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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> - -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 21, Vol. I, May 24, 1884</p> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Various</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Editor: Various</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: June 23, 2021 [eBook #65679]</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Susan Skinner, Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)</div> - -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL OF POPULAR LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART, FIFTH SERIES, NO. 21, VOL. I, MAY 24, 1884 ***</div> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_321">{321}</span></p> - - -<h1>CHAMBERS’S JOURNAL<br /> -OF<br /> -POPULAR<br /> -LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.</h1> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak">CONTENTS</h2> -</div> - -<p class='center'> - -<!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> - -<a href="#FROM_JAFFA_TO_JERUSALEM">FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM.</a><br /> -<a href="#BY_MEAD_AND_STREAM">BY MEAD AND STREAM.</a><br /> -<a href="#SOME_CURIOSITIES_OF_THE_PEERAGE">SOME CURIOSITIES OF THE PEERAGE.</a><br /> -<a href="#A_ZULU_ROMANCE">A ZULU ROMANCE.</a><br /> -<a href="#CONCERNING_LOVE4">CONCERNING LOVE.</a><br /> -<a href="#THE_PROGRESS_OF_CYCLING">THE PROGRESS OF CYCLING.</a><br /> -<a href="#SPRING_IN_THE_ALLEY">SPRING IN THE ALLEY.</a><br /> - -<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> - -</p> -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter w100" id="header" style="max-width: 43.75em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/header.jpg" alt="Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, -and Art. Fifth Series. Established by William and Robert Chambers, 1832. Conducted by R. Chambers (Secundus)." /> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="center"> -<div class="header"> -<p class="floatl"><span class="smcap">No. 21.—Vol. I.</span></p> -<p class="floatr"><span class="smcap">Price</span> 1½<em>d.</em></p> -<p class="floatc">SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1884.</p> -</div></div></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - - - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="FROM_JAFFA_TO_JERUSALEM">FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM.</h2> -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Coasting</span> along the arid Syrian shore, there is -little to attract the attention of the traveller from -Port Said to Jaffa, till the last-named town is in -sight. If, however, there is a haze upon the -water and the wind is from the shore, a powerful -perfume of orange-flowers borne across the sea is -the first intimation that one is nearing Jaffa, -perhaps the most ancient town—certainly one of -the most ancient towns—in the world. Presuming -that no wind has sprung up since you left the -Egyptian port—in which case you will be carried -on to Beyrout, as the steamers only touch at Jaffa -in calm weather, owing to the danger and almost -impossibility of landing passengers or goods—presuming, -however, that all is well, you reach -Jaffa most probably in the early morning; and -having anchored outside a reef of rocks which -incloses a natural harbour permitting the entrance -only of small boats, you look upon a scene as -picturesque and peculiarly eastern in its character -as you could wish. Rising abruptly from the -sea, the whitened, flat-roofed houses intermingle -with the domes of the mosques and the convent -towers; while the surmounting citadel, the surrounding -wall, and massive gates, give the distinctive -character that one had observed in -Tangier, or Algiers, or Cairo.</p> - -<p>Along the quay is collected a throng of -people, containing representatives of half the -ports in the Levant or the East. Huge brown-sailed -boats are moored in the smooth water -within; while outside, the water washes over -the encircling rocks—the fabled rocks of Andromeda’s -captivity. Palms and plantain trees are -scattered here and there, with the glimpse of -orchards beyond; and stately camels, with their -stalwart Bedouin guides, carrying bales of merchandise -or corn, now and again move across -the line of vision on the shore. And now the -boats are putting out to the steamer, and the -swarthy boatmen ply their oars with vigour; and -boats filled with oranges and lemons and gigantic -melons, and bright-hued fishes, swarm around us. -Not least, to add to the general effect, and certainly -chiefest for one’s individual comfort, are the men -of Cook and Howard the agents, clad respectively -in blue and red, who in well-manned boats are at -the service of the traveller. Here, be it remarked, -that whatever prejudice may exist amongst ordinary -British travellers against ‘Cooking it’ on -the continent, in the East the services of these -agents are invaluable; and the travelling public -owes much to them for having brought dragomans, -guides, hotel-keepers, and stable-keepers to some -decency in the matter of their charges. Placing -ourselves in the hands of one of them, we are -landed at the quay, and pass along the narrow -crowded street that leads to the market-place at -the top of the town.</p> - -<p>The first thing that struck one was the remarkable -beauty of the inhabitants, men and women -alike. Jews, Turks, Syrians, and Arabs were all -in marked contrast to the ugly squat Egyptians -amongst whom we had recently sojourned; and -the Bedouins are a much finer race than those of -either the Egyptian or Sinaitic Desert, whose -acquaintance we had just made. As may be -assumed, there is a marked Jewish cast of countenance—as -we call it at home—amongst all classes, -even to the Bedouins. The camels, too, are larger -and finer looking. It is to be feared, however, -that it is only in physical qualities that the -Syrians can show a superiority to the Egyptians; -morally, they appear to be very much on -a par.</p> - -<p>We pass along the winding antiquated street, -through ancient arches, up occasional broad steps, -past shops of all kinds—holes in the wall, where -Jews and Greeks, squatted on their hams, are -ready to sell you anything from an estate to a -pair of slippers—jostled by camels and mules -and donkeys carrying grain and merchandise -of various kinds, and accompanied by the handsome -picturesque Bedouins of the Syrian Desert, -through bazaars with fruit-sellers, water-carriers, -and hawkers of all kinds plying their various -trades, until we reach the market-place, where -there seems to be more spirit and business-like<span class="pagenum" id="Page_322">{322}</span> -animation than one usually sees in the East. The -house of Simon the tanner is pointed out to us, -and we receive the information with the necessary -reserve. But there are unmistakable tanneries -in its neighbourhood, if that evidence goes for -anything. Arrived at the hotel, we first ordered -a couple of horses to be got ready as soon as possible; -and having viewed the sorry-looking hacks, -took a hurried breakfast, as we were anxious to -be on the road. Good horses and saddles are -usually to be obtained in Syria without any -difficulty, but we had unfortunately hit upon the -very time when they were least plentiful, namely, -the Thursday following Easter Sunday. Breakfast -was not a very long affair, consisting of the -inevitable cutlet and eggs, anchovies, sliced sausages, -olives, figs, and oranges—to which some -months in the East had made us familiar. A -most dirty and exasperating waiter, who seemed -to take more than the average delight of his -Syrian countrymen in telling lies, boldly asked -for ‘backsheesh,’ informing us that his former -statement as to being the proprietor was untrue; -and when he saw us loading our revolvers, asked -what we were ‘going to shoot his people for; -that was not good!’ However, he did us the -honour to guide us personally to a point where -the road led to Jerusalem; and away we went on -our journey.</p> - -<p>The road was very dusty, but the air was full -of the perfume of flowers; and it was delicious -to ride past the orange groves and gardens and -orchards that extended for nearly a mile out of -the busy, jostling, evil-smelling town. After passing -the orchards and gardens, the road becomes -rather tame and barren, and though well enough -for riding, must be terribly disagreeable for those -who undertake the journey by carriage. We -met many pilgrims returning from Jerusalem—there -had been ten thousand of them there in -Holy Week. They came trooping past, on camels, -mules, donkeys, and horses, in carts and carriages, -and many on foot. They were chiefly -Russians, but many were Levantines. Many -carried the precious relics that had been made -sacred to them by being laid upon the Holy -Sepulchre, or perhaps thrust into the so-called -‘Holy Fire.’ Sometimes a crowd would appear -in the distance, and the long cylindrical tins containing -sanctified candles—some of them five or -six feet long—would shine like lances in the sun. -‘Family’ camels with a sort of howdah, or a -canopy with beds on either side or ‘atop,’ would -hold some three or four children and their mother. -Others would be squatted on the top of their -baggage. All their faces had a pleased and satisfied -look, as of having accomplished a desirable -work. At intervals of a mile or so, we passed -the guardhouses of the police, placed for the -protection of the road to Jerusalem; and after -about three hours and a half, reached Ramleh, -the first halting-place on the road, and remarkable -for its broad and clean streets, and its well-to-do, -sleepy appearance. Indeed, but for the -hideously diseased and distorted mendicants, one -might have thought one’s self in some rather odd-looking -English or French or German village; -which feeling would not be dispelled by the -homely appearance of the primitive little German -hotel, where we were supplied with cold meat -and salad, and the most delicious beer we had -tasted since leaving England—<i>Marzenburg Export -Bier</i>, it was called. After a short halt, we -remounted, having only paid a hurried visit to -the tower of Ramleh—a landmark for some -distance over this flat country, and whence one -obtains an extensive view. The road now improves -somewhat, though there is little of interest -or beauty to be seen. An hour’s ride brought us -to the village of Kubâb, where we obtained some -oranges and a drink of water, the heat being very -great.</p> - -<p>Leaving Kubâb, we shortly after entered the -valley of Ajalon, where we enjoyed a pleasant -gallop over the rich soft earth skirting the fields, -which in a few weeks would be covered with -verdure. The roadway itself was in course of -being mended, and one pitied the unhappy -occupants of the vehicles forced to traverse the -highway. Here we were passed by hundreds of -pilgrims, with whom we exchanged the usual -‘Liltak said,’ or ‘Naharak rubârah,’ of friendly -greeting; and shortly after ascending an incline -at the end of the valley, reached Latroon, the -supposed birthplace of the Penitent Thief. By -the roadside was a rough kind of restaurant, at -which many pilgrims were regaling themselves -with coffee, cakes, fruit, and their hubble-bubbles. -But turning off the main road, we alighted at -the <i>Latroon Hotel</i>, where everything was of a -rather primitive character, but managed by a -civil and intelligent young Greek. We were -made very comfortable. The freshness in the -air here was delightful, after our dusty and hot -ride; and as it was now about four o’clock, and -there was still a good six hours to Jerusalem, we -determined upon staying at Latroon for the night. -The interesting historical associations of the -surrounding country—the passing of the pilgrims—the -tinkling of bells—the finely placed ruin -of the ‘Castle of the Good Thief’—the rustic -character of the people about, who forgot even -to ask for backsheesh—the fertile fields—here -a group of Bedouins with their camels brought -to knee—there a batch of pilgrims settling down -for the night—while shepherds hurry home their -flocks, and horses and mules and asses are being -tethered for the night—all served to bring before -one a charming and interesting picture, that was -well worth the delay.</p> - -<p>After a very refreshing night’s rest in a clean -and comfortable room, we started betimes next -morning. Half an hour from Latroon brought -us to the mouth of Wady Ali, a lovely glen, -through which one enters amongst the Judæan -hills. The glen, with large rocks and boulders -on either side, but rich in wild-flowers of all -kinds, and prominent amongst them our own -national thistle, did indeed at times remind us -of spots we had known in the west of Scotland.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_323">{323}</span> -After winding through a delightfully picturesque -valley, well wooded, and rich in olive groves, -we began to make the ascent of the Judæan hills, -winding round and about by steep zigzag paths, -occasionally obtaining fine views of the surrounding -country, and on reaching the summit, had -a splendid panorama of the coast of Syria with -the Mediterranean beyond, and away to the south -the bare Desert of Tih, running up to the well-cultivated -country of Palestine. We had last -seen this Tih Desert from the mountains of -Sinai, away to the south-east.