The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-25


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g sss 49, 49, es i S. fssrs
and IL sssuoed, - Os5ry - leass ~ -
uss!y tcfEosss - Dsy N, 49,
his soanuly Furnished room, pertpe over tne
| docuunnnts psriAiniag 70 the great Pinchbsck
apis-tisle-d deeds, DOfteaesa, halls OF e.lss gen.
Biological s.nass ssses.s,s 2, conn re
gisters, bills Of coats, and copies OF villa, ~
mixed mp in inextricable confusicl-ninne
one shest Of foolscap after another with figures
from the dismal chaos before him that hidden
link, that magical Open Sesame, which he was
firmly persuaded would hanish poverty rom
his hearth forever. Every mnrnlag No -. 70
he retired from the contest with weary brain,
with fainting heart, and aching eyes. he Pc
came more gaunt aud herce.l0Oktn9 every oay.
He had been weak and suffering in health for
. long time, and It was evident that heswas
only upAeid ~ tho strange everish excite.
ment IN which he Mved; aud thathAd any rude
hand scattered the foundations q his airy
castle. both the mind and body of the builder
would have gone to pieces In the wreck.
The house still continued to present from the
street Q shutlup, desolate. and forlorn appear
ance and among the cnfldren Of me neaenDof-
ful repu tation Of being haunted For. coming
home from school in the drear November at
ternoons between daylight and dark did they
trampings up and down stairs, weird cough
inps and moaniues; and if one were bold
enough to peep through the key hole, might
! not one sometimes discern tall figure,
with a lighted candle in its hand-a sight to
make schoolboy's flesh creep, and his blood
run cold s.-r53 -
So dull November passed away, and the last
month of the wear was come, when one even
| ins Captain Laurd startled his daughter and
Parish bv bursting into the room where they
| were sitting-a wild flame Of excitement burn.
| lag In his eyes ..., sE.--a 1ts- ss,-
| ~ have seen him =, he exclaimed In hoarse
| whisper NJ knew he would find me outWher-
| ever might BE-! Something babe me 60 into
| the front room and look out of the window;
| and saw him standing under the lamp-post,
looking mn at the house. There is no more
/ ne,ce for ne here - Us #&31f 5f2N
| "What man is it. papa I" tfD
| 1.-THE man with the green studs"
| "But YOU NAV have been mistaken, papa
How could you dis tingnish his studs from the
| place where YOU were standing
| mistaken. girlu' A man Is never mistaken
Il ".
nonsense Won talk! tell YOU that / saw
him-nay. he is probably there still. Come lie:
| us 20 and look; but be careful that his sharp
/ ewes do not find you out. Allons!'
| They followed him upstairs, trembling a
little and hardly knowing what to think. He
1 led them into one of the front rooms, which
! was family lighted up by lamp on the op-
posite side of the street.
/ t"Behold him ~ he whispered. seiZinG Garry
1 by the shoulders "See he 10 leaning with
4 folded arms against the lamp-post His green
studs shine in the dark like serpen ts' eyes.
There was no one there.
| Next morning Captain Laurd was so i'll as
/ to be unable TO rise. The doctor who was
called in merely shook his head when Parish
took him on one side to ask his opinion, and
/ said, swat awhile, I cannot pronounce at
present.,
1 But day after day passed without much WISH
| BILE change in the captains condition. He re-
manned too weak to rise, and lay there-a fee
BILE wreck ola man-heed.ess, for the most part
of what was passing around buried in his
own sad reflections, and, perhaps, discerning
dimly the d.. TX issue whittier he was tending.
his box of paners. and had it placed close to
his he'd. so thai he could both see and feel it !;
| but his former interest in the lawsuit seemed
to have nartly died aWav and though he often
JARED al resxmine his iabors it was in none
lass dpsnairin9 way as though he saw at last
how frnitiess hi lis EFFORTS wouid h. Still
the old idea never left him.-that some myste-
his rs,re,t and II Was a Source Of much AMI.
atv 10 him thai he could no longer look after
/ the nr0uer SECURITY of the house and see that
n ~. sprarcsrs were on any account. allowed to
| set foot across the threshold. II was not thai
no had anv want of confidence in the discre.
| ton either of Garry or of Parish. but il was a
| mater that he would have preferred looking
| aftar himself: women are so easily imposed
| mon as ha often remarked. -
| Whst rhen wonId nave heen his surnrisa
aid MGR had he sean Parish enter the hanss
| as She did one evening. ACCOMPANIED bv a wo,
| Tran u,hom she had anna rentiv nickei mn in
| , INC strast. who foiIowef her down the spens
| NC tho hssament.stnrv stenning lichtiv In
| 10 acho If the honsekeener:s resonant loot
| t.ns
| us-;., strucr . LIGHT and tben tnrped round
| "a oonfrnntsa har com nanion With :. stern
| au "ana as thonrh asiinu har nv wiz,
| ssht sha had inntrnded fhere " -
| 81. sr 10. 80 ,rnrsn who vears h.fora h.a
Sn n,,u Sasr fo;r ano"ah ~ IooS n,,,n ,r% =
ON, shad"w Of the heautv of fornrr times
| lii c,nnc tn her INT whatever OF sweet
| h,nn,n and culture her life MIGHT have once
s~",., 49, chsIsed mn oSaYornwr and
W ~. ,ost 70 vievr haneath the Goa rse CROW tn
Of after vears-vsars Of despair. and homeless
| misery. and disbelief in her better self.
| MThms then we meet again. :" said Parish in
a low stern. concentrated voice.
"Thus again. replied the woman, safter
seventeen weary years"
| cit should have been seventeen more before
1 mr. D,