Terms of Publication. The Ssasrssl Herald If pul'll'lied every Wednesday Morning et 3 00 per annum, if paid in aivance otherwise 2 W will lnvarUblye euanrad. No subscription Till be discontinued ant 11 U arrearages ere paid op. Postmasters neglecting to no-.il us wben uNcribcr do not take ont their pers willhe be. J liable for tbe subscription. Subscribers removing frus one Poek-ffle to nn. other shoaM give u the name of tlx firmer as ere U as the present otboe. Aaudrce Somerset Printing Company, JOHX 1. oUtLL, Uuinw Manager. liiisinuit Card. H. PUSTLfcTUW A1TK, Ant'KXEl . L.W. S.,inere., Pa. rTol.lnl busd- pcctluuv solicited a&a puiinu.. v d l .,U.-C UoW. . r. 1 ATTOKNKY ATUW ... ..laif. ..TllVI-t, I'., Mil ...I win.-.; a!ltrUTl!U IV lu. rare will. etlni W I'll saint llil. IV. U- " J. ii. mviL.E All'ULt AT LAW, .-.art. tunJ-i u w .in i-rxiupuieM o4 tdeatj. . wirrm-rit. w. h. Rirrru. ATTlKNEYS AT bT.lwwlily aud puuull a.lcu.led I... Ilrrui-. io .luiu ln aTrjm, , Mamtnjtb riiock. , Jus 11. t HL. ATTWKM.V AlUW. JiHc in .MiUli uii.aioK. f 1 AMES L. l'UGll. " A r TVKN EV AT LAW, t.i .i .... .t.lra f. iitnce. juiuoi'iiBi, - f ik r.nco Main Crow t- V"'le;u':V', " " ith pnmp:n" au i n u u'y. jaijiii Ji.HXU K1MMKL. ATlt-Kt AT LAW, s"uVrtrt wUl aticna to all lumik en- . ,V.V..:-.nS..B.er.--anda.tl"luilic.u- ..Vompvuc and na, lay. om ... W- H V F. HEATroKSEY ATAW. 1L r". oioce m Alaaimoth Bloc jan. n ti. II I'TUil r AVL R. OAlTHkK- .TrHKH m. tiAITMKK. Attonys at Ij.w XJXZZJZ J , H L. BAEK, ATTOKNEYSAT rs. .no t:...ioa cuuu.. , , " trusted lu ii.eai wul I prouip'.ij .,i u t AW N..TU'U-Aleau.:er H- HotlP'tb has o T.uil. oHinttea. Om lu .Umiu (.. ui....ni. Jeb. liiy, "o. J OHN ll" SCOTT, .T-r. il'VI'V aTI. AW. Aft. " " e inari I'a. lmcot BL...rs in lu- r' l!l-'k. led t..w"li li l.u.iiii-M' cnirur.1 to bif .are at: pntutptnes? and n4eluy. K. MILLEKhai ntantnily Urated f I I in lirlin for U.e pruci K. J. 1 VI I' I l"n um ..pi-uc c naru's tnn,i.. apr. -ju, '"-!.! It. UKCHAKEK tenders M prolo'l.al . U service U) the Ci.setis ot "'-: ity. timt-e in rcwocace, i-utt urt lii.ure. K. li .11. KIMMEL will continue to practice II Medicine, end tenders i.ts F""""'" - ; CtS to tiic cit liens ot 5 .m.Tn j country, umo l uie wip.a,t. i ot ihetiiade House: OK. KM. CttLUNS. DENTIST. omerset. Ha. IHU in Oas..beer'. UU-k. up su..rs when he can at all times I lound prepared to .to rM i.,. .a nilloa. reaulaiinsr.e- .r.-iir.. kc. -Arl-.ticnl U-tnot all kinos, an.1 me bet fctuil.,.asr.e. t.peraliotiS warranted. O S. GOOl. Atar-orrvsla .Mammoth 111 'k ' !l rrM. COLLINS, ii:xxi:vr, i.n i-.r.i-a.P.ern. Fp-.i"c"j rir.re. Somerset. In tbe ll Bllecn ycirs 1 nve Kn i . o I the prk-es ol artincial leeth in Has place, onsuiu increaslim u.mand t ..rteeih has in I mc lo so ralartfo n.y tail. iil.s ti.ai can In 1 1.. lst Bllecn ye.irs 1 hate jjreat'T re-j ducyl Tlie coasu.1,1 .in m.kcit - ! "i tetou a. o-n ,. .- - . -c,n iroi ihem iu any other place in this Iaui nown.k.r,aao,i-tot teeth (T Jv and! 1 1 there mould I any person annma n.? i ot co.tomcrs in this or the a.)! .r.tna e.n.ic that , I hkf; nia.ie teelhlor tnai n o-n i..o. s a new ei live ol charire. oiur'.i j DR. G. MILLER, after twelve i ye ac'lve practici in Shanksrille. has now lira. itiy l.wate.1 at Someiwt i-r the prac . tice ol mi -.lie. and tenders his prolcssi-nal ser-, rices W l..sj ci-Uens ol s ttcrset aod mnnjr.- i k. Ki.m.. niwnsite the h.rnet H am, sms he can t exulted at all Lines unless pi oiwh-na'dy enraard. srMi'.t calls promptly anrwere .. dec. ia, fl-ly. JOHN RILLS, . DENTIST. US.-e in OUretn k Ncfs new buildup. Main i.'ri Srreet. Somerset, Pa. j BOVU RTIUC'AL TEETH!! J. V. Y1JTZV. DEI TIST DALE C1TT, M'Mrut Co., fa.. Artiocil Teeih. war ante-l t.. be o( tbe Terr best aalltv. Lil-l.ke and lint.leome. lnsene.1 In the best si'vle. Particulai at:cnt, paid to the pres ervation of the natural teeth. Th e wisiiiwr to eucuit me by letter, caa do so ty encloein stamp Address as' alwre. ieU-7 3. i: vn.vH.tx. P..UJCTM'I. Pi. iNKI! i run. MEGAHAN L STONER. i'LASii:i:r.ns. Kepe:(u;iv inform tlie clrltens ol S-.mcr l'.Hii.;S' tha't tb' are i.repafd to tnke citora Si lorall klnlsol Plastenne. Keinr.i? promptly attended to. A-ldret a. :U.e. v..rk sotidieU. aud satisla- ti-w auarantecd. Nov. -Jt. II ILL HOUSE, i 1 1 - a.. f.ni , x JOHN" HILL. PKTBTrron- The proprietor is prepared to accommodate a-uots In the most eumu.rtal.te and eailsMici..ry mjntr. The traveinia- ouhlle aud permanent liMcrs :ur- Mbel wita the l-t t b.tfcl aec..ram..iail.s. The tallies will continue to ue fumimcl wi.n tne best be market eSoros. lir:e aod r"Em-.i"Ui stal uns; atlacfced. Jania D IAM0N1 HOTEL. K rOVSTOWX PA. SAMl'U. CI 'STICK. 1 'r-opris-tor. Tkls pctttar and weU known h'Kise is at all tlwts a de.: :'rabie s.i Miut place f.-r te travelins; SfUic TaMe an.1 k..ns trst-eiass. i.u-.ista- bltr.s:. l-.r.ks leave dally U Johnstown and H'joerh marll. tun . au nt Airgnts fcr Firs asi LiS Iiisiiraiice, ! JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMF.IISET, IV., a4jid Real Estate Brokers 1IKTA1JL1SIIED IS.V. rert w ho aesire to sell, buy or e i-hanae prop erty, ur lor rent will and It to tl.cr aTaoUiteu, roister the desmpoos. th.-roe.. as nocuanreis mad. smlese sio or sealed. Keai estate bnsmess tewerolly wLl be promptly attended to. a on is. II OMES FOR ALL. 1 bve lor aale. on term within tbe reach of ev. err sober, twins rton tadirlrfeal. briers, lota, farm. tlt.er Una, mineral an-:s. lwiatn; Lot. Ac . m ftiflereni parte e :Le vmat t in parcels f from one-temh m am acre wo to LoM acree. TI les warranted. Terms ev Brtk us hand aod IA tMianre ia in etrnai awnaai ynenis. nariy aaeaiT l. j-ow se apr. wao ss sw ossfcuKr. m4 ladast rvikawie- Tall so,., u sw ml tjss j 1 win be far reatll not eoM snai I O.WLYANV. I lie VOL. XXV. NO. 35. Bank, ck: JOHNSTOWN SAVINGS EAffi, 120 CLINTON STREET, JOUNSTOWN, VX. t raiKt uitvrti ix itr run. intt?rcbS due In ! Uiv tu-.'ii,i.6 utJuue auQ Ucwuiltn ami il ! ii.iijruMii ik aJwcu i tbr drptrsia tlius cjuiiun- tur I- cuil ur evca lv jr-ui Ui u'Vii bwk. ! Jilidifj liwuca a teat eHuto. 4 rxivrruf with ! litM-rairaUraui iux Jine, irirrn to orrvwtr wl- !riiin arsi u.tncagu(ouurui worth lour or uivre ThiirpraliuiiiexiiuiVely a SaTlnsc' Hank. N jcvtiiuicrciatl.itrpufUi retvivtsd. our 'mtcuuntj mkt.: No ti .n ttii i-iuiial Mrcuraiy. H.st api lk-atn.u lor 1-orr.mi-iv cop e. 01 a. I U 1 B, .IJ-i.OTD UU .M" . a tan eut lo any atilrc. rcjutifUM. 