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11- was a bright morning; the sky "was cloud- lus,and the goals] west,,wind sweeping over 350 Hill. orllpod with boar; frost. seemed to an ate the return of springs In some shelter- ed nooks, which Catherine well know, the vio- bts were already in blossom, and she was re- turning from an earlyramble, with a small buch of these precious flowers, when Edward came haundin along to meet her: now follow- ed, now preceded by‘ hie favourite hound, who had can ht the-joyousness of his master's spirit. and emu atedhis activit . . =

*‘ Good news; Kitty!‘ he cried, as soon as she came within earshot. “ Good news, little sister; what will you give me for my news?”

“lliavc you got your pony?" asked Kate in

“y Pony !” retorted Edward, scornfully.

“Dou‘t I tell you it‘s great ncws—nmvs for

on, my diirliiig!" and he flung his arm:. uliout er and kissed her.

’l‘liei-e was a lluttering motion at Kitty's lieart; the colour left her cheeks, and she looked at him treiiilyliiig.

‘- Well. \vh_v don't you guess’ l\’li_i- :lun'i. ou l:iu<_:li. or cry. or do Stlllltlilllll-_'_', l{iii_v.' on l.’-)lll-'Ill.I look worse il'I hzid saiil the l.i'\'.n

was b:id. Come. have n't you ii bit of Pan- dor.i.‘s curio::it_v? .\lust I take my glorisiiis news home aigairi, lmcaiise you won‘t. give the least toiicli to the lid?"

'- I kn-)\\' you are going to see Fr.inlt," said Kitty,trvrninlously. "Lolly Irwin told lllcltlmlll it ycst-:rd:iy morning."

‘* No, th;it'.-I not it. Guess aigpiiiil But there, I won’t torture you, dear. Sri-ainge. is n‘t it. Kat-3, that ii main of taste like I"r-niik, should n't like I’;il_v.7"

“ If that's your news, l-I.lw:irC. I had :i

slirewd guess ofit before."

“ Wli_j.‘. of course you had. when he be;;.-iii at the top of the sheet with ()3 how lllll I to exist another day without you! and ended at the hot- tom of the fourth side witli——I feel coiivinccd I

must expire if I don't see you to lll()‘i‘l‘U\'.'-—:lII.

four sides written close and crossed, and all to the sun e tune_"

“ You are a saucy boy. Edward. and want to provoke me to show you Frank's let:-.-rs. You

now well enough he iicvzr cross’.-s them. and

that there is often rooui l1.v.- ;i great deal lll.)l‘i‘ when he finishes.”

“ With ‘ Yours till death. eternally and for ever.’ Well, I'm sure I don’t know what a lovo-latter is like, and I don’t suppose I ever shall. I darosay Frank's letters are just what they should be, or that you think them so- which is quite as good; but I can tell you, you’re not likely to have any more of them just at present, so you'd better make the most of what you have. I‘ll bet you Mad Tum to your father's old cob that he won’t write to you for a month to come."

" Have they heard from him at the Hall, then?” said Kate, bewildered.

“ Yes, truly, have they. In a most substan- tial manner has he forced on their astounded minds the fact that he has a good stout will of his own, and that he has no idea of being sent out ol' the way that people may worr his little bride out of her pretty looks. I'l tell you what, Kitty, Frank has a rent deal more s irit than I ever gave him credit for. You oug t to be proud of him. He has done the very thing! should have done myself!"

“ But what has he done?” cried Catherine, impatientl .

“ 0 you re coming up at last, are you, like a shy bottle of ale when it is held to the tire? Know, 0 sweet Kitty, that your future lord has shown hiinselfs fine fellow, and won't be hood- winked by my revered and incomprehensible mamma, and that I came oil’ this morning to im-

rt to you the intelligence, that he came home - ast nig t, to the oonfusloii of his enemies, the deli ht of his afieetionute father, of his devoted brot er, and his blushin bride. But I say, dear, what’s the matter. Kitty, I say, dear Kitty, don’t be a little fool please, dear!”

