THE TEESDALE MERCURY—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1896. FIELD AND PORK FOR TUB WBBK — Vines 8 i " and fruit trees also. Newl v ' should be mulched. Trench 0 'r and t ground. Prune peaches ^ ^ er glass. Sponge the foliage , •ges, etc Use a week solution rater for sponging plants, r^j, re in a cool place between i & ¥ P*f itilation should only be applied the top ventilators. Dig, JJJ ant ground, and leave the surf*' °»l winter. Lilies may yet be pJ* 0 * nj i plunged under fibre or ashes in ^ L Chrysanthemum cuttings niav*, 00 !* ee sturdy shoots in preference \ i it trees intended to be grafted* "*>r Bold have their branches shortened Us, sparexis, and bulos generally ""'-a tted and plunged under ashes if, dges of holly, privet, box, etc., n, * *»l i that the ground is well dug to J "•I jert cuttings of gooseberries and cnt ® ttings can be taken from the shoots wiLl •wns should be swept freqnentl v • "I oom to distribute worm casts; after w * 1Wl l 'indow boxes may be furnished With"'''*! pots. Plunge them in the box fca re refuse. Trees and shrub* recJ, 0 ^ ould be mulched with manure for "'j| — feet round their stems. pi a * [COPY Rio HT.] & ]1IES. HERRIES. ^ A y CROMMELIN, " Violet Vivian," etc. .^goblin Oold," f -nidge," etc. CHAPTER IV. ._poe story, mother," said Stephen, i ** vening of the next day, he stood on t^ 1 " 0 l the library, after their mutual ^unexchanged. He had come back, f t w>)' ^ m m o t n e r h e would »* n e r l« tter greatly surprised him. the affair Grange, most strange, but I S** . - nnt AMI U0t ne , was not prepared to say. m v dear Stephen, it may be the guid- PH.ndence," answered Lady Elizabeth, one never - lant Bund not required for spring pi anf . '1 borne in when vegetables are sea ^ •liry of the valley may be transfer^ sture of 55 to 65 deg., to bring the • jrer. 8eakale root-cuttings should hen lifting the roots for forcing, j n z5 in a supply of plants for another season rming beads, and growing in exposi ays Amateur Gardening) may n o w ,** xxi balls of soil and replanted clone to Weltered corner. Give the branches -aches and nectarines a good washi ni ,; ap and warm water. Take care of t u e young growth. 'THE Fl/OWXR GARDRN .— There i 8 ». letting roses planted early, as the ' king roots as soon as the soil is pr »>ut them. All roses, as soon as pi antj >ve the long shoots shortened back alike le roots. In some nurseries this i« A, mding the plants out, and it i s not a I it saves trouble and reduces the bulk ml ulch all plants as soon as planted, 4 n j| ake all standards. A little mulch will! mnd carnations and picotees. Old J jds, or old hotbeds, broken up fine, villi ame treatment will be beneficial to bei inths, tulips, etc. It prevents dists it, and keeps their roots comfort _iteurs sow their wallflowers and in jwering plants too late to be really i .pril' is quite late enough to sow i iterbury bells, sweet Williams, iesty, and plants of like character; tould be pricked off in nursery-beds' '•part as soon as large enough to hand) treated in this way are sure to give SRJ Daphne mezereum is a general f avouriteJ in town gardens, where it thrives r flowering freely in March ; i n August i rally brightened with red berries, viridissima is another early-flowering shnsj like the mezereum, produces itsflowen(1 a bright yellow) before the leaves. TBR FRUIT GARDRS. — Those who . hanging in a greehouse whieh isfilledi- in pots requiring frequent watering, sin advantage both to the grapes and the r ' J the grapes with a few inches of woe .ch bunch, and preserve them in a i r trusting the wood into bottles of watt pending them on a rack or some aoiti ance. A few bits of animal charcoal m_, in each bottle to keep the water sweet THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. — There if L the way of seed-sowing to be done nowJ or two of early peas and beans has b H the south border, and not much in planting, although cabbages and lettna transplanted any time in open westfc- oovering of manure over the rhubarb e yet done. Clear off dead leave* a sprouts and winter greens generally, bsti, cut off the crown of leaves on the top. I are not much planted in private gardensj those of small size, but they come in catch orop, and do not occupy the (- and may be planted thickly and be p* the hearts have formed. THE GREW HOUSE .