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Halai iBflanataiaf .a Ileal. k.MEyrii terea (hie .1 Tuir ry ino Cure.HAT' ER WATURE'8rA5.,LllBut " r war rai. Uwrr, Blllea. Haaah.. e.tlv,aaa. ' Tarraat'i fmi a. -w CONSTIPATIOS, Sller A erie, It lae.rt.la la lt.r?w- III. a.ntie In lu a. it la ilai(JM. , ina. it e. u ru.. npoa to care, arm it elrM l-y ajM:a. aotby eatra,.. tjat. at.rn. in, t, fJ.JV H4,nt iim.ttef jonf. Ive. .,r , yor ehil Iran t. tak. ta. alw... tfti. .leaaal rear. BIArM. Ileal . ! . . Am S1 ''sn'hc lore' th.a lurty yMr. , p-(.;i. I "ism?'?: "r"-.' tyt'.iri, 1 ..aa 1 10 ""f t-1 ' MIRIAM: Tie Roiaiice cf Heateleiili M Bv Maxda L. Crocker. OarraiOHT, 1988. ""I harm bo luipe for my aeLf," aaid Miriam ; "but if yoai are only from under tae maledk tioalaaoooient" "Don't, don't!' pleaded the sick man, iaibly diatreaaed, and he turned avray bla head ao that the eyes renting; on Mm might Dot detect the (fathfimg' tears. tj . . Tue jthynioian came in aad noticed the Chang. Much better, much bttterr he aaid. eoeourairing'.y. I am hardly pre pared to aay why or for srhat reaaon this happy rhan ge haa takea place; but I could ahrewdly Kueaa," and tba little old man CTlADoed meaningly about the room, and then at Miriam, who waa iaoking out of the window. "Yen," nodded Allan, with a happy smile, ahe has come and wrought the traua formation. The tonic of h r preaence and kindneaa of her care hare belpetl you, doc tor, to effect this marrelous chun(re.n Certainly, certainly," fussed the little old phyaician. aprea1ing out and couuuni; the powders he had been dealing. 1 have no doubt now but that you are on the mend, finery, alr.'flnely. Hcrvr have a little care, air, aliitia care," etnphaatsed the precise -doctor, with his hand on the door, "or you may have a relapse. Don't get too ambi tious, sir; remember you have been very 111, very ill, sir." - - The little nervous physician nodded in emphaada, liti.lv jovky aoda, means tocoorey authority, aud tire cvaleacnt liateaed re- -apec,tful.y. althairb. be knn th beCUtr physi?liln ct the twotvaa over thera by the window, where the dim sunlight aifted over "her becoming coiffure. "When I' am- able ta be about, cousin, will you go back to toe Real" ,. -Moat likely, for awhile, a; least.' ....... "And then!" Allan, 1 have lavbr td ask of you ; will you grant itl" '- 'Certaiuly, If -possible I will be glad to, Couain Miriam." Hia eyea held in their iloplLia aucn a giaa -ttgn oi anticipation now that he might do Something to reward and piyaad enj wiio had loue ao much. lor hjn. '-! ) .': 'lMaat iniWh,'' abe aaid, half ib, apology, cimiini; near aud taking a seat by the couch. 'But h yet you know nothing of my plans. Yi'U have askfd tne 'where -then,' ur words meaning the same. If I should, tell yoti'that la a very lert uuie I will leave for A-meri-' ca. wUat wtju'.d you say I" 'To live there;' make the "WTestern conti nent your hume, Miriam i" askt.-d Ailan, all the eagernea dying out cf his fa-e Ik eiouded by gravest upprt-hension. Was he so soon to loKe her, hia regal cousin I . "To resije there,"' answervd she, an odd little ru4iiuv j iiig over her euunteuancc.- "t ):4 I ah 'Uid say. pleate Coa t go; what eartli'.y ffd cuu tin to be ia that, Miriam t' I'wnnt to-ferK-t-r,1 she nnamrt-ii, nd--ly. I have a friend over there, at least a friwud of my t!ear'it;a4'BiUierB, who has written uie to enir.e. I aliouhl have txt-n g ue t-re this had it not been fur a severe j.ines dUrecCy aj'.er the receipt of her W-tier." - "Then I would have missed finding you and died!' He turned his head away once more to hide his tears. "I am find i dad not go," ahe replied. , - "Andyoa wail be f.ad a second time If you give up yonr piau now," be Tentured. Ohl not when, you get well and strong, and do not need me." - .' ''There never will be a day again that I will not wed yeu. Ob I Miriam 1" Then aa if .hocked at h.a untimely confession, he buried hia face In the pillow a and lay fute aiUL Miriam weut back to the window, without gainaaying ttua outburst of tier cousiu'a. Por, lonely, aick man, she thought, he hardly knows what he ia say ing. I will not chide him. When he wUl have fuy recovered thta thought will have paased. No; abe wiU not nay any thing now to hurt him. Doubtleaa her kindness had almost turned his brain, in his weak sta:e, and aa he convalesced he would for get. The atteudant came and thinking the sick man asleep, weut quietly out again. 'Iheai.ence was growing irksome. Miriam looked at bcr watch and then glanced f urtively toward the couch. AUau Perclval had not stirred. "Allan," she said, so ftfy; "it is Urn for another powder, I believe. Jack would have .given it to yau. but be though you we re asleep. tjaaU I give ii to you i" Iier cousiri took his face from among the pillows and; looked up.- "Yea, if you please." 