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>- Ncdilr. There "ilCf wiis a hmiaII iIor callifl N'lcldy, Wli.i ilfiit in th.- mr.it iicatli s Btali, HlH fo.Ki wan wljatt'ViT iu< lMck<;(l Ul- Ami "fum h« ijii-1 nouc (it all ; Hut hf rifviT was (stiil nr unhap|>y, Ami I:t. liu.l thi' rnoHt conncHl way Of Iniikini; on jitti .1>ikh wit h pity When h il l>> u hlrliit! rmiixl to play. i;(iiit.'li S< -Mv. ihr>iinh lionioli"iH. was haiiiiy A-lmrl'V »:.MiiKll,|..i; ,•.,,, 1,1 ..... i'"tl> ^1' .ft.'.' li"UKnt..,l ft.li.iii.ir II.- l.i.l III] th.' .Iclmlila of til.) (r.i.. •I'w.i rn. i,-l.< N.-.lrh iin.l li- lovwl .li.arlyâ€" I .1 •.*.â- .â- ! Intl.. uiri iti hi4 Hirrrt. Till- â- .111. r. I u-r.-nt 1.1.J ].i.lir.-!imii Tli.il !..â-  ..It lu]l,,wi-.l r..nii.l ou Ills l.i'ai, Wliv li.' lik.-d 111.- (...lii'.-nian I lcii..w not. â-  felt .-lit.' nr.itii hiHcliil). .ir littlu tirl ..fli-ii (,-.i l,;,u r h.' j;iiv.- nil hirt l.tv(. ».. t.-h ...'.ir hiT h..ii!... till |i„ Haw h. !.â-  .-.irii.' ii.ji 111-, li.-.irt t,'av.i.li-t>|.ni..iu I..- ».j;,l.l â- .'av.lli,.ui4litli.l..ui l.i.y. i-iit liHi: anil tlir.iw at hiiu s ..ni'H, ('frn.ii>- lliutl..- 1. \iil ro I.I Mr w.Hll.l . Uh. li.h. \l..l I.' \\..i,l 1 I.I â- .Mv wan li.ipi.y , Wl I :i -III! iiinii- 1, lit. thi.ii Ni .\l I..T All., h,. w.iiil.l 1... Wl I.....k;: ^' :i|. in li.r i. ..â- <•. r.inm.ii; r.jui. i h.r Mmkj.ii; ali.l WHv;.iMLt Iiih tall. Oil.' 1:.> lit Ili.-i-',i,iJ play. .1 . 1-1,1. â-  lii.ar hn, .M':i-li -|I1U-1,.T llnlii I iiiii It I.- :. \.-kM. ii„- t. i-l „| „ 1,1, r„. iiiHl.lrii. I.y h.-r 111.-, luit lin.l Wi.uiiilu.l »h.. I. II. .Mi-ti i-.irri. -1 In-i W.I- ki-.ki- 1 »li llUI 111- V, .1,1.1 IJ..t tf.i "'.] 1-1,1- III- ki..-* »l,i. lay s i:>. ry iii.;!il ll,.- |. .|i.-.-i l.\ Ul,', 'A liimiiii it'T.. Ali-1 M, - I [.i - iiiaii Irii Ni-il Ij - itli-^ Wl-TL- a lly Willi.) imi.r N'.- tri.-.| t.. 1 iho lliuv I.. ..I l,il,i, ^uM.-riiij; wuluii, Illiin til. Ti- I -tili-l hill K h.-r tti.iit .l.i..r. I t .li-i"!.- I nil. Ic.i-I ,n h. I, r... I'lii- i.ii;!- h.- Kti.li. in thro 111. I.... .-111. '111. hli|.|-.-l in j.n-i th.- iiiHi-1 -. III. in .11,. I l.r'...i â- 1 ll.'ll h.' l-Kl; tin, llw IjoHBl- till h. I, ,1111.1 h, Aii'l 11. is.-i. v-li , iit.-r.-il h.-r r'li-ni , .N.'t.l- imiij'. '1 111 a , liair t.- li",k '.\.-r T'. Ii.< il. ar till'.' in t h.' h. 1. l-.-ll 1 <l 1 l.i'itl I. ;iii'-li 'II, .1. i:S INI'AII.ITHIN : A NOVEL. Hiilileii ill tlie wi.,.).i from nil cjpk but those III ihi' Otvut M iihcr, |. nr lOdK'llo wart breitkiiiK h.-r h.-ari. )i-t diniit. Iwr bent nut III be I. II Bi-ltiuli 11. iii-r Borr.i.v. It waa f.ir C"h»rlit-'« ^i>f>il Ul l-^t^v %vay that hv hIioiiM h»ve ihia H[)lc.ii.li I i'uiiiiiiii!.-ii.m ; ami ftlic knew art well an iv that it was fur lit-r u'.'diI too 111 the cnii. U'ltu not tli.-ir Iiv.'h i-B-^niiii. ally line, althoiiijli to all »|i|i -arain .- an y.-t (livliied? Still, liiu nio.m^'iii waj bitter, and Kdti'llu Wft-4 not ai-hanuMl to rtiilf'T. '1 h'jMe two yniiiii; .T.-alur.-rt iii lli.' Wfyj-l went lhroili;li 111.- old familiar trayeily ; aii'l then the innitiei.t . anie '-vlietithey miHl abioltitely part â€" hl8 '».:e linu.t tij fie niiuhly wurhi of I.'iii.loii, wlinr.' lie ahotil.l !iml tin; yran.l ano.lytie of work atul the iiulil.' â- iluiitilus of active eiiiieaviir nhe lu th.. ri'ritri-:ti"l life of home, where her rii')ther W'itild tiot h.' her triunii. and n-r father ininht not. li-u 80 it ia. i h" wrftk one m ever eiiii^leil i') " end tire wliat ii .,'ii.''> poaseajied " : an.l while tho mmi dare aiin die. the ^v.J:lll-n live ami weep. Bprtfij.; ati.l ..iiiiini. r. and '-ven atitiiiiin itielf, ha'l M"d iniw lor I'.stelle. It waa ih.: winter of her aoiil. Ih's w iiit.r of lier iiiH.'nn- tent, which \"l had in it «..iii.!iliuii; 'livii..'. lier lover waii away, and th'j HUn had ti'n\ti out of her nky. .'-il e ^ave up rtiieii'ty. and found the yi'.;arai;.' p-irliea ili.- \. ry hiiti'itn of diilneuH an.l lite hoiiien nf eiiiini. She itilddenly bee-atne iniHerly i.f inn.'. a:i-i h-r dili^'. it'jo at ti.jiii'wa.* r.-ally .'lil-.H.:; to ih. whole hoiiui'holil. MrH. (!laiiri.:ar.l.' >vaii far too. I. ver torfpni! tli" wh.l.' hr -.iv lur .vaniiii' a litlleBUj^ar, Sin- 1. ik.:-l tiarroyly aft. r tle- poHl, ami hit h.-r .ianuhl.-r r.-<--i,.' all Charlie'H leiMTs ti'iiiiien'. |iii'.l, Un i-'Viti.; that t.) have pr.