P'ittsinrg'c    excused himself to his empl)oyer
for n llhour, andl hied him1  to the I)ovecot.,is htair was




158               LORD  OF IL /.S'XL,;Z,:
artistically disposed, and fragflalt with the perfiume of the
dlressing.  Some remedy htad  proved  efficacious in rermoving' the st<ains of fish  brine, and hlis clothes owere
a credit to his tailor.  Tltoe Dove unbarred the portal, and
the ambrosial youtll entered.
AMost men whlo have made a superficial study of tihe
lemale lheart )please  themselves with tIhe i(lea of being'
abl) to inistruct thle beloved (:}one iln theL beautiful servico
of love.  Tl'lhey like to imparti the responses, tiand cultivate
a cltarminl,' variety of epithet in t}he mimic litany.  Tley
can quote a, few  stuanlzas, and, titougth igtorat[t of lShakesl)ealre, w\ill rifle the repertoire of RIomeo a-nd Juliet, and
of Antolty and Cleopatra, of all the glowing   lthrases.
They filch th  "1 prol)erties " of thie hleroes of the stage
and of novels, and are armed, as they fiancy, at all points.
A womttatn's simple bodkin is a better w\ea)ponl thant  man's
two-handed sword. Mliss Lucy hlad been gad(luatedl i the
oldlest schtool il the world, an(1 was Atistress of Arts.
Slte had now an opportunity to put illt practice ttte lessons
she had learned.  ][ere w\as a friesll e and pll)iable nature
realty for her method.  She would teacli hiim -  delightful thougllhtt I  After the first barriers of reserve had been
l)assed, anld the conversation had swept over the field of
town  gossip,  andt not a wisp of scalndal remained  fo)r
futlure gleanlers, the all-imiportaint subject emelrged inlto
view.  It rose flowly, its corning- light flushintg their siky
some time beibre thi e fuill orb apl))eared.
With such a teacher succes  was tassured,  nd tihe
p)rogress of Aloysius was very gratifying.  In Iess than
half an hlour he ha(d p)assed the  1rimary gra(de, anld was
promnoted( to higher class studies.  Shie had taken hlim
tllhroulgi tle ploetry of love, and lad (displayled to himl alt
the posies she hlad gathllered from  the red-covered, giltedgedl Annuals, and from the Magazines -  those witit tho




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beautifiul fashion-plates, you IIknow.  Shle read hima poemlets that she ha(d martkled and committedl to meImory i
]Byron and Burits, but above all she dloted on Mtoore.
0'aIlomans, gayest of Iris8lme-1n), Nwittiest of (iners-oult,
most melodious of senltimentalists, wlhat a deal you have
(or hlave lhad) to anlswer for    Of NMoore tile l)ove could
not say enoug't.  She talked cstasies.  Stle  dwelt oni
his tendresses, Itis csl)iglcries, I is )laisant ries.   (I believe
tlose are tile terms used in society novels.)  Sie fitirly
hugltgled his memrnory, as, I doubt not, sIte Nwould  have
huggted  tlhe triln  little  figure of tlte  autltor himnself.
She  osed tfor tlte Light (f the IHaremn, for G.lnarc, for
the JIalid of Ahthles, and for.tHig1hland Jilairy; but thougll  in
her enttra'nce into I)ream Land s-he htad been led by Another,
like a female D)ante  cot(ducte(d into thle pale  realms of
shade by an itmmature Virgil, she neverttheless \vas silent
as to the verses that hIad first nmade her fitmous, anid l:ad
awakened  the spirit of l)oesy  in her tendler virgin soul.
T'Ic ])yin7g'tomtil migl}tlt fall off his l)ercl unnoticed, and
fw )e Doe on the,ftablc,tarets  vwas Awelcome  to snatchl
grains of corn amnong the lbarn-yardl fowls, for all that
shle cared, now that Anotltir had proved faithlless, and her
Aloysius was,near.
Extremely fo)olislt these things look.  But we atre all
sitn-ilarly foolilsh once or twice in  otur lives.'trle supremlacy of mind does not extend beyond its own sphelre;
in the dotaIiln of love all )propler  nen are equal. The professor who mIurmurs }is passion in Salnskrit to a blue-stockintg, and receives her tender antswer in [ctebre-w, acts ilt
precisely the salcme ludicrously awkwvard fatsion as Aloysius is (lointg at tlis tnotnent.  Klins I1tave no royal w.ay
of wooitg, if j  they uWJo; nor is a counltess, in pre seince of
herl future lord, free fi'olt the titidity and lalpitations,
annd the instinctive  aclityg, whiclh  belong- to  universal




1.60             OlO]D  0OF' IIILF.
womnankind.  Ponderous Gibbonl falling oil his knees to
make a (declaration, anld unable to get up afterwards without help, is just as laugllable an object as if lis mindl'were not rich wvith the spoils of a11 learning,   atnd he wero
an un1llknown blurgh] r of Lausanllne, instead of the historian
of the I)ecline and Fall of the -Rorman Empire.
Really, I suppose it is not genrous to expose this
couple to ridicule, at least in their tender relations.  But
the!persons themselves are not greatly dleserving of our
regardl.  Aloysius is pert, ignorant, vain, narrow, and
cunning, and a spoony besides.  lHe looks pretty vwell,
is quite obliging in his Nyay, and tlakes all the care of his
persoln le can in theo limited space lie has around the poor
b)ed in the lean-to.  But lie must carlry the ill-natured
adjectives, and mnaty (leserve more of tthe satic kind.  And
to see him  cap)ering like a newly-tamed bear at the bckc
of thte minx vwho has taken him in training, and to see
stagy attitudes and groupings, to hear all the rhynmtes to
dove and love, to listen to the prletty endearmentts, and
especially to notice the superfine, kid-g'loved, and satin-,slippered 1E1nglish in which their commonplace scntimtlnt
and empty thou}ghits are clothed, might Jmove the laughter of gravcer people tlan vwe.
The ho1tr wore away.  It always   (les at the rehearsal
of a dullet lilke this.  Naturally Aloysius referred to his
future with hlope. There is never al time when hope is so
brighlt, and whenll fortune seems so near to a youno man,
as when lhe looks at the )prospect alongf with the dear being- who is to share it.  The salary lie now receivel was
very small, but it w\ould be increased, lc was confidefit,
thoughl  Goldstein w\as a confounded Jew, and did not
cIcourag'e ability nor hold out any inducement to entelrpr)ise.  We may say, by tay of oparenthesis, thatm after
Aloysius sold out the stock of itndigo at ten cents by tho




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pound, Instea(d of by thle ounce, the employer did not
have good reason to set a very highl vatlue onl his.ser-Ivices.
But lhe (Aloysius) would one dcay lave a store of his
own0.  I'hlc town should see such a stock of goods as
would make thte wtlomen crazy.  "1Then Goldstein shlall
lknow that I am not his understrapper. 1)on't mention it,
d(lear Lucy, but I must say I hate him.  But I l1ave waysp
of making at dollar he don't know of."
Jile dwelt onl his projects, chuckled over them, turned
them rl oult1, made all allowa:nces for thllin,'s going' wrongt'
estimated his savingts and pu)t together hlis future  gains,
and lie could arrive at no other conlclusio  thant tlat lie
was to be prospeirous anlt finally rich.,  Obstacles and.
dralwbacks hle manle liglit of.'With her, with his Iulicy,
dtarling Lucy, lie would( face a world in arms.
Site was so overconme by the idea of his couragll', his
generous  tllougll ts and  lplans  for her, and  htis ar(lent
visitons of t}icir fuiture  lappiness, that she sobbed ol Ihis
manly shoulder.
"0 Aloysitus, I knew you wlere  liandsomeO and noble,
but I did not dream what a great soul you htave.  You
are too, too good.  And you are so fresh in feeling, so
clhild-like, so pure and innocent! so thwel.et ---— too, too
tlhweet I "   I:[ere sle wept bitterly.  Iln her1  moods of
dteeptest feeling' she aflcteod somethling very like a lisp.
The noble Aloysius was dteeply moved.  A tear stood
inl either small gray eye, as he bent over tlhe lithe andl
willowy fotrm of his beloved, and something re(lldcnd and
stung the end of hlis mtanly nose.   Itc wh}ipped out hiis.ndtlan;na, brushell d away the unbidden tear, and s oott d
the titillatingl  nostril, sayinog wit:lh choking' voice, fbllowilng' unconsciously thte artless lis~p of the prattler beside
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1.62              TORI) O0,' It,;IZS.I,
It wa. a blissful moment, as they loopked  llp at each
other through their blilindin   ttea'rs, and thteir eyes met
like lights inl a fog.
Who shall separate  us?'' said the trustfuil damsel,
t.riumllphantly.
Nobody -- iothling! "' he attswered, firmly an el cheerily; but tihe next word stuck in his throat.  For thelre,
witllin ten feet, stood Lucy's wrathfuil p)relt, looking unicomtlonl)y vicious.  LTucy saw that the, ilpendingt storm
\was about  to burst; and, gathlering  tllp }er robes with
one hand, like a hteroine of tragedy, wvhile she grassped
Aloysius witll the other, she fell plump  on heV      r knel'  stS
lefore lher angry  sire, and  exclaimhed, "' Hav'e  mercy,
father'   Grtant us yotur blessinllg!'"
It wa\s extretmely well done, but it did not anlswer.'lThe father lifted her up as tenderly fas hie would a calf,
an    replied,-........ —
" Git.1up, you hussy I  Git up) off you3 r k1nees   (Co to
your mother, y'ou dog' (   oned silly foiol!'PThis is wh at
comes of your p ote-ry.  You're thest mooiy.  None o'
yet' boo-loo-in' to tme I I tilest \von't staln' it.  I'm thl.est
clIare nlottified fer ye'.  B]e oif! an' 3o'(  tihest shet tllat
Tl-hen  he turned fiercely'  uponi the other oflender, rolling'
up his sleeves, and advlancing with im-ischlief in his looks.
A  moment ago, Aloysius felt as brave as a lion; but
somehow the s'pirit  tad left ltim inl the time of lneed, and
left; him as limp as  his own broad shirt-collar il ttn j\ August
day.   Ic would htave retreated, btut thlie enemy was ]bet.\weenl }ti  and tlhe door.  lie tlhouglht it best to temporize, or rather to try  to yomollify;  )but le  stamit ered
perceptibly.
"All l)roper, sir. All upon honor, sir,.......- fir and open.




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I oft'red myself, sir'- in marriag'ie.   You canl ask her,
sir, if yo'011u   l't believe me.
"Aloysiuts Piittsig'er, " the father replied, " on second
thought, I Wiouldn't ]hit such  a coward.  I'd t lest as
soonlt ]hit a womrnan.  YeIr aitn't thle plluck of a caaf.  iBut
I knlowx  yer, thest as well's though I'd made yer.   Yet  a
I-mea-tl, 1triflin', or'1nary critter.  Yer thte no-countestL Call)
int tiis town.  C(omin' sneakin' round hlere to  mtnake (t
bigger fool of a gal  thlat's bigi Inough  fool now.  Yer
thest a mean,  contemptible, lo%,w-lived cur.   Now  Jyou
thest clare otut, ttll  g,-o back to your )business.  You're
thest[ thle man to ax for dried apple w\ien you go on Q a
firolic.   A1n' if y3ou sticek to scliin' indig o  at ten cents at
poundIl, you'll git rich.''
Poo()r Aloysius! would he  c\never hlear the last of thlIat
indligo?' Wlrtell, Sir; certainly, sir; yes, si'.  I was just going
as you came.  All hli-lnorable, sir.  Aiitlh your daughlter's
ftll peirmissio iol,   sir."
])oggon  her permission, an' you too.  D)oni't wal-nt
you reotnd.  You're ( t-a curlt..-.- fr'm  at.  ad breed o'  dogs.
D)on't wanft you, blon'able or dislhon'able.  Qulit, -will yer,
anlt (clare out! "'thus enitreated, Aloysius left the rhouse withl an injured
air, seeing all his green hopes blasted, like splrouting- corn
after a spring' frost.
We Nwill not lift the veil that covers the privacy of the'enton fanaily for thle day.




164              LO~RD  Of ZLZtAISSL4f'.
CJIT\'ER.XIf.
TOWN  GOSSIP.
D-1,' Aloysius was disposed to be silent as to the way.. is visit endtled, MA1r. Fenton was not equally reticent.
It soon g-ot noisedl about the town that fite mournin,;
])ove hllad been cooinl  for 0     new mate, and that matters
}hatd progressed so far betw\\en theml that the father siuddenly interblred, drove the young man out of the lhouse,
and1 shut up thle girl on breadd anl wa\ter.  The towni was
in a tuulttt of laugllter; for the fotllies and vanities of so
conspicuous a person as Aloysius Pittsinger were pcerlectly
well known.'T'1herle  were persons'llwho klnl(ew ]lhow much
}le owed thlle tailor, how many p)airs of (very tighlt) boots
hle had a. year, how\v many weeks' board hle w'as ill arrelars
at thie tavern,  ndl how  many bottles of hair-dressing,
cologne, alind other fragrant essences were required to
p)ertfutre his g'reat mop of hair and his Ilandkerchiefs.
Th'ie young menl tookl his gauge p)retty accurately, atnd
w\,ere never weary of leadingt llir  into labsurd   positions,
a1l1d playing rather cruelt  practical jokes upon him.  They
kn~\ew  labout the interruplted tte-da-!te, including' thte ftt}ter's 1mortlning call at thle store, the dripping' mackerel
and all; and tltencef:rth lte had to runt {; gantlet of
gibes whtcrever -a " crowd " c   was gathered.  The goatdilng
nwas inceSSnt and sharp; tlhe indigo business \was nothinlin comparison. Small boys  lere senlt to inquire tlhe price
of mackerel.  lte received a small bottle of some fluid




T0 JVN:  GO3S vSIP.                16t5
warranted to extract fish-oil and )brine f'omr \woollen goods;
also a recipe 1), maimil for something; of' tlhe satie kind.
Sc\verctl coplies of thle newspatper cont:aininif the poeml in
honor of the )Dove, written by his predecessor, -were seint
to him.  E\tven Coldstein was cruel enough to ask, a dttay
9)r two later:, -....
"Aloysulls, did you found some dry applle veni you
vas )eenl  lit M iss Fenton?'
Aloysius, began to wonder whether lie shouldt have to
kill some of his tormnentors, or whether lhe would leave
the " blamed little town,'" as le called it..  They wvoul
nrot give him a day's peace.  If ihe aftlcted to laug'h withl
them, they g'rew thle -0more boisterous; if lie showed annoyance, they irritated lhim  the  lnore d(eeply with i-nmock
symr)athy.
Aloysits was in the midst of his tribulation, whlen there
\was a stir in the little shlop.  It was on account of the
advent of AMrs. Cad f'leemister.  She had come (towl1 to
town on horseblack, bringilng two children, one in el lhl:ap,
and one behlind her.  Thte horse was a sedate creature,
borrowed fiom  a neighlbor, andl movet  along tlhe stret'
with an evidenlt seonse of the responsibilities restillng upon
him, and with a stteadfast mind to resist thie -varliolus
teml)tations to which country horses are exposed.  T'h}e
ol'rse sidled up to to le block that stood before Coldstein's
store, andtl thle amiable Israelite called out, -........
" Aloyshus, go to te block imitout, and help te lady
oft, -.- ach, hirnmel I zwei kilder, too I'.I[e looked out, wlhile Aloysius was lifting offl thte children, and meditated.  The indications w\ere Inot promisinl  ifor a plofitable trade.   Thle wvoman would be a
tiresome ctustomer.  So lie dodg'ed out, and'wenlt to his
ow\l house, leaving the shop to Aloysius.
ilMrs. Cad'wore a prodigious sun-bonnet., made of rgreen




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camlbtlic, of tlhe " scoop)" pattern, whlich with its amp-le
cape Coveret d herl head a]nd stoutlders, and 1made ]her } unr~ecgnizablc.  W\ht en she got witlin doors, she took otf
lthe suim-bonnet, and seated herself b)y the open stove.'1.ie
(lttcl child, tal)pasedt by a stick of candy, mitade herself
kat hlomie, and trotted arouend  the prem-nises wvith grCeat
hiliarity.  The only  driawback to the child's  ltappliness
wais, that, whenever shle p)tssed by lher motlher, that fiarsigfhted and decorotus woman made a da)b at the ittnocent's
iios  with a  lan(dkerct ief.  The yotunger child nestled
close to the mothter's breast, and continuled to wiggle alnd
whimni)er until its natural rights were acknowledged, whien
it sutbsid(ed into a state of ptrring content.  Tl'}len nMrs.
Cad pro(ticedtl ler  ipe, and begged a bit of tobacco. Tlhe
pilpe -was filled a1nd ligllted; and, all these l)1rlinii naies
h]laving been adfijsted, the negotiations  eglan.
"Yout se, e   I1. Pittsixnger, I had to come to t ownt  myself,'caze Toml's laid up wvith rltheumatis.  tli's got'erm
powerfill bad in his baclk.  I p t somie whisley on to a
piece of jeans, arn' rubbed him, an', my Lordl, how lie did
fholler!'Spect lie's got a spine in his back.  Took'emn
goinl' out nightls after coons, I reckin.     lowsever\, lhe
said you'll (do jist as well by me as him. G ot any shoes? "'I'le pipe drew h]ard;  andl Aloysius )politely got a. fieshl
coal and started the fire tanew.   Ttin  lie answered.
Sh}oes?  Yes, m'm.  What size?"
" I want a lot for the young olnes.  P'ut out at lot on'c1,.  T'lere,'  site said, producing two pieces of a twig',
thellcl's two sizes, tile oldest and the youngest.   Give
me..- Ihtmlmne see... —....eight pat'r between them'ere.  }VWhlat's
the pr)ice of'ema? 
Alovsius answered politely.
"tVal, ntow jist so many par stockins -........not too big';
their legis is slilm.'




TOW tVy     G O5tSIP'.            167
The stockings were pirodiuced, and the requisite number
counte(lc out.
"Got ary purty patterns caliker? "
Aloysius placed  a numtber of pieces on the store
cotlter, and Mrs. Cad hitched  her chair nearer.  " I
reckin I'll take thllt  1re green one with the yaller figgler."
Site counted on her fingers, makingl calculations as to
the number of yards required.
" (:ot alry other p iece like this?'
There was ntot another.
"What's that thar? "
"  luslin-dc-laince, mi'm; two anld sis.   3tBeautifiul goods,
warranted all wool and fast colors."'
" Me andl Im 1y eldest we want a coat."' iow mtany y ards, nm?  And firlom whlich of thlese
pieces?'"
"O, I don't knot.  Such alt   lot o' things, I'm 1kind o'
confisced like. -  E'ver which you druther, -  ever which
you think'll lt e the fashion next year.  Hlow rmany yards,
did you say'?  WaI, I r'kiln about eiglhteen for both
of uls."
Thte thread and tilmmingis Nwere provided;   then came
iurchtases of cotton cloth, of tobacco, coffee and tea, and
tlhree or four bits of gay ribbon.  The whole bcinlg cotl.
clhided, Mrs. Cad called for the reckoning, and l)aidt the
amlount from  a )arccel of bills shte carried in a brown\l
paper wrappelr.  About ]half of tlhem were -well worn, as
hbalmk-bills are apt to be; thte remainder were bright atd
new,  and crackled in handling.
Atrs. Ctad produced a piece of corn bread and blacon
fi'rom her pockQet, and ate witlh a good relish; fafter wthlic h,
beingt thirsty, shie was prevailed upon to take a little
whiskey and1  water.  Thus flrtificd, she was ready hir
hter journey home,.  Most of hief  turchlases \were  stowed




168              L ORD  OP,' 11AIS'li'.i.
in bags she had brouglht for the purpose, and the rem1ainder was left for Jack to come for.  Mrs. C(lad put on her
sun-bonnet, and got into her saddle.  Aloysius hanlded
up the childrlen  antd the sedate horse, finding the town
inhosp)itable, aftording neither proven(ler nor w1vater, started off with such unspoken maledictions as ill-tretated
hlolrses use.
Luckily, B]larry County lhad vclry few inhabitants like
the  lecclmisters, and their a)ppearanc  and speech was
about as strange and outlandislt in the town as they a)pear to our readers.
Aloysius put away the bills hle had received, and locked
up the rmoney-trunk.
By the aid of at negro messenger lhe had established t1
means of communication witht his loved one, and every
few days tihe nmost gushingt epistles were exchang'et1.  She
assured bhim of lher unalterable afibction, and was ready
to fly with hinm to the ends- of the eartih.  He, on tire other
hand, spoke of new plans  and new hopes that'would demand a wider sphere, and beggecd her to b)e patient until
ihe could make all things ready, when he would fly with
ler on wings of love, far, farl away from the tormentors
who plreyedl on him, and fi'om Goldstein, who oppressed
and humiliated him more than ever.
The little town, like most places of its size in Kentucky, had a knot of male gossips, -withl no very )Iressig'x
occl))ations of their own1, who met m1or1nings anlt  evenings in variotls hospitable places of resort.  In summer
the gatherin g w as at some place on the sidelwsalk, where
they sat with chairs tilted back agrainst a shop, or treetrunk, or hlitfhing'-post, moving only to keep in the shade.
In cooler weather they met in-doors, wherever there was
mtost freedorn allowed, or most fut  to be  ethad.  Now it
was at the tailor's shop, now at tle clerk's office in the




7'OI/N  GO0SSi'.                   G169
Court Il[ouse, sometimt es, but less frequently, at the tav1era1, occasionally at the Piost Office, or ill Goldsteinl s
store, or similar  twplaces.  Some smoked, but m-ost of them.,1rum1inlated with quids, and the floors where they nmet bore
witness of tlhem.  Aftcr dark some played c{ards, rarely
for money, neaxly all took what whiskey was nece(ssary
for exhilaration, and there \Nwere generally ilartics who
engaged in poaching eg;gs, or, on special occasions, stewing cannetd oysters, in tit little rear rooms of the stores.
lThe accommlodationls were scanty and poor,'but til lIospitality was boundless.  Few got tipsy, though all tookl
their shatre of whiskey, andl often more thfan was good for
themt.  There was absolutely nothing going on that these
inveterate gossips and jokers did nlot know.  Everythilg'
wvas discussed, and the flt-making never ceased.  The
p)eople might just as \wellt  ave lived under glass.  The
natural effitect'was to mrake every yountg man most secret
and discreet about love affitrs.  There Nwas no confidence;
each feared discovery because ihe knew his fellows were
merciless.  O11 the other hand, it was not usual for umimarried ladies to receive visits or calls from  gentlemen
excep)t in t!he presence of the familty; so that a) prudent
outlng ftllow, restrained by fear of ridicule, mitllt pass
montht s without being able to say a tender word saftily
to the lady lwhorm  he admired.  It rwas onlyl by a casual
mlecting on hlIorseback goinl  or  rcturnilfg fronm ctt1hurch,
or oni the way to a dinner party, tlhat antly plriv'ate  communiclation could be bhad.
fow these customs lhemmned in our friend Iteauchllamp
lRussell is easy to be seen.  It was certain tihat lhe could
not see Miss Sheltburne without attracting  curttious  antl
unplcasat t attention, excep)t irn thte t)resence of her cousins.  Hle made  )la)ns oie (lay which the next day showed
to be futile; but lie stuck patiently to his law books out




17 0              LORD  F01" IlfAIASIL
of school hours, andIt  aited for his opportunity.  Squire
1 lamilton )professed himself  eliglllted with} his pupil; toe
was astonlishedt, also, btr hie had not imag'ilCed tflhatt an
ii(toletlt young;nan Could shake off the associationls of
his fillo-ws, antd totally chall-e tihe }abits int which hel htad
f'oTwl 1jt).  But thle Ittl; was, that Beaucl'hamtp was outstripping his rivals, in the extent of htis reading, in his
rigid attettction to h)is notes, and to the classification of
toptics and authorities.  rThe eutlre p)arties missed tim,
and the nightly suppers knew himn no more.
To save thle trouble of carrying 1backl and( torwatrd the
law book lie mig'ht b0e reatling, lie borrowted a volume at
a tilme f'roml the county library to u1se at hlome, so tlat lie
mighlt purstie the same course  of reading there as at the
office in town.  One evening, as he was going out of
town, lie stopped at the clerk's office fbr a volilne.  The
clerk, iMr. Joe I eady, was always quite fi'iendly, and
told him lprivately that a niew execution had been issued
on W\yndlhamn's old judgm-ent, ancd that the sheriff would
doubtless try to rmake a levy.  Ito inquired esp)ecially
about the slaves.
"' There is only Philhlis,"' he said, " and I'll send forthAwith to uncle Ralph to corme in and give a bond for iher."
"But there \was Uncle Scipio."'
" 0, yes; I see you remember the bitters.  That was a
good jokel oln youl, Joe."
"I (don't mind doing the old nigger a good turn, and I
s:hould likely as not (10 thle same tling again."
"lDidn't you know lt e had run away?'
\Why, ~no.  iic run awtay?   tidiculoust
"Vl(, he has, ri(icuilouis as it is.  H ere is a letter
lthat somle one has written fot r him that explains matters;
and there's a good laugh onl you.  Just look at this -




7' f7TO V G05S~IP.                17GO:
" my onerd MAasr B3eechlul  de ol mali Fly is at doe
stabil in Loosevill.  Atastr atllgeners stabil.  Ise sory to
truble you an Atis Ailredt.  Its mity cold ofi yer.  But
01 Sip cant be sole n1o IhowN t(is timhe, lnot for no Wlindull.
eten do Lourids g'ood timoe cuwn ol Sip lhe tra bil bak. Cant
dy oftyet' no w3ays.  Piles  God you git tr'u wid Windum
sum time.
tel Atasr Jo   edtly doe biters work powftil.  set ol Sip
way up hi, deIn set himl down way ober yer.1"
The letter was without date, blut xwas neatly superscribed
by a, more intelligent hland.  Beauchamp xwent on to say
that a letter had been sent to the stable-keeper in Louisville, and, in consequence, tie horse hlad been led back,home by a neigbor.  Beaulchamp l    as in constant metrrtimo-ent all the time he was talking;  so much so that MIr.
HReady at last asked him what there was so funny.
"The bitters," said B]eauchamp.  " Don't you see?
Scipio says thle bitters first set hint up, and then set himn
down in Indiana, Canada, or wherever ihe is.'
I" don't see how there's any fun in that."
"Dot't you?  Well, I do.  You remermber you told
me about the old nigger's curiosity; how lie inquired wvhat
this \V(twas for, and what that was for, and IPut in his won(leinlg exclamations.  What lie wvant(l was to knotvw how
the county seal twas put on a papcr to make it valid; you
showed him, you remember, and then ihe said,'0, (de
Lord's safke! dat's de county seal, an' you just bring
down d(  handle dis a way."  The old rascal had a forged
ftcee paper thenl in his pocket, and he knew it Nwouldn't
take him across the river without a seal; and after lie hadt
coaxed you to go out and get the -vwhiskey for his bitters,
lti clapped a seal on his document, just as you ittad shown
him! Ita, ha!   y George, it's too funny   Wlho'd ha(vo




172             LORDl  OR01  ZIAZSiEIST,L.
thoughlt old Scip.smart enough to  be up to stuch a
tricks?"
Somettow or other the clerk did not laugh.  It didn't
seemt so funny to him.  Jokes at otur ownV7 expense ntever
do.  IXe took rather a. professional view of the case, and
was inclined to think it a 1)puishal)le fltaud.
" First catch your rabbit," s.aidl leauchamp, " and thetn
you can talk about skinning hint.  But, my (ear friend,
I  nmust laugh; I can't help it.  Besides, my laughin.shows that I don't take it very hard.  No,'pOln my holnor, I'm glad he's gone.  H-e wouldn't bring much, and if
he had been here I would thave had htii  botught in.  I
should not, allow him, any more than Phillis, to be sold to
a stranger. -. But t}he boys'11 be laughint   at you, sure.
I can't say how  many boxes of sardines and cans of
oysters it will cost you.  Just you laugh1 too; you -m|ight
as well, for you'll never hear the last of Scip's bitters."
"' I don't know  thlat you need be telling it all over
town," saidt Heady.
"0, I showed the letter to Howtard, for it was too fuinny to keel).  You know 1 don't bear you any ill will, but
i showed it without thinkiing, and as he is solmethil- of
a wag in his sober way, I have nio doubt hle has men.
tioned it, and by to-morrow it will be flyilngM arounl lively.
You'd better send for the oysters by the next stage, and
give a' blow-out;' you'll have it to do."'




27117 IIZAAROZ,:ATE RIDE'S OUT.      173
CIJAPTEllt XIII.
THE'ILI LEIJOINE  II)S OUT' AND) WALKS 11OME.
EIA.AUCIfAMP started out gayly with his law book
under his arm, and was soon striding over the rougll
and rocky road to Beech KlCnoll.  There was a place in a,
ravine  where the road followed a branch that was always
bad walkting, and a pedestrian could get throuigh dry shod0
only by springing from o ne stone to another. Hligh above
thlis water-bed was a l)ank, and on the top of it a very
narrow path, just wride enotugh for a singIle person, and
perllaps for a sure-footed and sober-minded horse, between
a ihigh fence on one side tland the abrupt slope to the road
on the other. iBeauchamp had taken the main road, and
was spring'iln  lightly firom point to point, on loosened
fraglments and the projecting edges of shelving rock, when
lhe heard the peculiar snort by Vwhich  a frightened horse
tmakes knomwn t}he presence of something lhe doesn't understand, and doesn't mean to pass.  Thec ravine was
overhung by a heavy growth of trees on either side, and
it was alvays a cool and da]rk place even at the noon of
a midstimmer's day.  But there was still light enotiug  to
discover objects, though dimly, etd, looking up, Bf/eauchtamp saw a lady on lorseback.  lie comprehended the
situation in a moment.  To get out of the tmudt and water
of the branch, the rider thad incautiously taken to th
bank some, distance back, and had now coime to a place
where she could not tturn her horse and go back, and




174             LOEL) 0wF IIAzLSmtSE.
great caution was necessary to keep on the narrow path
as it wound down the bluff into the road.  The features
of the lady were not to be discovered, but BIeauchamp
saw the terrified and snorting ltorse backing, land in danger every mtloment of sli)p>ing off.  Once or twice hle sanw
a hind fioot just over the verge of the,sheer descent, and
the path was eight or ten feet Cabove the level of the roald.
T'lhere are some moments when resolve, calculation, l)recaution, action, ar  bletnded in one rush,  alnd whlen by
instinct a btrave and generous man does in one secondl tle
exact thing' necessary for the emergency. A suldci fury
guided by equally swift judg-ment p)ossessed Beauchatp;
he scrambled up the bank, atd aptproacthilg the htorse, as
a hlorseman knows how, took the rein at the bit; with a
gentle motion, but witl an iron g'rip.  Thle horse knew
he h]ad a master, and became mnore quiet, thouglh ihe still
snorted and trembled violently.  Still keeping the bit iin
his firm g'rasp, Beauchamp swung b)etween the horse's
]lead and the fence, and spoke in a steady voice.  " Drop
the reins, miss I  Don't be frightened.  Take my hIand,
and then steady yourself by that stake.  Don't fear I the
stake won't fail you.  Now stC) onl that corner rail, and
then hold on.  There I you are s'afe."  lie backed the
horse, and tten let go the bridle and aided the lady to
tlhe ground.  The horse, left to himnself, got a, hind foot
over the edge, lost his balance, slid (down the bank, and
rolled over as he reached the bottom.
As the lady was dismounting, her veil Nwas bruslied
aside, anid Beaucharmp saw, wtith a great thump at ]his
lieart., that it was Miss Shelburne whom lie had rescued
froml danger. Ile felt an honest glow of pride.  Not that
thle  hance service g'(avo him a shadow of rig'ht, or even
a vantage-ground, n- not that he would avail himlself of
an appeal to gratitude for tihe regard he coveted; ho




TilE' HtE.RO/AV   RI)DEJS 0 U.            1 i7;5
would have givent the same aid to alny lwoman, just as
swiftly, just as unerrilngly, and Ihe Nwanted no credit, no
thanks, for acting upon a manly instinct.  iBut diS clanler
ha1d been averted, and thlere were no consequences (save,
perhaps, to the horse) more serious than at little fiigl-ht
and a walk lhome, lie could rejoice, withlout being too selfis'l,
that lhe had the oplportunity which lie had so long desired.
It is a pity it takes so nimany words to show what goes
tlhroug]h the mind in an instant, tfolr we left tiss Shelburne
letaning against tthe fence; and whlen Bleauchatlt looked
at her the second time, lie saw her color gone, ]her eyes
fixed and half closing, and a dewy perspifration startinig
from  the beautiful curves over her now colorless lips.
As lie saw that she kept a convulsive fhold of th}e ratil, lie
maintained his delicate reserve; andll tllough ll e did not
offer to support her, hfe stood so near tlhat heC could instantly do so should the faintness incretase.  Slowly her
eyes came out of vwh'at looked an eclipse, her color ret.urned, hr breathing  grew  rapid, and  rigid  tremors
l)atssed over her f'rame.  Tetars followed, andl sit)asmodic
sobs, growing less, momently, until at last the severe
nervous trial h ad passed, and shle fottd hterself' standing
unhurt on firt   ground, and the hlorror of the last few
minutes gone like a nightmare on wakintg.
Mr". Rlussell,  at lentgth she said, " what can I say to
thank you?"  Her eyes again swami in tears.  }Beauchamp feared for the result of any further agitation, atnd
hle said, quietly, -I...." I aml glad to lhave been of service, tald v\ery glad I
chanced to come  alotng' vtwhen you needed  help.   Btit
let us think about your gettinog home; it will soon be
dark.  Can you walk? "
" 0, yes.   I am entirely recovere(l."
"Your hlorse hlas got utp and is limping along.  Shall I




176              LORD  OF i1ILLJSI'Llf.
catch him?  I could assist you to mount, and then w\alk
beside you."
" No, MAt. Russell; I prefer not to get into the saddtle
again to-day.  ].Let the hlorse go on, and hte vwill find tlhe
sta lIe."
They carefully trod the path down to the road, and as
tlhey passed along, they saw  what hadt  f, ightened the
ltorse *- a dead animal in the fence corner.
M[iss Shelburne was not content with tim way her fervent  thantt s had been receivedl, or else stie feared thlat
her Nwords had failed to give an idea of the gratitude she
felt.  TIhe  sense of the dangert-,  caime back to her mlind,
and thien, as site coupled it wvith Ileauchamlp's read(ly and
)owverful help, antd satw htim coolly pushiilg aside her prof'fered thlanks, she deteCrmined that it should rot rest so.
The w+ave of gratefuttl feeling- came back with new force,
iand would not be restrained.  Xto  should know that slhe
did not take such brave and unselfish conduct for granted;
andl that wlhen she told  lilll sTl thanll ed hlim f:)or it, itsh
meant more thlan wras given in return for a rose-bud.  Sihe
Nwould liav\e }him know that shle wat  not like somle of the
frivolous and unfeelirng of lter sex, who take everything
done or sufifredr for theml, whether holiday courtesy or
the danger of wounds8 or death, as somrething due to
women as a matter of course.  Thlley were threadilng
tlleir way down the branch road, and Bellauchatnp, whlo,
a little wNhile ago, had been walking over it in his swift,
unhmeeding way, noxw thought h1e had never seen stGuch bad
\wanlkin;  anid he was occupied every momnemIt in pointing
out the drier and sim-oother places fot the lightly-shod feet
of htis companion.
"I really wished to thlank you, Mr.  Russell," slte said,
"and you seemted as if you were listening to everytday
talk that means notlhinlg.  I feel a gratitude I cannot ex



7TIt1'.' IIt'AOIN.) RIDt' SlDI)IgS  OUT.  177
press, and I calnot lot it go in your way.  You nust not
depreciate yourself.  You must not be so proud as to
refuise or think lightly of my heartfelt thanks.  I haven't
words to praise your presence of mind.  And how qutick
and dexterous you were I  I hadn't time to think onco
what Nwas to be done before you!had got me out of danger.  Just to imagine what would have ha)ppcncd if I
hlad been tri'own down that steep blank! "
" Aiss Shelburne," lhe said, slowly and in a voice that
faltered somewhat, "your thanks and your praises ar1e the
sweetest words I cvcer heard.  They are cnoug  for ten
times as much as I did.  All that troubles me is, that
gratitude sometimes implies a. sense of obligation; anid
that is a burden I don't wislh you to feel lwhen you
thiunk of mte. That was why I shrunk from your gratitude, though I was toulched by it for all that.  I have
wished so often to see you, since the party at Mr. Pierrepont's, anlld found no way to do so, that, now the tilme
has come, I am really afraid I aml not so sorry for your
mishap as I oughlt to be.  I ha-ve my streak of selfishness, you see iI wouldn't give lup this walk with you,
this evening, even over this p)rovoking' road, for any earthly
pleasure, — not to be prince in favor with the king again,
tithout the princess.  The ideat of g'ratitude just spoils
it.; fo, so far as it goes, it reverses things.  I should
be perIcctly happy with this half hour to talk with you,
if thero had b)een no frightened horse, ito lperil, no rescue,
— no gratitule.  Just we two walking down the road,
with no more to divide us or fetter us than two sChool
children."
"That is a delusion, Nfr. Rtussell.  We should have
to be children to feel so.  I imust moralize a little, as you
offer me the occasion.  We are all weig'hted downt with
someth-ing.  You are pursuiing your studies to give you
12




178              LOX!) 0F IffJSEL'LI'.
weight \Nitll menll.  AWllhy don't you give up learning law,
and say you won't take an unfiair adv1tntage   over peopl)
that Awiay?   The rich man lhas his advantage, alnd thl,
good and d   ble man httas his,-often a muchl greater
one, —. tlhoupghl he sometimes doesn't see it.   And women htave theirs; somne have the advantage of beauty,
some of dress and fashion, some of sprightliness, some
of fiamily and estate.  You can't compare two persons
without thinking of these different advanttlagfes, ad(1 seeing how far one comnterpoiscs tlhe other, and whether the
invisible scales are equal,  M[y uncle James, wlho kceel)s
racing horses, says,'There's no complaring sl)ed without
handica)ping;;'   and I think it's imuclI the same  iin thle
race of life."
Beauchamup thought sble was talking ratlter too well.
11ie was in the habit of being listened to; and the young
ladies of Barry County, when his talk took a serious turn,
either relplied in mtionosyllables (more or less prettily) or
took tle first opporVtunity to steer the conversation out
of deep water into the sh}allows.  The contrast, oin the
present occasion, was strikmin, and lie was not quite sure
whether lhe was pleased.  To be sure, the phlilosophic
sentences were uttered in the most chatrm'ingly3 simple
way, and calme fi'om the loveliest lips in the wlorld; but
all that lie had read1 or heard made lim think that the
woman to b)e louve, though shle mighlt have  good sense
and wit, and  fluent and pleasa'nt way of speaking good
Englishl, should not bo too profound and  sententious.
That would reverse the ancient ordler of things.  But
this wias only a flitting thoulglt.
"Then you generoutsly offer me an advantag;e,"i he said.
"Or, rather, you intimate that I have it, and I suppose
you mean that I can't divest myself of it.  But thero
are'  weiglts,' as you call themt, not so easily adjusted.




TilEt IIE~ROINVlE RIDES OU7:             179
In tole case of a lady of family and fortune, who has
every gift of nature both in mitld and person, and who
has enjoyed every atdvantage that wealth can procure,  I
dont't see how you will  I-make the' invisible scales' evCen
between her andl any yountg man ever born here,.....-  muhet
less one whose oinly possessions and only hopes are in
himsel".''
"Such a youngt  man Imay lh\re all the p)ossibilities, tand
tlhere i;s where )mry comp',parison fails.  As timle goes by,
these  advantages cltanlne.  Thle lady's beauty ftdes, or
the bloom  of it wevcars off  She toes not usually grow
any more intellectual by havin'cr household cares.   The
young man keeps lhis good looks longetr.  If le studies
for a p)roflssion, his ftcultties develop, his ]knowledge increases, and his tastes are refined; his dtaily lilf  makes
him strong and seltlpossessed; andti if le is wise atnd pr1tdent, he acquires a fortune, whicl is better:tlan to h1avo
inherited one.  T1tn l  te mtay tbund a fatmily, ailnd so become the head of it, whiclh is better thttaLn having' hlad anlt
ancestor to do this for hinm."
"Whlat  a sermon for a poor young'ttl i " Beauchamp
tlougcht.  lie had never, in his dreaims of his own fittul, seen' the successive step)s of his amlition so clearly
pointed out; tand there nwas something in the way it was
done that filled himN with courage as well as lpleasllre.
Flattery is depressing to really noble mrinds; andt its toe,dency is to imake t}hose persons whom it pleases, so well
satisfied that fuirther exertion seems needless.  iBut encouragement  based on the knowledge  of good qualities,
and on the necessity of labor to bring' thetm  into action,
is quite a diffirent thing,.  Beauchamp felt a wave of
inigled pride ant resolution surging through his being,
and while she talked he believed lie could attempt everything, bear everythling, and accomnplish everything'.




180              LORD  OF 0tAIJfSELE.
"I 3f you had set out to show me what I ought to feel,
to hope, and to resolve, you could not hlave done it better.
I cannot sl1uppose that you don't lunderstandlr somethlinlg of
my feelings tow-ards yout; -t1and since you know so wvell
my 1pres nt situation, you must lhave imagined tthe great
motive I have to better it.  I say the great motive; for
though T may be ambitious and willing to exert myself
to rise, it is not a common armbition that has moved fme.
I don't say that I don't desire money.  I nee(d it enough,
Heaven knows.  I acknowlecdge that I should value position antd influence, knlowledge and culture, and all thling;s
that men aspire to; but all nmy desires (next after makintg
my dear mother comfortable) are bound fast in one, and
that is, that my success might make the distance less
between me and you, that when I should be 1bold enoughlt
to tell you how tlear you are to lme, you wvould not feel
that there was such a diferelnce betweien us that you
could not listen."'
If imy influence is enough to lead you out of the \ways
of mlost of the yountg men here, I shall be glad.  I can't
flatter myself so far.  You have talents, and happ)y manners, and, as I hope, the resolution and industry to make
a  arnme for yourself.  Your success will be in lwhat you
become, more than in what you possess.  I have  truly
a warm  interest in your future, and believe you mlay
hlave (all the prosperity you wish."
"But tlhere can be but one success for fme.  Rather, I
would say that I don't care for success unless it is for
you and with you, because it will be all owtig to you.
I know I've b)een a careless, indolent fellow, fond of idle
s)port, of hullting, alnd1 cantering about the countiy, inlstead of (1ing a man's 1part in life. I have turned  about,
as you know.  I am giving my best endeavors to eairnl a
living, and am  preparing, I hope, for something lbetter




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But for you this wouldn't have htapptened.  This day I
shouldt have been hunting deer in the Knobs about Salt
]iver; anld year would lhave gone after year in the same
good-for-nothing round.  I must tell you that I lovedt
you friom the first moment I saw you; but at first it
steemed to ime I might as well have loved a royal princess.
I could only look up to you and wish. I knew that there
was no hope; as long as I was looked doNwn upon.  The
diflbrence irn fortune made me silent, b)ecause I wouldn't
be regarded as seeking a Nwealthy connection to save myself from the toil of making rmy own wvay in thle world.
And you would naturally think, and all the world would,say, that your estate vwas as gileat an attraction as yourself.  This is a matter you can never be sure of int alny
offer, for you are rich, and you -have no way of puttinlg
a lover to the proof. iBut you mighdlt, some0 time, conle
to know that thele arre a men who wouldn't lie for tlheir
right hand; who would not flatter a beauty for her favor,
inor cringe to a great man fot  any earthly advanltagc.
lWhen you know such a man you might believe him when
lhe told you that lie loved you for yourself alone, and that
h1e would show yeon that lie would achieve ticcess without any aild from your fortune or your friends."
" Your pride becomes you, Mr. Russell.  Did you ever
think sonme men were as proudt of their poverty as othlers
of their riches? -— I mean, proud of not being c(ast (own
by p)overty."
"Possibly.  In my case it's about all I harve to be
proud of.  And, in a sense, as the l)reachers tell us, tlhe
kingdom of heaveln is within l s, so a man succeeds in the
aflfairs of the Nworld by possessitng his own soul.  But I
mus1't lbe losing my precious minutes in this way, ibr we
are nearing the river, antd when \lwe pass the bridfge I
shall be dumb.  I can't talk, at least to you, whtile on a




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brick sidewalk.  I love to lave the turf, or even tho
rough ground, under my feet, and to feel that the ai- I
breathe dtcsn't belong; to thle gossips of the town.  I
\vwant an atmosi)here of my own\v, -  antl ocean of it,   ad-   d
nlothing living but a tree near mIfe.  Let  e return to
what I was saying.  Can you imalgine that I cotld go on
with my task1s, and that I sthould halve the strength to
resist all the influences around me, and do this )year after
year, without the hope of bringing myself near to you 7'\onr't you say, at least before you go back to your home,
that there is roorm fot-br inc to hope,? "
"You see, Mr. Mussell, that what you ask is sirmttle
enoughl to you, but quite dillbrent to lme.  You would
annihllate tine, but you forget that I can't.  You would
antici)ate the rewalrd before you have (lone the work."
"But if the laborer knows in the mtorninog that lie will
have his reward whlen thle day's work is done, lie has
s;omething- to sustain him through the iheat and burden."
"The comparlison wvtould be more like if you werev tlhe
farmer that sowvs his seed, takes care of the crop, and
hopes for rain, and sutl, andl the favor of HIeaven to
ilsure him a harvest."
" I know that the reason is against tme, but I tell you
i cling to that hope.  It is tlme on}ly thing that cheers'
ilnc; and if I couldn't cherish it, I should never'tCcom)lis-h anything-.   I want you to feel that I tImvc  sotme
sense  of lollnor, alnd thlat I wouldn't ask you for a
pledg-e, * —- there  is so much to be done on rmy part that I
mtay be unequal to it.  I wouldn't lave you bound in thef
least.  But you could say whether  I have any of the
traits of such a chlracter as would reasonably satisfy
you, -  whether I am  agreeable to  rou, -  whethler, if
other circ-umstances were equal, -— "
" It is the ifs. —I- pardon me for saying —that make mo




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lhesitate.  I respect you,-  think highly of you; and —
and you must know the impression you make.  It istn't
nec essary for a lady to tell a gentleman le is agreeable;
he should see that for himself in her face, for slihe wouldn't
wtish to conceal it.  Could you ask ite to say more,until
time m-akes -an end of soime of those ifs?  \Won't you let
me add to your noble traits patielnce?  I think you have
nearly all thle rest."
li tad our hero been older, Ie would have seen that
more was conveyed than tle words of tlihemselves sig'nified.  tIer tone, fr'om  being earnest, had grown almost
tender, and her looks (in a better lighlt) would have been
cloqluent.  As it was, lie was full of hope.
The horse lhad considerately walked along tihe road
with them, anl  now, when they h1ad( conic to the bridge,
ileauchamp took fthe bridle rein.  It was quite datrk,
and they walked up a sitde strcct towards Squire Itamiltoll's house.
W' ill you go in, MTr. Rtussell?"  slIe asked, as they
reached tihe gate.  Beatuchamp thought of his mother
waititng  for him, and excused  fimself, and thell said,
"r ell ime if I may not see yout again before you go)."
"I hope so; but I can't promise, ald I can't make thl
occasion.  If it cotmes naturally, I shall be sincerely glad
to set you.   )on't forget that I amt   a thousand times
oltigced to 3you.  Please remnember that.  Good nighlt!
Miss Shelburne',  on going into the house, found her
uncle in the sittilg-room, and said to hitn, without prel'
ace, " Uncle John, I have been detaitled by a little imis —
llap- -only thle misbehllavior of emy horse; and I have been
talking with the most manly man I ever met."
Andlt, pray, wo nmay he be? "
" }Beauchat l) Russell.'




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CHlAPTER XIV.
SPIES OUT.
3    EAUG'ltIAMP  experienced a  singutlr elation, or,
rather, elevation of mind, on his way blorue.  Tlho
influence of the conversation had been stimulating in the
highest degree.  In mere force of intellect lhe lhaid met
his match, and in adroitness his superior.  tie recalled
his first impressions \vhiloe M[iss Shelburne was speaking
of the possibilities of a poor young man of talent, and
now  saw  tlhat the real encouragemlent he derivcd was
quite difflerent fr'om what he sutpp)losd she was intending,..- tthat she had not shlownl the stops by which he was to
reach her-, but the way to self-development, and to a
future of his ownv.  And on the whole ItC was not sorry.
[1e would not have been pleased to see the least advance
on her part; tand after she had told him of ther solid respect, and assured him that lie was far from disagreeable,
there seemed to b  l)ut one thinwg  more needed, --- namcly, his own,steadfast endeavors to make up the complement of character, att.ractiveness, and position that would
entitle htim to press his clainms witlh ardor aas an equal.
Now, lie was only a lhumble suitor.
Thiere was  only one thing tabout her that gave him disquiet, and that was the constant thrltong of admirers who
followved lher.  W:as shte a coquette?  Could shTe talk to
all these light and fiivolous men in the calm a-nd sinlcere
way lie had just hlcard? No; for lhe had always noticed




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(anEld heretofore with secret displeasure) that she lauglied,
altd banltered them in her airy way, attracting ald relpellingt tlheri like l)ith-balls undler the influence of a nmiagnoct.
Now he thought he saw twhe reason.:er gay b3adtinage
and lhab)itual smiles wNere for theml; her measured  ullt
kind and beart-dl'awn words were  for him.  And lhe rcmcmberedt tlhat her tones were1 constantly warmer thanl
iher words.  Yes, on the whole hle felt encouraged.  I[cr
estimate of htim  atnd of his capabilities was sufficiently
flattering,  l[e had only to  )Cersev1're, and time would
soon prove his earnestnless.   She should sco that he
Nwould redouble his exertions, and in time sle would believe whlat he hlad told ler, -  that lie lived and toiled for
hter alone.
I:is swinging' and elastic gait corresponded to his feelings, and lie moved swiftly along the road homet.  Passing
by the scene  of the averted accident, lie found hi}s laxwbook on tile )ank where'C      had (lrol)pedl it, antd in a very
short time lie entered the lane that led firom the "big-road''
to the house. The dogs were barking in a way tlat showted
somic reasons for apprehension on their plart. There were
long and thlin-toned lIow]s, alternating with loud and ang'ry defitances.    tleauchamtl) lad a vagte  t)resentiment tlhat
somulething evil was stirringX;,  and lie looked from right to
left vwarily, but kept straight on. As lie neared the house
the (logs recognized himi', and gave their boisterous vwelcomel;  and just at that moment, at t place wlere lie
thoughlt he lhad seen something dark moving slovly, a
figure leaped lightly over the fence, and ran through tile
lines of standing  cornstalks  in  the  adjoining  field,
towtards the road.  In the midst of tlhe g1loom1 theo  momentary g'limpse was not enlough to make  him  certaill;
but ]eauchamt p felt sure that the person was Jack Fleemister.  It was Sally that lie must be looking after.  It




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followed thlat the Wyndlhams believed she was still in t1he
leigthborthood, and had set a spy to watch Beech 1Knoll.
]eauclhamp Noltdered if his rifle \as cltean, and if lte had
j)owder atnd friesh caps.  life had time, however, il crossing the yard tltat enclosed the old  nallnsiolln, to comlose
himself, and lhe entered the lhous w\ith his usual Ismile
talld pleasalnt word for his dear little mother.''The supper table stood waitingl for him, and by the fire
sat tis mIother, and his uncle, Ralph lBeaucthamtp.  The
presence of the latter was a great surprise, for he was
seldom  away fi'om  thome, and when le  aimd occtasion to
seel htis sister lhe came in the daytime, and rarely staid
anl hour.  ioe was pretty sure to be at home three hun(tred and sixty nights in the year, and always reatding
in the large, square room that served him for dining-room,
library, and chamlber.  CBeauchamp was sure that something unutsual had taken him away from his beloved folios
that nlight.
"  owdy? " s-aid uncle Ralph.
"Right well, thlank you, uncle."
"You ar late, Beauchamlp,'      said his miother.
"Yes, mother.  It vwas something unusual, anid not to
be' helped."
" iave to stay and hlelp thrcaslt some big boys? " inquired uncle Ralph, with a queer smile.
No, uncle; and I might as well tell you all about it."
And  ic gave an account of the affair in a few simtple
words.
Ulncle Ralph grunted, and Mtrs. R]ilssell said, "tHow
frightened the poor girl must have been! "
"Did she do it well, the fainting', and all thiat? " asked
the iml)erturbable old bachelor.
"The most natural tactingl  I ever saw,"' replied X3eauchtamp.'' It fairly imposed upon tme."




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"All got up for eflbet," Nwas the reply.
" I thiink it wvas," replied  the nephew.  " jhe young
lady must thave timed my coming httome to  a dot, got a
]hog killed and laid in the fence corner, thtlen rodte  iup (  t
bank wherelne she knew se couldn't get down, trained lher
httose to scare and snort, and sat ready for the grwand
t'ableaut of rescue."
Uncle Rttalph winced a little, and saidt, " Tlese flighlty
youngr  women dote on dlangers. They like to be-sctared as
~twell as some friisky horses (lo. Did you never notice how
)rettty they squeal whet  tihey see a spider?  A dead carcass is somethin}g'  worth while being scared at.  You remember the Prioress  in Chaucer. --
iShe wvas so charitable and so pitons
She wolde wepe if that. sle seaw a mous
Caughtei in a trappe, it'f it were t1ed or bledde.'
Then, after it is all over, it is such a relief to have a strapping fillow, six feet two, ready to suppr0t her! then tlhe
blushes and tlhe blubbering, the slhaky tlhanks, and the
colsolation of a little cry with her tingling clheeks; rubbing apgainst at woollen coat, -. O0, it's l)recious I  Then
tthe tall flIlow has his turn.  How brave he feelst as the
manly rescuter I  flow  ihe struts $,and lifts his beak like a
young gobbler over the ldear creature   I'd have  gi Venl  a
dozen coon-skins to have seelt it.  But you hadn't your
usual se)nse, Beauclhamp, to let the horse get ofLf the bank
anlld tumble, into the road,  WTllen the sCared w'oman htad
a g'ood hold(1 of tlhat fence, wrlSy didn't you just let  her
h}old, and you lead the horse down easy?  I'd lhave saved
tlhe horsec."
"I'll be bound you would, uncle.  Every manr to his
taste.  You might take care of the horse, and I should
talke care of the lady."
W' Vell, Beauchanmp, I won't bo hard on you.  I come




188              LORD  01 ZHIISIJELIK
to see about buying Plillis, or giving a bond for what
she'll bring,  as you sent wor(d to me.  Sister Mildred,
sul)posO you ask Philli-s in."
W\h'lilo  Mrts. rttssell went to call Phillis, uncle RTalph
intimantett   to his nephew that lhe hlad a \Vord to say to him
in private befltre lie left.  Beautlclhap pressted his uncle
to stay over nigllt, but lhe thought it lbetter to get 1hom1e.
[t  said lie couldn't sleep in a bed; it smothered him. A
spreadt on ttle floor, Nwitlh lhis feet to tihe fire, was the right
thing.  At lhome lhe could read islfmelf to sleep, and, if
h}e took a notion to siJig at thtree in the morning, lie disftrbed nobody.
Phillis's -face wore a curious expression.  fHer small
eyes looked wary, ant  there Nwas a firm  setting, of lher
lip) together.
"Well, Aunt'lPhillis, howdy?"
t' owdy,  [tas'r Beechiam? 
Pillis, the sherif'ls going to sell you."
" ])ln lihe gwin  to sell poor ol''tick, -.no count ol''tik."
"Suppose I buy you, how would you like it?; You buy me, sniebbe; but I's don leave de missis."
"But I )m-ake all miy niggers mind."
"O, Phillis knows you, M[as'r Beecham.  You's bark
worse',n you's bite.  You's never gwitne to stake Phillis
fr'om te Imissis."
W' ~ell, we'll see about that.  But where is Sci)? "
0", lic's donl rutn way; lie's gone like striflin Cl' fool.
Hopes he'll have de's icicles oin he's o' nose. Some day
he's come serecpin back."
" But whiere is Stally?,'S[donl ktnowV, Inns'r.
" 3ut don't yotu knttov, Phillis? "'
"Phillis sdon know  nuflin, spoor ol' head she got.




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Sally young an' smart. Sally run way; smebbo she 1(0ccp
way, stoo."
"tell), Phillis, we'll let  yout go if you'll.singt' The
Lfong White Robe.'  Comet, tune up!
" 01' Phillis, she bigt sfool, b)ut she si3ng ins de kitchen.
Can't sing for you all.  You white fitlks laugh j; smcbbe
you cry when you sees all saints in slong white robes."
\Well, Phillis, we'll let you off this timel."
3Beaucnhamp had been, as it were',.inadvrtently looking
at his rifle, blowing tihroglt te tube, andi trying the lock
to see if it was in good order.  Whetn Phillis wvent out,
tr's. ttussell excuse(d herself for a time, and lealuchalmp
and his uncle wvre' left together.
H"aven't liuntetd much lately, I reckon?"' No, uncle; no more of that. I teach three houls, or
four, some days, and all th.le rest of my tiXme I give to law."
"oin0g in strong-, are you?' I'm  tloing mily best."
t fHow d0o you get your boolks?"
"I read Squire latmilton's in town, and Joe R[eady
lends fme a volume at a time to read out here."
"I'll lend you a, few.  You shall take my Ctoke - dry
old cud, but solid; then Saunders, the foxicst of pleaders; and a few others. You nmaster thos.e old treatises, fand
see hlOVw soonl you'll pass all the young men that read the
diffuse and easy works in faishion.  These modern books
are only the weak dilutions of the old ones."
" Thank you kindly, uncle. I shall be glad to gct your
books.  I mean to malke a lawyer if study can do it."
" I]ut, Bea-uchamp, you don't mean to lhave a case of
your own for your first appearance -  o you? 
Why, no; what (lo you mean?
"Do you know where Sally is? " (very seriously).
" No, uncle; on my soul I don't."




D1 9L ORDj     O I' F IZALSEI
" {itg't sure, are you? "
I mean it;, uncle.  I haven't the least idea."
"tWell, tyndhalrn thlinks you do(.  lie believes s~he's
hid about lhere, and that you and your mother are ktowijllg' to it."
lie lies like a (tog  " said Ieauchamp, in great wravth,
"andtl  whoever says so, I'll cram it down his throat."
" [e'll not say so to you t   lie knows it wouldn't be
safbe  but his spies Nwill watch, and if thley find her about
here, he'll )make you smart for it. Dangerous business to
hellp hide a rutnaway.."
"That was the meaning, then, of that fellow's jumpiing
the fenlce and running through the cornfield l' rhelnt? to-night? "' Yes, just as I came uip the lane.  I couldn't seC very
well, but it looked like Jack Fleemister."
1' That's very like.   Jack  kept watchl  over her for'Wyndhatl, andf, quis cuslodiet, you know, -  who shlall
vwatch thte watcher?  lie likely got too fond of her, and
so she  ttut oult..Now he's runnit g rounll   as fierce as
Satan after a soul that has slipped through his black fingers.  She's pretty, tlhat Sally, just as )pretty a piece of
flesh as yourt li[erbleu beauty."
"Uncle Ralph, pllease oblige inc by not making co1nparisons of that sort. You tmay rail at wNomell  in general,
but I don't want you to hint at any mulatto girl in the
samel1C breatht with naming Miiss Shtlburne.t.
\Well, if she's found lhere, there will be )eol)e enotugh
to make the cornparison, and they won't spare you, eitlher,
for all you1r highll sentiments.f"
"But she can't be here;  we know what rooms we
]lave, and she couldn't live here a month without our finldingt' it out'n somet  way."
"l)on't be too sure.  The nigtgers hide well.  Thly're




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cunnimng.    Think of all the old rookeries you have -- the
old stables, tle corn-barns, hay-ricks, the carrliage-house,
the attics and allt!'Wy, Phillis could0 kc p) her hid a
year by chalnia tig  ther round when close pressed.  Thifis
is the r'eal reason why I caneo over to see you, thant I
inig-ht put yol oUn your guard.  Not that you're bound
to look her up and deliver herl; that's their' lunt.  Let
theml 8kin their own varm ints.  But sle's worth a pile
of money; that's enrotugh to kee1) your friend Wryndlhiam's
eyes open; and I judge- Jack Fleemister has his lmotives -.
p)rohbably a bIig rewardl, for one.  So your hous8e'tand all
your Nwayrs wvill be wvatched.  They mayn't do you a mischief, atnd againl they nmay.  It's just as well to keept your
ile  handy.  I wouldnl't shoot unless I had thle right of
it, andl tlhat pretty care; but if I (id shoot,t I'd take tctle
not to miss."' Yout're right there.  I shan't get into a fightt exce)t
in self-defence; but if I do, there will lte no miss.  The
man thlat is withinl range of my rifle must hlave a  thead
snialler than a squirrll's if he carries it home without ta
hole in it.''
\vell, I'll ride.  I left my horse under the shed.
You be cautious, young  man.  Prudence is what you
tlack.  It's a mightty sigght easier to get into a serape thanl
out of it.  Better htave your friend I[oward come out andl
stay with you fa while.  T\vo's better than one.  AndI a
clear-sighted witncss, kntown to be truthftl, is sometimles
of ulse,"
Beautcltam)p went out anl  got the horse, and his uncle
mounted atld rode away.
The youn,, I man seeimed fiated to have plenty of thingls
to think of.  lIe ftund his motlher had returned to the
sitting-room, anld lhe sat (down with her.
"I was thinking, tleauchlamp," she said, " as we \-ero
talking a while ago of selling Phillis, how acre after acre,
WII~I~~~L~b~ V  ~ Z>   IC)P




:1.92,           LOR~L OO,' LOiAt!)S 11HL
anlld our servants, and ]horses, and crops, have gone to
satisfy thatl judgunellt of \lndhtlam'ls, land tlhat thle whtole
of this sore trouble has come fiorn1 the false swearingl of
one or two rmen.  You know %we ha}vle often spoken of
Valn ]aolm'ts testimony about thle oak tree that Nwas blazed
for the old corner of our land.  JIc know he swore faClsely.
And by tflat means we lost five hundll red acres.  Perhaps
you don't remelnber that at thle trial that finally went
against us there wavts a l) lper laid be fo re the jury that
your lpoor father declaredl was a forgery.  But it was
wvell done, antld it had Van I 1[olm's name as witness to
it.  lie swore  positively to your uncle Isharm's signature.  Your father knew it \was false, but Van I0lloll
swore hle saw hlim  sign it.!  often wonder whetlher It
thas any conscience, and whether, now 1he is getting into
years, lie is ever troubled by the thought that his pitjury
has been the means of robbing us of oure land, and of
strippling us of everytiling that -would bring a dollar.:low can such a man see deathl comintg, and know that lie
must go to judgment, and there to answer for the deeds
done in the body  I don'lt see how lie can sleep nights.
And his wifr  must know. And thiley have no childrel.
Miserable pteople, they -nmay have got our land at a bargain,
but thle:(y )aid at dear lrice, the price of their souls."
W el, mother, Vatn I[olmn has the land, and that is all
lie cares for, I imttagine.  A lheavy, brutal old man, with Ca
cold eye and a warm nose.  I don't believe ]-le has a p)tarticle of feeling, nor a sCrul)le of remorse.  iHe gatlhers Ihis
crops, and sells hlis stock, and beyond his daily labtor and
his dralms, I don't )believe lie cares a fig fbr anythintg."
"ie- was (dhlerent when I first knew  him.  lie Nwas;
more slender and cheerful-looking', and his Pennsylvania
brogue wvs a musing, in place of being repulsive, as it is
notw.  I thllink his crime lhas burdened him, and that the
heavy and brutal looks you speak of are the result of a




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long' sttruggle witlh the inner voice.  It is tlhe dog'Cedness
of a man who knows ttlat ihe is in the wrong, Cltt is otlt1
tio brazen it out; and to do this lhe!has drowned his better
nature in lwhiskey.  Ile ts a Catlholic, you lknlow, but for
many years hte ihas not been to clturtch.  I Nwas reminnd(ed
of this by lhearing' that hte attended mass at the chttapel
a week or two ago, when  athler  enttlequinr camtie  over
frowm Beardsley."
" Father Htennequin I That is the priest that 1[oward
know-s so Nwell, and thinks so muIlch of."
H" tow should 3Mr. lfoward, a son of the Puritans, be
intimate with Father I[enncquin? 
Solme of HIowavrd's fentle  pupils, who were  Catholics,
Nwent, after leaving him, to the school kept by the nuls;.iland that estabishlmenlt is oine of Fathler I  lennequin's
posts.  At tlhe annuali  exhibition Hioward -was invited by
s;ome of tho ialelts, and went over and remained a d(lay
or two, lodging' in the priest's house.  They have frcquently imet s;ince, and are great friiends."
The conversation then turned upon the fugitive Sally,
tand Beauchat-p   sked his mother if lshe had  nly reason
to suppose thlat Sally was still in tile neiglhborhood? Sthe
could not say, but she thouglt not.  "You don't believe
she could be hid here in the house? " he askcd.
" Certainly not.  I knoi   every part of thie  ouse, of
course, and am about it enough to be sure that there is
no0 0110 herec."
lThe time Nwill soon cotme  when the family \will have
to:be sold.  I don't know lhow to stop it, and you linow
I canll't buy therm."
" No, o.eauchalmp  and I'm that sorry for'etm, I could
cry.  HIowever, they hlaven't Bertram, and that's, o0e0
comfort."'
"I am glad that ]lerty's away, too, for we were babies
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194ti            LORD) Ol tIiLSLP'
together; but twhy shouldn't you be just ns sorry for
Satlly, or  tarry, or the twin picaninnies?'e
"I'n sorry fr allt of'em; but f)erty's a likely boy,
and was ta great favolitte of your uncle Isthal's."
"'1 kneiow what y3ou twould intimate, mot ltr,  and  I know
wI hat t        tie general opinion wa tis;  but it isn't Lso.  Berty is
nlot inmy cousinl.  I know wh\tAo  his aither is,',
" 5thank  tleaven if ie's not! our fiesih and blood.     lt
how cal you be so p)ositive?" 
Donl't ask me tlhe question.  You just be sure it is so
as I tell you.  I wi-sh I was lhalf as surle about Sally."
"Ion't say  so, B3eauchlamp.  There can't be anything
certtain tb)out it.  Letl tlie dead retst.  I fbel like I wouldn't
want to havoe  ucht a thltilng even hinted att.''.rhe dogos witlhout were uneasy, and tihere were occasional  barlks.  Their langutage,  to the pi' actised car, was
(uito intelligible.  It said, as plainly as possible, " We
don't like it at all; th}ere's some suspicilous  ersonl a)out,
and Iwe'd like to klnow what hle wansts "
"There must be some runaways about,tt     said Mrs.
Russell,  "and the (dogs lear them pXassingl'."
"1Per}laps so," said BIeauchamnp.  lIe (lid not intend
to let hler klnow his uncle's errand, nor the suspicion hie
had as to Jack Fleeminster.  " Whoever it is," hle contixiued, " he'll do {w\ell to keep clear of old Plutarcht, or
Seneca either.  }Those dogs have about as much  Cense as
we have.'lTley don't mtolest a neiglhbor, nor a civil anlld
Nwell-dressed stranger, even; but you tkn\ow  they won't
let a strange nioer, or pedler, or, l'ea.st of all, a cracker,
come  into te  tyard.-.-.....t...    t Well, mother, it's about bed time.i
I think I'll ttake at look at thle kitchen and over the lhouse.l
lie  lrew  on his slilpers, andt  stepped softfly to tlhe
kitchen door.  There wtas a brighlt fire-light'within, and
Phillis iand Sylvia were squatted becibre it,  The girl was
knitting, and Aunt Phillis was rocling' h'crself and singing




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some of thle enfdless stanzas of "T rhle Itebrew Children.'
lie then carne into thoe ]house, and tookl  a candle and(t
walked  throughl   the roeons.  The lportraits stated at himn
frioml the walls; he almost expected to httar the rustle  of
hlis granltmother's silks, and tile snap of thte old silver
snttuff-box whtich lis gt'andftathelr leld i;n  is fing'ers.  Hlis
t'ttller looked down on  ilm  t)nig'nantly, and hlis uncle
Isham  looked like a cheeriy bachelor, not at all troubled
by money alifirs or neigt'lbor-hood gossip.  ].le opened
every closet and explored every nook and corner.  All
was dusty and desolate, ande the rooms were rather like
the home of a finmily of glosts tllanl the hiding-places of
living creatures.  Hte was satisfied  that title could l be
no one inl tihe hlouse.  1 e finished the roundl,  and descendled the brioad stair anmiist the  Silence so deep, so
dead, and befor'e ie g-ot into the sitting-room  lteard at
Iong-lldrawn sigh.a f t least a soumd as thloughl fitom humatt
lungs.  Ilis heartt beat quickerl, anld a peculiart thrilltt
passed  ov-er him.  lie listelned  again.  Thiere was no
sound, notthingr but lis ow\\tl footfhill.  It lwtas a frteak of
tlte wvind, or the swing'ing' of some loosened clapboltrd, or
a sound  itade  by a rat, and exag'gerated t)y  ehoes; for'
(he was sure there \fwas noi)odly it thle houste.  Biddting' his
mothler an affectionate good nig'ht, lift went to hi room,
and befole morningl  ltie had traversed  endless rought
roads with 3tiss Shelburne, who was inl tlhe sunniesli
]lumor; and he Nwould htave been supremely htappy in ther
society if ]his steps htad not been doggted by Jack Flee.
m)iste 1.
Before ihe startel to town ii the jnmorining:, a negmro  man}
came  frlom  hlis uncle  taltalh, brlin'ingt a couple  of law
books, and a, note.   The lnoto  wnas vAery,cllort:
"It was as you thtoug-lht.  I saw  J'.!'. as I riodo
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196               tLO)D  OF It1i3ISE'LIZ
CIJAIP.IIl{PR  XV.
JOE] HIIEADY'S TR]EAT.
1[TEIN  the stage-coach arrived inl the cotnty town
w with the 1tmail, the little driver used to )put his
lips to a tin horn (as long and slender as those held by
the angels in the Pre-Rlapacelite 1)ictures which adlorned
our Sunday school books), and blow a blast as though lihe
would blow hlis soul throutl'  it.  Then hle would gather
]his reins in a professional twNist, and, draw\ing hulimself
up so that the toes of hlis jack-boots barely touchled tlhe
dasher, call to his horses w\\ith profuse "' do'gons," and,
sw\ingl iis long, whlip w\'ith a  l'rodigious craclk, that usually
excloded  just over thi cars of the nigh leader.   The
horses, that hlad been poking alonog at thle rate of four
miles an hour over the abominable road, now
i' Emxulted under him, and knew their inl."
They wSould 1)ut 1up their noses, anld swingg out thleir
tails, and canter over the pavenietlit with such fiury as to
draw to the wvindows, as they passed, all thoe p)revailit,n1g'
types and colors of womankind.  Th.ie sotuld of the htornt
al(l the rattle of the wh\eels )enetratted tall the offices an(tt
smroky dens aroun (   the square; and very soon the leisureloving set, whlo, like tlhe A.tlllenians, "spent their time in
nothing else h)ult eithler to tell or to thear some.ew thlinl,"
gathered tat tihe post-ofice to see  vlwhat Iassengers hadtl
arrived, to learnt the latest quotations in htogs, to look




ylo   JfJ/:If V'S  TRE,t 7:1 97
over (otler peolce's copies of) the Journal, and to assist
thle dim-eyed anld rather thick-headed p)ostmaster in thio
heavy task of sorting the contents of thle mail-bag.
Whllat yer got i thle boot yander, Jim?"  asked one
of tihe' interviewers' of the sturdy little driver.
" )ead Sure Clure for tte Ctlrious," said Jim. " Bra
new medicine.  Want some? "
" \\Vtre you gon' to take'em?"
"To  the Court H[ouse.  Ordered expressly  by t1he
judge, for lawyers that ax too many questions.  I wonder where Joe Ifea(dy's at."
"Reckin lie's gone out diggin' roots for bitters."
W',on't one of ycr run over and tell hlim to come yet?" 
asked the driver.
No one answering, be exclaimed, —
"I wouldn't be (doggoned mean like you all, no wary.
You're that mean you'd steal a, ginger cake friom a nliggere
baby.  Ii'ycr, you black mtonkey," addressing a s-mall
negro boy; "go over to the Court HIouse, and ax Joe
H[eady to come right over h'yer)."
The boy ran, and presently AMr. I[eady came, brinlging
a basket.  The parcels directed to htim were  all ntarked
Bitters s;   seeing which, the little driver winked, and
he Athenians lauglhed again,.  Ie took them, an d crossed
the street, and then the driver, having delivered his various errands in tlhe square, mounted the box,,and, turni1ng
a wtide circle on a sharp trot, cr.acked once more his paetentous whlip, antl droive to the stable.  Rteady, meanwlhile, deposited his bundles at the tailor's shop, and went
to hlis office to rmake out the list of invitations for the
eveniilg.
TIhese were written in legll lblan;ks used for filling out
summonses, and were signed " Scipio Rtussell Niger, by
his next friend, J. hIeady," antd were duly adorned by the




198               LORID 0) F HOLrS;'ri'.
cttounty  seal imtlressed  on vermilion.  T'the documents
Nstwere served by a deputty sheriftf  and tlhe preparatliovns'were speedily made.  Mr. Ht\oard atid Mrl. 3tlussell received t]heir summons just as they were leaving' school,
a(nd the  latter was prevrailed upon to staly in town "'jtuSt
for this once."'rThe party Nwas to be given at the tailor's
10iop, as it was provided with the btest sttove andt t1he
targest board.  AWlhen it was dark, and the sthutter's \were
closed, the guests came  quiettly3 and singly, and thle festivities began.  The viands consisted of canned oysters,
8sartdines, p ickled tlobster,  g8,  andd,what w\as tlhe greatest
rarity in a country of corn-bread, a can of Boston "cracketrs " -- biscuit, as our Engllishl  friends term them.  The
oysters were generally eaten stewed in a p)an w'ith a little
butter and pe)pper. E]g'gs were devoured in vailst numbers,
coolked in all conceivable ways.
\\Tllel eggs  are plenty and f'resh, we are grateful f)or
the beneficence w\hichI has furnisliled mankind with helt ts.
O)l this occasion, tle  ealtfl tof Alexander ithe C-reat w\as
stlrctlyl dtrunk, because lie lhad hadtl trhe good sense to
bring- back friom India iinto E1Xurope thlose useful fo\vls.
Of materials tlhere was a lavist alundance, but of dishles
1land utensils there was a worfil. lack.  Some ate out of
bro"wn earthent-ware bowls;   others spelared oysters with
ashen splinters.   tlin dippers  served for Nwater -......... not
x'much used, there being apparently a prejudice agtainst
town wells.  Yellow crockery mugs were in request fior
th  whiskey,  whitthi   was fiom Van llm's olde(st b)tarr1el,
marked 1825.  Later, thlere were  teat-cups t r tilt p)che
liiluetr-, and foi  the wonderfull snowy heapT  of e   no-t-t, gg
tlhat carne at the end.  Then pipes 1prevailed, those mtade
of cobs Iwith reed stein.s, and t    w tawnuy Pol(whatas,  being
about equally in favor.
The tailor, fuiniliarly  ttalled "Shears,1 " being- invited to




/)  11171.. 1 D")  S  7'T" 7i:. 99
"take the chair,"  "the cloth tlas removed "' symbolically
by setting the dishles not wranted in the corners of the
room;  tad lie eated limself eross-leg'ged on thle  ample
b>oard, atd, })ramlishlig  his yard\stick to enforce silence,
called Joe 1teady to a low stool oIt his right, and Mr.
Beantchamp Rulssell to a cushlion on hiis left.  The tin
dipper rested in the golden fluid. UConticuere omnes, each
holding lhis mug, whlile the tailor, remaining seated like
anotlher Eastern monarchl, made a speech from tlhe throne.
lit w\Aas ha)1py, lie said, to wvelcome the gentlemen of the
town to this entertainment in be half of his fi'i ed the
clerk, whose \wrell-known modestly would not allow  him
to speak in public.  It was another plroof of his kindness,
of his regard for his fellow-0men, both wlhite andr( black.
t [is twas not the he'art to reflcse a tfavor even to the dusky
son of Afiica.  lle rlcmemblered the stifleniingl joints andthe achingi b'ack of the poor nigger, al t would not see
tim sufllier, -- lnot the, so long  a  a pint of whiskey bitters
Nwould give him solace e. I1;e was tlso so obliging in tryin,' to gratify curiosity, and( to show thte usages in his
office to the benighted andtl  ittgnorant   Hlow he watched
the ardor with which hIis explalnations were given, and
saw with delight the first signs of intelligence gleaming
behind that dull and dlark mask I  Hllrc, in this dawning
of mind, hoe had his great reward; and, Nwith the consciousness of doing a generous act, he bade the innocent
old man farewell.      Farewell I " le thought:, aS lhe gave
bhim  the bottle; " may the secret juices whlich ATotlher
Nature hasl hidden int tlhose medicinlal btarks assuage tlhe
pain of rheumatismn, lanl make life a. blessing.
]lut now hoe lhad  atfd a patinftul reve(l'ati('n of the wickednCess of imankind,  even of niggers   a new proof of tottalt
d(epravitytI, and a* ltnew jlstification of the ancient cu1rse
pronounledt ont 1[am.  This child-like old nig-ger had be



200               LORD  OF    AT111A7.JSL'1;F
ttrayed the confidence reposed in hiim, and takenl advantapge
of hIis friend's absence to affix thle seal of the county to
forged free paipers —. free )papers which sote miscrealit,,
instigfvated of thle devil, had falsely, and of his ralico
atforetl}oughlt, made and provided for the deceiving' son
of  ltami aib:resaid. "'Fori thlis wve condolet with oiur frieind,"
saidl the tailor.   "fThis treachery has wounded his feelings, and will from  htenceforthl seal up tlte fountatin of
kindness to any of the ffaitless race.  Let uts drink to
hlim, and slhow our sympathy.'"
I: tward was staindling tnear Bcaucltlmp, when the latter,
bending over, said in a whisper, " You confounded Yantcee, you wrote tihat speech I  Old Shiear1L never could
lhave m-ade  it in the world."  i[oward smilled, but said
notlhing.
The butlerwill advance  with thle [goldel'tclup   I " said
Bceauchalmp. "l By command of his majesty,, K.ing Cabbage,
thle cerettlt0ony of kneeling on1l preseting i it is on thiS occafionl omitted."'
1' Crown the goblets I   said HIoward, " atid let us
drink.  Long life to the clerk I and lmay lie never puttt
tlhe county Kseal to a worse summons for any of us tl-an
thills I'
King Cabbage now called on the Yankee schoolmaster,
who declared that, after his, majesty's clear and touelting
statement of the case, there wvas really nothing- left for a
mere  )edlragogue to say.  "B lut,"  e said, " every fact
hats its reverse, like a medal, and every act its reflex.
Iiglht is attended by shade.  A tritumiph for tlhe one side
is a defeat for the other.  Thoe victor's laurel is here, and
the widow's'weeds there.  Thuis inl tlto classical ballad,
whell tile singer tells 1oitw'e grasshopper sot on dte swetater vine,'
and'Do turkey gobbler come up behine,'




o70P  I/,  l)D V'S  7YWIE  7.           201:
if lie has in min(d the joy of the tritumpllhlimt gobbler, 1io
wvill sing tle next line ilt tihe major key with energy  ---'And -:- Y.xNKI) him off de sweetater vine;
but if lie  las in miind the sorrow natturally felt for tihe
grasshopperl whvo was ruthllessly snatchedl away froml lis
pleasanllt companions inl the potato patcth, the melody: will
run into a plaintive minor key.   On this occasion, I,should be itlse to rmy birth if I did not avow  thlat my
s;ympathy is pretty cvcnly divided. It is check atlnd checknmate in the game of Bl]tck againlst W\VIite.  1 iament for
1ttady's loss of faith in human natture, especially black
ature;; but I imust rejoice in the successfiul wiles of this
sabtle Ulysses whlo has esfcaped from  the tJhraldom  thatt
lhats lld lim so long.  And tas Indianl a has givent us on0t
of lher briglltest sons, we have now made     a feeble return,
tat least keepingl thle numll)cr even."
Adamls did not greatly relish tihe ironical complinment.
Inl fact, when lhe xwas called onl, as lie vwas directly, te
give a toast, lhe pl-ainly showted his irritation; and, inste ad
of' tle Ihumorous remarks thtat lie had intendtl, lhe gave a
political turn to aftfairs'; by eulogizing the institution of
slavery, and condemning to perdition tlhe abolitionists,
a.' (nd all their friends, open or secret, in free or in slave
states."
"Comtle,)" said IBeauchamp, " none  of that, Adams.
You've no business to be angry. Can't you  tlake a joke?"'
"'\\y, won't youe (rink' death to labolitionll?   asked
tAdthln8s, with ta sneeir.
I'm squarely agtainst tlle abolitionists,'" he aswereld,
"but my fi iend I oward here may ltave  dilffrent opil}ions.
And as long' as he takes  to) plart in our politics, atnld
doesn't interf're with our niggers, lie has a righlt to thlink
what  e  likes, T.  This is a titec for flun, not for politics,




202.        OD 0R    t zmv ST'zrsJ::z
andl it's not tile civil tling' to bring up a subject jtst for
thte sake of giving oefionce."
iMr. Adam,  s can proposo  what toasts hie chooses,"
said H[oward, "11and express them in the tasteful wNay t.llat
suits his nature.  I htave tho r'iglit to drink tlhei,n or to
decline them.  I don't propose to asyrgue anythlin  over
a bawl of egg-nogg, andtl in the presence of our wise Ki g'
Cabbage.  At a suitable time I htave no objections to
letting thre gentleman k,.now what I think.  And I will
say frankly, in spito of his rudeness, that my reference to
lim was not meditated-a  -mere playfidl allusion on tlhe
spur of tlhe mom-ent, without tbhought of offence;   antl
after saying that, if ie chooses to keep his anger, lie is
By n!mTy  royal authority," said bKincg Ctabbagfe, brandislfhingX hlis yard(stick, "1 comantl  I)pacc. Mo  quar-...qlrarrellingt, in presenclc  of your sov'ring,, g1en'lncll I 
espeeitallty over goe —good liquor."
Blauchamp satid, " I propose a' drum-headl'  courtImartial, Awith} an appeal to the head of Sav\oy).  WhToat (to
y)ou say, old Cold Slaw?  "   Thlis to the Kintg.
Tie K1ing  commatnded silence, at1nd ordered thle golden
cluii  to be brougrlt atndl passed to each of lis subjects in
turn, whlo sipped of it gravely.
"Now  you are a rose-cabbage,  gracious monarch,"
S-ai(d Beauchatl p, as the tailor's- Iace began to glow.
We ll, )Davis,' said the tailor, "' what nemtws fi'om our
other subjects,?    e htear you I ave tidings.  Our royal
car is eOver opeln."
"   iAnd mouttlh, too," some onoe added.
D)avis, thu-s appealed to, arose, and asked that the
wvlole cotm)Tlay be first sworn to secrecy. ] King Cabtbage
desired I [etady, thle clerk, to admtlniister tile oath, whlich
\-was done in a tin dippert; at-ld D)avis t}en proceedtted.




