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XSYS AT LAW.—Mace, (loner of HAM and
Pine St.. oprkelte,Dr. Porter's Drug Store.
R. RNOCHAN,
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NET AT LAW TM y. P. Collekions
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• LAw. 011ice—Mercurs Block, next ; door
to Express Odice, Towanda, Pa. -
jlyl7-7a..- - 1 .
DR* .
S. M. WOODRETR ', Physi
cian and Surgeon. °Mee over O. A. Black'ti
('rockery store. '
Towanda. May: i. 187'21y*.
WOOD k SANDER,S,O . N . ,
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ATTORNEYS AT LA*.
TowAND.A.
AS. WOOD. Daayl.7.)• .INO. F. SANDERSON
VOYLE & ' . .IcPHER SON, Anon
yrys Ltiv,
prompt atsetittou tr, all 'matters'igrusletl to the tr
rhargr. 9mb:ins' Court bualnel, a specialty.
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DIIS. ,
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1.1,,i,..i. andlittrgewns, Office 011 . 1 . lir.
Porter & 'Son', Drug Slum Towanda. hi.
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ATTARN EY AT LAW.
Anril 1, 1m7:1. i , Tow.t,,v.t. PA.
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GEoRGE , IV. BRINK, Justice of
Ito, Peace and Conveyancer. Al-ti in..uranee
Azent. Leitaysvillt , . Pa. F
Marill 1.-. ,, 7. ! :
D. L. DOIISON,DEN'fIST.
3 •On and :ate ' r Sept 21. mac he found in the
.1
elegant new roams nit '2 ntl flcor i.i Dr. Prat C,< lIVIV
otnee on State It re,:l. Itio.lnos.,,on,ited. .
Sept. 3-71tf. • . I
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IT' B. NELLY, I)i2iTl l T.—Oftice .
T . over, M. E. itosehlitAl's. Towanda-I'a.
Teeth Itoertell on Golil.,i{tr,i'er, Rublier. alyl Al.
Ulll3lllllll int. 4., • Teeth extrich.:a without yalTc:-
pi.: ET & AX I, ES.
Arron,NEY., Ay L A W
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AyH. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY
• AT LAW,'WYALUSING, Win attrqui
to all tiu,lne, entrusted to . 104 care In Itraciffird,
suilivan and WyTiiing Office 'with
['crier,
M=EIM
~ N NEcTl4:cr MUTUAL. LIFI.:I.Y.sui:ANri:
c():%IPANY.
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N Nl'.l'. VT T. TttwANh.l. ' Miving
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p•re4 heo eb-paiti t er.hip, offer their 'proft , lutti;l
7trvie. th,ritt,lie. :-1,-ehtl tit tet.t given tb
tie.: in the I ifpliaii't .Itegt.b-rh
E. 1)% taltri I : 7 0 1 t. E
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TEI'T N . l) '1;111.1)1:12-; w1 , 1n , • 1 to infortn
vitizens of Towanda :tint 11111111 v. that Wlll
11:trticular attention to draninr:.lan,..
and ..p.4.4tientions for all manner of building,. prir
:111.1 11111:111% , !...•ol.rintendel.,.. given for rea....
vonpeo,atioit: I Mir. . rrskt•ytire N. E.
~./otior of St•ooniCaint Ellaplo•th
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Lankat irto hi.
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is 1 6 :1. Toath .1111a1 - pt:'.r.
loo"iolf.r nit!' pule Gnld ("it. sl-kind, o t
ta,,,.! • :m.l•cris3li - rd at the I.,ro•N't rata. and unr.
11, 11111 , 11 adarttl•a • d ("tlf,tmEt)
l'l. %71:S. n, a nt-w :tyle of lnew. for nrtlfiehal teeth
fur the few that moy
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11.021 State fit.
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I In. t Kali:M(11(m of a
pF,NERAL BANK ING 13VSINESS
IN;11.1:1 - 27 1 , i•Aii),IN4I,I.N. ‘ccf,i:tltS.-4;
li7lrEE'3ll.:m
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1' irt ‘‘Aslilikik to r.F.N I) 31 , !N1 - :1" part of
Stat(; , '. }:ligland. 1 n•land, srothtwi, nr
I!tz• and I.?wx!s: of E.lroir., .3t1111•1,
rlntfte: f r tluit
PA : , .'S.I G E TIeN ETS
7. rnilll Ili , :OM I din Iry Lc 111,1,1•••1 .
I AnILIF , OVER AT 111 IZATE,
H ighe:4 'price paid for U. S., Bonds,
Gold :110 Silver.
0,71 N .NV
Pre,illeht
4)\' - HoDNEY A. METterit
tiV ERT9N MERCUR.
. A:nous EY:-: AT LAW.
(.1 11'1,1 . N(' r 114. , ntailye, ore;
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y AT Tolt N CorNs:LORS-AT-L
I rtv,r Damao'; Starr_ Toicalula,
J. A N - Dll EW WILT,IC\I.\IAXWE!J
{3l:‘Y musullcti In e'riunti4
1.
.iENTIP XTED!
A
.1t tin rah: (irk i, uon selling, it hill attain a
' iT • sale of
lir 7`;D111:1) TITOUSANI)
Itt•for, the eanal . a.s, 1. remplete. 'Presbyterian min.
h•ters without charge, or thcr....: • in tit health who
wish to regain tt by open air--44crelses teachers,
students. laymen: and "them who de ire to obtain
ineratlve citiplopnent in a respi•etahle occupation,
:tr,- solicited to ,apply for turnaTiley to sell
'fru: lIISTOR'i orSnt
TnrOrr...norT TIIF. Wontr..-
.1 I .v , e..i - `.nl lane Octaxo vantl. e, I.lll4.slta•.ALlnilL
and Wood. tngravinv, -whk,b
eery Pry
lean amity will smut to pcses.s. Arp:icrAou 14r
ctixtullire.ienitory, ch..% stimatre-auae
s'Ass e writ e t 14152 4
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65.00 1 76.00
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3EST ASLiORTMENT OF ANY
14, 0 C K
TowANDA,
OUTSIDE OF NEW _ YORK 1
ellAillS,
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T4,wand:t.
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A COMPLETE ASSORTMENTOF
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I'EnIZY.
VE LV
S I 25.000
50.000
tf yon' are in nrril of :myth ing in hr tine of r
N. N. It ETT. Jac.
Cnvllfi•r
TOW ANDA A.
C tuay67s
8. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXV,
L Q 'hod k Com
SPRING OF 1875:-
Are
now merle ,
lug Shell . usual sup.
pay
of Hoods tot te SPritil
Trade,
make, a full Huers nd, °their
of
' the best furniture to
be found lu
any
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MARKET IN TM'. WORLD
We have lu t.tock
a i
1
OVER TWO .11UND1iED
c 111 11 1; I.: - s 17 ;.4
Fro* tAm-4-9430(kinakilig the
Largest mat
HOUSE
El
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While 'our at. , •ortltielit of
BEA I i5TE.1.1):.4,
UUREA
ST_INDS.
