"The busy gossips of the neighbourhood had rather bewildered than delighted her, by recounting Sir Humphrey's unbounded wealth, and the grandeur of his retinue; nor could she at all imagine how such useless appendages could in any degree constitute the happiness of life with the man she loved. To her Sir Humphrey had made no vain presumptuous boast of the magnificence of his castles, nor the vastness of his riches: it was a theme on which he had never spoken. Isabel, therefore, hoped that report exaggerated these things; for if true, she feared that tender confidence and free communication of... kindred minds could no longer exist, when her husband must be by her regarded with that distance and respect, which the great superiority of his condition must naturally inspire, and which he of course would expect, There was an easy freedom in the manners of Sir Humphrey Kynaston, that had a magic charm on all who knew him, and insensibly won their esteem. He was not merely courteous, but extremely affa ble, cheerful, and good-humoured. He was conversant and entertaining, lavish in the pleasures of the table, and held in the utmost contempt those trammels of the world that are the frequent accompaniments of pride and wealth. Generous, noble, and sincere, he rose superior to the high boasting of little minds; he boasted not. To the timid maiden, whose heart he had obtained, he rather sought to conceal his high degree than to proclaim it." But the prospect of so much happiness and gaiety was soon overcast. The generous and confiding temper of "Wild Humphrey," as he was called, leads him into difficulties, which he has not the resolution to evade; and the base ingratitude of his intimates friends they were not, rendered him desperate, and he became a " a broken man" and an outlaw. The tender Isabel, although deserted by her husband, loved him with all her usual ardour; and even when she found Sir Humphrey had married another woman, she reproached him not, but lamented in silence and secrecy her unhappy lot. Sir Humphrey, now a proscribed man, sought refuge in the cave of Ness Cliff, from whence he issued forth only to levy such contributions on the rich and powerful, as were necessary for his own wants and those of the poor around him. He was no ordinary free-booter, nor was his object indiscriminate plunder; and with his favourite horses he lived very securely in this cave and desolate cavern. The following circumstance will show the character of this extraordinary man extremely well. Having robbed the steward of a wealthy Shropshire landholder, to the amount of several hundred pounds, he received a letter shortly after from the owner of the property, stating his extreme distress from the loss of so large a sum; adding, that it would of necessity compel him immediately to enforce the payment of all the arrears due from his tenants, a circumstance that would stigmatize him as a hard and cruel landlord; a circumstance he should the more regret, having always been kind and lenient towards his tenantry. Sir Humphrey made enquiries, and finding that the landlord, whose name was Rowland Mawley, was really a benevolent and considerate man, he made full restitution of the sum, which he delivered himself to the grateful land-owner. The traditions of the country abound with such noble traits of generosity and justice. Sir Humphrey's health became at length very much impaired; his heart sickened at the recollection of what he once was, and a slow and insidious melancholy was gradually bearing down his brave and noble spirit. Anxious for his welfare, some of his poor friends persuaded him to see an aged woman, whose skill in curing diseases, as well as her mysterious and secluded mode of living, had imbued her with an influence, at once powerful and appalling, over the minds of the neighbouring peasantry. He at length concedes to their request, and “Old Mabel" visits the outlaw in his cave at Ness Cliff. After an interesting conference, Mabel turns out to be the deserted Isabel, and discloses herself to the repentant Humphrey, just in time to receive his last sigh, and to support his dying head on her bosom. We have said that the last "story" is the best, because nature is always superior to art. 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