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thrown ’ ope‘ from the out. nature of th personal pom be it a to the hme ha: methods I success I not that m the mm “~ so mllantlv carriew fin; "‘3 wings tf’ be That. evening Laura. did not, app? dinner; her mother sent for the do and she was ordered to bed. Some “5°91: up all night. with her, and in ”“2“.“ 3 she was delirious; the sys was neve fight ' "M had sustained a. sea was M, d "Nâ€"uâ€"nâ€"othiugâ€"-â€"” began Jack, when hum, looking round, saw, to her delight, that there was a gleam of artificial light in the doorway, which showed that the door was open. Sho rushed to the place; the great bar was gone; the door was‘ sjar; Laura. yelled. for help, rushed through, And fell headlong in the pawn age. '1hc cause of her (all, I am ashamed tossy, was no other than Jack himself, who rushed alter her. Both loll down, like Jack and Jill, and lay sprawling to- gether. » stale-Laura, was put to bed.‘ 'hug, for two or three days. “MM hI-‘H'Puo‘in axial “be M: flying, Jack?” "G gâ€"g~ghww£“ said Jack. "Du you think u Ls uvcr, J Laura. wmw beau Lain“) vimulo, he seem- ed to hum up is warning lotcfiugur and 'isappeaued. Then the music Cease-J; the ruoux 01 the ghost. and skeletons disappem‘cu; the cumulus which had ranch Datum the win- dow) wen: drawn back, and. than: was aneuce. ‘ vppusuc “.11 he mutant, laced ms great grwddaughw: am with m, “hm luck» came,so they disappeared, as suddenly; as silently. The bells stopped, the drums stopped. Then there began a. wzulzng, plain-21w music, a tune never beam on cards, which seemed, like the bell: and the drums, to be played around them, above chem, below them. And. while this n cinl and. ghusuly tune was slowly played, there appeared. suddenly, nut, said Lama unarwm‘ds, an) if they sprang ll‘ulll the ground or dropped Aron; Lhe skies, but suddenly, as ii " they came 1mm nowhere, three :kelewns. in median light. one could discern them shadowy lax-ms, the lean lingers wuh which they pointed, the long bony legs with which they dancedâ€"they actually danced lâ€"Lhe hollow, eyeless sockets and grinning teeth at the skulls. As they we end, and a. lung nmuw window as the side. Thu glimmer from the snow without gave sutficienn light [or the in- truding pair to see the thugs-which pru- denwd themselves. Sitting up in bed, to her sisters ; a girl of fine imagination and an amatic situation, therefore the it seemed next. as if the end or the room was taken away, and. another room open- ed to their eyes. Thaw was nothing but. it. was lighted by For, at the clung and. clash of the bells, the curtaimi fall before the windows, and they were in darkness absolute. Suddenly the bells which had been rina ~- ing a. melodious peal, and the ken);- drums, which had been' was “ing a. muffled harmony, clashed and clanged 1n 9. hur- rible discord, as the heanng of which 13m moaned. and groaned, while Jack, clutching her hand, as if for his own safety, murmured mechanically, "Nâ€"n-n- nothing c-u-c-can hâ€"h-hâ€"hux-” and here his Jaws stuck and he said no more. and seen were men: u-ifles, bagatenes, shades, apple tart, compared to what. way was about. to see. ’ “the Haunted Room at Mombllng Ball. (wx'nxm-zn mom LAST WEEK.) Yet. there wen) fingers at her throat, and just. zhen Laura. would have sacrificed an the honor and glory of the family ghost. could she havo found herself safe outside that dreadful door with the bar :ecdown to keep them in. Or, suppose her ancestor had appeared, hungering, mvunmg for a. life, I believe she would have gwcn up her lover in the same ayu'it ol duty as pmmpwd Agaanemnon w sacruiw iphigenia, so 8.5 to get out. of mu men with as much ease and smeby u pusaiule. But all that. they had heard Jack I" said lam-a. ,,~__ .0. . ' vvv‘ . W ‘ drovéxsbmight "I heard no words," Laura. sighed. that r. ., ving Word that he ‘-- That is, I could distinguish none. But back on regimental duty. it seemed to me as if, far offâ€"oh! very we got. there he was fair; to ’ r away «that was 2. choir of voices up- lifted in harmony.” , Z . m.- M Stories by Popular, Wen- nothing in the telling; the “91):, the cold breath, the “hr-oat, the skeletons, the m ’ music, with the (head g-:“Wgrandfather at the end ' :1: ted. The sisters told e squire enjoined secrecy, rner open in the case of ; everyone had a. trusted ore, before Jack returned, sides by questions CZ, sun, was put to bed. “One fellow groaflgâ€"" Jack be- r two or three days, the story gun, but was instantly cflficked as Laura dial apparition at. Mcmbling went on. 4,. got about. "The music preceded the Dance of um. got. better she told the Death”â€"Laura. stopped, and trpm}.lna_ Known Author-- Light Reading hu- we Whole Fallon}. :SELECTQ’“ mt) URY TELLEH SHORT. BRIGHT FICTION. THE A SCESTRAL GHOST: ma" cried Jack. Ming rh wigh fear of s, thafi-it was a. t, accompanied appearange cal- mous; the system, sustained a. severe at. all in this room, a. large winduw at. nmuw window as Hgll, and ', Jack 2" ’ asked L appgg; at the docffir, Somebody :cpw .7..