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GRACE LILBURSE'S SECRET
A STORY OF
TWO C1I1USTJR1S DATS.
1
If
my estates
. were
not
Tor almost their vuliin. or if
von iiaa .
muu.iB irnm mir ni.niirr, a.s vrnir si
tir ha'l, we iiiiLrlit iuTiint to "lo .'is "w-'
please, but now it in impossible."'
ii.ui- tliifsv licri-clf in on a. couch,
iii-l wnpt, anI ihclare.l tiiat lie lidn't
lovt' her, a'.i.l hc s. 'blif-d and nidi, and
iUto-ethfT mail- -licrsflf ixr-.cdiiiLrly
ridicuuiiis: imr icUr was not sutli-CM-ntly
iiifatuafAl to 1P i;r.p;udmt. and
as hfr father haniicned to cXv in just
as this jtteno was at its ht irht. 3,tjss
Grac Vs ntiered t-IT i her own roeni,
and dt s;6 l to reiiiitiii there tintSl ; she
had regained hf-r sensus.
Then ,ir. Ilhraiie talked quietly but
kiiully with tlie voting man, and it was
acrveod brtwepirtliem that, if nothing
liiiiorestf-n oiciiiTt-d in tin: interval, the
marriage should take j.lace immediate
ly after ("h. list mas l)a.
. ... . . r.
H hen Miss I,i!burni heard of the ar
raiiir, mnt. and fmnul that she could
ie t have her o-vn way, she resigned her
self to the tyranny" of circumstances
with the best LMace she could assume.
Th'1 rest of t his terrible vear must le
lived out at S:lett..n Castle, lor Mr.
I-ilburne. with the morbi'l expectation
of his eldest daughter's return, would
not goto londoji or !scutland, or to any
of the places on the Continent that it
was almost his yearly custom to visit.
Here at the castle he remained, and
here, sorely against her will, (iiact was
obbpred to stay with him.
As the davs shortened, and the niuhts
prow dark and chilly, and Christ mas
was a.sain approaching, a horrible i'asci
n.ation seemed to draw her to the room
under which she had consigned her sis
ter to so terrible a fate.
At last she could resist the feeling no
longer, yet when she at lenpth yielded
to the desire, she dared not move the
sliding floor and look down upon the
body of her victim.
Sue had no earthlv doubt that Kate
lay there as she ha.l fallen, or, if not
exactly in the same position, if she had
not beon actually killed bv the fall, the
KHiHy ttirl was equally sure that her
sister was lyiiu; dead at the bottom of
that horrible pit.
i!ut thoiiijli she would have frivon half
of all she mitrht ever possess to look
upon the face of her victim, she dared
not remove the tloor that hid the mur
dered cirl from view, because she fear
ed that as surely as she did so. she
should be irresistibly impelled to cast
herself down beside her.
As Christmas came nearer, however,
and the wedding was fixed for the suc
ceeibiij .j iy, Crrac" became rather wild
and excited.
Sitice they must spend Christmas Day
at Silvettun Castle, they would lie mer
ry over it, she sa d, and as her marriage
was to take pi.e e immediately after
wards, she invit d a great number of
gueMs to come to the cast I ' for tbtl
-Chrstin is festivities, : ;sd stay over the
.veiMii'g-il.iy.
"ViV will forget last year if it is to be
f. IV' ' '.el'." sh evcliiiined to her lover
a! an st !. s: i rica 11 ; and w 'i at ever we
do we mv-T kei p p.ipa c! leert ' : 1. I dreed
'hrislinas 1 ay ; oh, how I do dn;ad it!"'
She broke down, and beg in to sob
and tremble as lie said this, and it was
some time before Victor could soothe
her.
Hut when Christmas Day really daw n
ed. C race was calm and cheerful, and
only those who knew her well could
detect the under-current of excitement
which she suppressed with so supreme
an effort.
'"To-morrow is mv wedding-day," she
kept whispering to herself, ""and then I
shall be free tieti irom the nameless
terror that in this house always haunts
me."
To-inon ow'. Hut what will even to
day bring forth?"--
( F1AI-1 Kll TV.
C(iMK.It.S IN' CHIEF.
J'rank Fairfield sat in an office that
was situated in one of the large thor
oughfares within- couple of hundred
vards of the I'.ank of Kngland.
He was only a junior partner in the
well-known lirm of engineers to which
he belonged, and hi? had obtained this
position some two years before our
story opens, pa'itlv "by h'S own great
tn'ent and indifMry. but principally
th-ougti Mr. Lilburne's generosity.
Toad intents "and purpose Frank
Fairfield was a Working part fiCT in the
tiim; he had bcTT'to South Ann rica. to
RaMa. nid to'Irrtiia. ptipcriutendin
1 1; Cutitructi' 'H-trailw;rTs and bridges,
nnrl thfngh he had., now been . in Kng
land some thr: or four incnitlis, he
knew that he might be reipfred to start
o'laffaiu at any time wrJrbut scant
Ti.e young engineer is otdy eiglit-and-tvref.tv,
but he Vuks much older, for
sinew he returned from Id?'' hist journey
aliroa t; his tiiic.l-avy hair-lias become
li-frfi-cuy whiter ' .-:
He is seated t;a rnorirr'g at a table
with plans and drawings spit adout be-
f v. 'A'' 1 ' '
I!r ia trying tiurd to,dx his mind
cicely upon the work ho basin hand,
lt the tTott st-4uired iff'flrfeat one,
and tso looks up with a feeling; of relief
w rw:i-a clerk opens the door aud brings
him a card. -
;-i;.i'.iUid Avn." he silently reads
with kf en surptSo;; then lie nudsto the
ve'.t-li to ii'liniiiat! visitor.
