en) 2 5 4 4a hs — ——_— ee ~~ in \ marr IR os ORK EEKLY. I~JIeX»., moO _C)- Fee Her husband had locked up carriages, plate, china, and ped linen, and did not provide the necessaries of existence for her. He had attempted her life with a razor, and she exhibited a large red mark ef the newly-closed wound on her hand. Polly had a number of witnesses. to maintain her as- | sertions ; Ralph, on the other band, after calling the host and hostess of the Crab and Cattle to testify that he had never maltreated Polly in their house, and that he had there made her presents, and provided her liberally with money, fell back on Mr. Cesgrove as his sole supporter. Mr. Cosgrove wag quite ready to swear that Polly had been very unwifely, and what he termed “sassy;” husband, he thought, had always treated her as became a gentleman. clas: coach, and eat with Mr. Cosgrove, and cook her own food, but in his ovinion that woe right, as it was what she | Y AS to attempting her life Mr. Cosgrove | had been born to. A 1 ‘ scorned the impatation; Mr. Ash-hurst was a very kind- mannered man, and he was not a drinking man. ‘Mr. Cosgro heard Lord Ash/furst talk no end of temperance, and he would take his‘oath that he was neyer drunk; he had never seen hiv drunk—by no means, “Doe you reanembper,’ demanded Polly’s counsel, into whose hands the hapless Cosgrove had fallén for a cross- questioning, “do you remember the evening of the tenth of April?’ vr. Yes, Cosgrove remembered every night of his life. 3 “Oy fat night did net Lord Ash-hurst drag Lady Ash- lturst Yom her bed, and turn her out ef doors, in her night cloth 82" M. abatt it. -Hid he not drag her from her bed?’ 2. “Well, she came out of bed. and maybe he had hold of | ier? “Was she not pushed violently from the door by her} husband ?” “Well, she went ont of the door, and maybe he was \pushing her.”’ “And Lady Ash-hurst was in her night clothes?” Mr. Cosgrove was not quite clear on that point. “Remei you say.” Mr. Cosgrove suggested that he didn’t like oaths, he Wasa very strict Quaker, and ought not to have swore. but since he had swore, why, to the best of his memory, Lady Ash-hurst was notin full dress. “Full dress!” interrupted Polly, in tears. is flowers, and ribbons, and jewelry, and white gloves, he | never give me one bit of full dress in his life, if I was Lady ' Ash-hurst!” “Silence in the court !"’ Poliy's counsel warned her to be mute, and leave the | talking tohim. Then to Teddy: -“Did not Lord Ash-hurstturn you out, too, that night, and lock the doors of the castle. himseif remaining inside alone 7’ “T think he did something to that effect,” said Cos- grove, sedately. “Did he not then go up on the North Tower with a vio- lin, and play ‘Pop Goes the Weasel,’ and ‘Money Musk,’ and ‘Blue Bonnets over the Border,’ and dance and shout entre played—all this on the North Tower, by moon- ight?’ ‘ “Well,” said Cosgrove, in a fine burst of ingenuousness, “TY don’t mind telling you confidentially that he did.” “And on this occasion was he not drunk?” “Oh, my no, by no means!—drunk! no, indeed!” “Tn your opinion, is Lord Ash-hurst insane 3” **Not a hair of him. Insane? I know insanity when I see it. Once I was keeper of an insane asylum. -We had a President and six Congressmen among the patients. | No; he ain’t insane ; he’s just as sound as a nut.” “We do not wish to be favored with any of your per- | f sonal reminiscences."’ said the legal mind, severely. ‘I Lord Ash-hurst on this occasion was neither drunk nor crazy, what, in your opinion, was the reason of his singu- lar conduct?" “My dear friend,” said Cosgrove, with an amiable wink, “between ourselves, and you’re not to mention it, he wasn’t himself!” “And why was he not himself?” “Hoe was—well, he was a thought high!” “Do you refer to his being upon the Tower?” “Bless your innecence, no!” said Cosgrove, genially. “He was rather lifted up in his mind.” “And what had caused the lifting up of his mind?” “Nothing; only, you see, he'd taken a little too much.” “A little too much zofat ?” demanded the counsel, stern- ly. “Had he taken a little too much water ?” “Water? Oh, you don’t know Lord Ash-hurst; he don’t driuk water—at least, not water straight. Itwas too much ae Whisky was the matter with him just at that ime. “What!” said the connsel, with grand indignation. “Now you admit that his conduct was caused by too much whisky, and yet, just now, you declared over and over | again that he was not druns.” “Sir! replied Teddy, loftily,;“(I merely meant that he | | Was the other Ash-hurst, who had openly recognized his was not mirac lous drunk.” “And what is your explanation of iriraculous drunk ?”’ “It’s just here.” said Teddy, tapping his Jeft foretinger tip with the tip of his right forefinger. ‘‘A manis miracn- lous drunk wheu he don’t: know hisself, nor his relations, nor his enemies, nor his friends, nor what he’s doing. Why, once T knew aman who was miraculous drunk, and he went into a court like this, and he says toa big-wig like you, ‘What a fool you do make of yourself!’ and TI put it to you, he wouldn't have s he had not been miraculous drunk.” “My lord,” said the counsel to the court, “it is useless | ‘ It is quite impossible to | aimit his testimony, or to believe anything that he | to question such aman as this. says.” “Believe anything that I say,” sighed Teddy Cosgrove. | “Of course you can’t; | ain'tso soft as that.’ “My lord,” protested the counsel, ‘this man must be | drunk,” . { *Which is probably his normal condition,” said the judge. “Let him be removed from court, and given a few vas in which to become sober.” alph, finding that the family lawyer would not under. |” take his shameful case, had secured the services of a | criminal lawyer, known for his asttteness and his readi- | ness to defend a bad man in bad acts, This lawyer was doing his best toshow that poor Polly | had inveigled Lord Ash-hurst into a hasty and low mar- riage; had driven him nearly distracted by her bad man- | ners and hard heart, and was quite unworthy of any ali- | mony. If the court gave her a large sum, thev would merely put a premium on the capture of lords and gentle- men by crafty bar-maids. Things in Scotland would soon | come tosuch a pass, that a thirsty man of fortune dare not drop into a wayside inn to take a drink, without being draggec afraid that the country was going te ruin. Mr. Cosgrove, having bee given a day or two to reflect on the evil consequences of bearing false witness, was | reproduced in coark to answer one or two questions. Mr. Cosgrove hat Ralph’s notes to the extent of five hundred pounds. He also had the key of the plate-chest at the castle. He had concluded to go that evening to Edinburgh and collect the money on the notes, the next day to go to Ash- | hurst and help himself to some plate. and then depart | from Leith tor Rotterdam. talph being his bail, Cosgrove thought that the opera- | tion which he called “skipping” was only an additional and proper way of getting compensation for helping Ralph | Wingham to become Ralph Ash-hurst. On this day of his rexppearance in court, Teddy Cos- grove had made ail his preparations for_ carrying out his designs, and seeking happier fates and more favorable skies, when, just as he was slipping out of court, a hand was laid on his shoulder, and a stranger remarked mildly in his ear: “My friend, you’re wanted.” “I’m not coming if I am,” quoth Teddy; ‘I've business ; of my own.” “Don’t be disagreeable, but just step along easy.” said the stranger, taking outa pair of bandeufts, and holding | them insinuatingly near Teddy, while the apparently light grasp on his arm was the grip of a hand of steel. “Well, what am 1 wanted for?’ whined Teddy, trying to edge away. “For several little matters. pounds, a watch and a diamond ring.” “That was all in America, sides [ never did it. that-firm clasp. “Extradition,” said the officer, with a brevity more ap- | palling than speech to the voluble Teddy Cosgrove. chance ieft me to creep out? Say am I fairly sucked in?” | said Teddy, twisting and cringing. > 4 You're probably good for twenty years in State rison.’ , “*Pon your sacred honor?’ plead Teddy. “Haven't any other kind.” Teddy made a wild plunge for freedom, wild but hope- less. The amiable officer nodded to a comrade, they slipped on Teddy’s bracelets, hustled Mr. Cosgrove off the court- toa steps, and into a cab, and away rolled Teddy to his ate. j ; “Upon my soul,” said Teddy to the officers, “this is the third time I’ve been unjustly arrested, and the men who for aie me had to pey me five thousand dollars damages for the injury done my reputation, and I got a seat in the Legislature by it, too. And that's what will happen to you, see if it don’t.” The news of this trifling disaster to Teddy Cosgrove soon reached Ralph, and at first he was greatly terrified. The vengeance which had overtaken his partner in crime, seemed to presage his own destruction. He left the court-room, and sought his lodgings as he moodily meditated on this turn in Mr. Cosgrove’s attairs. Then he took heart of grace; he felt that this was for him an especial good fortune ; he said to himself: ' “Suppose Teddy does tell tales of me now no one will credit | ks a convicted criminal, it will be esteemed sheer spite. could now only get the court to divorce me trom Polly, so that we both could marry again, 1 wouldn’t_ mind giving | the creature something handsome. Rid of Teddy, and rid of Polly, 1 would turn over anewleaf. I'll get the house opened and filled with servants; the brandy is about used up and I'll buy no more; [li stop drinking and live plainly and take good care of the estate, and go off on a yacht for | a year, and when I come back all this storm will be blown over, and just as like as not I can marry Patty Greylock yet. Yes; [ have had my fling, and now I'll settle down. I’ve sowed my wild oats at last; I'll turn ever a new leaf. That's fixed.’ ’ ; But there always comes a time to the presistent ill-doer, such as Ralph Wingham, when in having their fling they have got beyond the limit of all good possibilities ; when the wild oats are so widely. sown that there is nothing left for receiving a better crop; when they talk about a new | leaf—lo! they have blackened the last leaf in the book, | and there are no more leaves to turn. “Come back! Come back!” cries Meroy after them into the shadows of their self-chosen way, and they will not come, andthen the arm of Nemesis reaches after them into the night, and it is TOO LATE! The next day Ralph Wingham went into court, full of | his new intentions. He had bathed and dressed with scrupulous care; had been in the hands of the barber; he had ordered and put on a new suit. There was no odor of whisky or tobacco about his person. He felt that he had now set outon his return from debauchery, and was in the true path of the gentleman. It was the last day of the trial of the great case—Ash-hurst vs. Ash-hurst. Poliy’s counsel was closing his plea. He was depicting | in glowing terms the innocent and independent estate of the handsome village girl, who was lured into.a disastrous e: starved, abused, terrified, in every way mal- treated and endangered by the black-hearted lord of Ash- hurst. Polly sat in court listening, aud the great tears her | To be sure he made her travel in a third-class | ve was ready to take his - oath that he had | Se ’ Cosgrove considered there must be some mistake | iber you are here on youroath—be careful what | “Tf full dress | kelike that to a big-wig if | at the chariot wheels of some trinmphant bar- | maid, who would provoke him to frenzy, and then demand | of the court.a separation and alimony, ‘The lawyer was | : i There’s a bigamy, and a) bail-skipping, and a jail-breaking, and a forgery, and aj} robbery—Lord Simeor, traveling in Kansas, two hundred | I'm in England now, and be- | s I’ve always been a moral mena | Methodist.” said Cosgrove, trying to wriggle away from = ying 8 | | | rolled oyer her yet plump and rosy cheeks. Her wrongs had never to her seemed so great, her sorrows so many, as now, that, in grand phrases, they were depicted by “this tine gentleman,’’ her lawyer, whom she regarded with wonderful veneration. “My lords and gentlemen!” cried this splendid advo- cate, in the curled white wig, and the long black satin robe with a velvet collar, “my lords and gentlemen! to ; your humanity and chivalry, the most wronged and un- happy of the lovely daughters of Britain: appeals for re- | dress!” - 4 | “What isthe man talking about?! sighed Polly, to her- self; * itis not a dress of any, kind I want. but lots of that | money called alimony, and then I can buy my own dresses.” >) Bale > a | But before another glowing period could be begun, there was a great stir at the court-house door. The crier, re- senting it, proclaimed ‘‘silence in the court!’’ and, in the | ensuing hush, a.party of four walked up the broad central | aisle of the court-room, and took their Seats. These four | were Ralph—Lerd > Ash-hurst—with Joyce on his arm, | and the venerablé Judge Gilchrist, escorting Mrs. Muir. They were followed» by the: Ash-hurst lawyer, in wig and robes, and a small office-boy, panting under the weight of an enormous blue bag. . Seated on the bench, hearing the Ash-hurst vs. Ash-hurst case, and greatly scandalized at the revelations of the iniquities of his suppositious god- son, was Judge Campbell. He now saw below him in the court another godson, haying the advantage of being ev- idently clothed and in his right mind. Every eye in court was turned on these four well-known faces. Here was Judge Gilchrist, whom, for eight months, they had deplored as dead. Here was Mrs. Muir, whose obituary had been published, asserting her being buried at sea. Here was Ash-hurst—at least. it seemed Ash-hurst— | so Jong well known, and recently so thoroughly degraded. And here—smiling in the garments of a young bride, | orange-blossoms nestling under the white plumes in her hat, Clad in a gray silk, and not in the diaphanous robes of | the angel—was the beautiful Joyce. A _ breathless si- lence pervaded, for an instant, the court-room, as this party seated themselves. The silence was, broken by a scream like that of a wild beast. case in hand had sprung to his feet, was grasping a rail- ing before him, and with wild, starting eyebalis, was | glaring at the strangers. His voice rose. wild and un- earthly : “Raiph Ash-hurst? have you come up from the sea to torinent me?’ Foam poured over his lips; his form and features worked ! | | | i | i and was then stretched at Ash-hurst, making a clutching motion. g%e gave a succession of sharp, inarticulate | yelps, like a mad dog. Many lookers-on gazed as if fasci- ; hated by the horrible spectacle; but others, with the servitors of the court, rushed forward, pressed his arms down by his side, lifted the stiffened figure. covered the distorted face, and carried him into an antechamber—the echo of his cries coming back into the court-room. “The Ash-hurst lawyer now rose and askel a hearing. “My lords and gentlemen, I beg for a stay in the pro- ceedings of the present case. If this case, my lords, closes | by a finding of alimony for the plaintiff—said alimony be- | ing chargeable upon the estate of Ash-hurst in Fife—it will be to the detriment of my client and late ward, Ralph, } Lord Ash-hurst, of Fife—said client having been of his | rights, estates, and privileges long unlawfully defrauded by the defendant in the case now before my lords, one | Ralph Wingham, of Hackney, London, who, unright- | eously asserting himself to be the ‘Said Ralph, Lord Ash- | hurst, has usurped. with foul intent, dis