Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 November 1876 — Page 6

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

TUX MM O* T/tti il) *L.

j- T^UEKsisre.

KANNI* IAKJCITU1V.

Jen, it's all 6ver, Charlie, we raurtfart 5 i'a never woula consent, aud -o ilont Pshaw t»t*ufT nut! noaaenae! it break your heart:

Why do $ ou My so? Be a good buy, please. Love In a cottage 1* very flue

r\o

rt'tul in uovul*. bat it aotwa pay 1m spoiled to death, J/ou Ilka cigars and wine.

You'd iclve then* upt y«s,and repent next day. Fact, I'm not fitted for a poor raan*a vr^fe a* fault of ooucath.n? may I** But then lo chango the naoltaof life isn't fo easy, chariie.don'i you know 7 make mc cry, my eyea will be no rod

Somebody'il w*i you If you Mpieezc my hand. Vou know your Incoioc would a't buy us bread—

A no tiu-ii I promised pa to marry old Le Grand, Thi* hi* ring—a splendid «oll I aire

He'* rich i.iimus, ami hw dotes on trie Charlie, don't Io jU bo cut iy—I declare n't ht-ii It, don't you WW

I'm aorry 1 o*n* A hea: tlta* fllrtT Well, think the worst you CHU—

Oh dear, I wl.di you wouldn't utron no! wou i*»t iows—love fhtirtstu man. 'i i.i tlino to drew# foi dinner must «o. —[Harper's Uuxur.

The Dead Secret.

BY WIIJCLE COLLIN8.

IThitlnlcnjciy IHUMMlngserlal wasconi it »c.e«l in The Wall of Sepicmber 23 Vol No. 13. Bacfc numbers of tho paper can procured aitho oUlce, al tho new* staiio-, or ihey will be-sent by mail on tticiee ipi five ceui* for each copy desired.'

(?H APTER XV

HIT MUNDKH ON THE SKAT OPJUIXIMK.NT, The murmuring voice* and the hurryilig foot steps came nearer atul uearer, then stopped altogether. Alter an Interval of Mlenc**. one vni,o called out loud I v, "Samb! Sarah! where are you?" and tho nrxt inatnnt Uncle Joseph ap •eared alone in tho door-way that led into the north kail, looking eagerly all round him.

At first, tbo prostrate figure on the landing at I ho head of the stairs escaped his view. But the second time lie look ed in that direction tho dark dress, and the ariu thai ay just over the edgo of the top stair, caught his eye. With a loud cry of terror and recognition he fl-w acroas the hull, and asconded th ataire. Juat as he was kneeling by Sarah's aide, and raising uer head on bis arm tbo steward, .e housekeeper, and the maid. all three crowded together after him into the door-way.

Water 1" shouted the old man, gesticalating at then wildly with hisdisen gtged hand.

4*Hhe

Am I Bum!' exclaimed Uncle Joseph, descending the stairs to m*et h«r •'What find'* question Is this? Wht should it tmt"

Pne tthost. Sir." said BeUwy. advainc lug more and more slowly. "The ghost of 'he north room."

Uoeln Joseph met her f«w yards ii, advatX't the f«»tof thd arn rs, t-'v-U tii« kI .whtwf from h?r wi: g*

*r«ot eoutempL and ha4"n»c back t» Msntee»» A* Betsey turited to effect her retreat, the bunch of keys lying on Tv» pve«»^nt bolow the landtn? rangi her ey«. After a little hesitation, she mustrreil courage enough to pick th up, and hen ran with them out of the bail a* »a*t.as.ber feet could carry h*r.

Mean while. Uncle Jowph was moist Union hH nieoe'a lips with the wat*»r,and

s^rinklineltover her fortlvead. Afters •While her .breath neand r» alow Iv in faint als(h», to.? tuu-d* of h-.-r heo moved a little, and she te »hl opien her «ye Th»y fixed sflrlghwdlyon iltd lu/tu without aoy expn-ssion"( recognition. ITo made hi drink a little *-at**rt and spoke to her gently, and so brought

h"r

aiove,

fnalv

*l hemelC. Her

frst word* were, "Don't leave me!" Her action, en she was able to

was the action of crouching closer

f»arrmf child,*1 h« said, sooth

,,]f

will keep by yon. Tell me,

Sarah, what hse raaae you faint? What btwn frightened you so? «»Oh, don't ftsk met For God's sake, dWtaskmel"

There, »•'«I I shall say :/vug, then Anther r,i nthful of water a Stlenxmthful «. Help roe up, nude help roe to try If I can staad."

ilo^.' iK^ioet belp m#J I want to Mt *«av from the sight of tboae doors.

