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MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1884.
Behind the Tapestry.
Ten ye.us ago I was In the first s>r
row <f my widowhood. I WH chill
less, t •>:> ; ami when Ilia m .ivo ci >*ed
over tuy husband 1 thought that there
was no place left for nie in the woild.
I was rich, young ; and my friends
and my own r. fleeti ins in the glass,
told me that I was beautiful.
1 did not. caie for the people who
fl it tri ed and made much of me, hut !
turned, even in the first days of my
trouble, to one friend.
.She, too, was young and beautiful,
We wt re schoolfellows ; we were en
gaged at the srme time ; we were mar
ried in the same mouth of the same
year.
During rhe three years of my mar
ried life we had seen little of each oth
er, but when my husband died, and
Mary Clifford wrote to me tendeily out
of her full heart, I answered back her
love.
She asked me to stay with her and I
went.
I stayed with the Cliffords a couple
of months. During that time the
house was quiet, visitors few—they
eschewed company for my sake.
At the end of two months I feft
them, comforted and helped, and with
many promises of a return by-and
by.
Circumstances, however, too varied
and too many to mention, prevented
that second visit taking place for a
couple of years. At the end of that
time a great longing came over mo to
see Mary Cl.ff>: d again. I must
write to her and promise a visit. 1 did
so.
By return of post I got a short but
charactistic reply* :
"DEAREST HONOR ; Of course I
long to see you. but unfortunately the
house is full. Large as it is, it is
crammed from celler to attic.
"My dear, I don't want to refuse
vou. Ido long to see you. Will you
sleep iu the Tapestry room ? for of
course it is empty. I dare not put
anybody else there, hut I don't think
you; Honor,will be afraid of the ghost.
If the Tapestrv room will do, come,
and a thousand welcomes. 1 can put
up your maid. Your loving friend,
MARY CLIFFORD.'.'
To this letter I made a short ans
wer :
"I do not believe in the ghost. The
Tapestrv room will do beautifully. Ex
pect me to morrow."
The next evening I arrived at As*
pen's Vale in time tor dinner. The
Tapestrv ro >ra looked charming. I
fell in 1-tve with it at once, and vowed
laughingly that tne ghost and 1 would
make friends.
My maid, however, looked grave o
ver u y jesting remarks ; it was plain
thai she believed in supernatural visi
tations.
The Tapestry room was quite away
from the rest of the house -it was at
the extreme end of the wing. No oth
er bedrooms weie in the wing.
Altogether, this wing of the old
house seemed dead. Visitors only
came to it out of curiosity ; they paid
brief visits, and prefeired doing so in
broad daylight.
Old as the other rooms in the wing
looked, the Tapestry room bore quite
the palm of ancient appearance.
The furniture was all of the blackest
oak ; the bedstead the usual four-pos
ter on which our ancestors loved to
stretch themselves. But the curious
feature of the room, that which gave
it its name, was the tapestry. Not an
inch of the walls was to be seen ; they
were hung completely with very an
cient and very faded tapestry.
Dame Clifford, of long, long by-gone
days, had worked it, with the help of
her maidens. She had come to an un
timely end on the very day on which
the great work of her life had been
completed.
It does not matter to this story what
became of the proud and fair dame, but
it was her ghost which was said to
haunt the wing, and the Tapestry
chamber in particular. Wardeti, my
maid,as she helped me to undress,
looked quite pale with terror.
"They do say, ma'am, as Dime
Clare Clifford appears with her head
tucked under her arm, and threads
from the old tapestry hanging to her
skeleton fingers. She's dressed in
gray silk, that don't rustle never a bit,
though 'tis so thick it might stand all
alone, they do say. 'Tis awful lone
some for you, madam, to sleep here a
lone r and I'll stay with vou with pleas
ure if it comes to that, though my
nerves arn't none of the strongest."
