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Old Jacob Forest had made a. well'grouud- ed complaint when he cried out with such vehemence that that fellow Derrick had ac- tually left. the front door open, and the Guard-ship and his rheumatism more expos- ed to the‘rigors of the elements even than usual; but to do his visitor juslice, this rudeness was not committed with intention ; Ralph knew not what he was doing; he was out of his mind with fury and despair. “ Darn her l” screamed he. plucking the little bunch of violets from where he had placed them so tenderly but an hour before; " so she was false. too, like the rest ofthem. She had no more heart in her than awoman of stone; and I have been worshipping her all my life, just as a savage worships his idol. No wonder I took to that young son of hersâ€"how like 1 how like !â€"â€"and like, too, i his selfish soul! Why, I was calling yonder Sea a while ago, a cruel smiling traitressâ€"because in her wrath I thought that she had swallowed this woman up. But the sea. is honest enough compared to her. She puts up painted panes to my memory, does she, with the money of the very man she married 1 Hypocrite ! Wan- ton! Liar! She has held her convese with me, knowing who I was, across that man’s very grave, and let me pour my heart out before her, drop by drop, when she might have stanched it with a word. How could she do it? How dared she do it 7â€"she that is a God-fearing woman for- sooth ! But I suppose that all is fair against a castaway. Let her look to it now, though. Ralph Gavestone is not a man, as I told her then, to be crossed With impunity â€"fnr less to be cajoled, betrayed, insulted, wronged! Richard Lisgard, too !â€"Sir Richard, as the bastard calls himself l-â€"~ your hour of bitterness is drawing nigh too. and I will not Spare you. There is no memory now of the beloved Dead to stay my hand; there is the knowledge of the treacherous living to make the blow all the aurer and the more fatal. I thought love had lain with me, but it was not soâ€"is can- celled out, and Mercy with it. Friendship â€"bah, I have found out what that is worth! There is nothing left me, nothing in the world, now, but revenge! Lord it, Sir Richard, for yet a few hours more, among your truckling neighbors, your fawning ton. ants, for your time is short indeed. They may be your humble and obedient servants still, but what will they think of you, be- hind your back, when they will come to learn who you are? If your mother has the right to rule at Mirk. then I will rule there too: and you shall serve ; and if not â€"then she is my Wife Bill], and leaves you for me. There will be adownfall for your pride lLady Lisgard of Mirk Abbey to be called by a ' drunken brawler ’-â€"-do you sup- pOSe that I forget such words as thoseâ€"and forced to be once more plain Lucy Gave- stone, for the wife ofa vagabond like me has scarcely the right to be termed ‘ mad- am.’ The law will give her to me: there is no doubt of that. The righteous Law, which is always to be upheldâ€"remember that, my game-preserving friendâ€"Inc matter what hardshids it may entail upon individu- als, or what injustice it may commit in ex- ceptional cases. How sweet it is to 're- member such words of wisdom. against which, in my ignorance. I was wont to fight tooth and nail. You will not forbid me the Abbey. I supposo, when I come thither to claim my wife. To-motrow, or next day at furthest, will introduce you to your step- father; for I have made up my mind to ac- knowledge, just us though. you had been born in lawful wedlock.” Breathing forth these cruel threats, and feeding upon their fulfilment in his mind, Ralph Derrick lay awake for hours in his chamber at the Royal Marine, and had hardly fallen asleep when the omnibus started for the morning train. The horn, and noise of the wheels aroused him, and he leaped up out of bed with an oath, for he knew that he had missed that, his earliest opportunity, of getttng to Mirk. However having rung his bell, he learned from the waiter that it would be quite possible yet, by taking a carriage and tour horses, to reach the iunction before the Coveton train, which, besides, had to wait there for the mid-day mail. “Of course,” said the waiter, rubbing his hhnds, and speaking with a hesitation induced by the contemplaâ€" tion of Ralph’s scanty kit, “it will be a very considerable expense, and perhaps ” @ifiww Wmmmm “Curse the expense, and you to l” ejacu- lated the whilolm gold-digger in his old flaming manner. “ Here ’8 a ten~pound note; and let my bill be settled and the horses put to within five minutes.” “ But your breakfast, sir ‘2” “ A glass of brandy and a piece of bread: that’s all I want; qulck, quick I” A waiter departed at full speedâ€"his