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"Not a bit of It." replied the mis- ebhvm 3111. “Pm and am he thought we were I.“ apt to pamper mm. too much and that It would doumawniuamwlnufluud emu for I “no.” "Why. (but In and: n an we could- n't stop, of comm.” "Don't be too curtain." remarked Rose. "1 was talking with papa this morning about it. and I naked what m to be done if the place should turn out damp and cold. What do you think In. answer was?" "It In only fit for ram and owls to live in." aid Catharine, with u look of in- tense disgust. "What could papa be thinking of when he took it without even paying a visit in the place? How- ever. there is one comfortâ€"he likes snug. warm rooms as well as any of no; And the first gianre at the interior of the old shell will be sure to dimm- chant him. We shall never live here. mamma; so you and nnt distrrss yonrhelt‘nt all about it." "Dismal, mamma!" said Ross, "1 (MM: It In anlhlng but that! Romantic. solitary, lonely, I! you will. but surely not dlmal!" . "let-q prnsorve us!" said Mrs. Coyley. looking up at the Hall. "Who would ban beliewd It was such a dis- mal place? Why, ymterday from the road It teamed pica-ant!" Rae Cowley watched "Ila nodal 'lth ltmghlng eyes; but her mother and stator looked a If they would gladly have follovod the example or the children. and taken to their hcols a well. Only to the gun. ho'ever. «lid [Ms youlMul bodyguard rem". Winn the dflvvr not down and “fled "w mat] hon from its scrim! tho nm cmk Murmur! the rubble like max". A din vision of Queen Rm In out! and flflhlngalo. romlng data the ave- nue to meet those who cousin m on- ter, nflrlghted them; no with one Ir.- cord they set oi at full speed toward the village. never daring to look be- hind them, or to nllclml their pace unâ€" til they were safe once more at the!“ own women“ Illa Ir. Cowley. hl'll‘ made human Ina-Mr of (he Hnll. was not long In pull. I: a visit. He took his lamHy with bill. lld though tho-y wont In broad daylight. lboir carriage Iran a- carted lo the very lodge ntm hy s Oder: troop ol rosy-charted rhlldnn. who shred It Rm :9 If the had born the Dragon of War-”01 in perm. The out day I" Bum-y Ime- [he lilo by heart. 1‘!“ Mukcr'u nun-a "I C‘Wki. and the young Indy "no rum to no the [but in nu. Raw Comer. a puny, Mr. mu. ctmluro, who looked u 1! m 'wld nhrlok and run any H I now cmuud her path. Her on" gum. (:Mhrrlno (Mun ('0':- by) In I all. dul- Min-d um with I but color Ind luhlu burl: rye: by In the most proper pornon om» would my, to "mum - dmxxm u! m. olhnr world. llm aha Md not up» prou- of (In wok", and Ihn-hlrrml A! the very nun or the "all. Mn. (‘ml- I", M. “It and tom, look m.» mob In easily. though In her hurl ch» m.»- nlderrd u n “on!“ of l'rorhlvnrw, flat the an new“. :01» u». m» madly attuned to Mr “mu, [mul- Imm bulb-ad. Am! had In than» to "II Into the crater o! \‘ummn I i IMII a. would lune [inn nm- mm In on England, and lolmwed Inn-Hy! in N. unto. CHAPTER II. So the this. In M'cumplluhcd. The Mullrd bean in m. "Hollow Auh “I" let!” be mur- mured u he wont back to the bar once more. "Well, that Is I no. and no mltukc! I wonder: how won ll. um be on”! P" Both loathed no they drank the (out. Then the agent rose. buttoned NI coat and turned to the door. The loudlord saw him out; and utter Md. ding him good nllht. stood looking out beyond the town. It the mu, where the lonely noun I“ alluding, dark. silent and grim. "Thank you. slr. And now that bunlneu I: well on your mind, let“: drink the health or the newâ€"comers. and wish them a hippy homo u Hob low All: HAIL" "Well, I think I will. But I was quite undecided when I came In here. I assure you. But you are a clever nan, Grimes, and one can't go far Wrong