New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
CHAPTER XIX.-CoNTINUED.


ryo,,hcotc had been half an hour alone IN the
great wilderness Of the park nothing near MN inat
could help the trees rushng III the VINO, h,t,ns
far of round about IKE scaJu o bn riying no
aid lie was kneeling upon the morse h9 3 n'.-
self no than protuheraice IN NV i'di ,,s
nnahle IN 0et any answer Ia his anxious questions
One or two gr0ans were all that he c0uld eueIl}
groaps which grew fainter and fainieri nc siloultu
with all his might bn lhctg ScoI'G Srom the Village
making short cut across the park as nc il"i - -
them do hundred times me mist TSo W. UuJ -
the ground. choking him, anu az nc liy1"s 81
sitting his voice: the echoes gave MN PACK Vno
faint sounds which were all he seemed aDie To
make His throat grew dry and h0arse. now hh9
then the fallen horse gave htaVe, ana attelhplHu
10 fling out and thcp would be another ScarVVy
srticulate moan His helpcsness went 10 MS VeIy
heart; and there almost WITHIN reach, nahsnLts
snsnended As IL were. bet wecn heaven ana esith
were the lights of the house, showing with lalll1
white baloes round them. those lights when h3u
seemed So full of warmth and welcome. W hen tne
frst of tho help-brinecTs came ruihllg "IIuS
flashing q lantern about, heathcoies linns WV
stihened and his voice scarcely audl"c put ~ ~. ~
onired no explanation 20 show the STATE OF INC
case His horse which had escaped when ne MS
mounted had made its way ~ the stable 19or, anu
thus ronsed still more eiicctual alarm. linen the
other trembling brute was got 10 iis icES anu vi,
SoJv i;brrnted The body what did they mean
There was no grOan now or cry Courage, elI
courage "A little more patience and you VIII be az
home Heathcotc heard himself SAYING 10 wh"m
There was no reply; the grOan would nave oceh
elo0nence Isn't he would not permit himself TO be
lieve that the worst had come lie kept on .3 t
ing not knowing what he was DONG; VIM" ta'S
brought something. ne did not know what 10 pace
tho motiOnless figure upon. S"tlly' SllY ~
CRED TO the men, and took the limp hand INTO his
own, and continued To speak. lie heard hlihstH
taking going along repeating always the same
words: A little longer. only little longcr[heep
up your heart sur we are are door Sf the house one
of the bearers suddenly burst forth IN KIND OF loud
sob, Don't you, sir don't You now '-d9h you see
as he'll never hear spoken woId AGAIN.
Then Ueathcote stopped mechanically, rs he had
been speaking mechanically. His hat had been
Knocked of his head His dress was wet and
muddy his hair in disorder his whole appearance
wild AMI terrible. When the light from the door
fell full upon him and Anne stepped forward ne
was capahlc of nothing but To motion her away with
his hand What Is IL 2 she said in au awc-strlckcn
voice Don't send me away. am not AFRAID
Did papa find it He ought to come ~ az once
Make him come IN at once NAaI IL H. MI III d'''-
cote am not afraid. ..,n
Send the young lady away, sir, cried the, groom
imperatyely. Miss Anne, can nll.| Nun H.,
TIL you are out o that. Good lord, can you take
her away
q am not afraid she said, very pale, ranging
herself on side To let them pass heHihcoN' WI"
did not know what il Was, any more than she did,
laid heavy hand upon her shoulder ai'1 pun mr.,
almost roughly, out of the way. WIN 20, slio
said frightened. Il will gO-it only You VIII make
papa come in ont Of the daml-lt Is so BAD toI Ills
Ahp She fell down upon her knees ana her ery
rang through all the house. SHE ha'! seen suuurA
light from lantern ont oi doors haSi' across Tue
covered face the locks Of gray hair 49,.
