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274 self-possession, and could now look her in the face calmly, and without flinching.

"But where shall I go—a lonely woman without friends? I am afraid you over-estimate my powers," said Rachel, with a reluctant air. It was as if she did not fancy his advising her to go away.

"I may as well tell you what I think now," he began, hurriedly. "I have some acquaintances in Paris. In fact, an American firm—Barnett Brothers they are called—who have a house in Paris; and Mr. Frederick Barnett is a personal friend of mine."

"You seem to have been arranging to get rid of me for some time," said Rachel; "why, you have the whole plan ready prepared."

He showed some signs of confusion, for it was a scheme he had carefully considered, but which he had always hoped he would not have to put into execution.

"Yes," answered he, endeavouring to laugh; "as your guardian, it is my duty to assist you, to the best of my ability, to arrange for your future."

"But are you going to send me to Paris alone?"

"No; I have been thinking of offering you Svendsen as an escort. You surely know old Svendsen, my bookkeeper? He has been several times in Paris, and is a most trustworthy man. I am sure you will be contented with Mr. Barnett's house, which is more like an English one. And that, I think, will suit you better than a purely French household."

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Rh "Not as a rule, as far as I know. You will thus find it more expensive than at an ordinary pension; but I am almost certain that both Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, who is a French lady, are the sort of people you will like. And it is exactly in the American society of Paris that you will have the best opportunity of finding employment if you wish for it. At any rate, you can stay some time in Mr. Barnett's house, until you find something else you prefer."

His tone was deliberate and decided, as if he already regarded the matter as finally settled; and when Rachel got up to take her leave she found that her mind was already made up, without being conscious of how she had arrived at her conclusion. She looked forward to a new and more active life, with mingled feelings of expectation and pleasure. But at the same time she was somewhat hurt—no, not hurt, but sad—no, not exactly sad, either; but she could not help thinking it was extraordinary, that he should show himself so eager to get her away.

Jacob Worse followed her to the door leading into the street, but when she had gone he did not go back to the office, but crossed over the yard to his mother's.

A month later, Gabriel and Rachel set off under the escort of old Svendsen; Gabriel to Dresden, and Rachel to Paris. Madeleine also quitted Sandsgaard. Her intended had arranged, with the assistance of the doctor, that she should go to the baths of Modum, where Martens's mother, who was the widow of a clergyman from the east coast, was to take care of her.

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276 Uncle Richard was utterly confounded when he heard Madeleine was going to marry a clergyman, and he had a kind of dim feeling that he would have done better to have kept her under the observation of the big telescope. But the old gentleman, who had never been very strong-minded, had become still more feeble in his sorrow, and now that he could no longer go to Christian Frederick for advice, he gave way in everything.

As for Madeleine herself, the exhaustion which followed her illness had produced a feeling of indifference; and now that the important step had once been taken, she allowed herself to be led without offering any opposition, and did not find it disagreeable, when the pastor took upon himself to think and act for her in everything. But when it came to saying good-bye to her father she gave way, and was carried senseless to the carriage.

Martens soon found that if he wished to educate Madeleine to be a pattern wife after his own heart, he must get her away from Sandsgaard. With the same object in view, he sought, and standing as well as he did with those in authority, soon obtained, a living at some distance in the country; and, a year after his betrothal, he celebrated his marriage at his mother's house.

"After his ride along the shore, George Delphin suffered from a dangerous attack of inflammation of the lungs. His illness lasted so long that a substitute had to be provided for the time in the magistrate's office; and as soon as he recovered sufficiently to

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Rh write, he informed the magistrate that he wished to resign his situation. The magistrate accepted his resignation with alacrity, for George Delphin had never been the kind of man he liked.

During the whole time of the illness, Fanny was in a state of nervous excitement. To visit the invalid, or put herself in any sort of communication with him, was quite out of the question. She had thus to content herself with such news as she could pick up, either accidentally or through Morten; but she dared not ask as many questions as she could have wished. One day when she was standing before the glass, she discovered three small wrinkles at the corner of her left eye. When she laughed, they improved her; but when she was serious, they made her look old. Nothing seemed to suit her any longer, not even mourning, in which she had always looked her best. Fanny, in fact, suffered as much as she was capable of suffering, and one day she received a note from him, in which he said adieu.

"I start to-night, and say farewell thus to spare us both a painful parting. Farewell!" This was all the note contained.

Her lovely complexion turned almost to an ashen grey, but only for a moment. The whole night she lay awake, listening to her husband, who lay breathing heavily by her side; but the next morning found her sitting by her window, as calm and bright as ever. Many of her friends, as she had expected, came to visit her, but she disappointed them all. Delphin's sudden departure was a subject of conversation in

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278 which she joined, jesting and laughing as usual. Her friends could perceive no change in her, and yet how much scandal had been talked about her and Delphin! It was a lesson to people to keep their tongues to themselves.

But Fanny herself noticed several changes in her appearance, and was reminded of it every time she saw her reflection in the glass.

In small circles great events seem to come all at once, one after another in startling succession. The worthy town had been quite upset by all those remarkable events, of a joyful, mournful, or mixed nature, which followed after the night of the fire at Sandsgaard; and while busy tongues kept reverting to the materials for gossip thus provided, the years rolled by without anything further taking place.

Tom Robson had taken Martin with him to America, where they disappeared.

Contrary to his intention, Torpander did not travel home to Sweden. He put off his departure from time to time. Her grave never seemed pretty enough, and he never felt perfectly certain that it would be kept properly in order. He thus remained where he was, and at last moved over to old Anders Begmand's cottage. The old man's head had become somewhat affected. He received his week's pay every Saturday, without, however, doing any work to earn it. And now Torpander grew to be quite a fixture in the cottage, and the two would sit for many a winter's evening over the fire, repeating to each other the same stories, which never varied year after year, about her

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Rh who had been, and still continued for both, the very sunshine of their lives.

Uncle Richard soon gave up the lighthouse at Bratvold, and he and Mrs. Garman shared Sandsgaard between them. Downstairs the lady went about in her wheel-chair, and she had had all the thresholds of the doors removed, so that she might be able to have herself rolled into the kitchen. Upstairs Uncle Richard continued his ceaseless wanderings, in and out, to and fro, just as he had begun on the day after his brother's death. Once only he had had Don Juan saddled; but when he was brought round to the door, the old gentleman thought he was too fresh for him. He put his hand before his eyes, and had Don Juan taken back again to the stable.

Summer and winter, day after day, the sound of his footfall overhead never ceased. A long strip of soft carpet had been put down the whole length of the house, partly for warmth, and partly to deaden the sound of his step.

In winter he wore a long coat lined with fur, a fur cap, and a pair of deerskin gloves; and there were some people who confidently maintained that he carried an open umbrella when the weather was wet. In the little room on the north side, there was a cupboard in which a bottle of Burgundy was always kept standing. When the old gentleman got to this point he would pause, drink a glass of the wine, and look thoughtfully in the large mirror. He then shook his head and continued his wanderings.

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280 No change took place in Miss Cordsen. The well-starched cap-strings and the odour of dry lavender still followed her wherever she went; while all the secrets of the family lay carefully preserved, together with her own, to both of which the closely pressed mouth, with its innumerable wrinkles, formed a lock of the safest description.

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passed six years. According to Martens's prediction, Dean Sparre had been made a bishop. His predecessor in office had been a strict and haughty prelate, and there was, therefore, no little disturbance in the camp when he departed. But from the moment Dean Sparre mounted the vacant seat, all friction ceased, and everything went on evenly and smoothly. It was like covering the hammers of an old piano with new felt. The hitherto sharp tone gives place to a soft and agreeable sound; and after Dean Sparre's patent felt had been introduced into the mechanism, it all worked silently and noiselessly, and gave the greatest pleasure to all parties concerned.

The bishop did not forget his young friend, Inspector Johnsen, of whom he had always had such "good hopes." He obtained for Johnsen a chaplaincy in his cathedral town; and some people were so mischievous as to assert that the bishop's "good hopes" were now fulfilled, for Pastor Johnsen was shortly after engaged to Miss Barbara Sparre.