The abrupt announcement of the return of berlover—a joy so sudden, so unlocked for, was indeed too much for Catherine's stren tli, enfeebled as she was by lon separation, am by the wearing sickness of nope deferred: she would have fallen had not the ho caught her in his arms. He bore her with di culty to the bank at the side of the road, and was running‘

b beck assistance, when his brother, whose im- tiewoo uncontrollable, and who

(I wandered thus far in search his bo- trutbcd, came up. A little water, brought from a Il0l‘llb0Il{IB5“IlVIll€I in Ed ‘a cap, and desbedoa e’s face. aided in ing

.her:'tbe sight of ber~lovsr bending over her with a look of earnest solicitude‘ did more. He folded her in his arms, and all tbetroublsd past named vanish like adrsamtor only tobo remembered to intensify the happiness of the re-union. ~- ' ‘fliers were long silence. Tears falling like A so solemn, that they ‘ band in hand beneath the arch of the ring heavens. When the hut rapture of t elr meeting was over. Catberine’s anxious eyes detected marks of uncontrollable sufcriu in her lover's coun-

“C0llgl’lltllllIfIl)lII, and with dark pupils distend-

b tertlnnthey werrwont to look. were ed with black rlu ,. liisuhinds wore parched, and the broneed fun of his coin lesion

told of fatigue and exposure. rather an o_ health. The imprudence with which he had acted wastoo evident; The, marsh fever was still hanging about him when hosetout onliis hasty Journey. The excitement produced.-by Edward ’s letter, which ootirmed his worst fears, bud reu- dcred him for the time superior‘ and insensible to his bodily infirmity. A troubled night, hardly visited by :-...e snatoliesof slo p, at last brought the morning, when ,he ' w s once again to see her, made so much dearer b absence and by sorrow, borne for his sake. 'dhe cold \Vll.It'1' with which he biitlied his burningtcmples still-‘ cd their throbbing for awhile; the fresh air, and the near hope of seeing his helo,ved, deaden- cd the at-liing of his limbs and the fever in his throat; but now that the firstjoy of meeting was over. that he lind held her in his arms, llllfl felt her still all his own, he was obliged to suc- r .1-.n'i In llzi‘. luS.~‘l?lll.l0 that oppressed him. and m ls(1lli..i\\lt:I.l‘{‘,L‘ the too evident llict that he was not we . llu retui-iic«l home in the hope that a few lioui-‘s rest niiglit restore him ; but Naittirc is it stern -.iv:3ii;:_«_-1', and exacts ll hetivy tine for over 1 lai.\‘e(l or aliiii-‘ed povvers. The exciteineiit and ill.--piietiiile in which he had lived for the lust ' uiglit-_-mi montiis li-ail gradually uinlermiiml his I -,ii,;urm.is or-ii.-titiitioii. The uncxprei-‘sod tli<- I pleiisur.-of .‘.is ‘ii-‘lllllllillcf weighed upon liisi tn,-art \vlr7~ :i tiirelitivliiig which dolled all his

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izit-.-rests \\'lll".ll crowded upon him had lll.s'Il'ilt‘?- ed his attention ; L‘.ii.lierine's letters full o‘ liopcliil t-=i.ilci'iiess ipiieted his Illl.\'lCl.\‘ on l;"l‘ :i<-c-aunt : while Lady Irwin herself, relieved by his zilz.-‘.:i.vt-, wrote with cordiiilily, ulinosi with iI.ll'.'''Il()Il. . lieg;-iii to \'.'t‘lll‘ oil". when Lady Irwin lnid r-‘tun =-«I to .5‘.-.':illow-ticld,and, irritated by L'-.itlici~iiiv‘.- | l".-eqiir-an pin-sciice. and by the ulll-ciion ivillin $\\'llI(‘li ."'zi- r}.lwar-l treated her, either l'("-l>“.‘(l in 1 ‘write in tl,u il'£lI'I‘lli'l‘, or wrote only ll'il-‘Ts - 'll.'ll‘l.l Rlflll «li-_v. that the ull'>rt they 1. ..l --..:.-i_\v:'.-‘ i too pulp-1' lo to he iiilstaki‘-ii : ‘.vln-n '.';il‘ 4 1 .~ -2‘.-I 1l~‘pl‘i'.*Sli:il l)t‘t‘!lll'$ evid«-iit in .-p-tn of " ~;‘ t I

