Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 November 1876 — Page 6

THE MAIL

A PATOH FOR CUE PEOPLE.

*77/7? TWO ANGELS. BY JOIINTTWRNRRIKN.

God callftl the nearest angels who dwell with lilui above flie tciidercKtone was Pity, the dearest one was Love. t.

Voice Eternal epake:

A rise," he said, "my angels! a wail W and sin fiteals through ihe Kates of heaven, and aaddonsalt within. «Mv harps take tip the mournful strain, tli »t ft* lost world swells. Then nokaof torment clouds the light and bl ahts tho asphodels.

Fly downward to that under world, ami on lis souls of |»ain L-t v.- firo' like sunshine, and

Pity tears llko rain 1" Two fae Iww-vl before the Throne vailed

In their golden hair Four white wings lessened «ri flly down the dark abyss or air. The way was strange, the flight was lorg at lost theaiiRels came Where swung the lost and nether wtrifi, red-wrapped In rayles flame. There Pity, shudd Tin?, wept: but Ixtve, with in til too sironufor l« or, Took lio 'rt f."rn «tod's almithlinrss end smiled a smile of chier. And lo! that tear of Pity quench.**! the flame whereon it fell, And. with tli-H'liishim.'of that sinl'e, Hope entered into hell! Two unvitilitl races full of Joy looked upward to theThrone, Four white wings folded at the feet of Him who sat thereon I And deeper than the sound of seas, moie soft than falling Hake, Amidst tho husli ot w.ng and song tin

Welcome, my ani^lH* yo have brouKht a holler Joy to heaven fl nceforrh Its sweetest song shall be the

King of Kin forgiven!"

The Dead Secret.

JRTY WIIJKXK OOLMNS.

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CHAPTER XIII. OUTHIDHTHK HOUSlK.

The next morning wrought no change in the resolution at which Uncle Joseph hud arrived over night. Out

smazemont anil confusion produend in kin mind by

his

nicco's avowal of

Object that'hid

kindlv instincts

the

brough

h«r

to Cornwall,

he had contrived to extract oim clear and detinito conclusion—that

she

was

obstinately bent on placing herself inn Situation of uncertainty, if not of absolute peril. Onco persuaded

of this, hi*

all

sprang Into action,

his natural firmness on the side of se fsicriflce assert••4 itself, and his dotcrm fnatlori not to let

Harah

proceed on

her

Journey alone, followed as a matter course. In that determination ho took refuge from th« doubt, the perplexity. Hie vauuo uneasiness end alarm which her looks, h»r language, Rud her conduct had caused in him. Strong in the g.'lf-ilenving generosity of his purpose— thouirh strong in nothing else—when

and Ids nieoe mot in tho morning, and when Sarah sp »k« self-roproachfully o» the sacrifice that ho was making, of th« Serious hasvd* to which he was exposing himself for her sake, ho refused to list.-n t» her jnat as obstinately as hi had refused the previous niuht. There wnn need, he said, to

apeak anot-hci

tvod on that subject. If she had a Nan .tied her intention of going to Forth uenna, she had

only

to say so.

a-k anr m«.re, for he wa deaf in both e-irn to nvervthing in tho ahapeetar to n»trftnee'that she could possibly ad d. -sstohim. Having expressed himself |,i these uncwnproiuising terms. Unci'ineph abruptly «iismisaod the aui»j«.t, ao tried to

inrn

I" dnkitiR about what?" ask©l Uaol- Joseph. "About the letler that ih'd i*11? about the house of lV.rthgenna? nb «nt the Myrtle Room?" ,\l»out- how to got lnt« the Mvrtle l: o'o.-' she aald. "The more I try to j. an and .nder, *nd aottlo beforehand whit shall do, tho more confused and ». |pu.*M I aeom to be. All last night if I wastrring to think orw»tne ex nw for getting inalde the doom at 1*-»rt Vienna Tower—and vet. If I was \nd ng on the house step at this mo inant, I should n.it know whattoaay »*»n tho s^rvantaud I came facet km II »w ure we to p.»rsuad» them to j.sr ns in? il am I to silo out of ni^bt ven If wo do net In? Can't you HI m? you will try, Uivde J.»seph--f an «if* will try? Onlv help mr and I think I c*" answr for th" r«-t tr thev keep the key* wh-»ns th"v u**d to Weep th«m In inv time, ten mln tf»s my» df is all I *hoa!d want—ten mioMt*"'. "nlV

Oh, how happy pe«p'e nauat h»

w\'» have all the courage th«y want: ho are qsii

and clever, and have their

wpa Mitthem I You e»s» »""^r thai«u une'e von wild W. u.^,'it thai vn would thmk a» out how toa-lvl-ine for the leet—what did your #v^tt»h*a iv"»i in? You will

Worse then that—locked up In Bomethin« sio iii« room. Toe i*e.v that opens 'h' f'oor—evenl'I get it—thekej that oj ens the door of the rrom i-» not all I want. There la another k'-y he aides t?'.rtt, a little k*v—•* Rho stopped with a confused, start lel ok.