</p> - -<p>The country about the summit of the Judæan -hills is wild and bare and rocky; and as we -begin again to descend gradually by zigzag and -abrupt ups and downs, the road is often steep, -and always difficult, and gives one an opportunity -of testing and admiring the sureness of foot of -the Arab horse. Poor as were the specimens we -bestrode—and neither of the riders was a light -weight—they picked their way amongst loose -stones or glistening rocks, and down the steep -inclines, with a perfectly marvellous facility, and -galloped over the rough rock-strewn roads as if -their legs were made of cast-iron. It is rare to -find an Arab that will trot properly. The usual -pace is a quick walk, or an amble, a most serviceable -pace, which they seem capable of keeping up -indefinitely, and which is as little distressing to -the horse as to his rider. The shoe, which -consists of a flat piece of metal with a hole in -the middle, certainly does not seem to the stranger -exactly adapted to their work; and a horse is -sometimes lamed by a small stone getting into -the hole; but acute judges say that this mode of -shoeing—common all over the East—has advantages -where the roads are hard, hot, and dry.</p> - -<p>Presently we come upon the village of Kirjath-Jearim -(the ‘Village of the Grapes’), and passing -the possible Emmaus, descend to Kolonieh, close -by a river-bed, which we cross by a bridge, -to make the last ascent of the journey. On reaching -the top of this ascent, Jerusalem appears -suddenly close to us with a suburb of modern -buildings: hospitals, almshouses, and villas—spick-and-span -with iron railings, porters’ lodges, and -clocks—European time, and Roman numerals on -the face! which make us rub our eyes for the -moment. Passing these, however, we come immediately -to the walls of the Holy City; and -turning sharply off to the left, past the new -German hotel (Fiel), the only one outside the -walls, we enter the Damascus Gate, and our -journey is at an end.</p> - -<p>It does not come within the scope of the present -article to give a description, which has been done -a thousand times before, of anything beyond the -mere journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem. But in -a few words it must be said that the impression -is one of disappointment at Jerusalem. The -streets are dirty and ill-paved, and scarcely any -properly authenticated spot can actually be pointed -out. Each sanctimonious-looking dragoman has a -sniffle, and ‘lies like a wily Hindu.’ From the -Greek or Armenian priest who humbugs the miserable -pilgrims with his ‘Holy Fire,’ to the hawker -of cards of sham flowers from Zion or Bethlehem, -sham shells from the Jordan, or sham wood from -Olivet, there is nothing but falsehood and extortion. -About the only redeeming feature amidst -the mass of corruption, dirt, and hypocrisy, is the -well-kept and trim little English church, with -its decent congregation; while certainly the only -well-ordered quarter of the city is the Moslem -quarter.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak x-ebookmaker-important" id="BY_MEAD_AND_STREAM">BY MEAD AND STREAM.</h2> -</div> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XXIX.—SUSPICION.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">And</span> those interlacing shadows of the bare -branches across the footpath through the forest -which had been like delicate fairy fretwork when -Philip passed along, broadened and deepened into -black masses before the father as he followed. He -had no purpose in following, beyond a vague -craving to know what Madge would say when -she learned that he had disinherited this favourite -of the family, and a fancy that it would be -pleasant to walk back with him, when he might -explain more fully than he had done the motives -by which he had been actuated.</p> - -<p>He, too, knew this pathway well; but, although -he walked on, he had not yet decided to go all -the way. When he entered the glade in which -the King’s Oak reigned, he halted. This was a -place for elfin revels, and fairy-rings were common -in it. Every child brought here to play felt sure -that this was the very spot where little Red -Riding Hood met the wolf, and that her grandmother’s -cottage stood over there, where some -funny people tried to make them believe was -once a Roman camp. Romans indeed! as if they -were going to give up the delightful association -of Red Riding Hood with the place for a lot of -dull people they were forced to read about in -school-books! And, of course, it was here also -that the other Hood called Robin assembled with -his merry men, and Little John and Friar Tuck. -It was no use attempting to correct their geography -by informing them that Sherwood Forest -was a long way from here: the child’s imagination -insists upon associating its heroes with known -places.</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh was reminded of the happy group -of children he had found here in the sunshine -not long ago, and as their bright faces rose before -him in the soft twilight, he seemed to grow strong -again. Pleasant memories are as helpful to us -as pleasant anticipations.</p> - -<p>When he resumed his way, he walked more -firmly than he had done since Philip left him. -He had now decided to go on and wait for him -near the stile; and he unconsciously quickened -his pace, although aware that he would have -plenty of time to spare. On reaching the roadway, -however, he proceeded leisurely, listening to -the river, but hearing no melody in it.</p> - -<p>As he approached the stile, he saw the figures -of a man and woman slowly cross the road. They -shook hands, and he heard the man say:</p> - -<p>‘I have your promise, and I shall hold you to -it. Be faithful, and I shall be able to think of -the past without pain.’</p> - -<p>There was a reply, but in a tone so low that -it did not reach his ears. He recognised in the -man the stranger who had recently taken up his -quarters in the village, although he had only -seen him once and, then, at a distance. The -woman was Madge.</p> - -<p>They parted. She hurried up the meadow; and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_324">{324}</span> -after a brief pause, Mr Beecham turned in the -direction of the village.</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh had involuntarily halted, feeling -that he was the accidental spectator of an incident -for which the actors had not desired an audience. -Beecham’s words and the girl’s manner satisfied -him of that. He became immediately aware, -however, that standing still would naturally suggest -that he was playing the part of a spy. And -he could not escape observation, for the man was -coming straight towards him. He, therefore, -resumed his leisurely pace.</p> - -<p>As was frequently his habit, Mr Beecham -walked with head slightly bent, his eyes seeming -to read strange writings on the ground. At the -sound of approaching footsteps, he looked up. -There was a momentary and unaccountable change -in his expression—as if he had suddenly passed -under the shadow of a tree, and coming into -the full light again it was placid and gentle as -usual.</p> - -<p>‘Good-evening,’ said Mr Hadleigh hastily, -remembering the country custom he had adopted -of saluting any one he encountered on the -road.</p> - -<p>‘Good-evening,’ echoed Beecham, with a slight -inclination of the head.</p> - -<p>They passed, moving quietly on their opposite -ways. Neither looked back, for each was conscious -that the other intended or wished to do -so, and did not care to be caught in the act.</p> - -<p>That is one of the droll sensations often -experienced in the common course of daily life. -We meet a friend, part, and without any reason, -have a desire to look after him, but restrain ourselves, -lest he, being similarly disposed, should -‘catch us at it.’ We laugh at ourselves, and -forget the absurd impulse. But what informs -the look, the breath, the tone which makes us -like or dislike a man or a woman without any -apparent justification? The mystery is one which -the poets and philosophers of all ages seem to be -continually touching, but never grasping. Some -call it instinct, others animal magnetism. All -we know is that we feel and cannot tell why; -but there are few who have not had occasion to -regret that they have not allowed themselves to -be guided by this inexplicable influence.</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh, merely passing this stranger in -the deepening twilight, knew that he was a foe.</p> - -<p>Whether or not surprise at the words he had -overheard, and wonder at their being addressed -to Miss Heathcote, had anything to do with the -sensation, he could not tell; but he felt as keen -a chill as if he had passed an iceberg—mentally -and physically the sensation was exactly the -same. Yet he had heard nothing but praise of -this quiet, kindly-looking gentleman. There was -a degree of chagrin, certainly, in the thought that -in a few weeks Mr Beecham—a casual visitor, as -he might still be called—had obtained more influence -amongst the villagers than the master of -Ringsford had won by years of endeavour to help -and guide them.</p> - -<p>Of course, Mr Hadleigh attributed this success -to the fact that the stranger was indiscriminate -in his charity. He gave help wherever it was -wanted, without taking the trouble to inquire -into each case, or to advise the recipients of his -bounty as to the future conduct which would -insure their independence. He gave them their -own way, in short, saying nothing about the -carelessness which created their necessities. To -a man who has the means, this is the easiest and -shortest road to popularity. But this could never -result in permanent benefit to the poor.</p> - -<p>Now, Mr Hadleigh had really tried to do -permanent good: and, compared to this newcomer, -he was still a stranger amongst the people. -All allowance being made for the difference of -temperament and the difference of method, it -was difficult to understand why Mr Beecham -should so quickly win what Mr Hadleigh had -long striven for with so little result—the affection -of those around him.</p> - -<p>He turned his eyes inward: was not this part—a -great part—of the penalty he had to pay for -making worldly success his first thought and -Love the second? Was it too late to win one -heart? He had gained the admiration, the esteem, -the envy of many: was it too late to win one -heart? How common folk would laugh at this -rich, prosperous man, if they knew that life -was a misery to him because he had cast away -its crown—if they knew how gladly he would -change places with his poorest labourer, if by so -doing he might secure the affection for which -he craved.</p> - -<p>If Philip’s mother had been with him, he would -have lavished upon her all that wealth could -buy!... There he stopped, in bitterness, for -he came to the end of his world again: wealth -could not buy love. Obsequious submission, a -show of respect, obedience to his orders, he -could hire: but that was all. This man -Beecham, without apparent effort or sacrifice, -obtained at once the ‘Something’ that was -beyond price.</p> - -<p>To his relief came curiosity and suspicion of—he -did not know what. But why should this -man receive any promise from Miss Heathcote? -Why should it have to do with his past? Why -should she, who was to be Philip’s wife, be there, -speaking to a stranger, when her lover was waiting -for her?</p> - -<p>He halted, and after a moment’s hesitation, -turned in the direction of the village. He was -not to wait for his son.</p> - -<p>At first he walked slowly, as if he might still -change his mind; but as his thoughts quickened, -so did his steps, and the church tower was -looming darkly against the slate-like sky when -he stopped at the gate of Mr Wrentham’s -cottage.</p> - -<p>A pretty little squat building of one story, -lying well back from the road; a patch of green -surrounded by bushy evergreens, and the front -wall covered with trellis-work, at present supporting -a spider’s web of branches, which in season -blossomed into red and white roses, making -the cottage look like a bower rather than a -homestead.</p> - -<p>At the gate, Mr Hadleigh again hesitated, as -if doubtful whether or not to carry out the -intention which had brought him to the place. -Since the evening of Philip’s accident, he had -spoken very little in private to Wrentham. -Natural enough as the accident had appeared, -he was afflicted by an uneasy feeling that -Wrentham had something to do with bringing -it about, and that to his own visit to Golden -Alley the first blame was due.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_325">{325}</span></p> - -<p>With some impatience at his weakness, he rang -the bell and advanced to the door. The servant -was new to the place, and required to ask the -visitor’s name; whereupon a door was flung -open, and Wrentham came out with effusive -cordiality.</p> - -<p>‘My dear Mr Hadleigh, this is a grand surprise. -I won’t stop to ask you what has made you -think of dropping in upon me; but I must say -thank you for a new pleasure. Come in, come -in; there is nobody here but myself. I have only -arrived within the last five minutes, and Mrs -Wrentham is putting our girl to sleep. You have -passed over these stages of domestic inconvenience; -but you can excuse us for not being always in -reception order. We let our visitors take us as -they find us, and those who don’t like it need not -come again. Simple and sensible rule, is it not? -But we should have liked <i>you</i> to find us a little -more in apple-pie order, especially as it is your -first visit.’</p> - -<p>This was spoken with Wrentham’s usual gay -rapidity, allowing his unexpected guest no opportunity -to protest, as he ushered him into a tidy -little drawing-room which was apparently very -much in ‘reception order.’ Chairs, tables, nick-nacks -were almost too primly arranged to accord -with the free-and-easy ways which the owner -professed. He was, however, so seldom in the -room that he was ignorant of its condition. The -dining-room, on the other side of the passage, was -his ‘snuggery,’ and there he spent his evenings -when at home, which was seldom until late at -night; and frequently he was absent for days -on business.