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tci-ipl d 1-lit-ei'l'iiliii--‘~': l".:.'.ik':‘ lim-_'..~ «} 1 spirit gave i~.';i_‘. . :iiid Ln le:,.iIi to Slltx”. l . .; t‘lIi!I.'t.s in" tin: cli::i..l-~. which tr_\‘in;_' '- El 1.: ll lll.tl1_\ liiijglisli <-oiistituiioiis. did not .. -1‘ hi .’ and i,.y_;|;-cxml sin-li lIl'(‘(:‘il'tlll4|lls its ii.i,;l.L pri- hiips, l.-ave preserved him in health ant; i'..- on.‘ him to it.

So, now the fever, which had been clici-kcil. flew to the head : the ovcrtnxcd brain ceased in tliscli:ir_:e its healthy ullicc; his rtivings were wild and incessant ; his heart troubles uiixiii,-_r themselves up iiicongruously with the scenes of foioign adventure; he called often and piteously on the mime of his beloved, who seemed to his distemper:-d fancy to he in fearful danger: with wild.supplicaIion or stormy menace he sought to protect her from a powerful but unnamed enemy. 'l‘lic uh.-le household was filled with constermilion. Sir l‘dw~rd stood gazing on his fiery \'lll'lLllt eyes with an unguisi loo big for tears Poor Eilwzird ran vain] to and fro, overwhelming himself with reproiiclics for the lieedlcss rashncss with which he had communi- cated his suspicions to his brother. Catherine,

lo and tremulous, crept from the Parsonage to the Hall, seeking for tidings she dared not ask for; her still woe-begone countenance, and eager tearlcss eyes, were not the least grievous sight in all those grievous days. Sir Edward meeting her, lost the recollection of his own sorrow, and wept for the poor child who had no tears for liersel .

Stran e and strong was the conlliet of Lady Irwin's eelings. The moment when the dear wish of her heart would be ratified seemed to have arrived; the life which stood between her son and the inheritance was fluttering on the

verge of eternity. Agnese did not fail to ollur

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mg to suggest that a slight mistake in the giv- ing ofa potion might make that certain which was iilrmily probable. Lady lrwin rcjcctml the i-iiggustion with indignation, and devoted her- gi-.|1"with energy to the care of the sulferer ; slu- shrunk from the presence of lior'contidante,,and if by chance they met, she hurried by her at if she had-b00ll‘I0fllO venomous creiituro: above all, she sedulouely guarded the approach to the sick man's chamber, ve ini his medicines herself, and admiaiatormg nothing without pre- viously subjecting it too careful examination. She seemed iassnsible-to fatigue. llosraf r hour, day after da , she went to and the in t sick room.‘ with a- set features, like one act- ing under excitement. or afraid to brealnspsll. She hardly s ke, olthcr in answer to the grate- ful tbanks 0 her husband, or to the passionate caresses 0 her son; but one day. whca-lXthe- rine crsptto her, dad kissed her hand in token of gratitude she could not speak. hidy«l.rwin stop as she wai traversing the corridor, and ben her head, pressed her lips on the brow of the trembling -girl. ’ " Poor-child, ’ she said, “ go and pray. and see if that will comfort thee.”