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SMITH, Edgar Fahs, American chemist and educator: b. York, Pa., 23 May 1856. He was graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1874 and took his Ph.D. at the University of Göttingen in 1876. He was professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1888-1911, vice-provost there in 1899-1911, and has since been provost. He has made important investigations in electrolytic methods of analysis and atomic weight determinations. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was president of the American Chemical Society in 1898, and of the American Philosophical Society in 1902-06. He translated Richter's ‘Inorganic Chemistry’ (3d ed., 1900), and is author of ‘Electro-Chemical Analysis’ (new ed., 1918); ‘Theories of Chemistry’ (1913); ‘Chemistry in America’ (1914); ‘Atomic Weights’ (1915); ‘James Woodhouse’ (1918), etc.


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282 A great change had taken place in the ci-devant school inspector. When the turning-point was once reached, he set to work in his new line in real earnest, as was only to be expected from one of his energetic character. He never dabbled any more in advanced philosophy, and had but little to do with grand society; on the contrary, he grew to be a clergyman to whom the women were particularly attracted. His sermons were always severe, very severe; and those who cared to listen closely, might remark that he never repeated the prayer for the arms of the country by land and by sea.

Down at Mrs. Worse's shop, in the dark corner of the lane, trade went on regularly and well. Little Pitter Nilken had arrived at that stage of shriveldom, at which both fruits and people cannot hold out much longer without a change. He still managed to swing himself over the counter as lightly as a cork when the enemy became too troublesome, and the redoubtable iron ruler had lost none of its gruesome terrors.

Mrs. Worse, on the contrary, had become rather stout in the course of years. Her legs would no longer "balance" her properly, as she said. But still she refused to buy a carriage until all had "come right," which she thought could not be long now.

When all had come right! It required a faith as blind as Mrs. Worse's to reckon on such a possibility. Rachel had now been six years in Paris without saying a word about coming home. What her occupation there really was, Jacob Worse could never discover Each time he sent her money—and it was marvellous

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Rh how much she used—he wrote her a few lines. She always answered briefly and reservedly. Through his friend Mr. Barnett he did not learn anything explicit. He only knew that Rachel was still living in the house, and that they were much attached to her. Mrs. Barnett's salon was quite a place of assembly for the American colony, among which were many rich and accomplished men. Any day might bring the intelligence of her approaching marriage.

Worse was in the habit of reading the papers every morning as they sat at breakfast in his mother's room. One day Mrs. Worse, who usually occupied herself half the morning with her paper, read out to her son that Pastor Martens had been nominated as clergyman in the town.

"Just fancy! So they are coming westward again!" ejaculated Mrs. Worse. "I should like to know how little Madeleine has got on in married life," sighed the old woman, who knew but too well the uncertainty which marriage brings with it. The news awoke many painful recollections in Worse's breast, and he paced up and down in his office for a long time, before he could bring himself to begin upon the foreign post, which lay in a formidable packet on his desk.

Among the letters there was one from Barnett Brothers in Paris; he knew the handwriting, but the office stamp was missing. As he opened it, it struck him that it was longer than usual. He turned it over hastily. What was this? Rachel Garman's signature stood at the foot of the letter! Jacob Worse read as follows:—

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284 "As I sit down to write to you, and thus carry out a long-formed resolution, I feel so overcome by emotion, that I find it difficult to control myself sufficiently, to express my thoughts verbatim. But now, as I have made up my mind, I will endeavour to make my letter clear and concise.

"I have, as you now perhaps perceive, carried on the Norwegian correspondence of Messrs. Barnett Brothers for several years. In my private letters to you I have disguised my handwriting, so as not to betray my secret. I wished, in fact, to see first if I could make myself useful, and am at length satisfied that I can. I have learnt to adopt your mother's homely maxim—remember me kindly to her—'I can work.' In your kind letters, for which receive my best thanks, I have sometimes thought that I could perceive a feeling of astonishment, as to how I could be employing all the money you have sent me. It is placed in our business. I say our business, because Messrs. Barnett Brothers have offered me a share in their Paris house. I have thus attained the object of my ambition in that direction.

"You once gave me some advice. You see, I attack each point separately, so as to prevent confusion, to avoid wasting words, or forgetting anything important. But to return. When you advised me to come forward as an authoress, I did not at that time think that your idea was reasonable. Since then I have, however, thought the subject carefully over, and have indeed made some small attempts that way, and now I beg

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Rh to thank you for the good advice you gave me. I have indeed much to thank you for.

"Now that I am able to work, I no longer feel so apprehensive about the future. It is true, as you said long ago, that there are many things which a woman may have to write about, and this is more especially true with us in our own country. I am fortunately in an independent position, bonheur oblige, and I have courage, so I will make the attempt. But I must first get home, not only because I am as homesick as a child—for I know perfectly well that when I have been at home for a short time, I shall be anxious to start again on my travels—but I feel that if I am to accomplish anything, I must be among those I wish to help. I also wish to be able to go abroad again, and thus make existence more interesting; but I must at the same time have a pied à terre at home, so as to be able to return whenever I may desire to do so. And now comes the great 'but' which is, in fact, the chief point in this letter—and that, Mr. Worse, is yourself.

"I do not wish to return home before I know clearly in what position we stand to each other. Of this I feel convinced, that you have no ill feeling towards me on account of my former behaviour to you. But still I know nothing further; and if there is nothing more to know, I hope we may meet as good friends. If there should be anything further, kindly let me have a few lines.

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286 you will be honourable and straightforward towards me. On one thing you can count for a certainty, which is, that I am, in any case, "Your very sincere friend, "."

When Jacob Worse had read this letter, he sprang up, seized his hat and umbrella, and went into the clerk's office.

"Has the Hamburg steamer started?"

"No, sir, but the first bell has just rung," was the answer.

"Have you any gold?"

"Yes; that is to say, not very much," answered the cashier.

"Let me have what you have got, and send Thomas over to the bank for some more. A couple of thousand kroner or so will do."

The boy ran off with a bundle of notes and a little canvas bag.

"I am going abroad, Svendsen, for a fortnight or so—I cannot say for certain. Look, here is my address. And with that he snatched the pen from behind Svendsen's ear and wrote across a large sheet of paper, on which the unfortunate man had just begun a magnificent letter:

The second bell was now heard on board the steamer.

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SMITH, EDGAR FAHS, an American chemist and educator, born in York, Pa., in 1856. He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1874 and took post-graduate studies in Germany. For several years he served as instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and as professor at Muhlenberg and Wittenberg colleges. From 1888 to 1911 he was professor of

chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed vice-provost of the University in 1899, and provost in 1911, retiring in 1920. He was president of the American Chemical Society, and was a member of other scientific societies. He wrote many books on chemical subjects, including “Theories of Chemistry” (1913); “Chemistry in America” (1914); “Chemistry in Old Philadelphia” (1918), and “James Cutbush” (1919).


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Rh well as you can; telegraph if you want anything—my keys are in my desk." When he reached the door he turned round and cried, "Yes, I forgot, Svendsen; run over to my mother and tell her—yes, just tell her that it's all 'come right;'" and with that away he ran.

Old Svendsen stood perfectly speechless, staring through the open door, as he rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, which was a habit of his when anything unusually perplexing occurred. Every door was open, a chair upset in the inner office, and Mr. Worse on the road to Paris with a hat and umbrella, Thomas after him in full career with the canvas bag. The cashier was sitting with the coin and notes scattered on the table in front of him, looking as if he had been robbed; and as old Svendsen's eye rested on the ruined letter, he discovered that he had a smudge of ink on one of his fingers. Now, it was thirty years since old Svendsen had had any ink on his fingers. Mr. Worse must have made a splutter with his pen when he snatched it so hurriedly; and as the old bookkeeper's eye wandered from the smudge of ink, to the frightful confusion which reigned in the office, and back again to the smudge, he repeated, slowly and majestically, the magic words which were to awake him from this horrible nightmare: "Tell my mother it has all come right." But matters grew still worse when, a short time afterwards, he presented himself before Mrs. Worse in the back room; for scarcely had he pronounced the fatal words, "It has all come right!" than Mrs. Worse flew at him and kissed him right on his lips.

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288 This kiss, in connection with the smudge of ink, made this day a memorable one for old Svendsen, and he used to reckon from it as an epoch which he could never forget.

The same post brought, among other things, a note for Morten Garman. He opened it, smiled in a singular manner, and sent it upstairs to his wife. Fanny took the two enclosed cards, on one of which was written the name of a lady, which she recognized as belonging to a wealthy family in Christiania, and on the other was the name of George Delphin.