.AOE  II'AI) JiD S   WE'/''.      203
]I e said that Pr)ovidence and at little nig'er had putt a
g1reat secrett illn  is possessionl, which his (dut to RKingp
Cabbage now obliged hilt to reveal. It tas nothing less
lthnm the clandestine correspondence that had passed
etween Aloysitus Pittsin tge't afnd Tlucy Fenton.  (I ttear! 
ltear!T) The enanoured Atloysins, leing gently questioned,
h]iad owned the soft inlpeachlment, and in a few  gushes
had poured out to him (i)avis) all his trials, hlis hopes
ltd ftars.  The letters, from  the Dove lie had seenC, and
they wouldt draw tears firom the eyes of an1 iiron spider.
A.n eliopenient wats plannet, soon to be carrited into efl:ct.
Article by article the dainty wardrobe of Lucy ]tad been
conveyedt to Coldstein's store, and was now in Aloysius's
t 1tl riuk.'Tis well',  s aid  the Kling in a husky voice, and with
a halting;style of utterance.  "'Tis well. Your sov'rinqg
tccep)ts your thlanks; ---- no, your sov'ring  gives you
thanlks.   With my yar'dstick. -- no, old(  Shears's yalrdstick (a king  ncr''has a.  yardstick) -I m measure out this
business........ essess.  Gen'linen, quit latughing-, and'ted
to your sov —rin"-!  Tthe steed, thlat's one. The license,
that's two. The farewvell escort, tlat's three, and a-tll told."
Comntittees were appointed on the three lines of duty.
Davis said  te lhad a horse  in view whose performances
would bie hlll'ly g'ratifyiih'.  Iteady \vas chtarged with
friaming a suitable license, anid   wra wit of exceat r'cno; and
the deptty s}}erift, who had been silent hitherto, was to
provide an escort.
[is matjesty was then assisted to vacate the throne,
and was sup)orted while lie stretched his royal le8gs.
Therwe \tre  sons,  with glaittar accoImpattilent; " 0ld
Kin' C(ole " and "i)own among tle D)clad   tten    being
most applauded.  The company broke 1up in tolerable
season, anti in reasonably good order. HToward went out




204               LORD  01' HXzlSnZI,:
xvit  hi  friiend to pass the remainder of the nighlt at
lBe.ell Kntoll.
"Tlte walk will do us good," saitd Hoeward, as they
got into the open air.  "' The breezo will blow the sminok
out of our clothes and h]air, and thl  exercise will bo usefitd in various Ways."
loVwarld was thinking of the little flare-up with Adamts,
and wonldered what was the secret repugn'ance that so
(often )put t1em at variance.
" What is there ab)out Adams," hle asked, " tlhat is so
disagmreeable?  tie seems to be generally plopular, and to
be on very friendly terms  even w\ith the stiltist 0-:11 tarlners in th}e county.  tie is well-read, and is usually iaflble.
But whenever we m'eet, we:~e1em to )be mutually repelled."' I think that wh\tt is disapgreeable is thle mn'tll himself,"
replied lBeauchalt.'te Ithasn't taken the pains to disguise himscelf to us. In intellect lie is strong antd shrewd.
Mora~llfy, I thlilnk, hle's rotten.  I mean that lie is purely
se1l-sh, and thtat lie hasn't a siiigle nmotive beyond selfish
policy that tmakes him nregard truth or honest (taltin.'"
" Still it would not be safe to say so, bectause I sup-l
wise- there is no evidence wlatetver tagainst him.  iBut I
agreC \vitt you, I don't tr-ust him.  The-re is a fitlse and
evil spi;rit looking out of lhis eye sometimes.  But whYat
(do you ilelttuckians think of a man, born in a free state,
who goes beyond you all in damning abolitioinists?  Is
it i'tce~ssar/'? 2"
" It's a  thard question," said Beauchiaml)p.  "Slavery
is a  nmatter so difflicult to deal with,  lthat our  )1people a'
nevxer qc.iuc at ease.  It is not so imuch the fear of any
risiii', but they tlilk t.hat (liscussiotl mItakes their >pro)erty
less valuable, by makitng slaves dliscontentedtl  nd ownvers
appreltensive.  Now, I respect the opinions you have
been brougtht up to hold, and don-'t look for you to change




.701KE IIADL V'S  i7T'l1 R            205
them.  But you must  know as vwell ast   I do, lthat, if you
ever expect to succeeed at the law here in lentucklt,
you'll have to plant yourself squarely on southern grounld.
That you hlaven't taken one side or the other, but have
held( your p)eace, shows me that you d(on't expect to sstay
here longer than you teach, or after you are admtittedi to
t:le bar.  Adamst sees thIis ploint, and, as le (does mean
to stay, and is bound to succeed, lie nrathIer overdoes thte
business, at le(st for me,  lut ntO one is so violent as at
new  convert, as our f)eo1)le wouldl consider himt, or an
apostate, as he wotuld be to you.  Now, lie goes beyond
tie, for lie argues for slavery as being absolutely riglt. l
i don't agree to it,  I am sorry we ever had the institutionl;  and  we shouldn't hlave  had it, if tHenry Clay could
have hlatd his way. t'Wh\en our constitution was firametd,
there was only a, mai1jority of two votes in favor of slavery.'\Ttjen it twas revised, twenlty-iivoe  ears later, and Clay
and others did their utmost to have the policy of gradual
emancipation adopl)td, tthey were beatent; tand sintce tlhle
we' ve all had to filow onl tihe conserv;ative track. I hlavPheard tlhese tlings t:alked over at 3my hitlher's table; and
I know that thle doctrine, tllat slavery was (livinely satnetionetl, as the IBaptist preachlers, suchl as Waller, claimn,
is somtething new, and it's monstrous.  As Torn Marshall
told Waller, when lie had said( that 0od ordained slavery.
I have too tmuch respect for?21y  God to  rtttelil)t tc
d(efend  liml frtom  sut}ch a slander as thtat.'  No, it's an
evil.  It's bad for young men to glrow uli)'with a racL
below- thlem, and so learn to become tyrants fronm thleir
intercourse wv ith one sex, and soomethling worse fi'0om colntact wvith the other.  It's bad for the stmall farms  to )be'athered into  big' )lantations,   and lhave the lafborinol'
whites driven out to Missouri; and, I sut)ppose, if you
ask the ntiggers, tlhey would say it is bad for them. Thley




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rtt1e not often sotl(1 aNLway, but if a thrmer is in debt they
talxlv( to go, of course; and when at master dies they hlawt)
tos be sold to settle the estate.  I've seen a grieat many
sold, andt thougttf   somn:e didn't seem to mind it, most of'em  di(d.  ]iut there's no man, I venture'to say, in tlhe
countly, leavinvg' out Wyndlltam, the I'leemtisters, and that
wre\tcht of a 1otlougtton, that wouldtl't say, tlhat to t akt
JAilly's children ani d sell'em, after tley'd lived free for
y'\eairs, is jutst cruel.   Perthaps every man wouldn't ttalk
about it to you te way  i've been runnttig on, but I
iknow what the people thlillk."
Did you ever think, my friend, wh'at is to be the end
of all t}his?  Is slavery always  to continue?  Will it
slowly wear out;, or be broken in some g"reat revolution tl? 
" I think  it'll slowly wear out, just as the Saxon
chllurls slowly rose to fircedom int EtngIlan;g d.  It may takeo
centuries here.  It toolk  four htundred years tlhere,    A
revoltition is iimpossible. Who is to fighlit?  Tlte ntegro s
can't.'We shan't, for we htalve all we claim guar:anteed
to us by the constitution.  And the northt  won't, for it
wouldn't be politic;  ftand besides, thely couldn't live if theto
cotton mills stopped.  If there were a division of the
two sections, the border states would suftlrl like tfhe outsaide rows of a cornfield."
t If I thoug-tlt tlhAt emancipation would )be even begun
irn my day, I mtig'ht conclude to settle here," said flowardt
"but I dlon't want my posterity (if I amn to  aryec any)
broughtlt up) under the influences you  have  dtescribed.
And I have no dou)t I shlall be obliced, by a sense  o'
dultlty, to quit this ptleasant country, even if I am  not
drivlen out, and try to get a liv\ ilt   ill my own tlicklysettled state."
B y thi  by,  sleakitg' of Atdams,"   said Ileauchamlp,
vwhalt do you think his lilatritmolial intentiOlns are?   So




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shrewd a man as  hoe will want to strengthen himsellf by
airt alliance withl so-me ftmily, -   land with tile best lie can
fisten to.  WTill he marry Mliss,  ynh5lllam? "'
"I can't say.  I lrathter thtink  pot.  I think I have
hetard that AIiss \Vyndltalm don't fancy him."
" But hter father does."
"riThat is quite another matter.  The girl has just as
much spirit as the old gcntlemtan, and if she won't, she
Beauchampl:    remembered the Montague and  C(apulet
101nonsenseO, and(  ondered at morment what  tad plroml)tcd it.
7lThen lhe thoughtl of another lady, andl said w\ith atone as
artless and indiflerent as lie could assutme, "You don't
think lle would succecd wsitlt Miss Shelburlte -— (t yo? "
1)Do you know any reason wihy lhe couldn't? "
Beauchamp thou'ght be didl know a reasion, but lhe did
not inttend to bctray tthe ltady' s confidence, nor reveal his
own hop)es, and therefore he made a meaning'less anttswer.
" As I told you once before," said.lowtard,'" \women
iiever penetrate   to tile real naturet  of a mtan like ]im.
I[to has m1anners and a grood fig-ure; }he is able, slecessfll,
11and is looked up to, or rather is fetared, which is often
better for busin ss than beingl reI)cs ted.  lIe vwould
seemi to a gay and brilliant xvotman like Mtiss Shelburne
a very pattern of a man.  And then her uncle..  fo- r l
tell you iii confidence, in sfpite of hIis blunt ways, he is
att old fox.  I to may like you or me better, but for some
reason or otlher lie would t(do that  daluns a good tilrn
sooner tlan either of us.'- lie naturally hales a~ Ytatnkcc,
atld he fbars you are about half one; anid though  lie  has
always despised Iloosic.rs too, it's plaini that lie se'es
thtat Adamstl}   is tant esttablished tact,... a mant  not to boe
ovcrturnlld,  tandtr therefore to be courted.,   t will;takeo
a loncr tiime  for you to maltc him believe thatt you are




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really (leterm-ined, and that your industry is not a mere
tempnlorary splutrge. Besides, he has a lurkingt listrust
of your sountdness on tie slavery questio0. 1.[owever,
I deon't want to causp you trouble in mind, nor to make
you suspicious.  But it's always well to know the ground
one stands on."
Beauchatlnp's spirits thad been rapidly running down
whlile HIoward spoke.  With the best intentions, HLoward
was lnot always discreet, because lie did not see when it
was better to be silCent. Excessive frtanknless i sometimes
as itarld to bear as ill-nature itself.  Beauchalmps was glad
whicn tlhey came to tht house, so as to end the convcrssation thlt so depressed him.
At breakfist, Beaucllamp explained his absence tho
eveninlg  I)revious, and iinquired if anything!had happlened1.  All had  been quiet, his mother replied, and
there wvas no news of Sally.




A  ROALfNnrC JCLOP?~CiN'AT: 2I09
CIJAPt!!'iPt XVI.
A 1ROMA NTIC EIOPA MEI'NT.
Sour readers have itnanined,  Aloysiuts Pittsinger
was precparing to fly, or, as he styled it, " to lecave
the blam-ned little town.~"  All hlis clothes and trinkets
were lpacked, his affairs with his employer,  e f lattered(
himsnself, were kept accurately, and lie was only waiting
for thi  horse, which his kind friend Will D)avis hlad engagedt for im.  Andl she w\as ready too --- readtly to letve
father ad(tl mother for the sake of her Aloysius.  Thi
day was fixed.  On a Saturday morning by (laylitght,
Aloysius was to be at the bridge on the edge  of tle
town Nwith at covered bug'gy and the trunk that containelt
tall the worldly po1ssessions of these two trusting hIclarts;
1and the young lady was to rise, slip doxwn theo fi'ont stairs
noiselcssly, go out of the front door in hber ordinary dtress,
and quietly trip along tlhe street to the place  of rendez(Cous.  All hlappened as it should, and the confidinpg
damsel took her seat in thoe buggy, and then wel)t atld
soilbbed on the breast of hecr protector as if shle coultd
never be comtobrted.  Site wcas a poor, weak thling,' seft
said, tand Aloysis must lt )ardon her natural tears.  Turnnig around at length, she1 apostro'l)lized her birth-llace,
anld hoped that Itcaxeon's choicest blessinlgs would doscetld oVn her cruel pa and her unsyim)atllizing ma, Nwhom01
ste yet fondly, (ltearly loved.  For those who  tadil mado
sport of hler trials, and treated the sacred f'eelings of' a
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maiden's heart as of little Nworth, shel- hlad clarity; slh
(couldl forg'ive, but nlot forget.  Aloysius sootlhed hler, and
thil  g-at-hered the reins to start,  "'Good by, vmean little
town I "  lie excla}imi-ed with a lofty look.  "' Good by,
thou tyr'ant, Goldstein l  Good by, nest of sltlnde're's ttnd
vipers 1  G0ood by, busybodies  I    go to  put leag'ues
betwteen mtte and ye   (let up I "  This last exclaa;tiot
was for thce horse.  To explain why thle horse  did not
take the exclamation very muchl to heart, it w\ill be best
perhaps to remind the reader of an old story.
A s-hrewd fellow  owned a horse that had someholw got
a habit of stoppintg abruptly the momttent he got off the
paved part of the street and found hlilself on aln ordinary
road,  The habit \as chrl'onic, and the beast was obstinate.  The owner adlvertised thle hlorse  for sale, and
added, " As thle owner wi.s-hes to go out of town, lie hlas
nlo. further use for hinm."  The horse camie inito the possession of a new master, who wa\s not 1on0, iIn (liscovering
this peculitarity.  Beating' did lnot (do the least good, and
wp}'$rsaltsioml \was a \waste of time and temper.  i[e vwent
fiercely to thle formert ownVer, sayin,  " I tlthg't; to  satit
you sold thte hor'se becatse       ado use for him I"
"Softly, mtly friend    I said I had no use foir h}im because I wanted to go out of town.  Now  this --- beast
never would go I "
A  hborse -witlt af similar meditative turn of mind  was
harnessed to tohe vehicle that carried Aloysius and all
his hop>es.  Ite ansxwered the sutlmmonils to " get uI'') wNith
a sliglt:ly recalcitrant movement,  rut did not start pa gp(''.
The beal- of tle expecttant runaw\tay grew\  red and then
lpurptle with wrath, tand  shaklsling off  the chtarmer th}t
cltingt to his sfide, Ili rais'ed hris sinewy armt  and lc't tllhe
whip-lashl fil like flatil-strokes o  the animal's bNack.  Thel
hlorse moved ttas a stteamtnboat (does at startling; gr ooialned




A  ROM l ANTIC. O.I''/C ROfI:*t".:       2oL
out a slowN turnl or two of the whleel, and then stop)ped
alg~'ain.  Nteanrwhile thie clatter of a horse's ]hoofs waa
helard on thle streeit', and tite sount d canme  inomently nearer.
1.lucy listefld with alarm, and then she wept again, adtl
said,  " Aloysius, (lt't desert me I  Cling to fme, love 
Save me friom      angryi sire i "   " You do the clitngin',"
sa(id thOe now  angry lover, "r andl let iec try to fget this
doetned old f:ool of a horseC to go.'"
Tucy almost swooned in her terror, while heor hero laid
his thwacks on the back of  the horse.  Truly thile atnilal
}tad a flund of obstinacy, a cap)acity for standing unmoved,
that would htave se rved for a regiment of donkeys.  A
hatter, beating fur to make  a felt, would not ha.lve been
more  ilndeft:iable thanl AloysiuS; and all the good it
did was to beat out the dust which tile half-.awakened
hostler had left.  The lover began to sweat, alt-houlgh it
was a cool morning, atld tht fog' rose chill from the riv er.
Thle htors  was at last induced to walk, t}tough circumi)pectly, clhoosing' the smoothecst part of the road for hlis
toting', witlhoutt concerning  hintielf where the wheels
hlad to go.  So the velhicle was drawn  first to one side
of thle road and then to the other, and its progress was
now  nlad then stayed by the wheel hitting a projecting'
rock, or stumlp, or fllnce corner.  Aloysiuts lhad exhausted
tis catalogue of oaths, and had blasted his friend D)avis
and his ancestry; likewise ithe horse, and all other horses
for htis sake;  Iand tle h0rse's owner and family to tlme
remotest degree.   Pale about tile eyes, and with a nose
like an enraged gobbler, lie had woutid tile r(einsl in the
hafndle of the d(lashelr, lt   now sat with his p1istRl cocked,
whl ile the thorse walked onl in a brown study, or meandering at his own plelasaure, and the vehicle seemeld about
to turn topsy-tturvy  tas tht  whleels Nwent over the hillocks, or sunkl into tile g'ullies.




212              LORD)  01"' IIIt,1S/'.L':.
Lucy wtas frantic with fear.  But the dangetr of up
settinwg, thoutgl imnminent, was mlergetd in the app)rCIhension stec lblt on account of b)eing plursuedt.  The tramlping
soultld ctame nearer, and to escap)e was imt)ossille. -What
an untold energy of cursing the wretched Aloysius exlpendedtl on the horse as lie slo\wly mtoved on his tortuous
way I  The pursuer was just behind, and p)resently carme
alonogside.   Lucy looked out and shrieked as she saw
01 stalwart fiutre moiunted on a powerfiul horse.  The
rider waas masked, and wtore a large flowing cloak. Aloy-;itis set his teeth together and faced te horseCan, hlis
finger playing wvith the lock as he did so.
" Put up thlat drafted little ishooting-iron I " excl~aimed
the unknown in t (deej) voice, at the sa.me time showingl
tlhe barrel of a liorso pistol.
Aloysius looked at the huge muzzle not a yard distant,
and did as lie was bid.' XI know'd you was a low-lived, ornary etss, friom the
time I first set eyes on yesr.  Yer thest the no-countest
fillcr I ever seed.  I've tlhest a good umind to let a hole
into tlhat little head o' yoturn, anyhow."
" MTercy, father I don't shtoot I spare hirm I  Kill me
if you will I kill your unhappy child I "1 exclaimed Lucy,
in tragic tones that for once were not assulmed.' Kill yott you  little fool I  I don't waste powder
that way.  Yout kin go thest whar yetr like.  I'm derned
glad to git shet of yer.  3But youz, you sneakin' th ief,
(don't you never show thllat mean face in these parts, or,
by GCementley, I'll thest double it up like a pewter pot 1
I dlon't need( no pistol.  If I give you thcst one, I kin
knock yer to bug-dust."
With this the horsemlan turnedl and rode  back.  Aloysinus Xhad not felt very talkative while hte could look into
tlhe barrel of thle horse pistol; in fact, his organs would




A  ROJ/A1AiZC lfLOt'l.l'rAI.V            21-3
not hlave served hlim to filling back defitace; for lhis moulth
seemed paralyzed, and cAld tremors ranl over his nerveS.
The hlorlse plodded o0n; ad Llucy had settled down into
a shtapeless hleap of clothes in the bottorm of the >tbuggoy.
Slowly she rose tip, and looked out after the retreatinrg
t'ider.
"Wretclhed, ntmurdcerous mnan!" shbe exclaimed. "'1'o
think th:at masked assassin was tte author of my being l 
that hle has cursed his eldestf-born I that hle  ilhas cast
reproach upon my heart's beloved, my dearest Aloysius t
This is the last drop of bitterness in the cup   I Hllow noble
in you to restrain your antger I Had you slain hiim, there
woutldt be no more peace for your Lucy this side thle
grave.  Generous man, you f;pared the father for thel
daughter's.,salke I May Iteaven bless you, my love i 
" Tla-tt wan't your father."
" Not my fatlher I "
No.  Ito tried to talk like the old man, butt I knew
better."
"' You knew better, and didn't fire?  Why (lid you not
meet him wtith deadly aim, and destroy the fidse vwretchl-' None but the brave deserve thtei fair.'  You shlould
hrave defied bhim  to mortal combat.  You should htave
t:-)rn off 1his mask, and overwhelmed limt  witht the force
of truth.  Perch-ance lhe was one of the idle youths of the
townt, wtNho has with unloaded pistol made a nmock of you,
and is returning even now to relate hlis base exploit to
his fellows.  fltat I should thavte linked my fate to a cowardl   0, Alo)ysius, it is too, too luclh I 
Now you just shult l), andt don't malke a fool of yourseclf. I don't care about a charge of lead any mtore'n you
do.  Biesides, if I'd fired, it mi-ghlt Ilhtave tturned out to be
th:o ol( t man, arter all.  Any noise 0would have broutght
the town out on our track, and where lshould Nwe havo




214               LoAR'   OFil z.i1iSrr;I
)been?   Aitw, we're  safe, and (-)on  the road  to Indiana,
lwhere love is wavir f   lining's torchl for us overl' tlhe riv'r.
Come, iy JLucy, you're all over it now, alnd letl;'s bec
lhaplpy.  If it waln't for t his dcered old hlorse I'.'lthis
least excSlallation wVas wrung' froi'    a helart Cf )woe.
AVitll suctt   speted as rthey could, they went on for nearly
a~n h]ttour.  After l)tassi,4'llt lthrouglh a  lol, wil(lingI' d     ascent
tlhrou'}gh a ravine, tl{hey caetic upon a level tract of hirlllaind, where there wcere cros's-roads.  lThe helcarts of tile
travellers  filed tlhem   when tllhey saw  a liorsenmlal near
tile'uidc-post, directly in the way tlhey were goingt;  and
one on cacti side of him, not far offn; drawn il) as it appeared on thle cross-road. Thiere  was nloting to d(o but to
go onl.  As they came Inearer, tly saw  tthat the three
riders were mC asked.   WT Chen the vehicle came to t le
guidte-post, tile central figure waved his hand in a colmmandlingf  way, ald  bade ltie  driver halt.  " Ap)proach,
bretltren i'   thle voice said.   l[he two riders rode ill), and
took their places on either   iiand..lPresel Int your N wa rranlts," contiltued the voice.  Three pistols were levelled
at the unhappy Aloysius.  "'You see our authority.  Alnswer now what shiall be inquired of you, and all shall )be
well.  Retfuse or eq uivocate, and prepare to die.  Aloysius Pittsinger, do you love th}is womani, yes or no? You
are silent t   Nod, if you cannot  speak.'Tis vwell.  A re
your aTilirs settled?  You are wise.  Tlav-e yon manlt-tde
YOmUlA will?  Impl)riUcnt man t I   ave you any t  )aekcts of
1i1i11o 1   o2r at) liitilled conrtracts for dried apl)le? None.'llhln Goldstcin is not wrong'ed.  1)o you fnor'g'ive your
tnc1ies,. 1 1{  dri in  a lovincgi cu''  A lhorsernan holre
Itaindcd A lotsi s a tia  dipler, with ta rousilSl  dranll of
whltiskey  in it.    ])rilik it, tbrotlhe, in tokell of amlit>."
A\toysiuls took t)e (llipp)er, and found tile wlliskey so palatable after his exertions, thattt lte swallowedl tlte last drop.




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"])rink now with our brother on the left."   Aloysius
did not think his friends in thle mtasks very bloodtlirsty;
inl fact, he be'an to consider thle ceremony a good joke;
so hC lalugthed,  and putshed awttay the  ipper.
1Presenlt your warrants!' said the chlief speaker. Tih
pistols werel again pointedt;,and one of thie  tasi8ers, as
if to slhOw thlat it wats not safe to trifle, disclhargetid hlis
weapon ill tlhe air.  The sound was convincing; and
Aloysiu.s took thte dipper, and with soame diffliculty gulped
t:he second (Idra.l
"Give now to th  traveller }his writ of Elxealt tRego."
A roll, tied \vitl blute ribbon, wtas then hlanded to him.''Tis  well.  Ntow for tIte license.  You are about to
enter into the holy state of matritmony.  D)o you promise
to supplort t}his woman as a white mant lshould?' ife lroamises.  l)o you engage that neither she, nor any fruit of
your mar"riage, if Provlidence should bless you with} chlildren, shall become ch arpgeable uj)po  th}is county?  Noble
youth I  The county is safe.  Drink now the third cupi
in token of your promlise.  First, told ilup your lland.".the clhorus in deep voices chillied, "'' iL sVrxAxns I ")
Aloysius would fatiin  1av   escfaped  the third  dose.
Whi skey was beginning to be odious, so his stomach
assured him; and lie begged htard. Ile thougltt lie should
like to join the \\rashingtonian Society offlhand. lie cursed
in this soul the maitn lwho hlad first turtned thle sweet, red
kernels of cornt into this inauseoous and fiery fluid.  Thle
chief was in;exorable.   " Drink  " lie said; i   and the
wretclhed in  s\aw otce more thltat three barrels Nwere levelled at hlim.  AWith a. a mig}1ty effort he tool< the dipper,
openedl his mouth, antd  )ouredl  ow\vn the contents.'Tis well, " said the leader; and lie handed Aloysius
a second roll.
"'The ceremony will now  conclude with burning inconsm.  Brother, the tapers I 1"




216              LORD  OF Z111iflTS:I$JL
Cigaras w ere hanlded and lighted with fuseegs; v.d thle
exP)ectat bridegroom', half stil)elied witlt tlhree draughlts
of raw whiskey, was folrced to lighlt onte ifr himself. NIo
knew the brand.  1l-faited man I Thley were ( oldstein'l 8
worst, made by thle fitir lhands of Eloisa. A ndtrolena Ailmonrosa Jerolina (0e Mont t Blanc Ftitz-Allat )avis Fleenmister
Let ttle cortetge advance I  Forward t  Aloysius
looked up.  The comp)any seemed to have  increcased ----
doubled, in fact.  The clhief of the I)arty rode ahead, land
two grave figures followed him. The carriage containing
the run-away lovers came next; and the rear was )broug'ht
up by three moref  men on ltorseback,  iaskted like the
otfhers.  All six were  smoking like so manyy animated
tar-kilns; but inot a word was s)poklen.  The procession,
save the incong'ruity of the cigars, lhad tlhe solemnity of
a futneral.
During  the  whole  extraord(inary  scene, thle young
Ywoman itad not  ttered a wotrd.  I1er bu)bbling emotion
and her  )oetical cornmmonplaces htad 1been exhausted at
the first adventure near the bridge.  Ttris Ilast indignity
hiad completely overwhelmed her.  She covered her face,
and wvas silent, a prey to mortification and rage.  Aloysins, fearfull of what might hapl)en if lie let his cigar go
out, puffettd as steadily as he could; but, after a time, the
rank flavor of the tobacco was too mluch for him.  tie
felt a cold, clamlmy.rsweet oozing from every l)ore.'lte
load of whis}keyr too, was burdenso-me.  Iiks head sank
in deadly faintness, and the odious roll of Fleemister's
tobacco fell to the ground.  Lucy now  (liroused herself,
and, finding' that she could not arouste her partner, took
the reins, an(l guided the charliot of love.  Thus the ctavalcade proceededl.  Lucy tfhought the road long enough
to encircle the world.  But at length the horsemet cattme
together, Iland then rode forward and took their places,




A  ROJIAA:7ZC R:LOP]/TIN7                  9147
three onl each side of the road.  The carriag'e we)t by,
ttand, -s it did,so, tlim,ix inaskeCrs ratised their thands, atind
gave'a military salute. Lucy kept onl itn silence, and sawtt
tihoe cescolrt ito Inorlt.
About n0ooni, tle  t1orse, Vltose speed  1'ttler' inprl'oved
(since it could not fall ofl), had drltawn his load inlto tcluster of houses, called by courttlesy a, town; tand Lucy,
seeiilng a tavern si gn, detcrmined to stop, and try to refresh man tidl beast. With solme difficulty, Aloysius was
got into thle lhouse and laid on a bed.   Lucy was indefatiglable inI her attentions, anid, after a couple of hours,
she saw  her lhero 01)cn his ey(es.  Shte took a modest
luncih;  but the whiskey anld tobacco were  still in the
as.elndatt witht Altoysius, anld he could totl eat a morsel.
Not wisling to speind longer;time inl a  )ublic place, sthe
prevailed ont him to start, and the thorse was brougtl t out.
After payincg thle bill,  Aloysius sttid lie ftlt quite p)eart,
and  took tihe reitns.  All. was snootll for a btvw miles; but
the dtrowstineS  returned, and Lucy became driver g aini.
The day dragged i:nterminably.  The sunti set, and night
came; and, thought the lighlts of the city at first " seemed
so inear, site thlought afterwards that tlhey  receded as fast
as tite provoking h}orse advanced.  At lenlgth they struck
thle pavements, awd then the lhorse )prillced  l)up  is ear1s,
and started off ilta very fair trot.  The jolting waklened
Aloysius, whlo opened his eyes and blinlled at the gaslights in the twindows and at the street corners, and tlhen
undertook to drive, as hie knew thle streets.'1te bustle
increased. Carritagres (ltashied by, and omnlnibuses, with deep
rumbling', jolted apgainst the edge-stones.  The throtc-ed
sidewalks,  the glancing lights, aned tihe continuous roar,
made a deep impression upon the susceptible Lucy. TI\ien
she thought, too, of the finery in the shops; and slte
wondered whether lher dear Aloysius wouldn't (after thtey




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vwere married) buy her some of those beautiful rdil)bons,
or a  bonnet, or some of the jewvelry whichl she saw in thlo
cases.  Site wond(ered if t}ety were to live in the city.
t ow  lshe  ongled for the  chant'e   I Sltx would see life.
lThe theLatre woutll show  her heroes and tlheroines who
could talk itt verse, and t   tak   e thos  lofty attitudes whliclh,
tBits  t-tr, site thad only inmagined.  Itcr Aloysius shoulld
be rich': all people in. cities Nwere rich, and lived iv l filne
ouses, atlnd wer1e wtaited upon by servants.  Wh\Vat Aloysius was to be, sihe had not thouglolht,.- -  but something'
very {great a —- a speculator ill hlowgs, or a tobacco factor,
at the very least.  Thein lie would have a bank, and  be
president of it, and bring ho1me bank-bills by thle square
y:lrd, whrich shte coutld have for the sheta. ring.  Itow mean
the little town looked. as she nlow\ staw it whtit-1 reve'rsed
-telescope I  Sh3e would never return there -.-. nelver, until
she Nwent in her own coach, with a pair of creaml-colored
Occupied witth these g'orgt oums visions, one rising; above
anot.her like the l)alaces seen in cloud-land, lthe panorarma
of thie city p)assed swiftly by Itucy, antd  soon the carriag'
descended tlte steep slope of the levee to thle ferry-llanding.
The river lookeld vast and vwide in tllhe starlight, and tlto
lights shone dinmly from  the farther shlorc.  She felt a
clill as tthey app)roached  the water, and site s-hivetred
-whtile they sat waiting fior tlhe  coming of tihe g'reen-e3y.ed
steam  ferry-boat that was to take tlhemn  across to to  ir
destination - to tite fruition of their htoles.  Aloysius
Xhad fbor-otten about tel;  vwaving' " torch of  ]lilninr,"' onl
thle other side, and was silent-..   silent tas a dro-rver }tinking of thte price of pork.  Thie boat camte near to thte
landing, atnd its great whteels were strunoglinr' witht the
current that tried to swing thle Astern offt   Bells jdangle;
silence followed,  Bells again, aid the tengine groaned,




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and tlhe wh-eeI  churned the water into foam.  The boat
wars secured, the landingl-platform laid, and Aloysius chirruped to his horse to go on.  "Now, Lucy," lie said,
brighltcning ip, " for Ilndiana, love, (iid liberty i 
But there were two men at the g'angwaty of the bokat
wAlho took the horse by tlhe bridle. Aloysius thouglt they
Vwere there to collect the toll, land lie ielt iln his pockets
for a p)iece of silver.  lie was speedily undeceived.
Dr ive black," said ta Jman holding the thorse at the bit.
B"ack, back your htorse I"
I'm goiang over the river," said Aloysius.
" Not to-nigtt," said thle man.
s1h'd like to knowv whlo's goin' to stop ) Ro."
"I am. Now, the less row youe nlak1o tte better. Just
jliump out and come with mic."
Aloysius " allowed " that lie should do no such} thing,
nid bluntly said so.
"Well, if you want a muss, you can b1e accommodated."
The second rtan, at a signal, took hold of the hxorse's
hlead, and the first camne to the side of the butly on
which Aloysius sat, aind grastlped hlim by the arim.
"Comtle with me, sirt' i "
W\Vhy should I go with you?"
"Because yotu must.  I've a warrant for your arrest."
"Arrest me t  Whtat for? 
Passintl' counterfeit 1-101money."
Aloysius was thunderstruckt.  I[o knew he had counterlf it bills in his wa llet that lie intended to use on occaion}, but tie had not icannt to pass one at the little tavern
whtere lie had rested.  1ie now knew that in his drunklen
stupidity lie must have done so; and in consequence hio
h]ad been pursued, trapped, caught.
Lucy was now completely broiken down, anid she cried
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Aloysius.  The revulsion of feeling against him  as a
criminal was sudden and intenste.  But for herself, alone
in a strangl'e   city, with all her hopes dashed, with no
pro)spect but to return to her father, to ride up the street
in the hated stage-coach while every wtomTan would be
flattening her nose afgainst the window to see her in Iher
disgrace, her sorrow was sore indeed.
l Xow can  I leave this girl? " asked the sobbing atil1
trembling Aloysitts;'" who will care for her? 
"If you will behave yourself, and not force me to p)ut
the bracelets oil," said the officer, 7" my friend here will
take the lady to any hotel, and treat her as a lady slhould
ibe treated."
Aloy3sius, completely cowed, gave his word he would
go quietly, and started with the officer, saying iin a whim)eriIng tone, " Good by, Lucy.  This is all a mi stake.
I shtall p)rove it in court, and shall b1) cleared.  Don't
believe me guilty."
Lucy (lid not anslwer a word. She told the officer that
she wished to go to WTaggener's stable, where her father
always put tp wllhen he came to the city, and that s}ml
should ask MrI. rVaggener to take her to his house. Tho
offlicer got into the buggy, and drove to the stable, and
thein to the lhouse of the proprietor, attd there left her.
Poor Lucy I her castles had all toppled over.




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CIJAPT EMR XVII.
A MERIRY CIlIRtSTALS.
( IltISTMLTAS is a seasont of universal fcstivity in Ketntuicky.  Thle Cathlolics and'i Episcopalians, who takl
the lead in celebrating tihe day )by apropriate religious
ceremonies, are by no means in the majority; the Baptists, Methodists, antd Pr'esbyterians, who do not generally
hold special services for this festival, outnumber the others
by fair. But these last-named religious sects, thoughl quite
strict in their ldoctrine, seem not to have the anti)patthy to
this ancient holidlay, and to Easter, which has 1 )revailed
in New England.  The intcrval firom Ollristmas to New
Year was devoted wholly to pleasure.  Work was suspended, schools t had vacations, and family g'athlerings and
neiglhb)orhood dinner parties prevailed.  The annual hiring'
of slaves began January first, and ended D)ecember twenty-fourth, so that those whlo were out at service had one
w\eek of freedomr.  I[ouschold and farm servants were not
exp)ected to do  much beyond getting the daily meals  and
caring' for domestic animals; and tlhe nuber of ftmily
l0neg0'oes was generally so largIe that by taking turns in the
]kitcheln, or at t}he stables, the greater part of them could
be granted leave of absence.  The "1 boys," whose duty
it was to provide fire-wood, tltugh geonerally behlindhand,
and obliged to cut and split every evening, were always
cal-reful to havte a huget pile, tlaid a sufficient number of
sturlly back-logs, ready bef'ore Christmas eve.  It wvas a




2`22              L ORD  01" IJJttI:S1'.'Ll'
standing joke, when the " boys " came to ask for their
lea-ve of absence, for the master to inquire rabout the firewood, and on being told that there was 1    plenty ready, to
galtnt thlen permission to go ofl' on their frolic, provided
they got hom:o before tih  back-log was bu)Int out.  The
"boys " never grew to be mlen, and the joke l netcver got
old;  it was as good  as new  every  Christmas.   For
the " boys" 7 always took care to cut down the biggcest
gum-tree to be found, and to soak ta number of lentlhs
of the butt for a fortnig'ht lbeforehand in the branch.  e01
of these ponderous green and wet logs  Nwas generally
saifc for several (lays; which the master and the " boys'
knew perfectly well as they grinned over the annual pleasanttry.  Until tie verge and room  of liberty should be
itarrowed for uts into the limtits of one week out of fiftytwo, rwe canZ  hardly tell  what slight thing's would bo
elough- to maklc  us hilarious.  Christmas Nwas thlerefore
tile gran'd red-and-gilt-letter day of tihe year for the colored
p)opulatiot.  Its cominlg wais looked for by those in pros)erous famitilies Nwith pleasure,  butt by thlose in poor or declining farmilies with drelad.  F]or none of the last could
bie Sure whlere, tley w\ould,spend the nex[t year, nor whllatt
ang'uish of separation was before them.  But in general
the negroes were light-heartedt; and all classes, bonid and
fiee, preltared  for Christmas xwitht ardor.
Nothinlg' showved so clearly the decline twhich the Rtui,sells hatd cexperienced as t}te stillness of Beech Kn1oll at
this seas-on of plenty )land of rejoic(.in,.  Tihe great (ittnes and the constant   tllrongs of coipally for wllichl the
jmansionl hiad once ibeen distirnguished w\ere 1no ti-tore. Thi.s',car there twats a fit u'al table s!t for' mother and son, and(
two guest-s  IM... Rt. Ilaip)l Bauttcllamp, and tMrl.   l foward,
ttte ischoolmaster.   One old \wolttan and hert g-rattlddi hter were tthe onlly occupants of tht  servants' quarters.




f  I1:RR t-' CiiSii Y7,  AS.
Uncle IRalph lad considerately sent hands Nwith a team
every wveek, after Scipio ranl away, to hatil an1d cut wood.
Christmias week had been nearly t     illed with engagements lby ]eaucham)p for himself and  his mother and
fitiend.  They were to dine one d (ay at Mr. Plierrepont's,
and one day -at Unttclc Ralph's;  ad the young  \\enc were
invited for one d(y by Squire.1amilton.  HIow eagerly
this last invitation w\as accepted by onle of thlem  it is
needless to say.  it was for the next day after Christllmas.
But ]iowaral, for some  reason,  was not so eag'er; and as
lhe awvoke on that day with a, slight heIadache, his disinclination and hlis illness togrether made a decidle  case of indisposition, and Beaulchamp Nwent  alone, leaving  owttard
Iwitlh his mother.
Beaucha1mp feared that there was to be a large cotm-')a)ny, but wsas delighlted. to find as guests only AMr. and
Airs. Pierrepont, alld thleir datwlu}ter, ~ls.  v Ararfieldl.  lTe
felt it a iduty to be jolly, and (lid his part to admiration.
3le  pr1aisted tle squire's howl of " lamn-b's-wVool " (at bevernage.of whliskey, containin}g clouds of floatint   pulp of
roasted acidt apples, sweetened tand spicedt).  Heli  qlito
won the hearts of the tall, blue-eyed daughters by  tis
judicious comnmenldations of their really excellent preserves and sweet pickles, as w\ell as by htis aflthble mtllnner
andt  the interest lie shtowed in tthe county gossip in whtich
they delighted.  Ite drew out tMr. I'ierrepont, who not
unwillingly told of his'tldventures in the'Eastern States;
anld who, afterwards changitg' the tlemet, dliscussed the
prob)able pernitanence of the governlment of France uttnder
the Citizen KI'ing', Louis Philippel.  To hAits. Pierrep)ont,
who w\as a native of the county,  lie talked about the
history  of thte older families, and with Mrs. Wartield
contlcrnin(l thle gay season slic hlad spent in Ph)iladelplhia.
N one knewv, anid but one pel'rsonl suspected,  the cause of




22t              LORD  O;F IZJIS/$LP
htis tighll spirits, and of the aptness of his pI)lrases, and tthe
unstudied anttd genial  grace w ith which lhe carried off the
honors.  lie \twas treadingl air. ]  is Itcrves tlillld and
his  heart b)eat; but the excitemlent, contrtary to his usual
experience, only gave himin added power and unfailing tact.
tIe shone att hlis best that (ay; tile reader kinos wv y.
E'very  (tlhuglht, and w\ord, tand act, every glance and smtile,
and all the intuitive arts thlat societ.y calls into play, wver
filled and inspired by thte presence of tihe one adorable
\rwomlan to whom lie scarcely laddressed a Nword. Nor vwas
this gayety  displayed  for efifect.  It was a  t)urely unT
conscious  ilnflueilce whicl swayed him, tand  vhich rmado
lim  direct  lis play, as thoutlgh at billiards, so as to
"carom,'~ by no mtatter I(how many reflectitng  angles,
falway's upon the same object.  I[te shone at his best, as
Nature always inteids thec lover to shine in the eyes of
tcr lite loves.'the squire w\atclled 1leauchampt closely, but ntmasketd llis
recollnoissancc  by (lan indifIerent manner. lt   saw, likoe a
Awary card-platycr, without shlowing anything in his own\t
face, and lie tlought lie understood thle matter.  itis inquiring looks at hlis niece wcere less successful.   She
looked extremely beautiful, but was less demonstrativo
thtan usual; and tlough she bore her plart in conversation
with a lively good humor, she galve  no ground for any
sort of conclusion in:her uncle's mind.
A gxtame of whist came after d(ilner, the squire t~daking
Mrs. iPierrepont for a p)artner, and:Mrs.'Warfield playinl
with her father. Miss Shtelburno nlever played cardts, andl
Beauchlamp excised hfimself.'Th'e Misses Betty and MIalvina were temportarily enlgagwed in supterinten(linig'f some
dormestic ailtirs. All the pIarty w\ere to (tile the next day
at Mr. Pierrepont's, and Beauchallp was t:hitikitg htow hte
could let TMiss Shelburne know tlat lac wtishled she would




4,t]il/'ER  Vt CZIZ7;STiAl1S'.   225
go on lhorsebaclk instead of in h]e1r uncle's carryall.  l]e
asked [Mr. Pierrepont!how hle had come to towIn.
On 0h orseback.   Y... ouSr play, squire; a st)ade leads,."
The river is deeper  than  usual, I suppose,"  said;ieauchamt p, lookinhig at M[iss  Slhelblurne as if lie would
like to to alk with his eyes, since they could not be overheardI.   ie succeed(ed in gainlitng lher attontion.
Yes; deep) eniough to wet the bottom of a carriagte...-A heart, E. iliza; take thi e heart."
" Your dinner is set for two o'clock, I believe.'We can
allow anl hour, and start from lere at one.1' Toiugh tallkiing to Mr. Pierrep)ont, Be13luchtilllp's attention watts stetadily fixed on thle violet eyes lnear htittn
" Yes, I should tlink so. |- lThe knave leads, squire,
and the queen follmows. Tie king being Tlltyed, tie queenl
h.as it her owtn wy,  and takes tihe klave.''
Thet violet eyes looked serene, but lteauchlaml) thoulght
they wtere intelligcent and -rathetr tender, too, and lte deterininedl to call at one o'clock tnext d(tay, trustingt thllt he
slhould fild Miss Shelllur ie ready to accompany him. t11o
imeant that lioward shtould  engage thie squire in colversation, aind lie thought his mother wsould naturally tfit in
wit-h the daughters.  But he hlad fouid before how hlardt]
it was to arrange such ta )larty; ftr it depended  on t}he
ortler of tleir mounting, which,:as they were not ciavalry
men under orders, hoe coulhl ntot control.
T'l}le l)attern holiusekeeperpis catme in, and after them servanltS with catlndles.  Then coffee \vwas serve(l, and smtall
talk wtas currtmit, though the.lg-ame went oJn.  Mliss Sltelk
burtit  was ask ted about her return lho11te,  of whllichl something had been said, and she replied thlat shle expected to
go the day  after New  Year's.   Alisas Betty won(ltd(rett
wth'let(her she wtould come:again next t yel, or wlhther tl er
new husband wvould not \walt to hlave her:stay at tlome
15




2- TS20  IlusbfLORD Ot"    Hni/tl    sI/K"t
"My  ltusband, if I have one," she answered, "' wvill
let mc do as I please about visitinog,my re'lations, I ama
quite surte."
Miss;Malviat  wondered wltict of her beaux  ras to b0
thle happy manl;  the rich farnaer, or thle widower p)reachcr;  or was it the doctor?  Aliss Shelburne smiled, and
replied tlhat shc feared the rig'ht one  had lnot l)resentctd
htimself.  "lThere's nobody here that's a.  matcl for lher —is thtere, Bealchamt? " said the sqire, bluiitly, looking
over his spectacles fronm the card. table.
lBeachamlt ) felt the I)oint of the  foil, but answered
warmtly that lie knetw no match for her in Bfarry Cotunty
or elsewhlere.
"  don't think I oughit to be discussed},"  said the young
lady,'"tor m-atched, as if I were an ( odd glove; do you,l
ltiC:eC? "
I"(carts are trumps,"  said  Mr. Pierrepont, gayly,'
"and the larg'est hetar  tak es t      ie trick, }l.iiss Sheltburne'
isnl't thlat so?  Other thti.ngs may be unelqual, but tile article' t eart' is so indefinite tltat it may overbalance every"I ratfl'er think: you are right, papa,"  said.[Mrs.   W iarfield;'t utt perhatt)s Miss Shelhurne  )rfctrs another trump
--- (liamonds, fori instllance.'
"I reckon Adelaide don't h.know what the trump zoill
)be," said the squire.  " It's glncraltly what h},appe1ns to.be( cut.  The dealer can't always tell till tlhe ctrd is
thrown.  And it's tpretty tuch lutck and chlance.......isn't it,
A dclaide?'
"You m ean that  mariage is an lottery,'' s waitd 5ltiss
Shlelbur1i.  "  I tave C   llt broughltt  p on pro (verb.  I rove
is blindii   i a favorit tc   ithl my unrcle Sh lCult t wh ilet  t y
anit tel s me of' -oiig        - thtrouI the woods and Iputtintl:'
\up withl a crooked stick at the last.'  Then my old black




A  A/1PAtP.    CI/SfllAeiS.             22'`
nurs'e sys,' It's b1etter to be tan old man's darlinl  tllan a
young man's slave.'  But sshe is religiously inclined, \andt
looks up t) t) the treachter t -- the elderly one, who would
have been pleased to get a young step)-mlother foi' his childroew. I've tholught it miwght be wvisetr to steer clear of all
t:ese warningtls by remainiutt   singole.  Whlile I am  my
ttown mistress I feel I shall have a very good one; or, at
a11 events,  an indulgent on1e."
All th e illies think so," said the squire; " but in one
way or another they're all brought to the bridle at last."
Beaueltamp was surte that the ssquire twas tryingt to
11ak1e hitm  or li l niece luncolmfortable, -)e —perlhaps both;
but lie tried to appelar unconcerned,  allthough at timl1es lie
}ad fJel! scarlet, and wondered whether Itis color wvould
lnot betray hlis thloughts.
lth  party separatedt early, as the Pierreponts had
sotme little distance to ride.  Colee r was served for the
ladies hbetlre sttartitng, but the gentlemen gave   tleir )referrences fir the " lamb's-wool.'  Bteauchamp exchnllgned
-)ood nighlts, atnd  alk ed out to lBeech Knoll.
The next day the little hlouselol ld   a dec rtead(lyt to go out
to Mr. Pierrepont's.   rtls. Rlussell so rarely wvent ftom
tomeu thlat it se-emned to her like making readly for a jouriecy.  A younpg negro man frlom  tile  leighborhood, who
was supposied to be fond of Sylvia, was making a day's
visit, ant  hle'wass very proudt   t  groom  and saddle the
hIorses.  Beauchat mpt1 a1d Itoward both rode fine young'
horses, while Mrs. Rtussell prfctrred tle slow bu)t sureloeted Ftly, hter d|y}}ependenlce  for manrity )^years.  TI}le tdhree
1)atced leisurely throug;   the town to Squire Itall-ailton's,
anlld found all their f'iendls in tile saddle except Bl i*s-s S}lillturne.  iIrs. Itssell rode up) to the ti  spot where the Squire
wass waiting, wished him a   t merry  hrl'istmas," and sll d y'
ste was glad to have the opportunity to ride witlt tiim, if




0228              LOR'.D L OF tlIfISItJL'lFL
he could put up with the slow gait of her horse.   ltfoward
rode oni ahtttlead to overtake the Misses IHamilton, and by
the timte MlIiss;  Sielburnte \was relady, Beauchtlnl    had the
fie1tl to h imself.'l'll is })articularly p)leat8sed hitn, becaluse
he had not done anythinlt   to bring it about.
It was a lovely twinter day.  The nighlt had been cool,
but t te skly was witrlout la clou(d, and the sun at midday was
vwarm. Thl e doors and windows of many houses were o)pen,
and groups of'men  and boys in various places were engaged
in spo))rts in t1he o)ei air.  On the green in fi'ont of on00
hlouse a rnumlber of youn'  mell n in their shirt-sleeves were
pitcIitng dollars.  IEIverything showedl-   that it was a holiday
season.  The negroes \v're going in various directions,
visiting relations,  and stol)ping in to chat wifth the farnilies they llad knowntl or serived.    rarm  and comfortable
d(resses wter the rule, thoug'h often absturdly out of style;
and the grlteslsquely blotssoinilg bonlnets of thte one se;x,
and tl  od-stttaI)e(tl  andt shliny hats of tlhe other, wero
often comtlic en(ottul for a Jl.rdi (Gras l)rocession.
Th!e road lay along the river-bank ft'r somne  distance,
andll \was overhung' by large trees, in whltich tie blue-birds,
jays, andl(  c.row\s kept up a chatter as though ~elebr!atingrl
a noisy holiday of tolfeir own.  The pale green Vwater slepi,
in the warm  ligh}t, and the clear white )patches on thl
tltl}ks of the " bony buttotnwoods,' as  well as the delicate
tracery of tlhe leafless btranches, were reflected  in thl
nlatural mirror.  Thle airt wats pure antd bracing1, and it
was no wonlder that our' hero felt the exhlilaration of the
perfect day.  Ito plur)posely restrained his horse, that
setemed  Ibent on overtlating' the party in advance, and(.
cllamped the bit, and took sthort, hit'h step)s inl hIis imnlatiene(.  Aliss Shlelbturne,  who, as we know, was a gracefitl rider, gave her horse  an ea:sy rein, and wats borne with
an  oevn, swingin1g g4it'. They talked  of tile glor'ious (lay,




A  AUJ A' A' 1'   I.A.S'L S   2;9
uand of the cominfig dinner p)arties, and thlen of thte squire's
dlinnelr tle day before.  Beauchamp remarked tthat for
some  reason  thle  lmanner of the  squire lhad been less
ag:reetable lately.  lie  \ontldered what miglht be hiddenl
under the blunt question li e put hin.
" I noticed tlhe way hie spoke," said  Miss Slelburne,
"and thoutgltt it not rvery fiiendly.  It was emtbarrassing
for me to be the sutbject of discussion."
"No one   would grutd(lg  you a compliment," ]le said,
"but it sllould be paid voluntarily, and thlis question was
like a, sutmmons to sttand and deliver.  There was a tlhorn
in trhe point of it intended for me.  Perhaps I flattered mtiyself in thle way I understood hinm, but I w\ish to [ea.'vcen
I could believe he hias the least ground for the suspiciml
which madel lim say what lie did to me inl your preseitcc.
I)o you tllink lie wuants to l ye you go hom010e "? 
e":[  hasn't tried very hard to make me Stay.'"
"Is ble afraid of yotur discretion? "
" lte  has grteat expectations for me, and l  e hasn' t a;
very hi(-ghl ideta of thlle  prudence of women.......-. of youlltg
girls especitdly.  Ilis favorite  saying is,' )ropinqutity,
puss — propitiquiy andll opportulnlity -. they decide everythingr.  You don't like  M:r. Brown, at first, but halbit
reconciles you.'  And then he quotes tthat odious line of
Pope's, that wre
firtst.dure, tie! pityt, thept thel bl)race.'"
lie m tust have been inwardly vexed, thlen, tlhat my
mIothler took possession of him.  It was }tr (doin ti     tltoug'h,
)not 1iline; but I ibel thatt I never loved my mother so il tuc1t
as at this lnonlent.......... ne-ver felt so grateful for anythling'
btefire;  anld she so unlconScious of it, too    You, see I
canl't talk about anythlinglN \wtitihout  findillng somclow that
you ar e at thlle o1ther end of t(l1e sen1tence."




~2-8                JOAWlf    63L' OA' " 1/2f,gI,f.t
I se, at all    entts, tha t you happen to tlhink of cverytlhtit"' ilt a ce(rtttilt ai  way, so thlat:t witl you the pro verb is
triue, tlIat' All roads lead to Rome.'''
"'li  prot vter-)b suits mte.    omtc wags mistress of the
world; so there mlust be ta highllay firomt  every quarter to
the capital."''The l langut;tagoe of conmplipment sulits youtl.
"If you knew l ow I an kept back by a fear of seeming
too bold,    h.- h.w a  l  f ee i    licacy hlas gitven  e  a'0 reterve leyonlld what is natural, — you  woutld not speak iln
that wa;(y.  You would  see that I don't  try to find out
wtys   to say cornIlincltt ry  thinglest,      tat, wheltIhr I
ttalk or nmelitate, I presently come ttpon some avenue  of
tioitglit that leads laturally to you, as tle sovereign of
my little world.  Thlat is why' all roads lead to Rlome.''
"Werll, we'll drop thle word' compliment.'  Perhaps I
slhould say you t-alk like a poet, or, rather, that yon talk
as if yo tt ad a poet's letart."
"  ti rnt a l)(toe t; that is, if a p)oet is a' maker.'  I
htave sJome  fetelings about beautifuil and 1noble obljects antd
senltimentsl  - tfeelings tlat some men would call womanislt; for I often find my eyes wet ill readingt a ftil, passsalge,
-........ lt I tt:erl trie( to write a line of  terse, in my lile."
"You remlind me of the ditlbrenco between tte' visionl 
and the' fac'tltr divilne.'"
k"   yltt is why poets tell us whlat Awe feel.  WAe see their
imagtes, f l)and they are4t  so like o01r own exlri(lce, that wANt
think \we could havet  written the very same tl:lings.   Now,
when  I a      t with  you,  I lhave a  Ieliing  that master.4
ever-ything else, anld it mtakes tte imaine I cotuld( writ'
tlhe  finest, lyrics in th}e w1orld albott v  lyou."
"You ]hav'e the et,{ltlhsilasnl of la poet, surely.''
"ult I coutld never conlt)aSS it.  Yout are to tme a )0ellt,
itn yoursel';    tall tarmon1tt.  1 fl  it,  but ca't exlpress it.''




A  A11iRIt'Ae (l" I RIS   A1..         231t
"I' m  afraid we si all have to takle  up tlte word you
didn't like."
It isn't a compliment, at least in the usual sense, to
say tat a beautifil voman is a poemt.  A poemr is thoughl:t,
tttlanguage, and music  all  t)orn togfetler.  Isn't a noble.1
soul, in a beautiftl outtward f'orm, and with fitting ex tprssion, a I)oem, too?  I thinkl so, and it's the work  of tthe
G reat Poet or 5Maker."
"iMy dtear [Mr. utssell, I'mn afraid you are an idolater.
You imake your golden image first, atnd tllhe  you worshlip
it.  I wish I might be likce tile image you have maIde, but
I know I am not.  I don't think  I am as worldly as my
rlelations inlami t;   but such a) perfect crenaturet as you are,
thinkllingl, of wouldn't htave been so  frivolotus.  Yes, I
insist upon it.  t have ant ideal, but I amn mysielf far frot-a
it.  I should have  continued at schlool, or in the comipallnionship of such cultivated p)eoplte as my teachers.  I shouldi
not h1ave been fso much nor so e arly in;society.  And 0,
mly cteat'r mother should have lived I"' T know you lmust have b)een surfeited with adtmiratliotn, but I d(on't 1telieve it ha.s tspoiled  yrou.  You havtc
spirits, and like gay company.  You are so at.miable that
you don't want to give pain to any one; }and your very
denial sounds sol tender, so considerate, thlat I should
thintk men would linger to be dlenied agtailn.  A Wherever
you are, you must h;tave admuirers; atll \who look upon you
tmust lovoe you in some way.  liut I believe you have
kept your good heart, and that it is as fresh as the cott
of' Ian unloened rose.''
I am  gre.atly oblicged to you fir your good ol)inion.
You  know  everybody says I am  a colquette.  I hopoe
1'11i lot.  A\d you1r exptlanl: tiotl, or yourl apolog'-y for me,
looks so  lausible, t hat I slotuld like to tlhink it trile.  T
opet:  it is.  I shall try to believe it.  We nlccrt quti!e
know  ourselves."




232               0/)LOD  0.I JiXltl S-,1Ll'.
" We  oughl;t to know ourselves better than othtlrs lknow:
us.  People \wholl ju(e  uls canl sel Ietter thanl we  lcwhat
we hlave  done; they don't know, and  inever can know,
whlat we are."
3But don't we flatter ourselvess  eveni thlere? TIn't there
a kiind of evasion,  or playing at hide-anld-sc k, witlliln us,
thltt deludes us -and leads to wrong conclusions? "
Yes; but the wrong conclusions Imay nolt always b1e
flattering ones.  But we won't go into metal)hysics.  i:ly
heart tells me what you are, and I don't want to retason
about yout."
You are so p)ositive, that you wovn't have any retaso
to cot-mplain if you shtould discover traits that are not so
agreeable.1"
IBeauchlamp  felt baffled.  HIlis companion  wat  s kind,
almost tender, in hert toie, but --   That is tho evord; t here
wxas constanstly a but.  For lie felt that if her bright eyes
and lovely lips attracted, they also watrnedt.  The passion
lthat had absorbed him, bodly and( soul, would not let hlim
rest.   Ie )must fin d some way to reach her lheart, and(l to
know the state of her feelingl   towards him.  Tlte tillle
tiat hXe would have to nwait for her, the efitbts lhe minust
make  to rtaise himt-iself in the world -  theset Nere nothintg.
lte could cheerfully underta.ke a service like Jcacob's, if
lie only knew tthat Rachel was to lbe his reward in the
end.  lie thoughlt bIe mutst venture a bold stroke;!e mIt utst
malke  an al)ppeal in siml)le words that would demtand an
equally (lirect re)ly;.   ]lnt his plresent (lisa(lratages
l)lesseId htim down; htis d(elicate  feeli0ngs,8 and pe1) c   rhapIs a
lurkingt fear oe      f tie ( lt  d    ngr of beinpg too precil)itate, lheld
him  btachk.  I [s soutl slrunk friom tlhe task,  and seeted
tryingl to hide its th troblinsll  inl a thicklet of \Vwords.  I lis
ips could not franme, nor }is bireath send out, the sihmplt
wordt, " 1)o you love me? "




/A  AllERRt'-" CIIA'STI; S.             233"
When thley were  fording the river, Beauchamlt     p rode
close by her side, so that his horse im-ight not sptlash tlte,water upon her.  ito could almost feel the touchl of hler
shtoulder, tand it sectCed to him tthat anl invisibl influence
radiated fi')ro   her.
"Aren't youL tired of this kind of a strugle?'" lie
askled.  " We seem to be only striving  for mastery; and
y'out'...... lare you  not 7.endeCltavoring  to  keep yourself
aloof."' Really, I amt tired,"' shle answered, Nwith a look thattt
iet his lheart throbbing, ag'aint;  "come, let us quit it, andl
be children, as you oonce Nwislhed we were."' No, let us qtuit it, and mcct face to face as twe are.
Let,nc see you as you are.  3My fate is now in your heatrt.
Let fnme read it, even if it kills 1mfe.  Let lme look into
those )eautifiul de)tlhs of your eyes.  For myself I hlave
I(otlhing more  to tell you; I never can have anytlifg'
mniore.  it would be only to say in difiercnt wvor1ds tile
saint   thing --—'IT love you.' "
It was aftcr a slight pause, and with at visible effort,
t:.,at she answered,.-.
" Yout have forg'otten all we talked about —  that you
have so tuchl yet to (10 for your own sakel.       ur stuldies,
your industry, and  your success are all to colmle.  I
granted your possibilities;   but here it is, hardly a mont:h,
and you alpp)eal to me, as if you had overcome all obsttacles already."
"I don't fortet.  I klnow  it all too well, but I can't
(1o as yotu would lhave me.  Yol tdon't lknow what kint 
of a burden you leave mein  to bear.  I'm not ail imlt)atient
boy, but it's not in my nature to be satisfied withl i\1erel"y
your fr'iendly app)roval of mly condtuct; nor -coutlel I go
on wxvith a ttagute hope that you might some time  say I
had earned your love. Wl/fh your love, I can toil and




23C                 LO!)D OF 1i!LS          I j.;
wait, but, without it I shlould  )e wretctled, for I couldnt't
take  up my min(l to give you up, and, tile sus1tenlS
wVOtld hkill mne.'"
lThey lt(ad crossedi tle ford, and were goinlg u) thle steel)
bantk.  Just as they reachedt the top, lleaucliamp), who
was behind, saw that thle girth of hler saddle had become
unlststened.  lile quietly asked hIer to stot).  Ito slipped
off hlis tlorse, and, raisingl hlis longi  antd sinewy arums to
erl, hIe said, " I must fasteln your saddle-girth.  Let tme
hell) you off before the saddle  turns with you."
She dropped the rein, and( leaned forward to alight.
i:c caught her as thoughl shle had been a child, atnd gently
lowered her untfil site stood on her feet.  in hItr d(escent,
by accidtent hler cheek touched his thce.  His first stronlI
impult3}se w\as to press.his lips against it; but his better
naturt e rule(, andl  kel)t him from the steet tresp)asss.  It
\was w\ith pride that shte.saw trhe temptation resisted, and
site blt that this \as a man whose honor  rfwas as strong'
ats his love.  As lie held his lovely burde  even  or t   one
second in his arms, the feelilg  he  tadt wrestled with
l)uirst fortht.  The fine-spun cobwe\bs in whtich ]his speech
0ta( been entangttl d were brushed away, and tihe silnt)le
worods came.  " )o  you love  mec?' }hto asked.,  liter
chlieeks sulddenly flushed, and the ciitrsonl sprttlead  even
to her neclk.  It her'eyes there vcere misty tears.  Slte
looked (at himu  for a momentl; then her face brightene(d,
and witht:a tumultlolus rush of feeling' shle answered,  "f 
(10 love you."
The sNweet tresp),ass was a trespass  no longer.        A WVe
mlust ride,'' she said, looking upI thle lonrg road( to tlhe hill
-wtte. t'l, ito prf{' ete.' We arwe  already })elated."  ]: auchiam p,'with such a reason fior being' hI*te aS I1e had, was
not greatly  cot)eerite1.  l1e fitSlCstened tie sadd1le-girths
firmly, ttI(d tlen (assistedl bet' to tor llt, as only a strontg




A  A/.Rj R t' ct2 ix  i/fS'IfU'..        235
tunan could do.  le held downxl thle palm of his righlit htantd,
antd she placed  her left foot ill it; tllhen, takint   ]ter right
land in lhi s left, lie'raised t er lithe annd springilng ftrm to
the saddle-seat, as thtou:hl he liald lifted a plalyting ill
the air.  lie adjusted her foot in trhe stirrup, antl thten,
after mounting l; isl horse, they went off in Ca canter.  As
thtey swept along' lie had a new  sense of her beauty.
xerci-se and excitement  had dlifitsed a freshl g         low upoll
her ctleeks, antd given new  deptlh al lustre to her eyes..iTe noticed, as if for thle first tile, the fine, filll lines of
]ter figutre, anlt  thle poise of lher head upon her exquisitely
beautiffil neck.  And this lovely womnan, so fIl of vitality,
11an1d wvith such a rare nature, lhad told hlim she loved him I
The thoumght wXas so ecstatic tnhat lie could not grasp it,
could not make it real; leftt of all could ble titter it.  B ut
they were ra)pidtly overtaking tihe others of t}e p)arty, and
ice roused  himtself fiom  his dreams, for he felt that ho
must exchange   a few \\ords with her while there was an
opl)ortunity.  In five days she  vas t:going to leave tihe
oun0llty, aitl  li0 mightO-t not see hltr a'gaill b)efore heZr dep)arture. Five days i how short the time seemed I In a few
hlurried words, heard clearly, but not fi'rated in orderly
sentences, it was under;stood that she would writo to him
at once onl getting' home, but that there shlould be no an.
nlouncelmenft of their relations until circumstances s-hould
justify tlhe publicity.  Andt lie must not return to town
wit!h her, but leave her to tolhe care of lher uncle and coutsilns.  I1e must be extremely discreet at  lte dinner, andl
always.  lie t\-wats not to he annoyedl no1r surprisedt i~f any
itunber of yolung men called fort her to ride, or' went
with hler to any party.  All of which  ite took in g'ood
p)art, for it secmed lthat he could not refuse anythling while
stm  looked at hitn.
Int a few  mtinutes thtey camte   within speaking distanco




22A6              L. ORD  OF1' IL M1/SAL/
of their friends, anld then relapsed into an easy  gait,
which thetry maintained until thtey reached the house.
The diinner was dleigltfil,l as all dinners were at Mr.
Pierretpont's; for there waas not only thle  )lenty whVlich
\lwas so COnmmflont, but everything'  Was arranged  witht the
inlltuitive taste  and t     lhe practised skill of at- contloisseur.'tie hiost had thc rarle art of putting hlis guests on tlhe
best ternms with each other and with themselves.  lie, 
seemted to anticipate their wishes, and no part of tho titme
hung heavily, for at every proper interval he thad new
resources fbr their amusement.  ThLere were two of ttenl
who did not greatly  leed his assistance, and who would
have been lperfectly satisfied wvith a crust, so that th ey
had t!he pleasure of being near each other.  I[ouw  beautiful the one  seemed, and  how  noble  the other l   So
thouInglt Mrs. -Warfield, and  AMr. Pierrepl)ot assentedl.
Only lte considertd it a pity that sucht   a fine, tell young;
fellow  had. suclh a dull prospect in life.  A pool schooltlmaster I  t,was indeed a pity I 11 looked like a I)atrician,
the inheritor of acres as wrll as of a    )noble tname.  lnut
there was no chance for him, poor0' fellow. -  Do not think
there was any coltetlpt,mingled in this regret.  There
was nothing  in tlhe youth  that demanded  pity.  Tlhe
trouble was, that his wealth was thus far wholly in htimself.
The great, he.avy, worldly-wvise squire looked upon him as
being a sort of Pegasus in harlness,   ith too hig'h fpirit
folr drudgery, land with no chance to spre.ad h}}i droopingwings.  [t  lIooked at his radiant niece,,and, as he truly
loved her in his worldly-wise fashion, lte watched over
her mentally, and looked forward for her to some brilliant
alliance, fitr abotve tie ratnk of any country schooln astter
or ntrlui(ggli}nc attorney.  Piis larrge moulded features and
inlscrutable eyes showeod no tratce, of hlis thougllts and
feeliings.  But, for tlalt matter, the l)er%(,ct conltent of




A         Y/AR1' CtZlZtSI.'IA. S.       237
reciprocated love foirms an effectual mask, too.  And tile
noble andt lovely ftices revealed nothing of tlheir secret
joys antd thleir ardent lhopcs.
After dinner, Miss Shelburne was prevailed upon to
sit down to the p)tiano.  S'he could not silln(, she}1 S'tidl; she
could  not cot;mm-and her voice; but she w\ould play somtething.  She rhad, as stec once inltimated to Betauchtarnp, a
great folndess for 11tmusic, and especially fol the. comp)ositions Of the German school, then scarcely known away
friom  the seaboard.  She played a minuet by Mozart,
then a    lovely andante movement fiom  Beethoven, tlhen a
tender piece b)y itissiger, Les't/cutrs (dit Priiznterps.
This was a revelation to Ileauchamp, who had never beforeo heard a pliccc  of classical music on the piano-forte.
MNr. P1ierreponlt antd lis datugliter attid Mr. Itoward, to
whomi the mnsic was solmewhtat fiamilfiar, were delighited,
anid not a little surlrised.   leauchlamt ) was comipletely
ovrco01te.  The melody was ravishlinge, anld there wvas
sormething in the htarimony (though lie could not distinguilsh the o1ne frtom tht other) that set all hlis nerves quivering  like tlhe strings of the liano.   Thie educated
muiisician  )probably never knows the incompt)rellensible,
the all-pervading feeling of delight and wonder whiclh a
man ignorant of the science, but naturally fond of lnusic, experinccs whten, hie first hears a Nworlk of' geniutl.
Then itMrs. Wtarfield sang somte  ballads in a tastefull
style, and afterwards a gay French chlntsont.  There was
a quiet game at cardls.  Pictures and en'gravings were
enjoyed.  MAr. Pierrepont told  his lively old stories min
his vivacious  way.  Altogether it was a red-letter (lay,
esl)ecially in  leauchamp'sl)  calendar.
I]ctauchamp and his fiiend Hlioward left early.  As they
rode awaty across the grounds, they noticed thlat the peacock Iad flown into a cherry tree, and sat there, poising,
I  o




238               LOR')  0fi;' ZI[JiSLZKI'
his body against the wcighlt of his magnificent tail-feathers, and squallinl' ill harsh 1)illt mournful tones.  A. (oattle
sofutll wind was Nising',   and a fil htaze zwas creepiglloverhead.  All thtese sigtns  indicated tlhat the beautiful
day had been a " weatlt  er-brecder," a        rd storms Nwere  now
inl order.'lic  text day watts to be passcd at M[aple Grove, and
3owatrd went to Bcech Knoll to spend thle night.




Utf1Ci   iA'AI'IS  uxw/ s;ZlA'S        289
CILT.PTEIt XVI II.
UNCLtE RA tII'PIS VIEWS.
F'lif i morning vwas cloudy, but tuhe expected rain had
n ot colme.  lMrs. Rulssell was disposed to stay at
home, as the weather was threatening;   but her son insisted she should go.  It mighilt not rain for a day or two.
Jf it did ste would be in comfortable quarters.  So she
wvas prevailed uponl, anld made ready.
iThe dogs had bartlked (luring the night, andl 1eauchamp
gave strict chartge  to Phtillis and Sgylhvia to remtain at:homne and kee)p twatch of the house, and to let him know
if they staw any one sktlking about the ptremtises.
The little party reached ALtaple  Grove belbr noon, and
wvre  welcomed by t}le owner in his own queer wvaly.  Io
shook ttands with titeni formally, and said, without a
chlange in his  countenance, that he wars glad to see them.
tWhethler lie was in a brown study, or whether  it was his
vwh}im for the time to put on a stately air, is of no consequence.  Later in the day hle showed  Iis guests thle
most delicate attentimt; but lis innate oddity was always
t1man4Iifist iln soletlhing.  in extreme opintions anttd ighlycol(rtrct st:atemnnts, if nothing else.
oioward itad always wondered  at tlte great dissimiltarity
between M'rs. Russell and her bachelor brother; but noxw
thlat he saw them together, they aplpeared to htave some
points of res emblance.  Aris. 1tlssell  wats comely and
prepossessing; ad shte had an air of serenity that mtado




2 0               tORA) 0/1' iA,'1.l<
her widow's garb and her tneat tmuslit  cap seim rciuliarly appropriate.   eCr' bro'ther' lialjlJsl8 fktttures were
more decitled anttd proinent, tbut their contour was nlot
so repelling' as their habitual expression.
lThe hlouse, though  pl:1ainly filrtnitshed, xwas kept w\ith
scrupulous neatntess.  The ashenl floors were  whlite alnd
smooth, there being io carpets, but only pIarti-coloredl
rwoollen rvugs under the  tables and before the fireplaces.
The cool, dalmp air made fires necessary, and there was
a faitous blaze from a lpile of }ickory wvood on the brass
andirons in the chimney of t{he library.
Uncle Ralph, or rather,Xr. Beatncharmlp,  as we ought
to call him, was in fill dress.  lie 1 thad shaved his chin,
brusthed his hair iitto  something  like order, antd  put
on a linen shirt with a vwide falliung  collar atid a black
cravat.  lie had on a blue swallow-tailed coat with, brass
buttons, a light biiff waistcoat, and a ptair of black ptan
t1aloons.  This suit, together with't   plair of lrench boots
brought frorm New Orleans, lie had first worn at a ball on
the occasion of Jackson's inauguration in 1828. —   liut
we lmust hasten to say that lhe was no partisan of Jack1son's.  The coarse and illiterate militia gcnral, as lihe
considered him, descended from a scrubby family in North
Carolina, wvas not likely to be highly esteem-ed by one
who was related in blood to the accomplislhed and hlightoned g'entlemen of the Old Dominion, such ass Jefferson,
Mtadison, anld Rlandolpht.
After the first civilities were over, and the cheerful fire
]tad driven away the chill, there wa-s a period of quiet,
with occasional intervals of conversation.  Mrs. Russeltl
took out ther knitting.  ieaucha-mp talsked vitht his unclie
about business aflhitrs (not material in this place), andtl
Itowmard busied himstlf before the ample book-cases.  A
library that has not been bought for show, but whieb




UN.A:CLE.RALPH'IZ    VIl'!/IE.       211
has grown, volume by volume, by the p)(irchlases of years,
givtes a curious suillmmary of the owner's mental traits, as
vwell as a panolramla of his progress and culture.  The
number of books lmay not vary greatly fiom  time to
time; about a thousand or fifteen hulndred will suffice
for most men; but there is a continual  movement of the
Iass as in a glacier.  As new topics comne up, it will be:ecessary to lhave the noted books, at least those that
remain noteworthy for a year; and there will generally
be found wx corresponding number tlhat have outlirved their
usefiulness, and are slipping to thle rear of the mlovilng
colut1mns, waiting for thre repose of the garret or for the
ntetempsychosis of the p)aper-mill.
The titles gave  itoward some matter for thought.'.lhey seermed  to sho'w  that the same mind could take
l)leasure in  legal subtilties, in Shakespeare, in Pepys
land EIvelyn, inl Plutarch, in   Bacon and Montaigne; iln
Boswell's Johnsoon and in Rabetlais; in Bunytan and in
Voltaire. leoward noticed that there wverpe few if any
contemporary authors;  and lie saw  no American books
except The Federalist, Jefferson's Notes oln Virginia,
W\irt's Letters of a Britishl Spy, and WVeems's Life of
Washington.  The grandiloquence of this tlast w\ork, it
may be observed, gtave much the samle kild of entertain)menit to tile ownler, that cultivated men now1  ftiet in the
"Philosophy 1" of Tupper.
tMr. Beauthamp had at pleasant cleat with Mr. Hotward
about his books, and showcd him with some prid)e hfis
rare editions of Shakespeare, and of other old 0 English
classics.  The schoolmaster lhad never been in the libratlry
before, antd lie felt soeme curiosity about the history of a
life that had beenl) passset  in tIhe iidst of so much silent
wIisdoim.  I-e asked  tMr. Be-auchamp if l]e had ever
practised law.




