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      diw *|«> ua » olifeiiess Js « barmed to ^ Hink ^ h M . Maes will enjoy having a dttoar tfeatopansion the rive * , because M \ . Maes is as excellent man , and . he , 3 Sac © bs Hermin , who 6 f all things dislikes the idea of being a bad neighbdiov had faeeja < epnsfcrai » ed to fcuild up a similar door-which had been made hyEthec&rmervproprietors of Folie Margefc , " This fellow built up a door ijkeiBniBeF ' isaid M . Maes to himself . " Then I can only go to the river by h&inauigenee . How ; is it my notary did not acquaiat me with this ? " But be-prpdently suppressed his annoyance , and , afraid ^ to offend a man -who cWdvput a * v eto on his fishing , accepted his proposition to furnish him with 3 dopnand fit it up . # „ . ¦ 3 ? hfe ! weeks / rolled on ,. and M . Maes , in the enjoyment of uninterrupted

      One morning he could endure it no longer . He seized his line , maxeKpd defiantly through Merrain ' s ground , jumped into his boat , and had an ecstatic day of fishing . On reaching home a summons was handed to him A-summons 1 Nieolas Merrain had seen alL M . Maes consulted another advocate , who discovered that the Commune had the power of reclainoin the fatal strip of ground , on the payment of a slight indemnity to Merrain Bujb how -was the Commune to be induced to take this step in which it had no real interest ? A new mayor was to be elected in a week ; M . Maes must be that mayor , and he could then obtain what he pleased of the Commune * ¦ * But , " urged M . Maes , " no one in the Commune knows me . " u Yes- you hajvejust told me that M . CJornillard , the receiver-general , knows you . ' fle is omnipotent over the municipal council . Apply to him . " The advocate was ready to aid M . Maes in the matter , heeause he dreaded beino- elected himselfTime hurried

      mayor . pressed , jso M . Maes to the receiver-general who fouad the idea an excellent one , and was ready to give his services ' But one good turn deserves another . M . Cornillard has a niece , fit to constitute the happiness of any man . He will make a present of her to M . Maes , whom he will be delighted to have for a nepliew . " But I had sworn , never to marry ? " "People always come to that in the end " " Nevertheless , you yourself—— " ?* I am a widower for the second time Still , nothing obliges you to marry Palmyre . " " But if I don ' t marry her I shall not be mayor , and if I am nat mayor- O mon Dieu ! " M . Maes asked three days for decision . To avoid marrying Palmyre he even brought himself to call on . Nicolas Merrain and ,, offer him . the tea thousand francs . They were refused ; it was clear to Nicolas that the slip of ground had risen * in . value . M . Maes , furious , wrote to > M . Cornillard that le accepted Mdlla . Palmyre with her . feather brush .

      A few days later , M , Maes became mayor and the Imsband of Mettle . Palmyre . Nicolas Merrain ' s ground was claimed by the municipality , and w . as concerted by the mayor into a public -washingi-ground . Nicolas turned pale for an instant . But a . -shprt time afterwards it was stated in the newspapers that a terrible outrage had been committed on the property of M . Ma . es , a rich . Belgian . Trees had been torn up by the roots , walls pulled down , the roof of the house taken completely off , M , Maes and his wife had only escaped by a miracle frcMn the inalefa . eiors , who had hitkerto succeeded in eluding the inquiries of justice . Six months after this catastrophe , Fplis Margpt was sold by auction , and had become- * he property of a certain speculator in purchases at forced sales , named Nicolas Merrain . M . MaesMsndhis charming spouse had set out for Java . The blue * bottle had ceased even to struggle , and thespiders were triumphant .

      fishing , forgot his momentary annoyance at his subjection to Isicolas M « i > Earn ... « He avoided all advances towards jacquaintance made by neighbouring proprietors , for whatvcoropanyeantdonaore for you than a carp , which serves as yoiir amusement . one day , and your dinner the next ? ^ One morning , aa he wag angUng opposite ; to a boat in which oae of his neighbours came to fi ^ h stithia . regularityequal to his own , he became aware that he had hooked A / lreiaendijusT y'heavy fish . At the same moment tie vis-a-vis perceived his ¦ bait , 'dragged ^ withL . the same force . The prey was a « arp "weighing twenty ^ ouaadSjiand of corresponding voracity , for it had sw . allo ' sv-ed both baits at gyie . i . Now : ^ ensued a contest of politeness , each being quite sure that the . o ^ iii ^ elonged to iismeighbour . At length tie unknown rival consented to flon that M .

