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PYNY-PECTORAL positively cures coughs and colds in o surprisingly short tune. Tea a mien- tleo certeinby, tried and true, 'moth. ing and healing in its effects'. LARGE BOTTLE, ONLY 26 CENTS, THE SECRET OF THE TO CHAPTER VI. WHAT altad SaYe AT Tile noTToei OE' VIZ men, The tabled; had. been cleared away, the 1 „et. had returned to the grand old hall, and*daneing had been going on for nearly a couple of hours, when the bend maned playing, and a Company of conjurors and ugglere, speeially engaged for the ocoasion, made their appearame. Ali the lights were lowered, and the large party of guests meted themselves in nalf-oirole round the performers. The hose this evening was more thau restless, he w0,8 nervous and excited, and as the minutes and the hours went on he aeemed to find it difficult to turn his eyes from the door. "Are you expeeting anybody, papa?" Grace had asked him more tlaan once as she observed his singular manner. "Yes—I don't know," he had replied, impatiently ; "don't mind me; go and amuse yourself," And be turned away as though annoyed at being questioned. Grace was too muoh troubled with her own perplevities to pay muoh heed to her father, and when the jugglers commenced their Woks, and she believed all eyes were fixed upon them, she rose from her seat and quietly left the room. She had made all her preparations. The previous year she had soiled her deli. tate dress, and she rementiiered how Lord Roland Ayre had looked at her as he pointed out the stain. Now she was more prudent. She hastly buttoned on a dark ulster that completely covered her pale -blue gown and otherwise protected herself against the cold, for she recollected even now, with a snudder, how the wbad,rushing up from the dark aperture, had seemed to strike her with its icy breath and chill her to the very bone, There was no snow on the ground this year ; it was a green Yule -tide, and old peo- ple talked of there being a full churchyard, while others, more hopeful and less prone to take a gloomy view of matters, said there was frost in the air, and before New Year's Day there would be skating on the river and the lakes, With her nerves strung by a nameless fear to the horrible task before her, Grace Lilburne went swiftly to the'cluimber which, a year 'ago this very night, had been the scene of such a cruel tragedy. It was not until she bad lighted the lan- tern and fastened the door behind her, and she felt herself quite alone, with the consciousness that her victim was lying SO many feet below the spot on which she stood, that her courage wavered, and for a few seconds she felt that she could not look upon the face of the dead. But while fear weakened her resolution, a horrible fascination seemed to draw her on with irresistible power to complete the purpose which brought her there, and to satisfy herself beyond all doubt that Mir- iam Hintiman's hints and suggestions meant nothing more than a desire to annoy her and make her uncomfortable "She said there was a secret passage that led out of the house," she muetered, under her breath; "if there is I will find it, and in any case I will waste no more time now, for if I stay lone I sin sure to,be missed." So saying she knelt down on the floor and preseed the hidden spring with all her strength. Slowly the boards moved back, disolos• ing the large, square aperture, from -whence the wind carne rushing up with a damp, mouldy smell that made her feel sick as it wept ovor her. Fortunately her lantern was covered, or the light would have been extinguished with the sudden gust. She waited a few seconds, and then she took the lantern and carefully examined the sides of the dark, mysterious looking welle Her heart tsood still as she discovered that not only were the sides of the shaft formed of solid masonary, which had been scarcely effected by the hand of time, but that on one of the four perpendicular wall iron clamps were fixed forming a kind of ladder let into the stone, and clearly in- tended to be a means of e.scending and de- scending the shaft. For a little while Grace sat on the floor completely stunned by this discovery not knowing what to make of it, but she soon roused herself ; time was precious e.nd the worst part of her task was still to be accomplished. Taking the lantern in her hands she ex- amined the cord attached to ib to see that it was securely tied then she slowly low- ered the light into the darkness below. She kept her eye fixed -upon the iron lad- der, but every bar of it was in intaot and so intent was she on noticing this that though the lantern had been swayed a good deal by the wind in its descent