, 1874-10-17

! Iuone phIaoo ae veI! RB nnother), "nnd youl
work cnn bo roBlln,el( IN tho sprlng; now pro
for TO lnyo tle library Blltt. Goot-nyaninv Fl
AUD nho sVept out without ton|t le0tlcu
who had OVER l'atieroa him or Boltc,,el tl.o AZ
pcr1iiicam 1 m of Fn.o to tI!'a crenture.f
9lnll DO taken escn tlinL lo l,nt]l
lio tool; nut tho ricou Of folded Chinn-papos
anu iootetl ionE at the trass Of black hair. liz
wondered, knowing how low down ho was, TINT
5oriuu, mud dull grlof. That edo of our ,,oture
heems to DO singllar!y eirto,l. Wo l,ayo no aucl,
anoss 9nero ater Il td tue ,,xteygot WY e Joy aud
my ono cnn fool rnr,turously hannv for :, a
very long ttmo-eay tl,roe minutes. *Dnt the
rot ruMetE OF 1 suffering constantly so'rn With ON
QUO ever complained that no Ind not ta!ont
enough for this sort OF thing, Even Tlinmas
Yarn, WHO had acomea to havo tale,,t for 1lotl-
Ing olse felt Within lnaolf tho comprehension
:. It Is hard thing to tai.o out Of i moor l,fo
tin ,, ,1r'entahip. the unqucetiontng loro Of a
child. t1o saw Emily turtively during those
years whom che danced over TINT mysterious
land, that borlotland OF gi,lhood aud woman.
llootl.--but whom nie ca.no llonlo from bosw-
| ing-6eliool. ahtl 1noked at Tho1nas Yarn with
now cyes.-ho wlio Ind not grawn cleaner.
or 9pI"ser I,nh osH Or m hofe esecs,o1ho f.t TINT
instatcd him n Tho library b,s sho oa1no thofo
seldom hcraelf; ul,o Ind n now look to read
! llor own romance Waa bong written; lovers wcre
con'g IN tho tlosl,, inatcatl Of u, tho ycl!ow
pAyea "E hor old boohs.-so Thonaa and Memory
| One day ThonaaH took down vouulo ofScott'e
| "ComnontarlcB,' lit which ho saw n moth c,ccp.
ING, and. rs llo did no. q wil1lowor fclI ont, -
ono OF those which l'asl not been oloyntcd to tho
| dignity OF Enlaly's llerbafiun1. It was n heavy
| old book, with 4 parchment cover and, rs lla
busted and soos 1t, Thomas Yarn SHOOK out hia
fate,-a folded paper foil 10 tho ground with hts
Of for, pressed violet, q lady s-Hprar, and sey-
| eral fringcd po1ygalas.
It wnua h will. lIo knew tho handwriting wolf,
Tor IL hs atrnEglcs for o1istonco ho had bosn 4
conyis and d often mat tho stiff. stntoiy old
iashlonod, coppcr-p]nto hanl Of Gov. Hammond.
70 read Oh through tho formal phrases aud loyal
1orn,u,--ho rcad OIL ns man does in 4 dream,
and ho mover. knew how long It took him to .!ud
out Wbat was written OIL that pieco Of pspcr,
lio might hayo faintcd away-if 80. ho cimo to
MI by himself. It was will, leaving all lis
was Witnessed by Deborah Dooiittle ttn,snnmed
woman v, then and now cook to the calailiel-
mont, aud by old Deacon Ranscy, wno had bocn
gathered to hts fathers.
II, Tiomas .s'; Yarn remembered the date Of lilo
Nill wlich bad giren ali tho property to Emily,
yes, tllis ~ns written year utter. It was nat
iecorled, h11t ho ltnow wntl, but ho thot,ght
deborah would remember signing 1t. lie went
through ail thoso mental operations With alf
-%He e.sAhN4 sAe o"Aot 4HlA Mab RHfHl$EEH WIFI
surprise.
Ho was looking Mt 1t with b1oarctl cyos when be
heard frosh young voice singing iu tho ltal,
Flo ha jus. tltno to put the paper ii pcraps tic
poorest Old pocket iu tic world, HLcu Emily
opened tho door.
Thomas Yarn was surrounded With fat,cl Wild
flowers. 10 oron had piece OF fern in his
hand endcayoring to hold it AZ II it wore u
tillsE 10 which h0 waH accustomed.
