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was suddenly brotlilitto a dead stop by
the sound of a loud ringing shriek fear-
ful enough to have proceeded from ono
of the donizeus of Hades. I paused
and looked up, for the sound had seemed
to float n the air above me, and I that Led grown pale and thio in the
found myself in front of Delaney months while she had been, hiding bar -
House." self sensitively within doors from tho
Every ono was deeply interested— sneers and frowns of those who hacl
every ono uttered some exclamation or traduced her so bitterly.
another except Aline. She alone took "You will come if .mamma ivrI1 coins
no part in. the conversation. She had too, wont you 2" persisted Max, anwill•
not even looked around. She sat by the
reading -lamp and was looking int¢ a
book, but Mr. Lane saw that she was
turning its leaves at random and with
strangely nervous hands.
"Is her indifference real or foigued 2"_
he asked himself. "The most pooplo
would be interested' in my story—why
not Miss Rodney ? Her sox are, not
usually deficient in curiosity,"
"And you really heard the ghost, ➢Ir.
Lane ?" cried Effie, jiiith awe-atruck
eyes. "Well, you have been more highly
favored than we havo 1 In all the
years since ive came to Chester we have
never heard the reputed ghost."
"That is because you are so widely
separated from the house by the beauti-
ful grounds," said Mr. Lane. "Now, I
heard it twice, for when I looked up at
the first sound it was repeated in a
louder and even more blood -curdling
voice than before, and a flash of light
gleamed through the shutters for an in.
stant, then faded into Cimmeriandark-
ness and gloom again."
"Do you hoar that, Aline?" cried
little Max, "Oh, don't you wishthatyou
had heard it? Do you remember how
we used to talk about the Delanoy.ghost
before you went away 2"
"Yes, dear," she answered in a con.
strained voice, without turning toward
the little social group gathered around
the fire.
"I was puzzled and alarmed when I
heard that sound last night. I thought
perhaps Delaney had a crazy wife or
sister. Ihad not heard about the ghost
then," said lir. Lane.
"Mr. Delaney is not married," said
Mrs. Rodney.
No ? And there are no females re-
sident in his house?" inquired the do.
tective.
"I have heard that there is a solitary
housekeeper, but I have never seen her,'
she replied.
"It was, then, really a ghost that I
heard," said Mr. Lane. "I am surprised.
I did not really believe in the existence
of spirits in this practical nineteenth
century."
No one made him any direct answer.
It is true that a vein of superstition
suns through most pooplo even in this
enlightened ago. The Rodneys had
heard so much about the Delaney ghost
that they hardly questioned the veracity
of the story. And yet they did not
care about confessing it to 1YIr. Lane. It
was just possible that ho might turn the
story iuto ridicule. He appeared to be
very bard and practical, without any
romantic weaknesses.
So the conversation drifted into other
channels, and Mr. Lane made no effort
to prevent it, having learned all that
there was to be told on the subject. He
quietly stored away all that he had
heard in his mind, and no one had any
idea that be was s eoially interested in
Delaney House and its strange master.
In a little while the time for the part.
ing came. Dr. Anthony and his bride
Frere to have a little bridal tour South.
Whey went away, followed by tears and
'regrets and a score of good wishes, sym-
�bolized by a lavish shower of old slip-
pers that Max threw after the departing
bride.
river this morning. ton nota not uo a every word is true. 'lido is the sweet '9 -it UliOl�r AND ,13RVOE
childish playmate this time. There aro est face I havo aeon yet, Lot mo toll
lots of older people to keep you company. her what lo past and what will be," uric, I
Say, will you come?" the olid crone, loquaciously. Loan & Investment Co.
"I menet, I would not go among "No, no, go away I Wo do not wi I.
those people foranything,"eboanswerod to hoar enything1" said 1Irh lttdla, ,
"I don't 800 why. You can skate impatiently.
better than any of them—you are just But Aline turned her blue eyes .1 .1 Tliis Company is Loanin r Money
like a bird," he said. "I say, sister, 1 fully npon her mothe•r'e face, l J b
Shall ask mamma. Will you go if she "Oh, mamma, 1 should .like, i. uli Farm Security at LOST EsT 11.1Ti 8
says yes 2" much,,' she said, pleat iugly. of interest,
"Not even then I" she answered, half ••,Lilco what, nay dear 2" inquired litre,
hesitatingly, for the proposal was not Rodney, uncomprehendingly.
without its charms. "To havo this good woman road any
Ilor old passion for out•of.door sports past and future," Aline answered, with 1I011TGACIE S PUECIIASE.l'.
returned to her. She longed to bo a blush. --
skimming the glittering loo with her "But, my dear, she aannot possibly SAVINGS 73ANIt MUNCH.
