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A STORY OK
TWO CHRISTMAS DAYS.
CHA PTFTt II.
LOVE AND TItEACIIEKT.
Tloland Ayre lirts been o-lowin
rerate durino: the lust hal?-liotir.
des-
lie lias nut dain-ed since Katf left
n:m, and be has not spoken to anybody
since be ba-? raanascd to rt away from
(.race; but he lias watched Kate, anx
iously, and more than once be bad pone
some little distance alon ur ar-rosa the
room to speak U. her, but bat failed to
reach her aide before she has been car
ried off for another dance.
Algernon Colebrook seemed to be as
much on the w atch to attach himself to
the fair heiress as be was himself, and
Roland felt that he bad no time to lose
in seeuriiiiT thf. prize that so many were
evidently anxious to make their own.
Fortune favored biui at last.
'att- with her last partner passed
tiear the do r just as the music ceased.
" i.l you oblige me by asking iiisa
Wa'rnfT to take some refreshment."
said Kate to her partner, while she in
dicated a very jirirn old ma'd sitting
alone on an ottoman.
The young man oK-ved, though be
did not like the task ass;ned him. and
Koland seized the opportunity to offer
Kate ii is arm as lie said:
"'.Let us tiiiil a cooler room than this;
you must be quite tired of dancing."
"Oh no. I am not tired.'" sh'i replied
lightly, '"though we will look for a cool
er plaee if yon like; but bow the wind
is bowline, and I really believe it is be
ginning to snow."
"It is,"' be replied, pressing her arm
to his sidf as be. felt slie irave a littla
shiver; -lnit tlie snow is falling siowdy,
and I dare say it will last a Ion? time;
fortunately von have not to co out to
nipbt." " "
"Nor -ou either," she replied with a
smile. "I heard papa say thatvou would
remain with us over tomorrow."
He made no reply, but l"d the way to
a smail drawing-room winch the sisters
ii-ed more than anyone in the bouse.
It was deserted now, though a hrisht
tire 1 un.ed i:; thesratij, and Roland led
the timid iriri into the apartment, hen
paused, and lookimr earnestly into her
deep dark eyes, be exclaimed passion
ate v ;
"K ite. I love you. I,ook at nv dear
est; tell me. w iii vim lie my wife?"
M e did look at him.
The love written on bis face was too
earnest, too uvi-rpKweriiijr to be mis
taken, or to admit of any coquetry on
her part; and she now answered as any
village" maiden wouM have done:
;Ves. Roland."
There was a boucrhof mistletot; hansr
incr above them, but they did not need
i tbisasan excuse lor the lon kiss of
!"ve in which their lips tirst met; and
i Ii l.i:id had led Kate close totherire-
I place, and they w.-re both watching tho
loo;s buiiiiii brightly upon the hearth.
, and be was telling tier bow dearly and
: truly be l ived her, while has arm clasp
ed her trr.iceful U ini. and her be. id rest
ed trustfully upon ids shoulder, when
the door of the room was softly and
1 noiselessly opened.
So absorbed were they in their own
' happiness that they did not observe it,
neither did they see the, child-like
, coui.tt nance of (irace. with a murder
ous light in her blue eyes, looking at
them.
.sue went away, however, without
milking her presence known.
iiut as she left the room in which her
sister nid Roland were talking of their
love, her heart seemed to take rir and
her brain became active for evil as that
of a tiend.
All the pent-up malignity in her na
ture now asserted itself, and she was
ready to commit anv crime so that she
might gratify her hatred and win for
herself some of the great advantages
now possessed by her rival.
Liove misplaced, and affection slight
ed are sometimes pleaded as excuses
for deeds of passionate revenge; but,
though the plea is a bad one, (iraee Lil
burne C"u'd ie it shield herself behind
; even that. Minify pretext.
It is true that she coveted the ad
miration and devotion of Roland Ayre;
bui ' ids was rath'.-r because it was given
to Kate than because she set any very
preat store upon :t for itself.
Indeed sue was incapable of the
strong, passionate. s-lt'-d"nying devo
tion that is a finality of even the most
S 'ltish love, aud thus, though she would
gladly en nigh hae committed any
crinio to win her Msicr"s lover, she
j would very readily accept a substitute
; if she failed.
; Therefore, it was not solely on ac
, count of Roland Ayre that she now
I give hers'-if up to ait itnd soul to work
i evil, but envy of Kale's In-anty, of her
wealth, and even of her virtues made
this wicked creature determine upon
her hall-siter's destruction.
Rut bow was it to be accomplished?
It is easy to wish an enemy dead, and
on!v a little more ditlicuit to some na
tures to resolve to make the wish a
reality, if an opportunity to do so can
lie found; but it is not always easy to
make the opportunity and to carry out
' the ie- inti nti.-n iu sutdi.i manner that
no suspicion shall attach itself to tha
perpetrator.
