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‘ ‘\, Capen \gardeuer after some thought. “ H+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Face to Face OR, GERVAS Mm HH+++++++++++++ CHAPTER V.â€"(Continucd). Even while they spoke, Raysh Squire came to the end of his monotonous and melancholy office in the chill beliry, and went out. into the sunny afternoon. stretching his stiffened arms and yawn- ing. As lie did so. he saw a figure in shirt-sleeves by a barrow on the other side of the church-yard wall in ttie vicar- age grounds stretching his arms and \yawniiig with equal intensity. and since -,nothing fosters friendship like a coni- Inunity of interests and occupation, this sympathetic sight moved him to drag his slow steps across the niouiided turf in that quarter, and, resting his arms on tile wall, to look over it, just as the figure in shirt-sleeves, which was that o a young and stalwart man. executed a final yawn of surpassing excellence, and seating himself on the barrow, began drawing out and filling a short pipe. "Warm," said the sexton. a long. wiry, bony figure. with a fleshless face. black hair, and whiskers toucliLd with grey. “\Varmish," replied the gardenter. slowly, without raising his eyes from the turf on which he was gazing. while ie kindled the pipe he held in the hollow if his hands. ‘“Then the sextcn, turning round to- “NU his cottage, which stood at title chi rch-yard gate, beckoned to his grand- chil to bring him the mug she held in her thand, which contained his “four o’clock," a modest potation of small beer. "Buryen‘ of mankind, Josh Baker," said the‘ sexton, after applying himself to this refreshing cup, and thus con- ctealing his features for some moments. “is a dryen‘ trade.” “Ay,” returned the gardener, after slowly and solemnly surveying the sex- ton‘s withered features for some time, “you looks dried. Raysh squire." Then he withdrew his gaze and puffed with long, slow puffs at his pipe, bending forward, his arms resting on his legs. which were stretched out apart before him, and his hands clasped together. “Burycn’ of mankind," continued I‘taysh, after a thoughtful pause, during which he sought fresh inspiration from the “four o‘clock," “is a ongrateful trade. Vur why? \‘olk never thanks anybody fur putting of ’em under ground." * Josh pulled his felt hat back on his yellow curls, and apparently made a strong effort to take in this strikingly new idea for a moment or two, when he replied, “I never yeard 0’ nobody re- turning thanks vur the buryen’, not as I knows on, I haint.” ~ “Ay, Josh Baker, and I war'nt you never will, make. A ongrateful trade is buryeii', a ‘ ongrateful trade.” i “I reckon you’ve put a tidy lot under the ground. Master Squire," said the gardener, after a pause. “Irfreckon I hev, Josh,” returned the sexton, with a slow lateral extension of the lines of his withered face, which re‘ seiiibled a smile. “flreckon I’ve put more under ground than you ever drcwed out out, ay, or ever will. I’ve put. a power 0' quality under ground, let alone the common zart. Wald pas- son, I buried he, and the Lord knows where I be to put this ’ere one, the ground's that vull. Eln Gale. she's a-gwine up under free there. I_shown her the place; ‘And I’ll do ee up comfort- able, Eln,’ I zays. ‘Thaiikee kindly, Master Squire,‘ zays SilC; ‘you alloys stood my vriend,‘ she zays. ‘Ay, and I allays ool. Eln,‘ says I. and ‘l‘ll do ee up proper and comfortable, and won't put nobody long side of '00 this twenty year to come.‘ “'I'fltlllkCC kindly, Mas- tcr Squire,‘ she zes, "tis pleasant and heartsouie up under free when the prim- roses blows, and you allays stood my vriendf There ain‘t a many like liln. A Ungrateful trade is buryen‘ and a dryin‘ trade.” _ "You ain't been burying of this yer Aunlesley, I‘taywli," objected the “How he uhi to bury be, if so be as he‘s yet by a elephant ‘1" “Ilreckon they‘ll hae to bury the ele- phant. .Iosli Baker. if so be as they liaes Christian biiryen' in their outlandish places o' the yearth. I‘ve ben a hi'iiigen of an out vur dree inarlial hours, and I‘ve a done what I could vor ’ii, I can't- do no more. I bridged ‘s grandfather out and '3 brothers. hriiiged ‘eiii out me- \zelf, and ter‘ole dry work 'twes. Ay. ".I've pretty nigh liviuged "em all out. 1n Annesley's is come to their last end. He illustrated this melaiie‘iioly {\Ssbi‘. tion by a filial application to the “four o'clock." having brougi‘t which to its last. end, he handed the mug: to the little wide-eyed grandchild. who trotted off with it. “This ycre doctor a’ ourn‘s :1 Ann. fey: there‘s he left," objected i'ie den-er. “'l'here's Anacsleys. an' there‘s Anaes- h-ys. .Iosh Baker. 