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Show AMBJEBEP-LIF- E MEMOIRS OF WALTER SCOTT. and poor' she said. "A woman, too, whom society forbids, upon t.f penalty banishment from the circle in which Great Man Not Popular With the was she l hern Country People. and bred, to seek a live;4 SVv lihood by manual labor. It is Thomas Shaw, a British member off. for easy men to talk of freedom of tells of an interesting conparliament, though! and action. The world is before them. To versation he had with two venerabl them the bread of charity and dependScots from whom, a dozen years ago, international press association ence mean one and the same ho extracted some first hand memthing. The latter is ories of Sir Walter Scott. These inCHAPTER V. t,le mountain. He never women the only nourishment of most tocher narrators were Thomas from the cradle to the tomb. I DONT understand attracted by her -S tended for a convent in Spaiu. Tin? teresting wish the passage between the two was a veteran radical and an' Yarmouth, on a gently moving sea of how you happened Floating chime was tested, as was always the elder of his church, and one John.rd .tasherter-f- or a with their sake." enamel, to cross that rough opalescent pinkish and, unseen bv her custom, before being consecrated, and I never looked at the honI mountain in your been a w tness of the tearful struggle subject in that sky overhead of molten gold and rose r certain Capt. Charles Ctasbey, one stone. who had risen to municipal Shaw Mr. Selkirk. in ors light before," was Edward's remorseful and vague blue, the demurs Island of says: rou,e from the de-- J was, so de,re;U SPlf and Fal- - He reply, Poor old Harriet! I see now Nantucket seems like an enchanted of the listening "Johnstone was a man of much fore pot, said the elder had pitied with the mellow peal of this of heartily then, while how much more she lighted I character. When I saw him ha the from fog's merits than pity Isle, evolved, perhaps, when the comparatively ignorant of the reason brother, special bell that he overcame the re- was, I think, over 90; the oldest inrobes. contempt." seaweed for or a her mermaids mjgt seditious emotion. His comof the Spanish owner, Jose habitant of family, assembled "She is no worse off than thousands my oldest burg, Selkirk. steamer, luctance As the hoarse-throatethat evening for passion was more profound as he bet-e- r of her da Costa, to part with it, But Domengues Cya the in said sisters," younger days of which h in eyo, one its with Constance, understood the relations between searchlight what Miss Field alby the offer of many American dolharsher judgment. "Content yourself Into having been confessed he the spoke clops of the water, approaches ways denominated liki. "iattJ?ed I)air- Had his personal with giving thanks that lars, and tho bell. Inscription and all, rather a rollicking blade, I used to town the wete you of the shore, distinct line new Bi8ler bpe less became the property of the Yankee a sociable, old- -' born a I played man! to doon its Abbotsford; in gang and among he would have definitely appears, of tho Mountain, the which, in the country, pronounced her She had spoken out of the lassie llkit servant scat- the Good Jesus the and roof-topthe a of and fiddle, pain gray, unhappiness glistening to be the righteous punish-meprayers, a Sved at the town dinner hour, wrung spirit, with no thought of plead tered masses of dull green trees the devout of Lisbon direct theirchime Did tho great man ever com reel, of her crime and of Him a complete folly in having ing her own cause. She was too offering ild you obtain no conveyance at in upon you? said I. 'Malr than yine. North Old of proud the tower ed her destiny with dignified adore to that of a man to murmur, least of all to her husbells to call tlie people He heard the fiddle and tho dailin,' in a protecting, six Ibtatlon" whom she did not love. He had known bands brother. But the conversation church lifts Its head What happened? I askand came. uuiess sentinel-likI'nwg dozens of other women who way, did the was a key that unlocked for her In at once that my aame at ho ed. like his 'Oh, Is pretended, to begin wl Itself hours Surmising town queer, The very the bidding of similar motives, heart season to no-- L recesses of interest was and he derived angry, and then ha was that very had not arrived in sympathy which and bla sympathies had lain dormant. Its own name, bag-i- n which must