We shall ha' a good word fur thee when tha hast made thy flittin'. "Eh! "I cannot leave you here, and will not. I should not be surprised to find on my next visit that his mind had become permanently cleared. Hoo's a rare un fur gab when hoo tak's th' notion, an' I'm noan so mich i' th' humour t' argufy mysen to-day." "May I trouble you to tell me where I can find a conveyance of some sort?" It was certainly at its worst to-night. "I ha' bin thinkin' o' Liz," she said. "I am afraid of that man," she said, as he held her hand for the moment. That Lass of O'Lowrie's is written from a Christian perspective. "Theer's th' owd parson," commented one sharp-tongued matron. he said. Her silent presence seemed only to widen the distance Fate had placed between them. "I thowt as much," said Joan; "I mak' no doubt tha'st done thy best, neyther. ", "Well! It was Liz, lying with her face downward and with her dead hand against the closed door. Without light and assistance she could do nothing; she could not even see what hurt he had sustained. He had tramped the woods too often with Nib for a companion to feel fear at any time. I dunnot think – if owt wur to happen me now – as tha'd ha' hard thowts o' me. She has very decided views on the subject of miscellaneous letter-writing.". The rough, hard-faced men and boisterous girls, who passed to and from their work at the mine, drew her to the window whenever they made their appearance. Grace has been working among them so long that, I suppose, they are used to his methods; he has learned to place himself on a level with them, so to speak. Instead of diminishing, it grew and deepened; Even Derrick, who met her so rarely, saw it when he passed her in the street. "For pity's sake," he exclaimed, "don't go with them. they asked. The shallow nature baffled her again. It has na been left to me to be lass loike, an' feart, an' – an' modest," and she drew; her breath, hard, as if she was forced to check herself. At noon Joan went home full of self-reproach because sometimes her patience had failed her. "I ha' summat to ax yo'," she said briefly, declining his invitation to enter and be seated. She stepped across the grass to the hedge with a ready smile. Tha wert goin' to keep thy eye on me, an' report when th' toime come, wert tha? she said; "and God bless you!". "But I do. The books and pictures and other refinements appealed to senses unmoved before. He knelt upon the grass behind a hedge at the roadside. I'll go wi' him to th' top.". Later, Joan got up and went to the child, who lay upon the bed in a corner of the room. So it was that hearing Miss Barholm's story he fell into unconscious reverie. ", "Ay," the woman answered, "that she mun, though wheer God knows; I dunnot. "As to being rash or enthusiastic, I am neither the one nor the other. "She told me we were not to wait for her." Derrick drew a heavy breath. When all was over, Joan became restless. Happen I'm turnin' woman, for I canna abide to see a hurt gi'en to them as has na earned it. It would be wise to know the extent of his injury. And then, the baby. It was not pleasant to feel that what reason and civility could not do a tussle had accomplished, but this really seemed to be the truth of the matter, and the result was one which made his responsibilities easier to bear. said Joan, with a heavy sigh. On his arrival at Riggan, he had not anticipated meeting with any such opportunity of enjoyment. There was choking after-damp below, deadly noxious vapours, to breathe which was to die; there was the chance of crushing masses falling from the shaken galleries – and yet these men left their companions one by one and ranged themselves, without saying a word, at the curate's side. By very slow degrees she had arrived at a discovery which a less close observer might have missed altogether, or at least only arrived at much later in the day of experience. "Summat o' one. He towd her about it as he went to his work, and she promised to bring him some. "Yo' ha' no need to moind me. The presence of the child had saved her from utter desolation, and now that it was gone the emptiness of the house chilled her. It was quite natural that, seeing so much of this handsome creature, and hearing so much of her, his admiration should not die out, and that opposition should rather invite him to stronger efforts to reach her. It chanced that, for some reason best known to himself, Sammy was by no means in a good humour. His faith in his own skill was not very great, and there were no professional nurses in Riggan. In a very short time from the date of their first acquaintance, Fergus Derrick's position in the Barholm household had become established. "They ha' killed him!" "Fergus Derrick," ended the young man. She stood upright before them, resting one hand upon the back of a chair, but when the bearer of the testimonial in question rose, she made a step forward. He came down to the charming breakfast-room in the most sanguine of moods. Ivverybody's at me – noan on yo' will let me a-be. He remembered afterwards that, as he stepped into the cage, he turned to look at the unpicturesque little town, brightened by the winter's sun; and that, as he went down, he glanced up at the sky, and marked how intense appeared the bit of blue which was framed in by the mouth of the shaft. They were giving way! Derrick was always reminded by it of the shadow on Anice Barholm's face. He had doubts of his own concerning Lowrie's action in the future. Once or twice his forehead knit itself, and when Anice ended he remained silent and abstracted. That Lass of O'Lowrie's is written from a C Frances Hodgson Burnett's first novel is a treasure. Some of them had heard it before – all knew what