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light swift feet, and feeling the rush of know anything of the kind. Terbium.
the cold sweet breeze against the checks telet things," said fr ods, Rodney.
only guess 8 d told d pea' cent. 7 nisi'(+st Al
"I should like to hoar what she has lowed on Deposlts, according to
to say," insisted Aline, wilfully. !amountantipleas left. r
"Oli, vory well, my dear, just as yon .
please but you will only hear a pack of ,
CHAPTER XXXVL
"Aline, will you come down to the river
and skate this morning ? The ice is ten
inches thick, and as smooth as glass,"
said Max Rodney, to his sister the morn-
ing after Effie's marriage.
She shook her head with a slight,
wintery smile.
"Do not tempt mo, Max," she said,
"you have got me into too many scrapes
in the past, and now I have promised
mamma that I will never do so any
more."
The handsome, rosy.obeeked boy,
with the skates slung carelessly over his
shoulder, regarded her with palpable
disappointment.
"Oh, Alia, do Dome," he said. "Do
you remember last winter what glorious
fun we had on the river ? And now it
is smoother and better than it was then.
I know you would like it, and I'm sure
mamma would not care."
"1 cannot go, Max," Aline answered,
sadly. "Please do not tease me, there's
a good boy."
The light-hearted boy went up to her
and pulled away the white bands that
half shielded the pale, pretty face. lie
was too young and thoughtless to know
much of the sorrow that had come to
Aline.
"Aline, what has come over you 2" ho
said. "It used to bo that I would rather
you came out with mo dor a lark than
any fellow I know. Rut ever slime you
wore lost and came back, you have been
changed. Why is it?"
"It is nothing, Max, only that mamma
thinks I am getting too old to be your
Childish playmate i111i toliger'i" dl{,111'
answered with a forced smile.
"Bosh 1 Is that all ? Why, there's
lots and lots of grown perils on rho
•
stories" Mrs. Rodney replied ; but she ;r ` " 1
crossed the old fortuuo•toller's coarse a;,.
0roIC17.-.0q1 corner of Market
ing to yield the point. palm with the traditional silver piece,
Mamma will not go," replied Aline. and Aline drew the warm glove from her
• Tho door opened, and Mrs. Rodney delicate baud expectantly,
came suddenly into rho room. She had The old lace vender sot her basket
a lugubrious look on her face and her down on the ground and took the little
eyelids were pink from weeping. She hand into her own large and brown one.
had been having a private crying 'Moll "What is this X see 2" sho said, squint•'
over the loss of hor elder daughter., ing her grey eyes at the rosy palm.
She had caught Aline's words, and "The line of life is crossed with sok, 01\L+'Y TO LOAN. now looked inquiringly into her pale rows. You have had a great trouble iii,1 �ij
face. But eager Max forestalled the your life. You aro very unhappy--"
question that trembled on her lips. "Do not tell Ler such jargon," broke
"Unannaa, I want you and Aline to in Hire. Rodney, impatiently. A{6nayto dem o , 111',11 ln'operty nt
come down to the river with me for the but read skating,
1US`l'U11 TAILORING.
The undera!gnc.l begs leave to intimate
to the public that he has opened a tenor
shop in the Garfield house Klock, over
Powell's store, whore lis i1 prepared to 106
tend 10 the wants of flit) pu�i1'1, u1 eu(tiug,
fitting and making clothing in the latest
sell m0s1 i'aebionablo styles. My long ex.
perienee together with a course of instruc-
tion under ape of the ,lest caters in Toron-
to is a gusrrudce of being able to do sans.
limier), work. satisfaction gunrnnteed, lis,
loam (1, A. BEER.
MONEY TO LEND.
Any amount of ltoiie,y to 'Goan on
Flinn or tillage property at
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"1u r d what l: sec madam,•" said
the seer, "And see nothing' u
blight and sorrow. I. cannot under-
stand
nder•
s an i , for see no love in her pas
none of that love that makes or mars a
woman's life. The shadows come from.'
thins from .other influences.
And yet—" she paused and decked,
searchingly into Aline's marble -white
ace.
And et—" re 'Dated the girl in a
one ofeager inquiry.
T o ortune• a er wenton without
removing her keen gaze from Aline's
wistful face:
"And yet, although you have never
loved, there is a man mixed up in your
past and future strangely. He is dark I,RZTiJ1 �,� FUNDS.
and grand and handsome, but he has
cast a shadow on your life, a thick, dark -
shadow, so dense you cannot see beyond
it. You blush, yet the man is nothing
to you. I cannot understand it."