anxiety to excute Derrick’s orders being at least equalled by his desire to communicate them to his mistress and the chambermaids. They were only accustomed at the Royal Marine to the Newly Married. who were rarely in a hurry, and never broke their fast upon brandy and bread ; and to these Ralph certainly afforded a lively contrast. The four honses carried him along at a great rate, and the old fashioned carriage swung from side to side down every hill, so that if motion could have soothe‘d his per- turbed spirit, on the principle oflike to like, it should have grown calmer with every mile. But fast as he sped, his thoughts flew on before himâ€"~aud in them he was already at Mirk Abbey, denunciatingr, exposing, aveuging, until physical inaction became in- tolerable, and thrusting his head and shoul- ders out of the window. he bade the aston- ished post-boys pull up, and let him out, for he would have no more 0t such travel. t Then once more he pursued his way on foot, i and had walked two-score miles before he put up tor the night, at one of the same inns at which he had stopped on his way down to Coveton. But exercise, even in this vio- ient degree, could no longer avail him. He was still consumed with bitterness and anâ€" ger, and the desire of vengeance. He could not sleep; and he had lost all appetite for food. He drank, as he had never drunk since he was in Cariboo; glass after glass of raw spirits, to the wonder of his toler: ably well-seasoned host, who looked to have him for quite a permanent guest, overtaken, as it seemed must come pass, by delirium tremens. Brandy, however, could now af- - feet him nothing; except perhaps, that it. added fuel to his rage. 0n the third day, he grew impatient; of his slow progress, and took the train upon a line of rails that brought him within a. dozen miles of Mirk, As soon as he got out at the station, he in~ quired for vehicle to take him to his jour- ney’s end. MIRK ABBEY. CHAPTER XXXIIâ€"~(Contiuued) THE UNINVITED GUEST. “ That’s my business, and not yours,” re- torted Derrick. angrily, but without surâ€" prise; for it seemed to him natural enough that the purpose which was consuming his whole being should be recognized in his external features. “Nay, sir. I meant no harm. It is not‘ business, but pleasure, that is taking all the world to Mirk to-day. Everything here that has four wheels, and even that has two, has been already engaged ; but if you don’t mind waitmg an hour or so, there will‘ be a return-fly ” “ Why, victuals and drink to be sure,” replied the lad, in a tone that bespeaks a grievance; “ and music and pretty girls to dance to it, and fireworks. and Idon’t know what all. And here am I, the only young man in the parish that is not to enjoy him- selfat it 5 just because Master Hathaway happens to have a pressing order in hand, I am to keep the mill going all toâ€"night. I don’t say I wishes in to rainâ€"for that would spoil everybody’s sportâ€"but if the wind would be so good as to fall, and: stop mill, why, I would’nt not whisle to try and set it agoing again.” “You wish to go Mirk Abbey, do you not, sir ?” said the pOrter respectfully (for Ralph always travelled first-class). But, with a contemptuous oath, Ralph had already resumed his journey on foot, looking neither to left nor right, but keep- ing his eyes steadfastly fixed on the wind- mill, he could even now see afar off, and he know crowned Mirkland Hill. The after- noon was already far spent, and by the time he reached the spot in question, the dusk had already deepened into dark. On one side of the road lay the white gate and little hedge belonging to Belcomb; on the other, the great Windmill, with its dila- pidated wall still unrepaired, and over which a. young man was learning and looking to- wards the valley with longing eyes. Ralph followed the direetion of his gaze, and per- ceived the noble outlines of Mirk Abbey “ picked out ” in lines of many-colored flameâ€"its every window aglow with light, and the shadowy Park itself islanded with two large shining spots, which old experi- ence taught him at; once were walls of can- vas well lit up within. “ What is going on their.” Asked he of the miller, for such the young man’s dress proclaimed him to be. “ Why, it’s Sir Richard coming of age, to be sure. answered the lad. “ You must hail from adarned long,r way off, not to know that; and yet I seem to know your face. Why you’re Mr. Derrick, ain’t you, as used to lodge at the Lisgarcl Arms. I thought so. Well, you’ll find nobody there now, for Steve has been taken into favor againâ€"~llranlrs to my Lady, I believeâ€"and is up at the Park with the rest; and they won’t let you into the grounds, you know ; so“ you might just as well slop here, and have a. chat