'r " - Hia face waa very pale; all the vivacity of hopefufoonvaleacence had lied, aud even his lips, were white and iremoling with emotion. Miriam thought best not to notice it, and gave him a powder In a little wine glass of Maderia. It will strengthen him, she thought. Then she drew her chair near him and aat down. "Allan," she kegan, "what I wish you to do for ma is this. When lam gone please forget that you know of my whereabouts should any Inquiry come to your ears from Healherleigb. Will you do this!" "Yea," he answered; "they shall never know through me if you desire to have yonr voyage remain a secret." "I wish it, moat assuredly ;" and then she told him of her visit to the Hall when she was waved off by Sir Rupert in his fury, dwelling tragically on the sorrowful recital. "Now you know uhy I wish to be buried, as it were, from aight and sound of Heather-, leigh." T "I know," he answered. -I will promise any thing you desire ; you will forgive and forget my speech of au hour ago if il grates on your heart, cousin. I I I am too lonely and desolate, and well, you will furgive?" II reached out aa eager hand and Miriata took in a warm, friendly clasp the out atretched palm. "Don't grieve, she aaid. generously, "i ou have aaiU nothing wrong, Allan. But wait until yon are well and atrong and per haps you will forget It, too." AUriam aaw a puzzled, far-away look steel into those splendid eyea; then a quiverof the pale hp, and se knew be waa battling with disappointed desires. She hesitated for a moment, then passU her liand rareas ii'g'y over the noble brow, and up anion e the dark, clustering hair. He waa her cousin, all the relative she had, and well, she would. So bending over tne pitiful, wan face on the pillow, she pressed her lip to hia brow. "There ia nothing to forgive. All" n ; you and I are the ri.-mest, best cf frimdr." Then she went to her own apartment, and the auenuant came and aat out the day by Allan. i-cij Atian i-ereival waa ab.e to ait up and wuik about the apartment Miriam an-n.un-ed her intention ot Ruing borne. "Though I haven t any," she adde.l, titter! v. Hhe waa thinking of two grava, side bv "de, beneath the dark jew treea cf the churca-yard. Al.an loxiked wlatfolly up. aiui a aud den. yearuina; light alnmat glonned h.a handsome, face. Hut he turnej awav hia head aa Miriam Ux.kod up. She abould noi aee that hecouid not forg.-L She should know that hecouiii feel grateful, without making bmi-B-lf I ffi ns.ve. "When you are better still, cousin, come and v is . t me, won't you f" Mhiain put out her hand in a cordial, couioiy manner. With a queaUonlng look he hesitated. "I Shall luis i ytrj niUcb," he aiioiuvrt-d. "And I shall feel badly if you do not come. I want you," aha aaid, with a posi tive, imperious air. "Then I wiU come and gladly. Good-bye until I welcome you at the Rest," ahe aaid, cheerfully, almost gayly. "Good-bye, I a hall remember, good-bye !" and the hansom rolled away. Allan went back lathe gloomy, old silence, and aat down with bla head resting on the table.- He waa auU weakaad the parting had unnerved him. though he fancied he had borne up bravely considering how well he loved this gloriously saintly cousin. The touch of her lipe on hia brow that day when she had kissed him forgiveness thrilled him to his very soul's center. But she waa a genuine Pereival. and if ahe could not reeurn his love, why, sooner or later, she would cast him off without a single regret, aud "e would go to the bad ! Oh I this Uus suspense but the room - .11 1 I "SIM TOV ARB BETTEK BTnX COME Alt) . - VlalT ata." went arouna him wita auzy velocity and -ale knew no more. He was too weak to calmly count up the odds against him in this first deep, true love of iiis life, and had fainted dead away in consequence. CHAPTER XIX. , We left the inmates of Heatherleich Hal', terrified over the prostrate form of tue wua ter. But he was not dead, aa Peggy sup posed; only dazed and atunued. After re lighting the tapers they carried Sir Kupert te his apartments, where he revived fr--ently, Marcia declaring in an aside to the coachman that "he had the lives of a cat .r he would have been dead aud buried lonK ago, as became him. Th. y stared with him until the thunder storm had spent its fury and swayed away in the disiaiice with low, a alien rour. By that time Kir Rupert had gaiuc-d hia uauai quiet demeanor and was sinking into slum bcr. It was now nearly morning, and the warn ing of chanticleer uotilied tlictu cf daybreak. And. as 1'eirg.v aaid, -ahe niver vas know.n' ov the toime whin the ruasiher didn't kj e awnke an tearin around like possessed until there was no toime left for any one ov them to achlape Veptin' himself." But there anortly came a time when the master d.d not even "tear 'round." In tLe "stilly sweet weather another step toward the long, l.mg hoina was indicated. In those days Sir Kupert did nothing but lie on the couch and atare aimlessly at the frescoed cening. Ihese daya were days cf comparative peaoe at the nail and the servants were left to their own sweet will pretty much. Sometimes the clergyman of Fairlight Church, aa old