In taking your ndvlce." "I don‘t see how he could be. Even If he was, he would have time to get cool again before he met yuu. I should take the utter, mos! decidedly." "I don't see why. Say yes. or course. and thank your stars (or the chance." “But. If Mr. Vernon should be an- ‘l'y?” "I do not know," replied the agent. looking thoughtfully into the fire. “And there ls no time to writeâ€"that. la the worst 0! ll. Mr. Vernon Is In the Holy Land, and I don’t know how long It would take a letter to reach hlm. Now, this gentleman wants to go In at once. ln tact. I am to give hlm an an- swer tomorrow. I'm lerrlbly perplexed about, lt.” h, lying idleâ€"no good to him nor any one else. This gentleman has a. fancy tor seeing ghosts, and pays Mr. Ver- non handsomely Ior It. What more can a man ask for?" CHAPTER I. ~(Contllmed ) ”Queer as Dick‘ a hat band no doubt. But I don't see how he could be 01- tended It you let the house. There it §$%%Â¥%*fififififi*fi$fi$fi$$fi$¥fi$§ fifi’*fifififlfifififififififififififififififififi ' mm'v". 'F'V‘N‘i'll‘ {Hanna Am}; § JO Hall JO DY MARGARET BLOVHT. } The key turned suddenly as he spoke. the lock yielded, and the door new open with such violence that Mr. Cowley landed on his none In the hall. Seeing this, his wlte forgot her tears and run to pick hlm up. Rota Ind Cothmne followed. nnd so at last they stood together beyond the threshold of tho hound house. Whllo In. Cowley and Catherine were helping the head of tho fully to Ml feet, Rate and 1mm! her with hmthla- two, hut expecting not mount to one touch all. m Into-cm to won that! "This look has not been oiled sine: the year 1!" said Mr. Cowley, pullng and Moving as he (fled to turn the key. "Hang the thing, h0w it sucks! Bear 3 hand here, my good (eunw, will you? Hallo!" "Here it is. sir.“ aid the mam. But he fell to the rear after presenting It. He was a lad ol Nineteen and had heard too much of the place no: m keep at a respectful distance during the first moment of Invmlntqon. “Oh, yes. i think i are myself doing it"' was the grim reply. "Tue you to Brighton to wear a pork-pie hat on lhr sands, and show your aak‘es on the pier! No Brighton for you a! pra- Pnt, miss. You will stay here and do ynnr fellow-countrymen a sewn-P, I! you please, by disabuslng their minds of a stupid projndlce. by mans oi your own experionre. Driver, have you so: the key to this floor?" "I In sure It does. and you will turn mango and manna rheumtim and Rose a sure [hm-l and l a perpotnal Inflmn. Dear papa, do [he up this srhuno and take us to Brighton in. mead!" on the top of a hill? How could the water get up here. I shank! like to know?“ "ll-mp? Nonsense? II is as dry as a bone. Don‘t you see that It stands "If lhoy do. I'll ninth their noun with (he want" "M an. Cowl", ml‘ rmnly. and Rose burst out lauglmm, "But. 91”." said Catharina "Inc home Is no dump!" "nut. papa, If Ihoy com!" "Ingram Roan, vim I [laid glam-o at the time shut Dons. tnhIr-mmlnl. anal man who float tn Hm Mt. rm! turn who new things on n cnrlnt amt nnnntml nous", mm "~01. Hm nukr nltnnmu'u anal all the "at o.‘ H. Intigmd "rm: to In lulu: Mark mad. I "an! to "to my nnmhymon u littlr rmm luv rnmmnn what. but | my: nmu-rl) vrvulnilr than not. amt I hold mm: M" mw him nuts" 3 nm slum! "Mm: this new tannins lum- wnu- I: 3 mm”:- Wnctartm. I await to do H. and tn man, you air: It tan. For thi. tram" I uh Hm haunt. 'bllh that um, Idiot: about hon my ts Munml. NM mu among thm dam runo- near tho plan-v, I’ll shut m-m that I'm not mum to "w M». And than. perhaps. Hwy cm mm to their Mum unit. and Inn that male In the other world are glad enough to not ' quit at this. "boats. indeed. I have In pith-nu I'ith "Ir. nonsense!" "('sm'l I. my dear? mu I do. and for this "‘0‘ "awn u. world In I"- tlux In mu rotlunur and landfill In rum mr. Wm: mu. aplrlmalmn and "I cannlnly new: "pot-led to com. Io such a plum u um." um In. Cowley, yummy. I. Ihc loft lie fly. "Qua-r old don. Isn't II. my love?" "\‘uy qnnr!