She stood before the looking-glass with his card in her hand, observing narrowly the expression on her face, while the genuine sorrow she had hitherto felt, now turned to mortification and bitterness. There was scarce a shadow to be seen on her brow while these sensations passed through her heart. She had accustomed herself to these exercises before the glass; this was a grand rehearsal, and she bore it bravely. Only the delicate wrinkles round her eyes quivered slightly; but when she smiled again they made her as charming as ever. No emotion should spoil her beauty; and while these six years of pain and sorrow seemed again to burst forth, she stood as lovely and undisturbed as ever, without losing anything of her self-command.

At this moment the doctor entered the room.

"Have you spoken to my husband, doctor?"

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Rh really surprised that you should ask such a question," replied Fanny, sharply. "Can you not see that he is weary—overworked? He must go to Carlsbad this year, or his health will suffer severely."

"Oh yes!" said the doctor, good-humouredly, "it might perhaps have a good effect; but you know yourself that his answer always is that he has no time, and so"

"Bah!" answered Fanny; "as if a doctor ought to listen to rubbish of that sort!"

The doctor went off straight to the office, and succeeded in frightening Morten to such a degree that the journey was arranged for the next week.

Jacob Worse's "disappearance," as it was called, caused a great sensation, and the astonishment did not diminish when a telegram arrived, announcing his engagement to Rachel Garman. At the same time he begged Morten to arrange everything for the wedding, as they intended to be married shortly after their return home.

Morten, after consulting his wife, answered that the doctor had ordered him off to Carlsbad at once; but he proposed to meet them both in Copenhagen, where the wedding might take place. He received an answer assenting to his proposal, and the day was fixed. Although he had not been consulted, Morten was much pleased with the match.

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290 the idea to any one. He could not reconcile himself to such a humiliation. Now the opportunity came of itself, and at a most fortunate time, when he was on the point of starting for abroad. Worse would, therefore, be able to get an insight into everything during his absence, and there were some weak places in the business which were causing Morten much uneasiness. Matters of this nature are more easily got over when they can be explained by letter.

The wedding thus took place in Copenhagen. Gabriel was present at the ceremony. He had been for some time in an office in England, whither they had telegraphed to him from Paris, and he joined them at Cologne. It was already more than half settled, that Gabriel should take Rachel's place with Barnett Brothers in Paris, a prospect at which he was quite overjoyed.

The wedding-breakfast was served at the Hôtel d'Angleterre, in one of the large salons looking out on the Kongen's Nytorv. Every one was in the highest spirits, and Morten made a speech in which he remarked, that Garman and Worse would now again become a reality.

"And my old enemy Aalbom?" asked Gabriel at dessert.

"Oh, he is the same as ever," answered Morten. "The other day he made a virulent speech somewhere about the Garman dynasty. He is terribly bitter since we have ceased inviting him to Sandsgaard."

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Rh was so happy himself, and in such a forgiving mood, that he sat down at a table by the window, and began sketching, with the greatest care and attention, the equestrian statue on the Kongen's Nytorv. The sketch was intended as a present for Mr. Aalbom.

A few days after each went to his own place; Morten and Fanny to Carlsbad, Gabriel to England to arrange his change of quarters, and the newly married couple home to Norway.

On the quay where the steamers landed their passengers was to be seen a shining new carriage, with a new coachman and a new pair of horses. In the carriage sat Mrs. Worse, wearing a new silk mantle and a new bonnet. She had telegraphed for the whole set-out to Worse's agent in Copenhagen, with whom the money had for some time been lying ready.

On the box of the carriage, huddled up in a heap, sat Mr. Samuelsen. Mrs. Worse's efforts to make him take his place by her side had been unavailing; he thought it was quite bad enough as it was.

A group of small boys were naturally standing round the carriage, partly to see the horses, and partly to have a good look at the dreaded Pitter Nilken. Suddenly one of the young rascals took it into his head to repeat the well-known irritating verse—not exactly singing out loud, but only barely moving his lips. The idea was soon caught up by his comrades, and wherever the unhappy Mr. Samuelsen turned his head he could read the couplet on the busy lips, and follow the song—

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It was enough to drive one mad.

The newly married couple got in, and the carriage rolled off through the town. Mrs. Worse laughed boisterously with tears in her eyes the whole way; she kept bowing in all directions, and her face was radiant with smiles. As they turned into the yard, the new bonnet had slipped so far over to one side that it fell off when the carriage stopped at the door; and as the worthy Mr. Samuelsen jumped down, in his great anxiety to help the ladies to alight, he came with both feet right on top of the bonnet, notwithstanding that he had seen the danger when he was making his spring.

It was quite a business to get Mrs. Worse "balanced" upstairs, she laughed so immoderately. They all laughed; the coachman laughed; the maids laughed; the newly married couple laughed; every one laughed except the unfortunate Mr. Samuelsen, who followed the others upstairs, carrying, with averted eyes, his mistress's bonnet by one string, and dragging the other after him up the staircase. The lovely new bonnet, which was scarcely recognizable as a bonnet any longer!

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And there, there was laughing, story-telling, drinking of healths, and rejoicing, until Pitter Nilken was quite overcome, and offered of his own accord to sing "The Knife-Grinder's Courtship"—a song which had been a great favourite in the days of his youth. He sang amidst rounds of applause, in a curious thin voice, which sounded as if he had all at once recovered his boy's treble, and which was high, squeaky, and cracked. He, however, rendered the air with a great deal of feeling, and his eye rested on Mrs. Worse as he sang—

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SMITH, (1854—). An American chemist, born in York, Pa. He graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1874, and at the University of Göttingen, Germany, in 1876. After filling various chairs in chemistry, he was called to the University of Pennsylvania and made director of the John Harrison Laboratory, and he afterwards became vice-provost of the university. His contributions to chemistry have been considerable, especially in the domain of mineral chemistry and in electrolytic methods of analysis. He wrote Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds (2 vols., 3d ed. 1900), and Experiments Arranged for Students in General Chemistry (with H. F. Keller, 4th ed. 1900).


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the bright sunshine the yellow sand, dotted here and there with patches of bent grass, stretched away to the northward as far as the eye could reach. The coast-line, with its succession of bays and promontories, was here and there enlivened by a duster of boats, or a flock of gulls, or wild geese, busily at work on the shore, while the sea came curling in with its small crested ripples, which sparkled in the clear sunshine. Over the heather-covered heights, which rolled away far inland, came a carriage, in which were sitting a lady and a gentleman. They had left the post-road, and were making their way along the narrow sandy track which led down towards the village of Bratvold.

It had been much against Madeleine's wish, but as her husband happened to hear from the coachman, that the détour only made a difference of about an hour, the order was given to drive down to Bratvold, where they would be able to rest for a little time on the road.

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Rh, on a visit to the new living, although they would not come into actual residence till August. They wished to take a house, and visit their relations and old acquaintances in the town. Pleased as Madeleine was at the prospect of again seeing her father, she was still far from glad when she heard that her husband was endeavouring to obtain the living. He did so, however, in accordance with the express wish of Bishop Sparre, and it was moreover looked upon as a great piece of advancement. Madeleine had, as usual, made but little opposition to the project. Pastor Martens had at length succeeded in educating her into a wife after his own heart.

As she sat there, somewhat crowded in one corner of the carriage, for her husband had grown rather stout with the lapse of time, she resembled but little that Madeleine whose home had once been among the surroundings they were now approaching. She was not ill, but her look suggested weariness—great weariness. In a large country rectory there is much work to be done, and three children are pretty well to begin with.

For the first few years she was almost in a state of despair, and several times her old violent temper broke out. But her husband had his own particular method of dealing with her. He never lost his temper, and the more Madeleine flared up, the more gentle his answers became, as with a quiet smile he gently placed his hand upon her shoulder.

But when Madeleine began to calm down, he would speak to her in an admonishing tone, and by degrees

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296 he succeeded wonderfully in getting her into the groove he desired, until at last she got accustomed to the method.

Pastor Martens's genial and open countenance did not look its best that day. He had, to tell the truth, been dreadfully sea-sick, and so for that reason they had left the steamer, preferring to travel the last part of the journey by land. His sleek face wore a decidedly green hue, and he made a grimace ever and anon, as he looked out of the carriage window towards the element they had quitted.

He was, however, a fortunate man, and he was thankful for it. Madeleine had improved beyond all expectation under his hands. Her violent temper now seldom appeared, and if it did, he was perfectly certain of his method of dealing with it. Many a time he remembered with thankfulness his dear Bishop Sparre, from whom he had learnt so much, and whose fatherly kindness seemed to follow him wherever he went.