7.:II!I~.‘ as \\'i' iippa‘s. thi 0‘s l‘dhestone Pippizis and theirs (lo thugs. fhcy hik‘diiiginu Annesleys is a t‘l‘dl‘ilitoll zrirt,” said the sexton, hi: mic: conveying severe rebuke for the AMBLTION. wuld beans as you med, , iiiig a good illli)l‘0>5;‘ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++¢++++++++++¢ 4. + + + E + i + i E RICKMAN’S : .y + it- + gardeners ignorance, mingled with (HINDUSSIOII for his youth. “Ay. Josh tinker, this yei'e's a knowledgable |world, terble kumvledgable world 'tis to be zure." 'l‘he gardener was too much crushed by this combination of axiom and illiis- itiatioii to make any reply. beyond tdt'iubtfully hazarding the observation, “‘(Iodliiigs belles wi'll." \\ hich was frown: d down, so he continued to smoke steadily with his eyes fixed on three daisies before him. while the scent of his tobacco, which was a doubtful odor, mingled with the scent 0f the niown grass in his barrow with most. agree- able results. The sext'in meantime leaned upon the iiiossed stone wall, enjoying the double pleasure of successful controversy with- in and the warmth of the March sunâ€" heaiiis without, and listened with vague delight to the rich flutenotes of a black- bird near, till the click of the church- yard wicket made. him turn his head in that direction :iiid walk slowly thither. while the. gardener still more slowly rose and wheeled his barrow with its fragrant burden to its destination. "Afternoon." growled hiysli.-pulling his hair slightly as he approached the ladies from the manor, and looking at them as much as to say, “what- do you want now?” “You "may as well look pleasant, if you can, Itaysh," said Sibyl; “we have only brought you an old friend." “You don‘t remember me. Master Squire, I dare say." said Annesley. “I was here as a boy with Mr. Gervase Rickinan and my cousin. Paul Aunes- ter." ((1 l‘taysh. minds ye well enough." replied “Master Edward you be, and a terble bad buoy you was, to be rare. You and ffothcrs, between ye. pretty Sniin gallied me to death. Not as I btcars tno malice, bless ’ec. Buoys is made a purpose to tarmeiit mankind, zaiiie as iiiall-cyshags (caterpillars) and viays, and buoys they‘ll be till kingdom come, I hreckon.” “I fear “to did lead you a life of it. I seem to remember getting into the tower and ringing the bells at some unholy hour." “D'ye mind how I whacked ye vor‘t ‘3" replied the old man, briglitleiiing at the recollection. “You minds, Miss Sitfiyl; you zeen me laying the stick alliirt the shoulders of en, an’ you zinged out to me to let on off. and I let en off. I'd gin en a pretty penneth avore you come,” he added, with satisfaction. “And I had forgotten this service. Miss Rickiiian,“ said Annesley, laughing. “l‘erhaps some (lay I may repay he debt. though not in kind. into the Church, Itaysh‘." “You med get. into chairii if you'd got or a kay,“ replied the old man: “but if you ain't got or a kay you’ll hae to wait till I vctches one vor flee." “He gets more arbitrary every day of his life," explained Sibyl. laughing; ldlt we spoil him more and more.” Can we get Alice stopped at the church-yard gate 13 see the sexton‘s ailing wife, and this circumstance caused Anncsley to hurry through the church with only half an interest in the tombs of his ancestors and the humors of his old friend flay-sh. whose “chrisoni” name was liaiatio. he told him. Iie had rung out. George the Third, his two sons. and rung in the latter and Queen Victoria, he informed them, evidently thinking that neither of those sovereigns could have quilted this mortal scene without his aid. “llyalty.” he observed. “takes a power '0' hriiigcn, and well wiith it they be. I don't hold with these yer public-ans, Mr. Annesley. as wants to do away wi’ Queen Victoria. They iiicd zo well let she alone, a lone lorn ooman what have rared nine children.. Wants to make cverythink so vlat as the hack 0' my hand, they publicans dons. Ah. you med take my word vor‘t. whsn you bc‘ gins letting down what the Lard have made high, you never knows where ’1 will end. They began wi’ clerks. 