Th' warmth has made me a bit faint, that's all. Three or four sat round a table listening to Lowrie with black looks, and toward them Sammy glanced as he came in. "Theer's one at th' front. favourably. "Perhaps that is the reason why I have not spoken openly before, Grace" – abruptly – "I have fancied there was a cloud between us. I am very fond of little children.". She was not patronised, she was not asked questions, she was left to reveal as much of herself as she chose, and allowed to retain her own secrets as if they were her own property. more subtle and less easily defined difference. Th' fellys is haaf feart on her. How had it happened? It could only be decided that it had not been an ordinary case of neighborly "punsing," and that there must have been a "grudge" in the matter. So long as her lover had cared for her, and she had felt no fear of hunger, or cold, or desertion, she had been even happy – happy because she could be idle and take no thought for the morrow, and was almost a lady. What wor she doin', an' how did she come theer? Failure was unpleasant, and he rarely contended long against unpleasantness; it was not a "fair wind and no favour" with him: he wanted both the fair wind and the favour, and if either failed him he felt himself rather badly used. lovely one, with its delicate oval features, its smooth, clear skin, and the She sat down opposite Fergus, and told them what had occurred. He speaks of, and to, these people, as if they were of the same fibre as himself. ", "Ay," pulling at a bush of evergreen nervously, and scattering the leaves as she spoke. "Stay tha here with th' choild." A girl not yet twenty years old, who could write such a note as THAT LASS O' LOWRIE'S. "Grace," he said, after a silence, "I have a sort of confession to make. He's getten a neet skoo i' th' town, an' he axed me to go, an' I went. "I can tell you what she said to me on the subject," he replied. "I dunnot know, I mought, or – or – summat. "I conna sleep yet awhile," she said. Aye, it wur her sure enow, poor wench! $19.95 — Paperback Does tha think aw this here happent i' England? When they went upstairs, Joan was standing by the sick man. ", "Sithee, Sammy," called out a boisterous young fellow from the other side of the room. But, for some reason, he was never demanded Lowrie, with another shake. "She's inside o' th' hedge," she said in a dull voice. She saw us go down th' mine, but she did not see us come up. "What woman, I wonder? ", "My dear fellow!" A short time afterwards somebody passed the window facing the street, and Lowrie started up with an oath. CHAPTER XXX. "It is na mysen," she MRS. GALLOWAY rose and advanced to meet her visitor with a slightly puzzled air. "Aye, he did. We would if we could, little un" – as if she forgot Liz's presence. he said, with a faint smile. which I speak, the group at the pit's mouth were even more than usually noisy. At length, however, Liz spoke once more. He's th' best tarrier fur rats as tha ivver seed. Anice looked down at the foot she had placed on the shining rim of the steel fender. ", "I've listened to yo'," she said. I'd rayther starve i' th' ditch – an' it's comin' to that.". "If you had chosen to keep it a secret, it would have been your own secret as long as you chose that it should be so. Only a few moments she was silent, and then she looked up at him. ", Anice bent down and patted the small animal. "I ask you," he said, "because I wish to offer myself as a volunteer at once; I think I am stronger than you imagine, and at least my heart will be in the work. "l canna abide the sight o' it," she cried. ", "Yes," she answered, He belongs to a bad crew. "Owd Sammy" sat in the chimney-corner smoking his pipe, and making severe mental comments upon the conduct of Parliament, then in session, of whose erratic proceedings he was reading an account in a small but highly-seasoned newspaper. It seemt different. Tha'rt shapin' reet, I see. Amid the sordid cares and humiliations of her rough life, there had arisen new ones. But her love only seemed to strengthen with her dread. How must it end? ", "At Thwaite's. care," she protested half resentfully. He trudged off, whistling with keen delight. Once, when it set up a sudden cry, she, started, and the next moment burst into tears. The Rector stood with his back to the fire, his portly person expressing intense satisfaction. "On the whole, I think it would be better if he had more blood of his own.". ", "My dear Miss Barholm," he protested, "I am sure of that. The rough, hard-faced men and boisterous girls, who passed to and from their work at the mine, drew her to the window whenever they made their appearance. Joan's welcome at the Thwaites' house was tumultuous. Share This. "The time is coming when it will not be so," she said. She has gone to try if it is possible to do it. Towards morning Derrick, became quieter. handed it to Derrick. me alone, I'll leave thee alone,' and then turned about and walked into the "Are yo sure o' that?" She could not believe this – she could only shudder as the ominous thought suggested itself. THE night school gained ground steadily. "You are not going," he said. "I did na say yo' wur.". She came and stood leaning against the fire-place, and looked down at the girl thoughtfully. Liz would be safe enough from them henceforth, it was plain. He'll do' upo' th' whole. "I ha' a reason fur wantin' to know, or I would na ax, but fur a' that, if you