with a poor fellow as” “ Yes, by the by, said Ralph, “I heard something at the station about some goings- on at Mix-k, but. I didn’t take much heed. What is it, lad. And why are they all so gay down yonder at the Abbey." Striking his stick with violen.e against the ground, Ralph strode away down the hill; This, then. was the very time for him to come upon the inmates of Mirk Abbey, while they were holding their heads highest, and to cast them down to the very dust. If his determination had needed strength, if the sharpness of his revenge had wanted an edge both had been supplied by the care- less ords of a miller’s boy. Before the night was out, not only that lad, butall the parish, nay, all the county, should learn that he, Ralph Derrick, could not only be no longer forbidden to enter the Lisgards’ doors, but would perhaps even rule within them as the husband of my Lady herself. The village, as he had been forewarned, was as deserted as Auburn itself, and the inn fast closed. But the iron gates of the Abbey were {lung flack, as though to wel- come all comers, and the rheumatic lodge- keeper and his wife had betalicn themselves with their pretty daughter to the festive scene within. So Ralph strode undenied, up the long dense avenue, made darker by the glancing lights at. the tar end, like some embodiment ofMisfortune, about, to paralyze Youth and hope with a word. The fairy- lil<e splendor of the scene before him seem- ed to him like a. house of painted cards, which, at his finger-touch, should collapse in utter» ruin; his trown should decline sil- once all those melodies that jarred so on his reluctant ears; that merriment should be turned into wailing, or still better, into scornful laughter. The scene of pride should be made place of shame. No one of all thefcrowd ofholiday makers seemed to take notice of his presence, though he carried with him, from spot to spot, the only scowling face that was to be seen among them. He stood at the open- ing of the great marquee, and watched the dancers; his evil eye scanned each gay couple as they whirled before him, and had settled upon none whom it had come to wither. Sir Richard and his brother had inaugurated the proceedings there by taking part. in a few dances, and had then with- drawn themselves to the ball-room within. In the second tent, reserved for the humblest class of guests, the mirth was aheady grow- ing somewhat uproarious; but there was one among the company, though he took two glasses for other folk’s one, looked as sober as an undertaker; and Derrick came behind this man and plucked his arm. “Steve I want a word with you, Come out with me, and leave these emper- ing Idiots." The landlord ofthe Lisgarr] Arms did not even make a pretence of being glad to recognise his late ledger: he had been re- ceived, as Hathaway’s lad had stated, into favor at the Abbey once more, through the interceSseion of my Lady, but he was still upon his good-behavior, and it excessively annoyed him to see the original cause of Sir Richard’s displeasure with himself once more at Mirk, and intruding where he was least welcome. However, the two with- drew together apart from the crowd. “ What is it, Derrick. I think it is fool» ish of you venturing here. I am sorry to say that‘I have promised not to receive you again at my inn. I did not. dream of your comingr back, or else I would never have done so.” “ Uon’t trouble yourself about that, Steve. If I stay at Mirk at all, it W111 be, here, at 1he Abbey.” “ At the Abbey! Yon have been drink- ing Derrick. Now takemy advice, and be off; at all events, for the present. Today, when everybody is being entertained by Sir Richard, folks would resent any insult put upon the family, I can promise youâ€"it’s the worst day you could possible have select- ed to force your way in he‘re.” “ No, Steve, the best (layâ€" the only day. I would have given ten thousand pounds, I tell you, rather than have missed it, 01' have arrived to-morrow instead.” “I am glad you are so rich, man,” re- turned Steve drily, ” for it 1s the impression down herelhat you lost your money upon that French horse at the Derby 5 poor Mas- “ You’ll feel a horsewhip about your shoulders, Ralph Derrick, before you’re a quarter of an hour older, or else I’m much mistaken,” observed Steve ruef'ully. “ I’ll have nothing more to say to you, and that‘s a fact. You are not. only drunk, but stark mad I never heard a fellow go on with such a. farrago of rubbish. Look here, if you’ll come home Wlll] me at; once, you shall have as much brandy as you can drink; but you shan’t kick up a row here. See, one of the ball-room windows is wide oyen, and Sir Richard himself, for all you khow, may Confound the fellow, it will be only kind- nose to tell Styles, the