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If Vines not keep it come to I We} will use you right. 1, by telephone No. 8. WE KEEP n see these tan stockings Hing. Pure cashmere. N: each. and R N EW’ CHOPPER. TH E it worth your my sitting room, please. I’ll be there by that time.” I Els th moved away obediently. . The ook really was a volume of verses b a minor poet, and though Lady Hi ary had probably selected a gage at random, the girl copied it in er own room, with her own machine. In half an hour she went down again, and this time Lady Hilary and Trow- bridge had both vanished from the Ihall. Elspeth_had_ brought the typed mmm‘mwmm‘fi , In half an 1 and this tit bridge had hall. Elspe poem, and . should we . ageing hler row 1': e‘ ' self stoocf j . door, spea. woman Els as Countes girl approa of the shou “Be caref- thought sh< bridge’s ex pleasant a; domed a i grapher. | “Fine 1c O F "as ins-as WWW WWWWWWWWW '5 ing me g< , ‘ telling me (E not overwc ' think I we L ..$ T’m annnns in “Lady Hilary and I were just hav- ing a rattling good argument,” said he. “I was on the point of convinc- ing her that I was right and she was wrong, so I will give up half my share of you for to-day to her. Copy out the poem she wants, Miss Dean, and when you have finishegl, _coxn‘e to ‘1' WHY ‘do it gladly this evening, ‘ said Els th. "For the next hour, my tirne be eggs to M11. _Trowbri_dge.’_’ poem, and the book, in case she should meet Lady Hilary, but not seeing her she took them on to Mr. Trowbgigge’s sitting room. He him- self at ust outside the half open door, spe ing with the handsome women Elspeth hadheayd‘ spokennof as Countess Radepolskoi, but as the girl approached, with as light shrug of the shoulder the Countess left him. "Be careful, that’s all,” Elspeth thought she heard her say; and Trow- bridge's expression was not quite so pleasant as it had been, though he forced a smile to greet the steno- grapher. . .. 77-; ‘L-‘ .’ kn BI "PROV. I “Fine looking woman, that,” he said, as he ushered Els eth into the room. “Countess Radepo skoi, I mean. She and I only met here a short time ago, but she’s mighty kind about giv- ing me good advice. and was just telling me I ought to be careful and not overwork myself. You wouldn’t think I was delicate, would you? But I'm supposed to be here for the tonic air to pick me up after a threatened breakdown. We Americans are so apt to keep the candle burning at both ends, you know.” Elspeth answered that she would not have dreamed he was out of health; but she was thinking “I don’t believe the Countess was talking about overwork. If it had been anything as simple as that he wouldn’t have minded whether I overheard or not. But he did mind, for some reason or ,other, and went out of his way to account for her words. Perhaps he’s afraid I might tell Lady Hilary that there’s something between him and the Countess.” U Vvâ€"-â€"-- “You ought to see her jewels." Trowbriilge went on, as Elspeth ar ranged her typewriter and paper on the table. “She’s rolling in money. I believe, a jolly good catch for sorn poor young man. By the way, el. was telling me that Mr. Kenrith ha bought a jewelâ€"a diamond, l believi which was once in her family. I «ioi. care much about such things mywi Whenever I buy diamonds. it i.~ i give away to some friend. But she keen to know if he’s got it lwro, tc it seems, though it “as in lm lo' husband’s family for many gene. tions, it passed from them below- in marriage, and she’s never smell it. you hear him speak of it, you mlgf let me know, as she feels (la‘lltu‘! about asking, and, anyhow, she ha A re "UV“- n’t met him yet. But now to “WI”. We must get through as much as u can in what's left of the hour.” By this time Elspeth was sitting a the table, and he flung himself d m- in a big easy chair within coingm'. able distance for dictation. He h:- begun the first letter, by giving 1‘. date, and getting as far as “Dear Si.- whm suddenly he spied on the tablo- ziear l'llspeth’s elbow the book which Lady Hilary had giVen her. The folded paper was visible between the pages, and at sight of it Trowbridge’s face lit up with interest. “Oh. just a minute,” he said."‘Let’s see. if you don’t. object, what is the lovely Lady Hilary’s taste in poetry.” Elspeth did not object, because the thought flashed through her mind that Mr. Trowbridge perhaps suspected that something more than the poem was written on the paper, therefore t might be well fer him to find there was nothing besides. Accordingly she was silent; but she watched Trow- 1 .1 ,1,‘ “fig THE GHOST 0F ‘LOCHRAIN CASTLE KYH‘ ,‘llt‘lll‘, I):;L .‘zn‘ hi‘ulgw, to see what he would oln. and ‘h‘ he reached tn tulw the hunk. which lay :it sunn- Llistnmwr from his hmul. His \Vl'lrt \\‘:i.