The nearer they approached the sea-shore, the broader grew the dark-blue line out to the westward, where the sea lay glittering in the sunshine. Madeleine gazed and gazed, and thoughts of the past came surging up in her heart.

The plovers had their young, and followed after the carriage, swooping down in front of the horses with their well-known cry. Larks in hundreds filled the air with their joyous warble, which went straight to her heart, and the breeze began to waft to her the fresh salt flavour of the sea. There was something

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Rh in it of seaweed, something of fish, but all was so wonderfully rich in recollection. Madeleine leant towards the breeze and drew in a deep breath; it seemed like a greeting from the sea she knew so well, and which recognized her in return; it was a reminiscence of her short day of love and happiness. She longed to fill her lungs with the pure fresh sea air, so that it might purify all the dark and dusty corners in her fettered soul. All the time she had been away from Bratvold a taint of impurity seemed to have rested on her; and now that she found herself once again face to face with the ocean, she seemed almost ashamed thus to return. Oh that she were lying out there in its cool depths, with the fresh salt billows dashing over her!

The carriage now approached the top of the last hill, and the village of Bratvold, with its lighthouse, burst upon her view. She hid her face in her hands and groaned aloud.

It was probable that her husband had not noticed this sudden outburst. He had kept his eyes turned to the landward side, for he did not yet feel sufficiently strong to bear the sight of the waves as they came rolling in.

"Where shall we put up?" asked the driver. "Per Bratvold's is the best house, but there are several others that will do well enough."

"Let us go to Per's," said the clergyman.

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298 a story does not travel very far, without reaching the clergyman, and without looking up she felt that his eye was resting upon her, with the smile with which he used to bend her to his will.

Per was in the peat-shed when they drove up, and saw her as he peeped through a chink in the boards. The moment he did so, he involuntarily took the quid of tobacco out of his mouth and threw it from him. After waiting a long time, he had begun again to chew tobacco, and after a still longer time he had married. It was thus Per's wife who, with numberless excuses, conducted the clergyman and his lady into the best room. She repeated that it was not what such people were accustomed to. While she went out to find Per, and introduce him to the strangers, the pastor went round the room examining the curiosities it contained. Madeleine sat gazing out of the window. The sight of Per's wife, looking so fresh and happy, had pained her—she knew not why.

"Look here, Lena!" he cried, every time he found something of interest.

Lena was a name of his own invention, and which he had given her in spite of all her entreaties. Lena sounded so homely, and was well suited to a clergy man's wife; while Madeleine had a foreign, French ring, which was quite out of place in a rectory.

In the room were several things worthy of his attention. In the first place there were two pictures, representing Vesuvius by day, and Vesuvius by night; then came a drawing of a coasting vessel called The

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Rh Three Sisters of Farsund; then Frederick VII, with his red uniform and hook nose; and over the bed, which was heaped up with eider-downs as high as one's head, hung a huge horn of plenty, made of white cardboard, and on which was the motto, in gilt paper letters, "Be fruitful and multiply," which had been given them as a wedding-present. On one end of the chest of drawers stood a yellow canary on a red pear, and on the other end a red bullfinch on a yellow pear. The floor was dazzlingly clean and neatly sanded. The window-panes were small, and the glass of different tints; while over one of the windows was nailed a board, on which was painted in gold letters the words "L'Espérance," which was the name of the vessel to which it had belonged. At length Per came in. He held out his hand first to the pastor and then to Madeleine, and said, "How do you do?" to both. As Madeleine touched the hard and powerful hand, she involuntarily drew back her own, and turned away without pronouncing the usual greeting. The words seemed to stick in her throat.

At that moment Per's wife entered and asked him in a whisper to cut her a few chips to make the peat fire burn more quickly, as she wished to prepare some coffee. Per went out of the room, and the pastor followed the prosperous little peasant woman to inspect the house.

Madeleine took a few steps to and fro in the room, and then went to the door. As she stood on the stone steps under the porch, she could see down into the little harbour, and her eye could follow the path

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300 which led across the flat meadow, and up across the steep slope as far as the lighthouse. There lay her old home, with its solid stone walls, and the lantern with its red-painted cover. She turned away: the sight was more than she could bear. Her ear now caught the sound of Per chopping the wood in the peat-shed, and almost without knowing what she did, she found herself in the shed, standing by his side. He ceased for a moment from his work, raised himself up, and looked beyond her over the sea. Per wore a stiff sailor's beard, and his face had grown older and coarser with the lapse of time, but still every feature was familiar to her. Madeleine made a step towards him and endeavoured to take his hand. In this she was unsuccessful, for he drew it away from her. She could no longer command her feelings, and, throwing her arms round his neck, she laid her head on his breast.

Delphin's remark was perfectly true about the mixture of fish, tobacco, and damp woollen clothing; but she felt that this was her place, and here she ought to rest. At that moment, too, she perceived why the pang had passed through her heart when she met Per's wife. She envied her everything. Husband, home, even her very existence,—all belonged to her. Here was her place, and here the man she loved and understood. Oh, how all her so-called friends had mocked and deceived her! What a life was hers!—a life which consisted only in being the wife of a man she did not love, in keeping his house, and bearing his children, surrounded on every side by

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Rh an unwholesome atmosphere of form, ceremony, and selfishness.

Closer and closer she clung to the broad breast whereon she lay, and that heart, so well drilled and confined, ran over in one supreme moment of mingled happiness and anguish, while the recollections of her youthful love passed through her sobbing heart.

"It was not my fault—it was not my fault!" she repeated plaintively, like a child who has had the misfortune to break something.

He lifted his hard heavy hand, and laying it on her head, passed it gently over her hair. Now he understood it all, but not a word passed his lips.

"Lena, Lena!" cried the pastor from the door, "you must come and see what I have found. Here are twins. Lena, Lena! where are you? Make haste! What a good wife! Just think, twins the first time!"

It was not easy to tell what Per's thoughts were as he stood again alone looking over the sea. Thus had the billows rolled to and fro in storm and sunshine, whilst he had waited and waited. And this was what he had waited for! He drew a long breath, and his face seemed to grow clearer again as he slowly nodded his head several times towards the ocean.

Per's wife made many apologies, as is but right and proper on such occasions, for the repast, which, however, consisted of coffee, with cream and sugar, bread and butter and cakes, and lastly a dish of small lobsters. She insisted that it was a shame to offer such small lobsters to her guests. It was a pity they had not some larger ones.

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302 But now it was just one of the pastor's favourite theories, and which he always defended with much energy and conviction, namely, that small lobsters are really better and more delicate than large ones. He was, therefore, in the best of humours, and made several innocent jokes with the friendly peasant woman.

Per now came in and begged they would begin their meal, as everything was ready. He then sat down by the side of the fireplace, with his elbows resting on his knees.

The sun shone so brightly through the small window-panes, the room was so clean and comfortable, the table-cloth so white, the cream so yellow, and the small lobsters so red and appetizing, that the pastor felt constrained to improve the occasion.

He chose as his text a fact which he had heard from the woman, namely, that Per had built the house entirely of the wreckage of a French brig, which had been stranded on the coast a little way to the north ward. This was the vessel to which the board over the window had belonged.

The pastor dwelt on the uncertainty of human affairs, how often we are disappointed, but how there is a leading thread which seems to run through our existence.

"And look," said he, "on that proud ship, fitted out in the sunny land of France, and bearing a name which points to hope and expectation; for 'L'Espérance,' my friends, signifies hope, only to be lost on our desolate coast. So it is with us mortals. How

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Rh many a vain hope sails out with flag and banner, only to be miserably wrecked in the storms of life! But observe! that which has been dashed to pieces by the tempest, has been refashioned by humble hands into a new dwelling-place. Thus does life spring from death, comfort from desolation, and happiness from shattered hopes, and thus our whole career may be but a patchwork of mere wreckage!"

It was with the last remains of her old impetuosity that Madeleine repeated the words, "Thus live we all!"

At this moment Per got up and went out. His wife could not understand why his behaviour was so unseemly.

Pastor Martens saw it all; but explanations, if any were necessary, might follow later on. It was not worth while to spoil the delightful meal. He handed his wife the cream, as, with a friendly smile, he placed his hand upon her shoulder.

He then set to work on his small lobsters, which he found excellent.

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Rh By resolution of shareholders on 11th August, 1882, the share capital of the compny was convrerted into stock, as from 1st September, 1882.

The line was opened for public traffic on 1st November, 1882.

