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Ly DAN D (Copyright, 1893, by Amt Bj TAIT V2 QUILLE. [Copjrrigh:, 1S03, by American Tress Associa tion.] CHAPTER VE. WAI?EEB JEPSON ICEHAIIMITATED. When Walter Jepson arrived at the betel, we tock him' to our rooms and out lined to him the work v.-c expected hhs to undertake. Eo was delighted with | the proposal. That those who were io appen:- c.; central iigures in his discourse had been persons pf rank and title gave him great iti : n, as it seemed to him that tu? circtr. stance would at once lift him ont of the "slough of despond'* and .elevate him io a docent position cmor.g hi? kind. Eo looked upon the "noble remains;" ns he respect fully called the hones and ashes .of our ancestors, as a great windfall--a perfect godsend to him. Ho said it seemed to be "what he had all his life been waiting for." j The opportunity at last so unexpect edly presented to pull himself np to his former level of respectability appeared to give bim far. more pleasure than did myfather'sassurance that he would re ceive $500 in case ol' his work being per formed in ? satisfactory manner. After the matter of the funeral oration had been sufficiently discussed I took Jepson in charge and sallied forthwith him. I [y father waa I -ft behind to study the genealogical record of the Johnson fp.mii", an occupation in which he was copal le bf becoming so deeply absorbed as to become utterly oblivions of all Other earthly things. Ee handled the hugo parchment'with more reverential care than he would have bestowed upon tho most sacred relic in the Holy City. My first care was to take Jepson to a good restaurant ?ind- give him a meal such ns he had probably not eaten ir?, five years. After ho had eaten his fill he de felt so well Le was glad 1 had- r im the "ono drink" for which he hrtd at il ,r-t asked. LC..<:.:: I . ok Lim to a secondhand clothing store and rigged him ont in a full suit of ministerial cut and color that was almost as good as new; also pro cured for him a good supply of linen and underwear to bo sent to an address he would presently leave at the store. This dono. I marched my man to a bar- I ber shop and had a eleen sweep made of j . " bear! that covered his face, 1 also c:*.v.:s cl his hair tobo cut in thc latest fashion; This done, he was given a bath ' -a regular scrubbing--arrayed in his I clerical snit and again placed in the bar- j ber's chair fer a final polishing. When all was done, Jepson became a fine, benevolent looking old gentleman, j I introduced him io my father ns Ucv. j Mr. Rawson. He -was so completely transformed that he ioic-mnly assured me that he utterly failed to recognize himself as lie wes re flected in a mirror. I could plainly seo that the very bar bers wer* ; hi cl at the transforma tion tlic-ir handiwork had materially con tributed to produce, though undoubted ly they witnessed man}* striking changes of the outward mau among their many queer customers; Presently tho proprietor of the shop j edged up to me. He could no longer re sixain his consuming curiosity. Point-1 ing toward Jepson with his chin as he wiped bis hands on a towel, he asked, i "Eas your . friend been on a mission among the Indians?" "Yes, i ir," said L "He has long been among the Pahranagats, at the head waters of the Amargoso-the "bitter river." ITe has but recently escaped from some years of close captivity, in which he was held by old Twosocks, chief of the Chaweneraws." "Good God.'" cried the barber, "and . blishment belongs the credit '? -.vin. ; :.. t ?red him to the decencies of civilization!.'* was to secure board and lodgin .'. r .7 ?ps?n in some quiet place. I was glad to see that he was everywhere :en to be a minister. Curiously enough. ;'.s soon as ho had donned tho ministerial garb he also put on what was prob: bly his old time ministerial man ner. When I had arranged for all else, I told him I would pr?vido for his obtain at a eon enient drug store any ton ics he might for a time feel the want of. "?To," said Jepson, "nothing of the kin '.. T ?ey would at once set me down as a minister who was so weak as to be the victim of an unfortunate habit. They would well understand the use of the drugs. While I wear this garb no rer have cause to suspect me of a fondness for drink." "Good for you. JepsonP cried I. "Ido believe that yen aro determined not to disgrace tho cloth you wear." "No, sir. If 1 feel ?hat I must go back to my old mi ble 1 si ill take off these clot;.'. nd bid you good-1 by." In thcJej ..to the ho-j tel and in-... m to my father as Rev; Mr. Hawson; oi New Jersey. Tho two old gent lernen were soon engaged in conversation, wbilej pretended to read the evening paper. My father soon launched forth upon what had become his hobby. He pro duced tho genealogical record and ex plained the bringing ever of tho remaius i of our ancestors, Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor. Tho | ledo it v. Rawson seemed much i.1 in everything and had mm h I say in ; raise of my fa ther's generous plan ntl dutiful actions and intent] ya . Finally the :.