Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1892 — Page 12

The ixdiaxa state sextixel, wedxesdat mouning, june 22. isotj-twelve pages. 12

OLD MAN GILBERT. By ELIZABETH VV. BELLAMY, ("KAMBA TUOKTZ") Author of "Four Oak?," "Little Joanna,'1 etc

The Sentinel" 1 Indebted to the publisher of Bllord's Monthly for U prlvllefeef producing this faseiaating strr.

CIIAPTEIl VIII. WINIFRED DEMANDS A FKOMISK, Glory-Ana canio struggling up the steps, half-dr&zm?. Lalf-carrying Mi-sy, a fantastic figure, clad in a Ion white gown, on her head a little cap fashioned of the broad, stiff magnolia leaves, pinned together with thorns, in her hand a long wand of spirea, with three groen leaves a-top. "Midsle-virey, yoa see dis chile?" Glory-Ann panted. "Ilit'u time de wuz a top put ter all dii Drojakin em cavortiu in de moonshine, mekin' b'lieve in sperrite, en' witches, en' what-not. Whey you 's pect I foun' Misty? Out un'erde cup pernon arbor, flat on de groun', wid Her face kivered np, en' jes' a-howlin' nil by herself, en' plum' ekeered wid her own foelishnus. Whey dat fool-niger, Amity, la, I don't know." "I ai'nt scared of nothin',' Mivr protested, though her white face belied her words. "I'm maJ! That's what ! And as for Aaity, I drove her off; she ain't no mo' good than if she didn belong to me. Fht den't know nothin' 'bout plav-actin'; she won't understand ; and I ain't goin to bare so mo' plar-sctin's of characters." At this there was agenoral laugh, and Miur was born waiiinr to bed. In spite of all pretestatioos to the contrary, Glory-Ann was confirmed in the piniou that Missy bad frightened hen-elf will her own performances, when the chili bfeisttd upon eayioz her prayers over and over again. " 'lain't 'litrion, hit ain't," the old nurse commented to herself. "En ehe gwua have bad dreasns." (ilory-Auu Lai an apartment of her own in the house of herdatUfhtr,Toin Quash's mother, but being a huh authority in all thildish ail menu, she always slept upon a pallet in Missy's room. Late in the nicht, Missv awoke and Tailed: "Mom Lee! Moin Beel Wake Up!" Mom Bee, eleepinz the sleep of the jubt, was hard to arouse, and scant of sympathy. "Wha' de matter, honey? Whyn't you go to slflep?" she grumbled. "1 can't !" gasped Mitsy. 'Viamethia is oia to happen." "Xo.de ain' nothin' gwan happen," said Mo Be, with sleepy security. "Yoa' jed dreau.in'." "I ain't dreamin'!" retorted Mssy, indienantlv. "And I can't stay to sleep, Mora Be; tell me 'bout tho rabbit and the tar-baby." So Mom Bee ronsed herself to recite the dramatic adventure, whicb, lon before tho day of Uncle Kemus' introduction to thd general public, had done duty in southern nurseries. Bnt ilissv soon interrupted. "I'm pick of the rabbit and the everlastin' brierpatch!" ehe declared, ungratefully. "I wish it would be day." "Hit gwan be day b'om-bye," said Mom Bee. with a mighty yawn. When day came Missy was asleep, and her aunt, upon hearing Glory-Ann's report, would not have her called for break- - fast. It was the day for er niusic leseon, but Missv slept so late that the trip to town had to be abandoned. Flora's night had been no happier than Missy's. She was very fond of her cousin Nicholas in a way, and tbrongh the darkness and silence her sentiments underwent a reaction in his favor; but it wa a reaction in which Dogia had noshare whatever. Nicholas' marriage was, in Flora's opinion, an injury not to be forgiven by any of his family ; but she found herself wishing that, somehow, the consequences of that rash step might be visited upon Dosia alone, who was so Flora believed alone to blame. Dosia, aa a clever and nseful dependent of Mrs. Herry (that cousin of the Thornes on whom Miss Elvira leaned for guidance in all perplexities), was well enough, Flora thought. She had grace, she had beauty, she had a fair education and pleasing manners, and Flora was nuito willing to concede that if Cousin Myrtilla Herry chose to advance her protetre, Dosia miht lay claim to some notice from the social world of Tallahassee but married to Nicholas! The thought wan intolerable. And the day would surely come Misa Flora was convinced when Nicholas himself would bitterly repent it. Surely some way might be de"vised by which the eecret marriage might be secretly dissolved, and Nicholas freed fro a the bonds into which he bad allowed himself to be entrapped. Money might do it; the Furnivale were p-oor; they might be bribed to take themselves olf to parts unknown. And Fiora decided that it should be her task to make Nicholas listen to reason. In spite of a sleepless night, she was early at breakfast the next morning; but Nicholas had already breakfasted and gone! "Gene where?" Flora faltered, conscious that she was pale and trembling. "Gone to hurry Furnival," the colonel explained. "The workmen are losing time." "Oh?" said Flora, and the color rushed back to btr face. "For all that we are in no hurry to have you leave us. Flora," the colonel said, patting her hand. Nicholas remained away until long after tea, and as A'ccit Gae came not Miss Flora wa ked alone in the shrubbery. Never yet bad she been so eager to welcome Aleck (ai;e, for her cousin's secret was fast becoming a terrifying harden ; it teemed to her that she could not live another day and boar it alone, and there was no one to whom he dare tell it except Aleck Gaze; but the days went by and Aleck kept aloof, aad Nicholas, resenting her lack of sympathy, was cartful not to give her an opportunity to speak with him alone. The strain in these three or four days was beginning to tell upon Flora to an extent that could hardly have epcaped notice, but that -Must had now attracted the anx ious attention of her family. Night after night the child waked M om Bee with the piteous complaint that she could not "stay to sleep." "De laws-a-massy 1" exclaimed GloryAnn. "What ail de chile? Honey, whey hu't yet? ' "No where," said Missr. "I'm just miz table. Somethin' is goin' to happen." "De ain' nothin gwan happen," Mom PuA aautiVAil Kap W r 1 f s 11 flaivT , y. Aswrn bcuitju av j v avaa t BVO'ivvaa Missy did not know. By day she fol lowed af:er Nicholas with a persistency that drew upon her oiory-Ann s severe rebuke. "MawseNickis growed; he doanwant chii.ens tg?in at hia heels cawntinnau Whvn't von. rest eatieCed?" commanded thfold nnrse. But that was what Miaay could not do; and at last Glory-Ann became alarmed. "Miffle-virey," said she, "yoa potter look after dihyr chile. Mie don't eat, en' she don't sleep, en she in cawnt-tant frettia' 'bout somethin' gwan happen." Mi ha Elvira, woo never in her hie bad Arrived at an onaided decision, appealed