411

threw it down the well in the vtll age, on the morning when made my escape from JPortbgonna. Oh, if I hai' onlv kept It about mc! If it had onl croawxl my mind that I miglit want i'

Well, well, there is no helr for thai now. Tell me. Sarah, wh the sonv thinic is which the letter is hidden in."

I am afraid of the very wa Is hearing

What nonsense! Come! whisper ii to me." 8he looked all round her distrustfully and tk'-n whisjiered into the old mans ear. He listened eagerlv, and lan«hw whon «ho was silont au ain "Bah in crird, "If that

»11, mako youm-l

happy. As you wicked Knglish jeopl' say, it Is as r**v as 1 yititr- Why, my child, you can oim open f*r your

If!" Hurst it open? TTow?" Uncle Joseph wont to the window-seat, whi was mad on

the«»

advantage

she

find nol. it was mere waste *f breath

the convers.ition to a

e'leerful everyd iv topic, i»y asking lii« in»•« how she hid passed the in«ht. I wsn loo anxious to sleep," she an mrnniii "I can't fight with my tear* nod misgivings a.s some people can. All 'ht inn-Jt they keep me waking and I mkin* a.i ir" It was day."

and

1111011

make

much eaoier If oa wlU only tell ik

|,n

CWSLE JITAEPH N«TDED T^IILINJLV, A* AQUMI I o! the nroftuti. w:mvUy ft»»d »d«wly laid his torelloge: il 0|{ th» »ldc Wa rnwe.

What did I promtno yon n!jrht?" h«Mld. "Was it not to take my pipe «nd ask him to make me think ti tod. I araoko three pipes asd thl three thought*. My An* thmmht to—Wait! My aecoud thought la acaln Walt I My thntieht

yet «mce Wait

Yon WIT roil WILL be easy, 8*r*b, If I I-i

von

the end of *11 my tboua.m Good, have told you. TU«« la the end-yon

-i".»

of wilderment which auagwrted anv thimr rather tUan amlnd "t am afraid uttole, I don* qulU under sUnd W»it*orwH*t? W.»tUUwh«,r

Walt till art?** »t

lhoh

»^MTrti| Wait Ull we are

i"V'«.Uh5

w*. to

fashion

to serve tho purp* se of a cln st n- well a neat. He »»pMi"d the lid, searcher' among some tools which lay itt th^ re ceptuhle beneath, and t»ok out a

See." he said, demo

chisel

«t

of the

rating onthotoj.

window-seat

the use io which tlv

tool was to be put "You push him ii so-crick! Then von pull him up

is dona for. Take the chisel yourself, wrap him up in a bit of that st.nii there, and put him in your pocket. What are you waitinc for? I\ you want iu" to show j'ou again, r»r do you think you can do it

now

for yourself?"

I should like y«»u to show me »min l"((cle J./seph,

but not now—not till we

hi've cot to tho end of our journey." J,»od. Then may finish my pack ing r.p «nd go nsk 'about the conch First, an foremost. Mozart must imtov ii great coat, and travel with ns.' ll ok op the musical box, and placed it carefully in a leal her ctse, which hf--lum: bv a »-trap over one shoulder. •'X.-xt, thore is my pipe, the tobaco to -ei'd him with, and the matches to set liioi alight. L-st, here is my old German knapsack, which I pack last ni^ld See! here is sV.r\ nightcap, crimb, pocket handkerchief, sock. S*v I am an omporur. and what do I want more than that? G'Xid. I have Mozart, I have the pipe, have the knansack.I hav—stop! *top!

there

of tin

Leather, you shall be

lighter mid leaner before you come home a«ain. So. so—it is all complete we are ready for the march now, from our tops to our toes. Good-hy, Sarah, my child, for a little half hour you shall wait here ami amuse yourself while I go ask for coach."

When Uncle Joscth came back, hc brought his neico information that a coach would pass through Truro in an hour's time, which would set them down •t a stage not more than five or six miles distant from the regular post-town of Porthirenna. The only direct convey ance to tho post town was a night coach which carried tho letter-bags, and which stopped to change horses at Truro at the vcrv ^convenient hour of two o'clock in the ii'cnlng. Being of opinion that to travel at bedtime was to make a toil of a pleasure, Uncle J-i-eph rexmimend ed taking places in the day-coach, and hiring any conveyanee that could be afterward obtained to carry his nelce and himself on to the post town. By this arrangement they would notonly secure their own comfort, but gain the addition ul

of losin* a-i little time

plan

two

r:'i»utes,

make tl*e en 1 of my life IM ier to nv fan th** beginning haa be^n to help oM qni"tly and realstn-dly. If It I»»|N» wiil that I should out my

as-

possible at Truro before proceeding on their journev to Porthgenna. The

'bus proposed was the plan

fo'lowtd. When

tVe

coach stopped

chaiiKO horses. Uncle Joseph mid hi* neice wer*1 waiting to take their place* by it. They found all the inside seats but one ili-tengaaod, were «et down, twi hours afterward, at tho stage that wanearest to the destination for which the\ were bound, h'red a pony-chaise there, and reached the

post

o'clock in the afternoon.