policeman, to take him up.” ter Walter, too, you led him into a pretty mess, it seems.” “ Curse, Master Walter l” ejaculated Der- rick augrily. “ He’s a mean skunk, if ever there was one.” “ People don’t think so, hereabouts, Mr. Derrick; and {should recommend you not to express your opinion quite so loudly. If any of these volunteers heard you speaking of their captain in that way, you would not escape with a whole skin.” “'Of course not; didn’t you know that. She’s gone away all of a sudden. Sir Richard quite broke down when he alluded. to it in his speech. He said that urgent business had. compelled her to be in London ; but Roberts told me that the family themselves have no idea. why she took herself ofi‘”-â€"â€"â€"- “Ah, but they do though,” exclaimed Derrick soornfully. “And I know, too, or I’m much mistaken. She’s trying on that dodge is she! Not at home, e‘rh. And she supposes that I shall leave mylcard, and go away like any other well-conducted visitor. She’ll find me an acquaintance whom it is not so easy to drop, I fancy. So my Lady has fled. has she.” continued he. “Hadn’t the pluck to blazon it out, eh. She won’t, however, have' flown very far from her young chickens, I reckon. And, perhaps, it’s as well that I should out the comb of this young bantam, Sir Richard, while his mother’s out ofthe way; not that I feel an ounce ofpity for her, either.” " That’s my look-out," answered Derrick roughly. “ I want you to tell me where I can find Sir Richard. I have particular businesrI with him; something for his private ear." “ It isn’t about my Lady is it 7” inquired the other eagerly. “ Yes it is ? How can you come to think of that? Eh ?” “ How could I be off on it, man 7 Is she not the uppermost thought of everybody here ? Do you really bx 'ng any news of her? And ,look you, if it’s. bad news don’t tell it. I don’t, like that ugly look of yours, Mr. Derrick. If you have done any harm to my Lady. I for one, will help to wring your neck round.” “ Do you mean to say she is not here 17” grasped Ralph, without heeding his last words.’ ' Derrick had burst away from Steve, and was running across the lawn to the very place where the Lisgard famiiy had discussed their mother‘s departure upon the preceding evemng. The immense ball-room was now a blaze of light, and fuli, by though no means crowded with brilliant company. One of the windows, as Steve had said, had been thrown up, and through it the scene was as distinctly diSplayed to Ralph as though he were within. He stood there alone, for a feeling of respect; kept others from the immediate neighborhood. He beheld fair Letty, hostess and belle in one, moving from group to group. who broke out into smiles at her approach; he beheld dark Rose whirl by “ in gloss of satin and glim- mer of pearls”--â€"the self-same “parnre” which had enslaved poor Anne Rees-and followed by many an admiring eye. He beheld Master Walter’s smiling face bent down to whisper to some blushing girl, who forgot, perhaps, for the moment that the handsome captain was already married ---that he had been entrapped by that. scheming young person with the extremely self-confident manner. Lastly, he beheld the man he sought talking with a gentleman of apoplctic habit, and the air of a prosper- ous victnaller, who was no less a personage than the Earl of Marrabone, and a Lord- Lientenant of Wheatshire. His Lordship had sought the open window for fresh air, and the two were conversing on county matters, in which Sir Richard, young as he was, already took the keenest interest. “You will take your seat on the bench at once, Sir Richard, Ihope.” were the first words which Derrick caught. “Your com- mission is, of course, already made out, and you will probably receive it to-morrow.” “I thank you, my Lord. Yes, 1 shall make a point of bemg a regular attendant the petty sessions.” “And you will be wanted, too, at Dal- ' wynch; for between ourselves, the old gen- eral yonder is a little past his work in that way. I don’t. WlSl’l to prejudice you, 1 am sure, against a man in such a respectable po- sition; but the fact is, he and I are not such good friehds as we might be. He wants me to make Mr. Chesham-â€"you know, of course, who that is, the relation in which they stand to one another, and so onâ€"â€"a magistrate ot the county. Now, I do think that this is a distinction which should never be conferred upon any natural sonâ€"that is, unless the family of the father should be really of mark, which is not the case with our friend the general. whatever may be said of Lady Theresa. I don’t think, because a man has married into the the peerage, that he should therefore he himself admitted to all the priveleges of good birth.” “ With all deference my Lord,” returned trifliy. “I