Ma,

"have vou been 'll this time away, and not got into tbo oom yet She raised her head as suddenly as she had laid it down, shuddered, aud tried •eebly to draw him toward the stairs. «'I shall never see the Myrtle Riora again—never, never, never more!" she said. "Let u» go I can walk lam strontt now. Ut.cl* Joseph, il you love me. take me away from this house away any where, so' long as we are in the jr atr and the daylight again any v. here, so long as we are out of sight of

Portbgenna Tower." Elevating his eyebrows in astonish uient, but considerately refraining from a«kiwg anv more questions, Uho Joseph assisted Ids niece to descend the stair*. She was still so weak that sne was obliged to pause on gaining the Ooitom ot mem to recover her strength. Seiitig this, and teeling, as he 1*1 her aftt-rwad across the ball, that she lean ed more and more heavily on his arm at every Irosh Btep, the old man, on a riving 'withio speaking distance oi Air. Munder and Mrs. Pentreath, asked the nuusekceper *:ie possessed atiy re storativo dn',s which she would allow him to administer to bia niece? Mrs. Pentreatb's reply in the affirmative, though not very graciously spoken, was accompanied bv an alacrity of action which j-liowel that she was heartily r.«Joiced to take the lirst lair excuno lor returning to the Inhabited quarter of the house. Muttering unetning about show ng tho way to tho place where the medicine chest was kept, she immediately retraced her steps along the pastage to her own room while Uncle Joseph, disregarding ad JsaraU wiii-p^red assurances that sho was well enough to depart without another moment of delay, followed her silently, lead.ng liis

Mr." Munder, shaking his head, and looking woefuih disconcerted, waited behind to lock the door of communication. When be had dono this, and had

Kiven

tho keys to Betsey, to carry back to their appointed place, he, in his turn, retired from the acencnta pa"* indecor ously approaching to soine'hin( like run. On getting well away from tho north hall, however, he regained his seif-oossession wondertully. He ab ruptiy 8lackcne»i his p.uv, vol lei-ted t^i^ scattered wits, and rellPcted a little, ap' parently with perfect satisfaction to himself i«r wh-»n he entered the housekee er's room he hud quite recovered his usual complacent solemnity of loot: and manner. Like the vaf-t gority ol densely-stupid men, he felt intense pleasure in hearing himself talk, and he now discerned sucii an opportunity of indulging in that luxury, alter tloevents that had just happened in the house, as be seldom enjened. Themis

only

is hero—she has fall

en down—abo iw in a faint! Water! water!'' r. Munder looked at Mrs. Pentreath, Mrs. I'entreath iosked atlietsey, Betnev looked at the grou..d. All three stood •tockxtill ull tiireo seemed equally in capable ot walking aerosn tho hall.

the science of physiognomy le not an entire delusion, the caune of this aimz fng unanimity was legibly written in t"helr fttc«w in other words, they al) thr »e l(Kk'd equally afraid of tho ghost. ••Water, I »»ay! water!'' reiterated Unele Joseph, shaking his tl-tatthem. "She is in a laint! Ar« you three at tlx do there, and not one heart of uiere\ amo»g you? Water! water! wat r! Must I wrrroui mywU into fits beibro I cm »ke you boar?" "I'll ge tho water, ma'am." #ald Bet •«v, 'if yon or Mr. Munder will plea.** to'take it from here to the top of tin stairH." 8he ran to the kitchen, and came back wUh a glaaa of water, which she offered, Vith a rospectiul oour^sy, first to the honaekeepfr, and then to the steward.

How l«roy a«k us tocirry things for you?" »«id Mrs Pentreath, backing out iff the door-way. ••Yes! bow dare you ask us?" add ed Mr. Munder, backing after Mrs. IVntrt'S' h.

Wnter!" shwuted the old man for the thlnl time, tie drew his niece back Var4 a Hi tie, so that she could he sup tel against the wall Iwhind 1 er "W^ter! t»r I trample down this dun gntu of place abont jour ear*!" hKhoutt d, stamping with impatience and rage.