-i. iit. 1 their lirrtt -I- Ju- n.-n W'.iild liavo ..imply i-real.-l all lin.i.-n i- ,n.l poiit-oltice, wli'-r.- Hhr wmild liav.- had i -i Bnp.-rvl.iiotl. What nhe wmild i-.i in 111.- future waa anuth.-r iiiait.-r alt i;.-ih.-r. Meanwhile Cliarli.- ( )-<t..iri..- I .in. I hn. place HI I,on.l'ni ..ne after lii-i o-.\'ii In-nrt. Till' Kinytli.' Simtn-. were .'liarfnin;^ pi-npli- â€" for parveiiiiH. Df <m iir-n' tln-y wer.' pre tentioiis. '1 hat in the v.Ty eHM.ii.-.' of th.' oonditKjti. l''or b. ini; afraid to ahow ignor- ance, aii'l ii'il kiiiiwiii(4 into what (;ir.-it'i of knowle.im- liieh hr.-.i iie'jplii are in a inaiiii.'r born, the par\i'nii a-.-*iiinea to know e\.'ry- thiiii;. ami niak.-n na.l nli.iH m â- â- .)n'<.-'|:i"n('.'. Hill ili..y weresiih'.taruially h' tiinlil. p. upl.', an.l aoi.jiiabl.i. To s lel I apparently wa-i ih r.'ality to direct, aa Charlie a. ion foniul out, iLii.l aaf.ly a.'te.l mi. Wh.-n Mra. Hiinllie hiinilh mad.; h.-r Hii;;ei'al|.ina, win -li wer.' l)l.'tiiiHlic«. ami .Mr. Stnythe Stiiitli main hiH. whioli w.-ru aiili idal, the yoiiiit; artiHt «i lepted iherii as lhoiit;li th.'y wer.' abri.tliitely wnrth coiiaideritii^. lie he^an hy praiiiiiu; I'l.'tn â-  n ''/n.-. ami end. ''t hy .lefily wliitiliiiti il.i-iii away to hotliinj.;. Iliii h.. Ihdl mkde a good "hatfal" of money, aa he phrased it, and he had been oaref q1 for a ynting artiut â€" and not e.ttravai^arit. But a thunder bolt fell out of the blue ; and » cloud at rirut no bi..^ner than a in»..'B hand Boon swept over the whole Hiiiiny south. (Uiarlie's health, which had lonK[;iveIi -Mra Bmylhe Kmith â- jiieanineaB thon^^h he niin lelf made litjht of her fnara, aud.lpnly ;*ve way with a run, anil a broken blood '..aaul hrniiiiht hini to tli.) brink ..f tho ijrave and kept him there for aome time. As no Olio knew of liia enjiai^emnnt to ilalelle t 'iaiiricar.lo, there was no one to write and tell her wliat had happened, nor what was tho reavon of tFiia aiiddin ce.<aitiori of letters. The poor rfirl frett.jd heraelf ill in 8)iii|iatliy with her ab.'ieiit lover, fi-olintj Hiire that it was illne-Ba with bint, an.l in no w-i-ie treaehery nor ileaertinn. .-\t her indtanci) Lady Kli/abelh took it on heri-'elf to write to Mra. .Smythe Smith, inakine ti"uerftl in.]iiiriea an to the wiri' . an. I whether Ihey wern not pleaae.l with their ariii.t. and when would it be (iiii.jhi'l. et;., etc. .MI lilt atiii)^ ilio one aiinpl. Iiltl.' 'iiiestion, " Why bai not Criarlle Ohborr..' written for ho lon^ to Miiejle (JIanri.'ardc* ? " Then Mrs. Smythe Smith anawerid, and the aorrowful truth came cut. A» ao.jn aa he was able to bear it they were euiuM to put liim on boar.i tliiir ateain \aclil and semi liiui roun.l the world with thuir aon. There waa no help for it. Nor ti arn nor prayers can stay tin; ti.ie, put back the hand of time, nor make that broken blood- y.'f.'^el as j;nod aa new \\'ithotit ab-i.'iice, car.-., an.l hint; delay. A3 lliiiii.'a w.-r-, it waa a ini niliil or.lerint; of Providence that Charlie ha.l auch i;ood ftieiiilH â€" people both able ami willint; to help him in hia day of mt.i. So I.B'ly Mli/ftbeth 8rt;iicil, <ioinn her beat t.iconifi.rt poor Datelle, who, iiiiMi ITnh and une.xactint. as alio nniijht be, yet [. It -a if this voyat;e wire tlin liooni ..flier ternal aepara'ioii. and that ahn v, ould nevermore aei; her beloved. Hope lay .lead at her fe.-t. and happinoaa waa but a broken hii'ii.l... Her life was wi. lowed ; h'-r potil waa sunk tiito elerniil mourning. Hence- f.ith 'he lial only memory ami lu-r own eternal faith. I''or ahe would di'.aa hI.c waa now i|..v..led to Oiiarlie and to (jharlic only. < Imrlie L'oint; away for pi rhapa a yar, p. rliapa two ill, tinaeen.tinki-'aeil, byftrint; Willi hirn only her In-art and all her j \ what arjlac." could alie have ,' Not .-ven li.-r mother'a increa^-e.i tetiderm a-i madi- ani.-nda f.]r tliia aiipreine loaa - an.l bo tlie bia'-kiie-'a .;aine, ami what bad h.-en oidy the twilielit of hop.J tml .llill.'.l w'«a mm the nii.tiii^bt of deapair, ami a darkni-^a whi.-h II.. ttiar melted, an. 1 not even a meteor illu'iiine.t. nnOK BI^CONI). tin (',iiai'Ti;k 1 IIK M -V I ir^ 'iiintrv where the reiiiuiciatioti own -.line fr.irn them aa i h ^ mail tlii-ir own ii[i"iitaiief>iia d.'i-i-ii.jn, and aav.id their nelf love, liia own cr.