24.2             1ORD  01f' ZZtIISIELIK
" Only a year or two.  I was then living in a large
town in thle southern part of tlhe state.  I had s'tdietd
law with all mry migh'l-t.  But the pr:actice was sornetlhing
diflerent.  The young ofiicer' studies  strategy  in a >)ookt
when lie tries it in the field there is alwatys a differenlce
in tlhe circumstances; thle enemny don't dot wlhat lie has
expected, andt the pllans don't w\ork.  UWith the law and
the right on your side, you may yet lose your case.  Thle
ju(tte, if it is a  isi pris term, maly not takei your points,
because they are not familiar, and you are botlhered tand
perha)s  lose your temper. WihdenI the evidence is to be
admtitted, or, rather, (excluded, it m-akes you thlink of our
otld-fhshtioed ldoctotrs' precautions  ragainst allowing at fresh
breath to stir the stagnlant air of a sick room. T1lie judoges
lct in liight upon a case as an oculist dtoes upon an eye,
-— clositng the shutters tight, land excluding every tbentam
except tle one that comes t{hrough the t)rescribeld crack.
Then you miany have an unscrulpulous fellow against you,
who will browbeat your witnesses, and suborn and lead
his own, -- on  who will smuggle a confederate into the
jury-box, or friighten some onie who is there.  Or lhe Nwill
tramlple on law antd evidence, and make a stumpn slpeechl
to the jury, appealing to their passions land prejudic(ts,
whichl ho understands and youi don't, and wrest your
verdict fr'om you.  In the time I was at the bart I think
I saw  as many cases go wrong  as right.  You see
that to go through} a piece of legal reasoning like a problem in mattllematics is one thing; but to establish the conclusion of that reasoning in thle midst of lying or forgetfuil
w itnesses, stupid or )re'jludiced jurors, and unfair oppositlg counsel, is qulite atother thing."
Thlen y3ou don't believe a lawvyer has the ritlght to do
wrongt     i n defiince of htis clientt? " satid A rt. I oward.' Certainly not.  Lord 3Broughlam is an ass.-.Beg your




UNCItrIE' RA LIP'IS     V/lt lVS.      2243
1)ardon, sister Mlildred. —- A lawyer mustn't forget that
befbre lie was a tlawyer he was a man; and that lie ca't
do a dishlonorable thing, not even for hlis client.."
"If that rule p)reviilel it would put an end to the
greater number  of cases in court, I shlould thin(k.  If
counsel were never to contend for a >rinciple of law befbre the benchl, or mnake  an assertion to the jury, that
they did not religiously believe to be true, -... no, it's too
mntuchl to thinkl of, -the lawyers would starve.": That's their aft'ir," said Mr.  Beauchamp.    " There
would be no harm done to the public if a good manly of'emr did starve, -  thlough it might be unpleasantl  to then.z
But (lo you believe, Mr. I toward, that the world will
never get up to a hlighler standlrd of morals?  ts lying
wrong?   And is a la.wyer's lying    v whlen the bench
knows lie lies, and hIis client knows he lies, and everyb)ody but the twelve men in the b)ox knows lie lies -  any
less wrong thall otherl people's lying?  The judge gets
1up alld tils the jury,' Gentlemen, if you believe so and
so, you must give your verdict for the plainltift; but if
)you ihave a reasonable doubt,' &c., &c.; when lie knows
that the' reasonable doubt' has no fotundation btt iln falso
swearing,   and that t1he colnsel had good reason to know
it was false when lie offered it, and when lie arguedt it.
Don't you think we are going to get beyond this venerable fiarce of a jury trial?  I do.  It's a standing invitation to peljury. It keeps alive the evasive and disingenlouis lno(le of statement that you call' pleading,.' It lmakes
preternce as good as proof, and it lhas for centuries carefilly cultivated wh1at you might call an artificial conscience
inll the profession; that is, it furnishes tis-sue-paper excuses
fior fictitious distinctions between the trute and false, and
allows the whole body of men that are concerned, judges
and  all, to do or to suffelr open wrong and injustice,




244              LORD  Ot1, HIIL/AJSI~K"'
strictly according' to law.   If there hlad been any idea
of morals in tihe profession, my neplhew there would toiday lave beeit the richest man in the county.  Thle case
agWaintst his father wtas a cob-house of legal fictions. One
good, acute justice, unfettered by precedents, with full
liberty to inquire, and full power to act, would have ridd(led the evilence, got to the heart of the matter, and
sent the plaintifi out of court.  Thie'courts of conciliation' of Sweden, also, are said to work admirably.  As
whetstones for professional wits our courts are just tihe
thing; )but to mete out justice amnong men, the less said
aboult t hemr, t;he better."
"I am sorry the profession lost you,"  said.Mr. lHoward.  "You might have helped reform tile practice; but
you becamhe disgusted, I suppose, and turnle  fanrmer."'Not ilnmmediately.  I thought, for a while, of descrying the gratitude of a generous and grateful public."
"I don't quite comprehend."
"You  shall seC.  The town where I lived was built on
a river tlhat was navigable for a considerable  part of its
course. I interested myself to have it locked and dammled
so that steamboats could come to the town.  When that
was done, it added fifty per cent. to tlhe value of every
buslhel of corn and bale of hemp raised in lihe county.
As the stealnboat wharf was a mile from the centre of
the town, I p)r)l)osed having at railway biuilt on which a
pair of mules could draw ta number of tons of freiglt
back andl forward.  That saved the value of the towtn's
p)roperty;  otherwise a new town must have growl up at
the landing.  Then I persuadled tlhe people  to build a
new school-house, as the old one Ihad become a reft ge for
pligs. We got n tovn organization, ----- trustees and tle like,
-- and l)avements, and sidewalks, aid drains followed."
"}By this tilme the townr must surely have been named




UNCLXE RALPIHS' VIJEWS.              24 5
for you," said M[r. IHoward.  ("ITn Europe  they twould
have hlad your statue set up in tlle square."
1Mr. Beauchamp la ughed  heartily; his  neplow, \who
knewr thle story, smiled, and TArs. Russelt looked sad.
"I am afraid you hlaven't read history  arigltt, or perhaps you think that ingratitude is obsolete.  I becamel
the most hated man in the town. Naturally I hlad endeavored to better mty owll fortunes by the imtprovements which
I helped forward.  tBut the fools who  saw thlat, did not
see that all the property of the town had doubled at theo
same time.  I was pros)perous, and therefore I war the
common enemy. I was stunpg by slanders, and, not being, good Christian, I retorted \'ith taunts andl tit ptoqucs'.
Few men see tlhrough questions of policy unless there is
a new dollar just w\ithin reach. I was im'patiellt with tho
near-sighted obstinacy that only balked enterprises onl
account of expense, and could not see the greater results
beyond;  and( I took little pains to conceal nmy opinions.,
Wounded self-love Awas rousedt -a plenty of it.  n1 our
town council we had little fights over local matters; they
look contemptible enough at this distance, but tienr they
were enoulgh to keep the community in an uproar.  The
result of it wats, that at the end of three or four years I
was glad to scll out my property, and go away to live
alone. I knew that while I remained a bachelor8,  and had
t firm larg  cenough to swing around in, I could live in
peace.  I came lhere just before my brother-in-law, Randotlph 1tLussell, died.  If you should go down to that
town to(day, and inquire who Nwas the most unpopular
mtan that ever lived there, you would be told th'at it vwas
Ralph IBeauchamtp.  If you asked the reason, nobody
would be able to tell you.  This is certain: I never did
any of the blamed fools any mnore hlatrm than to tell them,
sometimes, whiat they were."'




246             LORD  OF  IIZIS'],LI
"So you wouldn't advise a youngl  man to follow tho
career of a philanthropist, or a blenefactor of his species,
I suppose?" said Mr. iHoward.
"A young man might do as he liked.  For myself, I
had enough of it.  If I were starting in life fresh, and,
going by a log house, I should see a man walking ankledeep in mud to hlis well, and then see lim draw v  p a
bucket of water by main strength wvith a crotched pole, I
suppot)se you think I wvould stop and give him t piece of
friendly advice - do you?  Once I should have done it.
I should lhave said, politely,' ly tfriend, if you will get
a few planks or slabs and lay them down, you can wvalk
dry-shod to your well.  And if you get a l)uump, it vill
save you a hleap of trouble.  Or, if you don't want thl;t
expense, a vwell-sweep that you can make in a few hours'twith your axe, will enable you to draw up a full bucket
with ease.'  From  that minuteo he woull  become my
enemy.  To offer advice is to talke the position of a stuperior, anrt  nothing angers low people so much as to
know that they are looked down upon.  I am  grown
wiser.  Nrow I should stop and say,'H owdy?' take a
drink of cool water, offer him a chlew, say it was a fine
day, andt ride on.  I advise hirm to lay planksl( and get a
pump1) t  Not if I saw him utp to the mi(ddle in mud.'"
Hiis energy was so amusing that even 3It. Howard
laughed with all his might the more because lhe thought
tlhere was a secret core of kindness  inder this hard external crust.
M:rs. lRtssell and her son had been eljoying this talk,
tbr they knew that tlheir friend lHoward had very little
idea of the real power, antd the varied knowledge, of the
bachelor recluse.  In fact, tley were unable to remember
the time when any man like Mr. Hioward had been invited
to his house.  11][is appearance at this time, in his old



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fashioned fill-dress, was the!highest mark of attention to
lhis guests.  The nephew  ha}td followed his words very
carefully, and had been surprised to notice how free they
were fr'om the })revaiinfg slang, and how etasily and aplpropriately tlhey wcere  ttered.  Iln town, oil county court
tdays, lie was not m:lore choice in his language th.l1n any
1uneducated farmer.
When t the tie for dinner was near, twxo filbert-colored
da-msels apl)eared, clad in linsey dresses, and broad atnd
clean white aprons, and with their heads neatly wra)lpped
iln muslin kerchiefs. They quickly spread the table, walking about in felt slippers, and putting' on the crockery,
glass, and cutlery withount the least jar.  It Nwas like a
mimic sh0ow, it wvas so dexterous and so noiseless.  tMrs.
Ru1ssell had before offered her services to her brother, if
s1e could be of any use in overseeing the preparations;
but lie ansswered that lie reckoned the girls would make
out to set the table and serve tlhe dinner, and that lie preferred she should be quiet and take her comfort.  When
dinner was ready, Bleauchamp, looking out through tthe
door, could see a " detail''  of young negroes ranged on
the way from  the outer kitchen to the main building,
ready to band in fresh dishes, and to send back the plates
as thly were removed.
To describe the dinner would be like giving the bill of
fare at an abbey four hundred years ao,.  It was thle perfection of pla-in cooking with unbounded resources.  One
dish followed another, all served by tlhe t\vo damsels;
and, meanwhile, not a word came frito  thle kitchen, awld
not the clatter of a dish was heard.  Everythinpg was
perfect, MIrs. Russell declared, even  to  the custard's,
creams,  and sillabubl.  Then the napery was so )ture andl
snowy, thle glass so crystal clear, and the knives so bright,
tlhat the table was a pleasure to see.




248              LORD  OF HIA:[JfMSiLI
After dinner coffee and pipes were served, and an hour
later the inevitable huge china bowl of egg-nogg.  Mr.
Beautlhamip was ordinarily abstemlious ifrom  chloice, but
on holidays lhe upheld thle fatily traditions  and he used
to declare tltnt sa man whto wouldn't get (lrulk on Christmas would steal if lhe had a chance.
ttr. 1leauchlamp blegan to inquire of HIoward about his
studlies and his intentions.  tHoward replied tllat lte expected to be admitted to the bar in the course of a few
mlntths, bult that his plans were notr definitely settled.
lie sul)posed lihe should return to his native state, and
mighlt enter into practice there.  Ilis studies had given
hlim a fondness for law as a ScienceC l)ut lie d(idn't know
how lie shlould succeed in a business that required so
much tact and management. H[e su!)posed that the more
conscientious a man was, the less business lie wouldt get,
because lie wvould be b)oulnd in honor so often to advise a
foolish or angry client to settle and keep out of court.
IBeauchamp here interpfosed' "I tell you, uncle, nmy
friend here thilnks of the law just about as you (ldo.  Ile
is one of the philosophical kind, interested in abstract
pIrinciples, but fearing lie must go througl  dirty ways8
to get them  settled in actual  practice.  I predict that
he'll not stay in the )profession long', but will get off into
sofmething more congenial to his tastes.  Perlhatps he'll
turn author -I think his fingers itch now.1"
"I amr  goifng to give you a little counsel," said Air.
JBeauchtamp. Howard and his fi'ienld both began to smrile.
"Yes, I see.  You are thinking about the manl in the
mtud.  Well, I will mention a planlk or two, in spite of
-my own rule.  One plank to be avoided is the party
plank.  Never walk on it, least of all into office.  Shltut
public station.  You may be allured.  You may even
think it is a duty.  Don't do it.  If you fill one of the




UNtCLE RA/IPH'IJS VIfE It.V           249
larger offices, you must have a fortune of your own, for
no salaries in this country are sufficient for a gentleman
to live o}n.  Show men  a man who lhas grown rich while
in office, and I will show you a thief; or a blackmailer,
spy, or informer -mnuch tlhe samne breed.  Above all,
shun the little places, those just in reaclh of the pop-guns
alid stinging, pin-pointed arrows of small and envious
ncln, and of party-newspapter men.  Now, the traditionl
is, that Shakespeare died in consequence of a surfeit or
drinking-bout \vith 1Ben Jonson, who camne down to Stratford as his guest.  N1y belief is, tlhat he was elected one
of the town council, and that lhe was so placgued by his
fellows and the ptublic, so lampooned  about his mrulberry tree, or so l)itched into by thle chutrch wardens
about something or other, that he got a stone-cutter to
nmake that slab with its shivery, cursing cpitaph, —-' 00oo) RENtD FOR IESUS SAKE Y:OnEARni'  c. &.and then got quietly under it to htave a little peace. Just
im-agine Goetlie a member of tlhe school committee at
AVeinmar!  aWe should have had a new scene in Faust,
withI Meplh:istopheles to whisk thte whole of them off at
the end.  These petty vexations of place, big or little,
wear the soul out.  0, if I could,set up before you some
of the town trustees who worried mc I  But, as the
preachers would say, I pass on to the second plank.
My net)hew  ints at authorship.  If thlis is in the least
connected with tle matter of earning your daily bread,
my advice is short —. Don't do it  "
" Come, n1ow," said the nephew,'" we can't have thlis I
You have been proving' too rmuch.  You ehave knock-ed
the law e0ndwise, and have shown that an honest mtan
can't be successfull at it; though, for all that, I am going'
to try, and to succeed too.  Then you would ha-ve us




250.; RxD  o1    mIuzSz'SELxr
believe tlhat doing' good to others makes one unpopularl
and. I sulppotse tio infrence is, that to 1be happy we mullst
be purely selfish.  And 1now you 3 wrant to dest roy all the
romanlce of -literary life.  No, uncle, you can't break alt
our idols, norI r1ob uts of all our illusions.  I shall still
no1e) that a good lawyer may be a good man; and that a
public-spilritcd mani, if Ite is pruldent, may not meet witht
such treatmenict as you did.  And I shall believe, if my
fiiend Itowardl wants to become an authlor, he neeln't look
forwfard to (lying in a poorhouse.  If tiese are delusions,
I will stick to them all the satme.  And, by the by, uncle
Rtallph, don't you think that the bIright sayi1ngs are generally only half true?  Like a rifle ball, they go with a
twist."'
1, I have thouglht," said Mr. HIoward, " that many epigralmatic sentetces are like thle ftabrics in which a shining silver figure is woven.  Your essayist or talker shows
you hris brilliant web, and you see the glitter of ceirtain
lines of truth; but presently soime other man takes the
stame warp and woof, awd turn-s it, ant you see tlhe figure
reversed, and( the silver thread is on that side too.  Wre
have had suchll 1)eop0   in Yanke land, writers and talkers
both, whose sentnces caui be turned( like reversible
suits.'
"Now  admit, uncle  Ralph,'  said B3eauchamp, " that
you could go through almost all professions and callinlgs
in the same slashling way, and not leave a feather of
credit for any of them. "
"It is naturlal for youth to be0 enthusiastic," said  t'r.
B3eauchamp; " I was.  Wait till you have passed thirty
years, and then you will ibe talking to some ardent young
fellow as I talk to you."t
"If wve listeni to you, we drop one thing after another,
and slide into savagery,"' said his nephew.




UNCL% E'RALPII',S  VIIEW14S.          251
"I sh81ould like to know what lie has to say about authorship,"' said Mr. HIoward.
"Nothling that is new," said SMr. ljeauchlamp.  "The
history of authors has been nearly tlhe same in all times.
Their poverty and sulYfiering-s, one would thlinkl, would be
a sufficient warning'; butt the new candidates for falme
don't seem to mlind it,' neither would they hear if one
rose fr'om  the (lead.'  I don't believe onte in a ]lundredt
gets as s  ucl for his ranuscripts as lie woul(l receive for
copying the same number of pages of law documents.
But even if you make up your mnll'   ll  to go lun'gry and
ragged on your way to renown, you soon findl that your
reception in thlc literary world is not precisely what you
expccted.  I never have written anythingt ftor tlhe stage,
thank God, but I shouktl like to write a atthrce on the first
apl)pearanc1'c of a young author.  1It is full of innocence
and' etntuzzymuzzy.'  Ile las fairly turned himtself into
his Nworlk, ulidergone a sort of transmigratlion cf soul.
]le comes out of his garret with his  )1recious volumeo
undler his arm, and thinks that'sow lie will be replaid for
his toil.  Men will welcome 0 him, ladies will fa;te him, the
literary journals will praise him.  At the very least, his
bookl will be carefilly read, and a fair an(l cat(lid jludgmcent of it given.  Its merits will be )pointedt out, and
its defects.no, it won't ihave any defects; that is out
of the question.  IIe fares much like a frisking tand ulnworldly young rabbit, rwho, coming out of thle bu>shies
into a field, is first vwaylaid by r dog; then, escaping tlhe
fa11ngs of this first lenemy, hle is pounced uponl by a ha vwk
that has been sitting on the limb of a dead tree, waiting
for some such ulnary feool; andl if the hawk happens to
drop him, the wretched victim has'his brains knocked out,
at last, by some illiterate lout, with a club."
Dcar me," said MSirs. Russell, " what comparisons for




252             LORD  OF IZIZSELF.
the critics   You are hardly just —are you, brother
Ralph?'I
"11Perhaps not.  Probably it is true, as AMr. Howard
says, that no slashing  observations are strictly just.
Bu31t that wvill be the way the author will thlink ho  is
treated.  A man with his first book has an exaggerated
idea of its importance, and of his own.  lie is like a
man with a boil on the end of his nose.  The affair fills
a large space in his consciousness.  lie doesn't see that
the critics  lave to earnt thei  living.  In the world of
nature it is all fair.  The (log, the hawk, and tte lout,
each thinks the rabbit wvas created expressly to furnish
him a dinner.  The critic is a writer whl is hired for so
much (or, generally, for so little) a column, to furnish a
certain part of the periodical.   Whatever he does, lihe
must make his article  entertaining;   if lie doesn't, it
won't hlelp him to be as just as iMinos.  Ifet will have so
many books to skim over that he cannot do them justice;
and, in truth, most of th)em are scarcely worth tlhe little
notice they get.  Within certain lirmits, lie is at liberty
to praise the books of his party, his church, and his set,
and to pooh-pooh all the others.  I honestly think most
of them mean to be fatir, but non omnia possumus, and theo
author will inevitably feel that his labor lthas been very
inadequately estimlated."
"1But, as you say," said Beauchazmp, " the autlhor is so
full of his book that lie can't judge correctly; the verdict
of the disinterested critic is apt to be the true one."'I grant you; but the professional instinct is strong,
and the critic's view is alwvays de hantd en bas.  The man
who knows just how Napoleon could have succeeded at
Waterloo, who could have taught lMetternich state-craft,
Paganini fiddling, and Beau Bruimetll dress, won't lose
any opportunity to show his superiority.  Then there are




UATCZGZE RA'LI'H'S  VIL[I VS.[          253
sniflhurs, -- religious sniffers, who have noses for a rationalistic taint, -- political snilters, who, as Sir Boyle Roche
might have said, smell a party-leaning in your discussions, — l and an endless variety of sniffers with their
special aversions.  Between them all, it's a wonllder any
book ever lives.
" I am only trying to tell your firiend tfle sort of experience he will be likely to meet with in what people  call' the pileasant fields of letters,' -—. to show him what kind
of a thing'a life of lettered ease' is.  But the kings'
sons, in the Arabian Nights, all went on, one after another, though told better, and each in his turn became at
monoculos, a sort of one-eyed warning" to nmankind."
"I don't vwant to put my exl)erience against yours,"
said AMr. Howard, " for I have very little; but in Europe
somei of the very best writing is done in the way of criticism.  Sonie essays I have lately read display,as malny
high qualities as the purely creative authors can boast.
To be sure, you  lmust know who is talking', and must
make allowances for Whtig and Tory, for Churchman and
)issenter.,   tat is to be expected.  I don't see wlhy
Scott couldn't lave written a just and lively criticat
essay, nor wNhy  M[acaulay  couldn't write  a p\owrftul
novl.  The two kinds of faculty, to a certain extent,
mightl exist in the same ierson.  The authors and the
critics should be mutually serviceable.  And I expect to
see the time, if I live to be fifty, when there will be able
ant(l reasonably impartial criticism  in this counttry, and
our literature will be the gainer for it.  And I venture to
suggest that when that time comes the authtors will htave
a better chance, evenl if your one-sided view of the critics
is corr ect for when the ability to perceitve and to express
is sharedl by imany, as it will be, these same sharp felltows
will keep each other in order.  It will be, to follow your




254              LORD  oi,' o trAzSm LzF.
simile, as if thle hawk ol the dead tree kept watlch of tlhe
prowlling dog, and both stood int fear (as they reasonably
might) of thle ugly brute w\ith the club.":Mrs. Russell had been lookinog out of thoe lwindow at
intervals for some time, as the clouds were thlreatening',
anlld the rain was8 beginlling to fall.  She was sorry, she
said, to interrupt tihe conversation, but she feared it Nwas
hfigh time for her to start before the storm should increase.
Iler brothler \vwet to tte door and looked out, as did the
youngt men,l   and it was the unanimous opinion that it was
best flor h]er to remain over night.  MIr. BIeauchamlp assturtcd her she should have a bed, altItough he (lid not
indulge in that enervating luxury.  Mtr. Itoward looked
at his watch, and was surprised to see how tlhe time lhad
slipped by.
We ought to say, in behafr of  r1'r. Jeaucham-p, that a
mlan who (lid not have coompany oftener than lhe did m-light
be pardoned if lhe talked at some lengtl when lie laid
good listeners.  le lhad been bottled up) a good vwhile.
Some tllught of this kind was in hlis  miniltd; for hle said
jocosely, when hle saw the young men about to start,
that lie had run off a year's stock, lhe supposetd, from his
still, and it was tinme now to wait until lie 1)ut in a new
"mash."' Mr. Hloward begged lie would make no ap)ology
for talking, — that it was a pleasure, and to lim an unexpectcdl one, to hear so many congenial topics mniitionctd,
vcen though lie could not wrholly agree with the view
taken of them.
Mr. Beauchamp did not see why they should not all
stay, and lie promised, if they did, lie would not talk ally
moec, but would get his servants in fiom the kitchen to
sing, " pat jubar," and dance for their entcrtailnment.
At any other time, Beauchlamp said the offer would b1
tempting; blut, for himself, hle felt bound to return home.




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Mr. HIoward then said he should go also.  Their horses
were tXherefore brought out, and each rider was p)ro'videtl
with a heav3y blalket to keep out thec wet.  Uncle Ralph
plromised to ride over to Boaech SKnoll with lthis sister the
next day, if the rain held ul). lThey started out in a  light
but steadly rain, and urged their horses up to a good
smtart pace.
1iMr. Hloward, lhalf a dozen times, expressed his Stturprise
lat fitdinlg such a rarc character, and ta man of such reading, living so entirely by }imself; and lite asked his friend
wthy lie ltd never told him about his uncle before.  Beauchtamp answered that lhe never himSelf knew  wlhat his
uncle really was until a month before; at whtich  toeward
was more surl)rised than ever.  lie, in comnmoni with the
county  )eople, thad thoughtt of Mr. Beauclaramp  s nmerely
anl0 odd, eccentric, miserly, sharp-tongued man.  As suclh
lie was sufficiently remtrkable;  tbut his literary attainments, his acute observation, anld his power of speechc
prloduced an almost startling surprt)ise.   e observed to
IBeancharmp, as they rode along, that lhe now saw where
his " mother Nwit "' came from, for in truth tile young man
had a greatt many wazysr ad expressions like his unlcle.
xWhen they reached Bceecl Knoll it was quite dark, a"Ind
the friends were surptrised to find no light in the kitchen,
where they expectel that Phillis and Sylvia Nwould be
rwaiting for them.  Thlly put their horscs in the stable,
anid then aplproachcd tile hlouse.  A1 was dark and still.
Beauchamp) went into the kitchen and found  it empt, y and
the fire out.  "Confound tle wenchllles I"  he thouglht.
" IHave they run away too?"  lie and IHoward went into
the htouse. All was dark thtere, too; but they heard sounds
as of persomns in pain, and Beauclamp speedily lighted a
candle.  The lightt slhowed a most extraordinary scene.
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floor, bound with cords and gagged, and fccbl' groaning.
With ready knives the cords were cut, and the gags were
removed.  The wotmen could not get tup without help.
They wvere raised friom the floor, and the friends saw with
horror and wrath that their naked backs were covered
with blood.  Theiy had been flogged.  H]igh )urple lines
and ridges, intermingled writh cuts, crossed on thleir
chocolate-colored shoulders, and l)lood stained the floor
where they ihad lain.  It vas pitiable, sickening.  Both
men felt the tears come, even through thcir rage.  They
bestirred thlemselves. IHoward ran into the kitchen, made
a fire, and )put on a kettle of water.  Then the wounds
were washed, soft linen bound oin, and as soon as they
could move their stiflened joints the women were assistedl to their bed, adjoining the kitchen.  Neither of
them could talk for some time, their mouths were so stiff
and sore froml the gags.
In time, and little and by little, the story of this fiendislh treatment came out.  Jack and Toom Fleeminister, wtilo
]had been undoubtedly watching the opportunity, canoe
into the house about noon time, and began ransacking'
the rooms. They searched every closet and corner; they
flung opcln beds an(l clothcs-presses; and when they
found no trace of Sally, they fell upton the negro women
with oathls and blows, and demlanded to lnow where slhe
was hid.  Phillis and Sylvi,  attempted to scream  for
help, but tlhey were caught and gagged.  For:a long
tinme, more than ann hour, they thouglt, this qucstioning
welt on; but the ruffians did not succeed in getting a
word from either.  They made only one answer — tthey
didn't lknow a nything about thle girtl.  Enraged at their
obstinacy, thle Flecmisters stripped their shoulders and
floggcd them with beech twigs.  This prodtuced notling
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cameo satisfied that there was nothiing more to be gained,
when they bound their victims anld vent taway.
Beauct.thamp wondered if they t' lad stolen anything, land
ran to look for his rifle. It wvas standing in its usual corHier, and the cap was in p)lace; btut on tryitg w\ith the
ramrod lie found the charge hafd been drawn.  ]{Be put in
a freshl cartridge, and wondered why thley didin't steal tlhe
gunll, rather than rely upon the trickl of drawing the cartridge.
lie went back into the kitchlen, carrying his mother's
tea-caddyt, and made a cup of tea.  Sylvia was greatly
cast down, anld moaned and crie(l; but Phillis, after being
refresthed, seermed to rise into a new and higher state.
She connected her sufllerincgs and trials with thlose of tlhe
pe)ple of God, the saints and martyrs who had reimained
f{ithtfilt even unto death.  BIeauchamp, while tie stirred
the fire, heard her murmur, 1"1For Ite was wounded for
our transgressions, anr' bruised for our iniquities; and
w\ith Hls stril)es we ar}e ehealed    wt- Hvith Tis stripes ate t ar
healed."  Typles cannot coinvey an idea of the p)ronlnciation of these p)athetic words.  They were, not easy to
lutter, and her untlrained vocal organs nmumlbled thel, but
tley came slowly and in a tone of reverence that nmade
thllem i lpressive.
BeauchanIl) asked her if lhe could do anything more to
nmake her cormfortable.
"No, bress ste Lord" I   shle said.  "You good soul,
Ml as'r Beecham.  IAighty glad ol' Scip ain't here.  Stey
flog him, an' hte hollcr sulre.  Tell all stey ax him."
"Tell what, aunty? 1"
"Tell all lie know, — more too.  01' Scip like all men.
AMen big; malle great  oise.  Ste women bear —...:.bear
eberyting.  WVho bear usto chilln?   Now go to bed,
MAas'r Beechaln."
1s




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1Beatauclamp then left the kitchlen, cltarging the women
rot to attempt to stir in the morning' until he camie to see
them.
Ho went into the house and sat down witlt  I toward, andl
tried to talk about the affltir; but it seemted lihke rulllin'
a  1)lough in new grotlund, that jatts heavily against some
root every yard  or two; not manty words would be
luttered before tihe sentence wxoutld plunge into a curse,
and spend itself in inarticulate  anger.
Neitter wtas disposed to sleep, and it vwas not until
near daylight that they spread anew the clothes upon thoe
beds and lay down.




A UATiV' PZZtLLS UO-'A  LA [V.            259
CHIAPTi'ERi XIX.
AUNT' PLMILI,IS UPON LAW. - A PARITING. t    RIFLE, PIlIAC-'T ICE.  -l 4ETItOSPECTI' ONS.
W HIE.:N   3eauchamp   woke in the morning, his first, vague hope was tlhat the occurrences of ttle
prcvious nighlt wcere only parts of a htorrid dream; but,
oin going down stairs, tle bltood stains and thte firagments
of cords attested the actual truth, and lie set about
putting the house in order, so that his motlher should not
]havc a shlochk onl croming home. I0is exp)criences in campiag out while dccr-hunting had } made htimle handy in culitatlry arts, and lie had solmething of a talent for hlousekeeping, so that lie Irepared a breakfast withlout much
difficulty.  The negro vwomen willingly kept their bed.
Ulndecr tli law no colored person couldl bea wittness ill
court agrainst a wlhite man.  This Beauchattn1   and his
fieicnd knew very well; and tlat the FIlccmisters i)knew it,
too, was shown by thfir cowardly proceedilng.  There
was no crilme  against person or p)roperty which those
skulkig  ruffians could  no10t lhave comminlttCd w\itht impunity, provided the onlly witnesses belongced to  tIhe
black race.  If they were ever to be brought to justice,
it must be by mceans of some admissions of their own.
The fr'icnids, therefore, resolved to keeccp the afhit strictly
Secret, so thiat, if any report of it got abroad, they might
follow it back to its source, and so get some hold of the
perpctrators.  It was quite likely that Beauchamp ha]d




260             LOPl]) O1' ISlIA.5'L":
some l)uIpOSCs of vengeancC, but they had not taken any
fonrm, and the most that could be said was, that lie did
not intend to be undt(luly;Icrpul)ous in case hte ever had a
chance at tite villains.  It; was ncccssary tor M[r. lfoward
to go to town, andt lie promised, while there, to use his
observation only, antd by no means to'give a hint of what
htad bccn done.  Beauclhat p remained at home, to wait
for his nmother's coming.  There Nwas still a light rain, but
not enough to keep her inl the h]ouse.
When Phillis and Sylvia had takeln a little tea and a
light breakfiast, Bcauchtanip sat dlown by the kitcheon fire
anttld mused.  The conduct of the Flccmisters showed thlat
they filly believcd Sally, to be concealed il or about
the house.  If that was the case, Phillis could not be
ignorant of it; and lhe coultd not but admire the faithfuil,
the heroic endurance she had shown.  Ile had nevcr
known such an instance of fortitude; his expcrience had
been, that the colored  )eop)le, though disposed always
to shield their fellows from capture and fiom harm whenCI
they could, were apt to falter at the stroke of the whip,
ald to let out their sCcrets rather than suffer torture for
any length of time.
HTe said to Phillis that he supposed she would (lie
rather than betray Sally's hiiding-place.
" )ono, mas'r.'Tick hard to bear.  01' bac.k mlighty
sore."   Phillis always said " stable " when she meant
" table," and vice versa.   \lWhy she did so we cannot
tell, ally more than we can explain why Goldstein always
tranlsposed tIle consonants iln "bcahel puttons."
"''Then she is here - is she? "
Phillis don' say so.  AMas'r Beechami goin' stake lie
sturn to asx?  Pleemster, lhe ax yest'dy, an(ld youg massa
st'day I S'pose by'ml  by, Pleemster, or sto ol' debil,
WTynlduml, ax M as'r Beeclam? "




A UAi''IHIILLS 1,I'ONA. LA lV.        261.
Beauichatmp perceived the subtile c!hain of thou'tght in
the old wvoman's mind, and forbore askinlg her further
questions.  Thle most lie cared about was that lhe should
not be held res3ponsible for tthe girl's concealment l     and lihe
accepted thle position of ignorance, -  wvillitlg ignorance,
if you choose, -- leaving the task of baffling inquiry to
the one who had been willing to do it withl her own body
b)ared to the lash.
"Well, Sylvia," he said, after a pause, " lhow (lid you
stand it? You \were never whipped before -twere you? "
"'Twas mighlty lbad, Mas'r IBechanm.  Never had a
blow'fore, only little switchin' from Aunty Phillis when I
was child.'Pears like I couldn't bear it no w\ay. Allty
she look at me so, I's clare scared of dent eyes.  So I
set my teef hard, and jest let de water run dtown my
cheeks, till tdey got tru beat'n'."
Pshaw,," said Phillis; "you scry out like spig when
ste dog bite lhe sleg.  You bloller like ol' Scip wvhen stey
pull lie sfad toof."
BIeachamp said good hltumoredly,
"Ah, but Phillis, she's young and tender; uot u-sed
to it.  You are tough and plucky, -- old Afriica unadulterated."
Sylviat replied that autty "' hollered " too, and swore
besides.
No, chile," said Aunt Phillis, " no sweart; only say
ste Bible  words.  Phillis swear like spr-eacher swear."
Beauchamp laughed wvlen ihe thoughlt what an armory
she lhad to draw ftrom, if she rememberdc the curses pronotnced in Scripture upon evil-doerw.
they talked tlhen about the chance of getting the rascals puntished;  and here Phillis was quite befogged.  All
that Beauchamp could say failed to show vher whly the
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and gagged; that fact she considered settled.  Sorneboldy
(so site reasoned) had done thte wickedness.'Tihen sontebodt? must be punishled   If the fPlceeisters didn't do it,
who (lid? Let them slhow wlo  did i  The " l)recsumllnption
of innocence " and the "I burdlen of proof " were subtiltics
too refined for lher.  If two drunken men could come
and beat two women, black or wh\itc, at midday, and(
nothing  could be done to them for it, Phillis thouight the
"king-pin " of the universe  was knocked out, and tthe
whole load would fall between the -wheels.  TIf tile Lord
didn't avenge, as lhe said lhe would, there wasn't any
Lord.  If the devil didn't have them, then that creature
was a supcerluity, andd  hould be atolished; and if law
on earth didn't take notice of black as well ats,whlite, then
the law was not according to the gospel, which was no
respecter of persons.  This summary of etthics, accordilg to tihe view\ of Phillis (lying on her scarified back),
gave our fiiend Bleauchamp something to reflect upon.
lIe saw tlhat Phillis went dee)er thlan the conm-mentators;
anld lie wonderc(d, if they had ther shoulders,,jwhether they
wouldn't agree with her.  Phillis had gone through this
slowly, in detached bits of sentences, as one etches in a
pictture, and had exl rssed her thotght by a number of
symnbols and parables.  One of the figures she used wlas
so h1omely, just, and comic at the same time, that lie
laughed aloud, thouglh not unkindly.
"Ste ILord like ol' turkey-hen.  Ste hen call all ste
tired little chicks, an' stey come wten she ctluck.  Stey
all come - black, white, an' speckle.  All run in stc
oop;l)  an' ste hen shte rise up, ant' she cover all ste chicks
wid her fedders anr' wings.  Ste law say,' Go away,
black chick i clar out, speckle chlick! I don' want  yer;'
an' dat ol' henLi she let ste fox catch un, an'l ste rat bito
utIn.,St e  la. o01 fool hen."




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By noon tile rain had ceased, and Mrs. Russell returned
home in company with her brother.  Beauchalnp met,
thelt   at the stile, and accomptanied them into thle thouse.
JI   slitit tlte (loor1s of tlhe sitting-room, and thlen related
whlat hle had seen anrt   heard.  Mrs.  Ilucll was cotmpletely overcome w\itl trouble follolwing trlouble.  As kfor
uncle Ralph, we couldt t  ot do the least justice to the
vehemence of his anger;   but when the first tempest had
passed, and the matter was coolly considered, lie was
obliged to admit t-hat nothing could be done to bring trhe
vilhillns to justice, unless thley imprudently furnishled evidence3 against themselves.  Hle said, lhowevcr, that the
gener}al fi eling' against them was so strong, if thtis new
outrage were known, there Nwould be no difficulty in getting a btand of " reg'ulators " to drive themn- out of tthe
state.  -le tried to cheer up his sister, tand said that tlhelse
trials were tihe taplointed means of humbling lher p)ide.
This piece of irony was well understood, for Mlrs. tRussell
was one of the nceekest and least pretentious of hler sex.
IHe told her that, as she would now have a hospital for a
few dayls, she would need help, and le would send a mtnan
anid woman to assist in houselhold aftitis.
Beauchamp talked with his uncle aside about t he question of Sally's place of concealment, an(l said hie supposed
now that the negro women were so disabled, if' a sharp
watch was k1ept night and (day, tlhey might be able to track
either of' the  whentt    she should g-o to carry Sally's food.
" I lhad a pea-hen," said auncle Ralph, " and in the
early summe r I knew she \was setting.  She would stray
away from the yard, and if she saw any one watchinglf her,
she would stop) and scratch, and look abtout vith1 tan iiidifibrent air, as if to say,' It's a fine day; good scratclhing htereabouts; just taking a little exercise.  Per)haps
you thouo'l.ght I was going into the wheat-field, and that I




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have a nest there;  but., bless your soul, I haven't any
nest there.'  You tmight Nwait as lont' as you chose, yout
woullln't see lwhich way she vent; and lbefore you \were,
aware, sJite was off;  In due timne sle ladt a, young brood
following her aboutit the yard.  I doln't watch l)ea-llents
anly more. — By the by, nephew," he continuedl,' old
tlack is so much better of his lameness, I reckon lie cat)
bring up the boy and girl I'm going to send you.  You'll
needI to be careftil of him, but he'll answer to do part of
the work now."
" Thalnk you, uncle.  You are very thouglhtful.  But
speaking of MAlack reminds me of Scipio.  I don't know
that I'm sorry lie got off, for he is oll alnd in fear, no
doubt.  But how do yot suppose lie got his free pa
p)ers?"' Yozt told how he put the seal on, - a good joke, --
but  I don't know who could have made them out.  Perhaps some one, who just knew how to write, copied tle,
form from an ld o  onc."
If you. wouldn't get mad, I should say that I didn't
klnow  a~ny ole0 who could write thoe papers that had ta
better chlance to do it than you."
" Me! nonsense! I  forge firee papers for an old nigger I'"  His eyes twinkled queerly, with lights varying
between sternness and merriment, anld then, withlout
further wvords, hse walked out to the stile whistling, and
rode off.
AMr. H[oward came out of town late in the afternloon,
and reported everything quiet.  None of the Fleemister
gang had been see, nor hlad Mr. Wyndham been in town.
Not a lisp of the trouble at Beech Knoll.  But lie had
other implortant news.  lie was told by Squire ltamnilton
that Aliss Shelburine had been sent for by her tuncle, and
was going to start. for home the next morning.  She was




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to go it the squire's carriarge to a town about twenty
miles distant, where shie woulti  take the stage.  But
HToward's principal attenition was given to a rifle lhe bhad
borrowed and brlought out, intenldilg to practise shooting
at a marlk.  Ite aslked Beauchlamp to  get him  srlome
ammunition, that lhe might try his hand.     Not tolnight,"'
said Beaucham)p;;  it's getting dark."  HIoward acquiesced, not willing to ptslh  tihe matter, btut wondered
what had so sutddenlly cast a cloud over his frietd. Bleaul.champ -walked apart, and wtas8 silent.
Next morning 1Mr. itoward was u)p betimes, and wa
experimenting with his rifle.  IHe asked Beauchamp to
try a shot, but the latter said he didn't feel like shooting,
couldn't hit t he broad side of the stable; and asked to be
excuised util hle could go on an errand in town.  So
Howard p)ractised by himself for a while, but his fingers
were so benumbed ithat lhe hit wide of the mark.  13eauchamp saddled his b)est horse, andl rode off down the lane.
The mud had friozen just enoutgh to make the surface
yielditng and the travelling easy.  Hle passed along the
street, and soon saw the looked-for carriage as it was
statrting out.  ThIero  were two persons in the carrlage —
Aliss Shelburne and her uncle -  besides the driver.  As
they approached, Beauchanmp raised his hat, and halted,
atnd at a word fron MAiss Shelburne the driver stopped
thle horses.  Beauclhamp bade the squire good morninlg,
and then said to tle young lady, " So you are going to
leave us, and sooner than you expected?"
"Yes," she answeredt; " uncle Shelburne has sent for
-me, atnd hli message was so urgent I concluded to start
at once.  I)on't you ever visit our cournty?  \We shall
be very gladt to see you there, -  and any of uncle John's
friends," she added, with a side look at tihe large figure
beside hier.




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" Well, puss, we must be going," raid the squire.
" We shall see you next -Mionday, Atr. Russell.  It's
court  day, you know.  I comlte back to-norrow.  Good
by."
CGood by," said MAiss Shehlburne, with  t cordial emphasis  and the carriage drove offt
Beauchamp could not utter a word i\ rep ly.  Ic was
likle one fitlten into a strange world, -- knowing lt v1where.
HIe was dizzy; his horse  walked towards the Court liHose
without the rider's guiding  him.  Ito could not hlave
wvishled to hear a good-by said in -a, kinder tone; tih
trolblc was, the words could not be made to convey a
pleasant mleaning.  But why htad her uncle cut sshort the
interview? and why had lhe dropped his familiar Clhristianll
name, iand called hlim, his friend and pupil, " Mr. Rtussell "?
The reader wvill }}ave seen before thi.s that our hero was
anl impaticnt youth, much swayed by iml)ulse, and too
easily elated or depressed. Something is to be overlooked
in the case of the only son of a widow.
Recovering his self-possession in a measure, le rode to
the Court l0toulse, thouglh more friom habit than from any
purpose.  In fact, the only business lhe lhad to do thattt
morninig was completed when tite carriage drove away.
In the clerk's office lie saw Mr. VWyndhllam talking with
the deputy sheriff:  The converlsation sto)pted whel lie
came in.  The shcrift  who was a frieond of Beauchamp,
advanced and spoke to him pleasantly.  itr. Wrndham
remained fixed and unbendtt ing, regarding him with not
ve)ry friendly glances. Beauchamnp, who was not deficient
in tact, withtdrew and mounted his horse.  Ite was in a
restless ]ultlmor, and wtould have stol)pe(l somewhere, but
no place presented itself to his mind.  Most of Il   s associates wvere away in various )arts of thec county, cng'aged
in Christmas dinners aIldl parties.  Ile was reinindcd that




RILEA  PAil CIY7WC.'267
he had not kept a partial engagement for tile day before,
andt that he was exp)ected to di!ne that (lday at a house
about five miles  distant.  The outrage comimitted on his
servants had drivenl the matter out of  his mind, and today he was tabsorbed in one thought. Hle would'try to
remember to senod an apolog'y.  The result vas, tthat lhe
rode along the street aim.,lessly, found the town empty,
and his wvorld also, and was soon on the w\ay home, simply
because that was the natural thing to do when he, could
not imake up his mxind to anything.  lIe wondered if any
one else wvas ever so idiotic.
After putting up his horse, he called to IHoward, who
wals reading, and proposed to try a few rifle shots. iHoward assented, and they went out into the yard. Thety first
put up a narrow shlingle on the trunk of a beeclh  tree
sonmething over fifty yards distantt.  VcWhen Itoward raised
hbis rifle and was taking sight, Beauchaml p called to him
to stop.
" Not that way I " lie said.  "' No human muscles can
hold a gun o'n the nmark.  You must recognize the fact
that the barrel, is heavy, and you must fire while you aro
raising it.  Observe, I cock( it, anld set tile trigger, andf
thllen I ook at tile mark,  while the gun is held so as to be
in a line witht it, but at rest. Then I raise the barrel thus,
deliberately, keeping it in linet  and at the same time my
eye look;s along th}e )(barrel to the farther sight; and on
the instant that sight covers thle mark it will be level w\vitlh
the hind sight, and in a wink I )pull trigger.  The shot
is made on the risc.  Try to put up the gun on the mark
and 1old it, and your arms will tremble'with the vweight,
or withl your breathing, or your excitement, so as to inak-e
the entl of tile gunl move from  side to sirtde, and you'll
not hit anything. There, now try it.  Steady I steaily I
shoot on the rise:; just as tle sights in range cover the




268             LORD  OF' IIL/SFLH:
mark.  Good I That was a plumper.  In the miiddle of
the shingle, by Gemini I That's the way to shoot, -- off
hand.  Firing at a rmarkl from a rest amrotunts to nothingl.
You never get a rest for your gun -when you aeed to
shoot.  The deer won't wait for you to rest your giun
against a tree. You must blaze away as you raise it, aiming a trifle before hilm.  And if you were to defend yourself from anl enemlly with a rifle, no chance for t rest then,
eitherl. Wait to get a good aim, and you'e'rpluggted. The
matter of a second becomes one of life and death."
Thley fired several times. IBeauchamp grew more interested and excited, and displayed the inerve and skill for
whlich lhe was fiamous.  [oward tookl the instruction naturally. He wvas a man of considerable muscular )owcrt and
steadiness, and his performances wtere highly credittable.
They wenlt into the house, and, in tile interval before
dinner, IBeauchamp began to comment on his fr'iend's
}abitual equtanimity.
"One would think you never had a trouble,"  he said.
"You say the right word, and you do the right thing,
though you're generally pretty cool about it. I arm either
up or down, and I'mt afraid I lead my ftiends a precious
dance, if they care anything about my humors.  One
thing is sure -- I never saw you change color in presence
of a lady, nor show the least excitement about a beauty
or an heiress,  HIow do you do it?  You have hinted
about the' young vwomran,' as you call her, away in 3Massachusetts, butt that is a good way off; -— and  ow constanIt you are t "
t Wait till evrening," said HToward.  "These tthigs
won't bear daylight, The secret life of almost any man
would lhave a sort of interest, if we could read it. Every
man is a walkling riddle, known to few, and to himself
least of all.  As I think of myself and nmy life, I seem a




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8itm)le object enough;  transp)arent   as a fish friom  the
Mtammnoth Cave; not a particle of mystery   about me;. no
secret closet and no skeleton in it.  There's a bull fo)r
you.. Butt if anythingt of minoe interests you, you shall
have it at a suitable time.  After supper,  wlhen the rooml
is cheerfulti with can(dles and a ru(ddy fire, while thie sparks
are playing' hlide-and-seek in the soot thickets at the backt
of the chimnley, and two people, just two, are sitting down
witht ta comn-fortable punch betwcee  them, and eaclh leisurely blowing smoke, then is the time when heart inclines
to iheart, and they can talk sentiment in the spirit of it,
and mention tender and holy things without fear of ridicule.  Enough now, foir the new servant is comintg to set
the table."
Eveninig  came, and after the table was cleared the
hearth wvas swept up. Those who sit in modern drawing'roonms, by the hot-air registcr, the
" lack pitfall in the floor,"
require some effort to bring to mind thle ample fireplace
of the days gone by -  the brick anld stone supports and
arch, the broad flat stonres of the hearth, and the mass of
coals that glowed untder thle burning wood, and seemed to
fall forward to throw their genial warmth into the room.
Between the feet of the andirons, and on each side-, was
ranged a row of apples that mig-ht have tempted Atalanta,
-- gorgeousl pippins, gay  " Prior lieds," anld dark  Lomanites -- tapp)les which steem  to lhave disappeared from
nurserymen's lists, and which (for a mat   of fifty) the
new  varieties (lo not replace.  These were  s)uttering,
rocking  withl the hteat, as thouttgl sufibring the first throes
of martyrdomn, blowing off steam, blistering, sinking down
shapeless, while the rare summer juices were leaking out
upon the hot stones, and filling the air with a homely, in



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imitablte perfumle.  Soon the roasted p)ulp was transferred
to an old china 0bowl, the proper ingredients added, and
the delicate nectar called " lamb's-wool " Nwas ready.
Pipes twere onl the little stand between the friends --
new cot) pipes with reed stems, and presently the  unmixed tobacco was lighted.  C" Odious I " I hear some
female reader exclaim.  Bltt, trust us, ladies, to give a
tired or troubled man tflat serenity and amiableness yotu
so much vtalue, there are few things so effectual as a few
puffs of smoke. It was in a Iwell-perfumt ed room that the
poet wrote the lines that every smoker treasurets  -
"' And, as her incense floats and curls
InI airy spires and wayward whiris,
Or poises on its tremulttous stalk
A flower of friailest reverie,
So Nwinds and loiters, idly free,
The cturret of utguided talk,
Noew laughter-rippled, and now caught
In smlooth, dark pools of deeper thouglt."
Mrs. Russell looked on benignantly, and took a smlalt
ladleftil of thte nectar.  1She was not often demonstrative,
as we have seen, but she bstopped before retiring to her
room, and inh ler unrestrained, 1mothterly way gave her sonl
a kiss on his forehead, and expressed her joy and comfort in his having a faithftil friend inl troublous times, and
hoped their hearts would grow together like tlhe hearts
of David anid Jonathan.  tHoward somehow  foundl his
eyes wet, and IBeauchamp rose up, towering above hlis
little mother," and then benlt forward and  threw his
arms )about her.  Ile did not speak.  Thle tenderest feelings are generally unspoken.  AIrs. Russell left thte room
with a velvet-slippered step, and there was a long pause,
(luring which the lipes were neglected, and the fine, shrill
whistle fiom  the log of water-oak on the andirons was
heard piercing the silence.




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What a blessed mother you have,  eantchltmp! " at
length said Jioward.  " Our mothers are the source of
what is purfest and best in us, and I can't think of any
relation so tender, even in the great hereafter."
" Your mother is still living, I believe," said ]Beauchatmlp.
" Yes, and in good healthl.  My recollections of her
are bound iup with my past life, and will last as long as I
feel or think. She is taller than your mother, rather cornman(ling in figure, firm in intellect, strict in doctrine, butt
with a pervading love and an active charity that otlttrun
her creed."
They smoked in silence a few minutes, and then Ioward continued: —
" My early life was passed in poverty. We were above
want, but that wans all  I don't remember when I learned
to read.  I am told I began as soon as I could talkl. lMy
early studies vwere the catechlism and Sclripture lessons.
I could repeat to you' effectual calling' nlow, I believe.
lBut I managed to browse a little in forbidden pastures.
ITthe Scottish Chiefs,' and a few similart works, whichl
were loanted to me by a maiden aunt, inducted mtie into the,
Aworld of fiction.  When I was eight years o01d, a gruffl
and snulfly Scotch doctor, whose iheart was as tender as
his exterior was rozrugh, lent me a copy of Adam's Latin
Grammar, and with him I went through the rutliments.
Schools in olur town were kept only half the year;  and
even now I ache to think how poor they were, andl  I don't
know that they are much better yet.  HIowever, I Awas
grounded in the three It's, and so got a foundation thleat
was serviceable. I won't go over particulars. lMy opporttunities were few, anjd never of the best.  Sometimes a
poor sttident Nwould come out from the nearest college and
teact, a High School f)1r three months;  then for -a year I




272             LORD  OF IIfEIVI:IKF
would have no clhance to pursue my studits.  All the
time I did my share of manual labor with my father, and
hard labor it was, tand there see-medr to lbe no wvay out of
it.  I didn't mind the labor, but I had an overpo)0wering
d(esire for learning, and I would have gone through lirO
for it.  Years wore away, and at clngth I was about to
see mly desires gratified.  A relative offered to lend me
1money to educate me, on condition that I slhould agree to
study for the ministry.  This I promised sincerely anrtd
chceerfully.  I had not a thought of doubt, and I believed
that as a clergymlan I should find employment fi)r my
itungering and thirsting faculties, and fill a position of
honor and usefulness.   I had but a meagre allowance, and
was reduced to shifts to keep up a decent appearance that
would make you smile.  I was admitted with the freshman class in college, -- barely admitted, for I had been
fitted in a short time, and had far frol-  a thorough training. In a year I worked my way up among the first half
dozen, and that year was the only period of regular study
under competent instruction I have ever!had in my life.
I left college.  You wonder at it.  But consider.  The
pledge I had gilveln secretly galled me. I hlad no doubts,
as I said, but I saw that all free minds were in a state of
motion, and I shuddered to tlfink of tle fate of a man
condemned to preach what he did not believe with all his
heart.  I must be free, - free as air.  To read, examine,
weigh, and judlge seemed the noblest preroogatives of
m1ind.  Those prerog(atives I had renounced.  I had at the
outl-set given my adherence to a system; and that accounted for everything, settled everIything, excluded farther
inquiry, <and left my soul imprisoned.  It did not lmatter
what the systent was; it mighlt be true, but the bondt
became hateful.  I loathed it, loathed myself for mtaking
it.  Yet I had never called in question a single doctrilne




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of the church, and should have taken offence at any one
who had told me that my disquiet was due to lurking
unbelief. I left my class, gave up my collegiate prospects,
my pleasant Cassociations, wvent to my relative and told himn
my resolve.  I did not ask him to change the condition.
I knew that vwas hopeless.  I drifted out west, crossed tle
mountains, and finally settled here."
"A hard fortune for one whlo wanted to bo a scholar,'"
said Beauchamp. " Don't yot think there will be a way to
mlake up your classics and philoso)hy in the Beyond? I do.
You will take up your studies and follow them in better
company and freer air.  But you have passed over one
subject.  You haven't mentioned the' young woman.' 
"M[ly friend, I can't make a very romantic story out
of that.  But while teachling, as I always did in vacations, I fell in with a young lady.  Slhe is not an heiress,
nor such a beauty as strikes you blind and dumb.  She
is a plain little brown bird, but with the sweetest note in
the wvorld.  Her soul illumines her face, and I never
thilnk whether she is beautiful or not.  A fine, wise,
delicate-minded, cultivated woman;   far better read than
I a~m, and wvith such a quick natural perception, that you
think she takes an idea without words, simply by intuition.
Itere I have stayed anlfd worked, and studied and saved,
end all that I may go back some d(ay with matured faculties, and, I hope, able to bear my part in the world, only
for her sake."
"What a rare YWnkeo  you are I regular as a mantel
clock, ticking away unlder a glass case.  How I should
like to see that little brown bird I You mustn't let her
mope too long If"
"As you say'you wonder at my equable ways, I suppose it is by contrast, and that you have some cause of
disturbance.  You hlave appeared rmoody and restless of
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274              LORD  OF' HIilIZS'Z.
late, thougtl    I admit you stuck to reading; and I sincerely
say, I never saw a Iman of your years, and (pardonl me)
your habits, who accomplished so mutch."
"M My time has run to waste, pretty much.  I don't
know that I ever earned a dollar before you came here,
for I never felt the need of one.  MIy flather and mother
imeanlt I should hlave a good training, and they gave me
all the advantages our state affords.  Butt I have always
been fond of active sports and out-door life, and the
whtistle of at quail or the bark of a fox used to have more
charmns for ime than the metres of ]boracc, or even tlhe
music of tile spheres.  I got throtlugh college somehow.
I have a store of pleasant thoughts about books, but little
thorough knowledge of them.  You know the sand story
of our family.  I saw no way to retrieve. our fortunes
but by success iin a professioin.  That is my only motivo
for study, and it spurs me onl day and niglht.  I am afraid,
if we had our old estate as it was, I slhould be as careless
and pleasulre-loving as my fattler and uncles.  Perhaps
though, now, the habit of study begun by necessity, will
in time becornme a second nature, and I may grow into a
scholar in spite of myself."
"Are you quite sure that the motive you nmention is
the only one?  [has it never occurred to you that your
estate and your fiture p)osition in the country will aid
you ill solen other wa\y? "
" I see.  Rein ac tel etigisti.  You hlave hit it.  I httve
another motive, )but connected with the first -.. though
perhaps not subordinate to it.  I have seen a lady for
whose sake I would like to be learn(ed, rich, influential, tand
all that, if I thought those things would make mle worthy
of her — would enable me to address her l   an equal.l"
" And the lady is Aiss Shelburne.  I thoght as much.
And she, does she know?.  Does she favor?"




RIlEl TR' OSPI~'C7YIOINS.          275
" You ask tme too much.  The matter is somewhat in
tile dim future.  I h]ave a great deal to do yet.  But,
Itoward, comle now, let us drop this a while.  It is not a
case yet like your plain little bird.  Some time I will say
more.)
Tihere ca3me a, time when, if the young manl had l)een a,
little more friank on this occasion, his ftield might hlave
saved him   a great deal of pain.
Thie conversation took various turns, and the evening'
spted.  The great logs burned through, land the chunks
fell over on opposite sides, scattering snowy flakes around.
The pipes were out, the lamb's-wool thad become cool, and
tlhe candles bore great black plumes in tlhe midst of their
blaze.
The fire x*as raked up, and the friends went to bed.




2176            LORD  OI' tIZISELF.
CJtAPTER XX.
A SKIRMISI AN) A SURPRISE.
IT was Saturday, and at the end of Christmas week.
Three days had been filled with delight, especially
thlat Tuesday, brighltest of all Tuesdays, when our hero
had gone in company with his beloved on the never-tobe-forgotten ride to iMr. Pierrepont's.  The events of the
last two days hlad depressed his spirits, and he thoutght
uow of the court to be held the following MTonday, of the
inevitable decree against -Milly's children, and of the salo
soon to follow.  These " cominlg events cast tlheir shadows
before," and gave him a vague uneasiness, and at the
same time deepened his sense of personal insecurity.
]3nt, if such toughllts oppressed him, lie was like a young
pin:e tree, and reared his ihead anew to the sunlight wthen
the storm had passed by.  Ile determined to be cheerful,
and to avoid dwelling upon callamities that lie coutld not
avert.  After breakfast, lhe proposed to HIoward that they
should ride out to see Will Davis in tle middle of the
day.  HIoward, who was greatly elated with his  uccess
inl rifle-shootilng, advised deferring tlhe excursion until after
dinner,,Iand proposed to practise for a while.  It was a
novelty to hiim, anid hic reminded his f'iend that Inext'lTuesday they wou(l lhave to turn the wheel that moved
the school maclhinery.
"Yoeu are right in your figure," said I3eauchamp.
"A  schoollaster is more like a mill-horse than any




A  SKZIM'ISH  A/lXD) A  SUtrI'ARIS E.  277
creature else, treading in a circle, and moving' unwilling
machines by main force.  This tugging in an endless
round, shut out froom  the active world, makes one old
before his time.  You will always see a mill-horse galled
and spavined, and generally blind besides.  B3ut we doni't
put onl the harness till next Tuesday.  Mieanwhlile, let us
be colts, anid lkick up our heels.  I'll shoot with you, ort do
anything in this blessed world."'It's a perfectly beautifulf day;' said IHoward   " like
one of the fine days in antumn.  AW-inter and age havo
their chlarms, and nature teachIes us to take kindly to
both.  See the blue haze over the vwoods, and notice
how thle yellow light lies on the brown meadow! I  fhere
is color, and beauty too, if it is sober."
They went out into the yard, and enjoyed the fresh
air and genial  light.  Phillis had crawled out of bed, an-d
was sitting sunnin;g herself by the kitchlen door.  IHer
eyes blinked, as if she were an ancient brown owl.  Sylvira
was moping about ine disarray, too much cast down to
prink for the eyes of lcir expected lover.  T'he hlorss had
been turned out into the meadow, alnd were gambolling
and rolling over on the dry grass.  The younger dogs
had gone to a neighlboring hill, and their shlort, joyful
howls showed they were doing a little hunting on their
own ac count; while the grave Plutarch andt Seneca were
stretched in the sun over by the clump of lilacs, and had
their lazy fill of the comlnmon bounty.  Barnl-yard fowls
shook themselves, stretched out a wing with a leg under
it, and scrtatched about idly, -wondering if the warmth wa s
really spring, and meditating about the store of eggs
exipected from themn by Easter.
The rifles were brougiht out, and a store of ammunition
placed in a chair at the end of the veranda.  A  new
shiingle was nailed up to the trunk of the tree, and on it




278              LORD  OI,' HIZhlJSELF:
]3eaichtxmp had tacked a piece of black cloth, thle size of
a dollar. " Now, old Massachusetts,"' he exclaimed gayly,
n' no more stable.door shooting I  You must cut tlhat cloth
every time'."
Thliey fired in turn, " old MSassachusetts " doing pretty
fairly.  Then B3eauchamp took his rifle, and put ten suc.
ccssive shots into the cloth.  " There," said lhe, " that
will do.  I must wipe out the t)arrel."
lie wound a wisp of tow on his ramrod, and cleaned
the barrel and loaded it, and then with a pin cleared out
the nipl)lc, and put onl a cap.  ioward was not satisfied.
lie was beaten too far altogether.  So he cleaned his
goun in like manner, and fired a few times.  As he stood
ready to fire again, lie was facing the north-east, just out
of ranlge with the sun, and there was a mass of thlick
willow bushes in the ravine near the spring, just beyond
the tree lie was\ shooting at.  Ait'rs. Russell preferred they
should have their sportt on that side of the house, rather
than on the southernl exposure, where the family lived,
and where thle  servants were  likely to be  passing.
Suddenly Plutarch started tup, looked towards the willows,
and gave a growl.  Beauchamp instinctively grasped ]his
rifle, and stood eagerly looking at the spot.  Howard, not
heeding thel dog, was about to fire, when the willows parted
and figures appeared in clay-colored suits, shapeless hats
(except onte with a large raccoon skin cap) and all
with  lank, straggling hair about their lean and dingy
faces.  It was but a glance that lie hlad, but the picture
in the whole, and iln detail, lie nevser forgot.  The next
instant thlere was a sharp crack of a rifle, and lIoward
felt a shlock.   is own rifle was inl the air, but his arms
fell,  lie vwas stunned.  lie thouglht lie was shot in the
head.  The willows were thrust aside, and three menl
came out; there might be more, but three were  clearly




A VSKIRM/SIIJ ArND A SURPRI~SE.   279
seen.  The two dogs btarked furiously.  Beauchamp saw
the wvell-known raccoon-skin cap of Tom  Fleemister,
and saw that hle or his brother had just fircd the shot
at Itoward.  Ife raise(l his gun, and fired at the man
wvith the cap, vwho fell dead, as thougtl by a stroke of
lightning.  Beauchamp turned to load for his life, for
two men were atvancing, anld one seemed realdy to fire.
i[owvard was confused and unready, and bloodt flowed
down his face uponl his bosom.  W\ith a bound fiom tlhe
veranda, a main rushed upon the scene, took Howard's
gunti fiom hlimn, raised it, and fired, atd a second assailanlt
fell. It vas Rtlp)lt Beauclhamp who hadl comte. But, quick
as the action was, it was a second too late.  Two rifles
were discharged simultaneoussly from opposite sides, and
vwhen the second man, fell back among tlhe willows, Beauchamp, at the samcte moment, was stretched senseless upoln
the grass, with his rifle in his hands.  A smoall red spot
on1 the upper prominence of his forehead showed where
thie ball h.ad struck.
During this dreadfil scene, which thus far lhad not
occupiced thirty seconds, there was not a tword spoken.
But now two horsemen came at a furious gallop up the
lane, waving their hands and shouting with fury.  They
dismounted and rushed into the yard, calling out, " Don't
shoot I "' Stop firing I"  " I command you in thle name
of the law I"   It was AMr. Wyndham  and the deputy
sheriff.
"Yes,' don't shoot,' you murdering villains I " said
uncle Ra(ph, with a tremendous oath, whiloe Weho tears ratn
down his face and his rifle trembled in his hands.  " You
send your hounds on before you to 1kill my boy, and now
it's' dont shoot I'  Confound your miserable souls, that
vyoung man's life is worth more than all of yours - yours,
\Williamn Wyndham, thrown in."  Uncle Ralph groaned




280              LORD  OF IIIlJSlLF.
and wept altoud, and bent over the body.  There was a
slight flutter of the pulse, a slow and rather stertorous
breathing as in sleep, but intelligence had fled.  " And,
O God,(" he continued, " my poor sister I This is too
muchl."  eli  sat down on tld ground, put his face between his hands, and sobbed like a chlild.  Mr. Wyndhlaam
mumlbledn some unconnectc d Nwords, saying, in substance,
that the shooting wvas without his order or his knowledge,
and certainly against his wis ihcs; that the had a warrant
to search the premises, whichl the sheriff was going to
excsutc; that the party on foot came across lots becauso
it was nearer, so as to arrive at the sa:me time, if their
help was needed.  Besides, it wasn't certain that the
Flceemisters were not attacked first.  Else, how weore
-[Mr. Russell and Mr. Howard out thcero vith rifles and
a chair fult of ft1ammunittion?  Mr. I:oward had recovcrlc1 his senses, and stepped forward, covered with bloo100
as lhe was, and said, in such words as lie could articulato
in his distress, thlat he and his friend were shooting at a
mnark.  " AVell," said Mr-1. Wyndham, " let's see what
luck you had -— ow many nmarks you've hit; " and ho
walked away scowling, towards the edge of thle ravine.
The sheriff was in a fluttter of excitement, and was as
much horrified at the shooting0 of B]eatlchamtlp as even hlis
more intimate fiiend and his uncle.:ie looked at Mr.
iHoward, and, wiping off the b1ood0(1  ith his handkerchief,
scaw that the ball had ploughed the flesh just at the angle
of tile jIaw, uadnld taken off the lower tip of his car.
"Not dangerous," lie said, " thoughi painfulf.  It was
neal' enough.  I shtouldn't care to take the chance."
AMr. Wyndlham's inquiry about his followers showed
that Jack Fleemister, wtho hlad that morning exchanged
his hat for his brother's fatal cap, was stone dead, shot
throught thle temples; that Van HEolm, who was in the




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rear, and unarmed, was shot throughl thie right side, and
Itoughton wounded in thle fltcsy part of the arim by the
samne bullet.  Tom Flcceeister was unlhurt.
Mr. \Vynldhlam returned, and asked the sheriff to proceedt \Nith his search.  By this time Mrs. Russell had
seeYn the inanimate body of her son, and the small dead(ly
rivtlet trickling frtom his forehlad, and she fortunately
swooned and became unconscious.  Phillis was groaning
and howling like a lioness whlose cub had been torn fronher,  and Sylvia and the two servants fiom Mi-aple Grove
joined in the doleful chorus.  Bleauchai) was a man
whom everybody, black antd white, naturally loved.  It
would be vain to attempt to paint the mingled grief, liorror, and rage which HIoward hilt, or to lescribe the cries
anid implrecations around the prostrate body.
Uncle Ralph finally ceased his curses; they were
drowned in his sorrow;  andl he }moaned like David over
Absalom.  " Would to God I had died for thee, Bleauchamp! B3eaucltanp, my boy, my boy I "
The sheriff, greatly affected, renonstrated with MIr.
W\ryntldhamn  against making any searcth at sutcl a timttl
but lie said that they had gone, so far lie was going to
have it througlh wAitl; he couldn't afford to have two
rows when one would answer;  and if the seriff' wouldn't
do his duty, he w\ould make the search himself.  Me5canwhile HIoward, whfo had had his jaw  tied up Nwith ta
handkerchief, told the negro man to catch a hlorse and
to ride to town quick for a doctor, anid got the women to
helt) him carry Mrs. Russell in and lay her on tlher bed.
Sylvia was directed to stay and rub her temples, to
fian her, alnd wait for her coming to herself.  Ile then
broulght a nmattress from Beauchamp's room, and covered
it with bed-spreads and a sheet, and with the aid of the
uberifl and uncle Ralph, carried in and laid down tthe still




282,        LORD) 01"' D) HIM'WL'JP.t
breathing' but senseless form of Beauchamp, placing his
bhead on tthe pillow in a natural position.  l toward reainaied by the bed, alone in his great and inconsolable
grief
Mr. Wyndham  in the mean time had disposed of his
forces. JIe blandaged Houglhton's arm, and sent him over
to Van i[1olm's house to get assistance to carry ]ionme the
wotunded man, and a team to bear axvway the dead body
of Jack FIleemistcr.  Ile left Van tfoim  lying' on hris
back breathing hard, and telling him lhe w\ould soon be
catred fotr and sent home, hie motioned to Tom Fleemister
to fbllow him.  They approached the house, )but found
uncle Ralph standing in the porch with his rifle in hand,
and looking uncommonly dangerous.
"Stop I   he cried out, his finger feeling for the
trigge'r.  " What are you going' to do? "
iI am going to get my property, my nigger Sally,
who's ltid ill this hlouse."
"' What's your authority? "
H:ere the sheriff interposed(, thinking' that blood enough
had been shled, and spoke gently to Mr. Beauchamp.
"The warrant's regular, granted by tthe court, and I
advise you as a fiiend not to stand in the way. I should
be boun(d to p)revent you, and you kntow I don't want to
do it."
" But to come and kill peoptle, and, when the whole
house is in such distress, to fetch out a dirty warrant to
look for a runat ay nigger I "
ATr. W'ryndlham merely grunted, and smiled contempltuously.  The sheriff said it was a matter of taste.  If
Mr. Wyndharm thought it was a suitable timne to do stich
a thing, that wats for himi to consider.  Fo2r himself, he
Nwould see -fMr. WVyndham, and the judge, and the wlhole
county besles, soomewhere else, before he would go rip.




A  S'KIRAZMIS;f it ArI) A  SURP'RJISEt.      283
ping Ul).a houseo, with a 5dyingl  man in the parlor, and a
fainting wotnanil uip stairs.  Ito washed his hands of it,
and if lc lost his office for it lce didn't care.
" Anything about Fleemiister in that wtarrantt? " asked
Atr. Bieauclltamp.
" Not a word,' said  the sheriff.      If tile girl belongs
to 3Br. AvrWyndham, he might be safe in going in, though I
wVouldn't say.  Pleemister has nothing to do about it.
The warranlt was for me to serve."
Fleemister stood a little in the rear, looking like an illconditioned, tawny fiend.
" Well, )tMr. Wy)'ndham,'l said Mr. Beauchtamp, "' if you
insist on going throughl the hIouse, and haven't done enough
evil to-day, you can go,  tiut if you, Ton Fleemister, set
your foot on the threshold, I'll put a bullet through your
head." 1e I 0lookled as if lhe would do it.
"You can go back,  leCemister,"' said Mr. Wyndham,
"anl stay by Van Iolom.  Perhaps he'd like a drink."
Pleemister turned to obey, when uncle Ralphl, by mway
of puarting, asked, " tow  happened it that Jack was
killed instead of you?  I knows, you treacherous brute i "
lie said. " You changed hats i You knew tlhatt old coonskinl }head-piece would catcht ]Btauchanlp's eye.  You got
Jack to wcear it, and the wrong man has 1been1 slhot.
H[owever, IMr.'Wyndlihali,"  e continued, " if you htave
two rattlesnakes to knock on the hiead, it doesn't matter
muclh which you go at first.  Tonl's time will comte. -
After you, r sir{" -.. as Mr. Wyndhal m  came  into  the
doorway. — " You have lti warrant.  liut with your permission I shlall go through the hbouse witll you.  There
isn't much to see inr the rooms, -- not so 1tmuchi as there
was before they were stripped to furnishl yours."
A bitterer exp)ression was ncvcr given to words; and
the stern), hawrd lines of Mr. Beauchamp's face, now  that




284              LORD  OF IIZJISE:LIK,
tile tears were dried( from his reddened eyes, and his pOnt.
up wrath seetmed striving for utterance, made a most
forbidding  >)icture.  AMr. Wyndtnam was not in the least
cowardly, but lie did not think it vwise to irritate this
fierce tand resolute  nman by a single word.  Ito twalled
upt the front stairs that led from the hall, followed by
uncle  alph, andl turned into the cthamber ulsually occupied by Beauchamp and his friiend,  It  opened the
closet that served thert for a wvardrobe, and for a minute there was a sound within of wrenching boards apart;
directly after, he caime  out and displayed to the eyes
of the astonished uncle the tremblincg fugitive  Sally, whom
he held by the arm.
NowY, sir," said MAr. Wyndham  to his adversary,
" Nwhat have  you to say?  How is it about that young
man who was too honorable to hide a runaway?  Icro
she is, antid has been all the time, right in hlis bedroom."
S top right there I   said the other.  " She may havo
got in here this very morning.  You shan't defamenl   my
nepilew  until lhe can answer  for himself-  if l h  ever
does," hce added, in an undertone of feeling.
"You might as well try to excuse  a nigger that you
lhad caught Nwith your chicken in the top of his hat."
Uncle Ralph adopted a little lower key in his reply, but
nIone the less positive.
" Ill,itln  clases out of tent, -yes, ninety-1tnine out of a
lundre1, - this case woutl have a blac;k look. But there
are some people I knowt, Mr. Wyndham, and my neplltewv
is one of them.  I ttaive hoard him sl)eak of this case,
andi I know thalt lhe had not the least idea that Sally was
helrc.  Ito has lhunted for her often enough."'
A mere bliind, sir.  Youthful folly, sir; it wouldn't
do to confess it to the clders I "  and Mr. Wyndham
seemed trying to laugl.




A  SKIRS SII     AND At1   S'tl.2URPRISE.  085
" But his room-mate, Mfr. Howard, is below.  Perhaps
you would believe himt? "
"Not a word, sir. Ife minght as wvell tell mxe that black
is w\lite."
Sally was il an11 agony of terror, and shook violently,
looking with glances of anxious inqliry into tlhe faces of
the two sternt men.  Mr. Beauclhamp was thinking only
of the misery whvicih her hiding lad brought to Beech
Knoll, and in l his u1nreasoning mood lhe blroke out upon01
her with his mnaledictions.
1' Confound your false hceC.  Why have you been lurking about, here to get your only fiiends into trouble?
When you'got away, why didn't you go clean off? -- not
stay where you wNere sure to be caught?  Beanchanmp
talked like a baby about your mother's brats, and I really
believe he'd have sold his clothes off his bacl to have'
helped any one of you.  Now he lies on the parlor floor,
detad or dying,- -- all on your account, you whimperling
fool. If you're sold down south, and get whipped into
the bargain, it will servle you righlt.'
Sally only shivered and rept, and said, sobbing, " None
of the whlite folks kInew where I was, though they loolked
folr ne rmany a time.?"
" Enough of this," said Mr. Wyndham, leading Sally
down stairs.  Hie went out to tho stile, and called to Tom
Fleemrister, who camle wit  a strap.  Mr. rWyllndhatn
mounted his horse, while Tonm bound Sally's arims behind
her, and the ttwo started on the road to town, Sally walking in advance, and Mr. Wynfdham riding belhind her,
as though lie were followilg hoime a stray sheep.  A
pretty pastoral scene I Tender shepherd, playful, thoughtless sheep!
The messengers sent out began to return.  A ncegro
mtna  came over from Van loelmli's with a wagon and a




286              LORD  01,' ILAISELI'
pair of'horses, and thle wounded man was carefiully laid
illn it oin bMlankets, and slowly driven hlome.  Another man
carlme with  Iioughton, driving a p)air of imules,,tand car.
ried off the dead body of Jack Fleemister.  Tom  rode
in the hinder part of the wagon, wearing the coon-skin
cat that  tad l)rovted so fatal to his brother.  There was
a kfeeling of relief at Beech K(noll whlen tho wagons and
tlhe hortsemen had gone.
" About time for the doctor — isn't it? " said the shleriff to -Mr. B3eauchamp.
If Drl). Baird was in town when the man got there, the
ought to be here very soon."
In a very few minutes a horsemanl was seen galloping
rapidly along the road, and presently bie entered the lane,
and cameo up at la full run.  " I[le's riding Sycorax," said
the shleriffi  The doctor heard the words, and hastily said
tlat, as lhe was about starting, hle saw  )avis, and told tl-im
what had happened;       and his own horse not being very
swift, l)avis at ontce jumped off, and asked him to ride
Sycorax, as shle had been a racer, and could carry him out
like the  wind.  Dr. Baird went into the house, an:t
uncle Ralph and the sheriff followed.  Howard rose up
antd grasp>ed the doctor's hand without a word, the tears
coining' anew to his eyes.  All stood back to give light,
anld the rooml  was still as death. The tick of the (toctor's
watch, as he took note of the pulse, sounded in their very
lhearts.  lie listened to the breathing, and to the moveinent of tihe heart, that kcpt steadily at work, like an
i1unten(led enginle il the hold of a shattered vessel.  Hte
extamined the wound in the forehead, anld at length rising
up, his pale face and anxious eyes showing  the depth of
htis feelings, Ie scsaid,  " It is not hopeless, as I fcared. To
be sure, tite chances are against him; but lie has youth,
great vitality, and good habits on his side.  The ball,




A  SKR1xIISZI ANDt  A  SURIPRISE.            287
you see, struck on tle fi'ontal prominence, where the
outer tablet of the skull is thick.  When the shot was
fired, the man wNvith the gun mulst have been on lower
ground; or else our friend was just in the act of thlrowinrg
his hlead back. For the w\ound, instead of beinog circular,
is slightly elongated on i   ts upper margin.  Tte ball,
strikingl the solid bone  at such an angle, glanced upward.
Tio shock to the brain causes the present symptoms. If
the inner tablet of the skull is uniljtlred, the effect of the
sh|ock is likely to pass away.  But if lie remains unconscious, it will be an evidence that some splinter of the
outer bone, or else an effusion froml a blood-vessel, presses
upon the thinner talblet beneath, aind that pressture 1must
)be relieved, or death will ensue.  It is a delicate matter,
and we can't be too cautions.  I should wishl that T might
have tihe assistance of ant experienced surgeon,.  Even
if Ile is relieved from the pressure I have mentioned, we
Ihave to guardl against inflamlmation, which wouold be very
likely to be fatal."
1"I will go to Louisville for a surgeon," said Mr.
I toward.' No, you won't," said  tuncle Rtalph.  " You're faint
ntow. You'd fail off your horose.  MTy man Pete shall go,
and ride B1cauclamp's new horsfe."  Ioe disappeared to
give directions;;and the doctor hastily dressed  Mr. HIoward's  votllld.
" iow did you like the sound of the bullet? " askled
the doctor.  " Did it sing?  As you are a m usical man,
perhaps you can tell us tle pitch.'
1 I tlinkll it wvas a fatlse note," said I[oward, " for it
nearly tore my eat off."
Mtr. 13ealleaceltap, coming- back, said that Pete would
aride to a certain fiiclnd of tis, about lhalf way to Louisville,
and tlhere take a freshl} horse, and leave his own till his
retturn.  In this way, lie thought, the man would reach




288,LOiRD  OF!  IiiMSI'.:
the city lefore niglht.  Howard looked at htis watch with
a feeling of surplrise.  So many things had Ihap)ened,
that it seermed an endless tilme since breakfast.  It was
only cleveln o'clock.  In less than twenty-four  1thours the
su rgeon could be on thle slpot.  The doctor thought the
case would not suflbr in that time, and ordered only the
loosening of hIis clothing, absolute  quiet, and the constant
application to Ihis head of cool water -just cool, neither
tepid nor cold.  Mr. Holward got writing materials, tand
the doctor vlrote a letter, to be delivered to his friiend t}he
eminent surgeon; iand then said, as V.an 11oln had been
a patient of his, he would ride over' and examine him.
As thlere was now an interval of quiet, the sheriff asked
MI,. lHoward to relato the circumstances of thie aflay,
especially how it began.
Mr. loward, in a few words, told of his passing the
weekl with his friend, and of their shooting at a mark for
pastime.  "ILet us go out, just a moment," ihe said.
" You slall see the situation for yourselves."  They wvent
out, and stood by the end of the veranda.  "l fere I
stood, and there was Bleauchamp, just where lhe fell. Tile
shingle, with the black cloth d(isk, is still nailed to the
tree yonderl; and if you will go up to it, you will see the
fries  bullet-marks.  Right in the line of the tree youI'notice tlhe clump of willows.  I wvas raising mlly rifle to
shboot, and, of course, it vwas bea'ring on the Nwillows;
that is, if I had missed the tree.  The dog barked, but I
tlhouglt nothineg of it; nor of l3eauchamt p's movement,
whltich I hearld, but did not see, as my eyes were fixed on
the mark.  Before I cotld fire, I saw men comingi out of
the Nwillows, and then heard a rep)ort   and I felt that I
wlas hit.  You see my cheek.  Then Beauchltamp, fired,
lantd fa man dropped; the others cam:}e on.  M[r. Beauchamp, who h)ad just got here, thougllh we had not seoen
him before, rushed in, and seized my gun. I was stunned,




4 SIfJ11ZISJI AN!]) A  SUA'I'RIZSL          0289
or faiint, or both.  Beauchallip,til nearly loaded, when
there vweret two reports; it seeme-nc  to,me, near'ly  at the
sanle instant.  Thlim second iman fell ont thetir sidet  and as
I turnedt,   saw iBeauchamp stretched his length} on thte
[Iground.  Then you andl Ar. Wyndham  catne, and the
firing casedt."
"iou wan't outl expecting' thle atttack, thlen?
Not t tall.  I [ow should we? "
"Nothlintg said tabout any reason for your loarnin' how
to flshoot? 
"Not a word.  There was no occasion.   3eauchanmp
suspected that the house was watched, anld he naturally
vwas toannoyed fabout it; and on Wednesday night, whien
we came  11home  fronm  Mr. Beauchalnp's, where we Itad
been to dlinnel -    Shcall I tell it, MAr. Betauchatmp? "
0, yes," lie replied;  " it's of no use to keep it secret
any longer.".Vell,"  continued AMr. Howard, "''1when we got here
that liighlt, vwe found the two nelgro -womttlen bound and- (
gagged, and their shloulders badly marked by beating'.
I suppose the wales and scars will shlow plainly now.
They said the beating vwas done by thle Fleemxisters, who
were trying  to makle the  tell wheret Sally was hlid,  VWe
both were indignant, as any humane  men would have
been; and BIeauchramp, I amt  inclined. to thlitnk, would
lave mlade the place hlot for them  if they }had showed
themselves.  tthe p)ractising at a martk had notlint'; to dof,with it, however, because, as I lave just said, thlat tvwas
mty su-ggestion."
"   ell, you  are clare, any way," said thte sherill';
"andl you too, tMr. lcauclhainp. I didn't think you would
pitcht in like you dil, ntor that you wa's so good a shot.
Poor Van iolmn is done for, I'm  afraid.  You 1)e)l)pered
himt.  Ile didn't wanv)t to come;  lie \was dragged into it.