'She shall di-V hissed Grace, as pIiq
clenched her little hands till her nails
dug themselves into the pink palms;
"yes, she shall die tiiis verv nitrht, even
if 1 risk liiv own hfe by putting an end
to hers. Iiut how how am I to do it?''
i She bent her bead in m ibid anxious
: thought, and she wandered about the
: di-serteil passages and corridors of the
, ancient portion of the castle, as though
' she expected that the chosts of some of
1 her dead ancestors, w ho had been no
torious for thdr eil deeds, would come
to tell her how to accomplish her ruur
' dermis design.
j,, h( r restlessness she wandered up
! to the lop chamber in the old tower,
and listened to the how ling of the w ind
and peered through the narrow window
into the darkness beyond,
j A river ran near tb base of this tow
! rr a deep silent river, that would not
j readily betray her if she gave it a vic
tim: b it how could Kate be consigned
to tlie dark water in such a manner that
: beln would not be forthcoming?
i siie mused on this scheme so long
that she at last bethought her of a way
I iu which to entrap Kate down to the
' river-side.
If Kate received a note purporting to
i come from Frank l'airtield, the son of
; her fostei-mother. and whose mad in
fatuation lor her si.-ter hai haii'siied
him from th castle, Kate mirht per
haps yield to the apical and go out to
meet him. and then under cover of the
dark night the rest would be easy.
Rut would Kate ktH-p the appoint
ment, or would she n-t be more likely
to hand the n :e to her father and ak
li'in to deal w ith the imprudent writer?
Here was the difficulty.
irate knew that she would h.-rself be
; :i i a- v dup for such a plot , but Kate
w is so" tTicomlortabl v bM aiga i' rw.4rd.
and had such a high appiv
what was due to her o n b
dicnity, that she Might i'-a' i
impassioned aop-al as an in
ition of
nor and
he I.l, -s
all. and
resent it accord; m: a v.
t t,.l then .T'iin. Kraid
would not
dare t ask Kate to meet hii,i. and she
would know this, and far this reason, if
no other, wo-vd not go to the rendez-
vous.
"Xext to Kate I detest him," Grace
muttered vindictively; "but there has
been no love lost between us all our
lives: he was tbe terror of my childhood,
and yet. for all that. I played him some
clever tricks, and often got him punish
ed when he would otherwise have es
caped. Ah, that reminds me; in this
very tower is the secret well that he
threatened to throw me into; it will an
swer my present purpose if I can once
get Kate to its edge. That will be a
grand revenge indeed upon both of
them.'
She laughed a low wicked laugh, and
the wild wind, as though in sympathy,
shrieked among the branches of ttie
leafless trees that partially surrounded
tbe mansion.
Rut Grace heeded not the sound; she
had given up her whole mind to work
evil, and the means by which to accom
plish her foul purpose were near at
hand.
"I must and w ill get her here this
very night," she muttered; '"but bow is
it to be done? Ah. I have it, I'll pro
pose a game of hide-and-seek, and it
shall go hard with me if I don't make I
Kate bide in a place where Roland Ayre
will never rind her. We'll have a mod
ern edition of 'The Misletoe Hough. ' "' I
Then she began to sing in a mocking
tone: i
"And younu I.ove :ri(Vl;
'Oh where doM thou hide? !
1 am lonetnie without thee, j
My own dear bride." " j
She finished the song, tbe singing of j
which seemed to give hr much satis- i
faction, tboutrh she had not a single ;
listener, and w hen all her arrangements !
were made she went back to tne hall; j
but it was some time afterwards before I
the happy lovers rejoined the guests.
"I wish you would try to put a little j
spirit into the people, Kate." said Mr. j
Lilburne to his eldest daughter as she !
and Roland reentered the hall; "every- !
thing seems to flag, and the musicians j
are half asleep." .
"Poor fellows, they are tired, and !
huntrry too. I have no'doubt." here in- i
terposed Grace w ith more considerat ion
than she had ever shown before. "Let
them go into the kitchen, papa, and ,
join in the fun the servants are having j
we can amuse ours -Ives."
'Rut how?'" asked .Mr. Lilburne dubi- j
ouslv. j
"We'll have some Christinas games. '
We will get
M-iue ehaiades. or have i
forfeits, or patv a L'ame at
ide-and-
seek, that
wouldn't it?
Robin.!.
"It v.otild
wotild be the best fun,
' she ;al led. appealing to
be a change," he replied
indifferently, "and
1 d.are
. SoUPJ
ay people
are going
are t ll'eU ol
too."
dancing.
"Yes, but we mut have one romp be
fore we break up. Let the band get
their supper, papa, and we will have a
game of hiiie-aiid-.-oc -k. When they
come back we can dance Sir Roger de
Cov.-rley, and then say irood-nicrlit."'
"Very well." assented her rather.
St the tired musicians were taken off
to the servants'-hall to be fe isi-al. and
Grace, who seemed to have ii veloped
an unusual amount of animation, de
clared they would have sor-l" prime fun.
Her excitement was infect. oils, aud
several trills went of)' with 1 '-r to hide,
and they ware all found rooi.er or later,
w hile the boughs of mistletoe that were
hung so profusely about
fen d an excuse fi r k i
UC cl' hae been V elitUl
presence of a chaperon.
the
castle of-
es that would
d in it ai in t he
let the excuse
lie ever SO valid.
This ioiup hail been going on for
some little nine, but Kate had taken no
part in it.
There bad been plenty of girls will
in'r enough b hide, and others eager to
find them, s that she had escaped: but
iri.ee at leugtu would take no refusal.