Dismissing their conveyance at th inn.

from

Tt»er® N yet one thing more I want to ask yon iny child," be said. "The journey has put it out of my head, hot it has been in my heart all the time. When we leave this place of Porthgenna, and-get b* to my hoaae, you 11 not

She checked herself. But the few words she had said were spoken with such a suddenly heightened color, and with such au extraordinary empuasls md resolution of tone, that tho old man opened his eyes as

I am too anxious and too frightened to answer. Undo! this Is Porthuenpa Moor—this is the road I pusecd over, sixteen years ago, when Iran away to you. On, let us get on Pray let us get im I can't think of any thing now but the houfe we are so near, and the risk we are going to run.'"

They went on quickly, in silence. Half an hour's rap.i walking brought them to the highest elevation on the moor, and gave tho whole western prospect grandlv to their view.

There, below them, was tho dark, lonewimo "pac'^us structure of Porthgenna Tower, with the sunlight alread stealing round toward the windows the west front! Thero was the path winding away to it gracefully over -he hrown moor, in eurvesof diizzling white! There, lower dosvn. was the*,odt»ry old church, with the peaceful lmral ground nest'ing bv its side. There, lower still, were the'little scattered roofs of the fishermen's cottages! And there, bevon

so-

craek! It is the business of one litlh moment—crick! crack!

-»nd

the lo''

all, was the changeless glory of the sea, with its old seething lines of white foam, with tho old winding margin of its yellow shores! Sixteen long years—such years of sorrow, such years of suffering, such years of change, count ed V»y the pulses of the living hearthad passed over the dead tranquility of Porthgenna, and had altered it as little as if they had all been contained within tho lapse of a sinele day!

The moments when the spirit within us is most deeply stirred, ar^ alnioyt invariablv the moments also when its outward "manifestations are hardest t" detect. Our own thoughts rise above ii* our own feelines lie deeper than we can reach. How seldom words can help MS when (heir help is most wanted!

How

is the old leather purse he

must not be forgotten. Look here he is. Listen! Ting, ting,ting! He jingles he has, in his inside, money. Aha, my friend, my

good

often our tears aro dried up wher .ve most long for them to relieve us! Was there ever a strong emotion in thi^ world that could adequately express it* own strength? What third person brought face to face with the old man and his niece, as they now stood togelh».ronthe moor, would have suspected, to look at them, that the one was contemplating the landscape with nothing more than a stranger's curiosity, and that the other was viewing it through the recollections of half a lifetime? Th' eyes of both were dry, the tongues of ijoth were silent, the faces of both were set with equal attention toward the prospect. Even between themselves there was no real sympathy, no intelligible appeal from one spirit to the other. The old man's quiet admiration of thr view was not more briefly aiul readily expressed, when thev moved forwar' and spoke to each other, than the cus tomary phrases of assent by which hiniece replied t. the little that he said How many moments there are in (his mortal life when, with all our boasted oowers of speech, the word' of our vo cabulary treache-ously fade out, and tho page presents nothing to us but the sight of a perfect blank!

Slowly descending tho slope of the moor, the uncle and niece drew nearer and nearer to Porthgenna Tower. They were within aquarf«rof an hours's walk of tho house, when Sarah stopped at a place whero a second path intersected the main foot track which they had hitherto been rollowme On tho lefi hand, as thev now stood, the cross path ran on until it was lost to the eye in the expanse of the moor. On th right hand it led straight to the church "What do we stop for now?" asked Uncle Joseph, looking first in one direction and then in the other. "Would you mind waiting for me here a little while, uncle? I can't pass he church path—" she paused, in some trouble how to express herself—"withoat wishing (as I don't know what may

Happen

town between on

motives of caution which wen

ur«ed by Sarah, they set forth to w*lk across the moor to Porthgenna. On their vav out of the tow.i they met tho post •nan returning from his mornings deliverv of letter* in tho surrounding disriei.'