      . Imp f , ^" ° " condition Maes would come and partake of it at ~ © n ' rSv ^ stranger , we -see ; had hooked twoheavyfishaton . ee . ^> itisosciiP ^* S feome the vexation-of laving made . an acquaintance in spite ¦ ttreehundr ^ 'flxrt a * ^ alleviated ' £ ov 3 VL , Maes by his receiving a bill of Three hjaaxdreJ ^ - fr ° Nicolas Merrain , for putting up his mew door . aiQi'he . jbiS ^^ ed ^^ 161 * & * * door « ot worth . ten ! But iN ieolas-Merr ain must ^ solving -that he wo . ^* Maes ^ paid the three . hundredfrancs v sinwardly * e-* of anew summer-ho ^ *' his ; n . « ighbdurhave nothing to do-with the building . pleasure-grounds . Tfi ^ hich : be ; conteinp . late ; s in the highest part of his - « ngageraentj to the housil ^* # OVLV -Belgian betakes himself , according to iesavft jnp . ranT . aoro ! + Tin « Yk ^ hi ^ newa ^ uaintance ; M ? . jCJ ornillard ( who is no lver the l > ank p ^ pn ^^ ry

      ^ m . ' irMm& 4 h ^ lcarn i s , ^ -gen ^^> i «» jopposn ^ pf the , i ^ pt ^^; l | ip'a ^ - T ^^ ^ ## last , stages of the culinary ^ l ^ ftell ^ a ^ etsons ^ ho sjelkc ^ ^ t flowers ^ discussing ^ like ^ = ^^^ w hi <^ Oth ey ate mutuatly a ^ ^ 1 S ^^^ WU ^ ' yawety of $ && $ &j » ci # l question , >> Ii ^ nV w ^ arlP ^/ i !? 1 * < ** £ * & ^ 7 . arrive atthe T ^^ t ^ his ^ estibn was vput by M . ^ orri ^ ^ -of ^ s wamed ? " Note ^ d ^ MAe ^ ,- "iificaiise I lpve'lib ^ ty , an < a hate ^ : . ; j ^ ^ T" ° * . arMed > ^ P ^ ripfcone o ^^ i ^ ps . of ^ ^ % ^ « upJose , ypji ^ fiEe Vtp take the precaution ^ o ^ d ; break xtshead . ^ i nat ^ i : *< Sa * e up china and hay 0 cft&& t You are ^ !?? ? , ' % S ?^ . ^ u ^ how ^ see iTit ^ OBld not be possible to marry a » d f' A / v i without having cHldren . The thing is possible ; the affe oF - u ^ anight ttconcile ^ erv | hingj' At this moment a formidable vol * * eri

      4 hTOugfcaspeafeing 4 rumpet , « The dinner is jready , uncle ! " " My niekf , ^ . sa ^ Jl . ^ t ^ nillara . " Xou ^ v ill see her—a charming person- ^ ! ^^ hitelyj ^ ung , but with ^ admirable qualities . " Qnentei-ing the diningxoopifM .. Jaaes , started tp see a bony figure , six feet high pn the confines pf ^^* M # ! m ^ K o . npse whieh w piild have made an excellent finger te a -sun-dial . TJiis divinity , whose name was Palmyre , wielded , as a symbolic ^ SSfttSfti- *;^ - ^^^ ttosh by way of cluster : during dinner , Mademoiselle 5 & W & > y ** ? tadJbeenLiithertp ^ . silent , suadenly rose , and pounced , brushin % ^/ °%# * Mafis ^ s ^ Qat-coUai :. The pacific Belgian thpught she had descried 25 f » ! W *^ f Is T o : was a grain of dust ,. « Ah , '' ; said Cpvnillard , . r ^ n ?^^ has : aachapassiPo for cleanJmess . She dusts the very trees Ypu , ' * % , ™ 'are a Behrian , ^ must ^ love ^ eanlLaess . " On eppducting his n , e i <» h * , pur hprue ; in tjie evening , M ^ Cornill ard . observed , " JSTow thQacquaintance ^ 59 ? 5 ! * « PPe we jshalLsee each . other sometimes . " » Vftrv oft . nn » r- or <\^ A

