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M. 111 BALLOU,(
CIIAPTIZR X.
A aulw nu-ix.
Mo. Luoir hiid hoon olighily icuniied hy the
hlow ho hiid nccived, heir he soon oroee to hi
[wriiioii ror The ring or our uriioii.1
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sho wos moro imlm oner ihie, hiid eru long ohe
oooghr her pillow, whoio olie or length loor hm‘-
unge ond vlryiug droiimo.
Buv. rho hihor hhonghciiol orproyrrmhe kriew
ncllin ihe more or on
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no oiioiirizno rm.
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BOSTON,‘SATUI‘rDAY; MARCH 22, 1856.
from lhndrcdd;nnd gener-.1 hppenrimre, rliiim
widow niirlr or old. h would huiio
him. He lied goiiied ohone hiili ilio diii
whori ho iiiw rho yourh returning; iiiid iho youih
row him oiiil hie poriy, ioo, far he hurried iuro
ihe ooi he quickly is poioihle, rind oloiod iho
door olier hiiii. -
iiiirid,“ oi-iod Lyoii. we hue ihom
iiiroly enough now. 11nrry oir,iiiy men. 1r ilioy
reiiiio no rid riiieriiooe,yyoe-on eoeily eiiough orrioih
their door ill." .,
nu: ihe bud no ooeiioioii lo do eh:-i, ror wheri
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oiie 11! ‘hour were now io ho or
Anlrnreoii on than, in hir great chair, hm he
. Mr. Lyon tnshcdln
daughter preoour wirh him. sho hod just mored
io liii oide io orsioi him, when ho imrred p.
re ii Luoion willir " he mud, in e
Be open wirh diihcnliy, (or hit
oooione noorly use him.
“E has gone," iiuowured Agnes, uemhling
o ilh reor; ror she hid iieiior ooeu her richer In
heroro. <
r "Gone, hm he’! 0, the villun Ho eholl
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. :ulTurfoH.hid! nyihe power. that e me,
A , om ...-e..h.,'ri....urV.,m
'nuzhoro nguin. guts-you will hover op“:
,w-iih him more. no you Il!.IdEl‘iLInd'P Never!
The moider. gum! rmrriilly inio her rerhero
time, hiii sho medono ioply.
"I’1on-iislyme, A m,il-iozyon will do u 1
luvonirl. rrumioe ihiie you will nuver ipeiik
. wirh him moro-ilioeyoii will ipnrri him from
you iihe dam ro iipproiioh yon. 1>roriiiio."
-rho hir girl gnznd iip iuio hor hihore (ere.
ond orier Il'nI.lm0IIl'l thought, oho mplicrl: -
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oriyiliingjirsuudpimper; hukinlhislllingwhich
you iiiilr 1 uiiuoi romise.”
"Blylby ihe powzn or dnrkncu, you ohiiil
promiiol M-rk me-yoiirlol 1" '
uR,emgmbg1,myI'r1l.haY, Lhll in iidoire or ihio
lriud one my iioi quickly mnlre A pmmiu.
You hue no righe ro ieriiiire Inch o promise from
me, i
‘ "IhIven't, eh! Werhollooel Youuyyol-1
do not hriow when Liiiiirii Burke io. 1ri ihio 1
oyer my euiliorily oi wi .
you-will you promiio niiyhr lo epook wirh Lu.
ciu:W'1IIis mI)lI3"”
-' 1 ounuor, my reihhr."
"Yul: moon you will not!" cried rho parent,
hiid hy die um um‘! rhoking her
d
‘diiugliier yioleiiily, oud rho grip upon her orrii
who poiuliih The hair ten in eouruoed memos
ohous her rue, orid sh: looked pnle oiid Igiuwrl.
" There, ‘Miss Ohllinuyl Now win you pro
. 1-nine!” hiosed eho perenr, uenihliiig wim rigo,
gnu moped buck oud ewep: ihe diihevlslltd
hoir irum hor mo, end ihen, in o low, uomuloui
roiie, sho ooid: ,
"My 1oi.hor,wherr you doooerid ho Inch meerii
you ulver dio only rio dim hiudo me do you.