His bag had been much heavelr.

ind bis w.dk much lomrer. that morn -ng thin usatil. Amnnu tho extra letters t'» ha I teen tak^n out of his ordlnan .,itirs was on« addressed to tho house k' epftr at Porthgenna Tower, which In

l!ad dohvrwl

early in .e morning

v«»en he tint started on his rounds.^ Throtiuhoiit tho whole journey Unch Is r,h ha.l no: made a single refere..c •o the o»»j ct for which it had been undei taken. Possessing a child's slm plleitvof natur\ he was al*n endowed with a chihi's elasticity of disposition The doubts and forbnding which trou •Wl neice'siplrit,and kept bersilem and thoughtful and sad, cast no darken ng shadow over the natural sunshine his mind. Lf he h*d really been travol intr for pi a*uro alone, he could not havf enjove.1 more thoroughly than he did »ne different sights and events of th. jo'.jrvy. All the happiness which th» m«in: m'nute had to give h'm, he took rea, li!v and gratefully as if there WH.~ IV nncet'tdntv In the future, no doubt dlfllcnstv, or "danger 1 ing in wait for him at the journey's end. Before he had been half an hour In tho coach, he had begun to tell the third Inside jwsenger —a gid old lady, who stared at hltn in speechless amajtement—the whole bta torv "f the musical box, en«ling the n*r ratlve i.v settlnu it playlnjj in defiance of *M the noise that the rolling wheels oould Wben they loft the coach, how „.» Just floatable afterward with tlio driver of the chaise, vaunting the superiority of German beer over Cornish cider, and making his remarks upon the obi-vt« which they passed on the mad w'th the pte*«snte«t familiarity and the h* -first enjoyment of his own jokes, it was not tilt he atid Sarah were well out of the little town, and aaray bv them elves on the groat moor which stretched beyond t, that his manner altered and hla Ulk ceased altogether After walking en in eilence for some little time, with bis nelce's arm in hK he suddenly stopped, looked her earnest ly but kindly in the face, sod laid his fcmdon hera.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENIiSl vj MAIL

widely

as possible,

uiid looked at bis neioeiu undisguised astonishment. So so! so!" ho exclaimed. "What! You have had a quarrel, Sarah?" "Hush! Don't ask me any more questions now she pleaded, earnestly.

after we Ret to the home), with

.ut wishing to see—to look at some hing—" she stopped again.

ai1('

marks

ins,

gn away Are you In service still, fMrsh? Are you not your own master vtr*

I in service a day» sitM*,** he answered. "But I am fres now. I frive lost my pl«*.M

A hat You have lost your plaos {and

wbv?" "Bec»

I would not bear an Innr-

e»nt pe

unjustly blamed, lfc-

turned

••r lace wistfully to-vard the church The teArs, which had never wetted her ves at the first view of Porthgenna. vere beginning to rise in them w.

Unclo Joseph's natnril delicacy warn •d him that it would bo best to abstain from asking her for any explanations •Go you where vou like, to see what von Tike," ho said, patting her on tb» -ihonlder. "I shall stop hero to make iivself happy with mv pipe and Mozart -hall come out of his cage, and sing a ittle in this fine fresh air." He unslung 'he leather ca«e from his shoulder while he spoke, took out the musical box, and sot It ringing its tinv p»a! to the secon of the two airs which it was constructed play—tho minuet in Don Giovanni Sarahleft him look inn about carefully, not for a seat for himself, but for a smooth bit of rock to place the box up on. Wherf he had round this, be lit his pipe, and sat down to his mutlc and his smoking, like an epicure to a good din ner. "Aha he exclaimed to himself looking round as composedly at the wild prospect on all sides of him as if he was still In his own little parlor at Truro. "Aha! her° is a fine big musii»oom. mv friend Mozart, for you to sing in! Oufi there is wind enough In this place to blow yonr prottv dance tune out to sea, and ilve the sailor people a taste of it as they roll about in their ships."

Meanwhile, Ssrah walked on rapidly to .vard the church, and entered tho In closure of the HUIe burial ground. To ward that s* part of it to which she iiad directed her steps on the morning of her mistress's death, she now turned her face Again, after a lapse of sixteen years. Here, at least, the march of time had left It* palpable track—itsfootprint* whose

were proves. How many

a little spo: of ground, empty when she last saw it, had its mound and its head stone now 1 The one grave that ahe bad come to so©—the grave which had stood apart In the by-jpne days, had com pan ion graves on the right hand and on the left. She could not have singled It out, but for the weather stains on the head stone, which told of storm and rain passing over it, that had not passed over th« met The mound was still kept in shape: but the grass grew long, and waved dreary welcome to her. as the wlud swept through It 8he knelt down by the stone, and tried to read the in srription The black paint which bad ones made the oarvei words distinct, was all flayed off from them now. To any other eves but hers, the very name of the dead man would have been bard to traoe. Bb» sighed heavily, as she followed the letter* of the Inscription mechanically, by one, with her Anger:

UCRIO TO THB MEMORY

HrOH

POLWHKAI^

Anno 3* YKtRft.

HK snrrwrra nra DRATB THBOUtra THB FAIA OF A BOCK

II*

-'r t«RTlroKK*A win*. DKTRWBKB 17TH, 182$. Her band lingered over the letter*

after

it had followed them to tbelaa

line, and iho bent forward and pre«*d lier lips on the stone. "Better so!" sh* said to herself, as siiO rose 'from her knees, and looked down at the Inscription for the last time.

