Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-06-10

me. the lilac was preparing to throw out
:, biossoms; the cuckoo was abroad; the
,IIoWs were returning with tumultuOus
,"sb a. If they had had quite enough of
~ supny south aud lopged again for the
SstrIsments of the castle and the banks OF
T,ane,: the woods were full of sopg; the
SIS were full of young birds, chirpiug to-
,stber. partly because they were always
S,,gry partly because thew were rel Oicing
:, the sunshine, and all the living creatures
= wood aud field and river were hurrying
icing creeping, crawling, swimming, run
zoo vita intent to eat each other out OF
house and home.
The eve ofthe sun fell upon empty
.,-asts and closed houses--not even o
n,,rhsr. much less thief OF burglar, Wis
M in the whole Of Northumberland; and
i.,bers might DO here and there gypsies'
ant the ylrtu0us toes Of the occupants
rs.oed out from beneath the canvas, with
5sysr thought Of sharing hares or steal
in, poultry. Even in Newcastle, which,
II YOU come TO think of it, is pretty well
81: wicksdusss, the night watchmen slept
N their boxes, lanterns long since extin-
..1ishsd. and the wretches who had no beds,
no money aud slender hopes for the next
avs feed slept on the hunks and stalls
ahout the market, Nothing stirred except
~. hands ct the church clock; and these
moved steadily; the quarters and the hour
were stuck. Bat for the clocks the towns
might have been 80 many cities ofthe dead,
each house a tomb, each bed silent grave
The NOrthumbrian folk began to get up-a
little later than usual because it was Sun
i,y-tirst in the villages and farm houses,
next in the small towns; last aud latest, in
Newcastle, which was ever lie sbed city.
Warkworth is quite small town and q
GREAT way from Newcastle. Ii has only
one street. At one end Of it is the church
and at the other end is the castle. The
street runs up hill from church to castle.
In the year 1864 the castle was more ruin
Gus han il showed in later years, because
the keep itself stood IoOfeSS, its stairs
b;aksn and it's floors fallen ina great
shelI, echOing thunderously with all the
winds. As for the walls, the ruined gate
WAYS, the foundations of the chapel, the
yswning vaults and the Quilted towers,
they have always been the same since the
destruction of the place. The wall flowers
and long grasses grew upon the broken
bs.tlemeuts; blaCkberries and elder bushes
occupied the moat; the boys climbed mp TO
psrious places by fragments of broken
steps; the swallows flew about the lofty
keep; the green woods hung upOn the
slopes above the river, and the winding
C0Quet rolled around the hill on which the
castle stood-a solitary and deserted place.
Yet in the evening there was one corner
in which the light Of fire could always
he seen. Ii came from a chamber beside
the great gateway-that which looks upon
the meadows to the south. Here lived the
frgleman. He lad fitted small window
in the wall, constructed door, built up
TIE broken stones, and constituted himself,
without asking leave OF my Lord OF North
umberland, sole tenant of Warkworth
castle.
When the first corners had looked up the
street and down the street, straight through
and across the other, and examined the
sky and inspected the horizon, and OBJ
tanned all possible information about the
weather, they gave each other the good
morning, aad asked for opinions on the
slhieCt of hay. Then one by one they
went hack to their hOuses-which are OF
stone, having very small windows with
bulls eye glass in leaden easements, and
red tilted roofs.
After breakfast, for two hours by the
clOcS, they fell 20 stroking of stubby chins
and TO wondering when the barber would
D. ready. This coald not be until stroke
Of at least, because he had to comb, dresa
and powder first the icar's wig for Sun
day. Heaven forbid that the church should
BE- put oil with anything short OF wig
newly cOmbed aud newly curled! And
next the wig OF his worship, Cuthbert
Ctrnaby, Esq justice of the peace, and
0eeold cousin to his lordship, the Earl OF
Northumberland, newly succeeded TO the
title. When this was done the barber ad-
dressed himself to the chins and cheeks OF
the townsiolk, aud this with such deXtsrlty
and dispatch that before the church bell
began be had them all dispatched ana
taroed of And then their eountenances
were glorious, and shone in the sHu IKE
unto the face of mirror, and felt as
smooth to the enamored finger IS the chm
ana cheek Of maid. Thus does art I'M
prove and correct nature. The savage VINO
Wes5eih beard knows not this delight.
It was dry on which something out OF
the common was to happen; q day on
winch expectation was on tiptoe; and when
~ 10 O'Clock the first stroke of the church
bell began, all the boys with one and the
same design turned their steps-slo"ly az
hrst, and as If the business did not greatly
matter, yet should be seen into--toward
The churchyard. They were all in Sunday
best; their hair smooth, their hands white,
their shoes brushed and their stockings
lean; they moved as if drawn by invisible
opes; as if they eOuld not choose but 90;
'1d whereas on ordinary Sundays not
al among them all entered the church
I'l the very last toll of the bell, on TINS
lay they made straight for the porch at
be first, and this although they know tnst
! they once set foot within 10 they must
ASS straight on without lingering, into
he church, and 80 take their seats, ana
ALI an hour longer to wait in silence ana
oOd behavior with liability to discipline:
or rod is ever ready in church as wen
5 at home, for the back Of him who shows
im5elfvoid of understanding. The fugle-
IAN, who welded that rod was strong Oh
rm; and no boy could call himself for
innate, or boast that he had escaped the
,Ourge Of folly till the servece was fairly
one.
Out in the fields, and in the fair mea-
Ows, and down the riverside, and along
he quiet country paths, and among the
Gods which hang above the winding of
le Coquet, the sound of the bell quick
ned the steps Of those who were leisurely
IakiDg their way to church, so that every
ian put best foot for'srd, with Hurry
p lad! Lose not this mornings sight!
9 in time! Quick, laggardp' and 50 forth,
lch to the other.
At Norwich Mill, Mistress Barbara
tumble would not 90 to church, though
sr brother did. Nor would she let any
her Of the household 90, neither her man
Or her maid, nor the stranger, ifany, that
IS within her gates; but at 1880 of the
ock she called them together and read
Oud the Psnitential Psalms and the COM
ination service.
The show, meantime, had begun. At
Ie 6rst stroke Of the bell there walked
nth from the yestry room q little process