to Mrs. Loonnrd. Mrs. Leonard insisted that it miifct lo green fruit, and recom-

mend.-d rhubarb; but Mi-ay stout.y denied the green iruit, and to stoutly rejected the rhubarb. When the case was discussed in the kitchen it wan decided that Miesy I, ad st-en a sijzn and all the old family eervanta sbook their heads with groat po'.emnitv. At lait Col. Thome himself became uneasy and st-oke of tending for the doctor. It was a dismal, rainy evening, after tea, and the ladiea were gathered around the table in the parlor, Mrs. Leonard with a novel, Miad Elvira with BihopKen, Flora with her embroidery. The Colonel eat apart, feeling Missv's pulce and wondering why Nicholas, who had cone to Tallahassee in tne mornin;r, was so late returning. It was then that he declared his intention of sending for Dr. Lane; whereupon Missy began to cry piteously and to protect that stie was not ill. "What, then, is the matter?" her father demanded, with the sharpness of anxiety. "I'm just uiizzab e," sobbed Missy. She looked so thin and worn, and her childish voice sounded so shri 1 and weak, that the colonel was moved tu an unwanted demonstration of tenderness. 4,My poor litt e daughter." said he, hold ng out his arm, "come to me and tell me what will make you happy? You shall have anything you aak." Miasy threw herself upon his breast in a paroxysm of tears. "Oh, my father I" sha wailed, "may I have anrthing?" "Yes, Winifred, anvthing." "Then," said Miny, eagerly, "promise, promise now, that you won't never Bend Brr Nicholas away no more." The colonel smiled and stroked her hair. He understood it ad now; Misjy was jealous, jealous of Flora. "My dear child, we wou't send him away, not I, at least;" and he glanced with a s:nile at Flora, whose bands shook bo that she could hardly hold her needle. "Not even if he was to be married?" pleaded Missy. "You must understand that when your brotner marries you wilt have trained a sister," the colonel said, in hin accustomed tone of authority. Missy's jealousy of Flora was something to be smiled at and subdued. "And if he was to be msrried to Dosia Furnival she would be my sister," pursued Miey. . Fiora uttered a low cry and hid her face. She remembered now, and understood the mocking-birds sudden and startled flight from the thicket behind the summer-house. Mrd Thorne and Miss Elvira looked up; they doubted whether thev ha 1 heard aright; the colonel doubted likewise; and yet a great dread seized him, in spite of bis pride, in spite of his will. nat; lie taid, at la&t. witn angry emphaais, and pushed the child from him allt'i . roug b iv. "nai internal nonsetide is this?" he demanded, as if of the room at larrc; and then hU gaze fixed it.-elf upon F ora. It was the first black look he had ever given her; but her lare was hidden, and she did not see it. "What absurdity have you been putting into the cnild a head, 1-lora. he said, severely. "A jest of this aort is simp y scandalous." "Tain't her!" cried .Missy, with shrill Impetuosity. "Brer N lcholaä is done mar ried a'readv to Dosia I heard him tell my cousin Jrlora. . . mm Nicholas at this instant entered the room. Flora looked at him and saw that he bad heard. His facd was pale, but he did not llinch. "it ia a lie!" said the colonel, fiercely. "Oh, yes, Missv," quavered Mies hlvira, with an agonizing thought of Koxanna White's missive which she bad not the courage to show to her brother. "You shouldn't be too ready to repeat what von hear. Children cannot understand every" "Will you be silent?" thundered the colonel ; then he strode up to bis son, and repeated, with an oath, "It is a lie! "It is the truth, father," said Nicholas; 'loia is rar wire. Miss Klvira uttered a moan and wrong her hands. Mrs. lhorne stared; she did not yet fully comprehend the situation. flora turned ner lace awav; mere was that in the eves of her undo and her cousin she could not endure to look upon. Now vou see 1 cried Miesy, with shrill, infantile triumph. The colonel staggered as if he would have fallen; for an instant he could not speak, but when he did apeak it was with a calmness more dreadful than anv out burst of fury. "Uet vou gone," he said, contemptuous ly. Never more ne eon of mine. Missv threw herselt face downward upon the lloor and wailed "I aaked you to promise! to promise! iso one heeded her. "Father," said Nicholas, "hear, at least, what 1 have to say "(Jut ot my sight," his father inter rupted, with cold, inexorable sternneg.s. "Beg, steal, starve ! Never darken these doors again. Nicholas turned without another word, and strode from the room; whereupon Misey whirled over and sat bolt upright, glaring defiance. "Then I'm going, too!" she declared, and scrambled to her feet and rushed away. No one heeded her: she was but a child. The colonel turned to Flora and hold out his arms. "Mv daughter!" was all he eaia. xie uia noi Know whether he was giving or asking comfort. And Flora cared not what construction her uncle might put upon her tears. Miss h'ivira sat and moaned and wrung her hands; there was no one to give her comfort. "Weil, I never, never knew anvthinz equal to this!" said Mrs. Thorne. having found her tongue at last. "I shall never get over it, never!" Having made this announcement, she uttered a series of lit tle shrieks, and MissLlvira "ceased wringicg of her helpless hands, and rose and shut the door. CHAPTER IX. OLD GILBERT TO Till RES CTS. Heedless of the rain. Missy rushed out into the dark night, following the sound of her brother's footsteps as he strode through the grounds. Ilia horse was still at the hltching-post, and Missy had di yined that he meant to ride away at once "Brsr Nicholas! Brer Nicholas!" she cried, distractedly. "Take m me, tool 1 tin t airai'i: x can suck closer than a cockle-burr 1 But there came no answer through the rainy darknes, and ehe heard the horse's hoofs bat the ground, and grow fainter and fainter as Nicholas rode away into the night. When she could hear them no more she turned wildly and ran down the dark and muddy lane to old Gilbert s cabin. She best upon the door with her small fists, she burst it open in her impet nous paseion, and stood, dripping and hag gard, in the light of the pine-knot blazing in the hearth. Old Gilbert, seated on the sweet-gum block, wss patching an ancient jacket, landing low to catch the light from tho ri n -lr r.nt AnH rianrintr thrnfiorh m. nair nf i clumsy spectacles, he was pushing at his