</p> - -<p>But he was an affectionate husband and father. -He was particular about having his wife and -daughter always dressed in the newest and finest -fabrics, and regularly took them out for a treat -on Saturday or Sunday. Mrs Wrentham was a -delicate, nervous lady, apparently content with -her lot, and glad to escape from the toil of visiting -and receiving visitors. Her whole existence was -filled by her child Ada, a bright creature of -eight years, nicknamed by her father ‘Pussie,’ on -account of her passionate attachment to cats.</p> - -<p>‘Will you take a chair?’ Wrentham went on. -‘You are such a fellow for taking one by surprise—always -a pleasant surprise; but you give -one no chance of doing anything to show how -it is appreciated. You dropped down upon me -in Golden Alley, just as you have dropped down -upon me here, without the least warning.’</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh listened patiently, his cold, dreaming -eyes staring vacantly at him, but closely -noting every change on his face.</p> - -<p>‘I hope I do not disturb you?’ he said quietly, -taking the proffered chair.</p> - -<p>‘My dear sir!—as if I should not be delighted -to see you under any circumstances—at any time—in -any place!’</p> - -<p>‘You are very kind. I come to you for the -same reason that I visited your office—I want -some information which I think you may be able -to give me.’</p> - -<p>‘About your son? I am afraid there is not -much I can say in regard to him that will be -satisfactory to a man of business like yourself.’</p> - -<p>Wrentham shook his head and shrugged his -shoulders, as if the subject were one he would -rather not discuss.</p> - -<p>‘It is not about my son that I desire to speak -to you this time.’</p> - -<p>There was a peculiar emphasis on the last two -words, suggestive that the result of the former -conversation had not been satisfactory. Wrentham -was, or very cleverly affected to be, unconscious -of the suggestion.</p> - -<p>‘I am glad of that—real glad, as Americans say. -And yet I have more than once had a notion of -going to you and asking you to try to bring the -young man to reason. I am supposed to be his -manager and adviser. My management consists -in doing the work of a message-boy—that is, -strictly carrying out his instructions: my advice -is nowhere.’</p> - -<p>‘I have no desire to interfere with him in his -present course.’</p> - -<p>‘So I supposed, and that is what has kept me -from going to you. I had no idea, until after -accepting this agreement with him, that he was -such an obstinate beggar—you know that I am -speaking of him as my friend. He has got this -mania—I have told him that I consider it a -mania—and he sticks to it. Unfortunately, his -uncle approves of it; but you know that this is -not business—he will never get anything out of -it.’</p> - -<p>‘Not in your sense, Mr Wrentham; but there -are some profits which cannot be reckoned by -the figures in our ledgers—and some losses -too.’</p> - -<p>‘Undoubtedly, sir, undoubtedly; at the same -time, you cannot blame me for taking the commonplace -view of things, and regretting that a young -man with such a splendid opportunity should -deliberately chuck it into the gutter. Why, with -his capital, I can see a magnificent future, if he -would only consent to follow the dictates of -common-sense.’</p> - -<p>‘You mean those dictates which lead to the -making of money. His notion is to make people -happy. Well, as you are aware, I have had some -experience in obeying common-sense, as you understand -it; and I am curious to see the result of -Philip’s experiment. I have no desire and no -right to interfere with him.’</p> - -<p>‘The result will be ruin—absolute ruin. In -less than twelve months he will not have a penny -of the whole capital now at his disposal. However, -as you say, we have nothing to do with it. -At the same time, I trust you will, for my sake, -remember by-and-by that I have entered my -protest against the course he is pursuing.’</p> - -<p>‘I shall remember,’ said Mr Hadleigh, inclining -his head gravely. ‘What I called to ask you -was, do you know anything about Mr Beecham, -who seems to have taken permanent quarters at -the <i>King’s Head</i>?’</p> - -<p>‘Beecham!’ exclaimed Wrentham gleefully, as -if intensely relieved by an agreeable change of -subject. ‘I should think so. I believe that it -was my privilege to be the first amongst his -acquaintances in Kingshope. I don’t think he -would object to my saying that he is a friend of -mine. A capital fellow—simple as a child, and -yet wise as a philosopher ever can be.’</p> - -<p>‘That sounds like a sneer at philosophers.’</p> - -<p>‘I did not mean it; but there is a difference -between the man who is a philosopher and the -man who is up to the time of day. Now, this -Beecham has travelled a great deal, read a great<span class="pagenum" id="Page_326">{326}</span> -deal, and knows a great deal; but he doesn’t -know a game at cards. I had to show him how -to play Nap!’</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh was not interested by this record -of the simplicity of the stranger; he was occupied -by some other reflection, which caused his brows -to contract and his eyelids to droop.</p> - -<p>‘Has he told you what part of the world he -comes from?’</p> - -<p>Wrentham laughed.</p> - -<p>‘Why, he comes from everywhere—America, -Australia, and likely enough the North Pole, -although he has not particularly referred to it.’</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh rose.</p> - -<p>‘Will you find out for me, if you can, where -he came from last?’</p> - -<p>Wrentham became suddenly serious.</p> - -<p>‘You don’t suppose there is anything wrong -about him? He acts and talks straightforwardly -enough.’</p> - -<p>‘I am asking you, Mr Wrentham, for information,’ -answered Mr Hadleigh with a mechanical -smile. ‘If you have won money from him in -betting or playing Nap, I have no doubt you -will be paid. My inquiry is suggested by the -fact, that he has reminded me of an old—acquaintance’ -(he seemed to falter over the word, as if he -had wished to say friend, but could not). ‘Should -he be the man, I want to have a little conversation -with him.’</p> - -<p>‘Meaning no harm to him?’ queried Wrentham, -suspiciously.</p> - -<p>‘On the contrary—good to him and to myself.’</p> - -<p>‘Then I shall go along and see him this -evening. He’ll tell me at once.’</p> - -<p>‘I would prefer that my name was not mentioned.’</p> - -<p>‘Oh ... that may make a difference. However, -I have no doubt of being able to give you -the information you want by to-morrow.’</p> - -<p>Mr Hadleigh went away, turning his steps -homeward. Through the forest again. Those -withered branches were like the milestones of -his life, and the pathway of withered leaves was -a fitting one for him. You who love nature -know that those leaves which the careless call -dead are the nurses of the coming spring blossoms; -and to him they brought back old thoughts, old -faces. How beautiful they are: beautiful, because -our tenderest thoughts have their roots in -graves.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="SOME_CURIOSITIES_OF_THE_PEERAGE">SOME CURIOSITIES OF THE PEERAGE.</h2> -</div> - -<h3 title="PART II.">IN TWO PARTS.—PART II.</h3> - - -<p><span class="smcap">The</span> most recent instance of reviving an extinct -title is the assumption by Sir Henry Brand, late -Speaker of the House of Commons, of the -Viscounty of Hampden. It is usual for the -Speaker, on retiring from office, to be created a -Viscount, and there are circumstances of interest -surrounding the elevation of Sir Henry Brand -to this dignity. In the first place, he is heir-presumptive -to the barony of Dacre, now held -by his brother, the twenty-second lord, who was -born in 1808. Should, therefore, Lord Hampden -survive Lord Dacre, the ancient barony will -merge in the recent viscounty and be lost sight -of. But why should Sir Henry Brand have -chosen the title of Hampden? The fact is this -title is young compared with the <i>name</i> borne -by ‘the great Buckinghamshire Esquire,’ as -Macaulay calls the illustrious patriot. It was -created in 1776, when Robert Trevor, fourth -baron of that title, assumed the name of Hampden, -and was created Viscount Hampden of Great and -Little Hampden, in the county of Bucks, where -the Hampdens had been the untitled lords long -before the Conquest. Three Trevor-Hampdens -bore this title, which became extinct in 1824. -Now, between the Trevors and the Lords Dacre -there is a connection, which we will endeavour -to shortly exhibit. The original family name -of the Lords Dacre was Dacre; but an unusual -variety of other surnames have been at different -times assumed by them. In 1715, the fifteenth -lord died without male issue; and his daughter -Anne became Baroness Dacre, sixteenth holder of -the title, who was three times married, and had -male issue by each of her husbands. One of -them, Thomas Barrett Lennard, became seventeenth -Lord Dacre. A son, Charles, by her second -marriage, became the husband of Gertrude, -daughter and co-heir of John Trevor, Esq., of -Glynde in Sussex. The children of Charles and -Gertrude were a son and a daughter; of whom -the former became eighteenth Lord Dacre, and -the latter another Baroness Dacre (nineteenth), -who married, in 1771, Thomas Brand, Esq., of the -Hoo, Welwyn, Herts; and thus we bring together -the Trevors and the Brands. The twentieth Lord -Dacre died without issue, and was succeeded by -his brother, the twenty-first lord, who assumed -the name and arms of Trevor, in compliance with -a direction in the will of the last Viscount -Hampden. Accordingly, while the surname of -the present Lord Dacre is Trevor, that of his -brother, Lord Hampden, is merely Brand. It is -understood that some members of the family of -the Earl of Buckinghamshire, whose patronymic -is Hobart Hampden—they being descended in the -female line from the patriot, who left no male -issue—endeavoured to dissuade Sir Henry Brand -from taking the title which he chose. But surely, -considering the circumstances mentioned above, -he was justified in his selection; and all will -feel that the title of Hampden could not be borne -by one more worthy to be associated with this -great name than the late Speaker.</p> - -<p>The foregoing transcripts from titular and -family history have been somewhat detailed, -inasmuch as their features are representative of -many other peerages, and also elucidate various -matters connected with the peerage not patent -to all persons. They show <i>inter alia</i> how titles -may not only be extinguished, but may be shifted -about from family to family when the limitations -of those titles are in fee. They show, also, why -it is that a peer who is generally known by one -title may yet sit and vote in the House of Lords -or Peers by some other; the short explanation -being, that he is not a peer of the United -Kingdom, or, in other words, a peer of the entire -realm, so far as his first title is concerned. In -our previous paper ‘What is a Peer?’ this feature -of the peerage was alluded to; and we may now -add that there is only one peer, who, not being -a peer of the realm in regard to his chief title,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_327">{327}</span> -yet sits and votes in the House of Lords by a -title as exalted as the other. This is the Duke -of Hamilton, who, though premier Duke of -Scotland, yet, as such has no hereditary seat in -parliament,<a id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> while as Duke of Brandon he has; -and he would be so described in the Lords’ -division lists. Then, again, the Marquis of -Huntly, though premier Marquis of Scotland, is -yet only Lord Meldrum when sitting in the -House of Lords. The Marquis of Sligo is only -such in the peerage of Ireland, but sits in -parliament as Lord Monteagle; and there is also -a Lord Monteagle who is a peer of the realm by -that title only. The eighteenth Earl of Erroll is -singularly situated. When sitting in parliament -he is Lord Kilmarnock, and this is the courtesy -title borne by his eldest son, so that there are -two Lords Kilmarnock!</p> - -<p>The distinctions just referred to between peers -of the United Kingdom and those who are not have -given rise to some singular features in the peerage -which are, at first sight, of an anomalous character. -Thus, while the son of a tradesman who becomes -a peer of the United Kingdom to-day may die -to-morrow, and his son may take his seat in the -House of Lords as an hereditary legislator; on -the other hand, the thirty-fourth Scotch Earl of -Mar—merely as such—and the thirty-first Irish -Lord Kingsale have no hereditary right to a seat -in the legislature, although the latter is premier -Baron of Ireland. It is of course competent to -the Crown—the fountain of honour—to promote -these and other noblemen similarly situated to -the peerage of the United Kingdom; but until -this is done, they take rank below the last created -baron of the realm. At one time it appears to -have been usual to honour a man by first making -him an Irish peer, and then to promote him -gradually, as in the case of Rawdon, Earl of -Moira, and conspicuously so in that of the -Fitzwilliam peerage and others. But then we -must remember that it was not before January -1, 1801, that the expression ‘United Kingdom -of Great Britain and Ireland’ was known; nor -before 1707 that the term ‘Great Britain’ was, or -could in law have been applied to England and -Scotland as a whole.