'I‘hirty-voui- year I stood under passun. and eddicated the volk with amens, and give out the psalms what was zuiig to dree viddles, a clarinet and a bugle, as you med mind when a buoy. And now they've a zct me down long wi‘ the toy volk. as though I wasn‘t nor a bit bet- ter than they. Ay. that's hcw they be- gan. zure enough. and the Lord only .kiiows where they niled end. We caiiit tail on us be queens, and we caint all on as be‘clerks, as stands to rayson. 7.0 those yer Radical chaps they ups and zays. ‘we won‘t hae no clerks, nor no queens. nor no nothink.‘ zays they. Ay, that's how ’tis. zure enough.” Anni-sley replied that. being himself a plain man. whose business it was to {serve the Queen. he was no politician. land. having sealed this assertion by 1h:- ‘pi‘essure of a cro\\'ii<pieee into his flesh- less palm, came out of the church. leav- n upon the old sex- thin, who remained behind to tidy up ttlie tzclfi‘y before aiiaiiy iociaiig ttiel ‘ttuflt'S. CHAPTER VI. 1 It would have been better for all if .Iidward Annesley had resisted the spell which kept him chained to the spot that afternoon; but. he did not. lie lingered outside the sexton's cottage, waiting for Alice, and talking to Silin of the days when they were children. “We were. such extremely tiresome children,” Sibyl said. “that I can‘t help hopnig that we have a chance of grow- ing into at least average Christians." Then it was that some demon inspired him with the mischievous notion of for- warding l‘aul‘s suit by proxy, and he replied that one of them, namely f’aul, had matured into something far beyond the human average. and that all he wanted to bring him to absolute perfecâ€" tion was a good wife. When he said this he looked straight into Sibyl‘s bright eyes. but. without evoking the cm- barrassinei'it he expected. Then he bluiidered further into some observations upon the wisdom of mar~ rying a friend known from cl'iildhood, and said finally that he thought such a friendship the best feeling to marry upon. “Do you think so ‘2" she returned. wist fully, and with the self-forgetfiitness which lent. such a charm to all she said; “I can‘t help thinking that I should like a little love." “A little." he echoed, looking with warm adiiiii'atioii at the bright face so naively unconscious of itself; “oh! Miss Sibyt, it is not a little, but a great deal of love that such a face as yours com- mands I" He broke off, feeling that he had blundered seriously. though not fully conscious of the fervor with which he had spoken. Sibyl flushed. and bent over a honey-plant inerusted with pink- scrnted blossom, about which the bees from taysh Squire's hives Were hum- mingâ€"an old~fashioncd cottage plant, the scent of which ever after stirred un- speakable feelings within herâ€"for a. moment, and then, quickly regaining her composure, replied with an airy laugh, “What. rubbish we are talking! we want Gervase to put us down with one of his little cynical speeches" “IIas Gervase grown into a cynic?" he asked, wondering how great an ass he had made of himself. and greatly re- lieved when. the long recital of G‘tllld- mother Squire‘s woes being at last ended. Alice came out from the honey- suckled porch. “Grandmother Squire is in the loveli- est. frame of mind to-iliiy. Sibyl." she, said. “‘Sure enough. Eliss f.ingard,' she told me. ‘we be toizml t. put. tip with Providence, l‘ttx’tlllttttl'N and all. Not. but what I've a flt‘tt mercies. There. was the. twins took off, and what we yarned in the. chollrry." ., illustration must appeal to you. l’alls, Ontario, in which the famous Quaaiity Line of Agricultural Implements is built. About a year ago, fire destroyed Plant and these are the buildings we place it. of Double the Capacity, of our former one. highest grade of Machinery and Prompt Deiivery. Everything about our plant is new and right. up to date. A better and more -n[nA up.