1;))I"\6}1~, .Il'.,
PARLOR SUITS.,
HAIR cLoTH,
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SILK GOODS
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ALWAYS' IN STorli, OR
;NoTo:E.
iaking..you will find tn.
11E %4T gs 4
I3EST GOODS,
. AND
CONES.' P 1 C,E 8",
===
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ifiriteitiondier.. - ne are selling goods clear, for
cash.
GIVE Us A CALL.
J. 0. FROST, & SONS,
M'in Street
gclerild Ociefte.
. .:..•~..-..•va5.t........w-.r..v~w~v~..'.....n.~.;
High hopes that burn like stars sublime.
Go down the 'Heaven of YreedotO;
And true hearts perish In the time
We bitterest do need them
Bat never sit we down and say
There's noWng lett but sorrow:
We walk the wilderness to.day,
TheTromised Land to-merrow.
out bit& of Song am silent how,
-There are no flowers blooming;
'let lite beats in the Aleut bough.
And Freedom's spring caning:
And Freedmit's time comes up ulway
Though we only strand in sorrunt
And our good hark, aground today,
Shall float again to.monow..
Taro' all the hug. dark night of years
The people's cry ascendent,
And earth irywet with blood and tents:
But our weak suffetunce etoteth
The few shall not forever sway,
•
- The many toll in sorrowt . -
The bars of hell are strong to-ilay,-
Rat Chrl all Fib(' to•IllorrOVf.
•
Tito' hearts brood o'er the past. our eyes
With sinning futures glisten;
Vur. It. the 'law it bursts up the skies
Leau (nit your souls and listen
The woria rolls Freedom's radiant wPy.
And ripens with her PORI:IV , :
Take" heart !,ttlio hear the .:roSs
shall tryar the crow.. to-utoriott.
P. 'Youth ILline•Aminiest, '414 aspire.
With energies Immortal:
To many a lutvetrof desire.
Par yearning opes a portal,'
ml thongli Age wearies by the way.
• Alla hearts break in the Furrow.
graki toTAay.
The harvest comes ft-morrow.
ItutM up lien,le I v s , and all
like a slleallien sabre.-
Heady to Ha-ehout at find's
0 chivalry of labor !
'Triumph and Fall are to II ; and aye
Joy t uns the cloud. or M -, 00w:
And 't 1., the tnarctyrdom
Brings victory tonionow.
THE DEATH-CRY.
1 was 'in the act of asking that
question, so important to myself,
"‘Are there any letters for the Rev.
ling iWAlton Y" at what I may call
the "Poste Restate " of the Char
ing Cross
_Hotel, and at the same
time 'preparing myself to. wait pa
tientlywhile pigeon hole D was being
looked through, when I heard behind
me a yoke I knew... That richest
and most musical tone in the world
—English cultivation on an Irish
crown', not an Irish . brogue: when
will our English friends learn the
difference .between the tiro ?—was
unmistakable. I should have known
who the speaker was even if he had
16t deseemled Upon me, of course
clapped me on the back, and called
out , Ihigh, o w f e ll o w, what brings
von here r _
Hunger." I said. ••and a - desire
for lily letters." A paeket was pre
,elite(l to the as I spoke.
NM
•• Why do, you let bores write to
you when You're out for a lark ? I
wouldn't do it. Breakfast; .did yoit
say? right—breaktitst with me;
I have such a jolly party here, told
were all going - _ over, to Ireland, to
Bandlestown, my boy. to-morrow
morning. When tip you go?"
Tight."
:- \Vait. for—u--;- - . - v - oil inay_as_welk
anti It willl Tie - twice the fun; and re
inembe. yo i spend_,ChriApas at the
_Manor; lint of; course my mother
and Nomalt lave ydil . booked already.
Come alo - n; ; never mind yourletters
now. 1 in ist introduce you to my
friends."
ItocKERS,
I zave u
_ my . id:tits to his. and the
second mohing , after our chance
ineetiug. fo i und us all together at a
rather ea* breakfast in a private
room of thi. She!bourne
fly 0-4.11,1 ' Ilebry.. or, to call
him by his more familiar name, Mar
ry O'Neill. was the life of the party,.
and to, good spirits nature had C 119.-
11ed hituto add the attractions of a
handsomeface and person. Ilis un
conquerabreslove of fun and the gni
et good-breediwz with which, beeom-'.,
hi!! grave in a moment, he met and:.
answered complaints and smoothed ,
all difficulties. quite won over twd:
elderly doWagers, who were strongly
inclined to resent having been obliged;
to - get up in time for a nine o'clock
breakfast after their long journey chi
the previous day. These ladies had
never been in Ireland before, .and
they fully expected to meet " Rory of
the Hills" upon the staircase about
ready to Make a raid upon the lug
gage, and to see a "Head Center,' : '
.
with a pistol at full cock, looking in
at every window.
1'1." USH,
Henry O'Neill, Esq., of
townHandles
w Manor s l was a ovutleman of
good family and tolera-7 5 kgoOd for
tune in the county Antrim, a de,
scendant of the o!.Neills of the Red
Haml, and in appearance no unwor
thy sllion- of that princely house. He
had been educated at Harrow, : and
by his own desire he went to Ox
where. 1 believe, he vas not distin
guished for anything but niscular-
I suppose it is wrong to say un-ChriS
tianity. And yet Ido not think he
was more pagan' in his ideas and con
duct than were the majority:' of
cotemporaries. His. father died_he.._
fore he was-of--age,- Inut 4:o •
the_guard iaushipof - his mother, _the
Lady Mary O'Neill ; and he was noW,
at four-and-twenty, engdo - b ed, to his
cousin, Norah Fitzgerald, the daugh
ter of, his father's only sister. 'Norah
was an - j orphan, and, for an Irish girl;
an heiress. lkiresses in the , Emer
ald Isle are not so plentiful as blaek
berries.'
Froni the time Norah came to Rah
dlestown Lady „Mary set her heart
upon the match, and- • she watched
with pleasure the little girl's groWing
affection for her handsome rousih.
I cannot:say that when he asked No
rah to be. his wife Harry did not
make himself. as happy as • he made
,hismother ;'but circumstances, whieh
I may perhaps be able to explain
more fully by-andiby, 'convinced .me
that he was not in love with the
beautiful and gentle' (Art who had
given to him her whole heart. The
engagement. had now lasted some
years, for Harry did not wish to mar-.
ry until he 'was twenty-five, and when.
Lind him so imevpeetedly in titindou
he still waltrte4v - faw- months -91 that
age.- . beta abroad lot Ex*
- he vas* that- igainit.ltiek . ts
101144 1 1th Mite litikfiWitillpit
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AND
14164 m.