‘ Never win 1 gird I promise wliieh, 1h in tidal-
wi 1 oohey die dieioim or my own knowlcdge
i of i-ii;liu'
' Mr. Lyon snowed hook o poeo erid gorod inio
' hi. d:mghlm’I rim. Kn oeiw rim is yroe doodly
11. ociw, loo, rho: ihe uuoll, whiio hood: wen)
room; mid piohohly hy woy
or higiiiryiog that ho II! not oouqueied, he
odded-
"And, uiork me. iiyou dioohey me in whol 1
hm shin night 1-” "Wu you. you win do it. or
your peril 1"
, A or w had to hour on mom, ho: wirh qiiirlr
orcpi sh. iouglii her ehorriher, oiid when sho hod
reuehed 1: rho ihriiw hemeli flnl u
whero olie rurrioiiied lame moirioiire.
rr
pole, Ind Lhnl iho lipi weio drmly net kogethur. '
yern die stree oorriers, dies he might ho
hand or men; but never yes iirirn he leorned ihe
hngnlgv ho spoke, hid he once roieed hir soul
' hiidrur. A1 iooii I: he
coiumeueed lo poiro ihe door.
11:. drio were olnrehed, hiid his reoih wore oei.
"By ihe power Lhll m’odo riio," he hiss
himielr, "I'll iiow wolh straight in lo ihie work,
Lani-o Burke oholl o mine 11 olio lo oh iho eorrh,
end her ohompiou ilioll hirii rlie dust wirh herl
in deroiii appeal io hii
wiii left oloiie ho
iiwhila
ironrnred to iuiunognr
naked.
word," replied i.he
“ Did he due?"
oleor yen."
Inked Lb: conhenalion u
;‘'I In] going tn‘ 1:1
iiihjoci, .iid iheii ihey
In Mt on! with
hy mom or he coun
lidr. Lyon
pound or ihe door.
4' no ieriioed-niiorly relriood lo
limhoud. nrerrih
I0 hrooe her oo.
or indigooiioii eulheienily re odmir
ol Luriiin'o horirig knocked him down.
rieiir as he could M
oi her ipeirkiug, ind men slie mid :
" Lei me eorrh ’cln rogrdhor, lhl:l'I oli. BM
1 guns: yon needn't ror. - Am-ioo uioy hove heen
. liirle uuhhorri io yon, hus rho wous doro io
rhow oriy or isio me. And now don’: yon ihink
you an diid ihe rnnowey 1"
1 know i.ho diiooriori
loh r, oiid ihori he rook hie liiiiip oud
weuiinio ihe oiiiiiiguoorii,
Imiiing iorhiin. she looked up i
on whio
where his with we:
um hi: rhoo,
he hid undennksn, Ind it vim not until lame
momenta MM! he had Iakun Iii: mat Lhnl the
u him.
How did die young i-noel behave!" ihe‘
tell me one
ling.
H Ya-bin he shall suB'l:r i'or ii. no in no:
"1 eriih-'1-1- 12...; you run pnnieh him, “Pl
gar. 01 eoiiroo he will hnvo iio mom ro iiiy
merchant iiorred, hiid tor somo mornenu
' lrriiee wirhonr
Huwnver, ihe
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1 The woriliy eouiilo eoueeried owhile upon i.lie . ,5, mi
muted.
on eh. following moriiiiio litr. Lyoii who isiie
ring heiimue,oiid hy roreii o'I:lock he wu rmily
ihioe e hohed heeu engoged
believed he eould leod them do ihe mm.
very opus where ehoirwicrirri woe io he round, tor
he hed lehrnsd rhei ihiire Ind only one H-"mfn
ihe direoiiori tho yourh hud hoen seen ioeolre wiih
guinh ii-oiuioo M. [bu diiioiiio, but he who inre
ed ho
' nolhillg or it. no hud uerorrolr ih Divirioiri. slum omIl=i=MI=1=1-
feel, lhnngh it at . . mm,‘ H‘ M - .
he My regained hi-I mm-vd smear am‘ done mic). liP.3uf'icu no I... imd mm [mg ihe widow and hes child slepi,hiiuhere were no
mound for nmorriem, but he round only hio pm “ h '
remoleiihoro. noloolred up
horo riinero mer hir gnu.
hnr uou rorner could he doie-oi whero oriy one
rould liido. ,
"Ho, old iiieii," he riiod, iui-riiiigrorho Aged
cripple, --where ere hheoiwo women, .ui1 rho
lio eriiered uiii, plooe o iew mo.