Jlr, Ayre came in. sad-looking it is
true, but voutlLfiil and hanilsnme, and
he sfrrtc't w itli rtiifeignetlastonishment
when he saw Fairfield, for In had been
given to i.iidi rst.uid that he Wis a man
al'it his own age. p,
suppose 1 ajti addreTlS the per
s.fri 1 rpji'llv rameTo see ?1" tic said, tak
ing ttie seat offered him: fru.were you
ar acquainted Xith Mr. OLilburne, of -
sfvert-rti?" " ' , , I
i'aii field's fau-lightly flrlshed as he .
r' "'"Mr. Kilburne Tias helped me to the j
p.jsitiori I now hold; do you-come to me j
lnom liimV - , ....
"l'e.3. be toll rue where 1 liould lmd
you and I srjuuld liave?- alight you 1
months ago, but 1 have beOTi Tery ill m
conseqtience t)f a shock 1 received on j
nj-;s1iiias Day.' . . , ,
A Shock, repealed rairiieiu.
'"-Yes; yon h:ue heard of the strange
disarmearar.ee - Mr. I Jlbprise'a eldest
daughter?'' ' i
-A nd as he ask-el this pPSU'n Uoland
l wked keenly at the w:m fhv he liad
lieeti assured his rival.' -
have had fx direct communication
witu th; luiiMirnes for more than a
ver." replied-Faii field, meeting his
cotnpan ion's t'xiid traze w ithout waver
ing: be go d t nough to tell me what
occurred. "
Uolan l ( -omfM' d, and he told his at
tetit we liic!:e iow when th" merry-
:ok
::g was
. (.r;i' i'
I- egging
i.lT'k.11 lie I
-::;i l-M'ek
i K ile tO j
on C:.iitmas
ad proposed
.1 proposed a I
and how .-he. j
ja: c' oi ri ie
Kid p ! SUIl'l' i
ii in the -j.
ot from
;ime
th a'
be l..ti -r 1 .niu:: be n
til ie to 1 i'.e I 'sent.
"A h! then it as i race who hid with
K.roV'i.e remarked thought fully, "t hat
did -!te s.'.v had becoiiie of lit r .-.ister?"
S!ie didn't know."
And did she make no suggestion?"
a"d the ei.giiitr looked at il 'land
I -
i ; i ' r. .
es. it was she M ho mentioned your
name.'' he replied with hesitation.
"Ah, I thouirht so. She smrqested
that I had persuaded her sister to elope
with me. I suppose?"'
"Something of the kind."
"And uav I ask, Mr. Ayre, why you
come to me from Mr. Lilburne? hy
d he not come himself or send for meV
hould have been only too ready to
: i - V his call."
lie ridiculed the idea that you would
,.rm his daughter: he said you had
ven him your word never to press
vonr suit with her again, ami that he
had as much conlidence in your word as
he had in mine."
"Ahl"
There was pain, satisfaction, and re
lief in the exclamation.
A few seconds later he spoke again:
"You have not explained your inter
est in the matter. Mr. Ayre. I don't
understand what Miss Kilburne was to
yon. "
' She was my promised wife,'' was the
answer.
I'ainield hrank a little as though he
had received a blow, and his pale face
became still paler, but he quickly re
covered -hiiuself, and he asked with a
bitter fcinile ou his face:
"Do yon seriously believe that Kate
LllburneJ your promised wife,' would
voluntarily leave her father's roof to
run away with me?"
"Musi certainly not," was the prompt
I
I
reply.
"You think
violence, then?
I carried her away by
"tiood Heavens, no! I should not be
here talking calmly if I believed such a
thing possible."
"Then what made you come to trie?''
"I came, as drowning men clutch at
straws, to ask if you can. or will, help
me?'' was the eager response. "No
lriodv else can, I feel convinced. It is
for Kate's sake, rather than my own,
that L aok you. The mystery that sur
rounds her fate maddens and appals
me. I love her so trulv that if it would
be for her happiness I'would rather see
her your wife, than have any doubt as
to her safe.tv or welfare.''
"My wife'!"' repeated Fairfield with
mournful bitterness: "the woman is not
born who will be my wife. 15nt you ask
for ray help, and perhaps I will give it
to you. I must think the matter over,
however. 'Will you c:dl on me three
days hence, or. better still, give me an
address where I can write to you."
"And you will write to me?" asked
, ltoland, as he gave liiiu his address in
i town.
"Yes. T will write without fail.
Then ltoland reluctantly went away.
i lie would have HKeu to asK several
questions, but he felt that if lie did so
the engineer would think he doubted
him. and he estimated the man's char
acter with sutlieient 'accuracy to feel
convinced that only by treating him
with perfect trust and coiuiuenoe could
he win his co-operation.
lint as Koland Ayre walked away
from Fairfield's ollice it was with the
disagreeable conviction that the latter
had questioned and cross-questioned
him, and learnt all that he had to tell,
and told hitu absolutely no;ir.n,g in re
turn. "The foi;,vw is as c" i-e as an ovster,"
he TivittcT-ed. "and yet 1 I ke him; there
is Something lirm. and strong, and
ma.-Me, in the luali s character, while
hegi'.iS one the- hh-a of possessing a
certain amount of latent power wirch
only exceptional cireum-dimees will
bring into action. And bow he loves
Kale! Surely together we ought to be
able to liud her alive or dead."
