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She ca ’usebold, who immcdh“ )3 stairs _Tb_e inggng"‘“n a, that extra amount A I:dnig_ht_ I‘m-d" _‘AC' ‘3} bastopol ll .H which is a great 1 mm 11ine,â€"â€"b9ing kmm the boxing” l()1 1y fork P11119373 a meat I A. BELL UNDERTAKER funeral Director\ 1 §Seasonable Goods a[10W m StOCkw wags» «magnesmsusumwnz b»|“““vuflmflfllsui 1*)vlainettes hl't‘h'b' Linen Vivtm‘ia Lawns qu dress goods Wmtn u 11«_lerskirts I)|(U k Satin Ladies" coatings “WUITSf()I']af1i€S and mm] 1m n, all new and HI»- In- 41; HP ;_'()()d~t FWWWWWW'F’U W7!“ '45? '1" A blend Hf fi I that and is People’s Mills, Our pure- Manitoba flour, made from .\'o.1 Manitnha wheat cannot. be beat for either nakers or domestic use. Is made frnm selected winter when, tad is a superior article for mamg pastry, etc. Constantly on hand the best brands of Rolled Oats. Also our make of Rolled (‘vx'e-al, the best on the market. Also Chopped Oats, Mixed Cho P88 0109. Bean Shorts and Feed Ouro Mini Reduction on Flour in 5 find 10 Bag Lots. GWdS delivered aaywhel‘e in town. Sm Chopping Done Every Day TRY nt'R NEW CHOPPER. 3“ up-tmlan- flour and feed and WW8 km'p nlll‘ flOllI' f0? sale. If ’0“? gram dues not keep it conga to the mill and we will use you right- (‘all us up by telephone NO. 8. “kinds of Grain bought at Ink“ Price. Emmlming a Specialty Summer Comforts John McGowan. [Adies‘ votton vests, Without A Slew-vs. Cuttun hose or ladies and child- ren. 15c and upwards, Hummvr corsets und girdle cor- sets or me and 50c pair. Children’s underwaistl in white 1’1 ints HinWhams 1 ‘lzmubrax s Dimities Organdies Mulls Muslims Persian and l'nder Linen and drab, 25c. d. Muslin ginghams @ 100 Per y Sheetings, pillow cottons tab]. linen at lowest price'o ,- l:....,\[s~â€".\'t~xt to Swallows .1 52...,» REsmsxcnâ€"Next swim nf \V. J‘ Lawrence’s ‘glii?115110po PASTRY FLOUR Men's oxfords, COD r088. bah" bhu'hers, split In Peb' ‘ Women’s coarse boots, oxford! slippers, box calf, balm. W tent bluchel‘s. Children’s c xfords, IHPPe", b0! calf balm, dongolu 0‘3"“ A“ k3nds of boot! and m ‘1. lowest prices. I"Peal: groceries “my. 03 M' Bulk t hit. . . $000 dz: 3.2%»56 “I“ '3' flaming 0n shorten notice. SOVEREIGN " ( ':tthUIiC RUDE“. and black (ups for aged people. 0’: o «a .94 73% .\\ 4 Q}, a 57/ ,r \> ECLIPSE Manitoba and; Ontario is a strictly first. class family flour. WE KEEP and THE “Vert li :ely they have had the same :ind of trouble here before with their we '3 tnies." the girl thought. ‘ 1:. Yo’ 'mV- rm told me the one from the ~ i2}. tmrhood whom they had had h. .m cm. 'de ’t manage the \\01k but "n sure he looked odd when he '1'? it. and perhaps there was mun: » ~‘vi nd. Probably they’ re expectin: - to make a fuss of some sort wzr'i l don’t come from the neigl‘ -"‘mr>d. and am not supposed to hav ward the story of this Tower, wlm'. var it is. Maybe the other girl knew. ’_ beforehand. But it doesn’t matter. ’ won't make a fuss! I boasted mm was brave, and I’m going to stand t somehow, if it kills me. It eat)" we ghosts; ghosts don’t have blood. l‘he chances are that some one. to Wight has been playing a horrid trick at me. Well, they shan’t get any :atisfaction from it! I’m £01112 '0 atop on here, and in this room. if .I have to stay awake all night. and work all day, every day, till whoever it is gets tired.” I This forceful determination pouredl courage into Elspeth’s chilled veins, as if she had been drinking strong Wine. Instead of completing the ha» we already made in her spirit by terror, as f0r a few seconds it had threatened to do, the fall “of ruddy drops from the ceiling had undone the work of the strange sounds behind the walls. The girl was even calm enough now to regret the damage to the sketch she had found in the old volume of Scott, and to attempt re- pairing it by pouring a stream of wat- er over the paper while the red spot was fresh and wet. In spite of her efforts, however, a stain was left, but the vivid red was changed to a pale pink, which gave an effect as if the smiling face of the boy had been wash- ed over with a faint flesh color. The