friend of the master's, came in by request and read to h m foe h-.tes; sometitnea The scrvanta kept Sir Rupert company, and whlied away the hours in hia rocns to please his cbddiah fancies. One afternoon after the rector had taken his departure, an unusual aileuce pervaurd the Hall, as If the house hung waverina; lu the balance of some terrible destiny. Sir Rupert broke the gloomy spell by sending a summona for Ancil Ciarkson, who waa busy in the garden. And when that broad-shouldered sou of Erin aiaue his appearance, hat in hand, he waa eli-ctrieu by seeing his master walking about his apartmei-la. See!' aaid he, "I am mud. better thia afternoon, Ani-fl, therefore 1 mual go down -.Lairs, and I want you lo as sist me in descending." So the willing servant, ready to gratify his master's strange wish, almost carriid him down the long Bights of stairs and through the central hall until the front en trauce was reached. .. The wish to be down stairs was not ao atrange to Ancil as for the idea to get into Sir Rupert' a head that he waa abie to en dure it, . Nevertbelees, he was down at last, and placing him in his long-unused rolling chair, which had kept lonely vigil behind the door for months, Ancil wheeled him out on the ateps, and, reclining peacefully, Sir Rupert watched with a half-smile "the waning light of another summer's day. lae lovely English creepers nodded in the bright, soft air of miu-aununer, and drooped in sweet profusion from the weather-stained colonnade; and the birds twit tered sleepy songs in the shadowy fastness es of the hoary elms, but Sir Rupert seemed not to see. He heeded nothing of the peace ful present, nor even noticed the patient Ancil, who, leauing agaiust a column, 'watched bis master's countenance and waited further orders. No; Sir Rupert saw none of these; he was looking beyond, to the open apace, where Miriam stood once with outstretched arms; toward this spot he only cared to gaze. And he had aaid "go;" had forbade her coming across the threshold; the threshold now so desolate 1 Some way the golden shafts of flickering sunlight falling slanting through the dark crowns of the elms seemed to him to-day like golden baby curls, and the dark, hover ing shadows nearer still put him bo much in mind of Miriam's dress. The somber crape fell down Into folds like that when she bade him "good-bye." That last, last good-bye. He clutched the arms of hia chair in a be wildered way, and murmured, faintly : "It has been so long, ao very long alnoa abe has been here; don't you know it has, Ancil!" Upon being answered ia the affirmative, he paused a moment and then aaid: "I do not understand it at all; will ahe not come soon now, Ancil!" but the servant did not answer. The cruel words of his master on that memorable day Hashed through Lis retentive memory, and be held his peace. Alibis Sir Rupert grew nervous and dis appointed. Signifying his desire to go in, Ancil wheeled him back into the hall, "Might I go into the gallery to aee Mir iam!" asked the master, as Ancil pre pared to assist him upstairs. The question came in a faJu-ring tone, as if coupled, with the fear of being denied, and Ancul carried his muster thither without a word. Steady ing his trembling limbson the threshold. Sir llupert manatred U walk, unassisted, across tho room. Long and sadly he lingered be fore the portrait of his daughter without a word. Then he waa ready to go upstairs again. Ancil waa thinking, all the way up the long flight of steps, if he dared speak to his waster concerning Miriam. What woul the penalty be should he mention her in the connection he desired! "Maathur, said he, as he arranged the pillows comfortably on the couch and as sisted Sir Kupert to he down; "Masinur, wud ther be ony harrum ; an' moight we not aind for the young misthress I An she wud cootn to yez, Oi'm quite shure." All exhausted and white. Sir Rupert shrank down among the pillows, and answered only by an Impatient gesture. Then he turned wearily over to t well Ml and fell to weeping convulsively. Ancil, frightened beyond expression at what he had done, turned away quietly, and with stealthy step slipped out of the room. He blamed himself and scolded himself audibly all the way down-stairs for mentioning Miriam's return to her frail old father. All that sight and the next day Sir Rupert lay stupidly quiet, with no word nor thought for any one. In fact, he had been so unusually quiet that the servants had assembled in the library to discuss this strange turn in affairs. ' It waa evening now, and they watched the shadows gather in the corners with a TOGETHER IX TIME SAXK DOOBWAT THET LIST ZXZTD. vague, uncertain dread. Surely some thing was shout to happen beneath the frowning gablea of Heatherleigh to-night. And from a superstitious fear they launched off quite naturally into super stitious lore, with all the zest of a true Hibernian. . ' . Hour after hour was thus whiled away until, incredible as it may seem, the little group