ESE
TODAY LID Twos", Ow.
Jlt.rocey
iielerted .Moro.
A TALI: (EV TilF.
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TOWANDA, BRAD ORD COUNTY, PA. O TRURSDAY S.ORNING, MAY 13 ) 115
Lie, lae i )
itand4
I lir
yt Christmas as a bachelor at
astown Manor.
,
I not particularly describe all
,
- _ .
the! thembets of the ' p arty; it! eon-
Sisted lof some :young men and wcw
men and. the two timid !doWitgers
before mentioned. One of these ladies
:Was a widow without encumbrance, -
iin old friend of Ludy Mary's,! Mrs.
.I;estnge by nante; the other+-and
to he I noticed that young O'Neill ra ec
vas s ially attentive-- r was 'al Mrs.
! Loma -, and she was encumbered by
.a hag ome girl, her daughter . , Ade
laide. I had never, before seen so
hands( mei woman. I did not like
;her, e‘ en from the first moment of
.!eur iitnadtiction, :but hetelahns to
'beauty could - not he denied by her
. .13 . 1"evtet enemy. ',She
! was ;dark
!skinned and dark-haired, and she had.
dark brown eyes with long `black
lashes ; eyes - which were often Inmin;
:pus and languishing, . sometimes
Inournfully pathetiei• but never ten
der. I. , llave heard women declare
:that she had ii heart; but their- were
.wrongl • That useful organ was not
`wanting—but although it might be
iitirred by 7 (I- wild storm of passion,
.love—gentle; - tender,- self-saerifieTW
love—l could not give it credit for
'ititerifeeling or inspiring. ! !
O'Neill told me that he had met
.Nlrs,LOniax — trtal=her (laughter at
:Illaden; —MN, Lomax reinembered
ihaviir; knolsn the young Man's
It, ,
,'mother; Lady Mary was reminded
of bet! old acquaintance by fetter;
the
.intimaj - 4_prospered,-and - reSulted
: i in a cordial-inyitation to mother and
,daughter to spend their Christinas in
!ilrehual. :' [.
Forming my opinion upon all sub
jects clonneeted with this and other
:matters from my own observations
:only, I judged that. if left to herself,
firs. ii i
,oluax would have declined the
invita ion. I could see that she had
a horror of Ireland,- and that altho'
;she lil l .ed O'Neill, see had no 4lesire
to haVe hint for a son-in-law. lint if
:the mtl titer's wishes were clear to me,
so' we , a the daughter's. : 1
'Lomax had strong, opuions
nost subjects, but lespeFially
were her opinions: upon all
s ivhich concerned herself.
have lid doubt whatevey that
llis
upon
stronf_
subjec
awl I
stet] oi)on the aeceptatice of
she ii
vaanon; neither haw. T 1 an 3
that she had deternalnedlupon
ptivathin and subjugation, of
O'Neill, and I s* that the
to tried to resist her countless
the ii
,doubt
the
Itarr3
more
oils-anal, to do him ju,tice.
ME
(lid try lrts•iVC resisL
the more ohstimitely did she
lie so
tanee
set h rself to conquer him, and day
,bv cla n - she had the -triumph ofJr.
jgrain-
• •
ing gTound. . 1
•019 how coulilih he unfaithful to
I .
:that sweet promised wife of hisi .who
Nvateh i cd him wistfully as e \IV hour
after tie arrival of the party atilt:in
dlestown he 'bectune more and 'more
visibly entangled in the S11:111...S Of the
dark4yed Adelaide?
lei have; certainly strangely etas
/1
Alt..' .la arts Mid - fancies, and nO one
i eapah e of jtidgmcnt on such 'matters
could have 'Mistaken O'Neill's j state
of nd ul the morning we :all IFeak
fastec to , rether in_Dublin. He Waced
himself geside the beautiful 'English
. girl ; he biA_My-oppoitunity otjwhis-
-perilig to her those wonis whieh ex
press j so_ little . but which mean so
Fmuchw and .if
. she turned' from him
.but—fOr a minUctit4e would , raie - On.-
J ,
_n___,.-- ;
hei- - With what' sonte one has so!torm
-14, tr also coarsely, called "hungry
loverTs eyes ;" and I am ;quite sure
that he would at that mouent—Ltutio:
mantic and j prosaic nine a. m.! as l it
•Imve giVen a •good ten years of
EOM
}fe if 110 conild, by any gleans,
fair. linve got, rid of all those
peoph}‘.- - myself included. his
friends and guests. and then
his 1
foul
stupi
deq r
here haii.e, triwl tA) «iu tii'W
anti t i
man
'or 11i4 (;11.11
It, as tue . grad's of our earthly
iist; rart open at oUr si!le, he
liti
pant(
lotliing for it but to cat a good
UZI
. .
breal (list, and to exert himself tofhe
agreable by talking of exerYtlibig,
Unite the silo except that of 'which',
his li lift anti head were full. ! :
Ili. began by propOsing tliei delay!
of a ;clay in our journey. ' ..
•
"What do you say.Lomas;
Mrs.
and :on. ladies all—shall we Stay in
Duh in until to-morrow. and 'devote
to-d. y to the lions? ,We have- noth;
t.
inn , o frighten' you on the shores of
Loulkh Neagh but the Banshee, and
she howls and appears on e State mea l ..
sion. only." • i ,
nil they are :» said Miss Lo',
max
.•
(When Mlle of us, the 07Neills, i
know, a r re going to die. Or even
line' misfortune is going to.hap
she givOs a squeak or two; just to
is know slie is thele. I never
I 1 ,.
1 her irirself, but my mother, nd
•ousin—Norali swear they 'did."
Ind did anything happen ?"
broke my arm at Harrow . , that's
Should you be afraid:; of her,
• Lomax ?" he added., love rind
•oice.as men have a, trick of do
vhen they are, or when they fan
.
iemselVes, in love. 1 . _
you
if s
Ipen,
let I
Lca I
HIS
all.
Ali.,
Ili,
ing
(.3 . t
Jf all things it is the (imam Of
ife to hear the Banshee.l - ;
---- Iwondered, Had she ever heard - 0
the ; Banshee till that moment? J
"J must not wish to be
ln) ever," she added—and now hers
was. the lowered voice—':for My
gratification might mean harm to
Coffee, Sir?" said a waiter at llfir
elbow ; :and by the, time he had
:ped himself: Miss Lomax; having
ished her breakfast; ! was leaving
room with her - mother.
.13- pretty, gentle, = little ~Norah !
may call her mine now that the e
of which I write has receded in
the dim and distant background
pur lives which we call the past.
.t mine'she never wag, unless ley
herwith all my heart Made'hey
tin reality she was nothing to ine,
a I was less than nothing to her.