consider that under no circum- stances whatever, no matter, whatever the father he, peer or commoner, should the commission of the peace be conferred upon a bastard.” “ Then Richard Lisgard must never sit upon the bench at Dalwynch l” exclatmed a malignant voice dose beside the speaker. In an istant, Sir Richard was upon the lawn without, face to face with his insulter. No one in the ball-room, save the two gen- tlemen who had been conversing together, had overheard the exclamation distinctly. The band was playing on, and as accurately as before, and the dancers were dancing in tune ; the cavaliers were whispering their soft nothings, and the ladies were making their sweet replies, while the two men with- outâ€"â€"the one so scrupulously apparelled in the latest fashion, the other dishevelled, travelâ€"stained, and in all respects what we call “ a Rough,” but both as brave as lions â€"-were grappling one another by their throats. Sir Richard, who never forgot any man's faceâ€"~21 faculty not uncommon with persons ofhis class and characterâ€"-had recognized Ralpd Derrick, the turbulent in- terloper in his parish, the evil counsellor of his brother, at the first glance ; and enraged at his audacious trespass at such a. time, quite as much as his late brutal insult to himself, which he set down as the result of drink, he threw himself upon the gold-dig». ger with utmost fury. The Earl of Mar- rabone stepped outside also, and closed be- hind him the ball-room window; the stout old nobleman Was one of the coolest hands By no means quietly, however, had the affair passed 01} without doors. There was nothing, ac. cording to rumor, which drunken Derrick had not done in the way of misbehavior towards the Eoung bmonet, from bad words to tho use of n. owie-knifo, and nothing which he did not deserve. The news flow from mouth to mouth like a. Wild- fire; the tenuntry, the peasantry, and the house- hold were all in possession of the factsâ€"[Luci of very much more than the facts, within half an hour of their real or supposed occurrence. Last of all to hear it was Mistress Forest, for whom 11 wholesome respect was entertained by all the do- mestics, and to whom, being notoriously the ob- ject of Derrick's affections, it was of course a. doli- cnte matter to communicate such intelligence. Little Anne Rees, however, stole up to Mary’s own room where she knew my Lady's waitinganado was sitting, for from all the noise and gaiety, and thinking sadly of her poor dear mistress and her troubles. “ O mafnm, please mu’ma, such u. dread- ful thing has happened 1" said she. Mr. Don‘ick has come back againâ€"Don’t yefoint; dont you take on so ” (for Mistress Forest had turned as White as Anne’s own :1. iron) ‘ “ he's not dead; but he’s gone and pitched into Sir Richard before all the company, and they fought; together dreudixfl, I don’t know how long." in England, and never lost his presence of mind. Even thus debarred from making that public exposure of the young baronet which Derrick had promised himself, he might have said something which his Lord- ship would not have forgottenâ€"«for he was one of those who had seen too much of the world to believe anything untrue merely be- cause it seemed impossible-«but that, at the first touch of Sir Richard’s fingers, Ralph’s fury deprived him of all utterance except a few desperate imprecations. He would have liked, with folded arms, to have im- peached the young baronet as a base-born impositor (for he felt convinced that the reason for my Lady’s flight was known to him and the rest of the family), and have stated his wrongs in a few earnest and pre- gnant words before the whole company in yonder room ; but now that he had his enemy so close, “ the blind wild. beast of force within him, whose home is in the siuews of a. man,” was given to strike and strike again. So the precious half minute that elapsed be- fore help came to Sir Richard was wasted, and Derrick found himself helpless. and with his wrongs untold, in the clutch of half a dozen men, and one of them the village policeman, whom Steve had found at last, and dispatched for that very purpose. Sir Richard Lisgard wentfup stairs to re- fit and returned to the ballroom where none had even remarked his absence, with an un- impeaclmble white cravat concealing an ugly bruise upon his windpipe; but all smiles had departed from his noble features, and it was observed by Mrs. Walter Lis- gard, in confidental conversation with the Honorable Poppm Jay, that; her dear brother-in-law looked more like Don Quixote de la Mancha even than usual. He had made up his mind that, under the circum- stances, it was impossible he could be upon the bench of magistrates while Derriek’s case was being entered into, and was