""Come. K.il'.-." said her sister in a low
disagreeable ton. "it seems as though
you were too prudish to join us. aud
you needn't be afraid; Roland is sure
to tind you. I'm sure you two have
been spooning there longenough for all
the wo; Id to Kno w w hat it means."
Kate made no reply, but she rose to
her feet, gave ne smll'iig -glance to Ro
land, then turned and followed her sis
ter. "Where shall we hide?" she asked in
differently. "Oh, I knew a 'splendid place," was
the rcplv: "we will bide in tlie west
turret. Von shall have the little cham
ber leading out of this room," she said,
throwing op.-n a door at the top of the
stairs, "and I'll shut myself up in the
one above you."
"Rut it is dark, and it is cold," olv
jected K ite wiih a shiver, as they cross
ed the room towards tne. little turret
chamber which opened out of it.
-Nonsens.'! you won't be here five
minutes, and the corridor is lighted.
Go in quick1-; I think 1 hear them com
ing." So saying, she pushed her half-re-luciant
sister through the narrow door,
then closed it upon her with a silent
spring.
She did not go into tbe room above,
however, but sue stood pale and motion
less, listening for the faintest cry.
INone came; and at length, finable to
bear the suspense any longer, she cau
tiously reopened the door, and pro
nounced her sister's name.
No answer was returned, but a blast
of cold dank air seemed to rush up from
far below, and to strike to her very
heart witli its icy breath.
Grace Lilburiie was not surprised,
though she had only been tle-re once,
many years ago. In her childhood she
had been shown the chasm at her feet,
and bad been threatened by Frank Fair
field, the son of Kate's foster-mother,
that if site listened at doors and told
tales alMUit bun again, he wonbbthrow
her down here, and she would never be
beard of again.
The threat had been efficacious, and
the horror of it lingered long in her
memory, and she remembered as though,
it had happened yesterday how terrified
she had been at seeing what looked like
tbe solid floor glide noiselessly away
when be touched a spring, leaving un
covered a dark and terrible chasm that
Seemed to have no bottom.
While Roland had been telling Kate
he loved her, and alter she had made
iin her mind to kill h-r sister. Grace had
taken a lamp, and with no alight difll
ouitv had pressed thf long disused
spring
lillso iio
illg the
had one
to her c
nil sutlicieiit force to make the
l slid.1 out f its place, reveal
oii! lark ejlil:,m bclaw. which
1 en such a source of terror
lildish imagination.
She
ice
bft the t'.oor of the turret-
rham'p'r open, thoii'.-'a she had careniby
closed ti c d or but now. wiin Cue,
lull rd -reus wuk was done, she dared
not bring a light, neither flared she
leave the place uncovered, and site felt
( aut"o'!s'y about for the spring, and at
some pel .1 to herself, lace she was
working in tic1 dark, she managed to
tint! it. and the tl or slowly moved back
into its place w iih a grating noise, clos
ing w ith a sha r -un r.
Terrified I..-.-' Vhe si -on id be detected,
and coniidt nl that t!ienfnii 1. a 1 al
ready begun. Grat e aha, .-il i'. w to the
room above, and there stood paie and
we!! uich fr"pell-bound with horror at
the foul deed which she bad so deliber
ately planned and so completely uci uii-
plahed.
Rut she knew she ij'iii t not give way
to her fears in the presence of othir
peoj.le. or she would soon betray her
self, for an awful time ol anxiety and
dread was still before her.
It was with an intense feeling of re
lief tlr.it she heard tlie door opeu aud
r-aw a man's form in tbe doorway, for
the passages, as I have said, were all
dimly lighted, though small out-of-the-way
rooms, like those in which the tur
ret chambers were, were left in dark
ness. "Oh. I am glad you have found me,"
she said, coming forward; "I seem to
have been here such a long time, and I
am so cold."
"It was very foolish to hide in such a
part of the castle as this," said Roland
Beverely. "Where is Kate?"'
"I don't know where Kate is." was
the petulant retort; "I suppose she was
wiser than I and hid herself where she
could be more easily found; but I shall
go back to the others. I dare say Kate
has already been found."
"l'robably she has," returned the anx
ious lover.
Then he walked back to the great
hall bv the side of Grace, but as they
passed under a light he exclaimed in
surprise, as he looked at his companion:
"What have you done to your dress?
The front of it is almost black."
Grace uttered a little cry of alarm,
then recovering herself, she said:
"How careless of mel I forgot the
walls wpuld be thick with dust, and I
pulled myself up to the window to see
if it was still snowing. Excuse me a
few minutes, I dare say my maid can
wine it off."
So saving, she hurriedly left him, but
no maid could wine off the mark from
her white satin dress any more than the
stain of the crime she had committed
could be wiped from her false heart.
She covered over the spots on her
dress with some flowers and lace, which
She hastily pinned in their places; then
she washed her bands, and went back
to join her father's guesis.
Many of these were gone, others were
departing, and Roland Avre's often-re-
Feated question: "Has Kate been
ound?" though answered with a vague
'I don't know," did not excite the in
terest or anxiety that it would have
done at anv other moment.
When ail the visitors who were not
going toremain forthe night had driven
away. Mr. Lilburne's annoyance at the
disappearance of bis eldest daughter
gave place to alarm, and he summoned
the servants and organized a search
throughout the castle.
Rut though they ransacked the man
sion from garret to basement, anil ex
amined every nook and comer, Kate
Lilburne was not to be found.