I thanked Warden, however, and
as sureu het th it I was not in the least
afraid ; and she, with a well-relieved
face left me alone. I hsard her foot
steps echoing down the corridor—they
died away. I was now out of teach of
all human help, for in this distant
I*OOlXl, in this distant wing, n"of pjasibTd
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
sounds could preach any other inhabi
tants of Aspen's Vale.
I think I have Inapljsd that I was
brave. In my girlhood, In iny shore
married life, even in the sail depression
of my e irly widowhood, 1 had never
known physical fear ; neverthelees
when the last of Ward MI'S footsteps
echoed out and died, and that pro
found stillness followed which can
he op isesslye, I had a curious sensa
tion.
I did not c ill it fear, I did not know
it for that grim and pale faced tyrant ;
hut it made me uncomfortable, and
caused tny heart to beat iaregul illy.
The sensation was this- I felt that I
was not alone.
Of course it was fancv ; and what
had I to do with fancy V
1 determined to banish this uncom
foi table feeling from my mind, and
stirring the fire tp a cheerful blaze, 1
drew one of the black oak chairs near
it and sat down.
Warden had looked so pale and
frightened before she left me, that out
of consideration for her feeling I had
allowed her to leave the jewels which
I had worn that eveuing on the dress,
ing table.
Thete they lay, a set of very valua
ble hriants. There was an old-fash
ioned mirror over the mantle piece,and
as I sat by the fire I saw the reflection
of my diamonds in the glass. As I
noticeed their sparkle, again that
strange sensation returned ; this time
more strongly, this time with a cold
shiver. I was not alone.
Who was in the Tapestry chamber ?
Was it the ghost ? Was that stoiv
true, after all ? Of course I did not
believe it. 1 laughed aloud as the idea
came to me. I felt that I was getting
quite silly and nervous. There was
nothing for me but to get into bed as
quickly as p ssihle.
I was about to rise from my easy
chair and go over to the old-fashioned
four-poster, when again my attention
was attracted lo the glass oyer my
head. It was hung i.i such away as
to if veal a laige portion ef the room,
and I now saw, not the diamonds, but
—something else.
In the folds of the di*. and old-world
tapestry I saw something move and
glitter. I lot ked again ; there was
no mistaking it—-it was an eye, a hu
man eye, looking fixedly at m u through
a hole in the canvas. Now* I knew
why I felt that I was not alone.
There was some one hidden between
the tapestry hangings and the wall of
the chamber. Some one—not a ghost.
That eye wat human, or I had never
looked on human eye before. I was
alone with a thief, perhaps with worse
and gems of immense value lay within
his reach. I was absolutely alone, not
a soul could hear the most agonized cty
for help i' l t!iis distant room.
Now 1 knew—if 1 had ev*r doubted
it before—that I was a very brave wo
man.
The imminence of the peril stead
ied the nerves which a few minutes be
fore were beginning strangely to quiv
er. I never started nor exclaimed. I
felt that I had iu no way betrayed my
knowledge to my terrible guest. I sat
perfectly still, thinking out the sfitui
tion and my chances of escape.
Nothing but perfect coolness could
win the victory. 1 resolved to be very
cool. With a fervent and passionate
cry to One above for succor,! rose from
tny chair, and gung to the dressing
table, I slipped several costly rings off
my fi igers. I left the n scatter care
lessly about. I denuded my self of all
but my wedding-ring.
Then I put the extinguishe son the
caudles - they were wax, and stood in
massive silver candlesticks.
Tne room, however, was still bril
liant with the light of the fie on the
hearth.
I got into bed, laid my head on the
p Mow and closed my eyes.
It may have been to; minutes—it
seemed more like an hour to rav
strained senses—before I heard the
faintest movement. Then I discovered
a little rustle behind the tapestry,and a
mat) got out. When he did so I open
ed my eyes wide ; at that distance he
could not possibly see whether they
were open or shut. He was a powerful
man, of great bright and breadth. He
had a black beard, and a quantity of
thick black hair. I noticed his feat
ures, which were tolerably regular.