If you ploaso, Sir, are you sure it's reallv the lady who is up there?" »sked Bft*ey, advancing a few pa^i trouiu lou»ly *ith tUftuiftiiw of wat»r.

one kind ot speaker who is quite certain never to break down under any stress of circumstances—the man whostcapability of talking does not include anv dangerous underlying capacity for knowing what he means. Among this favored order of natural orators, Mr. Munder occupied a prominent rank— and he was now Vindictively resolved to exercise iiis abilities tho two strangers, under pretense of asking for an explanatu of their conduct, bo'or» he could suffer them to quit the house.

Do entering the room ho found Uncle Joseph settled with his niece at the lower end of it. engaged in cropping some sal-volatile into a glass of water. At tho upper end stood the housekeeper, with an op?n medicine clicst on the table before !i^r. To this part of the room Mr. Munder slowly advanced with a prtentous countenance, drew an armchair up to tho table, sat himself down in it with extreme deliberation ami care in the matter of settling his coat tails, and immediately became, to all outward appearance, the very model, or picture, of a Lord Chief Justice in plain clott.es

Mrs. Pentreath, conscious from those preparations that something extraordin ary was about to happen, seated herselt a little behind the steward. Betsey restored tli keys to their place ou the nail in tho wall, and was about to retire cnode.stlv to iier proper kit then sphere when -he was stopped by Mr. Munder.

Walt, if you please," said tho steward, "1 sball'have occasion to call on yon nresently, young woman, to make a plain statement

Obedient Bei^'y waited near tho door, terrified by the idlea that sho must have done something wrong, and that the steward was armed with inscrutable legal power to try, sentence, and punish her for tho offense on tho spot.

Now, Sir." said Mr. Munder, addressing Uncle Joseph as if he was the Speaker of the House of Commons, "il you have done with that sal-volatile, and if the person by your side has sufficiently recovertd hor seHse to listen, I should wish to say a word or two to both of you."

At this exordium Sarah tried atTrightedly to rise from herchair. hut her uncle caught ber by Hie hand and pressed her back in it. "Wait and rest," he wHs pered. '*1 sh.'.H take all escolding on my own shouM- r, and do ail thotalkimr with my own tongue. As soon as you are tit to walk again, promise you this whether tho big man has said hiswonl or two, or has ot said it, we will qub Iv ge up and go our ways out ot th house."

Up to the tnrtfttent," Mid Mr. Munder,""I hive r»frairnd from et-piv-sHig an o| .i'in. The time is no« come, as it appears to mo and Mr* Pentnuth, holding a position oi trust as I do, in thi establish me hi, mid being a- countable, and indeed r«-.sp" ble as I am for what takes phie{« in it. and feeling, as I must, that initios ran not ho allowed, or even porniitHwl to res' as they are, it is my to say that think vour condnrt is nory extraordioa ry." l)ireeling tMs for i?t!e er»belusion to senlenc straight at N ^ah, Mr Munder leaned bark in hia el, r. qu te full of words and quite eosp'y of ni» an ing, to collect himself comfortably for his next effort.

Mv onlv sire," he resumed, with as Hand plaintive iimjartiallty, "Is to ac* falriv by all parties? I don't wish to frighten any body, or to startle any body, or even to terrify any body. I wish to state remarkable facte of a ein rofar nature. I wish to unravel, or. If voq piease. the expression being plainer t»i all capan »s, wh'eh Is all I want to i*\ to nj »k^ "^t. wh«t I may terra, with

Feriro

so'H»Ud Uncle Joieph assistlnir

ker to'lW. "Well now, and feel vo, rfJ^Wthegrtiand. Lea.' on me-4ean kTnl iean heavy. Though I am on a 'iliahl'and a WUe man, I atn eolld as a '*1 Haverou be»o into the room?" •^{fadded, in a whispw. Have you got

T»

e-t prt'pr:* tv~eveota. And wh. a I should wish toptn it lit and to you, Sir, wbcMu ~l say, I sinnild »i:ilo natilUiyno brtfntly, and Impartially, and ilit! ly, »:.i plahily, and when 1 mv sin othly, I tnean quietly—

Not yot—qaiiejet patience for

v, r~in short, whether v»u sr% »ot ih you $Kund t» xpl y«--i •"Ivos."