A farther increase of capital was authorised under the powers conferred upon the company by the Bala and Festiniog Railway (Additional Capital) Certificate, 1884, of 50,000l., and 16,600 l. on loan.

— This company became merged in the Bala and Festiniog, under the authority of the Great Western Act, 1880, on 13th April, 1883. Length, 3½ miles.

—The ordinary stock received amounts to 238,000l. and the preference stock to 50,000l. Debenture stock issued, 96,900 l., carrying interest at 4 per cent. per anum. .—For the half-year ended 30th June, 1904, the directors announced the full dividend on the 5 per cent, preference stock, and 2¾ per cent, per annum on the ordinary stock, carrying forward 1,442l. No. of Directors.—Maximum, 8; minimum, 3; quorum, 3 and 2. Qualifaction, 500l

Chairman—S HUGH McC. McGILDOWNT, Esq., J.P., Clare Park, Ballycastle.

Deptuy Chairman— I RICHARD M. DOUGLAS, Esq., J.P., Portballantrae, Bushmills.

3 Casement, J.P., Magherin-template Ballycastle.

1 Thomas M'Elderry, Esq., Ballymoney.

2 Alexander M'Neill, Esq., J.P., Garden-vaie Ballymoney.

2 L. G. P. Filgate, Esq.. J.P., Antrim Arms Hotel, Ballycastle.

* Edmond M'Neill, Esq., D.L., J.P.,Craigdun, Cralgs, Co. Antrim.

Right Hon. John Toung, D.L., J.P.,Galgorm Castle, Ballymena.

† Robert P. Woodslde, Camsampaoa, Ballycastle.

1 Retire in 1905; 2, in 1906 ; 3, in 1907.

† Represents the Antrim County County Council }}
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OFFICERS.—Sec. and Gen. Man., Hamilton M'Allen, Ballymoney; Eng., James F. Mackinnon, Ballintoy, Ballycastle; Loco. Supt. and Res. Eng., George T. M. Bradshaw. Ballymoney ; Auditors, Thomas B. Hamilton, Ballymoney, and Alexander M'Alister, Ballycastle; Bankers, The Northern Banking Company Limited, Ballycastle Branch.

Chief Office—Ballymoney.

Incorporated by act of 22nd July, 1878. for the construction and maintenance of a railway from Ballymoney to Ballycastle, in the county of Antrim, Ireland. Length: 16¼ miles. Gauge, 3 feet. All opened October, 1880. The Belfast and Southern Counties (now Midland) subscribed 18,000l. towards the cost of the undertaking. and appointed two directors. Capital, 90,000l. in 10l. shares; borrowing powers, 45,000l.

—The receipts on this account to 30th June, 1904, amounted to 99,726l.; 51,664l. (30l. in cancelled shares) in ordinary 10l. shares, 9,027l. in baronial garauntee shares, 10,836l. in miscellaneous receipts, and 28,199 l. in debenture stock at. 4 per cent. The expenditure to the same date amounted to 103,997l.

— For the half-year ended 30th June, 1904, no dividend was paid on as ordinary shares, but 1,258l. was carried forward. Reserve fund, 2,500l.

No of Directors.—Maximum, 6; minimum, 3; quorum, 3 and 2. Quailification 25 shares. Northern Counties Committee of Midland Railway appoint two additional, and Antrim County Council one additional.

Quorum of meetings—Seven shareholders holding in the aggregate not less than 5000l. in the capital of the company.

Meetings held in February and August each half-year.


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Rh cathedral of Canterbury, and remained a part of its endowment until the Reformation. The first of these, dated 995, is a confirmation by King Ethelred II. of a grant of this manor to .Æscwig, bishop of Dor- chester, and states that it had been conveyed to the latter by Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury, for " 90 ' librae ' of pure silver and 200 ' man- cusae ' of purest gold," wherewith to buy off the Danespresumably in 991. But Æscwig himself in the next charter, dated the same year, speaks as if the money had been only a loan, and the land security for payment ; he now restores it of his own accord. The subsequent char- ters of Ethelred and Edward the Confessor are merely confirmations of this manor to Christchurch, Canterbury. A will of Archbishop Ælfric speaks of property at Willen and Burnham ; but of this nothing further is known. It seems probable, from the dating of a few charters, that the archbishops had a residence at Monks' Risborough early in the eleventh century : but there is no evidence that they founded a monastery there as a cell to Christchurch.

The entries relating to Church property in the Domesday Survey are not very extensive, and may here be briefly summarized. The manors are named as belonging to the see of Canterbury : that of Monks' Risborough, already alluded to, 30 hides in extent and worth £16 ; that of 'Nedreham' (Haddenham and Cuddington), 40 hides in extent, worth £40 ; and Halton, only 5 hides, worth £8. The manor of 'Nedreham' changed hands only a few years after the Survey was made : it was granted by William Rufus, at the request of Lanfranc, to Bishop Gundulf of Rochester, in compensation for the expenses he had incurred in fortifying Rochester Castle for the King.

Two manors belonged to the see of Winchester : West Wycombe, 19 hides, worth £15 ; and Ivinghoe, 20 hides, worth £18. These had both belonged to the Church in King Edward's day, and continued to do so for some time after.

The lands of the bishop of Lincoln are the most interesting of the series. We know from the Conqueror's foundation charter that the new Cathedral was endowed with the churches of Buckingham and Aylesbury and the manor of Wooburn : of these the two churches at any rate were part of the endowment of the old see of Dorchester, and so was the manor of Buckland. These churches and manors with two small holdings in Burnham and ' Lede ' (only two hides of land taken together, worth 35s.) brought the value of the bishop's land in this

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Rh county up to £46 5s. The largest item in this revenue was the church of Aylesbury, which was endowed with the manor of Stoke Mandeville, 8 hides, and worth 20 ; the church of Buckingham had only the small hamlet of Gawcott, 1 hide, worth 30s. The manor of Wooburn, 8½ hides, worth £15, was part of Harold's forfeited property ; the bishops of Lincoln kept it until the Reformation and had a palace there.

The abbey of Westminster held two manors Denham, 10 hides, worth 7, the gift of a thegn in King Edward's day ; and 8 hides in East Burnham, worth 100s. 28d.

The abbot of St. Alban's had three manors : Grandborough, 5 hides, worth 100s. ; Winslow, 15 hides, worth £11 13s. 4d. ; and Aston Abbots, 10 hides, worth £6. Nothing is said about Little Horwood, which was reckoned a century or so later amongst the earliest gifts to the abbey.

The abbess of Barking held the manor of Slapton, 6 hides, worth £6, from this time till the dissolution of the religious houses.

The canons of St. Frideswide held at this time only the manor of Upper Winchendon, 10 hides, worth 6 ; this also was under the same tenure till the dissolution.

This completes the tale of church lands held in capite ; but several of the greater feudal tenants had already endowed foreign monasteries with portions of their lands. So the monks of St. Nicholas, Angers, had already 2½ hides in Crofton, worth £4, which afterwards formed a part of the endowment of the priory of Wing. The monks of Grestain held 6 hides in Ickford, worth 6, and 11 hides in Marsh Gibbon, worth £8. The monks of St. Peter, de la Couture, held 5 hides in Woolstone, worth £3, under Walter Giffard. But it seems that up till the time of the Survey there was no religious house actually founded within the county. Immediately after the Conquest began the work of church building and re-building all over the country ; and it is possible in the twelfth century to reckon numbers with a fair degree of accuracy. There are, indeed, about forty churches and chapels in Buckinghamshire which even now bear traces of the Norman period : but there is larger evidence than this. The monastic chartularies, the Lincoln Episcopal Registers, and the Taxatio of Pope Nicholas IV., supplementing one another, give us a total of 183 parish churches existing before the thirteenth century, with a very large number of parochial chapels appendant. It is note- worthy that neither at this nor at any time before the nineteenth century did any of the larger towns of Buckinghamshire possess more than one parish church. Aylesbury had, indeed, four important dependent chapels, and the vicarage of these was severed from that of the mother church in 1294 ; but Buckingham, Amersham, High Wycombe, and Newport Pagnel had only one church apiece. The two churches of

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Rh Saunderton were united in the fifteenth century, and the two churches of Chesham seem only to have endured until the Reformation because they were under different patrons.