It was with some im natience that he
waited, day alter day, tor the promised
communication; but a whole week
elapsed before a brief note came from
Fairtield ticking Koland to meet him on
the follow ing day.
The appointment was kept. and when .
the tiist brief salutation was over the.
engineer said: i
"If you are disengaged to-day I will I
take you to see my mother. You know
she was Miss Talburne's nurse?"' i
" Yes. I have heard she was hut fos- j
ter-motlnr.'' i
Fairlieid inclined his head as he con- j
; tinned:
i "My mother was ns much devoted to j
: her as though Miss Kate had been her
own child, and she is in great trouble I
I about her now. I promised to take yon
to her. I'erhaps you can help each
i other."
I "Hut how can I help her? Does she
; know where Kate is?"
I "She will explain everything to you
' herself," was the evasive answer: "Do
I you feel disposed to go with me to my
mother's house?''
. , "Certainly; my tiia is at your s-r-
vice. Whei e does your mother live?"'
"About twenty miles this side of Sil
! verton Cattle.'' was the reply, "and fifty
: from Jvondon: but we shall get clown
tie-re in a couple hours."
' Then the two young men went off to
t pel her. Fairfield leaving word at the
oilice that he should not return for the
dav. . ,
It was late in the. afternoon when
they reached He. chcrot'l. and Fairfield
remarked that they had still three miles
to walk or ride.
"liet- us ride." said K 'land inpatient
ly. T feel as though every moment we
spend upon the road stands between me
and my ne-eting with Kate."
Fairlieid looked at his companion in
startled 'surprise, and he said with a
high".
"You are anticipating too much.
You must prepare yourself for some
thing the reverse of happy. What
made my hair turn white in a single
week can bring you no comfort nor sat
isfaction. "Was Kate the cause of yonr white
hair?" asked Koland in unfeigned sur
prise. ""Yes; last Christmas Kve I was as
free from grey hairs as you are. Now
look at me.
"JSut how did it Tnppen? Why are
you so mysterious? Why don't you deal
frankly with me?"-
"My mother will tell you all that you
need to know ," was the answer. " "I
only warn you to anticipate evil rather
than good. '
Koland felt a chili come over him.
It was not the keen air of early spring
that made him shiver, but the cold feel
ing of dread and anxiety that Fairfield's
words caused him.
F"or, despite all reasoning to the con
trary . he. had cherished the hope that
when he reached MrsFairtbdd's cot
tage he would clasp Kate Lilbume to
Lis heart.
When he glanced at the white hair of
his companion, however, and heard
what was the cause assign "d for it, he
felt only too well convinced that some
dark tragedy had, linked itself with the
fate i f his belo ed.
For the rest of the journey the two
men were silent, one was too sad. r.nd
tin other wan too nervously anxious to
talk.
It was a large handsome cottage at
i
Hie gate rt wr.trh they drew up. and as
thfv wnlked towards the door it was
epctii d bv Mrs. T'airiieh! hers-.-lf.
She w as a tall i.ite-hxiKing woman,
comparatively yoiin-louking still, and
very like her "son. though her dark
brow n hair asit showed no sign of
a, l!'o:,ehing age.
I heie was deference rather thr.n hu
miLty in her manner as she gravely in
vited Mr. Ayre to enter, wiiue'sne
l.er.-elf led tiie way into a comfortably
f u rn i sh ed s i 1 1 i n g-rt iom .
The voung man eagerly glanced
round the apartment as though he hon
t
ed to see someone, but if so ho was dis
appointed; there was not a single sign
of anvttodv having been in the room
save ihe woman to whom it lelonged.
"1 have told Mr. Ayre that you could
probablv help him in tracing Miss
Kate." said Fairfield when they were
all seated; "but perhaps it will be as
well if be tells yon first how Kate dis
appeared and "what steps have been
taken to find her; yon will then be bet
ter able to connect hi part of the story
with the little you know.''
ltoland almost fumed with impatience.
He d:d not want to go over the old
ground again, he wanted to know with
out delav what they could tell him.
lint Mrs. Fairfield, though very polite,
was likewise very firm.
Moreover, she was suspicious.
Yes, she was suspicious even of her
own on. and as Koland, finding no
ecape, began to tell the story of that
Christmas night over again, she more
than once interrupted him with ques
tions. "And when the search was beinf?
made von heard nothingaboutanyfal.se
floor in the west turret, did you?'" asked
Mrs. Fairfield with a searching glance.
"Certainly not; is there suchathing?" !
he asked eagerlv.
"There was formerly at least, so I
hear from mv son though I never
heard of it in all the vears I lived at the
castle, and I don't think Mr. Lilbume
himself knew of it; but Frank asserts
that Miss Grace did.''
"Grace:" exclaimed his lordship in
sudden dismay; "are you sure she knew
of it?"
"I am quite sure," here interposed
the young engineer, "for I once showed
it to her, and threatened to throw her
into the shaft below. Of course I only
meant to frighten her, but she was al
ways getting me into scrapes with her
deceitful tongue, and I thought I would
put a stop to it."
