Show rn 2 tho greatest guard of the D’Lncy Thus had tho offered sacrifice bf tho boy saved his friend's estates Isaac is not the only sacrifice accepted Arisen house uncousuracd Often ves upon the alter word of promise! by laying oursel- do we call down ther We save by ‘offered sacrifice that which Wti slidiild lbse by withholding! L&Wyer Wortley Vas tailing leave of Sir Richard and expressing admiration —a lawyer’s ndmihitibn 'Of thb Uby who fcheckiiiated hind when thb intpUlsive youth again surprised him tvitji — Tell your master lawyer W ortlej— ” “ My’ client niy good youth— dear me what a Very sSihgular young man Sir 1 Richard:’ ‘‘Tell your client” continued the hoy "‘that if lie ever attempts to take advau- it shall bo ttige of my friefid again for the last time T'eL him to look upon Walter Teihplar As the elder brother of Lord Frederick Tell him that a day of reckoning will come ! When SirWaJtfir Templar js a man he will iheet Sir Herbert Blakefy diil eiact Vengeance flit you By all tliat's wicked I never could make out the friendship of those two men whom I most hated Either one of them would have beggared himself Ha the for other ha! but Courtney without Sir Edmund TJcmplar could not liven by save the DXflcy inheritance By nty favorite beggaring himself Bacchus my jolity deity of this sparkling nectar my revenge on Courtney is almost as sweet as my triiimjih over him who disgraced mo at Eton: Curse them D’Laey’l !” The boy deiiVered himself fiercely In fyiticipation of that day of reckoning Walter Templar’s character was strength liis kalet who seemed sfl Very lie frightened tlie air tlirougli iVHicli ho moved lie never sUitled liis prey as he approached it and in spite of Ills villainous fabe the rrtgiib had much fa'cihatinjf power But Ills soft slow VetVefit ftai now Out bf time with his masters iirita- ' tidti “Snap jrou unmfihherly scoiihatel!” “Yes Sir Ilerbbrt:” ‘Who dismissed you sir?” “ I imagined your silence' afteV yb'U Addressed ihe expressed youif Wish” “ Who gave you the right tb imagine iily Wish you pi’esumptloill Vogue?” “ You Sir Herbert both tb fihticipfit® ydui wish and execute it” “ Well well Snap but you pVovokfeti me with that slow soft way of yotirs when I am on wires of impatience for the arrival of that villain of a lawjreE”' “You have often comniehded thrift sloV’ soft manner Sir Herbert” “ There you are agaih (jutsfc ybH Attd "Wortly both you weazen faced rascals You would have made capital twins Ever as slow arid slimy as snails and always meeting obstacles” HeV “I generally surmount mitib Sir bert” said the rascal witK a qulfeii chuckle of “ That’s true Snap But like the law: fliuha-abo- ut yer you gb £ucli an infernally both!” Sir Herbert broke his tlijnl bottle of wiue lis he soliloquized: fils curse upon the dead Lord Frederick strongly shoWcd his 10v vindictive spirit and hbw deafly still rankled in his memory his defeat at school 11 By the fiend Wortley is a laggard He should haWi been here by this I almost wish I hitd forced the sale of the estates without the offer of the hundred and fifty thousand My father — 'my politic slrO Avlio was a match for most men waft d find in the D’Lacy affair- - of volcanic forbje arid supplanter iff the will be ferocious D’Lafcv’hnis friendship to the enemy We justify hini ndt but take him as he is ' CHAPTER IX: the Sir Herbert t in his Hen Sir Herbert Blakely Was sitting in his ‘den” in the old castle of tile' D’LacJs Awaiting the arrival bf his lawyer tohom he expected that evening 2iot that his “den ” was by any means an uiicbmfort-hhl- e one for the appaitiiieiit was commodious and luxlinously inviting just suited fdr a gentlbihan’s retreat It was reached by a private avenue which ingeniously concealed a secret entrance to the castle the avenue being in fact a Well contrived labryinth of fir trees A small bdken door which opened w ith a secret ritrdng spring concealed a flight 6f stone stairs leading toalofty corridor Which communicated with a suite of luxurious appartmehts: This part of the castle had no public connection with the maiu building but could be entered by spring paimels in tlio faulily portrait gallery known only to the master and as lnanjras he chose th entrust thb secret en entrance tO This wing of thd castle Was built by a recluse of the P’Lacy family but since it canie into the hands of Sir Herbert Blakely it bad bden appropriated for purposes suited to the 1‘haracter of its owner Villainy dissipation and the ruin of many it fair one that secret suite of luxurious appartmehts was familiar with during the reign df Sir Herbert Blakely over the D’Lacy domains' Tho room in which Sir Herbert awaited the arrival of lawyer Wortley had been named by Snap tlie valet as 4t Herbert’s “dert” “So go!” exclalmdd Sir