dis- turbed by the apprehension that the old general would not look upon the matter in a sufficiently important light, or punish the offender with all the rigor of the law. “Take him and lock him up,” exclaimed Lord Mari-abone, preceiving that Sir Richard was too excited to speak. ” A night in the watch-house will sober the drunken brute, and cool his courage. Take him away, I say,” for Ralph began to weave afresh his choxcest flowers of speech-«mere onion- xopes of the wickedest words-«Maud put the foul-mouthed scouudrel into quod ;” So they bore Ralph, not without any rough treatment, through the gates, and cast him into a small but well secured tenement, known as “ Cage.” but seldom used in the orderly little village, that it was in the oc- cupation of a certain white rabbit and her family (pets of the constable’s children). who had to be ejected to make room for this very different tenant. “What did he say, girl ‘2” exclaimed; Mistress Forest eagerly; “I mean What did they fight about ?" " Well, he didn‘t my much, didn’t Mr. Derrick, beyond cussing most uncommon strong. It took six on ’em to carry him away, for all the world like a corpse, except for his kicking and swearing ; and when they said he would be up before the bench on Thursday, he said He wished it was to- morrow, that was 1111;” and at the same time he laughed that wicked, that it; went, quite cold to the small of my back.” I; (find where have they put the poor man, uftc: a . “In the cage, nm’nm. The key was not to be found, but they’ve bum-ed him up just like a. wild beast. And on, Mistress Forest, it isn’t my place, and I ask your pardon, but don’t you give no more encouragement, for he is a beast, and nothing else, if you could only see him.” “That; will do, Anne; though I’m obliged to yqu for coming to tell me. I must speak to Sir Rlchurd t0~morrow, and try and beg him 01f. Good-night." “And aren’t you coming dmyn to supper, nor to see the fire-works, nor nothmg?” mqun’ed the little maid in amazement. 'fNo, Anne; 1 was not in n humor for such thmga before, and certainly I am not so now. I am going to bed." But no sooner had the grateful little girlâ€"who, though she waited no longer on Mistress Walter (who had brought her own maid with her), yet always remembered that she owed her enfran- chisement to Mistress Forestâ€"gone down stairs, than Mary took up her bonnet and cloak, and hurried softly after her. It was impossible not to meet persons at every turn; but it was not (lif- fieult in the general lmbbub and excitement, to to avoid their observation; and this she did. The night was very dark; and once away from the gleam and glitter of the house and lawn, Mary had to slacken her pace even down the avenue she knew so well. When she was half-way down it as nearly as she could guess, she hezud a noisy throng of men approaching from the other direcâ€" tion, and shrank on one side behind a tree. Some of these carried lanterns, and as they went by, she recognized Styles. the rural policeman, and also M11. Steve. _ “I am as sorry as can be," the latter wag myâ€" mg, “ and would much mther see the poor fellow well away." “ Take care you go no further than Wishing however," res moned the guardian of the law. “ It would be bn({ night's work for any man who should let that fellow ouhmind you '. ordered into custody by the Lordâ€"lieuten [mt himself ; and charged with assunlt and battery of n. baroknight -â€"I never set eyes on such an owducious scmnp.” “ He’s simply mad, that’s all," returned Steve sadlyâ€"“ mad with drink. For whoever heard one in his sense. or even drunk in 11 natural way, talk such infernal rubbish I Didn't he say he was ‘ my Lady’s ' husband 1” The answer was drowned in 11. great shout of laughter, and so the men passed on. Mui‘ywuitea until she was sure there were no more to come, then walked on with her arms out-stretchedbefore her, as fast as she (lured go. Suddenly there was a 311m? and rusty shriek behind her, and a glare of gury light which skewed her the gateway right in fronii “ They have begun to fire the rockets," mutter- ed 5110; “ so there will be nobody in the village, that is certain” The little street, much lighter than the way by which she hml hitherto come, was indeed quite empty, but by no means noiseâ€" less; a. sound of confused shouting came dully up from the bottom of the hill, where as she well knew, the Cage was situated; and truly, as Anne Rees had said, it struck upon the em‘ like a roar» ing of some angry beast making night hideous. Mary stoppeu for a moment to listen; and when she went on, her face was paler, though not less detemihiod-looking than before. “ Sir Richard is a.lmstumd~u1msturdâ€"ubastard1 My Lady is not nearly so good us she should he ; and I’m her husband