More than one half of the churches in this county were appro- priated to religious houses before the Taxation of 1291. Within the county : To Tickford : Newport Pagnel with the chapel of Little Linford, Chicheley, Sherrington, Brad- well, Willen, Astwood ; and for a short time Tyringham, Broughton, a moiety of North Crawley, and Petsoe. To Missenden : Great Missenden, Chalfont St. Peter, Great Kimble, Caversfield and Lee Chapel. To Nutley : Hillesden, Chilton with Dorton Chapel, Long Crendon with the chapels of Chearsley and Lower Winchendon, Princes' Risborough, and Ashendon. To Bradwell : Wolverton, Padbury, and for a short time Chalfont St. Giles. To Luffield : Thornborough, Beachampton, Water Stratford and Evershaw chapel. To Lavendon : Lavendon and Lathbury. To Ravenstone : Ravenstone. To Snelshall : Tattenhoe chapel. To Biddlesden : Biddlesden. To Medmenham : Medmenham. To Newton Longville : Newton Longville, Whaddon, Great Horwood and Akeley. To Wing : Wing. To Marlow : Hedsor. To Burnham : Burnham with Boveney chapel. To Chetwode : Chetwode and Barton Hartshorn. To monasteries outside the county : To St. Alban's : Winslow, Grandborough, Little Horwood, Aston Abbots, Turville, Wingrave, Little Kimble, Datchet, and until about 1 1 60 Fingest. To Osney : Stowe, Steeple Claydon, and Stone. To St. Frideswide : Worminghall, Upper Winchendon, and Oakley with its chapels. To St. Thomas, Southwark : Wendover, Stoke Poges, and Wexham chapel. To Godstow : Dinton and High Wycombe. To Woburn : Swanbourne and half Chesham. To Merton : Taplow, Upton, Hitcham and Hardmead. To Leicester : Adstock, half Chesham, and Latimer chapel. To Caldwell : Marsworth and Broughton. To Kenilworth : Hughenden and Stewkley. To Harrold : Cold Brayfield. To St. Mary de Pre, Northampton : Filgrave. To Combwell : Little Brickhill, and Little Woolstone. To La Couture (Le Mans) : Great Woolstone. To Goring : Stantonbury. To Elstow: Westbury. To Wallingford : Shobbington. To Studley : Illmer. To St. Bartholomew's, London : Mentmore. To Bardney : Edlesborough. To Dunstable : North Marston. To Malvern : Pitchcott for a short time. To St. Peter's, Gloucester : Wyrardisbury with the chapel of Langley Marish. To St. Oswald's, Nostell : Cheddington. To Sandwell : Ellesborough. To Grestain : Bledlow and Marsh Gibbon. To Tewkesbury : Great Marlow. To Walden : Amersham till 1290. To Chaucombe : Penn. To Nuneaton : Mursley. To Bicester : Little Missenden. To Barking : Slapton. To Westminster : Turweston and Denham. To Mount St. Katherine (Rouen) : Tingewick. To Bentley : Wotton Underwood.

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Rh The first point of interest in connexion with these is the ordination of vicarages. The Liber Antiquus of Bishop Hugh of Wells names forty-five vicarages in this archdeaconry, already ordained ; but it is most probable that some of these (described as ' ex dudum ordinatae ') were arranged before his time, though their actual date cannot be fixed. There is, indeed, a charter of Bishop Robert de Chesney, confirming to the monastery of Tickford a large number of churches, and contain- ing also the provision that the monks should ' choose and present to the bishop vicars,' to whom they should secure a vicarage therein. As this charter is witnessed by Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, it must be earlier than the year 1 1 54, and it is interesting as showing an effort to assign proper portions for the vicars even before the Lateran Council of 1179, from which they are usually dated.

The portions assigned in this archdeaconry are of the usual value, comprising the lesser tithes, and the ordinary offerings made at the altars of the church, amounting altogether, in most cases, to about £5 a year : this, with addition of a ' competent manse," seems to have been enough for a single man to live upon until the Great Pestilence brought such changes in the value of property. The portions of the vicars of New- port Pagnel and Great Missenden differ slightly from the rest, as their churches were closely connected with the monasteries to which they were appropriated. There was, indeed, in both cases a manse outside the monastery ; but the vicars were to take their meals in the refectory with the monks, and only to have a small stipend (20s. annually) out of the altarage to provide them with clothes and other necessaries : a clerk and a horse were also to be furnished by the monks.

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Rh dated. There are also one or two instances found amongst the institu- tions of vicars appointed for a short time by the rectors of churches under secular patronage ; but only Hanslope seems to have had a per- manent vicarage ordained under the rector.

The numerous suits in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries between the monastic impropriators and the children or successors of their bene- factors are dry enough reading, but they should be of some interest not only to the historian but to the student of human nature. The county of Buckingham has its full share of these records. It would be rash and partial to suppose that in all these cases the laymen were the aggressors and the monks in the right ; but when it became necessary to bring out charters and show the original claim, the monks had generally the advantage. The advowsons of Wendover, Chesham Leicester, Ment- more, Illmer, Filgrave, Mursley, Wyrardisbury, Great Woolstone, were certainly claimed during the thirteenth century by laymen who could not prove their rights ; on the other hand, the abbots of Wooburn and Tewkesbury had to renounce their claims to the churches of Bow Brickhill and Great Marlow.

The abbots of St. Alban's also had a good deal of trouble in con- nexion with their churches in Buckinghamshire, especially Turville. First of all they had a suit with the Morteyns about the advowson of this church ; but it ended happily in 1 276 by a full recognition of the abbot's right. In 1277, however, Archbishop Kilwardby held a special inquiry in the church of High Wycombe as to the title by which so many churches were held ' in proprios usus ' by the monks of St. Alban's, and again Turville was called in question as well as Wingrave. The abbot answered by sending his proctors to appear before the archbishop at Whitchurch ; but they could not get a satisfactory hearing from him, and were even excommunicated. The matter was settled finally at a friendly meeting between the archbishop and the abbot. There were

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Rh disputes also in 1279 about Datchet and Little Kimble. A year or so later, when Oliver Sutton became bishop of Lincoln, there was more trouble about Turville, because no proctor was sent to represent the church at the synod held at Aylesbury ; and the bishop ordered the sequestration of the fruits in consequence. The sequestration was only removed after an appeal to the Court of Arches.

The parochial chapels of this period seem to deserve a special notice, though they were probably not more numerous in Buckinghamshire than in other parts of the country. It is most likely that nearly all good sized hamlets had their own chapels, dependent on the parish church, and served thence by chaplains either daily or three times a week, according to the value of the endowment. At a time when frequent assistance at mass was considered to be a part of the ordinary Christian duty of all men, secular or religious, gentle or simple, the badness of the roads and the floods of winter would have been a serious hindrance both to the lord of the manor and his tenants, unless these chapels had been provided. Occasionally, as time went on, they were further endowed, and became either free chapels or parish churches ; if they were not re-endowed, they usually became unable to support a chaplain in the fourteenth century after the Great Pestilence.

The principal ones in this county were :

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Rh and side by side with the papal letter is the official declaration of the prioress that ' A.' had actually been fifteen years professed, had been precentrix in the choir, and had lived all the time ' as a nun among nuns ' ; with a mandate to the dean and archdeacon of Lin- coln and the Archbishop of Canterbury to excommunicate ' A.' and a certain W. de Bidun, who had aided and abetted her. The story serves to show how even in the twelfth century, when the religious houses of England were in their first fervour, there were cases of unfaithfulness to the religious ideal ; further, in what a serious light apostasy was regarded ; and again, the tremendous ecclesiastical ma- chinery that might be brought to bear upon one insignificant nun.

Bishop Burghersh issued a commission in 1338 for the visitation of this monastery, both head and members, to correct, punish and reform in all points needed. The entry is merely formal, and the results are not given. In 1382 Bishop Bokyngham excommunicated a nun of Ankerwick for leaving the monastery by night, and all those who aided her in any way : as well as certain who had carried away goods belonging to the priory.

In 1441 in the course of his general visita- tion Bishop Alnwick came to this house, and called all the sisters, according to custom, into the chapter house. The prioress, Dame Clemence Medford, had no complaint to make, except that the nuns were given to eat and drink between meals, contrary to the rule of St. Benedict ; the sub-prioress answered Omnia bene ; but the other sisters had a good deal to say. Dame Margery Kirby declared that the house was ruinous, that a barn had been lately burnt down, and that the prioress kept the convent seal in her own hands and disposed of the goods of the priory without consulting her sisters at all. Dame Julian Messenger said that the prioress wasted the goods of the monastery, often invited guests of her own but would never let the other nuns invite any one, and was very austere in her dealings with them generally : she also said that the novices had no informatrix to in- struct them in the rule and in the choir office. Another sister, who had been ill, complained that she had not proper coverings for her bed nor warm clothes for herself, nor such food as might make her strong enough to ' endure the burden of religion.' There were three others of tender age and much simplicity (perhaps these were the novices) who said nothing at all.

