New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-17

II keep it here IS q remembrance Of your
father"
ait was not until the last, that he expressed
the wish. When he could only put his hand upon
1t, and very indstinctly say TO me your mother.
moment before, l thought him wandering in his
mind 40 be had been for many hours / think he
had no consciousness of psn{n his short ilaess--
when snw him turn himself in his bed and try 10
open it,"
WAS your father, then not wandering in his
mind when be tried TO open 1t =
"No He wa. quite sensible at that time"
Mrs Cennam shook her head whether in dis
missal of the deceased or opposing herself to her
sons opinion, was not clearly expressed.
latter nv fathers death l opened it myself
thinking there might be, for anything knew, some
memorandum there. However, as | need not tell
YOU. mother. there was nothing but the old silk
watch paper worked in beads, which you found mo
doubt In its place between the cases, "nere
found and left it,"
Mrs. Clennam signiiNd assent then added =" no
more of business on this day" aud then added,
Artery il is pine o'clock
Upon this. the old woman cleared the little ia
ble went cut of the room, and quickly returned
with a tray, on which was dish OF little rusAs
and small precise pat of butter, cool, symmesri-
cal, white and plump The old man who mad been
whole interview, looking at the mother upstairs
"A he had looked at the son down stairs, went out
| AZ the same time and, after l)nger absence, re-
| turned with another tray on which was the greater
mart of a bottle of port wine (Which, to judge by
his painting he had brought from the CELLAR,
! lemon. sugar basin, and q spice box. With these
materials and the aid of the kettle, he filled tum'
bier with hot and odOrOus mixture, meas fred out
/ and compounded with as much nicely as 8 ply
sicisn's prescription. Into this mixture Mrs.
Cleunam dipped certain Of the rusks and ate them;
while the old woman buttered certain other of the
rusks, which were TO be eaten alone When the
invalid had eaten all the rusks and drunk all the
mixture the two trays were removed: and the
books and the candle, watch, handkerchief and
spectacles were replaced upon the table. She
then put on the spe ctacles and read certain pass
ages aloud from boOk-sternly, iiercely, wrath
! fully-praying that her enemies she made them
by her tone and manner expressly bers) might be
put to the edge of the sword, consumed by fire,
smitten BY plaques and leprosy that their bones
might be ground to dust, and that they might be
utterly exterminsted. As she read on, years
seemed to fall away from her son like the magn
ngs of dream, and all the old dark horrors of his
usual preparation for the sleep of an innocent
child to OyershadOw him.
She shut the book and remained for little time
with her face shaded by her hand SO did the old
man, otherwise still unchanged in attitude; So
probably, did the old woman in her DINNER part Of
the room. Then the sick woman was ready for
bed.
GOOD night, Arthur Artery will see to your
accommodation Only touch me, for my hand is
| tender" He touched the wOrsted muffling of her
| hand-that was nothing; if bis mother had been
shesthed in brass there would have been no new
/ barrier between them-snd followed the old man
and woman down stairs.
The latter asked him, when they were alone to-
getber among the heavy shadows the dining room,
would he have some supper!
No, Artery, no supper.
You shall if you like" said Artery. There's
her to morrow's partridge in the larder-her first
this year; say the word aud I'll cook it,
No. he had not long dined, and could eat nothing
Have something 10 drink, them said Artery;
"you shall have of her bottle of port, if you
like I'll tell Jeremiah that you ordered me to
bring it you
No; nor would he have that, either.
OTIS no reason, Arthur" said the old woman,
/ bending over him to whisper, that because ! am
afeard of my life of 'em, you should be. You've
got half the property haven't you
well then, don't you be cowed You're clever,
! Arthur, ant you p
He nodded as she seemed to expect al answer in
the affirmative.
Then stand up against them She's awful
clever, and none but clever one burst say word
| to her. He's clever one-oh he's q clever one -
and he gives it her when he has mind tot! he
does"
=" Your husband does ;"
l. Does? 1t makes me shake from head TO foot
to hear him give il her. My husband Jeremiah
FliDtwinch, can conquer even your mother. What
can be be but clever one to do that
His shuflling footstep coming to ward them caused
| her TO retreat to the other end Of the room.
Though tall, hard favored, sinewy old woman,
who in her youth might have enlisted in the Foot
! Guards without much fear of discovery, she col
lapsed before the little, keen.eyed crab.like old
man
Now, Artery said he, now, woman, what
, are you doing! Cans you find Mas;er Arthur some
thing or another to pick at
Master Arthur repeated his recent refusal to
pick at anything
" Very we'll then said the old man " make
| his bed. Stir yourself" His neck was so twisted
that the knotted ends Of his white cravat usually
1 daBged under one ear his natural scerbity and
energy always contendiDg with second nature of
babitusl repression, gave his features a swollen
! and sutfused look; and altogether he mad weird
appearance of having hanged himself at one time or
other and of having gone about since halter and
| ALL exactly as some timely hand had cut him down.
" You'll have bitter words together to morrow.
| Arthur; you and your mother" said jeremiah.
" Your having given up the business on your faith
ers desth-which she suspects. though we have
left it TO you to tell her-wOnt 90 off smoothly
81 have given up everything in life for the bust
ness, and the time came for me to give up that"
Good " cried Jeremiah, evidently meaning
| Bad VERY good only don't expect me to stand
| between your mother and you, arthur stood
between your mother and your father, Tending of
this and Tending off that, and getting crushed and
pounded betwi1t 'em and I've done with such
work"
You will never be asked to begin it again for
me, jeremiah"
Good I'm glad to hear it; because | should
! have had to decline it If had been That's enough
AS your mother says-and more THAI enough of