Grace was questioned again and
again, but she stuck to the story she
bad at first volunteered, and declared
that Kate had parted with her before
she ascended the staircase which led to
the turret-chambers, in one of which
she was herself found by Roland Ayre.
"Can stie have hidden away in some
old oak chest?" suggested one romantic
spinster doubtfully.
Rut Mr. Lilburne retorted disdain
fully: "We have no such old oak chests, nor
any secret rooms in this house, madam;
all that kind of thing was destroyed
when tlie castle was rebuilt bv mv
lather."
"It was not altogether rebuilt," sug
gested the ohl lady timidly.
".No, but there was nothing myster
ious about what was left." was t:i" im
patient reply. "The old baronial ball,
and that pari of tha original budding
nearest the river, were spared, and
there is nothing mysterious about them.
1 used when a boy to wish that there
was."
"Still. Kate must be somewhere," ex
claimed Roland finxioi. : "she would
never have gone out of the house on
such a night as this, for the snow is fall
ing heavily, and. wherever she is J im
convinced that sic has met wi;n foul
play at the hau ls of some one."'
"What canyon ni(.au?" demanded
Mr. Ldhuri . " W ho i--t !a-re w ho could
wish to injure m c'uiid? Mie never bad
an enemy in tti w ri 1."
Roland Ayre s) oo!: . s head, and his
eyes unconsciously rested upon Grace.
"io yon think K.-.te has doped?" she
aSkt-d ll'TVO'lslv.
"Kiopcii: With whom should she
elope? demanded Roland hotly: "only
this evening she promised to le my
wife."
'"I I didn't know,"' faltered Grace;
"there was Frank Fairfield, whom papa
hail to send away from tlie neighbor
hood; I thought he might have come
back again, and "
"And what?' demanded her father
sternly.
"And persuaded Kate to go away
with him," was the seemingly reluctant
answer.
"Then never make such a suggestion
again." thundered Mr. Lilburne; "Kate
had more consideration for herself and
for rue than to have taken such a step.
Go to your own room. If you had not
persisted in playing that" ridiculous
came, this misfortune could nover have
happened; go lo your room. I say."
Tlie gil l olieyed, and the other ladies
of the party quickly followed her ex
ample. "Now what is to be done?" asked Ro
land blankly, when heand Mr. Lilburne
with two gentlemen and three or four
servants were left together.
"I don't know," was tlie despairing
reply: "we will go through the house
once more if you like, but I have very
little hope of finding her before day
light. If something very serious had
not happened lo her she would have an
swered when we called her. I don't
know what to do. I feel perfectly stun
ned and bewildered."
And he pressed his hand to his throlv
bing brow; the anxiety of the last hour
seemed to have aged him many years.
"You stay here anil rest," said Ro
land; "or co to bed if you think you can
sleep, w hile I with some of the servants
will search through the castle again."
And they did so.
Rut this second search was as fruit
less as the first had been, and all
through that night the snow fell with a
soft rustling sound, and when tbe pale
grey morning dawned the cold misty
light led upon faces haggard and worn
with anxiety, while outside the castle
the ground was covered with snow to
the ileptli of several inches.
When dav light eauie the father a nil
lover searched every crevice in the
great building onee again; and tlrey
called Kate by name, and t ntreated her
to answer, but the only response was
the echo of their own voices, and at
length the two men utterly broke flown
under the grief that overwhelmed them.
f -iiaiti-:!: in.
wtint n st.it.. mint
When c: eryi'ni-iir iiairnm ft.
Grief and di-ni :y at the mysterious
disappearance of Kii" Li'bnme wre
not confined lo her fatlierand lover, for
the servants were almost as much
moved bv the loss of the fair girl, as
were tlie membf rs of her own family.
After the in st shock, bowevi r, it was
strange to ob? rve how , ' sho ;
their heads ;t f ! hinted vaguely that
.vi iss .race ni'.gu. k i
sister's fat."1 than sin
I n deed. i rac-.- ii'
l w n
ore about
ho... t tell.
r knew how close-
al t'.iist iai. nor
lv sho was; vva'e
how k' elllV b- 1
act
i ,
d
action
ai.
be dis-
found
w hi. h
as w
-.; iu t
SS.V.
I.l c;r
1 In 1.
:. an 1 ,
was t .
i-anie so
ed in to
III.
, i ii hints which Grace
!.),., of l-Vanl Kairtipltl
CA 11 (
lit
Roland lt'L'..ii to oiiestion her about the
young man. and she answered readily
l:;.:.t'h ,;alil a feiiuucii tho.igbt occur
red to her, when in a moment she be
came pale and began to tremble.
"W hat is the matter with you now?"
he asked.
"Nothing," she replied "nothing: it
just came to my mind that Frank could
not have taken Kate away, because last
year he went to Smth. America."
"What is tbe young man?" question
ed Roland.
"A civil engineer."
"Your father paid for his education,
I suppose?"
"Yes; his mother took care of Kate,
and nursed her when her mother died,
and she was always verv fond of Mrs.
Fairfield, and of Frank too."
"Where does this Mrs. Fait field live?"
he m :t asked.
"1 don't know; she went away from
here. Terhaps she is gone to South
America to her son. I am sorry now I
suggested that Frank had taken Kate
awav, because I see it is impossible."