Koland pressed his hands over hi3
burning brows.
lie remembered now how Cr race had
induced her sifter to hide, and how she
had afterwards denied all knowledge of
her w hereabouts.
Y'es, it all came back to his memory
now, even to the dust and dirt which he
had noticed on her white satin dress,
and to which he had called her atten
tion. At length he started to his feet, ex
claiming: ".Let us goto Silverton Castle at once;
there is not a moment to be lost. That
infamous girl mav be starving her sis
ter to death: quick quick, or we may
be too late." .
Iut Mrs. Fairfield said calmly as she
also rose to her feet:
'We will go in good time, Mr. Ayre,
but if I help you, you must help ine,
and I have a matter here that troubles
me as much as Kate Lilburne's disap
pearame troubles you. Wid you come
tliis way, and t 1 uie what it is best for
me to do?"
And she was leading the way to a
door that opened into another room
I when Koland exclaimed:
I "I will do anything vou req iire whn
Kate is once found, but I must go to
! Silverton Castle without delay."
And he was turning towards the op
i posite door, the one by which he had
; entered, when be was arrested by Mrs.
i Fairfield's calm sad voice saying:
' It is useless your going to Silverton
i Caslle without "me, and you must give
lue your advic" at once. Come."
', Then she led the way into the further
room, and he. after a inomeiuary nesi
tion, followed her.
CHAPTER V.
Better be witti Ihe dend,
Whom we, to train our place, have Rent to j
eHce,
Than nn the tirtnrpof the mind to He I
In restless ecstasy. ;
If lavish profusion, recklessness of j
cost, and carefully planned amusements
could make any social entertainment a
great Miccess, this second Christmas
Day at Silverton t'astlo must certainly
have nut all other events of the kirtl
completely in the shade.
The s-'t vatits and tenantry were not j
so well cared for as in the past, it is
true, for Grace had given orders that I
they should put oft their merry-making
till aft"r she was married, when they j
could eat and drink, dance and sing, to '
their hearts' cmib'iit. I
All the guest-chambers in the castle j
were full, and the eight bridesmaids
who were to attend the bride on the i
coming day were here with their moth
ers or sisters or chaperons, each one of
the eight looking forward to the time
when she hers4f HftoHid take the lead
ing part inn similar ceremony. '
Grace Lilburne had not been very
judicious in the selection of her brides
maids. The pretty desire to triumph over her
friends and to create envv and iea'ousv
prompted her to invite Miriam Ilhid
man. a brilliant bruiH-tt". who rumor j
whispered hael won Victor Gay- i
herd's heart, and he was only saved j
from marrying her by her father losing i
the greater part -of his fortune. !
Mr. Lilburne had objected to Miriam I
being invited, and had suggested a
cousin of his own in her stead; but
Grace was obstinate, she had made up
her mind to invite Miriam, and Vic- '
tot could only hope that the invitation
would not In; accepted.
Hut here again he was disapjtointed,
(mil Miriam came, looking seductive
and brilliant as a humming-bud. gorg
eous with jewels and costly dresses, and
giving continuation to the report that
her father had retrived his fortune, and
was now a richer man than ever. .
1 am afraid that Grace regretted her
obstinacy when she saw how fascina
tingly beautiful Miriam was, and cer
tainly she was genuinely jealous when
she observed how Victor's eyes follow
ed the girl who had still the power to
make him forget everybody else when
she was present.
Miriam knew that Grace had not in
vited her out of affection, and that she
lial no nobler aim than a desire to
mortify and humiliate he-r. and she de
termined that the pain should notlte all
on one side.
On her arrival at the castle, Miriam
persistently atta died, herself to Mr. Lil
burne. She gave him her svmpathv
with such witching tenderness! she con
doled with him at being about to lose
his second daughter, and then she Ire
gan to talk of dear Kate, who had been
her most intimate friend.
""I am quit? sure that Kate is alive,"
she said, suddenly raising her voice so
that all the others in the small tea-room
could hear her.
Grace frowned. Hut Miriam paid no
heed to the frown as she continued:
"Yes. I am quite sure she is a.ive. I
dreamed of her last night, and my
dreams. always come true. We shall see
her soon, i have no doubt of it."
"If you have nothing more substan
1 ' tial than a dram to found your asser
tion upon. I think it is a nitv you should
make h." said Grace wit ii cold severity.
1 don't scfvrvt'Titv lr"ams have a
str ing" f-u'nlV.-'fof oning 1 ui h .led. Hut,
bv the. way. isn't there some invrt-'iioiis
, passage or chamb -r in the -old part of
. the castle, or was it destroy. -d when
m
osl ol the 1 e.. was
r-b
Sic io...-d at C.a . - s :e spok?, but
it was Mr. Libiirn - wh- i-.vll-d:
"1 never :; 1 .-t an;, -.hing of the
kind. Si'v. r;-.;i ;s singulai i lrcefrom
romance. e have nit even the dis
tinction of possessing a family ghost."
"There is, or there was, some myster
ious means of getting in and out of the
castle." fjaid Miij.im, shaking her pret-
ty head like a wise bird laying down j
the law to its feathered friends. "I
louna out something about n irom an
old manuscript that papa has in his
library. I wish I had brought it with
me, but I'll send for it. Did you never
hear of the secret. Grace?"
"No," was the curt reply.
