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Show A JIAltlilAOE ENTIII. Si"l,.cUloIotN.oik.,iHii.ur.lo ' Dot why wmpMo tlio itxnl nnil oitUiostorjt Thlsmnniigoeiitry 3 jJotnaranmlrccrttiiwlwIlUiicnittliM la a ncculUr nnnnir, no Ibat It Is t oomcncsiutj toucciplir. It woul J t n bn mil of confulraco Wruiifenliowtlio fneW In tlio fol Imrisg nirrotivo caino Into my ios ewloui lot tlio rovler remember that tlio event traiispriil In U.o pniuil clil town of Southampton, on Long jftinil anil lio til ronilily understand hmU1.tlun9 liupowl tipnu tnu by in Iwlnwt ilneemlant of tlio iicrson whoso namo I liavo (.liiiirrotl to Hugh DuiltlifT ThogooJpcoliloof thu old U)nj Ishnd towns ore remarlinblo Vorsomctlilnrftnoro thin nn ability torui B01"1 caMmgos nnd lunim tliy ro l'roml of their Inborn Jurowilocwi, nnd with thou mi old fool Is mora on object of Contempt ban an U ropio. It rrtll bi littlo iffio for eo!m lo mynliM on tlio Uoatity of Hugh l! luT, for tho murringo entry rivw. of courso, nothing but tliu nx-inl of tlio nuptials, nnd my In- Bjurra r j mrinrtil rtrumously to t ny tint hut prat, Krrat grand foilierK great undo Ulhu irsoii nl total tA I wipio every town, no matter bow iMignldcant, litis IU ciueer olJ character, Jiwt as It has Its church, It lucal trulltionn nml Its moJil riemlllirlft. In tho nmillit of set tkmen'jinuin.e ting mind will (Hi copt Until tho Alpha nml tho Omega it morality nml worthy citizenship. Hugh Dili Lliff was a man nlm hail lv il fur Hugh IIiaklllTnlona Thcro if ro il ii k rumors afloat conccmlng ilci but 1 liuvo Ui'ii unablu to learn tUt thoy h.ul nny solid batls on which In stnnd A hoarding old citl no In always an object of suspicion, cod lu divmso U Hsu illy tha signal forhmntlvu pnipli. to hang on each 15 of Ins ieciillaritic n bag of IM tva-atlon. until tlinu turns him to a bucuuuor, u fhip wrecher or a , il Uu hlluilwitli bin sixty year) of r icneo in n yelluvr brick houso witliiu a stout. throw of tho Hampton Hamp-ton prMtruail, n hero his father, who LoJ left tbo rehtrictioni) of tho old Eunthamp! il to becomo n Jilrato in tlio new, ha I liel beforo him. Whether li manageil to exist by Mfanlly drafts on tho paternal in b Jiujicii or hiul Homo secret wiiy of siding tbcroto, no imo luoWj auil hail cutiu.ity on tliln subject been nle In the )U lint littlo Boa town. It vroald luno b"n effectually barred by tliu time stained v uoden hhuttere, vrlnji for two scorn yiara hail hopt out the Kiinll 'lit Certain It Is his LlJJmrUli orun byword, and tho M0Tia)uut Imrlwlehohtsof Spanish I poll kept teoitli tlio other folk-loru folk-loru cl the torn. On tho BaUath day alono would Utijh bo icen ou tho utrvot, for it wM hU lavarlablo rulo to attend di-vino di-vino kttuw on that day. I&onccd in ono of tho ftvo powa near tlio porch, Lo would wt during tho Vt holii of tho lorvieo, his uoa clcihoil lid though In fcleip, na obllvioiu to lili neighbor vhlspcrel inmmonts nn ko wua of tlio collection box. Tho Mr rico over, ho would start homo-mini homo-mini nithuut ho muUi as n nod or n how d ro do to any ono, calling- at Mutt Uttlina mill on tho wny, where ho was Hiro to find a basket of tho cheopiit iJlhloa (tho miller Io dealt in Boiionil farm pnxluco, Im houbo and utoro fonnine; an ex t Tiioa to tho mill) in exchange for ittiih ho would leavo a (Jxjionco ria tlio nlndowtlll, nnd IhntwoiiU U tho last of him for another v eck. bumetunea Hatt would happen to ho taking an aatudinncr plpo on tho am Ktfu anil then Hugh would bo Jorrol Into haying n, few wonU, ilatt would joko him about hlabacho-fcrhood, hlabacho-fcrhood, and tho old