again letter after which which before he ’ 'acknowledged it to Blakely reading his lawyer’s could not exactly make out yet on the whole appeared exceedingly satis“So sd” IIP repeated as lie factory’ drank the last glads bf his second bottle for he drank deeply “ Courtney acknowledges the necessity of closing with my offer He owns the necessity at last does he? By heaven! Wortley your letter brings to my reHow the haughty venge a cup of nectar Courtney must have been tortured by this neevssitv my cunning little limb of lie the law’ A hundred and fifty thousand mine pounds ! Why the Nt?ritian beggar will possess a handdbme fortune' and of my giving I shall HaVe1 transformed the Am I not forbeggar into a rich man giving Ani I liflt kind to half rebuild the D’Lacy ruinS: By Satan ! I half repent my offer: Where can that tardy villian of a lawyer be ?” He rang the bell furiously which with another of the secret In a moment appartments of the castle his valet appeared “ Snap you villainous ligly-visagrascal has’nt that infernal lawyer arrived ? Your father gave thee a pliiz Snap which would have brought any honest man’s son to the gallows befbre now I s face as never saw such a yours inliny life Snap: Has not that in fernal Wortley arrived I say: I swear Snap I think you have only escaped hanging by being more villainous looking than either tlie hangman or his gallows” “ You flatter me Sir Herbert” meekly replied his valet who seemed to receive his master’s words rather as a compliment than an offence “I compliment you! Well that's rich: You are such a genuine rascal Snap that I belive I almost admire you You would say your prayers before committing a murder and return thanks after you had got through the job” “ You flatter me Sir Herbert” again meekly came from the admirable Snap “ Upon my soul I believe I do' You have so much of Beelzebub in vour that you tlke it as a compliment to be told so I believe you wduld never forgive a muster who did not appreciate your excelle ut qualities for villainy” “ I never should Sir Herbert” tho valet replied much lifcVre emphatically than he was in the habit of speaking In fact Snap was a £tudy llis master’s portraiture of his character provoked by his Impatience for tlie arrival of Sir Herlawyer Wortley was correct bert did not paint him from a metaphysical intuition of character but froifi matter-of-fact and his practical knowledge of the man Snap was a most genuine villain and asvillainous looking as his lie tfever master had described him coifld have bceii genuine in anything But villainy and in' that to beg a strong touch lie was most conscientious His master often required his services lie will need him in the fiitur6 add ivo 6hall meet him agudru J Snap was retiring from the presence bf liis master with his peculiar slow soft step which would suggestto one the fancy that he was jiigt tlie very man to “put salt oil tlie hltd’B tail ” to catch it Sir Herbert Had ofteh admired the insinuaof ting mannerism and soft iilovettieuts tbfctdei? Ifesfc the and an embodiment In battling 5ijI PEEP 0’ DAY— A LITE It Alt Y MAGAZINE way” “ i have ever found it tHe orily way Are you not when tHc path i§ brooked tort impatient with lawyer W ortley ? Ho wa$ to arrive at eight By the clock there Sir Herbert you may perceive it lacks just a quarter to eight” “Well well I acknowledge you are right ’as usual you cunhing observant rogue” “Hark! there is the signal bf thelaw yers arrival” “i did “I ain hot hear certain it” tlie C7 ell run i& nftj TJherb again arid ’Tis a cbld wtij room Sir Herbert this time impatient night and even Wortley is impatient” Don’t “ Let him in directly Snap 1 know allow hini to enter your room He would dry himself wheedlo Wortley Vou for a glass of brandy find come to rile Iff a quarter of an hour sleek and prehis notes pared like a true lawyer with Bring him at Snap arranged though tie should be drenchica to' the skin like a ntt” (TO DE r ' ' - CONTiNuim) A Good Receipt fou TkeaclF Paukik — To four pounds of oatmedl one pound of butter four pounds of treacle one ounce of ginger ono ounce of SWeet peppr (or Jammed pepper) one of ounce of caraway seeds two carbonate of soda mixed vey Smooth in a enp of milk tlc butter inustbe well rubbed into tln This will oatmeal and the trcace warmed answer the expectation bf fill who may give it a trial A Very Excellent and Cheap Cakji- Two pjHtrds and a half of flour of a pound of butter half a pound of currants br quarter of a pound of raisins quarter of a pound of orange peel two ounces of caraway seeefi half an ounce of ground ciuuanion or ginet four teaspoonfuls of carbonate of sodfi: m'ixel well with rather better than a pint of u fvr tnilk butter must b wll Tj'dtrd p’re'rio'b's tb' being miicii witli the ipcrrcdicati |