Mr to let that !»«t Ir resistih:e aptv-a! '.rorkits wa?iot*»'ea. »HemMiof the persona whom he tddrsw ed. Tlte uaekeeper took adTanUae of the silence t'l comrh, ae congregations cough just before the serm-m. apparently on the principle of getting rid of bodily Infirmities beforehand. In order to gWf the mlod free nlay tor undisturbed intellectual enjoyment. Betaey, Ad lowing Mrs PmUMth'i lead, Indulged in a ooHah on her own account—of the faint, distrustful sort. Uo^ie Joseph sat

Ing it a little squeeae, from time to time, when the steward's oratory became par ticularly Involved and impressive. S*iah nevt-r moved, never looked up, never lost the expression of terrified re *traiut which bad taken possession of her face from the first moment when she entered the housekeeper's room.

Now what are the facta, and circumstances, and events?" proceeded Mr. Munder, leaning back In his chair, in lalm enjoyment of thesound of his own vo ce. "Vou, ma'am, ami you, Sir, ring nt tho bell of the door of this Mansion" (here he looked hard at Uncle Joseph, as much as to aav, "I don't give up that poiut alwrtit the house be ug a Mansion, you see, even on the judgment seat",) "vou are let in, or, rather, admitted. You, Sir, assert that you wish to inspect the Mansion (you sav the luiuse,' but, being a fori-igner, we are not surprised at your making a littlo mistako of that sort you, ma'am,coincide, and even agree, in that request. What follows? You are shown over the Man slon. It is not usual to show strangers over it, but wu happen to have certain reasons-"

Sarah started. "What reasons? she asked, looking up quickly. Uncle Joseph lelt her hand turn cold and tremble in his. **Uus*h hush!'' he ssid, "ieave the talking to nie."

At tiie satwe ni'inent Mrs. Pentreath pulled Mr. Munder warily by the ooat lail, and widspered to hun to he careiul. "Mrs. Kr,uikland's letter," she s*id in his car, "tells us particularly not to let il be suspected tl 8t wo ure acting under orders."

Don't you fincy, Mrs Pentreath, that I forget wh »t I ought lo remember," rejoined Mr. Munder, who bad forgot ten, nevertheless. "And don't you imagine that I was going to commit my self" (tho very thing which he had just been on the point or doing.) "Leave tins business in iny bauds, if you will bo so good. What reasons did you say, ma'am?" he added aloud, addrei-sin^ him-seli to Saran. "Never you mind about minotH we havo not not to do with them now we have got to with facts, and circumstances, and events Ba so good as to remember that, ami listen to what I was saying,-and not intenupt ute again. I was observing or nini.irkinu, that yon, Sir, and you ma'am, were shown over this Mansion You were conc'u :ted, and indeed led, up the west stair-case—the Spacious west stair-case. Sir! You were showir with politeness, and even with courtesy through the breakfaft'-room, tbo library and the drawinu-room. L: n^i -Iraw ing-room, you. Sir, indulge in ou'rage ous, and, 1 will add, in violent lan gunge. In teat drawing-room you ma'am, disappear, or rather, go alt-«.Mh er out of sight. Such conduct as this so highly unparalleled, so entirely uu paralled, to entirely unprecedented, and so very unusual, causes Mrs. Pentreath aud myself to feel—"Here Mr. Munder stopped, at a loss for a word for the lirst timo. "Astonished," suggested Mrs. Pen treat.li, alter along interval of silence.

No, ma'am!" retorted Mr. Munder, severely. "Nothing of tho sort. We were not at all astonished we were surprised. And what lollowed a-1d sue ceeded that? What did you and I he aSir. on the first floor?" (looking sternly at Uncle Joseph.) "And what did you hear, Mrs. Pentreath, whilo you were searching for the missing and absent party on the second llo r?. What?'*

Ttius personally appealed to, the housekeeper answered briefly, scream."

No no! no!" said Mr. Munder, l'ret fully tapping his hand on the table. A screech," Mrs. Pentreath—a screech And what is tho meaning, purport, and up-hot of tint screech? Young woman!" (here Mr. Munder turned sud denlyon Bet«ev)—"we have now traced these extrao dinary, these singular, ami indeed theso odd, faats and circumstances as ar a-» you. Have tho good nes-to step forward, and tell t^t, in th presence of these two partie-, how you came to uIter, or give, what Mrs. Pentreath calls a scream, bnt what I call a tcroech. A plain statement will do, my good girl-quite a' plain statement, if you plea«o. And, young wpman, on* word more—speak up. You understand me? Speak up!"