-dit , and the harin-ii.y 111 his iiieaii iiiibri;k.in. Jheii they were ;;..n. r. na |.-'0p|.', and apari d im expena*' ill any dire. ;tion. .-\iiii ne.\t to 111.' pleautiri! ..f Hiicndinn tlieir own money la that of iiiaiii|iiilatinu oiIi'T people'a a pleaaiirti of wlii.-h Oharlie was k.-c'ily oonaciotis, and by no ineaiia »by in ita nai>. Mrs. Hniytlie Kniith, too, a ahowy, well- proaervod woman on the rinht aidu of forty, had taken an iiitim.iiee faicy for thia h«ndHoriie arli-ii. tim-at. and fri.in.l. Kh.' nailed herself liii mother, and Ireate.l linn with «H mil. ill alf.'clion as ahe treat. 'd h. r own aon, l.awrtni.- a tall, well built youni; athlett; o( l.venty. who looked more like her yoimKer brother than her son. She peiiei him ({really, and ina.le much of lilni in all ways. N.U l-'.atelle heraelf toiici..'il thai irritable self l.>ve .if l.ia with a Holi.r ban. I than did tin. wealthy paryenne, whom (Jharlio hima.lf waa not aahanied to own aa hia patroni'a". On hia ai.le Mr. Siiiytb.' Kmith waa jiint as kind, pial »« aitialactory. To do ('liarliii jnatic.., nothing of all lliis louuhe'i hia li.l.-.ilv to Kntellu. Ho ii.v.'r fornot her, an.l wrote to her at the Iirat franti';ally nn.l fre.|ii.'hlly ; aa tiiii. went on with the most lovi-ly ami coiiaolini^ regularity, but not ao often, and with leas of the jioiBon of dnapair and more of the honey of hope in liia leltnra. 'I'hia voliin- ary conti.li nee and atrict aaao-'iation ma.le her very happy ho fur aa a i^ir! ts<;pai nUt'l for i»n ind.'liiiitn time from tho man alie paaaionately lovm, ami with whom her enjiagHilient i« in aocrnt and anainat her mother's penniaHion, c»n he aaid to be hsppy in any bimibo. Ho time psaaed, and tho autumn and tho winter llowe.l onop more into tho aprini;, and rtill thiuKS wore i x.ictly whore they were. The ^jranil liouae in I'icoadilly waa »». altnoat tiniahud, and tho Hmythe -M aoon move into it. (jharlie f^ th.-y livi'.l, th.' I I'll ford a had that char.i.itcr fer eci ei.tri ry -.vhi-h h.-i.iiii;a to all |j.-oj.le of ..ri^.tiialiiv of llii'ii;bt nr marlii-d in livi.l iiailt \ of .-hara.-t.-r Sironi^. enereeti.', it!iiiia';tp!i'|. d, aa lada th. y ran a-.vay fr.-rii •e-hool ; an nun they ih-ii hiij ti-ktiie a:i'l aiuel-.t a.lv.-i.tiir.' 'in .1..- -viiiU .-Ml aorta I.f wild trii 111, 111. a I !l .ati-d tlirnneli the family annala. \ uni.- j man ha.l 1. -.ii heard of m a m.-dii'in.- i-ian I .i' [I i.v.-r ani.iti^ the ISla.-kfeet I iniiai -', -vn i [ h- wai a Harford. In.' mist 'laiitit; j pirat,- 111 the ('hiniae a.'.ia '.via said ' - h • j an i .ru I lal'inan. ami if a.). ','. le . c ml 1 li- '- â-  ' t.ii a llari'i.rl 'Tli.' in\ -.t-iieU't M'lro]'- an-i |ai-',-*vi tiiriiiii;^ np a-i .Mwliaoiiii, lia- '-If. ' tnri.'iii • ai"l ba^'i.-v lir - '1.-- . .v. -re ! [ar t h- j t'l a man , all! th.-i . 'v a-i n.-.. -r a tin,, -.s h - ! th- r-' wa-i nil a 1 1 '\rf.ir I, ini 1- r an- th- r nam. 1.1 I li.* w -ir kif ;.'}i.iiii.' "t in pi ; ' m, Iriv lii'_: â- \ - ih. or '.n-".'pii.'4 a i-r-ii-ii-^;. In i linrl tli.-> -.-ri' th.' iM".|"rii I. pri HI i.iatu. 'I i.f th.* \ ikiii.:-^, thf! knii;hl .-riai-t. tin- Crii-ail' r-., thi- I 'a--o-iii.-a. llui fr,-'' I'Vir.". of all llln.-it aii-1 liatmn-i. Ihil tli.-s ma.!.' t-'o')d im inh.'ra of ao. i.'ty when tliey .ltd .'Mltle down ; ami aa n-'Vneia of tin. .-mate Wl re aa bard on jioa.-h. -ta aa if tin v .\ere not of th.- --^in.' ki.lney th.-ina.'lv.a. The .la. !t Ilarfor.l wh.i hail jiiat .li' -1 l.a.i b- .-n in hia \--iith 'piite up to tie' fan il\ iradili. ii'i f..r wil Im-Ha wlm-h Iril int pr.'veni.-'l hiH marry in;; a well eon. li: ... I l«ily, who yave limi two .ibil.lren, and tii -i no more. She dieii wli.'ii y.nin'...' »nth. i''. w'a - about twilv.' yeara ..1.1 an.l hia aist.-r ( '..natamie Iw-o years liia junior, an.l n -\l y.'ar the wi.lii-.ver marn.'.l fteaiii. Wln.h at.-. 111. 1 marfi.i;»e. a.i.lnu; f u. 1 to lb.- fir.- of wil.i Ilarf.ird bloo.l. a.-iil Aniiionv nli.iii I'M iiiiaiitn.iri i-d tr-ivt la wh-n he \'/aa • I ditei'ii, '.vh.'h -e h.. di.l ii'it return till hr.niLliit hai k by hia fallier'a dcii'li imd own mill ritamu-. For the llrat iiimitlis inor.; pr."i-...i.e biihi^i.