inlici's cjoa oul 1 glitter with anger iw tlio owner wnouaceil tho whole fomalo box nn money moltim." Qohl, ho Raid, wall buy nwlfo as it would buyn twfenco, but for his part Iiowiih "Jy a jwor man nnd didn't want raui emUlliuhmcuU arauml Us house. Ono beautiful fumracr Sunday -utt was bailgering tho old mm in JMi v,iiy wlun 111 Rood ilntno, ro-turning ro-turning from hir dovotlona, haii-Kno.1 haii-Kno.1 to hcuraremark nncnt hornix from l)urkllir mtlicnxl lips which auuol him immediately ti l put Imrn on her black lint Hltheilo wo hiil ,lHtj i,im, laj iug bin ivull "nticn to hit mwfortuuo In not h.iv-mgliwi h.iv-mgliwi lueky enough to find nd aittanro at tho initriinonl.il gate. k.. V'ra. ,n. ,llm ,OOI '" ho tncil to iwrliutuiuid. "Why dost thou par-H par-H !yp"Iltt wolf without thy mil This likening of their misanthropic JWontr to an niilm il w hlih wna tho " "1 of tho Long Mund Bollhr, nnd o hao head tho com In had flxoU u If -e put tho old man Into a tower Jc3 paiKlou, nnd ho iwurwl forth a Jut nt of ubUM) on thu wholo of womankind from Eu downwanl "ITiey will houblo thto Lat little," Bid tho good wife, "for nil th hid n rold would t nuim.o to purchaho il and who pimhwl Mutt into laottoroand hlumuod tho door In "c hiifaie 'Hi, hal how tho nho foxes lmto oxclalinul Hugh, "1 am too i iZ, ,lu:m ' ,0 BlmrP for I'1 I ' l, ,"."' Ilh ll"",a,t un'l htlclE nil f'"kinr tho hittir nt tbo nnk trwi tl,,,'?."' '- ttlln domkllo h """iSli It iro mi Individual of tho t T .i',,1' '.?' ' '"8, oM T1'"0" tt ' u i i I it. ro,l nnd wiw koon torn to-rn l iLdinhl, foiiu h. I Mo'lV,'' " F,1,b""1 ll""h B , .? '"tchui ii iw usual miii w Iffi.!0 mllL""H'Hiro,ulall, m luiuUomogirlor ubuut twenty, uvl- aently n n'rangcr to Southampton nnd nn ncquaintaneo of UiorlUcru family It was remarkoil on this Lords ilny that tho old mau did not rfmt his cytsoneo during tbo entire or-lcc or-lcc but kept them ncted on tho oung woman as though ho win meditating wmo denlgn with which lui was intimately rotineeteil. Tho ecnnou concln toil, ho follow nl them, though nt n mfo dlslanee, to tho mill, chucUling to hiniNelf m though his thought wero of tho most pleasant nature At tho mill horn rountcrod Matt looking up n Sunday dinner fur his hogs. A few qUMrtloas put, ho believeil in nclerorly guarded w.iy, gniuHugb tho Information that tho Tisitornos Miss Cuilio Ooolrich, Mm CatUiu'M yoiingtr sinter, who for tho pat neMrnl yenrs IikiI filled n inwltloii as govcni'M In tho family of n titled lidy in Ilrouckolvu. that tho doimrturo of tho titled lady for Ihigland hail left Cleello without t m- !loyiiient, nnd thitidio had niTiicd n tha whaling uhl'i MoiiLuitk. then nudioreil In the Mecox bay, with tho Intention of vpeudlng tlio uumrner with In r sister As Hngh Ustoned to tho story he found it iii-ceaKary to fhaku lib stick nt Mntt's hugs in onler to hido front tho miller tho sudden trembling Which had wined him. "Matt Uittllu," he wild, "would'st like to lt nt n wolf's murriago fcnti" Tlio miller looked at him in okton-Ishmcntt okton-Ishmcntt hn had forgotten thu Incident Inci-dent of tho preceding btindiy. Tlio old man naught up his basket of foul nnd walked homo at n mikkcrikico than lLit.nl Two pretty faces watchrd him from tho ujipcr windows of tho house, nnd two sweet videos rang w 1th laughter' as ho shook hi stick at tbo trees. Thcrowas no lllllo excitement next day In tho neighborhood of tbo mill whoa a farmer s boy who lived up tho road, nu-heil in hreathlcwdy with tho information that Hugh IlucMiffs iliutti.ni wu-o ojien, nnd that tho old rccliiko had sent him for tbo linrlior, promising