“ "um I dun no: you I'll! Nu n In IInw. I: In I am- airy plan. I rum Iv. (‘nlhurimt you II" have rum-k. Ilka rublmgr rum In no lune" "I'upa, ynu raunm mm a! min: nm'” "Id that mum: Indy In dummy. "Now, my dear, let me help you. Jump out, Rose, Ind two which of u- will iind um haunted chamber tint." said Mr. Cowley. coming to the door of the ily. his round. red (are beaming with delight at the evident "uploa- tion or his win: and olden duuxhter. "Jump out and w how you like your future home: You are as good In tho lady at the minor not. Mn. (3. What do you think at that? Did you our expo-u to attain to moth dignity, "on in )our wildnt tire-nu oi the inturr?“ As she spoke. they drew up before their new home. and even Rose was obliged to confess in her own heart ‘that It might have been a pleasanter one, when she looked up at the fast- eiesed door, and the blank range or duty windows. Mrs. Cowley groaned again. The place was even worse than she thought, and she was wicked enough to pray secretly for a m of the gout, or a smart twinge or lumbago. which should lay her lord and master flat on his back, and thus enable her to take him to Brightonâ€"to town. evenâ€"~ralher than to this modern‘ “Cutie o! Udulpho." which shockodl her almost more by its outward dirti and «lismmlort than by the ghostly] tenant» whlch it held within. "Don’t rear, mamma," rennet] Cnth~ urine, with an air or composed certainâ€" ty that was peculiarly provoking to Rose. “By the lime papa has had to so without breakfast and dinner once or twice, because the chimney wliii not. draw,.he will be ready enough to 80 away. Men may be stoics and ascet- lcs and philosophers in theory easily enough. But all their line doctrines go to the wail, l observe, when their stomachs come in question." Mm Cowley moaned. “I shall have rheumatic fever. l know. Mr. Cowley will never be mad enough tn HVe here. The house Is tlke a well." ms could to no nonâ€"Tm on Brand“: Hill. which in the proper name for the historic battlefield of the Revolution. in Charlestown. The monument} mmer atone was laid in 1823 by Genéral Lafayette. and on this occasion and at the grand dedication. June 17, 1842. Daniel Wobsier made two of his greatest orations. The Elsslor slsiers were in: humus dune- ors, horn in Vienna in 1808 and 1811, rospm‘fivoly, of whom the younger. Fanny. became the most oelebratod. F From 1830 to 1851 the career of Mlle. Fanny was one continuoua ovation” ‘Whlle at Paris she is said to have ‘vrlipged even Taglioni by hor won- dPrful dancing or "La Cachucha” At- in visiting London in 1838. she came to the United States. where her tri- umphant progress was marked by many advantageous oflera of mar- riage, all of whom she declined. 8h. retired to a villa near Hamburg. Ger- many, 1851. having amulet! an enor- mous fortune, and died in 1884. Her sister contracted a Inorganatic nar- riago in 1851. with Prince Adalbart of PHI-Ila. and was nbaeqmtly an»- noblad.‘ A rune Dam on. law An I. (mm It. Few mic are aura that it m a public dancer who gave material aid In completing the Bunker Hill nonu- nmn. This Md me from the noted Fanny Elsi", who, as Dr. Holmes puts It. "dancod the We onto Bunker mu monument. a Orpheus moved the rocks by music." She dlncod at a mt benefit performance. whirl: realised enough to wamnt the managers going on with the obelisk Who does thc but Illa 01mm All this. and note than this. Ill the party It the "all experience. m Hung-«nay. more than «no menu" was much them No om not. of the lumen“. yo! all were mum of It. though they Med to Inn II M. en: la the rm of their 00: minds. (To be manned.) rm alum to". but did not but? m not "out mum-n mun-lo- Into-e Il- ml Ion m! alum "an" u M. int and “in"! arm you "on no plan” not "mintedâ€"um Inmâ€" oh. an! Manly with pub up and inr- rkd um and I In“ that shoot a "to He n It an the ten back In "M npnl'n all". and Inns dot- the al. rat-non m Ihirh the agent high! up ply. CRAFT!!! Ill. Novenhflm, .