-aa lliati that Aapliiin triiat "P t .ok up In. linii' andabaorbed hia atti'iition TliiT." waa Ilia father'a wi.low to .leal with . all Ilia half hrolhera and aiaii-ra to i"'.. ; th.'ir claiina to liuiK into to dispute when he . mid, an.l to settle with aa tjoo.l a i;ra.ie aa niiL:hl. he whnn he tioiild not. Not that he waa .il(i,-!i. bated, nor yet s"ltiah . hut he had evr cheriahed that ol.l rea.'iitnionl ayainat the inarriatje which had landed him in llm Wil.i West of America an soon aa he had t;..t hia heail ; and ho vvta reconciled to Ilia step mother no more now than before. No man wli.i hail ever croaaed Aiith..ny I larforil'a path, or tnllicted on him an\ kimi of loBS or wronu- had lived loni; to celuhrale Ins victory, lint with all his liery pnHai.iiis he ha.l k"pt his inaaciiline intei;rit\ with out a Haw, and tho man did not live who eonlil aay that .'Xnthoiiy Ilarf.ird ha.l 'ever (iiiike.l .irever hod," bad hurt the detenoo- leas, iniured the innocent, or lured wif.' or maid to the iindoinu of her fair fame. Ilia return to ol.i acetiea and the con H.;toiiaiieaa of rosp.iiiHibility, together with that mviaible bill otnnipotont inlhi.nc.i of public opinion. wrntii;ht, as mlKht he expected, on .'\tilhony. At first he .lid n;.t Ilk.) the iiliaiii;e. Ity dennr's, how-ev.;r, the riilnrned wanderer leartit tho li'saon of proportion, ami narrowe.l the wide i,'cm r osily of his lirst sweep to dimensions bolt, r lilted lo hoin. life. lie no loneer thoimht it a idiaine lo R.-cept little re;tta of a few ponnilaik yei»r from laborers whose ohildren w. nt barefooted and wli.-iao clipboard often waiiti'd bread. Ho held it aa partoltln-l ubhi^ations of hia mate aa landlord ami proprietor to hienle over every little iniproveinent or repair needed by hi<i tenanla ; and to force them, for tho 8»ke of the principle, to contribute ao many ahill- inns, on their own si.lo - roprcaontini! empty atomacha and ahiveriny bodies, where he folt neither tho outlay nor the lly on biaehoulder. Ue was never a Kfssping landlord nor a greedy, an.l hia name stood hi^h in th» BOnntry forlaryenesH of tjener- oaity ; but he Ibarnt to curb hia natural inatinuta into exactor oonformity with I he public feeling and );eneral action of hia elaaa, and Boniethini; of tho acent of the wild saiji bnahes paaaeil off him. Hrave as a lion, and aa atrurn,' aa be was brave ; handfome aa a (ireeU bron/Cc ; with th'; eyes of a s.;ont and the p irt fif a Kini^ ; i^appl*- as a panther and stately aa a i^lat; .\nthony Harford wua one lo move all W'>rnen's liearta lo love, all men's t-)ea lo admirati'in. After he had t;ot al atn.ifith workiiie or.ler. iietboiji^ht lilma.'lf of whi'-h be bad t.) tak Mra Aaplinea colli letterof buaii He tjei;au " I'ear ma. lam I Ilia ow «ll'»irs in Anibiiny Harford that triiat.'.:.-.hip up. H<; wrot.- to na itetails. au.i h.; endeo ' 'Truly yours." lt.it at th.ieii,i he ii.fu-.e.l k little Haah of hnmamtv, veil i ;ni, by lopini; that her dauebt. r. MisaAspline. »aa w.'ll, ami dei-irin;; lo b'l recall';,! <o ber till tnory. The letter waa purp-oaely made U'l-'iiinplefe and somewhat disappoiiitine, lie tboneht it would probably brihtj a reijin-al fur a personal interview, which Waa what In; desired, and was too proud to prop')=e. Ilia little rnso had the desired effeit. Hia letter piipied and annoyid .Mra- ,\Kpline : il pi'iued anddiaappoinied .-\nne " T'liis man la ^^iiiiu to liive worl'ia of trouble. I i-an see that !" aaid the mother, her face tluahint; serioualy. " Ho is ai atiipid as boiled owl I " ahe added. .\nd tlnin she wished ahe had left out the boiled. > â- * Ho aei;ma rather eonfustd," aaid Anne, following her niother's Toad at diacreet distance, rchoinu her thotiKht aa faintly as the ai'cond rain bow re[i.'»t8 tho tir.=t, " I shall have to lin to London to conault ^fr. Nienian<l,"3aid Mr< .Vspline, pecviably. " I should HO much like to have at other trnatee 1 Thia eavai." will never do any k'o. . 1. I dare say he baa for;{ollen hia own lant;imee by no-v." '•11- writes corre.'tly," said .A'lne. witn an air of deliberation. "Oh! his bailiff wrote for him," said "ilra. .-\apline, wiili nn air of conviction. • If I were not afraid of bis habits I •-vould aak hirn to come here, and we could talk matt.-rs ijver," aaid Mrs. Aspline, who hated trouble and droa.led travelline. " I dare say he would bo bearable." returni'l Anne, who eecretly wante.l bun to ii.jrp. , and privately intended mat he ah. mill b.i asked. 'â- 't will scarooly do for tis to pr.'sent a aavaje to our friends, ' said Mrs. Aepline. 