she was suddenly startled by finding that it was resting upon something and seemed to be able to go no further. A glance at the remaining rope made a tremor run through her frame as she real- ized that what shehadbelieved to be a deep and almost bottomless, well was not in reality more than some twenty or thirty feet below the false floor that covered it. Still it was deep enough for the fall to have stunned Kate if it did not instantly kill her and now with burning anxiety arid breathless terror Grace leans over to look as she hopes upon the omen of her dieter. Can it be true? do her eyes deceive her ?or is she the victim of some °uniting delusion —some horrible nightmare? She oloses her eyes and keeps them shut for a minute, then he looks again. There is nothing to frighten her, save the abeetce of whatshe expected to find. No festering corpse has here found en unknown and unhallowed grave. The ortuffied mass of satin and lace, pearls arid flowers, that she had so often pictured to herself as lying here was riot to be seen, and she might have believed that she had dreamed the evente of the last Christmas Ihy, but for two things whieh the light of the lingerie on being moved about reveal- ed. One was a pearl neeklace, the other a lade handkerellief, beth of which had belonged, te her ilWated sister, The effect of tide discagery upon Gracie Lilbutue waz to paralyze her for the time, She could nob aot or think ; she simply sat on the door iiito a ereatere stuimed,and Ib was ouly the sound of voime hi the corridor that ultimately roused her. Even now elle could not move quiokly, but she drew up the lantern slowly, pressed the epring that made the floor slide back into its plaoe, theu elm deliberately divest- ed herself of her ulster, extinguished the light, and walked out into the oorrider. She did not obeerfe Miriam Hindman and Sir Viotor Gayherd etanding only a few paces from whence she emerged, for oho was like a woman walking in her sbieP and though, stunned by the sudden discov- ery she had made, he had riot as yet be- gun to realize what it meant for her. There was a strange look in her eyes as she rejoined her father and their guests, and Amy Goulburne asked if elle was ill, and somebody else suggested that she was about to faint. But she smiled absently and declared she was quite well, and she gave the signal that the dance was to commence, though she herself declined to take part in it. "I am a little tired and I will look on," she said to a gentlemen who asked her to dance with him. And. there she sat, not really noticing the figures that whirled before her eyes, Rut with one face beooming clear every remnant to her mind. Some one besides herself knew what had really happened to Kate last Christmas Day, for, whether she was living or dead, some person must have taken Ihe hapless girl away from the spot where she had been buried alive. As she thus brooded, feeliug that all security was at an end for her, she saw Miriam and Sir 'Victor come into the hall together, and not seeming to notice her, they at once joined the dancers. She sat and watched them, absently and vacantly, and she saw the looks of love that passed between them. Gram knew quite well that Sir Victor would never have thought of marrying her if he had not believed her to be her father's only surviving child and sole heiress, and now she wondered if Miriam had persuad- ed him that Kate was really Alive, and if at the last hour he meant to desert her for Ms old love. And then again she wondered did Miriam really know anything about the missing girl, or was she only giving expression to an unreasoning conviction, when she asserted her belief that Kate was still alive. She knew not what to do nor whith way to turn. For one wild moment she thought of goiug back to the tower chamber and flinging herself into the same dungeon she had intended to be her sister's grave. Bub this impulse could hardly be called a temptation, for she loved her own life too well to throw it away recklessly, even when it -seemed to be most worthless, and when to all appearances she had nothing to look forward to but exposure, disgrace and punishment. When her mind became more accustomed to the situation she began to think that ahe was frightening herself unnecessarily, for now she remembered that the bottom of the shaft into which Kate had fallen seemed as though it were only a portion of a room or cellar which was probably as large as the chamber above. If this were the case, the injured girl might have crawled away into some dark corner, and there remained until death had mercifully ended, her sufferings. "1 wish I had possessed the courage and the presence