'
riend, perhaps, which is less than
hing to a man who (would be 'all
all. Probably I came neat in her
: mationto her favorite hPrge and:
- pet dog, the giant NewfOundland
: t attended her in her walks. '
Ye - arrived in clue time at the;
nor, and I - was beyond Irheasnre:
-- 1
. 01,1 S that Xorah should look *elf
of " very best i " as the saying is--;
en- she was - inttoduced to jaer bie .
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Her usually pretty color - had fiided;
Into that gray, leaden hue which ins
variably ' denotes fight or nervous
agitation OtsOme find. Ste . waE'i . ,,ot
a singularly` nervous and
,eititablq
temperament, - and - her': manner ,Wati
awkward And consttained. , I noticed
that when -Miss I.LOmax Was intro
duce& by - O'Neill to -"l'My cousin;
Miss •FitzgeraldP her arched eye;
broivs went up; an 4 the faintest.
sible expression of icontempt passed
'over her • beautiful face. Did she
think the pale, timid looking girl top
`insignificant Ici be' a rival? ..I took
:for granted' that she i Waa Aware of the
- Cngageinentbetween o',Ncill and hiS
"cousin; but if so, she never made
'evenn jesting allusi4n to It...._illie, _
Was -.one thing I *sure she not
know, and that wat that
,if Harry
;went in any wayagamst his mother's
'wishes in the matter of his marriage`i
'she had power to leav, e Randlestowit•
away from him. The property was
nominally, but not detually, his %IWO
his mother . lived. Knowing these
facts, I was doubly - nXious • for No;
rub's future; Barry would probably
fulfill his engageme t, and make het
miserable - . .. -- - - •
..
Meanwhile the ; ;days passed, on.
(..,'hristmas was sp`c it with unusual
;gayety ; -Norah gra tunn_ recovered
:her looks and spirit. ; a nd when she
asked hiM, with a took I could not,
~
have resisted,. "Shitil I walk or skate
to-day,..lfarry ?" he! answered: 'Do
just aS;:;yoit like,"j So she turned
away with a little sigh, and did not
do as she liked. forishe did not .staY.
)with him. ' ]' 1.
''''' The short Jantiary day Was over,
atid we were retqfiing home at a
brisk pace by the: light of the cold',
frosty-lookingstar4 The darkness,
;and the clear, bracing air, had an in
vigorating and tilivening abet upon
us, for we talked 4al laughed as ire`
;had not done wluin we caild see each
other's faces clearly; even Norah
has in good spirits.and I was Very
happy, for she-Walk ‘cl with her hand
; upon my arm. • .13i: suddenly, as ave
Were. passing throu ,l rli .a dark part of
the long avenue, oq• gay voices and
laughter were ,eheeked by the une.,i
pected sound . of a long, low, and
melancholy cry ; it aroSe upon a wild.
wailing note almost to a shriek; and
then died out again'.
.Norah dropped my arm, and she
Would have fallen ihad I • not been
quick enough to catch tier.
" The Banshee ! the Banshee ! "
she; moaned. " Oli do you not hear
Lim ? My God, What is going to
happen now ?" . .
" What is it?". cried the other la
dies '' as they : and the gentlemen
crowded around: . Us. • " What doeS
Miss Fitzgerald say r H ,
•' Oh. nothing,?: I replied ; • but a
cry like- that at night coming stiddeii
ly—" ~. _ I . . • , 1 '
1
As I spoke tic. wild wail roSo
again. It seemed quite close to ifs.
now. and appeaKal to be moving on.
This time NoraWdid not speak; she
had fainted. I e:arried her tenderly
to the house. anct just on the -steps
we met two of , ',the skating partA
O'Neill and Misi . 3 I,:amax, returning
:done from their peasure.
. .
" What has hdppencd?" tried 'Har
ry on seeing imperfectly by the faint
light - that I ':carried something.
" What is it, obi fellow ? - Any one
been stealing sheeq?"::
- I brushed pas : I into the MI ~
hall; the — otherscrowl ' .. •---1 8 e , ;
he was at tl ' • :,i
-" - tr conglithas fahrted." I said
, •
them shortly 'enough; "she heard
that unearthly cfry just now which is
supposed to be;: the Bansheesone
pmetical. joke, if 'course. yon
hear. nothing ? i bid you meet no
OThe ?"
\Vhat nonsil,e!" he muttered
But a sudden and rapid exchange of
glances passed between him and :Nl*
Lomax; and I . `.at.. once remembered
having heard heyboasttliat she could
imitate perfectly any voice or cry or
call which shg had herself either
heard or heard imitated by another.
Was there, theri, :ink• connection be.
tween her and thelllanshee's ery L
'Twelfth day pas l sed, and then;With
the exception Of -.11r5.-and Miss Lo
max, the guests left the Manor. They,
lingered on and on, until I lost !all
patience; but. , .lsing patience Of
course hurt no@n but myself. I was
provoked, too, shalt no - one Would sift
to the bottom the mystery of the cry
'which had
,so terrified. poor,- gentle;
timid little Soripi. Lady Mary
Poolt-.phooea the whole thing as if it
was fancy on , her niece's part. ;I
l could not make Myself officious n
the matter. And presently the Ob
ject was forgotten except by Me, and,
am sure, by Norah also; but I nev-
er spoke of WO her.
Before I, too; l4ft the Manor, after`
my long Christ Mas visit, for my
lodgings in the village I had another
: mysterious, circumstance think
about. I must,, before I brieil 7 relate
this new mystery , describe the pOsi
tion of the bedrooms' in the' Manor .
- They were many in number,
and they opened Upon one side of a
-
very long gallery; on the othet Side
there,was a halUstrade, over. which
. yolvottldilook,down into the haini-
Hsome hall beldW.i O'Neill had a suit
of rooms uponAlie.gronnd floor; my
room was at the - end of the gallery,
and. my door. would face any pile
walking along the gallery from :the
staircase. linving been over the
house a hundaid (times, I knew that
the door next to mine led into
small boudoir: , or dressing-room out
of , which a b'edjroorn opened, which
bed-room had also a sscond floor
opening on thii gallery; and I knew
that boudoirlind bed-room had been
appropriated to Miss Lomax by La
dy Marfa . ordtr.
Upon the•-hist night, of my Visit.,
not . feelin . g tol sleep, I Went
'down stairs again to read in; the
brary,- when the rest of our iiurty
had all, as I believed, gone to their ,
rooms for the night. It was I one
o'clock Tien I at length began to
feel sleepy; so I then went softly up
stairs. Upon reaching the gallery,
however, all desire for sleep vanish
ed, for—l was now facing the iloor
of my own room, remember r —tO my
utter amazement, I saw O'Neil
emerge from the door of the bcindoir..