ncedl3 by means oi a leamern circle in

tho pilm of Ins han i. lln needle was big, his thread was coarse, and monstrous were his strches. Mi-iy, with a wild cry, as if she wore the blast incarnate, swept the jacket from his ban Is into the hearth, where it lay and scorched, and was forgotten. In de name o' de Lawd!" old Gilbert ejaeu a'M. ue cnue ia eno ly possessed. "lirer Mcholas is gone! tone! gone!' Miesv howled. "Never to come no mo'! lie is married to Dosia Furnival, and mv father has drove him away !" And Missy, in sheer exhaustion, threw herce f upon the floor. "Dat nqueech-owel !" muttered the old negro, witn a superEtuious shudder. Start ing as was Missy's statement it wes reeeivd with absolut conviction. "De Law de will be done!" he sihed. ! cried the out raareons Mwsr. lilting her face. "'Tain't the Lord's will! It's my father's will. Aud 1 want Brer Nicholas back ! I could a' rodo behind him; but for all my cailin' he wouldn't come back, nor he wouldn't answer." Honey," faid old Gilbert, persuasively, you mus strive alter patience ontel mat ters git sorter seasoned." "I won't!" said Missv; nd down went her head again, and her wai-ing fu.ed the poor little cabin. Old Gilbert felt utterly helpless. He looked at the child in silence, and then. unable to bear the eight, ho turned his eyes awav in the direction, aa it chanced. ot the blazing and smoking pine-knot, and mechanicaliy drew his jacket out of the ashes. But he had no hettrt to return to his patching. "Hit's a mizzable night," be said; but whether he referred to tho rain beating sullenly on the roof or to the dire news Missy had brought, he did not know. He beau to sing a bvmn for comfort. I don't want you to sine!" howled Miasy. "If you was just a wicked old man I'd like vou to cuis!" "Look a-here!" exclaimed old Gilbert, in a fright. "lie spornt of de lhoroes ia stn ng in dese chillen, tubbo sho! De Lawd alter vo' min', chile." Misy sobbed, bhe was sorry for what she had said, but she was not going to confers it. En' you is fair'y drippin' wi I do rain. Wou'er whey is Glorv-Anu det she let you git loose dish yer way?" II rose Stull v from his block, and un locking a rude cupboard in the corner he took out his cherished umbrella. "I gwnn tote dis chile home." he said. "I gwan shame Glory-Ann outen her shoes. She a Hettin' up in white fokses' kitchen, jaw, jaw. jawin. en' ehe doan no mo' know whey dis chile is den de way ter Jericho, Misy s tears having spent their force, sho sat up and wiped her eves. "I ain't nothin' but just a little gin," said she mournfully. "Dhsho. honey; en' you mus' mln' ter be a j7'xxi little gal, so'a ter be a comfort ter Mis3.'l-virey en yo paw, old (jilbert counseled, and ho epread open the um brella and regarded it proudly. "1 sha nt be good! cried Missv. 1 mean to be just tis bad as can be on purpone. 1 11 worry the lite out of cm all, till I get flrer Nicholas back." Dat ain t no way fur vou to talk, etud old Gilbert, with authority. "You climb onter my back; I gwan tote vou horn. Miay prepared to obey, nothing loth. Mie lelt weatc and tired, and a ride upon old Gilbert's back still had its charm for her. "You hoi' on ter me wid one han' en' de rutnberilla wid do yuther," the old man directed. "I gwan mek cturrupa outen bof mv ban's." He had sat down upon the doorstep that Misy might the more conveniently clamber upon his baclc. "Here we go!" he exclaimed, cheerily, as he rose, staggering a little under her weight; and it was at no rapid gait that he made his way in tne dark, splashing through the pudd es in the lane. Muey felt her heart lighten a little un der the exhilarat'en of this ride. "Daddy," she said, bnsklv, "1 tell yoa what I want vou to go after Brer Nich olas." Me? Lawd bless yo' soul, honey 1 what a po , no- count ole nigger gwan to do wid a bumptious young gemman lak MawsoNick?" 