else have remained forever me off if I played let to Is of my coming, I left my "It word bargained an moaning Indian But from this one had heart and Intellect, barred master a woman o whatever the "Flowers Forest, And he against tho tho who, to charge of the station and both were famishing. heard." referring probably were her virtues and fascinations, had I pleased myself stood still till I was dune, and then but the set out on foot. I have said that Mr. on shoals, surf of the sound Withers sensi- deliberately bartered her charms and with he gaod awa. I suppose, said I f was here two years ago Nantucket's very peculiarities appeal bilities were not lively, nor his love herself in order to secure an tc f" lng an air line between perjured your 'that tho shlrra (Scott was. you reevery-daHut of nil people wearied of the living this, his eligible settlement. of Kelhiik) was - and the nearest point of the lail-I- f only brother, hadpeople member, bhestff resort. seashore most hold upon his And, to do her Justice, she Is supe' of streets one does not mind some pretty heart, most by everybody I thought most greatly It has the unique Influence upon his judgrior to the practice of thearts thatmake came ihe blow. Far frae that, he can 8ave.at, least, two ment. lie made Then of nowhere any and aimless h leading much of him after Ms Harriet He was 'ala acceptable to my brother and town in the world. They were once L by availing himself of my topo- - formal style; listened witn obvious repilcd M Johnstone. reodious to everybody else, he meditatva- a 111 llkit!' snld t. when I gathered was my It are pleasant skill. but tilcal with they cobblestones, and spect paved secret pride to his opinions, ed. "She offers no profession of devo narrow a in about? hours six How came 'Oh, senses. that In after and me, to now places uneven, iv And very over the was conceived the notion that his wife tion to the man she has married, while said ha, he was that hard upou th seat to stretch ray limbs ground to powder by long use, and a highly honored when Edward sin- she accords to him the of fresh air the a la respectful duty streets main poachers! Me fowk chased the shirrs the drive y piss and breathe her through out as the object of his of a wife. Elnathan seems gled satisfied. heroic process. The road leads in doon the brae and flung clods at dldwoods instead of smoke and marked attentions, and did not dis- Perhaps he craves nothing warmer. H somehim.' " It Is and and out. and ;rs. down, up the guise pleasure he, the lion of many Pray heaven he may never guess of how corka rhe mystery like gigantic climbing brilliant circles, took in her society. much fate has defrauded him in with' what screw of square construction, and It COAL OIL IN CHUNKS. you met Mrs. Withers!" chirped This fullness of confidence in them from him affecthe holding was free, glad f,ious Harriet. Do explain! I seems impossible for a stranger to refoc&c mrcHELL both, and- his unselfish regard for his tions of a true woman! rtwiA f came without the aid r so astonished in my life as when Petroleum Pressed Into Bricks for nearest living relative, might have beDomln-gue- s If there were any changes In his be- turn whence he avenue To be sure, Him In Ills sanctuary. Jose a of compass. you two walking up the Convenient Use. pocket gotten softer and kindlier sentiments havior to Constance after In tbe year this, it was there are those evil things of civilida Costa made It old friends." to . solidify ng together like petroleum toward hm in Constance's breast but to be discerned in a Attempts gentler address, in zation, concrete walks, but as they 1810." his for the is we are," smiled Edward at been numerous, but up to the have fact encourhe that palpable on unobtrusive exfor her wishes, regard The old windmill, standing on the princi"She was sitting at ihe aged the present have not been by any mean association, not because it pressed or surmised, and a prolonga' are only to be found stiff little hill near the town, is even successful. byand roads side of a cedar near my projected road, the In a new method Introstreets, ple her brought enjoyment, but as a means tion of his stay in a house that held so her. I of all older than tho bell. Since the year duced by Mr. Helblng, however, a ving the prospect beneath Edward's stay with them. few attractions for her. That this ar ways hav a distinct character prolonging seen 1746 its gaunt wings have been which iiiized