1'arnTka Jamea Cooler, Kavl-1 l'li-n, 1.. i. hiln. A. J. Hawed, K. W. May. Jbn ls.wman. I. li. Lapjiy. llanlel McLauKlum. 1. J. Jl'Trell, Lewlt fliu. U. A. B.N Co:rd Sup.lleo. T. Sw.k. Jbk Mc.uu.tn, Jiue Alvrlty and V.'. VV. U ai:cM. Iuniel J. Morrell, Prefident: Frik Dilrt, Treaturtr; I'yru tlder. tiU:"r. novi. J. 0.KDDIEL&S0XS, Schell & Kinimel, t .SOMERSET, r.. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts cf the Coun try for sale. Money loaned and i Collections made. Jan.. Cambria Co. Bank. M. W. KEIM & Co. Xn. 'Hid Main St., Johnstoirn. A General Banking Business transacted. Interest Paid at 0 per cent, on Time Doposits. Loans Ncgoaafed. Drafts Bought and Sold. Ja'.y. . JOHN DISERT. JOHN D.ROBERTS JOHN DIBERT & CO., BANKERS, ... JOHNSTOWN, PA. (. 11 11 1 of Mercliaut and ;otlior liuin M'ple nolicll- od. lr(li noeoiiabie lu an i nun of I lie rouiilr l'r ale. Vt on.-v l.n:inil anil ('Ilectioni lnlfri at i lie rate oi Six Per o' nt. per ainuui al- IomimI on Time lepott. Nai illSH lt'Mi( lloolajn iMeiU ed.Huil Inlerct-t ouiponnded Seitii-aiinuallv whea fiestiretl. A ii-ni r.il Llinkiu,; Business Transacted. Feh.-W. Q Tota enft Cps, CiV ' mHLaAL AND RaTT AIL, Mm NasiiierM't, l'eniia, - turrl hv hiiny-lt. of ti.p rln.iw f fmm. kt. oce "i itie i,t fit--kn -f ritwtmr t'it' rvr lToiight io Sutf rt. I'rl"- ;o fuit the times. jan'J Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY Flour and Feed STORE. I We would roo"t respectfully announce to our ; rnenos an-i tne pui.iic ueairall. m the tfwn and rlciiilry ,.f S..iatrset, that we iiare openevl imr . NewSt.re on I ILlfX CROSS STREE1 1 And tr. adilftloe to ti tn!t lire ,.f th. hut 'uiirt-4'tloiierie. o(ion. Ttlia'fOH, C'iicar. Ac, j W miV, e.?avsr, at all tira, jur cmt- : tocier wul. iuc , R EST Q U A L i T Y OF i FAMILY FLOUR, C0RX-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORK, 0.1 TS . coi:x CHOP, BRA X, MDDL1XGS phicg"irtainlEg to tbe Feed lepait j , j j Ani) m !,., LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected stock of Glassware; Stoneware. Wood en ware, BrusT.es ol at tn-.. and 6TAT!OXER"i Wt!ct we win seU as ebeap as tbe cheapen. Please call, examine oar foods of aH kinds, and be aatiaced imm your own jnajjmenL Iion't f.-?ret where w stay On M AfN OKt-fS S'JTt Serset. Pa. et. X. ist-i NATJGLE HOUSE ! FltEI) NAVGLE, Pro'p. Tbe prrrletor has lately purelaard ao.1 srrcatly Imf ved this desirable prtrTT. tvraishine; It with eat ire new lursitare Uas raakinsi H one of the Bl destnil:4e r.i pli f places ke- transient ot sesedent rastum in the Stale. Tables are always rapplied wita the eaolrcat viands tbe anarket aftV.rue. - Lerpe afd rnsBndVe saKttnc le attached and taitbtnl aad atteatlT teetsers always as at- 14, . ,. . . Boarders lakse by the week, day, ar mead. IB Bar always smpr3ed ana tae easMeestnciaare Jnrtta. ADTrXTrKES OF MILTIADFA PE ! TBEKIS PAI L. Little Milage, Peterkin Haul, Ottcn Mi very wretched besause he u small: And It nafe fel. quit. u when people would MT "Tbafs a fine lot of children of old ParmrrOrey. Look at Benjamin Franklin and John Henry Jack , Stout and wiUititf atuxen ttcj nevrhuuK back. i itw inaoT dots nai ue . inreeoitnem in iil Tluj i,. erLtir.8 Miltladi, Peterklc Paul." L-tU Mll.lade. P.terkln Paul Cluitj?Teil orer the Mile at tke roadiUe wall, ' Aod wcut waodorim down tiirutish tbe tirrhard i bar, . When tbe weeping wiliowa and well-fprtug arc. The robbins were twittering up in tbe tree, . And the brwik bubbled enward in frolicsome glee, j -Oho!" raid Mlltladei Peterkin Pint, "Yuuare btughiu at ma, airs, because I am i email." .. nl how J(m , fca, Uml sili Mnlc JVQ Oriny name's Dot Uilttades Poterkin Paul. Yon. robin, may twitter up,there in tba troes As furyou. Sir Iirouk, you may laugh 11 yu please: But what will jou eay il I jump ore you 7 Ti something, 1 fancy, my broll.art can't do. Although everyone f)t they'ro to U,ut and so tall." Cried little Mlltladei l'etcrkln Paul. Xow upijotbcy wer? 1Mb. oftliem here wiihin call And that I'm not Militaries Peterkin Paul. Mut instead, for a moment, I'm John Mcury Jack." Me tirct draw himself up soc, like this und koos back ; Then he ecmedrnnnh-.g up. as bMre a can be but k: He stops on the e.ljre .id looks anmnd him Jun 'O no.' Jt l.n Henry Ja k dare not try ii at all Laughed littic Miltiadcs Peterkin Paul. "r supose I'm not John Meury Jack, after all. Nor neither Mlltladei Peterkin Paul ; liu. I'm Benjacila Franklin this time ; and sup. imse I ,h.uid dare him to try it now watch here he soes:" He walks back just like this. anJ rum La. k Just like'"1'- . He stop-short at the brink. "He can I do it, that's flat. . no, brother Ben. dure not try it at all :" Laughed little Sliliiades Pcu-rkiu I'auL -N w once more just suppose tha: this is ai. fol-de-rol. And I'm reall .Ulltiades Peterkin Pant. You saw lb, t reat fellows whu di in't dare try, Nota llh-lnJini they're murh bii(erthan t, ,.a: now it's my lu-n, andl mean to show yju (li jou'll wait half a minnte) just what can do I am ;.o: Io1m laughed at. sirs. If lam sin-ill," Snouicd hitle Miltiailcs l'etcrkiu Paul, liut alas : lor the sad Cite that did be lull Ourltttie Jliiti-.dcs IVtcrkin Paul: He weutback, I should think, someihlas like half I a mile, To net a f ood start from the old roaJ:iue style ; Theu he runs like a doer, and he jumped, and O lk: He Is sprawliiu; an-1 sputtering rlht into tbe broekl And thus It a'.l happcnel that pride had a fall. And so eld Miltiadcs Peterkin Paul. John Brutenjakm irt " II uu.Avak." TIME hECRET 111 AMBER. I.F.niCATKP TO THE IN'QIIUERs IX THE NOBMAN TOW EK. ( Continued from lat tiefL:) The figure rose as if coming to him to reply ; and Lindores, ovecome by the appareut approach, struggled into utterance. A cry came from,bim he beard il this lime and even in bis extremity fell a pajg tbe more to hear the terror in bis own voice. Rut be did not flinch, be stood desperate, ail bis strength concentrated in tbe act ; he tie tuer turned hor recoiled. Vaguely gleaming through bis mind came the thought that to be '.bus brought iu contact with tbe unseen was i to experiment tj be most desir ed on earth, the fiual settlement of a hundred questions ; but his faculties