Be'ter It should 'ado out so Fewer atr uiger'8 eves will see It fewer stranir ere' feet will follow where mine have 1 eon—he will lie all the quieter in the place of his re*t."

She brushed the tears ftom her eyes, and gathered a few blades of grass from the grave—tlici. left the church varo. Outside the bed ire that surrounded the Incloaureshe stopped for a moment, anr drew from the bosom of dress tb» little book of Wesley's Hymns which she had taken with her from thedet-k ber bedroom on the morning of her ilight fr Porthgenna. The withers' remains ot theurass that she hud pluck ed from the grave sixteen years ago, lay between fhn p»t»e still. She add'-d them the fresh fragments that eho had u^i gathered, repUced the

book

in th*-

ho*om of her dress. s'*d hastened back ovr the moor

the sp.-t here tho old

man was waiting for her.

tound himpackinuup the musical box again in its leather case. "A irooo wind,' he said, holding up the palm »t his hand to the fresh brcez" that wa* sweep!ntr over the moor. "A very urnod wind hideod. if you take him by him self—but a bitter -ad wind if vou uk him with Mozart. He blows off the time as if it was the hat on my head. "ome back, my child, just at the nick of time—just when my pipe is done, and Mozart is ready to travel n'omr the roiH in your eves acain, Rvrali! What. hav» vou met with to make vou cry So! so' sf-o—tho fewer questions I ask ju«t now, the belter vou will like mo Good

V»«ve don". No' hrtve tionyet. What are we standing here :.,r »\iiydoWf* not go on?"

Ye«," yes—vou pre right. Uncle J" seph—let us go on :it on? e. I shall los» all the litt'o courage I have if westa' here much lonjxer looking at the house."

They proceeded down the path with out anoth'T moment of dHav. Whei they had reached the end of it. thei stood opposite lh» eastern bonndarv wa'l of Porthgenna Towrr. Tho principal entrance to the house, wMich had he very rarely ns«d of late years, was in the west front and was approached by terraeo road I b•«overlooked tho sen. The smaller entrance, which was goner ally used, was situated on the south SK' of the hu'lding, and led throujrh 'h' servants' ofiQces to the creat hall and th west, staircase. Sirah's old experiene of Porthgenna guided her instinctively toward this part of the house, she

le.l

hercompanion on until they gained th southern angle of the ea«t wall—thee stopped and looked about her. Since they had parsed the postman, and had entered on the moor, they had not set eyes on a living creature and still, though thev were now under the very walls of Porthgenna, neither man, wo man nor child—not even a domestic an imal—appeared in view "It is very Ionelv here," said Sarah, 'ooking round her distrustfully.

"Much

lone'ier than it used to be Is it onlv to tell mo what I can see for myself, that you are stopping now asked Uncle Joseph, whose inveterate cheerfulness would have been prooi against the snlicude of Sahara itself.

No, no!" she answered in a quick, anxious whisper. "But tho Lell we niH«t rinc at is so close—only round there—I should like to know what wire to say when we come face to fac' with the servant. You told me it wartime enough to think about that whe-i wo were at the door. Uncle! we ar dl but at the door now. What shall we do "The first thing to do," sa'd Uncle Joseph, shrucging his shoulders, "is surelv to ring."

Yes—but when the servant comes, what are we to say "Say repeated Unclo Joseph, knit ting his eyebrows quite fiercely with the effort of thinking, and rapping his forehead with his forefinger, just unde his ffi»t,. "Say? Stop, stop, stop, stop Ah! I have got it! I know! Make yourself quite easy, Sarah. The moment the door is opened, all tho speaking to to the servant shall be done by me."

Ob, how you relievo me! What shall vou say "Say? This—'How do you do? We have come to see the house.'"

When he had disclosed that remarks bio expedient for effecting an entrancing Porthirenna Tower, he spread out both his hands interrogatively, drew back several paces from his niece, and looked at her wltn the serenely self satisfied air of a man who has loajod at one mental bound, from a doubt to discovery.

Sarah gazed at him in astonishment. The expression of absolute conviction on his face stagged her. Tho poorest of «ll the poor excuses for gaining admission into the house which she herself had thought of. and had rejected, during the previous night, seemed liKe the very perfection of artifice by comparison with such a childishly simple expedient as that suggested by Uncle Joseph. And vet there he stood, apparently quite convinced that ho had hit on tho means of smoothing away all obstacles at once. Not knowing what to sav, not believing sufficiently in the validity of her own doubts to venture on openly expressing an opinion either one way or the other she took the last refuge that was now left open to hor—she endeavored to gain time.