penciled lines, faded before, were still more faded by the application of wat- er; still, they were not obliterated, and Els eth was vaguely glad. She did not now who the boy had been; if he lived, he must be an elderly man now, judging by the fashion of his dress; she would probably never learn anything more of his story, even if it had been worth hearing. Nevertheless, she was interested, and said to herself that, as she was ap- parently connected in some distant way with the Lochrain family, through her father’s people. the Deans, the boy of the sketch was perhaps a cous- in of .hers, far removed. This house had always been the home of thc; .. . . ‘ L.-- :s Ln, lluu lll‘VflJD ”by" ..-- Lochrams untll lately, when it had been bought for an hotel. and as everything in it. furniture,-b00ks and pictures. had been the property of the Lochrains. it was likely that the boy was a member of the famly. “I’ll be worthy of their blood, if it’s really in my veins.” Elspeth thought, “and I won’t be a coward further sounds came, and no more 0: those ruby drops fell from the ceil- ing. Had it not been for the pink Jain «m the sketch the girl migm have begun to fancy by and by that it had all been a bad dream; but the practical side of her nature was ir ‘.-v in their house.’ Ial‘t’y LIIGL. L'bux - -_-_ nowledged to hers-elf that she had had good cause to be frightened. but hm fighting blood was roused. and NW meant sooner or later to have an ex- Jlunation of everything that had hag,» )ened. A - _ , ,A _.--n.nlt i5 I no:- .‘Hby-like drops had uuwu, ”mm”. flown on to the sketch. {at 111312;: more red drops might have 00111.: ‘hrough such a crack in the b’mx envmg a Visible marl. almost ready to go down when the servant, who had brought her dinner in the evening, knocked at the door, with an attractive-looking break- fast tray. A delicious fragrance of tied bacon and toast. d her nostrils refreshingly, and lshe was more than ever glad, as the and was seemed to come in at the door that she had not n-) .n« on. to M "86139 in "N3 .-‘v “I \\ 111 find out for \ithuut confiding in {Hide :('(1uuu. The one thing the girl could m." ‘0, however, wns tn gu brick tn hen the sat up in her dressing gown m. il moonlight faded intn (lawn. The; .hen the TOWPI' mom was gray wit awning light. >he lay down and net ‘ was after 7 o’clock when .4?“ l'Nl. and she had scarcely mm- ivzn three hours of rest. Ntâ€"‘Vt'l'lno 2-' she felt well and strangely buoy at. helped by excitement to a”. 'tmngh whatever new expel-Mm:- ai'rht be in store for her. "he first thing she (lid was tn 100‘ “"‘Cilil :' at the Ceiling tor any U'W'o- -- re stain. but nothing was visibl- mugh the early sunshine was puuriu' n throvgh an east window. le‘er‘ me, however, a wide crack in mm- il the dark oak beams which crusmwé he ceiling, at exactly the z-‘put. m far as she could calculate, whence the cnby-like drops had fallen, splashing: 'lown on to the sketch. But many THE GHOST OF LOCHRAIN CASTLE Copyright, 19%, by Mrs. C. N. W Author of “Th: Princess Passes,” “Th: Lightning Conductor,” Etc, Etc. BY MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON for mxself 1f 1 can. in anybodv.’ 61v can; mght. If she had, by this time the news would have spxead ox l the ho- tel and every sexvzmt would know that “the new secretary had had a fight." As soon as she had finished her breakfast, she started to ‘thread her way to Mr. McGowan’s room, but she had not yet “got her hearings” in this immense and rambling old house, and to reach the part she wished to find was easier said than done. After some wandering, she came‘ou‘t‘ through Even as it was she thought the vaiter looked at her with a furtive ‘nterest, different from the look of last night. It was as if he were expecting .mnething. “I hope you rested well, i‘iiss." he said civilly, and Elspeth, flanking him, answered with serene -.‘xcerfulness that she had never been better in her life than she was this morning. The best of it was that it. was perfectly true. The girl felt ready for anything. - .