Hut Grace Lilburne s fac became
deadly white, her head swam, and it
was only by the most supreme effort
that she could keep herself from fault
ing. As soon as she could do so without
being observed, the guilty woman es
caped to her own room. Here she
threw off all restraint, and gave way
to the terrible agony of fear and re
morse that consumed her.
"The secret of the turret floor i3
known." she muttered despairingly,
"and that creature will discover where
it is. 1 saw the threat in her eyes when
she looked at me.
"I will open the floor to.night."' and
I
her eyes looked cold and cruel as the j
words hissed between her teeth. 'Twill '
lower a lamp into the shaft and see I
what lies there. I have been afraid I
hitherto, but I would rather meet Kate's
sightless eyes and lo k upon her dead i
face than endure the grin of that mock-
ing w itch whom I was mad enough to
invite here."
Having made this resolution, she j
managed before nightfall to procure a '
covered lantern and a long cord, and to
hide them in the room the fioorof which '
Lid such a ghastly secret. !
This had been easy enough, because i
the great hall was in th3 same part of I
the building, and several times during i
the day she had considered it necessary j
to go and personally inspect and super- .
intend the decorations of holly, mistle-
toe. and hot-house flowers. j
She made a pretence of criticising the i
arrangement of the tables, and the or !
der in which the guests were to bo I
placed, and she stood over the servants I
while everything was altered and re- I
arranged according to her orders. j
"Do you expect many guests to-night i
besides those staving in the house ?"
Miriam asked Mr. Liiburiie as the com
pany was about to disperse and dres3 j
for dinner. j
"Ye3, a great number." was the reply.
"Hy the way, Grace," he added, turn- :
ing to his daughter, "did I tell you that i
Koland Ayre wrote to me to say he was
coming to-night?"
"Koland'." repeated Grace in dismay.
"1'es, 1 wrote to invite him to dinner; i
he says he cannot come till later m the
evening, but he w ill come." i
"Did he say nothing else?" asked the
daughter hoarsely. '
" es; he did say something else, but 1
it's of no consequence at least, no con- i
sequence to you," and Mr. Lilburne
turned away. I
Grace asked no more; she was begin- '
hing to feel like a creature at bay, j
hunted on everv side with no avenue ol !
escape open to lier. i
Why did her father invite Koland '
Ayre, and why, above all things, had
the invitation been accepted? j
After a time, consternation gave place j
I to mirth, and she laughed bitterly a-
she remarked to Victor:
i "Your cousin gives a striking proof
i ot masculine constancy. La-it vear
. when he went awav he said he woiiii
di
never enter Silverton Cattle again uu-,
less he brought Kate with him, or came
to meet her." '
"And how do yon know that he won't
bring Kate with him?'' asked Miriam
Ilindman lioldly.
(Trace looked "at her for one moment
with a scornful scowl then turned away
without deigning to utter one word of
reply.
she noticed, however, that her father
was eager and nervous, and pleasurably
excited, and that he looked younger,
and stronger than he had done for some
months past.
"Surely papa does not think of mar
rying that horrid girl." (.race exclaim
ed as sua watched lii-r father and Miri
am talking together iu a confidential
and aa't-cuonatj maimer.
"1 shouldn't think he'd have the
chance," returned Victor; "she's an
uncommonly nice girl."'
"Oh yes. 1 know you think there is
nobody like her." sneered Grace.
"At any rate, 1 didn't invite her
here," retorted the young man an
grily. "" H ell, no. you couldn t very well, as
it is my fathers house," she replied;
"but I wonder sinco you admire her so
much you don't marry her."
"I am like voiir father in that re
spect: I haven't the chance," he said
coldly.
Then he crossed the room and joined
the couple of whom they had been talk- j
in g. " I
( .race was very angry, but she did ;
rot follow him. and soon after this the
first gong sounded a hint that it was j
time to dress for dinner.
Miriam Ilindman, instead of going ;
upstairs like, the other girls, saunter"! 1
into a little study she knew of, where !
a bright lire burned in the polished
grate, and the lamp was turned low. :
Despite Iict assumption of cheerful
ness and high spirits, her heart was
sad and heavy. j
Victor Gay herd had been the one j
love of her lilo, and though they had ,
parted in pique and anger more than a I
year ago, and just before her father !
had lost the greater part of his fortune, t
she had always expected her truant j
letver to return to her.
Hut this hope had died out now, for 1
he was pledged to lecomo the husband !
of another before : twenty-four hours '
had passed.
She had seated herself on a hassock
before the lire, her hands clasping her
head, and her elbows resting on her
knees, and she was thinking sorrowful
ly of the man she st ill loved so well.
"He will have- a very miserable life,"
she museeL "particularly so.it Grace
does not get the large fortune she an
ticipates; and he w ill, no doubt, often
w ish he had not takeu me at my word
when I told him to go and lind a richer
wife. Ah me! people think me bright
and wittv, the men admire me. and the
girls envy me. and yet 1 am the most
miserable ' woman "in this hmise bv
night'. ves. quite the mfist miserable."
- Iler meditations were here interrupt
ed by an arm being clasped round her
w aist, and bv some member of the op
jiosite sex very energetically kissing
She looked up, struggled to her feet,
and recognizing her companion, sho
exclaimed passionately:
"Victor, how dare yon insult me like
this? '
"J only kissed vou under the mistle
toe," he'pleaded "with m ck humility,
holding up a spray of the white-berned
plant. , .
