The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-03
OLD CLOS.
A Tale of the Cliffs.
BY ANTHONY rRoLLoPE.

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snt sea running into thecoye no, tie freehods
Of her father s. IN 'crstool tha. the stat frert
nj ut tcrle But vs. at then - ~ the usc ~ tho
uNf' Who al ms ete ra'' vhntn was. H,d SO
not pan0lllv, YEARLY, with exceeding toll carried
up its 81 ro X, with hcr own little hauds, that her
Eraudia,her's dor key might have footing for his
| ieeif Had she not sc-aped together crumbs OF
earth al ng the f,cc ~ the Cliff that size mi AXE
esser 70 the animsl the track ON rus. cdIwayf
! Now when she saw big farmers lads corning down
| With other donkeys-snd indecd, there was one
VITO came win p-ny-no boy, but a young usn,
| Old enough TO know better han " rob q poor Old
| man and Young giIl-sle revilod TIE whole human
| race, and sworc the Camcifcrd attorney was
| foo.
Any Att uipt 70 explain 70 her hist there was sill
| Ne Il enough for er WAS worse than useless. Was
! II not all hers and his, cr al suy rate, vas not TIC
'ule vAv 10 Il bis and he-gi Aud not or trade
| stopped and imp dcdS HI tle not been flrccd 10
/ Ia X her 10 len donkey dowu-tWen'v ya-rs, sue
saii but il had, in truth, been vr.-because Farmer
| Gunlihes con had zen in the way Vi,h his hiev-
| ins runyr Farmer Gunlihe bad wan,"l 10 buy
her weed At his own price and because thc had
refused. he hal act on bis thioving son T. destroy
hOr In this wicked way. "Tll hhnstring the beast
the next time as he's down herr"' said Mally v Old
Clos while tho angry hre literally Stroamcd frou
| her eyes
Farmer GunliTe's small homestead he held shout
MY acres Of landvHs close by the yiiiI-e Of n
| taScl and not milo from thr clG. The scs-wrack,
| az they call II, Wa pretty well ito only manure
within his reach, aud no doubt he thought It bard
uat he should hc kept from using Il by Aauy Iron
CLOS aud her " s,iuacv. " There's hears - other
cOvrs, Bsrty," ssii hAy H. Barty GuuiGe, the
| thtmets son. "but none o. nilh, Mtlly, nor Sc.
none that ell cnsclves veil RSthis place" Then,
be explained how he would NOT take tie weeds that
came up close TO hand. Hc was bigger than she
was. eud stronger, and would get II from the outer
| rocks with which she never meddlcd. Then, With
scOru N her eye, size s~ore that she would get II
where he burst not venture, and repeated or threat
wrath, jeered her because Of herwiid hair and call
| Ell her u ulermAii. I'm mermaid you" she cried
Mermaid indeed l wouldn't he a nan " come
and rob poor 1rl and an old cripple. But you're
| no man, Irty GunliGel You're NOT half rnRu."
| Nc'erglt 's-, Bartholomew GunlHe q very
| hnc young fellow NJ far as the eve went. lilo was
about hvr feet eight inches hgh with strois arms
and leg, with light curly brown HAIR and bluo
| eyes. Ills father was but in smSll way as far
mer, but, nevertheless, Barty Guulihe was well
| thought Of Amoug the girls around. Everybody
liked Barty, excepting Mally Treusoe, aud sue Ia
1 tod him like poison
| B.rty, WHOM lie WAS asked why so good-nsturcd
la'i ~ lac prosecuted poor girl and al Oh man,
| threw himself upon tire justice OF Tie tninS IL
wouldn't do 81 ALL according to his VIEW that any
single person Should take upon himself to own
thAs which q 81 Almighty had sent TO tie the CONE
| mon property Of all lie would do hay no harm,
and =, he told her. But MAlly wsss vixen, a wick
| ed little vixen and an must be taught to have q
| civil tongue in her head. Whom once hally would
| speak 10 him civil As he went for woed, he would
got his ister To- pay some sort Of toll for las use u
The path. seek to him civilf' said Mally Mover
fear old Clos encouraged her rather u al Otherwise
/ IN her view Of the matter.
