HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1908-09-10, Page 5THE GHOST OF
LOCH RAIN CASTLE
BY MRS. C. N. WILLIAIVISON
Author"o# "The Princess Passes," "The Lightning
Conductor," Etc., Etc.
Copyright, 1901, by Mrs. C. N. Williamson..
"I want to have you for a friend, Nay I
think of you so?"
she was destined to look forward with
more than ordinary interest to the
events that awaited her on the other
side of the door.
What would he be like, this young
man who loved Lady Hilary Lam-
bart, and was loved by her in return;
who had begun life as a foundling,
and made a career for himself in the
army; who had won John Kenrith's
friendship and loyal admiration; who
was labelled "dangerous" by Lady
Lambart, and bitterly disliked by
James Grant?
This was the thought in her mind
as she tapped at the door of Mr, Ken-
rith's sitting room, for the second
time that day.
John Kenrith ltirnself opened it, and
.somehow she had the conviction—
conceited though it might have been
in a mere typewriter—that he was
present for her sake, to introduce her
.to Captain Oxford and put her at her
ease.
His first words confirmed the im-
pression. "I ran in before keeping a
golf engagement, to see if you were
here, as I heard, you were coming,"
he explained. "My friend, Captain
Oxford, met with an ugly adventure
last night, with a rascally poacher,
or some one of that ilk, it's supposed,
and was shot in the arm—of course,
the arm that had been hurt before!
That's usually so, isn't it? He won't
be able to help himself much for a
day or two, though it's the left arm,
for he has lost a good deal of blood
and is rather weak. I think you had
better not let him dictate many let-
ters this afternoon; say three or four
at most; and I'm sure he'll listen to
your advice, and rest afterward,.
though he doesn't like playing in-
valid. Now come and be introduced.
See, there he is on the sofa over.
there.
Kenrith led Elspeth across the large
room toward a comfortable sofa, piled,
with cushions among which could be
seen the back of 'a man's head—a
well -shaped head, thickly covered
:with close -cropped, rippling bronze.
.hair. In another moment she saw
the face, which turned toward her as,
she approached, at Kenrith's side, and
as the handsome eyes and lips smiled
faintly in greeting, the *girl gave a
slight start of surprise.
"Why," she asked herself eagerly,
"where have I seen him, or someone
exactly like him, enly a short time
'ago?"
CHAPTED V.
A second glance at Captain
•assured Elspeth that, despite
.haunting likeness to some other Race,
'she had certainly never seen him be-
fore. He was not a young man to be
easily forgotten, and the girl did not
wonder that .he had attracted Lady
Hilary. Not only was he remark-
ably good to look at, but it seemed
her that, with such eyes—bronze,
like his hair, and only a few shades
'darker than his sunburned skin—he
;anust be honest and sincere. If there
were a mystery about his adventure
sof last night, she told herself that
4.t could be nothing of which he need
febl ashamed.
i' When Elspeth had been made ac-
.quainted with Captain Oxford, Ken-
irith left them alone, and went off to
allay golf—perhaps, the girl thought
;grudgingly, with Lady Lambart.
P. She wrote two or three short let-
ters, which she would not have- judg-
►,ed to be very "Don't
important, and then
came a pause. you think you
:ought to rest now?" she asked, re-
imerbering Mr. Kenrith's instructions.
'I "Yes,' the young man answered,
f`I'n not going to ask you to do any
More letters to -day. But"-- he hesi-
tated, and Elspeth took up the sen-
tence where it broke off, inquiring if
there were anything further that she
could do for him.
"Yes, there is something," he said.
"I --my friend, Mr. Kenrith, told me
you traveled up in the same, carriage
with him yesterday, and—with Lady
Lambart and her daughter."
Eispeth's eyes brightened, she knew
what would please him now, and did
not see any wrong in doing it. "Oh,
yes," she answered, "it was so crowd-
ed, they put ine in first-class, and
Lady,;Hilary Lambart was so sweet
about it. I never saw such a lovely
girl as she is, and I am sure she is
as nice as sate is beautiful."
Captain Oxford's face lighted up,
xudho . sn4iled, shoving .111s tvli}ta
teeth, ""You are very qiiick in form=
ing your impressions, evidently," he
said. "But I believe in the kind of
admiration that begins at first sight."
"So do I, and love, too," said Els-
peth. "If I were a man I should have
fallen in love with Lady Hilary Lam-
bart at first sight, As it is, I would
do anything I could to please or help
her, and I told her so this morning."