were not sufficiently under command to entertain it. He only stood firm, that was all. And tbe figure did not approach him ; after a moment it subsided back again into tbe cbair subsided, for no sound, not the faintest, accom panied its movements. Il was the form of a man of middle age, tbe hair white, but the beard only crisp ed with gray, the features those of the picture a familiar face, more or less like all the Randolphs, but with an air of domination atid power al together unlike that of the race. He was drest-ed in a long robe of dark color, embroidered i'.h strange lines aud angles. There was DOthiug re pellent or terrible io bis air nothing except the noislessness, the calm, the absolute stillness, nmcn was as much in tbe place as in bim, to keep up tbe involuntary trembling of the heboid-1 er: 1 1 is expression was iuii m aigui- rt"ir ty and tbougbifulness, and not malig nant or unkind. U might have been the kindly patriarch of the bouse, watching over its fortunes in a seclu- ,i m i , . i. sion he had chosen, i ne puise icai had been beating io Lindores were milled. What was his panic for ? a gleam even of self ridicule took pos session of him, to be standing there like an absurd hero of antiquated ro mance with the rusty, dusty s.rd good for nothing, surely not adap'ed for ose against this noble old magician in bis band "You are right," said tbe voice. once more answering bis thoughts ; "what could you do with tbat sword against me, young Lindores ? Tut it by. Why should my children meet . me ti.e aa eocmv You are mv fiV-h aud blood. Give me vour hand " A ehiver ran through tbe youug man s Irame. The band tbat was held out to bim was large aud shape ly and white, with a straight line across tbe palm a family token on which the Randolphs prided them selves a friendly band ; and the face smiled upon bim, fixing bim with those calm, profouad blue eyes. ''Come," said the voice. The word seemed to fill the place, melting upon bim from every corner, whispering around bim with softest persuasion. Ue was lulled and calmed in spite of himself, plrlt or no spirit, wby should Dot be accept tbis proffered courtesy ? What barm could come of it ? The chief thing that detained bim wa tbe draggipg of tbe old swrd, heavy aud useless, wbicb be held mechanically, bnt which some internal feeling be could not tell what prevented him from putting down. Superstition, waa it ? "Yes, tbat is superstition," said bis ancestor, ieroly ; "pot it down and come." "You know my thoughts," said Lindores ; "I did not speak." "Your mind spoke, and spoke just ly. Tat down that emblem of brute Itc and superstition together. Here it is tbe intelligence tbat is supreme. Lindores stood doubtful ' He was Dome? SOMERSET. calm the power of thought was re- stored to him. If this benevolent. venerable patriarch was all he seem- ' j v.- l- r u . . - , ed' b-V. b,S terrt" WJ the .'secrecy id which his being was in- Vf.lved ? His own miod, though Calm, did Dot Seem ti act in the. nan. al waj. Tbonbtg Heemed to bare ' i,BB j. . , Ce0 d,m'M " " tt8 l7 j De f lhee cam t0 im i D0 w- a wind. Fuddenlj H .w t!ire looked him in the fare An anzol beautiful and bright. And bow he knew it was a (lend." The words were not ended when Earl Robert replied suddeulr, with impatience in bis voice : "Fiends are of tbe fancy of men ; like angels and other follies. I am your father. You know me ; and yu are mine, I.iodores. I bare power beyond what you can understand; but I want flesh and blood to reipn and to enjoy. Come, Lindores !" He put out his other hand. Tbe action, the look, were those of kind ness, almost cf longing, and tbe face was familliar, the voice was that of tbe race. Supernatural! Was it super natural that this man should live here shut up for age?; and wby, and how? Was there any explanation of it ? The young man's brain began to reel, lie could not tell which was real tbe life he had left half an hour ago or this. He tried to look ronnd him, but could not ; his eyes were caught by those other kindred eyes, which seemed to dilate and deepen as be looked at them, and drew bini with ! a straoee compulsion. He felt himself Tioldine, swayioi? toward thestrangre jhpinpwbo tha inritf d him. What would happeo him if be vieldd? And j ij . k . 'l uc i:uiu u'n i u i u w nv , ue uiuitl uot j tear himself from the faicination rf j those eyes. W'th a midden strange impulse which was half despair and half a bewildering balf-consciou de ! sire to try one potency against anith jer, he tbrus forward the crogs of the 'old sword Let ween hira and thosr aDpa!ing bands. "In the name of God !- Lindores never could tell whether nation, by excitement, by decision it was that be himself grew faint, Lindores looked un. bv a sudden anfJ tbat tb8 rjimness of Swooning came into his eves after this violence and strain of emotion, or if it was his spell that worked. But there was an instantaneous than re. Every thing swam arouDd him for tbe mo ment, a giddiness and blinddess seiz ed bim, aud be saw nothing but the vague outlines of tbe room, empty as wben be entered it. Rut graudu ally his consciousness came back, aud be found himself standing on tbe same spot as before, clutching tbe old sword, and gradually, as though in a dream. (recognized tbe same figure emerging out of tbe mist which was it solely in bis own eyes ? bad enveloped everything. But it was no longer'in the same" attitude.'" The hadns which bad been stretched out to bim were busy now with some of tbe strange instruments on the table, moving about, now in the action of writing, now as if managing tbe keys of a telegraph. Lindores felt tbat bis brain was all atwist and set wrong ; but be was still a human be ing of his century. He thought of the telegraph with a keen thrill of ca riosity in the midst of his reviving sensations. What communication was tbts which was going on before his own eyes ? Tbe magician work ed on. He bad bis face turned tow ard bis victim, but his bands moved with unceasing activity. And Lin dores as he grew accustomed to tbe position, began to weary to feel like a neglected suitor waiting for an au dience. To be wound np to such a strain of feeling, then left to wait, was intolerable ; impatience seized upon mm. Dai circumstances can exist however horrible, in which a buniau being will Dot feel impatience? He