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Railroad Guide.
JTORTUPKNN A. RAILROAD.
raasengersforPhlladelphla leave Lcblghton
t 'Jalu!! Vi. L. V. arm U Pill. t Mi n m.
;:a.m.vii-v. " l."M5
llt)a.m. vlL.V. " "95R-5-4-11
n m.. vli U V.. " " mi5p.ni.
li:J7.m..TlL,. B.," " K'-S!'
i:tl p.m. via L. & B. " " :42 D- !?
s.57 p.m. " S! '
v:3.'p.m.vlaL.V. " " Ioi09p.ni.
Returning, leavedepet t Berti and Atneri.
canst.. rnna.,t 8:15 and 9:4! a. m.i f-M.'3
na8:00p.m. ELLI3 ULi.HK. Agent.
Juno 3, 1818,
piIILA. 4 RUADINO RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains.
MAY 12TII. IS'B. .
Tralna leave AL l. E N TO V N as follows : -
(VU PHRKIOMBX BK4KCU.)
For Philadelphia, at 41, O.W. H.OJ. na
e.61 p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Vor Philadelphia at .2o a. m..3.J5 . m.
IVIAUASl'FBKilA. BillKClI.)
For Ridlnit. tS.ai).5.w,.oaialS.is. 2.10. 4.30
rr"HKrftirg. S.M5 50, .05 a. m.. 12.18, 4.30
ror Lancaster and Columbia, 5 M. 9.05 .m. and
4 SO p. in. ,
f Doea not ran on Monday
SUNDAY9. ,
For Reading, 2 30 a.m. and 4:21 and 9 k P tn.
For U trrlahurg, 2.1) a. in. ami 0 05 o. ",..,
Tralna Foil ALLE VTOWN leave aa followa:
(VIA l'KUKIOMEN MUNCH.)
Leave Philadelphia, 7.3 1 a. m., 1.0U, 1.30 and 5.30
p. m.
SUNDAY. ....
Leave Philadelphia. .') i h. m. and 3 16 p. m.
(VIA EAST FBXNA BBAKCU I .
Leave Reining, 7.41. 7.41, 10.33 a m.. 4.00.0.I5 and
Leave Harilsburg, 5.23. 8 10 a. m., and i.00. S.57
and 7.55 p. m. . ....
Leave Lsncaiter, 8.10 a. m., 11.55 and J.45 p. m.
Leave Columbia. S.m a. m . l.0 and 3.35 p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Reading. 7.20 and 9.40 a. m.
Leave U'irrliurg,5.2i n.ra. -a M ,
Tralna marked thna i) run to and from depot
tth and Green etreets, Philadelphia, other
tralna toaidtrora Broad 'trect depou
Tno 0.W a. ra and 1.55 p. na. tralna fro-n Allen.
town, and the 7.30 a.m. and 6.3 1 p. ro. trains
from Philidrlpnta, have tbrough carato ana
Iron. Philadelphia. o01rBS.
OtHirnl Kanaetr.
C a. HANCOCK, Gtn'l Tltktt Astnt.
-pEN'NSYLYANlA RAILROAD.
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
United States Mail Route.
The attention nf the traveling pnbho l res
pectfully liiTlted toaomeof the merltant this
vreat hfghwav. In the cnntldfmt naaertlon nnd
belief that no other line ran offer equal Induce
tocnt aa a rout of through travel. In
Construction & Equipment
THE
Pennsylvania Railroad
standi conf eweflly at the head of American rail,
ways The track I' dnuhlo the entire length of
the line, ot ateM lain laid ou heavy oak itea,
-whlc h are embed led In a foundailounf rock bai.
laatcigateen 1. ches In depth. All bridges ate
ot Iron or atone, uud bul t upo i the nioHno
piovel plana. Ita yae-.engor t-'ara, while emin.
rntly eate and aubatanf l. a"e at the aame tlino
mode a of comtort and elegance.