<a id="FNanchor_2" href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> The one was created by -the statute 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 67 (July 2, -1800), the other by 5 and 6 Anne c. 8 (May 1, 1707). -To these statutes we refer the reader desirous -of more information on this subject. He may -also peruse that interesting work of light reading, -<i>The Reports of the Lords’ Committees on the Dignity -of a Peer of the Realm</i>, comprised in four folio -volumes (1826).</p> - -<p>In ‘What is a Peer?’ we made allusion to -peerages created by writ of summons and by -letters-patent. We may here observe that there -was another form of barony, that by tenure, which, -however, long ago became obsolete. Now, it is -to be remarked with regard to the creation of -a barony by writ of summons, that it always -conferred a peerage in fee—in other words, one -descendible to males and females—and this will -introduce us to two terms previously mentioned, -‘abeyance’ and ‘co-heirs,’ which require a short -explanation. It will be convenient to furnish -this by reference to those baronies of the -Huntingdon earldom which, we have seen, were -transplanted, so to speak, from the Hastings into -the Rawdon family by the single act of marriage -of an heiress of the former with a member of -the latter house. The word ‘abeyance’ itself -is peculiar, and signifies, to look at something -expectingly—in fact, with open mouth. It has -been used with regard to corporeal hereditaments; -but the subject of estates in abeyance, or in -<i>nubibus</i>, is far too intricate to be entered upon -here. We must, however, make some allusion -to the law of real property, in order to render -our succeeding statements intelligible—and titles -of honour are to be dealt with under the rules -of that branch of law. There are some of those -rules, however, which, though applicable to ordinary -incorporeal hereditaments, are not so to -titles of honour. Thus, while an acre of land -in fee is alienable, a title in fee is not; it may -devolve, but cannot be devised. Again, if the -tenant or, as we commonly say, the owner of -an estate in fee simple dies intestate, leaving no -sons, but daughters, all the latter inherit as -‘co-heirs,’ or, as lawyers call them, ‘coparceners,’ -who are regarded in law as making one heir. -Under such circumstances, they may sever the -joint ownership if they like; but if they do not, -the entire estate may devolve upon the last -survivor, assuming the others to die unmarried -and intestate. This right of survivorship will -not, however, exist as against the heir of any -of them where the above circumstances are -wanting. Thus, if A. and B. are coparceners, and -B. marries, dies, and leaves a son C., the right of -B. will descend on C.; and so on. Well, now, a -title of honour clearly cannot be made the subject -of partition; and accordingly, if the male holder -of a barony which originated in a writ of summons -dies leaving two daughters, his barony does not -become extinct, but falls into ‘abeyance.’ If one -of these daughters marries, then dies, leaving a -daughter, but her own sister still unmarried, the -barony is still in abeyance until either the aunt -or her niece dies. If the latter predeceases the -former, leaving no issue, there is an end of the -abeyance; the aunt assumes the title; but if she -dies without having been married, the title then -becomes ‘extinct.’ If, on the other hand, the -niece has male children, and dies, her eldest son -succeeds; and if the latter dies without issue, -leaving no brothers or their issue, but only -sisters, who do not marry, the title will again -fall into abeyance. Thus, it is seen how a -barony may be in abeyance, and how there may -be co-heirs thereto as claimants also, how such -co-heirs and their heirs may exist as such for -an indefinite period, or until the title can devolve -upon <i>one</i> person. The Crown, however, may -exercise its prerogative of terminating the abeyance -in favour of one of them, as was done in -the Zouche peerage in 1828.</p> - -<p>But to return to the Hastings’ honours, and the -baronies which Elizabeth transferred to the -Rawdon family. The first Baron Hungerford was<span class="pagenum" id="Page_328">{328}</span> -summoned by writ in the reign of Henry VI.; -and his son married Margaret, daughter of Baron -Botreaux, thus acquiring this title. Their son -Robert married the daughter of Baron Molynes -or Molines, and in her right assumed that title, -with his own and Botreaux. He was beheaded in -1463. The son of this last Baron Hungerford -had a daughter, Mary, who married the first Baron -Hastings somewhere about 1480, was summoned -to parliament by writ; and in 1485 the attainder -of the Hungerfords was reversed, and the family -honours were restored. The third Baron Hastings -was raised to the earldom of Huntingdon, in which -dignity these honours were merged; and when -the eighteenth earl died in 1789, they descended -to his sister, the mother of the first marquis, and -this is really how they came into the Rawdon -family. It will also be understood from what -precedes that the only dignity in the peerage -which can fall into abeyance, and, accordingly, to -which there can only be co-heirs, is a barony -created by writ; and we may observe, that when -it cannot be determined upon whom a higher -title devolves, there is said to be a ‘suspension’ -of that title. It is also to be remembered that -as no barony is known to have been created by -letters-patent prior to the eleventh year of Richard -II., baronies created before then are presumed to -have been created by writ of summons.</p> - -<p>We have said that the Crown by the exercise -of its prerogative may terminate an abeyance, and -this may be done either in favour of a person -who is, or one who is not, a peer. In the former -case, a writ of summons issues to him by the -style of the barony in abeyance; in the latter, -letters-patent are employed, and this is the -practice where the person on whom the title falls -is a lady.</p> - -<p>And now a few words as to the ‘forfeiture’ of -a title. This will follow in all cases upon a -conviction for high treason, but not necessarily -for felony. If, however, a peerage has originated -in a writ of summons, and therefore descendible -to heirs-general, it will be forfeited on an attainder -for felony. It is a curious fact, too, that although -the Crown can pardon a criminal, it cannot in -any case restore a dignity once forfeited for -attainder, so as to place the offender and his -family <i>in statu quo</i>. This can be done only by -an Act of Parliament. The Crown can revive -the forfeited title, but it then becomes a new one; -so that if a twentieth Earl of X. is attainted, -although the Crown may create his son Earl of X., -yet the latter becomes not the twenty-first, but -only the first Earl of X.</p> - -<p>There is one more matter of interest which -ought to be mentioned here. We have seen that -the barons of Hungerford acquired two titles in -right of their wives. Now, with regard to real -property, if a man is married to a woman possessed -of an estate in fee simple or in tail, and she dies -without having had a child born alive, he will, in -the absence of a settlement, or a will by her to -the contrary, lose all interest in such property. If, -however, she has had a child which may have -lived only long enough to utter one cry, or can -be proved in any way to have lived after its -birth, the husband will in such case, after his -wife’s death, become tenant of the estate for life, -and will be termed ‘tenant by the curtesy.’ Such, -however, is not the case with regard to titles of -honour; and although, as we have seen, there are -instances of this ‘curtesy’ in regard to dignities, -yet, according to Sir Harris Nicolas, there are -none to be met with after the reign of Henry -VIII., the latest examples being those of Hungerford, -already referred to, and Strange.</p> - -<p>Although the House of Lords is undoubtedly -an aristocratic assembly, yet it is essentially a -cosmopolitan body, and paradoxical as the statement -will perhaps appear, it may even be said -to be in one sense democratic. It is also to be -observed that in this respect the House of Lords -differs from the peerage viewed in its entirety. -For whereas the latter, so regarded, is aristocratic -because of the remote ancestry, wealth, and power -of many of its members who have no seat in the -House of Lords, yet this assembly, as a section -of the peerage, will be found to contain men -who may fairly be said to be—employing a significant -common phrase—‘Of no family at all.’ -Hence our application of the term ‘democratic’ -to this assembly; and on consideration, it will be -found to be hardly either far-fetched or inappropriate, -because the history of England will disclose -instances in which the sympathy of the House -of Lords has been with the people, where rights -and liberties have been endangered, either by -injudicious action by the Commons, by the -attempt to unduly enlarge the prerogatives of -the Crown, or from other causes. The truth is, -we have peers who have sprung from all sorts -and conditions of men—from traders, retail as -well as wholesale; also from the professions. Of -these sources of supply the legal profession is -the most distinguished, about half the members -of the present House of Lords, including -some of the oldest, wealthiest, and grandest -of them, either being descended from, or owing -their position to, successful members of the Bar. -We are not aware of any solicitor, as such, having -been raised to the peerage; but the great Lord -Chancellor Hardwicke, ancestor of the present earl, -commenced life as an articled clerk; and Thomas -Parker the first Earl of Macclesfield practised as -a solicitor before becoming a barrister. Like his -illustrious predecessor Bacon, he was impeached -for corrupt practices in his office, and fined thirty -thousand pounds.</p> - -<p>It is amusing to notice—though, of course, the -fact is not mentioned as an argument for any -previous statement—that in the peerage we have -a Browne, a Jones, and a Robinson, which are -the family names respectively of the Marquis of -Sligo, Viscount Ranelagh, and the Marquis of -Ripon, the present Governor-general of India. -Four of our greatest dukes—Cleveland, Grafton, -Richmond, and St Albans—are severally descended -from Charles II. and his mistresses, the last-named -having for his ancestress the fair and amiable, but -frail Eleanor Gwynne, or as she is commonly -called, Nell Gwynne. Another ‘irregular scion -of royalty’ is the present Earl of Munster, whose -grandparents were King William IV. and Mrs -Jordan the actress. With regard to the above-named -dukes, it is a remarkable circumstance -that although the sovereigns of England ceased -in 1801 to perpetrate the act of absurdity and -effrontery of styling themselves kings of France, -yet the above-mentioned noblemen still quarter -the arms of that country on their heraldic shields. -At the same time, over such arms, which are those<span class="pagenum" id="Page_329">{329}</span> -of Charles II., there is placed the sinister<a id="FNanchor_3" href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> baton—that -is, one extending from nearly the top of -the left of the shield to nearly the bottom of its -right—which is the emblem of illegitimacy. Lord -Munster also bears the royal arms with the same -‘abatement,’ as a herald would say. Then, on -the other hand, there are eight dukes, three -marquises, seventeen earls, three viscounts, and -fourteen barons who are entitled to quarter the -royal arms of Plantagenet on their shields without -this said baton. But this is not so singular as -the fact disclosed during the course of the ‘Sussex -Peerage Case,’ to be noticed again presently, that -upwards of thirty thousand persons in this country -have royal blood in their veins!</p> - -<p>The distinction between what may be termed -personal titles and those of a local or territorial -character should be observed. Occasionally, one -hears of a Marquis <i>of</i> Townshend, a Marquis <i>of</i> -Conyngham, an Earl <i>of</i> Waldegrave, <i>of</i> Granville, -&c. Such expressions are erroneous; there are, -in fact, no such titles, and the ‘of’ is improperly -introduced. We ought to say Earl Granville, -&c. So also with the Earls Cairns, Fitzwilliam, -Grey, Stanhope, &c., whose name and chief title -are the same. We have, however, Earl Brownlow, -whose family name is Cust. Moreover, a -peer whose chief title is personal, may yet possess -others which are local, but not, so far as we -know, territorial. Thus, Earl Fortescue’s second -title is Viscount Ebrington, and the Marquis -Conyngham is Earl of Mountcharles. Again, all -a peer’s titles may be the same as his name, as -in the case of Sir J. V. S. Townshend, Bart., who -is Marquis, Viscount, and Baron Townshend. It -is, however, usual in this family for the eldest -son to be designated Viscount Raynham during -his father’s lifetime, the viscounty being, in fact, -‘Townshend of Raynham, in the county of -Norfolk.’</p> - -<p>But even where peers do bear territorial or -local titles, as, for example, the Duke of Norfolk, -Marquis of Northampton or Earl of Derby, it -is not usual in society to so speak of them -except in the case of a dukedom; all noblemen, -whether actually so, or only by courtesy, being -styled simply Lord So-and-so.</p> - -<p>It now and then happens that some distinguished -man, who for some reason is not disposed -to accept a peerage himself, will yet permit such -honour to be conferred on his wife. This was -the case with the late Lord Beaconsfield, whose -wife became in 1868 Viscountess Beaconsfield, her -husband still remaining a commoner. Then, -again, in 1836 the wife of Sir John Campbell, -afterwards Lord Campbell, and Chief Justice of -England, was raised to the peerage as Baroness -Stratheden, before her husband was, a circumstance -which will be found to disclose the unusual -fact of three baronies being conferred in the short -space of six years on two families, each indebted -for its elevation to nobility to a successful lawyer. -The father of Lady Stratheden was Sir James -Scarlett, who was created Chief Baron of the -Exchequer and Lord Abinger in January 1835. -Next year the Stratheden peerage was created; -and in 1841, Lady Stratheden’s husband became -Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Lord -Campbell. She died in 1860, whereupon her -eldest son succeeded to her title. Lord Campbell -died next year; and the same nobleman also took -his father’s title. Thus we have what seems at -first sight the puzzling title of Stratheden and -Campbell.