< ..: id gentleman arose and took his lc:, v .-. Aim it as coon as he left the r >c M my r cried: "Sain. Pm sorry we did nc a ' ;.:!.... Mr. Raw son bf fore making our arrangement '.vi th that vagahpnd J vp ?on. Slr. Rawson is tho very mun to have made the oration which we contemplate. Ile entered in to tho scope and spirit'of the thing at once. Already he has a much better un derstanding of the matter iban that fel !"n, .Toncnn. rri?/-T> lu. "- - - ^lu?bTORi o E QUILLE. ffi?arj Press Association.) ' malees a nobie and' a godly appearance. Every word he Titters seems to have in it the flavor of sanctity. I fear our Jep "son is a sad dog, and that ho will remain so despite all our efforts to get him out of the mire and make him presentable." "When my father thus ended, I as ; founded him with a succession of roars j of laughter. As soon as I could com ! maud my tongue I said: "My dear fa : ther. congratulate me unon mv saeacitv and tue c-uccess of my elforts! Under tue I name of Rawson you have been talking with Jepson for tho last two hours, not ; tho old Jepson, but the new Jepson that I have constructed from the ragged rem nants of the man wo picked up on tho street a few hours agc-tho Jepson wo shall hereafter know." My father declared that tho rehabilita tion of Jepson constituted tho most re markable transformation he had ever seen or heard of. After I had given him my report of Jonson's cr*?uct and reso lutions my father was rtSuy to swear by , him. He said he would have Jepson j hypnotized in order to keep him in his new and approved shape. This he actu ally did the very next day, Jepson freely assenting to the operation. My father afterward told me with a cunning chuckle that he had given the hypnotize. ?.J extra and instructed him to "give it to Jepson good and strong on the drinking business, and also to hit him heavy on his bump of religion and bring him squarely back into the fold of God." Jepson was not lazy. He set to work at once on the genealogy and in two days had made all tho notes he required. Arranging credits for Jepson at certain places, wo then left New York for Pas onagessit. The caskets containing the ashes of our ancestors and the tomb stones were to remain .> I the undertak er's until sent for. When we came to take leave of Jepson, he announced to us that with the changed course he had taken in life he had de cided to change his name. Ho said his mother's maiden name was Mowbray and that his fall name was Walter Mowbray Jepson. He wished to drop the Jepson, which he had carried through so many years of disgrace and misery. He begged us never again to address him bj* his old name of Jepson, unless we found him drunk. Henceforward he desired to be known only as Walter Mowbray. To this wo readily assented, and from that hour it was "down Jepson and up Mowbray."' His landlady never beard tho name of Jei ?atn. Tb lu r and all the new acquaintances he made in Nev: York he was "Rev. Mr. Mowbray," the "rever end" being an addition made by the pub lic. CHAPTER VIH. AGAIN AT r.VSONAGESS1T-TEACE AND COOD WILL PREVAIL. I was received with open ams by ev erybody on my arrival at Pasonagessit not alone by members of my own fami ly, not of course by the Bradford of all the Bradfords and a few others of that special brand of Bradfords, but I found life there very different from what it was on my departure for England. My father's house now seemed to be headquarters for nearly all the young people of tho town. My sisters were "in the swim," and of course I very natural ly dropped in with them. I was glad to be able to meet Prudence in our family mansion. Our secret had been well kept. My sisters did net in the least suspect how matters stood be tween their brother and the "Mayflower of tho Mayflowers." Not a soul was in the secret except our true blue Captain Shrimp, and to be the sole repository of such a secret made him the happiest of mortals. Besides, he did not much like old Amariah Bradford and "jist nater ally hated" Standish. He had faithfully conveyed to Prudcuco all the letters 1 had written, both from England and New York, and began to feel almost like a father to thc dear little Puritan maiden. Prudenco was a close and shrewd stu dent of her austere father's whims and moods. She advised a continuance of our secrecy, ns a premature avowal of our engagement would probably arouse her father's wrath. We therefore concluded to bido our time-to quietly wait and watch the effect of the ceremony of the entombing in the Pasonagessit cemetery of my titled ancestors. Whenever 1 spoke of these ancestors to Prudence, 