'Uibhiiialy. â- â-  Nu," aaid Anno; " nnlers he ainnecd ill. 111. .-\nd KiiitiMhotise is a.) dull, perbapa It wmilii briehteti np a lilll.'. " " Uu; if ho is horrid in hia habits, .\nne .'" obj.'cie.l her mother. We must tell him," aaid .Xnne. " I am aiirn I would not 1" aaid ilra. Naplii..'. warmly. " I wniild if you like," aai.i .'Vnno, calmly. " Well, Anne, if you like to take the r- -p'jn-ihility "f thecreature. I anistire I do i.ot inin.l. " .Mrs. .-\aplirie returned, after a inomi h« a pause. " liad as he very likely la. . hirfl la a lovely place, and the old famiK iKin" I- worth .aom.'lhini;, though lie .ir." -.t'l I ii'iii f-.r. Han .r;a are a.icli a .pner lot. W n.'i r. ap.iiaihi.' f.,r him. after all. He 'a .111 liii own (.-et He ij not like a 'l\ 'vbijin w.-' i.ilro.lu 'ed ai'.l v.iii 'bed II' la a Harf. r 1 wli.n all is .aid and v.'i- S.i pi rliapa i may vanittre. ' • I think \on may," said .-Vpm-, in h.r 'iMi'il laiii,'ii!.l. dreamy manner, tlionub ati, -'.nil car'-.-ly rcpr.-aa th.- eia-t a.nilj and fra'.'\ . A' U'li'itton which r..-ie tiatiiraliy ti. If r li;..i. I tiiink yun may," aim aai.l- ' iii^inily , " ai t aa \oii say, h.- i-. a Harfn.,! ii .t a. .\-l'Iiii.'- diirift ooinloti.'S a threat m.inv fa-il;- li'i.i-i' il caoie about that .\n;li-iiiv'a wi-ii waa fiiltilleil, and that a I. Mr of (I'viiati'jn wao sent t-) hitn at Thrift a I. It' r almost aa col. lly wor.'i'i aa hia o-.vri an I written in Mrs. ,\ap iiie'a serat.div, fii_iiive kind of had. which i>ave top loops to iiU her consonaniH and lower twists t,. all Inr vowels, and look four times aa mucli apani. aa any one else would hav.- taken. • (ieo.l '. " aaid Anthony llarfor-l, whf-n li . re.'eiye.l the letler. " I will i{o ne.xt week. I won.l.'r what I shall limi ? Whether little .\iin.i has i^r.iwn into a briKht (jirl or la a lull.' ciiaii, and wlietht r Cookey is as fat aa she used lo be when she i^ave mo cakes and sweeties, ami I Iboiieht her the prettiest laly in tho country, who could b.-at whole iota lianda down ? " (II M'TKU II. 1 II 1 1 Nl-:\i-l'. 1 1 I. \ isl loll. Wai It from i.;noranco or deaiijn that .\ntlioiiv Harford diaponned with the l.irmaliiii'S tiatial am.'ni; civili/.ed peopl.-, aa toiii'hine tho relationa between eiieet an.l I I "it, and act out for lliudllect without noti.-e Hivi n or tinio appointed / I'lveii proud folk aometimoa cotuleacend to aniall ruaea . and .\iilbony. thoutih prouder than most, had tiina coii.tesctniled. He wante.l lo take hia old friends nnawari's, ao that he nii>;ht test them by that moat trnatwortby of all personal litmus â€" pap-rs anrpriao. It waa the old parable of the \ irijins had the Aaplines preserved their oil of affection tor liini, or had they wasted it ? In truth ho was in tho mood which makes what ia called a " marryini; man " ready to fall in lovo with tho first likely eiil win. proBonted heraelf. Hence it was ttiat shortly after tho interohani^e of thoao formal buaineaa letters he packed np Ins p.irtinantoati â€" 90 far aa ho had none yet he disdained a man for his personal service â€" an.l be took tho train to Kiiiijshonse, driv. tin; lip to Hindlleet nnhoralded, nninvited, aii.l uiiM-tpeoted. It was a dull winter's dav, and the brief twili(.bt waa stealiny on like a duaky wob woven between sky an 1 earth. The whole scene, like the almoaphere, waa ao unutterably. liflpiritint; that .\nthony mentally wondered if tho tjanii' wero worth the .'an. lie. while bo muHereu into hi-r .lamp beard a few o'oj.ireatinns of an Aniurican complexion, and drew hia fur- lined coat more closely over hia broad .hest. At last they made the lane which was so pi.;lureai|aB in summer, but which today Wl) a mere way of slush and wreck, ami tuinnii! sharply to the right, cam.- to tho lo.l^e nates of a well kept plai'o, which tho d'.ivereaid briotly waa Hindlleet. " .'\t last ?" said Anthony, with a certain nriin humor. The aervants were juat beninnine tocloae the uhuttera and liijhi np the bouae aa .An- thony mtere.!. Alrea.ly tho hall waa a^low eavint; more than ho folt tho woijjht of a with light and warmth \. While he waa taking eff hia coat, paying the man, and uiviny curt directions about his portrnautean which ho called a valiae â€" his mind we;it back in parallel lines, ami the past and prosent were (.jiially dialinet. l|i; waa aincerely moved, and prepared (or an un-AoiitBd amount of enthuaiaain. Hindlleet would be to him what tho old Ha.l bad beenâ€"bia home ; and tho Asplii'-s wnnbl b.) aa hia own. iiut while this rii ;i of frieii'llj H.