I also noticed another peculiarity :
among his raven locks was one perfect
ly white. One rather thick white lock
was flung back off his forehead—so
white was it that the Ore iustantly re
vealed it to me.
The man did not glance toward the
bed, he went straight, with no partic
ular quiet step, to the dressing-table.
I closed ray eyes now, but I heard htm
taking up my trinkets and dropping
them again. Then he approached the
bedside. I frit him come close, I felt
lus breath as be bent over me. I was
iying on my side, my eyes werb abut?, I
WUB Wreathing gently'.
He went away aga'n ; lie returned
to the di cing -table. I heard hlra
rather noisily strike a in ate 'i. then with
a lighted candle in his hand lie once
mote approached the bod. This time
lie bunt vety low indeed, and I felt the
heat of the tl ime as he passed it softly
before uty closed eves. I lay still how
ever ; not a movement, not a burned
breath, hetrayrtl me.
I heard him give a short satisfied
sigh. Again,candle in hand he retunr
ed to the dressing-!able. Once more
I heard the clinking sound of my
trinkets as they fell through his fin
gers.
There was a pause, and then—for no
reason that I ever could explain— he
left the trinkets untouched on the ta
blo, and went to the door.
He opened the door and went out. I
know not what he went for—perhaps
to fetch a companion, certainly to re
turn—hut I did know that my oppor
tunity had come.
In an instant quicker than thought,
I had started from my feigned slum
bers ; I was at the door, I had bolted
mid locked it. There were several
bolts to this old-fashioned door, there
were even chains.
I drew every b<ll, I made every ru3-
ty chain secure. I was not an instant
too soon. I had scarcely fastened the
Let chain, with fingers that trembled,
before tbe thief returned.
He saw that he had been outwitted,
and his savage anger knew no hounds.
He kiched at the door, he called on me
wildly to open it ; he assured me that
lie had accomplices out9ide, that they
would soon burst the old door from its
hinges, and my life would be the for
feit.
To my terror, I perceived that his
words were no idle boast. The old
door, secured by its many fastenings
on one side, was weak on the other ;
its hinges were nearly eaten through
with rust ; they needed but some vig
orous kicks to buist them from their
resting places in the wood.
1 knew that I was only protected for
a few minutes, that even if the thief
was alone he had but to continue to
assail th* door as vigorously as lie was
now doing for a little longer, to gain a
fresh entrance iuto my chamber.
I rushed to the window, I threw up
the sasli, and bent half out. Into the
clear oalm air of the night I sent my
strong young voice.
"Help, help I—thieves !—fire !—dan
ger I—help, help!"
I shouted these words over and over,
tut there was no response, except an
echo. My room looked into a distant
shrubbery ; the hour was late, the
whole household was iu bud.
The thief ouiside was evidently mak
ing way with the rusty hinges, and I
was preparhig. at the risk of any con
s' quences, the moment he entered the
room to leap from the window, when
I heard a dog hark.
I red-mbled iny cries. The baik of
the dog was followed by footsteps;
they came nearer, treading down fallen
branches, which crackled under the
welcome steps. The next instant a
man came and stood under the window
and looked up at me. I perceived by
his dress that he was a villager, proba
bly taking a short cut to his Irhuse.
He stood under the window ; he
seemed terrified ; perhaps he took me
for the gli -st. He was not, however,
all a coward, for he spoke.
"What is wrong ?" he said.
"This is wrong," 1 answered ; "I
am in extreme danger -extreme datt
get. There is not a moment to Nse.
Go instantly— instanly, and wake up
the house, and say that I, Mrs. C'taw
frd am in extieme danger in the
Tapestry wing. Go at once—at once!"
I spoke distinctly,and the man seem
ed to undoistyßtid. He flew away, the
dog following him.
I instantly threw myself on my
knees, in the terrible moments that
followed I prayed as I had neyer pray
ed before. Would the man be in time?
Must my young life be sacrificed ? Ah!
no. God was good. I heard joyful
sound ; the thief's attack on tbe door
ceased suddenly, and the next instant
the squire's hearty voice was heatd :
"Let me in, Honor ! What is wrong
child ?"