- IM party law from room to room. a llIeth Ml over the. nllv-I umaim «out! stoned In .mc upon "My hm". In. Cowley floated fully m. Callumm In n" rook. Role mud Io hunt and int. and "an Hr. (‘nwlty panned Ma lu- vnllnuom In I nan-ms». “any I”. u H M In m ll Mm. ' md you «not mm In empty but... ‘drar nod". by puma"? A lanai] «mum muln. (at mutual». will no MI! um hallo: cmr II III. I Gall cloud-momma la mr lu bounty- mulling In uh Irma lu up“ 0! homo and want"! "you? MI: (mm mom to mm. with the bunch of in. donning rmm your hand. did you m-l ham in (vol "on! naming. ul- mn. but nm "Malt. was lat-flag m rommny min-«Mn; mu was! RM door! um! knit-n! mu a! nu windows and mink-cl M ".0 «man of III loun- mm» u H In "mum" a story CM“ 1 Trembling and disgusted. the good Indy lollovmi Imr lruculent spouse. :- he opened door after door within the man-Ion. The mom- won all dark and dingy. it ll true, but they Ind kin ceiling: And plenty of window. with pin-gm upocll. 80.9 .04 rum, and Inert-rd. pretty curt-in: and bright furniture. a piano. and 1 few picture- would make quite number plan of IL u xlr. Cowley uld. “Nonsense, my dear; don’t Interrupt 1me. it you please! Robbed and mor- ‘dercd. lndeed! Is that llkely whlle you have me to protect you? I merely made that remark as a warnlng In case such a person should be concealed here. I recommend that person not to come too near. whoever he may he: and I add. for Ma lurther Information. that I shall sleep here with a revolver. loaded and capped. by my aide, and I! ha begins any 0! his tricks upon trav- elers. I'll give hlm pepper. by Jove! Now. Mrs. 0.. come along and look at the room." BUNKER HILL IONUHENT "What made me fall, I cannot tell." he remarked. "It really seemed as it the door was Jerked from my hand by some person inside. Do you know. my dear. I incline to the opinion that some evil-disposed person has harbored here at some time or another 1nd taken ad- ‘vantage of the popular belief in ghosts to carry out. all manner at iniquity in perfect safety. For ought we know, such a person may be within hearing now." Mrs. Cowley gave a little shriek. "Then we are all safe to be robbed and murdered; Dear George, do let us leave this place and get home as soon as possible! " Mr. Cowley rubbed his head. {alt his nose carefully all over, and pronounced himself quite sound. lily." But no one an». All m It“! and .quioL They flood within . Inn", squure hail. very duty and dirty and lighted only by the taillight over the door. A worn nut covered the floor. there was a. omnll iron otovo in the center of the hall. and, loaning Against it a curiously urved walkill stick, resembling the wand of n mul‘ also rather than the ordinary cone of a gentleman in the nineteenth century. Rose took this in her hand. but quickly laid it down. It did not seem "canny" to hold it. though why she could not W GROVE Iran-thy with Dr. Horton'- m .1,M,000. Tllo mama will betheoutconeot mama-t hauled “tom-o- chl "tanner. divorce from unfit. thunk-:30. Inclinati- According to published plant, her (:13in will go to Europe noon. and tom this u I: assumed that her m- rim to Dr. Horton VII! the pine. noon. In fact. It a co Mum by etc-o friends. \ Ian. M nnd bet: dew-gnu! 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