had entirely forgotten their master. Suddenly Peggy, who had been vividly pcrtrayic g the fatal warnings and blood curdling feats of an ancestral banshee, started up in genuine alarm- "Why!" ahe exclaimed, "an' we've been a sittin' hear a tollin' ov the ghostliest things, an have forgotten the master. Aa it's full "mid night an' he must he schlapin, forhs hasn't been afthur wantin one ov lis; an the lamps in the Laythunish dark hall haven't ooeu loighted aythur. Woe be the day!" With this energetic prelude she stepped cautiously out in the hall for the purpose of lighting the neglected lamps. Groping her way to the nearest lamp she was about to liht it when a iuiTut luovemoit on the -t airs arrested her attention; a slow, shuf llinir movement came to her ear, rather iu deliiute, but she was sure some one elso was In the Lall besides herself. The motion continued, though seemmg-Iy mufRi-d. She was about ready to scream from sheer desperation when something like a half-groan and half-sigh smote on her iicute ear. In an aeony of fear she flew Hack to the library, and with very wi'd. frightened eyes and white face she rushed .uto the midst of the gossiping servants As she did so she gave vent to a half suppressed scream. They ail sprang to their feet in alarm, asked in a breath; Y hat is it, Ciarkson !" "An' siiure as I'm a born chiller, " she exclaimed, a light breaking ia on her fright ened mind, "that shure the mast hur'sc-fxi ru in' down the stairway all alone iu the dark ness ot the night. They all looked incredulous and seemed about to accuse the housekeeper of ir.san iiy, when her husband ami forward and placing his hand on the door-haii die, said, oalf derisively: Hiatl ye, Peggy; an' he cudca cootn doon the atheps auone na more than bt Pathrlck cud sin !" He opened the door slowly, and they all came to listen for any unusual sound in the hail. Breathlessly huddled together in the dark door-way they listened. And Pegiry waa right in her affirmation. She had neither gone insane nor heard a spirit tram fang about, for Sir Kupert was coming djwn the dark staircase unaided and aiouu. Step by step, painfully, slowly, wearily, but surely coming. "Blissid Yargin !' groaned Ancil, stagger ing back against the door. "An' it's roight ye are, me lass, the mast hur is coomin down the sthairs." Then in a suppressed undertone he terrified them by saying: "An phwat ef he shud miss his footing, or make the laste misstbep)' And inalead ol going to their master to assist his uncertain steps, or lighting the lamps in the dark hall, they stood shudder ing involuntarily. Stricken with a par alyzing fright, not one of them thought of going to their master's assistance, or even essaying to move. They stood rooted to the lloor like so many useless statues, listening to Sir Rupert's slow and painful descent, and waiting for something they could not define. Down, down, the dragging, muffled steps came, with long intervals for rest; and sometimes a labored breauung, sometimes a sigh. But suddenly there was a frantic clutch ing of the polished balustrade, a reeling to and fro, a smothered groan, then an un earthly, hopeless cry for assistance, and the master of Lreatherleigh fell down the few remaining steps and lay struggling in a violent convulsion on the floor of the hall. His fall seemed to unlock the benumbed senses of the household, and affrighted and bewildered they rushed to and fro, some to Sir Rupert's assistance, and some for lights. James brought the lamp from the library hurriedly, while Peggy made vain endeavors to find the hall burners. He shrank back in abject terror from the writhing form cf his master, and held the lamp high over his head with a wail no oue could ever forget. But Ancil and John, who had in these last days of the Hall become faithful and most willing nurses, lifted Sir Kupert from the flocr and bore him Into the great drawing room at the left, laying him down gently on the deep, luxurious sofa by the great double windows. Then John ran for the physician, while Peirgy and her husband did all in their pow er to restore the dying man to conscious ness, interlarding their work with ail the extravagant and useless Irish expletives known. But their efforts were not success ful. Sir Rupert never gained conscious ness, and expired in their arms before Dr. Whiteiake arrived. When they all gathered about the wasted, rigid form of their master at the Instance of the physician, who solemnly pronounced him really dead, the revulsion of feeling was puzzling, if not Btranje, to witness. From the excited, worried experiences of the night the reader doubtless imagines a scene of bewailing and inconsolable grief; but this was not the case. Their lives had been one of eternal vigilance, one of con stant worry for years, and when they finally realized that the master of Heather leigh was really gone, and this everlasting fret was ended, they stood gazing calmly down on the still form and whlspermg quietly to one