'You can't do nothin' with him, but vou can do something for him," s tid the practical child. "lie ain't got no niggers Dat s a lac , old Gilbert absented, soIteilV , lllil UCUl X UIUDHI9, UUkUCI. i-U Mawso .Nick, he warn t fotch up ter wuk, praise de Lawd! Mmsy be?n to cry again "Now doan vou go fret, honev," coaxed old Gilbert. "I ewan do de bes' I kin, en bouibye aiawso rsicic gwan come home." These words, spoken with serene assur ance, comforted Missy; she laughed when phe saw the littht in the kitchen door ihev'ii pe tionisneu when they see me ridin in the rain on such a home as you," she said, with glee "Do will dat!" oid Gilbert declared. with satisfaction. 1 Ie had set his heart on aBtonidhing Glory-Ann The kitchen was at the end of the long. half-inclose 1 gallery extending from the back piazza. The door Btood wide open, ami the light blazing in the hearth streamed out, dazzling old Gilbert as he ehainbied along, naii-bpeni. .ui.sy, you ia growed, tubbe sho . sence de las time I toted you, he pantsd. W ithin the kitchen was confusion of tongues mingled with loud laughter. Sup per was over, Dicey, the cook, was taking her ease in the chair with the feathercushion; Tom Quash and Griflin Jim were playing; the devoteu to ictorine, Miss l'loras maid oi airs and graces; Amity was training a black puppy. Missy's property, to hold a bone on his nose GIoiy-Ann and Daphne were discussing the "roomatiz, apropos of old Uncle Dub lin, who was "patting Juba," whtlo Cnaney, the house-maid, and Mrs. Leon ard Thome's coachman danced a "break down." "How lively de is, tubbe sho!" thought old Gilbert, with a s'gh. "Doan none on 'em know bow Mawsc Nick is rid fo'tli in the darkness. Glory-Ann? be shouted "Iiwdl wha' dat?" ejaculated old Un cle Dublin, lie cea?ed patting ; the danc ers Btood still ; jest and laughter were sud denly at an end. "Youcackliu idjotal" said old Gilbert. "Hit's me what called. Glory-Ann!" he shouted again, angrily, "come tek dis chile." There was a rush to the door; Glory Ann was foremost, claimed. "Gret King!" she ex"Dia de way you look alter mawster s chile?" said old Gilbert, rebukingly. "Never seed t ich a chile in all my bawn days," grumbled Glory-Ann, as she lifted Missy into the kitchen. Annt Dicv waddled back to her easychair. "Well, well, tubbe hol" ehe said, in a soft, lazy voice, and dropped upon her feathers. She was a shining light in the chnrch, and old Gilbert entertained a great respect for her. "Huh you do, Sis Dicey f he said, with fervor. "Well, rra po'ly, than' Gawd," said Sis Dicey, cheerfully, and showed all her white teeth. "Come in en' seddnwn." "Wish yoa well," said oil Gilbert, accepting the three-legged stool proilered him. While these civilitios were passing, Glory-Ann was scolding Missy. "Wet ez a drownded rat, yo'u is! What nil you ter be goin' in de rain? Amity! You go fetch me a pair dry Blockln's en' detn ole linen güters in do bottom wardrow drawer. If ever I so lich a chile 1 What MUle-virey gran aeh ter you?" " What Misalo-virey gwaa sea ter you T

demanded old Gilbert. "Dis de way you tek care o' master's chile?" "I it you irot da raisin' o' mawster's chillun, ör is it me?" retorted Glory-Ann, arresting the work of pulling oil Missy's docking", and retting her arms akimbo. "Answer me datl" "Hit's me," replied old Gilbert, mildly. "You bear dat now. you ulggers? You hear dat?" said Glory-Ann, appealing to the company. "What wid yo' cawn-stalk fiddles, en' vo' saasfac root, yo' patendge ai.n, en' yof bird-neases, en one thin' en' another, you is allers been to tin' maweter's chillen off, en' hit's me, me what baa ter nuss Vm wid de croup en' de so' throat, en" all dat. Say you raise dese chihen. eh?"