The Safety Appliauces
n nse on thla lne well Illustrate the far.aeelnj:
and liberal policy ot it mauacment, lu accord
ance with wbich the utility only ot an imp: ov -tnent
and not its cunt baa been the queailou of
coutf.deiallun. Amoua many may be noticed the
Ulock System or Surety SI. Minis,
Janney Coupler, Buffer & I'liitform,
THE WHARTON P ITEN'P SWITCH,
AND TUB
Weatinglioiise Air-Brake,
forming In conjunction with a perfect double
iracK road bed a combination ot eafesuardaa.
gainst accidents which have reuderod them
practically hi p julbla
Pullman Palaco Cars
Are run on all ISxproa Tralna
FROM NEW YORK, PIIILADA.. BALTI.
IJORBand WAsIIINQrON,
ToCHlOAUO, CINCINNATI. LOUISVILLiJ
INDIAN A I'OLIS and 8T. LOUIS,
WITHOUT CHANGE,
And to nil principal points Id the fir Wfatucrt
Boutti with oitoaoc ianriiti( cara. Conceciloiit
remaae ia Unlou Depots, ftoa re awuredto
mUlmporUnt poliua.
THE SCENERY
Of the Pennsylvania Route
la admitted to be nuanrpaased In thewt-rld for
f randen1. beanty and variety, bnperlor Ho
reahntent facll'.uea are provided. Kmployeea
Jir couru-ou an-1 attentive, and It H an luevlt.
aole reanlt that a trip by the Pennaylvaoia
Aailroad uinat form a
l'leJttliig' nud Memorablo Experience.
Tickeu (or aale at the loweat ratea at the
Ticket Ollcu l the Com pany tn all Important
citlea an. lownj.
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Oen. Manaier, Gen. Pat. Avent
J, E. SnOEMAKEB. Tim. Aeit Uldd e Dial.
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TDrlmo Home Mailo Dread I
WIIV QO nUNORYl When you ean Day H
pounda til Flr.t CUaa Jiread
FIVE LOAVES FOR 25 CENTS 1
I. W, O'NEAL, the popular Dread and Cake
Baker, of Leniahiou. in order to meet the wanta
of the Utaee. kaa Heducod I te ot uls ceie
bratad Uoue Made DllEAD to
Four Loac8 for Tweaty-fivo Cts. Casti.
Sugar, Ralaln. Cooamut Scotch, Dro?, Creaia
nd other UAKSci, only
Ten Ceat per Dozen,
Look Out Tor (lie Wagon!
At MAUCII CHUNK, on Tneaday, Thursday
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JLEIIiu l( ro N and w HI II jPO UT, every A tier.
noon except Friday.
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Attorneys.
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Attornet ard Counsellor at Law,
11 road way and Pnequehanna Streeta, Oppoalie
Court Uone,
MAUOH OnUNK, PA.
May be consulted In German. maits.ly
P V. LONOSTREET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Next dooi to the "Carbon Hooio.'
BANK STBEBT. LEIIIOnTON. PA.
December 16-Om.
w,
M. RAPSIIBU,
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ATTORN iY AT LAW,
." Office : 21 floor of nhoad's Hall,
Mauoti Chunk, Pa.
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attended to.
May 27. It.
p Jh MKEIIAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next Door tsTlrit National Bank,
HMICn CUU.NIC, PA.
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Obort'a Bnlldlng, DANK-St.. LillianTON.
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J. COXVEYANUER,
AND
QF.NERAL INSURANCE AGENT
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HE A I II NO MUTUAL 1'IHE,
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OFPICGt OVER II A. rETER'fl DRUG
STORE. BANK ST.. LEIIIOUTON, PA.
General practice attended to, and SPECIAL
ATTBNTION GIVEN TO DI3HA8ES OF
WOMEN. mar 23. 1878-yl
TT A, DERIIA11ER, H.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON
Special attention paid to Chronic. Dlieatel.
ones: South East corner Iron and 2nd sta., Le
hlshlnn. Pa. Aprll 3. 1675.