made a great many efforts to speak before be could succeed. It seemed to bim that bis body felt more fear than be did that his muscles were contracted, bis throat parched, his 'oDifue refusing its office, although his mind was unaffected and undis mayed. At last be found an ut terance in spite of all resistance of bis flesb and blood. "Who are vou?" he saidlhoareely You tbat live here and oppress tbis bouse ?" Tbe vision raided its eyes full upon bim, with agaiu tbat strange shadow of a smile, mockiug yet not unkind "Po you rememoer me." said be, "on voor journey here?" "That was a delusion." Tbe young man gasped for breath. "More like that you are a delusion. You have lasted but one and twenty years, and I for centuries." "How? For centuries and wby? Answer me are you maa or demo i?" cried Lindores, tearing tbe words, as be felt, out ot bis own throat. "Are yon living or dead ?" Tbe magician looked at him with tbe same intense gaze as before "Be on my side, and you shall know eve- J of: rvtbimr. Lindores. 1 want one mv own race. - - . - ... Others 1 couia have; in plenty : but I want you. A Ran-1 dlpb, a Randolph ! andy""- Iead! do I seem dead ? Yon shall bave eve rything more than dreams can give if yon will be on my side."' Can be give wbat he has not ? was tbe tbouebt tbat ran through tbe mind of Lindores. But be coold not speak of it. Something that chok ed and stifbVd him was in bis throat. "Can I give what 1 bave not? I have everything power, tbe one thing worth having ; and you shall have more than power, for you are young my son! Lindores!" To argne was d at oral and gave tbevonngman etrength. "Is tbis life," be said, "here ? Wbat is all your power worth bere? To sitj for ages, and make a race unhappy?"' A momentary convulsion came across the still face. "Yon scorn me," be cried, with ad appearance of eme- tioo, because you do not unaersiana bow I move the world. Power ! Tis more than fancy can grasp. Aad you shall bave it!" said the wizard, with wbat looked lice a show oi en thusiasm. He seemed to come nearer,; to grow larger. He pot forth bis hand ' again, tbis time so close tbat it seem-' ed impossible to escape. And ; crowd of wishes seemed to rush upon tbe mind of Lindores, Wbat harm to try if tbis might be trne ? To try bat it meant oerhtps nothing de- losions, vaiD show, aod then there could be oo barm ; or perhaps inert se ESTABLISHED, 1837. PA., WEDNESDAY, EklillUARY 7, 1877. l.arl whit-h was knowledge to be was power. Try, try. try ! the air buzzed about bira. Tbe room seem ed to be full of voices urging bim His bodily frame row into a tremendous whirl of excitement, bis reins seem ed to swell to bursting, his lips seemed to force a "yes" in spite of bira, foivering as tbey camo apart Tbe biss of tbe seemed in bis ear. He changed it into tbe name which was A spell too, and cried, "Help me, God !" not knowing wby. inen tbcre came another paue be feit as if be had been dropped from something that bad held him. and bad fallen, and was faint Tbe ex citement bad "been more than he could bear Once more everything swam around bim, and be did not know where be was. Had he escap ed altogether ? was the first wakiDg wonder of unconsciousness in his mind. Bnt when he could think and see again, be was still in tbe same spot, surrounded by tbe old curtains and the carved panels but alone. He felt, too, that he was able to move, but tbe strangest dull consciousness was ia bim throughout all the rest of bis trial. His bodv felt to him as a fncrhtened horse feels to a traveler! at night a thing separate from bim, more rngbtencd than be was start ing aside at every step, seeing more than its master. His limbs shook with fear and weakness, almost re fusing to obey tbe action of bis will, trembling under him wih jerks a-dde wrkon ho .,m,n i,;mir Ti. i. J.!.u .. H..I..J c . . :.l ...t, k;. i;J i.u ..im, i nervous agitation. Bnt bis mind was strong, stimulated to a desperate calm. He dragged himself round the room, be crossed tbe very spot where the magician bad been all was vacant, e)ilenf, clear Had he vanquished tbe enemy ? This thought cm. into bis mind with an involun tary triumph. The old ran of feel- . - . . i ing came back ; Such effects might be produced, twhans. onlv bv irua:;i- attraction be could not tell what ; and tbe blood suddenly froze bis veins tbat had been so boiling and ferment ing. Some one was looking at bim from the ol 1 mirror on the wall. A faeo not human aud lifelike, like tbat of tbe inhabitant of the place, but ghostly and terrible, like one of the dead ; and while be looked, a crowd of other faces eame behind, all look iug at bim, same mournfully, some with a menace in tbeir terrible eyes. The mirror did not change, but with in a email dim space seemed to con tain an 'nnumerable company, crowd ed above and below, all with one gaze at bim. , His lips dropped apart with A gasp of horror. More and more and more ! He was standing close ot tbe table wben tbis crowd came. Then all at once there was laid upon bim a cold band. He tnrn ed ; close to bis side, brushing bim with his robe, holding bim fast by tbe arm, sat Earl Robert in his great chair. A sbriek came from tbe young man's lips. He seemed to bear it echoing away into unfathomable dis tance. The cold touch penetrated bis very soul. "Do you try spells upon me, Lin dores ? Tbat is a tool of tbe past. You shall have something to work with. And are you so sure of whom you call upon? If there is snch aone, wby should He help you who never called on Ilim before ?" Lindores could not tell if these words were spoken ; it was a com munication rapid as the thoughts in the mind. And be felt as if some thin? answered tbat was not at all himself. He seemed to stand pass ive and hear tbe argument, "Does God reckon witb a man in trouble, whether he ha? ever called on Hira before ? I call now," (now he felt it was himself tbat said : "Go. evil spirit ! go, dead and cursed ! go, in tbe name of God !" He felt himself flung violently agaist the wall. A faint laugb, stif Ded io the throat, and followed by a groan, rolled around the room ; the old curtains seemed to open bere and there, and flutter, as if witb comings and goings. Lindores lean ed with his back against tbe wall, and all bis senses restored to bim. He felt blood trickle down bis neck, and in this contact