The Irish standard., 1889-09-21


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4 fuI effort 5he choked down the rfsin anatll
+ SeIna and betook himself To asserting some
/ papers hs had broug with him from Trou-
| vile.
IsSs Seated at the table, arging the CON
tents of a heavy leather bound port bio, he
Z bent eagerly to his task ia order q over
e come the tumult within. AZ sigh OF relief
sscaped him "a 81 am 81 he said, ii
Istremor IL his voice, r. that my mother Wasga
mild, sweetrsouled woman, and that par
/ take Of her nature greatly else how shonld
il ever come through u all with unstained
i hands.
But, after al, {, he continued, while his
face paled with sorroWfuI emotion, after
ali j am not to forget that ] lam q Percival!
and that if should be able to change my
name q thousand times, the blood sODusd
tell I'll $s=#
He looked for q moment as it he would be
glad % slip from his identity even though
/ he might evolve mere slave.
| $ IL when Leon Percival in his wrath dis
inherited my father he had only taken from
him the arrogance, the senseless, passion
ate spirit, and the unforgiving, relentless
soul of the house, what blessing his dlsin-.
I heritance would have been! BUTT was only
the property aud thu honor Of being named
| as one Of them that he missed, that isfall.
oh! ] am glad, 9 he exclaimed, tri~
umphantly, s that haven't y farthing, no.,
not q tarthi 10 Of the Percival wealth.
He looked up as he finished his exultants
sentence and caught sight Of his face IN the
tell-tale mirror. Then he laughed softly to
himself. 'sPshaw!n said he, and the evil
feeling had ebbed out its last tidal wave,
and he was left in possession OF his sweet
mothers nature to which he SO often re-
ferred with fondest pride. i3ss II hi.
Three days after we leave Allan Perclval
at his lodgings In London we find him
standing in the library, the dimly lighted,
ghostly looking library Of Heatherleigh.
He was alone; the good natured, portlyt
squire was poking about the gallery on the
second floor, imagining he could read the
soul by the olntenance; and SO was very
busy reveling and iomancing among the
portraits. He had no idea that the hand
some, well-dressed cockney. as he chose to
mentally dub the fellow downstairs, was &
scion Of the ancestral line he was yiewing.
ssNo,'' Squire Bancroft was saying to him
self, sthat's a young strip Of has barrister
the solicitors ave sent down ael'e to hin
spect the books hand take ha listsof them,
hi reckon, so hi won't bother I'M. Hi will
just henjoy myself hup ERE, hand kill two
birds with one stone by looking the pictures
hover willie les taking lis Inventory
So the easy-natured squire turned the
portraits this way and that to get sufficient
light, and adjusted the heavy curt ms on
thor dusty brass rings to suit himself, and
persuaded his speculative soul that it was
having holiday treat
Down in the dim semi-twillght of 1.-THE
room Of the books stood Allan, saying in
an undertone: ITO the left hand end OF the
shelves. and the third row. All! now I
have it, and after removing several vol
umes he placed his hand on the panel indi-
Gated in her letter.
.'To the right, noW,'' and he gave the
panel shove IN the direction named by
Miriam and it slid back noiselessly, but
sending up a cloud of dust neverthe less
'By Joven' Allan calculated, stepping
back and brushing the dust from his face
and eyes, sit is worth ran som to be.
smothered in this way
r Then he listened to reassure himself that
Bancroft was not coming now at the SUI
preme moment to be inqulsitive and vexa
him with words and looks OF distrustful
questioning, perhaps 4 IGN
Mt No, the squire was not coming; doubtless
he would rot, as Allan had announced his
intention Of overhaul ne the dozens Of dusty
volumes, some Of them ancient and curious
4 " bound and others Of later date. What a
place for an old book worm Of a felloW!''
at his right, as he thrust his hand into the
recess in the wall, after having satisfied
himself that Bancroft was not coming.
The first thing his hand touched he drew
forth It proved to be the long-hidden
casket containing Lady Percival's jewels.
Brushing the dust from the elegant cover
he opened it for moment in order that he
might know what he really did have. Da-
n,onds; diamonds scintillating even in the
dim light told him he had the required
Jewels Shutting the casket undiscovered
the letters T.. p. engraven in the center Of
the cover. HI
s.Aunt Percival,'' he murmured s'sOh! j
feel SO strange in this awful place, where
sweet Lady Percival died; from where my
faith err fed, and from whose doors my dar
ling was driven in her Widows weeds God
be merciful, wish was out Of this Z. III Il
Once more he put his hand into the recess
and renewed the search. Three small boxes
and silver drinking cups next rewarded his
endeavors These he deposited in various
pockets without examining them and again
he searched the recess.
ssThe family plate, by Joyep And out it
came from the remote corner OF the cup
board. Silver, silver, silver! And here was
riddle he could not solve. How could this
! little place hold all thiss He tried the other
side of the aperture, and to his astonish'
nent d panel moved easily back, revealing
q capacious recess, and the t'cornel'' he
thought he had reached was not corner
only a sort Of division. Ct.
ssIt,s deuced lucky I brought my travel
ing case, or else how should ! smuggle all
shis away from Heatherleigh Egad! ! feel 4
ike thief! II. Il III 4
Ii Having slowed all the valuables away in
MS large valise, he shutup the recess ana
replaced the books he had removed.
" 81 believe will go upstairs now and see
what has become Of the SQUIRE unused
Allan, looking about him. 81.
But the Squire was coming down. kA nan
heard him Ga the stairs, and forthwith he
began to be deeply nterested il g yellow &,
PACED volume, for whose contents ne dldn y
.are half penny. Il az sss