I did let him in, and his wife, and
seveial alarmed' looking seivants who
followed after.
We instantly began to look for the
thief, but-mystery of mysteries—he
had disappeared.
The terrible man with the black hair
and white lock over his forehead bad
vanished as completely as though he
had never been.
Except for the marks he had made
with Irs feet on the old oak door, there
wa3 not a trace of his existence.
I believe the servants doubted that
Fie liad ev-r been, and only thought
that the young lady who was foolish e
nough to sleep in the Tapestry cham
ber had been visitsd by a new form of
the ghost. Be that as it may,we uever
got a clew t'd wherd or how tb'd utfan
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Ten years later I was again on a vis
it at Aspen's Vale. This time I did
not sleep in the Tapestry room.
I now occupied a most cheerful,mod
el n and unghost like room, and but for
one ciicumstance my visit would have
been thoroughly unremarkable.
This WHS the circumstance which
seems in a wonderful way to point a
moral to my cot ious title. I paid my
visit to the (Jiff nds during the Assi
zes. Squire Clifford, as one of the
most influential county magnates, was
necessarily much oocupied with his mag
isterial duties during time that. Every
morning he went early into Lewi3, the
town where the Assizes were held.
One morning he told us of acase which
inteiestid him
"He is a hardened villain," he said ;
"he has again and again been brought
before oie. but has never yet been con
victed. lie is unquestionably a thief
indeed, one of the notorious characters
in the place ; but he is such a slippery
dog, no jury has vet found him guilty.
Well, he is to be tried again to-day,and
I do hope we shall have some luck with
him this time.
The squire wtuit away, and it came
into his wife's head and mine to pay a
visit to the court, and see for ourselves
the prisoner in whom he was interested.
No sooner said than done. We drove
into Lewis, and presently found our
selves in the large and crowded build
ing. When we entered, the case under
discussion had not begun, but a mo
ment after a fresh prisoner was usher
ed into the dock..
What was the matter with me ? I
found my sight growing dim. 1 found
myself bending forward, and peering
hard. The memory of an old terror
came back, the sensation of a couple of
hours of mortal agony returned to me
again. Who was in the prisoner's dock?
I knew the man. He was my guest of
the Tajestiy chamber of ten years ago.
There he stood, surly, indifferent,
with bis vast breadth and height, his
raven black hair, and that peculiar
white lock flung back from his brow.He
did not glance at any one, but kept his
eyes'on the ground.
I could not contain my mysel"; 1 for
got every thing but my sense of discov
ery . I started cO my feet, and spoke.
* dr. Clifford, I know that man ; he
was in uiy room ten years ago. Do you
remember the night when I got the ter
rible fright In the Tapestry chamber in
your hoase ? There is the man who
frightened me. I could never forget
Ins face. There he stands.'
Whatever effeet ray words had on
the Squire and the Judge, there is no
doubt at all of their remarkable signifi
cance to the prisonei. His indifference
left him; he started with wide open and
terrified eyes at me. It was plain that
if I recognized him, he also recognized
me. All his bravado left him; he mut
tered something, his face was blanched,
then suddenly he fell on his knees and
covered it with his hands.
My evidence was remarkable and con
clusive; and that day, for the first time,
Hercules Armstrong was committed to
prison. He had long been the terror of
the neighborhood, and 110 one regretted
the just punishment which had fallen
011 him. What his subsequent career
may be I know not ; this is the present
end of a strange and perfectly
story.
A Sociable Policeman.
A gentleman who rented a country
house near New York City, experienc
ed much annoyance from thieves who
robbed the apple tr es, but w;is never
able to catch any of them. Coming out
unexpectedly one afternoon, he discov
ered a man hidden among the foliage of
an apple tree, presumably with larcen
ous intent.
'You had better come down from
theie or I'll send for one of the mount
ed police and have you arrested,' said
the man w 10 was trying to raise apples.