of mind to descend by those iron steps and see for myself what is hidden below, and where the place really leads. "There may be many secret chambers be- neath the old part of the castle, of which neither my father nor I had ever heard. I must do it sooner or later ; I shall never sleep in peace again until I know that Kate is past troubling me." And all this time the 1 un never flagged. The band played, and the guests danced and flirted and talked about the morrow, and whispered among themselves of the great good luck of Sir Victor Gayherd ab having won so rich an heiress. Some comments, the reverse of charitable, were made upon the young baronet's be- havior this evening, but as always happens in such cases, it was the girl, and not the man, who came in for all the blame ; and prudent mothers and daughters secretly determined that they would take good care not to invite Miriam Hindman to their houses since she showed eo little consider- ation for the feelings of her hestess. One officious old lady ventured to give the girl a hint about her behavior, a liberty which Miriam resented angrily, though it had the effect of making her tell Sir Victor that he had better ask Grace to dance with him ; then she herself went to talk to the baron. But Lord Lilburne was not good company this evening. His lost daughter was constantly in his mind, and every now and again he felt as though if he looked around he should see her. Miriam was quick to observe his manner, and to divine the muse, and she at length said: "1± was about this hour last year, was is not, that Kate was lost?" "Very nearly," he replied, hie eyes wan- dering to a cloak. Then he and the girl both sat silent— waiting for they knew not what; but with their eyes fixeci upon the clock as though they had beeh watching the old year out, and were anxious to welcome in the new. Grace and Sir Victor had been danoing, but the band had stopped suddenly, and the batonet with his promised bride had paused very close to where her father and Miriam were seated, "What do they mean by breaking off like this ?" asked Grace in a tone of annoy. ance. Her question was never answered. At that moment the house steward, who rarely showed himself except to announce distinguished guests, now came to the open doorway and announced: Lord. and Lady Roland Are I" Lord Lilburne sprang to his feee and started. forward with a ory of welcome, and Grace likewise took a step toward the new corners. But no sound °soaped her lips. For a momeiat she swayed like a sapling ehaken by a tempest, and she fell forward on her facie, and when they picked her up they thought the was dead. CHAPTER VIL =Ronan Tun arrow. Vire mush go beck to the night when Kate Lilburne so myeteriously disappeared. It will be remembered that the snow be. gem to fall only a very short time before the baron's eldeet daughter wae persuaded to go with her sitter and hide, The now might be a very Neasonablo T TINES visitor on Christume night, but the ser, vante at SilVerton Castle took very good care to ohne every door oarefully agaietse it, and there was oonsequentlyn0 danger of any solitary watoher outside the mansion being observed, indeed,. with so much free-handed hoop'. ma tality 'de the =mime, and ouch a warm weloome extended alike to rich and poor, it would naturally be supposed. thal no luau in hie sensee wetild have wandered like an unquiet beide around the boilding when he °odd take shelter from the oold, white flakes of snow and from the biting blast by the side of a glowing fire, and selace his inner inan with an abundance of Chriettnes cheer. • Despite the folly of such a proceeding, however, a :nen, wearing a thiok ulster, and judging irorn his appearanee well.to-do in the world, certainly was loitering outside the oastle on this eventful night. He kept well away from the doors and he took good care that the brilliant light from the windows did nob fall upon. him. And jtzdging from the outside, Silverton Casale was unusally festive to -night, for there was scarcely a window in the great building which was not lighted up. But the stranger lingered longest near the old part of the castle in which was the great hall. If you could have looked well at his face, you evould have seen that he was young and handsome, and yort woulci probably also have observed that he was nervous and ill at cue, as though he knew he was dning something of which he was more than half ashamed. He eeerne doubtful now as to whether. he will carry oub the purpose that brought him here, or go away without accomplishing it. • And yet his object in comittg is not to wrong anyone, even though it may in- crease his own pain by feeding