Covered with confusion by the public and solemn nature of this appeal, Bet sey, on starting with her statement, un consciously followed the oratorical example of no less a person than Mr. Munder himself that is to say, she spoke on tli- principle of drowning the smallest possible infusion of irteas in tho largest possible dilution of words. Extricated from the mesh of verbal en tanglement in which she contrived to involve it. her statement may bo not unfairly represented as dimply consist ing of the following ficts: 'Vst. Betsey had to relate that she happened to bo just takinir the lid off a saucepan,

TERRE'HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

tho kitchen tire, when sht

heard, in the neighborhood ol tho house keeper's room, a sound of hurried foot steps (vernacularly termed by the witness, a "slurrying of somebody's lect Secondly, fjtsey,ou leaving tliekit 'hen to aso-itMiii what th^ poo ml meant, heard the footstep* relteiting rapidly ilong the jnissago which led to tne nor -tdoofthe house, and, (•timulded by curiosity, followed the sound r»f tliem tor a certain distance Thirdly, at rp turn in the passage, Betsey stopshort, despa ringol o\eitaklng tin person whose footsteps sho heard, ano feeling also a sense of dread (te med by iho witness "creeping of the flesh") at I lie idea of venturing alone, even in broad daylight, into the ghostly quarter of the house. Fourthly, while still hes listing nt the turn in the passage, Betsey heard "the Jock *»f a dex»r go." and, stimulated afresh hy curiosity,advanced a few steps farther—then,stopped n^aiu, debating within herself the difficult and dreadful question: whether It is the usual habit and custom of ghosts in gen eral. when passing from one place to inot her, to unlock any *io«KHl door which may bsppen to he in their way, or to save trouble hy simply passing through It? Fi thly, a*ter long deli eratlon. and many false startx, forward toward the north ball and backward toward thi kitchen, Betsey decided that it was the Immemorial custom of all ghosts to pass through doors and not to unlock them, Sixthly, fortified, bv this conviction. Betsey went on boldly close to the door, when she suddenly beard a loud report as of some heavy body falling (itraphic.u 'y termed by the witness a "banning •H'r*sh.") Seventhly, the noise trig ot en rd Betsey out of her wits, brought her t«t up into her mouth, and took away breath. Eighthly, and lastly, on recovering breath enough to scream (or screech) Betsey did, with might and main, scream (asd screech,) running hack toward the kitchen as fast as her logs would carry ber, with all ber hair "standing up oo end," and all herfl»sh "in a crawl" from the crown of ber head to the soles of her feet.

Ju »tso! just so said Mr. Munder, when the statement catae to a close—ss If the aigbt or a young woman with all her hair standing on end and all ber flesh In a crawl, were an ordinary result jf his daily experience of female bu-

manity lost so! Yon may stand

per*rliv easy and undismayed, silll! **«*. "»7 W** «,r'7,ou. venture on tbe ib-rty of adriaimr you holding bis niece's band In his, and glv- ''**. There Is nothing to smile at, Mr. Munder but, as fisr regards my.

ifr -rrf/ir i"f 11'

Sir," he continued, sternly addressing Uncle Joseph, who bad been excessively amused by Betsey's manner of delivering litr evidence, "You would be doing better to carry, or rather transport, your mind back to wbst followed and succeeded the young woman's screech. "What did we all do, Sir? Wo rushed to

SVitli that fiery conclusion, Mr. Mun dor btruck his list on the table, and waited, with a stare of mercilfss expect ution, ft anything in the shape of an •i swt r, an explanation, or a defense, which the culprits at the bottom of the room miiiht be disposed to offer. "Tell him any thing," whispered Sa rah to tho old man. "Any thing to keep him quiet any thing to make him ie us no After hat I have suffered, tueso people will drive me mad J"

Naver very quick at inventing an ex ouse, arid er it ctly ignorant besides what hud really huppcucd tohiinipc whilo she was alone in the north hall, Uncle Joseph, with the best will in the world to prove himself equal to the emergency, felt considerable difficulty in deciding what he should say or do. Determined, however, at all haxirds, to spare Sarah any useless suffering, and to remove her from the house as speedily as possible, he rose to take tho responsibility of speaking on himself, looking hard, before he opened nislips, at Mr. Mulie er, who immediately leaned forward oy tho table, with his hand to his ear. Unelc Joseph acknowledged this polite act of attention with one of his fantastic bows aud then replied to the whole of the steward's long harangoe in these six unanswerable words: "I Wish you good day, Sir!"