"What? You've been talking to-
gether this morning? I was going to
try and pump you, without letting
you find out what I was doing, but
now I begin to see it isn't necessary
to do that."
"It isn't a bit," laughed Elspeth,
"if you really don't mind my saying
so.',
"Mind? Why, now that I know you
are such a stanch alley of hers, it
will simply be paradise to have a
chance of talking about her. Do tell
me, since we've come down so quickly
to 'bed rock,' as the Americans say,
how did you find out that I was in
love with Lady Hilary Lambart?"
"Shall I tell all the truth?"
"Why, of course."
At this encouragement Elspeth pro-
ceeded to give Captain Oxford a short
sketch of the journey; how she had
heard his name mentioned by Mr.
Kenrith; how Lady Lambart had not
seemed pleased with,the news that he
was staying at Lochrain Hydro, and
how she (Elspeth) had fancied from
the look on Lady Hilary's face that
her emotion was very different.
"I didn't try to listen," the girl
apologized, "but I could't help being
interested, because it seemed such a
romance, and Lady Hilary is such an
ideal heroine for a love story."
'Bless her, I should think she was:"
exclaimed the young man. "The only
heroine possible for a love story of
mine, even if I were banished to some
far country, and knew that I could
never see her again. She knows I
love her, of course, and I do think
she likes me a little, but am afraid
she will never go against her mother's
wishes, and marry me. Perhaps I
oughtn't even to wish it, for she is
so lovely, she could have • anybody,
and I'm a poor man, heavily handi-
capped in many ways. But I can't
rise to such heights of unselfishness."
"I'm sure she would hate you to
rise to that," said Elspeth, absolutely
on Captain Oxford's side now.
"Do tell me why you think so—or
do you. only say it to be kind?"
I think so, because of something
that happened this morning." And
then she told him how Lady Hilary
had been as one struck with a blow,
on hearing from the gossip of Lady
Ardeliffe that he had bean dangerous-
ly wounded. She told also how she
had managed to give the girl news
of the real state of his health, when
she heard of it from Mr. Grant.
"You really do seem to have been
sent here by Providence, Miss Dean,"
said Captain Oxford, half laughing,
half serious. "Of course, you guessed
why I asked that I might have you
to write letters for me?"
"You hoped that, as I had. seen
Lady Hilary, you might get me to
talk about her, and that is just what
has happened."
"You have guessed right. I thought
you would. And I shouldn't wonder
if Kenrith guessed, too. He admires
Lady Lambart very much, but he is
against leer where I am concerned.'
He didn't know till yesterday that
she disapproved of me as an acquaint-
ance for a woman with a marriage-
able daughter, though if he weren't
rather unworldly in some ways, ,
de-
spite his shrewdness in others, he
might have guessed how it would be
with her. He has too much money,
himself to care about whether others'
have it or not, or even think of it;
but Lady Lambart has very little,
unfortunately for me, otherwise she
would perhaps not mind so much. As
it is, I'm sure she would have thank-
ed Heaven devoutly if I had been
killed last night out of her daughter's
way forever, instead of just winged,
and laid up for a day or two."
Elspeth shuddered. "It doesn't mat-
ter so much to you about what she
feels," said the girl. "But do you
really think that it was a poacher who
shot you by mistake for a keeper?".
"No. I'm certain it was not," he
answered.
"Mr. Grant and, I suppose, Mr.
McGowan are certain it was.
"I haven't told them everything.
I have my own reasons for not doing
so," said Captain Oxford, thoughtful-
ly. His face changed to sternness as
he spoke, and Elspeth wondered if
she could have been mistaken after
all in fancying him absolutely frank
and open. Suddenly he looked like
a man who could keep a secret well,
and might have secrets of his own.
The words that Kenrith had said be-
fore going out darted back into Els-
peth'sbrain, "He lost a good deal of
blood."What of the ruby drops that
had fallen through the crack in her
ceiling, from that mysterious place
above, inhabited by no one save
ghosts—the ruby drops that had stain-
ed the face of the boy in the sketch!
But at the thought of that sketch,
something which had been puzzling
Elspeth was made clear. The like-
ness which had so bewildered her
was between Captain Oxford and the
boy in the portrait.