it meant. From what source the assistance came Joan did not know, and she was not prone to ask questions. He led the way into the house and up the stairs, Joan following him. There were ill-used women whom he had helped and comforted; there were neglected children whose lives he had contrived to brighten; there were unbelievers whose scoffing his gentle simplicity and long-suffering had checked a little. To the very centre of her pure appreciative nature she was his friend. Get thee gone to th' Public, or we'st ha' th' world standin' still; an' moind tha do'st na set th' horse-ponds afire as tha goes by 'em. "How could I hold th' little un back, if He said hissen as she mun coom? ", "Aye," laughed her fellows, "so we shall. It was that her womanhood – her hardly used womanhood, of which she had herself thought with such pathetic scorn – was always before him, and was even a stronger power with him than her marvellous beauty. The mistress had seen her from the window and thought she looked cold and tired. They were going to work some harm against "Mester Derrick," who was his friend and Miss Anice's. There was a suggestion of the development in a child of the soul of a woman. It was a hazardous task they had before them. I mun do summat fur a bein'. Theer's no one here but me," and she held the baby over her shoulder, as if she would like to have hidden it. Her face, upturned almost submissively, for the moment seemed tremulous, and she set her lips together. "Frettin' works different wi' some foak to what it does wi' others. Riggan suits him, I think. "What is it?" Aye! Joan Lowrie was as much a myth to him as she was to other people. "Well, he has enough to do, of course, my dear, but then it is work of a kind that suits him. Before seeing her face one might have imagined her to be a child of scarcely more than fourteen or fifteen. said Derrick. In answer to her glance Liz spoke querulously. voice. There was only one certain means of redress and safety – Lowrie must be got rid of at once. ", "Nay, that it wur na! It was the part of his stronger and more evenly balanced nature to be constantly ready with generous sympathy and comfort. Nib looked down into the blackness, and broke into a terrified whine, turning his head towards his master. She managed to free one of her small hands, and held it out to him. But there came a piece of news to Joan that troubled her. Dunnot go, Joan, dunnot.". "Aye," stopping to look up questioningly. He came to my rooms last night and remained with me. The ending was too abrupt and there was a TON of eye-rolling melodrama, but overall pretty good. "I do not trust to myself, as I once did. Among the country gentry Sammy Craddock was regarded as a disrespectful, if not a dangerous, old fellow; A man who made satirical observations upon the ways and manners of his social superiors could not be much better than a heretic. "It's the grandest place i' th' world. She's worth two o' th' best o' yo'. She feared to look into the faces of her work-fellows, lest they should have some evil story to tell; she feared the road over which she had to pass, lest at some point its very dust should cry out to her in a dark stain. "A great deal to do?" You must know, my girl, that this," with a motion towards the frail creature on her knees, "is a very terrible thing.". He asked her no questions. It was after they had finished tea, and the arm-chairs had been drawn to the fire, that Grace himself made a revelation. Then she began again, after a pause of a breath's space. One night, as she stood upon the hearth, alone in the room – Grace having gone downstairs for something – she was startled by the sound of Derrick's voice falling with a singular distinctness upon the silence. Derrick's countenance was shadowed by an irritable anxiety at once. Nib gave a low whine, and Jud's heart leaped within him. Th' poor little lad would na let go o' her dress; he held to it fur dear life an' sobbed and shivered and begged her to go wi' him an' howd his head on her lap while th' doctor did what mun be done. "No. "What a grave little creature she is!" I nivver seed a paper as had owt in it about desert islands, let alone cannybles. Perhaps she would not have lost her lover if it had not been for the baby. It has a very Cinderella-like happy ending, but it felt like the character earned it, so I didn't mind. If he did na mean to stick to me, why could na he ha' let me be? "I want to learn to do a bit o' woman's work. "I wanted to tell you," he said, "that I do not think any – enemy I have can take me at any very great disadvantage. "We'n noan smooth soart o' chaps, but we'n stand by what's fair an' plucky. There is nothing more you need? Of this, Derrick knew nothing. There she was, coming towards him from the other end – and if the props gave way – ! "It wur yo' as sent th' work an' th' things fur th' choild," she said. Three or four sat round a table listening to Lowrie with black looks, and toward them Sammy glanced as he came in. I dunnot quite see. One, from among the old men and women in the free seats, looked up at him with questioning in its deep eyes, as if its owner had brought to him a solemn problem to be solved this very hour, or for ever left at rest; the other, turned towards him from the Barholm pew, alight with appeal and trust. When Derrick entered the door he found Joan standing alone in the centre of the room, holding this scrap of paper in her hand. Anice remained seated at the table, her hands clasped before her. Tha wert goin' to mak' me obey th' rules or let th' mesters hear on it, wert tha? But to the boy this was a matter of small consequence. "Why did I not think of that before? She did not know what hour it was when