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PRACTICINO PHYSICIAN AND SURtJEON,
Otnce, MiNK street, next door above tbe Poatofflre,
Lahlghton, Pa. Office Hours Parryville each day
rom into 12o'cloek raualnder of day atofflrelo
Lehlghton Nov23.'72
yrr a. u siciple,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Next to E. H, snydera atore. Dim ST.,
LEHIGHTON. PENN'A.
N.H. Special attention gives 10 the Cnre ot
Salt Rheum, dtc. Jan. 13 y
J FRANKLIN LliSII,
PHYSICIAN AND SURDKON,
Lait Ruidtnt Phjiician ef ilarrithurg IloipitaX).
Omci: Next door to the Union Church,
WEISPORT, TA.
(7 opeelalatiention given to the Dlaeaaeant
Women, ConaultHtlon In Kngllah and German.
Aug. 18, 1877-em
JU. EDWARD nilOWN,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Of the Pennsylvania Dental College. Philadel
phia, baeoDem d an office In LEHIGHTON, on
IIUOAD 8THEET. next door to Snydefa .tore.
All work warranted satisfactory.
LAUGHING GAS naed for tbe palnles ex
traction ot Teeth. Aug. 11, 1877-yl
jq-EW STORE I KEW GOODS !
LOW PRICES !
ThA anderslrnesS him remoTMInto tbKeir
Stortvroom oa WHITE hUeft, Vlport, Ttt..
(opposite the Hnniefa Jlotel), audit openioc
a Cult tock ol Choice
Groceries, Provisions,
Candies, Confections, &c,
which ha la selling at VERY LO WET CASH
PRICES, rationale reapectiaily solicited and
sail. (action guaranteed.
Jacob Straussberger,
March Soma WHITE St., Weisspon.
MASTER JOHN.
OR,
THE GHOST OF VIVIEN VALE.
BY MAJOR A. r. GRANT.
CHAPTER I.
TUB UNEXPECTED TlalTOX.
A number of years ago a very elegant,
though old-fashioned mansion, stood on
tho left bank of the lovely Passaic, not many
miles from its headwaters. Its surroundings
were romantically picturesque, and soma of
the stirring scenes of tho Revolution were
enacted on the ground that belonged to the
antique dwelling. During the strugglo for
liberty, the place, quite ancient then, was
inhabited by tho Leytons, a proud family,
who allied themselves to the British interest,
and s-rved the king's causo whenever a
secret opportunity offered itself. Shortly
after tho war, the last of the Leytons died,
ntid tho property fell into tho hands of a
man named John Clymer, whese mother
had been the sister of the last Ley ton.
But where was tho young heir to Drcnr
imoor? Tho executors of Loyton's will
hunted near and far for him, and did not
give up the search until they learned that
he had entered tho service of the King of
Sweden some years prior to tho death of his
uncle. And with the information, came
the news that he had been fatally wounded
iu a duel, and might die at uny moment.
You may be sure, reader, that tho execu
tors did not inquire further into the condi
tion of tho heir, found at last. They looked
about foranothcr person through whoso veins
flowed Lcyton blood j and finally settled
tho old projicrty upon Vivien Vale, a beauti
ful girl, who had just entered her eighteenth
year.
Vivien Vale, was John Clymer's second
cousin, and she brought much grace and
goodness to the old-time dwelling, and soon
won the love and esteem of the many ser
vants whom sho retained. She would oflen
converse about Cousin John, as sho called
the man in Sweden, andbecamo so solicitous
concerning his welfare, that she wrote to
Stockholm to ascertain if he still lived.
But no letter was received in reply, and so
she concluded that ho was dead, and had
filled a duellist's grave.
It was near the close of a delightful Sep
tember day, that a strange mail) with a
foreign air, and long, dark beard, came to
Drearimoor, and surprised its young mis
tress, who had just iarted with her lover.
He said that he was from Stockholm, and
tho agent of John Clymer, tho first heir to
the estate, and, moreover, affirmed that ho
was empowered to examine into affairs, and
report to his master, who was not dead,
Vivien, startled by tho unexpected visit,
received tho man courteously, and asked
many questions concerning her cousin, in
whom she really took deep interest.