- .u-vv ku . {ht "I heard no words,” Laura. si°hcd. B he ‘-- That is, I could distinguish none. But ;y. it seemed to me as if, far offâ€"oh! very ‘0 ' r Avery «that was a choir of voices up- 10, lifted in harmony.” _ '1‘ . “ One fellow groagn‘gâ€"" Jack be- ry gun, but was instantly clinched as Laura. 1 3g went on. “4 "The music preceded the Dance of i te Death”â€"Laura. stoppeg» and trembledâ€" ‘ ; “nothing more terrible could be conceiv- n ed. As the skolgtons danced, pointing E [A “The. music p1 e Dcath”â€"Laura. st notmng more ten ed. As the skulet their long '00ng edtowarnusofth "0114,” intern “pould Sim}: a. page -Pparition. have 5‘ " Oauld,”“intermpted m; hastily, i.“_cou.ld sixth a. pageant, su‘ch a. spiritual "pparinion, have suggested thé ‘Danse Macabre’ to Holbein and the medizeval painters?” “Like a. hornpipe,” said Jack. “Never‘ saw such a. lively lot. ; double-shame, h6g1- and-we, walk-around, all complete.” , ”I; How long did the dance continue ‘1’” a. visitor, shuddering. , . e wok no count of time." renh'ad Death”â€"Laura. stoppeg» and trembledâ€" “nothing more terrible could be conceiv- ed. As the skeletons danced, pointing their long buffingers at lus, they seem- ed to warn us of the gym. j'l‘heir aspect was Sag-511633161? their! gestur , ““as there any singing?” asked an- utherlady. " 'Oh! if they had sung a. hymnâ€"what an addition to our choir it would have been. "’ " Made a. devil of a. row, pered in con-uhu'ation to a. him. ‘ Ill " It was nothing oi the sort, sir,” Laura. interrupted. "'l'he sound was like no earthly music. It was tuneful, but no human voiCe could reproduce the tune; the harmonies were too subtle and. too profound for human art; the instruments ‘ may have been in form like our own, but of a. sweetness, of a force which I could never, never hope to conch to your im- {ginationf’ " 1: w as something like a. musical box, ” said. Jack. '" What is it. like, the music ?” whisper- ed a. young lady. "Like a waltz tune," said Jack. “ Not the least. him a. wauz tune,” said Lam-a. "You. might as “cu call a. reci- tativo irum handc'uz. waltz tune: better, in tact, because Handel’s music is the work of a man, vuhcreas Lhisâ€"oh! this that. WU heardâ€"whusu Work “a: it 1‘" bhe liked hands and eyes, and rumumcd 5mm ‘ in ccsmuc couwmplauuu 013m cuimnr. "My dean”: an: cumiuucu‘, aim-r an m- Lerval, during which the gentlemen thought. they Wen,- m chm-uh, and IUULUUP mm their hats, “u. is impossible to dc~ scribe that. music. 1: séu upon the soul like some unbalance of pchr: We were awed, not terrified, by'jH" r "1. cannot understand, now, how i lived through it. Indeed, lmuat have died with terror had in no. been for the invincible fortitude or Jack, who, 1 win sayinhis presence, heir-axed. with pen reef. courage and reverence thmu-rhuuz. \\ has reassured me Just, and. uunvmcw me that no harm was intended, was the celestial music which preceded the moat. awe-inspiring sight, the last scene ul 8-We-ins ‘ ‘ 0‘ \ a 11']. I n n p “D . X-htg " Awfully awful,” said Jack, her chair. "15118.11 never,” ma Laura, "new: again bear to hear the 10.1.»: frivolous or awning allusion to pne appearance ol spirits. The subject. will always be as- suciumd in my mmd with a. maunescaciun winch was truly awiul.“ They came from all parts of the country to hear the scary. Laura. was obliged to ‘ be as home every aiLcruoon. Jack was not. allu wed. to leave her chair, in order to be ready to corroborate any statement. he shone as the lump: light, not. bomg permuted no mu the awry 11.1111:le be- cauau he was Hub 5. good amateur, and because a. certain stcrxlisy oi magmaniun xorbade those duvelopumma 0: meta winch are ncccSam-y 1n 2:. Lul'ioub ghusa story. But he could put. :1; a. ward by way 01 prom, and was. .;.ucn:c£y use- ml as a. wiLucas. A ghosb, hncumu‘aclv, requires the tesmmuuy ox cm; or more credible persons. She became an extremely interesting person, and began to cultivate the sad- ness which belongs, somehow, to all per- sons privileged to hold communication with tho outer world. She sat in shadowy corners, or in the dim firelight “ithout a. lamp, in the long and dark room called the library, where she told her story with clasped hands, while the llghtol the tire redduned her We check and allowed ‘ up the luminous depths of ho: largo suit :eyes; her auditors gathered round her catching broathlessly at her Words, and. looking over them sho ulders on the chance 01 seelug the Spectra behind them. But he never came. “My greatpgrandlather,” said Laura, "will never, l um persuaded, leave the room in which he has chosen to dwall. Let us have no fear. Indeed,“ she added, smiling sadly, "why should we war ‘3 he who restored the tortunes. of the House, and is good enough to watch ox er it alter his passing away, col. hardly be roared. he may hear, nu doubt he does hear, all that is said and done in tho hall, thcrczoro let us speak ol him with the rcvurencc and two which he deserves.” \ The more telling of the story became a. fearful joy to Laura and to the faithful Jack. It. was a. dreadful uperience so have undergone; but, like a shipwreck on a. desert island, once worried through, it became a. grand and splendid distinction. Laura’s sisters envied her; Laura’s brothers envied her. The squire was proud of her ; the story brought. the great.