she awakened, voices and a light in the road roused her, and almost as soon as she was fully conscious, the door opened and Joan came in. At this time of the year it was not often that the sun set in as fair a sky. "One cannot even approach her," he said again. "Nay," she cried; "nay – that is not fur me. "Theer wur a neet skoo here once afore as I went to," she said; "I larnt to read theer an' write a bit, but – but theer's other things I'd loike to know. I shall not make any absurd promises about not seeing Lizzie, which, it seems to me, is more my business than yours, under the circumstances – and I shall not take the money back.". "What is he doin' here?". Thwaite's wife had a practical enough explanation of the case. ", "Perhaps if I might come and see her," she said, "May I come? "As for you, Grace – well – words are poor things. She did not kiss the child again, but held it in her listless way even after it fell asleep. But I'm noan so had as yo'd mak' out. "Someone did; it was Joan Lowrie.". It was only a few short words. "He's a foine young chap, too – dresses up loike a tailor's dummy, an' looks as if he'd stepped reet square out o' a bandbox. "Well, I thought that perhaps it would shock or alarm her," answered Derrick. Who dost tha think wur out i' th' street just now a th' thick of a foight among th' lads? "Why!" "I was on the ground yesterday, and saw you go down into the mine," she said. "Thwaite towd me he wur better.". Oh! She took it up and handed it to the girl, saying simply: "I will give you this one if you will take it. A stronger respect for him was growing in her – a new reverence for his faithfulness. "She had a blue gown on, an' a hat wi' blue-bells in it, an' summat white an' soft frilled up round her neck. When, the next day, he received Anice's message, he received it as an almost positive confirmation. "Nay, but I wunnot," he said, "until I've said my say. "It 'ud be best if she'd forget me," she said. Will tha walk on first an' let me follow thee?". She has been visiting Mrs. Galloway since the Rector gave up his living at Ashley-Wold, and Mrs. Barholm told me to-day that she spoke in her last letter of coming to them.". Riggan was more rigid in its criticisms than in its morality, and criticism having died out; offence was forgotten through indifference rather than through charity. Most of the owners, perhaps felt somewhat remorseful; a few, it is not impossible, experienced nothing more serious than annoyance and embarrassment; but it is certain that there were one or two who were crushed by a sense of personal responsibility for what had occurred. Having armed herself against patronage and curiosity, she encountered earnest frankness and open good faith. Anice stooped and kissed it, her heart stirred by the feebly-strong clasp of the clinging fingers. "They say as th' south is as different fro' th' north as th' day is fro' th' neet. ", "I DUNNOT know what to mak' on her," Joan said to Anice, speaking of Liz. He was never exactly comfortable when her views did not strictly accord with his own. Both were powerless. If you cannot love me," his voice shaking, "it would have been less cruel to have left me where you found me – a dead man – for whom all pain was over.". "Did tha ivver hear o' a private gentleman as had na a many-ensis? ", "I conna tell, " Joan answered, "but I'd try to mak' her. If such was the case, the parson said, the intervening period must be turned to the best account. he said, "Craddock, is it? She could never meet him as a happier woman might, but she could do for him what other women could not do – she could brave darkness and danger, she could watch over him, if need be; if the worst came to the worst, she could interpose herself between him and violence, or death itself. She had brought a little plant-pot holding a tiny rose-bush in full bloom, and when she went away she left her message with Liz. "I did not need reminding," she said to him. "Yes," Anice answered. His grave exhortations only called forth fresh tears, and a new element of resentment; and, to crown all, his visit terminated with a discouragement of which his philosophy had never dreamed. I have so defied the world, in spite of myself at first, I must confess. There was one trouble in which Derrick specially sympathised with his friend. She has gone to try if it is possible to do it. even from the time we lived in Lancashire ourselves. "I could na bear fur him to see it, even tho' I getten it fur his sake.". "They are very fond of him," remarked Grace, afterwards to his friend, "which shows that there must be a great deal of virtue in the man. Grace asked. "You have never told me much of this story of yours, Grace," he said. Liz was sitting upon the hearth, with some odds and ends of bright-coloured ribbon on her knee, and a little straw hat in her hand. I need not tell you how grateful I should be.". Love triumphs in the end, but only after a lot of dastardly goings on, and more suffering for our heroine. Fortune had treated him with great suavity from his earliest years. There was a certain shamefacedness in her manner when at last she began to explain the object of her errand. A penny a night, and a good supper for himself and Nib, held solid attractions for Jud, and at this salary he found himself engaged in the character of what "Owd Sammy" called "a many-ensis. Well, there's ignorance aw o'er th' world.". Th' fellys is haaf feart on her. "She looks as if she had made a long journey. wistfully. Craddock looked after them as they passed out of sight. "I – I met summat as feart me. "It's noan so much of a tale," he said, with an air of disparagement and indifference. 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