1t not long till everyone knew from tile ,op
to the bottom Of the great house tl'e news ran III
moment. John Stokes, the carpenter, returned ana
mounted his ladder mechanically, to resume ms
work: then remembered, aud got d"Wh SoicihiiN,
and collected his tools leaving one wreath uR, ana
half of the dIapcry. There won't be no halI mere
this time lac said Ia his mate; ou DING Tie So
ladder sam This the first sign that one cycie
OF time ono reign was over. and another begun
From that moment ileathcote MounttordS posi-
tion was changed. lie felt 10 before he had gone
ND the stairs, reveTently following that when now
he no longer addressed with encouraging human
words. but felt TO be the unappr0achaDle ana 4
solemn thing il A man had tiddcn Oh ior tho
doctor before they entered the house, but tere was
no question of doctor TO those Who now lald thelr
ola master upon his bed L should say lnStanta-
s io or pcIt 10 instantaneous the doctor said
WHOM he came. and when he heard OF inc lew
groans which had followed the fall he gave " ~
his opinion that these had been but uneOnScious
plaiuts of the body after all sense OF pam or kioMl-
edge of what was happening had departed. ING
korse had nut bis foot into hole IN the pOngy wet
turf-a thing that might have happened any uay'
and which II was a wonder did not happen ofteiicr
There were not even the usual questi9nlngs ana
woudcrings 70 how 1t came about when are 10
universal when death seiaes life with little warn
ing MIR Mountford had been il the habit Of riding
with loose rein lie had unbounded confidence IN
his cob which now that the event had proved its
danger a groom came forward 70 say by no means
deserved this confidence, but haa TWO OF . tla.o
fet that doctors and grOOms alike looked 10 hlnlscu
with something more than ordinary courtesy ana
respect lie walked away IRON Inc oomI"li Ia1n
bedroom now turned into solemn presence cnain-
Dor and all it's homely uses internlttcds WIN q
gravity he had not felt before for years: ne Wa
rot this mans son. scarcely his friend thar his aea
should affect him So But. besides the solenlhty OF
Ihe event thus happening i'm his presence, IL changed
his position even more tEan If he had been ST. john
Monntforrs son II would be barbarons 10 desert
the poor women in their trouble; Dui how was nc
70 remain here. comparative stranger, thei kIhs-
man but their supplanter become in "A moment the
master Of the house in which these girls had Dt-,b
born. and which their mother had ruled Tor twenty
years 7 lie went 10 his room to change ms wet ana
soilod clothes. with Of confusion and sadness
that made everything unreal 20 him. His past as
well US that of his kinsman had ended in moment;
his careless easy life was over the indulgences
which lac had considered himself entitled 10 a
man upon whom nobody but Edward had any special
claim. Now Edwards claims, for which he had
been willing 10 sacrifice ms patI1mony, nnst bc put
aside perfOfce. lie could no longer think of the
arrangement which ar hour ago be- had been talking
OF 50 easily which was 10 have been accomplished
with 30 little trouble. 1t WAS in no way 10 be done
now. Actually in a moment he had become Mount
ford OF Mount tho representative OF many nnoes-
responsible 10 dependents Of various kinds and to
the future and TO the past In moment IN the
twinkhng of eye; idea OF thus kiDd had crossed
bis mind during that long half hOur In the park
which looked like half year. fatal Issue had not
occurred 10 him. Ii was not until he had reached
the threshold of the heuse, until he felt hope and
halp 10 lie near until lac bad heard Annes voice ap
pealing 10 him 90 know what 1t was lhat the whole
meaning of ID bad burst upon him St. John
Nountford dead, aud lao himself master OF the
hopseI IL was impossible that apart from the ap-
Mailing suddHnness Of the catastrophe, aud the ner
nns AGITATION Of his own share in IL tho death Of
his cousin eyen in THE startling and pltuni way,
should plunge him into grief He was deeply
shocked and awed and iupressed-eorTy Tor the
adies stricken uneX pectedIy with dInbie DOOM
loss OF their head less Of their home-snd sorry be,
vond words for the poor man himself thus snatcneu
ont ANY suggestion even of what vac going 90 hap
-, Int n was not poseible that Heathcote Mount