Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-01-16


certain at least that he made a motion to
Capt. Grail to have the woman trepanned,
and that the captain refused the proposition
with uncommon vehemence And the end of
the matter was victory for Jessie, Money
was got together; an interview took place in
which my proud gentleman must consent to
be kissed and wept upon and the woman was
set up in public of her own, somewhere on
Solway side (but forget where), and by the
only news ever had of it, extremely i'll fire.
quented.
This is to look forward. After Jessie had
been but little while upon his heels, the
master comes to me one day in the stewards
office, and with more civility than usual
"Mackellar," says he, there is damned
crazy wench comes about here. | cannot
well move in the matter myself, which brings
me to you Be so good as see to it; the men
must have strict injunction to drive the
wench away"
Sir" said l, trembling a little, 'you can
do your own dirty errands for yourself"
He said not word to that, and left the
room.
Presently came Mr. Henry Here is
news!" cried he. sit seems all is not enough,
and you must add to my wretchedness, 1t
seems you have insulted Mr. Bally."
Under your kind favor, Mr.. Henry" said
[, sit was be that insulted me- and as | think
grossly But | may have been careless Of
your position when | spoke, and if you think
so when you know all, my dear patron, you
have but to say the word For you would
obey in any point whatever, even to sin, God
pardon me!n And thereupon told him what
had passed
Mr.. Henry smiled to himself; grimmer
smile never witnessed "You did exactly
well,n said he 'He shall drink his Jessie
Broun to the dregs" And then, spying the
master outside, he opened the window, and
crying to him by the name of Mr. Bally,
asked him to step up and have word,
James" said he, when our prosecutor had
come in and closed the door behind him,
looking at me with a smile as ii he thought !
was to be humbled, you brought me a com
plant against Mr. Mackellar into which
have inquired | need not tell You would
always take his word against yours for we
are alone, and am going to use something
Of your own freedom. Mr.. Mackellar is
gentleman | value. and you must cOntrive, so
long as you are under this roof, to bring
yourself into no more collisions with one
whom | will support at any possible cost to
me or mine AS for the errand upon which
you came to him. you must deliver yourself
from the consequences of your own cruelty,
and none of my servants shall be at all en-
ployed in such case"
"Mv fathers servants, ! believe" SAYS the
master
go TO him with this tale, " said Mr., Henry
The master grew very white. He pointed
at me with his finger 81 want that man dis
charged" he said
''He shall not be, said Mr. Henry.
"You shall pay pretty dear for this" says
the master
81 have paid so dear already for wicked
brother" said Mr. Henry, THAT am bank
rupt even of fears You have no place left
where you can strike me-"
81 will show you about that" says the
master, and went softly away.
''What will he do next, Mackellar?n cries
Mr.. Henry
"Let me go away SAD I. "My dear pa
iron, let me go away | am but the beginning
of fresh SORROWS"
would you leave me quite alone?' said he.
We were not long in suspense as to the
nature of the new assault. Up to that hour
the master had played very close game with
Mrs Henry; avoiding pointedly to be alone
with her, which l took at the time for an
insidious art; meeting her, you may say, at
meal time only; and behaving, when he did
SO, like an affectionate brother Up to that
hour, you may say he had scarce directly in
terfered between Mr.. Henry and his wife;
except in SO far as he had Unanswered the
one quite forth from the good graces of the
other Now, all that was to be changed; but
whether really in revenge, or because he was
wearying of Durrisdeer and looked about for
some diversion, who but the devil shall decide?
From that hour at least began the siege of
Mrs. Henry; thing so deftly carried on that
| scarce know ii she was aware of it herself
and that her husband must look on in silence
The first parallel was opened las was made to
appearj by accident. The talk fell, as it did
often, on the eXiies III France-so it glided to
the matter o: their songs
There is one,n says the master, ''if you are
curious in these matters that has always
seemed to me very moving. The poetry is
harsh; and yet, perhaps because of my situa
ton, it has always found the way to my
heart 1t is supposed to be sung, ! should
tell you, by an eXile's sweetheart; and repre-
sents, perhaps not 50 much the Cuth of what
she is thinking, as the truth of what he hopes
of her, poor soul! in these far lands And
here the master sighed. II protest 1t is a
pathetic sight when a score of r0ugh Irish,
all common sentinels, get to this song and
yon may see by their falling tears, how it
strikes home to them. 1t goes thus, father y
says he, very adrotly taking my lord for his
listener, land if cannot get to the end of it,
you must think it is common case with US
eXiles. =" And thereupon he struck up the same
air as had heard the colonel whistle; but
now to words, rustic indeed, yet most patheti-
cally setting forth a poor girls aspirations
for an exlled lover: of which one verse indeed
tor something like it, still sticks by me;
20, will dye my petticoat red,
With my dear boy I'll beg my bread,
Though all my friends should wish me dead
For Willie among the rlshes, Or
He sung it well even as song but he did
better yet as a performer. | have heard
famous actors, when there was not dry eye
in the Edinburgh theatre; great wonder to
behold; but no more wonderful than how the
master played upon that little ballad and on
those who heard him like an instrument and
seemed now upon the point of failing, and
now to conquer his distress so that words and
music seemed to pour out of his own heart
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