"Why impossible? lie may have re
turned." "Oh no; not at all likely. Poor Kate!
I wonder if she ever will be found."
She made matters worse now by her
feverishly anxious endeavors to con
vince her companion that the young
man could not lave had anything to do
with Kate's disappearance, but her
arguments on this point only confirmed
Roland in his determination to find the
young engineer.
When, however, he appealed to Mr.
Lilburne for further particulars respect
ing Fairfield he received no encourage
ment to seek the oung man.
"He never harmed Kate." he said
sadly, as he shook his head. "He would
have given bis life to spare her a mo
ment's pain. He is a noble young fel
low, and when he gave me his word
I inai ue woum never speaK oi love again
to Kate I believed him. as I should be
lieve vou, Roland. He has kept Ins
word, depend upon it. I would as soon
doubt myself as doubt him."
"And yet Kat must have met with
foul play," said Roland gloomily. "Any
mere acciont would have been dis
covered l(efore now." I
Rut Mr. Lilburne shook his head as I
be replied: "I don't know. It's a mvst- j
ery an awful mvsteiy. My poor child I
my poor child!"' ' " I
A few days after Christmas a thaw j
set in, and the river was dragged, and :
tlie castle and grounds were searched
once more, but again in vain, and then j
Roland Ayre bade adieu to the sorrow
ful old man and his tearful (laughter.
"You will come again soon. Roland. I
and tell us if you have discovered any
thing?" Grace bad pleaded plaintively ;
as he was going awav. '
Rut he replied coldly: i
"I shall never enter Silverton Castle
again, unless I bring Kate with me, or !
come to meet tier." " ;
And turning to Mr. Lilburne, be add-
ed: .
"I shall take you at your word.'
"Heaven grant you may lie able to do .
so." was tlie answer. Then they ciasji- ,
ed bands and parted.
Grace questioned her father as to ,
what Roland meant. Rut she received ,
nti satisfactory reply.
Days and weeks foiled on. The mys
tery was a mystery still, and Grace be
gan to talk of pulling on mourning for
the sister wtio must be dead.
When she spoke of it to In r father,
however, he sternly forbad ' amthii.g
of the kind to be done.
"Why should you suppose Kate to bo
dead?" he demanded angrily. "I don't '
believe she is dead. I believe that she
is alive, and that I shall see and clasp
her in my arms before I die."
Grace trembled with fear. Katealive! j
Kate iu her dungeon, bruised, bleeding, i
and starving! No. it could not be.
Death must have ended her sufferings .
ere now, and the dead girl could not 1
come back to tell the piteous tale of
treachery and cruelty of which she had
lieen the victim.
Other people htoked forward to the
possibility of Kate"s return to her fath
er's bouse, and many were the specula- ;
tions as to what would happen if she
did come back. Rut Grace quiet ly
smiled at all such anticipations.
She knew thiit they would never be
realised. She knew, past all doubting,
that Kate was dead, and that therefore
there was no "if" in the matter, and she t
secretly but exultingly declared herself ;
to In her lather's sole" heiress. j
Hitherto Kate had lieen first, while
she in all things had l(een second. Her ,
father's property would at his deatli i
have been divided equally between Ids '
two daughters, but the "title, as there
were two of them, would uaturaily have
faileH in abeyance. j
Site sighed as she remembered she.
could riot forthwith take possession nf
Kate's fortune, but one cannot get all
onedesiiesin this world, ami she be
gan to wonder how long it would be be
fore ber father's hie would come to an
end.
And throughout all this shelooked so
iniioctnt. so pretty, ami so child-like
Willi her golden curls, her sweet blue
eyes, aud rosebud of a mouth, that it
Beemed impossible to suspect her of
anything more serious than careless
ness or folly.
S3 those who judged only bv appear
ances pitied her Ijecanse of the sadm-ss
of her lot. and other" liked her none the
less for the fact that she wasmw a
great heiress.
Roland Ayre, true to his word, novar
came near Silvcrlon Castle. and the fal
burnes received no message from hun;
but Victor Gavherd. a cousin of his,
came frequently, and so also did Alger
non Colebrook.
Rut Grace never felt quite at cas- in
tha presence of the bitter. Algernon
would sil or stand, aud calmly and
steadfastly look at ber as though she
were a curious study; and when on one
occasion she was rendered sulfieienlly
irritable and unconibn table to make
her ask sharply what made him do so.
he replied with a bow; "My profound
admiration."
Rut his admiration did not lead him
to transgress in like manner again, and
soon after this be ceased to call at sil
verton Castle.
V ictor came pr ft v frequently, how
ever. H washa:d.-ome. lighl-heai teil.
and uncomfortably pud. and it was
above all things ic cessary that he
si oul l find a rich wife.
H" made no secrrt of his position,
bu: frt ated all th" accidents that befell
b.in in lit- in a happv-go-iucky fashion,
taking nothing- very sei ionsly or very
inn- h to ia alt.
l'erson ly he was very like his cous
in, Roioi.d.' and in oilier respects was
far too go.nl for treacherous Grace Lii
burne. For a time trace kept him from I De
posing, hoping thai Roland would lire
of bis fruill"ss search, and would re
turn to her. for she felt that lie krew
that she loved him.