the dame of a perfectly hopeless love. les, it was love that lead brought Frank Fairfield to thie cheerless spot. "Love that makes the world go round," The same passion of which Byron wrote; "Alas ! what is there in this world of ours, Which makes it fatal to be loved? Oh,why With cypress branches bast thou wreath'd t hy bowers And made thy best interpreter a sigh?" He felt,all the keen powers of hopeless love as he wandered outside the house that held the jewel he adored,yet dared not seek to win. Far as the east is from the west, so far was Kate Lilburne's love from him. She loved him with the kind, passionless affection of a sister's love. Nearer or dearer than this he might never be to her, and he had promised to accept till's truth, and to oruah all further hope and desire out of his heart. -A promise so easily given, so difficult of performance. All through this day the demon of unrest has been upon him, and at length, unable to control Ins actions,he had left 'his moth- er's house, and harnessing the °oh to a phaeton, which he had •borrowed for a week from a neighbor, he drove the old vehicle in the direction of Silverton Castle. Arrived at the outskirts of the village, he left the horse and carriage in a shed, and set off to perform the rest of bis journey on foot. He soon got tired of walking, however, and as he came near the deep, narrow river he bethought himself that he oould ape proech the castle in a boat with very much less chance of being recognized. So in spite of the cold he took a dingy, and then though the darkness of night was setting in, he began to row towards the castle for he knew every winding of the stream that flowed beneath its walls. His childhood and youth had been:epent in the home of the Lilburnes and the old peer himself was not half 60 well acquaint- ed with his own property as was .Frank Fairfield. It was quite dark when he moored his boat under the castle walls and went cau- tiously around the mansion to inspect it and to try to catch one glimpse of Kate. • The dogs did not bark at his approach, for they knew him and he had some diffi- culty in quietly getting away from their too demonstrative affection. But the object of hie fatiguing journey was not attained. He could not get into any position where he could see Kate without being observed and recognized. He would have entered the house boldly but for a promise he had given hie bene• factor not to seek to epeek to Kate again until he had overcome his hopeless infatua- tion. There was no • thought in hie mind of breaking this promise. He did not wish to speak to her; he only wanted to look upon her face, and to know that she was happy. The hours went by. He was becoming siolt and numbed, and his heart was heavy, for the sounds of mirth and joy, of music and laughter, were in painfully strange contrast to fife own des- olate condition. At length he felt he could bear the oold of the night air and the sharp pain at his heart no longer. The falling snow warned him that he must soon retraoe his steps and make for his mother's cottage, for his pratetised eye told him that the snow storm would be both a long and a heavy one. "I will see her, come what may," he mut- tered with sudden resolution, when mid' night was approaching, and the sound of music from the hall had ceased. "Very soon the guests will be leaving," he continued, "and then all chance of seeing her will be gone." He approached the disused tower, very close to which his boat was moored, send pulling aside some low bushes, he felt about in the darkness for some time with his hands. At length he seemed to find what he wanted, for hie hand came in contact with a small grating, and. helf lifting this, he was able to take hold ole handle which, on being turned, enabled him to push inward a portion of the maeonry ae the foot of the tower as though it were a door. This indeed it was, an iron door, with stones so carefully and ounningly fibted upon it that only a person who knew the Ecorse could ever deteo€ the ipot, or sus- peot the existence of any meant' of ingrems. Frank passed through this door, but he did not close it, for he had no fear of any one disturbing him, and he meant to enter the castle without obeervationand hide • himself in some dark •corner, so thee be might have one view of the gay soene in the ballroom Where the lady he loved wee sure to be the belle, and then het intended to return to the grounds as he oeme,leaving no traoe of hie stolen visit behind him, He had not been in Nileplace for many years and he advanced carefully and eau- tiousdy, more than once tempted to otrike light, yet fearful of betraying himself by doing so. This fear