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CHAPTER IV.
, Contiuued.
1 in this unprofitable occupation 1
"WJUvteJ 1 know not how loug. until
^kwhtiug whether I should bo awakt
in time 1o keep the promise I lint
made to conduct xu.v aunt tlertrudc
otct our old house?no brief tr.sk, foi
St contained thirty or more rooms anc
was-a maze to the uninitiated -I liur
Jo bed, and was soon In the tor
men be' of the- most chaotic drenr
which has ever disturbed my braiu. I
beheld gorgeous barbaric palaces sol
to delightful dimes; processions oi
n>o? magnificently apparelled, of
which the principal figures displayed
rus amazing profusion of jewels; vast
bear^ of gold coins of strange mintJtgf:
quaint jars filled with precious
?tos?c> which gleamed aud sparkled;
- and dimly liguted vaults iu which
? ?n/l timKnnno/l
jonrrtrf? uvuiuvu t;uvi uuu.iuuru,
werv iuflictlDg horrible indignities or
defenceless women, strangling sonn
with botvs and beheading others witL
?ehD;tars. These scenes were projscntcd
10 ray uiind as in a phantasmagoria,
the'iast appearing so intensely
reni id its horror that I shrieked a;
fcehidding it, and rushiug at a hideou*
okJ Turk, who was firmly grasping
ttfec bair of a kneeling girl while Ik
*wTjrng his scimiihr around tie- byt
Anr lo strike her neck, I awoke, bat bed
in perspiration, and was spared ibi
ariotnacbic encounter.
The clinrcii clock struck four, and
fbr glow in the Eastern sky was as
j-ct buz feeble. I was iutcnsely rekexrd
to find myself oueo more in tuv
osnal frame 01 mind, amid my usual
\
*.ur-onndings. My terror vanished oil
opening my eyes and discovering no
ttugtlor; but the dream had made an
impr-sslon on my mind so deep that 1
?*uald not disengage my thoughts from
?t; neither couid 1 in any way account
-for iL I had never been subject t<
oneirodynia, nor had I recently tenor
talked of oriental magniticeucc and
barba ity. 1 was powerless either u
ae?imnt for the dream or to dismiss
it from my nuud.
After pouderiug the matter for litre*
inhji> or more 1 arose, i.snl dressing
myself with the same fasridious cart
a?x ou the previous day?a habit which
1 bad resolved to henceforth cultivate
?I descended into the breakfust-rootu
.My fctlier aud uncle were standing
by the window engaged in earnest
^.nfATentlATl on/1 4\lil Knot
* IMiV'.iOUUVUt tu.u Viu UVU4J l???C UUCJ
at his sideboard. Mv uncle at onet
stepped towards me and seized tn>
baud, wblcli he squeezed rather hard
<r than I considered necessary or coin
for i a bio, anil having wished me a good
rooming, informed me that I had beet
the subject o. his conversation witL
my father.
"i am afraid you lind Iloldeuhursl
a very dull place when you can line
nothing more interesting to talk of,'
1 remarked.
'"Not at all. not at all." said uncl?
Sam. "I will tell you all about it be
/ore I leave."
"Breakfast is quite ready," said mj
father, "and we may as well have ii
at once, although It wants some min
nti>c tr? oiwht Mrs Tnimnn will tolr.
^ ber breakfast in her room."'
At this we all three took our seal:
*t the table.
"Why, Ernest, my boy, what ha;
become of your color?'* asked uncl<
Sam. "Yesterday you were a typiea
bttie Englishman, but this morninj
you appeav as bloodless as a Xev
York dude.'*
I related my dream. Uncle San
laughed immoderately at the recital
and pushing his chair somewhat furih
er from the table, swayed himself t<
.and fro and roared. My father's face
too. wore a broad smile which rnergci
Into a laugh as I proceeded.
"Did you read the 'Arabian Nights
just before you went to bed?" ujj
father inquired.
"'Arabian Nights!'" echoed uncl<
Sam. interrupting me as 1 was abou
to reply; "why, if he were in London
I should have said that he had beei
to the Alb am bra, witnessed the ballet
jgtrt drunk, and been locked up for tin
night. Ila. ha! I'd give a thousaui
doll ars. and sup on pork ami cucum
bers for a month, if ouly I migin
dream that dream."
"It seems to please you. Sam." salt
MI r lUlUVI.