him (tho luy) it Fhllling for tlio faithful M.iformanco of hit commission llio news spread with wonderful rapidity, and tliu cutlro town was hoon disciMKtiig It Tho bnrlier ) como visibly nuou when ho ro-ceilod ro-ceilod tho order to ivpair to tlio yellow yel-low brick house, and it wn oidy when sundry other citizens doclareil their readiness lo nccompuny him mid sit on tho opprdlto Irnnk during his stay that ho oonclndvd to go. 1 Saint (icorgo nnd tlio King guldo as I" Mid ho an hour later, "I hao brushod hi d pumlcml liia .ig nnd slutn his giiN, nnd hull no longei Hugh llllcklilll Ho talked of tho crops, nsl.cxl how I would liko tho job of wooding his gnnlcn nnd putting n co.it of imint on tho doors nnd shut-tors, shut-tors, and netunlly gin oino this crown pieco for my labor this morning It is a ldndly soul, and h.ilh been much milignofll' Tlio gisid domiuio was no Iovi sur-prlied sur-prlied wheu liter in tho day ho iv cuival nllt fiom Hugh, and was culled upon to w rlto out li icceipt for n year's rental of n meant ixjw nd joining tint of tho miller. Hut thlj was not nil , ttlors caino and repaired tho leaky old roof jiotsof, lloomhig flowcia wero put iu tho w indows, and a bay hoix which had seen oonsld-er.ihlo oonsld-er.ihlo sen'lco in tho ' South Shoro roach" delaj cd his dciurturo IniKQ-nitely IniKQ-nitely nt tho renujst of hdutro liuclc-Uff. liuclc-Uff. Wh.it could It alt mean) Whit but thit thoiUeoroM fellow no About to adinlnhlcr to Uio miller's wifo a nover to bo forgotten losson, nnd by n tnarriago with her boautlful sister slinw- that gold Is rccognlzal as currency cur-rency oven in tho elcHillng'i of tho heirt Hitherto no wonl hid passed bo-tween bo-tween Hugh anil Ciccllet tho opportunity oppor-tunity soon camo howover. Ouo cloudless afternoon ho kiw on n neighboring hill, silhouetted agilnst tlio bright sky, n fomi which his old oj iw could not mhtako, nnd Knll)inB forth ho wo soon by hor side, vol unlcering to pick hor u nosegay of wild asters. Bo you nro tho rich Sir. Duckllff of whom folia aro talking so much," ebo said. "Yts, my dear," Hugh replied, "rich nnd noon wo that Is mv lions) at tno toot oi tlw IiilL How wrctchcil it looks, docs it not!" "It docs not npjievir gi-eally Infei-ror to our liest city ho-noii," sho nnnwerod "Hut It lickcth somothlng; in a few weeks it will bo cuibo-unicd in How era, but there will bo none hko theol" oho hung her head of course t there was, howvMi, n iwcullnr smilo on her U ,whUi i.ilni tho wild ilowors raw. Cut Hugh only mw tha blush, nnd ho liughod within him nnd said in er his saw about tlii wolfs wedding feast Had ho not lieen consumed by n se-uso of his own Importaueo ho would havo see n tlio impropriety of pressing his suit so abruptly at tho first meeting, but tho thought or his Hearing revengo rum pletely utiunpwl out nil dherotion oil this eoro. "Would'st thou liko to havo my hoiuu for thlno owu, Cltcllo, my lit tie dwirl ' ho askcil piesenlly, The girl com tslod "Yos, If jou pleaso, sir," sho ro plied I "It will bo so uleo to hao sU tor -icar inn " Hugh's facodiikenoi) as ho men tally went through tlio process of throwing- Mrs Cattlln down stairs, but ho gju his thought no vent "Then supisislng I got a license tomorrow, to-morrow, my sweet littlo roo," hosnld Looking him stmight in tho face-, her o)en full of ingenuousness, sho asked ' Would thh ecmng bo too noon Mr Iliukliffi" "By tho luin s irnvvn," ho tiioa "lit "tho sho foxm usiuilly pru ml to w i-t to delay th a numni bur i-old cold, gold U too tempting n, halt lo hi) rcwUd i 1 1 Hiuliwns of rourso highly phubiKl Willi