| Eut her grandfather did not encourage her 70
| haulstring the pony. Harnstringing pony would
| 10 serious thing, and old Glvs thought II NIGH,
| be very awkward for both OF thtm II kElly were
put into prison. lie suggested, therefore, that all
| manner Oi implements should lo put IN the way
vi the pouy's itot, surlnisng that the wel-,rLinei
donkey mi-ht Oe sDio ~ wOik ia spite Of them Aud
| Harry q Inlte dic hnd tho passage very awkward
| when no came near to halacn's hut but he made
| Lis way Gown, and poor AsIy ssV tho umps Of
| rock a. which size lAuured 40 hard pushed one
size or rollod out ol tie way with steady peTsli
tency Of iu!ury towards herself IAat d.uost drove
| her frantic
"wol, Bsrty, you're a nice boy" said old Clos,
sitting IN TIE dOor"tJ Of the nut ~ he wAtcaou the
| Intruder.
II ,in't doing any harm to none a. does mt hurt
| me-" said BArty. These arc free TO al, k.s-
| CHI"
-And the sky's FREQ TO ALL but mustn't yet on
the top Of yIur III. earn to look as IT." said hay
| who wac standing anong the rocks wish long
hook In her hand. The long hook was .ho Tool with
| which she worked Ia dragging the weed from the
| waves. But you Aiu'g goI no justice nor set no
| sperr.t OF you ~ould'ns come Aere to Ne2 All Old
| LnAn ike lie"
| IL dl4'ut want to yex him, nor yet 70 vex you
| ha4ly. You lei mo be Tor while, and wen be
| trends yet"
"Freuds" EXCLAIMED M,ry. who'd have the
| Ekes 0. you for a IL cuc' What aro you moving
| them TOcks tory Ilen stones belongs " granada
| sheF" Aud ~ Ler wrath she made movement as
though she wsre going 10 ny A. him.
| Let him be, N-ly,' sad the Q d man; let him
| he. Hell got hs punishment. He'll come 10 be
drowned some day il he comes down here when
| the wand 10 IN shore"
"Ihs, be may be drowndcd thcnr' sad Maly IN
her anger. II ho WAS IN the big hole the among
tho 70, 10 and he sos running ia At, hat Iils, |
| wouldn't lend u hand 10 help him out"
"ies you would, Mlly you'd fish me Up with
your nook like a bls stick VI sawed"
she tGrucd from lin with scorn 10 he said this
| into the Ii IN f,r hos
I. ady for her work, aud one II the great INJURIES
done her LAY In tLis--thAs such one Barry Gun
| Lille should come and look ~ her during her tail
smOa- the breakers.
Il was AL RteruJ on Ia April, aud the hour wAs
something -ter o'clock Ilere lad Uoen a heavy
Wind lruuI she MOI IhN est all See morning. with yss
o. RAIN, ami the yus had icon Ia AUD UuI II IL
covo au the day, which was sure tIsp ~ hs'ly
| that the incoming lido would cover thu rocks witu
weed. The quick waves we're now returning with
wonderful CELEBRITY over the low reel, snu Il g time
hAd come ~ which the treasure mus he ezei II Il
was 10 bo garucred on shat day, ~ o'clock Il,
would Ia groSlLs dRIk, al - would be hgh va
ter, and GeOre daylight tie crop would be carried
out again II not collected, AL IhIs AHy under stu I'd
very Wel' aud some OF this Barty was beginning 70
| understand also As hally came down with her
bare leot, bearing Ter long hook N Der hand, she
saw BArtys pony standing paueutly on tie sAud,
and in her heart she longed 10 attack the brute
Barty, IT tins moment, With common three.
prof. grd fork in Ls hand, as standing gu q Iarge
rock, gazing forth to"srds the waters. lie had
declared that he would ss,her the weed only a,
places winch Wsrei nacgessib e 10 Mally, And he WAS
| looking out that he ,ht sette where he would
tegn. LET 'un be, let 'un he," snuuIeI the Old
man 70 May, as 10 saw her take sIep TO srIs die
least, which sAe hated almost muen - she hated
tue man. Hearing her grAndiaGher'a voice through
tie wlni, s4e dsAsted from her purpose iiany par
pose $40 had had, and went iortA W her wO.k. AZ
she passed down die cove, and went IN among the
rocks, sue saw baTty still standing on h4s Ierch !;
out, beyond, TIE whlIe-curllug waves were cTespns
and breaking themselves With violence, and ne