Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

There was n mlGrmur of applause from the
provincials.
II shoSld have remembered how n title
would shiyie out in such hole as this" says
the master, white as a sheet; mo matter how
uniustly COME by. IL remains for me, then,
to die at my lords door, where my dead body
will form a very ches"ful ornament"
"Awav with your aircctations' cries my
lord you know very we'll have no such
meaning; only 10 protect myself from calum-
nv and M home from your intrusion |
offer YOU choice. Either | shall pay your
passage homo on the first ship, when You
NAV perhapa he able to resume your occupa-
tions under "a government, although God knows
would rattle. SEQ you on the highway! Or,
if that likes yo u not, stny here and welcomed
have iuu,ircd the least sum on which body
and soul can l,e dccentlv kept together in
New York; so much you shall have, paid
weekly and if you cannot labor with your
hands to better it. it is high time you should
betake yourself to learnt The condition is,
that Won speak W.T. no member of my fami-
w cyrept myself" he Cddcd.
do not tillnli ! have ever seen any man so
pale as was the master; but he was erect and
his mouth trN.
II have b ,cn met here with some very UNI
mcrited insti Is. = said he, 'irom which have
y
Give mo your p.ttnnC2, | take it without
shame. for il is mine alrcady-likc the shirt
upon YOUR haCt,. and choose to stay until
these gentlemen shall understand me better.
Already they uet SPY the clovcn hoot: since.
with all your p Vtendod caGerncss for the
family honor. you take pleasure TO degrade
it in my person"
This is ell yer, fine" says my lord; "but
to us who know YOU Of old, you must he sure
it signifies nothing. You take that alterna-
tive out of which you think that you can
make the most. Take it, if you can, in
silence it will serve you better in the long
run. YOU may believe me, than this ostenta-
ton of ingratltude."
"Oh, gratitude, my lord!" cries the master
with mounting information and his forehnger
very conspicuously li2+ed up. ''Be at rest; it
will not fail you. 1t now remains that
should salute these gentlemen whom we have
wearied with our family affairs"
And he bowed to each in succession, settled
his walking sword, and took himself off, leav
ing every one amazed at his behavior, and
me not less so at my lords
We were now to enter on a changed phase
of this family division. The master was by
no manner Of means so helpless as my lord
supposed, having at his hand and entirely de-
voted to his service an excellent artist in all
sorts Of goldsmith work. With my lords al
lowance, which was not so scanty as he had
described it, the pair could support life; and
all the earnings of Secundra Dass might be
laid upon one side for any future purpose.
That this was done have no doubt. 1t was
in all likelihood the masters design to gather
a sufficiency, and then proceed in quest of
that treasure which he had buried long before
among the mountains; to which, If he had
confined himself, he would have been more
happily inspired. But unfortunately for HIM
self and all of us, he took counsel or his anger
The public disgrace of his arrival (which
sometimes wonder he could manage TO sur
vive) ranked in his bones; he was in that
humor when man lin the words of the old
adage) will cut of his nose to spite his face;
and he must make himself public spectacle,
in the hopes that some OF the disgrace might
spatter on my lord
He chose, in u poor quarter of the town, a
lonely, small house Of boards overhuug with
some acacias Il was furnished in front with
sort Of hutch opening, like that Of dogs
kennel, hu; chout "S high as Il table from the
ground, in "hic.. the poor man that built it
bad for.AcYiv displayed SONG wares; and it
was this winch took 'Eo masters fancy and
pos,ibiy Su astod his proceedings. ltappears,
on boaIu he pirate snip, he lad acquired
SOM qu.cilcs, with TIE needle; enough at
least to play the part Of tailor in the public
eye; whic. was a! th9t was required by the
nature Of his vengeanre. \ placard was
hung above the hHtnA. bearing these words
In something OF The following dispositions.
JANE, DC.E
FoRMERLY MASTER or DALLANTRAE
CLOTHES NEATLY CLouTED.