It was true that Aline was blushing
hotly, and she was gazing in wonder at of Pr.vateEanclsbavejnet been placed in
the strange old woman.
atiug. Will you come 2" I tl g b t LOWEST RATE
Mrs. Rodney looked at Aliue's pale
cheeks and heavy oyes, and her first re• t d 't I t— --
solve to negative the proposal died on
her lips. She saw the girl was fading PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS
and drooping in her enforced seclusion. othox
y g things,
W. 13. DICKSON,she
"Should you like to o, mydear 2"
"With you, mamma," Aline answered, f Solicitor,
wistfully., y p Brussels,
"Very well. Wo will go for a little t g
while. Wrap yourself up warmly, dear, h f t 1] tl t
and Max shall get your skates ready."
Aline ran up to her room, full of
pleasurable. anticipation, for she was an
export skater, and always enjoyed being
on the ice. A girlish impulse prompted
her to make herself as pretty as possi•
ble. She lot down her dark, curling
hair loosely over her shoulders, and
donned a dark -rod cashmere trimmed
with silvery fur, a warm, wadded jacket
of red, and a jaunty fur cap having a
little bird perched on ono side. Then
she sallied forth with Max and -Mrs.
Rodney, who was so warmly wrapped
np in cloth and fur and thick veils that
barely the tip of her aristocratic -looking
noes was visible to the beholder.
They had a bracing walk of half a
mile in the cool, fresh air of the clear,
wintery morning, and then the river
burst upon their view like a sheet of
silver, dotted about with merry youths
and maidens who were sliding merrily
about over the crystal expanse, without
a thought of danger,
Many of them were Aline's old friends
and companions, with • whom she had
peon:a prime favoriteuntil that Mysteri-
ous trouble fell upon her, Her heart
warmed to them as she saw the smiling,
familiar faces and heard their merry
voices. A longing came over her to be
friends with them again, to touch their
hands, to hear their voices talking to'hor
in the old friendly, familiar way. Every-
thing was so gay, so merry, so uucere-
momous, she half hoped they would
relent and welcome her to her old place
among them.
Poor Aline 1 The light came into her
violet eyes, the rich color ;flushed her
cheeks at the thought. She looked
wistfully at the groups that dotted the
shore and the river as sho came up. Her
heart beat with anxiety and expects.
tion. Would any one speak to her 2
Would any one of all these, her old
friends, give her one friendly clasp of
the hand?
Vain thought, vain hope ! As they
saw her coming among them with her
eager, expectant face and- her winning
beanty,every, one turned aside with
cold, averted looks, and scarcely restrain-
ed sneers. In a moment she stood soli-
tary, with her mother and Max, in -a
spot where 8ply a moment , ago more
than a' score of people had been. They
had tacitly deserted and ignored her.
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"Go on, she said, in a low, almost AT 7 PER CENT.
pleading voice. 'Tell me—will those
dark clouds ever be lifted from my
life?? . •
"It is hard to toll. I said I could read
your future, but the clouds that over-
hang it aro too dark and heavy. I can-
not pierce their gloom. Perhaps the
Sidi may shine for you again, perhaps
never ! Let a see!" ' a g TIr" $ L. L WOOLEN
Sho Bold the little palm close up be- fly.,, k� „os .b
fore her eyes.
"Ah, there is a secret ! You are young ,
to hold so much hidden in your heart.
Ima + tell you this much. You will
never be happy until that Secret is
openly revealed 1 It will Cost you too � `a•
much to loop it hid 1 If there are any
who love you theywill never rest, they vM
will never cease striving to fathom the 054
secret that has shadowed your life so
darkly."
She dropped the little hand abruptly,
caught up her basket, and strode quick-
ly away, leaving Aline and her mother
stupefied. with surprise.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
repaying u•liolt required. App]y,;
to
HUNTPP,
Division Court Clerk, Brussels,
B1LUSSELS PUM1' WO1IKL3.
The undersigned begs to inform the public
that they harp manufactured and ready
for use
PUMPS OF ALL KINDS,
WOOD tt IRON.
Cisterns of
Any dimension.
GA'riis OP ALL SIZES.
C.noTIoES REELS
of a superior construction. Examine 0101•
stock before purchasing elsowbere. A Call
solicited. We are else Agents for
J.lelougall's Celebrated i]"indlxill.
Wilson &• Pelton,
Borrowerscanhavetheirloanscon'tpleto Shop Opposite 1?. Scott's Blacksmith Shop
in three da3 sif title is satisfactory,
j'. S.– Prompt attention paid to all re.
Apply to E. E. WADE, pairing of Pumps, 4I•c.
"What an old hag 1 Her hands were
coarse like a man's, and her voice, tool"
cried vivacious Max. "It was no kind
of a fortune, either. She did not say
anything about her marrying. Bub I
hope you never will; it was bad enough
to lose Eff. I hope no one will ever per-
suade you away, Alio. No one is good
enough for you 1"
I am flattered by your extravagant
opinion of my perfections. 1 think you
ueod give yourself no uneasiness as to.
losing me," Aline replied, making him a
demure little courtesy.