ihoau, i-stluu. "Tlien," contlnui:! Cliche, "suppose) "sup-pose) oil give me fivo Riunens nnd I will eill nt tho judge s ou niv wny bark to the mill nnd gi t the license and th'ti advlso the mlnLtor " Five guineas I Hugh was horrir strickiii 'In my town," tho girl explained, "it is tho custom to lsi vnudcil liy license, tho ininlstnr rending tho le gal form In rotitra for this si r ico the brldo orosaos his jnlm with gold, which goos totlio iwirof the county, and this is Mid to bring good luck " Huph totteinl lAi'k to tho houso nnd wns ginm some minutes. Win n ho rouppmrcd at (ho door tho gill could h v he had not fully uiado up his mind to part w Itb tho lnone) , hul ho lvascemled tho hill and phircd Ami blight 'elephant" glilnoiu in her luiiid "I will bo lu my now ut tliochurrh nt 8 o clock, an 1 will wait for thoo," ho said, "and hai-kyo, my pretty, don t Kpeik nhout this lo thy slsd i until It i all m or. Wo will tjivo her such a pleasant surpHw" With n diep rourtaoy Uio girl Inundwi nwaj . and tlien Ihoro crnno I to tlio old man s fnoo n look of fero doiut triumph whlih might truly bo called w olhsli lYomptly at tlw hour named Hugh Ilnckliff entenil hlsjiew and sat down tonwiut his bride Tlio church was in darkness, saro for a slnglo candle which Ininusl ujion the reading desk Ho heard voices in tlio vesiry, and laughed as )iu Imagines! what the minister and tho widow Moote, tho cai'otakor of tho church, wore an) big nliont tho npproai hlng marriage. Hughwnlleil ItMvmed nn hour, but Clccllo cHiiio not! then the voioes In tho V ostry ceasenl, nnd tho banging of a door started n current of air in the church which put nut Uio can die Uio bridegroom, not nt all rel lslilng ids iKwiliou, tried to gropo hU w ay to tho v ostry door, and in so doing do-ing inado sueh a clutter against tho Iws n to startle tho widow, who was about to lock up tho church Throwing open tho i entry door, she was almost frightened out of her witrt by Uio figure which met hor ojos, for the darkness and a certain mindly growing sonso of somothiug wrong had rendered his features n livid on Uiosoof a corpw. Wlthn howl Hko u hungry beast ho dished at tho church register, nnd road nn entry, m'.areely t dry, ei'itJfyiug to tho marriage of Cicelio (loodneh nnd John Wclby, mate of tho w hiding shlpMontuukl Catllko, ho scratched nt tho ream! with hUt long fingernails, nml would huo dotrocd the iugo liad not tho caret.ikur hurleil hiui aside with tho strength cf ail Amo7on "Just go ill Km t 4hy business nud 1envctlutbookaloiii-,"sliosald "Ii nolKxly's fault but thlno own if thou art too lato to ks) tho lovely bride, with hor bunch of w lid nstor.! and her gulden gidni-mi for tho or though H'h true folk did say tlu-v wero not to lw wtd till thu hhijw got bock from tho whaling trip. What led tl oo to tho church! Host thou not lmow that llooimo marriages nro columulzad in the vestry!' Hugh had heard enough i hobnd not only lost the bride, but had fur nlshod tho bridal bouquet nnd tho license' Ho rushod out of tho phut ns ongr'unold mauasovertiod n public road, nor did tlio good lie-oi1'" of Southampton (who know thi whole sicr) soon after el.iyhri.il over seo him ugaln. Wliun, soim woolts after aid, surprised nt hit long wt lusion tlioy broke Into tin yellow brick house, It was found to havo boon vacntoel sorao littlo thn piovloucly, for tho window doners Tihlch In his ivgo ho had elaidicd uiuu tho floor, wore dead and drieu up The hoiso w as goue, llkowiso u finmvurounsoldasilnownor II-hail II-hail moved away In tho night whither no ouo over dlscovcrud -Thomas Frost in Pitwbuii; Hullctiu. |