      ^•^ V ^ ^ eanwg " as seldom as possi ^ e . " Tou . see . there is another ^ tS ^ 3 P ^ ^ WV ^ web for pur unconscious . blue-bottle . r ^ r- ' ?^ - ^ 'ljtt |^ has , tened by . ^ . spirit of , vengeance towards Nicolas . Mer ~ ^" 'siH ^ edeo , fur ^ hwith to , ihe * omstruct 5 on . of his summer-house . JST icolas ^ fJfW * ^® - V ^ Vm ^ ^ "othing , though every plank he had not fiij-nished , entered mtq his spwL , The . pnly . cliang / observile in him was 4 at Jie ^ edoubled . iws nohtenqss , and that hpa-vpfdedrpaesingihroughM . Maep ' s ^? w ?« Tp ; ws ; ojvn , xshopsing rather < to make a long ^ circuit , or to re ^ chit by ¦ J&lfift Owj . TOprjoing , as the Bel g ian , bent on . fishlftg , had set his foot WSKi&tne d 6 pr pn , Merram ! s ground , he was , meekly requested to observe ^ Jat yhe ^ as'treading on cultivated 8 oil—on land . dedicated to carrots and ^ SSSLi ^^^ M : ™ Z ^ * ° ^ - ¥ . * tw got angry . Nicolas Hini tu

      . ** " *»>?** " . 'f " T ? wp . puE .-, ana m , e endJM .. Jiaaes did not proceed to § £ •«???»* tyt went instead , fuming , to his notary , whO was unable tp deny that ^^ ftr '^ f * W * ? £ ° « eai tight- An advoca te is nea ; t , cpnsM ][ ted , whp ad-7 ^ l ^ - Maes . tQ , comnromise the matter . After & struggle , ithe , obese Belaian V eg »^ a Wi and Nichplas Merrain is asked what sum JUewUl accept for his ^ Wf iJP ^ ° e of : ^ oiW a - " . Tenj thp ' apand francs , -wfet abatewent , '' *^ L ^ Wig ^ tti " ift ^ . es . again , in spjte pf pb ( Qsity v , an 4 . M , ^ Taes turns < hia , baqk ^ O TP ^ ^ Serwng , with anything , but ; fciewdly . significance , Vthat $ hey * Mf ^ 9 ^ , $ & ** £ - . -. . The dispute h ^ d . ineanwhilQi . becojae the , t 4 k of , $ & > S ? S ^?* i : ¥ ^ eyer fe " Wj % * es Weare d , th ^ Vas jdmya *^^ aantifto

      w , e ^ . aay , * rxm W Mv-Maee , ; who ia at law with Njcpl ^ s ^ W *' y . P ^ cjx was the c ^ 'uel . ppsiti 9 n af , tho man whp . had ( come to FoUe kS&aI- $ ¦ ** & ° * peaceana . quietnesa ^ rid unlimifccid < 6 > hing 1 tJ % e > . unr . D P ! W ^ hm ^ o » rpwfl 4 ohis , M ( ii ^ bbjour Cpraillard , who told , Jii « i S » at Merrain iSHnS !" ^^ "P ? &A ? J $ m <** 9 \ t 9 ' JFrewchmauu M , Maes , as ; a stranger , SKl ^ f ^^ ^ ^ ^ 1004 " n > wrwwQ . way a French ' ^ IS T ^ A ^ ¦ &' W ^ xcjachwoman-.-- ' ' « He is talking ^ bpu ^ warwaffe 2 S * >^ ** W . 8 # W Oftn ' ne wa » t , j « o marry his niece ? W ^ yw . S ^ &J W ^ onfifted ^ unq ^ f ^ itji ^ ^ grOun 5 £ ttnd it was , all , the whUe nVQv mwfceA . * hein , fi ! oia hiujBummer-hQuae , whUe they bounded xn the