in the lock-up ! Down the Lisgardsâ€"down with themâ€"and down they shall come 1" These were the words, but interspersed with the most hideous improcmions, with which Mrs. For- est‘s eura were greeted as she approached the litâ€" tlo round house. Taking advantage of n 1110111011- tm‘y 11211153 in the stream of denunciation, she knocked with her clenched hand at the nail-stud- ded door. ‘ “ Sir Richard is a. bastard! no more Sir Riclmrd than you are I" shrieked the Voice within. “ Be- sure you go to the magistl'utcs’ meeting {Lt Dul- Wynch,m1dlct {L11 Mirk go with you; then you shall see pride have IL fall, and the Lisgn, rds come down with 11, run! Down with themâ€"down with themâ€"and down they shall come I” “ Ralphâ€"Ralph Derrick, it is me." “ \Vho’s mo ‘2 (I, wmnum ?” inquired the prisoner eagerly. “ Then 1'11 tell you about my Lady, 1m- cauae you’ll enjoy it. She’s not, my Lady; she's no {noye‘mfly Lady than you are " 7 “ Ralph Guvcstbno, I Iiilow that,” answered Mis- tress Forest, with her mouth glued to a. crack in the door. “ Oh, you knew that do you ? Then you must b0 the devil. whom I lute-1y suspectod to he of flux female gender, and um not convinced of it. qu are of course aware, then, that I um her hus- band.” l‘ l3? CAUTION.‘ The large and increasing de- mand for Dr. Bright's Phosphodyne has led to several imitations under similar names; pur- chasers of this medicine should therefore be careful to observe that each case bears the Gov- ernment stmnp, with the words, Dr. Bright’s Phosphodyne, engnwed thereon, and that the same words are also blown in the bottle. Every case bears the Trade Mark and signature of Pa.- tontee. Export Agentsâ€"~Mort0u, Wutnoy (52 Co., 107. Southwm‘k 513., London. SE. U BRIGHT’S PHOSPHODYNE. .Mvmmunm OF PEOPLE are hopelesst suffering from chility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of spirits, Hypochondria, Timidity, Indigestion, Failure of Hearing, Sight and Memory, Lussitude, Wimt of Power, eta, whose cases admit of aper- nmnent cure by the new remedy PHOSPHODYNE (Ozonic Oxygen), which at once ullnys n11 invita- tions and excitement,imparts new energy and life to tho cnfcebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing nmmdios. Sold by all Chemiuts and Dfiruggists tyfoughout therelobe. “ Certainly; [Do-day is Tuesday, or it; was so be~ fore annigh ., I shun therefore have to Wait for myrevcngc till Thursday, if I an] not see free; whereus, if you let me out, I can {:0 to work at once; I can see an attorney to-mun‘ow mornin". That should please you rarely, if you are indeed the devil. There’s another bolt still over the 11010 through which I kicked Steve’s leg. I left my mark on some of them, mind you.wR. G." M my Forest had opened the Cage ; and behold there stood 1101' whilum lover, bleeding and rag- ged, his red board plucked a. thousand ways. his icnttu‘cs huggwrd his eyes flaming with mgo and. hate. “ Oh‘ it’s you, is it ?” said he, with something of softness in his turbid and vehement speech. “ I might luwe known that, if I had thotwht a. little. But it’s no good, my partridgeâ€"13111111) still, though a, little gray. I’m meat for your mistress now; 1 (1.111 the master of Mirk ; or at least I shall be in a day or two. I’m her Ludyship’s 111131)qu â€"bettei‘ luck than she deserves, you'll think; and I can’t be two women's husme at the same time, any more than my Lady could have two mates. That. was her little mistake, for which she's about to reap the fruits. Sir Richard is a. bastardâ€"‘70. bastardâ€"1L bastard l” “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy," muttered Mistress Forest terrified m; the deadly menace of his tone, and uttering her words as though they Were a. charm against an evil spins. “Blessed are the merciful, echoed Ralph bitter- lfl. “ That may be so, for I have never known t em ; but cursed are the treacherous and the false ! You have heard of the nvenging angelâ€" well, though my Wings are tattered and torn just now, that’s me. Do you see the mimic lightning yonder over the Abbey? It will be stricken to- morrow from turret to lmsemcntby a. forked shaft. Down with the Lisgards, and. down they shall come I” Shrieking this to a sort of frienzed measure he suddenly broke away, and took the Dulw ynch road, up Mirlzhmd H111. Mary listened with some feel- ing of relief to the fading; strains, then sighed, and wiped from her eyes a few honest tours. GOOD ADVERTISING. $3,250.40 worth of space in various newspapers distribqu tprough thirty Syntes, will be sold for $700 cash. Accurate insertxons guaranteed. A list of the papers, giving daily and weekly circula- tion and printed schedule of rates, sent free on application to GEO. P. ROWELL & 00., News- llgrupfir Advertismg Agents, No. 