another: "It is well; it la well. Dr. Whiteiake expected some one of the great Irish hearts to cry out and bewail the fate of Sir Rupert, but every face was de corously calm as a summer sunset, and he was disappointed. CHAWts XX. Uewa of SirRupert Percival's death spread far and near. And former friends and fre quenters of the Hall whom ho bad kept at a distance by his gruff, unsociable manners of late years came quietly la and, standing by the ailver-fruiged and richly mounted tan, gazed down on tic proui yld Xac, which seemed to wear, even In death, a look j of forbiddance. . But where was the daughter! Neighbors Stood la two's and three's grouped about consulting on the matter. Futile efforts were made to C nd her. Word was sent here and there. Her beautiful home miles away was visited by a courier dispatched with the sad news of death; but strangers were-' there who either knew nothing of her' whereabouts or Intended to keep them a so- . rret. Gossip had it that Miriam Pereival Fairfax had drifted to London. If so, wno could find her, did she desire to remain hid den, in time for the burial of Sir Kupert! So the matter reluctantly dropped and fur ther preparations for the burial went on. On the night following his death, as the body Of the dead master lay in state in the Ion?, dreary drawing-room,' and the watchers patrolled the gloomy old hall, a ' spirit of evil or of something fully as disa- greeablo seemed to go shuddering- torotigh the air. . : j: .- -.. . ,. .? .. -; The servants did not retire, they could not. rest with tne corpse ol tneir oia master , under the same roof with them. So they . sat crouching here and there, solemn-vis-,aged au9 sloepy, either individually alone or in littlo clusters. '' It was midnight and all was silent as the dead Sir Rupert, when the handle of the great bait 1 door turned " noiselessly, the door was pushed open softly and a stately figure, a lady in deep mourning and heavily vailed, glided in . Without taking the least -notice of the watchers itttng middle-way of the hall, and heedless of Peggy and Ancil occupying the lowest step of the stairs, she moved quietly aud without hesi tation toward the drawing-room door. This abe opened and disappeared within, the door closing quickly after her. The watchers st ared at each other and -: fled into another part of the house like hunted deer. ' : "Oh I" they said to the terrified servants in the Uiniug-hall, "it must be Lady Per eival come back to look after her husband." . Peg?y clutched her husband's arm in mule dismay, and both watched the sylph-i-llke movement of the mysterious person in" black with dumb amazement, and neither had the power to speak or stir, so great was their consternation. : ..--:! . i-iir)''.' Oue by one the servants, having heard the account of the terror-stricken watchers, i came fi-ing into the central hall in their stockings and cloth shoes quietly and with white, questioning faces. The watchers followed alar off, determined to find tho coast clear this time or vamose for good. "What was it i" asked James, coming, close to the t wo old frightened Hibernians If!' A pV) ' VPrrV AVy A I ' rV -'A ii1 v- A I i l ..aw . A Tj-tv ' 1 a at J V . .', . l L. V - J .HAW V VU4C 1 IV. I f l i ry . i k: ' " t'.-4i; - "OH, HOWLT MlHTl AS' IT IS MIRLAJtl" on the stairway, who had neither moved nor spoken since the watchers fled. "By all the howly saints, bowld yer ques tions to ycrselT," whispered Ariil, ".Not wan av us knows." Presently a low moan of deepest anguish . came from the drawing-room, followed by a deep, sobbing sound. "Oh I howly Mary! an' it is Miriam," and Peggy Ciarkson started quickly to her feet aud took a step toward the door. But the silent, mysterious figure Is black anticipated her movements and came swift ly out in the hall and gilded out through the great doorway, disappearing in the dark ness instantly. At this strange visitant's manner each one present was so astonished and helplessly thunderstruck that for fully Ave minutes' not a soul stirred nor uttered a word. After the shock to their nerves had worn off enough to admit of speech, James said : "I know that '.it was Miriam," in such a posi tive tone that his words carried conviction to their hearts. Then the commotion among the servants was simply indescribable ana startling m the utmost sej.se. They rushed hither and thither with lights, catlinjr jjio beloved mis tress in pleading tones to come back, And grew almtwt frantic in their vain endeav ors to find Miriam. Not a trace of heroould be found. ' After their long and fruitless search to . find their beloved mistress or unravel the mystery of the midnight visitor, they gave it up, lamenting their failure iu heart-breakingcxi-Umntious of genuine sorrow. The dead master was wholly forgotten by the excited household for the time, such was their love for tho daughter, whom thoy were positive had walked like a spirit into their midst with face mysteriously vailed, and had disappeared