-ntirnent waa sweeping lhrcit;;li bia heart, Mrs. Aaiiline. i.i the (irawm;^- ru.>m, loo.ie'l at her ilan. liter with dismay, and whispered in a vol- e of conventi.jiial horror: ' .\nii(', I do verily believe thai creatiir.' baa .'orne unannounced. Who on earth ela-! .vouM uall on auch a horrid even- me aa 'liia, ami be such a loot; time in th'- liall .' \Snat a fool bo niuht be ! My '.vur i !" " Sur. iy iiiii-." said Anne, witn a uliiilit lliitier at her heart. .-\.nd then or j 'dure was endr.l by the a. i-vaiit openinti the door, and '-Mr. i'lir fur.l " coining' from the linbt of tbe hall into the air.nidarkiieas of the r.join. " You He.;, 1 took you at your word, and cam., riubt away witho.it further notice." said a richly toned voice, with an unuiis takable American accent. liotb la lies rote from their chairs, ar.l went forward to meet their visitor. How atont dear ..Id cookey had -jrown ! She was like one of b. r own butter nibs aet on feet. .•\ii 1 bo v sl.'ii.ler that roun.l little putT ball looked, outlined aiiains; tbe tiro, which touched the edfi a of her dresa and liuure with a kin. 1 of liery i;low - half llame, half color. 'â-  Why. here y.Mi both are, ju-t aa in old tin:ea, and I am rinbt ylaa to see von ayaiii." I.' a.l.ied, meetint; them with both bauds held out. Mra. Aapline had intended to be properly ditjnilied, as became a lady a little olfeiided by a liberty and stiffened by loni; absence ; but hospitality comiuered temper, and she gr.-.el.'d Anthony aa warmly as if he had ieien the old friend e-\pectfd and desiri'd of hia iireatna. She waa so com[ilelely taken aback by thia sudiii-n bhiftinj; of the wind, she was so einbarraased and .liacomlited, that ahe lost all vital hold over herbelf, and ccu.il only save heraelf from oiK'n coufusmn by this airof woolen hardness the appear- ance of icy inaHiieibiiity. â- 'Only a littlo cuas," thought Anthony, in his adopted v. 'macular. Only a cuaa. hut how pretty I And where lives the tn»;i for whom a wiimans beauty lo.'s n.it i-oiKit aa a moral yraco, e.\ca6iof; any amount of cusaedness,' He shook bands with her as warmly aa '.^ond breedine allowed. Ho would have made hia hand press warmer had he dared. 'I ben he sai.i. in the tone of one raakim; a discovery, - Why, you have jjrown right tall, that's a fact !" " \ es. 1 anpp. -a-. I am taller than when you aavw m.; iast, ' said .Anne, not knowinc whether to moat dislike iii« American in- tonation of that rich voice, or moat admire the personality of the handscme apcaker. " She was only a tiny mite when you wentav.ay just a baby," aaid Mrs. Asphne, as her contribalion to the inventory of reminiacencea. 'â-  Yes, just a baby, " sai i .\nthony, atill bol.tiii',' .Vnne s hamla and looking; into her pretty face witli hia seariliing eyee, a little .leep aet in the ortid, an.l overahadowed by the atrai^ht, k.^i"i hrowa above. Why I you were jiiat a ball in my anna. I remember bow 1 ii'Jeil t.i to-a you about! -up to the akii-a and 'io.vn aeain--aa yoi uaid to say. .And how vuu na.'l to kick and scream, an'i pri'ti 11-1 vo'i diil'i't like tt, ami thm aak for '' ini'i'.'. r nil. y little ilriii; you were! lUit ' v.-iu wer.' a cnnnine little tiiine too; and now vii'i ar.' a yoiine ladj^" .Ani-i put Ul. a dinn.li-^ little lonk and air It i-.-em. ,i aoiieliow to ra-p tJie liiie ."te,. of her moleaties to r.'rniii.l ber of tli-Hc inconsulerate times. She waa still till aaiiie acl.iai .'ri'iture as the butnaniz.'.i p'Ulf hall who bad been tossi-d np in tbe air liv ilmae two liiiiie baii'is wbi.ili held her own, an.l uraape.l them wivh au.'b a fervent pn-i-aure who ha.l b.-en earned in thoao strn-n; arms and art aa a li"le 'lue.-n on b ^r throne on those broad Bboul.lers ami who bail even been carri.'d pig-a-back, and kiased by those now beirdcd lips scores of ti.cea past counlinn. - I do not remember. ' she said, coldly. â-  1 do," aaut .\nthoiiy, .Iryly, I In dr.ipped her hands, and .-Vnne no lone.'r felt aa if bis eyea looked straight into her heart. " U liv did you not give ih word of your arrival.'" asked Mra. .Aaplmo, hospitably reproachful. •• 1 would have aeut to tho station to meet yon " " It waa not worlb while." returne.l An- thony. " It would bavo been pleaantaer, " Mra. .