her from her resemblance their own. You seem to amuse my brother, he a land- medium has been90 discovered rangement was highly satisfactory to 'e The real Nantucketer Is, however, in silhouette against the sky, to 95 per cent of photograph you sent me while I said to his wife one morning, as she his brother was not hold from will miles effect' for without In or he would mark of plcturesqueness abroad, Elnathan; walked up to was Tbe advantages of such a arraying herself for her ride. His shaping his conduct. That Harriet plied of artistic Inclinations, Tradition says that it was petroleum. like the impertinent fellow some are numerous and conadmiration for you is highly compli- him with solicitations to remain before never be satisfied with his soft gray around. erected owing to the Influence of a preparation introduced myself, (,le think I am; Tho discovery of Mr. llel-binsiderable. I trust you will leave no his decision was announced, and was houses of un painted wood houses mentary. offered to escort her home. which the mild climate and bright dream by Elisha Macy. a London chemist is the outmeans untried to induce him to remain loudly voluble fa her protestations of In the vision he was directed Just come of prolonged work, and provides have vou should have taken a servant with us some weeks longer. It gratifies delight when the question was settled, sun, but salty atmosphere, o eighty-twturned to buildings of seemingly gray how to construct it, and for you, Constance," said her husband, 0 product which, whilo possessing all me to see how amicably you on to- had not a straws weight with him. years the mill proved the Bolidity the advantages common to petroleum, It is not safe or proper gether, and the friendship is get velvet shingles. They are sterially. She him less especially old than Its annoyed formerly, thin-.ttle- d these houses, with narrowlsh of its foundations. Then In lady to ramble alone In this not its disadvantage of easy increditable to Edward, inasmuch as he however, either, as he explained It to Its owners wanted to has neighborhood." windows, often without blinds, and and infirm age was universally regarded as my heir himself, because he had learned flammability of its vapors and dtfllcul-t- y charity of sell it for what It would bring as re are charcoal burners in the of transport and storage. from Constance's defense of the lonely having somewhat the appearancewere firewood, and after some haggling prior to my marriage. Miss Harriet interjected, mtains! the solid petroleum, when needing eyelashes; but they In that cas he deserves all the cour- spinster's policy, or because she Moreover, men wise of the one kept built many, many years ago, solidly Jared Gardner, The most ferocious tesy I can show him, mused Con- herself more in deringly. with an absolutely quiet burns lighted, the background than and useful- of his time, gave $20 for it, to burn, beards ng creatures, with long and uniform flame, docs not run, stance, going thoughtfully down to her was her wont She seemed amiably and firmly, for dally use, of a burned never Jared shrewd its own. but tbe a beauty black faces. I saw one once when and Is consumed practically to tha steed and cavalier. "I do not know toward Constance, too, and ha ness has always And there used many men who would be so complaisant disposed were driving out. last atom, only a trace of ash being strove to credit her with kind intenk bears, when the country was first to a stumbling block In the path to tions with left regard to one whom mest As a demonstration, a piece of solworldly advancement." people in her situation would have t.nd idified And wolves, and catamounts, The conversation would have thrown hated as a usurper. She abetted whatpetroleum was placed In a wire gauze, and, being' lighted, It Indians with no beards at all," fin-- 1 her off her guard had she ever considever project of outdoor excursion or the younger Withers warningly. burst quietly Into a uniform flame. ered It prudent to be wary in an assodomestic recreation was proposed by The flame was also extinguished with ciation at once so natural and inno- him for Constances diversion, offering rj, 'Withers, Jet me advise you to a breath, and relighted without free ae along whenever you stir be- -i cent She had always liked Edward, herself as the wife's substitute In the the garden fence. I saw a Rocky and was growing to like him better sober phaeton drive on breezy