in some unaccountable manner. " Why did she come; and if she did, why come ia that manner! Why not come and stay now that there were none to dispute her presence! These questions were asked a thousand times, but not one was found wise enough to answer. ; Doubtless it was really Miriam, who, hearing of her father's death, had come to take a last look aud farewell. He who in lif3 she dared not approach and from whose heart the strange decree had weaned her, . even in her babyhood. What her thoughts mnsthave been wo can only conjecture; coming back to thschild hood haunts and Slipping in like a thief in the midnight watches beneath the old roof treo from which 6he had been banished; coming back to shed btVVer tears; er naps, on tho rittid form ft hinvwbo had forbidden her to coll hitn father; aad then vaiusuong away into tae midnight dariuiess, liko a thing of evil, was some. Lin g ouiy thoso who possessed a wealth of daribg could da She must have had nerve And complete control of her wiil-iiower, also a passionate lrre for the dead, to undertake this strange method of visiting hira thus. After a complete search of the whole country-aide, and no trace of the absent one could be obtained, the more supersti tious set that luiduiht visitor down as a first-class spirit. Some weuit so far as to presume that Miriam might have died and that her spirit came to takealastlook at Sir Kupert, and mayhap feel a throb of tri umph over his demise. But Pegpy Ciarkson, superstitious as she was by nature and education, hooted the idea as simply preposterous, declaring that it "was the young misthress, in puirflish and b.ud, for," said she with a great show of contempt for the theory advanced, "who iver heirn tell o spirits mournin' out loud over corpses!" ' ...... lie this as it may, Miriam could not be found, and Sir Kupert was borne to the tomb of his ancestors in Oaklawn, with neither kith nor kin to follow him. The old gray-haired clergyman pronounced with much feeling: ''Behold his house was left unto him desolate, and the day of his death was certainly better than the day of his birth. Peace to his ashes!" la due time the will of Sir Rupert was unearthed and made known. Heatherleigh t Hail was bequest tied "to Miriam Pereival Fairfax and her heirs forever." In a codi-t- tutlacted he pronounced au earnes; wish. that Miriam Pereival Fairfax must be found and reinstated at the Hall. But where was she! In smoky London, gone to America, gone somewhere else; this place, that place and the other, gossip had it, but it was but gossip, and the stately daughter never came. The servants were remembered hand somely in the will of the cmffold master, ' and each after having received his or her portion went their ways. All left the gloom and silence ot Heatherleigh excepting the Clarksons. They remained under its deso- ' la ted roof in accordance with, the wish of Sir Kupert, as set rortn in a clause ot the last will and testament made known. He . desired them to wait and welcome. Miriam on her return. Ah ! when would that be! And Ciarkson, having finished the story of Sir Rupert's life and death, looked at me with great, questioning eyes, from . which the tears of sad, -earnest waiting ' triekled down. . t ' "Ah, me Leddyl. Oi'se about dhrappin ' into me gcave waltin' for the childer, an' Ofnie afeard she'll niver coom." An inspiration seized me. "Peggy, if I give away a secret to you, will you grant me any thing 1 ask!" She looked at me for full Ave minutes in speechless amazement, doubting my sanity, for all I know, for she murmured: "Lordl ' an has the terrible story ov the master turned yer head!" - "No, Peggy, but I have a secret which I wfll sell to you ; something worth knowing ; tiwugh it won't ' do much good after all, with the exception of knowing it, of . course." I said this at a venture, not knowing whether Ciarkson would bite at the bait I threw her or not. She sat looking at me . doubtively, and I knew I had another attack ( to make if I carried tho wsrks. , "Peggy," said I, .lowering my voice and ' looking about the room as if fearing other . ears; "Peggy, would you grant Miriim - any thing she could ask cf you ; would you give her any thine from the Hall the mieht : send to you for if you knew where ahe was!" "Indade Ol would, ma'am," she replied, quickly, her old face . lighting up with a fond, expectant yearning which gave mo pain. "Well." said I, "in the first place I know where Miriam is." . . . .