He was careful to.eloSe it noiselessly
bchlndlam. He was in his dressing
10a4oeless feOgnido-uat
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prise and the suspicion which, just
swept:through my mind, ``Mide me
alinost giddy: He= =liinsthave Seen
me quite 48 emit Ms' him; for
carried plight; and so.,dia he....
.
He eanje _ fo, meet smiling.
"Where in'the torld.ltave . yon been;
Hugh?"• he:Said;without a 'shad of
eminrrtisuilent, - r hive plat -. been
to Your rOm to look for you..Whatla
the 'matter ? You look. quite pale I"
-" To loOkfor Mel" 1 said; bewil
dered, and wondering in my own
Mintl if My 816 - epy eyes 'lad - deceived
rile. a orti : look' for me YOU did
not come out of room,.surely llt
was..the other doer;
" ckiodjbeitvens . ,. TO : Allen, arc you
-mad _or- aeleep . ?" he • Cried
,in an an- . '
*lir whisper; and -seized me by , the
shoulder.- "Take care - how youlnea
•.tion a lady's'iratae in that manner.
I was in your. room-vocus,..tinitno
other. `(food night. I r oif must be
more thatFlialf asleep Ali' make such
a blunder," And he paSsedisn *with
a glance *hid" seemed to . pie to tiay t
"Take care how you Contradict me."
I wentlto rny . yooni anxious to be
lieve znyaelf • under , a
_delusion; but
'there I fininitriothingto tell me that
what Harry Backsaid' Was true. Had
I gone to tbe .••bondoir, '1 winidercd,
should any trace of his
presence ? I went out into the gal
. .
lery aniin; just ._as birjooking
about I ;nt! , -,ttejeTiLshould - - be "able to
satisfy -myseW --- ,Pf 'course, I lonud
nothing ex( ~ered_ rose
which had I; 1,111-e-4dress,
ing rooin
(lOi
er there? I do not . know to thiS
hour. • Harry had had on his'dress 7
ing gown, a garment - Twhich gentle
men do not usually decoratmwith
llowers: I went to - betkand gave the
matter. up as one of. - the, thousand
unreVealed mysteries' whielvdaily oe
-cur in our lives.
The days went on, :and at last, to
my infinite joy, Adelaide Lomax and
her mother left the Manor. O'Neill
went.with theta to .Publin; but he
staid away one night: only, " just to
see them olf,' he saidi
Then the - bright; soft, spring
,weather burst upon ifs suddenly, and
it was welconie after the severity of
the winter, and J heard that the wed
ding day was fixed for the end of
April. I heard the news - with that
sudden contraction of the heart, and
that wild whirl around of the brain,
which we all know so well. But what
could I do? I loved Norsk with a
love strong- enough to haVe led me
willingly to death for her sake; but
could that avail? -Silent I had been,
and silent I must be forever; but
heaven and my:own heart knew what
I suffered, when she looked from the
carriage window in which she, and
her- husband were about to start up
on their welding tour, end waved,
her last good-bye "to the friends
Who crowded at the door of the Man
or house to see the "happy pair (tr."-
" Will she smile like that a year
hence" I said to myself, bitterly, as
I recalled the strange, and still ones=:
plained cry Whi l ehhail so frightened
her, and O'Neill's Mysterious appear- .
;nice at the door of his guest's bou
doir.-
The marringt, took place in Apri ,-
in May, Mr. aid Mrs. O'Neill were
in Loudon. Norah was presented; -
and I heard from Lady Mary that
Ilarry.l were enjoying them
-selves-immensely, and also that they
saw Mrs. and Miss Lomax frequent
ly, That particular item, of news
did not delight me; but still less was .
I pleased to he r that in October the
mother and da ghter were to pay a'
second visit to Ilandlestown Manor.
In July the: young 'people came
home, and I thought Norah was:
looking jaded,. nxiotts and ill. She
appeared, too,
spirits. I saiv
Maly; but I
derstaud that
and fatigue of
powering, an
broight her 11
"teasons"iih3
present," be
ble. I stippo:
the proper es
ject that Har
alone a week
with Norah;
a very soothin
every time I
in her looks
more Tereepti
she asked ine,
which there w
had ever . lien i the., Banshee since
l
that evening. ' I was !Nei With- per
fect truth, to assure, her that I had
not.
At last, in August, -Harry ne
back. I had the miserable pleasul•
of seeing how this younff wife revived
in his presence, 'and I tried not to
think he 4 bypomite,when I saw
him humoring all her invalid fancies,
as a devoted lover-husband should
do. s•
• As -October drew near,. 1 asked
Norate if Mrs! Lomax and her (laugh
ter were exPectecl;'and.l shall never
forget the expression of her face as.
she answered, "I believe so; I (16 not
feel quite equal to visitors just now,
but - Harry does not wish to have
them put off."
So they came, Adelaide looking
more. radiantly lovely thaji. ever; Such
a .contrast to poor, .pale! . .N orate:
frankly - admit that I felt 'a most un
christian-like aversion to that bril
liant-looking woman —so fall of
health and spirit, so condescending
iu her Wildness to "our poor dear
invalid," as she would persistin
call
int. Mrs. O'Neill. As to Harry him
serf, he was completely infatuated. I
saw his state .of bondage,
,if other
eyes were blind,.
But the end was at hand,
'We were all at luncheon together
one lotely afternoon toward the end
of October, when alelegrairt came'to
Harry summoning „him' to 'town.
" What a bone I" -he said;. with a
quick glance. at Miss Lomas;
newer
on
at his Wife: She was
lying on a sofa drawn up to one of
the windows, with her luncheon un
tested upon a table beside her, and
her thin, White hands:folded listless
ly upon the Scarlet shawl which col. - -
ered her.. . •
" What a bore!" O'Neill repeated.
"1 Mate gel "up by the laat train.
Aitirit#o4 . plaßned ceieh glorious
ft Mr ec i ktll4/00411100440
o be in decidedly lom
:i's tuna to Lady
was given, to un,
he had. feltithe heat
Londoti rafter over
that Harry bad
oine, as there were
she should, "for.the
pt as quiet as. possi
it:was with a view to
lag out of this ol).
ry , went to Londoii
'r two after his return
10, his absence had not
EY, effect upon her, for
law her the alteration
or the worse became
le. More than once
with an earnestness in
s no hidden jest,. if I
said Norah's .tow *dee. from the so
fa. • •
14 Ae sOniis - I:•i?iHsible; 'yoa - May be
,sare,": he . auSiVerea,, 7 ' With - another
ipiek-glipee:wt Miss" Loma
And then- Inneheow Was '6Verand
the party l dispersed: : A pditiere-sep
arated the dniing-rom from_ the li
brary,- and thrOugh this portiere
'Miss LOlnas' disappeired
went with a book to a distant win
dow; tny,;ibsek was to ..Norah's - Wa,'
And I 'faced the.portiere. Harry went.
away to giVe, some orders, he said.