" 'Pears lak I'se done my share," said old Gilbert, uuabaahrd. Amity had not stirred a step, ana uioryAnn, in great wrath, turned upon her ana tave her a oox on me ear. i uw. go " the said, ne.csiy. "Man- roun , gapin laic a nop-ioaa atier a ny. "Amity i.s my nigger!" shriekea Jiissy. 'You got no right to hit her." "1 gwan hit herez my jedgment lavors, said (Jlory-Ann, as she sat down upon the floor and took Missy's feet in her lap, and rubbed them admiringly ; they were pretty little feet, "But you gwan git 'em ail crippled up wid de roomatiz" said Glorv-Ann. "You ain't gwan dance none when vou git growed. I see dat plain. "I don't want to dance, said Missy, be ginning to cry. While Glory-Ann was remonstrating agaiust this Amity came flying back; Bne had a pair of stockings in one hand and the linen gaiters in the other; her eyes were round with fright; her face wore that peculiar anhen hue that stands for pallor iu the nero race. "Mawster is dat mad, tor 6D01 sne an nounced, in a thrilling wuiaper, wuu uplifted right hand. "Is vou tol' him 'bout Missy gutin' in the rain, you tool nigger? demanded Glory Ann, riding up, rigid with wrath. " 'Ciar ter gracious. I ain t tor notbin I Amity protested, putting up her arms and i i . i - u a j King iter i-eau in auiicipauvu ii an other box on the ear. 'It's about Brer Brer Nicholas," sobbed Missv. "Fur shot" asseverated Amity, dropping her arms. "MLwle-virey is a-raounin en a-wriiigm' her ban's, en' Mitts 1'auline, she's a-souechiu'. en' syin' she ain't nuver gwan Kit over hit, en miks hob . a i t a-crvin , too, eo in water is jes' a-stomp-in roun' Mawse Nick's room "Ku whey Mawae Nick?" demanded the expectant crowd. "Gone! Gone! Gone! wailed Missy. "Truth. Lawd!" euhed old Gilbert. V- i 1- Lr . -v i x Miaaw im a las mn in 1A rain. Aunt Dicey, who had been leaning for ward in strained attention, her hands on her k.iees, sank back among her feathers, and egan to croon a doleful hvmn: TrouliU, tr.iu;, trouble, da troubles ob dit orl'?" She was a pious baptist; so was old Gil bert; he joined the strain, bobbing his head and putting his foot. Ihey seemed to lind comfort ii the performance. Glorv-Ann sat down on the floor and drew Missv into her lap. "Whey he gone. Honev? Tell vo' mammy ? she coaxed. "He's done got married to Dosia Fur nival." cobbed Missy. "De Lawd amend ua! Glory-Ann ejac ulated, feebly. Old dilbert ceased his singing, to re mark, resignedly. "Hit's de lac'. "Dat t o white trash? cried Glory-Ann, recovering her spirit. Why, dem iurniva can t count hs.li-a-d jzen niggers, big en little, amonget em al . "Dat's so!" the assembly assented, in scornful chorus. "And I dou't care!" cried Missy, resent fully. "Dosia is prettier n my cousin Flora, and gooder too." W hatever consolation or rebuke GloryAnn might have uttered in reply, was ar retted bv the sound of a heavy weight drugged along the piazza floor, and every ear wr.9 strained in question ng attention, when the colonel's voice was heard shout ing: "Tom Quash! Gnfiin Jim!" "Sub!" responded Miss Victorine's ad mirers, in startled has to, nearly knocking each other down as they sped out of the kitchen. "Take that out of my sight," said the colonel, spurning Nicholas' trunk with his foot. "Make youreelves une for Sunday-go-to-meeting. "lerisuh, mawster. The colonel strode back into the house. Tom Qua-h and Griffin Jim stared at each other through the giooni, in unspoken appreciation of the fact that theybal fallen heirs to a goodly heritage; then, between them, they carried the trunk into the kitchen and began forth with to dis cuss the division of its contents. "Dat 'broidered welwit week Mawe Nick hitio'f alters promusod me," said Oritfin Jnu. "You kin tek hit ef hit wuz promused; but I m gwan have dem panterloons wid the vines a-creepin up de sides, Tom Quash declared. Old Gilbert rose in wratn. "ou sassy fool niggrV said he, purhingthem away, and taking his seat on the trunk, "doan you know mawster's dat mad he ain't onerstandm' what he's doin'? You rekin he gwan tolerate you struttin' 'roun in dat vek en' dem panterloons? You ain't gwan tech Mawse Nicholas' clothes, douten vou slaughter me fust. Ira gwan reale forwardin' dis trunk ter Mawse Nick, tubbe sho. He rose up and glanced around. Annt Dicey and Uncle Dublin nodded approval, and lilory-Ann spoke out, "De Lawd re ward vou, oie man ! and wiped her eyes "Brer Dublin," said old Gilbert Dublin was his brother in the church "len me holpin ban', ef you please. I gwan tote dis home, tell I gits som light on de buui neas. CHAPTER X. JtISS EXVIRA. 8 WAY AND THE COLONEL 8 WAT. The rain was done next morning the sun shone upon Thorne Hill, and the mocking-birds made a din iti the garden thickets; the guinea fowls and the geese, and all the denizens of the poultry yard kept up a cheerful clatter; only th human voice was mute or hushed to a dis heartened whisper. The colonel bad his coffee early and rode away; Mrs. Thorne and Flora break fasted in their own room ; thus Miss hi vira and Miesy were alone at table. Missy had lain awake an hoar the night before. deviling various plans in her poor little brain to mduco her lather to reca'l "Brer Nicholas," and one of these plans was de liberate starvation; hut when morning came, she was too hungry to carry out this project, bo she ate a good breakfast, thiuktngto go without dinner. MitfS Elvira had made no resolution as to starving, hut appetite had forsaken her, and huving certain plans of her own that she was auxious to put in train, ehe sent MiHsy away when the meal was ever. With a hundred dollars in gold hidden in her pocket, and a bottle of liniment carried conspicuously in her hand, Miss Elvira set out for old Gilbert's cabin. She could have sent for old Gilbert to come to her. but that would have given publicity to the Btep ehe contemplated. Lifting her dainty skirts with great painstaking, she tip-toed around the puddles in the lane through which old Gilbert had bravely splashed the dark night before, with Missy on his back, übe was a little exhausted when the arrived at the end of her journey. Old Gilbert was in his garden, where all thing flourished greenly. To forestall the products of the "grrt-houBe gsrJea" was one of the aims of his existence. "Gilbert l" Gilbertl" Miss Elvira called