"I'nder the mistletoe!" she exclaim
ed with increasing anger. "I wonder
you are not a-bamed to look dm in the
face. I wonder you dare to come into
a room where I am aloii."
"Well.it is a risky thing to do," he
replied recklessly; "but I wanted to
speak to you, and I may not have an
other chance."
"That is highly probable. hat have
von to say ?"
"I waiit to know whv you came
here?"
"I came because 1 was invited, was
the haughtv repiy.
"'You bad ome other reason,' he
persisted.
""I had two or three other reasons,
she replied with a short laugh.
"One of them was to make me feel
what a fool I'd been to think of marry
ing that waxen-faced doll while vouaie
free..'
"Oh dear no. I am not so vain; re
sides, you dont know that I am free.
Hut since you are so curious 1 don't
mind telling "-i that I came here with
the hope of meeting Kate Lilburne b
riight.'' "Kate Lilburne!" he repeated in
credulously. "Are you out of your
mind? There is no such person living
as Kate Lilbume."
"Well, perhaps she is married and
has changed her name, still she won't
have lost her identity.''
"And you really c.ime here hoping to
meet Kate and int me?" be a-Ked
earnestly, as he stepped close to her
Bide.
" Whv should I want to see you?" she
asked defiantly. " You are nothing to
me."
"And yet you Are all the world to me,
Miriam my love, mv life. Oi.lv sav
t he word aod we will ilv together", and
1 Will break Uie hateful ln-nds that
bind me to Grace, w Lorn 1 have never
loved."
He caught her in his anus, and
strained le-r to Ins heat t; but she g-ntly
though firmly released heist if from his
embrace as she said:
'It is too late. VieW. t.o late. T
Lave no pity lor (ri ace, bi t 1 cannot
bring such pain and humiliation upon
her lather. No; veu inut kei p vonr
werd and m il i y Te r; but I am sorry
lor vou and and so sonv lor
S( If."
She slipped away from him as
pni 1 this, and ran ups!ri'r. but on
v av to her own room to dress.
my-
she
her
she
thought, as a species of self-inoi tilica
tioii, she would tn into Grace's room
with the other girls and try to be civil
to her young hostess.
Many of the bridesmaids bad cluster
ed round the expectant bride, and took
B great interest in the dress she was
going to wear on this, the lat evening
when slit would sit at the head of her
father's table as the mistress of his
household, and th"y admired overagam
the viv handsome trousseau with
which she was pixvid- d.
' You don't M-.-m to have much jew
elry," it i marked M si i im Ilindman. T
wish I had know n it before, lor 1 would
have given you a bracelet .as a wedding
present instead of the silver-dishes I
brought with me.
"Hut I suppi.se your father will give
you Kate's jewel-: vc; had a splendid
collection, I know."
"Kate's jewels w ill go with her mon
ey to her mother's family, when there
is proof that she is real. v .lead: but if
people talk such stuff to mv father as
v on did t his alleruooii it rs Hot likely
that anything reasonable will convince
him." r- plied Gra-e severely.
"I don t know why you should ca'l it
stuff." returned Miriam quietly: "peo
ple don't disappear as your Sister did
unless thev go away to return at .-"me
time or otf.er. or ui.le-s they are mur
d"red. Therefore until i' is proved that
she is dead we may reasonably hope
the is alive."
Grace shruggo p.-r shoulders. She
would not discuss the matter, but inti
mated that it was time thw should ln'
giu to d: t sz-. and h'-r maal came for
ward to attend t- h-r while th ' g'rls all
went off to their own rcnis.
Thert a C. c.tt rifiilnfl !.iir.u itrla Tliem
If Onlr Kiww it,
TiHrde r"vt -aTnahlts, aoeiipntimiR, traelvR.
b a wrlier iu Casst ii'e 1'itmJy Mnga-ii.e.
A "crop of th m rise s at the thought, like
the show Thrnst up from n cmvd of honor
of a candidate afttr au ti. Hon fi eech.
TLere U tUe carpeiitf r's w ith iLe i.r.ial
thumb, and th' se of th fraternity e f flour.
Ingrained, mealy, and white; the m-ii-cltvna,
with the powerful wriit and the
ringers delicate, sensitive, a id ag'le to the
last degree ; the hand of the serrptress,
with an hororabie lit i b.t of nutmeg
grcter on the loi.-:iurr that works f-o
bard ; of the telenttic man, who lectures
to explain myttries to lower morta's. and
whose exactitude of toach is the Image e.f
his mental precision, whin; the nervous
siretch of his G.iier9 corresponds w ith Lis
tension of mind. i
The tdeight-of-hnnd professor is a man
tf Iouk lingers. A. conjuror with a slow
and chubby hand would betray the awful
secr. ts the j '.uia-puduing thit Is tak li
from the depths ol" your ;ot ht.
Hut besides character and rndo, the
hands tell the age. Soft and roa: d. t!.'
b:Oiy's pair of tnrfT balls, with their tat
wrists deen'y ringed, nppear as U tV.ey
nevor can do anything in this win Id. Vet
t-fw gfr.'c hand will become a treatme,
and the boy's hand will batth; with life
and wiih his fellow men for the mast. ry.