Lady lAtnry.staid for a moment with
her daughter, in-law, and then she too
went 'aveny., do not think. Alm;
O'Neill koeW'jor, remeiabered, that I
was in the. rockm, for she never spoke. .
- • In,abont half an . hour Harry-crime
in again.-.'• , • ,
" Virell,!little - voman," he said, -go
ing oyerMi the sofa, and' taking, the
hand so eagerly,,stretehed out to him
by Norah,." how goes.' it ? Do you
feetPrett,V jolly this afternoon?"
As he`spoke, my .eyes were-attract
"ed' by a . .lutious- movement of the .
drapery of the portiere:
z .
• " I.shoold, be jollier if you were
not going sway. Harry,'-' the sweet
voice' replied. -
." - You goose !" he auswered, sto-op
ing-and kissinL her in a brisk, friend,
ly_manner upon the forehead.. "Have
-ou not: learned to. do Without me
"yet? You will.know"betterb a
y l m.
' yr. ', • ,:! '
, " . Nev&,!" she Said, with quiet dis
tinetness;Land there were:_ tears in
her vOice.'. Then presently she sod-
Can you really come back soon,
Harry ?" Ho* soon ?"
"01, in a day or two. 111-tele
graph. :Ike have a `big dinner -on
'the 31st' You know; so I must be
here. BOn't you get into w.fright
and think . l'm kilt; end never mind
filehd the •Banshee .screams.
Nauglie4as. never in danger, you
know." IA •
"Harr}!," she cried, earnestly, and
as she spnke she arose and flung - her
arms about him, "do not talk like
that; you have always laughed at me.
about that a‘rful cry. I have - hiOA
it twice; I ksiow I haVe; andif3 hear
it againnow, While you areaway, it
will come to tell me that I sfiallinev
er See you again. Po not laugh
Harry; I! feel sure ,that the third '
time,,let- it come
. when it will, the
blow•iiill' ; fall
,in some-shape or other.
Heaven grant that it may fall upon
me!" I.
nethe' flow-
My eyes were still upon the por
tiere': 1101i,' I longed 'to pull it aside
and cereal an unseen listener.
Ilariy's answer_to_tkose liathetie_
wordt l .waS another ',You- are
a goose " .siippose you
mean_to_throw yourself into the lake
if 3-oiftear a disconsolate eat cater
wanting while .I am-away,
"I'ray, pray do not laugh.?'; in
terrupted, pleadingly. may • be a
goot, you.say; but I have'' a pre
sentiment, which nothing can
th it I snail hear that ery a third
;time; and if I, do, Harry, we shall
,nfis-er meet , again. I 'sincerely hope
you will be:left, dear; you would get
on better without Sorah. than Norah
woidd witliont you. Ali; I
.know it
" Nr3 . poor -little darling he an
swered With.tinusnal tenderness. He
seemed really touched; and he did
not repulse her as she:clung to him
and sobbed upon his breast:.
.WitliOnt seeing me he
,Passed thro'
the pkiei.e, where the woman-was
awaiting! him whose presence was
blighting thehappinesS of his young
wife.
That- evening I dined at the Mall
on but 'Noralt, did not appear; she
was tired, 4- LAdy. Mary - said. Miss
Lomax was in excellent spirits, and.
raarVc-lonsly,eivil mc; (she gener
ally trea;ted, me with the coldest in
ditterenik.); she. • challenged me to a
rime of bezique, Won with a• tri
umphant score of over 1,000 in two
deals. arid' then threw up the cards.
When, half an-hour later, I said good
night to' every one she was not in the
rooni.
It was a lovely 14,ht, calm and
warm, With a bright moon. I stood
on the stetis sof the terrace fora few
seconds before starting On my horns
ward walk,:to. Admire the shimmer
ing light upon Lbugh-Neah, and the
soft radiance which brightened the
old walls of castle, the an;
cienehOme of the O'Neills—the Man
or was on the opposite side of the
lake' frOin the castle—,end I had fal
len intO a lit of Musing, when I, was
startled by what seemed to me a
filint and subdued imitation of the
wild cry which had terrified Norah
some Months , before. I listened. It
was repeated still more faintly, and
it seemed to. come from the angle of
he house at - my right hand. I went
quickly aronnil, and, to my intense
surprise,' alrhost
,ran against Miss
Lomas:. She , was sitting on the low
step of'' 'glatis door -which'-led from
the dinifirr,room, and had I not seen
her, face, Vinight have been excused
for taking her for. a' ghost,. for she
was Wrapped l'rm head
,tp 'feet in a
latge White shawl,
gracioUS, Mr. D'Alton, how
you-frightened inel" \ she Said, almost
crossly;.and she looked very pale in
Itho moonlight. "Do you always go
literally mooning about in this way,
instead, of going liomA like a sensible
man ?": • '
. -
"And may I ask what Itat ore do-.
ing here alone ?" I replied. i 4 I was
on my way borne, when I heard It
strange sort of cry; it, was very
faint: Did you hear anythng?"
1 never hear cries," she answered,
petishly, . ",The Banshee lagain,
suppose. Well, let her cry she will
• .•
not frighten any one. , , • '
" Except Mrs. O'Neill."
" Would she be frighter ed by it.
really, s ?" And it truck me
that 'she asked the question very
eagerly, ,
. Probablyw 1 answered, remem
bering What NOyah had attict. to her
hit4hand:.: '
What
! • .4 11)4 she is.
Aso
, irervousl Good night"- 11fr. D'Al
ton.H I hope you will meet this won
derful Banshee. But I believe she is
likenhold ehild—heard? but never
.seett."
sny'ease I shall not meet her,
I ,0414,!‘f0r I shl,ll.leve fier behind
*ff - 4 1 4 0- e-
Alb- la
gnu 11114 a ,
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a per Annum in AMmt*
there was a deep red flush upol) her
dark face. • •
iVhai ? I meant noth-
ing; but I remembefed duct sudden
flush and the question florae hours
later. f 1 •
The followhigevening I did
. not
dine at the'litinor, - but Icalled in the
forenoon tOluquire 4 for N`orah. She
ivas, better and in mach better spirits.'
Harry was expeeted haeki. to . dinner.,
The .evening ..pitasecr, ',044 •--- anothei
beantiful, - .noft Moonlight' night came
pp. Tivent oncforl a quiet stroll
fowl went to bed, 4104 tempted by:
the beauty
,Of the scene, I lingered
- upon the shore of the:lake until close
upon Midnght. - ! conk] see ti*.
lights in 'the windoWs of :the Manor
I almost - fancied twice that
soft mnsie came floatino• '' to my • ears
across the water, aid l pictured the,
scene to mylielf;--Miss binimx at the
piano; and Harry leaning over her in'
rapture: I 'took for granted that he
had come bapk.'