1 was able to detect in her eyes just the faintest bit of a merry twinkle-and that twinklo continues to the present day with the addition of a roguish smile. The plainest hint she has ever given me in regard to the business was one day after my mother and sisters had been displaying and explaining their ancient jewels. On that occasion, as soon as we were done, she said, "Oh, Sam, I feel guilty, too, for I suspected all the time, yet said nothing." "You suspected what, my dear?" "Oh, Sam, only think that I am at the bottom of it all; that it was all on my account," and her eyes told what she would not permit her tongue to utter. But I must not anticipate. As soon as we returned to Pasonagessit my father was again at work at what now seemed the one great business of his life. He at once had our genealogical tree placed in a massive oaken frame. "Heart of oak, Sam, my boy!" cried he as he suspended it upon the wall. Next ho began the planting of evergreens on his lot in the cemetery, erecting brick walls in places and sparing neither pains nor cost. He was now well up in the genealogy, and I am firmly of the opinion that from poring over it ho had como to believe every word of it. It was beautiful to hear him entertain Rev. Nantucket Sperm and Captain Shrimp with long historical sketches extending back as far as the year S70. when old Geoffroi John ston single handed slew half a score of Danes. My mother, sister Eleanor and all my other sisters wcro in raptures at the sight of the ancient jewels which 1 { brought home, and which I distributed I as impartially as possible. They were never tired of tho story of their faithful preservation for so long a time by the old barrister and his descendants, heirs and assignees, for I continually remem bered new circumstances and wonder fully improved upon my original sketch. N"ot an article but bad been stolen or .ost to bo miraculously recovered in tome way: even from thc Ashes of the ?ca and the bird3 of the air, not to speak of dishonest servants and regular out and out 1-.urg?;'.rs. Ono poor girl was arrested at tho very altar with ono of the bracelets on her ann. My sisters al ways pitied that poor creature. She was a servant in the bar ri.fr's family. To the last, with tears and heart breaking wailings she declared that she only took the jewel for thc oc casion and intended to rei urn it to its caso Immediately after the ceremony. But, poor thing, to Botany Bay she went, her mean spirited husband deserting her at tho altar and leaving her to her fate. These jewels became my father's pride and delight. He soon came to have full faith in their genuineness and in the truthfulness of the legends connected with them. He seemed to have quite forgotten that on my return from Lou "Hcart of oak, Sam, my boy!" don I had -given him the bills for the manufacture of every article, all in square staring pounds, shillings and pen?e. Doubtless he had destroyed the bills and adopted my stories. It may be asked by you mentally whether I did not in all this business feel some compunctions of conscience. I can truthfully say that I felt nothing of tho kind. In all I had done I had not wronged or in any way injured a single living soul. . On the contrary, wherever I had gone and in all I had done I had made people happy. In Pasonagessit I had found all going wrong socially, and instead of setting to work with a butch er's cleaver of reform and getting my self heartily cursed for my pains I gen tly, gently ministered to all the whims and prejudices I found in my path, when all rose up and called me blessed. In a peaceful and congenial way I had. been able to bring about a greater harvest of happiness than any fierce reformer with brandished cleaver could even have pro posed or dreamed of. The genealogy and pretended ancient jewels were mere harmless toys, the making of which doubtless placed food in many hungry mouths. And besides theso toys gave to several hearts daily and hourly a vast deal of happiness which they would never have known .."ad I not caused tho pretty baubles to luive an existence. As for my exploit in what might, by some puritanical sticklers for the purest and best methods of rendering tho unman race unhappy, bo termed "body snatching," 1 do not feel that the freak of diguing np and bringing over tho sea eenie neglect*d and forgotten bones, to give them now sepulchers and fresh honors in a younger land, under brighter skies, banned so much as a fly. On the contrary, out of this freak grew all tho good that was ac complished at Pasonagessit and in every other place to which I came while in process of working np my plan for hu manizing cut of the way of wholesome and hearty happiness the whims and prejudices that upreared themselves in my path. Were it possible to find their tom br 1 would be ready to set out tomorrow and