— NOW that the of plants, some in a young state grow others in bloom or approaching thJ* ' care will be required to keep all thing, steadily. The cuttings and other young" be placed as near the glass as P° a ' lb , l *v' be occasionally turned round, and aecv if any, picked off. Bulbs conung« freest, sLuld occupy a, Ug"» E f ^ J , plants sturdy and strong so that wn-i they will be suitable for placing in rooms. Other bulbs, such as etc., will be coming on, a»d notning way should be permitted to water. Pelargoniums should not ne for the next two months, or tne what is called the " spot," ^ , into condition again. Pj»t » « ^ e themums from time to time as su » be obtained. The old plan"} " & bloom, may be moved to a coldp. tuberous begonias will do under t»» the common hyacinth of gar" * hyacinths, will not be out of P w* & familiar with the fact that sKm duced by these bulbs,, but e % f appear to have been t r T* -cale* t- observations now prove ^V ^cing 1 bulbs are really capable of w u> irritation when applied direct y A close examination oi 8 i n B W r- tiattheraphides-bundleso. rf m crystals composed of px»« p ers on8 bottom of the m l8 « h,e ' - t n e ski" * cleaning the bulbs nave ^ con «q punctured by these.crystal . h > p , ee» uritation of the skm, B " d Xpert ie9 lL are aware of the •»" ,Ien .' l P h vacintl> for they carefuUy avoid b > p U »J they attack the bolb« ot Growers of hyacinths «n i oV es. not handle the bulbs witni j9 a urj ERIOEROU HowmUJ-r- y u9 efn' white leaved plant, ""f^ritive ^ house. They are Vorth ^" ^1 . and are well floret* *1| » T, . 1,W oi*»* garden, but would ""^fistic o Sppearance being chart* ^ ». Loamy soil, with » » admirably JrW •*St tnrn out disastrous b "^.pphen, with a dark smile. He was Isj^Jive than Lady Elizabeth, but he ' ""Von i en are strangely rash about mar- for those they love, where money is jhen, if in love, would be rash cool blood, he, as becomes a man, v aet such a fair value upon himself fuause to deliberate. This news had «ben his mind was maddened, filled jurling thoughts after the unexpected Jjelaide* faithlessness. At such a a good show, and are weU flo r^ difk is yellow, » n d . t r „ n , tip 1 0 Vfi r»\ white, and measure ft^irtOV , °* not S R A R ^ - T h ' . ^ ^ o u l d ^ ,ose who value ^ f ^ f j ^ . owly and thus f& m **#*$J* grown in strong ^ t ^ & A less. I n case of seve ^ts, f ft0 d - a good quantity of c0 «*<\ ^11 together in a shelter^ t 9 a re ^ Utter. In this way »* w r s*» ,nd * 1 heat at any time, * i B j 0 rsd. ^a^J weather the crowns ar b l e i , j0 tii- wasted. It is ^^sea ^/aV 'bH -ttings for the f ^ ^ ^ f i is easily. tied in bundles of ^S'^ound- ^ l y f. aoU or in the.open «>„ start may be give" *° i 0 ^^f'i in cold fiames, and a 6 A fe*,j »U*, may be thus o b t a i n ^ l y jb* ^ for the late n^J&* 0 $»'fy These will wqairt>*> d inches of fineasbe*, •*ao>1?»' leaves or Utter °*% tv r, ""'to j|>r* In the absence off ^ ,b^,V covering, care U-J,- b^.h, - quantity to t h o r o u ^ d * n jpring, with i»£ r e through and ^7 hT0 + ridge-sbapeM*^ . ether r**"*J^^J°^J™ reus Kn.gnt. Ana tnat was how ber gran.lfat If ^paratively easy task to secure the h a d te = ht h e r t o t h i n k o f ft heir of g H V^love had rejected. Pfolly in this iron age, he had said • -V *«fl,,p wnnu'ii. aftar all av« •j^elf. "Our women, after all, are 'fireassians ; the only difference is that KIslvss for the highest price unless •*Tjve power to sell them. Therefore JL jn his We had he been so willing to Jfarrvuie de ramn, or to tell himself f t M t |,' v best help to a man's ambition; •Kjtion after all was the thing best for in life. | have thought about it. You—you after ail I Oh, my dear boy, it lS e so happy '•" and a Ught came into i worn face that Stephen had not lbn»ny • year, making her look almost He put his hand affectionately on FL^ my dear, dear, old mother. Any- j«x the girl first. I cannot get myself Lpthing till I have done tliat." "it so/' »aid Lady Elizabeth, in 'an so I have given orders that your tod we will both go together as soon this evening!" exclaimed Stephen, r ^t, my boy ? every hour is precious. , ilil Mr. Cobb's day are numbered, L jjepiy anxious to secure his child's Lbt'lonehy giving her to a man she ips, anil knows nothing of ? j, you ire a gentleman ! a Herries ! As | fail to do your duty to the best of -.'cried his mother indignantly. [BJIOI, indulgent to the maternal weak- List take the trust, there will be no lack s tilling enough to make her a husband, |snore suitable one," he murmured. Then, with some more show of I, -But what is this girl like, mother? K told me that y e t . 