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      BIGHAED CROMWELL . The History of Bichard Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles the Second . By M . Guizot . Translated by A . E . Scoble . 2 vols . ¦ Bentley . M . Guizot is an austere critic of history . When the English Revolution verged towards Its decline , and when the politicians of the Commonwealth , divided , exhausted , bptrayed , beheld : the re-establishmeat of the mouarchy , svhich destroyed ^ iheir Hopes , their illusions , their authority , and their positipn ., he seesjjn the event . a divine vengeance upon the wicked and the feeble . Regarding the past from the watch-tower of his ascetic philosophy , Se writes wijth such emphasis : that he resembles a retired and disappointed ? s t < asnian upbraiding his contemporaries . It is , he says , a melancholy but 1 s mctive study to observe the anguish of those men who have been

      d it ir U an trium P Iian * j O 1 U *> overtaken py retribution for their errors , are o e . ^ ^ ytn 6 people . as tyrants , pr derided , as visionaries , *• Stricken at ° f vith , po \ vetlessness an . d hitter surprise , they burn with'indignation ^ i 0 ieir cpimtry , which they accuse , of cowardice and ingratitude , and . siru « gi \ - yainlyJbeneath the hand of God , whose chastisements they are unawe . i .. ; withstand . " This is the exordium of his story . But , at the o | Ai ^ HU of" the Commonwealth is employed to point another : moral —• r || ^ pH a dissimulating , soldier may place a king upon the throne , « ? ? 1 ~ v * " > inatiq « s may illustrate the , public joy , ( and though , after mighty enprts ana sa ^ . jjgceg ^ t ^ * worjc g £ - y < 3 arS 3 accomplished by a great natipn > way se * m to be ijxcl 6 ne ,. the re-jdrectiou of a dynasty is only the eclipse , and not the extinctipn the reyoiutioxl Q ry p ^ cmle . The Bevolution ,. eonsidered fxom of est tho

      M . Guwoijv noj ^ t vLew was a prat against influence ot tJie . ltoman Catholic ^^^ ana against the irresponsible authority of « ie kmg . it . signified that ^ English people was deiieruiined to establish the principles of the Reforcnatwii , £ nd to govern itself . These idoas , for which at took unarms in 1 C 40 , it be ?; eved bad been fuUilled in 1660 . But the struggle had only been transferred f » Om Naseby to Westminster , from Marston Moor to the hustings . The Rovofui ; on wa - ; cursod by a bewildered pubUc opinion , and public opinion immediately ^ wed its pursuit of thosQ objects which had given vitality and purpose to tu 0 Revolution . Such , as it extends through his volumes , is the argument uf M . Guizot . It is , probably , intended to suggest a parallel , the result of wltivh vroulu be that , in a s ^ ato which has once enjpyed liberty , there may be the posisibiuty of a djctfttorv but there as np possibility of a dictator ' s son . Xt may Le that when Oliver Crpmwell died , his power was on the wane . He had nrovokod

      . enemies and rivals ; he had lost friends ; he had failed to satisfy tho fanatical ; ho had refused to purchase the con'upt . And the multitude , tho numberless , and the natneleas , feelpnglug to -no party , solicitous for no principle , impelled by successive and . conflicting emotions , who had felt eafo junder the . domi « atioa of itbe Protector , desired , nthia death , anpther fixed govorowent , which would xeapecit their ipeaceaad provide , for their security , a , nd thcught they had found it , in ,, tJi « , reatored . jjoyalty of Charles the Second . That restpvation . was , acopnapli&hedi at ia time wrhen . the Kpyaliets , who were chiefly interested in its . sueoess , igtopd . aloof and iiiei ' t , " waiting until God and necqssity shQ . uld ( put tbo king once wwwe in tlie pln . eeof thia chaos . " So 4 Ur fi *> in , tg 8 Jinimg vifitowes , they , not recently fought , a ibu » ttlo . They had been slaughtered'in the civil war , itheirconspiracies had been deteotod , their insurrections quelled ; th « y had yielded to Pjcesb-yters , to Itenublicans , and

      to tJr « naw » U ; yet , wJiien Mopk declared for tho Stuart cause , these baffled Cavaliers found themselves celebrating a triumph , -with tho timid , the hypocritical , tho rank-and-filo of oil parties coming pver tp their side .

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      4 m T HOB ^ t li ^ ADE B . [ No . Jflg ^ gATyRDAY ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2138/page/18/