"Ho intends to lake possession of Drcar
linoor so soon as he can scttlo his affairs in
Sweden," the men said, "for you know he
is the first heir."
"But ho may not have read the will," tho
young mistress answered with a smile.
"True he has not, but he has heard of its
conditions."
"Then I am surprised that he thinks of
coming to Drearimoor. He may have been
misinformed, for, by the conditions of Hugh
Loyton's will, Cousin John has forfeited all
claims to the estate."
The agent started, and asked for the will,
which with a littlo hesitation, Vivien placed
in his hands.
"That is true," he said, after reading the
rude, but binding document. My master,
by six months absence aftef the death of
Hugh Leyton, forfeits his first claim to the
estate. But," and the Swede bowed to Viv
ien, "but should the angels call you away
from earth, John Clymer becomes master of
Drearimoor."
"Even so," said Vivien.
"Well, ho will not grumble when I make
my report," the man said. He is quite
wealthy in Stockholm, and ft anxious that
his uncle's old place should not go to rack."
'Tell Cousin John that I will keep it in
good repair, and that, should it ever fall into
his hands he will find it a fit place in which
to end his peaceful days."
After some mora conversation, the man
who called himself John Dreski, took his
departure, and rode away at a brisk gallop.
Vivien had given him a kindly letter to
John Clymer j but when he had put three
hills between him and the old house he
drew it from his bosom, and perused it with
a cunning smile.
"There is no use in taking this letter to
Sweden, when John Clymer is so near,"
murmured the man, as he tore the letter in
twain, and threw it into the Tassaic, near
whose calm and beautiful waters he was
riding. Master John is very near you, old
Drearimoor, and before morning you wilt
have a master, not a mistress."
Tho horseman halted before he reached
the village of Passaic, from which he had
emerged a few hours before. It was now
moonlight, and not a cloud was in the sky (
the pleasant breeze warmed the roan's face,
as he sat In the saddle, apparently buried in
deep thought,
She Is very beautiful, but she must not
stand between John Clymer and the e?Ute
which rightly is his," he said at last, "I
was prepared for the reception I received,
and it cut my heart the sight of n flaxen
haired girl ruling in the place of my Uncle
Hugh. Why, sho will live to a green old
age, for the Leytons and their kin never die
young, unless unless they die before they
get old."
He smiled at his own words, then struck
his steed with tho spurs, and galloped on to
Passaic.
At tho inn ho paid the landlord somo
money then said good-bye, and rode away
never to return as John Dreski, tho Swedo
and agent of John Clymer, or Master John.
It was not long after his departure from
Drearimoor that a young man came to the
mansion, and sought Vivien, who started
when sho saw him.
" Vivien, who was that man?" he asked,
in an excited manner.
"What hlnh,Kirk?"
"Why, tho one who Just left Drearimoor.
He was riding down the hill as I left a
short timo ago, and 1 tarried to see how long
ho would tarry here, lb, Vivien, pardon
my inquisitiveness, but I did not liko his
bearing though I saw it from a distance.
Ho rode just as old Hugh Leyton used to
ride up and down the Passaic, on his chest
nut horse, and for a moment I thought it
was Hugh's ghost."
Vivien, who was listening seriously,
laughed when her lover had finished, and
then told him all about John Dreski's visit.
"And you sent by him a letter to your
Cousin John t" asked tho young man, with
a smile on his countenance,
"I did, and I trust he will think kindly
of us, when he reads it."
"Here is the letter," said tho youth, draw
ing two pieces of parchment from his bosom.
"See our mail carrier has torn it, and the
pieces are well soaked with water."
Vivien's face became quite pale, as she
reached forth a trembling hand for the mu
tilated letter, which she at once recognized.
"Where did you get them, Kirk?" she
asked, with eagerness.