faintly; ehe was leaning over the gate, whicti she found hard to open. "Dat pesky gate agin!" exclaimed old Gilbert, baateuing forward. "Hopes I see vou well dis mornin', Missle-virey." "I'm very well, thank you, Gilbert," Mina Elvira answered bravely. She had not slept all night, and sho looked old and ill as (iilbert plainly saw. "Sed lown here, Missle-virey, in de shade of dese pammy-christies," he said, wiping with his sleeve the rude block that did duty for a bench. Miss Elvira sat down, glad to rest. "How is your rheumatism, Gibert?" she asked, with gentle interest. Old Gilbert made a wry face; bis rheumatism was none the better for his tramp in the rain; it was promptly the wore for Mias Elvira's sympathy. "Hit kinder gits me wid a stitch in de heller of d I ack now en' agin," he said, with ez preamive jerks and pauses. "I've bought you a liniment that ie considered very efficacious." said Miss Elvira, in her soft, plaintive voice and choico laoguage, as he offered the big b ack bottle. Miss Klvira would no more have gone to old Gilbert's cabin without her "free will offering" than old Gilbert would have gone to the "gret honse" without his little compliment of eggs or vegetables, or the like. The old man took the bottle with a smile of supreme satisfaction ; he loved "doctorments." Fulling out the stepper with his teeth, and erne ling the contents with a critical air, "hit got a ptren'th, tubbe