The offender cooned it backwaids
down the tree, when to the amazement
ot the amateur horticulturist, who
should the guilty party be, but the
mounted policeman.
'I thought I heard you say you want
ed a policeman,' said the uniformed
protector of property, as he picked up
some more fruit, and concealed it In his
bulging pockets.
* WeU, you are a cool one. Don't you
want to borrow a basket to carry some
more home.'
The policeman mounted his horse,
which was tied outside of the fence,and
as he rode off with his booty, he said
'We mounted police in the suburbs
don't put on as much Rtyle as thera
New City cops. We are more
sociable, we are.'— Texas Siftings.
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It is said that a first-class duke's title
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they wefe at once confiscated. As it
was not practicable to return the pro
visions to the lawful owner, the Col.
would have them served up at his
own Mess table, to keep them from
going to waste.
Asa consequence, the Colonel was
cordially hated by many of his men,
and many were the plans laid down
by them 'to get even' and circumvent
him, but owing to his astuteness,they
generally came to grief.
One day a soldier of the regiment,
who had the reputation of being 'a
first class, single handed forager/ but
who had nevertheless, been repeatedly
compelled to disgorge his irregularily
produced supply of fresh meat, and as
lepeatedly to pass an interval of his
valuable time in the Regimental Bull
Pen, slipped away from camp and, af
ter an absence of several hours,return
ed with a loaded haversack and tried
to get to his tent without attracting
any attention. He was noticed, how
ever, arrested, and escorted to Regl
mental Headquarters.
'Omar, you infernal scoundrel, .you
have been foraging again,' said the
Colonel.
'No, I havnV
'HavnT, eh ! Let's see what is in
your haversack. Leg o* mutton, eh !
Killed some person's sheep,' said the
Colonel. Omar was sent to the Guard
House as usual, and the foraged prop
erty to the Colonel's cook.
The Regimental Mess, consisting of
most of the field and staff officers, had
fresh meat for supper and breakfast.
During the latter meal, the Colonel
happened to look out from under the
tent fly, that was in use an a Mess
room, and noticed. Omar, who was un
der guard cleaning up around Head
quarters, eying him very closely. The
Colonel remarked,'Well,prisoner,what
is it V
'Nothing Colonel/ replied Omar,
'except I was just wondering tow you
liked your breakfast of/Wed dog. 1
Consternation seized the party at
the table. With an exclamation of
expletive every one of thera sprang to
their feet, and from under the tent
fly. * * * *
Omar 'lit out' for his life, and at
once, as per preconcerted agreement,
over half the men in the regiment
commenced howling and barking like
dogs—big dogs—little dogs—hoarse
and fine—bass and soprano—Fortis
simo and Mezzo soprano—ff. and pp.
—Dogs 'round the corner and dogs
under the house ; in short there was
the dog-ondest kind of a racket made
until the Colonel got control of bis
heaving muscles—grasped his 9word,
and foaming with rage, rushed for
the men's teuts, but they were too old
to be caught.
For a long time though they would
'regulate the Colonel, if he showed
signs of being excessive, by barking,
but at their peril, for he would cer
tainly have killed a barker if discover
ed.
After that breakfast, the Regimen
tal Mess strictly abstained from eat
ing any second hand foraged meat.—
Texas Si/tings.
■ •
Nearly 2,000 watches are made every
day in New England.
A Columbia county [FIa.J farmer is
making vinegar from tomatoes.
Mississippi has increased in taxable
wealth over $11,000,000 since 1883.
An ex-goveruor in Ohio, once a man
of large property, is now seiliug cigars
by sample.
China is the largest consumer of pig
tin. It is chiefly used for the manu
facture of idols.
An electric railway in full operation
is among the attractionswf the Mechan*
ics' Fair, Boston.
During the great cholera visitation at
Naples by far the greatest number of
yictims were women.
Since the cholera appeared in Europe
about five months age there have befca
dyer 13,ck50 deaths ffdtfi the disease.