The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-23
MATTHEW
G R Y L L S,
OR,
Murder Will Out.
A STORY OF REAL LIFE.


tent .vsi~, tniri'st leAd but much = l's vor'd
| for ,vch a lJt W-BtHross Andtop0y or met
| anchoiV.
| n.rIuyy Owls was the only son OF . resreca-
| shs coa' merchant ~ the littls town Of Lyme N
| Do-,etshire He htd 10. be mut',r when young
! hut be psssed through hHnetucoat noyiuAn hud
entered ne c.reer ~ holland pnt'ores and cordn-
| rows without ssng the mt.ernsl care II, -
ther was smsn ia ears bui ne whN KIM ',
indulgent; sud provided h'' no Msil'logn - A..
| rel h. him TIA, there vas any shltklns ltIwl Ia
| huIe day scNpni to which he sont hi' sou' no wv
Matt ev to 80 very much a. he hktd. .,0 N n.
| Dull ssthe llue town ~ Lyme MY sn,r.pc.
| traveller Who, Descending the hill Of tnHsw',
| feels weight sud de- res.on unit no W..
! equally steep hrl a. nit, 10 The sct'e nv '.so'
Mathew It w.s "'n. g no ,,rrs,J,ruia, 81 "A,
| All n.rrhing on points on which mono but sea
| rali or himself would have thought ~ intrud NJ
leaping ,mong the Shiny rocks exposed oy VIC 10Y
| tids snd reaching distant ones, TO which he snd
| tie impois could slo-e have Adterei; 70 vas
or, Of Admirable Crichion to TIE boysof Lyme'
whom he thus dislsnced, and VINO iell more thnh
ordinary pleasure and excitement 10 me 't,eihpt
| Of breaking ther neck- when lei BY his noble eT-
ample. However, boys nects do not hre.k' Whe-
ther there was charm In the leaihern inelon-shsp-
ell cap which In those dsy. usual etowne u ,I
| or In the brown pins'or. which Lung Al ouni mem
the bows did that With impunity ono should shnn-
der 10 see ones wors, snemy's cat attempt. Con-
| sequsntly, Mat Grylls attsined We a4e OF fourteen
| unh.rmsd and as free from contusonr s " lhoHe
year had been passed without any o. The sftAor-
binary tours de force praetised by hitn.
| About this time came . manifest ehsngs IN ihe
| spirit which stirred within him. He loh on pua.
| forss and tscominE absent and sullen, turnet
| with feelings o. hstlessness and ennu from much
TAT had hitherto amused him. Tue ony QUO VI
his oil pursuits which SAL offered him any charm
was the inspection Of every description OF crsh
tht srchor.d alongside the cob, IS the tidy little
pier At Lyme IL dtsigusted but even that tecsins
a sissteful ard trssoIns. His father had forbidden
anything like yoy.giug in tie trading vessels
which frsqusntsi Lyme, and with much The same
sensation that Arisdne may have witnessed the
| departure ot Tbessus, lame hound the setting on
Of the pack, or any intermediate dtidtsse' poor
hand tied Matthew used 10 see hishYorl" vessels
one By one, get under weigh.
, One princ' Ial cause OF tie snnW expressing
young Gryls might be attributed 10 the iAei OF his
| having, as his eN-schOolmaster expressed IL
| 'gesrued himself cut" By which Phrase he pop
ulirly describe thaI condition ~ bis pupils Who
knew As much as It was IN his power g. imp,r'.
| Matthew certainly wrote q hand which thus"
who run IN ght have real had mastered all tie
nrst rule. Il arithmetic sud could reAu Nth more
| husncy than might have Teen expected rom one
, whose n' ly task booA had consisted " the lie
| Al! .u Old volume " "smoctts story Of Eng
land" The couteuts o. neither bal entered HE
; mind smosu was seldom had recourse TO, IS
! conta ming unpronounce,hlo words; while the
/ Bile beiug read ii company with his class, each
reading n verse slernstsly, the alternate seventh
had alone come under his observation, and hat
yerv incofupletely for not thinking q worth bis
while 40 read with each who grosled or squeaksi
the intervening verses, he had slight ,uliy IN
pitching on the bght one, Matthews jumps In the
Billie WIRE no, always a. elictous a. those on the
! Lyme rocks; his literary false stops, however,
sn'aIlng less apparent harm, Al an eXpostusiory
MAT Mat" FROM ths old schoolmSsier wa all tho
cori
!, Al the period and in the elias. OF which We
) write, learning could not he recEoned no good
| or ITS evil. Tho vast eniEms, 40 To which the
education OF the mil ion would tend, had not been
70 t.ked and even where the Implements Of learning
n could be handled, aud people could read without
j. | gtell'ng there Vas not much to he acquired by
IA those 10 whom the purchase of box would have
: sppeGrcl . prodigal expenditure. Those over
\, | wne ming sviancheh Of literature which now fall
!, from the press Of thousands Of publishers Nr'lns
a | on tho reading and fitng public, were then uu-
p kporn book clubs. Literary institutions, lending
n libraries and reading rooms by which mo scou.
