The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-10-23

ing place of the rich Dame Ursula Bar
ing. She amassed riches year by year
for her only child, son, who had gone
abroad, and she meant to make him
wealthy and prosperous on his return.
One sad day Dame Ursula had tidings
that her son was dead. She immediate
ly became demented and lived in
wild sort Of dream for year, and then
died suddenly. Then news came that
the son had left wife and little boy
to mourn him, and search was made
for the property. Previous to her
death the old dame had converted all
she could into money, and now not
penny piece could be found for her
rightful heirs.
The excitement became great, and
certain dishonest and adventurous per-
sons had surreptitiously raised and
opened Dame Ursula's coffin, thinking
she had tried to take her wealth with
her-all in vain. In queer writing,
done with her diamond ring on win
dow in her bedroom-the ring was
missing nowhere the words, "Time
will show where my treasure lies"
At the end of fifty years her lovely
great granddaughter, Ursula, colld
not wed the man she loved because he
depended on the will of an uncle, and
she had nothing. The widowed moth
er had allowed as many excavations to
take place at Clovis Court as could hap
pen without bringing down the walls.
Then she devoted herself with great
thrift to living on the next to nothing
she had, and interested herself in poul-
try, pigs and repairing linen. She did
not moan over her fortunes, and tried
to make her girls cheerful and happy,
succeeding admirably until that terri
BILE fellow, "Love," appeared.
Guy Norman was packed off to the
Continent just as the dull winter days
set in. Ursula could not bear to think
of Christmas, and hated helping to
make plum puddings with sore heart.
She was so pitiful in appearance one
day, that Nora begged her to go for a
walk, and not make the pudding salt
with tears.
Glad to escape, Ursula hurried out
into the wintry road. Everything
looked dull and gray, and the girl after
walking briskly for time, turned by
a side path into the garden of the de-
serted court. She wandered past the
stately windows; then, with a natural
inclination for everything as dismal as
herself, she resolved to explore the old
house. Fetching key, she let herself
in and paused a moment, startled by
the echo of her own football in the
weird silence; then she passed boldly
on, determined to see old Dame Ursula's
room. A quaint, .low-roofed place,
with lattice windows-and old four
bedstead still stood there with faded,
damp hangings of blue. Our Ursula
was earnestly gazing on the lines en-
nraUl1 m n yrin sGNi,, -,
where my treasure lies" when she saw
a herd of cattle getting into the garden
through the broken wall. There was
not much to spoil, truly, but sense of
order made Ursula resolve to try and
dismiss the intruders.
Quickly she ran out into the passage
and sped downstairs; seizing her um-
brella she valiantly waved it as she ap-
peared in the garden, and great con-
sternation occurred. The cattle ran
hither and thither, and none turned
toward the gap in the wall. They ran
against each other and everything else,
but finally they were induasd to go, and
Ursula, looking over the debris of a
battlefield where she had come off vic
torious, found that the old sun-dial was
broken down.
In real sorrow-for this had been a
trysting spot where Guy and she had
passed many apleasant greeting fair"
she ran toward it, then stopped and
turned pale with excitement. There
was large hollow beneath where the
sun-dial had stood, and in it were
moldy-looking bags and boxes.
1t was getting dusk now, and Ursula
ran swiftly home.
MISUNDERSTANDING your pud-
dings! Come, mother, to the court, for
the-the-treaSure is foundl"
The speech ended in sobs and laugh
ter. Mrs. Barring and Nora thought
She was demented, and looked solemnly
at each other. Only the old servant
sbrewdly asked:
'And where is it, Miss Ursula, dear ?"
"Under the sun-dial; some COWS
knocked it down."
"'Time,'" cried Nora, excltedlv,
"'time will show the old dame said.
Oh, mother, Martha, go at once"
And they went-and found such
riches as they had never dreamed of.
All the country called at the cottage,
the cruel uncle recalled the luckless
lover, marriage took place while the
mistletoe boughs were hanging still
green, and now Guy and Ursula have
settled to country life. and Ursula
takes personal delight in her dairy.
Her husband declares she Is in danger
of actually worshipping the COW, in
Oriental fashion, so great is her graft