Rut Roland never came nor showed
the least sign of coming, no news of
him reached the castle, and Grace phil
osophically came to the c ic-ln-iou that
she might "as well take, what she could
get, since she could not obtain what she
wauled.
j So one day Yictoi Gavl
; r.I.d was accepted, .old G
of. to her fa'.h r to ohtaa
So far she v, ,is s.d'e. at.
get awav for a t m .
Td proposed
u e st nl hini
his consent.
if ' e could
1 f.aget her
ill would be
crime riie thou:
Well.
that
When Victor it torne 1. h
vf
expression of his camp i.aie .
told her of tbe non-success ol
hi
sitn.
"I don't think your governor is quite
tight," tbe voting man remarked as he
took a scat by her side; "he seems a lit
tle bit touched." and he tapied his own
forehead significantly.
"Whv, w hat did he sav?" asked Grace
breathlessly.
"He said a good many tilings. He
seems to believe that your sister is alive
though he has not seen her nor beard
from her. and he savs that unt.l be has
received proof of her death !ev.,nd all
doubt, that he w ill onlv give you the
portion yen would bave'had tefore she
was lost."
"That is provoking, but it won't mat
ter in the long run,' returned Grace
heartlessly; "he can't live for ever, and
then all he has must be mine."
"I'nless your sister is alive." replied
Victor slowly.
"Oh. she's dead safe enough." was
the callous answer; "you needn't trou
ble about ber."
"Vou speak as though you bad seen
her die." he exclaimed w ithsu Men sus
picion. "Well. I didn't see her die." she re
torted defiantly, as she contracted her
brows and clenched her teeth; "but I
haven't the least doubt she is dead. If
she were not. do you think sue would
stav away from everv thing that can
make lite enjoyable? No. she is dead
enough, and Silverton must one day le
mine. Rut what else did papa sav? He
did not refuse h'.s consent to our mar
riage, did hey"
"No: but be refuses to allow it to
take place until after next Christmas
Day, and now it is June. Imagine our
having six months to wait!"
"Yes. and I hate Christinas." ex
claim' Grace passionately. "We won't
wait. Victor, if papa won't give pis
consent we will be married W ithout it."'
Victor Gayberd shrugged his shoul
ders and made a rueful lace before be
replied:
"I admire your courage. Grace, and
should applaud it. it it were not for the
pitiful condition ol mv own finances,
but your father has foreseen the possi
bility of oui d.speusing with Ins permis
sion. and has told me that if we marry
without il he will let give you one six
pence while he lives."
SPIRITTJAUSU A SCIZKCE.
Tlie Teala Tbat lteaulled In tbe Con
version of a e Vnrk 7ln.
am tiatnrally inclloed to be sl;epttcri
and it was ouly after I hod eona through
crucial tests that 1 was converted. 1 sat
alone an hour each night In tbe darftna-a
of my room for elefctceu months, aud ex
perienced wonderful thlcgs hut itill 1 was
not convinced. My r-'ghl arm would
grow cold atiimes. and move Involun
tarily, unti i became frtahttned and
thought I vvan about to be paralyzed. I
was at that time a broker neat Wall
Street, In 5Tew Tork, and tieing a large
troslnrss. I was sitting at tny rtesk in the
ofTloe one day writing. Suddenly that
fieculiar scti.e of numbness cam fiver my
arm, aod my hfinej moved the poo artis
the paper, and I had no power Of resist
ance. I wrote in large. lo!l letter: -You
are being robbed; count yourcah.' I had
not ilree.u.ul o! st th a thiiiff and was
completely dii mfoiiiidod. A fticrifl of
mine fame in Ml tho Moment and I ot
Win to count the cash over for me. I
made a note of l: ,e annji.nt, and carefully,
lotk' dll o drm.rr. Wi: Hull went to
lunch ami were t;oi,e net ral horns. I'p
tifj returning we Counted the canh again,
and found it fl! Su id. ..it. 1 was unablo
to fUscover who 1 lie thief wtaf.. The fpirits
will not toll us that so Iouk as we have
the system of punishing inneul of trying
to reform criminals.
Ithiuk that wii a anlTicicnt test to con
vince any man. After" aid f iual into
the lumber busdnesK in cori.tc! iori with
a house in RiverpioL W'e bought
yuami-ies of luiu'ter in c'su!'x a.ai
6h:p,d it over In cargoes. The f-y.-tcm of
regulating the business thure is this: The
lumber f" prrndeii into three classes one,
two and theee. The first is free from
knots, the ffcei.J has a certala number,
and the third more. The government
employes men to tmiud t-hia lumber and
grade it as it con.ea from the saw, and
t-ach claa Is stamped one, two, or threo.
You can see w hat amount of damage these
tiranders could do, were they bribed by
the mlll-owner.
"Ore winter I received a nuanber
of complaints from the firm In Liverpool
a to the quality of the material. CUie
eight I wa tn my office at cjuebec writing,
and aath the old feelip? carue over my
arm. and my hand traveled across the
rnper. The pen traced tbe words. "Go
Gc-tfj
Montreal. You are waned at once
had but fifteen minutes in which logo
mile and catch the boat, but I .-wt there.