290              LORD  OF' I'I~.LISF IK
It's a pity one of the others wasn't killed in his place.
A triflin' set of curs, make the best of'erm.'
" I'm told they  Ibudil Stlly," said Mtr.. lTow\ard.
"I Yes," said Ar. iBeauchamip.  " I savw her led out of
tile closet in your sleeping-room."
" Out of Beauchlamlp's closet I  \Why, you're joking.
Beaucliamp has looked the house over for her, and I too.'"
"B ut there s-ie was, notwithstanding; and it'pears
to mec, that, unless you believe in miracles, or wvitches,
or somethinog of the sort, one of you two  yountg men must
ihamve known she was there. Tthere are witchtes nowadays,
I'll be boundt; but they're not ol0d nol ugly."
Mr. I toward was contsiderably nettled; illt lie kneuw
tile aversion of the bachelor to women in general, and lie
thought lie Nwould let trhe insinuation pass'wilOtlt re'senlting it.  Hoe siimply reiterated tlhe statement, that neither
he nor Beauclhamp Ihad any knlowledge of her beingt in
the lhouse.  I[te said,i frankily, that Beauchanipf l   suspected
it to be so, and that they had several times made thorough
scarch.
"Jlow could it have been'tllorough,'d, ad shec rioltt
there, not ten feet firot  your bed, for months? "
" I think I understand it,' saidt thlt sheriff.  "'r.
rWylndhaimt told rme just whlere  e wvas going to look. Ito
said hte met an old man lately, who, wlln lie was younger,
had been here with his father, who was a carpenter, and
worked Iupon thiis house, im3aking alterations for the old
Squire Madison Russell.  They got talking together, and
an idea. popped inito Wyndham's head.  So lie asked the
old  lan about the house; and this was wBthat lie told him1:
lie said that Mrl. shltin Russell, who was a gay young
im'an, wanted some  rooIms for himself, and got hlis fatther
to make an addition onl the west side.  The main roonm 
at t1he south-west corner was made eight-sided.  One corner was cut oft on the outside, and tihe opposite corner




tA SK(IR/'I,'S]IL ANlD A S UItRPRISE.    291
BEAUCHAMP&S CHAM3ER.
CLOSET.    CL,
HIAL L
UNCLE IStlAMJ' CHAM3ER,       UNOCCUPIED.
AMIY MANSION-SECOND FLOOR.CIED
FAMILY  MANSION — SECOND FLOOR.




292              LO!RD  OF ZU,J[1'SIJ:LF.;
was sliced off for a doorway fi'rom the upper entry.  The
two otlher corners were boarded at1 latlted to colrrespontd,
antd i'roll  thte ilnside the room wals all solid.  ]But fi'ro
the young' iman Jelauclhamp's room  if you went into  lis
closet, there was a way to slip a loose board, tand crawl
into >one of tmhese old, forItgotten corners.  Tihe  wintdow
th;at wvas mttade for thiat closet was boarded up, so-3 all uwatS
dark inside.  3Aost likely, no one had eve.r crawled into
that place before.  None of thle wl 0it     ) peot)lC knew about
it.  But nig'g'ers find out all the old rat-holes;   and Aunt
Phillis had tucked Sally -away ill it, t1and brougtht ther, day
after dlay, what shie wanted.   When Beaucllamp was
away, Sally could come out.  It's all clare enough when
you see lhow'twas done.  But it's plain to me that thle
young, mien didn't know notlin' of her beji,' within gunshot.  Some of our young fellows tmot hlave been more
Cul'iottS."
I\twatrd w\ent up to the ch1amber, and camet  back utterlyastonished that so obvious a hiding-place lhad been
overlooked.
I tlink I'll go up I  and see how sister MNtiltdrd is,"
said Mr. lBeauchamp. "    You can stay by the bed here,:Mr. Howard.  And I'll thank you, llr. Sleriff, if you'li
mceet tlhose people coming to the g'ate, land get rid of
them tas civilly <as you can.  It's very ];ind of them  to
co-me; but there's nothiing to be done, and they will only
be ill the  ray."
lie found that Mrs. Russell was somewhat recovered,
but not sufficiently to rmake it prudent for her to leave
her room(..   I'e assulred her that the ball had ntot p)eietratedt the bone, that everything was donle  ttd to )be
done, and that, if sh}e w\ould be patient, ste would see
her son restoredl to heer.  She was piti-able in her nerNvou:s
weaknelss an  her alject g"ricf.  Much as lie loved hter, h - e -r..
and she was thoe oCy) woman lhe did love,   hi he was glad




A  SKIRtIISYI -   AWL) A  SRVPt'A'f3SE.       293
to rcsdign her to thle care of SyYlvia, arid go to attend to
hlousehold aftairs.  Ab)out thie  ouse lhe saw everything-,
ani1d provided for everythin"g.  li.e drove ul) tle rcmlainin,'0
ho1018rs, and fed tlhem, tand gave directionts for a mutltcl neededt
meal.  Ite  picked ut) and1 brolught in tle tammunitionl and
the rifles; at d as lie set down the one h  lie h1ad fired, lio
thit hlis forehead, saying to himself, " Just a second late,
o(l d fellow I  A  few  yetars younger, you Awouldn't havo
let tlat' cracker' have a chance  to knock thee boy over.
Ah tI youn'r not so spry as you were It 
The sheriff remained till Uightfiall, and then rode into
town, saying tlhat next day, which was St'unday, lie would
sculd out Will l)avis to stand in hlis place, as there would
be a great c.rowd of inquiringl friends.
Bcfi)ore night,:Dr. Baird returned, and loolked at the
still slumbering yott8 mant. 3Ite said it was now evident
thlat some press'ure existed  i uponl the inner talblet of the
slkull, for the efibet of the mere shock would not havo
lasted so long.  Still thle case remained as at first, and
therre'would be no lharmn done if the operation could be
iperfortmed next day.  5Mr. Howiard did nJot allude to lis
own case, although hle was untable to  tove his jaw, altnd
could n1ot' articulate  a wtordl, excei)t after a fashion with
his lips, and could lot eat anytling more solid th:ltan gruel.
[Mr. Beaucl-tamp enjoined absolute quiet upon the nep;roes,
telling' IPhillis thlat there vwas to be Ito lhowling, and that,
if lie heard a singtle note of " The Long' WAhite Robe," lie
[:0) Wtet a'.
]/Blanktets Nwere spread on the floor, and tlhe two imen
passeid tle nig-llt in tl-he roomi.  tMr. Il'wvard did not close
hlis ey3,es.  All nioigt tile bt)road and malty c}hest of Bteauchaml p heaved and fell with at slow motion, and the thick,
troubled breatlitingv was a souttnd that hourly grew rmore
painiful to hear.




29i              LORD  0$1' IIlAISELIK:'
COIAPTElt XXI.
THIE  IOUSES OF 0 OURlNJNG.
rt ITE beautiful Sunday morning dawned.  All tileso
lovely  days brinog sorrow  to some hlouses.  Theroe
wvere three homes in Barry County over which the shadotw
of death wvas hanging.
In lhis log house, or rather in the out-house adjoiningl,
Tom Fleenmister was endeavoring to fasthion a box for the
body of his brothler.  The ceremony of the inquest attd
the burial  cere to take place next (lay.  Two or three
people of htis cl.ass  hrec   inl tile lhouse, drinkinog whiskey
by the side of tthe bed on which the body lay.  Cad, who
h}ad, as we know, mrnade solme iml)rovemcnt in Iher outfit,
Awas arraycl in a smuart dclaine dress, and( her hair was
done up in a twist, with short lockls t)lastered in a semicircle on each temtple.  The multitudinous and manlynamed chlildren all had on shoes, and dresses that reached
below their knees.  Tom htad kept a close motuth  but it
was evident that froi'    some source lie had received an
addition to his income. There was still room for improveiment, but the children were lodgted al}nd fed rather better
thaltll wild anllals now.  The coon0-skin capl) hlung on a
nail; and the wife and friends, if they 1k1-new of tlte crafty
exch}ange that hlad given to Jack thle ounce of lead that
Awas meant for J. Tom, were too p)olite or too synp>)athizing
to mention it.  They sat, and drank thetir whiskey, and
smoked cigars, rolled by tlhe eldest dtaughter, Eloisa &c,




711tE HO9 1OUSS OF,AO  RNt/A/;.         295
&c., and heard in thle pauses tihe grinding sound of Tom's
du1ll saw, or the b)lows of his axe or htammer, and his uncottt oaths when he now and then awkwardly jammed a
finger.  Who shall lay  ae tar  the secrets of a heart like
Tom Fleemister's, and tell of the mingling, sutrgitlng currents of remorse an(d selfishless at the tlougtltlt of tile fatal
result of his cunning?  Would he say, " \\ouMfl  to Gtod
I had died lbr thee, my brother "'? Ite was sorry, doubtless, for the occuptant of t;le box — 1' sorry as thle cdog is
for Ihis fellow who is rent by tile boar, when he thereby
had bceen enabled to shlt  thle tusk.  lie might hbave
thouglht thlat thte man without children could be better
sfpared than lie, who had so many mouths to feed -; and
it did inot occur to him, probably, that, if lhe were to bo
in the box instead of Jack, Cad would iln no long titlme
ftiake u11)  ith thle siurvivor,   and thle fleemister -world
vwould go on and increase as before. Among rmankind, as
in the natullral world, we see instances of the pe)rmanlneIC
of certain ty.f'!pes, though not always tle " slurvival of tile
fittest."
Let us leave this mourning' family, and look into thle
house of Jacob Van IHolm.  It was a handsoime brick
building, standing onl a piece of rising ground, and, though
lacking in the sturroundings of old trees and gardens, was
almost as p)icturesquely situatted as thte,ansion at Beech
Knollol.  Van lI olnm was nearly sixty.  Ito had mnigrlate(d
froml Pennsylvani' long before, bringing hiis wife I:attinla.
tley hadt both been industrious and ftrugal.  I is fitrmlilngo
was always thorouglly done, and ttlh  value  of his.property
lhad inlcreased year by }year.  lIe h(ad some transactions
with Mri. WVyndhlam yeari;s before, and thle lat:ter s 0011  saw
that the  )utchlman, as  ie w\as generally called, was a
man of excellent judgiment.  Theil  safe operations ill
live stock  nd p)rotduce coltinued until there was anr inti



29G              LORD  Oil,IJ 1WI!:SLl'
inacy established vwhich yi3elded g'ood results ill money,
but wlhich led to evil for ran J[olin.  The ii titnacy necver
extended to soci;al afihirs.  Mr. t1Wyndhtlam  was of the
biluest blood of Virginia, and, though- lie was outwtardly
andl ostentatiously cordial to all men who served his e0nds,
tland showed them  profilse attention when tihey came to his
house, lie never allowed them  to fteel thlat they had any
claim to the inller rites of frieildship. There  were but few
fiamilies in the countity with; whom his wNife and daughte'rs
were on anlly really frienidly terms.  1tMr. Wfyndhlam  tad
a dominreering nature, though it was -)ma.sked by a persuasive manner.   I is retainers (for suclt  all his associates
becanm-e) werd absolutely at his commatldl.  They vot:!ed
for his can(didates; they aldvocated his ideas and projects.
If lie lhad a lawsuit,.-.. and lie was seldom  out of litigaion, — a ll hlis tiiends wN ere on  land; and in time it was
remarked, tfhat their knowledo'e of hlis business \was so
intimate, that a case could h}ardly arise but some of them
knew the precise faict on which the decision would ltingCe.
It was ittpossilble to lbe on lalf terms wvith sutcl a iman.
The p)eol:le who followed him n must go the whole length.
HTis friendls lie aided ad praised, lent them money and
cre(dit, tand stood by them.  All others lie fougl t, Nwjith
fierce disregard of right.  If a man didn't help htimt, lie
%was an enemy; anid for an enemy there  was it)no word too
bitter, no blow too heavy.  Many persoiss were kept on
his side, or at least feared openly to break with ]him, because thley knew that, if they op)posed him, their credlit
might )be destroyed, their reputation attacked, and their
wives  and (altghters sltander1ed.  This policy has been
pursued with success in modern politics.
Yeair I)y 3tyeart this sptider bhad wound his web about
Va:n I[olin  only the spider lid not eat him, as the was
more serviceable  alive.




TI1E' HO6tlAS Of, JOLt':7tRNfL'tN.        297
Some time before the events we have   been narratincg,
Yratt   oltom   ad been restive under htis bonds.  lte was
not a goodt villain, at least for a long career.  lie lhad
some litcering  conlscience.  [le rwars deleply dyed in per'jury; bllt whetl othler work w\\Ias set  e.fTolre hitim, he httad
btegunr to  revolt.  Neither threats nor cajolery  co0uld
mtake him go flrthler.  IYte was  e'rstuadted to go to Beech
%Knoll under the prolmise that thlere wvas to be jno violence.
lie went unlwillingly land unarmt ed, and when hle found hlilmself tieing' fire, lie turned to ru't1n, bult \twas a(a little too late.
Jacob thad no chlildren, and tis wnife was his sole nurse.
lh1cy were rich, aniid had srvants enough; butt 1Katrina
allowed no one to waitt utpon him }tut herlself.
Th1eret  wa t  but little  external hemorrhagel   firom  his
wound,  but the dioctor had told Ars. Van lillml ttlat tile
woiund was sturely  mortal; that lte mighllt not (tie with
tile first inla(tlllmtnation,  but tihe injuries w\ere beyond cu're.
A  gloomity Sunday morning for tlhis house.  TIte su1tn
could not illumine the darkness that htunlg over the t mind
of thle sufferer, nor thle batlm1y air restore thle freshntiss to
tile anxious thece of his nurtse.
lie had but one thing to say, and that vwas to repleat, in
various pihrases, his longing desire to se  Fathter Itenne1uitl,.  Hlis memory   ran back to the far-off chapel where
lie had made  his 3outhlfiul vo\ws,  and h1ad received thie
fsacramenta   bread, Vl' ery God Of very Cod,"  and tlhe
years of irreligion, of gtreed,  anl'md of crime constantly rosO
between lim and thai  t holy vision.
Father I[lennequin coult  not come too soon.
At Beech'Knoll there w\Nls a state of suspuense  whiich
pp)ress""ed alld alike.  I'n a fLt \  hours tihet condition of 1111consciousnlesss  into w\Nlich ] b:eauchanp httt;dl fitllen was not
alarmting', but thi  constanllt soutitd of h6is helavy b'reatlthing'
httad becoyme almtiost unendurable.  Uncle IRalphl, as well




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as Howard, grew restless, regretting tlhat the doctor had
not taken sonei decided measures, and fearing that the
surgoe'on from the city might colme too late.  Uncle Rtalph
got tlp and sat down again without any motive, and
moved about uneasily, lookihng every few minutes down
the lane.  Mr. I)avis arrived early, and received his instructions.  The town had rung with the news, and the
most Nwildly-exaggerated rumors wereC1' current, some of
tlhem  of a scandalous cllaracter.  Curiosity would have
led imany of the town's people to flock out to the house,
if the doctor and the sheriff had not taken pains to let it
be known thtat company was not desirable.  liut great
nunmbers of colored people camie (lturing the day to the
]kitchell, coming and going with mournful faces.  Sylvia
wtas tbhe one who Nwas obliged to answer all the questions
that were asked; for'Phillis wvas in one of her biglh and
silent moods, and could not be got to say a wvord.  Mrs.
]tRussell was prevailed upon, with great difficulty, still to
keep her room.  T1he morning thlatt seemed so interminable to the watchers, wore away, and before noon a carriage was seen entering the Ilane.  Uncle Ralphl went out
quickly to the kitchlen, and got a visitor there to mnount
a horse  and ride to town for l)ri. Biard. i     The surgeon
left the carriage at the stile, and camie at once into the
house,  lMr. Howard marked tihe rare union of force and
gentleness in his physiognomny, and was pleased to observe
the air of chtcerflness and hope which hlis cvident intellectual powers and mod(est and kindly imanner diffused.,
A physician or surgeon who possesses native moral
qualities, wvit  personal attractiveness and the requisite
professional knowledge and skill, is often the highest
type of a man, thle best p)roduct of modern civilization.
There are few lawyers that lhave so m-uch general knowledge and culture, and they rarely have or retain tho




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refitted feelings which belong by instinct to the brightener of sick rooms.  Some persons might claim a similar
rank for the clertgy; but the pullpit orator may not bte tle
m1ost cheerful visitor at the bedside; the theologic, or,
rather, polemic trainingl   does not often form  a wellbalanced claracter, nor develop tile mnost genial traits.
A pllilanthropist often appears to care for none except
those in this esoteric circle; and we ]ave  seen that
reifobrms are frequently led by tile most one-sided antd  ingenerous minds.  The good doctor vlwho is also a good
man, and is wise, healthy, and hearty', is worth tlhe whole
of thflem in a time of trouble.
The surgeton had been out on professiontal  duty for the
greater part of the night, anld when le got heomie towards
morning, tie found AMr. Beauchamlt)s servant in his house
waiting for his arrival.  The urgent note wvasi cffectual,
and lie started at once before daylight, tanl took his sleep
on the wsay.  By changing h1orsts when Ihalf the road htad
been gone over, the driver made excellent time, and lie
had reached  Beech K3noll sooiter than could llhave been
expectedl.  Thec surgeon showed his ready tact, and( in a
very short time, while carrying on a general conversation,
lie had learned the history of the case, hand observed the
symptoms, and was ready to begin the critical examinitation before )r., Baird arrived.
It is unnecessary to dwell upon details which would
only intercst professiolnal readers.  It is sufficient to say
that there was a small f'racture, without an outward or
visible depression, and t7hat a small splinter of bone was
removed, as well as a quantity of extravasated blood from
within.  In a few minutes a ftuer the twound was (Iressed,
B3eauchamp opened tlis eyes nnd exclaimed, " ]Dlop that
guIn I   "
I to  has dropped  it,"  said  the surgeon, gently.




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D)on't youl see          e won't fire.  It's all over, lmy
de}ar fi.llowt3."
Bacapttllt's eyes moved slowly aboutt the room, restil-ng u11po)1 each of tile spympattlettic faces in tt'urnt,  anl   theln,
as3 if existence wtere a conundrum  tlhat was too mulch
fil) himlt, atnd lIm was inclinedl to give it up), hte slowly shlllt
htis eycs again.  In a short time ieC rallied, andl his faculties seemed to be under control.  Uncle Ralph was the
(most eltated of all, and went up stairs at a bound.t...l
checkitng' hlimself, htowevr, before lte got iiito hlis sistcr's
room -- to-  anlomtlce  tihe successfiul operation and  ttie
liaj)py resullt.  Site would have gone  down then, but her
blothler now Ito ared fort the effect on ter' son, and conjllred
lieu to w\ait a little while.  Mr., HIoward stood by the win(dow,  nlld was looling' out thrloug'h streams ofjoyfiul tearss.
Plrep)arattions were now mat(le fir the care of thie ptatient.  A  be(1 was brotug'it down for him, and then lto
was carefutlly lifted, mattress atidl all, lupon it.  lbs cuttmtbrouis clothes were removed, tand his condition was made
tas ot  fit rtablc'as possible.  The suttgeon kept catlrefuld
watchtl ov'r h1iim,11 and mildly checked any attempt to speak
or to mIuove.  Mltore b)y his manner than tby worlds hte sutcceededl in secutring obedience, and his wiskhes werC law.
By occasion ail hints tnd siug'gestions, lie conv eyed an idea
of the sitlttion into) Beauctiamp's mind, andlt   prepared
himi andlli   frien(tlls to acquiesce with patience in the interval of silence and repose whlich Nature (ldemanded for
rcstoratio n.  Not I l precatutiot    was forg'otten.  Ife went
over tihe groutlnd wtith ]tis professional brother, and discuwssed tall the contingtncies that miglt arise;  and when
they hlad ag'reed on these, ihe took thet doctor, with Alr.
I toward andl Mr. Beatuchanp, aside, aidnl, in c(lear, conlCiSo
Nwords, pointed out tile symp)tor s they might expect, and
ga've amn)le tdirectionlts for their guid;(ance.




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Thun the surcgeon atsked for a lunch  hlaving eaten
nothting', except a morscl wxhile hris hworses were chgted,
s.ince the evening' before.  lie sat d(own and1 ate heartily
for a shtor ttime, andt then, sitting back to the wall, lie wats
asleep> in a momentl,  I r..  eauchalmlt    saw howr thoroughly
tired lie was, and kept silence, that le mig-ltt be refreshled
by htis nap.  Meanwhlile, Pttillis had appeared, looking ill
inquiringly, and tMr. Beauchamlp, to prevenlt her disturbilg, the sleeper, went out to talk wvith hter.
"Wall, Massa Ralph, spec young  massa  all right
A" ll right,' you think, witt a bigl hole in his lheatd? 
G'lon0g, Massa ltalp~h, stalki~n' about hole in's heai     f
Jess  vanit to scare ste ol' woman.  rG'longl  I
\'ell, lhe has a htole in his head.  I sawttt  it."
lut young massa'1 (ie wwid a htole in s  lhead."' I expect lie will diC, Phills."1,
0, Ma ssa Rt-alph! You eyes a shinin' --- sdry shine,
nott wet,   You  fink  ste young' massa die?  No, i o I
Don't fool slis o1' Nwoman sdat way."
"  A      hell, 1:hllklis, it's no thanks to you that lie isn't dead,
and the hotuse torn down I  Yout did your best.  Hiding
a rtunaway like you did, rigltt in the house I  i[eap you
care about your young rmaster or mistress either ] I
"  Youngl' massa scare'nl shootin'. Fleetmster's force as,8
dogs.  Stey ight all so, if Sally no ihere.  Phillis couldn't
make'el'tt)op shloot."'
"Ah,, but Plillis, the reason the triflin' dogs came was,
they l ad tracked the rabbit.  Thley wcere right  or. tteo
scnt, alt(l knew  she was here, tand you knorltwo  you htid
her.  You're the one that's to an1swvCer for the killing'-, of
Jack Flecnister, anil Varn Itol, antd Beaucllaham   too.
St. Peter'11 ask you about it, l1) yonder, altd will sty,' Go away, Phillis! You dlon't wear thte 1olng whllite robe




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lhere, nlioow.'  Then you'll Ihave to cotme black, aind liveo
it tll over aoain."
"Ste great Massa )put no load on spoor o0' woman she
can't tote.  Ite no break ol' 1'hillis' back.   eo no malte
her tote ste Ilcemster's sins."l
" But how about your own?  ITow many times have
you lied about Sally?  Said you (lidn't- know where sle
was, you ornary old niwiger?  Who'll have to answer for
your lies?  Not. tile Fleetm-isters."
"Well, Sally some  time in house, s-ome time in'tabllo
loft, solme  tinet iln scorn barn.  Hlow  Phillis know wen
dey ax?"
0", but,'out cal)'t get off that; way.  You know you
lIeant to lie.  These little dodtges tain't no'count.  St.
Peter's got'em  all markted down. —.-great black marlks
oln ltis bookl."
"X Ste ol' Peter Ite lie, too, once, anr' lie cry'bout it.
Spec8 lie's done rub Phillis's marks off lic's book xwid
sloeve when nobody lookin', lhe  feel so mighty bad for
)()>n't flatter yourself t    Tim Bible  says,' All liars
shall ha.\ve tlteirl part in the lake that burneth withl fire
antld brimstone.' Htow do you get away friom tlhat? "
" Wtll, [tassa Rtalplh.  Ste good people go to Aberyhtam sbosom; dont' stey? Ste Fader Aberyhnam illn havent;
ain't lie?  Fader Ik Aberyhlam Itc tell big lie, too.  HXeo say
lie's ol' woman, tiss' Sarah, lie's sister,'caz  lic e fcarl'ed
ste Eg4ip king' want to tole ther'way.  An' stey shill sit
down in ste kingdomt  of theaven wild Aberytlm, an' Izek,
an' Jacob.   Ani'(didn't the oh' fox Jacob: lie too, an' make
fool lie's ol' b)lin' fader? No, stey neb:erl turn tl' Phillis'w\ay.  Stey say,' 01' Phitlis, comte right'lontg yr, inter
ste kingdom!t Nebber miin''bout sdat lie you done tole.'
At' o1' Phlitlis shte go in an' she sit down, - not side ste ol'




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MIiss' SaraLh, an' ste wtite folks, but'side aunt iHagar on
ste low seat."
"Got it all figgcercd out...halvcn't you, Phillis?  Glad
to see you ]know so vouch of thlc Bible, thoughl'tisn't best
to use it to pick out excuscs for lying. ] Bu t you haven't
any other hiding-place rounld  here -.. have you?   You
haven't got old Scipio stowced away?"
"01' Scip? No  lI te can't hide   can't hold lic's
tonguc;e  staik all time.  itide ol' squawkint' gandcr I -....
No;  ol' Scip hie gone sure'3ft."
You know I'm goin' to buy you, Phillis, and do you
wanat Ime to buy him too?"
"[Mebbc  stcy don' cotch ]him.  iMassa buy himn wen
stcy cotcli him."
"They rnmay sell him as he runs; zand if I buy thim, I
shall lhave to take my chance of catchling him.",", well, nassa can buy him. lie t ab o1' goose; den
lie hab ol' gandcer, too. IMcbbe you buy Sally, and Harry,
an( ste little chillcn'"
"'No, I don't buy wild dccr; couldn't keel)'cm.  Got
hands cnoughl, any way.. — enough to cat all I raise.
Only buy you to hear you talk Scripture -- Bible talk."
"Mass'  Ralph, you just make fool poor o' woman."'
No, P'hillis; the poor old womnan makes a Ibol of me.
I always get the worst of it."
The old woman's eyes twinkled as selo went about her
work.  Mr. Beauchamp lived so much with his servants,
t.at hlie was in the habit of conversing with them  more
fireely than was usual among the white people.  Even in
fatmilies whlire  the greatest hunmanity wVas shown there
was little said to the blacks except b.y way of command.'lhte gam'lbols of thle chlildren, and tlhe droll sayings of a
few favorite housc  servants, werc indulged foi.r tlhe sake
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)presett sense of mastershipi, could see little in the intel.
lect of a negro to lift hitm  above the level of a traindtilu
annatlmtl.  Thellty did not feel so much actual reputnanee to
t-lhe personl of a Inegrot   as is felt among' lm1ost -northtern
people)1  to-dlay.'Th-.-lt  was a prevalent feetlingt of kindness-..,  condescension to those of low estate-..a looklingl
down withlout Ia thollught of hatlughltiness, and without any
act/ie contempt. It was a caltm, good-natured, hfigth-class
feeling, such as plrextils in tlhe analogous ranks in Entg-'
ltand to-day.  This is to be undlerstood of the better class
of slave-owners. There were enough tyrannical, and crut't,
and untlhinking masters and mtist resses to ma-tke the condition of their own slaves wretched, andt to rnake the
future of all slaves a source of apprellhension. And, furthler,
the constant itJ/lueice of the relation of -1master and slavoe
was )precisely as (lescrib)ed in the well-known ptassage int
the Notes 0on Virginia.
Uncle Ralph was fond of teasing, atd le never failed
to try to anntoy a servant who, like Phlillis, had thlle wit
anttd the pluck  to answver back.  Ilfe enjoyed it fully as
muclt as a (liscussion with a Papaw Creek preachler on
tile suliject of predestination.
The surgleon awvoke afteri half an hotir, and )preparedl to
r'etulrn to ttle city.  By this time Pete c.amoe along, ridilgg
B3eauchamp'n s hlrse, both p)retty thoroughlly nused 1up. lie
was allovwed a (lay's additional furlong-li, and senitt to bed.
M-r. Iowarid had been m-editating about his schfool, and
now s'aw that liat e must givel another week's vacation, for
lie could not, as uncle Ralpht sug'gested, "jaw " the boys
mucllc  in h}is condition.  So Mir. l)avis was to carry in a
notice to that cfifot, to be posted iup inl to\wn.'ltlie fhearing  on tO i:he petithiAn of  l ir. \'yndhamt, for tle  s(ale lof
Mlilly's chilttren, would have to g' o withlouLt ftirtlher opp)osition, for Beauchamp could not be spoken to uponl the




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subject;  and, even if }e wvere able to be present, there
wnas nlothing thait could be donle.
T'he surgeon bade thel fiiellds good )by, -and started,
and Dr. Baird went to town with Mr. D)avis.  Unclle
IRalp)h and  Ftr. l oward loitered a wlhile in the porchl;
and tllen, as they went in, tlhey saw IMrs. IRussell sittinllr
besiide her son'1  bed, holdin  his hland in hers, and1 looking' at lim, with a p)roud smilo  on her weak tand tearful
face -  like a mnother's joyfull, t rembling looks vwthen first
sde sees her new-born b1abe.
1Mr. lHoward stepped back, with an instinctive delicacy,
and put  is  land on uncle, Ralph's arm; but lhe only
poolh-1polhcd, thoughl in an unlTdertone, while at the samno
time a little salt drop oozed out of each eye.
AMr. Il[oward said he could attend to the vants of tile
patient for thlat night, and uncle tRalph thoughlt it was
better for hjim  to gro hlom   to  look after his ownr atfltirs,
but promisted to ridte up in the lmoringtl.
Wh~ tta strange,  many-sitetld, great-heartced, 1old trump
that man is i thouglhlt Howard, as uncle talph rode away.t
By what bitter experiences an ardent tand genIlrous soul
becomes soured in temper, and loses its faith and interest
ina mankind I
Let us leave te house to its needed repose.1'
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CHIAPTERI  XXII.
AN ARREST, AN) A SUGGESTION.
}r?1[Il quarterlty session of the Circuit Court always drew
a large inunber of the county people to the town.
Promli-lnent lawyers fr'om  neighlborinl o Couties followed
the judge onl his circuit, and, for the week, the taverns
were flull of hustle to secure their harvest. It was a time
for settlement of accounts, for bargains in real estate and(
in farm  products, andl especially for the mtancouvring of
politicianls.  The court-room  was reasonalbly quiet: tobacco wvas not smoked, but only chevced, and the l)ractico
of expectoration was reduced to a science.  The bench
vwas simply a  raised  )latform, wit lt  a rail in front; tand
timembers of the legal profession often occu)ied seats oin
eitler side of the judge -  leaning back on tilted clhairs.
To one accustomed to the black-gowned decoruml  of a
court in whichl English traditions were utlheld, this was
somethingl  horrifying.  VWhtere the utmost frieedom  of
manner  re'vailcld, and everything was new, there was
but little regard paid to time-honored forms.
NIr. \riydlfattm  was lpreseint, and with him  his associatet, Itr. Adatms.  When the case was- called itn wlthich
lhe was interested, Squire HEamilton rose, and simpily said,
thfat the young gentleman at whose request he1 had apl)etared hlad itce  scriously woundned in an altfira)y, groCwing
out of t-ie case, and was unable to attend'l court-l; and
that lie did not mlow of anything now to be said whticth




AA  A'lRS7; ANtD A  S.WI.UGGESY'ION          8f07
would COntroS'ert thle petitioner's claim, or justify a postp)OnemenCt.  A  decreC  was therefotre entered; an  tho
clerk was directed to issiue a warrant for the stale of the
p)ersols of color nlamed in the petition, that day fortnight.
The proceedingos of the session have no furtther interest
to us.
There was a recess for dinner, also for )lain wtlisley
in abunldance, and unlimited tob)acco; after whlich tre
court held a short afternoon session.  Mtr. Wyndhliam htad
imeanwhlile gone home.  The sheriff mailed Iris adtvertisement to Louisville, to b1) p)rinted in tht  newspapers, and
to bo posted in the form  of thandbills so as to attract
buyers.  The day w\as nearly over.  Tlte litigants,  witncsses, and spectators wrce departing.  Tom Fleemister
iad just comne'to town for some unknown reason, and now
on a sudden found lfimself in a position of l)roltinence.
The sheriff took hinm into custody onl a charge of Ipassing
counterfeit bills, and lodged himt in jail, where Itr. rWyndham's stray sheep, Sally, was also penned.
Thli condition of tlhe country at tlhat time was peculiarly
favorable to the operations of counterfeiters. There were
not many banks or money brokers, and forged or altered
bills mighlt circulate from  han(d to hand for a long tine
before they would receive any carefiul scrutiny froml practised judges.  A. buyer of hogs or lmules mig-lt traverse
the state, and put in;  a mloderate number of good-looking
counterfeits in any large paymelnt hec made, an1d so go on
fiom  county to county, iusin  due caiution, and conmplete
his round without being detected.  The manag'ement of
the butsiness was a matter requiring experience and skill.
There were I)ro:l:,lY in nearly every countly pe)rsois   wlho
were more or le8ss implic:ated in the crime, and who thar
certain p)arts to p)erforn; but tlhese were not enlig'htcned
as t to the generfal schcme.  For instance, at  ignoran t




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person like Tom F'leemister would be left as tmuchl in the
dark about the lramifircations of the systemn, and tlhe namles
an1ld whereaflouts of the manattgers,s    I he was NwNith regat'rd
to the celestial mecltanics.'oln had been tbut recenltly
employe(l as a distributor and mesenger,  and once or
ttNwice he ventured to do a little business on his ownv
accountt.. Hlis arrest hat.tppenedl ill ttis'wise:-.
The offlicers who  arrested  Aloysius Pittsinger were
particularly struck with the excellence of the engtraver's
Awork on the bill lhe thad passed; ald as two or thrlee
other counterfeits, apparently fiom the same steel plate,
had been passed o>l the samtie line of travel, thet  felt sure
that there was a new distributing' agency somlewhere in
tohe neighborhood.  It was conlsidered worth whlile to
miake an eflbrt to get some of the principahls; f:i' it was
quite certain tlhat a Avain and inexperienced -youth like
Aloysius was only a tool of shrewder men. Their opinion,was confirmed whentc  (oldstein came  to thle city andtl  made
a ftreshl complaint agtainst his late clerk for putting sonle
of these same " datl (lfeous tens " in the ctash box, tiand
taking out an equal  numrber of genuine bills, whten he left
on htis bridal tour.  Aloysius was t}herefore offcred the
chance of escaping' punilshment, if lie would turn sftate's
evidence and implicate his Cnfbderates -— a l)rop)sition
wlhich lie eagerly accepted, thouglh, to enlhance the value
of the sacrifice, lie affected a coy: r eluce.tatc e at first. The
officers exp)ected to haittl in a p)ersoll of some colnsequence,
and weret greatly disgusted whlen they toulnd that it was
only thle niserableo 1.leemister.    towever,  a Nwarrant vas
tenllt p1) fior himl, to see willt would come of it.  Wlthen
Fleemister was safely locked up, tlhe sheriff rode off at
once, Nwith a couple of attendants, to Tomt's lou1e.
The sherifl's plarty dismounted at sonie (listance, and
tied their horses, and tlen stole up quietly, and got into




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the housic  before nay alarm could be given. Cad and her
nlumrolous brood wver eating-c supper.  The stherifl loo(kcd
determinedly at hler, and told her that, if she uttered a
word, or gave a signal to ainy of the chtildren, lie \vouild
carry lter off to jail tlhat night.  Elois  &. &c., and allnothter 1sister, also ttle etdest boy, were isolated from thle
younger children, and all of them strictly watched.  The
slherif tlcen surveyed the premises.  The plan of the
house was not at all complicated;   it was as simplle, in
fhct, tas a wroodchuck's hole.  There vrwas a clothes-press
and an  old chest of drawers below; these lie p)ointed out
to one of htis aids, and asked him to hkeep his eye on them.
[e  looked tip anld saw  the loft, oir scaffold, on which
Milly's twiTns once rested. Puttingt the ladder in position,
hte ran u'p tanld  ttaw a quantity of hanlds of tobacco lying
inl a slmootht rpile.   t he order was quite creditable to
somebody's carefuleiss.  lte turne  tile pile over as if it
lad b)ee0n a Itaycok,  and fiund btneattl an old petticoat.
lie lifted tlsi t'attered article, and took out of the pocket
a flat packagtc. The'sizc, shapeI, antd weigI}t s\towted tlhat it
Tats:prolebally tle lthing ie  was loookintg for. l[e descended,
and tore off a corner, lnd looked at it )by thte fire-liglht.
lie had wthat he wanted. The clothes-press antd chest of
drawers were examined, but they contained nothinlg contr.abanlld.
Clad, being tlen released friom silence, wanted to know
the meaning of " this comin' and hauliln' over thle lhoIse;"
antd, what was more, whlat tthey had done with Tom. Tlhe
sheriff told her t lltlhat lhe wasv in jail for passingl  counterfeit
lmotey.  fhen thll cries that arose might have been heard
a nmile, so th;e sheriff thought.  Tears mleandelre  do(thl
nearly a, dozen pairs of cheeks,  mainlg sinuots, ctean
chalmels ill tle dark, incrusted surfaces, like plans of
river systems in maps.  Eyes and noses had filll liberty
to distil, -




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" Like the Arabian trees, their edicinal gumts."
Thlere were no handkerchiefs to check thie flow.  Tom
htad golne to jail inl sullten silence -. not a Nword ftoml
him, nlot a tetar fro'lm lis dull eyes.  The 1punisltlcent of
crimintalsl ahlt-nost  always distresses otihers far more titan
t}emniselvcs.  But Cad anld  ler children gave thecmselves
tup to their grief, and cried and sobbed witthout restraint.
And xvell tlt e)' ni-lt; for, when ll  r. Fox is trapped, who
wtill bringl honme partridges aind rabbits to the cubs? The
old robber, ttough t lated by the world, is thoughlt by hlis
ifamily to be a meritorious and 1)crsecutcd indlividual.
The afflicted family had plenty of time to cry — then,
and for some months afterwards.
The sheriff returned to town vith his prize, aid, after
examiniing' the contents, sent a list to the Louisville offiJcers
with specimaes.  A  large portion of the package consisted of those "dtangerous tens," but they were  lnearly
atll unsiglned. -. Aht  then some one in Barry County, or
along oJn the route, tlas the skill to put in fac-similes of
the signatures I  Will Tom enlighten the officers onl this
point?  Or has hoe b)een kept in ignorance, lest ie should
lknow too much?  A mnan not given to talk, lie wvill not
tell what lie knomws, unless it is to set him at liberty.
It Nwill be necessary0now to pass over a few days, during which nothilng that was noteworthy occirrled.  Beauchamnp seemed to be slowly gaining, alt1hough there were
some symptoms of fever that gave the doctor unieasiless.
There  was to be need of all patience in the world in his
case. Thle s     lchool in towni remained closed, for Mr. lowartd, though able to talk, f elt disiticliled to begi n a term
until Beau1clamp's recovery.  One afternoon lo    e learned
ftom  the servants thalt a  l)riest was passing the (lay at
Van Ilolin's house.  Ito  thought it was likely to be his




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old frielnd, Father tlennequin.  It was  lonely at Beech
Knoll, and lie thoughlt it must be lonely at TVai  Itolbn's
also.  HIle knew that the good fatlher would not be likely
to return to 1:lhis  ome that Inight, atnd a sutidden desire to
renew ]lis old acquaintance pronipted himt to send over
and ask if tlhe father wooul not pass th:e nig'ht att $Beech
Knoll. i,  athr lIennequin carme, and was welcomed )by
Mrs. Russell Awith the respect due to hlis profession.  After
supper site said she would sit by hler son, and leave MN[r..Ioward Nwith his guest.  The fire burned brightly, and tho
chairs were drawn ul) before it, wvith the little table between.  Pipes were lighted, and the conversation took a
discursive range, -  starting wlith the recent fight and
then going into the question of slavery, and so on to the
ends of tile eCarth.
Father i.t1lmequin appeared to be (about fifty years old,
and was a large t11and mlusculalr mian.  His beard was cleanly shaven, lis features  wero more  sharply drawnvl than
usual, and lie had less of that tendency to fat about the
cheeks and neck which is often seen in ecclesiastical fitces.
Ii.ls lhands and feet were large, and the a(rticulations of
h}is joints showed t}hat lie had been very powerful, and at
some  time p)robably accustomed to labor. tHe wore habituatly thte reserved and chastened expression belonging to
persolls of devout life, but when lieo spoke his smile was
singularly frtank andli winning. ilis hair was slightly gray,
and lhad becoxme thin over his forehlead.
After th ey had talked for some time, -Mr..1[oward said,
I'  beliteve  ou on1ce told me you were not of French extraction."
No," lie replied.  " I was )born ill Northern Vermont,
and of Yankee parents.  I was a lumberman, as you
m-ight see by my hands.  Once, whlile rafting on a  river
that emtpties into tle St. Lawr\ nce, I fell between the logs




81o              LORD  O01' ImIs11L/r.q
and was seriously injured. MTy comrades left mtle  t a littic villacge to (dit.  I wast tlak-en care of )by a 1French fitmily, and finally restoredf to health.  During lmy coltvatcsceneO I enimbraced tlhe Cathtolic fi;ith, atid as I wNvas then
less thatt twenlt!y y'cars old, I determined to olbttil an education, and devote mtly lilib to tle chllurc.   hlad tle usual
-varied expcriences of the poor student.  I taught s$cloot
scveral wtinters, and' boarded round, oftenv with lpentrious, nclan people, at whose tables I   ttld much  do to
get cnoiuglt to cat.  One \woman, I wtcll remember, used
to tmake ter butter in little globes, and put them out in
the cold until t1hey became solid.  When they canie on
the table they would htave answered for grape-shot.  The
butter-knife made no itm)rcssion onl te smooth, and hardl,
roltling spheres; and thle rmost I could hlack off at a time
wouldn't have been enough to grease at rusty sot.i  Very
frugal people,  rAL. Iioward(.  Our negroes waste more
every year than would ke ep the whole State of Vtermont.
As I always have lad a good app)etite, I suppose the metmory of th}ese early privations lhas stayed by mtie, and if I
eat m-lore now, it is by way of recompense. -- I see you
are curious about rmy lnameo.  For domestic reasons I did
not cttare to wear my own, and took lmy present name froml
that of the famlily who befi'icnded  me'."
It, ow  strange  tlhat a Vermont Yanlkee should haYve
Ibecome a Cathotlic priest, taken a French na-me, and settled in a rural d(istrict in Kenttuckty.'
"Yes  I often thinkl of it.  I d(on't knlow that I regret
imy early trials.  The labor I did made me a strong lmaltll;
having b}een useti to scanut fare I appl)reciate the, abundance
here; and thavingt been born amongt  Protestants, I klnow
better blowr to present the truth to thcnt."
"You will iidl mlte a toughl subject, father.  I am not
dlisputatious, but inert.  I dton't doubtl you could confult




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any )ropositionll I should lay down; but speculative doctrines and chlurch listory d(on't afi'ct IIc.  1 believe in the
Jfltits of  righteousness, and whren I.see thlen I don't care
to inquire, like an analyzit.ng botanist, what species of tree
prodtuced then.  litt I shlould think thliat a clerg yman of
your churct, who is a student of hltuan natttre, would
lhave so501 1very singtlar cases  come under ]his notice inl
confcssion.,ike the tero in I, Sagc's novel, you see
lhoses unroofed; and, besides,  you see hearts as they
are. This, I thlink, is a source of pover that is unlimited.
Lacon says thi e reason i it iS Casy to write ta brilliant dialogue is, that the autthor talks for both sides, and shlapes
the s)eecch of tile one to give tlet chance for the repartee
of the otier.  The priest xvho knows thle secrets of his
flock lhas a wonderfuil opp)ortunity for good, in bringing
togctler estrangeld hlearts, complosing strife, aind causilng
reparation for ijttury.  I[te has also a power fir evil that
is equally unlimited, if lie is a bad man.  The )eltitenlts
are chessmen, and lie moves both sidcs of the gtame. -
J)on't thlink I am going to step over the lilne, and ask you
even a single question as to whYat you fhave ever heard.
tiut you know me so tvell that I aIn tempted to pult before
you a supposititious case. A nd you need not cvctn ansswer
tlhat unless you like. Suppose that I were thle lpriest, and
you, mly friend, a  tlaymanl;   suppose you klew, or hadtl
excellent reason to believe, that a person under my spiritutal clharcge had collmmitted a great crinme; sutppose thlat
the crime had injured an innocent fattily fart moire thtan it
h1ad benefited hiim   siuppose that yout saw rmy pyaticelt to
ble ap)l)arently neari his end, anid you knew that Ite otugltt
not to die withlout making vlhat reparation ihe could; suppose you kInew me to be ignorant of all this', and believed
that the dying man latcked thle nerve to make a fiill confession and paltered with his consciencel; -- what do you
think you would tdo? "




3'14             LORD  01;f ILLJ fSL';ti:' Tt is a long prea;mbl.e, and rmy judIgmentt mighlt be
afflcted by a gtreat many circutnstances thlat 3yout don't
mentiont. Ittypotllesis anl fict tare ratrely quite at accord.
Still, to colie straig}tt to the point, no  clergymi-an who
knows y3ou, and believes you silncere antd disinlterested in
the Inatter,  w(ould hatve any scruple to hear what you
migh'lt, have to say.  After lie had heard you, what ilm)ression your story made lie wotuld not be likely to tell
you; nor would lihe intinate what lie proposed to do or
to say about it.  Iec would be at liberty to hlear, and no
more.  What lie would do you could only inftr fr'om your
knowledge of him."
-\ Well, Father Ilnnuequitn, I am going to mlake a clean
breast of it, for I feel it my solemin, bounden duty.  I
)articularly request thtl you shall' not say a wVord to me
iln reply.  For it doesn't concern Inc person-ally, and I
haitve a delicacy about meddling'. Jacob Van HItolm, who,
I suppose, is soon to die, has committed two great crinlmes,
-— as I believe.  Ite swore faisely in a trial about a boundaty line, and in consequence t;he title to the land onl
which lte lives wat   unjustly taken frlom this fa-nily.  11is
farmn, il tihe sighlt of 1[eavcel, is tihe property of tle young
man in the next room.  Next, lie swore falsely (I say so,
in my judgment, as before) in identifying the signatature to
a paper on which a case turneld in court, some years ago,
against this same famtrily. This last suit ireduced tIhe tRIssells to poverety, and it hbas now  involved some freed
slaves, who tare soon to be sold at auction to hellp pay thtis
unjust judgment.  Van  o[elm  )rofite(ld somewlhat by thie
land suit., but not by thle other.  Now, what lie orught to
do, and what lie must do, if lie is p)enitent, is to  ttake
such declarations as truthl demands, in thle  lproper F legal
formis, and before thte proper persons as witnesses, and to
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use them to compel the unjust litigant to make restitution.
]Mr. Russell vill not be:able to talke any.part in this, for
his recovery wilt be very slow.  His uncle, Ralplh Beanchtamp, is the tman to represent hirn.  And this s-hould bo
tdonte without delay, for fear Van Itolm shouldt die before he
can go tint'mgh thi e nece ssary formlalities."
D )on't you think eIt sthould give a thousand dollars to
repair our poor clhap)e? I suppose lie can tfiord it  and
wc'll have him put that in, too. -  That vwas a ra re time
we had, by thel by, last sutlner, when you came over.
M11y garden was never so fine, -  such roses and geraliumns I and those rich, maroon-blatck calacanthus blossoms,
— was there ever anything so sweet?"
Yes, my friend; mty visit to Nazareth wvas a delitghtfiul one.  Your house and garden are chlarming, and the
school-girls seem to be as happ)y as buttCerlics. But most
of the sisters impressed me with the deepest melanclloly."
"Their lives are devoted to God, ant(1, believe me, thecy
thaveNn't a thouglt  or regret for the world they have left
behin(d.  You are looking at the mXaterial side of things.
Some peoplle must cultivate the spiritual field, and keep
alive the filames of devotion in thie lhetarts of the young."
"I see tlle force of what you say, but I assure you I
never could look upon those women without feeling pity
for theitm, because thley were  forever denied the blessed
boon of love. They may live for others, but the sacrifice
they make is too great; it is nothing less than their
heart'tS' blood."
All the more glory to therm, now and hlereafter.....
But let us speak of your young' fr'iend.  Is lie in a dtangerous condition?  Trephlinin)g is ]1o jok.  Are you not
afraid of brain fever settinlg in? "
"I think lie will live through it.,We don't mnean thlat
le shall havre   fCevc.  But when h1e comcs to recover




816            ZLORD  OF 0 Il3ms'Iw'irf
le wvill have some bitter things to think of. The children
hle has tried to save will be sold and scattered about. JBut
his shlarpcst trial wvill be in meeting the slanderous stories that even now have begun to circulate about him.
lie Ihas been under some suspicion before now, simply for
being' my fiiend; antd you know how ready the public is
to takte up) the cry against an abolitionist.  Then the fact
that the girl Sally -  vwho is really I beauty, by the way ---
had been lurking here so long, anld was actually found inl
hlis room, will be in every one's mouth.  Neither of us
knew  where she was, but that is something that no one
else but God knows, and the general depravity makes
pceople %wag their heads."
" It s a rather serious matter for a I)ure-lindled man;
the commion sort wouldn't  mind it.  Ini tllis world you
lxave not only to be good, and pure, and trutte, bult to appear so.  If the gossips once make a point against you,
it's seldom that you ever get it rubbed out. -  3But I thlitk
I'll take a parting whiff and go to bed. I shall r ide ihomel
to-morrow, but am to return next Sunday for service, and
I shall then see you as I go to Mr. Van  tolnm's."




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CHIAPTERt XXIII.
SOLD AT AUCTION.
i FTER thle decree was given for thle sale of MAilly's
1"t   clitldren, Mr. Wyndhtam had 1arrison and tlhe twins,
Tim and Fanny, put in charge of the jailer, vith instructions to look after them and to feed them iwell.  The
first requisite in a slave was a strong, healthy body.
Educ\ation, except in practical matters, was considered a
drawback.  Good musclest for labor, a[ tractable temper,
and just enoiugh trailing to do work \ctll, -  tlhese wetre the
qualities that were considere(d by )turchasers.  The four
vhildren possessed sotme of these requirements in good
nmeasure.  Their bodies were shapely and well ktnit, fand
they were well disposed and pliant.  They knew ratler
too much, however, -- at least, the two older ones, -- and
the fact that they hade been once, freec  was tllought to
take away a great deal from their value.  It vwas believed
that they would be trying to escape, and therefore wvould
not bring whCat they ought at the salet, unless they were
bought by some one firom the extreme Southlern States.
AMr. Wyndham  was greatly rejoicetd, therefore, when 110
hteard that a wealthy )lanter or slave-dealer   for reports
varied.. froirm  New Orleans was coming' from Louisville
to buy them.
AWe shall find it difficult to put ourselvest in ilmagination into the places of lHarrison and Sally as the timne of
the sale drew  near.   The auction-block was thre one




318              LORD OJ' O IZIISI<SLt
great terror of a slave's life.  Whipping  and aluse,
hunger and nakedness, were lighltly esteemed in comn
lparison,  The dullcst brute that ever lifted his lht'avy hoe,
the man who had not a thought beyond hris animal existence, and to whomi fireedom  was ain idle tale, shuddered
at the prospeCt of being' sold.  Thte yoke lCe b)ore had
become fitted to his neck, and lie feared to exchange.
With how muchl livlier feelings a young man of twenty
years, one whbo could readl and write, who had been used
to the dress and comforts of civilized life, who looked
forward to an equal marriage  and an undisturbed life in
freedom, regarded the act thtat was to thrust him  down
to the level of a beast of burden, and to blast every
hope for this life!  AYe cannot )put ourselves in his place.
Wre cannot make real to our minds the terrible situation.
The soul revolts at it.  But regrets were iuavatiling for
thlese victims of the law1    they were hemmed in ttand kept
down by a force as pervadingl aend irresistible as gravitation.
Think! youngl  man of twenty, young' damsel. of eighttee  I  Persuade yourselves, now, after your schooling is
finished, and you are anxious to find your appointedl
ptlaces in life, that your labor, your recreation,  your
lmaturer progress, your affection for k i ndred  anld the dlearce
ties for which every humlan soul yearns, are under the
absolute control of another I  Imprisonment in a cell, or
between fotur walls, might appear at first to be more
terrible;  but if the mind could reach forw ard and take in
the whole of the momentous fact of slavery, — I coveriC g
every inch of one's own life, and contitnuing the same
misery to offspringg, -- the shutting upl of the body  in
pris-on would aplpetar the milder altern ative.
Look for a,noment at Hiarrison Rlussel, --- for the fieedman as well as the slave, was known b)y his master's surname, -- and consider wvhat may be (lone by law, and in




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a communl)ity of really kind and Christian people.  l[fe is
twtenty years old.  Open his shlirt collar and look at lhis
finely modelled chest; roll up his sleeves anld notice thoim
fine lines of htis arms,  Don't hesitate for any feeling' of
delicacy I  It wvill be done at the sale.  Ask him to 1hold
tp his head, and see the perfect poise and the clear
features I  The tint and the round contour of tlhe fte, and
the straight., shining hair, recall the Eastern types of
beauty.  llthe smooth skin over the friame of his chest,
att)nd ovr the elastic muscles that brace and( sathe his
breast anld shoulder, is fitir and glossy like the surface of
the bronze 3Mercury by John of Bologna.  A handsome
creature, strong and atlert,'%bwhat a pity lie has a soul of
his own!  If lie were only'an animated statue, we might
atlnire  his proportions andl fexile grace as Nwe'would
those of a favorite anilmal.  Butt lie thinkls,, and the feels,
and we kitnow it.  His heart is fill of thoughts of his
dead mother, lhunted down and (lying  among  human
brutes.  And in this pocket, even now, there is a cruimpled
letter that lie has readl a hundred times, and in the lining
of htis waistcoat is a common daguerreotyple, out of
which looks a ftace with sweet and melancholy eyes, like
those of the young mother of 3Moses by De la lRoche.
Yes, this young man, vwho is to b)e sold like a horse, has
loved   And this is the end of it -  a crumpled letter
and a poor daguerreotype.
Sally, during her sojourn in Indiana, lhad attracted the
attenltion of a cultivated and religious woman, and had
received the kind of trai,,ning; fitted to make hter virtuous
and domestic.  Though}~ she lived at home, she spent
much  time witll this kindly and helpfi neiglhbor,  and
under her influence was likely to become whlat 3Milly
most desired, but was  so unfitted herself to exemplify.
The showy  lanners, the tastes for display, and all tle




8,200             I ORD  OF ItALiJ/SAL1F.
ofifelnsive fortlh-putting, so often sieen among' lalfeasto
wotmlen, were absent.  tert apparel and  person  wero
scrupulously neat, and her llature seemed to  lave\ be
come refinted by tile same )rocess.  1er face, as we ht1ave
mentioned, \was  ery hantdsome; her features, like those
of hler darker-skinned mother, hadt suflficint prominence,
andl( were, mouldted symmetrically;   and the rich peachcolor of ter cheeks was not more attractive than the
modest and down-dropping  glance  of her  tlarge  and
lustrous eyes.  She lhad no crumpled letter in her pocket,
no daguerreoty)pe, but slhe had a small Testament,   a neat
sewing-case, and the usual assortment of knicknacks
whiich yountg ladies afiect.  3But, thoughll site had left no
lover behind, she had, like Iall our daughters and sisters,
he-r day-dre.ams, her air-castles.  She had felt the stir of
Nature's l, rompting' in her heart, (nd notw slhe was broughlt
tace to ftlce with d(lstliny.  Destiny seened at one time
to hlave conme in tihe personl of the vile wretcht Jack
tleemister.  I te was (lead; t)ut Nwhat migllt come ]next?
Perhaps an enforced union with anu uneducated, grovellingblack mtan, a field hand witlihout culture, without scltimelcnt, wvithtout aspir-ation for anything beyond a slave's
life.  Then she would have the prospect of living in dir(t
atlnd ignorance, and of bringing into the world ta mscccssion
of chtildren that might be taken ax way friom her and sold
as calves are.  Or sihe might be bought, like a Circassian
at Constantinople, to become something sheo shuddered to
think of,  In what shape was her destiny to come?
Whltatcver it might be, she was helpless.
The day had come, and tle four clhildten were ar:rayed
in their best at the Court Ilonwse door.  lThe  )rincipal
fartlers had come in from  the surrounding  corintIry.
There were  several from  adjacentt counties, -meni who
were not rcgular dealers in slaves, butt who had capital,




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anid who attended auctions, and boulght, whlen they vawV a
chttnce to buy low, with a view to p)rofit.  There was the
usual crowdl of idlers.  All the little shops wvere emrptied,
and thie taverns  also.  As thie hour apt)roached, there was
a crowd iln tlhe square, numberingl, perhaps), fifty or more.
Mtr.  Pierrepont had come down, more from curliosity thlan
anythling else, foir lie lt-ad slaves enlough; still, his dcaughter had said that if the girl Sally didn't bring too mucth,
slhe should like her for a waiting-lmaid.  Squire I[t-amilton
thought tlatt Iflrraison would nrlake an excellent boy to
attceld to his horses, and help about the house, land lie
ttad come to look onl.  Our thero, Beauchamp, was unable
to be pl)resent, as we know \cry well; and Mr. H \oward
}lad ridden in because lhe knew  that whenl his friiend got
bettt'r lie would wantt to hear the )articulars of the sale
antd the names of thle  1urchlasers.  In answer to inqttuiris,
lie reported that Beauclhamp had symptomns of fever, wtith
occasional delirious intervals, and thtat his condlition twas
critical.  Mr. Rtalph Beatuclhamp was passing' thle day at
]Beechl K-tnoll, and did not come in to the sale.
Tho dealers and speculators began to look over thie
property.  lHarrison was felt of, ttrned rOtlld, mtade to
stand, to sit, and to wvalk about.  Stome  took him by the
forehellad and clin, and inspected the condition of hIis
feethll, as jockeys do horses.  Tihe result of the examination was highly favorable; all aglreed tiat if hle would be
conltented, a better mCad, and apparently a better natured,
boyr could not be found.  Who could p)ainlt the face of
tlhe'boy " while thus inspepcted, andl his points thtus
canvassed?  1tiad the spectators of trhe sale seen  ant
actual poritrait )ainted by a master, del)icting the emotions
st-ugoli ng -for expression  onl the "' boy's'' fatce, they
would ha\ve been powerffilly aflfected; but they did ntot
undertstand or feel the mitg'lcd terror'aiLd desp;air that
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322              LOX)D OF,' I1J18FL'.!;L~
were csxhibited before  their eyes.  The world is most
touched by ideal sorrow,  The jewelled and pecrfumed
lady feels a tclderness at a picture of homely life or of
poverty or sentimental distress, but she would recoil wvith
disgust fTom thle actual hunger, and squalor, and wee)ping.
So tragtcdies are veiled from  the eyes of the beholders;
and a sccne tlhat is merely unpleasant or shocking to contemporaries may become lheroic and memorable to succeedin"g generations.
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Adams, and tlhe sheriff came out
of tlhe Court IHtousc, and after thenm our old friend, Au-nt
Phtills.
Thoe sheriff then called the assembly to order, and said,'Gclttlemen, before sclling  the niggers advertised, I
hlave  to stay that Phillis, that you see here     Phillis,
you'll have to step on the block; you're o short —"
~Phillis nmuttered, " I go on ste lblock I  Yes, go on
anyting for,nissus.  No matter'bout ol' Phillis."
The sheriff went on wvithout noticing her:1 Phillits, I say, is an old01 woman, and has been in the
Russell family for fifty years.  I am  a athorized by Mtr.
Ralph Bleauclhalp to bid fifty dollars for her, as Ite wantts
lher to stay iln h]er otl ]home.  But according' to law, I am
obliged to offer her to the highest bidder.  Does any ona
bitd more?  Any more than fifty dollars?  Going at fifty
dollars, and all done.  Sold to Ralph icautclamlp for fii't)y
dol1lams."
Phillis stepped down from the block: proudly, and ats shlo
did so, Squire l lamiltoll called out to ther, "'1 lillis, wNe all
know  you're worth your wtcigt it silver; but,nobody
wants to take you  tMaway f'lom your mistress; and that's'
rmore to your credit than if you outsold that likely youngg
\n'CllCl t1ihere. 
The sheriff contitnued -:




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I had expected to sell Scipio at thie same time.  HIe,
as you know, is an old slave, broughtt tp in the same
family; but lie has run away,.........
" Got ofl' by the ]help of Hecady's bitters," said some
one in the crovd, in the midist of good-humored laughs.
" And I will sell hinm to the highest bidder, as he riuns,
the buyer to take this clhances of catching hinm  Air.
]Ralph Beauclhalmp offers ten dollars."
There was a general hilarity, but no bid Nwas offered.
Scipio was long past his active usefulness, and would not
be Nworth much even1   if he came back voluntarily.  Hto
was knocked down to Ralph Beauchamp for ten dollars,
at which Phillis chuclled more than any one else.
Hrarritson Nwas nmw )put upl), and the bidding began.  The
sheriff dwelt on his youth and his good disposition.
"fie looks a little downcast now, gentlemen, but lhe'll
pick up.  Amrong strangers so, and not knowing vwhlich-l
of you is to have him, lie don't shoxw so bright as lie is.
But he'll bhe a first-rate hand, able and stiddy, and knowin,
antd trusty, too.  Sound as a hickory nut, and gentle as
a kittell, gentlemen.  Knotws horses and farm-wvork, teand
haltldy at odd jobs.  l[tow much am I ofiercd?'
"One hundred dollars."
Take it back, sir; say five. Only one lundred dollars I
Boys' play, gentleten."
"Twxvo hundred."  ThJis from Squire!Hamilton.
"Two hundred dollars, gentlemen.  Worth a thousand,
easy."
"Three hundred," from a Louisville dealer.
"Three hundred, gentlemen. l, st bring a t thousatd,
if one dollar is worthl anothler."
Five hultdred," from a new bidder1.
"Six hundred, " said the Louisville dealer.
"SeOven,"1 said his competitor.




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Squire IHro amilton now retired, as his figure had been
exceedted.   Tlhe country speculators also saw they had
no chance.
"Seven htundred and fifty dollars," said the Louisville
man, locking' round for his rival.
"Eight,"  answered the same imperturbable voice.
" ]'igltt thundlred and fifty," said the Louisville  man,
with a tonte shIO\wing somethling like %vexation.
"A tltousa ld,' said the othler.
Th'  excitement rose, and people stretched their necks
to soee who was bidding.
"Now, gentlemen," said the sheriff, " you begin to
talk.   There's men here that know  the worth of a boy
like this.  One thousand (dollars I am offered I  Fifty —.
shalt I hIave it?  One thousand I  Going  at one thousandt I  G  oing I  Fifty (10 you sty?"
The Louisville tman,:after an apparent menItal struggle,
nod: ded.
"TTeti hundred and fifty, gentlemen I  Ten lhundred
an(l fift Iy  Eleven -  slhall I have it?  Going at ten
fifty It   oing! 
Eleven," saidl the rival bidder.'rlie Louisville  man buttoned tp his p)ockets and stood
back.   Thllo sheriff rung  lfs conventional changes onl
"Eleven," but got no respolise.  Thte " Going I " was
repeatedI, while the sheriff looked  around the circle.
Thtere was no answer.   "  oing I  Gone I  Sold foe
eleven huntdred dollars.  Who shall I say, sir? "
C"O:ash,") was the answer.
Harrison looked at the face of the successftil bidder,
an(d groaned aloud.  The face and the dress of the mal,
showed tthat lhe was a southernerl and Iiarrison saw thlat
whvat lhe most dreaded had bt eftallen hilm...lie vwas sold to
go down the river.  Thel  misery of life on'a cotton or




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sugar plantation was all that was before lhim..The
wretched boy shook with tihe extremity of his agotly,
and continued to sob.
Thle buyer coolly advanced, and showed a b)ag of gold
to the sheriff.
In a few minutes," he amlnswered, referring to tle payment.  "The bill will be made out and the nmoney counteld
ini th-le clerk's office as soon as the sale is over."
ff.lie looks of the stranger were not prepossessing. Ito
was of imedium stature, or rather above it, antid Ihad the
comllexion of a Spaniard.  Over one eye was a (dark
patch, and there w\as plainly visible, on the eye)browv
above and on the cleelk below, thle ends of a scar thtat
showed how the eye hlad been cleft by a knife.  Hlis firmset 110moutt Covered by thlin black mustaches-, and his silenft
manner, heigohtened the iml)ression made  by the patch and
the scars.  [e wvore thle broad-brimmed ihat, black clothes,
fine, unsta.clhed linen, and neat-looking, da)per boots that
are the disttilnguishingl  marks of Cubans, and of Spanish
reside(lts in Louisiana.  The weather seemted to chill
h}im), and  e he ad oil his shoulders a loosely-folded iMexican
p)onctlo.
It was nomw Sally's turn.  Site displayed more fortitude
thtan was expected.  But shte kept her eyes bent on the
ground, and hler breathing Nwas irregular and anxious.
There wats a slight murmur as she appeared, for suchl a
face, and suchl a formnl  ere seldom putt up for sale, -- ex
cept, as Willis says, in clhurch,  whSere —
" lIonored well are chlarms to set
If priests tht selling do."
The sheriff noted tlhe good points of the girl, and prrw
ceeded to invite bids.
iMr. Pierrepont bid five huitndred dolltars.




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" Five hundt'ed I am offered, gcnltemen...... -five thundred I
W'Vortht a great deal more money.  N'Who says six? "
T'le Louisvilo  dealer no(dedtl.
"Six htundred dollars, gentlemen I  Be lively, for it
grows chilllt.  You know she'll bring more.  Six I aim
ofelred.  Whoi says sevenl?"
"Seven hundred,"l saidl Mr. Pierretpont.
" Eiglt," octhimed in the dealer.
M1:,r. Pierrepont shook0his heald.
" ]iighlt hundred I amt offered I  Eight, going at eighttl
W Ito says iline?"
The southerner had been looking on inldifi'rently, but
nows he increased the bid fifty lollars.
":Iightl fifty I " said the sheritf   "Worthl just as mluch
as the boy, and perhaps more."
"A  d&ainty piece, and a dainty price," said Squire
l:tamilton.  " Shoe ain't vortl mnore to work."  This in
anl aside to Mr. Pierrepont.
E' figoht fi fty!"
"Nine," said the Louisville man, making a rally.
"One thousand," said the southerner, carelessly.
The t)uzz of interest among the spectators increased.
An auction is like a hor.se-race in one resp)eCt.  Every
spectator likes to see who will win, and finds himself excited in Nw'atching the progress of the struggle.
One thousand dollars I amn offtred t  " said the sheriff.
"Goingg at one thousand I The mbest chlance for profit this
day.  Good for five hundred more in New Orleans.  TWhl
says eleven hundred?  Going at onle tlhousand   Ele ven
—.. svhall I lhavre it? 
Eleven hundred,t'   said the Louisville man.
tleven it is I Goingt at eleven I A. good margin yet.
Going at eleven I (Goit  g!"
"Twelve," said the southerner, amid a general tlmur
mur at the high p)rice reached.




SOLD  A 7' A4 UCT'77OA              3827
"Twelxve I hear!   rill  anybody say more?  Going
at twelve I  Going I  Twelve llundred dollars I  Going I
Gone I  Sold for twelve hundred dollars to-.- "'         s:ht   said the soutltherner.  "' You can write the namo
Sefior Jos6 (10 Sandoval."  The words sounded strangely
on account of the delicate, but distinct, foreign accent.
Sally, helaring the fattal word "  on cl'  looked up at the
sinister fhoe of thle purchaser.  She trembled violently,
as Harrison had dtone. But knowinlg  30now thtat ishe would
probably have the company of her brother, slhe reached
out to t:Hi[arrisorn and grasped his hand fervently, while;a
smile shone lthroug'h herl tears.
"IThe gtal is pleeased," wivas Squire HIamilton's comment.
"One of them good-lookin}g rwenches is better pleased to
fgo south than to stay here and work forl an honest ivin'."
Mr. Pierrepont, to whom this was said, replied, "' You
ca1n't always tell what a girl's thinking of.  She looked
at her brother when she sumiled, and they are both bought
by tlte same man. -  But, squire, we might buy tlheso
twins.. -- you take thle boy, and I the girl.  Thely are well
grown for their age, and every year tlhey'll be improving.
They Ihaven't any bad ihabits nor foolish notions, -. they
can't have at ttheir age, -- and we can bring theim uip to
our liking."
rWell, let's see ltow it goes,'" said the squire.  Little
Timn was next p1ut up.  [oe was too wihite and too delicate to bring a great price.  The competition was not
lively.   The southerner, being appealt1d to, said, "';I
iiito paruztdo --- too little."
Squire Hamilton bought the boy for three hundred dollars, and Mtr. PielC~rrepont the girl for twenty-five dollars
nmore.  The little creatures looked as frightened as lambs
about to be pennled; but they had no (adequate sense of
what was  htappenittng.  Sally kissed tlhemt, and cried over




320                LORD  01f' 1IJ{IS1,:f
theta, until Ar. Wyndlham  interfered, telling' lher to slihut
up, and not to set theml hlo\lilng.
MIr. Picrrepont said to Squire tHamilton that  he would
leave the childt Fanny to go xwith her brother Tim for tthat
nigolht, as lie thought it migl t be 1l)tter for them bothl;
and, besides, -lie proposed to ride out to Beech Knoll witIt
tr. I'rward.  So the twins were sent off hland in htand
to Squire HIamilton's, anted Sally and HIfarrison given into
the jailer's care until thle next day, when thle btuyer Ntvwas
goillg t toake tthem   raway in tile stage.
The spectators and. idlers dispersed, and the southerntcr
Nwent into the clerk's office wtith tle sheriff and Mr. Wyndham, to settle for the lpurchases.  Sefior Sandoval took
out his bag of buc;kslin att(l counted on the ta ble tvwentIythree hundred dollars in gold.  Thle sheriff looked at the
coin.   It was appl)arently genuine, and hlad the small
letter   " o " to denote the  )lace of coittage.  lie ral,'
several pieces -- they sounded  vell-  they  werec  good.
Mr. Wyndhlltam examined them, saying'a that in a tra'.nsaction of some margnitude, and Nwith a stranger, cautiotn
must be pardoned.  The southerner smiled queerly, atld
hoped they would satisfy thecmselves.   The gold was
good;  lie htad taketl it from tle tmint himself.
The sheriff then wrote out a bill of sale for Iarrisonlt
and Sally; and, flattering himself tlhat he had the name
to a dlot, wrote it as " Hosea 1). Sandy Val."'
The disapploinlted speculator firom  Louisville wvet to
the tavern, atd(1 Seflor Sandoval soon followed.  T}e latter politely condoled with his rival, saying that both could
not!have the negroes, and lie didtn't choose to give thelt
up, as lie wanted t}tem expressly for his ow\v  plantation.
Ite  had ihad butsiness in Touisville, antd seeingt the hanridbills, had comle  up solely for tlte sale.  Sefior Sandoval
asked the dealer if lie would " takei something' "?  Th




SOQLD  A' A UCY7ZON.                h29
dealer assented, as it wtas exactly what hte felt lie needed
att that timle, -lie had been so cursedly cold out in thlat
open, wvindy square.
They took oft ttheir overcoats; and thle barkeeper, who
hastened to assist the foreign-looking customer first, noticed that thlere was a bowie-ktnife in his btreast pocket,
and a pistol in at pocket untder the skfirt of his coat.
"Whiskey for me," said the Louisville man.
Tihe Spaniard gave a sli'ght expression of disgust, and
asked for plain claret.  lie might as well have asked for
Johannisberg or Yquem.  But the obliging barkeeper
suggested " peaclh Ia cure."
" Peach la cure I  And what is that?  Ahl, yo veo!
]1%che liqrfetur I  Buteno I  I take some."
After dinner the Spanallrd said Io li as fatigued from
travelling, and asked fbr a room to lie down.  A fire was
built for him in a chamber, and lte witethdrew.
The Louisville manl foundt congenial company among,
some of the town's people.  A  little gtame of "dr aw
poker, "   twas arranllged, and thle evelving was spent anliicably, the towln's )eople rather having the advantatge at
thte end.  The Louisville iman paid his losses abo'it midilight, stood treat all round, and was voted a perfect
gentlema n.




dOV              LOR!'D  O  1tZIALSIJ'llt.
CIHAPTElR XXIV.
DEVOTED  TO THEORIZING.
r1-0SE readers who think tflat witfi tfhe extinction of
clattel slavery the equality of mankind lhas been
est-ablished, and that there is nothing left for Christianity
nor for legislation to do ill regard to tht fundamiental principles of the social structure, can skip thlis chlapter.
A'r. Pierrepont was riding out of town with Mr. Itoward, antld as hte noticed that the latter was not very talkative, lhe supjposed the sale  iad set him  thinking.  IHo
said, " I suppose the impression of this (lay is not a
pleaasant one$."
" Not at all," HIoward replied.  " But you remet ber
your own caution to me, and I had determined to keep
mlly thoughts to myself."
" 0, but, }my good friend, my caution related to other peopie -  not to moie.  Talk to me at any time andI you'll not
rufflte Ime in the least.  I can hear the wordt'slavery' without turning p)l)pleC, and gasping for rage. Tcll me wliat you
have been thinling of,; land without any polite translation."
"\\ell, I will say that this salt to-day has given rue a
new view  of what is l)ossible underl the law.  Undler;-smooth  p)hrases, and following  venlerable  formts, your
judges andt sherifs (lo thle wvork of fictds.  I lbelieve if
the untiverse lad been ranstlackc;d to bring togt ether tlhe
means of givi ng the keenest torture to two siml)le ilnnoccntst., nothinog could Ihave  xccceded w}hat was d(oire to.