1 %t seemed to me a good, thoughtful lanes — " Lady Elizabeth was search- •ssd for a suitable description, with f. for to tell the truth, Mysie had not i impression upon her. "WeU—she |fc>, brown mouse as yet, I should i mched the village inn, Abraham Its be pretty weU, and sitting up in ;as!"enquired Lady Elizabeth hint done so, the majt assured her. jhamnce ourselves," decided my lady, Hfbnce at Stephen, which implied, HK for yourself ; there shall be no Tne '->!d man was sitting in a high |*as » pillow heHnd his head. Me | quietly out of the window at the i »t the 'back of the house. On 'lis knee, sat Myeie, so engaged }«t of yesterday's newspaper, in a * wioe, that neither of them for a 1 the opening of the door. She p sere child, inasnort brown frock, and | hair drawn back from her face, Jhtvolongplaits, that almost touched Mike at, that Stephen, looking over P *onlder, felt a faint amusement, "atrante there was a sudden change [•"I**; his eyes, alight with <eager- P>«sHei on Stephen s features, his I w e he spoke. M Mr. Herries himself ! Ah, sir, '^f »* me to welcome your father's ••pwdfather's eyes--very like him 1 be murmured, partly to hira- I glancing up to Lady Elizabeth. >™, trembling hand, he clasped • «n«ler 6ngers, shaking them again mm could not bring hunself to let fcwlietter, Mr. Cobb," was all Lady 1«i to 3ay. 1 , « » slightly emlxvrrassing; IJ ^ter.„f. fact a i r . Mysie had placid la MI v™', f"' 1 w a * folding np ber [•"ttliodicai fashion. yon *t.m\ "^"ig, may I enquire!" "rti"rf™"' e °I interested curiosity, he felt he would have used to surprised him. fcii,^ 7t y m a r k e t - 8 i r ' " " " d M y s i «. " C ( ^' a e nad been perusing the *"*UH 1 much of that, I should e>ea turned towards Mr. Cobb .J**, Su ** H stnick in the grand- ' kindred, but not often out of gratitude, as in old Cobb's case. "TeUme, does your grandchild know anything of this proposition from you to me 1" (It seemed, somehow, right to include Lady Elizabeth in his question.) | " No, sir, no; I have bred her to look up to your family, but that is all. The alliance seemed too great an honour for me to count upon for a I moment. Besides, a maid has no call to feel her- self offered where she might not be wanted. It would hurt her modesty." " I will be her guardian in any case," interposed Lady Elizabeth. " I took the liberty of enquiring of my lady, here, if you were free, sir, and she said that was so, or you should not have heard more on the matter from me." Stephen winced, and his eyes fell. Hitherto they had sought those of his mother at each question and answer. "If you will allow me, Mr. Cobb, I think I should like to join your granddaughter, whom I see out there in the garden," he said, rising. Mysie was straying in an aimless way up and down beside the raspberry bushes. She knew she was not wanted indoors, and out hore there was nothing to divert her mind, for the garden was bare of fruit at this time of year, and a few sun- flowers and dahlias were uninteresting. " I have come to talk to you for a while, my little lady, if you will allow me," said Stephen. Mysie looked shyly and gravely up in his face; she was not surprised, for his tone of courtesy was just what she would have expected from a chival- rous knight. And that was how her grandfather • of the Hemes family. i "Yes, if you please," she demurely answered. Stephen understood; she meant if it were his pleasure, but that she did not intend to give an in- vitation. , i Side by side they paced together up and down a foot-wide grass path, and he felt as if in company i of a modest convent-bred school-girl, who has been j allowed by the Sisters to speak a few minutes with I her friends in the convent cabbage garden. " Your grandfather seems very ill, I fear. What I does the doctor say, do you know ? " i " He says," almost whispered Mysie, and two big ; tears welled up in her brown eyes, " that grand- : father has not very long to live." | "What will you do, my poor child, when he is j called away ? Believe me, I do not wish to pain j you, but it is time you should entertain [ the thought, i f i t lias not been in your mind, j already." "He wants me to live with Lady Elizabeth. I Have you not heard ? " j Mysie looked up, and though her eyes were small, i even sunken under a slightly over-hanging fore- ; head, Stephen liked thoir direct expression, and j thought her brow gave promise of thought and decision. She went on : " Yes, grandfather knows that he has been ill a ! long time ; he thought of nothing else all the voyage I over from America. He could not die and