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1- You'll hiiveoo lurch to mom, sir, if you
‘ i - o ro they
mom seoroh nvor iho plum. With ihe 0:09?‘
Lion ofdza door Ind eliii liiile window oroies-id,
slirie won on viaililu lnwinl or horn mo
plnce. e wolli word or iiohd logo, poluir.-cl up
wirli 1 mixture orelh oiid oi.row, irid ihe rloor
woe oihewn ploiilr, wirhorir oiiy hreoii or mm,
in :1I:o5e hetweeu iho plwuho
" Now, old niui," uiroied hir Lynni "yon
an here your ohoieo; you eori i.l1 me whrro
ihooe p oro orwlioiiix hnva ooIied;er yon
i..,,. you hue eoii.
wiiieh, Ind ynu should know ihe rem.
ihiliry yon riiii iri ihiii riding her."
"Ginger Lyon." lpoktl ilio old
dxedly inio HIE m('rf'hI11l'n tiwli "yon om do
wiih me u yon pleiiio. 1 hove rold yon 1111
lieu." ,
“Then, by lieoi-oiie, yoii, ion, In o serroiii or
ihe derill 1 know irwoll. You horiwhidled
more people on lihmugh rho hir. Didn't. you
ueehim do ii, Blxhyi"
-' cemiiii, 1 lIl'd,”ql1inkly replied ihe moo ihns
dieooeih
on or: II ii
(iii nsponz
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" r Lyori," nglin spokelhe old mori-
hiid Lhil eime hu hrid o Ilhlllgu look, M hire you
yeihliiirkoued your Mllxl io o hiie deep enough
wirh sin, ihos yon miiii odd ihii reoirul pu-
‘hryi no you eiollriiow ihorheioio ciod rid
moo you urn-r e moudeidly relrehood when yon
rhiir uphold ihe inlhroour iloliioioo whioh llp1(1-
em oniieo om l-ml‘ lknow Down mind ol-
ieody worpeii hy religious Lnlhusiusln miiy loy
hold upoh- iliio ihin ; hiiz o son: like your-
5 on-re mo-1.x
1 TEBHS ‘gum:-iriz iwrw
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CHAPTER X1.
o luv Lovniuur.
Ilrior-ii Lrrnv Iml hit rompiiriiorii hod hocu
;-mic iirirly liolriiri hour whuu rho oil oroue
whi h ioiiriedrlioh h a( ihe drop ..
ewuii or in the .e,
ihe dwelling, ihe widow wnlooking up rrom ihe
(‘I-ilnlllll oriiiee thmngh wliieh dio yoiiih liiil iriodo
oroii
Zuiovo may gvlic 1'' inc uked,
Y-‘wind rhey ii... “mud
gI1!VId(n-HIE! with them " he mmmed.
0,-tunnel bei" Mrs. Burke rrierl, naming
“P -I -ha ‘poke. And It oho miiio Louro rol-
lured.
iiiixioinly,
my poor old
or oonroo i.hey mull hero done , ror ihe old
iiiiin roiild iiorlioyo mode his y on io e
door uiioriiiied. uio rhenmoiiiiri in npoii him
W111; Yesi they h-ru surely uilcii liiiii iwoy."
“ho: your griiudriiiiiers"
ririoied Liioro,
ieli. 'o,1
would inihrro ihouioud rimr. have dnlfcmd ihou
to here hhd him mlreu ieriy.
xiyirmnra. hallo. 1; ii nor your Iiiulc
ilioiirioii ore wicked. End 1 lriiowii, or even
r
hover yn held ineli o slioiighr." .
-1 old foo ; do yon lrriow io whom yon ipeoke"
Wu“ K" .
i ziiidhho hoo iold n uiiiig ihe huord, Inc 1‘ Ah, -vo.';v‘Vnlter mm-nod.‘ Maul when
"-'-“='“""""'4'o 4,‘ . v e - ...,; - ‘H!’ - r. re.‘ . i- -
Thu iiirioin moo piioed iip Ind down iiiii ioom‘['yon‘nhn17='P?u""-ne-13'1"‘: >d"”“"' - """“
"1 do riot, my ooh.
“Dun':msi im, hot nu ma whenhheui poo
Tell min, or 1'11-I'll-iuhke you
p riro
iiilrrrl
” Bus ruiely. iir, 1 eounoe hell yon or thn.
which 1 hiiow um."
:4 Did iioi n young men -.nd two women euuir
uiir '
“ 1 eoriiior onrely iell on.”
1- New h ihe p
you do no: iriiioriily tell me where ihey en. 1'u
moko you iuiriir rneh ioririeiiu oo-"
"Nut. Iuch oo yon now under in your Illlgndly
" ulmly iuierruphed ihe old Inllx, bending
upon his inlulocutor o look whioh iiiighr hoye
rhiimed o more deoeiie moo. -
H Lei II! rniko o ieorrh, Iir," or dd. yuiicchre,
angggnalczl oiio onhe men.