- usr. credit. to the family ; Laura. might have adopted the motto of Queen Eliza- beth, Dux femina. (anti. Lord Mayor’s day. Did afar man hear tell of any other ghost Who could com- mand, so to speak, a private orchestra. of his own, to play afihis coming? )n suppose that, as the £138 in the room for ten "n saidJack, “like the 34‘“! mt a row,” Jack whis- 9.x no, a," re plied us: have fit low man beside OL‘ hind The “Narz'utiw’ ’ at)“ her hafix Laura. began to descend slow 1y from the higher spiritual lucls and to talk of ordinary .. ;y-..:. ...2 .- vfiC gilillt‘l. (T. «\uku n. e gom] {hm would do I have bought five ' n then; in homes whelc I . .ll ,1 w,” , "nd now thus “an W The Squire gave his consent to have the story printedâ€"but, he. said, for pri- vate circulation only. Let the knowledge of the ghost be whispered abroad; that could not, he suppmcd, be avoided; but the actual fact concerned only the im- mediate friends of the house, and not the general public, whose curiosity he, for one, was'not disposed to gratify by re- lating private events, and the experiences however singular, of his daughter. The “ Narrative” or “Plain Statement ” was acCordingly ‘printed on the finest and crcalniest of toned paper, With a portrait of.~the ancestor. The date of his death ' was not stated, but from the medizeval ' appearance of the face and the cut of the beard, in which the limer improved on I the original oil painting (that of Josiah ‘ Membling as a common councilman), the ‘ venerable ancestor might have belonged to the thirteenth or fourteenth'eentury. All this added greatly to the glory of the family, and tended to confirm their posi- tion as belonging to the county. W'ith ‘what face could anyone sneer at people as new comers whose ancestors remained in their old rooms, and appeared to give benedictions to the female gbranches of their posterity ? Could the ‘ " Conrtnays, the Montmoren signans, expect more ? 1t "(‘4 ed, for the good of the world and the so- lace of nmnkind. Laura. spent, there- fore, a, fortnight in the production of what was called a. “Plain Statement." Her intimate friends observed that the written narrative did not quite eorre~ spend with her former statements, and Jack owned that he had not heard the choir singing hymns, nor seen the bless- ing with both hands. But these things mattered little in the face of so tremen- dous and undoubted a. series of appdri- tions. it. “as zwreed by the_adv1ce of the spii ituulisn, that. the history should be written downâ€"soberly, he said, and with due attention to dates, times and the cor- roborative testimony of Jackâ€"and print- And so it WL-nt on, day after 1153, Laura. 1eceixi11g \‘isitois and telling the sto1‘3 our and over 11min. Jack was neither iniwvinatixe no: “as he properly i111111L5 sed. ilo had. seen things and heard 1111113 ; that “as undeniable. But he drew no cone lesions. He was thus a foil to Laura, and by his very donnright matter-uh -1'ae: doggedness he corroboratcd her statements. .'.l‘ho story, little by little, improved; the heavenly music was, in :1 to“ 11:13 provided with a. heavenly choir ; the were a. pcal; the dance of death v .15 a, piecession of skeletons, who danced as they crossed the room in 1111111- bcr about a. hundred and fit '; the bone- diction of the ancestor M15 pronounced in a. solemn whisper which could not reach the gmsser car of Jack, but was perIeL-tly audible _'to Laura. The fair na11uLo1 11L-1‘5L'll became daily more pene- ilktluu with the greatness and grandeur of her position; she also, to Jack’s dis- gLL‘t, beL-Lune more spii'ituztlized, tried to live onmothing, grew certainly pale and thin, and ceased to take the same into1‘e5t as of old in the little tendernesses which 1 her lever was willing to 13.th upon her. 1 “ “11y,” Jack said, Considering, "he shuflied a bi: \\ 1th his feet as if his slip- puzs \\ e10 uneasy. ” “ And did. you,” asked the Spiritualist, "hear the blessing ‘3” " No, I did not,” Implied Jack. “ The Messing, ” explained the scientific specialist, "was for the house alone. You heard nothing, then ‘2” " He disupmmd?’ said. Laura. “He seemed tu tuuch the wall and to vanish.” “He came out. of onk‘wall, ” said Jack “and “cm into the other \\ all. ” "Did he, now,”â€"a.skud the explorer cf Ghoszlnndâ€"“Did he the gmuud, or did he ascend air '2" huard him murmur a. blessing as he dis- appeared. " 'lhe most benignant countenance; the sueotest smile; the kindest look in his eyes; 111th long silvery locks and a. 11 h1to beard. Asa he disappeared, he miscd his 11111111 as if to bestow his benc- diction upon us. You 151111 that Jack ?” " Oh yse 11111 lifted his 11111111.” “Ith111k, but. I 11111 not sure, thud “ As he moved he turned his 'facc to- wards us and smiled. You saw him smile, Jack, as plainly as I did.” " “'ell,” said Jack, with hesitation, “he certainly wagged his head, and I saw his beard Wobble, but. I can’t honestly s11.) that. I saw him smile.” "He Would not smile for a. stranger,” said the spiritualist. "Quite soâ€"-quite so!” The spix ist rubbed his hands. “I have n maintained that they appear as the the world, nu older and no younger go on.” “ Dressed in his long gown,” 311111011, “he moved slowly, all fully, across the room. he app faring from the dobihty of ex non ’1 "And yet,” murmured a. triumphant spiritualist, 0:16 of the audience, "they say that ghosts the no clothes. Absurd! Matter, as has been proved over and over again, can always be represented visibly by spirits. Pray go on, Maia Membling lhavu never, during all my investigaâ€" tions, mut with a. more interesting x- periuce than this of yours. It will con- found every sceptic.” “Howâ€"how did he appear?” her audience. “He was dressed in a. long dressing- gown, such as he usually wore in his life- time.” gasped v _-_ “v less an appearance than that of my rever- ed ancestor himself, the restorer of the houseâ€"even the second founder." She spoke as if Julius Caesar himself, or oven King Alfred, ‘had been the first of the Membliugu 1y. “The manifestafiions ended 11 ms long gown,” Laura re- moved slowly, almost pain- :he room. he appeared suf- the dobihty of extreme old Handâ€""Did he sink into did he ascend into the ,"â€"a.skud the scientific ' 1" The spiritual- “I have always appear as they 1ch ‘I 1.011};in } "led tnus'tebuffed, George Dalmahoy went to Headquarters and sought the Squire in his library. Mr. Memblfing was an easy man, 8- little touchy about his ancient birth, but now in excellent spirits, and on the best of' terms with. everybody, in "'msoquencc of the highly creditable his daughter was making. Natu- {ispowl‘tn ESTâ€""I w " ‘ Thustbimffed, George to lfeadquarters and sou; his library. Mr. Membl; man, 8. little touchv n} with no He first approached the subject with Laura, asking her, revorently, if one could be allowed to visit the haunted chamber after dark. She replied with emotion that no one with her consent should be allowed to open the door of that room at all. She considered that to dis- turb its occupant was par-donable only when done by inadvertance and igno- rance, as happened to herself and Jack. As for a. stranger presuming to do so, that, she said, would most likely draw “P011 his .head the most fatal conse- quences. She could only compare the daring of such a. deed with the audacity of the ancient king, who drew the light- ning down from heaven and was killed 133;“) a; a. punishment. ‘ . Pray 11- Mr. George Uahnahoy determined that .5- he, too, Would, it possible, witness these go things. Why should not the ghost ap- ,d pear to him as well as to his cousin : As for the benediction, he dismissed it with contempt. Jack had seen an old man’s figure, bent, with streaming white hair, “ shufliing,” as he put it, across the floor. That was by itself quite remarkable enough. “No need,” said George, “of any bencdictions; enough to be able to show himself, lucky old ghost.” He con- sidered himself an expert in the art of investigatingstories of ghosts. He was, to begin with, entirely incredulous, and, in the second place, he knew that it is nonsense to deny phenomena. Raps, for instance, are certainly heard, ears are boxed in the dark, noses pulled, heads banged. He had once inflicted unspeak- able mortification on a medium by begin- ning the raps himself before she was ready, and spelling out dreadful messages which she did not understand; and on another occasion, when a spirit had been good enough to “incarnate” herself, this untrustworthy person lit a match and. disclosed no other than the medium herself dancing about wrapped in a news~ paper. He had also written an article on the subject for a college magazine, and had a shelf full of books treating on spiritualism. He was thus fully pre- pared for an encounter with the ancestor of the Memblings, and ardently longed to begin. ‘1“ HM... .. 