It is appallir.tr to think of what tho-" help
less linle putt-balis have before tht iu-
A Iter l he first dimples, ili'-y become th"
Inky hands of school ; then the awkward
hands, that don't know what to do wiih
themselves. Years pa-s, the boy's bund
evades to u'laimbh! at libvi-s yea. be wears
th.-m hi extravne-ant frt siines". in ecmpir-j-on
as his ce.liai irrow fpwnnl. and Ins
fV.o.-.- tiu-hlen within an inch of his life.
The result of these phenomena is. that a
ring beginsto shtne with charming strnate
ni'ks ou another liuifl, that s. t aie J a child's
but yesterdtv. The yo-o.g w:f fe'.K by
her hard t hat it Is not l.::g shi-Ml. weu
i clil.g. becr.usM she cannot let that nor
' rin? r.lojic, but twibtb it nrountl for tho
! novel'y, ami admires It, villi an v.iuon
i fc'.ouf knack of caressing ft in idle
momenta. Her dimples ilisnjUK-er, as Uie
; children eat her to inafce a home circle;
: il is the hand of the woman r.ow, with
' Us vorv framework traceable,
i Dimples, hones, and w rinkles mark th
three stages of life's prwrcsK Willi the
j wrinkled stage the st--.-nliness of youth
I t,ft.n remains in n"i Into character,
t "When the Unkeof Wchic.jrtoii was a very
j old man, he could sir 11 iii h gl.u-.30f i:ir
J to the last possible drop, and hold it up
1 steadiU brimful. The helpfnl hands
i keep t heir youthful at tivit y. too. far into
the wiiheih 5 age. And 111 rioniy-lnvniw-1,
Mures there is a s rl of immortality f
youth: tli winwli i.f sfTci ; ion l:as uiveti
more than a royal prerogative ; tie? hand
la beaiitlttil always to thieves that know
It familiar. y. Th-: latter J ears only Han.p
it with ttu- inipn' of a lont'or past of
teTid-.-rneHK. fuithMnewt, and bo iniv. Tt
j Is not the "old" hand, but the "dear'' hand,
and it never prow s older, but only more
dear, lie who doubts the truth of thl-
I Iat mystery' has t ot yet found out thet
i hand," a' wi 11 as hearts, have .a peculiar
i place in our Luow ledge and io e ot ono
another.
Tho Question Aiiipit1.
Jamison wa? in a quandary . He vented
to do it just right, and yet he didn't know
exactly the wrv, After pursuimr Idsbrafii
feir sonit das, he tmally Mibmitted the
question to uu authority in -ti'ii;etre.
Mr.. Al( rttvov S'T'Xiss,
Dl A.tSi.l: Il has been a jrrent question
with :ik, whether in the coming ni.airi.age
of n.v da'.igii'tT, i-h shotild be l.innii i
fiway bv mv nl'c cr ny-if. Will you
pltas,e obl.e by an iir.rnfditite min-t ?
Ver;. lruly,
,i Al-i'lt jAlis.as.
The (,r;s..er h r-.cehe i was written in
a coi.il. e. it la . haiic. 6j i : .10 a:'"c-ei air n
very rormia-reial jeet. It v a-brief, ar.d
as follows :
Mil. .1 t on Jamis ,
Dl'AK Slli : Yours to hand.
Very truly.
AU.l.iiN'ON St PKlN-t.
s;;a.i;:v..
FASCINATING STEEPLE CLIMBING.
How On
fT Oet Artn'tnmul to
th)
I htnyi-
i-r K-vt of W orkman.
"With bated brojitb. fuiJ totarned
face, ti large cro d stood the oilier dar
watt Ling a man ho w as bio ly ascend
ing tLo pt'H j le of un Tiptown church,
lie seemed to eo over the drliwtte csf
foldiiiR liko a siiiuL The crowd Wlow
exiiveWJ everv ui.'iui lit to eoo Lim
tA
Whcu Le reached the end of the ecaf
foldiiur aid stood ujHin ft piece of frame
work that looked in the diste nee as if it
was abvut a foot ekiuare. Le leaned far
over and shout d something to another
workmen about half -way down. The
spectators FhnddorvJ hut could not take
their eyes from the little cliirber who
had 1 ft the scuff Iding and was still go
ing up the bUxplo.
When he reached the top he remained
for a few L:i:.nt-'s xan ir.ed the steeple
on every sil" and then retraced his
Eteps. When he got wifely tack to the
scaffold he waved hi l and to the
people and miled. lie weiit to the top
of tho steeple Sv vt n.l times iu the course
cf rm hour, ar.J cvtrv time a crowd
gathered.
Ion think it hazardous '('
said the
Ete?ple-cLiui r t
reporter when Le
cwif iio"?n to the iT.''iia I. llionch tie
look 1 pr cp.iidl when vr. the air, he was
cori'M.lertibl v ovi r the averft-.-e beicht,
slim nd wiry, ail b Tie and muscle,
with a dear. Me-a.iy ey and Lund, and
j.eifot confidence in Lim self.
His eyes sp.ukl d as if he was in love
with the woik. as Le continued :
"People who are not used t" tH-irtcr at
p-rcnt heights, Rd who feel dizzy when
n few feet fr m tho prov.nd, naturally
look with w end' r up. n a man working
Li;h up in the f.-,r and tLi"ak that he
must fool a. they would I probably
po upon more Ftceples and other ele
vated pla.t-s to adjust ornamental
desijrnf than any ctlu-r man in the
business, und I ltd jm-t a' much at
Lome Ftandii g cn t narrow b isrd 2LK)
feet from the f.T n-i.l as I would on a
rock. I feol a perfect sense of eaft-ty
and never think ot fulling.