"It does. If I had not become a:
American. I would have oxenauged mi
nationality for that of Turkey or IVr
sia, my Christianity for Mohammedan
ism. Boundless liberty and absoluw
despotism both appeal to my taste
Besides, they are uot so diffeivn. m
some people suppose: extremes meet
yi>v know. The quasi-liberty enjoyed
or the ?juasi-despotis.?u suffered?ex
press It whicii way you will -by ih?g
lisbmeu in England. wouUl be intoler
able to me. By-tho-by, l'ai not rhi
first Truman who has r< aouueed hi*
native nationality, a:n I. Bob'.' bidn'
that old ass of an alchemist, who sprit
twenty years of his life iu trying t?
extract gold from everything that dh
not contain if, become a Turk':"*
"You mean old I'oger." said 1:11
father, thoughtfully "Yes. I believt
Ik* did: but he must liav.? reverted t?
the nationality of Ills fa;hers, if no
to their laUb, l'o: he iiied mr.r.v
I
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S?B?~' . r?vl :
VALTER BLOOM FIE '
loBtcr Bjsscr.'s Soss. j
years iu this house after his relr.rn
from the East, and died here near the
[ close of the seventeenth century."
, "Who was lloger Truman?" I asked,
looking up.
I "An auceslor of our.-, who died
about two centuries ago. lie was a
; younger brother. who left homo when
i lie was about your age. After travel
jug for some time iu the East, he en
tered the service of the Sultan of Turi
key. who made him governor of a
[ province. lie returned to Euglaud.
; after an absence of many years, ami
took up his residence here, in his
' brother's house. Very little is knowu
I about him. He survived his brother,
hut continued to live here with his
nephew. He lived the life of a recluse,
: I spending all his days and some of his
; j nights in the crypt underneath the
i j house, where he had established a la,
I boratory. He used to amuse himself
1 ' wliH ,AL<Aii.nhAe It, <-*hnmiofrr T ho.
j lieve some of bis old bottles and things
i i are there now.*'
I It cost me some pains to conceal the
great interest which this information
had l'or uic, and I am not quite sure
that the earnestness of fay attention
; was unobserved bv my uncle. Indeed,
; I always felt as If that astute indlvid
ual had power to read my thoughts,
and was never quite at my ease in his
i presence. However, I adroitly changed
the subject of conversation; but my
thoughts were still of Roger Truman
! and of what my father had said of
i him. and I resolved to open the cop
per box which bore his name iunnedi
ately afier breakfast.
I I'ncle Sam was a restless man, and
i would not sit at table for more than
lnilf an horn* if he could decently avoid
t doing so. lie was. of course, quite uarcslraiued
by the presouce of my t'aihi
er and me. and had therefore no sooner
swallowed his breakfast than he
> rose and asked his brother if he wore
I ready to accompany him on a walk
i around the estate: which, lie observed,
, would afford a good opportunity fur
; discussing certain proposals he had
; to make. My father agreed, and I re.
tired to liiv room to open the copper
bo:..
. 1 had u<> key to the box: nor would
, probably a key Rave been of any use,
. for the lock was much corroded. Uy
the aid of a strong hunting-knife and
r tlie exertlou of as much force' as I
could command. 1 prised open the lid.
and the whole of the contents fell out
? i on the Iloor. To my great disanpointr
J incut, an examination proved these
. t to consist of several neatly tied bun.
j dies of manuscript and a manuscript
[ j book, discolored by age and of mouldy
, ! odor. While I was engaged in cx,
; auditing these papers with closer ati
lenthm than tliev nonpareil to h'*
t ! worth, old Jolm entered my room to
I j inform me that my aunt was waiting
; in the drawing-room for nte to show
1 her orer tlu- house. Carelessly throw.
ing the bo\ and It? contents into a
! drawer, I followed the s'ervant down*
: stairs.
i
t j CHAPTER V.
holdlxhiust nall.
As soon ?s l reached the corridor
which led from my room to the stair*
ens? I perceived my aunt waiting for
iuc on one of the spacious landings
" which niariv each digit1 really a room
' ami partly furnished a-- such, being set
out with settees and the walls adorned
? with paintings, armor and ancient
1 v, capons.