It was not so noticeable now, for
the young man was looking grave to
sombreness, while the face of the boy
was bright and smiling still Elspeth
could see it, and it was marked en,
ough to seem rather odd. But, after
all, what could it inean? The boy,
who was by this time either an old
man, or dead, had been one of the
same type with Captain Oxford, per-
haps not an extraordinary one, al-
though she had not happened to see
any othee, save these two. She was
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• half -inclined to speak of the pencil-
s led portrait she had found, but she
did not wish to be called upon at
present for an explanation of the
• pink stain, as she probably would be,
if she showed the sketch to Captain
Oxford,
As she mentally compared the real
features with the pictured features,.
the young man spoke again. "Natur-
ally, Mr. McGowan would prefer to
think that I had been attacked by
some poacher, while straying about
in lonely places, where I had no busi-
ness to be after dark. Any other
idea—any more sensational idea-
would be bad for the hotel."
"Why?" asked Elspeth.
"He wouldn't like to have it said
that there were thieves and murderers
lurking about. That sort of thing
would probably keep a great many
guests away from the Hydro. The
sort of people who come here don't
want adventures."
"But do you think it was a thief
who attacked you?" the girl impul-
sively asked.
Captain Oxford laughed. "I've noth-
ing worth stealing, and everybody
who knows me, knows that. Other-
wise, the whole affair might have
been almost worthy of the Under-
ground Syndicate—if only it had come
off a little more successfully."
Elspeth looked blank. "What is
the Undergrotincl Syndicate?" she
asked.
"You've never heard of the Under-
ground Syndicate? Well, I can't tell
wheu -
recisely what it ther exists. .And ifs it or
erdoes, that
probably isn't its own name for it-
self."
"It sounds rather vague—but very
mysterious," said Elspeth.
"If there is such an association as
the Underground Syndicate, it is very
mysterious—so mysterious that it has
puzzled England in general, and Scot-
land Yard in particular, for years.
It's supposed, you know, to be an
association banded together to com-
mit crimes for important clients who
don't wish to commit them them-
selves. Several famous murders have
• Jt sounds rather vague, but very mys-
terious," said Elspeth.
been set down to the account of the
Underground Syndicate; but though
there have been clues and traces,
there have never been enough to help
the police to make arrests, or even
actually suspect any one person. They
have, as it were heerd stirrings be-
hind a veil, but the veil has never
been lifted. Now, if I were a very
rich man with millions to leave to
relatives, or if I were in any one's
way, I should say to myself—because
of certain things that have happened—
`Aha, the Underground Syndicate has
put a black mark against my name.'
But there is absolutely nobody ex-
cept Lady Lambart—who would be
the better off for my death; and poor
Lady Lambart, even if she were pre-
pared to go to such lengths to wipe
out a would-be son-in-law, couldn't
afford to pay the Syndicate's prices.
They charge thousands, so the story
goes. And they are very rich—accord-
ing to the same stories—for they of-
ten bring' off big coups on their own
account, such as relieving people of
their jewels. I often warn Kenrith
that he had better look out."
"It sounds too extraordinary," said
Elspeth.
"I don't believe there is such a
syndicate really, do you?"
"No, I don't," replied Captain Ox-
ford. "As you say, it is too fantastic.
People will get up any theory to ac-
count for crimes which remain mys-
teries; and I believe that rather a
sensational morning paper is respons-
ible for suggesting the idea that there
was a syndicate. After a murder that
baffled the police last year, the editor
published a series of extraordinary
anonymous letters that served the ob-
ject of selling the issues in which
they appeared, if no other."
At this moment, the resident doctor
appeared to see how his patient was
getting on, and Elspeth was banished
from the room. It was now her hour
of freedom, and site was glad of it,
for she had much to think of. She
went to her room, where tea was sent
to her, and rested luxuriously on the
old-fashioned sofa. What a wonder-
ful day it had been, she thought. More
had happened in it; than happened
in weeks in her old London life, where
one day told another, and she forgot
whether it ,vas Monday or Saturday,
She seemed to have been plunged in-
to the midst of many lives, and 'to
have some influence, large or small.
upon each one. It was almost as if
she, an insignificant young girl, a
paid employe of the hotel, were watch-
ing the performance of a play in n
theatre to which she alone had the
right of entranee.
She tried hard to join ell the dif-
ferent loose threads, which she felt
vaguely ought somehow to mntcli to. 1
gether, but she could not find the
way; and at last the effect culminated
in an absurd jumble which wns ,r
dream.
Sleep did her good, although het
Nip was short, and she awoke with e.
start, fearing that sho had missed her
next appointment; but it was only
hail -past five, and ten minutes later,
with smooth hair and bright eyes,
she was in Mr. McGowan's room. He
was there, and had kind things to
say concerning the reports he had r:e-
eeived of her work during the day.