Lyon eoiighi Ah the ideo, iiud he gm ordicn
lcmrdivigly.
-4 loyn-riliey hue gone on: hyzhor window 1"
eelred erioiher of iho men. poiiidrig I41 rho only
window in ihe home.
momher ir, ood dsotol-1 ordgriei-i ooiime. "Ah eh ,, mm“ L W "ow Dr 0“ Im
"“"“.“"“'" 5‘ “"" “I ""“"’ “‘““ '"“.” hero hiid ihe iieoi nfnlywill ruri outlndymnlke o
hire mid. Lei me mwh diem Iogcther iigein, “Mn ,,
‘"‘1-'"“-'-‘"!'“"““"' Now hod ihoy Lhnught lo exnminBIhIlWilI-
. '0“ ‘“‘“E"“‘ '0 ‘Pm? 5"‘ dow eoioiiiily ehey would hire ioon ilioiihroo
ihe nnrvonl eliiiohiiigoi llcr liiiiide wery ploiuly fun gm," Pam“, mum ,,,,,y,,,, 9,, ,,,,y 3,.
iridimied that ilio would hllVu done woiideri hiid
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heriiig or this inioeirig periioa to me coming nri.Iio
uchirl mu. T ’ W-iildow ‘(In only homo
oix roczrrorri rho door, hm it who not over h
mfofl
iheyooolr,erid xhiiyo no doiihu rriey drid her. 1, 0?,“ no me, ihey o ped no: no I-ke
This endrriooiix leoriiod ohoui in: 1 ioldyon, ,,,, my, noun, one Mr Lyori orid r of h
-n-‘ 101- my be wand 0-“ I ml! -12-“ In eu irriinedioioly diirood oum tho door iiiid rou
poiiir iii iollowirig up hheliiloriiihhiori 1 bus Lhnl mid It ihe hook I o ihe ooh heruwos
oorideniolly gained." ,..ii garden pomh hero, d or the diomriee or
mre," oried Lyon; “lheymnsl. liiire
s ihi. wiy oori-iewhere, so we'll huni for
ms"; rorrioosly holr In hour ihe irio Icdrched
Iboutlhmugh ch. wmds,bnz no worn. or ihe
mi iii on
< fnlmil.
ihe ewo 1ouieleo,eii ilioi woe -ho eos oceupied hy '61 could he I d N
old wrilier Arthm-wxx und hll gmndsoll wirh " M-ynf din! -11 ‘M ';d:;-':“. Wu"; 0::
rhie iuroriiioiiori, ihen, o riieielmiii lot our. o hroorniriok. or on iron i o ugiyoo
e - k ow ihe wiry, oud when or any men. > V
0" Br h" mmFm":;'y,.n wi-iii oheod u giiido, my-hlior'e IL," crihd ihe oooood meii. -' They
.i n I
tor uieeoliy ho would limweokeried his own
hold npou dim eoniideriee oi hi. lollowu-I.
--1i rnimiho :0," he eh‘ -end llul old moo
y .
owero xbove ml, old dourd. 1r
ed hy
was lama momuwki pm ha cnllld ind Words far I
reply. Ho oiill gum! iiiuo thou oi,-emorked
ioiiiiiieo, iiiid the rmiior uow eirmuded overhi:
whole home. . -
iiro yon -" hi liiiolly oslrod.
-1 who
"My rihmo i.l ivilier Anllurwn. no you
"Perhnpl nut, 1zogor1.yori, hrir Ilnra seen
you heroie, And 1 ooiild io your ‘him.-honed soni
odd iiii emoii whioh shduld inreo your very
ho
H Om, lyiiii; worloolr 1" gupld ihe merrhiirio.
n This il our one of your eriiiliirig ipollo, but you
hove no: she power over IIM yonseek. Bixby,
do you our iioio iho osriirigoriioue or rhi. men'-
eye npou iriol ny ilio poiiore lhlb hold me, 1
con hiio dark power or evil ieoohirigixe my
yory hoiiee; hue zhe powiir or God hold: me Ilp.
no yon no: uodee 1"
wee, ix," roruriied Biirhy, whowouri hoo-
eri believer in iho power oi wiirlre, mil who
crumbled wiih npprcllcnsion while he opoke ; "1
u iieeii." v
"Theo owny wiih him Annual 11; he--eri
we'll nut leave hiiii us dmrruy uioie soul: '
. "0, Rage; Lyon, i-oriiior ihe ioriiiiror yoiiro
rollen ihy hemi" A i
"Silence, old prorerl Thy oehomiiy or evil
wiiohory oori Iunn riie rioi, ror my emiri ii. iii.
rd." .