once more with the physical, his body, in its madness of fright, grew manaireable. For the first time he felt wholly master of himself. Though the magician was standing in hs place, a great, majes tic, appalling; figure, be n id nt shrink; "Liar!" be cried, in a voice that rang and echoed as in r atnral air "clinging to miserable life like a worm like a reptile ; promisin g all things, having nothing, but tbis den, onvisit ed by tbe light of day. Is tbis your power your superiority lo men who die ? is it for tbis seat y ou oppress a race, and make a bouse inhappv ? I . ... r':- ... vow, in uou s oauie, yo ur reign is over ! You, and your secret, shall last no more." There was no reply. Rut Lindores felt bis terrible ancestor's eyes get ting once more tbat me smenc mas tery over him which bad already al most overcome bis powers. He must withdraw bis owo, or perish. He bad a human horror of turning bis back upon tbat watchful adversary ; to face bim seemed tbe ooly safety ; but to fa bim was to be conquered. Slowly, with a pang indescribable.be tore himself from tbat gaze ; it seem ed to drag his eyes out ofjtbeir sockets, his heart ont of his bosom. Reso lutely, with tbe daring of despera tion, he tamed round to the spot where be entered the spot where the door was bearing already in an ticipation tbe step after bim feelirjg tbe grip that would crush and smoth er his exhausted Ii'e but too desper ate to care. CHAPTER IIL How wonderful is the bine dawning of tbe new day before tbe sun ! not rosy - fingered, like tbat Aurora of tbe Greeks who comes later with all ber wealth ; but still, dreamy, wonderful, stealing ont of tbe unseen, abashed by tbe solemnity ef tbe mw birth Wben anxioos watebem see- tbat first brightness come stealing opon tbe waiting skies, wba; mingled relief b - ""B --- - - - 'and renewal of misery is in it! anoth - i ''r long aav oi ion tnrougn ye an - other sad night over ! Lord Uowne en- among tbe dust and cobwebs, nii lamp flaring idly in the blue morning, He had beard his son's human voice, though nothing more ; and he espec - ted to have him brought out bv in- visible hands, as had happene'd to himself, and left lying in a loDg death-j iv swoon outside that mystic door. This was how it had happened toi heir after heir, as told from father to j son, one after another, as tbe secret came down. One or two bearers of he raised his clenched Gst wildly, aod the name of Lindores bad never re- j gh.ook it in tbe air. "Vile dpvii, cow covered; most of them bad been sad-ia,- deceiver!" ' dened and subdued for life. He re-j ,ib busbi hush, hush. Lindores! membered sadly the freshness of ex-, God be, U8, wba, trourj!)!9 T0U mav i.tence which bad never come back br;n " to himwslf : tbe hopes that bad never j f , , blossomed again; Ihe assurance with L A,B? ?- Ti' wLlever UU which never more he had been able j 8 ,brl' tLe ?ou maa: lo go about tbe world. And now his son wouid be as bioise!' the glory gone out of his living bis ambitions, bis aspirations, wrecked. lie had not been endowed as his boy was he had been a olain. honest man. and nothing more; but experience and liie had given him wiodum enough to Binile by times at the coquetries of mind in which Lindores indulged, j Were ltiCJ !1 OVer uoW, thoee freak ot youn. intelligence, those enthusi asms ot the soul ? Tbe curse of the house had come upon him tbe mag- uetism ot the strange preseuce, evtrj living, ever watchful, present iu all) the lamily history. His heart wn; sore for his son : and vet along who I thi there was a certain consolation to him in htviuc henceforward a oart- uer in the secret tto.no one to whom i i .. .. j . ii. ..r . i, i ...i ,... ! able to talk siuce his own father died, Almost all tte mental struggles w hich Gowrie had known bad Ueu connected with this mastery; aud he had beeu obliged to bide them iu his . bosom lo conceal them even wben they rent bim in two. Now be had a partner in bis trouble. 1 his what he was tbioking as be was j sat! tbrougb the night. How slowly the moments passed 1 Hewaauot aware of the daylight coming in. After a while even thought got su.-pended iu listening. Was noi the lime nearly over 1 He rose aud began to pace about the incumbered space, which was but a step -or two -in extent. There was an old cupboard in the wall, in which there were restoratives pungent essence? and cordials, and f esh water which be bad himself brought everything was ready ; presently the ghastly body of bis son, half dead, would be thrust forth into his care. Rut this wa3 not how it happened. While he waited, so intent thai bis whole frame seemed to be capable of bearing, be heard the closing of the door, boldly shut with a souDd that rose in muffled echoes through tbe bouse, and Lindores himself appear i ed, ghastly indeed as a dead man, but walking upright and firmly, the lines of bis face drawn, and bis eyes star ing. Lord Gowrie uttered a cry. He was more alarmed by tbi3 unex pected return than by the helpless prostration of the swoon which he had expected lie recoiled from bis own son as if be too bad been a spirit. "Lindores!" he cried; was it Lindores or some one else in bis place? Tbe boy seemed as if he did not see him. He went straight for ward to where the water stood on tbe dusty table, and took a great draught, then turned to the door. "Lindores !" said his father, in' miserable anxiety, "don't you know me?" Even then tbe young man only half looked at bim, aud put out a hand almost ss cold as tbe band that had clutched himself in the secret chamber; a faint smile came upon bis face. "Don't stay here," be whispered ; "come! come !" Loru Gowrie drew his son's arm within his own, and felt tbe thrill through and through him of nerves strained beyond mortal strength. He could scarcely kee. up with him as be stalked through the corridor to bis room, stumbling as if be could not see, yet swift as an arrow. When they reached his room he turned and closed and locked tbe door, then 'Ob, I have seen him. The old liar! Father, promise to expose him, m turn him riiit npnmidas tn aIau .mr u..c n rum" 7 vv... vu. inaiaccurseu oia nest: it is our own iauii. it ny nave we leu sucn a place shut out from tbe eye of day? Isn't there something in the Bible about those who do evil hating the light?" "Lindores, you don't often quote the Bible." "No, I