</p> - -<p>There are a few other instances in the peerage -of the employment of a double title, for example, -the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos; Hamilton -and Brandon; Richmond and Gordon: the Earls -of Mar and Kellie; Warwick and Brooke; -Pembroke and Montgomery; Stamford and -Warrington; Suffolk and Berkshire; Wemyss and -March; Winchelsea and Nottingham, &c.: Viscount -Massereene and Ferrard (who sits as Lord -Oriel): Baron Saye and Sele; Baron Mowbray, -Segrave, and Stourton; Oranmore and Browne; -De L’Isle and Dudley, &c., which the reader -inclined to do so may investigate for himself.</p> - -<p>Then we have titles of another compound order, -as those of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Howard -of Glossop, Vaux of Harrowden, Willoughby de -Broke, Willoughby de Eresby, &c.; and as an -instance of <i>idem sonans</i> in titles, we may mention -the barony of Middleton and the viscounty of -Midleton, the respective holders of which are -peers of the realm, and pronounce their titles in -the same way.</p> - -<p>Some of the heraldic mottoes of our nobility -are extremely peculiar. A very blunt one is that -of Byron, <i>Crede Byron</i> (Believe a Byron). A few -of them have reference to the achievements for -which the peerage was originally conferred, or -from which promotion therein was the result. -Thus, Baron Exmouth, upon whom a viscounty -was conferred after the bombardment of Algiers -in 1816, placed his family motto over his crest, -and the word ‘Algiers’ under his shield. In the -same way the celebrated Field-marshal Viscount -Gough had the words ‘China,’ ‘Barrosa,’ and -‘Goojerat’ painted on his armorial bearings, also -the Irish words <i>Faugh a Ballagh</i>—that is, clear -the way, which is the war-cry of the regiment -known as the Connaught Rangers. Again, Lord -Radstock’s motto is ‘St Vincent,’ commemorating -a naval exploit of the first peer, who was a son -of the third Earl Waldegrave, which, however, -took place off Cape Lagos in 1797. The motto -of the hero John Jervis, who destroyed the -Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent in 1797, and -who was raised to the peerage as Earl St Vincent, -was the strange-looking word ‘Thus,’ and it is -still borne by the representative of the Jervis -family, who, however, is only Viscount St Vincent. -‘Thus’ is a nautical term of command which, -shortly explained, signifies an order to keep the -ship’s head in the direction in which she is -proceeding. The motto of Earl Fortescue, <i>Forte -scutum salus ducum</i> (that is, A strong shield is -the safeguard of the leaders), is noteworthy. -According to Sir B. Burke, the ancestor of -the Fortescues was one Sir Richard le Fort, who -protected the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings -by his shield. <i>Escue</i> being the Norman word for -shield, it was added to <i>Fort</i>, and thus produced -the name and the title of Fortescue. The above -motto is also that of the Fortescues Lords Clermont, -who are kinsmen of the others. Two -ennobled barristers chose mottoes associated with -their professional pursuits, Pratt, Marquis Camden,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_330">{330}</span> -having taken <i>Judicium parium, aut lex terræ</i> (that -is, The judgment of our peers, or the law of the -land); while the renowned advocate Thomas, -Lord Erskine, adopted the phrase <i>Trial by Jury</i>. -This nobleman was the son of the fifth Earl of -Buchan, whose family motto is <i>Judge nought</i>; -and there is some singularity about the abandonment -of this motto for that of <i>Trial by Jury</i>. -There are two mottoes of an extremely suggestive -character—that of Earl Howe (<i>Let Curzon hold -what Curzon held</i>), and that of the Marquis -Conyngham (<i>Over Fork over!</i>). The history of the -latter family will show that the spirit of this -phrase, taken in its vulgar acceptation, has not been -disregarded by them. In some of the mottoes we -discover a play of words—a fanciful conceit, as -it would have once been termed. Thus, the -Earls of Onslow use the well-known proverb, -<i>Festine lente</i>, or ‘Hasten slowly,’ which evidently -has reference to the present form of their name, -On-slow, which, however, was originally Ondeslow. -Then, again, Earl Manvers’ is <i>Pie repone te</i> (Repose -with pious confidence). If the position of the -letters in the Latin words be changed, we have -<i>Piereponete</i>; and ‘Pierrepont’ is the family name -of the above nobleman. The motto of the Earls -of Wemyss, <i>This our Charter is</i>, contains their name -of Charteris. So also does that of the Roches, -Lords Fermoy, <i>Mon Dieu est ma roche</i>; and the -motto of the Earls of Sandwich, <i>Post tot naufragia -portum</i> (After so many shipwrecks, we arrive -at port). Then, again, the Duke of Devonshire, -and Lords Chesham and Waterpark, all of the -Cavendish family, have for their motto <i>Cavendo -tutus</i> (Safe by being cautious), evidently a <i>jeu de -mots</i>, a hazy sort of play on the name of the -title.</p> - -<p>In a previous paragraph, we alluded to the -Sussex Peerage Case. This was a very painful -curiosity indeed of the peerage. The Duke of -Sussex, sixth son of George III., had married, -in 1793, Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the -Earl of Dunmore. The marriage ceremony was -twice performed—first at Rome, and next at St -George’s, Hanover Square, and the union was -one of affection on both sides. Two children -were born of it—a son and a daughter, the -former having been Colonel Sir Augustus F. -D’Este, and the latter, Mademoiselle D’Este, -who became the second wife of Serjeant Wilde, -afterwards Lord Chancellor Truro. That lady -died in 1855 without issue, and the present -Lord Truro is accordingly descended from the -first wife. On the death of the Duke of Sussex -in 1843, Sir A. D’Este claimed the Dukedom of -Sussex; but the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, -the then forum of matrimonial causes, held the -marriage of his parents to have been null and -void, as contrary to the provisions of the Royal -Marriage Act (12 Geo. III. c. 11). Sir Augustus -D’Este died in 1849; and this lamentable story in -its legal aspect may be read in the second volume -of Clark and Finnelly’s <i>House of Lords’ Reports</i>. -The Sussex Peerage Case, beyond its painful -interest, is of importance to lawyers, several -rules of the law of evidence having been fixed -by it. The same may be said of some other -peerage cases, as those of Banbury and Shrewsbury. -And we may also mention that one which probably -stands without a parallel in the records of -scandalous family history, the celebrated Berkeley -Peerage Case, a veritable curiosity, not of the -peerage only, but of human life generally, being, -in fact, an agglomeration of frauds, perjuries, -and immoral proceedings, all surrounded by an -atmosphere of the most repulsive vulgarity. We -gladly pass it by. Indeed, it ought, except -for illustrative purposes, to be let severely -alone.</p> - -<p>We have spoken in a previous paragraph of -‘premier peerages;’ and perhaps a few words are -necessary on this subject.</p> - -<p>The premier peerages of the realm are as -follows:</p> - -<p><i>England</i>—Duke of Norfolk, 1483; Marquis -of Winchester, 1551; Earl Shrewsbury, 1442; -Viscount Hereford, 1550; Baron Le Despencer, -1264.</p> - -<p><i>Scotland</i>—Duke of Hamilton, 1643; Marquis -of Huntly, 1559; Earl Crawford, 1398; Viscount -Falkland, 1620; Baron Forbes, 1442 (?).</p> - -<p><i>Ireland</i>—Duke of Leinster, 1766, who is also -premier Marquis and Earl of Ireland; Viscount -Gormanston, 1478; Baron Kingsale, 1181.</p> - -<p>Of all these, Kingsale is the oldest existing -title, but, as already intimated, Lord Kingsale -has no seat in the House of Lords. The barony -(by writ) of Le Despencer is the oldest in -England, but is at present held by a lady, who -is the wife of Viscount Falmouth, whose son is -therefore heir to both titles. The oldest title -borne by a member of the House of Lords under -which he sits and votes is that of De Ros, this -barony having been created 1264, but after that -of Le Despencer.</p> - -<p>Earls, Viscounts, Barons, and Baronesses are -entitled to be styled ‘Right Honourable;’ a Marquis -is ‘Most Honourable,’ or ‘Most Noble and -Puissant Prince;’ a Duke is ‘Most Noble,’ or -‘Most High, Potent, and Noble Prince.’ All peers -except barons are by the etiquette of heraldry -regarded and styled as cousins of the sovereign. -Thus, a Viscount or an Earl is addressed as, -‘Our right trusty and well-beloved Cousin;’ a -Marquis as, ‘Our right trusty and entirely beloved -Cousin;’ and a Duke as, ‘Our right trusty and -right entirely beloved Cousin.’</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="A_ZULU_ROMANCE">A ZULU ROMANCE.</h2> -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">As</span> a rule, the course of true love runs smoother -in Kaffir-land than in more civilised countries. -The reason for this is not far to seek. In Europe, -the business of matrimony is complicated by its -being associated with the impulses of the -heart; but amongst our Ethiopian brethren the -emotional has but little place or power. The -whole affair is simply arranged by the father of -the girl. Eight or ten oxen are handed over to the -dusky Paterfamilias by the eligible suitor, who in -exchange receives the damsel—blushing, no doubt, -if one could perceive it beneath the dark skin. -In rare instances, it may be a case of mutual -affection; and in the true story which I am about -to relate, affairs went ‘clean off the track’ in -a quite phenomenal fashion. A good deal of this -romantic drama, which took place in and about -Maritzburg, the capital of Natal, came under -the immediate notice of my wife and myself, -while the rest of it was told us by one or other -of the chief actors.</p> - -<p>It was towards the close of a summer afternoon.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_331">{331}</span> -The day had been more than usually hot, but -a slight curtain of cloud was now pleasantly -veiling the sun. Our house was situated on a -gently rising ground on the outskirts of the -town—a comfortable one-storied cottage, surrounded -by a deep veranda, and standing a short -distance back from the road. There would have -been sultry stillness, but for the chirp and whir -of insects, the too frequent ‘ping’ of the mosquito -as it hovered around one’s ear, the ‘clunk-clunk’ -of the frogs in a neighbouring streamlet, and the -sonorous voice of our Kaffir ‘boy’ chanting -some barbarous lay in one of the outhouses. -Occasionally a creaking, full-laden bullock-wagon -would toil past, drawn by a span of twelve or -fourteen patient oxen, and overhung by a cloud -of red dust, stirred up from the broad, rut-lined, -arid highway. Anon, a buggy would dash jolting -along, to the imminent danger of family groups -of itinerant Kaffirs, who would, with a loud -‘Wow!’ jump aside; and once in a while a solitary -horseman, booted and spurred, would be seen -galloping to or from the town.</p> - -<p>I was lying in a swing-hammock suspended -in the veranda, smoking a cigar, and fitfully -reading that day’s paper. Now and again, my -eye mechanically rested on the road, watching -the several wayfarers. Presently my attention -was more particularly drawn to a young Zulu -woman, who had opened our front gate, and was -slowly walking up the path leading to our house. -She was probably about seventeen years of age, -though, to one unacquainted with Kaffir physique, -she might have seemed at least twenty-one, and -moved with the erect and graceful carriage characteristic -of the race. Her dress consisted of -what may be best described as a canvas tunic, -which had originally been a sack, but round the -arm-holes and short skirt was a border of many-coloured -beads. Upon her shapely arms were -brass rings and circlets of beads, while similar -ornaments graced her calf and ankle. Her hair -had been combed up, stiffened with red clay, and -tied into a bunch—a toilet significant of her status -as a married woman, the Kaffir virgin usually -rejoicing merely in her primitive ‘wool.’</p> - -<p>The young woman’s steps were directed to the -back of our premises, where she disappeared. -What could she be after? The next moment I -said to myself that she must be one of our -‘boy’s’ relations. The kinship of one’s Kaffir -boy, be it here remarked, is invariably very -extensive; and unless you exercise some strictness, -your rearmost premises are very apt to be -invaded by his parents, his brothers, ‘his sisters -and his cousins and his aunts,’ not to speak of -his uncles and vaguely remote relatives. Our -boy, Capelle by name, had been told that we -were not to be annoyed by frequent visits from -his friends; and as that day he had already -welcomed and hospitably fed—with <i>our</i> maize-meal—about -half-a-dozen of his acquaintances, -I somewhat resented the coming of this youthful -matron.