'Phis was encouraging, and the girl
felt very happy as she went to begin
her hour of work with Mr. Trow-
bridge. She did not like hire much,
but she fancied that he could be very
amusing and, whatever else it might
be, she was sure that her time in
Ibis society would not be dull.
In the great hall, through which
she had to pass on her way to Mr.
Trowbridge's sitting room, she saw,
him deep in talk with Lady Hillary. He
• was leaning far forward in his chair,
his elbows on his knees, lost to every-
thing but his interest in the beautiful
girl who listened with an indifference
which she did not try to hide. His
back was turned towards Elspeth,
but Lady Hilary saw her, and with a
word to Trowbridge, which Elspeth
did not hear, sprang up and gave
the young stenographer a look which
said "Come to me."
The two girls met half way across
the hall, and Lady Hilary handed
Elspeth a book. "A pretence," she
said hurriedly. "Open it anywhere,
and we will seem to be talking about
it Now; have you seen him? Mr.
Kenrith happened to mention you
were going to write for him this after-
noon."
There was no need to speak the
name. Elspeth well knew who was
meant by "him," and she doubted
very much that Mr. Kenrith had "hap-
pened" to speak.
"Yes," she answered, as her head
and Lady Hilary's were bent over
the book. "He only wanted me be-
cause he had heard that I'd traveled
in the same carriage with you, and
hoped I could be got to talk about you
to him. He confessed that after I'd
been in the room a little while. Oh,
Lady Hilary, he worships you. I do
wish I might take the liberty of say-
ing something"—
"Say it, quickly. It won't be a
liberty."
"It's only that I do hope nobody
will persuade you to give him up,
because such a love can come but
once in a life, it seems to me, and"—
"Hush! Here conies that Mr. Trow-
bridge," whispered Lady Hilary. "Oh,
he is most oppressive. I wish Lady
Ardcliffe hadn't introduced him to
mother. I'm afraid I'm going to have
trouble with him." Her voice chang-
ed suddenly, as Trowbridge, strolling
towards them, came within hearing
distance. "It will be good of you, Miss
Dean, if you will copy out the poem
for me. As it's a volume out of the
hotel library, I"—she stopped, for
her purpose was served. Trowbridge
had paused clogs beside them and
must have heard all that she intend-
ed him to hear.
"I will do it gladly this evening,"
said Elspeth. "For the next hour, my
time belongs to Mr. Trowbridge."
"Lady Hilary and I were just hav-
ing a rattling good argument, said
he. "'I was on the point of convinc-
ing
onvinceing 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 slie wants, Miss Dean,
and when you have finished, come to
my sitting room, please. I'll be there
by that time.
Elspeth moved away obertiently.
The book really was a volume of
verses by a minor poet, and though
Lady Hilary had probably selected a
page at random, the girl copied it in
her 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
hall. Elspeth had brought the typed
poem, and the book, in case she
should meet Lady Hilary, but not
seeing her she took them on to Mr.
Trowbridge's sitting room. He him-
self stood just outside the half open
door, speaking with the handsome
woman Elspeth had heard spoken of
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.
"Fine looking woman, that," he
said, as he ushered Elspeth into the
room. "Countess Radepolskoi, I mean.
She and I only met here a short time
ago, but she's mighty kind about Oar-
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 wasout o
«f
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."
"You ought to neo her jewels,•,
Trowbridge went on, as Eispeth ar-
ranged her typewriter and paper on
the table. "She's rolling in money, I
believe, a jolly good catch for some
poor young man: 13y the way, she
was telling me that Mr. Kenrith had
bought a jewel—a diamond, I believe,
which was once in her family. I don't
care much about such things myself.
Whenever I buy diamonds, it is to
give away to some friend. But she is
keen to know if he's got it stere, for
it seems, though it was in her late
husband's family for many genera-
tion.;, it passed from them before her
marriage, and she's never seen it. If
you hear hien speak of it, you might
let me know, as she feels delicate
about asking, and, anyhow, she has-
n't met him yet. But now to work.
We must get through as much as we
can in what's left of the hour."