possessions. ; “Therefore, I beg the court to consider that the suit at | present before it, is null and void, inaSmuch as itis based ; on aclaim, that the defendant, Ralph Wingham, being Ralph, Lord Ash-hurst did marry at Peat the plaintiff, | Mary Andrews, and that on account of his ill-treatment, said Mary Andrewsis demanding separation, with ali- | mony, granted out of the said estate of Ash-hurst of Fife, in which she, being the wife of Ralph Wingham, and not of Ralph Ash-harst, has no dower right. “In support of which my demurrer, my client, Ralph, true lord of Ash-hurst, Fife, is here in court, prepared to prove that he és true Lord Ash-hurst, and that the defend- ant in the case now proceeding, is an alien, and an impos- tor, by whom he has been defrauded, and his life endan- } ; } i 1 gered.” & Every eye and ear was intent upon this address of the Ash-hurst counsel to the court; among the rest, poor Polly listened with wide, black eyes, anda face alternately paling and flushing. , As she began to understand that her position as Lady Ash-hurst was an illusion, and that the man who had so ill-treated hér Was an impostor, and that her dream of ali- mouy, chargeable to the Ash-hurst estate, was forever ; ended, she put down her head on the back of a chair | standing before her, and began to sob bitterly. No one noticed poor Polly, all interest was centered on the Ash-hurst party; the judge granted a recess, stay in proceedings having been granted in the case of Ash-hurst vs. Ash-hurst. | A erowd now surrounded the new-comers, with’ ques- tions, as to how could this be Ash-hurst? who and what rival and victim as he entered court? demands as to the escape of Judge Gilchrist, and Mrs. and Miss Muir? the —— however, being at once introduced as Lady Ash- ,urst. In the midst of this wonder, confusion, and congratula- tion. Joyce, embarrassed by the crowd, slipped away from her husband, and her eve caught the vision of Polly, alone, sobs. Joyce's womanly sympathies were at once aroused; her ter’s sorrow; She crossed the court-room, and bending to- ward Polly’s ear, said: 7 “Young woman, whatis the matter, you seem to be in great trouble?” “Oh, Um going to lose my ease, and I won't get any money after all my tronble, and all I’ve had to stand; oh, “Why,” said Joyce, kindly, ‘had you asuit in court, and is it lost?) lam very sorry for you; what can I do for you? Whatis your name?” “Ivs—La-dy—Ash-hurst,” sobbed Polly. “At least I thought it was—and how that gentleman said he wasn't Lord Ash-hurst, and I wasn’t Lady Ash-hurst, and I ; hadn't any claims!” Poliy lifted her finshed, tear-stained face as she | spoke. “Poor girl,” said Joyce, “were you really married to that wicked man, and he maltréated you? How unfortunate you are!” “And whatis your name, miss?” said Polly. admiring the beanty and the graciousness of the stranger who bent toward her. “fam Lady Ash-hurst,” said Joyce, simply. ; ae you look it, a sight more than ever I did!” gasped Polly. Polly’s one friend, the landlady of the Arms, had been ' out of court for a space, and now returned, and running up behind Joyee, threw her arms around Polly's neck, ery- ing: “Oh, my poor dear, what is it [ husband has gone stark mad, stopped !”” By this time she had a sight of Joyce, and letting go Polly, she grasped that lady's dress, erying: hear; your wicked they say, and the case is here, safe and lovely, standing en Seotch soil once more, when I thought you were drowned in the depths of the sea? Praise the Lord?” “I hope,” said ‘Joyee, smiling, “that You will praise the Lord now tor my not being in the depths of the |} seal”? ? “And,” pursued the landlady, ‘there you are, fresh as 2 rose, with a bride’s hat on, thunk Heaven. But, oh, Miss Joyce. my dearie, that wicked man that made love to you, and treated you so shameful oat of his vicious heart, why he’s gone and married this poor soul, and abused her most shameful. Poor, dear; you had an escape, Miss | Joyee |” oyce made no answer, but by turning her eyes toward | her husband, who was standing beside Judge Campbell, ' who had his arm on his shoulder, while two other gentle- men were grasping his hands. The landlady following her look, beheld -Lord Ash-lhurst, but not the besotted mis- , ereant who had fer months been accepted as lord. This, a little bronzed, and a little older than when she had seen | him last, was Ash-hurstof Ash-hurst. But who then was he, who, in all but morals, had seemed his peer, and had so successiully held his place? Polly, too, had followed the glance of Joyce; she cried: “Ts that Lord Ash-hurst?”’ Joyce nodded. “Oh, my goodness! my goodness!“ moaned Polly, “they're like as a pair o’ twins, and only 2 bottle o’ whisky | makes the difference !”’ But the landlady of the Arms had rushed to greet her | lord. “Say, am I nabbed, and the papers all made out, and no | “Oh, sir! Oh! Lord Ash-hurst, is this yourself, after all our trouble? Butif it is, whoishe? And do youremem- | ber me?’ “Why not, my good landlady of the Arms?” said Lord Ash-hurst. “How is your son Roger, and your daugnter Prissy ? And has the pup I left with you the night before went away, grown into a fine dog?’ “Oh, it’s you! it’s you!’ cried the good woman, throw- ing her arms up inher emotion. “I never could get him to remember as how he'd left_a Ner’fun’lan pup with me. But, my lord, my poor girl, Prissy, is dead, and he never remembered to ax mea word after her, and I allus took it strange, for my Prissy were ever a favorite at the castle.” Meanwhile, Joyce was still standing by poor Polly. “Can I not do something for you?’ she urged, gently. “There's all my good things I bought,’’ murmured Polly. “T lett’em at the Arms, with the lanlady; can’t I have them ?”’ “Why, certainly.” said Joyce, “they are yours, Have you no friends?’ “Only her, and my old master and misses at the Crab and Cuttle.” replied Polly. “I don’t know whatever I'll | do.. I won’t have to go back and be his wife, will 1?” | “2 should hope not, that would be dreadful,” said Joyce. “And I haven’t any money,” said Polly; ‘he never would let me have a cent, only what I got out of his pock- ets when he was drunk; and lately he hasn’t kept any mo- ney by him. Idid get things at the shops on his name, ig he went and published me, and I’ve had a most dread- | ful time.’ | “Don'tfret about having no money,” said Joyce, “T will ; give you fifty pounds, and that will keep you for a while, until you know what you had better do for yourself.” | “Oh, my Jady, you're very good. But isn’t it an awful | come-down for me! Why that lawyer gentleman, he told me I'd be sure. after his awful pranks, to get as much as out of the estate; now I ; three hundred pounds a year } won't, will I?’ | “No, because you see the man was an impostor, and had | no estate.” | Here the lawyer. who had Polly’s case in hand, came | from the anteroom, and approached his distressed client. {| “Oh,sir!’’ eried Polly, “it seems I’m not to get any al- ; mony atall.” | “Why, if turns out that this man is not Lord Ash-hurst, but a person by the name of Wingham; now if that is es- tablished, you cannot get alimony out of the Ash-hurstes- | tate, and this Winghain is a beggar, and ‘has nothing even ; for himself.” | “But the divorce!” cried Polly, eagerly, “can’t I get | that? I’ve not to be his wife after all this,have 1? Why, | he'll murder me! I know he will.” | “fo obtain a divorce, a new suit must be entered, and | you have no means to carry such an one on,” said the | eounsel. | “As tothat,” cried the impulsive Joyce, “I had rather | pay the expenses of a suit flan to leave any woman at the | mercy of such a terrible bruteas that Wingham.” |. “At present, my lady,” returned the lawyer, “the man | is raving crazy, and you cannot institute a suit against a | erazy person, as he is incapable of defending himself.” “The insanity may be temporary,” suggested Joyce. ' “Phere are four doctors in the anteroom with him,” re- {| plied the lawyer, “and they are makitig arrangements to | get him committed to an asylum. I have been listening | to their opiniens, and they think that he is likely to be in- The defendant in the | convulsively ; his right arm, uplifted, wavered in the air, | leaning on the back of a chair, her frame shaken with | own great happiness added to her commiseration of a sis- | “Oh, Miss Muir! my dearest young lady, do T see you | has a large frame, and naturally avery, vigorous constitu- tion; it will take a long while for disease to destroy such a physique; his terrible drinking habits, the excitement of his mind consequenton his crimes, and the immense strain of keeping his secrets, have conspired to overthrow his reason. e was on the high road to insanity, and this be- ing suddenly confronted by Lord Ash-hurst has completed at once the ruin that was imminent.” ‘ oe I can’t get adivorce from the crazy man?’ shrieked ‘olly. The lawyer shook his head, and retreated to confer with his brother counsel. The landlady had returned in time to hear these last woes She looked at Polly with great compassion ; so did oyce. ““Phis is a terrible punishment,” said Joyce, “for a hasty and ambitious marriage. Your fault is bitterly avenged.” “Oh, yes; and it was a fault!” cried Polly; “for I was being Lady Ash-hurst, and living in a castle, and having seryants, and a coach, and fine clothes, quite took my eye, i and so I married, and said no word to my poor Paisley weaver—oh, me !”’ “That was very wicked of you to break a solemn prom- ise,” said Joyce. one I’m less sorry for you,”’ remarked the landlady, severely. | “Oh, don't you turn against me!’ wailed Polly. “It’s | harder on me than on anybody,. and now I can’t get loose | from him!’ { i She began tocry so pitifully that the landlady of the Arnis was moved. She replied: - “Poor dear! you've paid well for your faults,and if my girl had lived, I wouldn’t have wanted any one to be hard on her. TV’li-tell you, my dear; you can run away from this country—you ean-go to America, and maybe there you can get a divorce. See, my dear—have you no friends in America?’ L “Yes,” said Polly ; “Ive got a cousin out there; she’s ;} onafarm in Iewa. She have often, axed me to go out i there to her. She married a Paisley lad. The school- | master used to write me letters to her; but since I was | Lady Ash-hurst I thought I was too high to have to do with such folk.” “More shame to yeu? you're worse than I thought you!” said the landlady. “I’ve amind not to haye ought more to do with you.” “Do not be angry,” saidJoyce. ‘Take her home to your house, and be good to her. Let her pack up her things, and write to her cousin in America, and I will give her | money to go out there with. I feel very sorry for her.” Again the landlady was mollitied, and suggesting to Polly that it was time she left the court, the defeated wo- man wiped her eyes, strove to find a parting smile for the lady who had befriended her, and taking the arm of the landlady, left the room. The earnest kindness of Joyce Ash-hurst’s face, during her interview with the unhappy Polly, had drawn many an admiring glance. Lord Ash-hurst had not allowed her to ve interrupted—indeed, he felt much sympathy for the peers Polly—and as Joyce now returned to him, he said : “Well, my dear lady, have you succeeded better than the a in settling the affairs of this deceived wo- man ?” i “I'm going to send the poor thing to America,” said oyce. “What! away from her lawful husband?” said Judge Gilchrist. “I think,” said Joyce, “that it is wicked for a woman to have such a husband as that.” “She probably was wicked in marrying him in the first place,” said the judge. ‘People should consider the finality of such a step, and be carefulon what grounds they take it. Itdoes seem very cruel to hold a woman to a marriage with such a man as that, but if we loosen in any way the sacredness of the marriage compact and its inviolability, we shake the whole foundations of society. It is better to accept the evil of maintaining unalterable a bad mar- riage , than to incur the greater evil of weakening the sanctity and obligation of all marriage.” “T suppose so,” sighed Joyce, who, hanging on her hus- band’s arm, would have been exceeding loth to have any- thing weaken the tie between them. ‘‘But this seems hor- rible, to have a poor creature bound to a depraved deceiver of the vilest and most cruel cCharacter—one who has de- ceived her even in his very name.” “Yes,” said the judge; “but this is one of repeated instances, all teaching that people should not marry on a short acquaintance, or without the foundation of respect and well-established affection. Men and women should see that in marriage they choose a partner sor life, and in such choosing they cannot be tooscrupulous inv their study of character and antecedents. This young woman, from a foolish ambition to rise out of her natural station in life, married a pot-house roysterer. Given respect and atten- tion, founded on mutual, thorough acquaintance, and a marriage is likely to be a happy one, although it be cele- brated in the way I have just been telling, under a palm tree on a desert island, the groom wearing an out-of-date, shabby suit, and the bride with no more magnificence than a brown cashmere gown.” The afternoon was passing away. The court was called to order to be adjourned until the morrow. In the instant of silence that succeeded the crier’s voice, those gathered in the court-room heard a succession of short wild shrieks, as Raiph Wingham was carried outof the antechamber, and then the roll of wheels, as thescoach into which he was shut with three keepers, rolled off to fake him to an asylum for the insane. Glad enough were the Ash-hurst party to find themselves | in the retirement of Judge Campbell's home, whither they immediately hastened. The next few days were absorbed in business, and then Lord Ash-hurst securred a summer residence for a few weeks at Inveresk, where, in a bep&tiful villa, his wife and her mother could rest a, i voyages, and the excitements of turn. Pees " , Here, in the Montpelier of Scotland, they received a few particular friends, and a surfeit of letters of congratula- tion, and hid from public view, whileall Scotland was ring- ing with the story of the Wingham-Ash-hurst imposture, the hair-breadth escapes of two high-born ladies, the is- | lana wedding, and the happy return. |. Here Joyce received an elaborate epistle from the iand- | Jady of the Ash-hurst Arms, stating that she had escorted poor Polly Wingham to Glasgow, and had seen her safely oe for America on the steamship Italia of the Anchor ine. Polly had gone off, vowing that if Ralph Wingham did not die pretty soon, she would get a divorce from him in America, and marry her first love, the Paisley weaver, who | Was willing to forgive her cruelty, and who had gone up | to Glasgow to see her off. | “YT cannot understand such a woman as Polly,” said | Joyce, turning a puzzled face to her mother, as she con- ; cluded the reading of this letter. “T should hope not,” replied Mrs. Muir, with severity. “T consider her a very foolish and light-minded young person, and I am glad she has left Ash-hurst, for, for my ” before the young women on tlre estate. Here at Inveresk they also received a paper containing | | an account of the arrivalin the United States of one James | Green, alias Tony Hunter, aligs Bill Pitkin, alias Teddy | Cosgrove, alias a hundred other things, nadsr which ac- cumulation of aliases it was impossible to decide on his | realname. This individual having been delivered into the | received’ a twenty years’ sentence. In a fit of delirium | tremens, consequent upon the lack of his customary