65H S’Hd He read the “Narrative.” Then he cross-examined Jack, and elicited xrom him that the superstructure, so to speak â€"the heavenly choir and the rest 01 itâ€" was an'additiun made by Laura herself after the event; that is to say, Jack neither aaw nor heard any of it. Oh the other hand, there (:0qu be no manner 01' doubt that the "Narrative” was sub- stantially true, and that very strange things had happened. rest of it, passed the time more agreeably 10pm. George Dalmahey than it he had been dining in the college hull and spend- ing his evenings in an undergraduate’s room. Of comso almost the hrst thing which he heard of was the ghost, and this immediately fired his imagination. Among the membvrs of the Dalxnahoy family was a. first, cunsin of Jack’s, a. young fellow of an enquiring mind, who was reading at Cambridge {or mathemat- ical honors. He was invited who best. man to his Cousin on the joyml occasion, and joined the wedding party at. Mem- bling Hall nwu or three days before the anspicioug morninv. The house was quite full, and the usual excitement of lookingnt the Wedding presents, flirting with me bride’s-maids, dancing, and the guiug away, nu doubt evil spirits would not. have been allowed to Work their wick- ed will, and all this shame would not have fallen upon the lamily. in way and manner as shall be presently set forth, she only said it was what she expected and always said Would happen, and that if Laura. had not. been bent on The excitement of the time that follow- ed heyt Laura’s thoughts at good deal from her ghost, whose home was not fur- ther intruded upon. By some curious current of feeling, assisted, no doubt, by Laura’s appropriation of the family ghost to herself, it was generally considered that the ghost might feel onended at the departure of the one member of the fum- ily to whom he had oondescended to re- veal himself, one lady going so lur as to prophesy disaster. And when it came, They were: to be married after Lent, that; was agreod upon, and after an infin- ite amount. of discussion it was further covenauted that the day should be tho last. day of April. This gave them a. clum- Iivo weeks for preparation, and Jack was ordered back to his garrison work to be out of tho “ay until he should be wanted to mko his part in the approaching coro- mony. “ Oh, Lord l” cried Jack in a. voice of such genuine consternation that Laura. forgot her afi'cctatiun and burst into a. hoaxty laugh, after which Jack had no difficulty 1n getting her to talk about 9. day. be a. pity t9 give 11}; such a. good-natured, good~looking, well-to-do lover for the sake of u ghost. whom, perhaps, she would never see again. And presently she mur- mured softly: “Jack, do you think my ancestor would come with us to our new home and abide with us ‘2” Laura. reflected, sweetly holding her hands clasped and her head a. little at one side in the attitude of reflection. The thought crossed her mind that it would say anything about the heavenly choir or the gracious smile till after his mar- riage. ing into the engagement,'forescen that she should receive the benediction of her ancestor. Jack responded that the bene- diction did not tell her that ahe was not to get married, “ unless," he added, with unusual bitterness, “you are going to marry your great-grandfather yourself! Don’t believeâ€"-â€"-" He stopped short here, thinking it would be well not to .._â€"â€".w v- uluuu In; a _. ,1 7.: 0f prices. ILisu constant story of rednc~ ”15:5; 1i; tiom Values Reorganized Daily, which Abbg .4‘ AI A - There is a. small island on the South Pacific where there only appear to be six days in the week. This extraordinary phenomenon is brought about by the lo- cation of the island. Travellers around t the world are acquainted with the {act 1 that time is lost travelling east and gain- - ed while travelling west, the dirlerence in 7 time in a transatlantic journey alone be- t l l a TV Q: ing uLout four hours. I had to run in tc Chathnm Island once when disabled, and was amused to see the way in which the people accepted their fate in regard to the jumping of time. This little island is just on the line of . demarcation between times and dates. In Dal'gan-u -. «~39:hi‘: with the remainder of Notime now to go H53“?Xé£ili‘l‘..f'$fixofix{é‘l n‘ "with“. I“: n. .. “N or the weight of your largest fish ‘2” “No, sir!” “But you see, aldermanâ€"~” “I see nothing! I won’t tell you one darned word about fishing. I was given to understand that you were an honor- able, straightforward man, but I have (1" vored to the contrary. No, sirâ€"not a. s tomentâ€"uot a word. A man who’ll choke another man 011' as you have me can go and fish in a mudholc and be hanged to him." “\W’un’t you tefl mu ihorw many perch youA pave caught in a month then: 3’” ' 7 ’ 'â€"""1 I wish you Would give me a few par- ticulazs.” “N0, sirâ€"no, sir!” exclaimed tho alder- man, as he jumped up and moppcd the perspiration from his brow. Where the Week Has but six Days. “That’s all but it settled his hash pretty qu1ck. So them is goqd fighimr at the Island eh? I’m glad to