</p> - -<p>It was in my mind to jump out of the hammock -and remonstrate with our domestic, when I heard -stealthy footsteps in the veranda. The next -moment Capelle stood before me, asking permission, -as far as I could make out, for his sister to -remain overnight. My wife now appeared, telling -me that Capelle and the young woman had -been having high words in the Kaffir-house. -Thereupon I questioned him as to the cause of -the quarrel. ‘Baas’ (Master), he began; and -then delivered a fluent discourse in his native -tongue, doubtless full of information, but almost -wholly unintelligible to me, until my wife acted -as interpreter. My better-half, having to scold -and direct the boy, had in about two years’ time -mastered the colloquial Kaffir generally spoken in -Maritzburg kitchens. Out of the facts extracted -from Capelle and his sister by cross-examination, -the following interesting narrative was evolved.</p> - -<p>Some six months previous, this young woman, -whose name was ’Manthla, had plighted her troth -to one Umhlassu, who was now working as a -porter at an ironmonger’s in Maritzburg, and was -rapidly saving up the money to buy the necessary -cattle wherewith to purchase her from her papa. -He had now eight oxen, only two short of -the number required, and had secured a hut -for her reception. For her part, ’Manthla had -given Umhlassu a pair of earrings, a necklace, -a snuff-box, bead ornaments for the head, and -other gifts such as Kaffir maidens present to -their lovers. Unfortunately, another wooer had -come to her father, offering twelve bullocks for -’Manthla; and the parent, very naturally—for -such doings are not unknown even in Mayfair—favoured -the wealthier suitor. The oxen were -accepted there and then, without the daughter -being consulted in the matter. As a rule, the -reception of the live-stock by the father is an -important point in the marriage-service of the -Zulus. The next step is the arranging of the -wedding-feast, at which there generally is dancing -for two or three days, as well as the consumption -of one of the oxen which form part of the -‘marriage-settlement,’ not to mention the drinking -galore of native beer.</p> - -<p>’Manthla had steadily declined to take any -part in the proceedings, though she had been in -the charge of the matrons of the kraal, who had -dressed her hair in the manner already described. -With still greater persistence, she refused to -accompany Indebbelish, her would-be lord and -master, to his kraal, even going the length of -producing a knife and protesting she would take -away her life, rather than become his bride. Her -father threatened to beat her with a stick; all -her friends upbraided her; and finally, she was -handed over to the old women, who kept her -a prisoner and all but starved her, to induce -a better state of mind. Her almost unheard-of -defiance of ‘use and wont’ astonished the -marriage-party; but their amazement reached -its climax when, in the midst of the festivities, -it was discovered that ’Manthla had seized a -favourable opportunity to escape. She had -travelled on foot fifty miles into Maritzburg, -and it was at the close of that journey that I -had seen her from our veranda.</p> - -<p>When ’Manthla had greeted her brother and -told him the whole story, he was of course highly -indignant at her disregard of tribal custom. He -rated her in good sound terms, jeered at her, -and treated her to a variety of ill-favoured epithets, -in which the Zulu vocabulary is unusually -rich. It was the sound of this fraternal reproof -which my wife had heard. There was really -nothing for it but to give shelter to the fugitive -for at least one night. It would scarcely have<span class="pagenum" id="Page_332">{332}</span> -been humane to have turned ’Manthla adrift, -tired and hungry as she was; and accordingly the -‘pilgrim of love’ was allowed to take her fill of -porridge and sleep on the kitchen floor.</p> - -<p>Early next morning, as I was mounting my -cob at the stable-door, preparatory to a ‘spin’ -over the <i>veldt</i> before breakfast, there appeared an -elderly Kaffir, who held up the forefinger of his -right hand and exclaimed ‘Inkosi!’—the native -salutation of respect. This was no less a personage -than Pank, the father of ’Manthla and of our -boy Capelle. He was attired in a soldier’s old -coat, and ragged trousers that descended no -farther than his knees. On his head was a -battered felt hat; while through the lobe of one -ear was stuck a cigar, and through the other a -cylindrical ‘snuff-box.’ Though old Pank had -come in hot haste from the kraal all those fifty -miles, and was presumably in a state of great -mental agitation, he sauntered into our back-yard -as carelessly as if he had only casually dropped -in from next door. I have noticed the same -characteristic in several other Kaffirs. After the -afore-mentioned salutation, Pank’s lean face -broadened into a grin, and he vivaciously ejaculated -two or three times: ‘It’s allee right, allee -right!’ This phrase, which proved to be the -only English at his command, was introduced -with great frequency, and sometimes with ludicrous -effect. This optimist remark, however, was -not upon his lips when he caught sight of his -daughter ’Manthla timidly peeping out from the -door of the Kaffir-house. His face darkened in -expression, and pouring forth a volley of reproaches, -the ‘stern parient’ approached her. I -stood anxiously watching the interview, fearing -lest violence might be the outcome. But after -Pank had uncorked the vial of his wrath, it -quickly evaporated, and in a short time he sat -down on his haunches, took the snuff-box from -his ear and regaled himself with a hearty pinch.</p> - -<p>I rode off; and on my return, half an hour -later, the old fellow was in our kitchen, calmly -consuming a large pot of porridge. It turned out -that he had ordered ’Manthla to be ready to -accompany him at once to the kraal of Indebbelish. -Alas, however, for the ‘best-laid schemes!’ -When the <i>babba</i> (father) went into the Kaffir-house, -he found ’Manthla had again fled. His -anger and disgust were now turned upon Capelle, -who vowed he had had no hand in her flight. -The father retorted, the son recriminated, and it -was only by rushing out and brandishing my -riding-whip that order was restored. The old -man suddenly grinned and exclaimed: ‘Allee -right, allee right!’ and then his eye catching sight -of a big iron pot which had fallen into disuse, -he asked if we could spare it. My wife sarcastically -inquired if there was anything else he -would like; upon which Pank requested a bottle -of castor-oil, for the purpose of anointing his -body when he reached home. This being given -him, the injured father strode away, with the -big pot over his head like a huge helmet, and -we hoped we had seen the last of him. Not at -all! In five minutes or so the old rascal came -back, begging Capelle’s wages for the next three -months. It is customary for the <i>babbas</i> to collect -the money due to their sons, but payment -in advance was altogether without precedent. -Happily, by disbursing the wages due for a -month which had almost expired, we for a time -got rid of the father of our heroine.</p> - -<p>It is time that we again followed her fortunes. -When ’Manthla ran away from our house, she -betook herself to Umhlassu, who, true lover that -he was, forsook his work, packed up his blankets, -and went off with his bride to his own kraal. -Feasting and dancing were again indulged in, -this time, however, by the bridegroom’s relatives. -Hearing of this, the unsuccessful Indebbelish -indignantly demanded the cattle back from -’Manthla’s father; but this just request was point-blank -refused. Indebbelish saw he had no other -alternative but to trudge into town to institute an -action for ‘breach of promise’ against Babba Pank. -The machinery of the native court in Maritzburg -was in due course set in motion, and the case -appointed to come off in three weeks, a fact we -knew one evening by the advent of Indebbelish, -who was about the most handsome Kaffir we had -ever seen. He came to have a chat with Capelle, -who had favoured his wooing in time past, and -was still friendly. We naturally objected to have -our larder drawn upon alternately by the plaintiff -and defendant in the pending suit, and so declined -to give Indebbelish board and lodging. But he -made up for this by calling night after night and -smoking Capelle’s tobacco.</p> - -<p>At length the great day of the trial dawned, -and with it came the beaming face of ’Manthla’s -father with his irrepressible ‘Allee right!’ He -marched in and billeted himself upon us for about -six days. I am not aware whether this was -owing to prolonged litigation or to the enjoyment -of living at some one else’s expense. At all events, -when the week expired, the <i>babba</i> vouchsafed the -information that the case had gone against him, -and that he had to restore the bullocks, at the -same time cheerily adding: ‘It’s allee right, allee -right!’ Nevertheless, he went away very downcast, -after another ineffectual attempt to collect -Capelle’s wages in advance. A day or two afterwards, -the cattle were returned to Indebbelish -with a bad grace; but Umhlassu gave Babba -Pank eight oxen, with a promise of other two -at some future period; and the heart of the old -man rejoiced. The sympathies of my wife had -been aroused in favour of Indebbelish; but her -interest instantly vanished when she found that -‘the poor, forsaken young man,’ long previous to -his ‘courtship’ of ’Manthla, was already possessed -of three wives! When Indebbelish received back -the oxen from the <i>babba</i>, he simply drove them off -to another kraal, and purchased an ebony virgin -to complete his connubial quartet.</p> - -<p>About eighteen months afterwards, I happened -to be amongst the Saturday morning throng on -the Market Square of Maritzburg. Hundreds of -people—English, Dutch, Indian, and Kaffir—were -moving about the dusty expanse of ground, which -was covered with auctioneers’ stands, bullock-wagons, -sacks of produce, cows and horses on sale, -and large quantities of the miscellaneous household -goods which find their way to colonial marts. At -one part of the ground, a number of Kaffir wives -were squatted alongside heaps of firewood, which -they had conveyed into town, and were now selling. -As I observed them, my boy Capelle suddenly -drew my attention to a woman who was walking -towards the group. She carried a great load -of firewood in long lengths poised upon her<span class="pagenum" id="Page_333">{333}</span> -head, and a baby slung behind her in a blanket. -I dimly recollected her face; Capelle told me her -name, and ran forward to speak to her. It was -none other than the heroine of the love-match—poor -’Manthla!</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CONCERNING_LOVE4">CONCERNING LOVE.<a id="FNanchor_4" href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></h2> -</div> - - -<h3 title="PART II.">IN TWO PARTS.—PART II.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Having</span> in the former part of this paper considered -certain theories concerning the nature, -qualities, power, and vitality of love, we would -now invite the attention of our readers to some -of the symptoms, evidences, and effects of that -passion. Here we find ourselves upon somewhat -firmer ground, for the field now before us is -not so much that of theory and definition as -of observation and experience. While the profoundest -philosophers find themselves at a loss -in attempting to formulate some satisfactory -theory on the subject, the most unsophisticated -observer can tell us something of the signs and -tokens by which love manifests its presence. The -symptoms of the tender passion are both varied -and varying, and we have it on the authority -of Addison that there is no other passion which -produces such contrary effects in so great a -degree. Byron describes love as bearing within -itself ‘the very germ of change.’</p> - -<p>For a thoroughly comprehensive catalogue of -love’s tokens take the reply of Silvius to Phebe -in <i>As You Like It</i>. ‘Good shepherd,’ says Phebe, -‘tell this youth what ’tis to love.’ ‘It is,’ replies -Silvius, ‘to be all made of sighs and tears; it is -to be all made of faith and service; it is to be -all made of fantasy, all made of passion, and all -made of wishes; all adoration, duty, and observance; -all humbleness, all patience, and impatience; -all purity, all trial, all observance.’ If -the foregoing be accepted as an accurate description -of what it is to love, one is enabled to understand -the belief that the reason why Love is -not included among the virtues is that it combines -them all in one.</p> - -<p>Dryden has given us several accounts of the -way in which the tender passion operates upon -the mind. In one passage he says:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Love various minds does variously inspire:</div> - <div class="verse indent0">He stirs in gentle natures gentle fire,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Like that of incense on the altar laid;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But raging flames tempestuous souls invade:</div> - <div class="verse indent0">A fire which every windy passion blows;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The same writer, descending to more everyday -observations, and speaking of the condition -of a person in love, declares:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">You pine, you languish, love to be alone,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Think much, speak little, and in speaking sigh.