How dare you wish me any thing of tie sort!'' cried Mr. Munder, jumping out of his chair i:i violent inutgnaiioi. "How dare you uifle with a serious subject and a serious question in that way? Wish me good day, indeed! Do j'ou sup|K)se I am going to let you out of this house without hearing from you, or irom that person, who is most improperly whispering to you at this very moment, some explanation of the abstracting, and purloining, and snatching ot the keys of the north rooms?"

Ah! it is that you want to know V" said Uncle Joseph, stimulated to plunge headlong into an excuse by the inereas ing agitation and terror of his niece. "See, now I shall explain. What was it, dear and good Sir, that we said w! en •j were lirst let in? This 'We h"ve come to 6ee the bouse.' Now, there is a north side to the house, and a west side to tbf* hous®. Good That is two sides mid I and my oieco are two people and we divide ourselves in two, to seo the two sides. I am the half that goes west, with you and the dear and good lady behind there. My ni^ce here is the other half that goes noi r., all by herself and drops tho keys, mid fall's into a faint, because in that old part of the house it is what you call musty-fusty, and there It smells of tombs and spiders and that is all the explanation, aud quite enough, too. I wish you good iv Sir."

Damme! if ever I met with the like of you before!" roared Mr. Munder, entirely forgetting his dignify, his re spectability, and his long words, in the exasperation of the moment. "You are going to have it all your own way, are you, Mr. Foreigner? You will "walk out of this place when you please, will you, Mr. Foreigner? We will see what justice of the pence for this d'strict has to say to that," cried Mr. Munder, recovering his solemn manner and his lofty pliraseoloiry. "Property in this houso is confided to my care and unless I hear some satisfactory explanation of tho purloining of those keys, hunuiiiif up there, Sir, on that wall, Sir, before vour eyes, Sir—I shall consider it my duty tfi detain you and tho person with yon, until I can get legal advice,and lawful advice, aud magisterial advice. Do you hear that. Sir?"

Undo Joseph's ruddy cheeks suddenly deepened in color, md his face assumed an expression which made the housekeeper rather uneasy, aud which had an irrisistibly cooling effect on the heat of Mr. Munder's anger. "You will keep us here? "Youf said the old man, speaking verv quietly, and looking very steadily at (he steward. "Now. «ee. I take this iady (enursgo, my child, courago! there if- nothing to tremble r) —I take this ladv with mo I throw that loor pcn—so I stand and wsit before it ami I say to you. 'Shut that do ir igainst us. If von dure

Attliisd -fiance. Mr. Munder advanced f^w step* and then siopjied. If Uncle Joseph's steady 1 ok «t him had wnver •d for an instant, he would have closed the door.

I say again," repealed the old man. stint it agHinst us, if you dare. The laws and customs of your country, Sir. have made of me an Englishman. vou can talk into ons ear of magistrate. I aan talk Into the other. It' he must listen tr* vou, a citizen of this cotintrv, he must iistcn to nie. a citiren of thi*oonntry also. Say the word, if you please. Do yon accuse or do you threaten or do you shut the door?"*

B-fnre Mr. Munder cou'd rep'y to any one of tlieno time direct questions, the housekeeper begged him to return to hh» chair, and to sneak to her. As he resumed his place, she whisp*-re to him in warning tones. "Kemcmher Mrs. Prank laud's letter!"

At the same moment. Uncle Joseph, considering that he had wsited long enough, took a step forward to the door. He was prevented Irom advancing any farther by his niece,* who csneht him snddenly by the arm, and said in his ear, "Ixiokl they are whi-periBg about us scain I" "Weill" said Mr. Mnnder, replying to the housekeeper. "I do re tiibMrs, Frank land's letter, ma'am, and what then?"

Hush I not so loud." whispered Mrs. Pentreath. "I don't presume, Mr. Mun der. In differ in cpinton with yon hut I want to ask one or two questions. Do you think we have any charge that a magistrate would listen to, to bring against the*« people?"

Mr. Munder looked puzzled, and seemed, for once In a way, to be at a loss for an answer.