meet a. man who knows all about_1b. Nu“ ,alde1mau, “\V’as inns 9.11 he cfaimediiliiic a fish broke his line ‘1” “Only two pounds. There was a Ham- ilton man in the party, and when he got back home he went around telling every- body that he hooked a. fish so large that it broke his line. They were going to run him for mayor of the town, but that. killed him dead. People argued that ii he would lie about one thing he would about another, and that it wasn’t a. safe‘ thing to put a. liar in public oflicc.” I “115 didn’t claim but two pounds for his pike !” demanded the alderman as he turn‘ed pale. "He is rated an Al man, but I’m sorry to say nobody has any confidence in his Word. His story wasn’t, quite as bad as that of his brother, though. Say! there was a. man who stood right up at the I?“ of the Palmer house and gave u: 113' solemn word that he caught a. pike over there which weighed two full pounds. He wouldn’t take 011‘ a fraction of an ounce. They expelled him from a club‘ for lying, but. .{ have 'often Wondered if‘ he didn’t really believe what he was telling.” - pm “No, sn‘. “Only three biack law's in a. week! I’d like to know what. Sufi;- uf u. fisherman you; friend calls himself?” Y. 110 (mm L-vun stop ior dinuL-L. other one told me that. he caught. cc black buss Liming the “Lek, he made a business at fishing, but, 01 cuurx‘u ” "1' ishiu'r tor er "Only four!” gasped the alderman. "Why, my dear sir, what. could yuur friend lmbecn doing ul_l_tha.b_ day ‘3” _ “Great place for fishing?” “Thu best, in thu world.” “Always sure of getting fish at the Island 1’" "Always, if in season.” "l’ve read and heard a. greatdcal of the place, and. 1 know several Muuu‘cnl people who have been there. One of ’cm told me he naught. luur perch up there between sunrise and suusou.” A Mean Proceeding and. Altogether mexcusublc. "Let’s see,” mused the drummer at a. 'iurontu hotel the other evening, "but, £511 t; then: a. place an ound ILL-wy bowe- w hero called the Island 2’" ‘Nith a. cheerful micu George Dalma- huy proceeded to the haunted chamber. [To In: CUNJ‘IXL‘EDJ ”1'03, sir,” replied the alderman in the group. ’l‘hc Squire, moved by these words, and by the benevolence of burgundy, and to- uuguizing the splrin in which they ware uttered, want to his safe and pruducud the key, ubJuriug his «must, at the same time, shuqld he sec anything, to leave Lhe room immediately. " So that, in uskmg you to hand me the key of Lhe room," his visitor went. on, "l am really doing nothing more than accliiug Lo gratify u. uuziusiLyâ€"culi in idle, or say it zapmugs lrom reverence- desire, in lac-J, only LU but; the theatre 01' thcsc cuxiuus and unique manifesta- tiuns.” "'l'hut. :ucum very true,” said the; Squire; " it wu: utter dark that. Laura. “ Yes. You see we Would not have the maids lrightened, nor would weâ€"perhups you think us su; erstitiousâ€"disturb the occupants.” “ Quite soâ€"quite so,” said George. " however, ghosts, only walk at night, and as there is no poseible fear of disturb- ing the o'oJect by daylight, I wish you would lend me the key; 1 should like Just to look round the room, it you have no oblection.” “ W ell, you see,” replied the Squire, " the lact is, '.e have rather a. strong ob- Jection. '1'he last words or theâ€" the spiritâ€"were that no one was to dare en- ter the room unless alone and alter dark. ” " l respect your reeling,” said George ; " yet 1 think it would be most luJudiUluua to invade the privacy ol the room-alter dark. Lverything that we know, my dear sir “â€"here he assumed the charac- ter UK it helleverâ€"” everything that we have learned lcbpbcuug apperrtrone, the manner: and eustome, the preferences, so to speak, OJ. the outer World, chews ua that Its inhabitants, when they reside among he, are 111 eome way prevented lrom leeling our intrusion or even our presence in the da.) -time. They may be sleeping; they may be”-â€"here he drop- ped his Voice and pausedâ€"" elsewhere. 1 heir power to be aeen and heard is given them lor use alter dark alone.” He hear me when all else is from me drmlng. Earth. sky, home’s pictures, days of shade and shine And kindly faces to my own uplifting The love which answers mine. I have b thee, my Father; let thy spirit Be wltl to, then, to eomlort and thhhold. No gate 0 pearl, nor branch ol palm 1 merit, Nor street or smmng gold. Sumce it ifâ€"my good or ill unreckoned, ‘ And both forgiven through thy uhoundlng graceâ€" ‘ . l rind myself by hands {mmhar beckoned into my fitting place. Some humble door, among the many mansions. Some sheltering shade, where am and strlvmg cease And, dows’forever through heaven’s green 61L- paneions. The rivers ol thy peace. l‘herc, from the muslc round me stealing. l. lam would luu‘n the new and holy gong; And hml at last, beneath my trees ol healing, 'l‘he life for which 1 long. UUT‘VITTING FATE. Mrs. Bentham was going on a journey. and had reiused to let Mr. Bentham ac- eempany her. it was in vain he urged, argued, coaxed or commanded; his wile Luelawd that he should remain at home until at the expiration or one week, when he Would be {LL liberty to follow her. '- 1 W111 take liatie with me and leave Johnny to come with you. 