transport to Pasonagessit or some other spot in our country the bones of our first parents, old Adam and Eve, could I thereby render happy a sufficient per cent of tho human family to justify the trip. Before me I now every day saw the good fruits of my work. My father had in a remarkably short timo gathered in and deposited with the Pasonagessit un dertaker the remains of my great-grand father, Walter Johnson, put down in our genealogy as beiug tho only son of Sir Archibald; thoso of my great-grand mother, Mary Johnson, and also those of Samuel and Martha Johnson, my grandfather and grandmother, all of which had been placed in fine and cost ly caskets provided with silver plates properly inscribed. Having secured these, I thought my father would rest satisfied. But not so. He had set his heart upon obtaining the remains of Lady Arbella or Arabella Johnson from Salem, where they were mterred in 1C30, only 10 years after the landing of the pilgrims on "Forefathers1 rock." Accompanied by the Pasona gessit undertaker, and having with him the great parchment genealogical record as authority, he went to Salem and actu ally returned in triumph with the ashes and tombstone of "Lady Arbella, daugh ter of Thomas, fourteenth earl of Lin coln, wife of Isaac Johnson," as was in scribed upon the silver plate which he affixed to the beautiful casket contain ing the noble ashes. This being an ex ploit of my father's own conception and execution it gava him great satisfaction. My father's next whim was to brick up all the graves he had caused to be dug and turn them into cement lined vaults. Ho kept a small army of men at work in the cemetery. CHAPTER IX. REV. WALTER MOWBRAY-FUNERAL ORA TION' AND CEREMONIES. Leaving my father engaged in making his many improvements in his plot of ground in the Pasonagessit cemetery, aided by the friendly counsel of Rev. Nantucket Sperm, Captain Shrimp and half the village besides, I went up to New York to look after Rev. Walter Mowbray. I found him in excellent health and spirits. He was so improved in appear ance that I hardly knew him. Both face and form had plumped out, and ho had c well to do-look. The man actual ly looked 10 years younger than when 1 had last seen him. He informed mo that he felt nothing but disgust for all kinds of liquors and for his former course in life. He said this feeling was so marked and decided that ho was confident it was duo to his having been hypnotized, and added: "Your father was right in what he did. It has made my new course easy for me-indeed my easiest course." He had finished the funeral oration to his entire satisfaction and was anxious to deliver it. It had been a labor of love with him. Not only was ho glad of an opportuni ty of pleasing and obliging my father, but also of the chanco afforded for mak ing his exit from his former life in a man ner so conspicuous and decided. At his first step he would rise to respectability. All being thus favorable, I wrote and informed my father that ho might safely announce in Pasonagessit that on the oc casion of tho reinterment of the ashes of our ancestors there would be a discourse, historical and explanatorj-, by Rev. Wal ter Mowbray, a clergyman of English descent who had traveled in many lands, and who had been for a few months so journing in New York. My next care was to provide for my resurrected minister a new suit from ?op to too as fine ns could be mado in thc city. In this snit he might safely bave ascended any pulpit in the Union and would have been pronounced a cler gyman of most distinguished appear ance. Not only was ho now a "mau of God" in outward appearance, but also inwardly-at heart. Indeed ho one day informed me, with tears of joy in his eyes, of what he thought a strange phenomenon if not an actual miracle wrought in his case. This was the fact that all his old reli gious lervor liad returned to him or had Leen in some way revived in his'heart; also with this had been restored to hiT mcch of his youthful religious knowl edge-tho love of the good men of all times. When I spoke of all this a few days later to my father, he said, "Sam, my boy, there is more in hypnotism than is 'dreamt of in our philosophy!' " When I returned to Pasonagessit with the magnificent caskets contairdng the remains of Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor, accompanied by the fine and benevolent looking clergyman, Rev.Wal ter Mowbray, nothingelse was talked of in the village. The undertaker at once became the most popular man in town. Nearly every man and about half of the women of the place invented some ex cuse in order to get a glimpse of the cas kets and tombstones. The tombstones effectually dispelled whatever doubts may have arisen in the minds of any Pasonagessit person. They showed for themselves, and there was no Tlisputing their antiquity. The