leave I oie, he used to say, until he had asked Lady j Elizabeth if she would take care of me. He said I she and you were so good—so very good." " She will be very kind to you, of that you may be quite sure, and you will be fond of her." " I will try to do my best to please her in every- thing," sighed Mysie. Stephen looked at her sympathetically. " But you will miss him very much ?" " Oh, I should be alone f broke from the young creature, i n a low wail, and he heard a sob, strangled in her throat. Turning hastily aside, Mysie bent her head over a currant bush so that he should not see the work- ing grief of her features. But her self-control was not sufficient, and pulling out her handkerchief she hid her face. A genuine pity for her filled Stephen with compassion. Poor young soul 1 poor child! Sorrow was coming to her rapidly enough ; why should he have hastened it by an hour ? He spoke to her tenderly, pityingly, as he would to any woman—to any helpless being in sorrow—and Mysie raised her head presently with a new-born air of resolve to put away the rain clouds, and smiled a small April smile upon him, with gratitude in her features. One last trial Stephen resolved to put to her now or never, though he felt almost ashamed. Miss Cobb, do you know that you wiU be an heiress ? " " Yes—I know. But grandfather says my money will only be a heavy care, for I must make a good use of i t , or else he might be sorry to have left it to me." She added in low confidence, trusting Stephen instinctively: " Do you know, I get afraid at times thinking •bout it. I almost wish that I might not have so much." It was genuine, he could swear. Her naivete pleased the man who felt himself jaded and world- worn. " She is not worldly, at all events," he reflected, looking so full and long at her young face that the poor child wondered and drew into herself, timidly afraid she had said something amiss. A sudden impulse overmastered Stephen. " Little Mysie, would you care to marry me?" How lie came to say it he never knew. Perhaps it was an inspiration. Mysie started voilently, and gazed as genuinely amazed as if a king had asked her to share his throne. " You !—-Mr. Herries—you !" she gasped. " Your grandfather would be very glad if you would say yes, so would my mother; we have aU three spoken of it together," he said, gently smiling, as if it was all a little play they were rehearsing. " What ! and live at Wykhrsut Place—all my life ? And grandfather knows ?" " He does not know what you will say. Come i n and tell him." Mysie obediently turned to the house beside her tall companion, and entering the parlour went straight to her grandfather and knelt down beside his chair. " Grandfather have you heard ? Mr. Herries has asked me to marry him ; he says you wish it, and Lady Elizabeth too. Is it true ?" No thought of refusal seemed to cross Mysie's yeung mind. I t was as if they ail three wished her to become mistress of an earthly paradise, with a King Arthur for consort. eyes. No one "hail thought the end so near, but on returning home Herries was met with the startling news that the old man was not expected to live through the night. There was no time to be lost. He and Lady Elizabeth started at onqe for the village. Perhaps both felt that as i t was to be done it were best done quickly. Vaguely Stephen felt almost thankful he had no time for thought. How often before now had he imagined his wedding— but with Adelaide for a bride. Now, was this real ? Mysie looked dazed between grief and sleeplessness, for the poor young soul had not once closed her eyes the night before, but had sat up by her grand- father's side. To her an awful reality, which yet seemed an impossibility, overpowered aU other thoughts. Her grandfather was going to leave her !—would soon be nowhere she could evermore see him or ask his advice, come and sit by his knee to be petted, or caress his dear bald head, with its few silvery hairs. The rector had been let into the secret by Lady Elizabeth. At her desire he had explained to the doctor what was about to happen, and asked him to be a witness. No one' else was to know; neither mother nor SOD wished the wedding to be made a matter of gossip in the country. And now the clergyman's fatherly, grave tones began reading out the marriage service. He hurried it as much as possible, i t must be owned, for his mind was urging him tofinishand begin the prayers for the dying. The little bride stepped forward to her grand- father's bedside, directed in a whisper by her