On arriving In Montreal I went straight
to the dock, v here we had a cargo about ,
to Btart. I went ou deck aud declared
that there hud txsen fraud in the brandinir
of the lumber, and demandina that the ;
work, be done orr tain. Under the law, j
when such a demand is properly n.ada,
the court must order the work doue Im
mediately by three govrmmeut men. In
the meanwhile, I was Incurring an enor
mous ripk. There had to be paid to the
ship-owners $p)0 for every day the ship ;
was held Ijeyond the sailinK ttme, and MO ;
a day in addition for every barge. Iu '
case the relauding of the cargo did not
alter the amount 10 per cent, then this ex
pense fell ou me. 'the threo examiners
were anpoin'ed, and it tuck them eiiht
days to pet to work. Tliey then discovered ,
that nil the wcotiiI KTB'le f,l )eeTi
stamped as Xn. 1 and t hn third giade as
No. in this way oi, ooo was saved to
the linn in the shuda cargo, and all the
expenses had to l p--id by the bonilmeu
of the pn t-innient employee who had
' been bi:led by the mill-owner. Had I
! failed I would have been laughed at and
called a fool, but I was wiilinn to fncnr
the risk t the strength of the eplrlt
i writltiK-
i "Another mistake which In made Is In
! coiifonudir.Jt the faculty of hetnaj aide to
I see and know things by means of a touch
1 of the hands. Tf.'.s di-eovery v as first
made by Professor Rmhniiau. furmerly
I of Kentucky. He was piincipnl. of a
i college in fmi.i, innl an tpicopul bishop
went to consult him as a physician. The
Bishop Raid he was wonderf uliy construct
ed, and con Id tell by feeling a piece of
metal, without seeing it. whether it was
' Iron, brass, copper, or something e!e.
Vnifevt-tir Buchanan placed I lie Bishop's
; hand behind him and nppiil a liumltt-r ol
testa, all of w hi h were aniwered iramc-di-1
ately. I be 1'ioie t-or thonuht there was
something in It, and Uwan making Vts
' with the lns in the college. Out of IM)
thera were about IPn who were more or
less glftf-il ttitt way. Jle extended his
j research' s f ur! tier, and Itcgan espetiment
I fug with dmys. There werenlxiut twenty
I Of the boys he rould '.liiiuentie by placing
J a drug in the pa.'ni of her hands, and
I could even ciuise Mtiue to vomit by put
j ting Ux-cac in their lunch without theit
knowing what it whs. He continued the
i work, and one day went to the bishop
! mentioned above, and. placing a MMtled
! letter In his hand, said : 1 want lo know
if yon can divine the contents of that let.
i ter by the sensation its touch aa.-es.'
t The Bit-hop laughed, hp. 1 raid , -I feel a
!
seiie.it ion as f n ureal sd i-er, who was
very
I'rof -writ
i
he le.
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di.-c
wcrn !
aigrv
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a bv '
Vou "if right.' rrj!d
h.-iiisti. '! h.ii lctp r was t nc
(ii:- ai ;!..:i Ihe night
i'c ...! t .rt!dd'" ttt isoii.'
. ..,! i : .:
el il. I Wa
tit,1 It la.
atl.lv but
l.:l li.e se
.- il ( . been
lioiild I ol
.1 11 iiahsui."
ilie i'inu-s
.1!. f ."IS
,b". elt.cd
l- Cflll-
-iChaile
founded Willi s
Uawburu in Louisv
UNCLE SAM'S COaiSCItNCt rUIMU.
The f; nd Rssnrl sutii I'nid into tbs Tremva
iiri hv f. .,!. V lio Mm. K. .litutiun
fur
frsixL
In tbe
Ties-.irv
t uin i f J
vault of the Cr.itt-d f"tat
st W a- hinK't n there la the-igo.Tio,-
w hich is entered
-JiMi-l tie h m k ef the
" i isceliiir.ooiis nwn ts
1 re.ianrer a
f: uj i rsons
uukliow u. and which snm con st if .it es
what is known as tie- " Conscience
Fund." as it is euj j se d to cone from
people who have at some time d
frauded tbe GovayiiEirnt and who wih
to make restitution by refunding tbe
amounts of tbt ir H'culations.
" This conscience fund." said a
Treasury official. " Las loen steadily
increasing for sixty years, crtil now it
reaches tbe enormous sum of nearly a
quarter cf a million dollar.
' The firt money of the kind re
ceived at the Treasury was S-W received
in ls-J7 from an -nrknown person, who
explained in Lis btter that he was
re: j'.ding for seine custom, he Lad de
frauded theGovermuent of.
" Since tbat time remittance- cf all
amounts ranging from eight cei ts to
S2.50U have Wa coining in. 1 hey
come from all over tbe country and
even from foreign lands.
"A rrest deal of this money ia
received from priests and ministers,
who write that some sinner ia their
parieL r viested them to stud it in.
l'urii g the fuenll joX epidemic in
Ou a hi a Cr.tbt-lic pnest tcr.t Tin a
draft for S'.O which a d;.irg Canadian
had given h:m. corfeMEC to hivs
stolen that amor.nt from tbe United
state Government, but not giviiig tbe
details.
" I- re jnently notLinir ncron rsnie the
remittance to indicate what it i for,
but pent redly a hue or twocf explana
tion is given.