But a sofind in which there was inzi ,
magic did come Kesently ;- it Was
that awftil, ',unearthly wail supposed
to portend suffering or death to an
Xever.before Or since have
T. heard a cry like ticat ,- :and with all
its unearthly cadence there was in
to niy ear,.; the sOund of 3 human
voice. Again, as I Jistened, it rose
.and•fell, and I saw 'distinctly a white
figure flit Crf a
.moment into the
moonlight which streamed full . upon
the ;grassy Slope before :the front of
the Manor.- It turned away from the
house and :disappeared: in a wood
which stretched for a considerable
distance along the margin of the
lake. Withont hesitating a moment;
I..started 43 enter the'wood on the
village side. "Banshee or woman;
you shall 'nor •escape lie!" I: 'said,
Once during my rapid'walk the wild
cry rose again:
entered - the wood. The darkness
under the trees .or course shut out
every object, 'and would, I hoped, so
shut out mY, approach that the white
figure would be taken unawares. I
stopped 'nail' and then in my rapid
- walk to listen. but it heard no step;
no sound of any kind ex - bect, as I
have said, the wild cry: once ; but
as :I reached the_Opening leading to
the pleasure grOund before the Manor
house 'a flutter' of; white caught - my
eye. " Stop ! 1 7'I shouted "I
know you !" . 1 . I
At my . challenge the flying figure
increased its speed.- I gave chase;
brit whatcbuld mortal-
feet aceom ;
plish against a' spirit ? " With such a
senseless belief Ltried to' console ntY
sellas the White form rapidly gained
• I
ground. • .
But what seemed defeat
reality, Was, iti
-
victory forme. At the
meat when the-pursuit became
less 'I 'saw 1 something flutter to the
ground as ; if .'froth the' head of the
:shrouded figure; it was unheeded. I
reached the,,spot wihere it had fallen,
and snatched-it eagerly tip. :Judge
pf. my honer, and ';amazement when,
upon examination in the: moonlight,
it proved to be a handkerchief with .
the name," Adelaide' embroidered
iu one•corner.
Perplexed and made miserable with
snspieions to which' I dare not (rive
a name, • I returned home: . Outside
the door of tiny' lodgings I found , a
knot of people- asSembled; they an
neared excited, and were all talking
eagerly. • :
" Here he is," I heard a ;familiar
voice say; and Bryan, O'Neill's 'Mi
ler, Came forward. loOked as
white as fear eouldl•make him. " Oh,
Sif," he gasped, "Where were, you?
Ilaven't yon heard : the cry, Sir ? . Sure
it never cadre like that without bring
ing trouble; the pobr Young mistress.
Sir !"-
" I
" Glory to , God; this night: ! was
echoed round aiming the women as
they devoutly crossed themselves.
"What of the young , , mistress ?1"
I cried ; and I,kneW but to' well that
bad news *as, at hand, •
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" Come lip 6 the house, for Gods
sake, Sir ! ', Sure'don't you hear, the :
cry ? Ana she's !taken bad before
her time, and niylady sent me oft" to
your honor to see if we could get oft'
tctelegramito thel master; he didn't
come.home yet. But isn't it late' for
- , 1
his night??" .tl ' • I
"
H ours late, but I shall
. go up
to the houSe, Bryan ' " I 'said; feeling'
stunned into, quiet by the ;night's
work, andiby the tho't of what might
be still before me. 4.
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'When We 'reached the nanor, late
as it was, the hall door stood ciw:n,
and it seemed to me that there has
an unusual hush Over the whole place.,
I saw figures in the drawing room*
I passed_ by the Ihalf-clOsed door the my way to the stairs. ' , .1 reached the
landing, and went, quickly towards
Norah's room. , 1 I knocked softly ;
the beating of my heart was far lOinl
efthan;tlie Sound my.fingers made.
The iloor l was opened by Lady Mary
herself, and I saw that, ShnWas alone;
her face -was }mit; and awn,struek. I
" Ilavel you brought film ? "I ib
'hispered. " But - 1 -suppose the
was no One."
I shook my head. ,• 1
"It dOes not matter Ow,"
went on, I "
heis too late. 7 • •
She.led me to the fOot of the 1
and there upon the Pillow ' 'with
sweet esa abseil forever, I saw ,
dead face of Norah CVNeillf .
To Lady Alaryl:said no word i; - it
avonkl aYail nothing now to arouse
her suspicions; but I - knew that her
son's wife . . wasl the victim of what
was, perhaps, a Practical joke. - Clod
forgive me if I wrong the woman
IN • io had, clone the deedby the thOugt
nth t - she had an evil !purpose in; her
too ood mimiery of the Banshee's
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'wail. - - I
Like a Mani in . a I dream I went
down stairs again, and - passed into
the still lighted . :driiWing room; it
was to all - 4pcaranee, empty, I and
sitting,down Ileanedi my head upon
the table to, Out out the light; and
to try to realize at had happened.
But my, nerves, ) and\seniies were r Ors!
elly awake, and 1 eanght, the sound
of a step ;in the _ room,- as thOugh
some one - was Arying I .toy cross it tin
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heard. I looked ui - anksaw ;Bliss
Loma, Yes, Ithers She Was, h her
rich evening dress, With jewela4ark
ling upon'hor neck and
beauty scarcely-lessen(
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• NUMBER 49.
am Serry ; - ..it- I ha v s e distu ..s. shed
_.,. yin ;
you aire d ."; lool'". '. ;.
. ",Tired',!';
..T . Ou are .7too. hind,." - I
said; i" brit I do: t riot,..-ihink there-will
be Sleep fee any `mein this house to
night, except for bee who Wilt-zw . T er
.
wake again.. -, Itidesii,'l'. added, roi*-,
ing myself ' tb look 'staidily into her
dark - eyeS, "it itirto-inisurelo yo -
selfa; goad Sightla. l ,ieit: that . 1. uk
1, 3
liiiia Lomax, walk in: the . ink:4a at .
inidnight ~.Ton lest 04. in your et.
ranable ; 7 and I . %id, - the. hand r ,
chief befere.her.i • I I- .- '-. . u. -
A Strafige.expressiooptu*d across,
her face ; ,it seemed -to me, lade op,
lof fear, derisibn and Irinmph: • t
" How intteli does he.know:? . S i
I defy him ?" it eeeMedto say; en
her eyelids-and her . lips 'quivered - d
ti 4al
I knew She '3ra:ft . :both guilty- - ; d
afraid. ' ; •
' _" You will , not betray „me? 7;lihe
said; and before , I could stop her.
she . was kneeling at • my- feet. '4
meant no . barrn ;A swear to you—
". hush i ". I'!4 - iii bitterly. ," Y u
beit know what your motive ivits,a, ei
no oaths will Whig her back to life ;.