future mother-in-law. Mysie still wore her brown every- day dress, and her long hair-plaits fell as usual down her back. Just before the ceremony was beginning, she whispered, in childlike apology, to Lady Elizabeth: " I am sorry there was no time to put my hair up, or indeed I would have done i t ; but I could not leave gjandfather." Stephen heard the simple explanation and could hardly repress a smile. Now, as he took Mysie's small, cold hand, a Strange feeling came over him, as if what he was engaged in was a mockery. This mere child ! Only with an effort, and by reminding himself that matters had gone too far to draw back, he brought himself to say the required words. Then came the moment when the ring was needed. Stephen had forgotten it, but his mother quickly pushed one into uis hand. Her own wedding ring was too large, but she possessed that of Stephen's grandmother, a fairy- like beauty in her day, when George the Fourth was King. It was a smaU ring, and fitted the slender brown flrtgur on which Stephen slipped it, with a greater feeling than ever of being in a dream. It was over ! The bridegroom rose to his feet; but Mysie had only crept closer to the bedside, where she was now kneeling with her brown head buried in her grandfather's pillow. Old Cobb's eyes liad been fixed all the time on the bridegroom and bride with an expression of wondering beati- tude ; even his breath had seemed to come more easily. His features now smoothed themselves; a strange light of gladness reUt his eyes. I f ever a human face I-ore an expression of perfect satisfac- tion, thought the less interested onlookers, that was his! Lovingly, feebly he raised his old shrunken hand and laid it on Mysie's head in blessing. "Be a good wife to h i m ; promise me I" " I will, I will," she whispered, Those around could hardly have heard that answer had it not been that the silence was so intense. God—bless you." Mysie guessed the words almost, so low, so faintly they reached her ears. The others all drew in their breath standing by, for they watched— what was it? a shade, a change, came over the patriarchal face upon the bed. The doctor silently raiaed himself and bent a little forward. Lady Elizabeth and Stephen felt a thriU of agitation. The rector quickly turned the leaves in his prayer book, hoping it might not yet be too late. But Mysie did not stir or raise her head. Old Abraham seemed to sink lower in his bed, his weary head drooped, and his hand sUpped from his grandchild's head upon her shoulder. There was heard a long, long sigh — nothing more. The doctor had come round the bed swiftly. He lifted the limp hand from Mysie's shoulder and whispered, bending down : "Now, my dear, you had better get up and come away." The last two words startled Mj'sie ; some unspoken communication seemed to dart through her mind, transmitted by the doctor's near pre- sence. She looked up affrighted. Next moment she was on her feet. She looked at her grandfather, not understanding what had happened, but troubled. " Is he sleeping again ? " she whispered. " He is gone, dear," said Lady Elizabeth, simply, putting her arms about the daughter whom with that movement she took then and henceforth to her heart. And the little brown bride stood transfixed as if turned to stone. ( To be continued), OBTAINING CERTIFICATES BY FRAUD. At Penrhyndendraeth, Merionethshire, James James, a native of Cardiganshire, was remanded on a charge of obtaining certificates by false pre- tences. — Chief-Inspector Marshall, of Scotland Yard, proved arresting the prisoner at Inworth Hall School, Essex, where he was acting as master of the school. The Inspector stated there were other charges against the accused, one being for having obtained from the Bishop of Worcester, by fraud and forgery, the certificate of ordination of the Rev. J. A. James, of Doddington Rectory, and obtaining a curacy in that name at Alphan- stone. Another charge was that he attempted to obtain the ordination certificate of the Rev. J. James, of Cobham. SINGULAR WELSH DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Division on Tuesday Mr. Justice Barnes delivered a reserved judgement in the case of Jenkins v. Jenkins. The petition was that of John Jenkins, a master mariner, of Swansea, for a divorce by reason of his wife's adultery with some person unknown she having given birth to an illegitimate child while he was away at sea. Her defence was that the child was the outcome of an assault upon her.