suppose not; but there is more truth in many things than we thought." "Lie down," said tbe anxious fath er. "Take some of this wine trv to sleep." "Take it away ; give me no more of that devil's drink. Talk to me that's better. Did you go tbrougb it all tbe same, poor papa ? aod bold me fast. You are warm you Are hooest!" he cried He pot forth bis bands over his father's, warming tbem with the contact. He put bis cheek like a child against bis father's arm. lie gave a faint laugb, with tbe tears in bis eves. '-Warm aod honest," be repeated. "Kind flesh and blood! and did yoa go throueh it all the same?" "My boy !" cried the father, feeling his heart glow and swell over tbe son who bad been parted from him for years by that development ot yonng manhood and ripening intellect wbicb so often severs aod loosens the ties if borne. Lord Gowrie bad felt tbat T.inilorea half r!eftnivri hia aimnTs) mind and duller imagination : bat" laughed as he staggered to tbe bed. " wind'w .1 u, t'hJ t .r'j though I a.-k vour pardon humbly ' eluding, chapter; but when, in the "That will not keep him out, will it?" . ma.niaif T" " 1 , l A for saying so, I would have saved' ripeness of time, it can be narrated, he said. f Tri; sufshiL ..iTexr tr ' if" 1 I'ores." n Qe wi!I sa-T tbai the m-T3:er-T, f "Lindores." said tbe father. "I 00titteK "I don't wish to bave been saved ;! Gowrie Castle has been a vulgar expected to find you unconscious. I b deil s"h dId a Zoft' 1 not "f iL I will end it," j horror, though there are s-me who am almost m, re frightened to Cud you !radiiQL.e of fc $ which is I tbe 7ounr? man said, witb an oath out j are disposed to tb:nk so now. I',' ml- like this. 1 need not ask if you have: . . , of which his emotion took all profan- tW.- J.ja.int. this childlike clinging overcame bim, me"- "e was thinking this when and tears stood in his eves. "I fain-1 he fceard Lindores' voice calling bira. ted, I suppose. I Deve'r knew Low it! p weot bck hl8tiij t0 hi be3"",' ended. They made what tbev liked ' " was ""tige to see bim m bis even of me. But yoa. my b'ave boy, yon : dre88 Wltn tia "orn ia b came ont of your own will." Lindores shivered. "1 Bed V be said. "No houor in that I bad not courage to face bim longer. I will tll yoa by and by. But I want to know about yoa Wlut an ease it was to tbe father r n JLJ C4JL 1 to speak! For years and years ".hi! j cau ueeu buui. up ia u.i-,-.n. n bad niatie Inni lonely in the must ot ! bis friends i "Tbaok God," he said, "that I can I speak to you, Lindores. Often and 1 often I have been tempted t tell your i mother. Rut whv should 1 make ber miserable? She knows there is ! young man, putting; bis band npon) something ; i-be knows when I see j bis father's arm ! him, but f he knows no more." What an ear it was! "I was not: "When vcu see bim ?" Lindores;30 ?0" t " tather," be thought to -rai.l himself, with a return of his! , 6r,t ghastlv look, in bis bed Then i 1 lie I? Dim, lutuer. ah aciur.-cu being like tbat must be lees not more powerful than we are with God to backus. Only slam! Lyme; stand by me '' 'Huoh. Liiidores ! You don't feel j it jet never to get out of hearing oi j him ail your life ! He will make you j PJ fr it if not now, after, wben jou remember he is tiiere, whatever happens, knowing everything: but 1 hope it will not be so bad with you as with me, my poor boy. God help you indeed if it is, lor you have more imagination aud more p.uuj. 1 ai,i aole to forget bun sometimes when 1 am occupied when u the hunting- ueiu, ku'"S atru.-s wuuuj. ... jou -e not a huut'uo man, my poor boy, i said Lord Gowrie, wiibacuriou mix ture of a regret, which was less seri- ii ni i Kin un fti rtr i iifii i i.t w lered h.s voice. "Liociores, thi.-i is what has happened io me since'the momeLt I gave tuo my huuu." "1 did not give hiui u;y hand."' "You. did not give him y..ur baud ? God bles jou, my b-.y ! You stood out?" be cried, with tears again riehiair to bis eye?; "and they say they sav but 1 ilm'i know if there is any truth ia it L rd trjwne "The thing lo do is to decide be got up from his sou's .-ide, and walked j forehand that, good or bad, you will up ami down with excited steps. "If , ot take his advice." there rhould be tnnb ia it! Many people think the whole thiug is a faa cy. It there should be tru.h in it, L.ntiores !" I . "In wbat father?" ". "They say, if be is once resisted bis power. is broken once refused. You could stand against him yo'i ! Forgive me, my boy, as I hope od will forgive me, to have thought so little of his best gifts," cried Lord Gowrie, coming back w ith wet eyes; and stooping, he kissed bis son's hand. "I thought yon would be more shaken by being more mind than body," he said, humbly. "I thought if I could but have saved you from tie trial; end you are the mnqut ror !" "Am I the conqueror? I think all my bones aro broken, father out of their sockets," said the young man, in a low voice. "I think I shall go toted." "Yes, rest, my boy. It is tbe best thing for you," said the fa; her, though with a pang ot m-imentary disap pointment. Lindores fell bac upon tbe pillow. He wa so pale tbat there were moments when the anx ious watchers thought him not sleep ing but dead. He put bis band out feebly and grasped his father's Lir,d. "Warm honest," he said witb a feeble smile about his iips, aad fell asleep. . The daylight was full in the room, breaking through shutters and cur tains, mocking at the lamp that still flared on tbe table. It seemed an emblem of tbe disorders, mental and material, of this strange night ; and, as such, it affected the plain imagin- ! ation of Lord Gowrie. who would bave fain got up to extinguish it, and ! whose mind returned agaiu and ara;n . in spite of him, to this sympton of disturbance. By and by, when Lin dores' gra.-p relaxed, and be got bis band free, he got up from his son's bed.