"Let me tell you," he suid. "I saw your
visitor depart, and a strange, unconqucrablo
curiosity made me follow him. Ho rode
along the river's bank, and all at once ho
came to a halt. Then, in the light of the
moon and the stars, he opened and read
your letter, tore it atwain, threw the pieces
into the water, nnd resumed his journey. I
went down to tho water's edge, nnd found
your letter already flung back upon the
shoro by the waves. How surprised I was,
Vivien, you may imagine. I watched tho
man as far as I could sec him, and then
eamo hither to tell you about my dis
coveries." A minute's silence followed Kirk Oar
dyn's Inst Word.
"Oh, Kirk, what do vou think all this
means?" asked Vivien, with frightened
face.
"That man, in the first place, is not John
Dricski, and, in the second, he is John
Clymer.,'
"Cousin John Clymer?" echoed Vivien,"
"Yes: and I believe him to be a bad man
a verybadman, Vivien."
"Why eamo houot In his true character?'
she asked.
"It did not suit tho hated role he is play
ing. As John Dreski, he can play the part
of the spy, and plan according to the state of
affairs nt Drearimoor. Oh, Vivien, I fear
something dreadful is going to happen
here," and the young physician took the
girl's hand. "But I will soon be nearer
than ever to you, for, to-morrow, please God,
in this old house, we will be mademth and
wifc,and then let this bad man come between
us, if ho dare."
"Yes, yes, Kirk, let him tear Drearimoor
from me then 1 1 will possess a fortune worth
to me, more than a thousand such estates."
He looked with pride into the glowing
face that nestled in the hollow of his arm,
and kissed Vivien's forehead before ho step
ped from her side,
"Where are you going," she nsked.
"I shall ride to Passiac yet to-night," he
answered. "John Clymer is there, and If
he knows that we are to have a wedding
here to-morrow, he will need watching."
So the twain parted, and Kirk Oardyn
rode to tho village to learn that the man
calling himself John Dreski, had departed
several hours before in the direction of
Trenton.
"No fear for to-night, then," said the
young doctor, and so he retired to his apart
ments, and fell asleep.
Vivien did not remain awake long after
her lover's departure.
His revelations had startled her: but the
events of the morrow occupied her mind,
and it was not long before she had forgotten
her unexpected visitor, and was sleeping on
her couch, with the September moonbeams
on her face.
By-and-by clouds obscured the face of the
moon, and the queen of night did not see
the dark figure that entered tho sleeping
girl's boudoir, through the window that
looked upon the lovely Passiac
Three minutes sped away, and then the
figure emerged from tho house, and dron
ed from the roof of the veranda like a cat.
There was silence beyond the window his
hands had raised; it was an ominous silence,
not broken by the hoofs of the black borro
that bote a burly man along the batiks of
the rivoT,
The horseman knocked at tho door of the
tillage inn, and roused tho host, who ad
mi tied him and stabled the black horse.
Onco in his room, tho night-rider looked
in the old fashioned mirror, and satv the re
flections of a cold, stony face, furnished With
iron-gray side-whiskers nnd a moustache.
He soon retircdj and once, after his head
had pressed the pillows, alow, triumphant
laugh rippled over his lips.
The next morning there Was lerribla cx
citemcnt at Drearimoor, for Vivien Vale
was dead.
CHAPTER II.
THB anOST THAT UASTBR JOnN SAW.
Yes, the beautiful mistress of Drearimoor
was dead I
Bo at least tho servants said, who gazed
through tears upon the whitenod face! and
Kirk Oardyn, hastily summoned from Pas
saic, after nuinorous medical experiments,
prononuced her spiritless fit only for the
vault of the Leytons.
Dj al on her wedding-day, and a maiden
still 1
The young doctor, who loved dovotcdly,
could not but associate Vivien's sudden tak
ing off with tho visit of ilia pretended John
Dreski to tho mansion. But when he came
to the conclusion, quite reluctantly, as tho
reader may suppose, that Vivien had died
I suddenly, with a diseaso of the heart, his
beliel was somewhat shaken, if not entirely
I destroyed.