was increased by One or two tstrange eircumstances. In the firsts place, the wind eeenied to nob through the vaulted passage in a per - feet blazt,and he fanoied—though of /mune he could nob be sure, es there was no light to guide him. -that the false door of the plumber above lutist be out of its place. Fear of deteetion,aud of owning euddenly upon 'somebody he knew, made him stand and eagerly listen for every sound. lie had just come 00 the conolusion that whatever might be the condition of the floor above, the coast for himself was clear, and he was about to take a few steps for- ward and. mount the iron ladder, whieh he. oiten used before, when the rtish of wind increased and the sound of voice); overhead become clietinet. There eeereed to be words of expostula- tion and of encouragement, then there was a deapairing gasp of terror as something appeared to fell. Whatever it was, its descent was arrest- ed fora momeut, but only for a moment, then with a heavy thud the something fell gime to his very feet. He looked up, but there was no light. Whatever it might be that was lying so close to him, it uttered no sound, and he was stending bewildered,not knowing what to do, hesitating whether to go away at once, or fibrilla a light and aseertain what had happened when as he was hesitating and doubting, he heard indistinctly a voice overhead, and then, more plainly, the grat• ing eound of the floor above being foroed back into its proper place. It was only at this moment thab the con- viotion dawned upon his mind that some fearful orime had been commited of which he had been the unintentional and unsus- pected witness. A low groan olose beside him roused him to immediate action, and he took a box of wax matches from his pocket and struok a light, The desire that bad brought him here this night above all nights was gratified ; his eyes rested once more upon the face of Kate Lilburne. . If over a prayer was granted and came to the supplicant as a curse surely it was so now with Frank Faifield. Ile looked upon Kate as she lay senselose at his fest; blood was flowing from awound on her forehead, and from a second wound on the side of her head. And yet her iall had been slightly broken by her gown having been caught by some projection from the wall. • The wounds on her were serious, how- ever' and Frank tried to stanch the blood witha couple of large handkerehiefs he had in his pocket. This wee no es.sy matter,as he had to dolt in the dark, his wax meachea being of no use except for a second or two at a time. Kate remained senseless'and the young man tried to revive her by forcing some brandy which he had in his flask down her throat, But his efforts were in vain, and the dank vault in which they bothwere chilled the blood in his veins; while the girl who was lying on the floor was almost as cold as though she was dead. His first thought was for Kate, and he took off his thick, warm ulster, wrapped her in it as well as he could, then turned to leave her so that he might rouse the in- mates of the castle and bring them to her assistance. He had only taken a few steps however, for this purpose before he paused, suddenly rendered powerless by the difficulties and dangers of the situation, not only to him- self, but to Kate, until she should be suf. ticently reeovered to explain what had happened. What business had he in the oastle would naturaliy be the first inquiry, and he was compelled to admit that he had nona—that he was a midnight trespasser and might be taken into custody as a suspeeted person. Then again, it was evident that a delib- erate crime had been committed of which Kate Was the victim; but who had planned or exeuted it he had not the faintest idea. He was completely ignorant of what had taken place inside of the castle during the hours • he had loitered about outside its walls; and now for many months past he had held no communication with Lord Lil- burne, nor with either of his daughters, so that who was living with them or what their manner of life might be he did nto know. Arguing from the unknown, it was very probable ehat if he raised an alarm and gave Kate back to those to whom she be- longed, he might be only handing her back to the power of her enemy,wlao would soon find some means to complete the work so viciously begun. And then again, he felt that his own story would sound incredible, and that if Kate died from her injuries he would be accredited with her death. But there was another feeling stronger than fearand more potent than prudence, that really actuated Frank Fairfield's cod - duct. He wee loyal to Lord Lilburne, and he would die rather than break his word by even hinting of his