- n i Q I a corridor into a square hall of con- siderahle size, which she was sure she had not seen before. However, there was the stairway, which de- scended in the middle, and rather than retrace her steps, perhaps to be lost again, she decided that it would be better to go down. On the floor below she would probably meet servants of‘ the hotel, who would put her in the right way. i There were, however, several 1a- dies standing in a group on the third or fourth step. Elspeth waited .for a moment at a distance, thinking that they would go up or down; then, see- ing that they did not move, and that the stairway was very broad, she thought that she might pass without disturbing them. She moved forward rather tiinidly, conscious that she was a paid einploye, and that it would be a grave offence for one in her posi- tion to discommode guests. Drawing nearer, she saw that one of the three ladies was the beautiful young girl with whom she had traveled up from London yesterday. This morning she wore a short, white serge dress, with dainty white shoes, and had on a hat. therefore she was presumably just going out, or had just come in. early as it was. 1‘ 1,2" One of her companions on the stair- way was an elderly and rather pecul- iar looking lady with cameo features, faded light hair, arranged in a would- beartistic fashion, and an aesthetic gown more suitable for a London bou- doir at tea time than a Scotch hydro in the morning. ‘ The third figure was that of a very striking woman of perhaps thirty-two or three, foreign certainly, Jewish perhaps, with magnificent dark eyes like wells of light, singularly pale yet clear complexion, and black hair rippling away from an unusually low, broad forehead. A glance was enough to photograph these new personalities on Elspeth’s brain. She saw also that the trail- ing dress of the eldest of the trio was spread out over the stairs in such :1 WM that broad as they were, it “(mid be impossible for her to pass without pushing, or requesting the wearer to move. She was close upon the group now, but was on the point of turning back after all, when some- thing happened. _ “Why, it was Captain Oxford!” exclaimed the lady with the trailing dress. “Didn’t you know that, Lady Hilary?” “No, Iâ€"Iâ€"” the girl stamrnered, and tottered slightly, as if recoiling from a blowdacross the face. "instantly Elgbeth saw a way of sav- ing her from the shame of an involun- tary revelation. “I beg your ardbn,” she said briskly. “I’m girai I step. II 1 _____ dress, and pulled you ad on your ck. I’m so sorry, I do hope I have- n't broke any stitches. - .thh a start. .Lndy..Bilan..1ane “1 #an you Itsted well, miss, ” he saw. THE DURHAM UllltUAlCLE IOOKed round, and her ‘eyes met 17::- peth’s, first with surprise, then recog- nition, then gratitude. The under- standing of what the stranger had done for her, and why, was so clear in that lovely look that the young stenographer felt herself blushing. She also felt extraordinarily pleased that she had been able to do even so small a thing for this girl, and wished she might have the chance to do more. much more. “Iâ€"why, I believe you must have} touched my dress, but it is nothingl at all,” answered Lady Hilary, quick- ly recovering self-control like a brave girl. “You were trying to pass. How stupid of me to get in the way. Good morning, Lady Ardclifie; good morn- ing, Countess; I was just on my way to send off some letters.” “She felt she couldn’t bear to go on with the conversation, whatever it was,” thought Elspeth, who could not help wondering what had been said about Lady Hilary Vane’s friend. Captain Oxford, which had made her start back as if she would fall. Now, the two girls were going down almost side by side, but Elspeth did not speak. or glance at the other. She was the inferior, and it was not her place to remember that there had been a meeting before._ Lady Hilary. however, chose to remember, and ad- dressed Elspeth “You were in the railway carriage with us. yesterday,” she said. in a voice as sweet as her face. “Yes,” Elspeth answered. And then, lest the girl of high degree should mistake her, for an equal, and regret etmdescension