ber happiness , yOu have' loOg seek e,
destOoyed.i ;Surely. there were Men
enough in the World - to gratify y•lhr
.
vanity a nd your passion;' -4 grw
out-pokeii in the .bitterness of illy
desiiair—t 4 without taking her hies
band from - her !! titi your .need not
tear; isliall not betray you. , To do
so would not undo ..what you lk've
done, arid I can but,„hope—and my
hope is not for yournhke, but for the •
sake . of the man she , loved- 7 -that iiy,
curse will fall upon yuU,,or upon.lym
through you; Opt the real death-on:
of the Banshee !will never- give :,,knt
cause to' remember your imitation of
it tO-niglif. 7 : - i' ' ' . : • :
Ilow,„iF1 it that in the - midst of t lir
greatest .. iniserk the. ridicule that 4, -
tuches itself to the most earnest a :id,
even solemn situations. can sottO ei
,blY strike us? 1 Ileart-brokentli I
wad, I could hhve. laughed aloud at
nt3r! r meloAramatic position. There I
was, in the - dead of the night; wilt a
:beautiful , wonnui - kneeling, as w re,
at My feet for meicy,Wliile I declainied
above her head! with the full ferf-or
of it •Kemblenr n Kean. • ' i l• •
But this feeling Passed as 1.:1
her, still kneeling, with her face el
erect, and:, went I from the house
which. the sunshine of my lonely
had died out forever.
Sim months later—to his sha'
let it be ;record4d—O'Neill mar
Adelaide Loma.7c. I am compel
to think, ,but I - - i have proof ul
which to ground my ,assertion, t
he felt in 'honor', bound to. make,-
hiswife as soodiU possible: ,
(likely after the inarriage - Lady M
left ;the Manor, to which. she.ne
retairn4(l.; and I hate reason to
lie 4 that she never flaw the seei.
MO. O'Neill. . ' '
, . ,
- I lam not one of those who bell ‘•ki
Oaf . speeial pimishments invariapY ,
folleyw special sins,but in this insta ice
punishment, slow but sure, follWS
Adelaide -Lomat. and she still ' vet;„
~
to pear - the penalty of her crime..
When her only child, a son, teas
abont six years nld,lie *as aceiden 7
tally droWned, ' almost beforePiis•
mother's eyes; in Lough Neagh; and
there are, witnesses to, prove
that the night . before his death4he
Banshee's cry Ivas heard for liciurs
echoing , . round the Walls of the i:as.•
tee.; . . .. :
. • .
'thee lOiely boy had been the 4ole•
link bet Ween OlNeill and his o,nce
passionately loved -wife. Even ibe
fore the child's deatlipeople said that ,
hiS fitthar and, mother were not. hap
py ;Land' certainly there Was nil - Sign
of happiness' in Harry's dejeckeil,
morose demeaner. t‘ Could it be• l " I
Often thbught.' "that too late • gilie
meMory of the Woman Who had_ lolved
him, so devotedly came between !din.
and they woman he; -had love(b sp
blindly ?•i 1
:', .
From 1 the depreSsion succeeding.
the death of her 'kin Mrs. O'Neill
rallied 'after a time, but as her gi?ief . ,
Sub Sided her temper became annoyt:
ungovernable ;
s and it wait—winspered .
in the' servant'sliall,-*lnffrom thence
the! nunor readied the - village gossJps,
that in a wildfit of passion, Which.
almost anionnted to delirium, 'she
Blade some defiant admissions to her
husband.' respecting the . death of his
first wife, which drew from him the •
epitliet ‘! murderess." Thereuitf be
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no truth in that' rumor, but fiomi the
niold, upon which the' terrible ;s , ene .
was supposed to have taken plael be-,
tweet' the miserable pair', they: never
met 'again. Harry went. to 'America,
*I; India, Australia,' all over l the.
world, and MrS. O'Neill lived , oh at
the Manor, to _Which - no visitor. Ayer
came and whieli•she!never left.•';'l •,„_
She Was not, actually mad-thiit is
she reqUired no keeper; but some
times, and 'especially in the'shoften
ing auttiinn days, she 'wits' .very far
from being in hervight vaiio; and' in
the soft October nights,' wheul the
moon is full and; brinht. I - in inyj qui ,
et' lodgings, and those who still•lyalk
ahont the peaceful village ; Streets,j
hear a. wild wailing cry come etlioingl
with mournful listinctiiess aiiross,
tht lake, and then we know.that - the!
•'.u.l fit is on,"..andl that* miserai
tle i luid; I believe, nemorsefutwimmh
is! wandering alone, alone for r wt.],
Mere, and ! sending, that too perfect
imitation'Of
the Banshee's dea4i-e - rY
over t4e dark,still Waters of Lough
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',.r2III,FACIT AND PAOETIA
ITIIEUE is ,a time for. all things., - The
time to.leave is ;when'a young :lad I ask;
yen hoW the walking is. -
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- GRIEY over the death of his inoter-iii
law caused a IlOboken man, a few; day S .
since, to furnish every boy in town with :i
bunch of ilrernckers.' .• 1
.
Tun English law • has been . nrich.
_ -.'rAigli.s... ____lgnage
ed with a new verb—" to nickel."l It b
the invention of a philological hoyse-c.n.,
cOnduc J tor of 'Chicago. - 1 I .
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A 1\ F.w Ton`: :MAl , i ktys the' eiulonee
that the country is-going to smash `sire nOf
Wanting. It -is -proposed to put :in addl.':
tfOnal tax on w isky::. 1 I
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3 J A•-• was bu t , after. all other i thing
had been madejandloronatuiced gots, I. • tr
not, he would have, insisted on gnling lii4
Onters'as to tho rest :of the job. . '
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A •ArSai whose wife hung herself iu his; ,
Presence., on ; 1.! lag asked why he !did not,
prevent the tra •edy, replied: " Vent her.
down three tin es last week; and I 'can't:
he alWays cull' l 'T her. down.'! I
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i A. MExtruisljury having convicted . ' 4-
pan of murdei, now tinds that the sup', '
dosed' inurderCtl. man . s is living' The
question is whether the verdict . all 12 .
rescinded or the man allwed :to murder
his victim. 1 ..- , ' .' 4 - ' '
IT is now r4orted that ltingto •11 is to
have . a newspaper. ;To run a pa l per'prO-
fitably at that place ' ' it would- nrpiire I . a .
W
ain who'conld eatdried apples at•break- - •
fast, drink warm water . for dintier, l and,
Swell up for supper.' No other suitenatiee
would be • afforded him. -f- Sheilanctop7i
Herald.: ' . . • •
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ONCE a carelesSWian went intd a tell':.r
and stuck the Candle in what heitho4ht
was a keg of hlackLsand. -Op sat near it
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