The Moorland Cottage

came. He was a quiet,

and refinement, and so m

ather dreaded his visit.

he entered Mr. Buxton's

he received his tenants a

carce commonly civil in

or the habits, of which

sible signs. Mr. Buxton

n imperfect lesson, than

thir

sir, is that you have an

heated out of e

id Mr. Buxton, in reply,

n. They dared not, sir; t

e first rogue

up his eyebrows,

these men have lived fo

you my life, they

ry cold

nation of these books by

nesty of these said tena

fellow I know, and desire

e this mass

like," said Mr. Buxton

d, contemptuous way o

he and Mr. Henry were dee

uxton was bewildered by

him in the worrying wa

evidence. Many a time an

course to the end of his

hands; but he comforted

be convinced he had ne

although he did not make

en, one morning, Mr. H

ld, clear voice, read al

poor landlord of the de

m he had trusted. If he

o find how his confidenc

ecame passio

r. Not a man shall escap

And damages, too. Crayst

y, that is the very Crays

scoundrel! And I set hi

he's been swindl

the items of the

this I fear we c

. Buxton broke in: "But

t. I'll go to law with t

I hate in

e counsel's opinion on t

ol

e, sir. Why this Craysto

--and to think of

conversation, Frank ca

gg

horn-tree, dearest?" said

ace of a quiet hou

silence some time, look

ts of the hills, where n

e, and the quiet of whos

passionate c

ike my thorn-tre

. The thought of the sol

ls pleases me particular

I get depressed about m

ch revelations, and rem

ther's old tenant) has

of it--he has been pecu

careless, and has place

on--he is an old man,

e has been served with

him; and came over to c

o pay back what he coul

im, I think; but now, he

a furious passion. It h

f everybody seems to have

and appearance of cando

ore he would tell the wh

power to corrupt men. I

degradation has taken p

and to protect money, h

he induces deteriorat

her in measures which I

o be made an example of,

his own head! As if he h

oney was as dross to hi

e as life itself to many,

onging got the better of

They say the man was once

he has evidently lost th

responsibility of them.

, and worked my way up t

the temptations of pov

ned as my father's is. Y

ay, Maggie! It was quite

short time," said she.

this

ever grow as hard and

as my father has been t

--I would go off to Aus

d be the best thing we

ruptions and evils of an

d.--What do you say

silent--

ectly, if it were right,

would be rather cowardly

be braver to stay, and

sake of the good those al

ll this time as if neith

ere free to d

e are less than drops in

n go to mode

Maggie, laughing, "I

I've never yet planned

by the good those alwa

ee are those of a nati

you have come away fro

r or read of some hero

you will rejoice and be

vils of her complex stat

the good

minute. But cannot you

nd causes; and then has

f their remedy? Dear Fra

ou may never see the eff

wide effect of her mite.

rom us to some new countr

dear Old

ith the good, thoughtful

myself, Maggie!) Will yo

ay in England? I should

he rich men fall, of for

or

if you had been poor,

fault, and forgotten the

nd the errors into which

ou remember a story in '

ndra? Well! when I was a

d (is that the right

while, just that I migh

uzzled, and pray and lo

last he grew hardened t

e the Emperor of Russia,

t is only because I ha

per

hink how ambitious any o

not kn

n in it--I don't think o

resisted' of Burns, in o

em to me to have been th

nd mi

e we partly

ot what's

ingly. After some

e up this wish of mine to

nywhere where there is a

iet

ems to be your duty, as

t to the case of one o

enty, then I might marry

e's consent to such a ra

going to wish a wish,

fy. Look, Frank, do you

of moor a yellow gleam

of the year catches a sla

have wished to go to it

e shall have t

with the stern measure

ainst all who had imposed

her than diminished. He s

il. He remonstrated with

s father controlled his

ord, these tenantry woul

g; and that therefore he

and some opportunity gi

be blasted and hardened

Henry only raised his e

ons in a young man, sir.

eat ideas then, on the

es; and was as Quixotic

e has convinced me that

trol it, and keep it with

ard force. I admire your

ot look for the wisdom a

ft

eing set aside as an unr

e measures, and of so m

's influence that he de

and; and Maggie, sad at

uraged him in h