The bishop passed over the minor com- plaints probably he had heard the like else- where and simply ordered the prioress to consult her sisters as to the disposal of pro- perty ; the common seal was to be in the custody of two sisters, of whom Dame Mar- gery Kirby was to be one : two keys were to be made, one for the prioress and the other for a sister who should be elected by the rest of the convent.

In 1519 Bishop Atwater visited the priory. Two cases of apostasy were recorded : one who had worn the habit four years had for- saken her monastery ; another had not only left the monastery, but had married, and was living in sin in the house of a relative. There were two novices at this time in the priory, of whom one was Magdalen Downes, after- wards prioress ; and the unhappy examples she saw before her at this time may have left their mark upon her. For she has the unen- viable distinction of being the only nun in Buckinghamshire who married after the dis- solution of the house she was still living in 1552 and drawing her annual pension. The note affixed to her name in the pension list ' Is married and so remains ' whatever it may really be intended to convey, has cer-

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Rh Marking and Scribing.—The carpenter's lead pencil is of a flat, oval section, sharpened to a chisel edge, which has a greater body of lead than a point, and lasts a reasonable time before requiring to be re-sharpened. The marking awl and the striking knife, shown in Fig. 2 as a combined tool, is used by joiners principally for scribing, or cutting-in, the shoulders of framing, etc. Greater accuracy can be attained and a sharper arris is left when sawing than when working to a pencil line.

Straight-edge.—Mechanics in the building trades use a straight-edge, usually made to the shape shown by Fig. 3, and not larger than 15 ft. long, 6 in. wide, and 1¼ in. thick, made from a pine board cut from a straight-grown tree. All straight-edges should be tested occasionally.

Squares and Bevels.—These are used for setting out and testing work. The joiner's steel square is a mere right angle of steel, sometimes nickel-plated, graduated in inches, ¼ in. and $$\scriptstyle \frac{1}{16}$$ in., or otherwise as required. The try square (Fig. 4) has a rosewood or ebony stock. The tool shown by Fig. 5 is also of use in setting out and testing mitres, but the proper mitre square is shown by Fig. 6. Try squares are also made with iron frames which are channelled and perforated to reduce weight. Adjustable squares with graduated blades are useful in putting fittings on doors and windows. By means of the sliding bevel (Fig. 7) angles are set off in duplicate; the set screw secures the blade at any desired angle with the stock. A crenellated square has a blade which is notched at every principal graduation, and is used chiefly for setting out mortises and tenons. Marking Work for Sawing.—The chalk line is used for long pieces of timber, the pencil and rule for ordinary applications, and the scribe for particular work. The "chalk line" is a piece of fine cord rubbed with chalk or black pigment, and strained taut. To mark the work the chalk line is lifted vertically and near the centre, and when released makes a fine and perfectly straight line upon the work. Coloured chalks and pigments are also used.

Marking and Cutting Gauges.—Ordinarily the carpenter draws a line close to and parallel to the edge of a board by means of a rule held in one hand, with the forefinger against the edge of the work and the pencil held close against the end of the rule; but the marking gauge (Fig. 8) gives more accurate results. The gauge may have a pencil point instead of the steel point shown. Developments are the mortise gauge (Fig. 9) and the cutting gauge (Fig. 10), having either a square or oval sliding stock or head. The panel gauge (Fig. 11) is used to mark a line parallel to the true edge of a panel or of any piece of wood too wide for the ordinary gauge to take in.

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Rh tainly a sinister suggestiveness about it: for indeed it might seem worthy of remark that one who had so lightly broken her ancient vows should have stability enough to keep a new one.

The original endowment of the priory comprised the demesne called Ankerwick in Wyrardisbury parish, with small parcels of land in the same neighbourhood, as well as in Egham (Surrey), Greenford and Stanwell (Middlesex), Henley, Windsor, etc. King Henry III. in 1242 granted the nuns licence to pasture sixty pigs every year in the king's forest of Windsor, quit of herbage and pannage. The temporalities mentioned in the Taxatio were only worth 10s., and they had no spiritualities at all. The Valor Ecclesiasticus reports the value of the revenue of this monastery as £22 0s. 2d. clear ; the ministers' accounts give a total of 4£4 12s. 6d., including the demesne land and the manors of Alderbourne, Bucks, Greenford and Stanwell Park, Middlesex, and a manor in Egham, Surrey.

The revenues of this priory were granted by the king for the foundation of the new abbey of Bisham, which was destined to be so shortlived.

Lettice, occurs 1194 Emma, occurs 1236, died 1238 Celeste, elected 1238 Julian, elected 1244 Joan of Rouen, elected 1251 Margery of Hedsor, occurs 1270, resigned Alice de Sandford, elected 1305 Emma of Kimberley, elected 1316, died Joan of Oxford, elected 1327, died 1349 Joan Godman, elected 1384, died 1390 Maud Booth, elected 1390, resigned 1401 Elizabeth Golaffre, elected 1401 Clemence Medford, occurs 1441 Margery Kirby, elected 1443 Margaret Peart, died 1478 Eleanor Spendlow, elected 1478 Alice Worcester, occurs 1526 and 1535 Magdalen Downes, last prioress

A round seal attached to a charter of Letia or Lettice, Prioress of Ankerwick, dated 5 Richard I. The colour is mottled green, the edge of the seal is chipped. It represents the priory church with half timbered walls, round-headed doorway, thatched roof, bell turret topped with a cross, and a cross at each gable end. Legend: +SIGILL' ECCL' E SCE M[A]RIE MAG DE ANK'WIC.

A similar seal, dark brown in colour, the sides much broken and the edge chipped away, may be found attached to a charter of the Prioress Margery and the convent, dated Conversion of St. Paul. Legend: SIG. . . E. . DE. ANK'WIC.

6. THE PRIORY OF LITTLE MARLOW

The origin of this priory is quite unknown: neither the date of foundation nor the name of the founder can as yet be recovered. Leland indeed gives as the traditional founder one ' Geoffrey, Lord Spencer,' a personage unknown to history. The patronage of the monastery and the parish church was in the family of d'Anvers early in the thirteenth century; the earls of Gloucester also gave their

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Rh Henry called Medicus, elected 1272 William of Sherringham, died 1309 John of Thame, elected 1309 Richard of Crendon, occurs from 1331 to 1357 John of Winchendon, occurs 1367 and 1376 John of Chearsley," occurs 1379, died 1389 Nicholas Amcotes, occurs 1390 and 1395 Thomas, occurs 1397 William, occurs 1400 Nicholas Redding, occurs 1447 William Stanton, occurs 1457 till 1479 Peter Caversham, died 1503 Richard Peterton, elected 1503, died 1513 John Marston, elected 1513, resigned 1528 Robert Brice, elected 1528, died 1529 Richard Ridge, last abbot, elected 1529

Pointed oval seal of the twelfth century, taken from cast at the British Museum, 're- presents the Blessed Virgin with crown, seated on a carved throne, the Holy Child on her left knee, in her right hand a flower. +SIGIL-LVM : SANCTE : MARIE : DE : NVTLE.

A round seal of the fifteenth century taken from a cast, represents three Gothic niches, with canopies crocketed and pinnacled, the Blessed Virgin standing with nimbus and crown, the Holy Child with nimbus on her right arm, in her left hand a ball or orb, two saints on either side, the one on the left with nimbus holding a plaque, the other on the right with nimbus and mitre holds apparently a wheel. On tabernacle work at each side a shield of arms : that on the left, quartering I, 4, France (modern), 2, 3, England, that on the right uncertain. In base, under a square-headed arch, a shield of arms : a lion ram- pant. Legend : SIGILLUM c. . . MONAST' BE MARIE ET SCl' IQHANIS' BAPTISTE DE NOTTELE.

Another seal of the fifteenth century, the cast of which has been taken from an imper- fect impression, represents the Blessed Vir- gin standing on a corbel in a niche holding the Holy Child on her right arm, in her left hand a sceptre fleur-de-lize. Legend :. . . BEATE MA. .. .