D)L f/O ":7D  T'O:'1tl;'TO0'IZINitG.'  31
day.  That grold wlhicht iMr. Wyndham carried off is as
truly tire price of blood as Judas's thirty pieces.:3But
r1iwhat I wovder at, andl cannot get over, is tlhe indifferenco
of the bystanders.  Xtow could tlhey see that ang'uish unmoved?  I tow could they speeulate upon the future  of
that young'  man, ant   still'more, tlhat modest-lookiing
young wotman, delivered over to the mercies of that ruffian fr'om  Louisiana?  I d(idn't see a sign of sympathy
in a single atce."
"The t ant of sympathly is due to custom.  These
people see auction sales frequently, ) and thouglh this was
an extremle case, and cruel enough, I grant, the bystanders don't reflect on it, because it's settled Nwitlh them that
niggers have to be sold.  You could take a generation
of children, even of your philanthropists' sons, and by
bringing' them tup amongl cainnibals, you would find them
as undisturbed at the sight of cutting off'  a human chop)
or steak, as you are at seeing  a butcher slicing somel
mutton for' your breaklfast."
B ]But, my dear sir, you. can't tell atme that you think
th1is is rigiht.  You have le t  fme see the workinggs of your
mind.  You are quick and acute, and you ctan reason.
You won't say you thlink it vas rig'ht to sell thtose two
young people to-day, law or no law."' No, I'll be flank, and say that this case by itself is a
very hard one -  not to be justified on lprincil)le.  But t;he
system  is not quite so bad, even as it is shown to-dtay.
The two little children are )rot'vided vith goodl homes, at
least as long as the squire and I live; and you saw, too,
t-tat no one wa\s willilng to disturb Mr. Beauchatll's plalins
for Scipio nrtd Phillis. Tlhese tlmings are surely to be taken
into account. tBut I antticiate your fitrther questions.
I go before you and admit tlhat slavery is wron g. I won't
waste ta noment by going over either the moral or the




o02      L       tOR "LO   OF' IItfSIfI,'
social or economical grounds.  But I ask you to look at
tihe condition of a fair-minded master here.  Whlmat can he
do?  Eimancipate?  Yes; and after reducing llimself to
beggarly, find that lhe must support his slaves in a fiee
state, or send them  to Africa to die.  They hlaven't a
ghost of a clhance across the Ohio, nor in' any climate they
can live comfirtably in; and you know  Nwe are not allowJed- to frie  Ihemr and leave thlem here."
I. used to be taughlt that we must do rigllt, and leave
thle consequences to God."
" That's one view of it, and there's another view, tlat
we niust provide for those who hIave any chlaim  upon us,
even if that claim  grows out of our sins, just as if there
were no God.  What shall Solomon, vheln lie sees thle
true lighlt, do witht tile two hundred and ninety-nine surplus swives? (I believe that's the nlttulber.)  IShall lie take
the one and suppolrt her, and leave the rest to God, th}at
is to say, to starvation?' I trow not,' as tle Bible says.
We have this enorm1'ous load of ignorance, this manns of
black helplessness, upon us, and we can't rolt it off in a
minute.  We must look at consequences.  Theorists are
very well, but tle real and ssubstantial progress of the
world is done through  thle argency of mIln  who put
theories to practical use, and whlo make clhanges that will
save the generation, and not destroy it.  The abolitioiists
think they have thought thle matter a11 out for us.  I d(on't
think they begin to comprehend the results of the step
they advise; that is, of immlediate  and unconditional
emancipation.
"~ Listen  to me a little fiurther.  AVe are constantly,attacked by argnt ents that start from two distinct points,
and 1)ursue distinct lmethods; and tIhe abolitionist hopts
nimbly from  the one to tXhe other, as occasion requires.
Now, either wVe will take Christianity or Political Econ



DL.' V07TED  TO    IEORZIZING.           833t
omy; for they are at total variance.  If Christianllity is
good for thle world, and is foutl(ldl  on the best reason,
then the otter is false and injurious.  Now, the system
in thfe most civilized communities is not Christian.  It is
substanlltnly this  to buy at the cleatt)est rate you can,
and to sell for the most you can  to employ wthat labor
you, want, and when you want it, anl pay the least lsum
you catn get tiel work d(onIe for.  It is simply laissez
faire, and devil take the hindmost.  It is doing, under
decorous forms, what savages do, and animlals.  SelfisIhness is thle mainspring of every action.  Christ taught
that self was to be suppressed; and if lis golden rule
could be followed, all men would be brothers.  What,
then, would become of bargains, of profits, of hoarding?
You tell mei that there are Christian men who fiall in
with th-is state of thllings:  but that is no matter.  They
don't reflcct.  They thin/k they are Christians, but it is
nevertheless true thlat one day of actual  Christianity, as
Christ taught it, would overtutn every commtercialt and
financial theory and ctlstoim in the vorld.'If I take the precepts of Christ for my guile, I must
set free my slaves, and divide nmy lands wvith them  or
share the crops sith theml; and, as I lhave the stuperior
intelligence, I rmust advise, educate, nourish, and build
tlhem  iup into something like the stature of Christian men
and  womeni.  Because I am  far-seeing  and  l)rudent,  X
shall have money, and they will not.  I must continue to
divide with them.  If I have two coats, or two  lsheep),
or a sturllus of anythling, I must give to him'who is lacking.  I shall bind myself to a slavery that will lnevr
end but w\itlh f)y lift.  But hlere your )olitical economist
com)es in and says,' Not so.  If you give to thte idle and
improvident, you (develop pau)eris,  -  the eating curse
of free states, as slavery is of ours, — aand you destroy




384              LORD  01'" IJiJA.ISE'-LIK.
the foundations of manly character.'' Man must beo
ta'ught,' says the theorist,' that lhe mulSt live by his ownt
labor, and, itf lie won't learnl otlherwisc, then he mttst
learn by bitter experience.'  Divide every year, as thecso
agratrilans say, anttl you give a premiuml to idleness  and
unthrift.  Prot erty, the tlheorist urges, is the legitimate
rec\ard of \wcll-directcd toil and virtuous, frug'al livinlg.
Scatter it, and you take away all the inducements which
Dmake our soeiety as a whole, and our lives ats individuals,
better than that of savages.  So, in your close-packed
towns you 1are wvorking onl the theory of political ecoonomy.
Christ is no more thought of than if lie thad never lived.
H.[aving no chattel slavery, and every man being at liberty to (1o as lie likes, you consider that Christiacnity has
done its whole work, except as it ptrompts thle relief of
the worst cases of sufferinfg that come to notice.  A man
introduces a system  of machinery that saves a thousand
totns of coatl at year.  You Nwelcome it.  Thle surplus coal
can wait for consumert s, and meanwhile miningl slackens,
so that supply shall not greatly excccd tdetandt.   But
lihe introduces other machinery, and saves the labor of a
thousand metn. Tlhese lpeopl)e can't wait, and they A ill
starve, many of them, before they.can get into new  relations with your system  of latbor.  Does yrour manufactlurer then feed them? clothe theml? give them rent
or fuel?  Not at all.  iHe has paid them  their wages,
as longe as lie vwanted them.  They have eaten up wvlat
they have cf-tarnled, and now lie I mt  no more sl'     for thejm.
Where is Christiatity   0Or, a titme of finanlcial distress
comes, and the mills shut down.  The matnagers say if
they run, tlley will do so at'I l:oss, and therefore they
st.op to protect themselves,  \tWho feeds the discharged
laborers anlld their swarms of little ones?  Where is
Christianity?




D,:F0 l7; ED  TYO   ZATOA'LZING.f      3 385
S"o, undlter your system, the )roperty system, the
systeml  of political econot-nists, you have ani immenso
number of people who are never one montlh removed
from  pautl)er'i8sm.  Ant accident to their hilltbs, a fire in
their workshops, a panic in tlte omoney market, tihe invention of new rnodes of  -antlufacture,t or the decline in
value of some product, sends hundreds into your streets
begging, to land int your poorhouses or penal inlstitutions
at a st.  This is an evil that threatens your rich mntc  itl
their mansions, and troubles your lawgivers  in their
halls;.  All your forces, both of state and municipal governtment, and all tihe Nwork of your churches, will grow
more and more porwerless to cope witll it.  Don't ask me
what is to be do(n. I only started to show you that men
have not got to thle bottom of the social p1roblem, by any
means.  And I wvanted to shoiw  you further, thlat the
anti-slavery man, as well as the supporter of the system,
has no riglht to,name Christianity in theC discussion of the
subject.  It is not La rule of action anywhere, and I don't
see that any body pretends to nacc)pt it as such.  All the
northern man can logically do, is to largue witit us on
grounds of hulmanity anld of pu)blic policy.  The' huimanity' is tthe only thingl that touches us, for all agree
that communities  have the power land' the right, to rcgu-t
late their public )policy by their pecutliar circumstances.
And, believe me, mly friend, the time will comeic whcn the
eyes of the world will be turned to tlhe shocking results of
civilization, shtown in thc.hluman wrecks left ill its course;
antid when your ragged, homeless, hungry paupers will
lift tlheir hands to iceaven, as you think our slaves are
doing night and day. Peopl)  may, in fuiture ages, wvonder
whether chattel slavery or vwages slavery was tlte greater
barbarisnm of this century.  If you reckon it, as they do
a battle, by the nutlber of the dead onl each side, I am
not suire which will have the distinction.




838G             fLORDt  OF; IL,1SAi'LF.
We do kveep of' palup erisml here, and we do gliard
against starvation.  There is nlo wavit of food nor of
raimentt anywhere in this state.  Otlher matters are bad
enough, I adntit; too bad for d(efence or apolog-y.  NoNw,
shattll we adopt your system with thlese ignoratlt btlatcks on
our hands?  If your educated, skilled, and moral population is kept up1 with such difficulty, and if' tihe lungIry
and raogted e 0I)1opl, the victims of your systeml (or the
unfortunate exception-s, if you please to call them  so),
nmake such demands upon charity, what would hap)pa
here?  Supjpose we should suggest that Christianity has
still something to do  for fee states, and that you try
and devise some plan whereby labor shall be sure of its
reward,......... a )lan tunder whichl starvation cannot ihaplpen,
-  a plan that doeS 1not class a surplus of coal an1d a stirplus of htuman beings in the same category I  Don't talk
to me of'avetrages' and exceptions.  That Systel  is
false which allows anty h{uman being to die of starvation.
Time lives of men so lost can't be reckoned as so )m)any imperfect products of a machine, and be used over again,
like pieces of old metal.  I must be allowed to hate your
philosphers of' averages.' I claim for every human being
borin into the Nworld a share of its fruits and its shelter,
as of its unhoardod light and air.  I lhave said nothing
of the colossal fortunes of your great rnill-owners and
other capitalists, which only an unchristian system could
I —take possible.  If you could trace to their source each
of the separate -dollars they possess, and could know
what toil, l'rivationl, sickness, and death they havo coVst
the original producers, you would see that each hoard of
millions is a monltment of huaonn bones as stupelndous
and as glast-ly as Tamnerlane's."'
"Your father namled  you prophetically.   I should
almost thilnk, as I hear you talk, that the soul of Jean
Jacques animated you."t




Dfi' VOI'"D  70  7II'ORAZZATG.          337
"I 1hope not.  Rousseatu had some grand ideas; he
hbimself was a pitifil fellow, one of the meanest of tho
great men of France. li-e set the world thinking, Thomnas
Jefferson amnong others, and so lie is a sort of grandlfather
of American democracy.  But, if the world were to do
no better than hlC did, -- what with his  Tadame  (le dt Warrens, andl his putting his children out to be snpl)orted att
the public expense, --- it would be a wretched state of
things. If a philosophert should arise vwho could show how
these incomipatible things mright be reconciled, he would do
the greatest service done for mankind since the Christian
era.  If lie shows the happiness and the virtue of all men
to be attainable by the Christian doctrine, so much the
better for the doctrine, and the political economists will
go under.  But the welfare of the race is of greater moment than any doctrine.  That welfare will be kept in
vtiew  it cannot be otherwise; andl the doctrine that does
inot accord with it will go under. -  To resume for a,momecntu: I think the plilosophers of the free states must
show a little clearer light ahead.  All is confusion now.
Thlere are thinking  men lhere who would act if they
could; but what can be done to move this unreasotnin't,
dogmatic, excitable people Y One man like myself is like
one drop in a ragingl ocean.  I don't see what I could do,
nor how any action of mine  could aftcct theo general restilt.  I shall takel care while I live, or at my death, that
the evil slhall not be greater for anything I h}ave done or
neglected."
" You wNere speaking of the peculinr traits of the Kl(e
tticky people.  As tlhey are descendants of Virginians,
and both are of th  same stockf as theo people of New
Etiglan(l, I have been puzzlcd( at the mlarked difierence in
their mental traits and their habits of life."
"You are a Yankee, and I am a Frenchman, and there's
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nobody to listen; so we can talk of these people as ti-ey
appear to us.  It isn't whlolly slavery that has causedl thl
diversity, but that has 1)een1 the principtal inftluence.  T1le
Yankee.s were all Roundlheads, the Virginians favored the
l)ritnciples tand custonis of thle Cavalierts.  The relig'ion of
thle Puritans was a personal and a paramount matter. The
Virginian was less under restraint, ald lived a freer aid
ofte  t a more dissolute life.  Devotion and self:abasement,
vith inevitable hypocrisy following, - always like sunt and
shadow,.. prevailed at the n orth; p)ersonal freedomt selfassertion, tand a jealous sense of honor, at the south.  In
one place, a Ilan lived only for the state, and the clturch,
its bulwark; in thte other, the state, an(l \what church
there was, existed for Itim.  In one region men g'athlered
in towns, anll  near the sea, fron which they got tlheir
living; in the other, tihe po)pulation was scattered over
lar'ger spaces, on fertile  laids.  The one section was
learned in books, the other in men.  Tho penople of the
colder climate lived mruch within doors, and so were under
mnutual restraint; those in a warmer locality vere miuch
abroad, and acquired individutality, and so ani impatience
of rules and of contradiction.  Add to these diverse influences the deep and lasting effect of mastership on the
southern side, and you will see hlow the two sharply contrasting claracters lave been 1)ro(uced.  Thie Yankee is
obedient to law; the Virginian means to be a law  unito
himselLf.  If a Yankee is maligned, hie will tell you that
eto means  to live so that meni shall not believe the evil
of lhim.  If it is a Virgiinian whlo is maligned, lie won't
rest easy until the mal-igner doesn't live at all, and thent
p)eoplle may believe about him wvhat tlhey like. Tille use of
knives, pistols, Lan1d rilles about here is really shocking'."
But I fancy the true first families of Virginia didil't
come out here.  For there are few  wvho ]lave thoso




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profilse ways of living', or are noted for all indiscriminato
hospitality.  Not tlhat there is not a great deal of gencrous good feeling, but it has seemed to me (ill collecting
tuition bills, for instance) tlhat the weathicst men are as
ready to male a dollar, or to save a dollar, as lany Yankees I ever knewll\."
"Yollt must know that money is scarce here; but if
you were hungry, the same man who tried to cut your
bill down vould give youi a pig or a turkey without a
thought.  But there's less of the old' high tone' than
formerly, I really  think.  Perhaps it's owving to  the
comitng in of so many thrifty  )utchimen.  Or, it may be,
the old blood has been running out-so mulch of it gone
into thle veins of coachmen and barbers.  These ol(1 fellows, like Mr. WVylndhanm's father, and the grandfather of
our young fr iend Beauchampl, with their rufiled shirts and
lordly vays, were men of force, and imen who would have
made a mark anywhere.  You may have a better average
in Maassachusetts, -  there is the word I ]h:ate, -  but trhe
)est sort of a Kentuckian, after' le has been long enough
At the seat of' government to receive the education lie
couldn't get at home, becomes ta powerful man f or any
p)ublic service.  H:Iis individuality comes ill, and his self
reliance, his courage, his strong will.  You }ihave had a
great many better scholars than  lenry Clay -  men who
could teach him classics, history, finance, as if h1e wero
a sch]ool-boy; but as a controller of men and measures, as a power in the government, lie distanced tliem
all."
"Thle case of Clay was rather a brilliant exception.
It will be a long while before another man will Nwield a
similar influence, even if lie sihould have far superior abilities.  It'is not that great men are not born, but the
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mountains you are less impressed by tie height of particular peaks.   3esides, I think that'oratory' has
declined in estimation; the term' oration'  has colle to
convey an undertone of sarcasm.  Stateslmen debate; they
collect ficts and statistics, and make their appeals to reason.'Oratory'?won't change a single vote.  The Northll
Carolinlla cotunty of Buncombe has given a name to these
showy pretences; and it will go into the dictionaries and
note-books as a comic illustration of the political discusSions of our time."
" The hardest strain upon the republic is yet to come,l"
said Mr. Pierrepont.  " God only knows hiow the slavery
question is to be settled; but no change in policy will
be adopted without a severe struggle.  If the south is
worsted, it will have the terrible problem of the status of
the negroes to solve, antd it will be a tumultuous time for
a generation.  The danger to the north in the event of
success, or of defeat either, will arise from its wealth.
The accumulations at the commercial centres are to make
tthem  enormously rich.  Money is a lpower, and never a
quiesccnt one.  Your rich lmen will put themselves into
office, or they will send their paid attorneys to legislato
for them.  They will so touch the subtle springs of
finance ag to make every affair of state serve their personal advantage.  They will make corruption honorable,
and bribery a fine art.  It is now a mlark of decency and
a badge of distinction for a public man to be lpoor.  Lvelry
one knows that a public man can't be rich 1honestly; but
you will live to see congressmen going to the capital
carrying travelling-bags, and returnting lhome with wagon
loads of trunks, and with stocks amnd bonds that will enable them to snap their fingers at constituents."
"It is the old story of republics,"  said MAr. Howard.
"They are founded by valor, reared by industry, with




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frugality and equal laws.  Wenalth follows, then corruption, then the )public conscience is debauched, faith is
lost, ald justice is thrust out.  Then the general rottenness is shaken bly the comin   of a new Ca8sar, Iand an
emlpire is welcomed because liberty had already been lost,
and anything is better than anl-archy.  II;owever, let us
hope this is far away."
"Well, we hlavo got over our road without thinhing'
of mud, wtater, or stones.  Hcre is the gate, and we will
alight from our horses and hlobby-horses, and go in to sco
our friend  etlauchamp.  Not a word of the sale to him."
" Your caution, I am afraid, is unnecessary. Poor fellow, hle has symptoms of fever, and he may be raving.
Mnr. Ralph Beauchamp is here, and we can talk with him,
if not with his nephLew."




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CHAPTER XXV..LETIT'ERS$.
i~tom Squire Ifamilton to.Miss SheZburne..-, January, -, 184-.
Y IDEAR NucIEC:: I promised, when you left, that I
would write to you if anything of importanco
happened; and I jnow sit down to give you an account
of a fatal and muatrderous affray, in whic h my late pupil,
Beauchalmp ltRussell, was a principal actor. A coloured girl,
tlhat once belonged to his father's estate, and was to be
sold for debt, escaped from custody, and kept out of sight.
Shte was young, nearly white, and, they say, very lhandsomo
-- thoug]  I don't like to use a word for a wench that only
belongs to a lady.  Mir. Wyndham was to have the price
she fetchted, and lhe, of course, was anxious to recover 1his
property.  lie had information that shte was hid by the
Itussells, and so he got a warrant, and h1ad the sheriff go
with a lawful posse to searchl the house.  As sorme of them
came nigh, Master Beauchaml) and his fr iend, the Yankco schloolmaster, fired at them, one or both.  One man
they shlot read, anotlter had a bullet through ]his arm,
<tand the third was hit in thle body, and won't live long.
The schoolmaster got a Nwound on the side of his face, atnd
Be3auchamp \was knocked over by a ball hitting him in
the forehead.  I:e has b)eeu o)erated on, but lie has no
sense, I'm told, uand is likely to go off with  brain fever.
B3ut the worst is to come; and sone folks think if the




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young man had bleen killed outrighlt, it would have  been
quite as w\ell.  The negro wencll was in tlhe houtse, and
was hid in1 ]Beauchaml)'s chlamber.  She  tlad been thlere
for a month or two.  It has most killed Iis mother, who
has done nothing blut take on ever since.  The wencli
was sold yesterday, for a great price, to a southerner,
antd I saw her laughing when she was bid off   Slhe is a
pert,  old boc baggage.  This talk is all throuth lthe couttly,
and if the young man recovers —as  I  0lope 1e hmay --
he'll find it more comfortable to go off and live with his
northern friends, whlere colour is no objection.  I dare stay
people may be civil to him, but hec can't ever get over
this.  It's too op)en and shamieful.  The Yankee is about
the only man thlat stantds up for him.  T'his is the conseqruence of hca'ringo to abolitionists, of which I wa rned
tinm long ago.  I am sorry so likely a young mnan should
lhave so compktlctly flung himself away.
I bought a little brotcher of this girl Sally, named
Tim.   oe's the pearttest sand liveliest little monkey I ever
saw.  Ile's a little too yallow, but le may be a good boy,
if lie hasn't got any notions in htis ihead.
M1y respects to your uncle Shelburne.
Your affectiolnate uncle,
JNO. lHAMILTON.
Fi0ontm itSS Bettly Iitnl lon to tle samre........, Janltutary, 184-.
A[Y D):AI CousIs  As I know p)a has written to you,
hai has most likely told you of the drceadful slhootinog A ffiair.
It seems like there's io end of fights, and it most makes
rme tremble to have county court collme, for somebody
gets drunk  and shoots  somebodly, or takes out a kltitb
anld cut-s their faces.  pa thin.iks thlis will go har(d witIt
(;eeCchlam, for if lie gets well, lie and the scloolmaster
\wtill have to stand trial; and l)a says somebody must be




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made examples of.  They had a doctor from Lousville for
lBeechamin   ad his uncle paid fifty dollars for cuting' a
peace out of his head.  He'll look< like a frtight. -- jnot
much mater, for folks that fighlt must expect to care scars.
Little Tim is a ni4ce anl hlandy boy.  Im glad pa bought
a boy, for we don't want those forward girls, specialy the
yallow ones Nwith red cheeks.  I did thinkl better of Beecliaml.  It's too bad.  lie has no sister to be shamed for
his belhaviour, thoug'h his mother is quite brokte dIown, and
sees nobody.  I am sorry for her.  Of course te'll go off,
for Ladies wont bemean themselves to keep his company
here.  ily picke1s got froze, and I must have new vinegar for cem.  I Itave to lock up) my sweets now Tim's
come.  MAalvina has a sweet pretty tidy most worked for
you.  MAr. Adams called and asked after you.  I wish
Beecham  had him  for a friend.  Pa says he's a man of
substance and character.  Brothler Grimes is to preachl
here next Sunday, and I hope he'll slhow what the ablihlsonists are, and warn thte young meni froim the errour of
there ways.
Your affectionate
The Postscript of a Letter fi-rom Ha~rrison Adanms to the same.
P. S.  I resume my pen barely to allude to the umobrtunate occurrence with which the usually quiet air of
the county is ringing.  I' shall not repeat the shocking
details of the tragedy, nor 1)ause to drop a tear over tthe
slain, nor to mourn for the afflicted famnilies of the l)articipanlts.  The chief point of interest centres in a young
man whom you know, and whom I once called friend, but
whvo now hias fallen' as low as the fiends.'  It slhows how
innocent a t ace Vice may wear, and how long it may lhold
its brazen forehead aloft.  It also shows the ffar-reaching
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ctis of philosophical speculation.  A thought in time becomes incarnate in an act.  Truly,'"Nerno repento turpissimtus fulit."
Against the insidious inroads, of irreligious scepticism,
and tlhe baneful teachings of modern infidelity, I, for one,
mean to maintain a firm, a decided stand.  The constitution, and the religion of tle Bible, are my chart and
compass.                         -It. A.
Love is a plant whose growth and flowering are almost
always contrary to theory, and apt to dash predictionl
with some kind of surprise.  A floating wisp of thifstledown may transplort its seeds most unexpectedly, and
again, after the most caretful planting and assiduous at.
tention, they may fail to germinate.  Tt sometimes seeks
support like a vine, and sometimes is strong in itself liko
an oak.  It may die in rich, garden soil, or may grow
green, like thle house leck, on air.  It is sometimes m-istalken for an odorless weed, and gets a vigorous growthl
before it is known; sometimes it languishes under the
most favorable conditions; and again its sceds may lie
long in darkness, and germinate after they are supposed
to be dlead.
Miss Shelburne had often questioned herself, without
coming to any absolute conclusion.  Shie had received so
much attention from girlthood, that it was hardly to be
expected that any man, even the most brilliant and captivating, could awaken in her heart the sulddcn and tumultiouns feeling which is called love at first sight.  Under
the influences tlhat had surrounded her, she had been
obliged to consider offers, and to make comparisons, from
which in t.ine she had learned that alt the excellences
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in this state of mind when shle visitcd Barry County, and
tlere hlad tmet 3Beaucharnp Russell.  1ie was by far tilhe
thandsomest young man she had seen.  lfis stature and
carriage would have made him colnspicuous in any assembly.  iHis ftace was fiil of fresh color, and the exuberant life of his nature was evident ill cvery look and
mnotion.  He was strong, and tender too; and his intellectutll tpowtrs, though tnot matured, were acute and
vigorous.  The only drawback, as she tloughl t, was the
hesitation, not born of timidity, but of thoughtfuilness,
and the delicate rese'rve, which at times stood in thle way
of prompt action.  Plainly, Jle had not lived so much in
the woods and ficlds for nought.  lie had become a
hearty lover of nature while lie }had been developing his
bodily powers.  Now i th lihe had become a student, lie
had brought to his books the most pcrfbct ihealth, and the
runwasted activity of nervous force.  Altogethcr, lie appleared to her to be nearly a complete, manly character.
Nor did she think rnuct about his adverse fortune.  She
was not tempted by wcalth.  But she was ambitious;
and the man of her choice must not only be in himself all
that she desired, but lhe must challenge thle admiration
of thoe vorld as wcell.  lie must be a man to whom slhe
would feel compelled to look tup.  It was not enough
that her wealth would )be sufficienlt to relieve him from
the necessity of labor.  Slhe could not admire, and felt
that she could not love, a man who was to be lifted up
by any advantages whiich her fortune or her famtly ilnfluenlce could give him.  She had seen thle awakening of
amnbition in our hlero, and had, rather hastily she feared,
told him  she loved him;.- rather hastily, because she
felt now that her love was based upon what ble p)romised
to be, and not what lie then was.  So she had returned
home thoughtful and uncommunicative. She -went to the




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neighborhood parties, where everybody was gracious to
her as before, but tlhis momentous question was scarcely
over out of mind' Do) T love Belauchamp Russell?  The
solution was all in all to her, land ste} did not feel sure
about it.  If the plant slCe was secretly tending w\as
sprung from the true seed, it hlad a slow and unprolmisiSng
groxwth.  Daily she vwatclhed over it, and let in the stunlight ulpon it; but, like many in-door nurslings, its leaves
laclled color and vitality;.  \Would it survive tlhrough the
yecars that must pass, until it should htavte  igor to witthstand the vicissitudes of the outer Nworld?  Site had dc)e(nded mucih upni thle judgiment of Ier luncle, John Itamilton, and she had not ventured to tell lhim that she htad
given a poor law-student encouraloementt. The1 tviews and
plans of her uncle Shelburne she knlew tvery well.  iter
hop  had been that Beauchaml) would soon displaty such
signal ability, anid achieve suc1 lhigh l)rofessiontal distinction, as would( amply vindicate tier choice when sie made
it knox wn.  Till then, she felt that she must keep it
sf;cret.  I is memtory was still tender to her; evcry word
h:e had uttered, every look of intelligence and of synmpathetic feeling, she h1ad treasured in her heart.
Such was the situation when the letters arri-ved with
which this chap)ter began. She was at her uncle's house,
and she evas  xpected that ev'1ening  to gO Out with.l'
Vousins to a dancing party.  The letters were handed to
her by a servant in her room, and shec rcad them in the
order we have given. There was a long pause, however,
after the first was read.  The blunt and straightforvard
narrative of her uncle, if accepted as literal truth, left
nothing for the inmagination to fill up, nor, as it sfeemed,
any chlance for explanation or hope of mistake. Shte knew
her uncle was not inclined to place a high estimate on
B3eauchamp's stability of character, but she did not think




348             LORD  OF  HAIIS'ELF
him so far unfrliendly as to misrepresent facts or suggest
false and scandalous inferences.  The letter was a crtushling, terrible blow -  a blow that completely stunnetd Ier.
Sh11e sat a long time holding it in her lhand, and the fatal
intAligence it conveyed seemed to travel on every nerve,
giving such a sense of torture as she had never thought
possible.  It was such grief as thoe heart seldom feels
more than once in a lifetime.:[ad the letter announced
his death, s-he tholght her sorrow would have been less.
Death, even in a disgraceful brawl, was better than the
dishonor that followed.  She could 1have mourned her
hero dead, even proudly, but she could only cover and
suppress her regret for his inftamous fall.  Then her old
pride catme up, and she resolved that she -would slako
off the unworthly remembrance, and put under foot every
vestige of the love she had c-herislhed.
The letter fiom  3Bettie confirmed her in the resolution
sle had formled. Yes, the sacrificoe should be nade. The
nalme, and the memory also, should be obliterated; tlhe
inner shrino should hrave no place for either.  She was
pure  as snow, and her sense of delicacy was as imuch
shocked as her pride.  She would quietly uproot the
tender plant she had clerished, and fling it away.
The letter from MAr. Adamn  was a diplomatic attem)pt
to open a corresponidence on a subject which he declared
interested him greatly, and lhe hoped that under her favor
le might be allowed to renew his protestations of love.
She tore the sheet into shreds, and put them  into the
wastC-basket. She sent word to her couslins that she was
ill, and must be excused from  going out that evening'.
She was indeed ill, and the change in her face would
have excited grave apprehensions in the family, if she
had shown herself; but she kept lher room.  For hours
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and sonletimes with sad and tearftll ones. In those hours
she seemed to have lived years. Resolution built, and as
often folnd Regret destroyed.  M[emory recalled sweet
1)ictures, and then self-asserting Pride came and blurred
them.  The struggle cost her dear; but in the end her
mind settled into that calmness which is more sad than a
fresh sorrow.  She had borne the stroke, and was not
wholly prostrated, -  as the tree loses its branc}h, or the
wounded soldier his limb.  Whlen she felt sufficiently
composed to trust her brain to think, and her hlad to
write, she sat down and ponnted these letters.
2From Adelaide  Shelburize to itadame Loewenthal, at River.-.
clif', Nrew York.
A lEy Bs3-BELrov    FLRISEND:You once said to me, when'you were about leaving our school to be married, that
the time might come when an imrtpulse, would lead nme
to write to you; and tlat, if my heart ever felt such a
prompting, to yield to it, and write as to my sister.  You
were proptietic, or perhaps it was only your fine insight
into my character and needs; for I now feel drawn irresistibly to renew the intimacy, and to ask a sister's love.
I'think I see your dear, calm  face, and your mild eyes
behind those gold-rimmed glasses that used to \awe me so
muchl when I first became your pupil. I wonder if household cares bave at all deep)ened the thougrhtfil lines I  I
don't believe it.  Your forehead is like pure marble yet,
land I can bring to mind the delicate network of veins in
your temples.  You see I remember you well, aind I
should not need one of the new sun-pictulres (daguerreotypes I mean) to recall any featutre or expression.
Well, my dear 4choolmistress (for, thotigh you are
married now, you will always be to me only M:iss Eleanor
Sidney, the master's hlead assistant), I am  thinking of




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paying you a visit.  I hleard you vwere living in a charml
ing country house on tlle ]t[udson; and I know, if tthat is
so, there will surely be one room ii it for your old pupil.
I am rather tired of the monotony here, - tlhe monotony
of constant visits, and dinners, and dances, -  ald I lonlg
for the healthful exhilaration which I always felt in your
society.  I want to talke up some branches of literature,
anld read under your advice.  I should like to practiso
music enough to keep the little hlold of it I lhave;  and,
tas the city' is so near, I could easily Ihave the advantago
of lessons tand of the best concerts.
Pray assure your good ihusband that I amn  not quito
the hoiden I was when you first knew  ime, and that I
hope I shall fall into your ways of life sow cotmpletely,
that he and you will soon think I am a nattural and necessary part' of the family. But if it is not entirely, perfectly
convenient for you to receive lmc in your own lhouse, will
you be so kind as to take the trouble to find me a suitable place?  The style of living will not be so important
as being near you.
You know probably that I am just of age, and am not
obligefd to consult any one about my'movements. But my
own house  is now shut up for a time, and most of my
servants are hired out. M[y uncle and family, with whoml
I am  staying, will be sorry to lose me (so I flatter myself), but they will easily be persuaded I that it is best for
me to take the trip; and I promise myself the greatest
pleasure in being with you again, as well as the greateist
benefit from the daily instruction I shall receive.
Is there a little TLoewenthal?  I smile to think of mly
)prim  instructor (who was the least little bit of a bluestocking -- was she not?) with a chubby boy or girl on
her knee, and covering the roly-poly cheeks witIt isses,
while s1he talks baby-talk in Germtan I




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I shall hope to receive an early answer; and meanwhlile
I shall begin the few necessary preplarations, so as to be
ready to start. I presume my cousin, a young gentlemanl
of twenty-four, will accompany me to New York.
Witlh grateful recollections, I remain,
Your affectionato pupil,
ADELAlDE SH:rLnIURNSIf..F7rom the Same to Joh7tn H-amilton, FTsq.
MxY  EAnR UNcLE:  Jou:i   The letter you were so kind
as to send nme was a great surprise, for I had supposed
Mr. Russell was not a man to engage in such a desperate
fight, nor to secrete a runaway servant in hlis house. Inl
his conversation hle always seemed to sfhow a, higli sense
of honor, and it is hard to account for suchl a difirenco
between l)rofession and l)ractice.  I ihope hc Nwill recover
from his injury; and when. he does, I wislh you Nwould dcliver to him the letter vwhiceh I nJow  enclose, but \ithout
making any conversation with him or with any one about
it.  If lie should die, vill you please send it back to me
by mail, with t.he seal unbroken?
I am-, soon going to visit a former teacher of mine, who
is married and lives near the city of New York; and I
may stay for soein  montihs.  Before I start I will send
you my address.  Please give my love to my cousins,
and accept for yourself my best wishes, and my gratitude
for all your kindness.
Your affectionate niece,
ADELAIDE S}IIELURNE.
If uncle John looked sharply t1hroughl clear spectacles
w}hen hc read this, he must have seen that in some places
thfle papr was blistered with tcar-drops; although it was




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a second copy tflhat he received,  The first draft was
blotted and badly written. It seemed that her pen would
not write the words, If te should die, at all; and thero
were traces of hesitation and tremulousness elsewhere.
When it was copied, it looked so formal, and so unlike
her usual hand, that she laid it aside, and after a time
copied it agaiin.  But certain words (like Colonel Newcomb's Adstn) mlake us cry whenever we read them; and
for her, the phrase, If he should die, was one that could
not be got over.  Tears started whenever shle came to
write it.  But the marks on the copy were pressed outt,
and it was finally sent to the post-office.
She had another duty to perforn that was not painlful
like that of writing to her uncle, but which cost her much
anxiety, anld was only dlone with great reluctance and
after several days' delay.  IMr. Miles Robertson, the gentleman who lhad written to her while sihe was visiting in
Barry Coul!ty (a portion of whose letter was read to
Squire Htamilton), lhad several times called on her, and
continued to press his suit.  She felt that somethting
was due to a man of such high character (and evident
sincerity.  Courtesy was due, and respect, but, most of
all, truth.  But how the truth could be told gave vher
pause.  Sihe must decline his offier; she could not do
otherwise.  But it was due to hitm to say that she did so
with entire respect for him. In doiing this, sihe knew sho
went against the strongly expressed wishes of lher rtuncle
Shelburne, who had mnany times said that M[iles Robertson
was a man of whose love any girl in Kentucky ought to
be l)roud.
Adelaide S7welbhurne to Afiles Roberlson.
)DEAR Sil:  I hope I am sufficiently grateful for the
]honor you have done me in making an ofler of marriage,




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and I feel that I am quite tunworthy of the admiration
you have been pleased to express.  But tlie g eatest
wrong I could 1do to an honorable man would be to accept
his love and give him  mny hand, unless my whole heart
w\ent Nwith it.  I can say most sincerely, that I have
never seen any qualities in you that (lo not call for my
ighesllct regard.  You seem to ne to be capable of a lasting attaclmlent, and formed for the happiness of domestic
life.  If love always followed reason, I could not ask for
more.  ]But wve 10o not and cannot control our affections,
and I must tell you that I dco not feel for you the love I
ought to bear to t}he one who is to be my husband.
Whatever pain this frankness may cause you, it is
certainly better for us both that there should be no doubt
upon a question that concerns outr whole lives.
Witlh best wishes, and assurances of lasting iregard,
I am faitllfflly your friend,
ADELAIDE SIEI;,BURNE.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
A WITNESS CHANGES  ILS TESTIMtONY.
T WD1jHEN  tle first dangerous symptoms had subsided,
Jacob Vtan IHolnm might have lappeared, to unprofessional observers, to be in a comfortable state of convalescCncc.  Comfortable he was, butt not convalescent,
and never Nwould be. The iljury to his lung hatld brought
on consumption, with its slow but sure decay.  lie went
about the house, and in pleasant weather went out doors;
but he knew that lie was stricken fatally, and that his
day4s in this world were numbered.  lit had rcceivrd no
visits excec)t from  the doctor anld Father Hllnnequin.
From tlhe one lie had implored to know the worst of his
case, and from the other hle had asked what was to be
done for the good of h    is soul during the time tthat should
be left him.  Fatlher ienncquin lhad set before him his
duty with unsparing plaiunness of speech.  ie htad explored all the refuges of deceit, and had. swept away
every pretence.  The task was hard, but not to be put
off. Nothing less thlan fill reparation Nwould be accepted.
Repentance as a state of mind was, doubtless, commendable, but its actual firuits only would satisfy t!he demands
of divine justice, and entitle the sinner to p)ardon.  To
make tlls rel)aratiol it was necessary tlhat Jacob should
take his wifb Katrina into his confidence, and reveal to
her the guilty secrets of' his life.  The bitterest humiliation for a man is self-humiliation, and next is his humilia



.A  WIZ!YWI<S&S' CLHAAINGES HIlS 7'7'WSIYiVONY  355
tion before his wif.e,  After a man Ihas once accused himself, in the priv'acy of his homelc, there is nothing more
to be dreaded. This Jacob Van Iiobnm 1ad done, and like
a broken-hearted man h}ad sobbed out his self-condemnation to her. But, in truth, it was not wholly unsuspected,
for his sudden increase in wealth had been a matter of
anxious thought to her years before; and there  vere
many things in his character, and many events in his litb,
which she could not reconcile with perfect integrity on
his part. These were.sorrowful days to the pair. There
was no repose folr the present, no brighltness in the flttlre,
for either.  Death was waiting for one, and shame for
both.  Jacob moaned, and moved about or sank into his
corner by tlhe fire, like one bereft of hope; and the solitary, childless Katrinia knew tlhat shoe was soon to be a
widow, possibly destitute, without friends, and with no
claim to the respect that is due to virtuous,age.  It had
taken a longl time to bring Jacob to the point of making
the confession, and stripping himself and, his wifb of
their property to atone tor the crime.
It was a few weeks after Father liennequin had passed
the first day Nwith the penitent, and hie was now with
)r. ajird, in the sitting-room, waiting for tihe comning
of Mr. Ralph BeauchamIp, TMr. Ieady the clerk, and a
county rmagistrate vwho had been seat for.
The doctor noticed Van Jiolmn's agitation, and said,
"3Mr. Van Itolm, you feel lretty comfortable to-day -
don't you?  Let me caution you.  le calm, and d(on't
beconie the least excited.  Answer only such questions
as lay be asked you until the statement lhas been reduced to writing; and thlen, before you sigin it, yout car
make such corrections and additions as you think best."'
Father liennequin added a word of counsel:.
"You will feel relieved the mnonment this is done.  It




35 6            LORD  OIF ZIISRLI.
wili take a great load off your mind, and mrake you happier even for this world.  And, a8 you have not long' to
live, your land and your money are of ssmall consequence.
As for your wife, we will see to it, in any arrang'lment
that may be made about your property, that she is comfortably p)rovidced for. )Don't let the thouglht of her being
in want precvcnt your telling the whole truth; for sho
will not be allowed to suffer."
Neither Valn Iolmn nor his wife made audible reply.
Bothl lhad passed the stage when words could express
their feelings, and botll sighed in token of a sorrowful
resignation.
The persons who had been summoned soon arrived,
and all were seated at a table, Mr. lHeady officiating as
scribe.   Before the na-ture of the statement was made
known, the mag'istrate was asked to satisfy himself that
the witness was of sound mind, and in full possession of
lis faculties.  The clerk then produced a copy of the
record, an(l the papers in the two cases, of which the
reader has been informed.  These were shown.  Van
eiolun then proceeded to depose that, in a silit brought by
Mr. Wyndhani and his brother against Randolph Russell,
lhe had knowingly and wilfully sworn falsely il relation
to a boundary line; and, in consequence, Mr. Wyndham
obtained possession of a tract of land that was rig'htfully
a part of the Russell estate; that he had been persuaded
to (1o this by Mr. Wyndhain wvith the promise that he
(Van HolIm) might purchase it, after Mr. Wyndham got
possession, at a certain sum, which was much less thanl
its value;  that he did purchase the land at the price
named, and had  vcer since lived on it.  This statement
was written out wvith due particularity, and was then
sig'ned and sworn to by Van IeIolm, and attested by the
others.




A4 WVI]NiESSLS' CUZANGES IlS 7Y':'STIJ7-fOAzY. 357
A second deposition was then written out, iln which
Van lHolm  stated that, in a certain otler suit betwveen
thet same par)'ties, a papner was exhibited in court, and
shown to thle jury, purporting to be signed by Isham
Russell, with his (Van Itelun's) name upon it as an attesting witness; that he had at tthe trial sworn p)ositively
to seeing Ishaml  Russell sign that pape>r; but that the
paper was in fact written long after Isham Russell's  d(leat;
and that the signaturoe to it was a lt'rgery, knownt to be
suclh by Mr. Wyndham, who had plrocured it to be done.
This was also signed and sworn to, and then attested.
Van Htolm then said lhe wished to give a deed of the
farm to 3eauchalmp Russell, in order to repair the injutry
done in the first-named case, and to give him what personal property lhe had, to make utp, as far as it would, the
loss'which the Russell family sustained by tle other suit.
Itere Mr. Beauchanmp interposed: —
" \We don't agree to this, IMr. Van Hfolmr.  You and
AMr. Wyndham  made about an even thing of it in the
land suit, land if you give back one hialf, Mr. Wyndhaln
should the other.  In the case about tlhe settlement with
Ishalnm  Russell, you don't seeim to havo had any advantage.  It was wholly VWyndham's.  -ie must make tup
t~hat himself."
" But le Nwon't do it," said Van Iteoll, feebly.
"Let me have tlhe paperS, and you see  if lie dln't.
lto is not in immediate   danger — is he?" l t  asked,;in an undertone, of the doctor.  "Xe'll live a week:
won't lie?"
"Yes," said the doctor, " a month; perhaps) two, or
even more.  But he'll be growing weaker every day, and
there is no time to be lost."
"My nephew is very sick," said Mr. Beauchamp, "but;t
I don't reckon hie's going to die yet, and I shall act for




358              LORD O.F IIZISEL.
himtl, like I wvas sure le was going to live.  If you set a
tday for Atr. AWyndham  to come here and help arrange
this little matter in a friendly way, I Nwill engage he'll be
on hand.  I think he'll do a'most anllything to obleege us,
rather tlhan be obstinate."'
"Do you consent that  Mr; BeauchaiImp may t\ake these
two depositions of yours, 3tr. Van Ilolmn? " asked the
magist\rate.  Jacob nodded, and then looked on the floor
as Ihe had been doing'.
One by one the visitors left tte house, after pEromising
faitlhfilly that they would on no account mention what
Ihad halpened.  This A-r. Beauchamp had earnestly enjoined, as hle feared his plans might be thwarted unless
hle were the first to convey the intelligence to Mr. Wyndham.  Father Itlennequin remained and talked with Van
I:tolm and hlis wife for a while, until they had become
calm, and then ihe too rode away towards Beech Knoll.
NMr. Ralph lBeauchamp) was not a man to go to sleep
with the documlents hoe had in his pocket, and after he
had mounted his horse lhe rode into town, hoping he
rmight see Mr. AVyndhaml; but hle was not successful.
There vas still time to ride out and see him  before
nightfall.   The  matter  lie  had  undertaken  pressed
heavily on his mind, and momently the impulse grew
stronger to try the efflct of the news.  lie had thouglt
at first lie would go soon, or in a few  days, and would
act wtith deliberation.  Nothing would b1e gained by precipitancy.  But, as le rode along, the thought of. tho
uncertain tenure of Van ifolm's life catne to him vividly.
Thenle  he reflected that the confession, in the nature of
thlings, would hardly b1)e kept secret; and its premature
diisclosure  might ruin cverything.  For, if Wylndhtam hiad
a lhint;f it, lhe would go to Van Tolm at once; and tihe
struggle between the potverful, imlperious man who had




TA W;VITN-tISS C      EliNGES HI.5' 7T;Y1STIM'tOiV.  359
so much1 at stalke, and the feeble and vacillating wretch
who was trying to get outt of his toils, woutld be likely to
end in only one way.  This thought decided himr.  The
blow must 1be struck at once.  lTe rode on rapidly, anll
wvas ttlrning the matter over in his mind, tand conlsitdering
hlow he could mtoake the detnonstration most effectively,
when hle saw 3Mr. Wyndhal m  riding leisurely aloing the
road.  Ile spurred on and overtook hlim.'Mr. Wyndhamt
was quite sutrprisedt; for Ralph  2teaucham)p hlad alw'ay
avoided  him in a manner tehat was plainly, and oftenl ffeLnsively,  marked.t 1.'.  yndhamn  drew his brealth a
little faster, set his jaw firmly, and made a curt answer
to the "II Howdy, neighbor{!"  ]Mr. Beauchamp, not app)earing to notice the incivility, rode along )besile llim,
and talked u1ponl idiflerent matters to gain time.  Thle
other chlafed, and wotuld have been glad of an excuse to
ride away, or to give freer vent to his rising impatience.
1But the man witl an object in vitew was imperturbablte,
andt was mentally coiling the line, like the cool boatswain
before he launches the harpoon.  Mr. Wyndhamn   soon
gave signs of bci)eg annoy ed; Ihis dark face began to
whiten so as to shlow the deep color of the roots of his
beard; and the movements of his nostrils wNere ominous
of coming wrathl.  The other paced al6ng composedly,
now and then dropping a word, and watching the excited
looks. of his companion.  At last Mr. Wyndham could
bear it no longer, andwl h  spo-ke in a tone of scarcely suppressed anger: -
"tMr. BIeauchamp, no roa d is wide enouglh for you and
nme to ride side by side.  URnles you have some particutlar business with me, I'll tlhank you to ride ont, or allow
ane to do so."
"AMr..Wyndham, this is a very  hair road, just wide
enouglh for our two ]horses, and I have something partica



360              LORD  OF IZIZISAEf]LI4
lar to say to you.  And while we are out of ear-shot I
can talk more freely."
"You can speak for yourself about, being out of carshot. I lhave no business Nwith you that makes  privacy
necessary or desirable."
"I was considering," said IMr. Beauchamp, with a
queer, drawling deliberateness, "' whether I slould take
up with Jacob Van  folhn's oflbr to-day, antd I sllould like
to get your advice."'l What have I to do wvith you and Van Hotlm? Do you
take me for t fool, that you prctcend to ask my advice? "
"i You'd better hear what his offer was.  Ic wanted to
give a deed of his farnm to my neplhew, Beauchamp RusBell." 
"1 Well, lie ehas no children, and lie might as well do
that as give it to his church."
" But I wouldn't allow it untilt  I consulted you; for I
said I reckoned if you knew it you'd insist on giving
back the purchase money and interest for the benefit of
Katrina his wife."
Sir I "  sai1d  Tr. Wyndham, checking  his horse,
" what do you mean? "
Mr. Beauchamp checked his horse at the samle tille,
and kept his relative position, and then coolly said, " I
)omean, sir, that the money you lhad from Van HeIonl is the
firuit of perjtiry.  The land belongs to my nephew in tlhe
sight of God.  Van HIolm found ihe couldn't carry his
crime with him to the judgment, where lhe is bound to
go, antd wants to clear his soul. You have part of the proceeds, antd I thought that fair was fitr, and if restitution
was to be made it should be done by )both of you."
"Do you know wh%1o you are talking to?  I'll make
you eat your words, every one of them, and not in privacy, but on the Courltt Iliouse steps."




A   JI.V.'3NSS C.IZAIG1rE' S HIlS 77i:S'IYiO/Or.  8611'Thlat vwill 1  sight     wlten it lhappens; and as you
mention the Court Il.ouse, I will tell you furtlher that I
have Van!0olt)t's confession in due form in nty pocket,
s;igned, sworn to, and attested.  W-hen thlis is shownl to fa
judge, as it wvill be, wte  till see which of us wvill eat his
Nvwords."
M\[r. ~Wryndham  gave ant idcescribable sound of rag'e,
and xwith a terrific oath attempted to draw a pistol.  liut
his antagonist, was wvatclhfufl and ready.  All this timte,
vwhilc lte had been talking so calhly, lhe had tle butt of
]his pistol in his handt; and, in a flash, hie put the muzzle
against the other's breast, saying between his steady, tiblenched lips, -
"lDrop your hand or I'll fire! by the living Jehtovah i
tMr. Wyndham saw that he was not quick enolugh, and
lie sullenly let his hand fall.
"T1 tis case is not to be settled by a pistol shot. Even
if vou were to kill me, like an assassin, the knowledge of
Vanl Ifolln's peljury, and of your shlare in it, is iln good
and trusty keeping.  You may as \wel try to dodge  the
angel of death."
1' You can truml) up as nuch of tthis stuff as 5 you like
yout can't disturb a judgment after so many years.  \Tau
Htolm's deposition is Ipurely ex parle, and a lie lbesides.
You can't get the case re-opened.  And, if you did, beftore 3you cn get it on for trial, your miserable tool will be
(lead and in lhell."'
"Listen to me.- Andt stop fwnbl-linge about that pocket *
I don't' wavnt to kill you, unless you Nwill. ave it so.......... I
haven't started on a coldl trail.  Van HIolim  has told the
trutht    I haven't a doubt of it now, if I lhad before. You
sltow thlatevery word is tru by your fioolish anger.  Now,
with this,FACT  to start with, do you suppose I am a man
to be blutfed off?  You dlon't knlow Ra.lpl1  BIeaucltamp lI  I




o39              LORD  01" IILIIS t'ZRl'It
fam going' to make thlis so plain to you that, after you leave.slept onl it, you'll comoe over to-^morr1ow anld brinrg theto
mon(ey 1 sI)poke of(; tiand you'll be as civil ats thoug'h you
can1m1e to a wedding.  Before you talk aboutsttihowing' ight,
just consider a few things.  Five w\itneirsses lheard the
statementt, besides Van Holml's wilf,  It can't be hushed
ul), Mtr. Wyndham - -ot bt   fight, surely.  D)on't flatter
yourself tlhat Van rt    olm is gointg to die in   tllturry;  Ie'lt
live long enough to fix you. If you say figlt, I shall go
to the nearest judge -  to every judge, if necessary —
an(d get a commlission to take the statement over ag'ain,
giving  you notice.  You can't shake him a %hair.  I won't
let a day pass without action, and I'll spend all I'm wortht.
If there ist't law, by the Eternal, ve'll make law.  I'll
go to the governor, to thte legislatutre, and sunmmion thi
powerc  of the!whole state to have justice done.  fo-w will
you stand?  You won't  dare go to town for fear of beilng m-nobbed.  The whtole state shall ring,' vith it.  ltow
will your grand brothers tand relatives like it?  You  will
be beaten, a hundred times beaten.  Andt you'll be the
mlost dainablly blackened man that ever was kicked out
of a court of justice.  All this to keep tie few thousand8
dollars that you wronged rny brother-in-law out of I  It
woln't pay, IMr. Wyndham.  Now, if you are reasonable,
you'll meet me to-morrow at Van IolIm's, say at twelve
o'clock.  I've said my say.  And as you were  so polite
just nlow as to hlint that the road was too narrow f>or two,
I'11 ble obleeged if you'll ride onl, antd keep straig-l}t ahead
until yott get out of siglht.  YOtt know that I w1on't shoot
a mant int the back."
The expression of  r. Wylntldham's fitce was  beyond
description.  Itis eyes glowed like coals, and tle waxen
color of his, skin looked like death.  \What a fiendish look
it was  1 Ito gave bt t one maligtnant glatltnce, and rode ont




A  I. VIZTYA'/'S CIAtA;I'.S' S' 7'iSl lJIOY.  8633
As a mark of friendly attention Mr. iBeauchamp remained
without movintg, at(nd: with his pistol in. his handl, until theother had gonle a hlundred tyards.  Hte then wheeled about
and rode thlrough town to Beech Kitoll. There, quite ulexpoctedly, hte found Father  lennequin, and  lhe at once
asked  tim- if lie would )n-ot, for a sufflicient reason, make
a sacrifice of this comtfort and ptleasant society for the
n)igtlt, ald return to Van I[ohlm's. IFather ][ernnequin
looked inquiringly.  "I merely wanlt to guard agcainst a
contin-gency," said MAr. Bieauchamp; " and I know if you
are there you wvill ntot allow any one, - any impropers perl
son, - to have conversation with the sick m1an, whether
by Ilighlt or daay, unltil I can come and relieve yot."
The hint was sufficient.  TIle good father dlid not ask
a questionl, but grasped    Tr. Beauchatltlp's lhand and  eturnedl to Van Ioltm's.  W\hein lie reached the house lhe
gave instructions to Mrs. V:an liolim, andl t ttte servants,
and seated hillself with thte cheerless couple for the evening'.
Mdr. Bea ucelttatp inquired tafter his nephew, chatted in a
light and lttimorous strain wit{h Mr. towtleIard, and then sat
down to tea with htis sister.   ttealhamp was in a htigh
fever and constatntly delirious. HIis mother and iMr. Itoward alternated in taking care of hithm.
It was not a favorable time   for the late stessions of
w'lhich the old bachelor was fond, for M:r..[oward, whenl
not wvanted in thle sick room, took vlwhat time he could for
rest.  At an early hour a few  )lTankets were spread on
the sitting-room floor, and Mrt. Beauchamnp lay)t down, to.
rmeditate rather than to sleep.
In the morning tlhe much-planninig uncle started off
)retty early, aned rode over to Van Iol[lm's;  and, after satisf3ing himself thal:t thle coast was clea r, lie put his horse in
the stable, and lwent, into ttme house. Then lie sat dlowlt to
wait, and meanwhile read thme last Journal, an ol0 almanac,




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a p)atent-medilcine pamphlet, and a book of devotion. lio
couldt Iave read the doings of a genealogical society rathler
than be idle.  lie was one of those active )people who tmust
be doing something', or reading something, because an hour
of inaction was the severest penance.  I[e passed this
time in the morning in a rooml by himself, thinking' it best
that only Father Ilennequin should be with Van Itolim.
About eleven o'clock Mrt. Bleauchamp heard a horse's
steps, and looking out of hlis xvindow, that coimmanded a'view of thu entrance to the house, )he saw it was 1Ar.
AVNryndhatn  comilg.  HIis conjecture proved true.  Ito
went into the wide entry, and when the door opened, heo
saw vith intense satisfaction how suddenly the visitor's
countenance fell.
I"  ratlher thought youl'd come early," said iMr. Beauchamp. " You nweant to get the start -* didn't you? You
wtere afraid you might keepl mc waaitinur I  Father:le  lenequil is with tMrl. Van Hol m. Shtall wvc go inl together? "
[Mr. WVyndham (ldid ntot maike a very connectedt  a-nswer,
but moved towvards the door of the room where Van Ifolm
was. JMr. Beauchamp) step)ed forward, opened tite door,
aanlt ushered him in. Van HIolm trembled, but Father I[ennequin, who was by  im, p)ut at firtm hand on his shoulder.
Mr. Wryndham sptoke scarcely a word before lie motioned to Mrs. VYa  ltolhn to come near.  Takinlg out a
bag fi'om  his overcoat pocket, he said to her, " I have'
teard that your husband is think-ing of giving away his
estate here, and as lie has always been an excellent friend
to me, I don't feel like allowing you to be left so, and
I have brought over a small stum which I beg you to
accept."'Very ]ilnd of you," said AMr. B3eauchtamp, speakingfor Mrs. Van Itolnm, wlo hesitated and looked quite p)tuz
zled.  " Let ime count it.  Shall I, IMrs. Van IXolm? "




A  TVA'IVIfYt.S'S CIHANGER S 1HiS Y7.'SITLJ/OA'K. O36(
laordly understanding   this theatrical proceeditng, A.l s.
Varn ioltn lookedl from the onlo to thle otler.  Air. Beauclamp took too  te lbag from her hand, and counted the money
on the table.  The new coin, from  the sale of 0]tarr 1iso-n
atld Sally, made a part of the suml   The amotunt \tas
tlbout w\lhat A1r. Beanuchamp had calculated. " Now, Ai[r.
trytndham, Ptpray be seated.  Atr. VYanl Itlo, if you pllease,
I xvill now write the deed you spoke of yesterday.":ie sat down and wrote a brief but comprehensive instruient, -- for lie was laxwyer enough to know that the
less verbiage the stronger the writing, --- and after a wordl
of explanation AMr. and:Mrs. Van Itolm signed it, and
antlier il[ennequin and  Mr. 3eauclhamp attested it.  tir.
Van IHlolm then delivered it into the uncle's keeping for
the nephew.  Alr. Wyndhlam  said, when this was done,
he didt't see the need of hlis waiting' to see the ceremony.
"One thing at a time," said  Ir. lBeauchlampl " There
is:another nmatter, itMr. Wyndhaml  and, now tihat the title
to the land is settled fitrly, as friends should settle, I want
you to do one tthing more."
"I laven't come here to 1e) mocked -'"' Not at all.  D)on't speak in such a way. You'l  agttate our sick fiiend.  lte feels much better now the bulrd!en is off his, mind, and so w1ill you.  You have a rtmuch
hecavier one to get rid of.  Air. Van HIolmn  as made a.sccondt deposition.  It seems that lie was induced tO state
in court tllt a paper of your making was older than it
really was, and was signed by Ishanm Russell.  I1e now
confesses that err'or.  le asks leave to change his tsestimonoy.'
"You have laid your plans to rob me."
No, sir; it is restitution we are looking for --- tle
robbery was done some yearis ago.  You got a judgment
in that case for above twenty thousand dollars and long




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arrealrs of interest. Thfis you have wrulng, drop by drop,
out of 1ZRatndolhlt-'s heart, I mighlt say.  It nmust hbe paid
back, dollar for doltlar, withl interest, to his son. -- You
are astniXshled, and you wonder I didn't mnention it y es
terday.  The acntist only draws one tooth at ta time, and
generallxy   the easy one filrst.  I won't  pre'ss you.  You
can let me know before the day is out; if you don't,  a
messcnger wvill start to Frankfort, where the jldges now
are.  Wlhen I have your  answer, you can ihafve ten (1days
— can't he, Father I[ennequin? -- to maketl  your payment,
or to give security for th}e part you need time on.  It
coml:es to a little over forty thousand now'.  VWro   on't
keep you longer this morning. You may wvish to consult
counstel.  I shall expect your answer at Beech Kntoll.
Fathelr Iennequin will  stay Ihcre wvith Mr. Vantl 1ohn until you rtnakei u) your mind."
Mr. \rylndlham  saw hiimself completely circullmvented.
Father Itennequilnt was ill coummand, and lie krnew he could
not get access to Van I[olm., It. Beau1chalmp was cool,
wary, and  merciless.  To pay vwas ruinous, to refuse
was dangerous.  lie thought it better to temporize.   teo
said that so large a demland, imade so unex)ectedly, and
in a somewhat peremlp)tory manntler, ouglht to lhave a little
consideration. Ite  would go to town and consult a fricnd,
not counsel, for lie did not require any; and 3Mr. JBeauchamp should )tresently hear friom him.
As soon as lie had gone, Mrit.  leauchatimp took 1Father
le-nn11equin asidle, and said, " The man means misclhief. lie
is going to set a back fire.  Probably he w&ill make a
cltarg'e of conxspiracy. Let us see; there is no malgistrate
in town except our fr'iend who took thle deposition, andtlt  of
course lie w\on't granti  a warrtlant. The nearest t one for Iis
purpose is Squire Kinchlelow.  It vwill take two or three
hours for him to get thtere land back.  A great deal can




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be done in two hours.  I  will ride over to Beechl Knoll,
andl attend to a imatter.  If there is any troutble here, let
M!rs. Vat n ]tom hanglt    out a white sheet from a front upper
vindow, and I'1t return."
Arrived at Beech Kn1oll, lhe aslked Mr. 1.oward to plre
pare himself to ride to Frankfort, andl then sat down to
write a petition to the court, and an explaLaLtory letter to
the judge of the district.  This being done, lhe gav'e Hloward(l his instructions.
" This is a matttr of moment, or, yott know, I wouldn't
ask yout to go.  You will ride Beauchati     p's new horse.
Whelt   you get to town, ask JMr. ileatdy to take the papers
in the two cases, Wy ntdhan  vs. Russell, and go with yotu.
Itf lhe objects to going in the interest of one party, say to
htimi that yout are the person that represents  tihe petitioner,.and that hte is to go as the proper officer to attend  )upon
the judget, ----.a sort of ofllltand ramicts curire, -- and as thl
proper custodian of tie )pape)'rs, whicht the judge must see
to understaid the case; for this suit was before hlis (lay.
If thlis is stated to him righti end foremost, hte will go. tHe
has a good heart, ald tie lknows were thce righlt is in this
matter.  You will ca rry these depositions, and you wvill
not part with thell  except while the judge reads theCm.
Yot twill state wattt you know of the case.  Tthe latd
matter is settled,  Thle petition is to }ha:ve the other case
olpened anld put on the docket, and for a comlmission to
t:take Vanttt  oln's deposition anew de bene csse.  You w1ill
say that there is a probtability of a counter chlartge of conspiracy, and that speedy action is highly  desirable.  It is
better to hiave you two go, and tl}at neither of you slhotldt
lt-ave both sets of )ape(rs.  If tihe I'leenCiste8rs Nweref at
-larg'e,ort  out of jtail tlandl Jatck out of' -- --—. I shouldl thlink
your best vway wvtas to go round, tand not strike the Franklltbrt road for some )ml es out.  But \Wyndlhalt     has lost tlte




o38 I68D  01D' F11O1R7,'IJIS'I:
tw\to Ibest knaves inl his pack, and I don't believe you will
be troubled.  A sharp eye will do nlo harm, hIoowever. By
the by, ask,Davis to let Heady hlave Sycorax.  hiere is
motoey for your exipenses.  I'll see that Beauchlamp (o0s
not want fotr attention. Now, my Ytankee friend, be lively! You are cautious naturally; so we leave that parlt of
the advicet out.  This is an excitingl  game, and wst': AxtI
GOIN G T'O WIN."
WVrhile this hurried preparation Nwas going on, fMrs. Russell looked anxious; but she got at nod from her l)brothr,
and waited for an explanation.  A  lunch was set on the
table, and botl loward an(l Mr. Beauclthap ate heartily.
Tlhenl ioward, equipped with legginls, saddle-bags, and
blankets, started off. When lie was gone, MIr. Beauchamp
inquired after hris neplhew, and learned tlhat ]his conditiont
was Nwithout clalilge.  lie sent for Sylvia, tand asked her
if she could see Van HIllm's house from the kitcheln window.  She said sihe could.
A"C ell, do you keep a sharp lookout, --- every minute,.mind you!........- and if you see anytlhing witc hanging' outt
of Ia frtont window, you come in and give me a shake."
Ile filled,a sumall pipe and took a few whifls, and in at
few minutes lhe leaned back tiand scemted to sleep,  If it
vwas not sleep, it was a sort of half-conscious drowsiness
that:twas  almost tas s0oothing.
In about two hours Phillis (who saw everytbhing) noticed
a shteet hanging  out of a window at Van Itolm's, and
said, "See, Sylvia, chile.   )ere's ste long wllite  robe
ober yandter.  Ste poor ol' man donoe got to go."
Sylvia was reminded  of her duty, andt ran in to tell tr.
]IBeauchiam.  lte rousedl himself, g'ave hlis head a little
shllake (to scatter the sleep out of hiis!hair), and got his
lolise to ride across the fielt to Van tl[lfols }touse.
lie found the slheriff there with a warrant for the arrest




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of Van ][tolm, Fatlher fennequin, and limsclf.  Hfe asked
whlat the chatrge was, and( it was shLown hillm,l indorsed o
the warrant-:  Conspiracy to extort money by threateniing
to accuse of a crime.  The officer NwVas soon cotnvinced
that lie could not take Vah n tolm into ctstody in his bodt
ily condition, and he contcnted himself with askilng th9
other two to ride with hinm to town.
1Mr. Wyndhllam had made his first counter mlove.
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CIIAPTERI XXVII.
ANOTHER MOVEl ITN T'jIjt  GAIME
A  LOYSIUS PIlt TSING01ER was not precisely a ticket.
it?. of-leave mJan, but lhe hlad his liberty upon certain
stringent, and, to  tim, very disagreeable conditions.  lie
was required to report at tle clhief's office in Louisville
on stated days, tand to hold hinmself ready to go hlither
and thither upon secret service whenever hfe should be
told.  And the service he had to p)erforln was usually as
much of a secret to him tas to thte public; for the trutlh
wvas, that the officers lhadT not the least confidence in him,
tland they maintained their power over him solely by fear.
On thi8s day, when thle shleriff was going into tow\n with
the two " conlspiratorst  " whom hli     had arre sted, Aloysims
caine up in the stage friom  the city.  I:[e  rode inside,
thiough unwlilling'y, for hce was inclined to be social; but
the sturdy little stage-driver vwouldt have none of liiS Comp)allionship -  1" not, if his soul was doggoned, would lie
have a blamted thief on t:he box beside him."  Aloysins,
findin'g his fiicendly overtures repelled, wrapped himself
in his dignity and his blanket, and kept a t)roper  silence
all the way.  It vwas cruel to send fim back to the scene
of his exploits and of hlis final humtiliation.   As the drew
earl, he saw the guitle-post wheric he had swallowel thoe
t.hree ftital tinl diplers of whliskey, all: tile tltought gave
hlil qualms even tlhel. The stage thundered througll tlto
bridge, and the hlorses (pelted with pebbles, of which tho




ANAOIlJItER~ AMOI/' LIV [YLIEf GA A'LE.      8 1
little driver carried a small pailful for use on a grand
etre&e) galloped along tlhe street. Then thle familiar faces
catte to the windows.  l tt knew  the pattern of every
calico dress, and could thave told the style of every gaudy
breast-pin.  The very air secrtned to be fill of ton"'ecs,
and all thrust out in derision.  But his lheart throbbed
most when he )passed the houtse  whlere his Lucy lived,
antl wlhere she tad first taught him to lwhisper of love.
lie felt like a  ighlost that had come back after the finerall
rites to the scenes of his mortal life.  Wras Lucy still
singlle?  Did shte still think of htimn? or did she love anl
other   The thought Nwvas too ptainfiul to be endured.
Thle stage drove up  to the tavern, and Aloysius got
out.  lie was endeavoring to preserve a lofty callmness
of manner, and lie did not look at any of the faces tflat
were grouped about tihe door.  itlt Mr. Ralph Beatluchamp
\vas there, and at once recognized himn.  Ite, with} Fathter
Illennequin, had just given bail for their aptpearance to
answer to the ch}arge made against themll, and thle priest
was \waitilng to ride out to VMl tiolmn's.  Mr. Beauchalll
inI a felt words asked his complanion to ride onl, and not
wait fo'r illm, as an ideal had occurred to him whlich lie
tioulght it desirable to follow.
lie advanced to the shrinking' Aloysius, vwho Nwas sittilng in a back roonm, and in a few minutes put him) cornpletely at ease.  The young man was touched by his
aflable manner and lhis not too obtrusive symp)ttlhy, and
Soon turned IiS hlear't inside Out like a pokeCt.  IC showed
most sensitiveness on the subject of his arrest, declarinog
that it arose Nwholly from an  accidlet.  lie dwelt upnt
tle indig'nity lte hiad suffered, and t:le comnpulsory intoxication, and strongly asseritted his innocence of any intent
to p)ass a bad bill.  It was when lie could not tell whlat
lie did. Truly, lie  ttidn't " go to do it."  Mr. iBeauchtainp




3,                Lf)rL) OL,' IRIZ SiLt;:
accepted lhis version of the affair, and tdintn directed tlte
conversa.tion to the Nway out of the difficulty. Fleenmister'.s
arrest was spofken of, and  Mr. B3eaucltiamp  inquiredt
whether thlie authorities were satisfied to let the matter
end thlere, or wthetlier they meant  to tmakle ]Fleeister
ex1pose the next man to him.  Aloysius said lie htad an
"f iter," but couldn't say for certain; that lie vwas tgoingl
to see fleemnister, and see what lhe could do with hitm.
WTell,' said Mtr. Beauchat mp, " this seems to be your:main hoilet.  If you open his  10mouth,  you'll do  tll tllmy
want of you, and you can thlen go to a new country an(t
start fresh."' Yes; but Fleemister's an ugly dog, and close and
sullen.  You can't count on  lthim.  What'hll  m1ove some
meni  wotn't faze lin.  I b'licve  you mighlt roast one side
of him like a log", and he'd stand it like a log."'
TThere's a mortgage on hIis place -  isn't there? "
Yes; \Wyndllam 1 has it,"
I s'lpose lc'd like to lhave it clare? "
No (ldotht."
I  thi-ik I know a man that would lift the mortgageo
for him, and fget himtl out of jail, too, if he'd be re asonable."
"  hat mighlt fctclt hii," sai(d Aloysius, musing.' You've comle to see hlim? "
W ell, ya-as -  p)artly," said Aloysius, not wvisling
to atppear too communicative.' You havte aml order to see him? "'
Yes; a note to the jailer."
"Suppose you  go round, and  mreet me  here after
supper.   I wouldn't mind  soomething' for your travellin-' expeises, if it all goes ri ghlt.  Tltat's betweenC 1 ts
(f COUrI'Se."
Of courseo,"   said Aloysius, rubbing l is  }andls.
Mr. BIeauclhamip thcn vwent to AMr. I[elady's house, and




AAROI/f       i[OV'  I    [[I.A < G'A GAFi'.  878.
there was told (as if he didn't know  it.) that lie had
gone to Frank lfort on court business.
" )o you 1(Cep the key of tlhe Court House? " lie askedl
of MAhrs. ] Leady.
" There is o1ne key here. The sheriff hfas another. Tho
key of tlhe private office, I heard ]im say, lhe lhas just left
Nwith AMr. Davis, %xlwho someltimes hetlps him, and who will 
stay in ttny husband' pltace to-mlorrow, and until his return."
Mr. Bleatucha-mp  thanked her courteously, and went to
find Mr. Davis.  After a short initerview with that lmercurial and adventurous young, gentleman, it was agreed
that they two, with another trusty l)erson, sshould go to
the Court lHouse shortly after nine o'clock, and pass the
night. MTr. Davis wvent to get the kiey of the outer door,
and (a supply of provender -.and tobacco, while Mr. Beauchamp went back to the tavern to keep his appointment
with Aloysius.  The secret-service agent relorted thltt
captivity had produced its usufal effect, and that Fleemister
was muct l  cast down  litoe  ad cautiously made advanstes,
whlich were met less sullenly than lie expected.  And the
result was that Iie, Aloysius, Nwas convinced that Fltee
mister would be realdy to " name his friends in the business," if lie was sure of being let ofW and especially if lie
could call the little farm his own.  Thlis latter condition
Aloysius seemed to thlink  vas indiispensable.
I[ere the im-atter was to rest untilt the followving day,
when Mr. Beatcharnp promiscd there should be put into
the hlands of the county attorney monIey enoulgh~l to clear
tle mortatge on Fleemnister's fatrm, to 1be paid over by
him n wlrenevr- Totn should "' come to t.he scratch."  Leavin'n a stmall sum by wvay of earnll-est-nioney, Mr. Seauchlamp
pat:rted  om Aloysius, and went to the Court Il ouse.
Mr. Davis had brouglt t with him the tailor, commonlly
called Shetars, and once known to our readers as King




g4.7              LO3RD  Ot" ILIISLPS;:l
Cabbag\e.  Til potentate had a roll of cloth ian his arms,
and a set of closely)-fitting' curtatins was speedily iailed
11) to tile windows of an upper jlury-room, whichl it was
1proposed to occupy.  This ikwas directly over the clerk's
of nice, tand therte was communication by) the utain stairway
inl thte htall,  A bountiful suplly of cold vtiands mwas provid(ed, together wvitht a jugr of tlle national bovera'ge, tlhatt
cheers and does inebriate;  also a sutpply of pipes.  C(onversalttion was carried on in a lwhisper,.and all kinds of
noise anltd  moving- about carefllly nvoided.  T}to young'
meli    regarded it as a mere lark, an adventure that prolnised some funl; but  it. Beauchamp, w}lo h}ad reasoned
the thing out to his own satisfaction, k)ept his counsel,
and listenedt.  lie was sure something was going to happen.  The evening )passed i)leasantly, tltoulghl whispering'
became rather irksome, and King Cabbaige vowcd  thlat
he would give considerable to'" holler "  once. They told
all the current stories;  and Davis gave to }Mr. Bleauchatt p
an anmusing account of the escort tlhat attended Aloysius
on his elopement Nwith the ])ove, and of his friantic struggles to urge on the lazy  01horse.
Mr%. Beftauchatmnlp's reasonling was sou(ld.  About twelve
o1clock there was a noise at the windtow below. It seemed
as if it were beingx forced by  a lever.  Thte pressulre
was steady for a time, and then a louder sound  was hteard,
as the fiastening' gave way.  The liglhts in the jury-room
iwereJ put out, and each man ]had his armis ready. Lookitng
out, they saw below two figures by tlc -window,  and two
horses tied to separatoe posts.  The ttaller and larger
ttelped ut) a yountfg. and active Imatln to tlte  window-sill,
who e thiereul)on Iounded lightly thlrougl, andt landed oil
the floor of thle cl;rk's office.  Thte man without stood
close to tihe window, and gave  directions in a low voice
to the onei within.  In tlte silence, er'ty wordl of the lowt
voice was heard distinctly by ti{he party above.




AAIVO77Y' Y'r   0ZOI"] IN TllTE 6X'JE' C.  87
"Go to the glass door at the end of the standing  desk.
On the thirtd shelf, at th1e extreme righlt, is fa tin box.
The bundle is in that box, marked't1yndham versus
Rutssell.'  The wrapl)er is soiled, almnost blIack, and it is
tied with a red tape. Strihke a imatch, and you will see it."
They could not ]hear the answer; but, after a pause,
the voice continuedl, -
"  ou don't find it?  I'll swear it's there.  I saw it
this (lay, as I caine through town."
There was aothCr ipause.
"It i there, I tell you.  Be sure of the tlhird shelf,
on the right.."
"Cone, do you say?  Gone?  AIWhat's gone?
The box there, but thIe papers gone?  Look then at
the shelf above it. —second tin box fronm the left. Bundle.marked in the same way."
"AVWhat I that gone too?  The dog siuspected me;
he's carried them  off. Wt e have thadt our trouble fort:nothing'.  Well, come out.  I'ull down the winldow after
The wvindow was shut down with a bang, and tite iman
without saw tliat t1he one within did not appear. A liglht
suddtenly shone; there ws a scuffle' within.  te mounted
tis horse, and galloped away as for his life.
The watllchrs had stolen down softly, shut the window,
struck  a, light, and then surlprised and captured  the
young man in the office, who l)rovedl to bIe Mr.'Vrynthalm's sonl.  Two of them lad done this. The third, 1::It.
Beauchamp, had rushed out of the door to capture the
confc:erate, but lie had takenl t}he alarm  and't   made h]is
escape.
Davis and the tailor A(wer1e  disposed to tak-e tte prison)er
to the jail, and wake up tlhe sheriff to give sonme color of
authlority for detaining' him; but Air. BeaauchatmplI) inlter.
posed.