sho!" be declared app ovingl v. 'Thankee, ma am; thankee, 3iissie-virey. l gwan give 'em a trial." Miss L vira s eyes meantlmo traveled Blowly round the little garden, as if in search of something; she missed Nicholas in everything she naw. I suppose y u ve beard what has happened, Gilbert?" she 6ai-'. with a tremor in her voice. Y.'S, Missle-virey," old Gilbert sighed, and hung his head. "Nicholas," she proceeded more steadily, "has disgraced his family; ho lias brought condemnation upon himaelf forever." Old Gilbert stood respectfully silent. "There is no help," fairere 1 Miss Elvira. Still old Gilbvrt was ailent. "It were better thai he were dead!" she exclaimed with a passionate sob. Don t teh dat, Missie-virey. honey. expostulated oi l Gilbert, laying his toilhardened hand on her sleeve. I ur dem we loves ter be dead, hit's a mighty settled fac'." "So is rasrriace, said Miss Elvia, inex orably. "He ie worse than dead to us; he is lost. But Nicholas cannot do without c'o'hes and " "I got hia trunk safe en eound, Misslevirev. "You did right. G'ory-Ann to'd me. I want you tak the ox-cart and carry that trunk to Nicholas. And ha will be wanting money, so you can give him this hun dred dollars. I ll send vou a pass to night." "Any letter, Miss!e-virev?" old Gilbert 8Ug2stsd, closing both hands over the n.oney. "Nor aire a message? "No," said Mi s Eivir.i, and turned her back. She could not thrust Nicholas from her heatt, bnt 6he had no more idea of reca.ling him agan into favor, of excusing or condomnr h a marriage, than had Col. Thorne himself; it was a step not to be countenanced, and she walked away. Dsn MawbeNick he ain t gwan tetch dishrer monev. I fo'eeo dut plain." com mented old Gi bert. "Hit is cur'ous, de likeness de is in famblies. Dere's Misslevirey, iet est saft. en' jest ez easy ; but sho kin be jest ez unconditioned en' ez hawdez mawster hiss f in tier salt little way, Lawdholp her! En' Mawse Nick, ev'y span of him aThorne.lak de res' on 'em ; en' dat Mi.-sy de same; de kin all on em hoi de own notions, plnm tell Gabriel blow de hawn. En' hit ain't Mr. Job Furnival what'll git ter finish Miss Pauline house; I fo'see dat plain." Mrs. Leonard herself understood this perfectly the moment she comprehended that Nicholas was married to Job Furni val's daughter. "Whatever happens, I am the one toiuffer," she complained to Flora that nirht when thev were alone. There's no builder in all Leon county equal to Job Furnival ; but he must go, I suppose. "Of coura?, ma." returned Flora, prompt ly. "None of us can countenance the Furnival now in any war." "And mv house at a stand-still. Heaven knows how long!" fretted Mrs. Thorne. "And it is going to be eo unpleasant here, after this." We might go up to Tallahassee and board." Flora suggested. "Board? Nobody who is anybody ever hoards, Ilora; I am surprised at you v e mav as wo.l pack our trunks aod go North for the rest of the summer. The Colonel won't comtult me, of coure: he will dismiss Furnival at daybreak tomor row, and it will be a mercv if he doesn't blow the man's brains out." But there waa not so much danger of this as Mrs. Thorne fancied. The Colonel he d that Furnival was to blame, more or lei-s, but he had no intention of eoilinsr his hands with the blood of one ho much be neath him. He did not consult Mrs. Thorne; to what purpose should be do so, having fully made up his mind? If there should be a suit for breach of contract, of course he himself would defray expenses; but he did not wish anv discussion of the subject; he was accustomed to give orders and to be obeved, and rurnival must go, The colonel rode away in the early dawn as impetuously as Nicho'as had rid den away in the rainy night. The sun was just rising, and work had barely begun, wtien he entered the gate at Mrs. Thome's place. Furnival was smoking his pipe ander the magnolia tree in front of the hoote The news concernin- Nicholas had not yet traveled bi-vond Thorne Hill, but Fur nival know, as Boon 89 he caught sight of the colonel s black frown, that the secret was out. He extinguished his pipe forth with, and prepared lor ' talk-, Deing a wordy man. "Mornin', Colonel," be said, ingratiat ingly ; he didn t intend to have a it could be helped. "row" if "Collect your tools," said the colonel, with a vigorous swi epof his right arm, "and vacate these premises, instanter. "We 11," said Furnival, with deliberate utterance, and looking the colonel straight in the eves, "them is pretty short orders to come from anybody but tho owner of this place. My cawntrac' is with yo' brother Leonard's widow, 'cording toe my undtrstsndin . "I want no words with Ton, eir." paid the colonel. "Your place ia to obey or ders." "It happens to most of us," said the carpenter, coolly, "to git what we don't want; an' so fur as words air concerned. I've as good a right to speech as any other son of Adam. 1 mought ask what ails the job? But I know very well, colonel, it's all because yo' son Nick has made a durn fool of himself, an' this ain't the fust time I've said It." "Nobody asked your opinion, sir," said the colonel, who ha I not been able, for gathering rage, to interrupt. "Win yoa leave peaceaoiyr "Not till I've had my say, by thunder! retorted furnival, putting his hands in Ms pockets, and p'anting himself doggedly, lust within reach of the co.onel a riding whip. "I've got some of the felin'a of a pavrent, myse f, though they don't take the same track in me as it 'pears tney do in you. My girl Doaia is a good girl, and as pretty as aire a Thorne ever I sot eyes no ; an' bo fur forth as this proceedin is a inanlt to her, I'll resent it unto blood." j' You've been drinking, sir I" laid the colonel, in a great rase. "So. sir." returned rorniraL earan.

thetically; "I'm a son of temperance to pleaee Dosia. She'll make Nick Thorne a better wife than he deserves," The colonel ured his horse a stsp nearer ; but Furnival did not flinch, neither did

