is own songs, had been engaged to preach his funeral
sermon, which he did with a force of eloquence and pathos that literally
brought the tears of those who were acquainted with Val's virtues down
their cheeks--but of none else. He dwelt with particular severity upon
those who had kindled bonfires, and hung his respectable son, "our
esteemed brother, Captain Phil, in effigy; whilst the sacred remains of
that father whom he loved so well, and who so well deserved his
love, and the love of all who had the pleasure and happiness of his
acquaintance, &c, &c, were not yet cold."

All this, we say, had taken place, and our friend Hartley was seated
quietly at his breakfast one morning, when a gentleman named
Fenton waited upon him, on the part of Lord Cumber. After the usual
salutations, Mr. Fenton opened the business on which he had come.

"I regret, Mr. Hartley, that there should be any misunderstanding
between you and Lord Cumber."

"Not more so than I do, Mr. Fenton, I assure you; Lord Cumber, I
presume, has arrived then? But pardon me, have you breakfasted?"

"Thank you, sir, I have breakfasted. He has arrived, sir, and, requested
me, to wait upon you for an apology. It appears, according to my
instructions, as the lawyers say, that you have charged him with holding
and exercising tyrannical principles as a landlord; now this, you know,
is really a thing that a man like him could not overlook."

"Of course, Mr. Fenton, he placed our correspondence in your hands."

"Unquestionably he submitted it to me, previous to my consenting to
act."

"And may I ask your own opinion, Mr Fenton?"

"As an extensive landed proprietor, Mr. Hartley, I must say that I agree
with him; I think a landlord has a right to demand every kind of support
from his tenant, and that if the tenant claims the privilege of running
counter to his landlord's interest, then the landlord is justified in
removing the tenant off his property as soon as he can."

"In that case, then," replied Hartley, "I have no concession to make,
and no apology to offer. I regret this business very much; but Lord
Cumber places me in a position which I cannot leave without dishonor."

"He also wishes to have an explanation with respect to the circumstances
which induced so many of his corps of yeomanry to enroll their names in
your new troop."

"I have explained that already, by stating that I never solicited any
of his men to join my troop; they came of their own f