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' [rwiii was of a temper too lofty to war with the

i-tiirts to <"zll(e it off, and tilled him with v;ig'.i-~‘ and p.ir.il','sin;_: alairni. During the llr-it l--w lIll.l.Ii.tl l._»’ l2ltt!lll_*£4‘l|CC2 no sooner did lii-.ilth- lllllllill‘.-l nil‘ liisresiwlence abroad the vuri.-zv ol I hi'iii-,;i:i«,r -‘l-:.-p return to llllil than she wi-lidreiv

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..> er the life of her lii-‘trollu-il, and helped hiiu

fetched tron London,had almost given up hops--' _'l‘he psti‘ent’s.streugtli.seonad exhausted; he lay motionless, almost. lifeleu, his ervous were won and-pa-aive. or oonvulwd fseble'twitterings»;. the wavy hair, whio i. use to fall in such comely masses about his face was all gone; liisv manly beauty-withered like the leavosin autumn. ., i .i. - Who can tell what were Lady Irwin ’s thou hts as she sat through those long nights and ays by the wreck of-him whom she had taught her- .self by slow degrees to regard as the enemy of her son? Who can tell how much of her old ten- ‘deruess to the fair iiiotherlcss ‘boy returned: how the helplessness of the sullering man re- called the weakness and dependence of the child; how the fever-parched lips awakened memories of the sweet firm lips that had so often pressed hers, and the joyous love ol' the child‘: close embrace. I’i-ostrate-—lielpless— there was nothing sixitiigoiiistic tliero. Ilelen

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After ii. long time there came adawn ofhopa. 'l‘hc youtliful constitution, the careful tending, the Clll'll«',8I» prayers, prevailed, and lleaitli rc- it'.|SC‘l his prey. Deep thiiiikfuliicss and silent joy 8tlI‘,L'e4".lt£\l to despair in l‘:itherine’s heart. riir ll-l'v:ird mi;-i-.‘ out of his study and walked :i<,::iin .i:iio:i«,; his tn-«,*s; l'I-livnr-I sciiliipcred over over hill and il.lli:. to Illilltl the spirit of his llUl'.~‘.‘, \\':lII'.-lll with to.» long; idleness. The cl‘l.<l-‘ was lost: l-‘raiiilt would rot-ovcr—.-'lo\v _v. tedini..»l3;——‘.iiit he would recover. liilf. t...~ <l.lllgI?l', l..id_v Irwin's cairc ceased. s.~.m»-I‘ lllll be open his eyes upon her, ani-

.lruui his '«.un'oer, lL"l.\'lIig him to the attend- l:im-<- o."t.iv- l-.ired llllI‘SI'.\‘. and only paying oc- (':‘.>|'.)li..l \l.~ll.< In his ro-.in, which becnine \'iI'vl‘li:l' nu-I l‘:Ll‘I‘l‘ .-is he pi'o;;ressctl ‘ll his to- 40 llis .-..:i\:v.l.-.-‘ct-m-e was to ions and

- on‘. \\llll ni;in_v lots and liiiidrauees. .:-.- ri .- -l“ll fr:-.pi~~iit slllluflllg; but . ill llll Ml :’('l"l'.l'l,‘ t-uuldiillord to ltllC~ .v.- the ntucr was used llll- .~'p...i ._ . - ll _-,‘ : uf'l.n.’t- ghidtlened liiui. (‘:iiiv.. -.i if 1-; l'.’l'i|' lost all I‘L‘Cl)llI_'(:(iv)|| i-I -i' own u».'.- bwltli .-.nd spirits in the ne- .- - i- » .;;iii_:: and i~'(r.,-rigrlioiiiiig him. " ‘ .. ~.- mr the f_;l".‘llC lllL‘l'('_V vouch- . - hi: preservation, lierjov llllJ.llI- v.-~.=- .1»-. ll in :i sweet and innoeeiit ,-_I;‘iiety——:i .-Fir.-i"':il l~r\lllr:ll(’.‘.\' of spirit. that shed sunsliin-.~