\a|iiino llisisteii. ' I found a buctiy," he rettirne.l. " That horrid lly with a broken kneed horse!" sal.t .-^mi.., with a smile tlnit was inten.lod to neiiirali.;.' the llavor of her slightly aci.liilated prudery " They 111. .ally are in this old country, " said Anthony, with a v.Ty protinunoed drawl; and again .\nne hate.l him for his voice; but how handsome he was! bow well bo bore hiniaelf! like a king for patent dignity and that superb air of self-reapect which is as indescriuablu aa an aroma but aa visible aa light. " Why, .Anlhnny!" cried Mra. Aapline, startle.l into familiarity. "Our Kngliah boraeii are superior lo any in tho world !" "Fact.'" iineri.-d Anthony. "I reckon one of our mustangs would give the pick of your old three legs aa many points aa yon aaked for, and beat vou at a hand-gailop after. Have you a Maud S. in any of your atabl.'s .' No, Mra. Aaplmo ; .America takes tho shin.' out of you for horsellesb juat aa fur most else. So 1 tell you. ' ' Why, you have come back more an .American than an Knglishman. " tried .\nne, with ,|mle a nice little amile. " You bet !" sail! Anthony, brielly : and nioth.'r and ilau>;hler excbaneed glances, which Anthony smiled internally to see. " I will fool them to tbe top of their bent," he sai.l to himself ; "and if they aeo my game, tliey are ciMer than they look." ' Hut now the acene abifte.l alto^e'her, and the ordinary routine of ho-<pilalily had to bs gone tnron;;b- lb.' room asuigned, tho luggage, that one black shiny valine, taken up, and th. liomeatic programme arranged so as to include .-Vnthony Harford aaa guest for as many days as he would care to stay, or until the terms of the trusteesldp ahouid be aatiafnctorily settled. " I wii-h she wero frankor, with more go ill her, more subatance," thought Anthony, as he dressed for dinner, and t,iok more than ordinary pniua with himself. 'â-  What a pity he is bo .Americinized : He ia not like an English gentleman," thought Anne, aa she sat, her hands folded in her lap, an.l her opa.piu, white, s.iuare- ahaped naila horribly coi.spiiuons, while the maid arrante.l her ha. put in her ear- ringa. and dresse.i her as ahe had heen a doll or a child. " But be .,. very hatidaome, " sh" thought again ; " a -d perhaps that bad manner will wear oiT n tinv. At a.^iv rate be ia our trnatee. and I am bonu.l to make the host of hirn." Hilt when they . t a curious coldness bad oet in butwee i •;. rn CU \V ER III. I'N'l'KK TllK ilI'-'KO.'.. Oil-;. The days passed, .as theae lirbtliyaol meeting between old friends long lejiarated aiwaya do p'lss, in r-cing tbe changes wr"Ut,ht by time, ami fe. lin^; for the grdiud ..till |,-ft common. Hia ce.itral point was the p;,a,-ioiile-3 stoicifin of an Indian. Ue writilil r'ot praiee, and he was never aniiry- He nearly caused .Mr;,. Aapline to topple cl! her .hair in an apoi'le.-iic tit by his strictur.-a on the House of [.ords, primo- geniture, the Three Estatee, ai.d an i:!atahlished Church claiming to be National in tbe face of all the other sects : and he produce.! a silence like that of death when, to cap hia audacious i-lea of a great Kngliah speaking federal!. m. he aaid that ho w.iul'l give the rid country fifty yi ars, and then sne would he on ber knee-i ;o the Slates, pegging to be incorporate-i in the Union. An.l when .Xnthony sai.i thia, Mrs. .\9p lie. who half tin passionate patriotism of one who knows no other .•ouiitry but her cwn, and who tnerefore di,-.tiii,es all foreign nations aa infi-rio.- and :q cparatively barbarous, for'jot that he had e-.er been a favorite with her when a boy ar d .Vi.ue no lonu'er thought him handcotae. Anne waa as little given to hysterica as was her mother ; but ahe. like thai mother felt til-; want of oiinl-)w in their new friend witb olden mern.iri.'a, an.l thought him horribly cold ami â- â€¢ ahut up" Yet he had ;Orntthing in bis eyi > and face that was by no means cold or reatri'^ted ; ami thotigb they 'Vere so often irritate. 