-ide, and put out tbe lamp, put ting it carelully out of the way. Wiib equal care he put avvav the wine from the table, and eave the 1 CJ ur Never, perhaps, had Gowrie looked , out uporj ttle beaut!fui w&1.d around i his bouse without a though: of the t . j wiera existence which was going on eo near to birj) w hich had aa gone on! tor centuries, shut up out of sight of the sunshine. The secret "chamber, had been pre.seDt with Lira ever since be saw it. lie bad never been able to get free of the spell of it He had felt himself watched, surrounded, spied upon day after day, since he was of the age of Liudores, and that was. thirty years ago. He turned it all over in his mind as he stood there and his son slept It bad been on bis lips to tell it all to bis oov, who. j had now come to inherit the en.igh:- enment of his race. And it was a disappointment to bim to have it all ' forced back again, aad silence impos-i ed upon bim once mere. Would Le' care to hea it when he woke ? : would be not rather, as Lord Gowrie remembered to bave done himself, thrust the thought as far as be could away from bim, aud endeavor to for - ' get ior tne moment untti tne time came when be would not be permitted to forget ? He bad been like that himself, he recillected how. He had j not wished to bear bis own father's tale. "I remember," he said to him self, "I remember" turning over everything in bis mind if Lindores might onlv be willing to Lear the story wben he woke! himself bad Dot been he was L ndores, and be could un - derstand bis son, and could Dot blame bim but il wouIlJ '''PPoio "C8U "8"' " "-":ue". wbicb r"" ut"1?-, "Does my mother know V said Lindores ; "what will she think?" j "She knows something ; she knows Moat Litly she will be prsjiag Ut cjsl yoa bave some trial lo go tbroogb) j ?3 TI nil II a VV ll- O .inspection. When, however, they were half-way down the gallery, Lin- .dores stopped short with an air of wonder. -You have had it put baek Tt'TIAT T Yn too- i Jhea ? b sid- IU was .taujin in JlUlati iMJ. IOOJ.front a the vacant spa. wh-rre Karl - both ; that's tbe way of women," jj.u i-uiii v." " hj n emu- luus tenat-mcss wnicn comes mio a man's voice sometimes when he j speaks of a good wife. "I'll go and . ea,-e her mind, and tell her all is -well over ".Not yet. I ell me urst.'sau the biniHeif, wita sudden penitence for the long past, long forgotteu fault, which! "t is not there; but you aud 1 see indeed, be bad never realized as a 't,'' said Lord Gawrie, with a sib. fault before. And then be told the; Then the strangers perceived that son what bad been the story of bis i something had moved tie father and life bow he bad scarcely ever satj803. and, notwithstanding their eaer alone without feeling, from some cor-j curiosity, obeyed the dictates of ner of the room, from behind some: politeness, and dispersed int j groups curtain, those eyes upon bim ; andj looking at the other picture. Lin how in the difficulties of bis life, that.Jores set his teeth and cleufhed hi secret inhabitant of tbe bouse bad been present, sitting by him and ad- j vising him. "Whenever there has j beeu anything to do; when there has been a question between two ways, all in a moment I have seen him by m; I fee' when he is coming. It does not matter where I am here or an v where as soon as ever there is a question of family business; and al ways be persuades me to the wrong wav, Lindures. Sometimes I yield to him, bow can I belp it? He makes everything so clear ; he makes wrong'; seem right. If I have done unjust ! thitiirs in my day " ! "You have n -t, father." IIigh - "lhave; there were these una people i turucu out. i uu not mean to do it. Lindores: but be - :i showed me that it would be better f,,f the family. And mv poor sister i k rt i i tau. .. n.i a ., . wretched all her life. It was his doing, that marriage; he said she would be rich, aud so she was, poor thing, poor thio"! and died of it. Aud oii Macalieter's lease? Lindores' Lindores! when there is any business it makes my heatt sick. 1 know be will come, and.i'lvise wrong, aud tell me something 1 will repent after." Lord Gowrie shivered. "I am not strong like you, or clever; I cannot resist. Jsonietiui.es I repent in time and don't do it; and then! But for your mother aud you children, there is many a'day I would not have given a farthing for my life. Father," said Lindores, springing from his bed, "two of us together can do many things. Give me your word to clear out this cursed den ot darkness this very day." "Lindores, hush, hush, for the sake of heaven !" "I will not for the sake of heaven. Tt.r. w r nnon lot prarr h-wl v wfii lit-ps sp it make an enrl' of t!. cret puil down everything;, curtaiDS. walls t hut. in von sv .' snrinkln bol me y water: v. Are yon laughing at "I did not speak," said Earl Gow rie growing very pale, and grasping his son's arm with both his hands. "Hush boy; do you think be does not hear?" And then there was a low laugh close to them so close that tbey both shrank: a laugh no louder than a breath, "Did yon laugh, father?" j "No, Lindores." Lord Gowrie had j bis eyes fixed. He was pale as tbe j i IT l .tj .:L. - . ucaii. no ueiu u.s sou i ui, lor a: , ,. . .. moment ; then his gaze and bis grasp relaxed, and he fell back feebly in ehair. "You see," he said; "whatever we do it will be the same ; we are under , . ,T ' his power. And then there ensued tbe blank pause with which bailied men con - front a hopeless situation. But t that moment the first faint stirrings of the house a window beinj opened. j0D-t minj ghosts in this house," he a bar undone, a movement of feet, j answered, witb a smile. And they and subdued voices became audible! rejlQrrjej their round of the oM no in the stillness of the morning. Lord ' bie ma'estic bouse. Gowrie roused himself at once. "We! must not be found like this," be said ;j I cannot teil the readers what "we must not thow how we have young Lindoers has done to carry spent the night It is over, tl-ank ; out his pledged word and redeem his God! and ob, mv boy, forgive me ! family. It may not be known, per I am thankful there are two of U3 to ' haps, for another generatki, aad it Ko,i-o if nmkoa th hnrrlpn liirii.tpr ity. Jiis father said, 'tiasn. hush." With a look of terror and pain, he. left bim ; and vet there was a thrill ! . , of tender pride in his mind. How One hundred years ago not a pound brave the boy was! even after he'f , ' ubic f i;11"- had been there. Could it be that! this would "all come to nothing. aslr.T- ..nV.V.ke. aOiimnl tn ,.