The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

speaking FOR his good ann STUCK 10 my 80
Has IL never come In upon your mna
what Won are dolngf' asked.
what am doing be repeated Il was
never good at guessing riddles"
"Vhat you are doing sikh your son.
said /.
"U'oll. said be. with some defiance IN MS
tome aand what am doing with my sonf
"Your father was very good man, says
I ,trnvinc from direct the path. But Go
yosl think be was O wise iatberF
There was pause before he spoke ana
then: 81 say nothing against him." ne re
oiled. Il had the most cause perhaps but
say nothing
.Why. there II f., said l. "You bad the
cause at least And yet your father was a
Good man; .never knew better, save on
Inc one point, nor yet n wiser Nhere 10
stumbled It Is highly possible another man
should fall. Tie had the two sons
Nv lord Raped suddenly end violently on
be table.
"What is thisr' cried he. "Speak out"
81 viii. them sail /. my voice almost
.trsnrled with tho humping Of my heart
II Won continue 70 indulge Mr. Alexander
rou are following in your fathers footsteps
neware. nv lord, les rwhen be grows up
your son should follow IN the master s.
had never meant TO pat the thing 80
rudelv; but ia the extreme OF fear there
ONES a brutal kind Of couruge-the most
,ru,,l indeed. OK ar-ani burned my ships
with that plain word | never had the an
.rver When lifted ms head my lord had
-isen 10 bis feet. and the next moment be fell
cavity on the floor The no or seizure en-
lured not very long He came 20 himself
-acantly, put his hand 70 his head, which ]
-sas then supporting, and says he, in broken
voice: "bhave been III, and little after
'Holp mem | got him to has feet, and he
TODD pretty wei. though he kept hold Of the
able. 81 have been III, Mackeliar," be said
lgain. "Someihiug broke Mackellar, or was
DING 20 break and then all swan away. ]
mink was very angry. Never you mind,
lacleliar. never you mind, my man. !
!. would nae hurt hair upon your head Too
nuch has come and gone. It's a certain
hing between us two. But think, Mackel
ar, | win go TO Mrs Henry think 1 will
0 70 Mrs Henry said he, and got pretty
.eadily from the room, leaving me overcome
sith penitence.
Presently the door few open and my lady
.sveDt in with flashing eyes Nv hat is adj
.bisn she cried. "What have you done To
nv husbandi VIII nothing teach you your
losition in this housed WIN You never cease
rom making and medilirgF
"My lady, sail /, ''since | have been in
his house have had plenty Of hard words
or awhile they were my daily diet, and
ayallowed them ALL As for today you may
all me what you please; you viii never find
ne name hard enough for such hunder
And yet / meant 10 for the best
told her an with ingenuity, even as IL Is
written here. and when she had heard me
out she ponlcrei and / could see scr ami
mostly fan. eyes" she said, "you meant
veil. indeed. have had the same Thought
myself, or the same temptation. rather
which makes me pardon you But, dean
5od. can you not understand that De can
aear 30 m1rei He can bear no u'orew SD.
riod. "Ths cord is stretched 20 .rapp.ae
What matters tho future, il be have one OBJ
NO good daysE
"Amen." said J. 81 win mcddie no more
an please encSgh that you should recog
uize the liudness Of niy meaning"
"Aes,n said my lady, "ouJ when II came
70 the point. have 70 suppose your courage
allied you; Tor what You said was said cru
ly.n She paused, looking no me, then ud
emily smiled little. and said singular
hing: 20 you know what you are. Mr.
Mac, eilari You are an old maid
No more incident Of any note occurred in
ne family until the return o. tlat. STARR
nan, The master But have o. place her
second extract rom tle memoirs oi CheFa
lsr Hgrsc. inter sting in itself agl highly
necessary fos my purpose 10 is our onil
.izht of The master on bis Indian travels. aul
the first word DO these pages OF Secgndm
0ass One fact, it is % observe. appears
aare very clearly, which, if we bad known
come twenty years ago, how many caamiie
and sorrows hai been spared.-thots ecunlea
Dass spoke English.