“ .iainorioi iuouid-nbo Luopoiu the construction of Agricultural Imple- ments, will enable us to put into your hands Machines of able experience in the highest grade. t i Are you inleresteo in Farm Machinery? If so, the above H It shows Plant. of the Frost S; Wood Company, Limited, at Smith's The demand from all parts of the Dominion for our machinery was so urgent that we have erected a plant That means that you are assured of the “Poor old soul!" commented Sibyl, as they turned away from the cottage, “her rheumatism does try her. She said only yesterday, ‘Raysh is bad enough. and I've a put with be this vour-and-forty year. But llaysh ain't nothing to rheuâ€" matics, bless un!â€"-’ Oh!" Sibyl‘s gay \'i,lt‘.t‘€ suddenly changed to a shriek of terrorâ€"“tie will be. killed !" she cried. and flew down the lane to the high-road. preceded by Anneslcy, who leapid the gate she was obliged to open, while Alice ran to call Itaysh. At. Sil’iyl's cry, and the grating sound of an overturiit‘xt vehicle dragged over the gravel. the others turned their faces to the high-road. where they saw a half shattered dog-cart jolted along by a powerful ir0n~gray horse. which was kicking against the rain at his heels and maddening himself afresh at every kick. At the horse's head, and holding him with a grasp of iron. was Gervase l‘tick- man, halless. and in imminent peril in his backward cc‘.irse, but making his weight tell fully against the plunging horse. whose progress he occasionally arrested abogethcr for a moment, and which he soothed from time to time with his hand and voice. [to had evidently been struggling for some time with the frightened animal; his face was pale with fatigue, and his hair damp with sweat. At. some distance further up the road lay the unfortunate groom, who had been thrown out by the overturning of the vehicle, and who occasionally got up and tried to walk, and, then, throwing up his arms in agony, fell again. hurt in the leg; while Gervasc struggled phickily on, now and then calling for help. Some women came out into the cottage gardens and shouted the first male name that oc- curred to them. Joshua Baker came pounding heavily over the Vicarage lawn, with widespread arms and an action like that of a rim-away cart- horsc. Raysh issued from the church- yard with a lengthened but certainly not hurried stride. and arrived in time to bestow his benediction on the cutting of the last strap. Annesley reached the spot first. Sibyl and .10in were a good second. and in a few minutes the first- coniers had cut away the wreck and set the. frightened horse free. Gervase still clinging gallantly to the beasts head, in spite of his indignation with Sibyl. who tried to help the men. and certain- ly kept the wreck from falling upon in- stead of away from the horse, until the creature. released from the clattering incuiiibrance at his heels, gradually the time new i t t quieted down, snorting and quivering‘ less and less. By that. time the owner of the. equi- page came running up from a house be- yond the village. where he had been visiting a patient, while the unlucky groom had dozed off in the afternoon stillness. and had been taken by sur- pl‘iset. when some pigeons flying sud. ilenly up under the horse‘s nese started him off on a mad career, which, before the frightened hid could get the reins properly in hand. was terminated by a cannon against the bank at the corner. In a very few minutes the wreck was cleared from the road. the runaway led off, the injured lad taken into the (iohleu IIorSe. and attended to by his master. for whom a four-wheel had been got ready, and the Manor party moved off slowly homeward. Annesley forgot his prejudice against the “squint-eyed fellow" of the previous day: he Could not have renewed his ac- quaintance with Rickman, whom he had last seen a lad in his teens, under bet- ter circumstances. Ilis heart warmed to- ward the sturdy figure he had seen put- ting out all its strength against the great horse. with eyes glowing with courage and determination and every nerve in- stinct with vigor and gallantry. (To be continued). ~~.+_ IRVING AND THE LAWYER. Sir Henry Irving was at one time a witness in a case of street robbery. He had seen a sneak thief make off with a. grl's pocketbook and he consented to appear as a witness for the girl. 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