dunnot want to tell me, you need na do it against yo're will. defy all the world. Yo' dunnot harry me wi' talk. they asked. It tuk him back too, but he getten round after a bit, an' he tackled me again, an' we had it back'ard and for'ard betwixt us for a good half-hour. But, at least, the most hardened of them faltered before her daring, scornful words, and the fire in her face. It was a thin, once gay-coloured, little red shawl. "Yo' may trust me. "When the men come home from the mines they often ask me for two or three, and I think they like them even better than I do – though that is saying a great deal.". she is always called – Joan I believe her name is. She said but little to the curious crowd, who, on pretence of being neighbourly, flocked to the house. objection. He knew, as well as if she had told him, that it had been done in one of her father's fits of drunken passion. "If I do, it wunnot be th' The pretty, silly creature's eyes grew larger, with a shade of awe. to do them good, and improve them, in spite of themselves. ", "Nay," said Derrick, gloomily. Accordingly, he held out inducements to Jud such as the boy was not likely to think lightly of. "That's bad.". Then her manner altered again, and her voice returned to its first tremor. Even in the few hours that had elapsed since the meeting, the rumour of what he had said and done had been bruited about. She must be a fine creature. road-side and watched her until she was out of sight. They suspected strong-mindedness and "reform" – perhaps even politics, and a wish to advance irregular notions concerning the ballot. ", "Rather too much of a dull kind," answered Anice. A cold sweat broke out upon him in the impotence of his wrath. He stopped at the Crown for his mid-day glass of ale; and his self-satisfaction was so evident that his friends observed it, and remarked among themselves that "th' owd lad wur pickin' up his crumbs a bit.". The dim light in the chamber threw his form into strong relief. He knew enough to understand that his enemy had reaped the whirlwind he had himself sown. Derrick turned to' ascertain the, Sharing the general opinion that "Owd Sammy" was a man of mark, he could not help feeling that Crusoe was complimented by his attention. She would not have given up to another woman what Heaven had given to herself, any more than she would have striven to win from another woman what had been Heaven's gift to her. It was he who knelt first by the side of the prostrate man, holding the lantern above the almost unrecognisable face. He did not ask her how she had been hurt. Then the curate spoke again. "I am not.". done with them. The face upon the pillow was sometimes white, sometimes flushed with fever; but, whatever change came to pass, Death never seemed far away. "I cannot leave you here, and will not. "Grace makes himself very useful in some cases," he would say; "a certain kind of work suits him, and he is able to do himself justice in it. Yo' could na ha' done no other. It's na a shame," straightening herself; "it's a trouble such as ony woman might bear an' be honest. She had a disbelief in exaggerated notions of self-immolation. I used to tell myself so, before it came upon me – and now I can only wonder at myself, and tremble to find that I have grown weak.". "It wur yo' as sent th' work an' th' things fur th' choild," she said. "Th' parson's feart," was the general comment. Don't let the young woman leave the room. Aye! yes," was the answer, and the irritation became even more apparent than before. The girl stood upon the hearth, one foot on the fender, one hand on the marble of the mantel, her eyes fixed on his face. She held out her hand to him with a smile, and the Reverend Paul went home feeling not a little comforted and encouraged. "You have been more than ", "I am very sorry; please tell him so. Be fair wi' a mon, say I, parson or no. The rest crowded nearer, as if anxious to participate as much as possible, and give their spokesman the support of their presence. "It wur na fur fro' where they fun Lowrie. "How's th' engineer?" All Liz's beauty had returned to her. Happen th' tide'll tak' a turn after a bit. ", "Fro' Riggan, mistress," said Joan. "Get thee into bed, Liz.". To find that Anice was regarding even a favourite whim with questioning, was for him to begin to falter a trifle inwardly, however testily rebellious he might feel. She had come upon the picture suddenly, and it had seized on some deep, reluctant emotion. "Hast heard about that lass o' Lowrie's?" She did not know what hour it was when she awakened, voices and a light in the road roused her, and almost as soon as she was fully conscious, the door opened and Joan came in. sweetheartin' wi' siss an a foo'," she said, "I amna ower fond, o' He was obliged to drop in at all sorts of unceremonious hours, and to-day some school business had brought him. Jud Bates and "th' best tarrier i' Riggan" were among the most faithful attendants. The fellow fell back a step or two to stare at him. It was not a pleasant thought, because it checked him, and he was in a mood to feel impatient of a check. But strange to say, it proved this time that he had no need for fear. She wur different, somehow.". His friend either lay dead below, or was waiting for his doom at that very moment. Where he could not make himself felt, he would make himself heard. If she had been deliberately bad, she would have given way that instant, knowing that she