&L fs rl r!rin before f "I suppose yon know ail about it now, Lindores," said his friend Far rington, after breakfast ; "unlucky for us who are going over the bouse. What a glorious old place it is !" "I don't think that Lindores enjoys the glorious old place to-day," said another cf the guests under bis breath. "How pale he is ! He QOsen l iooa as n u u.u s.ro, , "I will take von over every nook;, j, i -1. - :e I. - I I -.1 wfcere I have ever been," said Lin dores. He looked at his father witb almost command in bm eve. "Come j with me, all of yoa. We shall have j no more secrets here." : "Are you mad ?" said bis father in 1 his ear. "ever mind, 7 cried the jonng maa. "Oh, trust roe ; I will do it J with judgment Iseverybody ready?"! inere was aa eicueuieut swui , tbat half frightened, half roused tbe party. Tbey all rose; eager, yet doubtful. His mother came to bim and took bis arm. "Lindores! yoa will do nothing to But then he vex jour father; don t mase him un willing wheaibaDDV. I don't know your secrets. jvoutwo; bet look be has enough to i bear." "I want yoa to know our secrets, mother. Wby should we have secrets from you ?" Why indeed?" she said, with tears in ber eyes, "liut, Ldnaore. my dearest boy, don't make it worse for bim." "I give yoa my word, I will be wary." be said: And she left bim to go to his father, wbo followed tbe party, with aa aaxioos look npon his cr. "Are yoa coming to? b faked, 'If No, I will not go ; but trust nm ten at tt Knw fnk. n i "He can do nothimr- h ;n o able to do anything," he said. I An.l fhn K L . uw jjucaus BC5 ous on their round tbe son in advance, ex cited and tremulous.the father anxious and watchful behind. Tbey began in thm nan. I . u , i j.w.iki ueuiuiairooni3 "d P'c'urvvgsUi-rry; M(1 ia a glwrt sw sj am uau-iorgouen tnat there was anrthing unusual in ths. ! "What is it?'' tcey ail tried. crowdniir upon him, rea.Jv fjr aav j iu-ii- u noiuiug een, ine etrangers sru;Ia "ung themselves. Yts. to be sure, there is nothing so suifetive a j aeaat place," said lady who wai j o. tue party. v borm portrait ought i " mere, Lora Lindores 7' He Iouked at his father, hj made slight asfectiag geeture, theu sh.jiik bis head drearily. ."i.0l P"t 't there?' Lindores , w . m whisper. hands, tury was growing upon bim nottbo awe that filled his father's mind. "We will leave the rest of this to another time," he cried turn ing to the others, almost iiercelv. "Come, I will show you something more striking now." "He made no turther preteuse of goiog over the house systematically. He turned aud went straight up stairs, and along the corridor. "Are we goiug over the bed-rooms?" some one said. Lin dores led the way straight to the old lumber-room, a strange place for such ' 11 stay party. The ladies drew their dresses about them. There was not room fjr half of tiieni. Those who ! - f"t in commenced to hatidle the strange things that lay about, ing them with daintv 6 ir touch . e- claiming how dusty they ere. Th ! window was half blocked n.i t,v old ar mor and rustv weapons: L:h ib's did j n binder tbe full Summer .lavtiijbt rnef lavlii;bt rl od of light. j frufu penetrating U Liudores went in with fire Uea ruiiu- aiiou ou bis face. Ho weut straight ; to tte wall as if he would gj tar ju.'h, jthen paused with a biji.k gaze. ' Where is the door?" he said. "You are forgetting yourself," s-tid Lord Gowrie sjieaking over the? heads of the others. "Lindores ! you know very well there never as anv door there; the wall is very thick; you can see by the depth of the win dow There is no door there." The young man felt it ove' with his hand. The wall was smooth, and covered with the dust of aes. With a groat? he turned away. At this moment a suppressed lauyb, low yet distinct, sounded close by him ou laughed?" be said fiercely to Farington, strikiog his on bis shoul sbolders 'T laughed! Nothing was fur ther from my thoughts." mh! his friend, who was curiously examining something that lay npon an old carv ed chair. "Look here! what a won- derfu! sword. C'OS3-hiIted ! Is it an Andrea: Uhats the matter I.in uores . Lindores had seized it from bis bands; he dabbed it agaicst the wall with a suppressed oatb. The two or three people in tne room looked aghast. "Lindores!"' bis father said, in a tone of warning. The maa dropped the useless weapon witb a groan. "Then God belp us!" be said; "but I will find another way !" "There is a very interesting room close by," said Lork Gowrie, hastily "Lindores has been put oat by some changes that have been made without his knowledge," be said , . . ,:,t i.:m iiaiiu.y. sou muni uin utiuu uiuj. , Jd ialed lu -u rb 9 :t00 mui.haccurtomed toh.vLowB !wa7 ,-Jut Lortl ,-;B.ri. knew that no i . ,,,!. i,. one belie-ved bim. He tooat them to j aQ a(jj0;ajD(, r00D)i aaj t0j triCm ; ea?, B,or. f aa .pparition that iwa;i supposed to haunt it. "Have ! vou ever seen it?" the guests said, ; f,retendin? interest. "Not I; but we i will not be for me to wnie that con- II. me Life a Haadreel tear. As. .811 wea ourue,J ;,u -uu"- N o iron stoves used and con- . tliVaUCe for eecfhomizing tea: were employed until Dr. Franklin invented the iron framed fireplace whicn sun bears his name. All tbe cooking and warming in town as well as in the country, were done by the aid of fire kindled on the brick hearth or in brick oven. Pine knots or tallow candles furnished the lizct for the long winter nights, Imd sanded fl jors supplied the place of ruzs aad carpets. Ihe water used honhoM porpos(r, . . rK- was drawn from deep wells by the creaking "sweep." No form of pump as used in the country, so far as we can learn, until the commencement of the present century. There ' were no friction matches in those early days. j by the Aid of wbicb s fire could jeasi'v kindled, aad if tbe fire "w. be went otJt- Upoa the hearth over night ani j,be tinder was damp so that the spark wond not catch, tbe alternative re- mainetl ol wading tnrougn tnw A mile or two to oorrow a ornuo oi neighbor. Only one room cf any bouse was warm oniess some mem ber of tbe family was ill; in all tbe rest the home temperature was at tero dnriog many nights in winter. The raea and women of a hendred years ago undressed and weot to their beds ia a temperature colder than in our modern barns aod wood sheds, and thev never complained. r -i i . i - It is said that lince A. T. Stewart's death, other aod wiser mAnAgement has resulted ia nearly doubling the sales 'f bis establish Jient Joba HeUner, of Reading, is father of fbrty-two children- Aa excellent retaining bcAri
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