He laughed and nodded.
"I am glad of that. But come, now,
That strange sense of loneliness in let me fasten your skates. You must
g come on the ice with me. You promised,
crowds so often felt by the sensitive you know, and I shall not let you go
heart came over her now. Something ack on your word."
like a strangling gasp came from her "I would rather go home, Max,"
Aline answered.
"No, dear ; you need not be put down
BO easily. You may go on the ice with
your brother a little while, then we will
go home," said Mrs. Rodney. Her pride
and resentment bad both been roused by
tho cavalier treatment Aline bad re-
ceived. She knew that her slaughter
was the most beautiful girl on the epot.
No ono there could at all compare with
her. Sho was an accomplished skater
too. Something like defiance rose in
her mind. She would not let them
drive Aline away with their scorn. She
had as much right here as her severe
judges. "Go on the ice with your
brother a little while," she repeated;
" then we will go home."
Sho stood silently on the shore watch.
in them as hand in hand they skimmed
blithely across the icy surface of the
beautiful river. Hor thoughts were
busy while her eyes followed the form
of her beautifulirl in the bright cos-
tume that accorded so well with the gay
scene.
lips, and then she shut them tightly to-
gether, and held her small head high,
with a proud, stalklike movement that
was almost defiance. In her heart she
was saying, bitterly : "They may acorn
me as they will, but they shall not
crush ins 1 I have done no wrong, and
in time I shall live down their cruel
slanders 1"
"Do not mind them, Aline," list
mother whispered tenderly; but Alin,
heard the quiver in her mother's voioe,
and it sent a fresh pang to 'her owl_
heart. -
"Never mind, Max," she said to 1(.•.
boy, who was kneeling down to fact,•,
her skates. "Do not put thong 0•
please. I shall not skate. I had with...
go home."
"Oh, no, not yet—" ho began ; Ir
just at that moment a shabbily dross,,.
old woman pushed him aside and esu,
up in front of Aline. She had a bask"
of cheap laces on her arm, which slit
paraded ostentatiously.
"Will the loddies buy some of ru*,
pretty 'thins—collarettes, jabots, co10, The •strap swords of the old lace-
Scarfs—de finest things in lace,"whin,- vendor filledhor with wonder.
parrs ered lm. y shook her goad with 0 "how did she chance upon the truth
smile.
"We want nothing at all, my goal
woman," said she.
"Let mo tell the young lady's fo,tune
then. I am a fortune•teller, and I tell
de truest fortunes you ever heard. 1
have told a many for the young gents
and leddies this morning. ',rimy say
so cleverly if" sho asked herself. "What
did she know of Aline's troubles and,
her fatal secret ? What did the mean
by the dark man who influenced Aline's
life? Was it true—or why did -Aline
blush at her words 2 I havo a mind to
follow the woman and find out what she
knows."
(TO BE CONTINUND.)
ILLS.
Cla
For the Season 1886.
Cash Paid.
I ani prepared to pay the highest cash price for good fleece wool delivered at the Lis-
towel Woolen Mills. Having been eleven years in business here, it has always been my
endeavor Lo pay higher than the market allows, and hi the past years havo paid city
market prises. Wool being so low in price, it will afford me pleasure to pay the highest
price going. In exchanging pool for goods will allow a few cents more. Will also guar-
antee to sell my goods at Cash prices, I don't have two prices—cosh and trade—my
rule is ono price only. Running the year round enables me to Carry a largo stook, This
year having a larger stock than usual, will offer you
The best Stock of ''1 weeds'im the Dominion to choose trolm. Double 0)01
Twisted 1'•ali Cloths, Flannels, Blankets, all Goods of
the 'Newest and Latest Designs.
•
Como early with your Wool and you will find -us ready and willing to give you our
bestnttention. Wo will be happy for you to Inspect Goods and Prices before disposing
of your wool. I remain, yours respectfully,
H. F_ BR001•
NATIONAL ROLIER MLL$,
HFLUSS 1 LL S, ONT.
CHANGE OF PROPRIETORS'.
Having leased the well known and splendidly equipped holler Plouring
Mill from Messrs. Wm. Vanstone & Sons for a term of years, we desire
to intimate to the farmers of Huron Co. find the public gene;'ally
that We are prepared to turn out the best brands of Flour, look after
the Gristing Trade, supply any quantity of liras, Chopped stuff,
aixl y, Auy Glnantity•of Who;tt. -
The 1ni11 is recogia tied as ono of tho best in the County 5111(1 ani' long.
experience in this business gives 115 conficlehee in suing t'�c gaa:'t611t4,..
satisfaction,
Flour and Feed Always on hand,
Gristing and Chopping promptly attended to.
A CALL SOt IOITED.
Stewart & Lowick,
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