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>This is certainly a faithful description of the -conventional lover, whom you meet in novels, -and there are no doubt a great many sentimental -people who still languish and sigh, after the old -romantic pattern. Yet there are a great many -more who get through all their love experiences -with very little languishing and very few sighs. -They are much too busy, or too cheerful, or too -matter-of-fact, to indulge their passion to the -pining or languishing degree; so that tears and -sighs and groans are not by any means inevitable -or necessary symptoms of love. While one lover -is to be found ‘sighing like furnace, with a -woeful ballad made to his mistress’ eyebrow,’ -another is discovered basking joyfully in the -sunshine of his love, and singing with Moore -that</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">There’s nothing half so sweet in life</div> - <div class="verse indent0">As love’s young dream.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Ovid remarks that tears are by no means -unserviceable in love, because by tears you may -touch a heart of stone. He therefore advises the -lover to endeavour that his mistress should find -him with his cheeks bathed in tears; and he -adds, that if you are not quite equal to the -shedding of genuine tears, you may bathe your -eyes and cheeks by other means. But Ovid is -discoursing on the <i>art</i> of love, and what we are -at present considering are the true marks of -the genuine passion. There are, no doubt, few -matters in which there has been, since the world -began, so much dissimulation and hypocrisy as -in love affairs, and Ovid’s artful suggestions recall -the profane observation of a cynical writer, that -‘Love consists of a little sighing, a little crying, a -little dying—and a deal of lying.’ It is not our -present purpose, however, to enter upon the false -in love, or the spurious impersonations which -stalk about in his name. Let it suffice to say -that Ovid’s crafty advice is founded on the fact -that true love is often tearful and desponding. -It may not be, as Silvius puts it, ‘all sighs and -tears,’ but even the most sanguine love may have -its moments of sadness and doubt. ‘Love,’ says -one of the poets—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent6">Love, though most sure,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Yet always to itself seems insecure.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>And Scott declares that ‘Love is loveliest -when embalmed in tears.’ Another poet argues -that unless you quake and are struck dumb -when your mistress enters the room, you have -loved amiss, and must begin anew.</p> - -<p>But if love is sometimes downcast and fearful, -it just as often soars aloft on the pinions of hope, -for ‘Love can hope where Reason would despair.’ -The lover has a miraculous way of finding hope -and encouragement amid the most unpromising -circumstances. He can feed for weeks together -on a word or a glance; and if his mistress frown -and turn her back upon him, he must still lay the -flattering unction to his soul that she merely -frowns, as Shakspeare expresses it somewhere, to -beget more love in him. Truly, the lover had -need be ‘all patience,’ for ’tis a fickle god he -woos. If he would not woo in vain, he must -bear with a thousand caprices, inconstancies, and -tyrannies.</p> - -<p>Lovers are proverbially blind to each other’s -shortcomings, and their praises of each other -are therefore untrammelled by ordinary scruples -on the score of veracity. ‘There never,’ says -Bacon, ‘was a proud man thought so absurdly -well of himself as the lover doth of the person -loved.’ It is therefore at once easy and natural -for men and women under the influence of the -tender passion to present to each other, and to -swallow with the keenest relish, a great deal of -this kind of food.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_334">{334}</span></p> - -<p>If we are to credit the French poet Chamfort, -who says he has seen women of all countries, an -Italian woman does not believe that she is loved -by her lover unless he is capable of committing a -crime for her, an Englishwoman an extravagance, -and a Frenchwoman a folly. Let us hope that -worthier performances than these are sometimes -demanded in token of love’s sincerity—acts of -self-denial, of merit, of generosity, and of faithfulness. -Richter is of opinion, however, that -‘love requires not so much proofs as expressions -of love—it demands little else than the power to -feel and to requite love.’ Dryden gives expression -to the same idea, when he says:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">All other debts may compensation find,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But Love is strict, and must be paid in kind.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>How often has love spurned riches, power, -enjoyment, the good opinion of the world, and -everything else, in order to meet responsive love -amid poverty, suffering, deprivation, and even -dishonour! True love will sacrifice everything -to be requited; for ‘Lovers all but love disdain.’</p> - -<p>Whatever form its manifestations may take, it -may be assumed that the fickle god will not fail -to show itself. ‘There are two things not to be -hidden,’ says the proverb—‘Love and a cough.’ It -may be expressed by sighs and tears, by a dejected -and distracted mien, and by what Shakspeare calls -‘the pale complexion of true love.’ It may be -discovered in tell-tale blushes—‘celestial rosy -red, Love’s proper hue,’ as Milton puts it—in -bashful awkwardness, and in a distressing self-consciousness -in the presence of the adored object. -And it may be shown no less plainly and emphatically -in quiet self-devotion, dutifulness, and self-sacrifice. -It often identifies itself with various -kinds of manias, such as a mania for composing -amatory epistles or writing verses, a mania for -going to church, for haunting a particular street, -or for buying kid gloves, patent-leather boots, -and eau-de-Cologne. These, with many other -similar and equally harmless symptoms, are quite -familiar.</p> - -<p>Then there is a more extravagant class of manifestations -that the hard unfeeling world would -describe as folly. When love reaches what Bacon -calls ‘the mad degree,’ there is absolutely no limit -to the excesses that may be perpetrated in its name. -But of the comparatively harmless kinds of folly -there is usually a considerable admixture in even -the sedatest loves. Thomson describes the lover -as ‘the very fool of nature.’ It is not, of course, -to be supposed that he is ever conscious of his -folly—when he is engaged in it, at all events—for</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Love is blind, and lovers cannot see</div> - <div class="verse indent0">The pretty follies that themselves commit.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Yet it cannot be denied that the folly in love -is, to the lovers, by no means the least agreeable -part of it.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">I could not love, I’m sure,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">One who in love were wise,</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>is Cowley’s frank confession; and most lovers, -if they carefully examine their experience and -speak the truth, will echo the sentiment. Wisdom -would never give utterance to all those fond, -foolish fancies, those ‘airy nothings,’ and sweet -flatteries that the lover prizes so much; and -wisdom would often dictate a degree of prudence -and reserve and formality that could never be -endured by two hearts that beat as one.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">The proverb holds, that to be wise and love,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Is hardly granted to the gods above.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>After what we have seen of Cupid’s fickleness -and ever-varying moods, it will not be imagined -that when love is not all smiles and sunshine, it -is therefore insincere or undesirable. In the -words of the poet Walsh:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Love is a medley of endearments, jars,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Suspicions, quarrels, reconcilements, wars,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Then peace again.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>After the storm, the sun returns as bright and -genial as before, and the air is all the purer and -the sweeter for the electric war that has disturbed -its stillness. The love that cannot outlive a few -misunderstandings and disagreements can hardly -claim to be considered as genuine, and had better -be allowed to pass at once into the limbo of -exploded myths. The truth is, however, that -Love often dispenses his favours in a very eccentric -way, and each favour is sometimes paid for -with a more than proportionate amount of suffering; -so that the lover must be often tempted to -exclaim with Addison:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Mysterious love! uncertain treasure!</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Hast thou more of pain or pleasure?</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Yet he will probably resolve the problem in much -the same manner as the poet does in completing -the stanza:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Endless torments dwell about thee,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Yet who would live and live without thee?</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Spenser finds that ‘love with gall and honey doth -abound,’ and in computing the proportion of each, -he expresses the belief that for every drachm of -honey there is a pound of gall. Notwithstanding -this, however, he is prepared to assert that</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent16">One loving hour</div> - <div class="verse indent0">For many years of sorrow can dispense;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">A drachm of sweet is worth a pound of sour.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>This is the attitude which the lover must adopt; -and if the gall preponderate in his experience—which -we sincerely hope it won’t—he must comfort -and sustain himself with thoughts of the -honey he has enjoyed, and that may be yet in -store for him.</p> - -<p>If the course of true love does not run smooth, -that is not always because the way is not clear -enough or level enough, but very often entirely -on account of Love’s injudicious and impracticable -behaviour. If Love will indulge his propensity -to masquerade in the guise of frenzy or delirium, -folly or extravagance, there is nothing at all surprising -in his getting into trouble. But what is -the use of sermonising? Notwithstanding all the -striking lessons he has received, and the painful -experiences through which he has passed, Cupid -is still much the same wilful, rollicking, mischief-loving -sprite that he was when he first appeared -upon our planet; and so, no doubt, he will remain -to the end of the chapter.</p> - -<p>At the same time, when all is said and done, -is it not just possible that Love gets blamed for -a good deal of trouble and mischief for which -he is really not responsible? Do people not often -cry out against Love’s tyranny and unreasonableness, -when they ought to blame their own<span class="pagenum" id="Page_335">{335}</span> -selfishness, or pride, or blundering stupidity? -Love must be treated as an honoured guest, not -as a slave; and if he leave us, may we not reasonably -ask ourselves, before we begin to upbraid -and revile him, whether we have not driven him -away by our own neglect and heartlessness and -querulous impatience? When we consider how -he is sometimes treated, the wonder is, not so -much that he should have departed, as that he -should have stayed so long.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="THE_PROGRESS_OF_CYCLING">THE PROGRESS OF CYCLING.</h2> -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">It</span> is exceedingly interesting to the reflective -cyclist of the present day to indulge in a retrospect -of ten or fifteen years, and compare his present -position with the status that subsisted in those -early days of the wheel. Nothing could better -illustrate the rapid growth of this comparatively -modern method of locomotion than the spread -and increasing importance of the various Exhibitions -in different parts of the country devoted -entirely or in part to demonstrating the advances -made in the two or three wheeler during the recess -of winter. And these advances have been most -marked during the past year, the machines now -exhibited showing plainly the care and attention -bestowed upon them. In one important detail -in particular this is markedly apparent, namely, -in that of gearing for tricycles. It is a well-known -fact among cyclists that the temporary exhaustion -following the rapid traversing of a smooth level -road does not proceed in a tenth degree so much -from the actual strength expended as upon the -rapid exertion required. To obviate this, a system -of gearing-up has been introduced, whereby the -wheels make more revolutions than the feet. But -as this would place the rider at a disadvantage in -ascending inclines or in traversing rough roads, a -system of gearing level or down has been combined, -whereby, by a mechanical arrangement, the wheels -perform either the same number of revolutions as -the feet, or less. The combination of these systems -has produced some of the most intricately ingenious -mechanisms that have lately appeared before the -public, and cyclists are busily engaged in testing -and otherwise determining which system shall be -introduced into their mounts for the coming -season.