Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-03-06

BY MARIE WALSH.
Based on the Popular Play now
being Performed by the
Madison Square Thea
tire Company.

Inc CLOCK on TIE klLLlnk-fDOln lnNnteI-plece
at Blackburn Mill had Just struck nine
O'Clock. Mrs. Kirke laid aside her knitting
and arranged the pillows at the back OF her
husbands chair. The miller was GONZALES
cent, but still very weak.
Every afternoon he came downstairs and
sat In the arm chair beside the fire where he
generally remained until the evening
sit is time, Mercy, for The evenings prayers.
Where's Dan and Joe? know things are all
going wrong since have beeu ill.," said the
miller, petulantly.
"My dear, you only think so. Dan and Joe
have done their best, anu Dolly works early
and late, poor lass
"Yea, poor lass. shall not have a home TO
give her long. The time is near, my poor
wife, when we must leave the old mill II l.
hard, bitterly hard, to leave the dear old
home that has sheltered us so many years, but
IL must be done. Better starvation, death.
anything, than more debt TO Squire Rodney.
Oh, that faithless child OF ours our only
BARN, who should have proved blessing In
stead of curse to us. Mercy, my old heart Is
heavy tonight. Would that / were dead,
would that were deadl"
"Don't talk Ike that, DunStan tvsllkc n.y.
ing In the face of Providence
81 can't help IL, mercy, Oh l could curse
the hour that Hazel was bognw
"0h, don't, don'tr' cried Mercy Kirke,
clasping her hands together; "Dunstan, for
Heavens sake, don't speak so haiSllly o. our
unfortunate daushterl Do you know what
night this is?"
Thursday, believe ="
ayes, Thursday, the twenty-hth of
August"
"AhP' exclaimed the old Miller with
groan.
ln ~ nish' twenty se"is "so 'ui Ai'"ei '''
"Oh, mercy don't remind me of that now.
can not pear 70 tnlnk OF ~ ...,oo. ,,,,.,,.
"Oh,. father, why not? 1t was sweet night
"And IL is a bitter night TO us now, Mercy;
for she has brought shame ON our honest
ne, ph io,u wi,eh go fn " a ~
II wanted TO hide my race from eVeINoouy
nVeu heT; Meic!, oet'ei Juan "hJ'hihs Al
This world D >,
You might Try 10 forgive ner, DunStah,
pleahhen Mercy, US Us, sne .doh ms manu- III ieiS
ana oent oyer nun, tehdeItY; .,..o,,,, &c
Never" cried the old miller, bitterly. as
ne put nls manu- up anu Coucieu wy ~ ~,
shade which he wore over his eyes, for the
lever had lett MIN onhu. ., - rIouo,r,
I'm, tather, uon De so ,,nLu On naei .,.o
81 am not too hard, mother LOOK ~ THESE
slghIless eyes III is al her wOrk. iea, VI
snail soon be 6eggars ln the streeI' anu IL VIII
all De her Work, TOO
what DO you mean LuhstaI o =
II mean, Mercy, that the emu mas COME
owe everything We've sot III tne Woilu "
squire Rodney, ana can hoI Snuuie ~ - ~,
In debt TO him any longer. l shall sehu iUt
MIN as soon as am able 10 ieaNe lne mn M.
You, Dolly, ana must WANDER through tIle
world to beg or starve. But snall no longer
DE adeDJor 10 the man our own hesh anu
blood has wrongcd." .,.a
"Dunstan, don't let sucn gloomy thougnts
as those Jake possession. II we nave W le.N c
our home God Will provide announcer one lof
us Let US trust to Him. Will send Tor Dan
and Joe now said the gOou woman, US She
passed into the kitchen where Dolly was
roning. ,,
"Dony, you had Detter 20 anu can W. !, men,
1t Is past the hour for evening prayers
"Here they come, Aunt mercy, replieu
Dolly, ms she heard the men coming through
the front yard To the Sltilng-room.
LAY, Hy, Dolly, all are here save those VINO
ought to b. here the most.
''What do you mean, aunt, asked Dolly IN
surprise. ,,.. r5on,,
"rhat my child Is absent, ana doht KNOW
where she Is. On, Dolly she may oe IL nome
less wanderer starving III the streets TO-
night" 80,
'Oh, Aunt Mercy, don't say such ureaului
things"
al can not help thinking them, Dolly.
Squire Rodney returned rom LONDON yes
"Dd he cali on you, Aunt Mercy 2?
ayes, Dolly; I've came when you had gone
on that errand 70 the village LOT your uhc.G.
"what did the squire say? -
Your uncle was asleep When ne called SO
had an opportunity 70 talK 70 MN re
and that she had promised to send FOR Hazel
and tell her the terrible truth which the
squire discovered during his visit to Brighton
through the confession OF Arthur earring
ford's valet"
"Aunt Mercy, think Squire Rodney may
be mistaken / would not believe Barney
O'Flynn upon his OATH"
but, Dolly, things look very queer"
$50 they do, Aunt Mercy but can't bring
myself to believe that Arthur Carringford is
such n william. He loved Hazel devOtedly
and men seldom betray women whom they
love"
"But facts. Dolly, are facts, and Barney
O'Flynn says that they were married Oh tine
English side of the Border"
"Oh bother l don't believe that Irish
donkey knows what he Is talking about DID
Lady fravers send for Hazel?"
That is the stIaugest part of the whole
affair. Sunire Rodney told me that Lady
Tmvers, after a long conversation with hun,
had pledged her word to make her son marry
Hazel again, in fact, to make an honest
woman OF my poor girl. The squire promised
to call on Lady TiaerS in few days to leai II
how matters Went"
"Well Aunt Mercy 2" said Dolly, Mrs.
Kirke hesitated.
"rhe squire called, and was informed that
Lady Trayers was too i'll TO zee him. Ne
wr,,ie 10 her several times but he did not
p raiya ANY repl, "
..IjoIv atrnnu,. y, exclaimed Dolly.
uVarv M. squire then teleglaphed to
Eright1n TO Hazel. but he did not receive any
answer"
..iVhut does he intend to do no?"
"Iie viii return 10 London the latter part of
this ,vc.r ana do All he can to solvs the prob
I'm ~ nay 'Trayers, strange conduct"
..Why did he not remain in London until
he knew whether Lady rravers had kept her
promise TO him or not ?''
ale was Obliged to return to Blackburn tG
attend 10 some business matters"
,,There ~ ITncle DunStan calling and Dan
ana Toe waiting for us to say prayers. Come,
Aunt Mercy, said Dolly, as she took a