Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-23


which we can be altogether boastful. But
we may be proud of our condolences
These are served out abundantly, one
day on an average, to every human
creature.
AT this moment telegram was brought
In, addressed to Miss Ruysdael.
~ am at the Langham Hotel. When
can see you Paul
"rhere," said Bethiah. with a sigh of re
lief. "He has not vanished, then, or run
away to hide himself 1t is just like Paul,
to send for me. He used to do the same
and in any trouble. | shall find him in
state of profound misery, full OF self accu-
sation. Well, | know what to do with
him."
"What will you do with him ?"
"First, must bring him here, and leave
him alone to have it out with Hetty. He
must tell her everything. If she forgives
him, which l expect, l will arrange for us
all three to go away at once. we VIII go
back to America. But he must marry
Hetty first, in order that he may have
somebody always with him to have the
'Do you think he may refuse ?' asked
Tom.
"No, he can never go back to the old life
That is impossible If | feared that, |
would not suffer him to marry Hetty.
But he must have some one always with
MIN, IL IL Is OILY W ilidhC lill Sct up unu
go to bed at proper times, and see that he
works in a healthy manner.
What will he do, then ?"
"For auch a man as Paul there Is only
one kind of work possible. He must be-
come journalist and get on presently to
become an author perhaps, or poet 1t
will not take Paul long to learn the trade.
and he will get employment. Oh, Hetty
and have sketched it out"
But before he gets employment" said
Sibyl, "he will want money. You must
suffer us-in common gratitude"
mo, Slbyl, no. He cannot take any of
your money. Do not deprive HIM of the
can say that he did-which he did-for
money"
"But-through Hetty, for Instance"
"No. Not even through Hetty. There
must be no question of money at all. He
can never recover self respect if lie takes
your money"
you are right, l suppose. Only it
seems cruel to let him go away in power
ty."
81 am his sister. l have enough for all
Besides, there is his father"
Then he has still father ?" said Tom
deacon Trinder has the principal store
in the town. He has put by dollars, be.
leve. How he will receive his son after
seven years of silence l do not know"
Grinder. Yes, he told me, the other
day, that his patronymic was Trlnder
Deacon Trinder-and store. | sup
pose a village store, where tea and golden
syrup and candles can be bought, and cot
ton stutfs and currants and ginger and
-four and ham and cheese and ribbons
and gloves"
Eyes, and everything else" said BETH
| ah laughing.
at seems a drop from an unknown par
entage and an education from the Sages,
doesn't 1T Well, Miss Ruysdael, won't
you let us help at all ?"
mo. You must leave him to me please
X you will see HIM, Mr.. Langston, and
| shake hands with him before he goes, it
would be kind. l don't know whether
tho recollection of the fact that you have
treated him as friend will help him out
of his slough of despond or not. But 1t
| will be kind"
ain that case" said Tom atfably, "he is
welcome to two shakes. Seriously, Miss
Ruysdael, | shall always remember the
Herr PauluS with admiration and graf
tude. The happiness and joy | experience
! ed when | found out how he sent my poor
guardian off to Abyssinia, and stole away
his senses. and yet made him do just ex-
actly what he pleased, can never be for
| MIN to go away. Further acquaintance
after what has passed, would not be deslr
able, would it :"
81 fear n OF. There is another reason
why Hetty must CO. Most unfortunately,
Paul found out her father, and took her to
see him. Well. 1t is great pity that
he did it, because it seems that the fellow
who is quite a low kind of creature, wants
Hetty TO take up the spirltualistic bust
ness and run it with her mother in the
States. He busters and threatens all
kinds of things, but of course, that means
nothing, except that we had better marry
her at once, and then he can say no more.
Af,,y, lNa q ~
Tom, Unexpectedly, Ito interrupt this
conversation for the purpose of drawing
moralY Remark, if you please, that al
the miracles performed by this greas pro
phet have brought misfortune to some
one. He miraculously shows Cicely he
brother at sea, and unsettles her mine
which was beginning to be accustomed t
his absence; then he brings my amiabl'
cousin to see her. What happens Per
clval DULLES and frightens his sister, anC
rounds on Paul, calling him a liar and I
dec liver and a Mediums Cad. There is
> rich reward for a benevolent worker o
miracles. Then he restores Hetty TO he
long lost fathers arms. and the fathe
turns out to be a most undesirable person
who regards his daughter AS the means o
making large profits if she Will lend her
. self TO his untruthful ways. Then he IN
PRODUCES his hest to His Eminence, Cardi
nal or Archbishop lzak Ion Mcnelek. tn
Falasha, commonly called LAX the Sage
who gives him gratuitous instructions ev
cry morning, aud imparts wonders OF tn
most astonishing depth. Unfortunately
the poor man, when the lesson Is over, fol
> gets it all Immediately, and goes about a
melancholy as King Nebuchadnezzar ate
his iii cam. He makes Mr.. Brudenel
;, unknown to himself, write a letter order
ing the sale of all his shares III certall
! company; unluckily, the poor man ha
4 written two other letters on the same day
recommending two friends to buy share
in the same company, which bursts
fortnight later. Mr.. Brudenel Is saved
and his friends are ruined. Naturally
y they ask the reasons why he sold out eN
u erythipg on the same day that he lvise
them to buy in and when we say That tn
spirits wrote that letter for him, the
sniff. This miracle, of which | desire t
e speak with gratitude, was the most III
. lucky that poor Paul ever worked, bC
y cause everybody knows, now, that he ha
been told, before Mr.. Brudenel wrote tina
: letter, what WAS the condition of the comps
{ ny, and besides, it afterwards covered hin
with confusion. because he now know
| that | had found ont how he did he trick