</p> - -<p>In the June number of the <i>Journal</i> for last year -we predicted the approach of a period of unusual -activity in cycling, and the prediction has not -proved fallacious; for the season which closed -with the approach of last winter was remarkable -in many respects, as the following will show. In -October, the extraordinary distance of two hundred -and sixty miles was ridden on a two-wheeler -in twenty-four hours over ordinary roads; a -tricycle under similar circumstances has covered -over two hundred and twenty-one miles when -ridden by a gentleman, and one hundred and -fifty-two miles when propelled by a lady. In -August, a tricycle was driven from John o’ Groats -to Land’s End—ten hundred and seven miles—in -fourteen days; the bicycle record by a shorter -route being a little over nine days; whilst in -October a bicyclist rode from London to Derby—a -distance of one hundred and twenty-six miles—without -either stopping or dismounting. Many -feats of endurance and determination similar to -the above have taken place upon the public roads; -whilst upon the racing-path, the great feature -has been the ‘record cutting’ of the year. In -1882, a well-known doctor and amateur bicyclist -rode twenty miles and three hundred and twenty-five -yards in an hour; in 1883, this was beaten -by a professional at Leicester, who covered twenty -miles nine hundred and five yards in the same -time; whilst the time for one mile has been -lowered from two minutes forty-one and three-fifth -seconds to two minutes forty and four-fifth -seconds. The time for one mile for a tricycle was -also lowered to three minutes five seconds, and -all existing tricycling records from a quarter of a -mile to one hundred miles were beaten last year. -But the rapid advances which characterise the -sport will doubtless enable faster times than the -above to be made in the not far distant future, -and the records which we now behold with -pardonable pride may sink into comparative -insignificance.</p> - -<p>The objection has been raised by many opponents -of cycling that it is of no practical value -to mankind apart from the means it provides for -healthy recreation. This objection no longer -exists. The tricycle is now used extensively in -many parts of the kingdom by professional men; -clergymen in particular are very partial to it; to -the doctor it is a positive boon, ay, and to the -patient as well at times, for in an emergency, -the ready steed can be mounted at once, and -no delay caused by awakening drowsy coachmen -and harnessing horses. A new description of -tricycle now enables enterprising tradesmen, -notably news-agents, grocers, and others whose -wares are of a comparatively light nature, to -deliver their goods with more despatch than -formerly; and the Post-office authorities have -been alive to the advantages offered by this means -of distribution by obtaining machines for rural -districts in connection with the Parcels Post and -the delivery of letters. The Inland Revenue -Office by a recent order recognises the tricycle; -and the police in some of our colonies have used -them for some time. These facts plainly show -that the tricycle has entered upon a new phase -of its existence, and that a noble and useful career -undoubtedly awaits it.</p> - -<p>The ‘freemasonry of the wheel’ has been pushed -on to a greater extent than ever during the past -year, and is a factor which undoubtedly influences -a large proportion of the British public. This is -shown by the increasing numbers of the Cyclists’ -Touring Club, which increased from seven to -nearly twelve thousand during 1883, and promises -to reach even twenty thousand during the current -year. The ladies are giving their heartiest support, -and are joining in large numbers; whilst -the movement offers so many attractions to all -riders in providing touring companions, hotels -with fixed tariffs in nearly every town in Great -Britain and the continent, good-fellowship and -congenial society wherever the cyclist may happen -to alight, and other advantages too numerous to -mention, that it includes in its roll many of the -nobility and gentry in all parts of the land, and -is supported by some of the highest dignitaries -of the Church and members of the legal, medical, -military, and naval professions.</p> - -<p>Other great cycling institutions exist, which<span class="pagenum" id="Page_336">{336}</span> -are rendering good service to the general public -in various ways, one notably in calling attention -to the decadence of our public roads since the old -coaching-days. In many parts of the country, -main roads now exist that are all but impassable -to ordinary traffic; their deterioration may be -attributed mainly to the competition and monopolisation -of the railways in diverting the traffic -that once passed over them. Their condition is -a misfortune to the public in general, and especially -to the inhabitants of the locality; for as -good roads are certain to advance the prosperity -of a district, so bad ones have ever been considered -an indication of a backward state of civilisation. -The local authorities to whom the construction -and maintenance of these roads have been -intrusted, are being aroused to a sense of their -responsibility by influentially and numerously -attended meetings of persons interested in cycling; -the laws relating to the highways have been -collected and discussed, and many leading newspapers -have given prominence to the grievances -vented at these assemblies. If the result should -be the amelioration of the condition of these -highways, the thanks of the general public will -be due to the cyclists, and it will tend to forge -still stronger the link which is fast binding them -into closer fellowship.</p> - -<p>To many manufacturing towns, the rise of -cycling has been a boon; to one in particular, -Coventry, it has proved perhaps the greatest -blessing that has ever befallen it. That ancient -city was fast sinking into absolute inertness -through the falling-off of its staple trade; it -can now boast of being one of the most prosperous -towns of the midlands, with huge manufactories -and busy hives of men sending forth to the -world those apparently delicate structures which -are now in such universal request. Other towns, -such as Birmingham, London, Wolverhampton, -&c., sensibly feel the demands of the two hundred -thousand cyclists who are computed to be in -Great Britain alone, and the export trade of -these towns is rapidly becoming greater in this -particular branch. The two and three wheeler -have now penetrated to nearly every part of the -globe; they are no longer strangers to the Russian, -the Turk, and the Hindu; in Brazil, Australia, -and New Zealand, they make steady progress; -and even the sacred land of the Celestials is not -free from their enchantments. This wide and -general dissemination of a sport which is essentially -English, cannot fail to be a source of the -greatest gratification to those who so sturdily -fought for it and upheld it during the trials of -its early existence.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="SPRING_IN_THE_ALLEY">SPRING IN THE ALLEY.</h2> -</div> - - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0"><span class="smcap">She</span> stooped and told him that the Spring was born;</div> - <div class="verse indent2">A ring of triumph in her fresh young voice;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">For she, poor child, was in her life’s glad morn,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And the soft sunshine made her heart rejoice.</div> - <div class="verse indent0">‘Wert thou not longing for the Spring?’ she said;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But the pale sufferer sadly shook his head,</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">And gazed with sunken eyes upon her face,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Till its pure beauty filled his soul with peace,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Then smoothed her locks, and in a fond embrace,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Clasping her slender form, he whispered: ‘Cease</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To sing the praises of the young Spring flowers;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Child of the narrow court! they are not ours!’</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">O’er the despondent sufferer bending low,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Till her fair tresses swept his throbbing brow,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With tender glistening eyes, and cheeks aglow</div> - <div class="verse indent2">With joy and hope, she softly told him how,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Not very far away, the golden bees</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Wooed the white clusters of the hawthorn trees.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">She spoke of twittering birds, and raised her eyes,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Bright with the glory of poetic thought,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To the dark ceiling that shut out the skies,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And lowered upon her, as she vainly sought,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With words of loving sympathy, to cheer</div> - <div class="verse indent0">The flickering life that suffering made so dear.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">For oh, that life, unlovely though it seemed,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Was the dear object of her fondest love;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Volumes of witching poesy she dreamed,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Morn, noon, and evening, as she bent above</div> - <div class="verse indent0">His weary form, yet neither light nor bloom</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Could tempt her footsteps from that dingy room.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Oft, when she heard his hollow cough, she wept</div> - <div class="verse indent2">In the still midnight—how it wrung her heart!</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Yea, she could hear it even when she slept,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And often wakened with a feverish start,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Beseeching God, in many a tearful prayer,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To ease the pain that <i>she</i> so longed to share.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Blithely she carolled when the morning sun</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Rose o’er the alley like a blushing bride;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Or grave and silent, like some meek-faced nun,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Plied she her needle by the sufferer’s side—</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And oh, it was so sweet to toil for him</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Till her hands trembled, and her eyes grew dim!</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Till from those weary hands her work would fall,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And her dim vision could distinguish nought</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Save the black spiders crawling on the wall,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And the dead violets she herself had bought</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With the few coppers she had stored away</div> - <div class="verse indent0">From her poor scanty earnings day by day.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">For when before the market-stall she stood,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Her little purse clasped tightly in her hand,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">She needs must purchase—for each dewy bud</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Seemed like a messenger from fairyland;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And well her fine poetic fancy knew</div> - <div class="verse indent0">The sheltered places where the violets grew.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">And when she raised them to her eager lips</div> - <div class="verse indent2">With the pure rapture of a little child,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">The dewdrops twinkled on their azure tips,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Till the young dreamer bent her face and smiled</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With the sweet consciousness that they would bring</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Into the meanest slum a breath of Spring.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Returning home, her joyous footsteps fell</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Like the soft patter of the summer rain;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And oh, <i>one</i> weary sufferer knew it well,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And moaned a welcome from his bed of pain!</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Close to his breast she crept, and kneeling there,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">He twined the violets in her sunny hair.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Charmed from his fretful mood, the sufferer laid</div> - <div class="verse indent2">One thin white hand upon her worn gray dress;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">‘Dear child!’ he murmured, while the sunbeams played</div> - <div class="verse indent2">At hide-and-seek amid each wandering tress,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">‘Withdraw the blind—let in the rosy morn;</div> - <div class="verse indent0"><i>I</i> too am grateful that the Spring is born!’</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse right"><span class="smcap">Fanny Forrester.</span></div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="center">Printed and Published by <span class="smcap">W. & R. 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