I John Clymer was now master of Drcari-
I moor, and the servants, as they prepared for
I the burial on tiptoe, talked in whispers
I about Master John. When would ho come?
and what kind of a man was he? There
were some who recollected him from years
, gone by, and those said that ho was a stern
I man who did not care for anything save
money if it could bo hoarded for the feast
of the miser's vision.
; Kirk Gardyn returned to Passaic discon
solate and haggard looking ; and it was
whilo seated at his window almost opposite
tho inn, that ho saw the landlord's lato
guest.
I "There he is now. I" ho cxclaimed,spring'
ing to his feet. "John Dreski has been
transmogrified into Master John."
I A miuute later ho had crossed the narrow
street, and was inquiring at tho door of the
inn for John Clymer. " I am the man,1
said the midnight guest, coming forward,
" Do you wish to speak to me ?"
The doctor scrutinized the man as he eamo
forward, and he knew that he was Hugh
Loyton's nephew ; for he had the old tory's
walk and his bearing. The features did not
relax when Master John was informed of
affairs nt Drearimoor, and he said s
" Death is not a rcspector of persons, I be
lieve. I regret my cousin's death and so
i near her marriage, too I I shall go down bo
' foro tho funeral ; but not to-day ,for It would
look hasty in me tho new master of the
property to visit there to-day."
He did not permit the doctor to enter into
a conversation with him, but bade him
superintend tho burying, and call on him
for nsettlemenlofall expenses. Kirk Gardyn
left him as ho had found him aman, yet a
riddle, a sphinx.
The day that found Vivien silent and
still in her bondoir, was a dreary ono for
September. During tho forenoon a mist fell
from the gray clouds, and the air was chilly
and for tho time, exceedingly damp. John
Clymer kept his room at the inn, and the
doctor flitted like a sorrowful spectre between
the village and Drearimoor. He could not
be absent from the sweet face of the almost
bride, whom the tender hands of tho house
maids had clad in her white robes i yet his
practice compelled him to spend come time
in Passaic.
The servants were longing to see Master
John, and when it was known that he was
so near the village, their curiosity increased,
and it was with difficulty that they could be
pursuaded to remain at their posts.
At last the dreary day closed, and the
clouds broke in the south, and let the light
of the moon again fall upon the earth.
Master John smiled when he saw this,
and ordered his horse,
" I may not be back till morning," he
said, to the host i " for I am going down to
my estate."
" Yes, his estate j for was not the beauti
ful Vivien dead, and he now master.of old,
Revolutionary Drearimoor ?
He spoke with new-born pride,as it were,
and dashed away quite gaily, never dream
ing that he was leaving the quiet village
for tho last time.
The moon was not far above the horizon
when ho left the inn, and as he mde ou, it
crept higher, while the cIouds,drivcn north
ward by a southern wind, passed liko spec
tres across the silvery disc
He gradually left the river, and galloped
over the road that would soon land him be
fore the great old house which he now called
his.
He had reached a point in the road where
atood a huge wooden cross, erected by an
English regiment over tho gruvo of an Irish
major, when his horse suddenly pricked up
his ears, and gave a snort of terror. Master
John was startled, and looked towards tbo
cross to behold an object that paled his fiice,
and seemed to freece the blood In bis veins.
Among the bushes which had grown over
the grave, and almost directly beneath the
northern arm of the cross, stood what thu
frightened man called "The ghost of Vivien
Vale," A ghostly ilguro It was; nnd the
pale moonlight that fell upon it, rendering
it rather Indistinct, but the more phantom
like, caused Muster John to tremblo like a
murderer suddenly confronted by his crime
in ghostly shape.
But for a moment he looked upon the
spectre then he struck his steed with his
spurs, and flew down the road, never casting
a single look behind. He seemed to believe
that clow upon his horse's heels followed
the epectro of Vivien Vale) and no rein was
drawn until his steed recking with sweat,
dashed into tho front yard of Drearimoor,
and almost shook him from the saddle.
His ft co was white, and lie started when
tho voice of Kirk Gardyn fell upon his ear
aye, started like the guiltiest of men.
Mr, Clymer, you hnvo been pursued?"
said tho doctor, half inquisitively.
