a man in indifferent health te s of the d who proposed to start ou a before one in the ought not to be at an at late liis blood she said presently to her do you put ou your hat � you t afraid i � and go a to s aud see wliat has of father i mother the boy jumped promptly from his seat and opened i door and the night swallowed him up half an passed yet a rain neither man nor child like his parents seemed to have been and caught by tlie i must go myself she said lu then went to bed and them all in started on her way up the dark and crooked lane or e not for hasty progress a street laid ont � inches of land had value and when one handed s f the day i c s inn the single ale house at this end at t long aud ken village boast of only an off hence as nt could drink ou the premises t i amount of for was limited to a little board about six wide and two yard long fixed to the garden by pieces of wire so as tu form a ledge on this board thirsty l their cups as they stood iu the road and and t the on the dusty ground to the pattern of and they could have a seat inside thus the strangers but there were also local who felt the some wish j aud where there s a will way � the maiden tj n a large bedroom the window of ck with a great shawl lately d by the landlady mrs were gathered ou this evening nearly a dozen all seeking all old of the nearer end of and of this retreat not only did the distance to the pure drop the fully tavern at the part of the dispersed village render its accommodation for at this end but the far more serious question the of the confirmed tlie opinion that it was to drink with in a comer of the e top than with the other landlord in wide house a gaunt four post which stood in the room � sitting space for several persons ed three � its sides a couple more men had � ii a chest of drawers another rested on the oak another on the stool and thus all were some w seated at their ease tlie stage of mental comfort to they had at this hour was one wherein their seemed to beyond skins spreading their warmly through the room in this process b and its grew more and more and luxurious the shawl hanging at the window took upon itself the richness of the brass handles of the chest of drawers were as golden and the � seemed to have some with the pillars of solomon s temple having quickly walked r from opened the front door crossed tlie s room which was in deep gloom and then i the stair door like one whose fingers knew the b of the well her ascent of the crooked stair b was a slower process and her face as it rose into the t the last stair encountered the gaze of all the y in the bedroom op the d � being a few friends i ve asked in tn keep tip club walking at my expense the landlady at the sound of footsteps as as a while she peered over t ie stairs tis you mrs how you frightened me it mid be some sent by ment mrs was welcomed with glances and by the remainder of the and turned to where her husband sat he was humming to himself in a low tone i be as good as some folks here and there i ve got a great family vault at sub i and finer than any man in the county o i i vo something to tell ee that s come into my head about � a grand project whispered his cheerful wife here john don t ee see me i she him while he looking through lier as through a pane went on with his hush don t ee sing so loud my good man said the landlady j in case any member of the should be passing and take away my he s told ee what s happened to us i suppose asked mrs yes � in a way d ye there s any money hanging i ah that s the secret said field but tis well to lie kin to a coach even if you don t ride i in en she dropped her public voice and continued in i low tone to her husband been thinking since brought the news that there s a great rich lady out on the edge o the chase of the name d hey � what s that said sir john she repeated the information that lady must be o relation she said and my project ia to send t kin the f m a lady of the name now yon mention it said pa son didn t of that but she s we � a branch of us no long since king s day while this question was being discussed neither of the in their that little liad crept into the room and was awaiting an opportunity h � ot asking them to return she is rich and she d be sure to take notice o the continued mrs and be a very � thing i don t see why two branches of one family should not he on terms � yes and we ll all claim kin said brightly from under the and we ll all go and see her when tes s has gone to live with her and we ll ride in her i and wear black clothes how do yon come here child what be 