It is very, very good of yon. uncle, to take all the difficulty oft peaking to the servant on your own shoulders,"

lorn perplexity of her eves. But would you mind waiting a little before we ring kt the door, and walking up and down for a few minutes by the side of this wall, where nobody Is likely to see us? I want to got a little more time to prepare myself for the trial that I have to go through and—and inca-ethc servant makes any difficulties about letting us in—I mean difficulties that we can not Just now anticipate—would it not be as well to tbln of something else to »*y at the door? Perhaps, If you were to consider a^sln "There is not the least need," interposed Uncle Jowpb. "I have only to speak to the servant and —crick I crack! _vou will see that we shall get in. But I will walk up and down aelong as you plesoe. There is co reason, Ixcaus* I have done all my thinking In one mo ment, that you should have done all yonr thinhlng In one moment, too. No, bo, no—no reason at all." Saying those word* with a patronising air, and a self satisfied smile, which would bsve l»een irresistibly comical under sny 1«« crltl eal clreumstaneea, the old man again offend his arm to his neloe. and led ber back over the broken ground that lay under the eastern wall of Porthgenna Tbwer.

While Ssrah was waiting in doubt outtide the walls. It happened, by a curtoas coincidence, thst another person, vested with the highest domestic authority. was stso waiting in doubt inside the walla. This person was no other than the housekeeper of Porthgenna Tower snd the csuee of ber perplrxUy wss nothing lew than the letter which hsd fceeo delivered by the postman that very

morning. It UHS a letter froift Mrs. Yrunkbwd, which hsd been written aUer ahe had held a long oonver»atum with her husband and Mr. Orridue, on receiving the lnt»t fragments of 'nfermation which the Doctor was ab to communicate in ref iremeio MmJazeph.

The housekeeper had read the letter through over and overlain, and was more jmzzl at astonished by it at every fresh reading. She was now wsit mi: lor the return of the *.t«ward. Mr Munder,. frum his occupations out of doers, with the intention of tiklnir his opinion on the singular communication which she had rsceived Iroui her mis fress.

While Sarah and her unclo were still walkinir up and down ontside the eastern wall, Mr. Munder entered the housekeeper's room. He was one of those tall, grave, i.cHevoient looking men, with a conical head, a deep voice, a slow step, -tnd a heavy manner, who passively -ntrive, hv some insrutable process, to get •i great reputation for wisd with.'U" th? trouble of saying or doimr any thinj to

r'es

rve it. AM round the Porthgenna neighborhood the steward was jupular ly spoken of as a remarkably sound. sensibU man and I lie housekeeper, al though a sharp woman iu other matters. this

one

r. spect

shared

to a large ex

tent in the general delusion. Good morning, Mrs. Petitreat!i."said Mr. Munder "Any news to-div What a weight and importance his d«ep voice and his impressively slow meth. •«i using it. pave to those two iu-iguili cant sentences! "News, Mr. Munder. that will aston ish you," replied the housekeennr. '"I have receives a letter this morning from Mrs. Frankland, which is. without an\ exception, the most mystifying thing he sor' I ov met with. I am told t. "ommunieate tho letter to yon anr I have been waiting the whole morning hear your opinion of it. Pray sit down, ind give me all y.mr attention—for I do positively assure you that the letter re |ilir.s it."

Mr. Mi. nder sat down, and became tin picture of attention immedi itely—t ot oordinarv attention, which can

her

puried but of judicial attention, whi knows no fatigue, and is superior alik» to the power of dullness and the pw»-f of lime. Tho housekce|e-, withou wasting the precious minutes—Mr Munder's minutes, which ranked ne\' on the scale of importance to a prim, minister's!—opened her mistress's letter, snd, resisting the natural temptation t. make a few more prefatory marks on immediately favf-red "hesteward wit! •he fir.t paragraph, in the lollowin terms:

Miss. PKNTHEATH,—You must, be tired of receiving letters from me, fiximra d«\

tor

t' arrival of my husband and ni\ -e'f On this, tho third iccacion of UM writing to you about our plans, it wis be best. I think, to make no third ap pointn\ent, but merely lo say that w. ^hall leave West Winston for Porthgen na the moment I can get the l)octor' permission to travel. "So far," remarked Mrs. PemreatK plaelns theletteron her hip, and smooth it. out rather irritably while she spoke"so far, there is nothing of much cons, quence. The letter crtainly seems mo (between ourselves) to be written p-.ther poor language—too much lik common talking to como up to my ide. of what a ladv's style of eompositioi ought, to be—but this Na matt' of opin ion. I can't sav, anil should he tin la«t person to wish to say, that the be thinning of Mrs. Franklaud's letter is not. upon the whole, perfectly dear. I is tho middle and the end that I wish to consult you about, Mr. Munder.,' "Just so," said Mr. Mender. Onh two words, bnt what volumes of meaning in them! The housekeeper clearer!

throat with extraordinary loudness

and

elaboration, and read on thus: My principal object in writing thesi lines is to request, by Mr. FranklandV desire, thai vou and Mr. Munder will endeavor to* ascertain, ss privatelj as passible, whether a person now traveling in Cornwall—in whom we happen to be much interested—has been yet seen in tho neighborhood of Porthgen*ia. Th. oerson In question is xuown to us l»j tho name of Mrs. Jazeph. She Is an elderlv woman, of quiet, lady-like man ners. 'looking nervous and in delicate health. She dresses, according to our experienoe of her, with» xtreme proprie and neatness, and in dark colors Her eyes have a singular expression of timidity, her voice ia particularly soli •nd low,

and

her manner is lreque.it

marke by extreme hesitation. I am thus particular in describing her, in ca She should not be traveling under the name by wl ich we knew her.