1 with him, they were forced to respect him even when moat annoyed, ami ai-k.iow-l.:;.lge hia snpenoriiy. Oeferential ami 1 i 1 i! Ihnu^lu for th-m as be was, he was yet their master, and they f'.It it- To Anne this sense of power, of superior- ity, was a new i-eri-aiiou, « Inch ha'l both its pleaaiiro and Its ci-.;'imfoi-(. This olii friend with a new face seemed to her aimcst tbe only real man she ha.l ever Been â€" as different from the " curled darlings" she had hitherto known as Bha.to'*a thrown on the screen are different from real things. What did the various young curates who ha.t mea dered this way, fresh from college ami ibe cncket-tield. know of life as such a man as Anthony Harfor.i knew il .' What was their experi'-ncerf " sets ' and â-  dona " compared to his of ganibljra and miners, cow-boya and prospectora What learning got oul of musty old tomes .'.|U»lled this studied from the living paye of nature and humanity .' Was Charlie I laborne'a artistic perception of form and color e.pial to this, the very highest reach to whi.-h oh.aervation can go.' Was lyord Kustaci' liii;hbo!d'3 soldiering at theliorae-tiuardsto be spoken of in tho aamo breath aa this other a deadly encounters with the biiah-rai...;. ra and In.iians. whose tre'iohery ho niviiie.l, and. divining, friislrated .' What .\nthnny tho'ieht of bis fair fri.nds and ht.atesaes was his ovn secret only. Ho never made eyes at h-r, never aaid an villi iig in a eofter voice for o one elan 10 hear, nor used phrases .iap,»hle of bearing a second tn.'aning. In all Ihi,i he waa as a'rai.;!!! and aa ut iiiti'rtaM;i ,i -aa a .lie. Ho criticiai.l her frc'lv. ami be bi'iihi'd at her in a i;o ni buinored but al'Vtys ratli.T .'ariL'-t mann.'r. .sh.- .•onl'l I'li ii"i!iini; with him. S- •• la. I to acknovvk'.le*; tiiat to herself â€"that inner self to whom we never li"- U only he v/.nil.l have spoken an I be notili lenllal -tb-iugh to blame - ale w.iiilil have been more content. Would have '.ili.'.l it leas ha.l she known that .VMlh'iny Harford had i-'iino in the inood which mak..s a nnarrving man that inoo.l which looks for cauaea of content an 1 a-ln;iraiion rather than the r.-verso â€" and that had alio fed hia nascent tiro with but a sprinl.iim^ of brushwoo.1. an.l not .iea.leiied it I 'wn with allies, tlvi whole rnn of hn thoiighta an.l bis e.iti.nato of her woul.l have beei diiferent. He wonl.i not have criti'iae.l ac mach. and he would have admired mure, for niinda have fa. -eta which reilect according to the angle, and ten.ler tirowtha of feeling are kille.l by coldiieaa. as ''-.wer- 111 the garden when the frost comes. We all know how in a country place ani'Lll events awell int.; importam-e. like tbns.' I'.la.'k Crows of immortal memory. Tbe fact of .Anthony Harfonl's arrival at Hindlleet went; the round of the reairict.'d society al Kingahoiiso like tbe t.-arim.; of a piece of \)aper in tho l-!ar of I'lonyaius. Rumor turned her magnifying glass cbiellv on his fortune. That Thritt waa a lim property as well as a pretty pUc', every one knew ; but tho rent as rfeitled by the aasesfor of ta\ea waa one thing, and Antbony'a private pile made in Vtnerica waa another. How lb.' private pile had been mado waa the great I'roteuq of conjectnre, which changed ita sb.ape i«each mouth whence it isamd. l!y gambling, aaid some ; by miniiie. said othersâ€" he, Anthony Harford, th.' I!ngliah gentleman working like and with those riiHiana apoket, of by liret llarto -by "striking ile " ; by shoddy : by slave-dealing ; hv political corruption ; by a riiic in cotton, railroads, alocka â€" w nat not. In any case, there wa-; and h.uv li.'avy il lay on its owners conscieno', and whence it lia.l sprung -'" what slough of ain and crime its roota were plantedâ€" all the... were bis a;fAir»n<l ; no other person's, Tho one thing cert*'" .. was that (ule, whi-h made tbe ii.cpi"8 of ^ the owner of Thrift of m-.re value ihap *w, Scotch duke's, and worthy the coiuifi'*''''" of a tlernian princess. Naturally the .Vanliiiea were " v\ ii'JWty ' j in Kingshonae. but tbev w. 're ii'-'i *"'""- tho moro clu-ri'ibe.l riii'mber-i. Clii"/ ""' ' rei;eiveii, aa of cour-.e, in thi-i p'"""^''*' J age, but no one male inui'h ji'^nnt jt them â€" nnoneforce.l with th. -in â- "-'-'" strong linka of friendship, for inataii'-'''', *"! ''^2f* which bonnd Laly I'.h ,'vl.,.tli»'"* â- 'â- â- ""'«'^ Thev were slifbltv in a faWpOB'tioBâ€" aocial ootVins of Mohamni«i ,'"^l'""*° between two spheres and t'"'""*;'"* *o neither. Thev were above t** "?7 k J^ pitronage and inatrnction •^•^^"''** "^ re.piir. il to make him m .o.'' "^^ E?*^P^ and they were just a lii.«'»'H" "*• ""^^ water mark of oven a cooi'^^r*'** (To be CouU""*"'/ >â-  i • M ./ i I ^\