~ main» ml for an inch or two lie-yum! the ('i't'f. :mil lilsiwtii saw a Very mh‘l thing. Just :ithc the wrist hone, he wore it l_n'zi0c_-let~not the pmlhwlmd haugh- \\‘hiv:'h some n en affect. to suggest :1 1"D\'t_'-Ff‘(‘l'(3tt but :1 flat lmml of gold wt with pearls mul turquoises, and fitting so closely that it pinchml the. sizin as far down as the hand into little folds. Above this bracelet the arm was covered with white kid, like a woman’s glove, and the junction between this and the flesh was masked by the band of gold. For the fraction of a second Els- peth forgot herself, and stared. Whe- ther Trowbridge noticed the direction of her eyes, or whether he merely remembered after an instant of self- Copyright, 1903,13, Mrs. C. N. Wimunnon. Author of “Th: Princess Passes," “The Lightning Conductor,” Etc, Etc. an 011 the paper, IllL’lL‘LUIx; 9 well for him to find there 13 besides. Accurdingly she, 1; but she watched me- see what he would do, and hed to take the bunk, which me distance from his hand, was expostd for an inch or (l the cuff, and Elspeth saw id thing. Just above the he wore a braceletwnot 9 : um cl-in as far down as 8‘! MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON ()bjtect, what 15 um y’s taste in poetry.” object, because the rough her mind that perhaps suspected lOl‘C than the poem :119 paper, tine-I'Ljforc a second n‘ig‘fit'tmfl to be faced 1n the tower room, even the romantic love troubles of Lady Hilary Lambert. aqd vuv“wâ€"v~ v- Captain Oxford faded into the back- ground of her mind. The one absorb- ing question was whether a trick had really been played upon her, or whe- ther, in spite of her firm conviction to the contrary, there were such things as ghosts, which haunted places on earth that they had loved or: hated? The girl had now to remember rue- fully that she had taken steps to de- fend herself against other nights of terror, and that no light whatever had been thrown upon the mystery. The one piece of evidence in favor of the trick theory (it indeed it could be called evidence) was that the servant who had brought her meals had worn rather a peculiar expression when he civilly asked after her health in the morning. He had looked, she thought, as if he had expected to hear that she had passed a bad night, and ap- peared somewhat disappointed when she had announced herself to be in the best of health and spirits. . U5 wvw- c-V-v_ .l’But then: evenâ€"if she had not ima- Persons in that class of life were supposed to be fond of horrors, and it would have been a delicious (le- claration for the servants’ hall if Mr. McGowan’s new secretary had ac- knowledged receivmg a visit from the ghosts. Perhaps the man knew the story of the tower, whatever it might be, and would be more willing than Mr. Grant to repeat it. But Elspeth would not yield to the temptation she felt to ask him, when he brought her dinner or took away the tray, and when he had gone With his polite “a good night’s rest to you, miss,” she knew that she was alone. Realizing all too keenly now what she had undergone last night, her nerves began to jump, but she took herself to task sternly. This sort of thing would never do. Either she must become the victim to moral ermardice, trick or no trick, and ask it” be given another room in exchange lfor this, even if it were no more than eight feet square; or else she must be firm enough not to be frightened; for it was impossible that she could ‘lie waketul and trembling with name- less terrors night after night, and still be able to do justice to her work by day.“ -. - . 1 9,- _A-L1:._.. herself to task sierniy. ' thmg would never do. must become the Vlctim cowardice, trick or no tri wséffién did she succeed in getting the upper hand 0! her nerves, that by 10 o’clock She was a;ct_ua1-l3"calm enough to be sleepy. and to feel that nothing earthly or unearthly would have the power to rob her of slumber. Hardly had her head touched the pil- low than she had that sensation of falling which is so often the fore runner of a heavy sleep; and having saved herself duly, she floated peace- fully off into (lreamland. . sun. 1 ‘15. --- How long she slept, she did not know, but she waked with a start to find the room filled with a soft light, which at first she mistook for dawn. She had the sensation that something had waked her, some sound perhaps; but if so, it had ceased and the room was as still as if it had been a vault. She realized after a moment that the light was the light of the moon, not. of morning, and she wondered how many hours of sweet unconsciousness she had had. Were they few or many? In any case, it was delicious to know that there must be several more left before she need think of getting up to begin a new day’s work. Thus she lay “for awhile in a blissful state between dreaming and waking, her eyes half closed, when a board creaked, as if .under the pressure of a foot. 1 Elspeth knew the very board, or tillUllL'llt. she knew it, for in passing it” and fro her foot had caused the isame disagreeable squeak, and she had tried to aVoid the place. In a ‘second she had bounded from her ,bed, and out of the alcove into the big moonlit room. l It was more by impulse than deli- .berate intention that she rushed to discover, if she could, what had made the sound, for hardly d‘rl she expect to see any form save the dim shapes of the old-fashioned furniture, eaclr one of which she already knew. : But there was more to see. By the ,fireplace hovered the pale appearance of a man, dressed in something dark {and loose, his face clear and white :in the stream of moonlight, which ‘ fell full upon it. Only for a breathing -_space _di_d Elspeth’s eyes, and the THE DURHAM UlllH'MCLE ghost had co'm‘e to profie to up un- believer that such things were. And yetâ€"and yetâ€"she did not feel as if she had seen a