For r» asons. which it is not necessarv to state, both my husband and myself think it probable that, at some former period oi her life, Mrs. Jazeph may have been connected with the Porthgonna neighborhood. Whether this lie the fact or no, it is indisputably certain that she is familiar with the interior of Porthgenna Tower, and that she has an inter est of some kind, quite incomprehensi hie to us, in the house. Coupling these facts with the knowledge we have of her being now in Cornwall, we think it just with! the range of probability that you, or Mr. Munder, or some other person in our employment, may meet with her and we are particularly anxious, II she should bv any chance seek to see tl house, not only that ou should show her over it with perfect readiuess and oivillty, but also that you should take private and particular notice of her con duct from tho time when she enters the building to the time whon she leaves it. Do not let her out of your sight for a morn nt and, if possible, pray get some trustworthy pers »n to follow 1 ernnper celved, and ascertain wtnre she goea to after she has quilted the bouse. It la of tne most vital importanoe that these In st ructions (strange as they may seem to you) should be Implicitly obeyed to the vt ry letter. have only room and time to add, that we know nothing to the discredit of this person, and that we particularly de sire vou will manage matters with sufficient dlacretion Mn case you meet with ber) to prevent ber from having an suspicion that you are acting under orders, or that you have any special in tercet in watching ber movements. You will be ood enough to oommunicate this letter to the steward, aud you are at liberty to repeat the instructions in ft to any other trustworthy person, If neoesary.

Yours truly, ROHAXOSTD FBAI*KLAMI». P. a—I hare left my room, sad the ,bv la getting on ehsrmlngly. "There!" mid the housekeeper. "Who Is to make bead or tail of that, I should like to now! Did you ever, in all your experience, Mr. Munder, meet with such a letter before? Here l» a very heavy responsibility laid on our

»rrj ttnmvj shoulders, without one word of explsna tlon. I have been puzzling my brains about a hat their Internal In this mysterious woman can be the whole morn ng aod the

1 think, the less c»mes of

it. What ia your opinion, Mr. Munder? We ought to do something Immediately. Ia there any ooone in particu lar which y^u feel dlapoeed to point out?"

Mr. Munder oougbed softly, crowed

his right leg over Ills left, put his head "Mtically on on a wde. couched softly 'or the second time, and looked at the 3 housekeeper. Kit had tel'mged to any other man iu the world, M™. Pentreatn would have considered that the face which now confronted hors expressed ^'*""1 nothinz but the iost nr if iuo and vacant bewilderment. But it was Mr. .' 1Munder's face, ami It was onlv to be

Before another word eon hi be spoken, he a id an to lav the cloth for Mrs. Peritroatii's din if? ncr.^,

There, there! never mind now. Bet- i?" sev," said the hous»k»*op r, impatiently. "Don't lay tl»e cl« th till I ring for you. Mr. Munder and I have something very |L important to talk alwit, and wecau't »/. be interrupted just yet."

She had hardly said tfie word, before 5 *n interruption the most unexpected kipd happened. The door t». II rang. This was vi ry ununial oceurrence at Porthgenna Tower, The few persons who had any occasion to com- to the bouse on dome«ti«: tius ss always eniered by a small si 1 gate, which vast leftort the latch in the time.

Who in the world can that be exclaimed Mrs. Pentreath. hastening to tho window, which commanded a side view ot tilt lower door sli ps.

The first object that met her eye when '-0 she looked out, was a lady standing on the lowest step—a lady dixssed very neatly in quiet, dark colors.

Good Heavens, Mr. Munder!" cried

tho housekeeper, hnrrv ing

tablonnd snatching ujrf Mrs. FraiiKlaud's letter, which she had lefi on It. "There Jg is a stranger waiting at th« door at this very moment! a lad or at least, a womail—and dres*ed neatlv, dressed In' cak dark colors! You rniuht kiHH'k mes,^ down, Mr. Munder, with feather! sto(«, Betsey —stop where you are!"

I was only going, ma'am, to answer rhe door,"said Betsey, in aoi .zem.mt. KU',» Stop where you are," rel-erated Mrs. Pentreath, comjosing lierself bv a great *. ••ffort. "I happen to have certain rea-'^'^--ons. on this partleul'*r occasion, for de--cending out of my own place aud put-,^ jff: ng myself into your-, stand -ut of tho ivav, you staring loot! I am going up stairs myself to answer that ring at the^-^ door." [TOBEfONTtNrKD.]

