Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

seemed you might have heard pin drop In
the county.
] put the candle out, md the blackncss fell
about me groping dark; 10 wns like n crowd
surrounding Inc; and I went back 10 the
house OF Durrsdeer, with my chin upon my
shoulder, startling, as | went, with craven
suppostions. In the door n figure moved 10
meet me, and had near screamed with ter.
ror ere recognized Mrs Henry.
"IIave you told hint" says she.
"lt was he who sent mo-" said !. at Is
gone But why arc you hcrcr
st Is gonep she repeated. "What t
gonef
"The body said I. "why arc you not
with your husbandf'
"Goner said she "You can not have
looked. Come back"
"There Is no light now," said I. II dare
not"
~ can see In the dark. have been stand.
ing here 30 long-so long" said she. Come;
give me your hand"
We returned to tho shrubbcry hand in
hand, and to the fatal place.
''Take care Of the blood y said l.
"Bloodr she cried, and started violently
back
~ suppose II viii be" said l. II am like
blind man"
"No," said she, "nothingi Have you not
drcarnedr'
"Ab, would TO God We hadi' cried l.
She spied the sword, picked It up, and, see
ing the blood, let it fall again with her hands
thrown wide. "Ahr' size cried. And then.
with an instant courage, handled IL the second
time aud thrust 1t TO tho bit into the frozen
ground ~ will take IL back and Glenn II
properly" says she, and again looked about
4 Al ~. a
her on all Sides ut cannot be that he was
deadf' she added.
There was no flutter OF his heart" said j,
and then remembering; why are you not
with your husband"
ut Is no use, !" said she, "he viii not speak
to me"
mot speak TO your repeated. "oh, you
have not triedV
"fou have right TO doubt me- she re-
pied, with u gentle dignity.
At this, Tor the first time, l was seized with
sorrow for her "lod knows, madame
cried, God knows am not so hard as APP
penv; on TINS dreadful night VINO can veneer
his wordsf but ] am friend TO all who are
nos .enry Duries enehniesI
is hard, then, you should hesitote about
ms "ne, SAID sue.
saw All at once, IKE thc rcndihg oil ven,
how nobly she had borne tins unnatural ca
hmlty, ana how generously my reproacbes
we must so back ana tell this TO my
lord, said l.
Him cannot face" she cried.
"fou viii find him The least moved OF all
OF US, said !.
Aud yet cannot face him." said she.
"Wcll," said |, "you can return to Mr..
Henry; will see my lord"
As we walked back, ! bearing the candle
sticks, she the sword-a strange burden for
that woman--she had another thought.
"Should we tell Henryi' she asked.
''Let my lord decide" said !.
My lord was nearly dressed when came to
his chamber. He heard me with frown.
"Tbe free traders" said he. ''But whether
dead or aliveF
81 thought him said ], and paused,
ashamed of the word.
Il know; but you may very well have been
IN error. Why should they remove him II
not liying" he asked. "Oh, here Is great
door of hope. 1t must be given out that he
departed-ns he camc-withont any note Of
preparation. Wemust save all scandal"
saw he had fallen like the rest Of u.s. to
think mainly Of tho house. Now that all the
living members of the family were plunged
In irremedial sorrow. it was strange how wo
turned to that conjoint abstraction of the
family itself, and sought TO bolster up tho
airy nothing of its reputation; not the Duries
only, bat the hired steward himself
Are we 10 tell Mr.. HenryT asked him.
II will see" said hc. 81 am going to first
visit him, then go forth with you to view
the shrubbery and consider"
We went down stairs into the hall. Mr..
Henry sat by tho table with his head upon
his hand, like man OF stone. His wife stood
little back from him, her hand at her
mouth; 1t was plain she could not move him.
My old lord walked very steadily to where
his son was sitting; he had steady counte-
nance, too, but methought a little cold; when
ho was come quite up, he held out both his
Sands and said; my son"
With a broken, strangled cry, Mr.. Henry
leaped up and fell on his fathers mock, cry
ing and weeping, tho most pitiful sight that
ever man witnessed. "Oh, father" he
cried, lyon know loved him; you know !
hsed him in tho beginning; l could have
died for him--you know thatl would have
given my life for him and you. Oh, say you
know thati Oh, say you can forgive mel
oh, father, father, what have ! done, what
have donei and wo used to be BARNS to-
getherp and wept and sobbed, and fondled
the old man, and clutched him about the
neck, with the passion OF child in terror.
Nnd then he caught sight OF his wife, you
would have thought for the first time, where
slve stood weeping TO hear him; and In a mo-
nr'nt had fallen at her knees. And, oh, my
ls'~, he cried, "you must forgive me, tool
Not your husband-l have only been the ruin
of your life. But you knew me when was
lad; there was no harm In Henry Durie
then; he meant aye to be friend to you.
It's limits the old BARN that played with
yeu-oh, can ye never, never forgive hint"
throughout all TINS my lord was like
cold, KIND spectator with his wits about him.
Az the trst cry, which was indeed enough TO
CAL the mouse about us, he had said to me
over his shoulder Close tho door" And
now ne nodded TO himself
1--WE may leave HIM To his wife now," says