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Hi ll'i‘ lluin n:»ytl:i:i,: rl:-4' to the recovci'y ofliis .-in-i-;_:t!i. ller graiiitude to Lady Irwin was so \\'llI’lli tlllht it ovei°i-nine the dread she lnid been :ll'('.ll.\[c)lllt3ll to feel in her presence; and though l.;nIy If“ in still cold and stately in her manner toivurds her, Callicrinc had won something upon her regard. She could no longer look upon her as zi being williout passion ; the feel- ing she llud shown was iinmistakalile, und just of the kind whit-li Lady Irwin could appreciate. Loud liinicntutions or stormy grief she would have despised; but she syiiiputliised with the stony agony of her coiintenanee and her voice- less despair. She could no longer think her Illlp=.lSBl\‘c or commonplace. She might hate,_

but she could not now despise her Her mind at thatpcriod was in a struggling, couiliating, fluctuating (rendition. gnese re- venged her late slight by almost unbroken si- lt'llL’t.', which y Irwin, too ron to make concessions, repaid with liaugity contempt. Sir Edward, charmed out of all suspicion by the extraordinary devotion of her attendance on his son, had returned to something like a lover’s tenderness. It seemed almost as if the evil thought which had long nestled in the, depths of her heart iuight be crushed—perhaps, l but for the Italian woman, it might have been. l. But Satan little loves to quit a tenement in' which he has been welcomed and cberisbodzl and evil acts are the legitimate olfspring of, evil thoughts. j l

CIlAI"|'II XII.

Ir was some two months since the favourable: turn had taken place, and l"r.ink had begun to’ iimeiid, when, ooiiiing home from his usual] evening stroll to the Parsonage, be met his,: lltlll(‘I', smoking his cigar. under the limc-trees,1

“ Well, my boy," said Sir Edward. "you don’t look very brilliant yet‘. A month or so; in llcvoni-xliirc‘ would set you up nicely.”

"Indeed, sir, I am perfectly well,‘ returned’ his son in alarm. “The cveninv ‘is usually‘ warm, and we walked ii' little tdo far. I he c you, areinot thinking of sending the away age n sosonn”’ I ‘ ',

~ “ Wby,'to tell you the truth, I've been hatch- iaga little plan that I don’t think you’ll ob‘ ct to. You know there is a small estate in e- vonshire, which to your mother. The house is not much more than a cottage Is pretty and com t. Captain Martyn. who has rented it for zdeeliftcsu care, has been, for some time in hiliug heal b: and I have ,~ this evening received intimation of his death.‘ Asl supposed robabls, his widow does-not widi to continue my tenant; and- it has oc- curred to me that it’ the house were brigtsnsd u a little—it's vor pretty, and the scenery a at it splendid- t might not be so for

It was at the time when the fever at its height; the doctors, of when two had been

tsnsnee. His eyes, wide looked larger and

‘time in Sir l:‘dw:ird's mind.

but.it'

ouand lutt , ‘u t f ear or two. till in dicto ! _ ilioss are rslid; Ibr o;0:.’TlIlI would inskz; Sorshylng, or rather so thinking»

everything. .smpg1th.'_lf=plt_tb_stGIodw;ili1t ‘t'o utpld ouewa,ni. ear. ow. es, 9 house wi beldull enoiigli without both!" ._«. We cannot expec_t'dyp,u to, make such ii up orifice for us, sir,’ sai _ rank, his cheek glow. iiig with surprise and leasure. ‘ . “ O, as to that. the ees we’ say of that, th.

‘better. The ropcrty'was_your mother's; so it is ii matter 0 more Jll§ll¢9- My idea is, that if

I allow you three hundred a-year, you may manage to live quietly down there. _ The estate itself is not unproductive, and might be im. proved if anyone were resident upon it who would undertake‘ to ‘study agriculture as a sci- ence. So much is doing in that way now, that extraordinary ohstiniicy and stupidity may soon cease to be regarded as necessary qualiti- cations for ii fai-iuer."