'l'hen ii any- thing happensâ€"” -' dub nothing is likely to happen,” eolnmented Mr. Bentham, "it is absurd 00 suppose that some specialâ€"” " W 0 will not be killed together,” calm- ly pursued Mrs. ll. "1 never want to put all my eggs in one basket, and 1 am not sure, Edward, that it would not be better “A distinction truly! Particularly so well authenticated a ghost as it is. You keep the chamber locked, I be- have?” daughters; how a banshee belongs to one family, a white lady to another and alittle child to a third. “As toyour own house,” said George, “we have all heard of your ancient ghost.” George put it as if the ghost had been established many centuries. ‘ The Squire laughed pleasantly. “Yes, we have our ghost, and I assure you, Mr. Dalnlahoy, that we are rather proud of the distinction, as one may call :4. H H (SMOKING A MAN 01“!“- “Katie: wai‘. dear,“ said M: “ A gentlcm-fi'zâ€"a friend of _: has'a. little girl the same‘ as’ madam, disaccommoda V ' alluviaténg drqyght.” ’ “'Why,” said Mrs. Bentham, smelling of the mixture, “it’s the very same thing' I have always given the child. How i? you happen to get it ‘2” H A (runf‘nmnnin swam: -1» _,3, “ Mainline, the indications an: that. your little girl is inclined to sporificness. If you will modify your alarm I will pro- duce a. remedical medicine.” He then disappeared, and returned with a. dose in zismgllmedicino tumbler. Sufi: enough, the symptoms increased, and soon the child was in a. high fever, moaning and troubled in hor sleep, and the porter was called and 2;.»th if he had any remedies at handâ€"such as camphor or paregoric. Now the ordinary car porter deals only in ice-Wu ter and shoe biacking, but. this one was out, of the or- dinary. He said with a, rhotorical flour- ish: It. was very vexatious, and her mother ordered the berth made up, and at; an early hour retired with the child. But not no sleep. Her head aehed sadly, and Katie was restless and breathed as if she were going to have one of those terrible nightmares. Then she realized the {act that. she had forgotten the duse that al- ways cured. her. The heme v. as at home in the little medicine clown in her room. It might as well have been in Fiji. Katie began to cry, “I want my papa,” she moaned. “ No, indeed, ” said Mrs. Bentham, hur- riedly y. as the cars began to rock with m- cxeased s peed; “he is. safe at home and will take1 care of little brother ” "‘ it"s téo late now, mamma, said little Katie , “I fink it would be ever so nice to bavg_pa}r.>a.irighrt.rhem y'ich us now.” “ 'Why in the world,” she said to Katie, “didn’t: I have your father go on ahead. and. we follow the next day? Then he would have been there to receive us and put us on board the steamer. How per- fectly stupid of me not to think of it.” When the cars had started, and she had said good-bye to her husband and little Katie in n. section‘of the sleeper, a feeling uf indescribable loneliness took possession of her aml a _ncw illcgprgsentgd itself. gxut L43. For his paft he could have no Life without her, and little Kabio was the apple-oi: his _eyc. Elks. Benthhm had no doubts of the. wisdom of her course, and persevered in it to the bitter end. By this arrangement, Mrs. Bentham felt satisfied that a catastrophe would be avoided, but her husband w as dubious , he was not afraid to have his “ire travel alone so far as her personal safety was concerned. but she had never made this trip, and he knew that there were many things he could do to make her comfort,- able, and assist her when she was among strangers. However, he acquiesced in her decision, end hoped she would not re- The next day Mm. B. began prepara- cions for her journey to a distant city where she was to take passage on a steam- er {or Europe. Her little gu‘l was to ac- company her, and Mr. B. vas to follow a. week later and sail in the next; steamer. “Are you not putting yourself in the place of Providence, Anna. 2‘” asked \11. Bentham; you seem to have anunged our hale scheme of existence on a. plan at your own.” " Yes, according to the intelligence that Providence has given me,” sum his mic, and there the discusawu ended. - “ That is sentiment, Edward,” answer- ed his wife; "if one is taken away, thu other must take up the unfinished Work which the one has left, and continue it to the end.” " I med flrcfcr, Anna, that we should be together if anything such as you sug- gest ~1xuppgued.”r “ 1 am not a. fatalist, but I do believe in taking common precautions for safety. if the cars run off the track when 1 am going, they