Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-08

OF the new hvlng entered upon. 1t was nine
o'clock: the night was dark and windy a feeble
moon glimmered at intervals through the sky,
and added TO the gloom she could not dispense.
Mrs Benford retired to her room as they had to
rise early in the morning. Benford was sitting
with his feet the fender, looking into the fire.
when he heard knock at the front door. 1t
was opened by the maid, aud soon he perceived
steps IN the passage; tap CAME to the door of
the parlor.
"a gentleman to see you, sir" and figure
entered the room. Benford looked round amazed.
The stranger stood near the door, and fixed his
eyes on Benfords Warpt up against the cold,
but with the cloak now dropping on his shout
ders with his hat still on his head, and his
hand resting ON long staff, stood Lord War
leigh, pale, CHASTITY, with lips distended and ut
tering not word. SEES .b
your lordship!' exclaimed Benferd springing
up. "What in Heavens name has brought your
lordship here, on this dreadful night, SO ill rs
you are ~ ea
Speak low" said Lord warleigh. 1--WE
come to you-to see you again; TO compare
your features with-Heipl set me down my
head grows giddy.'
Benford helped him into chair, drew it near
the fire, and chafed his hand between his palms
Can yon touch it without shuddsr T. said
Lord Warleigh; 'Don,t you feel that it is not
like ether peoples handsf
Conscience kept Benford silent; he ceased to
rub the hand and let it fall,
There! again he interfcres p said the old
man in a broken voice. al see him lifting your
hand away"
'who7 said Benford. There's no one here
There is. There is some one here who has
never left my side for fifty years. Nothing will
soothe him, nothing win drive him away At
feast he sits on my right hand alone, he sits
opposite, and stares into my face. Now lie
smiles--how like you afe!' 2 TH7
Your lerdship is very ILL., Have you sent
for DIR. Jones ~ -a- az e. ea2Ar
.No--dont talk of doctors. I tell yeu they
can do no good. I've come to you tonight. Il
couldn't bear the room sat in--there were
voices in IL, and people all round me. He was
there, and spoke to me of Aladdin's2 palace and
his salary rs physician. Haven't paid his
fees to his relations But that's not sufficient
Well, more-I viii pay more. He shakes his
head-and perhaps il is enough asa
Il do not know what your lordship alludes to,
but beg you to be composed
LISTEN said old Lord Warleigh. ut was
not HIS body-it was strangers; and the
thought came into my head to call the sufferer
him. 1t lulled suspcion. / saw his sister, his
| mother, his cousin. They all seemed to have
found me ont. When l touched their hands,
they drew them away was a pariah--a leper
| No one looked kindly on me, When / spoke
of our engagement, she turned away her head
When said that when | had three thousand a
| year l would claim her promise, she said to me,
Arthur, if you had millions in your purse, /
| would not we'd you now. i saw Ellen. told
her of his fate. She was silent and looked into
my eyes. knew she saw my soul, as it lay
trembling, struggling, trying to hide itself I'M
der the shadow of that great fact. She pinned
and pinned, and her fathers heart broke; and
was rich-I was Sir Arthur Hayning-I was
Lord Warleigh, and what am l now Z"
| You are Lord Wareigh, my lord. beseech
| you to be calm fesr te
! But you won't ask me to go back to the
Broombank--it was there built the castle. The
! library is above the very spot whore the plant
grew with the metal in its roots. l wont &c
| there; for to-night-to-night is the anniversary
| OF the time. he lanthorn shone upon the heath
the pick-ax was plying in the hole there was
| q heap of earth thrown out, and six, eight, ten
feet down, the busy laborer was at work; the
spade was on the heaped-up soil saw it fash
in the light of the lanthorn as it few into the
air; l saw it fall. There was silence then and
forever in the pit. / filled it up with my feet
with my hands. leveled it on the top.
beat it down. l built great halls above it but
| it won't stay quiet. Sounds come from it up
into my library, night and day; and at ten
O'Clock hear step, l see face, its eyes OH
mine and tonight. the worst of all the year.
l cannot go home =
Your lordship is most welcome to remain. l
will order a bed
| w. UOL ~ DCu. i SUall never lie III " Deu
again. See, he rises Give me your hand; and
| look =
Lord Warlcigh held Benford's hand, and look
ed to his right side. The fire was dull-the
candles had burned nearly down. Bcnford was
not superstitious tmd man, but there
was something in Lord Warlegh's manner tina;
alarmed him. He looked where he pointed
and straining his eyes in the direction of his
finger, he saw or fancied he saw, a pale white
face, growing pal pable in the darkness and fix
ing its calm cold eyes upon his companion. For
a moment, the empty air had gathered itself in
to form. and he could have persuaded himself
that Lord Warleigh's description of what he per-
ceived was trae. But the hand fell away, the
head dropped down upon his breast, and his lord
ship was asleep. An hour passed away. A
clock in the passage sounded two; and Ben
ford touched Lord Warleigh on the shoulder.
! Your lordship," he said, "you must find il
cold here. Your bed will soon be ready
| But Lord Warleigh made no reply. Benford
looked in his face; he spoke to him gently
loudly, but still no answering sign. MOI rot
to the loudest trumplet-cal that earthly breath
can utter will that ear ever be open. Lord
Warleigh had passed away, witt: all his wealth
and oil his miseries and nothing remained but
a poor OLD figure, proppcd up in an armchair,
with the fitful flames of the expiring fire throw
ing their lights and shadows on his stiff and
motionless face.
Benford was greatly shocked, but a little
honored, too. 1t isn't every parsonage parlor
where lord with fifty thousand a-year condo
scends to die. He preached his lordship's func-
raj sermon to vast congregation. He told OF
his charities--of his successful life touched
! lightly on the slight alterations of mind en-
feebled by years and no norabie exertion; and
trusted he had found peace, as he had died IN
the house, almost in the arms of a clergyman.
| His lordship's estates were sold the sum
realized was to be applied to the foundation OF
schools and hospitals, but not school-room or
a ward was ever built. The will was contested
Heirs -at-law sprung up in ali ranks of life law
yers tlourished; and finally Chancery swallowed
Up all. When the estate of Combe- areigh
changed hands, the castle was converted into a
mill the library vas taken down, and a shaft
sank where it had stood. When the workmen
had descended about eight feet from the surface,
they came to a skeleton, a lanthorn, and spade.
The curious thing was, that the spade was deep
] ly imbedded in the skull. Dir. Fungus the an
tiauary read paper at the Archaeological So
ciety proving with certainty the body had been
sacrificed by the Druids; and a controversy arose
between him and DIR. Toadstool who clearly
proved at the British Association that it the
grave of a suicide of the time of King Alfred.
am of a very different opinion; being sensible
man and not an antiquarian, l keep it to my
self.
! s WAsHISGTos. April u.s.
+, SEcRETHRr MARCY AND THE FREscH BABY
| Good for old 6afch.--When Mr. Boileau the French