—His Lordship having reviewed the facts, which have been reported, said it was contended by the petitioner that the story told by the respondent was not true. He, therefore, adjourned the case for the attendance of the doctor, whom Mrs. Jenkins saw with regard to this alleged assault. The doctor was impressed, he told the Court, that her story was not true. In her evidence she stated that there were no marks of violence on her, and that her clothes were not torn. I t was clear she did not go to the police or tell her husband what had occurred. She wrote to him that she had a " terrible fright," and she registered the child as that of her husband. This being the state of the evidence, he had considered the case with the greatest possible care in order to do justice to the two parties. He came to the con- clusion that he must pronounce a decree nisi. He could not accept the story which had been told on the part of the wife. He thought the doctor's evidence was most valuable, and he was very glad he adjourned the case for that gentleman's attendance. It was clear from the husband's correspondence that he had behaved quite properly. He (the Judge) could not believe that the child was the result of an act in the way stated. A point was made at the outset that the wife was not unwilling to have a decree made against her if an adequate allowance was made for her maintenance. He should want some inquiry as to the financial con- dition of the parties, and the matter could be mentioned in Chambers, but that would not prevent him from granting a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage. CLERGYMAN AND DYING WOMAN. The Leeds coroner concluded an inquest on Tuesday on a charwoman named Ross, who was found dead in a house in St. John's-avenue, under mysterious circumstances. In the room where she was found was a clerk in holy orders named Keel- ing, who was coolly smoking his pipe. He failed to appear at the opening of the inquest some days ago, and a warrant for his appearance was issued. He appeared on Tuesday, and gave evidence that he knew nothing about the woman, and thought that she was under the influence of liquor. The medical evidence showed that death was the result of natural causes, and a verdict accordingly was returned. Keeling, who is the son of the lady who occupied the house, and for whom the deceased occasionally worked, was released from custody after a reprimand from the Coroner. FATALITY OFF PLYMOUTH. Her Majesty's torpedo boat destroyer Decoy was out on her daily instructional cruise off Plymouth on Tuesday, and was steaming at 18 knots before a heavy sea and wind, when Joseph Fuge, chief stoker, who was on deck with the chief engineer, was carried off his feet by a gust of wind into the sea. The engines were immediately stopped, and Commander Shirley gave orders for a boat to be lowered. This was promptly done, and the occu- pants of the boat were about to seize the drowning man, when he was carried away by a wave and sank. The Decoy remained in the vicinity for some time, but nothing more was seen of Fuge. The men who were in the boat had great difficulty in getting back to the ship, and, even when they had done so, it was found impossible to haul up the boat, and she was taken in tow. The heavy seas parted the hawser twice, and on the second occasion the boat drifted away and was lost. TRAGEDY IN HUNGARY. AND FRIENDS. OFFICES SHOOTS^WIFB A terrible family drama is reported from Steina- manger, in Hungary. It seems that Major Emil Petak, of the Hussars, on returning from hunting to the barracks where he has apartments found his wife conversing with two friends of his, Lieutenant Baron Korb Weidenheim and Lieutenant Bezeredi. He at once shot his wife in the head, the Baron twice in the neck, and Bezeredi in the arm. He then went to the railway station and took train to Oedenburg, and delivered himself up to his superior officer. Baron Korb is only 23, and is the son of a Minister of Commerce under Count Taaffe. I t is believed that the life of the youHg wife will be saved, but Baron Korb is despaired of. Lieutenant Bezeredi will have his arm amputated. I t is said that young Korb had lent Petak 10,000 florins, and had interfered when he beat his wife. She was only afraid in fctrt? a l e y^™' fo r I have been "her great surprise that there must be some extra- ""'a'jti t mine, of which I was ordinary mistake, and dreaded the humiliation of Pa,*JbjvMt 0W8 * 8 00 *! deal about finding she had entertained, even for a few seconds, J Te, tments too. Y o u see, i n a wildly impossible idea. of J!?