Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-07

- fs went the patnesic ar o. .'Bnuie Aroou.
u was the 0rst time had heard that tune--1
was TO hear u again, words aud all, q you
shall learn--but remsmbsr how that little
stave Of It ran In my head after the free
traders had badc him "whcesht, In the dcils
name" and the grating Of the oars had taken
It's place, and stood and watched the dawn
creeping on the sea and the boat drawing
away, and the lugger lying with her forcsaii
backed awaiting It.
The gap made in our money was sore EN-.
barrassrnent, and among other consequences
It had this: That must ride to Edinburgh,
and there raise new loan ON very question
able terms to keep tho old afioat; and was
thus, for Close upon three weeks absent from
the house bf Durrisdeer
What passed in tho interval Rad none to
tell me, but ! found Mrs Henry, upon INV
return, much changed In her demcanor: the
old talks with my lord for tho most part
pretcrmitted; a certain depreciation visible
toward her husband, to whom, I thought.
she addressed herself moro often, and for
ono thing, she was now greatly wrapped up
In Miss Katharine, her daughter. You would
think the change was agreeable TO Mr.. Henry
No such matteri To the contrary, every cir.
cumstance Of alteration was q stab TO him.
He read in each the avowal Of her truant
which she was proud, while she supposed him
dead, she had to blush for now she knew he
was alive; and these blpshes were the hated
spring Of her new conduct I am to conceal
no truth. and will here say plainly, think
this was tho period In which Mr.. Henry
showed the worst. He contained himself. in
deed, In public, but there was deep seated
Irritation visible underneath. With me, from
whom he had less concealnent, he was often
grossly unjust; and even for his wife he
would sometimes have sharp retort-per-
haps when she had rufIicd him with some
unwonted kindness, perhaps upon no tanQi-
ble occasion-the mere habltuai tenor of the
mans annoyance bursting spontaneously
forth. When he would thus forget himself
"a thing SO strangely out Of keeping with the
terms OF their relationD. there went a shock
through the whole company, and the pair
would look upon each other In q kind Of
panied amazement
All the time, too, while he was ini,,rinp
himself by this defect Of temper, he was
hurting his position by silence, Of which /
scarce know whether to say 1t was the child
of generosity or pride. Tho free traders
came again and again, bringing messersefs;
,!ssss Ss did none departed empty
handed. | never burst reason with Mr..
Henry; he gave what was asked Of him In
kind Of noble rage. Perhaps because he knew
he was by nature inclining to the parsimoni-
Gus, he took back foremost pleasure In the
reckleSsness with which he supplied his bro
theirs exigence. Perhaps the falsity of the
position would have spurred an humber man
into the same excesses. But the estate Gf l
may say sol groaned under 1t; our daily ex-
penses were shorn lower and lower; the sta
bles were emptied all but four roadsters;
servants were discharged, which raised
dreadful murmuring in the country and
heated up the old disfavor upon Mr.. Henry;
and at last the yearly visit to Edinburgh
niust be discontinued. =
This was in 1856 You are to suppose that
for seven years this bloodsucker had been
drawing the lifes blood from rurrisdeer,
and that all this time my patron had held his
peace 1t was an effect of devilish malice IN
tho master that no addressed Mr., Henry alone
upon the matter Of. his demands, and there
was never word to my lord. The family
had looked on, wondering at our economies
They had lamented, have no doubt, that
my patron had become SO great miser, a
fault always despicable, but In the young
abhorrent, and Mr.. Henry was not yet 30
years of age. Still, he had managed the bus
iness Of Durrisdeer almost from a boy, and
they bore with these changes in silence as
proud and bitter as his own, until the coping
stone Of the Edinburgh visit
At ttAs time, believe, my patron and his
wife were rarely together save at meals. In
mediately on the back of Col Burkes an
nouncement Mrs. Henry made palpable ad
vances; you might say she had laid a sort Of
timid court to her husband, different indeed
from her former manner of unconcern and
distance J never had the heart to blame
Mr.. Henry because he recoiled from these ad
vances, nor yet to censure the wife, when she
was cut to the quick by their rejection But
the result was an entire estrangement, SO
that tas say, they rarely spoke except at
meals Even tho matter of tho Edinburgh
visit was first broached at table, and it
chanced that Mrs, Henry was that day ailiSg
and querulous She had no sooner under
stood her husbands meaning than the red
flew in her face.
"At LAST she cried, this is too much.
Heaven knows what pleasure hayo in my
life that l should be denied my only consola-
ton. These shameful rroclivities must be
trod down; we are already a mark and an
eyesore in the neighsorhood; will not en-
dure this fresh insanity"
~ cannot afford it," says Mr.. Henry.
"AffordP she csied "For shamel But
have money of my own"
"That is all mine, madame, by marriage"
he snarled, and instantly left the room.
My old lord threw up his hands to heaven,
and he and his daughter, withdrawing to the
chimney, gave me broad hint to be gone.
found Mr.. Henry in his usual retreat, the
stewards room, perched on the end of the
table and plunging his penknife into it, with
a very ugly countenance.
'Mr. Henry" said /, "you do yourself too
much injustice; and it is time this should
cease"
"OhT cries he, nobody minds here. They
think it only natural have shameful pro-
clivties. l am niggardly dog" and he
drove his knife up to the hlt. "But will
show that fellow" he cried, with an oath, II
will show him which is the more generous"
"This is no generosity" said l, "this is only
pride"
"Do you think ! want moralityr he asked
l thought he wanted help, and l should
give 1t him, willy -nilly; and no sooner was
Mrs. Henry gone to her room than ! pre-
sented myself at her door and sought admit
tauce.
She openly showed her wonder. "What
do you want with me, Mr. MackellarT said
she.
'The Lord knows, madam" says !. 81
have never troubled you before with any free
doms; but this thing lies too hard upon my
conscience, and it will out. Is II possible that