- . I could get no further then, for tho old housekeeper jumped from her wicker chair and throwing her arms around my neck sr4,Ld convulsively. After her first storm . of overjoyed excitement was over she whiskered to me in low, broken accents : "An, where Is the dear childer, p'.are, ma'am; before the holy saints, me Leddy, Oi'll kape the Kaycret tiU nic doyiug day,"" 'Living with mc, Peppy." "Living wilh you, me Leddy"'' Clnrkson had sprung to her feet and stood gazing at me iu sheer astouiih.mei.t . "With you! The Vargin bo praise ! ! With you;" All this time the broad rufiies of her cap nodded and danced in amostpirturewuc fashion, and her bi blue eyes shone like gems, so great was her pleasure and sur prise. "Whin is she coomin' back to pair old Peggy!" pleaded she, drawing her chair clone to mine and sinking into its depths, nearly jxhuusted with tne momentous and glorious news of Mj-iam. "Pep-gy," Paid I, "Miri im has no idea I wUl tej where she is; thut is, here in En gland, aud I have solemnly promised not to give her location. Now, doyou know wheie I reside!" "No, ma'am, Oi don't- Its in Amerikv. I I shud say, but Ameriky's forninst my guess j in an Oi don't imagin' where the darlint is a li vm. " "That is right, Peggy." I said. "To every one inquiring about Miriam Fairfax you do not know a syllable. Be perfectly dumb. I fo Miriam expressly desires you and me to ) be." - . . , j "Oi understand, me Leddy; Oi under-, i stand. An' whin is she a coomin' back to . j me!" questioned Peggy, with an eye on the main chance. To be Continued.) . . ALBANIAN JUSTICE A Murderer l"Moiu-d by the Father ol Ilia Victim. Recourse o personal justice seems VPry undesirable to rm-n of a law- abid ing land, and probably few of us have ever thought of it as capable of foster ing the softer emotions of human nature as well as of satisfying the instinctive craving of blood for blood.'' A year a;ra, at a fight of trained ganders ia Al bania, the owner of a vanquished bird, in a fit of temporary irritation, raised ' his gun and shot dead the owner of tho other bird. ' The spectators were so astounded that they made no effort to, arrest the murderer, and he betook himself to the mountains, where he was pursued for .hours by tho murdered man's friends who had roused themselves at last. Finally, seeing that there- was no hope for him, the fugitive ran down into the house of his victim, where tho bereft mother sat lamenting. "I am in your house,"' said the mur derer. "Give me bessa" the oath of protection "for they are going to kill me." . The old mother gave him her oath, and when his pursuers reached the door she went forward and waved her handkerchief, in sign that they should depart. All day tho guilty man remained in safety in the house bo bad made deso late, Imt at night the old woman took him by the hand and led him out upon .the mountain. ; "Now my oath Is fulfilled. she said, when they had reached a safe distance from the town, "you mubt look out fur yourself." Then followed tho pursuit of ven geance, the family of the victim occupy ing themselves unceasingly ' .with" thoughts of retribution, while the friends of .the murderer as earnestly set tbejns.l yes to obtaining his pardon. Tills stato of things continued for two month". Then tho family of the mur derer, wmj. n, children and all, betook theiusej vet, to the victim's house to ak .a reiuisaiuu of Uie blood penalty.. The murierer hitu'.self h-aled the. pr'AX'Ssion, his In-ad vailed in a lin n cloth, and Lii gun muzzle downward, suspended from tis 'hek. ' ' " , A'ardon! 'pardon!" cri?d they,, with no yoke, and this petition continued until noon. ' Then the father or the victim ad vanced, and tho murderer knelt, ready to receive sentence of lift? or death. The old man tMk tho gun. di-icharjred it in the air, aud. llttiug ih linen cloth from tho man's face, kis.s.-d bl;u ia token of pardon. - lie then led him Into the house, sat him in his sonV place, and the matter was concluded by a throo days' feasts Ias Ausland. rAn Bxperitaneed housekeeper says the best water tank is a stone jar one of fivo or six gallons. This will not rust, and is. not affected by change of .temperature. Tce will dissolve in it without hurting It, and water will stand ' in it, as it is changed, for years without rusting it. Hsides. clear, fresh water j will koopcool, in aclosetorothr hhady j I place, in a stuuo jar butter than in any j i other position. . I SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS. Tb Suceas Attending th Adoption of th &rttam la Many Localitlaa. The following extracts are - taken from a paper by J. IL Thiry, recently read befora the American Social Science Association; . "A monograph on School Savings Banks In America will be read for the iir6t time before tho Universal Con gress of Provident Institutions, now in session in Paris, and it is expected that from the transactions of that Con gress, its influence will be felt through out the educational world. "There are sixty schools In seven different States that have the system in operation. About $-8.000 have been collected from nearly 9,700 pupils through the aid of 850 devoted teach ers. "The spark kindled five years ago in one school of Long Island City, N. Y-, maintains its vitality, and it is ex pected that during the next school term tho school banks will so extend as to reach at least fifty more schools In thodilTeront States of our Republic. The system has received the sanc tion of our National Bureau of Educa