3            zavs LORD  OF  l11ZZSR"Ll
No,' said ihe;''let us set him at liberty.  The real
burglar ihas escapled.'We doti't wavr with boys.  They
didn't get thle p)a)ers they came for; but Mr. Wryldhalitn
has shown hlis hand, and lie can't play  tis game out.
Thlat's the main point.  Let tte boy go. If le is wanted,
the authoritics can get himr at any tilme, and our evidenco
vili bie sufflicient to convict him, and the father too."
D)avis felt like other hunters, when asked to give up
the game they have takcn, but lie yielded to iMr. Beauchalmp's advice, and the youngt man was allowed to go.
Ar. Beauchalmp then told them  thtat there was some
)robability of the old lawsuit being reopened, and thlat
MItr. WVyndllaml  was desirous of p)reventing it by abstracting papers from  the files.  Those )apers, lie said, were
put out of his reach, atld the only objcct in watching was
to rnmake, t}he crimitnal intention of IMr. Wryndham evident.
Th':e party separated; and iMr. ]eautcltamp, to whom
all tourzs were alike, rode out to Beech Knoll, and assisted
for tihe remainder of the nigoht in taking- care of Iis
nep)}hew.
The town hlad plenty to talk about next mornin.,  The
coming of Aloysius, anld his visit to Fleemister at trhe
jail, were soo00  noised about.  Then 3Ir. Beauchamp, who
vwas seldomt seen to talk with any person except on busintess, and who had always a shtarp word r'ather thtan a
pleasant one for the town's-people, had been seen in private
converlsation with Aloysius, a kind of man that lie usually
tade  game of; andl tiis was a puzzle.  The depairture
of ilt ady and J efoward was.known also, and thllt gave
rise to speculation.  But the climax was reached whent
thlie attempt, to break into the Court Itouise got abroad.
Th}is was repetated with variationts and additions, until it
grew into a thrttilling adventure worthly of a place in a
(limte novel.  There were persons vwho klnew  tabout the




ANOV77A/FR   /OP' &t I" 77TtI  GlAIlF.        8I77
whole matter,  as thley said, -— how manty pistol shots wero
flied(, whaN'i;t thair-breadttl escapes thIrc were, and tlhat btlllet hloles in coats; whlat great oath5s were sworn wltne
the tailor flashed the lantern on thle surprised cracksman,
anAlt wlhat a desplrate trizal of strengtlh ensued until thol
oung ruflilan was thlrownl on thie floor, antd bound lhal
and ibot. What it vas all about no one seemedl to 1k,}no\w;
thoughl it w\as evident that " somethinog was going oni."
A  great many rse)arato things were known b)y diflerent
peoptle  but the connection of thleml (thougl wve trust it
is clear to the, reader) was comprehended only by one
manl, Mr. Ralph Beauchamp.  All agreed that Ite wsas
very busy about something; and it was a nmatter of generatl reark that lie had never'been kntOwn to come to
tovwn (drssed so  -uch " like a wvhitoe  an," or to show
himself inl so amiable a mood.
These events, however disconnected and mysterio-ts,
seemed to  )eoilIt mainly in one direction, tand caused a
renwal of interest in the old and well-known contest betiween thle W.yndhams and IlRussells.  The elder p)eoleil
recalled the early splendor of Beech Knoll, and. its sttately
founder, and told of the company entertained, t          Iie horscs,
thbe flocks of negroes, as,all elderly  eop)le speak of the
things that most aflfected then in thtei imlpressible youthl.
Thlen the handsome soVns were brougd'lt to )ind-T —Thomlas,
vwho died in early manhood; Isham, wtho lived to midttfdle
age, a bach:elor; and: ialnlldolph, best and geJtlest of  tlen.
The old stories of gambling', horse-racitng, cock-fighting,
and other kindredt vices, were renewed l; and tIe yo}unger
gener ation, learned how the estate was cut:l pieces, Iand
th:e wealth of thle famitly d(issipated, until the melancholy
history was, brought dovwn to tlme date of thlis story, whilen
the prop)ety had shrlunk to nothing, and  the last, survivor
of tle fatily stood in lhis slhoes, antt heir to mnemo;ries only,




87 8             LORD  OF' IJILAJS:I.'.
and NwNith no expectations beyond those wlviclt slould come
fio omhis o\iwn labor.  IThe greed and thie hatgltiness of
]Mr. NWyndham were well known, and every one tblt that
lie had  l)rofited urijustly by the errors an(d the careless.
ness of Beauchap'stl   uncle and fttther. The general feeling of tlhc county people hadl been entirely  o  ol, hoer o's
side tup) to the time of th l ate tragic occurreuces.  But
at revulsion  took place.  The comtmunity, as we have
htad occasion to notice, was intensely excited, upon the
question of slaveryt, and thad lecom-e so fierccely intoleranit
thlat any unexplained fact, or baseless Suspiciont even, was
enourgh to start a flame that mwould sweep over tile county.
f'ven so prudent a man as Hoeward found that lie could
not safely express a qualified dissent firom a firce-eatcr's
plropossitions;  and on one occasion, when lie had been
seen talking-1'  over tlb.  fence  withI a sltave  lwhom  hlie had
known flmiliarly in a house il wltich lie hlad ollce boarded,
found the stolry flying about Nwith the abtsurdcst tags and
conclusions Ihallgilng to it.  And when, as it ihappcnced
niot long after, the slave ran away, there were a plenty
of 1:people who believed that the "t blamed Yankee was
showin' the blasted ntigger how to get off."  BIaeaucthatlp
bec-ame the centre of all these suspicions and watchfful
eyes.  h8is intimacy wilth the Yankee schoolmaster was
one great fact against hitn.  And when lcie went around
t:alking in his frank land im)ulsivte way about thle iijusti:e
of selling his 1old black inammy,  MIilly, and her chiltrenl,
it wras attributed to something   more than mere sCntimlenlt.
It was settled that Beauchamt) lthad becotme an atbolitionist at heart, thloughlt h   touitly denlied it.  FLtor sutCl a
manti therel could be only feelinqgs of aversion; and this
aversion ralt(fed throgl  tto he sctale, t't simlle fregret to
(lownrig hlt htite.  W'hlent the Nwind sat in this qualrter the
vanes all poitcetld otle way.  E'very tact ltad thle worst in



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terpretation put upon it.  T1he shooting affair confirmed
tls general belief, an~d the atteml)ts at explanation male
by the sherifi, andl ieautchamp)'s steadfast friend, i)avis,
wtere heard with incredulous looks.  Ito was a ffiend of
tlth. nigoers it could not lbe denied, and thle fitlining of
Sally was cited triumphllantly.  T Fids last incident was
cliclu-sive.  It was curious to see the cfiect of it.  A.cl
Vwhose whole lirves were passed in sensuality were loudest
itl their gibes and horse-laughs. In a neighlborhood wh]tler
"tile first stone " coulld tve  been tendered by the merciful Matster to every man, and scarcely one would hlave
been found hlardy enoughll  to throw it while h1ias eyes were
looklin  on, this discovery of what was supposed to be a
conecaled intrigue was an occasion of the keenest delig-ht.  Sinnlers enjoy tle expossure of otlher sinners,  while8
the pur'e in heart lookl on witht pity and sorrow,.  lleau-:lhatnp, if lie had been known to be sound on thle mainl
qluestion, could lhave lived anI immDoral life (wit}in certain
bounds) witlout muttch scandal.  lis supposed opinions
gave.a deeper color to tile sin.
So the novelist, llumas the younger, the shameless apostle of profligarcy, after giving his adhesion to the abstract
dogmas of the church, is elected to tlhe vacant clhair in
thie Frelih Academt y, while the profound altnd philosoplhic
Taile, a mitt-an of stainless life, but suspected of llunsound
theology', is Shltut out.
Tit  womten of Kentucky, and I)rob)al)y of other slave
states, lad op)inions of their own, which the men (lid
1ot share, and seldom Ihaid knowle'dge of:  Thte coming' to
thel surface of any such scandal as this, gave anl ocC8asion
to obsercvant people to see thle real feeling's of womten on
certlain s ubjects  whichl were   ever openllly mentioned.
And tilre was hardly a worman in the county that could
speak peaceably of Beauchlamp.  While lie lay on a sick




880              LORID  O1i i' ZftS'L4
bled, and tle issue of thle fever was  so doubtful, the animlosity of nIen and the disgust of women -wxere in abeyance.  tBut these feelings \were only snouldelrig;  lict
the time should come they would burst forth in consumiglI furty.
lThis digressioin tay enable the reader to inatginlC thle
tumult that p)revailed in the little town after the singular
occurrences related.  After thle old battles were itugrht
over agnain, the difficulty xwas iln understanding tlhe game
in progress; for what suchll queer pawnst as Aloysius and
Fleemlister could be used for by eitlter player, was not at
all obvious to the lookers-on.
TMr. Beauchtamp wlent into towln about midday, and, as
lie rode along, abstracted as lie was, lie could inot fail to
notice the sharp l00oos with vwhich lie was regatrded by
men and women.  Cynic as lie wa\s, anld l)rofounldly  )olitic, lie vwas inot lisl)leased to be thle subject of p)ublic
curiosity.  lit dclighted in mystery, even when there
was itotling  iln it.  Aild mystery is often like mist, dark
onliy when seen froml without.   te liked at timtes to
make the uncultivated stare, though liee nlever appeared
to notice thcm,   When lie arrived at th.e tatvern  lie
found  Aloysius sitting  in the back, room, smoking  a
cigar.   Aloysius oflfred one, htut Mrt. B]eauchalnpt  declilted, saying lie preferred  a chew; and  then, for the
sake of affability, pulled out a twist from hlis pocket and
bit off a piece.  After the preliminary commonplaces,
11r. Beauclmmp inquiredt  what tht  news friom jail was.
Aloysius, with the elastic spirits that belong' to such inatures, had risen much in his own estimation since the
prececldig (lay, and appeared to take somne pride iin his
ch}aracter of negotiator, and lie replied rathter janltily',
"Tlhe nlews is not so good as it mIight be.  Sorry I
aven't somettilng bang tiup to tell.  WhaiIit ihats happened




ANY07YIERA@ MfOIA AZN  P111< GAME.1t          881
I can't say; but Fleemister said,' Drat th ltmortgage I I
ain't g'oin' to peach lnor turn1 tail.'  Them's tlhe words ho
t'e m -  who has been to see  im? 
"Not knowilt', can't say; but thei jailer was cross
about peoplc comint' to see Tom, and I reckon he's had
callers.  I see Jtack Itoug'hton in town t]his mnornin'."
"Itoughton?  Yes, I see.  Couldn't you find out if
it is lIoughton that's been to see him this mornin'?"
"Yes, I don't mind.'l11 go over now,, anLd be back
in a mtinute."
When lie returned lie saiid briefly,
i  fitS I' it}1X}}
I'(Tws him.".
Mr. Beauchamp fell into a deep study.  Thte move lhe
lhad made the evening before Ihad been the subject of
tholuglt to somebody, and lie could not htave his gtamle al
to himself.
"ou think lie's fixed, then? " lie said.
"Set as the lills," said   Aloysis.  " Or, rftther, lie's
a bull-dog that won't Ict go when onlce the's set his teeth,
lno matter how you pounid his dlerned lhead."'
Atr. IBeaucliamp reflected  that if Tom's refusal Nwas
caused by counter offirs, it wouldn't liel}) the matter to
increase the bid, for that would suggest anothellr, and the
competition might run ilp to an1y extent; and Tom i  would
only have exaggeratcd ideas of his importance, 1and be
morie  obstinate than ever.  It wvas better to wvait.
Mr. Beauchaimp got up) to g'o, and bade Aloysltts goodtd
by.  The young' men would not be back friom ]tlranklfrt
until the next day, and there was nothing more to be
done in town; so lie thought lie would go out to B3ccch
Knoll, and stay  vith his sister and nephlew.
A loysius fi:tund tlle time hlang helavy on his hands, as
lie Nwas tavoided by 1lis former acquaintanccs, and thler




882 6LORD  01" IIIA/Si.' LKtF
was notling in the world to do.  lie welcomed tile titte
Awhlen tile stage drove to Iti e door, and hc tool k his tlace
to go back to thle city.  \'ihen it rolled by the Ihouse of
thie Fentons, hte gave a deep sigh, and looked out.  lie
mtftht. ihave g)one into a poetical rhapttsody over the love
lie htad lost, and worked tup his feelings till lie shede platssionate tears;  butt ttere were tw\o reasot s why lie (lid
ntot..l. the presentce of a passenger opposite to Ilnl ill thlt
stage(t, and thle fair Lucy herself at thte window.  L.ucy
was looking out, her face all smiles, -- as if she Nwere not
lately an Ariadne deserted by a comnpulsory Bacchus, -.-..
her eyes sparkling, and her lips gathered itnto a halfoplened rose-bud, fr'om w\\ict her fingcers were coanveying,
by a light, gracefult  motion, -- could it be?.cyes, thle
iltngers were thlrowing a 1kiss to somebody.   Did she
know  lie was in the stage?  There was a momittentary
flutter in htis heart.  lie leaned forward expectant.  Dit(
site mean to assure himt that she wtas still ftithfil?  Alt,
no I  Followlingt tlte direction of her eyes, he looked up
andi frward.  The kiss was thrown  to the little stag{e(driver,  who was sretchlling  lis feet out to  the dalsher,
wvhile lie cracked his whip, and tten leanted back to restr ain his fiery steeds.  Unltappy Aloysius I  Wthat hlad
life in store for him?  To be succeeded or suppl)anted by
a Jeltu not more than five feet hioigh, f   — m.  a  man who wore
greasy boots that ingulfed half his body         a   an  o(tcmned to spend  lis days on tlie box of a little, dirty
rattletrat p of a stage  I    e settled himself back in his
cornter,, and resigned hrimself to his solitary lot.




12 liYf ER  AAt) DA1 UGIIR_'7.         3&83
CHtAPITERlIt XXVIII.
FATHIER AN]D) DAUGIITEIR.
IIJ7HC  messengers returnted from Frankfort after being
absent nearly tlhree days.  Their mission had been
successfull.  They btrought an order to take the deposition of Jacob Vran  o1-lm (after giving duo notice to AIt.
Wyndham) in a manner that would make it available irn
tlhe ii'new trial.  The m-achinery of thle law \as lput in metion, althougrh with a reversed action as far as concern ed
tile interests of Russell and Wl yndltam.  Thle fornmer a ggressor beganl to:feel the slow but irresistible force thlat
was drawing_ him tup to account for his misdeeds.
Squire Kinchelotw, the m-agistrate wrho granted the wvarrant for the arrest of M1r. Beauchtamp antd Father lientequiin on a charge of conspiracy, heard the case, andlt
iromptly dismissed tihe complaint; and he inti-ma4ted thtat
if any criminal pIroccedillg s were to grow  out of Van
I[eolm's deposition, they would notI ble directed against
the attesting witnesses.  AV. Wynudham  said soimething'
about going to the grand jury, butt thoe lmagistrato rem    inded himX} that eCverly citizen had thatt right.
The samte magistrate, wiith two associates, sat to hear
the complaint of thle prosecuting officer against those
wIto took part in the affray at Beech lKnoll.  The hearinghtad been twice postponed on account of the continued illness of IBeauchltmp Iuttssell; tand as the term of tile Circuit
Court was near at hand, it vwas concluded to gVo oin with




084               L ORD  OF IJLIJSLWIKI
thle case as far it concerned the others, without Nwaiting
longer for BI eauchattmp'  recovery. The stttemellts of Tomi
fleemlister, Jack Iloughlton, R1alph ]elauclham, t and l  Artttur
] [onward, and of tle sheriff and Williati  WydValin, werle all
patiently Iheard.  It is unnecessartt ly to repeat tlhe stortty.
The clear, and uncontradicted evidetnce o(f tJr. Htowardt
slhowed that he aAnd his friiend had no th}ougltt cither of
doingt or of re3pelling any violence.  And as lt(oward was
htit first, and other rifles Awere pointed, the right of the
l)arty  to return the fire was unquestioned.  This )pres.umption also extended to Mr. Beauclihamp, te beincg a
relativc, and belling oI the ground witi \tt I-ltno wrongfil iltlit.
On the otlher hand, it was argued tlhat tlhe party ap)proacthing were act'ing' unider color of lawful authority as a,
panrt of the slher.iff's posse, and when they sawv rifles
aimed at them, they would have good reason to believe(
thiat it was with an intent to resist tflhir coming.   The
result w\ts, tthat all the lparties were disclharged firom custody.  There rctmalined a complaint:ainst ]Beatcht1amp
for harboring and secrettilg a runaway slavet but that
could not be acted u)pon until }is recoverly.
f Mrt. AiWyndha     l had been a man for wh}om  the
sympSatt y of just and  generous tl    ople was possible,
there,w as now ample occasion for its exercise,  lBut his
nature Nas cold and unfeeling, his will was resolute, hlis
temper lunlcopromisEin,    anld  his conlluct showved  an
habitual disregard of right whlee his ownjl interest wva
concerned.  There were butt two questions that hle ever
took time to consider -  whether thle matter in  ltand would
benefit him, and whether it could be (ldone safely.  All
considerations of cons-equences to ot}ers were of no account.  In his thought lie rwould reach hhis ends by lev.
elling hills antd filling up valleys.  I[t would find a way,
or Ihe would make one.  For many years he h}ad gone on




14l T7YLER ATD i)  )A UGCY I EN:        8 85
tliBs hliglthfanded course, and had grown rich.  Iteo had a,
large landed estate, and grecat nurnb)rs of~negroes,; and
hte had claits, generally secured by m'ortgl'age, at'ainst a
great many pe1)ople inl thle county.  V'ery few rich menl lin
Kentucky, thirty years ago, cxcept in onle or two citic's,
had  any large amount of movatble l)roperty, such as
stocks, and bonds, and reatly monr y.  Tfley wlere rooted
to the soil, like their trees; they flourished andt lived ill
plenty, biut could 1not be transplanted.  Mr. Wr. ynrdhtaln
had now to consider what lhe was to do about meeting a
claim for forty thousand dollars.  To raise such a suml,
hle would have to call in the money due him  on rnortgages, or to sell a part of his latnd ant  a considerable
number of his negroes. Whent this conclusionl was reached,
his love of moxney was aroused, his pride revolted at
letting the occasion of the sacrifice be knowmn, and he
determined to resist,.  lthen Iet thlought of the new suit
that xould be vigorously pressed, of the future watcihfuilhess of the clerk after the unsuccessfuil attemlpt to steal
the papers, of the dead certainty of Van 1tohlm's dying
words when t put in legl form, andtl of the unmIatehed
cunting  and leg'al skill of his new  antagonist, Ralpht
B3eauchamp; and, putting all ttlings togcether, lie didt not
see a single loolthole of escape.  To be beaten in a legcal
contest, after ant exposure of his crimtles, and then to p:)ay
afterwvards, was a  lrnaddening thlought.  If Im had to p)ty,
it would be better to make a complromise before the terrible trial should come oIn.  As long as lie had property,
Ite knew lie would lave to resl)old.  And if RIalpht BIeaucha1mp lived, whether his nel)llew  survived or niot, lie
feared the case would surely go against him.  Ite rmight
transfer and cover tll) most of his tproperty I  And, if
Ralph B3eattucham   was obstinate, ant  would ru'sh on his
fate ----!
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386              LORD  OF IIZJJSL'LA
Thle property first.  XIe devoted a day to a thoroughl
examination of lhis affirs.  lie collected his deeds), notes
of hand, and mortgages, and made fnilt lists of tthem.  Ilie
tadte out schtedules of negroe-s by  lameC, atlso of hoLses
and otcher animtals, atnd of his fuirnitnlre and plate.  IIe
set about calling int every dollar hie could collect without mnaking too much disturbance.  When thecse prepara.tions werel made, he wvent into town antd had t a lont  cons'ultation with Hla:trrison Adamls.
That sagacious youn  g entleman heard the preliminary
hints and  suggestions of his senior with erected ears.
The silence of AMiss Slhelburne in regard to his letter ihe
had rightly interpreted, and lie was obliged to confess to
himself that he had inot the least lhope of winning her.
Miss W'ryndharnm  was a fine-looking girl, of good natunral
ability, and quite well educateed;  and her share in hter
father's property would make her wealt}hy in the course,
of time.  ntr. Adams had  reflected upon this before.
To be sure, lie would gret1tly pirefer MAiss Shelburnet; but,
leaving her out of' the account, there was scarcely a
young lady in the county equally attractive.  Ioe htad
begun to feel pretty sensibly that Mfr. Wyndham's reputation was not altogether to be envied.  But lie agreed
Nwith hil  senior in considering money the chief moving
power in human affairs, and he flattered himself that by
judicious conduct lie rmiglht mlake a better name for himself, and acquire the wealth of a father-in-law, wxithout
shtaring htis unpopularity.
These thoughts passed rapidly throughlt his  inditd whilo
Alr. -Wyndhamn was beginnint   to unfold hlis plats.  Ire
saw from the beginning wvhat the  elder was driving  at,
and smiled to see low  lie stumbled along in hlis talk.
For men alway's cheat themscelves by ph)lrases. - " Convey
the Nwise it call  is the thief's peripttrasis.  So every




PA 71]T? AAW) ]PD A UD GTI]W.            o7
forml  of crime, every selfishl or unlovely action, every
lapse from virtue, is cloaked by sotme fitir-seeming name,
and th}e mind is h}tal  deluded intto ta belief of its own innocwncc.  Had 3r'. Vyndha)nlm  made his l)roposal in plain
words, it vwould. have looked  fully as brutal as it wasa
iniquitous,.   ie Nwould have said,'" I am  ill difficulties.
I htave committed a crime that has beeni discovered, and
if the case goes against met I shall htave to pay more
tlhan I choose to part wvith.  I Nwill divide my property
into t"wo  )ortions.  That which can be carrlied away or
speedily converted into money, I vill take for myself
aand my son.  Thie land I will give to you if you will
marry my t(laughter.  If mly Bson and I go axwvay, mily wife
shall live Nwith you.  I shall not leave  tlhe state unless I
ani obliged to; and shall not be obliged to, probably, if
I ctan put mly enermy Rltal1ph} leauchalmp out of the way.
Tbake my lanld and my (ldaughter.  Whether you love her
or she loves you, I don't care, but shle stall marry you
if you andt  I make the bargain.''
The naked prolposition wvas hIeartless enough, bult Mr.
Wyn)rdhamn prob)ably did not admit to himself that it was
criminal, nor contemplate it excep)t in the envelope of excuses and fitir phrases, wvith which he attemtpted to lay it
before his fiturle son-in-law.  The latter was not greatly
troitubled by conscientious scruples either, but lie wtas aitmbitious for,preferment, and so wislhed to stand well w\itIt
the people of the county.  The force of t}o  crvidenco
tagainst tJr. W\yndltan  lie  did not lknow;  and, as that
(toughty litigant htadl been almost always victorious in
court, le supposed tlhat, with his us-utal tactics, his usual
fortune would contintu, and that before long, lie, Adamts,
would stand an equal among the wvealthy landholderst of
the county.  As for Miss Wryndllam,te ie had no objection to hecr on lis )art, tand he never dreamed that steo
would think of refusing him in anly event.




388              LORD  01F IZUIMSgLl;
The clief trouble lay inl the fact that the exigecncy did
lnot (zadmit of delay.  it wats nlecessary thatt the marriateo
and the settlements should take place at once, andl  both
the elder and thle younger feared tihat the suddenllness of
the proposal might make an unfavorable impression upot1
the youngt lady's mind.  And tte fhither knew that his
daugllter, though naturally amtiable, like her mother, htad,a will of her own, anttd had not hesitated to set it up even
againslt his when hard pressed.  When the main points
were agreed upon, there was a discussion as to which of
them  should broach  the subject to  her.  The father
thought that he sh1oul0d carry the intelligeneqc, and lay his
paternal colmmands upon lher.  The young  man, who
tihought Ihimself quite an eligible persont, anlt fascinating'
withal,  was inclined to try his luck as a lover in the od1(1
fashioned way.  Backed by the father's influence, he believed lie should be irresistible.  Thtis view  fuinally prevailed.
W\\ihen Mr. Wryndlham went ]ome, lie naturally carried
on his face thle shadow  which his impending calamity
had cast upon1 it.  The hate  and mortificationt hel felt
selemed to lhave given fierceness to his loo)ks, and thle
closely-crowded wrinkles on his browt and at the corners
of his eyes were like so nany arith!metical computations.
Parental tenderness tand the foresight of afiectiolt werel
hardly int harmony with such a visage; and those close
1al1d scornfiul lips would look strangely in utterting a tmessage in betlalf of a loxtver.  r. W. yndhamt   p)roved a
bungling mlessengler.   Hlis datugltter he'ard  him  with
wonder, and hits rmanner filled her with apprehension.
She sw\v that le was untder excitementt, and xvas evidently full of trouble, andt she coulI not un(lerstandl wly
such a fair-weatlher sulject as marriage shlould Ite takcn up
at sutch a tltreatening, Stormy time.  She had before felt




Pft,' /ti'   A   N],)  /A UG';ILYfR.   3S9
forebodings that her fathter might endeavor to use her as Iamnake-weig'llt ii some trade, and she htad thlougtlt thtat
t[r. Adams mightt be the ptrsn wvitht whom  tlhe tratlsaction would take  )laIce.  She ehad naturally seen her
fiatter's partner often, and htad found him alwvays Cagreeable.  3But lie had never put himself in thle attitude of a
lover, anld never had uttered one tender: word.  The
plainest woman living, and tlhe one with tlte least pride,
will resent the idea of being led to Awedlock by a man
who takes ]her consent  as a mlatter of course.  Her
woman's heart wvill nlot be satisfied unless lshe is solicited
by the tender arts anid endearments whicl nature promnpts
tho lover to use and the belovced to expect.  The natural
result of Mr. Wyndhatt's talk   was, that his daughlter
left him Nwith every nerve tingling with 1wounted sentsibility, and withl all her powers braced for resistance.  Slhe
was not a weak creature to dissolve in sorrow, nor to sink
into  imbecile h]elplessness.  She (did not shed a tear,
but her fine fe atures gl'owd with  an unlovely liglht,
and sihe  could not sleep for the strong  desire to  assert her woman's p)ride.
In the morning she dressed herself with care, and all
in black -  silk, velvet, and BlrusscIs lace. 11cr. superb
black hair  vas wreathed with ornaments of silver and
ribbons of white satin.  [Her long white hands were free
flomr ornaments, except one small diamlond ri'fg.  If she
could have stmiled, wha\vt a lovely woman site would have
been I  As it was, she look3ed like the heroine of a
tragedy, tand her beauty only emplhasized the chilling impression she itnade.
M[r. Adams made his ap)pearance in the forenoon, and
was shlown into the parlor.  lte had taken some pains
with hlis toilet, atnd, but for a nervous trepidation that he
could not whlolly control, lie would have been not ntnworthy to stand beside the wonman lhe met.




8990              LORD  O0F  if I/.SLL:
Th'lOe customary salutations were exchlangted, and ho
seatCted him ns-elf lnot ftar distant, and entered into conversation upon the affafirs of the town and neihllborhood. Ho(Q
g-radually o'e t the better of' his nervousne,.ss, <and talked
w\ith liveliness and poilt.  His manner wt as bland and
concilifatory, even deferential. It was mealt to be) tender,
but it catme short of that.  The man wh} o is really in love
is rarely thinking of himslself or of thle imprelssion lie is
itmaking. 1 His holrmage is unlconsciously tendered, and even
his staLmnering and hesitation are eloquent.  It )iques tan
observting woman at any time to see ain admirer too muchl
at hlis ease.
Atiss Wt;yndham  heard htim withl civility, and not witlhout smiles; but her stmiles were the lighlts that played
ove\r marble.  Ier )erfect celf-possession bodcd. htim  no
good.  She contiltued to listen as he spun out tlhe conversation, reservingl her strengtil for what slic knew was
coining.
At last lie open)ed the subject in tolerably connected
plhrasesy, land with as much warmthl of tone as hlis nature
allowed hint to sllow.
M' Aliss AWyndlhallm, I have the great tpleasuro of telling
you t"hat I have your father's p)ermission to spe-ak to you
upon a rmatter that greatly concerns my halppIiness.  I
have long been sensible of your beauty a nd your many
excellent 4(ualities, and I hlave hoped I might oni my part
be esteemed in sote measure worthy to claim a like regatrd fronm you."
"You are talking of love,   suplpose."
Certaiittly, Miss Wyndhaml, I would fain tell you hIow
much I love you.  I thlank youa for tihc word.  I t shows
me tltlt youe anticil)ate w\hllat I tvould stay."
Do you tlink I can believe wvlhat you say?  I htave
often been in your company, and you ltave iever spoken




P.A4 Y'Ji5N A A.D) D1) &(H 117A,          391
of love.  Youl have never shown by any look or action
tltat you had a feeling for me diffirent fi'om that you felt
for any lady.  l[ave I chlanged all on a suddenl, or have
you? "  The words were uttered with comlposure, but ani
icy smile played round her mouth.
lieally, Mtiss Wyndhanm, there mtust be a time for
love to begin.  If I had loved you before, I should lhave
askesld your permnissionl to tell you so. If I love you now,
I think it is not a matter for reproach that I take tthe
earliest time to avow it."
I have heard of love at sight, and can ilmagine it.  I
lhave seenl instances in whlich love has grown uI) graditally.  Bult when two youngt pcol)e  have been nmuch together, and wvithout p)retending any affection for each
otlher, -  mere acquaintances, or fiiends, if you plIease, 
1tland by and by, without any warning,  one says to tlle
other,' I love you,' it looks either like a cruel joke, or
else like the wtorking of some  )motive of intterest.  I am
not experienced, as you hknow very w\ell, but I don't thinIk
that is love, -  or that lovers (1o so."
" You 1 muustn't doubt my sincerity.  I know  I'm  not
imlpulsive, and couldll't do such atn absurd thing as to fall
oni my knees, or clasp my hands, or implore, as lovers (ldo
in novels.  I want you to believe that I do allmire you
and love you, and I offer you my   ttand wvith  all lmy
heart.)"
" No, ~Mr. Adam,,s, I'm sure you won't do an iml)tulsiv
thing. I don't ask you to fall oil yolur knees. I shouldn't
believe in your sincerity any sooner it' you were to be
ever so absurd. lBut I think I sholldl know tlhe sound oft
a lover's voice if I shllould ever hear ote, antld I fel ttat
I should ktnow tlte looks of a lover's eyes.'
"I pXray you don't mtake up your mind too hastily.
Thilnk upon this io:tr a, day or two.,'tte idea comes to




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you suddenly, but it will appear (liferen-tly when you
ltave  )ecornme accustomed to it.  You will lealrn to love
Inc."
I" shall think upon it, certainly.  X could not forget
it; but it woln't become any 1ore agreealble by tlhinking'
upon it.  Lov e isn't ta gift to be taken out of a purse andl
bestowed for the asking.  I might love soine mant'in spite
of m)yself, and I mlight not love another if all the world
wanted l:l  to."
"Not if your fatther asked you?"
"Not if my father asked me,."
H[e hlad never noticed  how beautifll she was before.
fWhilo  lhe thoutlOt lic vwotld take hter providedl he could
not do better, shle was only mIoderately Iattractive.  As
she stt now, withl all the pride of her ancestors in h]ter
fine eyes, and deliberately flung hlis artificial rose-buds
andl waxen orange-blossoms tunderfoot,:how}\y magnificent
she looked 1  l[ow lie wvisihed lie had not wasted llis titne
in danglhingl after the other beauty I  Hlow he cursed the
fate tlthat drove lim to this ill-judged attemlpt to bring over
at spiritedl woman like this in a week I  The thoutght made
tini altmost desperate.  But lie was not without that sort
of tact whiclt lawyers acquire, however little lie had sthown
of it in his wooin-'.!He had seen in court that there  was a
point beyond whlich it was not prutdent to drive at witness;
and lie began to feel now, thlt if lie said much more, tlhe
proposition vwould be so decidedly rejected, that lie could
nlever tave any pretext of renewitg it. i.  Ilc had got that
poinlt of policy by lheart;  and, loath as lies was to retire
irom the field so completely beaten, liet concluded it was
wisest to (do so, while he could leave see l-loophole opel
fb'r lis returnl.
"My dear Miss WVryndlham, I am aft'aid the difficulty is,
we don't understand eachl otlher.  You may think  nto




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mercentlary.  Excuse    e if I tlinkl rny prospects put me
beyond any such suispicion.  I loo] around tlle  county,
land I fail to;see htow you can 1ope to make an alliance,
here at least-, thatt till plttace you in any higtther position.
Onl my part, I declare that you would fidlfil all my  1ot)e0s,
and gratify all my pride.  You have never looked so
beautiful as; to-day, when ytou have been so pitiless.  And
I tad tnever lan idea of your strenlgth of character, nor
of your deep feeling eitlter.  The more  you have said,no,
the more I exclaim yes.  I mean to d(eserve your love, and
I hope yet to vwint it, iln spite of 51you."
"1  see you are not satisfied w\ith what I have s.aid.  I
don't know that I could be plainer.  I shlan't choose a\
lutsband for his positiont, nor because lhe has prostects,
nor because lie is better educated than tlie young men of
tlte county.  I may tevert' marry, but if I shtould, it will
be some man I can love.  I shall inot care about his pride,
nor rmuch about ny owtln.  And I don't believe tihat anyftring'w ill chtantge my feelilngs towardls youl.   Ltt us be
fi'iends, and d(roI) the sulbject."
Mr. Adams haitd gone to tlhe last verge, tand daret   not
ltter another word.  Ite took his leave, andn rode  into
town in a state of anger and mortification that lie had
inever known before.  Bafllcd, scornted, and castigated by a
counttry girl, at miss withlout experienclc  in the world, e010
to whom lie was aftlaid to uttter a quotation, either ill Latinl
or EXIglisll I  AWhere ncow were the visions of thel broadt
acres tilled by tlte scores of negroess? the  1)osition iln the
coti-ty, the expected l)refertitmnt?  lie was sent l)a l to
htis little office, to writig fflis patitry fees fito) unwivlltig
suitors; an( tte Ldaty of Ihis p)rosperity altd power \twas
deferred until lie could brting it abotit by thre slow resultsl
of Itis unaided intdustry.
lie lost no time in comniuTicatinog to thle seCior tito




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result of hiss visit. Alr. Wyndham got up and swore a great
oath; and, declharing that it would be seen wlo Nwas malster
in his houlse, lt mounted his torse and rode hlomc.
AWnli0 e11l got to tthe house, lhe went into the parlor w\vlere
his dauvit ter still was sitti ng, looking idly out of the
window.  The mud upon hlis boots showed that lie htad
been riding hard, and the expression of hirs dark features
and this excited manner indicated plainly the strugglels
within.,  lie started when lie observed thle unusIual care
site had bestowed upon her dress, andt his anger rose Nwith
the thoupg'ht that sile had adorned ]herself only to makfe
the rejection more emtphatic.
" Kate," said  he, rouglty,   " if you had only left tlhat
bit of white ribbon off your lhead, you'd be in full dress
for a iftleral."
I have not ldressed for a wedding,,  " s le replied.
"I don't believe you ever rWill dress for one, if you
refuse stuch ofil'rs as you h}ave bad to-day.'"
I ch]oose the funeral, then.  I can't accept the ofler
of a mnan vwho slhows me that li he mtarri es for policy.  And
until I please, I shanft't marry at all."
" But I desire you to reconsider.   Adamls is a rman of
plarts and edlcation.  lie has no bad habits,  fie is goodlookinlg, as you know, and lie has the manners of a gentleman.    lhat htave you got against hlim? "
"I have said, father, thatt I can't  tmarry  a mian I  ton't
love.  Mr. Adams may b1e all youl sarty, but lhe doesnl't
}(please tile.  lie thinks of his precious self.  lie doesn't
kTCnow what love means.  lie may have. the lanners of' a
genttleman, butt he Iltasn't th}e soutl of one."
If lie isn't a gepndtlemlan, wh]o is? "
" 1e1uclctap I ussell.'
MATr. Wryndhlattm  almost, lowled with rage.
fAm I to have thle name of that young reprobate flung




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at me?  le comes from  a dissipated, loose, bad family.
lte hasn't a dollar, atund will never make one.  And after
the murderous spirit hle showed, and especially after the
contents of his chamber closet were brougtlt to lighlt, it
looks well foir you to  l)arade him  as a    i)ttcrn of a
gentlemanal l "
Sthe tapped the floor with her foot, and looked at him
steadily, but did not answer. The desperate,situation
pressed upon htis mind.  She mtust submit.  HIe would
not be thwlarted.  lite was almost tempted to be pathetic,
anld appeal to her to give lup for his sake.
"Knat te," he said, in a milder tone, " I don't believe
you would w\illingly see ec broughlt to shtame a"nd loss,
not if yol knew that compliance wvith my wishes. was of
so tmuch consequece to me.  I walnt to sece you wetll
plrovidedt for.  And the day you marry Adams, I intend
to give you two a joint deed of Call my  land, and furllish
you niggers enough to cultiv'ate it.  You'll be hanldsotnely settled for life,  Now dton't asic for reaisons, but
an swer like a good girl, that you'll do as I would hav\o
you do, and imake tle haplpy.  A fortune and a ltusband
at once. —.lan oflbr that any girl in ttle country would tako
Lit) with ill one minute tt  
I don't see wlhy you are anxious to give up your
1)roperty.  I don't need it, and w\tile I htave a liome, tho
land can remain yours; I prefer it should.  I don't want
it while y0ou live."
"I tell you there are reasons.  Mtust I go on and
explaitn, that if you refuitse, you drive me to ruin -- to
tlisgrae? "
"a\ltt does thlis mean, father?  Yo!ou don't owne Ar.
Adams, I am sure.  If you did, lie wouldn't ask you to
give mec to pay thle debt -.- would ihe? "
" Suppose I w\ere to tell you, that if you thold out witlh




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your stutbborn pride, I should have to lose forty thousand
dollars."
II I am glad that I anm reckoned at a good snum, and not
offered too chtcap.  But you can lose as Ilmuch, and still
have eno-ugh left to live on l -  can't you?
"But I won't lose so m1uch, I can tell you.  I am not
to 1) b tlked.  I haven't brlouglht up a dtaughter to defy
met to my face."e
I am  of age, and I can't be made to marry aogainst
my will. iBut I won't leave it so, fattler;  for 1 I1know you
wouldn't put such a thing upon nme.  You couldn't aslk mie
to marrlny, when I tell you wlhat I have,  Don't ask rue to
be) that man's wite.  I can never do it.":' I say you are an obstinate thuizzy.  I won't put up
-with your airs.  I'll make my will to-day, and leave every
dollar to your brother.  If you won't bear to reason,
after all I have said, I'll turn you out of the house.  I'll
see if you can carlry your high head, and turni on your
heel when I aml on the brilnk of iruin.  You shall be --
Il:cre his countenance, whic h  1ad been growing fiereer
with  ll1s ulng-overnalblc ptassion, seemted to have turned
purplle.  lic foamed, and stamlped, and gesticulated.  lie
ttltrned towards the girl, and looked as if lie would fall
upon her -with violence.  HIis utterance grew tlick and
unintelligible,  while the blood in his fac  seemted to lhave
filled eveiry vein and artery to bursting.  lie stopped, lie
rceled, le groatcd, he fbil htis lengtlh up(n the floor.'there
was a convtulsivoe imovement t of the limbs, a moimentary
gasping fotr brecatt, and lie w\as dead.




CHAPTER; XXIX.
CONVALESCENCE.
r   IIE  longi night was passing' away, and our hero was
cemerging  into the light of day.  His fever had
subsided, and hle begain to feel thle return of natural sensations.  I[o was thlin and weak, and unable to lift his lhead
but it was enouglh for his motter and his faithful friend to
see the clear, steady liglht of intelligence in his eyes, and
to know that the crisis of hjis disease had passed.   To the
bewvildered patient everything seemed to be new.  Ile
was inl a new world.''his was not truly his little mother
that bent over hlim so tenderly, but a good angel  in a lace
cap, that bore  her likeness.  And the man wvas inot his
hiiend tHoward, but another st irittual ministrant; only the
\onldcred if,any ang'lic p)eole N)wore beards..  Every
sigh;t and sound etDgaet.lcd his carnest attention; thoe mere
sense of existence was a delight.  As lhe afterwards s'aid,
on a certain occasion, le felt at this time like an infiant,
ftll of perletual wonder at the aspect of hutmanl  fces,
anid at the sounds in and around the house.  Ie couldtt
lhave crowed or gurgled with pleassure, and lie believed ihe
looked open-eyed at the commoncst events, so exquisito
was t'he new sensation of merely seeingl and hearing.  Btit
wthen thlie novelty of htis situation had become dulledt, and
hle began to send inquiries backward, so as to form  an
i(Mea of the state of his fteelings tand perceptionls on first
wraking froim the, long obliviousness, lie found himself




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baffled.  lie thoughtt att first, if he could only catchll the
lietti of thte trailinllfgc robe of sone vision, or re1memibet tlhe
last fadin'g hueo of some r1ainbow that spanned lis htorizon,
lie could briing  back at vanishted thought, of which the
ima"et still loomed imnmense, like a mirtag'.  As often as
lhe returnetl     t to le sullbject, hle was morei' and more baffled,
and like a shitp at sea, lie was dIrifting farther away firom the
misty  aiild insubstantial pageant in tle air.  If lie htad
succeedt, lie believed lie should have thrown sonime new
lighltton melntal processes, and perhials have approached the
setat ahil sourcet    of tlhought.  When lhe tried furthfer to
blri(ge over t1he buog chasm  of weeks, and connect his
wakiitg imprtessions wvith the scene in which he ladl lost
his consciousness, lic was still more at fault, and the mere
effort fatigued him,  like trying to lift something beyond
his strcength.  So lie gave up tlhinking, or tried to, and
looked.  The patt'nlis on the wmalls and onl the rugs, tlhe
sha;pe's and grtained st-reaks of the stoines tlhat:formed tile
heartt,'t  the knots and  the wavintg     lines of wood fibries,
fteC filaments of tlhe bed-clothitng, tlhe very  motes that
floated ini the sunbeams, were all regarded it detail by hlis
curious) eyes.  Time was measured by events.  TIlere was
t}te long night, and tlhe little " cat-rnaps  " by day, interrup1ted withl seasons for gruel and chicken brotlh, and the
little messes of tlhe sic<k room.  These affitis were tfle
figurtes onl his dial, and thlcir round made the day complete.
T'ic joyful intelligence was soon known, and. Phillis
appeat'ced one morning, coming in on tiptoe, her little
slhiny eyes glistening with  )lceasure.  lBy this time the
reality of thLe +world was established, and Philhlis (lid not
seemo to her( young' imaster to be a, cotfflee-colored spilit.
Sylvia, too,'" the nlt-brown maid," ltooked timidly in land
smtiled; and Pete (who lingerted at Beech Knoll occasionr
ally,) bllubbterd out his than kfillf ltess.  Uncle Rai)phi catto,




C On'A TA zLL:S3CZgG IK-.           899
twisted hlis long' mustachles, and seemed to be more of a
sp)liinx tlhani ever, but did not propound his 1riddle0, not
wNishling to take ant unfair advantage of a sickman.
Whet BeaIuchamp was able to talk, there were several
matters about which lie had a strong desire to be informed.
First of all, lie asled Mr.  owfl'ard, when }they wtere alone,
whether therle was any intelligence firom M iss Shelburnle.
Mr.  rtiward shook his head.  lBeaulchamp fell to thinking.
ife twondered, if she had been ]hit witfh a bullet, or was ia
any way broughtt to (elath's d(oor, whether lie would have
stayed  away, and  sent no message of sympn)athy.  I o
could not imagine such a thing.  But perhaps a young'
Elady vmighlit be diffitent, and tlake  t dlifferenlt viewN of the
afittr.  Besides, the mutual l ag'reement of secrecy mlig-ht
be in the way, and she could not come to see  ltim, or
send any word to lhil, without revealing the tie, and so
compromising hlerself.  Still, hle thougllt hIle Should not
have Nwaited, but would llave lrisked sometlt ing'.  "Shlo
Imiglht, at least, lhave sent me a lettfer," tie thougltht.
Then he wanted the affir o(f the stiooting  cleared up,
and Mr. listward was obliged to tell him so much as was.necessary of that exciting story.  It was mostly 0new to
B]eanchamp; for lie had been so much absorbed vwhile
loading his gun, that lie had not seen t1the wound nor the
blood on Hloward's face; nor did lie knotw that hlis uncle
R:altph  ad been oin the ground.  This recital and crossquestioining occutpied( a long time.  l[ow-1rd slihowed li
thle str'aighlt scar whiere the bullet had madoe a fuirrow, and
Beauchanptl   sai it should be tattooed. —I'1 "Tom Fleemis-ter,
this mnark."  ] te was not greatly curious about [his ovwn
\votn(l, but Io eward  assured him  that thle  octor s:aid
there would not be a scar larger thlan a good-sized peal
an(1 that iln a short time the discoloration would pass
away.




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BJeauchamp wanted to go  on to make other inquiries;
but Itoward said h}e had now cllotou    to thlink of fitr a
few days, and hle must wait. But, later in the same   day,.'hitllis camn  in, and lBeauchamt p asked her whcre Sally was.
" Ste Lo'rd only know, Mass' Beechamn," she answered.
She done sol' down souf."
" Really, it's too lbad I was keeled up here.  So slt
is sold down south.  What )became of  tarry? "
H H.e sol''long wid ler.  Planter man, big hiat, spatch
obcr he's eye, buy Sally, an' ]Harry too."
tAnd the twins?"
"Mass' Pierport  hab one, an' Mass' ]Hambleton sto
So Sally is sold( down south.  Where did they find
her?"
In sto house some place; somn  closet, some cubby0hole,  Phillis tdol' know."
The entrance of MIrs. Russell put an end to the conversation, and Phillis retreated.
Two things rested heavily on the young man's mind.
M[is belovedl had not been heard from, anll the children
of h}is black mammy had been sold.  It was a great detal
for a we vak and nervous man to bear,  iTe did not talk
any more, zand lie land no l)leasure in studying carpet
latterns for the rest of the (lay.  There was a small wet
place on his pillow, one that remained wet for some time.
Hlis recovery wras necessarily slow.  Time 1)assed, and
hle was still feeble and requiring all his mother's care.
lHe became able to (ire.s himself tand go abtout tfle hlouse,
but lie coiuld not read, tnd lie was etasily fattigued.'\VIielln
the bed was remolved( back up stairs, a little pacliket was
f;een to Idrop frtom tle mattress.  lthis wvas picked up andi
opened by  oward, who fiundlll in the plaper a grain of
corn staintd withl blood, a tooth, a little pebble tbat




CONa  Ai~  g SC':IA TCE.          d401
lookled as if it might hlavo done duty in a fowl's gizzard, a claw fr'om some bird, a bit of stained cloth, and a
wtisp of humtnan hlair.  Hie wras puzzled, as twell h1e mighltt
be, uand showed thte articles to Beauchanp, who laughced
for the first time since his recovery, and kept lauglingl
as if it wvere the mo1'st a11musing thling inll life.  Beau
chatmp at Iength exp)lained that this was ta clharm, or
amulet, which Phillis had( placed under his bed to restore
him to healtl and drive away evil spirits; and lie added
gayly, " I tltink it hlas done the business. At all events,
the chiarm  has been there, t hat is one faict; and now I
am  better, t1hat is another.  Causo and effect, you seeO 
VWhlat )oro   can you1 stay for thlo medicines I have swallowed? "
"Post hoe, ergo proptler hoc," 11oward suggested.
"Thll  good p)agaia means well, and I won't lmako fun
of her," said Beauchamp.  " But this little mess of rubbish is so deuced fulnny I    And lie laughed again.
" If you come down to a solid basis, I'm afraid thlere
are as irrational things done by wiser )eople.' Little
messes of rubbisl' are still ]held to be potent in law and
divinity ats well as in medicine and witchcraft."
It Nwas a p)roud day for B1eauclharnI when he was so
far recovered that hle was allowed to take a ride on ltolrse
back.  t1e rode out througlh the lane with M[r. H[oward,
and thlought lie could endlure the lttigue of going' to town
and back.  It should be lnentioned that the school had
not been resumed, and that MNr. Ralplh lBeauclltamp i ad
laid strict commiands upon Mr. Howvard that no tint of
artn![1olm's repentance, or of tihe new suit against Mtr.
\Vytnd)lham, should be mCentioned in his neplhew's presence.
Bleaucharnp thereft:re Irknew nothing of any change  in lhis
own fortune, nor of tlle  prospect of recovering what hlis
fathetr and tuncle had lost; nor Iad lie bccn told of it'.
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ryindhanm's recent death.  They rode at an easy pace.
rtlo fantiliar road was, now full of tender associations.
There was thle hiogh bank whlere her horse  took fioight.
elow was thle rocky'anid water-washed path where they
had walked together.  It seemed to himt tihat the very
stoncs s-hould remember her  elastic tread.  There wver
the dark hemlocks:4whose gloonm  had been enlivcned by
lcer radiant )rcsence as shet had passed benleathi,.  When
they lhad passedtl  through the wvell-known streets, Mtr.
]toward was fearfful that, if they alighted, some indiscreetl
person miglht blurt out what 13eauchtinIp should not then
hcear; and lie suggested that they should merely ride  to
thle  post-office    and  to  Squiroe  tamilton's, and  Say
"howdy,' witloutl getting off their horses.
Thle squire came out to the door and shook hands, with
the young men, and hoped they  would soon be going on
witht their law studies.  HIe was civil, and t)erhal)s kindly; butt 3Beauclhamnp, wvith the egotism  that is natural to
invalids and to those lwho have  made narrow escatpes,
thourghlt  that thae squire treated hlim antd his trials with at
gretat want of symplathy.  It requires some effort for a.
vwell man, and one whose head has not been a target for
riifle bullets, to put limself in thouglht into the condition
of a eonvalescent like our hero, and to fecl how vast a
sp)ace sucl an expterliene fills in  iis mind.  ThCe squire
had, not much imagination, and it did not occur to hintil
that his younlr fi'iend would bo so sensitive, and would
notice his lmanner so closfely.  As Beauctltham) was about
to start, thle squire felt in his pockets, with the tair of one
who had juslt been reminded of somethling that Ie lhad
ftrgofottei, and then halnded hin  a letter.  Beaulchatmp
merely saw that it lt  atS wiithlout a post-tark,   a and tthen put
it in hlis pocket andl rode away.
When tlhey retaclled lhome, 1it0eaucthami)p was pretty well




COAt IIf FLSC, Z7A:CE.             403
exhaulsted, and hl  went into tte house, while Htoward
went to the stabtle with the hlorses.  In a short titme
I tlwarti  entered tlheI room, anJd saw  BeauchanlI) sitting
by thle fire, shivering, deadly pale, and looking  ) up at hlim
with an exprcession tihat conveyedl somethringt   beyond
words.  Beauchliamp silently haltled him a letter,'with a
signt that lie s]hould read it.  It wvas as follows: -
Sit:  After the occurrences of which I Xave been
informed by letters from  relatives, there seems to be no
alternative for mt e but to recatl the promise I made you,
a1nd to bid you farewell.  Until I came to writo these
words, I had no idea of the pain they wvould cost me; but
tlhe chief source of imy rcg'ret is to find that the character
i lhad begtunl to admire was only a pIretence.  Wrhatever
else littd llhappelned, I could tlave borne it, if I could havo
still believed you were thte honorable iand l)ure-mnittnded
nman I o01cC considered you.  As it is, I have oinly to
express my wis-h that our acquaintance shall now be at
aln ed.                            A DELAIDE  SEIlUNNSIf:.
I toward had never greatly admired MAiss Sltelburnte,
except on account of her beautty.  ite believed sht was
vain and frivolous, l and thlat the light that shone in her
eyes was mere tanimal vivacity, which she shlared with
thie kittet playingr witht a ball of worsted.  MAoreover, Ihe
entered so fiully into lhis friend's feelings, tlhat lie instince
tively took his view of the case, without stopping to contsider the force of the reasons that had led the lady to lcer
conclusion, ie ltthad Iecver expressed his feelings, lhowever, and )now they came out with an enerpgy that surprised even  itmself.
"I say," lie exclaimed, " that shel is an unreasoning,
inconsiderate, cold-blooded creature, and I give you jPy




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in being rid of Iter.  To hear, decide, and sentencIe you
altll i  one breath, as if you'were a culprit, — without
wvaitinog to examine or verify a single wiltd rumor, or to
hetar an attemlpt at explanation, — in sshort, to condemtn a
rman as a criminal Nwithout a trial, and declare thl judgment final, is something so monstrous, even for a woman,
that I haven't patience to speak. Take I]her at lher word,
my fiicnd, and let!her go."
Beauclamip remained silent.  lis face spoke for hitm.
[oward wvent on: —*
"To tell you the truth, I have feared just what has
come to pass.  You should know, tihat, after you fell,
and while we thoullht you were killed, tMr. Wyndhaml
cainue into the hbouse, followed by your uncle Ralph, walked
straight to your clamber, and led Sally out of }her hidingplace.  It was in thet corner of uncle  Ishtain s room, into
whlich slhe got by mnovingr a loose bolard in your closet..[r. Wyndhlatm  was triumphlant, bitter, sarcastic;  and
your tuncle;Ralpll had nothing to say in reply except his
belief in your innocence.  You and I know how that is,
and how often we htad hunted for the girl.  But you see
it lad a bad look. The affair, of course, got nXoied about,
and such stories do not grow less by repetition.  Some
people have reported these things to Miss Shelburne, and
she, it aptpears, takes tlihem to be true without investigCation, and sends you this cold-blooded letter.  Your chlaracter a pretence I AM.y dear B1eaucharmp, sle mighlt look
the world over before she would find another man so
single-hearted as you.  I say again, let hter go."
Beauchlamp still remtined silent, and, after a time, his
firiend ceased talking, anld considerately left him.  For
s;olme hours the young man strugtgled with lh is elmotions,
ttand by degrees te b)ecame  calm.  THe rose fron his seat,
and wvent into the next roomn, where Ioward sat reading.




COrN V I. S(C']A:IC.              405
Itt is time to begin again," Beauchamp1 said.
11toward looked up in isurprise at the calm t0one.
"I have kept you from your school too long.  Let us
b)ei00111l text M[onday.   ave you any law 10books(8 out here?
1 tlhink I can read an  hour or two at a time."
Why, you look like a ghost! " said liowvard. " You
are not able to teach, and I don't believe you can study.
Perhaps it is better, however, for you to divert your
lnindtl."
" I don't need diversion.  There is nothing to be divertedftomn. I shall gain in strength from this time, and
I must accustom mnyself to bear such labor and study as
I can.  See these torn pieces I.'hat matter is ended.
It will not b) necessary to speak of it again."
There was nothitng of what is falsely called " sentiment' in his tone or manner. It was the cool and steady
utterance of a comll)osed mind.  ItIoward felt that hl was,
looking at a man who could have held up1) his hand to be
cut ofA if necessary, without flinchingt.  What suflering
it had cost him to reach that lheight of self-control could
only be guessed.
So the law studies were begun anew, with slhort readings at first, and 1)efore long with increased energy.
Beauchlamlp threw himself, heart and soul, into his work.
He took an airing on horseback in the morning, and generally a short walk after (linner, if the weather did not
forbid.  I[e did not go into town at all. lie avoided the
road where lie had once wallked with ler.  MAr. IH1oward
brought out the law books as they were wanted.'Ttle
school op)ened, and Beauchamp was left. alone, as it was
not necessary bfor  im to render any assistance the first
week.  The narme of Miss Shelburne wvas not mentioned
after the time when B13eauchamp threw the fragments of
her letter into tlte fire.




400              LORDi  OF Zi/ ISELF.'
There. was at pleasant surprise at Beect Knoll mic
miorting, Vwhe1l, after bt}reakltast, word was broughllt that
there was a new tarrival.  It was nto other tllan Scit-pl)o,
who catne on tipttoe into the kitclhen, where Phlillis was at
wlork, alnd nearly frightetned her to death.  Beaucltunp
had recovered his spirits in a  imeasure, thoultg  te was
too hbard a student.to be very gay, and ihe scemed to lhave
passcd itto thte serener region of mtanhood since hlis sick-.ess,  But Scipio's hutmility was extremely comical.  It
was lhardly a metapihor to speak of hiis hang-dog look. As
ol1d Phillis had prophesied, he had " come screepin' back."
Ie ]c-knew very well that lhe woutll get nothing wvorse than
a scolding froom his young mnaster.
So, you bad 1)enny," said Beauclhamtp, " you've come
back I  You old prodigal, w\e sLan't kill any fatted calf
for you.  Why did you go off? "
Feared, Ioassa,  dey's goin' to sell de  ol' manu -, sell
him f>or de Wylndliam's debt..'
" You's done sole, anyllow," said Phillis.   "You's
(done sole for sten dollar. Sten-dollar man youl is. Brin(g
not so  mn1luch's horse, not so  tluch as'hloun,' wid's
teef out.  Sole you as you run, so lsheriff  say.t  lI  e I
01' Scip hIe can't run."   Phillis was s}hart in manntter,
land Beauchamp nhad no doubt her anger was genitl}e.
She t:hought of loyalty to the IRussclt s as shIe did of
religion, and even more.  It was an instinct and a passion in her heart; and Scipio's  desertion was nothcingI
less tlitanl a crime; and though she probably had known
wheln lte was going, it wvas surely against her will that
lie went.
"MAigphty little you'd 1help pay the A\rynldhatn's debt,
you trifli g'  old'coon   D)id you think  anybody'd buy
you t Di)d you sulppos  e wete re goin  to let you be sold
off amonlg stranlgers?'What did you think you were




clOA, t7l L/ AL SC/G I.NCI.       40 Y
g'ood for, anyhlow? And to run off, when you mightt hava
been lhere to help while I was on my back! "
Comiplaints are htardly ever very consistent; and lB;tlachamp was vibrating between being vexec   at Scipio's
defection, tand a half playful desire to tease himn 1by settingl
a low value on lis stervices.  Boetween both of tlhese fe!eliltngs, Scipio saw that le warts noot hit very lard, and he
meekly bowed his mouldy-lookingl head, as if lie invited
the bufftt which lie knew lie dest1erved.
Mtrs. lussell reproached him for his misbehavior, andt
added, with a sincerity of manner that made Beaucthamp
laugh1 outrighttt, -..
If you go off again, Scipio, you may stay. You shall
never come back to live with us atgain." She had not ttice
leIast idea what Beauchamp saw to laugh at in tlhis threat;
nlor l(ad Scipio, who was friiglhtened at tlhe thoughlt of
b)antishment, and declatred that hte never would attem-pt to'ttln away again --- never.
Beatuchatmp tthen called to mind his device for getting
the county seal on his fiee paper, and said to hijm, " Joe
i]eady'11 be'after you, Scipio.  You better keep shady
atlnd not go to town.  I wouldn't wonder if lie should cut
your ears of fobr the trick you played on him."'
" Whati, e, Ma.ss' Beechlam I — mne play trick oln Masfs'
Joe Ileady? "'
"' Yes, you, you gray old0'possum. Didn't you contrive
to get him to go out of the office to get you some vwhiskey,
so that you could put tlte seal on your firee papers?"
0", OJMass' Beecham, ol' Scip not smarts'nluff to fool
whtite folks."  T1his with a demture look.
D)oln't deny it.  it's  lare as d(lay you did it,  J3i1t
]how did you get your free ptapers, tanylhow?  VWho1 wrote
tthe, and signed mtty name antd mother's?  rltlere'll bo
troub)le for somebody."




408              LORD  01,F HILItKW},,'t:
"01' Scip got no free piapers."
"But you did, have  and I don't believe any free nigger could write well enough.  Somnie  white man did it.
You'd b)etter own UIIl)."
"No, tmassa;  nullin to own up to."'
B3cauclhamnp did not press tte  imatter.  In the first
place, he did not want to proceed to extremities; and if
Scipio held out, there would be no way to get at the
truth witlhout threats of wvlfipping.  And there were but
t\wo persois whom  lie susp)cted, —..  his unartcle Ralph and
)toward,    and lte would not want to tax either of them
witt it, cxccpt in joke.
Scipio was then asked to give an account of his adventtres; but what little lie told was firalenta ry, and camne
firom direct inquiries. lIe batd sto)pped in Louisvillte for a
time, both going and returning, and htad spent somle tine
in towns in Indiana, and in th}e vicinity of Ciltcitlltati. Ile
htf(ad blacked boots and cleaned knives tat liotels, but Nwas
kicked about and generally ill treated.  Ite Xhad tried to
take care of horses and do "chores " for farxmers, buht
was not spry enough.   Ieto trutht was, tie'(had lived a
vagranlt life, sleeping in barns, andl feeding  on cold
victuals and crusts, whlich were often thrown out to him
as to a dog.  it was too late in life for hin to adapt htimself to new circumlstances; and the reader will readily
imagine, that an old mlan, accustomed to the kind of ser-'ice lie could render on a Kentucky planItation, would be
wofully out of place in the turmoil of a tavern, or anywhere armong the descendants of Yankees  wh1o did their
own work.
}When this rambling conversation einded, Phillis tool
the opportunity to speak to Beatebamp apart.
" You ttal,  ass' Beechamn,'bout )ayin' ste Wyndtlha
debt,.  Ste debt done paid.  01' W\Alyndhanm's  dead."




COilt"t 1I L ESCh]A7C IE.          409
)ead!  Mr. Wyndhaml dead!  Whenl did lie de??.
Las' nigh-Lt.  Cot pow'fuil mad wid's daughter Kate.
Choke up, at' fall (down on ste floor, dead."
f"low did you helar of it?'
0", blacklr folks lktnow.  K(nNlow  heaps tingtis."
" )oes uncle lRalph know it? or art. lowtard? "
"tass'        I        nalph B1cclam,   1io. ILe ltear ste (ay, mncbbe.
Atass' Hrward, lie hear ate day, too, in stown.  D)on' tl11t
ste missus.,Let MAass' 1oward ftch1 sto news.  Stey
tink ol' woman know too  llmuch."
Belauchamp promiiset  her lie wvould not mention the
Imatter, but would wait until thl  news was told in the
eveningg.  HIow it was to aftect hi   e hae td not the least
idea, for his uncle had not told hirn of the new turn ill
afttirs caused by tihe confession of VaIn 1tolm.
Anotther evenlt miade no, little stir about this timve. The
twxins,  tim  and Fanny, disappeared.  They  vere botht
missced the stame nigt, and there was not a trace of themn,
althought  diligent search  Nwas made for miltes a-round.
Squire Iamrilton vas g'reatly disquieted.  lHe drew the
inference that abolitionists Nwere at work, and lhe declared
that, unlless they were detected tand pulisheld, or llrivcn
out, they would grow bolder and attemlpt greater thingts,
land by and by thtere would be a genertal inls.urrection.
These intimations added new force to tile general feeling
against alnti-slavery men.  The brunt of it, of course, ftll
upon Arthur H.oward, the only nortlhern man in the coulty
who \was not an opien advocate of slavery.  Eve  lie \twas
habittually reticent, but the public mind was inl such a
statte that reticence itself was criminal.  Neutrtality was
imrpossible, because tlo one was let alone.  lie lived at
thiis time whlolly at Beech KInoll, and walked through the
town witlout stopping to convlerse. lie had been So
circumsspec t that no groulld of accusation could be foundt




410             OIOR1D  0; IZIIALS'Io.f
against hlim.  ]lut now it was certaill that some one had
hIelped the little runaways, as they could not have got
off utnaidedl.  The faces arounld llim  grew darker and
motro  suspicious.  Some of the older I)Ul)ilS dropped off:
Squire lHamilton -was perceptibly cooler.  The trustees
of the school had caught the prevailing infection, and
there wcre rumtors of change.  lHoward saw that there
was a storm comning, and that lhe was p)owerless to Iprc
vent it.




GOOD  ANID  WIL COAIA' UAIrSOUGtIZ           411
CItAPTICIL  XXX.
GOOD) AN) EVIL COME UINSOUtGIT.
Ut I hero was now fully engaged in thle subjugation
of his province, althouglh there was no princess for
whom the labor was (lone.  It was i1nl)ossible that he
should over forget the wtomanl'who hald so deeply touched
his heart, and to whose inspiration lhe owed his newlywakened amlnition, and his resolute change of life.  Hlt
had tried to forget her, and hle never allowed himself to
mention her na-me  but he often wondered where sice w\as,
and whether she had so utterly cast him out fi'om ler
regardi. lint there was no way to inquire, even if lie lhad
forgotten his pride enough to seek for it. Like all young'men of Itealtly and unl)ervcrted natures, he had hithelrto
looked forward to the love of a virtuous xwoman as tlhe
sullicient reward of thle  ighest exertion, and the clhief
h]app)incss of life  and all his efforts wNere directed to
gaining wealth and position, that lhe might be worthlty of
her.  If[is faith in ibmalet candor and stability of imind
had been vweakened, if not destroyed.  If Atiss Shelburne,
wvith her fine intellect and al)l)arently just and generous
nature, could be so capricious, unreasonable, and peremn)tory, what was hte to look for in others?  He began
to tlhink, with his uncle Italplh, thiat vwomen were  inlecrently fickle, and thtat thtey wvere to be treated as play.
things by fond or silly youlths, and let alone by thel wiser
men w\ho have scrious work to 10o.




412              IORlD  OF1' tIzziiS'r;;zl:
This was tthe tendency of lhis tlhinking, rather thlan his
settled conviction.  In truthl, -e did nlot thinklI deeply
about the Imatter at (all ifor tl coutll not give it any long
conlsideration without bringing up recollections that were
too tl)aiifiul to be kept in view.  But his studies were continued from othter motives.  Ambition had been arouscd,
and, perhaps unconsciously, hIis wounded pride added af
little vigor to his p)urpose.  The world should see the
success hie would achieve, and hte was not utwilling that
the lady who had rejected him should see it too.  With
his growinag interest in his studies his industry increased,
and lie read so many hours daily that his  otlher and his
frieind had to beg ]im to take more time for recreation and
sleep, for fear of injurious results to his health.  13ut ]his
daily horseback ride, his temperate habits, and Ihis excellent constitution, saved 14tiur  from thie usual fiate of overworked men.
T.'lle diminished nutber of pulpils in Afr. HIoward!'s
schlool mlade it unnecessary for him to employ an assistant, and B3cauchlamp gladly relinquished the thlought of
teachinwg, and devoted all his time to law.  Squire Itamilton only shoolk lis head whoJl  Mr. Hfoward came for a
new volume, and declared tthat Beauchampl could never
become la lawyer if lie raced through books in tlhat way.
Ilhis own mind  was slow in movement, and( it was ineredlitle to him thatt a young man could go over so  lucth
ground understandingly.  WhIen these sayings were rcported, IBeauchamp merely said, "{ Wait till we meet to
argue a case in court.  lite will then see whetlher I htave
skimnnmed over the surface, or whether I comprehend the
prinlciples.}
As lie grew stro-nger tie extended his rides, and began
to frequent the town, though only for a fe w minutes at a
time   Ife was not at all wantiwng  in sensibility, as we




GOOD  AND  A fiZWL COMIZ' U'ISYO8t; 7'.   413
know, anld lie soon began to notice that there was, a
gteat cia iige in the feelings of the tOn'-s - )people towards
him.  lie thad  been accustomed to find hlis compa-ny
sought for, and tadl seen, with a not unwrvortIly pride, thlat
lis opiniions  were deferred to.  J[e knew  lie htad been
"l)opuar " among  pe)op)le  of all ag'es.  It was  so  no
longer.  If lie went to the post-office, lie \was met with
barely civil nods, antd curt " howdys.'    No one entered(
into conversation wvithl him, and if he began any talk it
soon ended.  The latdies whom  he nmet looked over his
lead, or on the walk, or found something interesting on
the other side of the street.  Squire l[amilton looked wise.
and inscrutable.  Mr. Adamrs wans distant, and affected
h]aughtiness.  The only person0s who tct thim  witht tlhe
old cordiality were tle shieriff and J)avis.  For some time
lie observed these thlings, and, thouglh he wondered wlmt
the reason could be, lie said nothinigw.  iTe stood firm ill
hlis own shoes, conscious of no act that required concealmnent or apology, anid he was too proud to ask for any rneasrc of friendliness that was not freely given Itim.  But a
proud iman may feel this secret sting, and  leauchamp was
010e to suffer mlost acutely friom  contumely or neglect.
H.is heart was so open anld generous, lie was so ready to
say a kind word, or do a friendly service, and lie so unatflctedly loved htis fellow-men, that lie was 1)(ained inexpressibly when lie saw himself shut out from regar(l. Ito
sometimes felt like exc:laimingi', "\What have I done, oldt
friends  i I am  the samte  Beauchamp whorm  you once
loved.  If I -have do(n  anything amiss, or failed in any
leightborly dut5y, or am  become unconsciously changed
in your eyes, tell me so, and let Ime set right what is
N.V  r()lW  g'. )}
As the days went b Sy, this coldness and estrangement,
increased.  1Beauchamp  tlad often wondered before how




4141             LOR'ID) OR ItlIS,'Llr
htis uncle lad clhanged from a gay youngt  man in society
to a cynical and sarcastic recluse, and he now Ibegar   to
see howv naturally such a trans'ornalltiion m-ight take place.
IIc began to fitlny htimself anoth}er uncle  talphl, moving'
amnong  men witlt no feelings towards them  but indilfterence or contempt, and working steatdfastly for hlimnself
There are stories among the comrmonl  people of all
nations, in which are represented thumant beings chasgted
by mnagic into the semblance of animiNals.  It is a grand
vtizier that becomes a stork, or a prince whvo is turned
into a frog.  The art of the story-teller is shown in ttakilng
the stork vizier or tlhe frog prince into the scenes lie has
been daily familiar with, and exposing him to the rudeness of those whto hlad onlce loved and hontored him. Tihe
chatlged creature feels tthe contemptuout s lookt s and thli
brutal behlavior, anld is wounded altmost to tears; but lie
]has lost the power of speecl along with hlis hltlnan form and
expression, and all hle canl do 1is to look with  )eseechincr
eyes, that seemr almost humattllln in their sorrorw, and to Cear
with the hlumilia.tion until it pleases fitte to restore lidm
agai'n to thlle shape of maln.  It is well for the most loved
and alppreciated youthl to know tfthat inl tlis world it is
entirely possible for lhim to faitll under a similar enchantmtent, and seem to be the thing Ihe is not --- a something
odious to htuman sight, and outside the pale of human
regard,  Hio may  walk the stfrets and meet dlulled or
averted  eyes.  lie may find a  desert around him in publie assemblies, and a solitude in crowded streets. Tlhe
beards lie ltas seeln wag'across the table in thimes of festivity may be turned stiffly  way, antl the features lite  ltas
seen kindled wvith gladness tmay be like  0tonu1mnlltal (fmiices.  Tltis is mherely to become " unpopular,'' and it is
somethingt very easily done.   When it is done, the trantsformed may weep bitter tears, but no otoi  will mlgard




GOOD  ANt]) ]'lft7  COMEII~ UArN\SWOUGIJI    44.15
them.  His helart will ache, but tile paqng will be unnoticed.  lTe is lost to tle worldl, as if he were Cheops,
buried in the gloomy recess of the great p)yramid.
Great minds  rise superior to suchl things --- do they?
Yes, truly,  their work in life goes on, and they may
bear to the stars their sublime heads," but the)y will
feel nevertheless.
Beauchamp was not dependent lpon the little town, t
very few  persons excepted, and le went on with his.studies unmoved,.  lit lhe was wounded sore Nwithin, and
his features saddened into a sterner, but perhaps not less
attractive style of beauty.  rThle world shtould not see that
he wvas touched, lie thoughtl t; but the world did see, as it
always does.  "' No man livet to himself."
When this isolation begins, the gulf between the.man
and his fellows dlaily grows wider.  Ite who is under the
l)aa of society for any cause, or whose studies or pursuits
lead him into solitary habits, mxYay as wvell despair of retaining any persoenal afectioa or regard.  If a man is
missed from the usual gatherings, his abstence is marked; 
and tihe reason is rarely known, or, if known, is rarely
a\ccepted.  People w\ill sy it is pride, or reserve, or unfiicndliness, or low comlpany, or vice, that secludes him;
else why does hie not appear wvhere they find pleasure \and
interest?  The coldness increases and deepens into dislike.  Then comes slander, the corroding curse of society
-- a curse so general and so deadly as a almost to justify
the bitterness of the haters of nmatkind.
As we have said, Beauchamp found nothing of whlich
hc should be accused; but lhe was sensible of the excited
state of the public mind, and he knew that his intimate
frienld was an object of suspicion.  It, p)robably, was
aware, too, that his efforts to save the family of Aitlly
were liable to misconstruction;  and lIc had reflected that




416              LzORD 0 1' I IIA ISELL.
the false rumors whichl had given tie occasion for tliss
Shelburne's final letter must tave oroiginated i~n his ownv
nei:ghborhood.  Purther, when tie twins were spiritted
away, he haid noticed that peolple spoke of the imatter
witlh a sort of lhalf-conscious reference to him.  Putting'l
all these thinggs togetlher, lie began to see tlhat tlhere was
as mluch reason for the coolness and the aversion lie had
experienced as is generally requisite for such a result.
IBut BIeatuchamp was courageous as well as proend of his
honorable narme, and lie would not allow any considerations of interest to sway him  from  thle straightforward
course he had marked out.  Hls feelintgs towards Mlilly
lhe was willing to avo\w, and stand by.  Ile trusted that
time would show hlow false were the rumors that contected him with any dishlonor in secreting Sally, or in
conniving at thie escape of tlhe t\wins,.   So he lheld his
peace, and bore the altered looks of old f'tInds w ith outward serenity.
It mighlt seemtl strange that Beauchalmp for so long a
time had remtained ignorant of what wvas done at Vail
I[tolmn's.  lBut the distance that was maintained towtards
hint i town p)revented any communication in tha-t quarter; and at home it had been enjoined by hlis uncle that
not a vord should be said to lhim.  It was late in Marcht,
whlt, one 1morning, l. l. eauchamp apl)eared, and proposedl to his ineplhew to take lhis horse, and r1ide out Nwith
him.  Untcle Ralph was in very good llumor, and talked
freely. ].[e questioned Beauchampn about his retadinr,
and made runlting comments on the authors.  I[e inquired
about the school, and finding that ileanticham) was no
lfger engaged in) teaching, lie expressed his fear that
there would be st'raitened afihirs at hotme.  Beauclamp
said lie did expect to be pinched, but thoug-ht lhe could
mallage to live through the year, atd then lie would try
to increase his inconme in some way.




COO1) AND   TVIL  C'OAI' 6&VASOUIiz'l:     417
They were riding' down thle lane, and noticed the freshly
spirouting grass ill the fenlce corners, the swelling' buds
onl tle btushes, andl the -pea'ly rose flush on the peach
orchtards, that shtowed the conting  season of blossoms.
Thie hligh winds hlad (ceased, and the souned of axes caine
from the fields where the spring clearings wvere in p)rogtess; land on every side rose columns of smloke fiom
)urning w\eeds and brush.  TIe farming season was beginninglt    in earnest.
You  have never ibcen to see Van IHolm since tle figlht
--- h}ave you? " said uncle Rtalph.
"No, it Ihas l:een but a short time sinJce I was wNellt
enlougt;    andl1 n1ow  I have a feeling of hesitation,   I
hardly knosvw what to call it.  I can't bear to think of
hinm), wasting  awtay, as I'm  told he is, without thle least
holpe.  I haven't any malice towards him, thoIug'l I can't
but thintk hle o  co did our fam ily a  g'reattwronwg.  But I:eel that my presence would b  painfult to him, tandl somecho  I think that the tle rue kindness is to let himn alonle."
"te is a changed man, they say."
I'ml g'lad of it; and( if I thlought lie wtanted to see
me, I wotuld go atnd give him  my hand.  I'm5  sure I,would, and tell him, lheartily, that I forgive him."
" You were s)eaking of adding to your income.  You
kowV lie can't run the filrm, and le. 11has niggers enough,
and everything ready for thle spring w\ork, an1  I wrouldn't
be sturprised if you could matie  a trade with him to lease
his It1rn, or make a cro) onl shares."'
"fThat w\ould be very Nwell if I expected to bie a farner.
T'lec lainds are in goodl con(litionl, and will yieldt well. But
you know, uncle, I an wholly wralpped up) in the tltougllt
of' being a lawyer. I hmave already mar  de sonme little Ptlgo'ress, and this year will lbe very imp!ortant to mie.  If I
divide my time,.aS I shlould have to do, - I shall be a
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41.8            L ORD Q01' O IALSALJXL;
)oor farmer, and certainly a poor student.  X feel that I
tnust put mlly whole strength itnto my studies, for a year,
if not imore; ad, for the sake of my futurte prospects, I
am  w viWlling  0ow to 1e 0oor. I shan't I1eed anything more,
-- except, perhaps, a little for mlother."
" You can set the niggers at work.  They can run the
farm, and wton't need an oversccr; for Van rolhm hlas
brought them up) well.  And I -would ride over once or
twice a week to advise tand help) manage."
I am grreatly obliged," said -Beauchamp, with1 feeling.: You tare very kind and very thoughtful.  But t I haven't
a righlt to ask or to receive such a favor.  It woull  be za
conusiderable undertaking to htave a flitr  of five hundred
acres on my hands, and1 I know you have enough matters
of your own.,  No, uncle; I think I'll wait, an(d live a
little mlealer.  I have a ft-mtous appetite along witt tmy
h'ard wYork, and I can satisfy myself -with a corn pone as
well as some epicures do with French d(lishes."
\\ e nlight go and see Van l[olm, anyhow.  It isn't
far. You needn't hesitate. I have seen him, and I knowY
he'll be glad to see you. There may be a little shock, but
lc' 11 b  thle better for it, and you too.  Come, Nwe'll just
ride through thtis field, and up to the ]louse."'
Beauchamp was reluctant, but lhe yielded to his uncle's
wish; and they went through a gate and skirted thle edge
of a wheat-fieldi  then up by a grlassy ravine throutgh to
the meadow, that lay stretched like a wide lawn betfore
Van Hohal's lhouse.  Ilis men were at work in various
places, and everything to a fartter's eye stlowed sgigl',s of
fbrwardness.
1They were admitted by Mrs. Van Rlolm, who, with) a sadt
tvoice and humble expreslsion, wi1shed thlem good lorning.
Uncle talph was it a cheerfid Itoodt; lie returned her
ualutatioit in a breezy way, and asked to see Jacob. She




GOOD ANDt) IN EI   COlE0I  UATSOUGHT.i   419
showedl them into the sitting-room, where her huslband
sat near a window filled with potted geraniums anld hyacinths, and seemed to gain less strength from teto quickening sttl than did the vigorous and beautifill lplants behinld htim. Jacob started whtn hle saw the tall figure, and
pale, intellectual ftace of his neighlbor, and, in his attempt
to rise and speak, fell into a fit of coughling, after wlich
lhe sank back into his casy-chair, and covered his face
wvith his hands.
lBeauchamp was greatly touched,,and would have
skpoken, but uncle Ralph lookeed a cormmand for silence, and
then stepped forward jnd took the feeble hand in a tender
fasltion that was quite tunusutal.
"Come, neighbor, don't be cast down I  AVe are not
come to distress you.  I Nwanted yout to see my nephiew,
and I wvanted him to see you.  You will shake Ihands, I
know."  ilteauchamp gave his hand to Jacob in silence.
TfThere," staid uncle Ralph, "that is enough.  Don't
talk, neighbor;  it Nwill make you cough."'
tYou kllow  how  eauchamlp, mly nephew, and the
schoolmaster, happened to have their rifles out in the yard
that day   don't you? "  Jacob nodded.
" They were firing at a mark. The shingle was nailed
to a tree jtust in a line with your party.  You lave beenl
tol? -- Well, the schoolumaster is hit by a bullet in the
jaw without any war'nin, iand hte and I}eauchtamp see a
coul)le of rifles levelled at them.  Shouldn't they fire?
WaYs titere any time for them to consider what it was all
tabout  -  I see you comprehend. xVell, the schoolmtaster
was staggered, and I haplpened to be jttust in time to take
his guin.  I fired.  Yout couldnl't blame nic,.- ldefendigtl'
my own kin l     I taimed at Tom Fleemnister, but X hit you
and Iouughton.  I wish it hlad been Tomn instead. Tomt's
ball struck IBauchatllp in the ftrehead. You seo the scar,




420              LORD  Oz IIIiSm:VL?..still bluish, but fadingt out.  Beauchamp) has had a niar
rowv squeak of it.  It's awful to talk about these thlings
as if it ad been only boys' play o; but you should 111now
hlow it was.  Now you can't have any revengeful feeling
--- can you?  God  lnows hlow sorry I amn I But here we
are, face to face.  We (t  on't blame you.  We are down1iglht sorry for you.  Blut it Nwas to be so, and it can't be
hel)cd.'Now,  neightbor, won't you shake our ltands, and
say you forrfive ts?  You know we wouldn't,  either of
uts, have hurt a hair of your hlead willingly.'
Jacob looked up, and gave a hand to each of the men
who stood before him, and solemnly said, in his broken
Vwords, tthat lie forg'ave tltcn, and further, that hie never
thad thought there w7as alny wrong intttndtt  on their part.
Conie, now, let us ciceer up. You'll be brighter whent
lte sut grows warmier and you cant get out of d(oors."
Jacob shook his htead mournfuilly.  Mrs. Vanl 1olmn was
sftalndinlg at thie next windorw, looking out into the yard
where some calves were tetheredI, and had fr equcnt  recoutrse to her apron to wipe ther eyes.
I see your men are at work," said tuncle Ralph, " gettintg ready for the spring planting.  You've a good set
of hands.  Are you willing to malke a bargain for their
hlire till Christmas?'"' 0, yes, — they  can keep at work,"' said Jacob.'t.hey''ll Ipay the rent of the house."'rtlheir hlire is worth a good deal mlore than the rent of
the <house," s'aidtl uncle Ralph.     You can get their hirce
appraised by any fair man, and Beauchamp shall  allow
you tlle (lifferenc  out of thle ctops."
Beauctchat p was dumbfounded, and was going to ask
what tlhis meant  but his iticle  glave his arm  a haIdt
squeeze, and firowned htin into silence.
\'e should hate to tlove," said Mrs. Van I[olmt   pa
thfe{!tically.




GOOD) zIA) < V 0/hL COJ/l UA'SOUGCI'0 4T1
"tou never lta/l move," said uncle Ralph.  " I'll en.
gage you slhall have the house as long as you live.  And
the hlire of your hands, tmeni and women, will keep you
comnfortably."
"Docs he agree to it?"  asked Jacob, motioning to
Bcealuchamp.
" Yes,"  said uncle Rtalph.  "You do — don't you,
Beaulhatmp?'"
"Agree to what? " said the young Imlan, who se blood
tingled witlh surprise.
"   tWhy, that tMr. Van IHolm and his wife shall continut
to live in the house, and the rent be (teducted  fr om  the
htire of thleir ni,'gers,"
"What have I to say about it?  You talk as if tho
didn't own thle place 1'
"No more (does ihe.  This iplaee is yours.  I have a
deed here fr'om Jacob and hlis wife, ditly executed and wvitnessed, wlichlX I now hand over to you. Shall I, Jacob? "
Jacob assented.
It -would be ilnpossible to-describe thle mingpled feelings
in 13eauchatmp's mind.  Ito tried to speak,  but btroke
down.  If the knowled(ge had come to him at hlhome, he
colld have borne   it vith more  oml)osure.  Bu1t riglht
therl  in front of the d)yingt  mant, whose looks wele so
mournful, and while Mrs. Van HIolm was weeping near by,
it had an irresistibly touching effiect.  Beauchamt p at
lengtfh mastered his feelings enough to spetak.
"AVas this done of your own fiee  will, 1Mr. Van Ieolm-?
-  or was it got from you, while you were feeble, by the
influence of othters? I would not take tlis (Iced if it was
not a voluntary act (of your own.",
"  t1.  Wyn    anllttt as paid ttl  tim baclk the original price of
the, land, and t.le interest," said utncle ZaHl)tl.  " It was
his own frce motion; wasn't it, neighbor? "




4:2                 OlORD  OR' IIf/,SR I'LIKf
" Ytes," saidl Van 1.oli; " and K.atrizla's, too.   t's
all rigltt, Ar. tlusscll. --- Yourts;   ot mllntie.  I shlan't 1)e
there long'.  There's enough for her.  You say sh1e sh1all
live here.  I am  satisfied. --    God I but giving back
the land dlon't \\ile out the   the1 — "  Jacob pututp his
hlands to h'is face, and did not finish the sentence.
i:e grew calmer soon, and said, -
You go on, Mr. LRuIlssell, wVitlt the farm work.  I[ave
it as you wvant.  We,shan't dispute about the niggers'
hire.  You can come and go, as you flike. lBut come  tland
see a poor, mliscr'ble old mian as often as you can.,  WIVe'd
like to sce lilmt;  wouldn't we, Katrina?
cs, iMr. Russell," she said. " We are two pootr 1od
)eople, sorrowfilt like, alld the holuse is gloomy; and
young faces, you know, cheer us up. I hope you'll colme
often."
" I will," said Beauchan)mp, "if we are to let the past
go )by, and try to be as chterfuil as we ctan.  ]But I can't
bear to come if I ant to fhear you moaningw, and see onily
regret int yoiur faces."
If we ltad a son, we mnigolt be as hlappy as your mothor," said Atrs. Van Itolmt -" no, not as happ)y.   iut
wet'vc  no one to lean on; and, going (own bill, ats we are,
it's so lonesome I "
The inte rview was growing pailful, and the tuncle anll
epl)hew thouglht it better to leave thle old couple.  So,
bidding thent good morning, they went out anld mountted1
their thorses.  ]BeauchamlI felt a strange sensation ont the,side next to the pocket inl w\lich lie was carrying' a deed
for five hundred acres of land.
\\rlm  tlhey were farirfly off untcle ]alphtt   satid, "It's a
n)itoy, l1(\\w, you can't attelnd to tl}t ihl,.  You 111nght lget
somethlting' hatndsom  for tle crol), even after paying for
the hdltls."  There wa s a hall' malicious smile onl his face,
anld his nlisttcitcs scerlled to curl t ithout asssistance.