after petroleum being Visible on tho piece, even after it had been lighted several ntaln savage once, and last vear every hour. They were neaf the same noons, that Constance and Edward times. Another piece of the asm one of i party that went out on a age, and, being of harmonious temperamight act as outriders, and never r hunt In Norway. We saw nothing ments, they usually enjoyed the same failed to call the husbands notice to lump was boiled for several mlnutea in water, without tho least dlsasso-elatioand kind was He Is instructions sprighther and but the good, graceful horsemanship ruin, it true, my things. ns as much taking place, or any trace of to act in case he crossed my path ly; amused and interested brighter bloom planted in her cheeks e so minute that I am confident I Mr. Withers and Harriet wearied her. by the exercise. Mr. Withers never petroleum being noticed floating on the water or mingling with the steam. ild prove a valiant protector In This was the reason why the sun stone tired of chess, and the Indefatigable A piece of the dry product was more brightly, the breeze was more toad-eatof need." apparently shared his zeal in a tCHt tube over a Bunsen more heated exercise was favorite on The board this point produced he Invitation thus playfully given odorous, her burner, and it did not melt, and the nightly as the days became shorter and in earnest on the follow-da- y. Inspiriting on that early midsummer i renewed morn than these had ever been before. the evenings cooler, and music, reading petroleum could only be driven out by The brother and sister-in-ladistillation. complete destructive T can hardly belipve that I enter toor conversation upon art and litera0 excellent friends from the Record. week of the on was third carried for hours ture sojourn my Philadelphia the by The traveled day upon eminent banking firm in this region, said Edward, when the remaining two of the quartette without g Broncho of the Seas. ground compelled them interruption from the automata bent itaere uros. was about 30 years of steeply-risinDuff sn reef, my bloomin' lun'sman. over the checkered surface. I, and attractive in person, rather to slacken their speed. Here' a allot St rom your bowa, The exclamation For Harriet could be taciturn when Is it possible? a a certain grace and elegance of Whilst I also' an lella ya rlvll fordumbO in and a was tha progereat thing in aeowa. need Windmill. Old a meaningless not was very lay figure The polite ring, and a frank, intelligent ex mula, as Constance brought her startled ness as In starch. Whether she ever than from regularity of fea-Ya may Jaw, ya looney lubber, an single plank of It, but carefully re'Itoul your bronae tight. yacht trig Many of them have He had read much and seen eyes around to his. "it seems a very ceased to be watchful was another matadown raters. An your lltlln tom-foand tiger lilies and paired It and used It for his came to us. ter. that poppies you (lowers, while ago little a use the to and lands, Aa what glvea chump delight ty knew how of his death. us soon, hollyhocks lifting their gay heads vantage until the day (to ni rovTixusti.t I'vktpe thus gained for the enter-rae- You do not think of leaving to, my poor lanlnbbarl heava But old still off Not lies graveyard the the toward sun, far growing jauntily of his companions. A passion-love- r I hope? truth, 'twiat you an' ma, ronutalil' Klava In tlia Pant. or Newtown, and YoUoct'a stone. I "Old called South" door how the about atiout vessel. nothin's long knows cannot I positively say In of music, he was not slow The home secretary, Sir Matthew An' 1111 less about tha sea. On nearly every roof Is seen a flat, some quaint Inscriptions are found on visit Is a welcome exThis shall stay. tastes, Constances kindred secured from wring White Ridley, has Just at the top, carefully su its crumbling stones. One reads: "In Taka your very allffest change for my long wanderings. This1 Northampton two relics of the past that square place coming gave a different complexion That tlio water ever flnnej, a neat railing, and giv- Memory of Sleeping Dust," and anwith one Is rounded the home only fe In the secluded my brother's deaint In It with Uory the with country house, associated They me at roof G Died a peculiarly restricted of "Alfred dissatistells was tho that other I aspect ing In a living gala o' wind. re were horseback rides before have in America. Yet Elnathan was partment of the state, of