will_uot be likely to when you (allow, or vice versa. If the steamersmks you and Johnny will be left to tell the story. Whole families are sxvept of!" the mac of the earth because they persist in travelling together.” “ Then we will do as you seem to have. decided, I suppwcâ€"go in detachments. It will spread us over a guod deal at ground. and it seems to be a. Dchalleuglmr 01 mm: rathgr than a. means pl salary. a” “ it might be," mused Mrs. Benmam, “but, looking at it the other w ay 1 nughn be taken v. 1th the children and 3 ou would be left chtixcly alone. That. Would be too c1 uLiâ€"for you.” “ But you always dose her. I’m sun,- 1 always depend on yuu. But. she is not likely to have any more of those. I think 1 will take hcr wah muâ€"you See that by going in installments as it ware, then.- will at lunar. be one parent. 1cm to bring up the children.” “ Perhaps it; would be better for you to bake buLh children, Anna, then in any- thing happened m me you Would still have the lamily.” " W 0 will not be killed together, ” calm- ly pursued Mrs. B. "1 never want no put all my eggs in one basket, and 1 am not. sure, Edward, than it would not. be better to leave both children with yeu.” -’ No, thanks,” said. Edward hun'iedly, “that would hardly be a fair division. 11 Katie had one of her nightmares it. would require more skill than 1 have to manage her.” Mrs. Bentham was going on a journey. and had refused to lab Mr. Benbham ae- wmpauy her. it. was in vain he urged, argued, coaxed or commanded; his wile znalawd Lhun he should remain at home 411311 at. the explrauuu 01 one week, when he would be at. liberty to follow her. When on my day of life the night is falling. And the wmds {rum unsunned splwes blown, I hear {at vulces out of darkness calling My feet to puma unknown. than who hast made my home of life so pleas- ant Leave not. the tcnzult when its walls decay ; 0. love dlvlne, U helper ever present. b'c thou my strength and stay. Be near me when all else is from me drifting, Earth. sky, home’s matures, days of shade and slum, And kuldl); faces to my own uplifting The love wlncn answers mine. iflSCELLANEOUS READING. 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Port Peru. and all intermediate ports to Stoucy Lake. Bur- lciglz. Lovcsick. Buckhorn. (‘lleuiong. ’urk. Jueob's Island. Ball Luke. Bobmygwu. Stur- geon l’oint.or will take excursions front any one railway connection toautotlter. calling at ‘ intermediate points of interest. For parlicu~ hm: apply to W. MCCAML'S CO.. Bobcaxzeox: FIRE Nattrass 8: Dunford .4 Id. 0 NIH-IRS I'IIOJTI'TIJ' l)l‘.'l.l WICKED TO .L\ ). l'.ll."l' "I" Tlllz‘ ’1‘0 "LY. “ TCOLUHBIAN.” (-lurluiltc ufl}|tt( .u \1 land 50110010“ 111th)" mm u- 1.1mm o x; misfiwziun. We Defy Clty Competition. G. H. WALLIS, Butcher Shop. YOU WANT And 111.5 will; murmured Something that sounded like amen. IF “Isimply outwittud fate,” said Mr. Bentham; "hereafter we will crawl w- getherâ€"go one, go all.” STEAMBOAT co: L-ro'. 7' The car started and we couldn‘t get. off,” said Johnny, who believed that “as the truth. " The gentlemen are conversing with you at, this moment, madame.” ' " Edward, you wretch! But I amglad you are hem. So is Katie. Johnny, tell mammal. how it happened, likc a good boy: 3 Edward !” screamed his wife, “you blessed darling, where did you come from? Oh, I am so thankful! Why, Edward, there was a. cup 0: wfi'ee sent to me and they are now trying to charge me a dollar. Now, porter, who sent that coffee ?” “ What; 15 it Anna. 2’” asked. a familiar voice, and Mr. Bentham, leading Johnny. appeared on the scene, both looking like culprits. " I can latch the gentleman instants:- ly,” suggested the porter, and Mrs. Bum;- hum saw. angrily that. she would see him as soon as she was dressed. “ W th an imposition !" cried Mrs. Bentham; "a dollar for a cup of cofiee! it is an outrage. Beaides, I did not. order it, and will not pay it, so there,” and her voice wavered and indignant tears stood in her eyes. “If my husband were here you would not, daze to overcharge me in this manner !” " I must give him a. quarter,” she mus- ed as she drank the welcome draught; “I wonder if he mistakes me for the wife of an official of the road, or does he give every woman travelling alone the same attention ?’ ’ Then she wakened Katie, who yawncd and said “papa.” before she had opened her eyes, and when the porter c'ame she gayo him the empty cup with a quarter “ The gentleman who xequisitioned me to fetch 11;, madam, demands a. dullar 101‘ $119 obligationfl’ said_thc porter. .... . ‘ ‘r in it. of hot coffee between the folds of the cur- wins. PONTYFGGL Ii xoursion Steun1cr «4:. fl‘ 3%»! We take -!-]1is means of in- fux‘ming thy people of Milllmmk (which Mrlmps, M generally known) film! we have always on hand 1.04 choice lot, of meals. 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