when she knew the truthâ€"“l have Come here to be see- retary and stenugrnpher for the man- lager, Mr. McGowan.” A 'QZAM-B UK I RELIEVES ExCURES “8UI ‘V‘lo ‘VLVVV'v-usac “ b, have you? I think that must be very interesting work,” said Lady Hilary, on the same step with Elspeth now. “You must he very clever to get such a good engagement, and be independent, while you’re so young. I quite envy you. I should love to be able to make my own living." Elspeth lnughwl a little. “1 don't think, if you had to. you would like at much, really." “Oh, I would. You don’t know. lt :sn’t as if we were rioh. But-«there is something I want to say to you. though it seems rather odd, saying it to a stranger. You were very kind to me just now, and saved me from~~ . O _.O¢I '-lOOoO ':é';“ from great mortificutiun. I under- strmd that you must have notimd what we were saying in the train yes- "m‘(lay---quite inadvertently, of course ----0therwise you wouldn’t have been 2-m- quick and sympathetic in coming in my rescue.” “I hardly know what did make me «lo it.” said Elspeth. “I think it was ivst a kind of instingt.”_ I “'Well, anyway, I thank you. I wouldn’t for a great deal have had Lady Ardcliffe gossiping about me. and saying that I almost fell wl en I heard that it was Captain Oxford who was hurt last night. She isn’t malicious, but shegossips about such things. because she’s rather silly and «u-vtimental; and as for Countess l'wlepolski. I don't know her at all. Lady Ardcliffe had just introduced me 11> they were coming up from their "beauty baths," as they call them. lut somehow. I don’t much mind you having seen me, for I feel that, If we were to know each other, I should like you very mueh." â€"â€"-' â€"__ _ “I don’t know anything yet, but I’ll find out, and let you know as quickly as I can,” said Elspeth. “I'm on my way to Mr. McGowan’s room now, to begin work.~ I'm not sure if I can ask him questions, but if I see Mr. Grant, I’m certain he’ll tell me. In any case, if you can wait in the big hall for a few minutes I'll make some excuse to come out, even if I've no news. If I’ve learned anything I’ll write it on a piece of paper; if haven’t I’ll write the one word ‘noth- ing,’ and do better next time. I'll pass you and say, ‘Here is the mem- orandum you asked for.’ ” By this time, the two girls had arrived in the great hall, which was almost deserted at this hour, except for a few men reading their letters or morning papers. They se arated with- out another word, but peth's mind was busy. What was the “strange affair of Captain Oxford,” which had occurred last night, but of which she knew nothing? He had been hurt, Lady Hilary said. Could it pos- sibly be that there was any connec- tion between this event and those which hadgiven her a night of wake- fulness? The thought seemed absurd. yet Elspeth could not com letely ban- Mr. Alfred Brown, of Merriton, Ont. says :--“ For six years I have nut known what it was to be free {rum pain. No one ever suffered more from itching bleeding J'Jes than I did and I tried everything to get cured but failed. One day a friend of mine who had been cured with lam-Bu]: gave me : part of a box to try, and the relief I got was marvellom. Ithen bought a supply and before 1 had used it all was completely cured.” Of fll drugcists and stores, 50¢. “G vuw I gietuElspetfiwéofild Kot com lately ban- i_sh_it 339m kger head. “I 0 hope, for _ AL-‘ “kA‘A-A- k-a :31; {o fig;§§1frw5ii’s ceitiinthat he's , come to Lochrain to be near her, and tharn’l nn doubt she cares for him. there’ a no doubt she cares @110qu her motfhfr is so a I Irom net new. I uu uuyv, up: I Hilary’s sake, that whatever hag . cued. it’o» nothing to brig: dig- 3 .t upon Captain Oxfor , she 4- 1.-...-" ant- ”Main fhnt hn’n . '43!“ " is so anxious to Funeral Directors HARDWARE AND FURNITURE. We have Opened up a funeral and undertaking business in Priceville, and have on hand Undertakers TWINE ! Do not fail to call and see our beautiful display of summer millinery. We have over 50 hats suitable for the hot summer days. 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