D0511: eron hi ihe hid mln opiilre his (ire woo
pile he oshni, Ind his I‘ o rrome ireiriled.
eihio compani0rIllhough(' , ,,, ,,
orihe win-h that moroil him io, ond rhey -on
he-y oouldhhvo duiio mix. I would
rd wil.h hi-ii myoolr. But I lllllsl
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1‘.iii :ro‘rre, ilre ‘yoiiilr reiumeei, --orid ii my
(in! Approaches whom yun do ni-ll know to be
rrioriilo yon oori y iike your emrpe he 1
' " dlo 1noLh<-r
I look uvernl tum
room, orid rheu he oiopped by Laura’: ride.
“ liu " a d,u Lha mo rimoulkingher
horid. “If xihoui,-hseriloould eoriioro yoii,1
would noi loiivo you."
A quick, booming light dln(l‘Ll in dill l'nlid('ll'l
eye: lid ale heard these words, Avid her lid:
drooiieil rriro moment.
H you owe your gieudriiilier ell your
MTnrIc," ihe murinuird, l
yoiiilih tore. ow
erpoi-iiilly riiiro you hrire iirrorilcd iii iurh gou-
niry oreeeo :'
" Do iior expose yourooli. 1: my
in in priooii, on 1 fur, nnd 1 oiririoi glin hir ro-
li-.em,1 rhoisno: come back here mid and you
, ..
uinirlrii tslu], engw y
--1riie,end 111 mu yea why; 1.ru iure now
shiii 1 liriird ihem u.-ll him die: he '
li was when 1
doing. old um Lhen rolleiririly whiir div]
1
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oerdod on are high roiid, ond i.horo . harm mid
he proeiiied.
-' oiiee more, old moo, led me
-4 Bold, Roger Lyon," inlerrnpllzd Arlhuruon;
ls you hose hid my orirwer, Ind irom dim 1 e...
um vnvuiy how do your worse"
Mr. Lyon aurud up wiih eri ooih, eiid order.
ed hi. eomporiiouo In rorm o liiior he oriim For
whore-H
r oruorihrlro, -nrl ilieu upon iheoe o
ooyeilid rrom one ul ihe hedr. Tho old mm
mode no ruoiireuee,hiir enirered hiriioel: ro ho
ion eiioird nos owoid, nos did he exhihir oiiy
oigniorreer. oiily hi. rooe woie iliei omo loo
onsriiuge meaning, iuid his eye wn dxed upon
R0 Lyon wirh uiieirpiouion Llnl. mido iho
loiier nan wheiieyer he mat is
nunlie merolmiiilioiiiiiied rioi. no ieeolied
rho rown wiili hir heirrlrii, end when he hod iold
to die odieom ‘ ems , rhoy ndmined ih. on
mln iio ooiiiiiioiiiros wiihooi riiriher qnullionlllg.
rr
hos he diiiod noi din deopoi down iuio hio
Roger Lyon relr o pccnlhr oiiiiiieiie iriiimpli,
oo
eo
Wclianying, ihougli 1rilion,,rhi ihry worn iooelr.
lui: ozyoo. Lu: 1 mmomher oiie woid which 1
did nod iiiidorrhiud iheu Lhn euroiu hook pliiiily
e roe riow. Is in ‘whrlotk,’ ind or oonree
nu roold oul hiire heen Ipplied lo liirri."
y 1il.oi-iheii,"oiiereii Louie, ihrowiiig her
hon liiio her look iiod moo, “ do our reumrii
mo.
:
oohi yoii,
woo
or am sort
oimirio 2'‘ ch. yonih eikod, oririr iiow oiree.
liolltlclllnto die mnidul-i'I ioee.
i yyoii my he sew you when you eiiieied
rho honor md wh.i 11-llulhlro heeo iii. one,
In arid yin inrioihio ihe momlxnl he enhondv
1ili.you lrhw wh-t o wlehod, dnligning mln
eoii do." w ,
x- 1 ere..1oe." uid -1-homoo, in o uiongheriil
mood. "E111 will uorroriinie iioor him,if 1
so in iown ml and em where iho old men io,
'"“ "'-‘lw-nhm-'y.rormoiiy people mun
v ii in so reiir iior. oi, or
W" “mace, P lrriliriiiely eerie herlr oiiii
uniil ih... guy 5,. my my ymo ’
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But do you i.hiuk he can be in priooii 1" ihe