"Another time we received a letter
ccntamine four two-cent stamps, but
net a lite of exj lariat ion. This. I
btlieve, is the sn.ulieft contribution
ever sent in
"Another letter pot-matked at
K?r?i t .ty. was received m losing tt-n
So biils with a note savi-ig. 'Uts
money bt i. ir.es to tbe Government.
" In January we received an of5ei?d
envelope J-oM-learked at
and containing t'J.."t" in b
New
:11s.
York,
Tje ff
fl.ooo, two of :' and five c-f tim.
They w.re HI cut iu two. with a
small piece cut from the center, and
the word 'cancelled 'written acioss
tbe face. A note i cb ned ri.ii tl"i.
" ' Here are ? -ho'ip in Uuit-1 S'ate
1'ills, re.rjt.lp.ted so as to injure the
Government's petting the momy.
Whatsoever a man sows that shall lie
Teap. 1 have sow ed tbt wind, and tni
reajunc tho w l.iriwind. 'Jbis is nest
to tbe final payment due. God prhiit
tlie a speedy release!'
" "iVe bail received flVKl from N w
Yolk, shortly K ft re. ind circueistii'ic.
connected with tbe r lunhmce indi
cate'd that thev were both frcm
the
same party.
fN. Y. Se
n.
"' Ttirowlna; Tli-r it Weeding.
Why do TMsople tLrow rice altout at
weddings?
borne persona pexni to think that
rtee i an vtu'.fein of a no a re t.-niiv or
of future ple'.jfy, otht-i tied the
throwing of the rice is a symbolic tit
le k on tbe brid. 'groom l y the relatives
of the bride.
'1 he same explanation is given of
the throwing of old shoes, but that
is done at the ciitruifiii-cipci t of any
expedition, and ba. nothing hostile in
intense, or u-tcntim;.
As to tbe rice throwing. tHs. it
teems, was an old t iisp m in Macassar.
While the marriage service is
going on, pays Gervaiso, in " De
scription du Roynume de Macacar,"
(l'aris, 1s), "one or tno cf tbe
men servants secretly oa-en a window
and ke-ep throwing rice out into tbe
air till night fill, to divert the attention
of the devd. according to their ac
ccuint. and prevent his rcmiuc and
intei fet ing n ith the aiuusetiit-nts of
tbe wedding "
Rut why tbe devd's nth ntion should
le so casilv distracted is L ft unex
plained.
flouse-. Ornish it);.
In lieiuse-fiirmsbiiig a little money
and a good der! of tste omuch further
than a little tfde mid a pcMul deal of
mouey.
Tbe first rub. find a mosi: important
one, is to go si. w l v. I.tarn what you
ward and. I.a-- ii t dtci.L-d this Question,
never accept anything t-le untd all
xisihlo eH.dieiits t.re exhausted for
pro.-ur.iig it Fo without until the
me r.a nt of absolute necessity rather
than r.ecei-t nuat isf: b .ry substitutes.
More !: nw i iir spt .iled 1 rfH-ause their
o ners fni il nn vnu tetupoiury nt
tings w iii -li they afterwards Lav- not
tbe ici aiis and tbe enterprise to get
rid c.f. tia.ii by any other cause.
For people of siuo.il incomes the
only safe rule is to get only tbe absol
utely ludisponsable article at first,
adding to the store from time to time
one n idly od article after another aa
opportunities c2t r.
lu this way sntprisinrly good
results hist he- obtained with a cost
so gradual aa not to lw materially felt;
and, if notbine is purchased which is
not rridly good, whatever 1 bought
holds its "own v i'h Inter acquisitions.
Wnltlni; IV.-r-le l Til.trapli.
Some etib-i prising people in Belgium
have applied the telephone to a novel
use.
Jattle V U art supplied :iud f.ts-i to
the It Is i f all who desire to rise early
in the lie 11.11:.' 1 ut e-finte't do so of
theirowii iioiord. A Pin..ia time is
i fiv'-tl find communicated p. tbe central
! st.itioti and. tt the precis moment
; ICTt f-d Up til. the- f UI! at i-e tiiined oa
and the bt lis u.iiiim m e to l ing and
1 ca-nlinue doing so until the sluu.Wrer
! awake-s. leav s l.i.s o uoL uiid lubtrma
I ti e- head rffice that be has bad erjonch.
The idea piil l.t to sup, r de the
. seven-and-sixjf nny ala nis which per
form a f pasmotlic "p. ul bir the si.aes of
' five minutes, and Laving I uu down re
1 lapse into silt-net i.guin.
! This Borted thing is very alarming at
j first, and invuriably imes the ,lo7cr to
wake up in a terrible fright: but afUr a
' time- one g-f used to tho jx rformance
1 and the tinkling proves ineffectual
I Lcndon Lxcbanpe.
M
" lTrre,
k us tbe a' f mall r.
James, tr-kefhese tr.oc. J.es
ti.o su.i.iier one to your little
Bil l j'ie
broth, r. '
Jann s cxi-.iaim d the cak( s cnref-illy,
eppeared undecided, and tical'v ', k a
la roit b teoiitof one of tl Ti. w L'l. h ha
pass.-d ovvt to Lis hi other with the re
mark :
' 'I here. Ten my. I've made you a
smaller -e- th, v w, re both the (same
size." irbilade.vhia Call.