She was dtv-sed for walking and
' ticrhtll* fi.litu* ilr/>?e irhi/.li .li/l
| no: roach the groitnd hy two or three
i inches. and a large ihiinsborough bat.
j As sin* .stood looking out ol the open
| window. small gloved hand grasp
Jul: her umbrella while she thought;
fully tapi*td her hoot with the ferrule,
i 1 noted her well. Undoubtedly my
7 nt Gertrude was very beautiful. If
features and tig are of classical proportions.
height somewhat exceeding
1 1 the average, delicate complexion and
i large eyes, capable of tender and va1
| rietl expression. atiile a woman to
| Ve so considered, then my opinion
' i migiit no; bo dissented from.
I i She was regarding the green mead
i ovs which lav at fhe hack of our
[ j house- typical Suffolk meadows, intersected
by a shallow stream fringed
1 with willows, and dotted here and
shore with red oatth and was quite
1 unconscious of being observed. In
: one particular only was my Jirst iiu
press ion of her changed. 1 had thought
- she was about tliirly. but it now
- seemed impossible that she coulu be
so old.
} My aunt was too observant of the
. peaceful English scene before her to
. notice my approach, and I had to call
- | tier a\*T.iion to my presence by wish
; iu.ir her a good morning.
- j "I am quite impatient to explore
! your wonderful old house." she said,
' | after we had exehanged the usual forr
: inal greetings, "but pray don't allow
. tne to interfere with your ordinary
> | daily engagements. Your uncle and I
? j don't return to Loudon till Monday, so
' there remain two more days for me at
! Iloldenhurst. Another time will suit
. me nearly as well, if you are busy
; now."
r j "I am never busy," I replied, "and I
rarely make engagements. I have
\
very few friends, and no enemies?s?
far as I know. Nearly all my time
since I left school has been passed at
Iloldenhurst ? walking and riding
about the place and reading and playing
to father."
"What is it that you play''"
"The pianoforte. I am very fond of
music, and so is my father."
"You must play for ine this evening.
I am a poor pianist, but some x>eople
think I can sing." said aunt Gertrude.
I replied that I should be delighted
to do so.
While this conversation was in progress
we had walked as far as the entrance
hall, which I thought was the
host place wherein to essay my skiil
as showman. This hall was a largo
square apartment with floor, walls and
ceiling of (lark oak. Opposite the great
door, and distant from it about twenty
feet, was an enormous lireplace with a
chimney piece of white marble fantastically
carved, surmounted by a portrait
in oils of a red-faced middle-aged
man clad in a leather jerkin, with collar
of preposterous width, and a flop
hat of such "liberal proportions that an
Italian peasant might have envied it.
supposed to represent the founder of
my family. He looked little enough
like a man who would ingratiate himself
with his king or anybody else, but
as I subsequently heard my uncle* remark,
it is probable that Henry VIII.
was a better judge of women than
men. On the right and left of the tireplace
were wide staircases which led
up to corridors. The walls were nearly
covered with pictures, chiefly family
portraits, relieved here and there by
weapons and dears' antlers hung in
various devices. Doors led out ot the
hall Into the dining room, library and
two parlors or reception rooms, and
from these doors to the great entrance
door wore laid narrow strips of carpet
?a highly necessary precaution, for. as
some people have painfully learned, a
frozen lake Is not more slippery than
a polished oak floor. Iudeed. I well remember
when I was a young boy the
amusement I derived from peeping
over the banisters of the staircase to
see ray father receive his guest, the
newly appointed Bishop of Norwich.
The Bishop was a fat man, intolerably
ceremonious, and with an ever-present
consciousness of his newly acquired
dignity, but he was unacquainted with
*1? !* ? a?1. *1^^..-.
ilit* qu;uuit*> <u puiu>ui'u uuit iiuum.
Scarcely had this divine crossed our
threshold ere he lay on his back, brandishing
his leas rhythmically in the
air. until restored to perpendicularity
by the united efforts 01' my father and
old John.
My aunt was greatly interested in
the pictures, and asked more questions
about them than I was able to answer.
Nearly half an hour was spent examining
the entrance ball, and I had to
state plainly that at this rate of progression
a day would be inadequate
for The accomplishment of our task,
and to suggest that we paid less attention
to each object of interest. We
wnnilwinl !ntf? 1lir? lihrnrv enro
lessly turned over the old parchments
which still lay on the table, and looked
at the oaligraohy and seals; examined
tile covers of many books and the title 1
pages of a few?treasures, all of them,
such as would excite the admiration
of the most phlegmatic of bibliographers
and move not a few of the tribe to
larceny, including a perfect lirst copy
o? Grafton's Chronicle, copies of
-'.hakespoare's plays printed when their
author was yet writing and acting in
Ix>ndon. early copies of Spens'er and of
most of the Elizabethan dramatists,
as well as many old Bibles, products
of the early printing presses of continental
Europe.