undertaker would have made a good thing could he have ventured upon charging a small admis sion fee. However, ho contented him self with the glory of the commission that had fallen to him and made the most of it. I even caught a glimpse one day of the Bradford of all the Brad fords as he vanished within the doors of tho undertaker. Prudence and I put this down as a "good sign." At my father's house Rev. Mr. Mow bray was treated as an honored guest. My mother and sisters were delighted with him, and ho certainly made himself very agreeable and entertaining. He and Rev. Nantucket Sperm at once be came great friends, and even' Captain Shrimp heartily enjoyed him. The great day appointed for the rein terment of our ancestors-bogus and genuine-at last arrived. All the truest, bluest blood of New England was pres ent. There was great curiosity to hear the history of our ancestors from over the sea. It had been my father's plan to convey the caskets to the cemetery and have the funeral discourse delivered in the open air, but it being represented to him that there were many very aged persons in Pasonagessit desirous of hear ing Rev. Mr. Mowbray who would find the fatigue of standing too great he al tered this part of his programme in def erence to the generally expressed wish of ?.he villagers. The people of the town begged that the discourse be delivered in tho principal church, where all could be comfortably scated. My father cheer fully consented to this proposition. This chango greatly pleased Rev. Walter Mowbray, the dearest wish of whose heart, was once more to ascend a pulpit. In conformity with the change of programme all the caskets, seven in num ber, were transported from the under taker's to tho church, and the bright array was surveyed by my father with infinite satisfaction. I was glad to note the presence of Amariah Bradford, even though crouch ed in an obscure corner. Prudence was of course present and I thought looking somewhat anxious, for she knew not what would bo tho tenor of the discourse /and feared something might be said that 'would tonch the pride of her father and perhaps arouse his wrath. While we were awaiting the gathering of the people Rev. Nantucket Sperm came to where we were seated and said to my father: "It is good in these days, given too much to t he whirl and rush incident to the race after wealth and the worship of Mammon, to see one man in our community who halts and turns aside to do honor to the bones and ashef of his ancestors. Mr. Johnson, you have set an example in this village which ir being followed. Your action, sir, is beal ing good fruit." "It has always been the dearest wish of my life," said my father modestly, "to thus bring to one spot and perma nently inter the ashes of my ancestors, both those here and those still lying in graves beyond the sea in the mother country. It was bequeathed to me. sir, as a sacred duty by my father, ana to Lim by his father, to bring the bones of toy great-grandparents to this country, iut until recently circumstances have always prevented the performance of that which has always been looked upon by myself, as by my father and my fa ther's father, as a holy duty." "God will bless your pious work," said Rev. Nantucket Sperm. "I feel that he will," said my father. Rev. Walter Mowbray was the focus of all eyes as he arose in the pulpit. Ile acquitted himself well and was listened to with marked attention by the great audience by which the church was liter ally packed. He lightly touched the Johnston of the period of tho sacking of lieu. Watter Mowbray was thc form of all eyes as he arose in thc pulpit. Thetford by the Danes and passed over the exploits of old Geoffroi with a mere glance at his "several victorious hand to hand contests with the foreign foe." My father t hought he should have con siderably enlarged upon thc puissance of this old thane, seeing that he consti tuted the very taproot of tho Johnson family tree. After tracing the history of tho John sons during thc days of their wealth and power, the orator carno to where they were overt aleen by misfortunes through being involved in costly litigation, in augurated by needy lawyers and greedy neighbors. This brought him to Sir Ar chibald Johnson, my great-?