Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-29
CHAPTER VIII.


THE EVENTS OF DAY.
The weather seemed as If 1t were gene
rously resolved to put the best face on the
Wynyards changed fortunes, to begin with.
Where is May not lovely? Even in the tiny
palisaded graden, upon which looked the
drawing-room Of their lodgings, the spring
put on its garb of blossom and green with
an air of delight The house was detached,
but it was one of many like it, bordering the
open suburb Of Briggate, on the great south
road of the coaching days. There was
wide cxpanse oflevel ground opposite, where
the annual races were held, where the yeo-
manry paraded when they were up for a
weeks training after harvest and where the
cavalry regiment stationed in the barracks
had an occasional field-day. 1t was quite
the pleasantcst suburb of Norminster, for it
lay high and dry on a gravelly soil, and almost
in the country, combining the conyeniences
of cathedral town with the freshness of
rural village.
DIR. Philip Raymond had catered for his
kinswomen to the lest of his ability and had
secured for them a lodging in this cheerful
neighborhood at moderate rent. 1t seemed
to the girls very confined at first, but they
kept this feeling TO themselves, and after
their few books, pictures, and other orna-
mental belongings were unpacked and dis
persed about the place, the rooms put on al
most look of home. The drawing-room
| proved very manageable 1t was on the first
floor, and had one large window with pale
chintz draperies, TO correspond with the
covers of the furniture. For lightness,
brightness and cleanliness, it was all that
could be desired, and the little dining parlor
behind 1t served every purpose which might
have thrown it into disarray. Above these
rooms were two others, the larger of which
Lois shared with her mother, while the
smaller was appropriated to Annals sole use
this by her own desire. There could be no
day dreaming where her mother was and
the sunnicst hours of Annals present life
were destined to be spent in the pleasant
wilderness of fancy.
She took some pains after breakfast to ar
range few flowers which the mistress o.
the house gave her leave to gather, and wher
that was finished, the day was all before hcl
what to do? Lois chose a shelf for hel
lesson-books, and then she was idle; ant
after Mrs Wynyard had written few letters
she also could fold her hands. No house
hold to govern here, no servants to rule, nc
orders to give but such as were given in five
minutes, while the responsibility of seeing
them executed was laid on other shoulders
: Mrs. Wyyard, ruefully smiling, said her oc
cupatiun was gone
AT noon Maurice came running up from
Chasscls' to see how they were, and propos
, ed to escort his sisters into the town; bu
a his mother dcmurrcd to this. and they tool
n walk country wards instead leaving he
: indoors alone. If they had gone into til
streets then, while the courts were sitting
!; they would have found them empty and 81
lent enough; but soon after three O'Clock
: when the criminal business of the assizes wa
concluded by the conviction of Mr.. Hargrovt
and his sentence to ten years penal serv
a tude, they might have lost themselves in th
: stream of people coming down from the cas-
y tie in the wake of the sheriff's carriage, an
of the decrepid halberdmcn who professe
e TO clear its way.
/ The trial had excited profound interes
: though It's result could hardly be doubtful
u Nearly all Allan Bridge was present, an
" nearly all Eskdale, either us witness or aud
!. ence. When the verdict and been pronoun
1. cd, and sentence given, n curious little seer
s ensued. The prisoner, who had borne hin
IN self through harrassing day with cool br
It. vado, resisted the motion of the jailors
I'd remove him, saying-"I have word
ic speak" The court, which had begun
!. rise, waited, the crowd hushed, and the ju
+, became attentive. :" 1t has been implied
: evidence lllat Robert Wynyard, of Eastwol
aided and ,betted my frauds. That is II
true. He was my victim long before he kne
it, and to much greater extent than is 81
r. pected. He was credulous, indolent ma
sh but no rogue frightened him abroad
make his spoliation the easier, and the me
ed complete. caused his arrest on his retu
:" to gain time for escape before the discove
SC. that was then become inevitable overto
yes me. ayow all this publicly for his chi
'u- ren's sake-that u dishonorable name nj
. not be cntailed on them with their other n
The fortunes. A low m,irmur followed t
oa amends, during which II pin might ha
been heard to drop in the breathless stilln
-. ot The cuuri. The prisoner then left
III. DICK, and vanished by gloomy und
sed gt,i,ind passage from the eye of the resp
de- table world
Amongst those who h. Il listened W
ne mingled surprise and satisfaction to the {
YES honest agents confession was one of
rir chief witness against him--AIr John II
was ton--who Immediately disengaged him
from the thrung, called n cab, and drove
we'd Briggaie, to communicate il 10 his sis
'rk When he reached the lodgings. he 10,
'ad that Penelope Croft was with her, and |
e'- she was already aware Of the event.
~ ~" nie had come 10 Norminster for the
nor, with Mr.. and Mrs. Featherstone; had he
the trial, the condemnation, and the spc
rt,, that followed them; she had, moreover,
,ber ceived from Mr. Sam. Hargrove u pa
Inna which his brother had instructed him
John Ter his conviction to be handed TO her.
! for paper, ON which were scrawled Il few |
'wh' in pencil, Pcnnie now gave to Mr. }
Hutton.
'N He read and asked, what did it mean
j.. "'rhe former part of your prayer |
,ha, grant. AS for any act OF restitution, II
snn victed felon can make no will. Was
calm what he wrote in the dock just atte the
con- dict was delivered Had you made
e ma appeal to him then, Pcnnie?
oti"i "Ycs. don't believe in anybody /
.,saa oa altogether bad and as he could III
han,s have any malice against those living W
q at a he has wronged, sent him a letter thr
his brother, begging him to do what in