Does what you remember of Mrs. Frar.kland's IfUer," pursued tbe housekeeper, "Incline yon to think tbst she would be pleased at a public exposure of what bashappened in the bonne? She tells ns to take private notice of tbst woman's conduct, and to follow ber unpsroeived when she goes away. I don't venture on tbe-ih««rty of adviainv you,

self, I wash in bility, If we "/o

plaoe. Aud

what did we all see.Sir? we saw you, ma'am, lying horizontally prostrate, un the top of the landing of the first of the north stairs' and we saw those keys now hanging up yonder, abstracted, and purloined, anil, as it were, snatched, from tbelr place in this rootp* end lying horizontally prostrate likewise, on the floor of the hall. There are the facts, the circumstances, tho events, laid, or ritlier placed, before you. What have you got to say to tueui? Yes! what have you to say to them? I call upon you both solemnly, and, I will add, seriously—in my own name, in tho name of Mrs. Pentreath, in the name of our employers, in the nniuo of decency, in the nnmuul wonder—.\.iat do you mean by it?"

bands of all responsl-

any thing but follow

Mrs. Priinkland's Instructions (as sbe herself tells us) to tbe letter." Mr. Munderbesitsted. Uncle Joseph, wbo had pau»«d tor a minute when Sarah directed bis attention to the whispering at tbe upper end of tbe room, now drew ber on slowly with him to tbe door. "Betsi, my deer," be said, addressing tbe maid, with perfect coolness and composure "we are straugera here will ycu-besd kind to us ss to show tbe way out?''

Betsey lookedat the housekeeper,who motioned to her to appeal for orders to tho steward. Mr. Munder was sorely tempted, for the sake of bis own importance, to insist on instantly carrying out the violent measures to which he had threatened to have recourse but Mrs. Pentreatb's objections made him pause in spite of himself—not at 411 on acoount ol tueir validity, us abstract objections, but purely on account of their close eon in-ction with bis own personal interest in not imperiling his position with his employers by the commission of a blunder which they might never forgive.

Beizi, my dear," repeated Uncle Joseph, "has all this tulKin^ been too much for your ears? Has it mado you deaf?" "Wait!" cried Mr. Munder, impatiently. "I insist on your waiting, Sir." "You insist? Well, well, because you are an uncivil man is no reason why 1 should be an uncivil man, too. We will wait a little, Sir, if you have any thing more to say." Making that concession to theclaims of politeness, Uncle Joseph walked gently backward and forward with his niece in the passage outside tho door. "Sarah mv child, I have frightened the man of the big words," he w-hispered. "Try not to tremble so much—wo shall soon be out in the Iresh airagain." lu the meantime Mr. Munder continued his whispering conversation with ti housekeeper, making a desperate efl'ort, in the mid&t of his perplexities, to maiutuiu bis customary air of patronage and his customary assumption of superiority. "There is a great deal of iiuth, ma'am," he softly began, "a great deal of truth, certainly, in what you say. But ru are talking ot the woman,while I am talking of the man. Do you mean to tell me that I am to let him gt, after what has happened, without at least insisting on giving Hie his name and addre.»s?"

Do you put trust enough in the foreigner to believe that ho would give you his rieht name and address if you asked him?" inquired Mrs. Pentreath. "With submission lo your better judgment, 1 must confess that I don't. But suppos ing you were to detain him and charge him before tho magistrate—and how are you to do that, the magistrate's house tt-ing, I Mippose, about a couple ol hour's walk from here, is more than I can tell—you must surely risk offend ing Mrs. Frankland by detaining the woman and charging the'woman as well for, after all, Mr. Munder, though I believe the foreigner to be capable of any thing, it was the woman who took the keys, was it not?"'

Quite so, quite so said Mr Mun der, whose sleepy eyes were now opened to this plain aiidstraightforward view of the case for the first time. "I

It is a ill st singular circumstance. Mrs. Pentreath," interposed Mr. Mun der, with the gravity ol consummate as surance "but when I first fat down to this table, (bat idea about Jacob occurred to me. What with tho effort of speaking, and the heat of argument, I got led away from it in the most unaccountable way—"

Hera Uncle Joseph, who*e sto ol patienco and politeness was getting exhausted, put his head into the room again. 1 shall have one last word to address to you, Sir, in a moment," said Mr. Mundtr, beforu tho old uian could sp-ak. "Don't you sdppo»o that your blustering and your bullying has had any effect on mo. It uiay do with foreigners, Sir, but it won't do with Englishmen, I can tell you."