GOLD  AND  IS W7I  COMAI' UNAOUGI HT.   4223
"You may tillk I'm a fool, uncle Ralpht;  and I'm not
a man to despise such a farm  as this.  13But I vouldn't
take this farm as a gift if it were to break off l)3y studlies,
or keep me fr'om ttying to succee'd in my profession."
" Well, we might go back, and tell Van IHolm we won't
have his blamed old fart-m.
"I can stand your gibes, uncle; but you must knoiw
that I am  in earnest about becomling a lawyer, -  mind
you, I say, a lawyer,... —. not merely to b1e admitted to the
tar, atnd to dally with practice in a fine gentlenian's way.
And I should consider any good fortune only a curse in
the end, if it were to take away my zeal, and so prevent
me tfron cultivating myself alld makitlng the best use of
my faculties.  Poverty has (lone this mucht    f: r me, —. to
show me. that a man's best possession is in himself.
I'M y mind to me a kingdom is,'
ts Queen Elizabeth's organist has sunu."
" I like to htear you go on.  I used to do so omyself.
1But before you are fifty you'll say ttat a piece of land is
about as good a firiend as you've found, and as much of
a kingdom, too. liut go on Nwith. your law. You are rig}ht
there.  A \well-read 3man is wortl  anly two menll.  You'll
lhave all the more to enjoy. Be the lawyer you talk< about,
ialld you'll lbe all thle happier with your books, whetlher
you succced witah the public or not. You'll know in time
that al thle ardent youncl men don't succc(d, lwhether they
deserve it or not.,'
" JBut if a man doesn't succeed, isn't it generall!y his
own  mIIut? "
" Why, yes; that's true in a certain way of looking at
it, but not tnrit in tlhe waty youlg entl husiasts regap.rd it."'The requisite talents-, cultiv\ated in tthe best way, land
wtith proper indiustry and pruletncic,.-.surely thety  must
Succced.")




424              LORD  01f' HIL/SI;LP;
"iBut every olte of your adjectives admits of a qules
tion.  What are requisite talents?  What is tlhe best way
of trainingl?  What it  tle proper kind of  lrudencle?
These open fields of discussion, and their answers may
)be as far apart as the poles. I see that you lhave a fondness for fabstract notions.  You'll find that every principle
of right will require some toning down to fit it for prmactical use. ILike all young men Nwith a highl sense of honor,
you seem to think that perfcct truth and sincerit.y are going to wvin.  I tell you they wonl't.  You've got to mitlgle a little worldly policy.  Even the head of the Christian world said,' Be ye wise as seirpets;' and tHe put thjis
before tlhe other injullction, to be' harmless as doves.'
You will have to deal -with men who h.avte not youlr moral
stense, — 1 men whvio know  of 110 motive but selfishtness.
You go amltong thela with your  hligh scorn of' takilng advantltage, --- witlt your id(ea of putting your:self in at equal
or lower position, L —..  with your tratlsparent sincerity, and
yotur kindly  helpfitluness, and see lhow you'll succeed I
They'll pick your very eyes out.  You takeli tlte foot of
the table, and expect to b)e asked up thigher I  There are
m!en of brass and pretetce whto'll go up abo-ve you, and
look down on you con(descendingly; and tley would do
so if Plato, and MTontaignec, and Cervantes were in tlhe
lower seats to keep you comp)any.  You won't take the
advantage I  If you don't, you'll find that some one will
taktle it of you, and take all lie can get, too,. Youn won't
c0nce-(al your tloug}'ht I Then some man  who knows \whIat
you(t will do under given circumstances, will make use of
you to serve hLis  tlurposes. You will hel) those vlto neled
ilt   Yout can go onl doing so, andl not get throughl utntil
ithe oceant of human misery is dry.  M[y dear lBeauchlamlt
life is a gallme in ll;    l call thte figtires, bitshtops, pat.wns,
and all, are aimalted.  T'hey think they are working outt




GOOD  AND  COVLCI. UN&i'SOUG1H7.   425
tlheir own ends, and don't recogrnize t:he fact that they are
moved lby the great Player.  Every man iwants to count
you into his plant, and use you for tlhat end.  You twill
try, on your part, to use thet  for your purposes.  It is a
matter of tlhe strollgest, or rather of the shrewdest.  You
can be as good at lheart as you like.  I know you will be
trutfftail   You couldn't be otherwise;  but you will hIave
yolr own plans to carry out, and if you are to succeed
you must refuse to become a pawn, or anything elSC, in
another's ga me, unless it serves your  own.  A little selfishness is as necessary to existence as air and food.,
lherever you see what they call a generous and pnblicspirited man, you will see one whose best eflorts lhave
been given for others, and who will surely die poor for
his pains.  If lte should be in want, the public'hle has
served wouIldn't gi\ve himt a ertist.  Ite vwotld be regarded
as merely a fool, that hadn't wit epouglh to take care of
hlimiself. -  But I amt sermonizing.  I ottght to lhave been
a preacher.  Stall xve go back to Beech 1C.noll?  I suppose you must return  to your law books.  Too bad --
isn't it? --- to Ihave a farm to.)other you now, in the most
interesting period of your studics I "' I like to tear )you talk.  There is a certain veirn of
truth in your worldly wisdom.  I sbhall try to take out
the gold friom. the hard quartz that htolds it.  I understand your drift, and believe you have Nwisely jtudged
tabotit  e, —-in  some resl)ects.  I havye no idea that I
s}tall become anybody's instrulment or tool.   I htav
atlays liked Sir H[enry Wotton's lines....'low lappy is tc b1)orn andt taught lt,
Who lscrvctlt not another's will'
I mean to keep my individulality, anld hope I shall have
the pu.tdence to keep my own coulmscl.  But I dol'tt yet




426              LORLD  OFi* IIIALS" Tl'
sce  that thle next two lines are incompatible.  At alt
events I like the sound of tlhem.
tWhoVse arlor Is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill.
Or, to return to your illustration, I don't see why a man
nany not be as harmIless as a dove, e ven if lie is as wise
as a serpent.  But I have need of all mny wisdom just
now.  I find there is a very bitter fccling p)revailing in
tihe town and neighborhood against me."  -I[fo proceeded
to mention soime thlings wlhich the reader already knowsl,
and ended by declaring that h]e supposed hle was at that
moment the most unpopular man in Barry Coumnty.
"W Vtc  thecse people know you have five lutdred acrcs
of land, they'll want to kiss your boots.1"
" I don't know ab)out that.  But I don't want any of
that kind of good will.  That is cheap, ant any rascal
can have it.  I shall live to vindicate myself firom every
unljust suspicion; and I hoel)  no one will know that I anm
worth even a gftarden patch untit I do it.  I mean to bo
as much reslpected while I amr an heir without an estate,
as if I were the largest landholder."
"You exp)ect too muclt.  People worship) money, and
they alrways will.  Isn't it whFat tthey ar  aall toiling or
lying and cheating for?  No huml1ug about that.  Beauty
and tfalent men can do without; or, at all events, they
are tolerably well satisfied with what they have, and
tlhink they could grace -almost any station; but you never
saw a mtan wlo had money onouglh, and there wafs never
a mtan so vulgar but fiatcicd lie could show a bolrn duke
]how to live, it' lie lad the means.'"
"A Well, richl or  0l' r, I mtean not only to be clean, hbut
to be thought so o; and I know I shall itmake these people
reg'ret thle wro'ng they are doing Ine."




GOOcD  AWA I) IL:!, C'OMIA' 1A1VSOUC;t.1  427
"Perhaps they Nwill regret it a little inore whenl  they
know you are to have forty thousand dollars from Wyndham's Cestate."
" Hltow is thlat?'
"Only this; that Van IHoli's confession, which was
thll meains of restoring to you your land, brings to light
anlother fraiud in the Old tsuit against your uncle Islham,
and which finally ruined your father.  I ehave thl  evidence of Van 1 1olin in black a-nd white, that a document
which turned the case in W\yndlham' s favor was a forgery.
On the strength of it I have filed a bill;in chancery to
have the judtgment reversed.'It's oly a question of
time."
" But tryndllam is dead; and won't suchl a sum nmak
ltis family p)oor?
"There you are again I  What is tlhat to yout?  rIlte
rlmoney hte got by crime from your father's estate is yours.
it doesn't answer to be squeamish  \vwhen your rights are
concerned. Btut you needn't be at all apprehensive about
the falnmily coming to  )oxverty.  iMArs. Wyndhal m  has a
handsomte property in her own right in Iterbleit County,
alld I've no doubt she and her daughter Kate will go
there to live.  Thell  son is a scapeg'race, and it doesn't
matter what becomes of him.  WArtyndham's estate can
pay you iwithout touching thte latnd.  So don't have any
scruples about taking wI at belongs to you."
"llThis is a dlay to be)0 remembered," said Bleauchamp.
"I woke   ) p 0oor, I shlall go to bed rich.   ut still, I
tell yout, I'm  goingt to be a lawyer, and will earn my )positiort just as if I- h]tadn't a dollar."
W"1:ANell, h1e shall be a lawyer I And if riches are a
burdcent to his soul, he can tlhrow them awvay."
"B y the by, uncle  Ralph, what has become of that
draft?  T}hat was a foolish lpranllk, -worse for you tllan
for me, because you are older, and ougdht to know better."




428              LORD  01" ZtIALWSOigL
"The draft hlasn't come baclk yet.  Vessels make long'
passages in Nwinter w\eather.  I'll let you know when it
comes.  I have a little business in town, andl I'll leave
you hlre.  You can ride ltonc.  ])on't forget your latv
books.  If you find your property won't lct youl study,
you can g;'ive it to me."
Beeclh.Knoll, that mornin1, was probably the happiest
place oil the wvestern continent..Mother and son sat liand in hand, tlinking of the sorrowfu!l past and of tlhe brighlt future.
It was some time before Beaucharmp could take up tthe
treatise lie was reading, and it is quite probable that lie
did not give tllhe sharp and undivided attention to the author whlich lie intendled.  Hle sat by thle window  that
overlookled the Vlan llolm farm, leand often found liimlsclf
watchling thie ieltd hands, and speculating   upon the crops,
insteladt of following the thread of legal statement.
Hlis thouglts also twandered off, low andf tlhen, to MAiss
Shelburne, and lie wondered whether she would be glad
to lhear of lis good fortune.   I[ad it pleased 1Heaven
to lave granted it before I  If lie only cotld have stood
upon any terms of equality t Iis firame thrilled %witht the
thoifughlt of the ficry, the irresistible applleal le wouldt have
made to her.  But hris flights a1lrays ended wvitt a fall.
For the fatal letter was still potent, thlough torn in pieces,
and burned.




t'UTI SIWAAI'GEIf 7YulAN.YCZIOAN    429
CHAPTER XXXT.
TRUTIH STRANGER TItAN FICTION.
T! EN Mr. Itovward came out that cvcening there
was a joyful scene.  Boeauclhamp caught him by
the shoulders and waltzed through the rooms, into the
huall, out on the veranda, back again into the room where
MIrs. RIussell sat sewing, and then whirled him  into  a
great chair in tlte corner. The noise reacled the kitchen,
and Philliss, and Scipio, and Sylvia carme on tiptoe an(d
p)C'0)ped in, from a prudlent distlance, to see Nvwhat was the
imatter.  BcauclampX drew  htimself 1up until he seemed
two inches tattller than lie was (as if six feet tw\o was not
tall enoughl), thlrew back his clustering hair, and, striking
his breast in a mock-heroic manner, exclaimed, " Behold
in me a landed )propritor I  I3-asc-born Yankee, resl)ect:me as the possessor of acres I  Yonlder farm of five Ilntired acres is mine.  iowexver, in consideration of whlat
is past, we shall treat you all the same.  You can sit at
the same table with us, and breathe the same air, -  alwtays
1providtcd you pay dute regard to the grand scigneixut.
HToward, who had an inkling of what was goinog to hap))en, w\as not so much surp l'rised, but h congratulate  }is
fiiend with all htis heartt. The kitchen had heard the good
nIews, and it was not long before there werer joyful sounds
firom that quarter, follovcd by the liveliest hyrmns in:'hillis's repertory.  These the dogs lheard, and howrled in
sympathetic clhorust   Te i'eacocks took up the sounld,




430                ].LORD  OF' IlLI/SLE.I
and squalled fromt the trees - by the spring, and there
was a concord of rejoicing.
IHotward then took tlro  his pocket a letter, and handed
it to B3eauchamnp, first getting a ctilna plate by way of
salver, and presenting it on at bcnded knee, with a, ft May
it please your ligllness I"
After supper," he exclaimied.  "We are'thungry.
It is ourl pleasure to cat.  M[other, let us kill a peacock,
roast him Whole, and serve hlim with all his magnificent,
tail feathers  "
Ars. Russell quietly smniled at this outburst, and ordered
sut)pper.
"If it were not for some considerations,   I should say,
"To-night it is our royal pleasure to be drunk.'  As it is,
we will celebrate  with peche liqueur or lamb's-wool, or,
rather, with bothl; —  beut moderately, as befits a man with
such a position ill the county."
After supper the apples were put to roast, and the
friends sat down for an oldI-fashioned  eveningr.  Later,
B]eauchanmp rememtbered his letter and opened it.  It wvas
front a dealer in produce in Louisville, a man vwho had
formerly done biusiness with his father, and whose relations wvith the family continued friendly.. The contents
sulirprised hin greatly,   The writer gave no particulars,
but merely expressed an urgent desire for him  to visit
Louisville, and, if possible, the day after receiving the
message.  ite added that it would be matter of great
regret to all parties if anything should prevent his (Beattuclhtamp's) coming. 
GJo, bt' all means," said IHoward.  " It never rains:but it pours.  Perhaps sontebody  who  cheated your
g'randfitther is going to give  you the Galt H[ouse."  The
letter \vas ponldered over, but nothing more could be got
out of it,  It wvas an invitation without a rcason; butt




MRUTHI SyTR.1AN1GtER  7N7'/' A  IM'ICYYON    431
lBeauchamp felt sure that his fatther's old friend would not
send him such a letter for nothing.  loe determinedl to go,
and soon matle lis simplle preparations. The lanl)b's-wool
was made, and the health of the new landced proprietor
was duly honored.
iXn the morning' Ileauchamp started off oln lorseback,
promisiing his mother not to stay more than a (lay in the
city.  The journey was tedious, as the roads were not
%very well settled; and he was so fratigued when the
reached the city that lie was glad to go to bed as soon
as lie had eaten his supper.  I[e called next day utpon
his correspondent, and learned from him that thoe gentleman who wanted to see himl was stopping at the Galt
House.  Beauchlamp had lodged at a hotel of a liumtblet
sort, thie one generally fiequented by his county people.
The produee.dealer said lie preferred that Beauchamp
should go and lcear what tlhe gentleman himself ltad to
say.  The yountlg man was. disposed to be annoyed at this
answer, and said that other people nmight have time to
ride forty miles for nothing, but for himself, he liked better to stay at home.  The otler smiled, and suggested
that he should not get out of patience, nor take it for
granted that he had made the journey for nothing.
Iceauchamp finally went to the Gait IHouse in no very
good hulmor, and inquired for the person whose card lie
presented.  l[e was presently shown into a private par'lor, where lhe wvas accosted politely by a handsome young
man, apparently a Spaniard or Mexicain, speaking with a
marked accent.  The gentleman apologized for sending
so far for )lin, awld said lie wanted to consult ]hit about
buying some tdaves in Barry County.
Ieaucharlp w\as ruffled at this, and replied, "1 Do you
take me for a nigger-trader, sir?  And if you wished to




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buy, why didn't you go to Barry County?  It isn't any
farther from h:cere there, thant fTro  thlere here."'
" It was about little Tim and Fatiy I wainted to speak
to you."
"They have both runt  aay, sir.  And I have had
enouglh trouble on accoutlt of that family.  I killed OIe
man on the account of a sister of theirs.  Another was
shot, and will never recover.  And I Nwvas hit oni the hetad
at the same time, and narrowly escaped.  I aml not to bo
asked to -to -    Why, what's the matter with you,
sir? Are you ill? For God's sake, what's the matter? "
The gentleman had listened iwith the liveliest interest,
and his face showed the depthl of his feeling as Beauchamp had told of the casualties; and  at length lie
dlroppl)ed his manner of speech, let his lead d(roop into a
htumbler position, stooped, and asked, in the familiar l)lalltation tone, "1 Why, Atassta B3echam, don't you k:now
ntlc? 11
-':Why, Bertram, is it you?  I'm  right glad to see
you."  Their relative positions changed.  It wNas Bertram  wh\o  was now most obsequious, and it was Beauchamp whtIo instinctively  wore  tihe look  of superiorit.  Bealuclhamp vwas cordial and kind to his old playmate, but it would take the lifetime of a generation
to put them  on thle same plane.  The one woutld never
forget that Beauchamp lhad been hlis master;  the other
could not forget that Bertram  ]tad been a slave.  Betweell thelm  was a great gulf fixed.  But BeacneamI)
wvas, as lie said, heartily glad to meet *the long-absent
son of his old mamumy; and after the first surprise was
ovler, tlhey  sat down to talk.
" Beforle  I tell my  story, TMr. Russell, —   I   Imust
say JMr. Russell now, -  I want you to know I shall.
sentd  tie ptice  of Tim  and Fanny to them  thlitIt bought




'TRU7t71 S7W.IAA'(GhER  7'L4.AT FZ'IChIYO.   4.j3
them, by mail; so you needn't fear any trouble  on Imy
account. -- I must begin back.  After mnother took us
to Indliana, I we~nt to school for a whlile; but I anm
afraid I wasn't a very good scholar, and I must ttave
wore out her patienIce  a hleap, atd  nmy teacher's too.
wtas ftull of life, and liked to b) out of doors.  I htad
more fun in traplping' prairiu hens and t)arteridtes than in
studying a spolling-b)ook, and I wvas fonder of a horse
thtan anytlling in the \orld.  I used to ride  fttrmerls'
]lorses to mhill, and nothing I liked so much, wtheln I grew
blig enouglh, as to break a- colt.  You will give me your
htand on this, I klnow, for I rememler what a bare-eback
rider you were, and how  all the horses knew  yout and
minded you.  By and by I left school for good, and weJnt
to work at a stable. Then I went to a place where youngt
horses were trained for racing, and tiere I staid some
years, mutil I becallme a right smart rider.  After I grew
too big to ride races, an army officer hired  inc for hiis
servant.  Ite vas stationeed in one place after another in
the Southern States, and I servcd him faithfully. I began
to be afeard I might be sold as a slave (for I knew sucht
things did lhappI)enl) particllarly  after 1 saw at trader talking with my master, tlhe capltain.  I wasn't going to wait
for that, and so I ran away, and, after suflbring' great ltthardships, got on to Mexicanll soil.  There I lived like a wildt
Indian for soime time, until a Mexican saw me, and  took
a fancy to me.  Ite had a large grazing farm, ad thousands of cattle. 1ie lived rougph, but his cattle increased,
nt1(1 hie  became richer every year.  There w*as really
nothing in hlis house that you w\ould expect to see, w\Nteroe
a man h}ad so much monney.  lie only thoughlit low manytl
calves1 hoe would have in the spring, and how manty hides
he would have to sell in the fiall.  I served hlim  for fitir
wages, and Ihe treated me well.  It was his interest to
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do so, for I was of service to him.  I wvas a bold rider,
and I so'0  learted all the tricks of the graziers.  I beat
all thie otlhe:s in the care of his stock, andtt  I Nwvas alw\ays
on h}and to keep ol' thieving Intdians and lhalf-breeds.  I
lhad become a sure shot, ad11  I wa sn't afrtaid of anything.
I saved ty wages, andt had a very t)ctty pile of ICxicatlt
dollars tand Spanishlt  illars.  1tow long I migtlt have stayed
I can't say, for I was always testless liike, and the grazing countrly was all explored for me.  I had nothing more
to gain there; so I thought. The Mexican had a xwife and
daughter.  The wife diedl of a fever; and not long after
wa wi'ld steer gored my fmaster so that lie died.  As he
lay mangled and d  ying, lie nodded towardY-is his daughte lr.
I toolk the lhint.  I began to take some pains to dress alnd
appea  nmore ike a gentlemal.  Ass I fwa s now in chargoe
of the place, I left the hard work to servants, --  peons,..l.and was rnore like a master in an independent station.
I had Iearned Spanlish.  I am not d(ark, as you know, --
not dtarker titan mly master.  I was much in company
with rmy young mis tress, Estella, anti you cant guess what
happened.  She married ce, and to pl)ease her I went to
church,. travelled a hundred mniles to do it, -  confessed,
and was baptized wvith a Spanish name.  We went back
to the lthouse  where I had been a hired servant, and I becamo the master.  AMy name was somethiing like hers,
and I ami known illn Mexico, and in New Orleans, where
rmy business is done, as Jos  deIC Sandoval.  People sometimes put a') Don' before it.  Bult, as they say in our
country, a cowl doesnt't make a monk, and I am not a
Doon, sure.'When I was fully settled in my new position
as owvner,  I got a trusty man as overseer, and prevariled
on mliy \Nife to come to Iouisville w    ith me.  I didn't tell
her the reason, for I didn't want to lthurt her pride.  We
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but we are treated like white folks. You shall see my wife
presently; but site doesn't speak much of aly,English,
andt ste knows more about cattle thltan sihe does of matters
that interest you.  Well, my poor matmmy died.  I hactre
heard the story; and for your kindnelss ---  But I won't
stolp now, for I catn't speak of her without cryinl.  Tlhere
were Sally, aitd Iltarrison, and the twins to be sohld, wlten I
sultposedl they were firee and out of Jdanger.  I wattched
tho ncwspiapers, ant1d went where tthe bills were posted
for sales in the country.  I got a man to go upt to Barry
County with me to attend the sale, and we carried it off
as well as we could.  This was how I looked."  Hlcere
hie stooped and took somtething from  his pocket, reached
for a broad-brimmed hat, and in a rmoment appeared
withl a  )atch over his eye, anld lits face shaded by a
somtbrero.
Beauchamp here said, --
" But people told m-e the man had a scar above and
below  the patch, showvitg  that one eye had bcent cut
"Only paintl, Mr. Ilt-sscll.  I knew  thlere mlist be an
excuse for wvearing a p:atult, and practised until I made a
nark tlat looked like a sear.'
"But you bid argainst acht olther."'' That was to ctarry out the plan.  I didn't care what
p)rice I paid; and we ran tip the bidding to frightcn the
coutt.try peoplee off."
" 3But whiy didtt't you buy the twvins?
"I didn't think it was safe to take  the whole of'em
tlen.  It might have made people sus)ect.  And shtodzlda't
I thave been in a fix if I lta(l been found out?  No, it
wouldtn't (1o,  It vould have made a lively sale, to put
up the hligh bidder and knock him off!  I didn't care to
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ters, and I meant to do just what I have done.  I went
up to Barry County a second time to get them away, and
that was a much hiarder job. I ttad to go alone, and travel
by night, for I didn't dare be seen.  The little fcllows
were kept close, but after I got hold of Panny at Mr.
Picerrlpont's, and made her know who I was, she went
into tle squire's for me, and brought out Tim.  I mect
themt just out of town, and we rode all night.  I have
put them  at school across the river.  Satlly at:w! Iarry
lare at school, too.  By and by, I'll get them  together,
malnd they shall live where they won't lhear the' name of
slave.  Bet  l)trdlon, Mr. Russell; I don't rmean offence.
I know  you're a kind imaster; but a n\an who's beeni
once free don't want the best one in the world. — And
how is your good mother, Missis Mildrcd?  The best and
kindest lady I cvr saw.o "
]Beauchamp) answered that his mother was well, and,
gince lhe ltad got over his hurt, she was very happy.
"And Mr. Wyndhaim? "
" tle died a few days ago."
"You won't get mad if I ask if your affairs with him
are settled?  "
" No, -— I know you mean to be kindly.  M[y afiatirs
are not settled with him, or rather Nwith hiis estate.  Tiere
is a suit pending to get back what mry father paid."
" But he got most all you had.1"
"es," 13eauchamp answered with a little sense of
being annoyed.
"I heard so.  I remlember the grand old times, when
there was horses and dinners, and all things  in plenty."'ITho thought was not p)leasing to B]eauchamI, but ihe
did not imake any answer.
" You should be like the old Squire AMadison.  I should
be ctare set ull) to see you wvith a blig farm, and with




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folks to wait on you.  You're not born to live in a poor
way. " 
"I expect to live comfortably.  I shall be a lawyer,"
said Beauch amp), with simple dignity, and a little shade
of reserve.
"If the land was clare of debt," Bertrarm  persevered,
you would be) on1 a good footing."
lie was gettingl pl)tty near forbidden g'round.
"And as I have cnourgh at my bankler's in New Orleans,
1 want to give you a draft. —.. no, don't be mad.-.I... lend it
to you, I meanlt to say — cnou0gh to lift the lmortgaage and
stock the fairmn.  Don't looks so, for God's sake I  )on't
look so I  Ain't I your black mlammy's son?  If I am
borna, a slave, and if I azt black, -  though they don't
call me black in  texico, - mayn't I show I have a heart?
Mhayn't I offer a trifle to the son of the best vwomlan I ever
called mistress?  Do you white people have all the right
to do good with your money?  Would. you break my
heart by saying no?  I have more than I shall ever w\  ant
to spend.  I should like to hand you over a million,
instead of tien thousand.- -   Whalt, you won't take it 
Don't say it, Miassa Beauchamnp, -  Mir. Russell, I mean,
— for CGod's sake, don't say it i  You, to shut mne out
from the only clhahce I ever had to show how I loved
you I  Y:ou, that run the risk of life, facing the bullets of
those devilisl Flee-misters I  You, thlat held my mnammy's
ltand when she died I No, tMr. Russell, you can't (1o it.
I know you're proud.  I honor you for it. YTo  say you'will nake your ownl way.  I hope you \ill.  I know you
-will.  For you've a great, noble heart.  But you mlusn't
turn away from a poor fellow like me, wto wants to show
hle has a heart., too I 
"Shan't lhe take it, Estella? "
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tihe room.  A  dark, girlish-Iookitng creature, simpty but
riteldy dressed, wvitit tolerably regullar features, and great,
lustrous eyes, atpproached Beauchamp, grasped lhis hand,
and kissed it.   Ber-tram by tlis time was overcome,
thilnkilng  of all thle troublous past, and was weteping
profusely.  1E-stella looked from one to the other appealingly.  Bertram dried his eyes, and spoke to her a few
s-entences int Spanish.  Site seized  Bcauchamtp's hand
again, and kissed it wvith a passionate earnestness.
"  stella says you must take it," said Bertram.
Thenllt  you must tell ]her what I say," said Beauchtamlnp,
i~n a kind, but decided tone.  " Only d0ay before yesterday,
I had given me a  deed of,a fiarm'  of five hundred acres.
I am rich.  INTy u\cle tolls me I shall surely recover a,a
large staum from Mr.  ryndhllaml's estate.  I don't need( any
assistance wlatever.  I (loin't doubt your gratitude, and
I aml just Cas Awell satisfied that yotl have made un such anl
ofibr, as I sIhould )be to take the money.  llBut I an 1otI ill
need, ald I crtainly can't accept it."
Bertram looked disa-ppointed, and tihen said, —
"But you'll allow me to slend at small prtselnt to your
good mother?  Estella silall select it.  Site won't refutse
a trifle friom the boy slhe used to pat on thle hiead; I know
sile won'lt.'"
A" As you please.  You know I amn here on horseback."
"Yes, butt I'll send by the stage.  You may have something to (1) in time city, and I'll not keep you all day.
But won't you come back this afternoon?  I may think
of something I want to task you about."
Beauchatmp staidt he would returin after an hour or two,
and left the hotel.  Tile intervic wgave hint muhel to think
upon.  There tas a man witll quiet imtannlers, anttd a ready
comlmand of lan guage, ftuemtt, if not always gramlmatical,
(tanid a wide experienlce of life;'and after a singular couriso




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of radventure, lie had become rich, and wtas now beyond
the reach of theo law by which lie could have been sold as
a slave.  Yes, a freed slave htad almost forced him to take
a loan or gift of ten thlousand dollars.
Thel reader should remember that tite children of M[illy
had all ilnherited ]her regular Caucasian features, and1
stralight blaclk tair.  Blertram lad also a comp1aratively
fair skin.  Itoe wcas an erect and noble-looking man.  Ito
walked, and spoke, and  looked like a man of kassurtcd
potition and character.  People in Boston, in 18Y4, are
famniliar withl the face and bearing of a man of similar
birth, who showrss that the characteristics of a gentleman
are not pectliar to tle ruling race.
Beauchlamp could not but ask htimself what whlite man
in Barry County would have made, on the whole, a better
appearance, or would ltave slhown such gratitude as this
folrmer slave.  But problably tlhe worst result of slavery,was the indelible sttain it left on the slave, and tll neverto-be-eradicated prlejudice it left in the mind of the master.
B1eauchlamp saw more than hle would have admitted  to
himself; but it was not possible that hle could see anr
equal in any man of such birth.  Probably the fceling
instilled inl his mind from  inflncy would remain tltrough
life, no matter hlow much reatson might contend against it.
Beauchamp was soon tired of wallking about the streets.
H[0e had -very few acqulaintances in the city; and when ieo
had stopped at tlhe stable to see bis horse, and had called
on the produce-dealer to apologize for tlis hltasty speeclt,
lhe had nothing left to do.  Ife xwent to his hotel and
dined, a-nd then returned to the Galt [ouse.  Bertraln
said lie hlad procured at trunk, whlich hle would have sent
by the staget; tie contents, he sail, were for frs. Russtell.
But hle added, that there wa-fs a small writitg-desk ill it
which lhe beggted hlim to accept.  It twas nothling, he said,




440              LOWR)D  OrP JIILI/SEL,tA
and ihe didn't want to make a mystery of it, but ht wished
the little trifle it contained to be kept for his young
mastr's;wife.
" I have nlo wife, " said Beauchamp, gravely.  "And I
don't thiink I ever shall ha-ve."c
"0, I can tell better than that," said Bertram. " You'll
umarry.  The girls wton't let yot be anl old bachelor, liko
your uncle."
"I {am not sure about it," said Beauchamp.
We shall see. And hlere is the key. Now don't shake
your head agcain.  This isn't money, and it isn't much.
You must take it, and when she sees it-i as she will see
it -- tell her it is from one of the dtespised colored people,
if you please, but fir om one who -would lay down  lis life
for you.  Now don't let us say any aymore about it.  I
hlato to talk about beoing gratefulf.  I like to do something,
and then have dolte with it."
]Beauchamlp staid an hour, and answerced Bertram's
questions about the county people, and heard his plans
for educating his brothers and sisters, and then rose up to
go.  Bertram sshook his hand wtlrmly, and held it, as if
he felt more than lie could ultter.  The pretty Estella
vwept at his going, and again kissed his hand.  lto gave
them a ]hearty farewell.
R eally," lhe said to himself, as lie wfalked away, " if
I were to I)e lmuch with Bertram, I'm afraid I should
become an abolitionist I" 
VllWhen hte got holme tihe next evening, and related the
adventure to his mother and Howard, he was amused to
see how (lifierently tlety received it.  To the Yankee t.he
story was full of romalnce, and lie evidently thoughlt his
friend had been cool and distant to his old playmate.
MTrs. Russell, the kindest  womrnan in the world, was afraid
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lhe didn't go to the dinner talule withl Bertram  antled his
wife, and she wondered if it NwaS known at tile Gtalt Iotusoe
that Don Jos6 was only a mulatto woman's fhirer soni.
Still she was glad to floear that Bertram was pros)erous,
anld she said she wasn-n't too protud to accept h]is present,
if it was only a rmodest one.
In due time the trunk arrived, and the present was
found to be far fromt modest: two patterns of black silk
for dresses, a richt shlawl, numberless fine laces, botl
black  and white, a sunshade, and a varicty  of knicknacks, including soime black ribbons wrought  with flowers
in gold thread.
1" Whatt a gay little mother you'll be! " said lBeauchamp.
"It's too mluch," said Mf[rs. Russell, " and I've a mitnd
to send them btack."
" You can't," said Beauchamp. " Bertram was to leave
for New Orleans on the boat tlIe day after I left."
The writing-desk Beauchamtup took out, anld carried to
ihis own room, ald examined it by himselft.  le did not
care, evenl in joke, to repeat thie conversation lie had Nwithl
Bertram  about tlhe destination of its contelts.   The
writing-desk " provCd,' when opened, to b1)  a casket,
with superb jewels, set ill diamionds andl1 emeralds.  Beauchain lp had never seen anythint g so magnificent; hte thought
hlimself a newv Sindb.ad  liscovering the tretasur8s of a kin og.
1 Ifte lhas deccived me.," he said to hlimsclf.  "' A trifle'
indeed  I It's a )present for a duclhess.  WVell, I must
keep it until I see Bertram.  And if I keep it uintil she
a':c pts it, I think I shall 1keep it a good while."!eturninilg to the sittingr-rooml,     e said, " I've alwx a i
hlad a mcean opiltion of a fitce lnegro.  You kliow  that
ltere everybody  calls thcm  triling, no account.  ]liit
BcrtrattWs case is a staggerer.  If they wvere atll like
bhim, I should lhave very difcremnt ideas,.'




44f:2             z LORD  Or IIzmLStrIt'L
"Vre stAv hould not makoe ul) our minds itn a hurry," said
Howardl, " upoxn a matter like thle capability of a race.
The lifetime of one man isn't long enough to enrtble him
to  form  a juldgnment,   A century  isn't long  enough.
The Frencll chroniclers, like Froissart, lad a very poor
opinion of otir Saxon ancestors; but t:he verdict of history
is, that the Saxon blood in the end was better tthan the
Norman.  TYou see a black man un(ler every conceivable
disadvantage.  I[e is but a few generations removed from
barbarisml.  Ie hIeas bceeln cultivated, as a plough-horse is,
merely for  sceful labor.:e is a slave, and, as suchll, as
tihe slave's vices of lying, stealing, and obsequiousness.
HIow can you expect manliness when it has been whiipp)e(
outt of a man? or trutl  when you make it hlis intercst to
lie? or industry and thrift when the stimnulus to those
virtues has been taken away fron him.?  I cant easily see
that centuries might pass before the negroes, as a class,
wonuld attain to  moral elevation, or would acquire the
industrlious habits and  cultivation to malke them  good
citizens.  Even after they are free --- if they ever  are to
h)e  which  GCod only knows -  they \ill be long  in at
transition state;  and that is always a trying time for tlhe
most fiavored races.  Look at any people after a long1 war,
or after al insurrectionl, or other great excitement, evenr
a great reftrmtation.  You will see thet worst passions let
loose.  Idlencess and unthrift will be the rule,  mid a g'eneration will pass before society wtill settle to its normal
cond(ition. "
"  tBut I have a firm  belief it their natural inferiority,"'
saidl lleaucltaip.  " They  ttave n0  intellect, and their
faces shlow  it."
"'That nmay be so," returned Htoward, " but I fitncy
you wNould not htave seenl any intcllcct ini the fitce  of a
blue-bided Briton, stuch a one as looked out to se( COesar's




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galleys landingl   nor in a Nwild Scot or Pict.  This matter
of intellcct is a curious subject for speculation.  Two or
tlhree centuries will develop it, double it; and in the same
)'riod another nation -may sink to comp)arative idiocy.
As to the expressioin of intellect, that is curious too.  I
b)elieve you can't tell from, a, picture whether a man has
intellect or not.  It is all in the imagination  of the
beholder.  The French dranmatist  and romancer, Dumnas,
who  is just now  making such la stir, has;  I am  told,
the fcaturcs and the woolly head of an Africab.  Take
his picture and look at it, and if you didn't know it
belonged to a lnan of genius, you xxould think it Vas the
very image of a field hand.  There are several English
statesmen I call to mind, vwho look like dull and prosy
pl'arsons, trhat would 1preach you to slccp -  and would
like to do it.,VWhen the power comes, and yom knozo it,
has come, the face becomes luminous to yout.  An artist
will take the picture of a clodhopper, and by lighting the
eyets, Xmake it speak 1j.  Yotl say that Bertram's casect   is' a
staggerer.": Suppose, now, hie had a suitable trainlinjg,
antd by some revolution, lie- was imade a senator from a
state like South Carolina, that has a largo p)reponderanco
of blacks.  Imagine   him in the Senate Chamber, in the
midtst of an harangue.  You might make a picture of hirm
that would be as fine as Clay's — thoutgh after a diflfrent
pattern, to be sure."
I' But Bertram's power is in his white bl100ood.  A  fill.
bloodedt African is a dull creature."
" G0trant it is so.  I presumle it is so.  But yotu can't
doubt that the order (of creation is progress, and for all
rates after their apl)0lointedl modes of d(evelol)ment.  And
tlhis despised black race ma3y, in centuries, mature into
somethingl that even yottu would adtirc.  If the negroes
should ever bo free, they will begin to lose the vices that




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slavery fostcred, and will strengthen in all their better
qutalities.'IThe share that any generation has in influencing
the character of a dependent aind imitative race, like the
negroes, may be small.  liut we must not be wiser than the
Cre1ator, nor iil)atientl at Ilis slow methodis.  We should
ratiher endeavor to recorgunize and assist in tthe growth of
vwhat is good, and not asslume that the neg'ro is an excep}tion to the rule whlich history and science shtow to be
universal and eternal."
That day letters came fi'om a Louisville banker to Squire
Hamilton anld Mr. Pierrepont, enclosing drafts, for tlhe
amounts they had paid for the children they had bougtht.
But the letters gave, no intimation as to whom the money
came  from, nor did they mention a why or wherefore.




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CITAPltl1EtJ  XXXII.
A YOUNG TI)ADY'S DIARY.
jT/]ISS STlTIIllURNI  mnade her intended journey to
Al New York in company with her cousin.  They reaimlted in the city a few days, when they were met by
Mr. and Mrs. Ioe-wenthlal, and the cousin returned home.
As she had foreseen, her getting away proved to be a
matter of great difliculty.  ifer relatives thought New
York immetasurably distant, and fartlher away in idea than
in fact.  Th}re are few sections of the country in wh!icXh
there is such a strong' home feeling as in Kentucky.'The
Yrankee, it is vwell known, finds a lhome almost anywhere;
and wherever lie goes, ihe carries in his pocket, along
with the gardIen-seeds, the gerlms of a town meeting, a
churcht, and a school-house.  If he has Iplantedi thlese, ho
is content to settle down and wait.  ite is not tunwilling
"to visit," either, provided the can go where lihe is not
prcvented frtom askingl questions. Virginita land the Carolinas, too, ihatve always been on visiting terms with the
northern cities. Southern  horses contend at the northern
race-courscs; southern lplanters and their fmitlies fill the
operla-houses and theatres;  southern belles display thecir
chanrmts at Saratoga, and did, until lately, at Newport and
Cape  lay.  Butt the natives of the agricultural region
of the south-west, and of K(.entucky in I)articular, have
been isolated by feetling and long' habit.  Until recently,
few people from that state ever ventured over the nmoun



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tain.:, except to  turcttlse stocks of goods.  The idea of
t young lady of fortune going  off to tie II[Hdson ]liver,
to spend,tmonths in the society of a Yankee schoolmistress,
w-ho was tmarried to a 1)ultchmaln with an unpronounceable
name, was somethling unlheard of. - So Air. Shelbturno
thllought; so his family echoed; so all thle neigllbors said.
lt waNzts a, foolish freak, and could not fail to injure her
socitally ill her county.  She miglht go to New York, or
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, for a short season, to see
something of fashionable life, and, if she remained, while
awaty, at a itotel, under tle  l)rotectionl of relatives, it
llight even give her solme  ctat upon her returnt.  13lut it
would never do to live in terts of intimacy with at northern family, and exl)ect to preserve her principles and her
)pride as a trute daugltter of Kentucky.  So AMr. Shelburntt
urgedt; so the family insisted;  so:all the neighbors ex.
claimted.   So all the hands in  Hierbleu  County were
thrown utp -- white  and jewelled  hands, nervous and
strolts hands, hlard and clenched hands - in variots clevations of astonishlment, sorrow, tand spite.  The you'1ng
ladies said  the e  wlouldn't do sucht   a thing agtailst the
atdvic  of' tlheir relations; the young admirers wondered
if ttere was no on1e  good enough for her to marry at
Ihome; and the clderls  said shoe would come back (if sheo
ever came back at all) an abolitionist, or an, infidel, or
both.
Literally, she had torn herself away; for her family
looked itupon her as virtually dead to tlhemn from that mo.
mnext;  and society had passed  final decision in lher ease.
The' preacther of the neighlboring cltiurch hfad remembered
her quite  )ointctdly in his prfayer t iet(     Sunday before shelo
left, and trusted tIlat thie erringt lamb might yet be restored to lher protecting fold.  It was evident that lhe
regarded the country b)eyond the Illudson as lbeing with.
outt the general oversight of )Deity.




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But she had determined to go, with or without reason,
andl as we have seen, she wvent.
At this late period il our story it; woult  not be judicious to tax the reader's patience nwithl any elaborate inttloduction of new chtaracters; thougl the situation of a
beautiful young lady of fortune, and (olne so lively an(d
interesting as we hope tMiss Shelburne has proved herself;
newly aligllted1 in the neighborhood of a great city flike
New York, might offer a tempting field for a romanlcer
or a satirist. Thalt city is a marvellous romatnce in itself;
an:d the successful limner of manners in such a centre  of
fashttion might find himself a satirist betfo'  he was aw\ltare.
The diffitdent muse shrinks fi'om the splendorls of the Fifth
Avenue, no less than from the nights of BIohemian clubs,
anld the mtiracle wvorkshops of Wall Street.
iLet us imagine tlio young lady cordlially received, and
tasken at once by steamlboat conveyance to a beautiful
town oan the North Rliver, fifteen miles or more above
the great city. Ily good fortune, slhe began early to note
down her daily imprllessions, and thle few  1tunimportalnt
events of her life, and wve shlall present some selections
from this diary in lieu of any connected narration.
Il;vEnRCLIFF, Feb. 12, 184 —.
I am sitting in my ronom in a spacious house that stands
on a slope east of thl-e river.  As I look out of my \windo\ws, I can se  the noble  strelam, covered with sqailitg-;vessels and steambotats, and with barges, and canal-boats
that follow on as if they wtere anim-als led in a caravanl.
AcroGss the blue water, and stretcillng sonmewlfhat fabove,
are the Palisades, -a p)recipitous wall of rock that makes
the view grand, which would otherwise be only beautiful.
tIlo  morning sunlight playing on tlhese brown masses is




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something very fascinating. I find myself st oppltlg every
few minutes to look out, while dressing for breakfast, as
if there were danger that the panoramal would go by. 
aml never tired of watching the qualities  and tints of color
that appear wheit   one antd another rocky prolminel c  is
ligllted up.  Ini the evenilng, the dusky and purple shadows settle behind the cliff antd sleep in the recesses, until
thle sun goes down;   and then the moon throws a silvery
gray light over the scene, and it seem.s to change before
imy eyes like fairy-work.  On tlhe south-western verge
ar sccen the blue hills of mnist which they call Ncvcrsink,
and these, I am told, are visible far out at sea.  StatteC
Island'is in sight too, and I fanlcy I catl see its vill'as like
white se1)cks in ttme distance.
There is a handsome garden below the house, extending
down half way to the water, but there is no sign of life
in it yet.  We have flowers in the house, however, -.
hyacinths, crocuses, and tihe like, as well as others thtltt
blooml tllrough the year.
The view without is magnificent, and would be if I had
to looQk out frorm a gtarret; but everything is comfort'able
and tasteful within.  There  are windows on two sides,
and pictures and engravings on the other two.  One
eng,"raving  has givten me a great sur)rise -I can't say
whether it is of pl)easure or pain.  It is a figure of a
beautifiil youth lying stretched out by a brook.  Mtrs. L.
safys it is an illutstration of a poem by Schiller. I started
back when I first looked at it.  It is the vey imatge of a
certain tall and graceful young man in Kentucky -... like
1him inl his shape anld stature, and like him in his fine intelectuat l face. — 13.. could  not wish to be more faitlhftlly nor nmore poetically drawn.
I sit in Ca grezat, springy chair, coveredt  with chintz,
with a table near me, and the engraving over it; and I




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find the air as agreeable as the out-door air of one of our
mild April days in Klentucky.  I miss our great, cheerfll
fireplaces, but Mr. 1. has succeeded in producing a clinmate of his own; and we are quite in(liflerellt to the chill
winds that )lo0w from the ocean up thle river.
Iy old teacher is but little changed, thoug'h a slhade
mor imatronly.  She is all lig'ht and purity -  and such a
model of order and method, too I  She seems all calm..
a sort of ntorthern calm it is, and not a trol)ical languor;
tbut I see, or rather I knoiw, that her vigilant eyres are
never quite in repose.  TIXe appointmtlents of the house
are simply perfect.  Such neatness, such comfort, srtch
noiseless but eflicient service I  I never saw the like.  I
wonder if it htas not taken a great deal of scolding or of
patience to bring her maids to such exact and orderly
habits.
Mr. L. is the German  consul, and, of course, goes
nearlly every day to his office inl the city.  How my shy
and. maidenly teacher came to marry a foreigner, I can't
ima3gine.  She looks, thoubgh, as if there were a strong'
current of feeling' under her calnm  demeanor.  I:am} sure
shce must have married for love; otherwise she Nwouldn't
lhave married at all.  She is a woman I would lhave
chosen, if I lhad been a man; butt thle women wrhom  we
love are not often the ones that men love —else why are
there so many sweet-ttempered and lovable women left
single?  There  are  plenty of the other sort mnarried, I
taml sure.  And there are rmore of tlHe tIuln married in tcle
east, I'mn told, than in our state.  But hIow could a nice
and dlelicate creature, with a skin like alabaster, thavc
fancied a (lark and black-bearded mran like Mr. L.? They
botlh wear glasses --- in self-defetnc, I tell themnt; and I
think of nmy favorite Burns's advice,..-.
29




450                LORD  OF  IlLJISRLI<.
Coneeal yoursel' as weePl's ye can
PFrac critical disrection,
]But eek through"l every other tanll
W\i' slltarpened, sly inspectionl."
HTers are of gold, suclh as she wore in t he old times; his
are of the finest blue steel wire.  T1le svwelling  lenses  of
his glare in the even)ing liglht like the eyes of an animlal;
hers are transparent, and ilher sw-cct blue cyes show thlrough
them like turquoises seen in water. So, according to Burns,
he rather has the advantag'e.
This is the only married couple I ever saw whose be.
lihavior to each other can b1e held ulp for imitation.  They
are fond of  acth other, as they ought to be; buit they
don't presume  Ulpon that to  parade tlheir afbection  in
public, nor to neglect any of the little arts of politeness.
lie  is evidently a suplrior man, fintely educfated; but lie
is as simplte and straighltforward as -as I used1 to think
B3. v. as.  lie is altettice like a lover.  So many tmen,
when once married,  appear to forget all that., and take
everythingf for granted.  As to  5lrs. L., I cannot finld
vwords of my own to paint lher.  I find myself repeating
AWordlswvortl constantly, for his familiar lines could never
fhave been so true of any other woman.
" A countenaince in which did m-eet
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A creature not too riglht or good
1For human nature's daily' food.
A perfect woman, nobly plnnledt
T'o warn, to cotfolrt, allnld command;
And yet a spirit still, anld bright
Witll solnethinlg of an angel light."
They have bcceen martried two years, but there is no little
L. h- ich I am-l sorry for.




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1ftb. 14.   It is Sa-lint Valentille's day, but the good
sailnt has grpown unfashionlable.  the old traditions are
forgotten and given up as ctfildisti.  is the world, as it
grows older, ou/gwrdwlinfg the fresh-hCarted legebnds of the
times when a maiden mnight look out for the youth th:at
Nwas to become her, Valentine'."?  Ttih     n t g that, is
nearsest and dearest must not be spoken of, not eveln to
ontc's self.  We imay talk of books, or laces, or of drives
and balls; but the one subject which is in the very heart
of heart, and wfithout whlictl the whole world is poor, it
is immo(lest to mention.  We Inust act and talk, and (if
we could) thnk and fed, as if it had no existence, except
in fiction.  The  )ensive young manl by the brook (ioes
rnot do so.
Mqrs. L. says I must study (German, and I aml to-day
beginning the first lessons.  Slte prornises that I shall
-:ery soon read some of thle minor poems of Goctlhe, and
the ballads of Biit-ger, as they arte easier and so lmuch
mor}'e attractive than prose.
Mr. L. begins to show himself a bit of a qui-z. ITe has
been talking in high-flown phrase, but with an air of'
gravity, about me -- likening me to some statue, I forget
whiich, and wdndering how I wats ever allowed to leave
Ktentucky.  Among' other thlings, he asked me if I was
not followved to the border of the state by a pr)ocessiol
of weeping youths, and whlether I had not been obliged
to part with a great many locks of hair as-s mementos.
I wonder if either of tttem  ever tllhought there was a
reason whly I, after two years of silence, should stlddenly
propose to leave home.  I trust not.  I mcan to be circuinspect.
Our waty of litf is very simple.  AVre breakfiast carly e -
at eig'ht o'clock........ because 1Mr. I. htas to go to the city.
I read until noon, when I walk for half an hourl, or take




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a drive, generallyr  with Ars. L.  There is a lunch served
at olte o'clock, but I barely taste it, saving mty appetite
for dinner, which is served at four, or a little later, on
Mr.  L.'s  return.  WVe meet in the evening' at eight for
tea and conversation.- These are our silj)le customs.
Thely acre r/.lcs, to be sure, but we don't feel them  as
restraints.  I fear I l{had rmy own wvay too much at home
in all rest)ects.  It is not wxvell for us to know that everything: can be made  to givre p)lace to our Nwhim  for the
time..,tb. 20.  I have had av real sensation.  I have seen
Shakespearc's Coriolants., We went to the city in tlhe
afternoon, and stopped at the hotuse of a friend of Mr. L.'s,
and visited the theatre in the evening.  I never saw a
play in grand style before.  The costumres and stage
effects were  magni(ficent.  The p)rincial actor was a  finelooking man, large and muscular; but lie walked and
talked rathier too much as if he tliought imlnlsclf " ttI
noblest Rotman of them  all."  It wvas very fine, I know,
but I had seen and heard  lenry Clay so many times, that
I couldn't admire the factor as others did.  I really
trlught lte ranted, especially in the strong passages, and
I couldn't keel) frorn thinking h]ow Mr. Clay would have
uttered the lines.  lie was mnajest.y itself    With his tall
figure, his  lonrlerfi l eyes, anld his musical voice, wlat
an actor lie might have been I  Poor man, I think sometimes lie will never be anything else. XI.is many defeats,
I fear, will kill hlim.  Ieople here, I find, think as I do,
that it is a shtame tiat so many common men, t1hat nobody
ever theard of, are put beforie him 
WVe rem-ained in thle city over night, and this morning
Mrs. Lr. and I came home oi thte boat.  Shalt I ccvr tiro
of the beautifut  scenery of ttme Htudson?




A  YO UjiVr  LADY'S DIIAR               45 "8
1eb. 22.  1 }lave been devoting tile 1morQlning, to writing
letters home, - two to uncle ShelburliC's family, anlld one
to uncle John.  I have l)ainted tmy life here with rosecolor, as, indeed, I shtould; but I tried to let them know
that I still keep a warm heiart ft r my friends tfr away.
F'eb. 26.  I have been very indlustrious.  I arn already
trying to )lick out some lines of German p)oetry, though
Mrs-. L. cautions nie agaianst lhurrying, as shte fears I may
neglect the essential foundatioins.  I have tried the pitiano
too, and its beautiful tones \\were so sad ---  I mean the
fairs I p)layed wokIe sweet antd tnder thoughts of the
)ast.  I am1 to practise scales, and those odious exercises.  VWhen I looked over my lesson I said to Mrs. L.,
"I Why, that's only a five-finger exercise I     -  "TTrue,"
she said; " and five fingers are all yout have I 3Make thellm
obedient at all times and voila lout."'  I answered( that
wiat I liked in a plktayer was the feeling shown.  " Yes,"
she replied,   31but thle feling is inbornt; you  could
never acquire that, though your sense of tlhe beautiful
lmay be cultivated; wtat you must do is to learn hlow
to express it, and for that irpurpose we want tlhe five
educated fingers."
F.:eb. 28.  Piano  practice drags a little.  I think  I
coutld become a player, but I am daily asking myself if
it is wortlh all the tite it costs.  I can amuse myself
nowt, and to play twell I shall lhave to saCcrifice some thingrgs
lwhich I think are quite as essential.  cermanll goes onil
famous-ly,  I read a little, and with real delight.  Atr. L.
tries to tempt me into talking,, and lolds out his hlandls,
as I Imighlt say, to inducoe me to venture a step.  I haven't
got beyond htalf a d(ozen p)hrlses.  [:fe was s)eaking, the
othlr evenitng, of the literary 1merit of some of the little




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poems I have been trying to read.  lieo reads Shakespeare, and fully believes that le is the greatest of the
modlerns......and  greater thla  thle ancients, too, ill ltis
Jiulgmcnt.  l:e loves ]Burns, thotugh I tell him that of
course no German Cean understand Scotchl i But lie thinks
the shorter poemls of Goethe and Sehiller, and those of
thet witty and wicked Ilcine, torni a class for whltich \we
lavc  no partallel in English.  They are simple tlhoughts,
each shaped and polished like at diamond.  Our poets, lie
tlhinlks, shine more in longer poems illn which there is susttainedl power.  To nake a short poem in perfeCt symmetry, and set it in perfectly-fitting words, hle thinks is a
rarer art. I. don't know that I remember the precise
words lie used, and I cannot tell whelther his opinion is
correct; but I hlave never seen anly versicles in Ecnglislt
thrat seem to me so exquisite as,those I htave been reading.  Part of my new pleasure, Mr. L. says, comes fr'om
a sense of surprise at the double imiag'e, or rathler at t.ll
image0; reflected f'rom two surfitces.  I stlppose he means
that in translating I have the delighlit of seeing the thought
at the point where the two  l4ngluages approach each
othler, so that I see its imnage in two mirrors at once.  As
the thoughlt is often so subtile as to elude us in one lan-.
guage, Nwe can catch its meaning in the other.
I should like to review French; but though my friends
undlerstand it, I find they don't care greatly for French
literatture.  3Mr.. ridictules the language, and makes is
laugh by his forced nasal pronunciation.
i31arch 1. We ltave been drivinhg across to have a view
of the Sounld. About three miles distant we found a slpot
firom wlich there \vas a plerfectly magnificent view.  On
our riglht \was the distant city, only a fwv steeples piercing the cloud of snmoke.  Nearer were thoe bcautifuil




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islands, anld vessels twere' picking their way amon0   them.
On, our left was the broad and blue wvlater, and there was
just wind enouglh to ruffle thle surface ald to thrflow up
the white  caps.  It scmcced to me I should never tire
of looking at this scene.
I have found,a 9new l)leasure for the night, aiind that is
to w\atclh thet great steatm-boats go by with their brilliant
linlcs of lights, and to  eart' the roar of the wheels, and
the steady working of the clgine.  I can raise the curtains and see this g'orgeous spectacle even after I have
lain down.
Mlarch 3.  Our Sundays yae s  not so agrccable as they
mnighlt be o)   accountt of a disagreement about the matter
of goingt to church.  AMrs,. I. was strictly brought up,
and shas always bcen in the tabit of attending divi:te service, while Mr. T. shrugt s his shoulders, antd evades argument, but staiys at home.  I have geneially been with
madamle, though her church is not the one I used to attend at home.  Sthe always remltains after morning worship to teach a class in the Sundlay school.  To-day I
statyed with ler.  Mrs.  fisays tlat, whatever one may
thlink of any particular doctrines, tle htabit of giving a
s;tated tim-e to the contempl]ation of religious truth, land
to the culture of thle moral nature, cannot be safely uneglected.  She says that we tlink too mutch of business,
science, literature, music, and everythin:g else, in comparison Awit.h our spiritual wanlts.  When [Mr. L. says,
"That is an o0ld story," she answvers that it is an old
story, i)ut it is one that ought to be repeated a thousand
times for every new  soul that comes itnto the Nworld.
MA5oral truth, sh-e urges, is the highecst truth, moral worth
the highest  worth.
I ant not sure that I understand vwhat her faith is; but




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I never felt such an influence from any religious teacher
before.  She lifts me ill) to a h]iglher view.  She makes
mue feel a scornt for what is base tand unlworthiy.  I am
sure I amn totally clanged inl mly xviews of life.   If all
people were as sixncere, as considerate, as 1kindly, as just
as she, what a hlappy world this might, becoec I
March 5.  Spring is really coning.  I lhave heard a
blule-bird.   The willowks aire hanging  out their queer little
cat's tails, and the bushes by the river htave ta misty look
of pink over their tips.  To-day I saw somne strange  wild
flowers in a sheltered place.  The gardener is at Nwork
upon our terraces and slopes, and thotugl the winds here
are so rough at thincs, I think I see the stir of Nature's
new birth.
tarcth 8.  I have been unablle to keep fron thinking
about my visit to Barry County.  The picture over my
table so often recalls B. R. to mind I  In the few times I
saw htim, lie impressed l1me as a man of perfect truth. I to
was an ardent lover, and a most generous one.
I begin to see that my "policy," which I foolishly
boasted of to uncle John, was a pliece of disingenuous
conduct. — the poor excuse of a firivolous v;irl for Itolding
on to the admiration of half a dozen young men by giving
tlhtem tacit encouragement, while I had never a milomenlt's
thought of listenling to themi seriously.  I can't think of
myself going rabout the country with such a train I  A
vain andl spoiled creature I  It Nwas not wise nor generous.  The love of one faithfuil heart is worth more thtan
all the triumplhs of the most ladmired belle.
What if uncle John was hasty in his judglment I  HIe
may hlave written to me1 upon the strength of rumors thlat
have to fotundltion.  But I have left open to 1B. RJ. no
way of explanation.  If lie is still wtxhat I thought him I




A     J'OUA/V  LADY'S L)JARiY.             4. 57
But t1his is too dreadful.  Sucl a proudl and sensitive
man as lhe is, te mullst have suffered more than I care to
think of. Shall I ever  s0fow?  I would give all I possess
to know.  And if lie were what I OneC thouglltt him!.-..
lIkUYrh 10.  Sunday ]has come again, and I hlaveC  een
to church Nwith Mrs.'I The sermton was upon Truth tas.
an element of character, anld as a law in human l aflails.
The discourse Nwas rmostly a repetition of w\Nll-knowm
l)rincil)les, and I was not niuch excitecd over it.  Intit in
the latter portion, tte I')rachcr used an illustratlioll that
impressed me forcitly.  -l[e said that, to the All-Seeinog
14Eye the whole complexity of human action might appear
as a figured and tessellated pavemenlt, or ar vast mosaic.
Evcry act, even the smallest, has its place, like a piece
of chiselled stone; anld it is amet and bounded on every
side by related acts like other fitting stones.  Nothing
that is done is so insignificant thtat one can say that it
does not matter vwhether it was done or not.  Therefore,
lie said, a lie has no iplace in the universe of C(od.  It
touches notlling that is true, and so agrees wvith nothiltg,
fills out  Io part of the patterntl.'t'ite  great )mosaic is
complete \witlout it, and there is no way to l)ut it secretly into any nook or corner.  It must be left out, alnd
will be spurnled away as a piece of useless rubbish.,  lLe
instanced the case of an oirlinary lie, sucht as falsely sayig' that a man  had gone to a place nanmed at za certailn
time.  The statement might ble plausible, and tllere migltt
be circumstances thatt tended to confirm  it.  But if it
was possible to examine it in its relations to other established ftacts, its fidlsity would be exposed.  Somettirlng
else, that Nwas tlrue beyond any d(oubt, would be fotnd
inconsistent with it.  The lie would not flt vithl truths
around it so as to 1produce symlmetry.




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I wish I were a " (detective " for a few hours, and that
I could'go tthrough  Barry County invisiblel   I should0i
li1e to look out tlhe " related facts " to that terrible aflair
at Beecht Knoll I
After chlurch I stayed vithl Ars. I,.  to see her witlr h her
class inl Stlunlday school. Site has eight or ten younpg girls,
firom fourtncc  to eiglteen years old.  Hlow I vwish I couidt
have  tad such a teacheri at the samtie age I  Three of these
girls are f'om a boarding-school near by, and one1 of these
I am sure is a quadroon.  She has a Sjpanish name, andl
I know Spanish lladies are dark; but this girl -has the
bright, sunny, pceact-colorecd  cheks whlich the sallow
Spanish girls never have.  Ier eyes, thoughl they are
very beautiful, have a pectuliar look.  I can't describe it.
But I havte seRen sucl  eyes in Lexing'ton,.-  neve r suchl
modest ones,. —-- and they belonged t to the quadroons.  If
site is  Mexican, as it is saild, I don't understtand how her
spccch is so free fromt a foreign accnt.  Mrs. L. appears
to be very fond of bher, and tells -me tltat she is si8m1plehearted as a child, — H.Ier ntame is Sara do Sandoval.
There are strange things in AMexico.   Fortunately there
are no intermarriag es between dilferent races in this
country.
I suppose I lmust have looked at her qufite steadfhstly,
for I mnet her eyes, and saw that she noticed lmy gaze.
Shec did not seem to be displeased, but rather rattracted.
She looked as if site vwould like to know vme.  Probably I
slhall meet  her, for I intend to go for an hour ever1y (i ay
to the GermanE class in her schtool, tas I want to improve
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ctIAPTERIt    XXXuII.
T1itIl  ])DIARY  COMES TO  A PAUSE.
jArCII 16.  Th'e wveather is still chilly at times, and
Lthe wtinds thtat. come tip the river are pircing-;
but thle sun is warm  at midd.ay, and I am  quite regular
in my daily wallk.  Somentimes I go to the higlhest part
of the hill, and sit down to watch the steamboats go by.
rWhcn the  vind is south, vessels often grather in the inarrowcr part of the river above, and drift slowly \With the tide
in picturesque groutps,    t is a )leasulre to me to see tltem,
but how provoking it must be to the crews that'are windbound I.They don't care that their wlite sails oni the blue
water, with the cliffs behind, ar makiting a p)icture for me.
I stuplose that the actions of one person imake only a
pointt, or a bit of color, in the vie w that is spread before
another.
\\Tlen I wrote this, I thought  t first it was somte of
)mfy own wisdom.  ]But I generally find that my reflections
are only reflections; that the light Ihas comell to me fi'om
some other m indl.  I sut)pptose I was thinking of some
verses titat tlle transcendent-a1l poet Emnerson has written,   though what " transcendental " meants, I am isur I
haven't been able to understand.
" XLittle thinks, in the felld, yon red-cloaked clown
Of thc fliiom ttce hillItop looking down;
The heifer that lows in the upland ftrm,
Far-h Xcrd, lows not- tllinn car to ctlat\t;'the sexton, tollilng tihe bell at no001,




460'LORD  o01"   zIl':iLs
Dreams not that gret Napoleonll
Stops his horse, and lists with delight
Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine heilght;
Nor knowe st thot what Alumettnt'Thy life to thy neighbor's creed hath lent."
i-arclh 20.  Scidorita do Santldoval ptassed by me to-day
on my wallk.  1ite  eyes showed thate she recog"nized meo.
I see her at school, thoulgh site is not in my class.  I
wishl I could know  thatt she is not a quadroonl I  Next
time, however, I s}hall speakl to her.  This is not Ierblett County,  and there is no one to mnake utlkind remarks.
I wish I could  hIave a different fecling.   I hear ttho
Scripture read thlat:-says,  C"God hatI mnade of one 1blood
all the nations of the earth," but it seems only a form of
words, without any meaning.  If I felt it to be  -'tte,
what I hlave written  here about thlis girl would be a
wretched piece of pride.  Still, I don't make the opinions
of society, andt I don't know tthat I ant responsible for tho
universal public sentimelnt.  And I anm sure that whatever
else a young lady can do, she cannot afftrd to be s:gntuIar.  I Nwould not dare speak, or even think, for myself
upOn stuch matters if I were at home.  A colored girl!
i ow  could I have allowed myself to become interested
in iter I  Site is dressed modestly, but site displays exquisite  taste, especially in choosing' becoming' colors.
She wvas (a )oor sclolar' at first, but is now  trying hard
to equal Iher clasrsmates.
Mt'rch 25.  1 have spent two days with M5[trs. L. among.
iter frieitds in the city.  WVe visited pictttore galleries atl
attended a grand concert.  I don't know how to set down
a word atbout the pictures, rand I begin to see that Ar t,
which I thought was a word only used with a capital by
afficted anid pretentious people, lias a real mea1li1ng, and
forms anl ideal wvorld ill itself:  New York is a wonderful1




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city.  I am amazed at its size.  Yet thle people tlink it
hLas only bCegun its growth, and they have actually built
their reservoir fior the Croton water, some miles away f'om
thel City Hall I  As if the streets wNould ever be filled out
so far  I I hope to see some other cities before I g'o ]home.
J4rch 28.  1 have received letters fr'om tncle John's
family.  They do inot mention B3. It.  I suppose, by that,
lie has recovered; for if lhe had died (fhow those words
stare at me outt of the paper I) they would have mnentioned it.  The youth ablove  tme still lies stretched out by
thle brook.  IB. i. wvould be too proudt to lie there l.ongl
I suppose hle rwould get up, and, if lie had nothing Ibetter
to do, roa-m over the hills to shoot solme squirresl.
3trch 30.  Our life is happiest when we have the
least to write.  M[y " peace flows like a river," as the
good Book says, and one day is just like another.  I amt
now able to talk in German a very little, and my progress
ini reading is something I amn really proud of.  We frec
quently read a play of Shakespeare, or something firom
the niore hornme-like poets. I lhave also  read the Prologuo
to the Canterbury Tales; it cost me some labor, but I
amn more than repaid.  T.he poetic insight in Chaucer is
wonderfil. tHe saw as much of men as Shakespeare
did. I can't say hle equals him.  N)obody does.
A1pril 5.  I lhave had to assert my indeptendence.  I
htad no thoughlt of be in"g a chlarfge upon rmy kind hosts,
and I told M[rs. L. I wishted to pay my board.  She was
hurt, and almnost indignant;.I said I knew  her generous
heart, andt knew I,was Nwelcomre; but I had some generosity, too, and lwas not to be outdone.  I insisted on
bearing a fair proportion of the hot010sehold expeses.




462              L;ORD  OR HIJI1SIJI.
The contest lasted a day or two, but I carried my poilit,
and now I feel moro  at lhome, --- though I know I was
heartily received before.
vIAp-it 11.  I have imet and conversed with Sehorita de(
Sandoval several times.  Sfhe is really tt simple-hearted,
child-like girl, as innocent and maiden:-like as any girl of
our race I ever saw.  She is not very intelltectual.  I
mean, tltat thlough sihe is industrious and ptains-taking,
she h]as no great range of thought   and when I aml witI
her we don't talk of literature or philosophy.  I rather
like a chtange.  Two such people as Mr. and Mrs. L.
keel) my faculties upon the stretch.  It is hard to keep
up with their pace.  They seem to ]know everything, and
I alwaytS  fear I shall lose the point of what they say because I know  so little.  3But there is one, thing I have
learned, Which is Mhe palesufre of reading, tthat Nwill last
me througlh life.  Mr. It,. says it is not so much the
extent of acquirement that marks the scholar, as the attitude and habit of inquiry.  I wonder if 13. R1. has adhered to his good resolutions, and is pushing on in his
studies?  ]ie said lhe meant to rise on7 my account.  I Perhaps lie will persevere for his own sake.
AprifVl 15.  Mr. T. is reading  Boswell's Life of Johnson.  Ite began it upon my solicitationl.  to is quite
familiar with tlle masterpieces of classic authors in ]Bng]ish, bu  lie has never read any of the AMTemoirs which I
cinjoy so mtucl.  HIis daily comments on the big, awvkward, prejludiced, violent,  but good-hlearted and siticcre
old  gentleman, are very amIusinlg.    ITe declares that,
ith tall lhis learning, Johnson's op)iions of contemporary
writers were not worth a sixpence; that his Lives of the
Poets is an instance of the blindness of men in reg'ard to




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the )eop)le with whoml   they have daily intercourso.  ito
says that iin literary circles there are personal influences
always at work; that certain writers who are often patagraphed in newspapers becoime the fashlion; that certain
" sets"  imagine trley represent tie letters, plhilosophly,
and art of their time; they think their judlgment in awarding fame i final.  But when these pleasant peoptle, who
havte been I)arcelling out honors and itmm-ortality among
themselves, come to (lie, a new public is on trhe stage, and
then the old set is voted dull.  Soon the dust of oblivion
settles on them  and thellir  orks, and their faded laurel
crowns are thrown into ash )arrels, and some manl who
Nwas scarcely t hought of rises into vi ew   as the best
writer of his age.   [e salys it is hard for the "  1'proper
people to think that the man who is sometimes in want
of a mutton:-chop, or vwho dresses shabbily, or ssmokes
about the streets instead of attending the d(111l meetings
of learned societies, has any chance in comparison withl
a writer who  tthangs a long string of initials upon Ihis
MAr. L. says thle two menx of Johnson's time whol had
creative genius, and vwho are likely to outlive the changes
of taste, Nwere Pope and Goldsxmith, and that tihe best
word people vhad for one of them was to calttl him " Poor
Goldy."
[I shall add here what I can remember of several conversations with Mlr. anid Mrs. I,. about the authors they
seem  to adm-ire most, Shakespeare anld Goethe.  I think
I feel the force of what they said about one, and when II
know more of Germlanl, I mlay be able to understand more
about the other.]l
Speaking of Shakespeare, lie said, "Thlat bountiful
nature, synlpatthizinlg with every phase of character, embracing all the greatness and all the littleness of man



464, OA'D  o0t HLJzrSlx.~.'
kind, and  m1aking  iDoyberry as perfect a creation an
Hiamilt I"   ILe wishedti  that 1Ben Jonson milght -havo
been his Boswell; though it seems to me if there had
been  anything  mcan  or gross  about Slhakespeare, I
shouldn't -want  to know it.  I should prefer to t:.hinkl of
him  as AMr. 1,. expresses it, " calm  as a deity in the
ulmidst ftta universe of his own creation It'
(toethe, Ite thought, was not so sincere or so generous
as Shaketspeare.  G'oethet knew men in masses, and looked,at himanl nature in its ag-Cgregate.  Shakespeare studied
individuals, and painted infinite varieties, all distinct in
thoughtll as vell as in imanners and expression.  Thliso
myriad  forms were the all-sufficient materials for the
Enmglish poet.  The German poet aspiredl to thle view of
humtan life that belongs to tle Infinite, and so resembled
Milton ad(l  Dante, though perhaps not the equal of
eithler.  in his great drama, men and women were only
shadows, or ps, or puppets, or embodied ideas; and the sorrows of ruined Margaret were of no more account in tfheo
vast whole ttan the drowning of a kitten in a wasll-tub.
[If thtis is thte result of " philosophy,"' I don't tonder
that St. P1aul p)reached atgainst it.]
SohatkespearC, lte continued, has a strong Sympathy
xvitlt all his characters as8 humant1   beings, anld gives kindly
toucllhes evenl to dtepraved men;  and he instanced.'hls'ctaff, whose wvit relieves his cowardice and falsehlood, an
whtose end, as he " bhabbled o' green fields," makes us atmost d(rop a tear, and forgive  his wicked and sensual life.
April  IS.  Since Mr. L. talked about trhe lives of authlors the othler day, I have been thintking Iow importantt
is the part of our knowledge wvltich is derived frtom thle
characters of g'reat men.
"The properl)  study of imankind is man.'"  We thlink




T7It~ DIARV COJ/ICS' TO A   l -,4 US -          4 6 5
of thtis most strongly when ve stand by the grave in
which the remains of a statesman or a scholar are to be
laid,
Tlho race goes on, as  TTr. TI. says, piling  t1) Ihistory,
exploring the fields of science, and cop)ying the beauty
of nature;   but the most interesting' and useful of all
accumulations are the lessons and theo encouIrag-em' nts
wlhich we draw  friom  great natures.  Biograply  is the
best history, MIr. L. sa3 ys, beca-uso man is grea'ter tlitan
the greatest of his worlks.  The examples of courage,
of patient study,  of self-restraint, of aspiration for thte
good of the race, are better than all essays or sermonls.
The influencce of exa ml)les, Air. L. says,  gives a possibility, a reality to our ideals;  and as a. rule, Iten ittprove
most by imitation.
Thilnking of,all these noble qualities, I am ledt to use
tthem  to judge  of the people I have  known.  J!ow  fe iw
mien and women get beyond tle first condition of selfish1ess i  They do nothing and think of nothinig but for tlheir
own advantag e.  If it even  stopped  there I  1 But so.many are willing to use deceit, to detract from others,
t}and to show ill nature at another's success, that one would
think that disinterested, tenerous conduct was onlly a
fiction of thle poets.  There was never a man so generous alid considerate as 1. I. appeared, nor oln O so perfectly trtue.  I can't reconcile it.    ouid t  he ave lived two
lives?  May not the truth aboutt himl be still covered up.
If I have -miisjudg'ed him I amr the lmost mtisralttle girl in
this world.
April 22.  Scriorita tdo Sandoval has just left me. le'o
rhave talked nearly two  tours.  MAly feelings of repuglIatnce, that rise so stronlgly when I at   not witl  her,
soften or vanish wlten I hear hter artless talk, as I lhavo
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Qf6~?@ ZLORD    J Of' IfLJI-SRTLJK
often done.  I thinl- she is incapable of falsehood,  and
tlis is a great matter when I consider how mucll I mulst
d(epenld upon  ther telling the whole truth.  I am aft'aid I
can hardly go on, slowly setting down word after word,
when I would like to runll through the intcrvicw like lightning, to keep pace withl my feelings and the beating of
tmy hetart.  She began by saying how much site htiad been
dirawnf to me from  the first, especially after she;lnew I
was fiomi Kentucky —. how much she admtired antd loved
mec.  Tleroe was nothing like flattery in her tone, anid I;saw it vas an unconscious pouring out of her feelings.
Shl said'hie was lonely in school, thoug'h kindly treated;
itat she was not one to live alone, but lonyged for a fiicnd
to whlom slte could talk writhout reserve, and whol shouh:l
know lher as she was.  [On some accounts I amt sorry I
(do know her as she is.]  Sihe knew tihat I had not askced
for her confidence, shle said  but s1he knew also that I
would not be one to betray it.  It was something 1)athetic to Ihear her bcseccling me not to thiitnk less of her;
when s7he might have preserved herself in my eyes, as
most proud girls would have done, by simply keeping her
secret to herself.  Slte told me she was the child of a
slave mothcer, born in Barry County, and at Beech Knoll.
I knew her story in a moment, an(d wvas greatly agitated.
tBult I knew that, to be sure of getting true answers fromt
lcer, I must hear her, withtout showing, by wor(d or look,
my intense anxiety, lest sihe sh1ould be put on lher guard
if she lhad anything to conceal.  I repressed my feelingls, and with a calm  fitce I encourag'cd hter to go on,
tlhoug'h the effort required as much lIerve as if I  ihad to
holtd out my htand to be burned with a hot iron.
After her escape friom thel bruttal mat who had chargo
of her, shie slept in) outhouses andt stables.  lHer clothes
were torn and soiled.  Slhe had neither comb nor towel,




E  LC )ZAR I1 COL3Li$S 70 TO A  PAUS1x.    467
nor any regullar meals.  She was a wretched ob)ject, she
satid, and shet wanted to try to get out of the state.  X[er
mothler had kept h}er as neat as a new Ywax doll.'leer
black fricends told her that she couldn't get et away fr'om
those vwho would be watchling for her, and that she hitad
better remail conlcealed in the neighborhlood.  Aunt
Phillis some time afterwards thought of a forgotten closet
in the htouse, and hlid her there.  She said( she rotilu(l be
safe there, because none, of the family knew of the place.
|A[My heart stood still wNhile shie was uttering these sentences.]  ITer yoiung master hWad not the least idea where
slhe was, and hlad looked through tihe house for her a
great nmany times.  The strangest part of the story wa s,
that she had to!pass through his chamber to get into the
forgotten closet.  She had a good iany narrow escapes,
but was saved by thl  sehrwdness of the faithfiul old
Phillis.  iBut it afterwards turned out that the son of the
carpenter who built the house lIalppcned to say somelntltngo
that set a man thinking, and this man had a great intereSt
in catchting the fugitive.  [B. R. was wrongfully smspected, then I It is certaiin that lie had no part in secreting
Sally, and never saw her.  0, unicle John!]
Shie Aas looking out of a window when her young
master ~and a school-teacher were  practising with rifles.
She used to venture  out for light fand air when there was
no one in that part of the houlse.  She saw thlem  shooting at a hmark on a shingle that they had Jlailed to a
beech tree.  Sihe suddenly heard canother gun a little way
off.  Then -shXe saw the men who hlad come for her rushing
on with rifles, and the onl  among them that she fcared
and hated mlost; fell dead when ]. iR. fired.  SShe saw xno
iorat, but hurried back into ther hiding-place.   13. i.t,
then, did not begin the fight, was not out looking for the
sheriff's party, and fired purely in self-defence I O, uncle




4G6               LORD  01F IILILSLI;'
Jotln, what a cruel, false story you told I  Htow couldr
you htave belicvcd it?  And did you ever take the least
paills to find out. tlhe truth?]
Then sle told me low she was discovered and taken
to jail, and low,she was sold.  TIer brother came in disguise to the sale, tand bought lher and another brother.
[It was a great risk le ran, anl  the trick Nwas the boldest,tnd( tthe simplest I ever heard of.  I should never havo
believed tlhat a colored man or mulatto Would have had
tlhe wit or thte coulrage' to do such ka thing-.]
Itlr brothter is nowl desirous of giving a11 the clhildrel
theo advanttages of education, and, by alnd by, they are
to g'o antd live wtith him in Mexico.
I heard her story with such comments as I thouglht
would sound naturtal to lher, and asked her questiols, with}
sucht indiflbrence  as I could assume, u)po0n those points
tthat most interested me.  No variation in the questionis
blroughlt out any diflrcence in the answers.  In diflerent
plhrases I heard the sanne  story, ztand I was obliged to believe thlat further inquiry mnight bring out more details,
but wvould not throw  the least doubt uplon its main
features.
Sally — for I must now drop the "Seiiorita"-appeared
to be at once humili'ated and relieved by tellinog her
story.  S-he is not a stb'ong person, but gentle andt conidin}g'. Shte is contentt with the lower position, and her
atflections reach upward like tendrils for something to
cling to.  She hted no heart, and nlo desire, to beart off
tlte honor;s due to a AMexican heiress.  That vwoutld be for
a boldler andl more imlpudent person to to, -  and thero
are plenty of such.  But her brother hIad judrged truly
when ieo decided that sle must not be, with her complexion, sinply Sally, nor be known as fioim  K(lntutlcky.