drink, the prisoner had attempted suicide, but was saved just in | tiie to afford a broanock of his serving out his sentence, Teddy, had overtaken both, and dealt out the due reward of their crimes. : : ie | By autumn, the Ash-hurst affairs were settled; the cas- | tle -was renovated, the grounds were in order, the old serv- | ants were most of them found and restored, all traces of the reign of Wingham and Cosgrove seemed to have been wined out, On the morning of the twelfth of November, all the bells of Ash-hurst church began to ring jubilantly ; the rector had an early week-day service at the chureh for especial thanksgiving for the happy return to his home of Ash- hurst of Ash-hurst, and his wonderful deliverance from his enemies. There were arches of flowers and evergreens over the road leading from Dunferline, over the principal village street, and the carriageway through the park to the castle; a pavilion was erected on the lawn, the Scotch and English flags were fiying, and the Ash-hurst arms were emblazoned in all convenient places. The tenants had been invited to a grand feast, the school-children, in holiday dress. walked in procession to meet the family coach which brought Lord and Lady Ash-hurst to take possession of their home. This coach was followed by others bearing Mrs. Muir. Jadge Gilchrist, Judge Camp- bell, the family lawyer, and other purtioular friends. What a roar of welcome and congratulation went up from allthe tenants and servants at sight of the lord. He seemed a lord twice as well worth having, since he had been the hero of such marvelous adventures, and mon- arch of all he surveyed on a desert Island. The next day had been set for the receiving of all the family friends. the country people, at what Lord Ash-hurst designated his wedding-breakfast. This was the first an- niversary of his marriage, and as circumstances over which he had no control had prevented his extending his invitations to his friends on his wedding-day, he greeted | them at the opening of a new year in his married life. Joyes now pppoe as a bride of Ash-hurst, wearing the wonderful vail and jewels left_by the Lady Louisa to all the brides of Ash-hurst. Thus Mrs. Muir's motherly pride was gratified, though Judge Gilchrist declared that Joyce had looked just as well when he had married her under the paln on the Atoll of Notu. (THE END.] [A new. story by Duncan Macgregor will soon be eommenced.] —_—_—— — > © <4 —___—. ----- Recent Publications. THE CASHIER'S SCRAP-BOOK. Compiled by H. C. Percy. With illustrations and portraits. Publishers, G. W. Carle- ton & Co., New York. 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This will bring the side forms and back piecex the straight way of the goods, and there will be no danger of the side forms drawing, as is alwaysthe case when they are in the least bias. Cut the fronts lengthwise of the material and straight on the front edges. The curving at the waist does not affect the cutting; itis to be done in thefitting For double-breasted garments, be careful io have the lengthway of the goods exactly straight down the middle of the front. Cut the parts of the sleeve above the elbows the straight-way of the goods, so thatif they are at all curved the bias part will come atthe wrist. If the goods will not admit of it, cut the outer parts so, at | any rate, and do the best possible with the under parts. | nicely. | cents. | suitable for a wrapper than anything else. Whenever it is essential that anything shall be cut bias, be sure and have it exactly so, or it will draw, or not hang This applies more particularly to trimmings, the backs of sleeves, flounces, and tie like. In cutting goods that are figured, or have a nap or pile, be careful to cut all parts the same way of the goods; that is, with the fig- ures all the same way, the nap of the cloth running down- ward, and the pile of the velvet running upward or down- ward, whichever is preferred, but cut all the pieces the same way. Many prefer velvet with the pile running up- ward, as aricher appearance is thus imparted to the ma- terial. “Topeka,” Kansas.—Ist. A simple yet unique costume for a masquerade may represent the Swiss shepherdess. Skirt of red woolen goods, with a wide border of black velvet; waist of black velvet, trimmed with gold and silver braid, worn over a blouse-corsage having full sleeves and large velvet. cuffs. Short overskirt, with draped tablier. Tyrolian hat of black felt, ornamented with green ribbon and cock feathers. Red and blue striped stockings; black kid shoes, with buckles and bows. Shepherd’s crook, ornamented with flowers and ribbons. 2a, Another pretty and inexpensive costume is to repre- sent a ‘Bunch of Cherries.” Dress of white Swiss muslin, trimmed with narrow red ribbon; tunic caught up with cherries; bodice interlaced with red ribbons ; bunches of cherries around the waist and in the hair; a small basket of cherries on the arm, “Tda May.’—Ilst. Your crape sacque will be niuch more stylish cut from some design that is slightly fitted to the form—pattern No. 6,338, or the Romelia Paletot; either of these patterns would be extremely simple and thoroughly practical in design, yet stylish in effect. 