41 Park Row, New or . “ Yes, I awnâ€"Will you be quiet, and go away to Dalwynch, and not try to enter the Abbey grounds again this night, if I let you out 2’” “I am going (Lt once, my plump one. You have revenged yourself and me at the same time. There is no kindness in this, I will understand you know1 ; their is no such thing [LS kindness in the work ." “ To the what ‘2" returned Ralph with a. savage laugh. “ To the heart, did you say ? Why, the thing dosou’t exist, wench! If, however, there does cling to her any thing of the sort. I tell him that Sir 1iiclmr<Ys a. bastard, that'll wring it." “ You said that if I unban‘cd this door, you would start for Dulwynch,” observed Mistress For- est firmly. “ You used to be a. man whose word could be relied on. Why do you not go. “ You are wrong there, Ralph Gawestone. It is because I love my mistress, rather than pity you ~u1though I (10 pity you stillâ€"that I have come hither to save you from n night’s lodging in such XL place. It; would have grieved my mistress to the heart to think you were so served, I know.” “‘He has not always been a bad mm1,I am sure," _sthoquishcd she pitifully, “ and now God forgive nunâ€"ac knows not what he's doing! He is mad." XYGEN IS LIFEâ€"DR. BI‘JGH T’s PITOHVYTODVNTC‘â€".1\Y'rn'.'mmnhwu BEATW PIANO Persons out of cmploymont, male or female, will be registered 5nd ucqn 11inth of first opening for employment 011 receipt of 50 cents. Sure to secure LL situation. Persons requiring the Services of mechanics, laborm of July lands, house maids, suwmg or other in 110$, will be fur ishcd a list of those registered wi n1} us on receipt of'50 cents. Sure to secure the dosu‘cd person. DOMINNEN LARGER AGENCY. SITUATIONS GUARANTEED. '” ()UKET CUTTLERY, VARIOUS l‘ncofi» an Em: limmm) book a: mch store. DANIEL F. BEATTY, A<ldrcss-DOMINION LABOR AGENCY, 150x 170. BIKOCKVILLE, ONT. Grand Square and. Upright. Best ofcr ever given now ready. l‘ncoa. an ’4‘; 1m maxme 'wok & fancy store Washington, New Jersey, U. S. TO BE CONTIXUED. LADIES DRES§ GQQES, To the Concrete House for Cheap Dry Goods still continues. Richmond Hm, Nov.8, 1876. Received this day at FALCONBRKer-E’fi Eluihs, Tweeds, Genis’ Furnishings, Baadymade flaming, Etc. In Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Trimmings etc. On the premises and a Good Fit guaranteed. Under Clothing in great variety. GREATER BARGAINS THAN EVER. Dress Goods in all materials and shades, extra value. Specialitiesâ€"Ladies’ and Gent's’ Kid and Cloth Gloves and Mitts; Mens’, Youths’ and Boys’ Felt Hats, Cloth and Fur Caps Choice Groceries and all kinds of Hardware always on hand. The Concrete, noted for Fashionable Goods at Popular Prices TICK Kills the Ticks ; Enriches the Quantity and Quality of the Wool, and improves the condition of the sheep. ITS USE COSTS LESS THAN TWO CENTS PER SHEEP. HUGH MILLER an 00., SUITS MA The stock being all new, consisting of Dress Goods, Winccg/s, Princs, Shirilngs, Parasols, Ladies’ and Misses" Hats, Fans. Also, Canadian and American Cottons, bleached and unbleached, Tzoecds, Cottonaclcs, Cotton Bags. A QUANTITY OF ROOM PAPER AT COST. GOODS DELIVERED. ALEX. MOQDIE‘ AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! BEATTY ALSO, Fresh Grocerieg, efic" etc“: etc“ CALL AND 01? Agents wanted everywhere. Address AT FABULOUSLY LQW PRiQES,‘ GEN TLEMEN S’ FELT HATS, 206 YONGE STREET, 208 WM. MCMASSTER $Rw Are not surpassedfif equalled, in the Dominion. An early call is solicited. Remember the place, 206 and 208 Yonge St, Toronto. VVM. MCMASTER.‘ Jr. Who has been doing business for the past 20 years in the COunty of York, respectfully intimates that in order to cfiectively serve the community with He has removed to the City of Toronto, and will be found at Nos. 206 and 208 Yonge St., (west side, a few doors north of Queen St) where he has OPENED OUT Selected with especial reference ’50 the wants of the farming community. To quote prices would be superfluous ;. the only real test; is to call and examine for yourselves. Whoéfier calls once will be sure to come back, as his goods for NEW AND CHEAP fiQGDS, An Immenge New Stock of Stapig and Fancy Bry glands, YARIETY._Q}JAL_I'_I'Y _A§1D_QHEAPN_ES§_! Staple and ancy Groceries. Famiiy Flour $5 per Barrel. Shorts, Bran and Oats. Clothing made $0 order THE BRITESH FLAG gTAE‘F W. A. having increased his stock, is offering ALL THE NEWEST STYLES GRAND SQUARE AND SEASONABEE Gflflfig. The subscriber is selling off the remainder of his stock In Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, THE REESE A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF BARGAINg DANIEL F. HELLER’S To suit the times. J. K. FALCON BRID GE AND OTHER \JVusili11§.§’Lu1x, New Juicy, U Agricultural Chemists, Toronto.