love for the baron's daughter ; but while he did this, he oould likewise take care of her and g-nead her until it was safe to restore her to her father, His love for her might do this much, and yet be loyal and.true and self-saorificing,as all pure and noble love must be. "No one can nurse her like my mother, who has been the only mother she bas ever known," he murmured as he lifted the fair girl tenderly in his arms and carried her out of the vault into the open air. She was very heavy, and he had to lay her on the grass so that he rnigbt rest, as well as to enable him to button his ulster completely over her. lt was very long and thick, having been made on purpose for long, cold journeys, and it covered the girl's white satin gown oompletely. He had a small travelling Cap in his pock- et, and he fastened this on her head, then he drew over it the hood of the ulster so that the night air and the cold snow should affect her as little as possible. While she lay there so still and so motion- less, he quickly closed the secret door that led to the vault and the room above, cov ered over all traces of his visit, and then nerving himself to the task, he lifted Kate in his arms and carried her down to the boat. Strong exeitement had given him a ficti- tious strength, and the same feeling now impelled him to ply his oare with all his skill, and to get away from the vicinity of Silverton Castle as speedily as possible. It wad a mad thing to do, this taking of a delicately -nurtured girl a long journey17 river died road through a anow storm in the dead of the night, when, too, she had just received an inquiry whieh might prove fatal, (To an ometeleteare)• Secrets Will Ont. Now, you mud not let thie go any fur. thee, said Watts to MoDatid after retailing a ohoiee bit of actuidel. Oh, oettaintly not, said McDtivid. How did you happen to hear it, My wife told me. She is just like any woman—orin't keep a secret, of °aurae. Children Cry for Piteher'a Castoriol A EROREN RESERVOIR, A' erribie Accident as Conn bei. a85 Jiody e noet'lelVta—lte*'buus Loss e tto o1 t A despatch from Vertu, Frame, sari t— An enormous reservoir near Epinal burst on Saturday, inundating many villages in the dietriet and drowning nembers of persous. So far 38 Q01'13800 hAVO been reetervomoreenaus. d. Tho damage done to property ie• • It now same that the disaster caused by the bursting of the dyke at RoneeY is more serious' than at firat supposed. In a single commune, that of Uxegny, seven kilometres from the scene of the disaster proper, 23 persons were drowned, Ab Nomexy eight bodies have been found, Wherever the water flowed it destroyed everything in he path. The village • of Bouzey, with its extensive pisciculture esteblishmant hest disappeared. The steep, Vertical banks of the Canal de l'Est burst and emptied a reach of water eleven kilo. metres long into the Aviere valley, where the flood flowed to Nornexy, •where it flowed into the River Moselle, At Datnieulles all the houses were destroyed, and few were spared at Auxforges.Hundred of families bave been rendered • homeless, and many who were asleep at the time of the inundation lost even their clothes. The .burst remervoir, whieh supplies the oaual, is situated at Bouzey, and was formed by a dyke 500 metres long. It was built during the years from 1879 to 1884,and was strang• thened in 1888 and in 188e. It amends of a wall of masonry 20 metres high, and 20 metres thick at its base. The foundation was nine metres deep. 'The bed and the remainder of the reeervoir is of natural rook. The dyke was regularly inspected, and no signs of weakness had been detected since 1890. The damage done by the flood is everywhere immense, and it is believed it will amount te 810,000,000. The whole Aviere valley is a scene of ruin and desolation. The roads are strewn with the debris from the houses, the barns' and the fences of the peasants. Many dead oattle and horses have been found along the route taken by the flood of water. At Bomevre 17 houses were destroyed and 25 oi the inhabitants were drowned, At On. court three houses collapsed, but only one perscn is known to hey° been drowned. Seventeen persons are missing at Uxegny, where 16 houses are in ruins. It is believed a total of 76 lives were lost as a result of the giving way of the dyke at Bouzey. Word has been received from President Faure that he will visib the eciene of the disaster at once. The prefect of Vosges estimates the number of victims at 117. This loss of life is probably understated, as no news has yet been received from the parish of Frizen, through which the torrent passed. 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