The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-01
He KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
Continued
CHAPTER XXXII.


The receipt of Mrs. Trevelyan's let
fer on that Monday morning was a
great surprise both to Mr.. and Mrs.
6ntbouse. There was no time for any |
consideration, no opportunity for delay
ing their arrival till they should have
again referred the matter TO Mr.. Ire |
yelvan. Their two nieces were to be
with them OH that evening, and even
the telegraph wires, if employed with
such purpose, would not be quick
enough to stop their coming. The
party, as they knew, would have left
NuncomUe Putney before the arrival
of the letter at the parsonage of
st. Diddulphs. There would have
been nothing in this to have caused
yexation, had IL not beer decided be-
tween Trevelyan and MIR. Clubhouse that
Mrs. Trevelyau was not to find home
at the parsonage. Mr.. Clubhouse was
greatly afraid of being so entangl led in
the matter as to be driven to take the
part of the wife against the husband,
and Mrs. Clubhouse, though she was iuIl
of indignation against Irevelyan, was
at the same time not free from anger III
regard to her own niece. She more imam
once repeated that most unjust OF all
proverbs, which declares that there Is
never smoke without fire, aud asserted
broadly that she did not like TO be wish
neople who could not live at home, hus-
hands with wives, and wives with hus
bands. in a decent respectable manner.
Nevertheless the preparations went oG
busily, and when the party arrived at
seven o'clock in the evening, two rooms
had beon prepared close TO each other,
one for the two sisters, and the other
for the child and nurse, although poor
Mr.. Clubhouse himself was turned out
of his own little chamber in order that
the accommodation might be given.
They were all very hot, very tired, and
very dusty when the cab reached the
parsonage. There had been the prelim-
mary drive from NuncOmbe Putney to-
Lissboro'. Then the railway journey
from thence 20 the Waterloo Bridge
station had been long. And 1t seemed
10 them that the distance from the sta
ton to St. DiddulphS had been endless.
When the CabInan WAS told whittier he
was to 90, he looked doubtingly mt his
moor old horse. and then at the luggage
which he WAS required 70 pack on the
top OH cab, a ii laid himself out fUI
his work with a iuil understanding that
it would not be accomplished without
considerable difficulty. The cabman
made it twelve miles from Waterloo
Bridge to st. Diddulphs, and suggested
that extra passengers and parcels would
make the fare up to ten and six. Had
he named double as much Mrs. Ireyel-
van would have asSented. So great was
the fatigue, and so wretchei the occa
sion. that there was Sobbing and crying
in the cab, and when at last the parson-
age was reached, even the nurse was
hardly able to turn her hand to any
thing. The pDcr Lderers W re N lde
welcome on that evening without Il
word OF discussion as 10 the cause of
their coming. II hope YOU are not
angry with us, Uncle Oliphant," Emily |
TrevelYan had said, with tears i'll her
eyes. Angry with you, my dear,-for
coming To our house! How could he
angry with Won p Then the travellers
were hurried up stairs by Mrs. Out
house, and the master of the parsonage
was left alone for while. He certain
ly was not angry, hut he was i'll at ease
and unhappy. HisGu,Sts would proha
bly remain with him for six or seven
months. He had TeSOiu ely refused all
payment from Mr.. Trevelyan, but,
nevertheless he was poor man. 1t is
impOssible TO conceive that n clergyman
in such parish as St. Diddnlphs, with
out a private income, should not be
poor man. 1t was but hand to-month
existence which he lived, paying his
way as his money came TO him, and
sharing the proceeds OF his parish with
the poor He was always more or less
in debt. That was quite understood
among the tradesmen. And the batch
er who trusted him, though he was n
bad churchman, did not look upon the
parsons account as he did on other
debts He would often hint to Mr..
Clubhouse that little money ought to-
be paid, and then little money would
be paid. But it was never expected
that the parsonage bill should be set |
tied. In such a household the arrival
OF four guests, who were expected to re- |
main Tor an almost indefinite number of
months, could not be regarded without |
dlsmay. On that first evening. Emily |
and Nora did come down 10 tea lint
they went up again 10 their rooms al
most Immediately afterwards; and Mr.
Clubhouse found that many hours of sol.
itary meditation were allowed to him
on the occasion. 81 suppose your broth
or has been told all about il, he said to
his wife, as soon as they were together
on that evening.
'Yes, he has been told. She did not
write TO her mother till after she had
got to Nuncombe Pntney. She did not
like to speak about her troubles while
there was hope that things might be
made smooth
"Yon can't blame her for that, my
dear"
~, but there was month lost, or near
ly. Letters go only once a month