This "scheme had been maturing for some The anxiety he had during his s-.in‘s illness, and during his rather slow recovery, had determined him to expedite u iniirringo which he saw to bo_ iiidis. pensiblo to his liiippiiicss. It lnid been his pur- pose to coniuiuniczitc his project to his \vilc,and to obtain licr v.-oncui-rencc before mentioning it to his son: lint. coming iincxpcctedly on l"i':ink just when he had received intelligence of the rcinoviil of the only obstacle that stood in his way, he lhltl yielded to the impulse ol the uionicnt. and l:.id spoken to him ofii plain which he knew ivoiild ;,;ive hiin extreme pleasure, and it-l,';.r-li, he i.op.~-3. would accelerate his recovery.

\\'ht-n tl-..- : l (llS('.ll.\‘:«C(l the subject for it little “'l.lll_‘_ ll\‘.‘:ll’tl went in senreli ofliis ii-il'.,-, while retired to his eluiiiibor. lady Ii-win sat liv the lire, tirluviii-,5. Slit: druiv ‘iiaiely, and she level the art. Sir lldiviird stood over her for at vvhil--. and zidinircd the ilusigii, point- ingoiitait the snnic time some ilell-rts in the L‘S\.‘t'llIl(lll; ll.l‘ll. turning to the lire. he stood some time in t-‘lIl'llCt', and, tubing up it hook, seemed lost in the pi,-riisal of it. till .it last he suddenly sziid, not iiilliout it slight treinor in his voice.

“ By the way. llelcn, did I tell you illairtyu was dead .7"

I.:l«l_\' Irwin aiiiswered in the negative; but .‘~‘lll‘ did not is -l siilliciciit llll(Il'(‘.‘?i in the intel- ligence to int--rrupt her oceiipution.

-‘ Ye.-‘, poor fellow? he is gone :it last." con- tinued Sir l‘l'I\\l|l‘i'l. “ It is siirprisiiig that he lasted so lm~,:. consiilering the rough u.-sag: the Frencli gave Lini ‘in the last war. He must have been no ili_\' eighty. He \\:is a bit of true lli-itish oak, Y')l!_§ll to the lust chip. 0!’ course. .\lrs. .\lart_vn times‘ not stay at liliiigtiiu. ller nephew wi-in--i inc word that. she wislic_s to give it up lit mi.-c, which is fortunate. lot I could not well lizive turned her 0 ’

“ l)o you think you are l'kely er rent for the place, then 1"

"0, no! the rent Martyn paid was well enough. I have been thinking it would do for Frank and Kitty. To be sure, the house is small. and I dare say will want soinetliiui; done to it; but it is it snug little place, and Devon- sliiro will pl'ul);l.l)lV suit Frunlt, now that to"- rible fever has ma e him dcllcflit. You know it is, in It iiiiiniicr, his native air. His mother was born and brought up there." _

Lady Irwin bent lower over her tlrawiug; Sir lildwitrd continued speaking. last, but wit a sense of growing uneasiness.

“ I know that you are as anxious as I am to promote his happiness ; and it is very fortunate that we are able to gratify him without trench- ing materiailly on our income. For ui own part, I uckiiowledge that at lirst I did not feel the necrssity ofa second establishment. But dare suy you were right, and I am sure you will share my satisfaction in an arrangement which niects all the requirements of the case."

“ They cannot live there without an income, said Lil y Irwin. after a lon use.

“ As to that, I should wish to consult you; for you kimw so much better than I do wli_st would be necessary. I do not think they will require more than two hundred and lllty or three llllnllftlll at first: for Frank must tulle euro nfliiiiii-till‘; and Kitty has no extravagant notions. I suppose they can stay with us when they come to town."

Lady Irwin made no reply. Iler husband, oppressed by the omnious silence, drew II chair closer to the hearth-. and stirred the lit0 with an iineinpt to seem unconoerned._ l‘he_I'o was sonioiliing irresistibly overvvhelmin in Lady lr\viu‘s silence, and in the eontinu irregular movement of her pencil‘. After IQIIO minutes, she gathered her drawing-materials to thcr, and was leaving the room. '50! _3“’

ward. taking her by the hand, looked up in- to her face with an attempts atnnllc. |5!“$v _ " Come, sit down, Helen, and let us I over.’’.