which he is walk these But certified grave for somnambulists. ' Sea, but the oldest fied with it last year. hfast, and diligent practice with An tin gsmest, nnrvlest hosse These are two staves, at lofty, feuced-iplaces were for use, upon the Island, stands alone on a know best upon minister. Is raised upon tha lund That rand instruments piano, flute and often absent-y- on once the badges and Instruments of captain. He, then in pursuit of windy hill near the site of the origcomimre wilh unturned dorie what business" smiling meaningly, n, besides a couple of hours read Full o' mettle, anrso, an' sand. of long tbe sperm whale, sent, his prize home inal town, formerly called Sherburne. constables the office of village cousin our with candid you, la the forenoon; then came the and, to be It comes to buslneaa. by the schooner of another Nantucket Harriet Is not the person whom I ago, when mens lives wero considerA most pathetic spot Is at the back Honest, when Minnor walk, seldom ending An tha cumhsis 'round ye flow, than they ore now. captain, and the great bell, after many of account of less ed A ns where only select my new smart nothin1 like a dory. cemetery, the There ain't In the evening Elnathan should voluntarily Hidin' out a 'tiirnul blow. for iny gun The staff of those days, probably 200 experiences, both by land and sea, level parallelogram contained twenty-on- e Ilut a desert. In tiers dozed In Ids wh lo companion stuffed chair rod I should have commit- vears ago, was a formidable, not to say tried to bent time to the duel graves as close together as they If so be ye pulls to wlnd'nrd going and fishing run With a bllaznrd kIii your imrk. away nnd left her to bloodthirstry, instrument of offense. can lie. They are those of the name- An' at the other end of the room, nml ted suicide or a hundred thousati' hell dugs one of tho I have been able to obtain Hibernian wrecked of the mercies of Newton, the crew tender less ship Tiet, bolt upright In the middle of the Frothin', growlin' In your track. the was Mine not formerly I would sort. same bears. that and sime the 18G5, and on Christmas eve, fa, did wondrous th dev'llsh, duckin' dory things with a domestics of tbe parish constable of St. It'a 01 of Bulled In (tie flying foam cotton or silk and a crocoet be bo communicative touching hereto property night the schooner Haynes, fromwestof two consists It tills a man with ginger. on As of what the the England. wrecked family was member a He and Brington, Domingo, took observations with her any hut An what makes him feel to homa. ports truncheon, or handle, lathe !y eyes. ern end of the Island and all the crew she Is cue of my betes noires. I Bb the properrsl bot, you lubbor- turned, ten inches long, and a sphere, lost. t was discreet as to the result of liked her." If yo're plouscd. or if ya ain't enerand two nnd in its mention inches longest three The records of Nantucket Nor I!" answered Constance, I the one that sum a sinner I'c aught that could be gatherd From biicurmnln of a saint. a quarter in its shortest diameter. many hundreds of wrecks upon her 3 hr getically. words or conduct she I Both handle and ball are of boxwood. and Indeed the Islshoals, my little sister, you and Then, dangerous I low the ablest rrltter An' entirely of the growing i.ttl-- y should unite our forces to counteract They are united by a strong double In a gereeehlii", sli win breez and seeroi surrounded by the tragic between the married and la the bouncin', buckin' dory, lady with my brother. His thong of white leather, fastened by rnomorle of the past. Tricky broncho o' the seas, 'Stable bachelor. Elnathan was her influence bolted Into some respects, singuin into Is. iron of Fat whims apertures Outing, pegs of one the a see It nun of line feelings and strong disposition HarHo believes that both handle and ball. The bail has with her history of guileless. that Nantucket, ctions. He hail made larly for his comfort two inches of play on the leather, so tip his mind Knew What She Wanted. unrry because a stylish wife would riets otlieious regard wishes nnd opinhardships and constant struggle, her to' Instrument his to end A at tbe Fro library rethe end reader from her of deference Indians, 1 and that dead and gone colony his individual consequence and ions have their root in sincere attachAs the ball was much offended at what inches long. her fifteen is cently to faith, Quaker the conversion m his already princely