^ 1 8 0 0 n e r , a nd I thought " 'Tis true, my bird ; and now teU me, what do ' *«* to COIt " 8 m u c a awl 88 -1 y° n "ay r a!* 1 * them • a n ^ t e a m t all she \ " Say! why, of course, I must say yes," his J*t hi. c |,ji?' w ' t n a n air of exultant' young grand-daughter answered, in dutiful surprise mtit <Wt ,7 0lUtt n °t be found want- 1 at any other answer being thought possible. l H > Wl „ i . thr °iigli Stephen's mind i " Thank God ! Now I can die happy !" solemnly * if to l ^f 1 0 f h e r 0 ™ money. *4i ept M 0ld C o b b ' s P ^P 0 ^ 1 Pawk™ 11 -. Mysie would bebusi- matter-of-fact, very • f c j 1 be could offer her <*en to her maturer £**not~f n i d U k e d th e little u ! ^ 4 d a s h ° f i n i i k - : ^^Uion. ,eatures >. aud already ^fe^^ajittle, my pet," 110 ZTr K t h 7 followed his li*«««k w 1 * 1 t h a t « h e was E" H e d suJ: , t h c y w e r e , e f t ' ^ered h P i e n f u l l u i the face, WiVKi 5Ji y °I l ^e «>en my r ?^^W« g h I f ay so, there h ^SCs ^r w h a t y° u »° e K ^ ' ^J?? dutiful, God She •* Bat .^tions. •TI y o u n e e d not feel l*»a K I 4 * wl-n 18 not one soul L**C ;ll i>. numbers me, nor ; a n d w henthe ».t»3.,«na when Mysie k,"S% ."»« mnn. «V ' ""en^iysic S&- rf ^*ST le83 fcea'des, I f ^Cs^Sj We ner." ISn "» C jf damB » e d Stephen. iSak 1 " 1 tCffT 69 o f this simple- W3 h t 8 t™ck r.im 8004 <* thek f r ° m t i m e country or murmured old Abraham, raising his eyes in pious gratitude. CHAPTER V. Three nights later a strange scene was being enacted in the little parlour of the grocer's house. Abraham Cobb's bed had been moved into this room to give him more air, by the doctor's orders, and the old man was now laying back upon a pile of pillows, looking as if life was wellnigh spent. HiB breathing was hoarse and difficult, his aged features had an ivory hue, and the kindly old blue eyes were weary and ready to close. On the far side of the bed sat the doctor, his glance seldom quitting the patient, and with some restoratives close at hand. On the other side was gathered a group, consist- ing of Stephen Herries and his mother, Mysie, and the rector of the parish. Three mould candles were l i t , illumining the dai'kness of the room. To the end of their lives both Stephen and Mysie had a strange, superstitious feeling when they saw three candles lit. The whole scene came back to them. " I must have a pair of candles," the rector had said. " Then wc will put away the paraffin lamp—the room will be too close," softly interposed the doctor. " Another caudle for me, please; three candles, Miss Cobb. A prayer book was in the clergyman's hand and the wedding service was about to begin. Herries was tired-looking and hurried ; his boots were splashed, and he still wore a light overcoat, for he had been travelling all day. He had only just returned from London, after getting the special licenbc necessary for such a hasty ceremony. For old Cobb had implored as a dying request that he might bee bis grand-daughter married with his own ACCIDENT TO A TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER. The torpedo boat destroyer Ranger, which forms one of the instructional flotilla at Portsmouth, and is commanded by Lieutenant E. Loring has been seriously damaged by two collisions. She was at Spithead making for Portsmouth Harbour when owing it is presumed, to the temporary failure of her steering gear, she ran into the gunboat Excel- lent which had just concluded some gunnery trials. The Excellent was struck on the bow, and her fore- gun was damaged by the force of the impact, while the destroyer's bows were partially stove in. She was, however, able to proceed into harbour, but in being manoeuvred to take up htr berth in the tidal basin in the dockyard, she again came into col- lision, this time with the caisson of the steam basin. The hole in her bows was considerably extended, and she shipped water rapidly. It was found necessary to take her into dock with all possible speed. COLLISION IN SHEERNESS HARBOUR. An inquest was held near Sheerness on the body of Richard Henry Sales, aged 46, of Nutcham, the mate of the ketch Raleigh, which was sunk in Sheerness Harbour after a collision with H.M.S. Wildfire in a gale, during which the light of the Raleigh had been blown out. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from misadventure," and ex- pressed the opinion that no blame attached to the captain of the Wildfire or to the master of the ketch. 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