These books, worth, as I afterward
learned, nearly as much money as the
entire Holdenhurst estate, did not interest
my aunt as much as I had expected,
and wo quitted the library and
went Into the drawing room.
"What a beautiful face and how
cleverly painted!" exclaimed my aunt,
pausing in front of a portrait by Watts
which had the place of honor in our
drawing room. "I was studying it
jusc before you came down stairs. Of
course it is your mother. You are very
like her, Ernest."
The iaib-ious inference from my
aunt's sentence, and her use of my
baptismal name lor the first time disconcerted
me greatly.
On many occasions had I suff?Ted
from a natural pronencss to blushing,
but surely my self-consciousness had
never beeu so acute as at this moment.
The blood mounted quickly to
my face. I could feel its warmth and
realize the absurdity of my aspect,
but was unable to think clearly, and
not knowing what to say, remained silent.
My aunt noticed my confusion
and further remarked?
"Why, I declare, you resemble her
mo:-e than ever!"
I think my aunt must have repented
having caused me so much confusion,
for she suddenly turned the conversation.
and inquired If any of my moth
er's relations were living.
I confessed my inability lo answer
this question positively. "My grand.father
was a very unfortunate man."
I said. "He had a large family, but
lost his wife and all his children except
out? before lie was lifty. Disliking
the home where he had suffered so
much about five years ago he determined
to set lie in New Zealand, and
we have had the farm he used to occupy
still waiting for a tenant. He
wrote to niy father to inform us of his
safe arrival there, but he lias never
written since, and uiy father's letters
to him have been returned by the postofflce'
as undeliverable."
"And what about his remaining
child'.'"
To be continued.
"I am glad." said Willie's nnar.ia
proudly, "to hear that my little boy
"hose to apologize rather than to tight."
"Sure," replied Willie. "The other fellow
was a good deal bigger than me."_
, ' W v ; "
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COLLEGE NOTES.
A college of dotresiie seicn!s to
be established at University of Chicago.
1'hivid Sears, of Boston, a graduate
of the c!.;ss of IS IT. lias give;: S-oO.OOO
to Harvard University.
After this year there will he no appointment
of valedictorian and salntatorian
at Yale University.
Mrs. Margaret T<. IVissner. Tt-gisjrar
of Union died recently ai her
home in Schenvcindy, X. Y.. of pneumonia.
The Xfi*-ii?tr:5*i Federation of Women's
Clubs lias givfn tin University of
Michigan $J?{) for a scholarship for
women.
The Northwestern University is to
establish an American Insiituie of Hermanns
as a part of its College of Liberal
Arts.
An epidemic of measles recently
broke out in the University of Wisconsin
at Madison. Wis., over loo students
being altlicied.
Tim Women's Gymnasium and Field
Association of Oberlin Ctdlege lias
been established and has raised $1200
for an athletic liehl.
O.Heiai annoiuieemenf has been made
flint sixty-six Princeton students have
been dropped from the university for
deficiency in studies.
The legacy of $20,000 left, to Yv'csleyan
University by Mrs. Stephen Wilcox
has just been transferred to the
college by the executors of the estate.
At a meeting of the trustees of thf
Catholic University a decision was
reached to add a department of pedagogy
and a bureau of statistics ,iu
Catholic education.
The Governor and Council of the
fltate of North Carolina authorized
President Mclver. of the State Normal
and Industrial College, at Greensboro,
to borrow $80,000 on the State's credit
for rebuilding the burned dormitory.
The Minneapolis Times remarks:
"Somebody made a curious statement
the other day with regard to the reform
of raiddl2-aged cririiin-als. Ho
said that the reason for these reforms I
was not upon any moral grounds, but j
merely because the men had come j
to seo by that time that literally the
way of the transgressor is hard, and
briefly that crime does not pay. There j
13 probably a good deal in this remark.
No lesson is so powerful as j
the lesson of inevitable results. The
harvest is not worth the outlay, and
often when a criminal finds this out
he reforms."
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The material for the steel bridge
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11,199,994
11,274,840
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