Undo Joseph shrugged his shoulders, smiled, and rejoined bis nieee in the pussage outside. While the housekeeper and the Bti-Ward had been conferring ti aether, Sarah hud been trying hard to persuade licr uncle to profit by bin knowledge of the passage that led to the south door, and to slip Hway unperueived. But the old man steadily reiused to oeutiided hy her advice.* "I will not go out of a p'ace guiltily," he sa d. "when I have doiMn no harm. Nothing shall persuade mo io put ui self, or top-t you, in t:ie wrong. I am not a man ol much wits but lot my contcionce guide mc, and so long I shall go right. They let lis in here, Sarah, of thetrxown accord and ihey shall let us out of (heir own accord, also." "Mr. Munder! Mr. Munder!" whispered the housekeeper, interfering to stop afresh explosion of the steward's indignation, which tbrca(e*ed to break out at tbe contempt implied by the shrugglngof Uncle Joseph's shoulders, "while you aro speaking to that audacious man, shall slip into the garden snd give Jacob his instructions?"

Mr. Munder paused fiefors answering —tried hard to see morodignified way out of tbe dilemma in which ho had placed himself tba» tbe way suggested by tho housekeeper—

railed

entirely to

uiscern any Ihingof tbe tor*—swallowed his indignation at one heroic gulp—and rep!feci emphatically in two words, "Go, ma'am

Wha'- docs that mean? what bas sbe gone tbat way for?" said 8arab to her uncle, in a quick, suspicious whisper, as the housekeeper brushed hastily l»y ihetn, on her way to the west garden.

Before there waa time to answer tbe question, it was ft) lowed by another, put bv Mr. Munder

Now, Sir said th« eward, standing in the doorway, with his hands under his coat tails and his bead very high in the air. "Now, S-r, and now, ma'am, for my la*t word! Am I to have a proper explanation of the abstract ng and purloining of tbosa keys, or am I not?"

Certainly. Sir. you are to have (he explanation.'' replied Uncle Joseph. "It is, if you please, the same expUnatlon that I bad tbo honor of giving you a little while ago. Do you wish to bear it sgain? It to all tbe explanation we have sot about us."' "Ohlitis, is lt^, said Mr. Munder. "Then all I have to nay to both of you is

leave the honse directly! Directly!" he added, in his most coarsely offmsive tones, taking refuge in the Insolence of authority from the dim oon-sciousness of absurdity of his own position, which would force itself on him, even while he spoke. "Yes, sir!" he continued, growing more and more sngrv at the composure with which Uncle Joseph listened to him. "Yes. Sir I you may bow and scrspe, and j.ibbcryour broken English somewhere else. I won't put up with you here. I have reflet-ted with tnyself, and reasoned wilh m/self, and thought with myself, and asked myself, calmly —as Englishmen always do—if it was any use making you of any importance, ana I haVn come to a conclusion, and that conclusion is—no, it isn't! Don't you go away with a

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Clusterings and vour bullyings have had any effect on me. (Show them out, Betsey!) I xnsider you beneath—ay, Sir, and below!—sny notice! (Show them out!) I wash my hands of you, and dismiss you (show them out!), and I survey you, snd I look upon you, and behold you, with contempt!'*

And I, Sir," returned the ohjoct of -all this withering derision, with the most exasperating pol'temss, "I shall say. for having your conto:npt, what I could by no means have said for having your respect, which is, briefly—thank you. I, tho small foreigner, take tho contempt of you, tho big Kuglishman, as tho greatest compliment that can be paid from a man of your composition to a man «f mine." With that, Uuo.e Joseph made a last larnastic bov,. took his niece's arm, and followed tsey along the passage that led to tbe south door, leaving Mr. Mucdor tocomposaa lit ret.ort at his leisure.

Ten minutes later the housekeeper returned breathless to her r.oui, and found tho steward talking baokward and forward in a hiuii f-ta-v I irritation.

Pray make your mu.d easy, Mr.j Munder." sho saio. "They are botlii clear of the houso at last, and Ja ^ob has got them well in view ou ihe pan over the moor." [TO BK rONTINfKI1

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oddly enough, putting that polntto myself,'Mrs. Ptm reatb, just boforo you happened to speak of it. Yes, yes, yes— just so,just so!" "I can't help thinking,"continued the housekeeper, in a mysterious whisper, "that the bc^t plan, and tho plan most in accordance with our instruc ions^is to let thein both go, as if wo did not care to demean ourselves by any more quarreling or arguing with them and io havo them followed to the next place theyctopa:. Tho gardener's boy, Jacob, is weeding tho broad-walk, in the west garden, thisalternoon. These people have not seen him about tLo premises, and need not see him, 4f they aro let out again by the south door. Jacob is a sharp lad, as you know and, if he was properly instructed, 1 really don't see

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