establlsh-- ment for him If. We know better -hanlost industry of whale fishing, and was considered tho incompetoncy of hangs loosely about the straight Constance Romntno pleased his know her to bo ns mercenary as she dle some degree of force ts required to IC her period of sheep raising, should to- the librarians, of whom she demandeye, and captivated whatever of and that she is when eea-sid-e this cunning, herself but ed a book called "Walt a Minute." into action; it thinks y dwelt in bring day have become a fashionable his practical nature to him ns the leech docs to him done the execution the weapon is most modern of The assistant protested that she had the wltn clings resort, T,,de1 he trusted her. is fattening it, I lose nil of is something dreadful. A hotels, and have cable service and never hoard of the volume, but the 'mended him sometimes, lie often whose blood and flat- capable fawning her a friend had read with blow cannot be struck by moderate patience telephone, with all the fruits of this Inquirer Insisted she were Interpenetrated are ,d on the was at last it only tbe returned had exertion and In book when I recollect that these Nantuo-kct- . little sale tho for s the teries others very with at and landed many land safely ionieihlng of Harriet's revoreneo to earn it; with brlc-- brae shops day before. A thorough search of the tricks by which she hopes a com- part of the holder a man's head, leg or small stores; nimsidf; that she would put forth to find the title living, and, at his decease, arm would he very easily broken. No ; Hiort to Five years later the straitlaced as common as blackberries, with rubbe- the catalogue failed bis wishes, her anticipate waa reader so tbe disgruntled over legacy." drivo weapon to tho such fortable r-tired and recorded, purBorne powerful , uniform doubt carriages herself in all respects to people forgave Its inscription it. Later In old times." without to exclusive had and with In the a of sum depart $500 bathing "good moors, the for it chased sandy required Hines, in demeanor and CHAPTER VI. reader returned and apolMercury. hung It In th tower where It now houses on the beach, and "hot salt the day tbe li0 wa never harsh In s ' face Northampton (INSTANCE'S in the very center ogized. saying tbe book wanted was had Tho be to Its baths" Inscription, forth "u nt of thoRe sends pead. file Cure tor deficiencies, but was averted and To of the town for Invalids, with a very namod Tarry Thou Till I Como.". translated into English, reads: schooling, his curbing you want to get something screened from his "Widow's called were for too, "high" Episcopal church, and a mod- Philadelphia Ledger. they for the Portentous shake It, hi view by her wilfrom your husband by crying a for spewere ern high school to educate the rising and planned b"'u! fl solemn curvature of Her what does he do?" "Ho generally buys walks," look-ou1, low plume. wero used generation. However, the fact of this and t Speaker's Perquisites. towers, of cies Irritated her to the extreme Fiiogende voice was low, and me a dozen handkerchiefs." of the ltouso of Comand Th a of wives speaker remains, anxious transformation seafaring the wwaninee. by v lisil in it an Inflaseveral Blaettor. one Is mons of baa fish on were Island peculiar privileges. the off men race when tho th little Quaker ihlav hnf' not been twelve hours tion of mournful True- he receives a gift from the In tbe world. Tun thriftiest and year or busiest voyages, Every whaling ing before he perceived this ascharity for the master of the hu'''vhourr!i of a buck "Matches are made In heaven, ,1,a brothers side to mold ,The famous Lisbon bell, In tho Uni or lnM sailed para-iHf- . one half of its, own uml doo killed In the rojal prouerves. was enst in 1810, drinks Malic cnurch tower, tartan U I, i)ri,rtonun ,nto He llkchess of e an echo borrowed of a chime of si In poison. Seneca. This custom goes Imrk so far that n 4 Grace -- "Hut on eirth we make light and was td the cffet wrought I I, from some sorrow World, Yoik there Is no record of it, NW tUftn." of Kl,'peided It In the course Hit "She is a woman, UIjl lutmlew with Ills broth- - ful rciiii,ltir'nrf, QUAINT OLD VILLAGE Nantucket Once Flourishing Port P (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) tiT I1;1": r 1 ' - s nt e y 4i eal Site for lOIlf at t iotl iin as (, is i Jm to. mi 8,11; hi: i r li Ik IV ton 'spec. 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