2d. A quilted, silk lining will be the only lining suitable for a black crape sacque. You can purchase the lining ready quilted at any first-class dry-goods house. 3d. It will not require to be trimmed, and may be fastened with hooks and blind eyes or loops; buttons covered with crape may be placed upon the garment as a finish. 4th. The quantity of material required to make the garment will depend much upon the width of the crape—trom three to three and one-half yards, providing the crape is not over twenty-seven inches wide, but if it is thirty-six inches in width, it will not require quite as much. “Bride.”’—I1st. A traveling suit, walking length, would be the most suitable dress for a bride who starts on a train immediately after the ceremony. 2d. A dark wine-colored wool combined with velvet would look well, and be be- coming. and for a hat, we should recommend one of ecru beaver, trimmed with wine-colored velvet, and ecru os- trich feathers. The gloves should be pale ecru kid, the tie atinted gauze, embroidered wine or ecru shales, or 2 series of loops of narrow satin ribbon of the two colors, grouped for the throat in conjunction with a jabot of Bre- ton lace. 3d. Put with your brown silk a narrow stripe trimming, satin in brown and gold colorson a brocade, small figured, with a brown ground and gold, with other colors; the pattern, it made with a trimmed skirt and basque, pointed back and front, “Christmas.’’—To make a Santa Claus, take five large pine cones, two for the arms, two for the Jegs, and one for the body ; glue them together, and wind them round with wire; cut the boots out of wood, set them on a block, sharpen the upper ends, and insert them in holes bored in the legs; glue the head and hands of an ordinary painted doll on the body and arms: make the beard and hair of flax, and fit a fur cap on the head. Put a girdle of dried moss round the waist, to conceal the wire, and a knit-tip- pet on the neck. Fasten a pasteboard basket, filled with candies and tiny toys, on the back, throw a netted bag with nuts and lady-apples over_one shoulder, and puta miniature Christmas tree in one hand, and a nut-cracker and switch in the other. “Hunter.’”—A shooting suit may be made after the fol- lowing style: The suit consists of a jacket, trousers, and leggings. The jacket is made of gray cloth, and furnished with several pockets. The short. trousers of grayish green cloth are strapped below the knee with small buckles. The leggings of strong yellow leather are fin- ished at the bottom with black pateut leather. The hat of light gray felt is trimmed with feathers on the left side. In making this suitone may select other colors if they prefer them to those mentioned. “Mrs. A., Toledo, O.—ist. The Alburnine is free from everything that is injurious to the hair or scalp, or to the blood, and will stain hair of any color to a beautiful golden brown, either light or dark, as one desires, as there are two shades of the Alburnine, price of each being $2.50 per bottle. 2d. It can only be sent by express. The express charges are collected when the goods are delivered, there- fore we do not know just how much it would cost to send it to Toledo, but should think not over thirty or forty cents. “Mrs. Jennings.” - Little girls from two tofour years of age, when their parents do not care to dress them in white, wear box-plaited blouses made of dark navy-blue or gen- darme flannel. ‘These haye three box-plaits down the front, and the same behind; the plaits are stitched by machine near each edge, from the neck down to the waist, and over the hips, but are loose on the skirt. A wido belt of flannel is strapped on low down on the hips. “Vera Ali.,” Drefton.—For your little boy three years of age, we think the Scotch plaid that you have would make him avery pretty little suit. Cat from either of the fol- lowing patterns. No, 6,332, a boy’s kilt costume, or 6,288, boy’s diagonal blouse ; price of the first pattern is 25 cents, and that of the blouse 20 cents. Send your name and ad- diess, and we will send you a catalogue, and mark some patterns which we think would be pretty. “Grace.’—l1st. Babies of nine months wear short yoke slips, or else box-plaited ones of white muslin. Theil underclothing gives warmth enough. 2d. The long cloak is used in cold weather, at least until the child is a year old, when a walking coat is made of cloth or of watided cashmere, in princess shape. 3d, Your goods are more Make it in plain princess style. “Pansy.’’—Rip your dress apart, and purchase about five yards of soft gros grain to put with it. Combine the two upon a lining, using the figured silk for trimmings and drapery, and the remainder for the basque, while you can arrange a collar and cufis of the gros grain. Well put to- gether, you would have a handsome dress. “Mary A. J.’—1st. We can send you a book entitled “Ladies’ Guide to Needle-Work” upon receipt of fifty 2a. Mottoes comein great varieties, both in sizes | and price, costing from one cent upward. 3d. We can send | them to you, with the materials to work them with. relaxes the system and renders us liable to at- | holera-morbus, ae in stomach, eolie, and | F attections for | r. 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