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Thetre is lot a first-class school in the Union that Awould
have received her.  Butt as the Seiliorita de Sandoval, hler
complexion is rather " distinguished " than othlerwise.  I
shall keep her secret.  Can I keep) my own?
April 23.  I have spent a sleepless night.  I was ill
yester(lay,t and didl not go down to dinnrll.  Mlrs. I,. canme
l) with (a cup) of tea, and ofilbrs of service.   I pleaded a
heatlacthe, whlich was the truth, though I d(id not Sty I had
hleartachll  also.  It is a lovely morning, and I have my
window open.  Thie gray color of tlhe sky is gone, and
tlte wvhitest of fleecy clouds are floating in thle deep, beautifuil blue.  Spring has come.  It muist be warmi by) thlis
time in Kentucky.  I would talke down that engraving
firom the vall, if I thought AMrs. L. would not notice it. I
cannot look at that sorrowful figure.
Apr-il 2t1.    r. ttnd Airs. L. profiess to htave   concern
atbout my illness, and fear I have been studying too hard.
AVe shall givre ut ) tho German lesson for a few days.  I
don't know  what to do to pass thle time.   1 Thei piano
sounds like a melancholy  AEolian hlarp; notlhing  but
1minor chords in it; a joyous interval \ or a strong handdl' of harmonies is impossible.  TI have tried to read; but
viwhat can a book do for me? I haNve tried Words-worth,
but lie is for serene people)  i Burns for healtlhy alnd jolly
peoplc; Pope for lthe cynical.  I might try Scott, but
thlere is no one in h]is romances so wretched as 1, because
so one of them so entirely brought her wretchedness upon
herself.  jTite laments and farewetlls of the poets scell
poor and artificial.  Nob)ody that cvcer felt a grief like
Iline could sit down and write about it.  I incan, writo
poetically.




470               LORI) 01;' ILfStA5Lt;*:.
April 25.  Sally has bce1ll here, but I could niot see
lier.  1 s(eit my regrets.   1Iow  my  ierblcu  County
riclnds Nwould open their eyes if thecy were to meet hter,
tland then see hter card, " Sefiorita de Sandoval 1 "   ]l:owever, it looks as \ell as any oth}er piece of pasteboard in
mSy collection.
Is mine a selfish sorrow?  If it Nwere, I should deserve
it all; bt I ttin   thre arse sa   e teelinllgs mingled witt
mly unavltiling regret that are not selfish.  I remenl)ber
tie letter I selIt to I,. It., and it was a merciless one.  As
tmuch as hc loved l me, so Imuch agonly that letter mus't thave
cost him.  And this sufferilng whlich I caused thlt noble
tand delicate-mindedI mtant was wholly undteserved.  TIe  thad
nothtiug to do but to llide his misery ill his own breast,
for I left him  no way of redress.  The thought of the
terrible wrong I did is my  sharpest pang.  If I could
relieve him  of that, - if I could say, "f Beauchatlt tp,   I
wronged you I You are the sotul of truth and honor," -- I
think I could resign  nmyself to a solitary lot in life, and
be pi)artly happy, just to lhave him  kn1ow that lie is without a stain iln my  eyes.
_April 26.  The days are all alike; only the river of my
p)eace no longer flows. No German; though I found hmyself
repeating somle lines friom one of my recent lessons:-'  ine ml 1tuh' ist uiln,
e. inllt iicrz ist sclhtwcr,
IXct finde sic nimsttr,
Und mimmercin'r."
r-f. T. declares he is going to take mle in  and, -- that
)ie is not going to ltave, me moping.  Ite tried to perC 0. T. Brooks's transtlation: --
"' y Iheart is hteavy,
My peace is o'er;
I ever -—. ai —. never.....
8t1hall fiind it more."




'7IE  DIAYlt'V  COJ7JLS   0  A,  [ 1',4'S<.      7 I.:
suade me to take a trip to Albany with M[lrs. L. oni tile
steamboat;  but I did not like to go,  One seene is like
another, unles' s we hltave tlt theart to enjoy what we sec.
I think I was unjust to B. iR. in another rCsl)e ct.  I
told him, in effect, that I could not marry him  unless lhe
was successfuli.  That vas a - worldly  and  ungenerous
answer.  All I had a right to ask vwas, providled Ite was
sucl a rman as I could love, that he should (do his bxest.  I
oug.ht to have considered that all do not succeed who
deserve success; and I can sce that so high-tinded tand
conscientious a man as B. Rt, -miglht have hlarder work to
rise in his profession tlhan one more forward and less
scrupulous.  It wras the wisdom of thle world that I folowcd, and I nowv see it was foolishness.  A poor anad inknown young man, like 1B. It., might nmake tle pIroudest
girl hlappy in his love; whlile a self-seeking and self-satisfiied one, like I[L A., would only disgust her, if lie were the
richest muan in his couity.  I wish I migtt ble poor, if I
could share poverty with himt.  If I thought -a single
spark of his love for me remained, I would go on my
knees to him.  M[ust I carry my sorrow to my grave?
Who is it that sings this true woman's song?
"'I would that I could titter
MIy fcclitngs without shalme,
And telt htim low I love him,
Nor wrong my virglin atlnftC.
"Alas! to seize the moment
When ]heart inclines to heart,
And press a suit with passioii,
Is not a woman's part."
AprI-il 27.  M[Trs. I,. has been an hour in my room, anlld
has talked to me'with unobtrusive but motlherly solicitude.  I caln sce  that she is greatly alarmedt  about my
condition.  Mly mirror shows that rmy color hats faded,




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and the roundness has left my cheeks.  I have always
beenl healthy, and never have ehad to call in a physician
since I Nwas a child.  Airs.  in. isists upon snctding to the
city for medical advice.  I know it is useless, and tell tecr
so.  She answers, that if I were not an invalid, I shlould
not show the paleness and tlhe loss of flesh.  I try to turn
the subject, but she will not be l)ut off; tand sihe declarles
if I (ldo not have a physician, shte will write to my friicnds
in lventucky, antl tell theml my condition.
What slall I do?  Shall I have the nmedical adviser,
and pretend to take his remedies?  Can he " ninister to
a mind diseased "?  I have a great mind to tell her all.
It is only this dreadful load that burdens my soul, vwaking
andl sleeping.  It seelms to nme that, if I could cry once,
like a school-girl, I should Ihave some relief, and ttthat confcssion would case my pain.  It would be something to
hlave my dtear teacher's sympathy.
zApril 29.  I did not rise from  my bed yestertlay; I
was too weak.  AMrs.. carme up after brcakittst, and laid
her hand tenderly on my forehead, and smoothed my hair.
As I didt not speak at once, she bent over and kissetd me
like a sister.  I Nwas tremulous with excitement, and wlhen
}etr lip:s softly totuched mine, I could bear it no longer,'and
we)t like a child.  She s'at dowXn by Imy bed, and took
imy feverish hlIand in lhers,  and soothed m le.  I becatno
calmer, and looked forward to thie disclosure I was goilgr
to make as a ptositive relief for my overcharged feelfngs.
Wlhelt I wats face to face with tlisi duty (as it now seemled
to tmie) there was no longer reluctance to speak, however
mnuchl  I might be lutmiliated in her eyes.  i told hler of
tmy life, and of my love for II. R., and how cruelly I hadt
brloklen o  otlur intercourse.  I dlid not spare mystelf, nor
frame any excuses for my conduct.  I then told  her




TIl' ])/IR Y tCOMLES'0 TO /1 PAUSLt        47"'
enough of tlhe story of " Selorita de SandoNval " to slshow
htow innocent B. 1t. was of thle charges Jmade agnainst him.
When I finished, I sobbed out, "Andl I tam  the most
m-iserable girl ini the world."
" Frorm the bottom of my heart I pity you,'" she said.
I wX ish I could see your BeauchamnpI Russell this moient, and could look into htis heart to see wlhat is in itt.
" That would be littte satistaction," I replied.  " Ile
has cast  te a\way before thlis as a Nwilful, lunjust and hlardhearted girl.   lthere is nothing to ble done.  I have no
one to reproach but myself."
" I want to form  a clearer idea of him,y"  she said.
V' What is he like? " I knew it was only an expedient to
keep mne talking.
I lave told you lie is very tall," I said, " and with a
look of dignity that is not the least old or distant."
]But I judge of character by little things,"' she rep1lied.  " Tell me the color of his eyes and his hair, the
shape of his features, his hands, the quality of hlis voice."
" Ihis hair is ruddy chestnut color, wavy, but not curly
his neyes are hazel, very brilliant when he is animnated,
and very winnling at other times..l is features are quito
regular, thougl rathter protmillent; htis color is fresh,
from his active thabits, but his skin is delicate, like that
of people of nervous temperament.  I[is lands sare not,small, but flexible and shapely.   I can't bear a fat pudlding
for a       Lhand.  Hlis voice is deep, but of a  richl musical
quality."
"      Really, I can see him," she said, "alnd ihe is a very
prot)er young manl.  Has lie large  ars?  If not, lhe will
be stilngy."
"You are only trying to tease," I said, " i)(and I shall
not answver another question."'
" I knoXw all about him, and don't need to have you say




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another word. I will vouch for it, he is' tender aln d trute.'
You see," she contitued, wvith a mischievolus smilet, " if his
chestnut hair had been curly, he vwould havlre btceln ficktle; if
his eyes had bleen b)lack, he would htave been intractable,
and if blue, silly. I like the character in his hatlds. A fat,
pudding hand, as you call it, is nerveless, anld never grasps
anlythting; it is only fit to show rings onl.  Y-   es, the coml-1
bination is good.  Your IBeauclhai)mp AwNas born under a
lucky )planet."
As shc  was risingr to leave me I stopped helr, and once
mnore took her hlland. "  ty dear fr iend," I said, " tell me
truly. W;hly have you been asking these questions? Wlhy
do you speak of,y BXeauchamp?  And why (lo you say
hle is' tender and trite'?  You know we are sel)arated
foreve r.  What can you be thinkling of?  I can see something hiding fronl me in those eyes of yours. Those blue
curtains don't wholly conceatl what is going oin within.
Not one of my family knows what I haive  told you, --
inot onc; and no one must know it.  Iromlise  mue that
you won't try to open a correspondence wsith any of my
relatives."
I w\ill not write to any of your relatives," she answered(, andt then left mle.
] was very lonely withoult her.  But I muset  tlused
to that.  I cantot anlways be wvith her.  And bwhat shall
I do wvten I go back bhome?
bIu y I.  Anotlher very ill day.  Fortunately we are not
troubled by company froml  the nlcilhborlhood.  Mr. L.
tas itbw acquaintances htere, and when lie and madame
wish7 fo)r coml:tany, tley htve friends i   i the city.  So Ar s:
ti. cant (ive mte mucltlh of hler time.  I tholugilt my illness
mnighlt be imaginary, —.- somlethingg to be shaken oil;........ and
this mllorlning I got u11  resolutely, anll  thought I would




[71I; 1)../I'' C'OIA/S TO  A  I' US,,       t75
swingr about the room like an athlete.  I fell at the first
step. AIrs. L. heard the sound, and came up and helped ntc
into my easy-chair, where'I am  content to stay.  I tam
almost helpless, atld believe I must give up writing, -... it
makes mne dizzy. I resign myself to a torpid state.'Would
thatt my feelings and facultics were torpid, too I




47 6             LORD  OF HINSAfRSLf.;
CIlAPT I]1CIt XXXIV.
UNDE)EI WHICH KINGi?
GE are in the habit of seeing' fresh ctrops of good
-T  resolutions sptring gup like mttustIhroo, and then
die unfulfilled when the circumstances that produced them
have chanled.  1 f[ardly any one expects that the vows of
amlendment made on a sick bed will be rcnemelered by the
convalescent sinner. It is fortunate if the voluble Nwooer's
promises hold out after m      arriage has  ut hfim  inl posseSsion as master. The sclool-boy who has escaped tthe rod
often becomes as indolent or disobedient as before, when
once the sharp corner has been turned.  Beauchamp tlussell had made an entire change in his life, for the sake of
his love and his ambition, and inlpell)ed  by lhis poverty.
IBefore six months had passed, most of the reasoins which
had driven him to har(d study and selft-dnial had lost their
force.  His love was blig'lted, aXnd his namlbition, so far as
it related to the applause of manx or Nwoman,1 w, as (lead.
hi s fortuncs had improved, so thltt lie was in easy, if net
affluent circumstances; and lie would not be obliged to
follow his profession for a livelihood.  But the lhabit of
study had been fblmed, and though the had thus far read
only law,  lie hlad acquirc d a thirst for knowledge whrliclt
would never be satisfied.  Ile had found so keen a pleasnre in intellectual exercise, that lie 1onged for the tirno
when hte could vary his reading, and( for tanl tourl or two
every day enjoy tie treasures of his uncle Ialt)h's librat




UNDE'R  JIIZICGII KIAr?               4 7
ry.  Notwithlstandingc the entire change in affairs, lC kept
at lhis work, jealously guarding against any waste of time,
or self-indulwence.    Uncle Ralph wast quite astnlished.
It was tie Beauchamp pluck and tenacity, lie sRaid; the llussells were too fond of leisure and luxury to (o anythting
unless they  were obliged to.  So lie encouragtt ed his
nlephlew, being cartfi l lnot to say too mluch, tas the youn't
)man  did snot need spurring;  land to give hlim fill scope,
i3e caine every day or two to iBeeclt Knoll, anl  advised
about the operations on the fi-'tms..ittle by little lie0
took the dlirction of affairs,  anld very soojn Beatuchaittl1p
found that thoe lanrd was cultivated withtout muchl care on
his part, while heh hald his whole timte for study.
iMr. i[oward contitnued to nmiake  his lhomne at Beech
]Knoll.. The young meno seldom went abroad, except trhat
the one  attended to his school, and the otther to the law
office.
The widow  andl daughter of Mr. Wyndhaml  went to
lterbleu Count) to live, as Mr. Ralph Beauctlamnp hlad prcd(icted.  Aitr. WAryndharm's brother, also a resident of that
county, became administrator, and the business was left
in tile hands of iTMr. Adams to settle.  The proceeditligs
in chancery were near at hand; the machine was slowly
re'vol-ving;  and our  sttte younlg attorney beglan to wolnder whether lie really woulltd hae to disburse for the estate
sucill a sum    a...  sumrn that should have beeC n his ownt but
for the obstinacy of a foolish girl -  and pay it over to
enrich the man hle hated.  1[e had heard of Jeauchatip's
caglr' and tireless pursuit of his studies, antdl lie knewt
what tllmt meant.  lie knew that Bleauchamp's natural
abilities were of a hiigh orderls, and that it would not boe
many years, in tihe ordinary  course of things, before hli
-would thave to meet his rival at the bar.  lie had a slfficiently good opinion of hirmself, but lie felt in lhis soul




478              LORD  O0' IIJI3S/LS F.
that lhe wonld be tno match for Beauchainmp if the latter
should regain the affections of the people, andI continue in
his studious courses.  To collect andl  ay over thirty or
forty thoiusaand dollars just to set iup that aristocratic b)ergattr   No, there wvre  several cards to be t)layed firt.
Unluckily for him, thle administrator had said to him, privatel;y, tlhat wvlhce  the case should really come to trial, if
the facts \ere as the'Russtels claimed, lie (Wyndlham)
would take it out of coturt ald compromise. The ret)utation of the Wynd(liams, lhe saidl, had been hurt quite
enoug1h by Ihis brother Williarm's lawless proceedings;
and, as the estate could afford to pay the sumt cltaimed, lhe
was not going to have all the evidence made public, and
every loafer in  -tBarry County talking about peljury and
the like.  Mfr. Adamns knew, therefore, that the adlministrator would not fight, and lie could not do anything for
lhimselfl on that side.  Then lie it must see what could be
done on the otlher.  Beauchamp'was now so much engaged that he was never seen on tlte street, and never
Imeddled in politics or county affairs.  The anfiay at Beech
Knoll was passing' out of mind.ll    The escape of thec twins
coul(d not be laid to his charge, in the absence of any evidence; and as Squire Hamilton an(t Mr. Pierrepont had
rcccivet( the drafts, their indignation h ad subsided.  To
make a " rovw " on account of' thte harboring of Sally, after
she had been caugtlf  and had been sol(d at a goodt price,
\vas htardly feasible.  Itoe knew that lBeauchIamp was under at cloud on account of these things, but the young'
mant (lid not seem to mind that, for he kept on his way, and
saluted p)eople lie met as if lite had been the best beloved
p)erson in the county.  To make hlin unpopular was not
enoug'h. lte must be driven out of tlre county, or piushed
into some fatal quarrel.
When a man is seekilng for the means, fate often oftIbrs




UNA)I<A'.  W:I//ICL! KliN'G?           479
an occasion ready made, and the crime seemns rather to
invite the perpetrator. A. dams knew well enoulgh ttlat ill
the ordinary course of afflirs hIe could not precipitate at
quarrel iil a way to derive any advantage;   because  Iis
agency wouhld b( seet and this motives would  be apparent.
Ite hbiad retainers of the bastcr sort who would do his
bilding openly if there were  any pretext, or secretly if
they could do it ill safety.  Assassination would be attended with risk and difficulty, and that must  be left for
the last resource. It wrould be fatr more to his purpose to
bring about some general gatheringl, at whichl both Howard and Beauchlamp sihoutld be present, and then arrange
hlis plalns to hatve themJl set tupon.
There was in the neiglhborhood one of those young men
who seem to be born to puzzle phrenologists, and to show
]how many things Imay be knownttl by fools. Nichtolas Clark
was about twenty-five years old, born of a goodl fimily,
tand had been well educated, -  at least as fhr as Ihis nature was able to receive instruction.  But'Nick was onxly
a groWxn-up schoolboy, wvith big, innocent eyes alnd a forehlead like a white turnip,  Ile could repeat his geography
lessons by Iheart, and had committed to memory the ntames
of kings and presidents inl order.  lls greatest achievemlent antd p)ride, lhowever, was ill his spelling.  li0e rernemblered infiallibly every  combination of letters.  In all
tIm schools hle tthad been the chltamion speller.  But he
htad never got any firther.  Ile wtoas a big school-boy, andll
Wouldl  lways remain one.  To recite a desctip)tionl of
Tartary, or to spell a list of those catclh-words tlhat no
one cver sees exceplt in spelling-books, was his highest
ambition. ][e was tractable and iitdustrious at lomene, and
probtably did his part on the farml; and lie read the newspapers, so that lie was conversant with' the afftaits of the
day.  One who did not know him, and vlwho should sco




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his b)rig't eyes and " intellectual " forchead for the first
lime, miglht consider him rather above the avcrawe in iIttelligencc,.  IIis language   was gelnerally rprol)er int form,
far more so tlhal thlat of his fellows wvho derided himt
but still the filct remained that lie  as ta fool,- -.. lacckin'g
the core of manlllin.ss, anld withtout any htigelr idea of life
than is comprehended by a boy inl a short coat.  When
Nick came to town, hle was  t\always in thle cttltre of a
crotwd of fun-mlakers,, who comp)limented himl  oln lis attainments., referred difficult geographical questions to him,
or disputed in his presence the spelling of sotme {hard
word.  ite would answer all questions and spelt allll words
)put to him, tland look tup) to the bystanders wlith shinitng
cycs an}d a pleasant air, much like that of a spaniel that
is praised for his great trick of walking upriglht on his
hind legs.
The mischief-loving Athenians  ead mnade their plans to
annoy a ccrtain self-important manl ill the county, Nwho
asp)ired to political preferment; and thery had for a year
been trying to induce the )pool siml)leton Nick to anllounce
himself as a candidate inl opposition.  Tit politicianl had
not yet ct" comtfe out," but his dcsie and pIurpose were
well known, and it wtas dtcermined that Nick should be
beforehland in taking the field.  Of course there wass no
serious intention of trying to elect hilm, but thle canvass
was looked forward to as a source of boundle'sss amuseiment.  Nick lad a speech written for himtl, and had committed it to mnemory.  lie had spoken his piece before an
evenIingl assembly of the choice spirits-, much like that
whtich we once saw under tihe rllle of Kingt    Cabbage.
ATill i)avis and Hlarcourt wlere tte chlief in}stigators of
the plot, and ( tlhey coached poor Nick;  until lie went
through his p;art with readiness. The Iuknowlcdge  of whlat
was going on was confined to a fow; but IHarrison Adams




UA-DlE'R l   IfTWICfl KING?           481
got hold of it, and saw his occasion.  Ito tllked vwith
the managers, and imlanitested great glee in ant:icipatilng
the fun they werec to have when Nick announceld jimselfBeing admittcd to the inner circle, lie acquired anl influence with thle susceptible siml)leton by skilful fllattery,
and a show of deep interest in his success.  Nick soon
caleO to recgqrd Adtams as his first fi'ienltd, and htung arounIt
hbis oflice cvery time lie ecati to town.  When10  countycourt day came, there was an unusual throng of people
assembtledl, as the rumor had gone,abroad that there was
to b)e some' sport iin town.  The eminent citizen wh}o was,
desirous of representing the county calme, as everybody
else did; but hle thought it too carly to open the campaign, as indeed it was, for any serious plurpose.  Butl
lie naturally desireld to knoYw wlhat was going on.  Up)on
D)avis's urgent representation, Ioward antl Beauchlalmtp)
went to the Court ITouse at noon to see the burlesque
perfobrmance.  Itr. Pierrepont was there, and Squire M1amilton; also the two (loctors and Ralph Befauchamp.  The
young l)cople were naturally on hand, and it was remarked.
th'at there had seldom been such a crowd of low fellows,
even on the last drunken day of a preside]ttial election,
The time having come, Nicholas mounted the bench, and
began  to  hold forth, -whtile Davis and Itarcourt, and(
their set, formed a body-guard around him.  Wtten the
simpleton took off hfis halt, showed his ftill, round fie]head, and smiled upon the Crowd, there'C  as a general
yell of delight.  The firit pait of his speech was ingejtionsly composed, and the eminent citizen was roastedt
wsith ironical complinments, and pierced by all manlerl of'
keen thrusts.  The applause was constant;  and furious.
The smiing face fhrnished an (odd(  cnt'rast to the biting
sarcasms uttered; and the assumptions of wisd,-L.m  and
political astuteness by a natural fool were comical beyond
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482              LORD  OFt IIIJ'ZSFLF.
ally power of caricature.  The manlagcrs lauglhed until
the tears started, and the heaviest of thle country people
haw-tIVhawed at the jokes, whlicll required nlo wit onil their
I)art to un1lderstalnd.  Adams was in a. distant part of
the crowd, laugllhing- from thle teeth outward, but excited
and nervous within.  Beaucthatp and Jfoward were not
far distant, givinmg tlheir attention to the rmock harangute.
On a suddel, the spueaker branched off upon national
politics, which always sig-nified one thing in Barry County.
tie denounced the growing spirit of abolitionism, and
(lemandedl to know if Kentuclky should nourish vipers in
]er bosomi to sting her to deatth.  Great applause came
1from thte rabble rotut.  Growing more pointed and persomnal, he alluded to the hiding of Sally at Beech Knoll,
the escape of the twins, alndt other recent instances of
negroes  running away, and accused the abettor of theso
crimes of beinog  a secret emissary of the abolitionists;
and, thenl calling out the iname of Artthur Htowtard, demnlanded that the vengeance of an in-sulted and injured
public should be visitedl upon him.
Will Davis tried to stop tlhe speaker, andt told hibm in
an undertone lie  was, off tihe track -.-.  that lhe must return
to tie matter of announcing himself as a candidate.  But
the simnpleton, whose speech lad becn cIhanged without
)avits's k1nowledge, was l)reparedl here, and tturned on his
adviser, and denounced hlim, too, as a friend of the abolitionists.  At this point the tnumult wass tremendous.
Tihere was evidently an organization, or a secret ullderstanldilng, along the lower sort of people) in the crowd,
tand their shouts, and yells, and t}reats wvere appalling'.
Beauchamp and Itoward were thunderstruck. They could
not believe that Davis would be a party to such a imalnclvrc, and they had understood ttat lie was the proml)ter
and next friend of te "Icandidate."  The voice of the




UNDER WI:XHICtI  KINGI    483
spceakcr became intailible, but lhe went on saLing the air,
a:ndl making desperate efforts to finishl his piece.  Groans
lnd curses filled the court-rooml, and the )opl)ular feeling
seemced about to show itself in violence.     f  ew hlarmless
missiles, such as cigar stumps, wtere thlrown, and cries of
"Ride him on a rail " "' T'tke him out and rock hil! "
were heard.  Thie crowd sulrgedl towards tlhe place lwhere
lowvard stood, glaring' at hItmil Vithl eyes of fitry, while he,
crect and stttady, but as white  acs mnarbtle, hettld his ground.
Beaulchlamp sprang utpon a bench, took oft' his hat, a*nd
faced the crowd.  Il:e demanded to be heard, both for
himself and friend.  lie sthamled the people that would
act upon the accusations of an idiot, and put character
an-d life in jeopardy for no just cause.  There \as not a
single thing in thte conduct of fMr. iHoward to give ofil'nce
to any reasonable men.  For himself hle blad nothling to
say, because lie would not stoop to dtIeny thte chlarges
madle ^by a fool.  " But let the skulking coward," lie exclaimed in a, thundering voice, "  lwho hlides; limself behlind
that poor crea-ture, and m)akes thle lips of a simpleton the
-mouthpiece of his calumny — let that cowtard come out,
and make even one of those charges here to my face, and
I will rmake him eat every word hle utters."
H.[o was heard imerfectly by the lob, because their
blood Nwas up, and they were  bent on miscllief.  laore
m-issiles camne.. — ilnkst'ltnds and sandboxes from the deslks,
and whatever else could be got htold of.  B3oth 1 toward
anid Beauchamp were hlustled about, losing their hats,
anld getting rents in their clotling.  Fortunately they
wcrc unarmed; for if either of thlem had s}hown a weapon,
their lives would htave been sacrificed in a monment.
iMr. Pierrepont, in an ag'itated voice, said to Squire
IHamilton, " This i a mob, andllt it will sooli be past control.  We mustn't lot these young mlen be killed.  You




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get up I  D1)o, for God'd sake I Tlhese people wvill listen
to you."  Jlalp)h Beaucnltaml  with great difficulty got
near his nejphewiex, and there planted himself firmly.  fto
]lad his hand in hlis coat pocket, and his breath came quick.
Squire  Iamilton l)ared Iris head, tand tried for some
minmutes to send his voice over the tumult.  At length tie
got audience, such as it was, ant1 solke in tle midst of
consttiant interrul)tions, oaths, tand cat-calls.
0" Goo0d friends, hear men  I  If wv  are men, and Christians, and live under laws, let us not turn a rmerry-makinll
into a scene of riot I  What are you trying to do?, I)o
you takoe the words of that poor creature for truth, and
then, without judge or jury, proceed to take vengeance
itnto your own hands?  What offence is proven against
eit-her of these young men?  Will you condemn-  thlem
u1)nheard?  vRestrain your indignation I  It is the duty of
men in a republic to abide by the laws they httave helped
to mlake.  Let this tumult subside.  Ask eitlher of tlhe
any questions. If they have (lone wrong, upon their own
lheads; be the penaltny.  rWe lhave laws to punishl the least
attempt to tam)per withl our slaves, or to put this community in peril.  I will join with you ill requiring a sttrict
investigation by the officers of the law, and in de manding
a swift and sure punishlment of any offiender -. yes, any
offlbder, even if lie were the son of my oldest friend.
But,,hear  me, no violence I "
The noise gradually subsided, and a number of the most
substantial citizens aptplauded thle squitre, land soonll ranged
thiemselves on tle side of tie room where lie stood.
Beaucham)p saw htis opportunity, anld, in the l)artial
silence tlhat followed, got up) on the belnct  again,  an
asked to be heard.  " I will lanswer for my friend, Mllr.
RIoward, withl my life,' he exclaimed.  " I call upon any
man  here, who has one wvord to urge against him, to say




UNDER 1.< 1WI/WI! K(iNG?             455
it now.  Iset ainy man say if my fricend has not in allt respects been a discreet and law-albidingl citizen."
"Ite is a d —d abolitionist I" several voices shlouted out.
How T do   you know lie is? " demlanded Beauchamp.
"Whllo of you ever heard him open h}is mouth on the
subject? "
"Then let him say lie is with us," was the cry.
"No, gentlemen," said Beauchamp. "' You have made
a charge against hin. Novw plrove it. lie needn't answer
until there is somethin)g brought up awainst hinm.:oe has
a right to his opilions."' But he'd better be d-.-d carefil fhow hle lets'em out
rount  h'yer," said one of tle "' hill people."
" Let him show his hand, or shut his old shebang 1"
cried another.  " Hle shan't keel) school h'yer, nohow."
Mr. IHoward endeavored to speak, but wats kept 1back
by his frientds.  WBeauchamp quickly turncd the current
towards hlimself by saying, -
]But what lhave any of you got against me?"
You're a nigg er-stealer," said thle hill man.
"Prove it l  said iBeauchamlp, frtom  between his set
teeth, and in a tone that slowed lie wanted very much
to retort in less civit words.
"  idn't you hide that yaller gal? " continued the assailant.  Just here the sheriff, who was on the judges'
pliatform, shouted out, " Yo're clare in the w1vrong, geCntlemen.  Listen to rme.  I know  about that.  I had it
straighlt from  M.tr, Wyndhlam, and I saw thte l)ace.  iTo
didn't know the girl vwas in the house.  Stand up, Mr.
Culversoll   lMr. Culverson),   entlemelln, can tell you that
thlle corer where the girl was hid wa\s left by chance
whien the hlouse  was built, and that the boatrd.that was
between it and the closet had a new split in it, showin'
that'twas receccly do:ne.  Isn't it so? "




486              LORD  0F' IJtlI<SALl,:
The old carpenter said, "That's so, gentlemtn.  I've
lately ben out thar, and it's so.  Besides,'twas I told
\[Mr. Wyndrtaml about it, and he know'd as well as I that
this hidin' was donle by the niggers. I hb'icve young AMr.
Russell is clar on't."
" Wal wltar's them twins? "' the hill man said.
"In some friec state, I suppose," Beauchttamp replied.
"You know their brothler was away and free; nmost likely he got them off.  But he has paid for thlle.  That is
his affair, not mine.  And I say to my fiiends, Mr. Pierrepont and Squir'e Hamilton, though I kllow I need not say
it to them, that I had no hand in it.  And now, fellowcitizens, I want to ask a question or two.  Stantid up,
Nicholas Clark! -  Will my friends Mr. Davis and Mtr.
Jliarcourt stand by him a moment? -- Nichol"as Clark, whentl
you first g'rot your spe:ch ready for this occasion, Nwas
there anythling' in it about nme or  r.  I toward? "
"N —no, sir,'' said the terrifiMed simpleton.
"Where did you learn the last partt of it?  Tell the
truth."
I"n Mr. Adams's office."
"Then le wrote out the p)art you spoke last? 
"Y -yes, sir."
Mr. Adams laugthed, though not very naturally, and declared that it was only a joke, like the rest of time speelt
-- a mere piece of harmless pleasantr'y.  Nobody, he staid,
shotuldX take tle wvords of stch a speaker seriously.
"Then I pronounce )you a liar anld a murderer," exclaimttedt Bcaucht)ap.  " You gathereI  titis crowd  of gelaHtcmen i  )Ytu triced to put the torchl to this gutnp)owder I
You intended trhat my friend, or I, or both of us, should
lose our lives, you doubly dttamned villain  
Adatms rushed at the speaker witeh a howl of frantic
rago', and called on his gang for  help. For a minute there




UAV)ER  IttlC1  /CIA;G Y               487
was a slarp struggle.  Adams had a knife, withl which
he cut higs adversary's clothes and scratched his arm. ]3But
the help hc expected was not readly.  The shterii, and
D]avis, and Ilarcourt rushed betfor the gang, and made
such a displ)ly of weapons that thie bolde'st paused. R]alph
Beauchamp had seizeed upon Adams with ani iron grip, and
quelled hima with the threat of blowving his brains out if
h-e stirred.  The mastery w s' gained by a, few resolute
men. A thrill 1)asscd through the whole room as the people saw the le aders of the intended riot held in custody,
and men's Cyes blinke(t as if cach second they expected
to see the flast of pistols or the gleam of kni ves.  The
triumph was complete.
It was now Ralph Beauchamp's turn.
*Fellow-citizens," hlie shouted, " you slhall see  V}what
sort of a man has tried to stir tup your feelings agaitlst
my niel)hew, Beauchamp Russell, and bring hinm- to shame.
You shall know who it is that thtilnks the son of an old
Kentucky famtily not fit to live int the county  where hle
was born, and among t.he people lie twals brought up with.
Yotu lknow that Tom  Eleemister is in jail for passing cou{nterfcit money.  A.lost every one of you has lost by
thesc villanous operations.  But Tom  i'leemister is only
the poor tool, the miserable dupe, of this maln, Harrison
Adams I I give him into the hands of the sheriff.  Fleemister has to-daty  m)ade his confession, and lie informs
against Adams as tilhe chief of the g'ailg."'
A deep and prolonged murmur followed.  Thle whimpering fool Nick, ethling that lie was t somehow comlpromised by the scene that foilowed his spe'eclh, wrung htis
hlandts:and sh)owe!d the greatest trepidation; and when M:r.
Beaucthamp suggested tlhat Adams'stil   office be searched,
poo, Nick, fancyirig that lie must do somiething to cxculpato
limself,fcried out ill an  ager roice, " 1Jook in his shoes I




488              LOA'D  Oh'  fSII'.ISfLI.
Look in his shloes, in thle closet.'  Two young mCen went
to the office by the sheriff's direction, and found thlat the
sitnpleton had beeii more observing than w\iser men.  l)uring the times when le hlad been haunting Adams's office,
iet ]adl been prying into everything like a boy, as lie was.
In at pair of slhoes, standing in tle bottom of ta wardrobe
closet inl thle rea r of' his ofice, were found a tumrber of
tle well-known " dangerous tens."   Thely were lying;
smoothly under the tlhin inner-soles of kid leathert;  those
in one shoe were signed, in tihe other unsigned.
Thle messengers returned within five minutes, and the
news they  brought soon circulated  through the C(ourt
tolse.  Beauchtamp and his friend took occasion to withdraw quietly from the crowd, and Nwent over to Squire Itamnilton's office. The sheriff took his prisoner before a magistrate, and la preliiniary learing' was ha.d and bail fixed.
Theite being  no sureties ready, Adams was committed
to jail.  A group of mien gathered around Ralt)h Beau.
cnllllp, curious to know how lhe lt-ad got his, infol'rmtion.
" You see, gentlemen, after Wyndham  tried to steal
the papers fr'om  the clerk's office, I believed  he wx'as
wicked  and venturesome entoughl for almost n)ything.
Evterybody knew that Tom Fleetinister had somebody belitndi him.  I made up my mind that Wyndhanm was the
man. I was mi.staklen.  I apologize, -- or, rather, I would
if Wtyndhlam twas where lie could hear ant apology with any
omflort; but tI recl(on lie's otherw'ise  ccupied. Tom Fleemister was offered enougll to clare off Wyndlham's mortgage if lie would tell, but lie wouldn't. I gave it up. And
I ltadn't any reason to 1)ush the questi on ftirther, bfor we had
Wynldhlain fl i  l anyhowt, and we didn't need any better hold
on llim. I rev/con Adants was a little careless, not to mtako
Tom  sture by paying' as lie agreedt; for I got vord a
coup)le of days ago  that Toin wanted to see me, and iet




UIArED?  WHItCHZ! ICINGt             489
then said lie would take upl witl my offer.  I was rather
curious, --- I always was curious, — t and iwas willing to
pay a trifle.  So I said,'It's a bargain, Tomt,  Now,
who's your fr'ind?'  Adtams,' said he.  I wvas clare
taklcn atack.  I questioned  him, and found lie hadn't
much of any p)roof, and his word wouldn't go fur. Adatlis
had been smart with Toml, and had covered hlis ti'acl(s
well.  And I doubt if a thingt could have been  l)rovedC
against htim if that blatmed fool of a Nick Clark lhadn't let
out wlhat lie dlid. I w\as going to xwait to see what would
turn up); but just now, when it seemed time to do sonlethinot to turn the lill people away fr om mobbintg ty nelphew
and the schoolmaster, I pitchled in.  It was a sudden
thoughlt, not a minute before I laid 101otl of him.  Adanms
and'Wytndhaml wre eacht playing a desperate game. They
didn't wholly trust eaclt other. They worked together in
somet tlings, but each had a little private irascality of lis
own.  About the counterfeit bills I was-  mistakten, as Y
said before; andl  I beg \\Tyldlhani'is pardton.  Ito  has
enoughl to answer for without them.'"
(Groutps remained talking in and around the Court HI[ouse,
but thle interest of the occasion was over, for tihe comedy
had taken an unexpected turnll'.  No on  thought  of the
silly farce of Nick's being a candidate any more; the dlis.
appointed jokers had not hrad a chance to give the clhampion speller a trial on the list of words they had got ready.




490             LOX!)  Of01f, JIlA1SIIJISLF.
CHlAPTER XXXV.
NEWS FROM  AIBRtOAD).
1IJtIE  arrest of Harrison Adams naturally created a
great  sensation, not only in tlhe county, but throughout the state.  The news soon rea'cied Herbleu County,
wht ere the brother and administrator of the late Mr. Wyndham- lived, and he lost no timte in going to look after tho
aftlitis thtat lie had placed in Mr. Adamls's hands.  lie
sought out Ralph Beauchanmp not long after his arrival,
and had a long interview with hint.  That astute  gentleman could be very patient and discreet when it was necessary; and  lie showed iMr. Wyndham, by te palpers in
the old suits, and by Van Holm's recent deposition, tlat
the case of his nelChew against the estate was clear and
incontestable.  After a time, Mr. Wyndham  made overttres for a comprolise, which Beautlchamp, by his uncle's
advice, accepted, and the case was struck fr'om the docket.
Our hero was now rich; that is to say, heI had sufficient for hlis wants.  [e  would not tthave been able to vie
with the gilded youth of easternt cities; but then, Barry
County had no clubs, no opera, no yachts;   and fasllion
wvas followed afiar off. The modern art of livizng at the
greatest possible eX)Cense, and getting in return the least
tlamounlt of comlfort, had not been cultivated in tlhat primitive, agricultural region.  The first idea, that occutlred to
himt  was to return to htis uncle the sixty dollars paid for'Phillis andl Scipio, and t}e seven htundred dollars Ihe had
borrowed, and thenl to get back the deed of Beech Knoll.




NA/IE t9'S P121/i  A,ROWO /1).      491
Uncle Ralph gave  him  back thle deed, and said he
would credit thile nloney as a payment on' the old mortgage.
" No," said Beauchaml;an     "I  want to take up thlat protested draft first, lest it should become a revolvin'g  satellite. AWNe w\ill begin to pay up the molrtgage  debt soon."
"But the draft was paid, and I had the money from
my banlker."'
Paid I The Duke of Bedford has pJai  my draft?
This is one of your jokes, uncle Ralph."
"Not at all.'Your cousin, tie duke, honored your
draft.  NTothing like blood."
"I am  mortified, uncle, or I should be, if I believed
you. It seems like the successfuit trick of a swindler. If
what tyou say is trtne, I shall tpay it back to him."
P"!slhaw I  What's a htundlred and fifty pounds to
Frfancis Rtussell -- an eccentric, miserly, and weak-headed
man, if lie is your cousin? "
"lie is not my cousin."
"Then whalt does your name of Russell signify? "
We may bothl be kin to Canute, or Charlemagne, or
Saxon Alfred; but the little drop of coummon blood doesn't
tingle tmueh, at least on imy side.  But how did this conme
atbout?  Why should the D)uke of Bedford accept a draftmade by a stranger?  Itc  should thave rcscented it as a
piece of impudence,."
"I'll tell you how it was.  His grace doesn't see company, shutlts htimself up, gives no dinners nor p)arties, and
so his funds acumulnate.  If you had gone to London in
person, you wouldn't lave seen hiiml.  But your draft
reached lhim, as it was taken into his l)rivate aplartment
by the iman of business.  That particular day, his grace
was better of his gout, and lie could ptt hlis favorite foot
to the floor. The letters and papers were hatlndeld to him.
Ilis grace thought it ws  a beautifiu  day, because ioe




492               LORD  0O"F Z!,tLU8R 74
could see across the square, ad1 no'gas  lamps wero
lighted.  Wonderful fine (day for London, you see.  ie!
looked over the papers.' I[un,' said lie,' what's this?
A hundred and fifty.  Who's JBeauchamp Russell?  Our
fiamily has neveri intelrmarried with the Beauchamt ps of
AWorcester.  Itow came this crossing of blood, I should
like to know? Off in America, too I Kenitucky. Where'ts
Kenitluck f   }
"1lis grace'st main of business suggested tthat Klventucky
was anl island in thle Caribbean Sea, discovered by one
)anicel B1oone, lie believed.' B3oone I ]oone I  An English 1lname.  Islanid btelongs to the crown.  Why liasni't
Peel takenl possessionl?  The idea I  That any island
shtould be foun-d anywhcrtvhe, and not be ours I  I'll make a
anote of that for brothler (John.  lie shlall attack the ministry for this inexcusable blunder.  Ito shall move at 7voto
of ccntsure,; yes, and make all Entigand ring  with it.
Slhoullldn't wontder if it might be the overthrow of P'eel,
andr(  bring the Whigs into power)t,  with Lord John as
Prime minllister.  Egad I wve'll think of tlat,.  And so a
Russell is off there, and in want.  Perhaps lie thas promised the monley for his ranzsom frorn cannibals. Think of
that -aa Russell liable to be eaten for wrant of a hundred
and fifty pounds I No; the hlead of the family nmust look
out for all the remotest of the name. A IRussell must not
suflfer for such a trifle. Accept the draft., and pay it. I'll
sct( to luord Joltn, atnd have tili open a correspondence
witht this kins1ianl of ours8, an11d lavxe hlim run uI) thie Britisli flag on the hightest peak.  It isn't a volca no -  is it 7
Thlnlet a fritgate  can s8ail over, and take plossession of tile
island.'
"' iere'C   is grace fo8rg;ot himself,  or rath}Ier hsis gout,
and stampeld upon the mat; and, though the fleece was
thrco inches thick), his  tlucta toe felt tlhe jar, altd the noble




NEA7,W'3S [ArO,lf 4ABROA4D.            493
suffi1rer howled again. — That was the wvay your tdrtaft
caine to be p)aid."
Beauchlamp wts so full of laug'hter that lie could rnot
sleak.  It was evident that there was no c|hance for any
sober discussion, and lhe  vaived further talk, mentally
determining to miake the uncle take bahck thle loan at some
time.  3But whenevel the subject was brought upl, uncle
RtZalph alwayst insisted, and even swore, that the drattt was
paid, atd lie absolutely reftused to take a pelfnny oin account of it.
Lcst tlhis adventure should bleget an)y false hopes in the
minds of those of my youig countrymenii who h:ave colteml)lated the possibility of raising m-,olney by flyinr kiites
across the Atlantic, I should seriously advise thenm  not
to repeat thte hero's experimentt,   lMiracles of that kitnd
are wrought only once.  The heads of noble and wealthy
families may not all be solicitous, like the late )tuke of
Bedford, about the welfare of distant and unrecognized
relatives.
Behold now carpenters and other mechanics at work
upon tihe mansion at Beech Knoll.  The western wingl
wtas to be restored, and the octatgon c]lhamber furnished
for Beauchlamp's occutpation.   The house was to be
painted and(1 shiiigled, new trellises set up for the roses
and vines, andl the out-buildings put in good order. Beauchamp directed  that the closet of his former chamber
shouldl remain untouclhed.  The corner into vwhic  Sall y
had crept had been connected wtith events that ihad aflfcted
his w\hole lifet, and lie determined thlat it should be fa miemiento. Ilmagintation w\orks with the commonest materials.
A shrine is formed of hlewlt stones, but the devotee recognizes up)on tlhe  the last foott)rints of an ascended saintt.
A piece of Scottish oak in the floor of Iolyrood shows a
dark stain to the ordinary beholder. Look agtin, and you




49.              LORAD  01  HtILSA'"LKi
see it is blood, hot fi'orn the veins of Mary's minstrel lover.
Tilhfret is a head of a woman carvedu on "a shell.  It is
3pretty, butt nlto itre. look at the name ts you htold it,
and you see the face that ilark Antony gave up the world
for.  So, ill a I)lCae thtat is associated wvith some criXsis ini
life, the dutn)b walls speak.  Since tlhat morning whl e
our hero met the slave girl by the iriver-side, his foritunes
had beenmi1 bound fast by fittf \with those of her family.
IXe had bcenl led ttrough the sharpest trials to reach at
hap)py end inl one respect.  It was a simplle and apparenthy lan u1nimlportant aftair, that Phillis should have hiddten
Sally tnear his chamber.  But out of it hIad come death to
Van Ilotn  andttl Jack Fleemister, and a terrible season of
isuflberiing for himself.  Then camne the repentance  of the
false svcearer, and the long-delayed bitt cotmplete restoration  of th}  ftimily estate.  And then, as if to make
this triumtph hardlly worth having, the seeds of slander
btad been scattered abroad, and as a result, the lover hlad
lost what lie most prized up1gnl earth.  Fate haid Ina(le sp)ort
of him, mocked him, and thle useless jewmels given him by
ttle son of his black mammny seemed only the crowning
piece of irony.
No wvonder, then, that the closet is to be left without
rel>airs, and the beech tree scarred by bullets is to stand
iii remembrance of tihe figttt.
For some time after the escape of HIoward from  the
imob, the question of his remaining as a teacher in ])arry
County was anxiously (iscussed.  I [is friends were (livid.
e(l in opinion, thouglt  most of them believed lhe woutl iot
ble able to stay; or, if lie did, that lie would not haive
scholars enough to stil)port him}n.  leauchlamp though-t it
was best to fitce the opposition boldly, and that with the
support of a: fiNwr sabstanltial citizeins, he would l ld hlis
ground.  HlIow\ard \was not a fighlting man, but Ite had




ANE7!VS'Ro AOJL  AIA'O.OAD.          495
displayed a certain p)ssite  co'urage,  or anl u      iincflinlg
en(lurtance that was  much like it.  Ieauchamp thlouglht
hlira courageous, and said so to his uncle and Atr. Pierre)ont, withl whom he was talking about the matter.  I[e
staid hre believed H[oward vould not hesitate to say w\\lat
ihe thotught at any hazard, and that vwas an evildence of
courage; and that lie wvould stand to be cho)p)ed into
inch pieces, rather than abandon a l)rincilple.
That may be true,~" said uncle Ralph; " but to teach
school in Kentucky, you don't zantt thle 1kind of courage
that will lmale you stand to be chopped up; you want
thle courage to chop the other feillou."
* YatXkee bringing up,' said Mr. Pierrepont, "tmakes
good citizens — folr Yankcc-land;  a little too much of
catechism, and of turning the other chetk, to answer fi-r
thiis country.  The Puritan faither teaches his son to kccp)
out of fighlts, and submnit to wrong antd buffeting ra'tller
than defend himself by any violence.  I t may make  a good
Christian, but it takes all tthe spttulk out of a fetllo  for
tlhis world.  Their courage is for martyrs like John
Rtogers.  tlle Kentuckian don't care about the honor of
beitng burned.  ]Mind you, I am not decrying thle grandeur of moral courage, and all that; but inl this ptgnacious
world, and especially in this pugnacious corner of it, a
an mlust be ready to take his own part.  If lie don't,
he'll be hustled about and trodden -upon.)"
"I suppose," said  uncle Ralph, "'that a cool aind
steady man, like it.owvard, migllt live all hlis life inl Matssachlusetts, and (never have to strike a bloxw.  Thotughl, for
my part, I should thinkf  a man would want to hlit some
rmean devil once in a wvhile, just to keep his hand in.  I
think he'd )betterg'o back there —- for his own sake, I
mean.  ] 1ll ntever get on ]here.  If lie concludtlets to
stay, I'll stand by hlim   I knlow ihe's lone:cst and honont



i196             tOltR]D  01"' ZJLS;I Rl
ble.  But what's the use of living inl a state  of siege,
aIltd sleeping untlr arms?  Life of itself is a hard fight
enotughl.  A man (lon't vant to be at Otlts with thte world.
]i e gets enough of scrimmage after a while, and wsants a
quiet corner."
Squire H[amilton gave similar advice.  Thle presenco
of the mob had wrought a great change  in hlis labitual
tallk, if not in hlis opitnions.  l:e began to see that property and life wouldl not b)e safer with  one sort of a moh
thtan another; that thle " hillers," when fiul of whisskey,'would be likely to do more mischief than tho nlegroec
ever could do; and no one could tell where the mischief
would fall.  Conservatisml was his doctrine, both by reason
and inlstinct.  ]e ceased his old( tallk, that sounded so
inflammatory, and became the stoutest partisan of law
tandl order.
To Bleauchamp he showed himself unusually friendly.
l[e accepted fully and unreservedly thte explanations that
ttd come out, and volunteered to defend him friom  any
aspersions.  Thertle wvas one thing  lie could never undo.
lfe could not recall tthe letter lie had sent to his niece.
That misclief warts accomplisied.  It was a fatal s-hot lhe
hlad fired, and no repentance could avail anything after
the explosion.  ile had not the courage to come out boldly
an(d retract, l:)ut lie meant at some time, when he met his
niece, to break tle force of what lie had written.  Notw
that Adams was iinl disgrace, anld Beauchamp had come to
hlis own, there \was no one who could be namedi as a rival
to thte yolng  man whose low estate and hopeless prospects
e ll had so cruelly portrayed.
Tom Fleenlister, accordinpg to agreement. was treleased
oil bail, and w\as fullished by Ralph Beattchamt p with
money to pay the mortxgage onl hirs little fir'tm.  lie was
fited not to enltjoy his liberty long.  Ile wtas taunted by
Htioughton with his meanness in betraying Adams, anld a




NEHJ&/,S Pt'OWif,IB'ROLAD.           497
quarrel was the result.  loulghiton's aijm was quick Ialnd
sure, and Tort  was buried beside lhis brother Jack.  It
might be supposed that Itoughton would b)e punish.led for
the homicide. Not, at all.  It was shown to the satisfaction
of tihe court to be a free and fair figlt, and that if HIoughton had not klledf  Tom, Tom would have killed him.
That was the end of it.  Whattt could be more reasontable?
When the grand jtlry sat, it was found that with Tom's
deathl the evidence against Adams was gone.  The counterfeit bills lhad been found in his shoes, but there was
not a particle of testimtony to show any act on his part in
connection with them.  The grand jury therefore foutnd
n-o bill, and Adams ws as set at liberty.  iBut after what
hadl happened, 1Barry Countly was not a very favorable
place for him as a cormsellor at law.  H[e settled up his
affairs as speedily as possible, and removed to Texas,
where, nuder another namne, lhe became a very eminent
citizen and a nmember of Conogress.
Beech Knoll hardly knew itself in its new surround.
ings.  The mould and the wveather-stains htad disappeared.
The chimney-tops had been rebuilt. Swallows (tanid martins
-chirruped aroundr mtnimc vwhite churches that were set
up on the roof, anld about gourds set up for thelm on poles
inl the garden.  A cascade of roses fell over the east side
of the mansion, and the new verandas cere dressed in
fresh green tapestries.  The garden lhad renewed  its
fi)rmer glories.  Even the ducks and geese seemed to
htave felt the clhange that had come, and sailed proudly itl
decorous feathler over a tiny lakee that had been made fbr
th.ml below the spring' ltouse.
The change in-doors was equally mlnarklcd. The suiligiht
flooded the rooms thIrough brighlt new  windlows, and the
dtust and cobwebs of twenty-fivNe years had vanished.
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498             LORD  Oh1' H1iIS JIAV.:
Uncle islham's chanmber was re;splendenlt in its rose-gcay
walls\It  and its tastcefll furniture.t Tile famil:y l)portralits Slmiled
benignantly from their ancient frames.  Everything wtas
fieLsh and joyous.  Beauchamp declared that there Nwas
not a chtance for a ghost left, not event for the thrill that
follows a hollowr footfall on the stairs.
The occupants of the house had not changed.  MtArs.
Russell preserved the same air of placid content, and
moved about, or sat and sewed, as if shle had never known
anxiety.  And Beauchatmp) was just the same hearty,
fiank, and generous youth.!low well hiis prosperity
becanme him i One could see that lhe ought never to!have
been poor; but the demleanor which is so natural and
fitting in the landed proprietor would htave been thoughlt
an evidence  of intol era ble pride before le camne into p)ossesif;on.  3But Beaucthamttp had greatly changed, though
not outwardly.  The trials hle had passedt t!hrough hIlad
developed  the strength of hlis character, and given a
deeper tone to thought and sentiment.
On one bright, sunny day in May, hie was seated with his
boolks by a light-stand on the veranda.  Mr. HoIward was
swinging negligently in a hammock, reading a novel.
f'Mrs. Russell \as occuptied in sewing, nomw  and then
glancing at her handsome son as lie toiled over his book,
and mearnwhile unconsciously   brushed back hiis Nwavy hair
from hIis forehelad with hlis disewraged hand.  A  figure
was seen coming across the meadow, the near way from
tow n.  It was Scipio, a sable Ctamus, " footi~ng slow."
Itle came tup to t     }he porch, and handed his young mtaster a
clettcer.  Blauclnip,, took the lettcr, opened it, glanced at
th}e signatture, ieat  a few wortls, and tlhenl, wtilte  very
dtrop of hlis lt1)0t seemled to be on fire, lie rose fr'om hlis
seat, andl went into the house, lanl upt to his chamtter.  It
was a nattetr lt( ot to be tlispte  of on the verantda, witht
onlf's liCieid ltear by, and onte's mtotlher looking on.




NAElWIYTS JYROJZ AI'0A'OAJ.          499
ilivn' ntelrrF, MAY -3, 18t-.
DRl)A  ATt. IUssEr, I,:    venture to call you so from
what I knowa of you througll another, who Ihas inspired
me with tlte regard for you whicth I should feel for a near
and dear friend.  A young lady + who was once my pupil,
1and is now my guest, occupies a sick chlamber, and (lemands my constant care.  I Jmay say I amn  at once lher
nurse, friend, and sister.  I hope you will believe at the
outset, not only ttat this letter is w'ritten Nwithout hter
knowledge, but that, if slhe were to know\ that I have
written to you, she would be dleeply mortified and ofifended.  I take upon myself whatever blame tlhere is in this,
and beg that any presumlption of indelicacy may attach
solely to lce. Believing that, in a matter of life and death,
the ordinary scruples, and the restraints whlich society
imposes upol our sex, outght to be disregarded, I have
determined to tell you what has colme to my knowledge.
I shlould not do this if I hlad the least doubt of your
noble  and gencrotus chlaracter.  I have sucht assurances,
that I trtust you inmplicitly, as being a man, incapable of
any feeling but symIpathy for a lady who is in a state of
distress and humiliation.  When you have read thlis, you
will act as you thlink beest, but I am smure you will not, by
the least word, wourtnd the honor of the lady by mentioning
to any one inl Kentucky the source or the nature of this
communication.  It will be unnecessary to re)eat tlhings'which are already well known to you  I will only mention those that most conceru  you (at least, I 1hope thley
do) at this time.
The young' laady, on reaching her homrne after a visit to
B]arry County, received a letter from  hter uncle givinfg' a
very unlfair, and, as it tIurned out afterwlvrds, a totally
false account of ac certain aflay.  Trhat account was made
up of the current rtllors, andt it was' a very unfavorablo




500              LOA'D  ORZ HLILJSL,tLIK
one for you.  Indeed, it went so fiar into particulars, thatt
it appeared there was no expltanation possible on your
part, and that it placed you where no man of good principles
and  tonorable character could stand,.
On, the strength of that letter, corrobor-ated by similar
ones from the family, thle young lady sent you a falrewell,
and immrnediately after came hlcr for tlte remainder of thle
wintcer.  Ilow she has spent her time you will know, if
you ever care to malk inquiry.  3lt I thlink she has never
been at case one day since shie wrote to you.  It is nothing less than  truth to say that she loved you, and that she
still loves you.  She met here, by a strange coincidence,
a young lady named Sara de Sandoval; and before lon'g
fshe had from  her a new version of the affray and of all
the circumrstances.   I wi ll not attemp)t to give any
details; it will be sufficient to say, that in the most artless
and convincing way, this unlooktcd-for witness gave tlhe
fuillest )roof of your innocence.    [c1r entire tuncontscioustIess of the importance of her story made it " strong as
proofs of holy writ."  You wvill l)ardon lme for addint,
that this narration has given a new lustre to your charact er.
A considexrable time has passed since tle young lady
heard this, anld hler sorrow has deepened every day, until
now I really begin to fear for thie result.  She constantly
blames herself for her hasty action, -and more on accomunt
of the injustice done you thtan for the loss sht  has sustained; and her dhistress has become so pitiable, that I
have broken over the customs of t ie world to lct you
know her situation.  Unless she can have your forgivctess, I (do not believe shel will over re cover her peace of
minld, if, indeed, she does nlot end her sufferings in death.
This severe triial ihas shown her poss.essed of a depth of
feeling andla sincerity of soul which I had never attributed
to }her.  If you could see ]her, you wouldl  ardly believe




VW'IVS  iRO0. A,1ROAD.             501
that it was the same yountIr lady whose gayety and nonchalanice at times gave you so much pain.! must end this lontg letter.  It does not require any
reply.  Ind(eed, I hope you will not write.  I think I
know  what you wvill do.  Our Pesidence is within an
hour's timne of New York, and any one in our village wtill
show you where we ive.
Withl sincere regard,
Your friend,
EIEANOIR S. LO:WENM:,TITAt.
To JE AUCXHAMP RlussF;,t,, Esq.
When Bizeauchtamp camte d(own to the veranda again, he
was pale and serious, but his expression and his resolute
carriage ind(icated great nervous excitement.
Mrs. lutssell and, ito. iward both looked at him with
some surprise, butt Waited for hilt to sp)eak.
"lHow long0g does it take  to get to Newt  Yorkll?  lie
asked.
"From six to eight days, according to the state of tho
Olhio River," Ietoward answered; and then added, " You
are not going -  are you? "'
"Yes, as soon as possible.  What is the best route?"
"y steamlboat to VWheeling, then by stage over the
mountains to Cumberland, and then by railroad,  But this
is sutlden I "
" I \ill explainl soo1n.  Don't be alarmed,  my dear
little mother.  There is no blad news.  And I shan't be
gone a long time.  Would you like to havte   utcle nl  ati })
come here and stay with you, or would you go to Maple
Grove? "  His Uip quivered. [e was in a state of trepidlation, like one going  into battle, an mattking' )     ovisiolns fOr
fricnds at partin'l.  Whtile she was consid(ering his question, HToward spoke.




,502               02LORD  0F' Hf IiSF'',L.Z
"Well, Beauclhamp, if you are going, I am going.   % withl
youit.  I've been hlesitating,  and this seems to decide the
matter.  I will set  my face eastw\ard.   Now I thilnkc of it,
I havet been there fivet years.  I wish1 we were on1 the road
now.  I shtould like to annihilate space, and wvake up in
mly mother's 1housIe.
Atrs. Rt1ssell said shte would consult %with her brother
about where shl  should stay, but first she wanited to know
of Beauchampl  wha{t it wtas that m(ade it necessary for
him to make stuch a journey.
BIeauchamp, still p)ale and slightly tremulous, answered,
"   have  nothing to conceal; not fr'om  either of you,
cert:ainly.  But the reason that induces m11e to go you
must conjecture. I mcanl, rather, tlat I don't feel at liberty
to tell you all the circumstances.  I will say as muntch as
tlhis, that I am going to see a lady,  You can probably
mltaline who it is.  But cvlen this is not to be mentioned.
You, my dear mrother, will trust me, that I shall do nothing rashly, nothing that you would tnot approve,  You
wvill very soon seC me back here, and just as I amf'l to-day,
ready to go onl with mly work."
ltowtard repressed his curiosity, knowing that there
would be ample time  to hear aboutl the matter onl tho
journey.  A  mnessesnger was sent to Maple Grove, and
uncle Ralph carme up in the evenling.  Beauchamp took
hinm out of the house, and the two walked about the yard
for an hour.  tle ridicule of the old bachelor had sp)ent
its force,  Ife could make no impression oin his neph)ew's
imind, and lie acquiesced ill what lie saw to be inevitable.
Ile consented to remove his quarters to Beech KnIoll for
tlhe time, in order to be with his sister,
Mr. I[oward occupied the brief time before starting inl
calling' upon a fetw attached friends and )ulp)ils, and settlingl
hlis alkairs.  Notw ithstanding' the recent events, lie felt a



NVAl 1S  I,'Rt'O    Af!,ROtX  D.       503
deep regret at sundering the pleasant associations lie bad
formed, and he lookl(eld forward to beginnintg life anew  itt
his native state with no little anxiety.  lie feared that
New  1n:lgland vould be as Ibreign to hilt as Klentucky
had been.  At all evernts, he'Nwould see his mother tand
relatives, and surely " the little brown bird "' also.
lBeauchamu1p's ) reparationls were made in a,single day.
lie i made no farewell, calls, anid spokl  to 1no o1ne of his
departure.  Squire H[amilton hlad been very kind to him
of late, but that vwas now forgotten in tlhe tempestuous
nger tflat the letter had aroused; and lhe did not dare
trust himself to see the old gentleman, for fear he might
be led to ofifr himt insult or violence.  I Ie thoughlt hli
mnight meet him  with a better temper osn his return,
especially if a younll  lady came as peacemal)t-er; or, if
there were to be a quarrel, h1 e would leave  it to hler to
carry on more effectively.
The leaxve-takinogs were over, very tender on the part
of iHoward and [Mrs. Russell, a"nd the young lmenl started
off in the little stagea.  Fortunately there were no other
passengers, for IBeauchamp was in the airiest m1ood, and
indulgcd in every imaginable extravagance   of speech and
gestu re.
Al, who would not b) twenty-three, in a coach with
thte best of friends, and on the \way to see the loveliest girl
ine te world l Metaphor and hyperbole, smiles a-nd triumplhant ejaculations, fall far short of expressing  the
exuberance of feeling, even in anticipation.




504~            LORDL) O'  r11 fLUSAYL.:
CIIAPTI]lt XXXVI.
FINAL TABLEAUX.'T{1II1EN   near the close of a long optical exhibition,
tho showman fears that hte has wearied tlhe P)atience of the spectators, tte hurries on the concludilg
)ictulrcs, and whisks each  one away, afbording only
glimpses of what might fiairly claim mtore attention, if it
-were )not growing late.  Rocks become vapor, andl pinnacles gleam thlroughl mist; a tumult is chased atway by a
g'rou p of nlerry-mnakers; gayl3'-ribbolned peasants comec
d(ancing over the fields before the sullen draulght-cattle
can be driven off with their loads; exultant villains are
cut short, --- pulled through trap-doors by accommoldating'
fiends; Maty blossoms spring froml December's ice-covered
boughs; and all too soon the hero and heroine come forward, anxious and out of breath with all they have gone
through, to make their final bow and( courtesy.
it was a mild and sunny afternoon at Riverclift:''he
broad Xitudson and the expanse of Tappan Zce were unripplel, and shone with thle soft lustre of beryls.  The
light clouds above, the idle river craft, and the bold1 rocks
on the farther shore, wvere reflected Awithl startling beauty
in the vast mirror.  Mrs. Loewenthal \twas sittinog in the
western clhamber with her invalid guest, and both were enjoying the unrivalled scene and the bland and refreshing air.
Adelaide occupied her favorite  roomy easy-chair, whilo




[YAW"L  1'1 TALEA/i                 505q
the hostess sat near the window, frioln which slhe could
See the winding gravelled wtalk that led( to tte houlse foomt
the outer gate.  Tw\No  nel  t were enteringt thte gate <at the
same time that the s!harp sound of escaping steami was
heard from thle whattrf below.
Adelaide, don't lKentuckians, like Spaniards, (dress
rall in btlack? 
"Yes, I thilk so; but why do you ask?1 
Black frock coats, amtple and negligpent, -- black ssatin
vwaistcoats,. b1lack cravats, and loosely-fitting Mlack] pantaloons, -- quite trim  it shape at the waist thoughl   t
that is the st.yle  isn't it?"' Yes, as I remember.  But wvhy do you ask? "
"Their boots are rather thin and fine - are they not?
They seem  to  step as if the rough ground  annoyed
tlhem,  and they Nwould )be better pleased if they were on
hor seback."
"Why are you taltkilng of Kentuckians, my dear?"
I think I have seen tthem -  at -  some time; very
stately,  lhatndsome men, too.  I don't quite fancy their
b)road-brimmed hats.  I should tlink they had wilfully
punllced them out of shape, just to give them a careless
look before putting thelt on.  But the broad-brims don't
cover white and )pink face s; it is a w\arm, sunny tint, w\itIt
a becoming flush on the cleehks."
" You describe theml so wvell that you almostf takxe me
back to Kentucky."
"I don't want to take you back there, Adelaide, event
if I could transport you in your easy-chair as you tsit; I
would rather bring Kentucky here."
" I wish you could," said the girl, absently, but with
a tender, regretfil tone.
Now, if I could brinog two persons from Kentucky at
this milute, wlhonl  would you have? I know before you




bO              LIORD  OFr IIlIJSXL;tF.
speak, whlo o~ne of t.hem Nwould be.  The otlher l- I shall
hlave to ask his name.  Pter}laps you will know."
Adelaide's breath grew hlurried at the thoutlllt.  Tlher
was sonicthingl she diid not understand in the tone andl
manner of lher friend, and it mladc her heart abeat fast.
1rs,. Joewenithal heard at that -moment tile sound of
steps treadingf the gravel-walk.
" \ell, Adelaide, as you don't answer, I think I'll pick
out somebody, and bring him ilyself."  She heard the
fiont d0oor opening, as she was listeningl for it.  Froml
the head of the stairs one could look throughl tthe hal
to the entrance.  NMrs. Loctcntlhal calmly walkedt  out
into the uplper Iall passage just in season to make'a
warning  gesture, and thlen desccnded the stairs, leaving'
Adelaide  wondeoring what it all meant.
She entered the reception-room, and advxanced atnd gave
her halnd to Beauchamp, whomn shre knew  at a glance,
saying, with a sudden rus}h of feeling, while slic still retaineld his hand, " God bless you for coming{ I  1'mn d(lelightcd to see you, but not a bit surprised.  I I1knew you
wotldl come.  I'm so happy to see you I "  The tears that
splarlkled in lher eyes showed how happy slce was.  Belaulnchamp was so much touched by thte outburst, that lie
could not command himself to utter a world.
" And this is AMr. lIovward, I presume," shic said.  " I
know all Mr. Russell's friends. I aml glad to seo you, for
his sake."
[r. iroward sait  lie loped that next timle she would
be glad to sec him for hlis own sake.
" I left a young ladty, sitting in an arm-chair, in a room
just at tihe head of those stairs.   She is quite feeble.
Not a momnent ago she said she would like to see some
one fromn  Kentucky, and I promised she should do so.
You w\ill -nake my word good... won't you, Mrt. Iussell?




,IAUI4 L  I71t BL A/,.A  5~'U.      507
The caution  was probably unnecessary, for thouglh
Becauchalnp would have liked to go iup stairs like a whirlwind, hte unconsciously put on tle quiet air of his mentor,
and stepped as lightly as if hle were a  hospital nurse by
p iroftssion.
M[rs. Loewenthal listened between her heart-beats, and
next minute heard two exclamations.
"B eauchamp I "' Adelaide I "'Thantk Gotd I   sle said, with an unconlscious tone
of sincerity.  "Now, Mr. IHoward," -  after a pause, --' "my heart is so full, I lmust have air -  relief after an
o\%verpowering anxiety.  D)on'tyou wIant to walk out on tie
cliff?  We can enjoy a,most magnificent view; and the
day is just as beautiful as if it had been made  for ttwo
of thle hlappiest people in the world.  Let us go out and
have our shlare of it."
fLet us be as considerate as Mrs. Loewenthal.
"So  you go  farthter east, Mrt. Itoward,"  said MJr.
Loewenthal.
" Yes.  I shall start in tic morning, and I think I may
as 8well return to tlle city this eventing."
No, you don't," said ileauchamp frot  the veranda;
"you must stay over nighlt, for I lhave many things to
say to you.  Mustn't ht, Adelaide?"
Bothl ladies, as well as MAr. Loewenthal, joined so
warmly in the request, that Mlr. HIoward could not refused.
As tlhe lovers passed to andl fio on the veranda,;Mr.
L:oewenthal called out froom  time to time.  It is hardly
necessalry  to say that lie could speak  1tEngli;sh t'well if Ie
chtose, but int his merriment le put the words in the Ger1:an order-, as if thlty Irad fotrmed lessons in phrasitg.
" Ah-de-la-6tt-di, was that thie style of man front whom




5038              LOAMD  0F' YOIL.'t:LW
you run away are?  Th'lie girls do it not so iu Deutschland."
Or, "  Ah-de-la-.-dfl, it is good that you and I[err R usscell not in Berlin live.  Kcenig Friedrich Wilhelm wouldt
Cever rest till lie is in tihe Grenadiers."
Or, " Alt-de-la-c-ditt, supl)l)os  you go dlown to the riverantk, and lterr hRussell shall pose obr Schiiller's Jungliug.
lam1 Baccllecin.  I slhould like him stretched-out to sec, only
he could noow nlot melanlchol]y cnoliug  look."
Or, "Ah-de-la-i-dt,, wlhat for a miraculous recovery 
Js your tall tfriend a doctor? "
MIr.  \toward lhas gone holme  after the warmest handshakings, and bearing tle leartiest good wishes, and the
reatler will sce  hint no  more.  Perhaps hle is ntow  a
country  attorney, )erlaps a )-master of a classical school,
or  )erhaps -  whoo knows what a clever Yankee, wit.lh a
handy turn for afftirts, may become?
Mr. Rlussell remaiced two weeks at Rivercliff, during
twhich all the sources of pleasiure were explored.  There
was   trip to Albany b)y daylight, a p)icnic; acrouss t-ie river
under the Plalistades, a grand totur of the city, atid variouts
drives onl the )border of the Sonttd.  Adlclait0  bloom(ed
as. naturally tas trhe otlher roses in the deligh}tful tir.
" Pfltigt was over at last, atnd all thte goodtbys htad been spok;cn,'
and tlhe lovers set their faces wvestward;   but not beflre they htad a kindly interview tvith Sally.  It Nwas a
source of patinfutl reflections tas they left her, com}siderino';
how  impossible it was that she1 could live without humiliation or insutlt in tite place that gatve }her birth, and
htow neestsary to ler comfort and seltf-respect it twas tlha;ste should g:o away to look utndter alien skies for a hmome,
anld fricnds, and equttal love.




F'IA/L  [Illl' t  -.               509
ATr. iussell has passed the ordeal of a visit of ceremoniy in  1erblett County, and establislted himsclf in the
respect, and even in the afibections, of thle Shelburtne fiulnily.
N\ ow in company with Adclaidle te returns homne.'.Th ey
call first at Squire Ilamilton's, antd rce ive tile congratultations of tlhe tall blue-eyed datgtlters, and of thle utterly.astonished sqltirc.  lit has not said a wNord to ti.s beloved
ot the subject of his alttered  fortunes.  They ride out
towards Beech Knoll by tlhe fainiliar rocky road.
"  low  well I renteml)er,"' says Adelaide, " that walk
\ith you undler tllese  (lccp shadelcs    I  wanted to love
you even tlhen.  I had sehooled mysself to reserve. I h}ad
a foolish lrambition.  I did not know how etlty the w\orld
was when love is out of it.  NAw, dear Beatucltamtp, h}ow
proudl I am to remtember your eartnest and unselfish} talk I
I should like to hear it all over again.  We don't catre
for success nor for fame.  It (doesn't matter to me that
you are poor.  Let us ask your good nmother to go to
Ilerblcu County to live with tus.  No matter'about Beech
KnItoll.  Or we mig'ht repair the ]house land live  here, ----
thlt is, if it takes any (liflerentce to you.  Only tlet us
Itever be s;eptrated  again,
1: think Nwe'll live at Beecc  Knoll," lie said.       At
all events, let 1us wait to seoe what mother has to say
aboult it."
\VNhen the riders entered the lane, their coming l  vas at
once tade kta  nown.  The  ttlands from  Vlan 1[olim's farm
\were at w\ork at Beechtl 1Knoll near the house, and stood
1resting on their hoes.  Sylvia atnd Phillis were standingt
itnear the torch,'old Scipio at the stile, and Atirs. Rttlsscll
(in tholiday dress) in thte frontt porchl.  One dog' It:ld
paKssed the good word to anotlher, and the \whole pack
opened their throlats il a tumultuous welcome.  Never




$10             LORAD  OF' IIALS.'LI,K
-wafs there such a fine sight at  eecCli  Knoll as wheni
Bteatuchamp helped the lady off her horse, and, stet)ping
down frot tIte stile, walked u}p to the porch with lher to
g'rect his dear little mother.
0", you wicked IBeauchtamp I Not to tell me of this I
VWhat a beautiful house, and such a quaint chlamber I  And
the inew farm, or rather, the old one now yours ag-ain f
All the clouds blown away, and the blue all full of sunshine' I am only too happy.  Andl  I slhall love your
mother, even more than you do.  lBut where is uncle
Rltplth?  I am going to take himn in hland."
l-eauchatnp saidi  " You will find him  an intractablo
slubject, but I htope you will succeed.  Try him by asking'
him to read Shakespeare wiitl you.  If li finds you really
interested in his fatvorite authorl, 1ie m-ay lbrget thlat you
belongt to the wrong sex.   If he don't, I will love
you enough for Wim and mllyself too.'"
In the  autumn, Beauchamp Russell, ont motion of
OSquire Hamilton, was admitted to the bar.  The squire
observed to tihe court, that the youngl gentleman litt
stiudied only a  short time, but that his diligence and )roJiciency hlad been extraorldiary.  The judge reipl)icd,
tlat license to practise wtas given to a young lawyer jimuch1
as the degree of )octor of Divinity is to a young clergymnan, who receives the fornidable initials as anl induceimentt to begin in eParnest thle study of ttheologgy.
The Squire wlas thoroughly converted, andl Nwas thenceforth as hearty and strenuous     a partisan as Beauchamp
could have tdesired.
]During- tle sumeiu-n11r, Jacob Van tolom died, and Fat ther
itelttcquin was remlnebered in a  ttandsome bfquest, be



rFiv~4L  7Al/4LUI, At4 X.           51 t
sides another for the restoration of his churclh.'.rte
good fatiher  always itmaile it a point to visit Beech K1noll
when his pastoral duties called him to B1arry Cowttily.
W\ill D)avis, Joe lletady, 1tarcourt, at.d. the sheriff joined
the Sons of TTemperance, and the brilliant oyster-andwhiskey parties'in the roar rooms around the squaroe lost
their ch}ief ornamentt ts.  01t Shears, showever, heldt out;
htoe would be dcoggonedl if he was to be t aken into ainy darklantern concern jest to be shet off ftrom his liquor..  King-i
Cabba$ge lived on, a dethlroned imolarch, but keepinlg up
his state, like some of the mediatized princes in Gl-ermally.
T hey are beautifuil, nragnificent; but, my tear Beau-.
champ,  why were you so extravagant?  You kltow 1X
doln't re(tuire any suchi jewels as these to plrov  that
you love me!  Such a -richt contrast!  1t Eleralds and
-dianmolnds.  \Weil, I suppose I must wear them for your
sake.")
"   y dear Adelaide, that set of jewels was given to
me for my flttiur wife (and that is you 1) by Jos6 (lo
S.andoval.  lie said,' Tell her tlhey came i10omr one of tho
dtespised colored race, but fiom one whlo would lay down
Chis life for Beauchaml p Russell.' "
"   1101)0 you'll not think cme strange', but I'Mn sorry
you told  te.  Jewels ought to 1h1ave noble or tender
associationls, and tlese can't hattve eithler.
")on't be too sure, mty' ear.  They may  have both.
Some time I'll tell you his story. But let let l 0e  e a p)hilos.
opher or a moralist  just for o0ne moment.  If I htad
been a successfiul planter, antd at the close of a )rosplerous season I lhad bouqhtl you this set, it would have been
paid for out of the toil of unwilling slaves, ignoble black
mlen.  You0 would  lave w)orn it proudly as my gift -- at




561_2            LOXRD  O1; F itwS'1, AP:
least I hope you would.  This was almost forced upon
fnie   a generous, unpromll  ted offelring.  Which shoutl
have the nobler and  the tenderer associations - the
beauty thlat is boughllt with  the earnings of thle labor
of slaves, or that which sparkles Nwit.h the gratitude of
a free man? "
"Aith, your philosophIy is too mulch for me.  Blut (ldo't
let this be known iln -[erblcet County I  Some p}cot)lo
there would think it more to my credtit if you had stolent
tlhm-r.  I klnow something of Sandoval, and lie is really
-  hero.  But; who inl Kentuck;y can see heroism  ill a
slave?"
Two newsptaper clipplings may be of interest.
From the Iferbleu Clarion, October 20, 184.-.
M' arried at the residence of the bride's mother, by
the Revv. Luther Calvin, Miles Robertson, IEsq., to IKate,
only daughtilter of the late William Wyndham, Esq."
Prom the Barry E]agle, April *-, 1865.
We are pleased to learn that our distinguished fellow-citizen, Colonel B3eanuchamp tRussell, has been  itadlO
Jrigatdier-General for his gallant conduct at tihe Battle  olf
Nashville, December 16, 1861.  Hlis son, Sltelburnoe Betauchamp Russell,  not yet twenrty years of ag, thas also
been raised to thie rank of Captainl, for his brilliant service as Aide-de-camp volunteer to 3Major-General Thomtas
in the sane action,'"
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