The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-01-20

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other woman-seryant, who accosted her:
"Hey, Therese, is it your Who hav
you come to pray for? l thought your
brother was not going this year.
81 am attending madame"
Madame Jansonl What does she d.
here? She has nothing to do with the
cod.fshery."
81 can tell you that she has, though, y
was the reply of Therese, Sand fine way
the house has been in, through it. You
know her son2'
"Who does not? A rackety blade"
"Racketyl Well, he may be little
Everybody likes him, though"
| "Well, what of hImY
HE is going out with the cod-boats to
Iceland"
with the cod-boatsl That young Eng
lishmanl Why, what on earth--it can't
be-"
Therese nodded her head several times
in succession. 'Some within of his. He
goes for pleasure, he says"
J -.sItuG, Elsvr-vci-Such a thing was new
er heard of as going with the cod-boats for
pleasure. It's precious hard voyage and
hard life. Besides, the crew don't want a
fine gentleman on board"
sob, what do they carer He has made
it all right with Messrs. Vandersphinks,
the owners"
"Vandersphinks! Which is he going
out in, them"
"The Rushing Water"
"Well, he has got taste! To 60 out in
dirty cod-boat to that cold barren Ice
land, handsome young fellow like that
Will he share the sailors fare"
mot he: any more than he'll share their
labor. There's some tins of preserved
meat gone on board for him, and big
hamper of prime Bordeaux wine"
"And that brings his mother hereto
pray for his safe returnl Therese, its q
lucky thing she is not hereto, though
she is one Of them English, or she couldn't
have come here to pray for tat least,
with any chance of st. Peter listening to
her But, say, he is hereto, isn't he?"
Therese nudged her companion for si>
lence. And the woman, looking round,
saw close to her party of "heretics;" two
English ladies and child. who had come,
full of British curiosity, to witness the
praying in the chapel.
"You shouldn't call 'em so to their IA
ces," whispered the tolerant Therese. -
"They are as good as we are, for all l see,
and"-
Therese broke off suddenly, and dropped
upon her knees Her mistress was COM
ing out again, after her short prayer.
"Therese, have you not been INF" de-
manded Mrs. Janson, in very good French,
her tone betraying reproach and surprise.
Couldn't get in, madame" answered
Therese, without thinking it necessary to
add that she had not tried.
1t took some time to get out Several
were pushing out, as well as themselves,
but they were obstrubcted by the numbers
pushing in. Immediately following Mrs.
Janson were the two English ladies men>
toned the younger ono, who was an ele~
CANT girl of remarkable beauty, remon-
strating at their leaving 80 soon.
Henry is so troublesome" replied her
companion. ~ could scarcely hold him
still, do all 1 would. He wanted to run
inside, amidst the mass kneeli,g there"
al told you it would be 80, mamma
You should have left him at home"
"Oh, ofcourse," observed theelder lady,
in a sharp accent 81 know he is an eye
sore to you, Elizabeth.
Mamma, you know that he is nothing
of the sort But he is the most troubles
some boy that ever existed, especially to
take anywhere"
Miss Saxonbury was right; for it was no
other. Never was there so Troublesome
a child as Henry Yorke. Hewas slen-
der boy of ten, fair and delicate, with WELL
formed features and long wavy hair, the
combing out of which every morning by
his mother, and the coaxing into curls,
kept the house in an uproar for an hour.
He was one of those precocious, clever
children, who, to use a familiar phrase,
are awake to every thing" restless, mis-
chievous, and wilful. Yet the boy had
admirable qualities, had they been allow
ed fair play, but his mother pursued
system of ruinous indulgence. He was
the pride and delight of her life, and the
torment of every one else's. A within had
taken him lately to call his halfsister (if
she might be termed such) by her second
name, Elizabeth. He detected that she
did not like it, and therefore he did it, for
mischiefs sake. Lady Saxonbury fell
sometimes into the same name. Maria
felt convinced that it was done to please
Henry and vex herself.
NO oOOucT WCIC thCf OuIoiOc Iudu l1Ch-
ry managed to emancipate himself from
his mothers grasp, and she had the salts
faction Of seeing him rush back again,
twist himself amidst the blockade at the
entrance and disappear.
"Therel" uttered Lady Saxosbury, "he
is gone-just like an eel! What am to
do to get at him? Wait here, Maria"
"Therese," said Mrs. Janson, who had
seen and heard this bit OF by-play. "go
home fast and get supper ready. If Mr..
Edward should be at home, tell him shall
soon be in"
Therese went of, picking her way
| through the lines of kneelers on the earth I,
and turning her head and her dropping
gold earrings from side side, in search of
! a gossip to walk with. Miss Saxonbury,
! who had drawn aside to be out of the way
of passers-by, found herself suddenly adj
dressed.
"You are Maria Elizabeth Saxonbury?'
EYES," she replied, wondering at the
strangers familiarity.
81 knew you by intuition. l heard
Miss Saxonbury was of rare beauty, and
| have not often witnessed beauty to match
what now see in you If it shall prove
the blight to others that it has to me, bet
ter for you that You had been a model OF
deformity."
~ do not understand you" haughtily
spoke Miss Saxonbury. 81 do not know
you"
II have given you no opportunity to
! TO know me. lam Edward Janson's moth
er. have lived in this place many years
holding myselfaloof from my countrymen