Hu'r Emily faughed at nhe snw !lin,
n S*t frS4tI al, = n
iow yellow they nre. poor thinEsl Look ut
that violet. They are liEo peoplo who lnyo had
sickness mil troublo. I wonder II shall over
loot; liio ono Of these ~
:. :, ,Yes. thoy nre yellow" said Thomas, ieebly;
:" TO you remember when you put tlom horu -
II rcincsaberl Why, no; Il might Ilnve
boon tho summer after had tile ,nCusIes, or tho
summer % i, before I went to school; don't 70
Ihon,as Yarn tool his way homo that day
through the Kitchen. It was not tic frat time,
for Doborah was very apt to waylay him with
The proffer Of cup or ten, Or soma Of her nlro
dishes. a'"ay5 doing It with respect, for eao
thought, with tho roet Of 3lossbrook, thnt
person to 10 invited to dinner, would la,se fur
livoly, and ut Doborah'g neat tRblo snatch 4 cu,
OF tea or rich toughnut, grateful variety to tay-
ernfaro!
80, when lie appeared down tho stairs, Debo-
rnl hustled routid, and put plate pni knife and
fork on tho a!ie.tnbip.
mo" Eaid Thomas Yarn, "nothing to cat."
"Wllyl wl,ateonldovcr ilas happened to you,
Mr.. Yarn ?" said Deborah. "You look Us white
Deborah. do you ron,cnlbcr witnessing 4 pa
per for Gov. Hammond III bis last ilucnB :"
swell, yes. ! gucea do, Dir. Yarn. Tho Gov.
ernor wns terrible Iuocr IN Lis lagt sickness. Ho
Wandered rou.d and went to tho library, aud
wouldn't stay in bed. aud wrote thinga. fee, mo
anu Deacon Ramsey sec him Bign nomctlting,
Huppose It WAS Lis will, siving everything to
Miss Emily. He WIS awful troubled, tho Alv-
ernor wns. After hill aon died ho got queer, and
then, after Miss Hammond died. ho got qucorer.
e1pcct lilo Governor l!atl bocn rather hard on
the poor when he wns making his fortune"
-. Deborah. put on yonr apcctacles, and soc II
this IL your slgnatnrn -
Deborah produced homo very 1arge glaesos,
and proceeded to fit them With difficulty on 4
very small nose.
"well. yes, wrote That. I neyer was good
with my ren and was kind Of tlustercl when
tho Governor ho called mo, md Deacon Ramsey
ho w:s co,lgllin' hwful at tho time he died.
poor nun, before tho Governor did and tlo,l
Aad my dinner IN, and the SOUP wns n-burnn'."
Thomas fnrn Was half up tho street before
Deborah bad tlnialcl and lIad react,od the Reg
istrnr's Office. Yes. Emilys will was 1ocorticd /;
ttis WAS not, but tl.is was written year aftor
tim other.
Then tile poor sonl travelled bacl, on his rcco!-
leciiona, aud he saw. hero and thero, the figure
pccosnsea Lore mid I ore @ a Ist o 's must have
secretly helped lin from ti.no to timo
lo remembered, too. tint lo had not
helped lin when nolp, might layo saved
Mary, md hs Houl swclicd with bitterness.
hit, IN the hours that death waited for tho Goy-
crnor, lc had paid this tnrdy debt to conscience.
lie hal laid tho paper III Tho old book. 10 had ]
sent Thomas Yarn to tho library, aul llo Ind loft
Tie rest to chance. Miserable: yuJsar fraction
Of conEccncc-money! Miserable Tlnying with !
Justice! Gov. Hammond, iko mary ditlnitied |
gentleman, uncovered his real character in hs |
will. and showed tho ,,ooy md u.ean thing which
Il tno appearance had drnpcd and oruamolltoel.
: Iho'nae yern went tn Mary's eraye and con- |
tLlosed. Tic Aaw from that humble spot Cor. |
llammoonda tall Cornthian column. tlca.n
through tho trees. To thought Of tho change it
nonnccd tho fact. The tayern-window would
ccaso to he bis post Of observation; ho would
Eit Of an evening OIL tho broad piazza whore Miss
Alisa Margaret aud Emily received their guests;
it would bs his own!
llo would become O man Of fortune, power
in tho Slate. Ile looked down nt his garments
II cvcn occurred to him That ho should haro a
'fow suit Of clotlses; but, III theso atry
viHiona tloatel before him. ,!n looked again III