By this time Elspeth was sitting at
the hi hie, and he flung himself down
in a bie eaey• ehair within comfort -
'►tie distance for dictation. He had
Ii'r'in the first letter, by giving the
ftan:. and getting as far "Dear Sir,"
when suddenly he spied on the table
near Elspeth'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, jut 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
it night be well for him to find there
was nothing' besides. Accordingly she
was silent; but she watched Trow-
bridge, to see what he would do, and
as he reached to take the book, which
lay at some distance from his hand,
his wrist was exposed for an inch or
two beyond the cuff, and Elspeth saw
a very odd thing. Just above the
wrist bone, he wore a bracelet—not
the padlocked bangle which some men
affect, to suggest a love -secret, but a
flat band of gold set with pearls and
turquoises, and fitting so closely that
it pinched the skin 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 fergot herself, and stared. Whe-
ther Trowbridge notieed the direction
of her eyes, or whether he merely
remembered after an •instant of self -
forgetfulness that he had been in-
discreet, the effect was the same.
Flushing darkly, he drew back his
arm, and the bracelet and hat was
above it were once more completely
hidden by his sleeve.
CHAPTER VI.
Elspeth had had very little time
during her first day at Lochrain Cas-
tle Hydro to brood over her own af-
fairs. Those of other people had
proved still more absorbing, and
dwelling upon them had prevented her
from giving much attention to the
mystery of the night's disturbances.
But when darkness came again, and
a second night had to be faced in the
tower room, even the romantic love ,
troubles of Lady Hilary Lambart and
Captain Oxford fettled 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 hannted 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 (if 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.
But then, even if she had not ima-
gined the expression, the man might
easily have known no more than that
the tower was said to be haunted.
Persons in that class of life were
supposed to be fond of horrors, and
it would have been a delicious de-
claration for the servants' hall if Mr.
McGowan's new secretary had ac-
knowledged receiving a visit from the
ghosts. Perhaps the man knew the
story of the tower, whatever it might
be, and would be more villin, 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 von, lilies,' slie
knew that she was alone.
Realizing ell too keenly now what
slie had undergone last night, her
nerves began to jump, but site took
herself to task sternly. This sort of
thing would never do. Either she
nnist become the victim to moral
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for 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 slie could
lie wakeful and trembling with name-
less terrors night after night, and
still be able to do justice to her work
by day.
So well did she succeed in getting
the upper hand of her nerves, that
by 10 o'clock elle was actually 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 dreamland.
How long she slept, she diel 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.
candles. All the while sho Could see
the white face sit its halo of moon-
t:grtt, as plainly as if it had been
l,eroiogiaphed upon het brain; the
nue forehead, the straight brows, the
brilliant eyes, yes, more clearly than
tee reit, those terribly brilliant eyes..
Her own breathing frightened her,
and the knock, knock of 'her heart
against her side, until she had got
a light. Then it was more horrifying
to find the room empty, save for her-
-.elf, than it would have been to see
the man where lie had stood before,
It he were a men of flceh and blood,
he would have been there still, she
said, ioe the door was shut and lock-
ed, and it would be impossible to en-
ter or eeeare through a window. It
nest be. the girl thought, that a.
ghost haul come to prove to an un -
b. iicver net such things were,. And
yet—and yet—she did not feel as if
she had sect) .a ghost. Besides, why
should a ghost have seemed startled
at right of her? Surely there had been
n leek of apprehension and alarm on
'hat pale face; with its frame of dark
beard, as the brilhvnt eyes had Found
hers. And then, there was another
,rection. Why should a ghost look
like Captain Oxford, disguised in a
dark wig and beard?
Elspeth hated to ask herself this,
for sine wished to believe Captain Ox-
ford all that was noble; and yet there
was a kind of relief in the thought
(To be Continued.)
Elspeth knew the very board, or
thought she knew it, for in passing ' A ■
r
to and fro her foot had caused the a. Family
same disagreeable squeak, and'she
had tried to avoid the place. In a
second she had bounded from her ed i c i n e
bed, and out of the alcove into the
big moonlit room.
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'd she expect
to see any form save the dim shapes
of the old-fashioned furniture, each
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
nat.l iu .i e, 1115 face clear and white
in the stream of moonlight, which
fell lull upon it. Ui,ly for a breathing
ePace die Elspeth's eyes, and the
eyed of this apparition meet and Bold
(suclt other, fur, without a sound,
eeenring ly without a motion, save one
gliding step backward, the tall form
vanished from sight, as if the sha-
dows—no more ethereal than itself—
had swallowed it up.
Stiff and straight the girl stood
staring at the spot where it had been.
Then, when she recovered from the
first shock, half terror, half amaze-
ment, she went, unsteadily and shiv-
ering, as if with cold and -weakness,
across to the table to light lamp and
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