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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