The Morning herald., 1877-01-31
CORD AND CRRRsR.
CHAPTER xMs @ 4
THE BYZANTINE HYMNIsTT.

NIlnx i AIAS AAAeVNv
THE BYZANTINE HYMNIsTT.
More than year had passed since that
+ to Thornton Grange which has already
~ ~ mentioned. Despard had not forgotten
n nn.electsd.. ..ths meIascholXpsQse slsth
,ndon3 % family.s He nd wrltteIl p III d
*;ons *a" and Ia sens - 1aue Wits,
O6This return from one OF these ne went
the The Grange. Mrs. Thornton was sitting
the the drawing.roola, looking pensively out
the window, when she saw his we'll
owo figure advancing up the avenue.
: face was sad, and preva led by asmel-
|choly expression, wsioh ssps66sable
" as be walked aloaes " VI Ss. m
Bu, when he csnsainS Ne oem that'
elaucholy face suddenly lighted mp with
most radiant Joy. Mrs. Thornton ad.
(pced to meet him, and he took her hand
both Of his. :.
'I ought to say, welcome back again"
fd she, with forced liveliness, 'sbut you
hy have been in Hobby a week for all l
low. When did you come back? Con-
d now that you have been secluding
burself in your study instead Of paying
bur respects in the proper quarter"
Despard smiled. II arrived home Ut
even this morning. 1t is now three P. M.
nv watch. Shall I say how impatiently
have waited till three o'clock should
bmew
"Oh no! don't say any thing Of the sort.
can imagine all that, ldssk But
IL me where you hsvs been Jpn ths Inst
fsit? Da S. -sss- va % !
Wandering like an evil spirit, seeking
.st and finding nons."
"Have you been to London again ?"
"Where have not been?
By this time they hadseated themselves.
my laat journey" said Despard, "like
y former ones, was, Of course, about the
Brandon affair. You know that have
(ad long conversations with Mr.. Thornton
bout it, and he insists that nothing what
ver can bs donS. { But YOU Know, siso,
bat could not cit down idlys and calmly
|ndsr this conviction. l have fit most
keenly the presence of intolerable wrong.
Every day have felt as if l had shared in
be infamy of those wAo neglected that
lying man That was the reason why l
Frote to Australia to see if the Brandon
Fho was drowned was really the one sup
POSED. | heard, you know, that he was the
anne man. and there is no doubt about
hat Then you know. as l told you, that
went around among different lawyers to
Zee if any thing could be done. Nearly
" asserted that no redress was possible.
That is what Mr.. Thornton said. There
Ras one who said that if I were rich
|nough | might begin a prosecution, but as
amnot rich thatfdid ne nogood. That.
han would have been glad, no doubt, 70
have undertaken such task"
What is there in law that 80 hardens
'he hearth" said Mrs. Thornton, after a
pause. "Why should it kill all sentiment,
Ind destroy so utterly all the more spirit
,al qualities ?"
~ don't think that the law does. this
necessarily. 1t depends after all on the
man nal himself. NIvere a,lawyer, ! should
IT'LL love music above all things"
But did you ever know lawyer who
owed music ?'
i have not known enough Of them to an
'Ver that: But in England music is not
oved so devotedly as in other countries.
. 1t lnconceivable that an Italian lawyer
should love music p ]ES iDs4fa =
"ldon't know. Law is abhorrent 10 me-
i seems to be profession that kills the
liner sentiments"
why SO, more than medicine The
act is, where ordinary men are concerned
any scientific profession renders Art dis.
|iasteful. At least this is 30 in England.
After all most depends on the man hiM-
'eli, and one who'is born with keen sen
ability tothe charms of art will carry II
a.nroough life, whatever his profession may
but suppose the man himself has
lel'aer taste, nor sensibility, nor any ap-
11feclation Of the beautiful, nor any sympa-
ny whatever with those who love such
nings, what them?
Mrs. Thornton spoke earnestly as she
'sked this.
WELL" said Despard, that question
'newer itself. Asa man is born, 40 it he is /;
'no IT nature denies him taste or sensibil-
y It makes no difference what is his pro-
ession."
mrs. Thornton made no reply.
NY last Journey" said Despard, twas
'oout the Brandon case. l went to Lon
'on !; first to sseif something could not be
zone. i had been there before on the
sme errand, but without success. Il was
4aally unalccenful this time. IA
= ! triedt ID find dnt about Potts, the man
mo had pufchased the estats, but learned
aa1 II was necessary to 60 10 the village oi
brandon. l went there. and made inqul ries
Without exception the people sympathized
nm the unfortunate family, and looked
nth detestation upon the man who had
Implanted them.