^reat-grand father-by importation. Ile said that, harassed by litigious neighbors and re duced to comparativo poverty. Sir Ar chibald at last in his old age determined to seek a homo in the new world. Ho would bid an eternal farewell to a coun try wherein ho had suffered so much at tho hands of avaricious and unprincipled persons. With what corld bc saved from the wreck of his fortune ho sent Iiis only son, "Walter Johnson, to Amer ica, intending to follow as soon as n place of shelter was found for him in one of the New England settlements. But misfortune attended the family in thc new world as well as in the old. Before Waiter was able to permanent ly establish himself and send for his par ents Lady Eleanor died. Soon after Sir Archibald fell ill. When informed that his sickness was likely to terminate fa tally, he dictated a letter to his son Wal ter in which he made it his flying request that aa soon as possible his remains should bo taken to America for perma nent burial. Ho could not enduro that oven his bones should lie in a country where ho had suffered so much and among people who had so persecuted him. The various misfortunes which had prevented my great-grandfather and my grandfather from fulfilling this sacred trust were then touched upon, and it was shown that my father was the only one of the descendants of Sir Archi bald who had ever been in a position pe cuniarily to bear the great cost of com plying with the dying request made so long ago. But the dying request had never for a moment been forgotten. The removal of the remains of Sir Archibald and their reinterment in the ooil of free America was bequeathed as a sacred duty by father to son till at last we were witnessing the fulfillment of that duty in a most notable and honorable way. "Yes," said the reverend gentleman, "in another hour the dying request made nearly 100 years ago will have been com plied with, and tho bones of Sir Archi bald will repose in American soil." 1 Here my father buried his face in his ! handkerchief, and I could sec by the con vulsive shalang of his frame that his feelings were almost too much for him. My father was highly complimented by the speaker for the pious manner in which he had fulfilled the sacred trust bequeathed to him. He had indeed so far exceeded the 'strict terms of the dy ing request as to bring over the remains of Lady Eleanor. He carried in his breast a heart that respected the mandate, "Whom God hath united let no man separate." Here I observed one of my fathor'6 eyes slyly peering out at me from be neath the handkerchief that covered his face. Our orator greatly extolled my father for thc deep reverence ho bore for his ancestors as exemplified in the mourn ful task in which the people of Pasona gessit had seen him so long and earnest ly engaged. I also came in for my full share of this praise, during which I cau tiously turned my head so far as to see that Prudence was slyly peering at me from behind her fan. Even old Ama riah threw an eye in my direction. In speaking of the evil days when the Johnson family in England fell into pe cuniary embarrassment Rev. Walter Mowbray said that 60 honorable was their course and name that they still formed matrimonial connections with the highest families in the land. "Lady Eleanor," said the orator, "was a How> ard, the proudest name in Norfolk, and Norfolk gives the title bf premier, duke and peer of England to the Howard family as descendants of the Mow brays." At this my father gave me a nudge and whispered: "There he got in a neat little stroke of work on his own account. As though by a mere slip of the tongue he sets tho Mowhrays above the How ards, the Johnsons and all others in Norfolk. The Mowbrays indeed! But, Sam, wo can't help it. We must be sat isfied with that which we can fairly and honestly claim as our own-ancestral rights which no one can gainsay." The speaker did well with Lady Ar bella. As she arrived at Salem only 10 years later than the landing of the May flower pilgrims at Plymouth, he made quite a feature of her. In this part of his discourse he took occasion to highly compliment the Puritans. This of course earned him the good opinion of his hearers, nearly every one among whom claimed to bo descended from the pilgrim fathers. While working for our Eamily, Rev. Walter Mowbray was not forgetful of his own interests. I was glad to observe this sign of reawakened ambition. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Thc Old Man's Sorrow. ."You have a daughter, have you not, sir?" said a minister to an old gentle man with whom he had formed a casual acquaintance as a fellow passenger. The old gentleman essayed to answer, but the question had strangely affected him. "I beg your pardon," said the minis ter, "if I have thoughtlessly awakened in your mind recollections of a painful nature. The world is full of sorrow, sir, and perhaps my question recalls to your memory a fair, beautiful girl, whose blossoming young life had with ered in its bloom. Am I right, sir?" "No, not exactly," replied the old gen tleman sadly; "I have five unmarried darters, mister, and the youngest of the lot is 28 years old."-Loudon Tit-Bits. Origin of thc Ballet. As long ago as tho middle of the six teenth century the ballet was in exist ence in Italy, where it was so popular that members of the royal family and nobles took part in it. 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