ghost. Besides, why should a ghost have seemed startled at sight of her? Surely there had been a look of apprehension and alarm on that pale face, with its frame of dark heard, as the brilliant eyes had found hers. And then, there was another question. Why should a ghost look like Captain Oxford, disguised in a dark wig and beard? wElsp eth hated to ask herself this, for she wished to believe Captain Ox- ford all that was noble; and) et there was a kind of relief in the thought that the strange wsitant might have been he, bent upon some mysterious errand to the haunted toaer. There were secret entrances tol rooms in some old housesâ€"secret en- trances so skilfully hidden that none save the initiated would dream of their existence; Elspeth knew this very well from hearsay. But what business could Captain Oxford or any other man, have in the tower? Who- ever it had been, ghost or human, the sudden revelation of her presence in the room had been unwelcome, and the apparition had hastened to avoid her by vanishing in some way, there- fore she might assure herself that the visit had not been connected with her. The trick theory was equally negatived by the evident apprehen- sion on the white face. If a man had come into the room to play ghosts arid frighten a girl out of quarters sacred to his own purposes, he would have stopped long enough to complete his work thoroughly, and he would have attempted to look appalling, rather than appalled. 11“ _,_AL U .“u \- erâ€"vâ€"u All these reasonings restored Elspeth to a semblance of calmness. She took a candle in' each hand, and made as thorough an examination as she knew how, of the wall on the right of the fireplace, into which the figure had seemed to vanish; but as far as she could tell by peering closely, and passing her hand over the surface of oak, there was no door or any means of opening the wainscot there. When she was satisfied that, if the wall hid any secret, it was not to be found out by her that night, she sat for a time, and waited, so still she scarcely breathed, for any repetition of the sounds. ".ut nearly an hour passed, and all quiet. Nothing could be acconmlished by waiting: longer, Elspeth decided, and shivering with the night chill, she crept back to bed. She did not expect to sleep, but fa- tigue overcame fear. and from puz- zling over the mystery in waking thoughts, she began heavily striving to decipher it in a tangled maze of dreams. As before, she slept until broad daylight; but it was earlier than on the previous day, and when she had dressed hastily, she thought that she would have time before the coming of the servant with breakfast, to venture on some explorations. But they were even more brief than she expected, for as she had supposed, there was no way of mounting high. er than her own room. The stem: staircase that had once wound ml above, had been built up with brick. which formed a solid wall. 011 the floor below, the door of the room un- der hers was not locked, and a glance showed that there was no niyst.«:r, there. The wainscoting had been pro pared long ago by some person n. bad taste, and not being renewed evi dently, fox many years. it had fzzllw into bad repair. A low DiCCL‘n of u? furniture, and some empty p-w‘fii boxes and rolls of carpets, wow ’1 .--ole contents of the room. and were plainly visible in the bleak light which streamed through the two uncurtained windows. From the room on the ground floor came sounds of 1 LL-‘ IIIIIII U r. ‘uuo-V- â€"- -- hammering, and Elspeth guessed that the carpenter who, according to the housekeeper, had hits quarters there. -_ ‘A-A others had been negrecneu, mm ":1. umnhabitable? Was the reason for this connected in any way with the the tower, or was it concern- ed with some other secret apart from the ghost story? She decided that, without mentioning her experiences (for which she still intended to be ei- lent at all events for the present) she might ask these questions of the housekeemr. . . The CHRONICLE for ALL the NEWS; To be continued. HARDWARE AND -' FURNITUR "TL..â€" E1231 E:Wmflzntg _,____-‘ TWINE ! TWINE ! LENAHAN AND McINTOSH-.' Ffl SAVEW DOLLARS i ON OUR OPENING SALE“ “McCormick” Twine We have just cunnnenced stuck-taking and wish to clear:out our entire stock of trimmed hats We have reduced the prices and have six tables of hats, ranging in price from $1.00 up. We want to sell them and will sell .at‘ exceptionally low prices. SUMMER MiLLINEHY l have purchased the Boot and Slum Business formerly carried on by Entriclwn «K' Sewvll, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the pmple uf Durham and vicinity. Though the business has «hanged hands. there will be no let-11p in good bargains, hut rmher, the reverse, and as we bought. at a rate un the «lullur, we are going: to give our custmners the lwnvlii. ' l.‘ II‘J .l‘/ "1 reverse, and as we bought at a rate en the «lullar, we are going to give our custmners the benefit. This week we are giving bargains in every line, and have not an article in the store that will nut be pared away down in price. Call and investigate, you are perfectly \\'('l('Olll(3 to louk over our stock, wlmller you buy ur not. {epairing done as usual and while yeu wait. Satisfaction guaranteed. 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