I.

MR. PENROSE'S NEW PARISH.

1. A MOORLAND MACHPELAH.
2. A CHILD OF THE HEATHER.
3. OWD ENOCH'S FLUTE.


LANCASHIRE IDYLLS.

I.

A MOORLAND MACHPELAH.


There was a sepulchral tone in the voice, and well there might be,
for it was a voice from the grave. Floating on the damp autumnal
air, and echoing round the forest of tombs, it died away over the
moors, on the edge of which the old God's-acre stood.

Though far from melodious, it was distinct enough to convey to the
ear the words of a well-known hymn--a hymn sung in jerky
fragments, the concluding syllable always rising and ending with a
gasp, as though the singer found his task too heavy, and was bound
to pause for breath.