IJiift«*d States Miirshiir* Sasc. Hy

virtue of

ffotlco lsh»r«bv givenfhat theunderslgned baa been appointed aslinlnlstratorof the ••siate of Jaeob ttvman, late »f Vlgoeounty. Indiana, deceased. Tbe estate ii supposed

l°S»?w*«enU

looked at confidently, with sentiments of respectful expectation .. "I rather think—" egan Mr. Munder. "Yes?" said the hnusikeper eagerly.

back

to tho

rtV

EVEN if w* s-e not smart we know what to do whon troubled with a cough cold. No doetor bills for us, We^jmW ake a 25 cei note, go to the nearest

Irug store and buy a bottle of Dr. Bull's ,,¥ Cough Svrup. One door lieves us and ne bottfe cures us n'irelv. ''h'•

FRAZIEIV8 HOul HITTERS, THR GREAT BLOOJ AM) JiUMOR HEM ED 1'. 1'roin Cleveland Sunday Morning Volce.l

That Frazier's Root -Bitters possess ati flicacy greatly superior to any other Preparation for sesichlng the blood, of which we aro acquainted, we can testify t'roin Actual observati«n. We know nany instances where individuals fot vears hflli^tel have been permanently .•stored to health l\v their use.

Mr. Frazier. the proprieti.T, is a resilent of this city, and

idelv known

,s one «four most prominent business nen. His references to the great value his Root Ritters are also person^ well known as citizens of standing and lnegrity, in whoso atmenis implicit nlifit nce may be placed, and their testimony msy bo taken as conclusive videnceof theestimation in which Mr. Frasder's Romely is held, particularly it home. Here it has a I read attained hat position that re|Uires no recommendation. Having stood the test of •rial, we c-m with safety and do recommend with entire coufidence lis IHC elso»vhere, by all who may be affli ted with my kind of weakness or humor in the •Iood as the most searching, strengthening and healing remedy of which we ave any knowledge. See iidvertisement in another column headed $1,000 Reward.

Vff-.'

dr UZii

Fit I OV

writ of execuMon to mo di

rected from the Unit states lrcult..ourt, for the Dlstilc. of Incllimii. 1 will on Natnrd«y, November IStli, IH70, bHwecu the hours of 10 o'clock a m„ and 4 o'clock p. m., at the Court Mouse iKwr in the city of Terro Haute, Vigo county and *tate of Indiai a, otfer for sale at public notion, the rents and profits for a term not xecerilnjt seven yeara, or the following de-j-ilbt'dHeal Estate, to-wlt: I he cast half of the northwest quarter of Keel l«n twenty-:. -iKlit, P$) tow nship tlilrtts-ii. (13) orth of«

range eight, \et-nl in Vigo county, and late of Indiana.and upon failure to realize isutn siiflicl nt to satl-fay thedenmnd, I ........ 11\Aj will at the same time atul blac.-. and in like manner, orter for sale the tee Mtnplc «r tho -ame Taken as die property or Joseph -oty and Snnth Doty at the suit of John 8. uuv'is again*' Joseph Doty and va'ah Doty and W. w. flumsey, replevin hnll.

Halo to be made without rellci tram vaJuatlon or appralmneni law». IjIkN 8I*OONKIC,

8. Marshal.

KyJ. H.

HIOSUTW,

October 21, is7d—MT3W.

Deputy.

Notice.

Notice Is hereby given thattheandersfsii•d has been appointed Administrator of the •state of Jacob Uyler, late of Vigo county, Indlaua. deceas-d. 8atd estate 1! beltevel lo'-e solvent

A. 11.

October 28.1970. 2X-w8w

Notice of Administration.

JOHN WIER. Adnar.

4DMINI8TRAT0R'S

NOTICE.

—Not.ce Is hereby given that I will it Public Auction, on Tuesday, the 21th day of October, 1878. st the residence of Mary Kellv. late residence of John K. Kcl-. ly, lute rf Vigo county, deceased, all the^* personal property of the said John B. Kelly,« consisting or farm Implements, oow, horse, gs, wheat, etc.

A credit of twelva months will be given on all sums of three dollars and over, tbe purchaser giving note with approved

seen-

"'""TaoI

30-vr3w Administrator of John E. Kelly.

Notice.

Notice Is hereby given taht the undersigned has been appointed^Administrator of tbe estate of

IMSC

liudd, lAte

county, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is sopposed to be solvent.

PA1.IELOARTBBU.

November 4th, lSTft.

TMP0BTANT TO OWNERS

fVv

—OF— -,

Musical Instruments.

poll-ber, eU. prepared to put in good orderail kind*of musical Instruments mak-p^

Ins

them almost like new, at th» lowest^ rJU possible. Order* left at K. Ciaja's Art Kmoorium, on Main street, between 3rd and «ili. or where he lives over Ooets* rurallure »tore, on Main, between flth snd 7Ui •tns-ts will receive prompt attention loctli-3cu)