Master John turned,
"Is It coming?" ho cried In accents of
terror.
"It? what?"
" The ghost that I saw at the major's cross
the ghost of Vivien Vale."
Kirk Gardyn caught tho arm of Mastor
John.
" Go up stairs and see her," he said.
Trembling still, John Clymer obeyed) but
the bier was empty.
" She is gone I" ho cried.
"Guno? impossible I"
The next moment the young doctor was
staring at the empty bier.
Yes, tho beautiful Woman was gone; and
tho most intenso excitement reigned at
Drearimoor, But it was of brief duration)
lor ono of the hunters found Vivien Vale
wandering in tho vicinity of the soldier's
grave, and Master John glided from tho
eight of her, and took his black horse from
tho stables.
"Sho awoko from the trance Into which I
threw her last night, and glided from tho
house while wandering in her mind. It is
no uso to fight for Drearimoor longer. Tho
next thing that I know, will boa knowledge
of my arrest. Good-by, old place. Doctor,
you may marry the girl that John Clymer
could not kill,"
Away he rode, and when morning came
he was far away.
Vivien Vale, having shaken offthe effect
of the subtle drug which Master John had
administered to her whilo sho slept, was
watched by her lover, and tho servants were
talking with smiles on their faces, about the
"ghost" which had frightened tho wicked
nephew of Hugh Lcyton.
I know that Master John returned to
Sweden, where ho died in the service of
Charles XIV and that Vivien, as tho lov
ing wife of Kirk Gardyn, remained mistress
of Drearimoor, which to-day though tho
old mansion has given place to a new one
is in possession of her descendents.
Thus I have told the"0host8tory,"which
you may hear on the banks of the Passala
to-day.
Reforms.
The inclination to effect reforms is one
well worthy of cultivation. But, like all
things else, reformation may be carried to a
ridiculous, even dangerous, extreme.
There can be no doubt that many of the
croakers over the vices, follies, and Injustice
of the ago aro mainly actuated by a desire to
promote their own ends. Still as there can
Le no denial of the inequality and conse
quent misery to be found in the present form
of society, nor of the necessity of removal,
the only question is concerning the means
and practicability.
If reform is practicable let It be effected,
but too much should not be attempted at
once, nor should reformers show too much
disregard to the rieliti nnd opinions of
others, nor paticularly pride themselves up
on the fire and zeal they exhibit. Over
zeal excites persecution : and tho age of
martyrdom is passed. No man may now
hope to gain Ins ends, or to form a party, by
going through a process of tribulation, nor
by even dying at the stake. Party zeal,
sectarianism, aro of nil things to be eschewed
It is certain that chango is not always re
form ) and it may be better to suffer acknow.
ledged evils, while endurable, than tn risk
what we have good in ellbrta at their re
moval. That which has stood tbo test of
centuries, to which people have become ac
customed, and which is interwoven with the
very body of their thoughts, should not be
lightly changed.
The institutions of our fathers, In which
we have grown up, though tinctured some
what with evil, should bo gently dealt with,
and witli caution ami deep thoughtfulness
should we substitute for them our uutirtd
exticrimcnts.
In the attempt to shun present evil, we
may encounter greater correcting the poli
tical and moral views of our ancestors, wo
riek accumulatine: evil for our own posterity.
The age is already too little conservative)
and, although wo would not lay a pebble in
the rood of genuine reform, yet we feel con
strained to Miso our voice in earnest opposi
tion to mere problematical schisms.
Civilization, as human nature. Is progres
sion, slow and gradual one generation im
proving on another, not tiy rapm, ncau-iong
!ea, but with a slow and uinful progress.
Whilo this constant progress indicates
something yet wrong in the constitution of
society, its slowness also shows amemdments
difficult. There are so many sources of er
ror, w many conflicting opinions, so many
grades of ability, human nature is so very
fallible, that the very best and wisest of re
formers themselves cannot agree upon the
changes they advocate.
How, then, must it be with the mstea,
for whose benefits these reforms are designed
when even their doctors disagree?