tion, of. our . Stato Superintendent of Publio Instruction, Hon. A. S. Draper, and of the Superintendent of the New 'York State Banking Department, Hon. Willis S. Paine- "A bill has been introduced into the , Legislature of New York providing for. the organization of School Savings Banks. "The School Savings Banks, having 'already passed tho period of proba tion, aro now favorably received in mnny of tho American schools, and will prove a most elfeetive weapon in tho hands of our young people with which to fiijht the battlo of life ou leaving school. "la introducing School Savings Banks ia a few schools of our country, tho system has had, like any now idea, much to contend with. Tho persons who so constantly express themselves a.int the plan, for some reason or other, and who are so keen about the possible danger of avarice to the children .through thse banks aro slow, indeed, to sec the mischief dono to many of our children by squander ing aU ' the ir pocket pennies for cigarettes, candy, ehev.-inj-gum and the like. It is yet to be shown that self-restraint, prudence, foresight, as Commeridod by our teachers, are synonymous with selfishness, avarice and meannoss. Is nut tho habit of spending wisely a moral outgrowth of saving. "Every one has read or heard of the Johnstown disaster In Pennsv'vnnia. The very next morning a fte- V.'. disas ter the majority of the sella' - f L, t.g Island City, on entering :,rif ij9 rooms, manifested to thcii tnih.-i-si the good intention of ci.:;ii lojting their mite from their pennies ia the School Bank towards alleviating the sufferings of their little brother and 6ister scholars at Johnstown who had lost their parents and homo. Tho. idea was recjivexl with acclamation by the teachers, the city school superin tendent and tho Hoard of Education, and on June 10, at the opening of the school session, out of the 4.050 pupils. 2.272 stepped up to the desks of their teachers with their offerings. The sums thus collected amounted to $152.37, which was immediately sent to the relief committee." Gooreo May Powell, president of the Arbitration Council, considers this a movement of vast importance to American labor and capital. Ho is issuing millions of tract pages on the subject and scattering them among the masses. CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM. Ceremonies of Reeelvlng an American Into the Uodlrsa Church. Recent Ceylon papers contain accounts of a remarkable ceremony which took place recently in Colomlio. This was the reception of a gentleman from America, who lately arrived in Ceylon, into tho Buddhist creed. Tho proceedings took place under tho direction of the Buddhist high priest, as sisted by eleven yellow-rohd monks. The convert knelt before the assembled priests and intimated his desire to lie ad mitted a member of the Buddhist Church. The high priest then catechised him and the assembled monks satisfied them selves that he was fitted to be a follower of Buddha. The gentleman, whose name was Powell, then begged of the high priest ''to give hira the Pan-sil,'1" which tho latter did, tho candidate repeating it aftr hira with the palms of the hands brought together uplifted. Having ex plained to the convert the responsible duties of a Buddhist tho Inch prit stpave him his blessing. A meeting was after ward held in which Mr. Powell' ex plained his reasons for having embraoed Buddhism, and described tho mental process which he had gone through be fore he arrived at tho conviction of its truth. " It appears that nearly forty j-ers ago, when ho was a child. hr came across a book in his father's library, in which was a picture. It was the figure of Buddha seated in the conventional nttitudo on a lotus.' Impressed by tho expression of peace and love on tho face, lr. Powell got into the habit of going nearly every evening to a room to sit in a vsitiou as nearly like it us he possibly could. "On asking ho or what picture it ua." Mr. Powell fcaid: "I was told that it was the picture of a heatln-n god, but its iiieuiory clung to me, and when I heard its name I never forgot it, but learned lan-r what tho symbol was and its meaning. ' Ik'ing, aa bo said, naturally of a relig ious turn of mind, and being intended by his father to he. a clergyman, Mr. Powell was well educated in the Chris tian dH-trino. "Hut I recognized and felt that there must ! some law that I could work out myself, aud that if 1 con trolled my thoughts my lifo manifested an obedience to that power; but it was long lefore I rt-cognized that this was the 'law of right thought." At one time he apjH-ars to have sought a refuge in agnosticism, but soon after he aban doned this mental attitude, and a pe rusal of "The Light of Asia" aroused in him tho desire to take refuge in tho law of Lord Buddha. London Times. The camel is used successfully as a pack-animal in Australia, and is consi-i-ertd E uperior to the mule for that region. In is v . . 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