DALLAS GALBRA1TH.

1868.]

“I know.

l’ll try, Laddoun.

The

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more because Noanes tells me you‘re

“You mean them chemicals, Lad doun ?” after a puzzled pause. “I thought

going to bring but a few of us in.”

that boy of yours did that work. He’s put

his soul into the herbs and black-drops and he ought to have his own way about - he makes out of them. It’s a pity, too. it. I’ll treat the village afterwards ; they It‘s trifling work, and he be genooine,” sha’n’t complain. But there‘s rough raising his voice, H Galbraith be; I’ve jokes made at our country weddings reason to know that. He be the kind of man to anchor to.” that I don‘t choose my wife to hear.” With the tender inflection in his tone, Laddown combed his whiskers with a and quieting of his eye, there was a cer pleased smile. tain swelling defiance in his whole burly “ Yes, he’s good stuff. I discovered body, which to mild little Van Zeldt him. I made him.” was thoroughly lordly. A man was in Van Zeldt turned quickly, but was no mean sort a hero, who could put prudently silent. Laddoun was unwa Manasquan at arm’s length thus. rily touching on a matter which hitherto “You’re the right sort, George,” he had been held secret. said. “ When you‘re settled and a land “ Made him as entirely as you cut holder you’ll bring matters up to the those decoy-birds out of poplar yonder” right standard hereabouts. They be to -—then stopped, with a gulp for breath, follow you like sheep the bell-wether as if checked by some inward sting. “ Well, he‘s useful, as you say, to collect that they be.” “It won’t be to their injury, then,” and sort materials under me. But a frankly. “ Things need cleaning and hand—a hand. It is the head that is managing as they don’t know. l’ll do needed in my trade," touching his nar what I can for the place,” loftily. “And row, high forehead with the forefinger, for you, Van Zeldt,” putting his hand on on which shone a round purple stone. the smaller man’s shoulder, as a prince “ Good-bye,Van Zeldt. You will be down might caress a favored courtier. “ You’1l at the shop to-night ?” H Yes.” Van Zeldt stood leaning over not fail us on Thursday? I want none the trunk of the fallen cedar, a generous but true friends about me and Mary.” The pompous voice a little unsteady, twinkle of admiration through all of his and the florid face losing color. “Pm insipid face, as the stout, broad figure serious when I say that I mean to push disappeared in the shadows of the woods. Laddoun was moulded out of your fortune, old boy," after a pause. “ There be’n’t a day when you’re not such different clay from his own ! There pushing some fellow along.” were men to command and men to “ So? You think that of me? Vell, serve. iust as there were king-fish and well! it’s little I can do. But God help clams in the sea yonder. us ! it sickens me to look down on any Even the cool Quaker, who had taken the bearings of most men’s minds with man below me in the mire ; and it don‘t need money to give help, always. For those lightless blue eyes of his, had felt, you, I’ll strengthen your trade up yon against his will, a sort of magnetism in der. I’m not a man without mark in the young village hero under all his the great cities, Jim. The world’s deep coarse, thin varnish; something which as well as wide, and one can dig secrets warmed the air about him, put a hearty, “ Yes.

A man’s married but once,

out of her in Manasquan, and make a

genial look on the face of things.

name, as easily as where men crowd together. I like to think I’m here in the woods, dragging out of nature the means to fight death up yonder.” The

Zeldt, therefore, was not to blame, if Laddoun, with his mysterious talk of cities, and of secrets dragged out of

Van

whole manner of the man altered; a

making in a quarter where he had failed,

generous glow flushed to his temples, his voice rang out earnestly.

if he watched even the yellow cotton

nature, crowned, too, with his lucky love

became to him a sort of demi-god ; and