was trifling on the brink of sin once more. The more appreciative went home, saying among themselves that the young man had power after all, and for once at least he had preached with uncommon fire and pathos. He passed through the gates and down the road at a leisurely pace, and had walked a hundred yards or so, when he caught sight of two figures approaching him – a girl and a man, so absorbed that they evidently had not noticed him. She stood before me like a rock, listening until I had finished speaking. ", "I did na coom back to ax nowt fro' noan o' them," sobbed the girl. She might well be startled. theological platitudes, and the man felt that he had done his duty, and done it A knot of women, drawn away from their work by some prevailing excitement, were gathered together around a girl – a pretty, but pale and haggard creature, with a helpless despairing face – who stood at bay in their midst clasping a child to her bosom – a target for all eyes. What would he not have sacrificed at the prospect of being cast with Nib upon a desert island? ", "We're goin' to howd him over th' shaft a minnit till tha mak's up thy mind. "Sit thee down, lad," said Sammy, condescendingly, "Sit thee down; tha'st getten a walk afore and behind thee. As to the people who were under his control, she was never tired of hearing of them, and of studying their quaint rough ways. I get along myself reasonably well with the people. Come into the room, my dear.". Sithee here, could tha coom again an' bring him wi' thee? Just let her set her moind to do owt an' she'll do it. I am na angered, fur I pity thee too much. And then, the baby. He felt the shadow of the night before settle over him again. I should like to see the baby. His sympathy for the good woman was not of a sentimental order, but it was sympathy nevertheless. I want to speak to you about your plans. "The word gossip – ", "Oh," put in Derrick, "it is a woman's word; but I am in a womanish sort of humour. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. Young ladies who go out of the ordinary groove are not apt to be attractive to the average English mind. At this involuntary act of homage – for it was nothing less – Joan Lowrie looked up at him with startled eyes. And added to these discouragements were the obstacles of physical "Nowt o' th' soart. Paul that night, as the engineer leaned back in his easy chair, glowering at Did you never read it?". But he wanted to arrive at something more definite than deductions drawn from outward appearances. Anice paused for a few seconds, looking over the heads of the excited little crowd, and then made her way to it, and in a minute was in the heart of it. ", "Nor I," impetuously. "What did There was a suggestion of feminine affectionateness in his bearing towards his friend. ", "I wur thinkin' so. More than once a sense of fear had come upon Joan when she heard and recognised it. And then with another sidelong glance at the debaters. ", "I shanna get much on it if I go to th' poor house," commented Sammy, filling his beer-mug. Is na theer a woman's place fur me i' th' world? "She told me we were not to wait for her." Here were a man and woman set so far apart by birth, fate, and social law, that it seemed impossible that the one could ever gain upon the other. "Let Owd Sammy tackle "Th' lass wur tired o' pit-work; and no wonder. Neither might be aware of this; but it was surely true. Well-born, comfortably trained, healthy and easy-natured, the world had always turned its pleasant side to him. It’s the story of a Lancashire "pit-girl" and the novel explores issues of social inequality and injustice. but these is a noice colour," bending her pretty, large-eyed face over the flowers, and inhaling their perfume. said a superannuated old collier once, in answer to a remark of Derrick's. Instead of appearing easier to cope with as he learned more of it and its inhabitants, Riggan seemed still more baffling. Derrick marched into the Barholm parlour that very night with his arm in splints and bandages. It was full of pictures – illustrations depicting the adventures and vicissitudes of a fortunate unfortunate, whose desert island has been the paradise of thousands, whose goatskin habiliments have been more worthy of envy than kingly purple, whose hairy cap has been more significant of monarchy than any crown. But she was not bad, only emotional, weak and wavering. He could follow the instructions given by the medical man before he went away, but these had been few and hurried, and he could only watch with grief in his heart. Now I'll go my ways. "Dom her handsome face. old track, but it had been drawn there by a new object – nothing other than The tea and toast came in then, He could no longer be regarded with contempt at Riggan; he even had his friends there. "I have really missed you very much. Pray let us hear something more about your people. The children crowded about her, neighbours dropped in, both men and women, wanting to have a word with her. I will go myself," he said. women yo' ca' yo'rsens! Theer wur a chap as towd some on us last neet as yo'd getten th' sack fro' th' managers – or leastways as turned th' tables on 'em an' gi'en them th' sack yo'rsen. His friends of the company had heard the story of her remarkable heroism, and had felt that something was due to her – some token of the admiration her conduct had inspired in them. 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