= mutation Of rubbish is no" taken on ihe hancS OF
r. the specti'nIors were then comparatively lew and
y IN thc grade Of the good old coal merchant, took
= were rsroiy me, with, and whom met with ss
It rarely read.
Pc lie blood, old Gry- certainly did not owe much
= Tat was good and high minded IN him 20 any par
NJ Ocular line II study lie never hal read book in
A. IA lie and now in his seventy-soc ond year, 10
Of vas unlikely he ever would. Neither I'D h. see
I, tho necessity for dong, lie could
ul L.m.ttns rom wailIeuos; could
- keep correct accounts AnH write ms
= | Chriytmss bills Reason, or tie partou, or some
N sling which beat within his bosou' 81 made IA n
r. u honest man He did 10 others "a he made ihcu.
DO to him-thsI Is, he paid his bills aud behaved
81 ciyilv. lie had always good dlhner, aud Wa,
q bo.uit,be to all droppers.n. Tie had safe horse,
81 win whose asSgAnlt, and shat ~ huge yellow
ID cbsi.e with le.theru head, he osu took pleasant
Je drives, when occasions required an tNIeu4eN eN'
VI ,glrsou. lie al some excellent vine IN bis cellar
70 which hs Kew came nom place esled Oplrto
NJ He l~i seen the word burnt into the wine barrel
"a | Int h know edge VI .he vine country went n,
10 | f.rtler and 10 could LeccssIy that 4
"a should WITH world Of business OIL bis hands
y md viz. al ,he excitement which sea cOlcern.
L | tupst ave oluEsiJaed, before in9urAuce WAS .,
y vel managed a. NJ present, whs! could ho want
= N.itb hoOksr 80 uuo IA Lyme would have drraui
| Il .,ktur such silly question. Therefore la Ys
h.uUL Is lie. and y0luEs uf selected Ey.slle.
- C.n those VI ,sro down to Lady My WuILo,
" Aortagr's Sue only literary furniture Ia We
80 ,o.l MERCHANTS 8uuK liHc pSilJr.
y, N..thcw iapcicd no had read all he Bible III.
az FI,nut Epistes ne deCluue never g. read and
at the consequence was, lnaI ~ LlH ILud ia stRts
" f u,t,r iL ness, aud without any specific Or lie
a. hped occupation, his daNs passed slowly and
70 ~ utb,r his wis went ~ Ool.. ilhtru," - spe
" e,.s of harvest which shows hseif m various &c
centric forms. Ia tue case d Ms, it was e4hhiIel
:, Owe Jay Uy hs ssking his ia1hsEs perusi 10 s.
IA TO sea. ~,
"a An. uoy mean 2" sas the Old mats lierrogs.iV,
IA Angwer. " To sea what sal
H. ~ don't know, tatht r" the boy said 81 wan
nd n 90 10 sea, somewhere" Il w-s a vague WIS IL
Al suI, for tue momcut, vaguely expressed cut d
1. VAS warmly followed up; aud re resut WAS law
" ornbs 30 the desire though not quite ~ ihe fashion
= lol 'or by tue wouid-be sAIer.
There was = worlu OF Ipuul. ence IN tho bosom O
- thf Old man for shs sou Oi las o,d age " /. g.,
10 noy does pine Tor cruise" he thought III oul,
~ bs cruel Ike 70 refuse hn - o., Httrr SOME days
70 Si.cu,sion, it was finally arranged that Matthew
a. snou d embark in a collier which Was JUS
n | IN unloading at the cob The captain
Il. undertook 30 make his passage 70 Now
e.,te as eomforIabs As lay in h!' power