"Lut I was not alwuys w ithout fear.
When I first Inpin the hu-ineps I
always f-tart'-l up the scaffolding with
tremblirg L gs r.nd a onaking Leart,
and mar.v tirncB I have not pone to the
tip but returned with some excuse for
not going up just then.
"An old man who had be-. n a climber
in his dav sat me on cne of these oc
cafior.s wiif n mv hsrt ii weak, and
ptve me a bit of advice that cur. d my
fainthenrfodne-H in time, lie said, when
starting up always to fix your mind
iLtei.tlv rv.1 th.- vv-:k y-u r-rc fung to
do, nn i k- ' i' every thought of f nr. or
that fs-Tiiothir.g is e-e.ir.g to hapien, out
Of vonr mind.
"This was ju.t the thing, and I
found iiom esp-Ti'.nc:- th -.t it is think
ing tbotitf-.nr thr.t moke-s a man afraid,
tnd evcre.'Viti-n l.a riven many a poor
f.ilow a tnrr.b. where boldness and
seeming recklessness would Luve car
ried him through -11 rij.Lt.
"Ihere iao nly a few expert
climbers, il-ir dre.ls qttit the 1 r.siness
in a phort t ime because tliey car not
overcome the-ir nervon dread. I Lave
eocn f-tout-Liiarted fellows who would
Uiaix h up to a cannon's i.i.-uth without
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a
.1, v:,'ti ti.. y t t - ':.o piea
ta - t l.img t-n,' nr.d from
i-
wl.icii peit-t th. y w oul 1 lii.ve to 'shia
to the top. t:y to Ft. p up, 1 ut a ten of
1- t l Lad rv.'n Locked to their foot
and it would not go up an iucL.
"1 Lave known miii who, tiLa they
c -t iat a ticklish fpot would Lave
Lhi.'k si-eck come before their eves
which wi ni"i. m.-'ve up ar.d down and in
a circle, e.n-1 they w.nl-.l full down and
Lug a j'Lujk Lie n loiig-lost brother,
iheir ii :i..ls w ov.Id f'-tm to be in a
wbi-1. T! is where a man pets
' rr.rth d ' and it requires the greatest
ex-rcipo of the w ill to overcome this
feeiUtg.
1 Lave felt f: is
and ev. u r.ow I e, n.
C--n tb-sire when on
croOTeo 1 1 j'ln.o 01T. 1
wny many times,
t in es l ave a eud
the pinnacle of a
at 1 ..iwr.vs laugh
ut ti.e i tea Haul it foes avuy as quickly
Us it C oiae s.
"A n .111 who drinks t-t:: aul nlsiur.r.t
cf t'h.ce or a ' teepb'. wl ie a f..lM' i-tep
will send him headlong a hundred feet
cr more b low. Sk ah
is a fat
man,
for a ciunitr lutist be iij-.Lt, ;
liin-i'V.Lir. I -.rl: -haired in
fwr.rthy fats nsuiiily make
gib- und
ii with
the best
when po-
the eves
chnOH-rs.
jl.-cs ifp-cvint 1 izziuess
irg to r. great heitrht to feet'
tr.rned ujiv ard ? "
"This is a p( ) ttlar notion, 1 ut there
i.s nothing in it x a pt that ti.e attention
is turned f.o'.a the idea cf foiling, and
ti i-- v ill kot-p a man fn tu tumbling.
H it the ; cieo for the ey.-n is upon the
rt -a to 1"' tiavt lle-l to see lint 1 vt ry
thirg in ; e : 1 1 i n t. A 1 luh wind some-
tin.-s l ; a ' s sc:.li-'Iding unsafe
and if
a nan. 1 r 1.1" ev t Ti ti.e hIt Ik
w ould
Ii. V'-r see it."
"Did you over fall ?"
I've Lad nuii'V n.f i .w t t-.r-pes br.t
only on ' go vl fall. 'I l."s was alont
pevei.ty f. i t. 1 hadn sick child fit homo
and was ti inking about her and was
absent-minded.
' 1 f-tartod ( IT sideways !. Iwes n the
waiK'l.'t a id st'-op!" ani iu two or throe
POCOT: Is I wis at the In 'ora. 1 thought
I would kide l. and in a second my
whole bfo llashe-d through my mind
and also th - future of n.v familv und
Low th y v-.aihi all W. aitcr the- chil
dren were all fu'l-rr wn.
"1 knew t''ttt I w: bur it irg titTtinst
th titul-Ts of toe PchiV.'ltl. but there
was no pniii and I was ovcroo.. e appar
ently by a ftet-. thing inlbit nee and m-ver
1-ad'a rn' Of ji- ii-'iii t jo'irn' y ' n.v liftx
"It S t Uied as if I wi'S falling for
hours. I knew when I struck the lo:
tnm nnd f.-lt a rhoek at the and den st'p,
but it wa not disagrt-eable. 1 had
enough pain aftrwar.L thonph, and it
took. aiN'iit f-ix moi'tiis to patch np my
bo.lv. Ilfitu anus hnd one leg were
broken.
" I made u my mind to givenp th
business wht-n I got will, but in a
: littlo while toe t.id fa -c: net ion came
back and I w. r t t- cllmbirg acain.
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