Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-08

before all things, and that will come by hon. bring ourselves"
 "Yes, it is right" she whispered with a little shiver. "Kiss me, and say goodnight"
 He strained her in his arms, and she went away, but slackened her pace and fled back to him out of the moonlight. Then, slipping from his lips, she ran across the road and was gone. -'" 'sa-',
 CHAPTER W.
 BREAKFAST TIME.
 Out of his bed rose Cuthbert, to the tune of the school bell, swung by the man who cleaned the boots and thrived on pocket money errands to the destruction of youthful digestions. '-. >-',<-
 His own mild hint yesterday, by which he had hoped to put his father off from grappling questions had stirred him into perception of new sympathies in his nature. With thoughts of his wife, and the secret to be divulged be- fore another night should come, had mingled impulses of freedom, a yearning for the shows and struggles of an outer world, and a placid weariness of spirit, when the school room rose in his eyes, with the tasks to be set and the ignorance to be corrected.
 His resolution to proclaim his secret was a quickening spirit in the soil of his mind, germinating seeds there which he himself knew not of.
 "Why need fear my fathers anger2" he thought as he threw open his bedroom win dow, and stood in a. stream of sweet warm wind, fresh from the blue water; "I have served him dutifully, and will yet justify all his fine thoughts of his calling by sticking to it, if he will love Jenny, and bear with mo for marrying her. If not, the world is big enough to find me work, surelyl What am fitted for shall not trouble me; but what can get to do, I'll do."
 This honest solloquy done, he betook him. self to dressing.
 Never a looking glass gave back hand somer face than that into which he glanced. Such picture of dark auburn hair, white brow and blue eyes, bright with mind, as would set a heartless beauty dreaming like a faithful sweetheart.
 stage of which was the meeting of the boys in the schoolroom, to await, amid cracking of yawns and restless shufhing of feet, the arrival of Dr, Shaw in that academic gown of his, which he donned only to read the morning prayers in or to birch boy.
 Between prayer time and breakfast time there was a half hour, to employ which profitably to his spirits, that stood sorely in need of regenerating influences, and also to escape his fathers eyes, the twist of which, when they all got off their knees, he did not relish, Cuthhert went into the fields before the house; and so, through the glorifying sunshine and the narrow footway in the barley, down to the short grass of the cliff edge, on the swell of which he stood within a fathom of the sheer fall.
 A scene of summer beauty and morning splendor was this he overlooked. But Cuthbert was toiling with giant ir his mind, and nature was only blue ano green to him; for there is nothing dainty te troubled mind but ease and this our young friend could not get, neither by sitting nol 1 by standing.
 | But no use standing moodily conjecturine through the crops, which went whispering te the passage of the wind, as though they had snatched secret from it. | To the ushers-this old-fashioned term f l very meaning-was conceded the privIegt of breakfasting with the boys. But Cuth bert would have been glad to exchang places with any one of them that morning SO little fancy had he for a tete-a-tete witt his father.
 It was his duty, however, to be in the room when the boys assembled, and observe tha grace was duly said by one of the masters and deliver the order for the boys to fall to
 Under the clock he stood, punctual to tn hour. and in 8 hungry swarm the boy tumbled in.
 Grace having been said by bachelor Q arts, and the order to begin given, out spranl forty hands from under the tables, and tn pyramids lost their form and substance.
 Then Master Cuthbert, with @ pleasan smile around him, left the room.
 Old Dr. Shaw, with his legs crossed, an' showing no prodigy of calf, bent an eye upo, his son as he entered the room that seeme to twist round and round into him.
 Cuthbert took chair and waited, with hi father, for the servant to bring in the han and teapot.
 Until these things were forthcoming tn doctor held his tongue.
 Then, wheeling round, cup in hand an the saucer poised on thumb and forefngel after an old-fashioned habit of drinking tea he looked hard at Cuthbert.
 q have no right yet, suppose" said he, 1 level voice. "to ask you to explain you mysterious hints of yesterday?" "It was understood, sir, that should hay day or two for reflection"
 "For reflection on what" demanded th doctor, sharply. "In asking that, you ask all, father" "Alll"
 ) The doctor uttered the exclamation with most embracing emphasis , Cuthbert made no answer. , "I should be glad to have my doubts set 6 rest" continued the doctor, with a gloom nod of the head, intended to serve as a cha lenge.
 Still no reply from Cuthbert. : "Indeed!" exclaimed Dr. Shaw, with great deal of the schoolmaster in his face an , a flourish of the saucer, q have right { demand an answer from you" "So you have, sir, unquestionably." . sThen give me, in a few words, the mea, ing of this change in your behavior"
 "A few words will convey nothing"