Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-08

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right. Jarvis?"
Certainly, your worship" said Jarvis,
the clerk. who was bound to the West.
bnrys by strong ties OF affection and iu-
terest.
Il respect Mr.. JARVIS judgment" said
the detective, who had Ouly recently been
promoted toto plain clothes, aud who be-
gan to see little plot for putting him
back into uniform.
The truth is, the squire felt strong
personal interest in the prisoner. He
could not disguise iiom hlmsef the grave
nature of the evidence against him,
and he was anxious TO help him for he
sake Of his daughter. AT present he could
not see any chance Of the smallest excuse
for not committing the prisoner to trial /;
and even if chance cropped up, he felt
convinced that the Brlstowe detective
would be in the way. If he had dared,
he would have, held the investigation with
closed doors. His father would have done
so but there was an active county aud
city press now, and the strongest of jour-
nails were fercoly opposed to Tories aud
Toryisu The reporters wouldpresent them
selves shortly, and take their seats with
all the authority Of law and right and
journalism. His father would have set
the dogs on them. Squire Westbury hin.
self would have shut the door in their faces
if he had acted upon his own inclinations;
but he knew the consequences of such H.
legal ostentation, aud he was therefore
determined 10 overawe the detective. The
returned traveller wa. greatly trouble and
porplexed at what had occurred. 1t
seemed as ifthere were something uulucky
in his association with Kate. During HIS
absence, SO fal as he had learned by eau.
tiOus inquiries, she hs led a quiet and ap-
parently happy life, devoted to her IA
iber, aud he to her.. With his return
came trouble of the most serious kind
trouble and humiliation, and possible pun.
ishmcnt, the preliminary share Of which
it would fol to his lot to administer. II
Kate had only acccptc his hand three
years ago, this great misfortune could not
have happened. The squire hardly knew
whether he was glad or sorry that she had
not accepted hin. lie was desperately
in love at the time he would have made
any sacrifice for her i and his passion had
lasted long, and burned hotly; but latter.
" il had waned he had travelled uDd
seen much, and his mind had expanded
somewhat, his sympathies had widened,
and he had seen pretty women ID all parts
of the world. Coming home through
Paris, he was convced that nothing would
induce him to marry he felt that he had
had a narrow escape. Women we're as
hollow as they were pretty; they were
selfish money grubbers; he would have
none of them; but when his carriage
rolled through the lovely trees and fields
of Combe Dinge, on its way from the
local railway station, touch Of the old
feeling came over him. 1t did not now
seem so very long that he had been away
When he reach home, and found himself
in his own room, it hardly seemed as i
he had been away at all, and he began
wondering what Kate's feelings were now
! what she was doing, and how she was
| and to rejoice that she had not heard NJ
more of that scouudrel Tom North. L
was a bitter blow for him, therefore, ii
S the morning, the news of the arrest o
Luke Meadows. Ii seemed to him like
: the hand of Fate he had ne right t.
: think of an alliance with peasant'
/, daughter; it would lie blow upon hi'
y house. How much wider was the gul
now between Westbury and the daugte
of map who was to stand his trial, per
: haps, at the Assizes for felony. This hat
3 come upon him as if utterly closing al
! possibility of his giving way to a weak
i ness which was womanly, and unworth,
). Of the family whose honor, for five hun
t dred years past, was In his keeping.
+ When the prisoner was led into tn
reom, followed by his daug Inter and farm
/ er North, the squire left his seat ant
a shook hands with Kate Meadows Sh
raise d her eyes and looked at him sorrow
= fully, but with certain expression O
Q gratitude for his recognition of her. Th
is squire was calm, dignifed. magisterial.
IL am sorry We meet under painfu
o circumstances, Miss Meadows" he said
..but yeu will bear up, | trust. Officer
. . give this lady scat near her father
: The detective would have objected
= the daughters presence but for the squire
) significant reception of her. His ide
: was to make her the last witness. Th
n magistrate. however, had quite made u
" his mind to protect Kate in this partict
, lar il possible.
/. Two reporters took their scat at tn
|. magistrates table; the village perso
came IN and shook hands with the squiI
,e and with Kate; severernl villagers aske
10 to be allowed to be present, and we're az
4. nitted. Kate sat near her father, AM
!, in spite Of her pale anxioas face locke
r. as pretty and dainty as any female Wes
4. bury could ever have done in the goc
~ days before the present squire. lndee'
h it occurred to the squire that she was n
ne unlike Westbury wife a hundred yea
$; ago, one of the prettiest Of the Westbul
h. collection. Quite unconsciously, Ia
ID was almost dressed en- fete. When Farm
North beckoned her into the farm-hou
- she had been to make call in the city, al
,e, was returning home in her best cloth
of aad in her best fashion. She had ne tin
10 to make any change in them. She wo
a pretty Dolly Warden over blue 81
he skirt, black silk Jacket, and pret