he hesitate ia his deliberaie-drawL "Uows'ever. I war a-sayiu'." he contin ued, "so fur forth as this proceedin' is a holding of me to account, 1 m free to iustifv rovself : an' I tell you, right now an right here, 1 ain t no better pieasea tter pleased with the match than you be "Will you go?" cried the riously. "1 11 go when 1 ve had my not a minute auouer. I told you, awhile ago, that Nick bad made a blamed fool of himself, but for that matter, I'm free to declare, Dois ia a blameder fool than him; howa'ever. she's my daughter, an' therefor be'a my eon !" "You insolent, prating jackanapes !" shouted the colonel, blind with rage, as be raised his ridiDg-wbip in act to strike. "Ef you hit me. Col. Thorne," said Furnival, catching the whip in his muscular bands. "I'll bounce you plum oute vo .-v ... saddle. You got no cause to comp, ain ef I take what you Hing away; an' bo, good mornin' to you." As Furnival let go the whip, the colonel'a horse reared and plunged, throwing his rider into the dust; but the carpenter walked away, too angry to off-r aasiidance. Te:er," be said to an old negro who was mixing mortar on the other side of the house, "go pick up Co'. Thorne, whar bis hawee throwed him. out yonder." Thus Col Thorne had had his way; yet, in spite of it he felt beaten, and he rode homeward, moody and bitter, with a dejected head. cONTINCtD NEXT WEEK.") vyirr. I know not why tba longing, Tbl longing for qu'.ot aad reit, This longin for calm and itllluesi, Wbera peac Is tbt nnlj guoat. I lone for tba hour of thadaytlms To lrnlly (tral on their wtjr, Tl.e no; that Infests ths nigbt hours To joiu with the quiat of day. Whn stir and bu-tle dwells ossr m. Oh, than could I ileal away. And dwell n hero M-ace swa-ily relgnata Bo j rouJIr j night and by day. Thero's Jjy ia the cV.ru hours of qalet To me a sweet talm of rek I long to be secretly sleeping" Ia peace so heavenly liest. I rejoice when tba erenioc; apptaretb. The ra.s of the attling sun Fall gently o'er hill and forest. And slurs jwp one by od. And thus the hours roll onward, B.-aring us nearer our gual. Where jeac shall rr dwell with oi. Sweet peace aitendeth our foul The days pass one to another, I rejoic as they come and go. That uon 1 can meet my loTtrd ones, 2so beartaohes, no a now to know. Bo happy to hear the sounding Ol the oar In th water fal . Of the boat to bear me homeward. How aweei will be the call. Adieu will be said to rery dear ones. In quiet I'll steal away, To the home of rent contentment, Ia ptaoti to abide day by day. A. sir a B. Coli. CriwfordiTllle, Ind., June 7. A Frrancal Pnrn, When the winter time Is ended and the roses bloom again And frost-looked streams awakening break tbelr cold and icy chain In that happ time remember sot to scorn nay hum ble strain. For my life Is I ke tho winter, when enrolled In dreary snow, And thine is like the summer, when the balmy winds blow, And the climbing roses blossom and lilies whitening grow. When you know that la my bosom our imare I en twine. That my waking pulses measure only thoughts that should be thine; Is thy besrt so Lard and shallow that It teals no throb of mine? r.ulld not on ther glorious beauty. It may ranish like a dream. All the charms that nature gar thee not a moment can redeem From the waves of time that bear thee like a leaflet oa a stream. Keep In memory, If thy maker gives a voice lie will demand That this grace shall sot be burled like a ca; tin la the sand. Baton high shall be uplifted, to be heard of all the land. Those who love the find their comfort la the light within thine ryes, Hut ambition Is the touchstone that for ma thy metal tries, Aa an eagle gazing upward twarl th a um mit proudly fies. J. S. Smith. NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONl Thursday, July 5, 1802, Vir th Lak Erl X W.aiarsk R. II. "N .taral (1st Ron." On Thnrsday, July 28, 1SÜ2. the Lake F.rio &. eetern railroad will run their popular annual excursion to Cleveland, Chautauqua Lake. Butfalo and .Niagara Palls at following very low rates, viz: Peoria- 17.50 Fort Wayne $5.00 ltlootnington... Lafayette 7.00 Munoie 5.00 ... COO ConnersTill 5.00 .. 6.00 Uusbville 5.00 M 6.00 New Castle 5.00 ... 6.00 Canibridg Cit.... 6.00 Michigan City ndianapolia. . Tiptoe ......... iiuiai 4.00 t rensonu...... 100 Sandusky. 4.00. With corresponding reductions from intermediate points. In addition to tba above, the purchasers of these) tickets will be given privilege of special excursion side trips to Lewiston-on-the-Lake, including a iteamboat ride on Lake Ontario, for 25 cents. To Toronto and return by Lake from Lewiston, $1.00; to Thousand Islands, $3.00. Tickets for the above si-ie trips can be had when purchasing Niagara Falls ticket, or at any time on train. Beside the above privileges, with that of spending Sunday at the Fal s, we will furnish ail those who desire a side trlD from lirocton Junction to Chautauqua Lake and return FKK K Or Cli A llii K. Tickets of admission to pltceu of special interest at or near Niagara Falls, but outside tne reservation, including- toll over the International Bridae to the Canadian side, elevators to the water's edge at Whirlpool Hapids on the Canadian side, will be offered on train at a redaction from prices charged after reaching the Falls. Vo not mt this opportunity to spend Sunday at Niagara Falls. The excursion train will arrive at Niagara Falls 7 a, in. Friday, July 29, 1802. and will leave the Falls returning Sunday morning, Jnly 31, at 6 o'clock, stopping at Cleveland Sunday afternoon, giving an opportunity to visit the magnificent monument of the late President Garfield, and many other interest inj: points. Tickets will be good, hewever, to return on regular trains leaving the Falls Saturday, July 30, for those not desiring to remain over. Tickets will a'so be good returning on all regular trains up to and including Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1S02. Secure your ticLt alto Chair and Sleeping Car .4ccommodations, early. Those desiring can secure accommodations in these cars while at the Falls, For further information call on any a?f nt Lake-Erie fc Western railroad, or address C. F. Daily, Gen. Tass. Agent, Indianapolis, Ind. Tite Ss-TrsiLs Indiana Almanac: 25c

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