12. THE PRIORY OF CHETWODE

The priory of Chetwode was founded in the year 1245 by Ralf de Norwich. A licence was granted by Bishop Grosstete for its foundation, and a canon was sent from Thur- garton in Nottinghamshire to be the first prior. The endowment was a small one, and it seems probable that there were never more than three or four canons. King Henry III. granted to the priory a carucate of land for the service of the hermitage or chapel of St. Werburga in the forest of Brill, and $os. be- sides for the service of the royal chapel when he kept his court at Brill ; the canons also served the churches of Chetwode and Barton Hartshorn.

During the first year of the existence of the priory there was a dispute with the founder concerning the lands which formed the en- dowment. A few years later the king's gift lost almost all its value because the deer in the royal forest could not be kept out of the canons' cornfields ; but Henry III., with that generosity which he always displayed towards the religious, made them a further grant, and allowed them to enclose their ploughlands. This right was disputed in 1313 by a certain Roger Pymme and other men of the neigh- bourhood, who claimed part of the land as common, broke down the enclosure, and fed their beasts on the grass there. The prior complained that he had suffered losses amounting to 40s. in value : but it is not known whether he recovered anything at this time.

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4 generally used, but for particular work instruments with fine or sensitive adjustments are obtainable. Spring dividers (Fig. 13) are used for stepping off a number of equal distances, for transferring measurements and for scribing. Callipers (Figs. 14 and 15), obtainable in many styles, are used for measuring diameters of cylindrical solids and recesses.

Shooting Boards.—The shooting board (Fig. 16) is used for trueing up with a plane the edges of square stuff. That shown is the simplest possible, but other and improved shapes are obtainable.

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Rh to the canons of this abbey, that they might adopt the Use of Sarum for the recitation of the divine office, that of St. Augustine having become ' too burdensome ' for them. The discipline of the order seems however to have been in full force in this house towards the end of the fifteenth century ; for in 1471 Henry Honor of Missenden asked permission to send the disobedient among his own canons to Nutley to be punished, ' for the preserva- tion of order.' A visitation of Bishop At- water in 1519 reveals no laxity and very few causes of complaint. It was alleged that the abbot did not pay the accustomed annuities, nor consult the senior canons as he ought to do ; and a proper infirmary was not provided for the sick. No visitation of Bishop Long- land is preserved. The abbot in 1525 was accused of having falsified a lease of the par- sonage of Hillesden ; but the accusation was made in the course of a family quarrel, and may have been without foundation. There is every reason to suppose that the house had an honourable reputation during its last years. The election of 1528 was made under the approval of Cardinal Wolsey ; and the king himself stayed at Nutley in 1529 while he was making progress through the Midlands. Dr. London accused the canons of nothing worse than superstition, and that only by inference : he tells us how the chaplain of Caversham fled home to Nutley with the only ' relic ' he had been able to save from destruction ' an aungell with oon wyng that browght to Caversham the spere hedde that percyd our Saviour is syde upon the crosse ' and adds, ' butt I sent my servant purposely for ytt.' The surrender of the house followed in a few days.

The original endowment of Nutley Abbey included the demesne land called Crendon Park, the churches of Long Crendon, with the chapels of Lower Winchendon and Chearsley, Princes Risborough, Hillesden, Ashendon, Chilton with the chapel of Dorton ; the church and chapel of Caversham, and Stokelyle in Oxfordshire ; Sherringham and Choseley in Norfolk, Bottesham in Cam- bridgeshire, Bradley in Wiltshire. To these were added at a later date the churches of Netherswell in Gloucestershire, Coleshill and Blakeborough in Norfolk, Lillingstone (Dayrell) in Buckinghamshire ; and in 1461 the lands of the priory of Chetwode, with the churches of Chetwode and Barton Hartshorn, and the chapel of Brill. In the time of Bishop Lexington (1254-8) the whole value of the abbey in spiritualities and temporalities was stated as £80 7s. ; in 1291 its temporali- ties amounted to £48 16s. 6½d., but the value of its churches cannot be exactly given, as they are not all mentioned in the Taxatio.

In 1284 the abbot held one third of a knight's fee in Hillesden ; in 1302 the same, with the whole manor of Lower Winchen- don ; in 1346 both of these, with the addi- tion of a portion of a fee in Long Crendon.

In the Valor Ecclesiasticus the clear value of the house was given as £437 6s. 8½d. ; the Ministers' Accounts amount only to £402 19s. 4½d., including the churches of Long Crendon, Chilton, Chearsley, Caver- sham, Princes Risborough, Ashendon, Hilles- den, Lower Winchendon, Chetwode, Barton Hartshorn, Stokelyle, Sherringham, Maiden Bradley, Netherswell ; and the manors of Long Crendon, Chilton, Lower Winchendon, Chearsley, Canonend, Chetwode in Bucb ; and Stragglethorpe, Lincs.

Osbert, occurs under Henry II. Robert, occurs 1189 Edward, occurs 1203 and 1221 John, occurs 1223, deposed 1236 Henry of St. Faith, elected 1236 John of Crendon, elected 1252, died 1268 John of Gloucester, elected 1268, died 1269 Richard of Dorchester, elected 1269, re- signed 1272

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Paul J. Stephens, Jr., 2109 N. W. Irving St., Portland, Oreg.

Bob McKinly, 222 S. 53rd St. Philadelphia. Pa.

Rev. A. L. Smith, 214 Euclid Ave., Brookville. Pa. M. Hyde, 25 E. Washington St., Chicago. Ill. (Dr. Kindt's Office.)

Anna C. Grow. 146 Summers St, Charleston. W. Va.

Frank Bryan, Jr., Hugo, Oklahoma x/o New Webb Hotel.

Bob Kelhack, 235 N. Chicago St., Los Angeles, Calif.

Hies E. Eaton, Route 1, Box 900, Del Paso Heights, Calif.

Andrew Dobywods, c/o Mrs. Lillie Breman. 288 Trumbull St., Hartford, Conn.

Sgt. Boyd Forester, 48th Signal Co., 2nd Armd. Div., Fort Benning, Ga.

Kermit A. Nelson, Jr., 224 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, S. D.

John P. Lyons. 1323 New York Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mildred J. Wilbur-Tobin, 1609 Kalaukolani Way. Honolulu, T, H.

Pascual Perfecto, c/o David Turner, R. No. 2, Brown City, Mich.

Victoria Duhroka, Monas, W. Va.

Russell J. Hansen, 734 Park St., Hartford. Conn.

Marvin Heller. 133 Lake St., Bellevue, Ky.

Tom White, 249 South Harvard, Apt. 302, Los Angeles, Calif.

Victor Pappalardo, 722 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y.

James Vozzhel, Opelousas, La.

Mark Cathal, 1930 E. 70th St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Rosalind Suter 176 Benita Ave., Youngstown, Ohio.

Edward Goodell, R.F.D. No. 6, Rosedale Station, Kansas City, Kansas.

Cpl. Wm. McGowen, Battery G, 2020 C. A. (AA), Fort Bliss, Texas.

Buck S. West, 912 Avenue P, Del Rio, Texas.

LeRoy Crue. 711 W, 6th St., Chester, Pa.

Leonard McGee, 1253 Beechwood Rd., Sp. Pt., Maryland.

Bob Masters, 65 Avila St., San Francisco. Calif.

Theron Raines, 1303 Main St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Miss Joanne Kirk. 301 Curtis St., Middletown, Ohio.

Bert Barron, 3110 S. Halsted. Chicago, Ill. Morris A. Wolf, 691 E. 140th St., Bronx, N. Y. City.

Vitaly Treson, 6308 Lindenhurst Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

C. V. Johnson, 1817 Evergreen, Victory Park, Burbank. Calif.

B. Lowenthal, 112, Pouch A, Rochester, Minn.

Clifton Cannon, Jr., 1208 McGarrah St., Americus, Ga.

Ralph C. Kislehen, 382 Madison St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Preston H. Conner, 7030 Torresdale Ave., Tacony, Phila., Penna.

Peggy Newman, 616 Line Ave., Ellwood City, Pa.

Shufter Wykle, R.F.D. No. 9, Greenville, Tenn, c/o W. A. McIntosh.

Milton Alles, The Dresden, Washington, D. C.

Robert Peacock, Copemish, Mich.

Jessie Pitzmeyer, 6442 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Burton Howard, 571 Goursday St., North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Thomaa J. A. Cavanaugh, 214 West Bell, Glendive. Mont.

''We're sorry that lack of space prevents the inclusion of the names of all New Members. The rest will appear next time.''