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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1903-11-26, Page 2111011101110010110010.110/101004intossaintosassissa0 .411 Staffed U.11. -Tbat's.tbo condition of many sufferer* Ingo catarrh, -especially in the morning. Great cliOiculty i experienced in clear. tug -the heed and throat.: ;CO. wonder catarrh causes headache, ltapairs the taste, smell and bearing, pollutes the breath, deranges the atom. ' mob 44d. ate*, the appetite. • To cure catarrh, treatment must hp eonstitutional,alterative and tonic. ' was 111 tor tour months, with -cstarrb In the bead and throat. Elect ,a bad -cough and raised blond, 1 had bootee als. ceUraeed when .ror busband bongo a bottle Oi ROWS flame/villa andpersuaded raS to try it, 1 advise all to take M It bso . cured .and built me Up." .afee, Yarrow Itu- voqli, West Liseonsk kfood t-,farsaparilla Cures catarrh—it eoothes and strength-. ens the naueous membrane and .builds • up the whole system. An Entirely. 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GRIGG Scientific Jeweler and Optician MANTON, 01,11% • ‚—j—.. i_4.______ • • Christmas .Grieting How can youPetter greet a friend, at Christmas than with a photograph. Your friends will look pleased on Xmas when they so the photograph we have made for you. W•Noow• The Vitnton tiews*Record The Face Behind the Mask. • • A ROMANCE. smookciErmwswrowommwowtts,4***Imvoi•w***K.Awc.440 • "Conte away!" said 0 moist° cetching his comeanien by the ar "It le death to remain hero!" Sir Norman heti been standing one in a trance, front which We a dress roused him, and he grasped. 0 raiston's shoulder lmost frantleall "Look there, Orntistont There 11 the very face that eorceren show me Aiken mintites ago in her intern caldron1 would know it at th other end a the world!" •"Are you sure?" mid OrMieto glancing again 'with oew curiosity the marble face. I never saw an *thing half so beautiful in my lif but you see she is dead of t plague." "Dead! Oh, she cannot be! •Nothin so perfect could dl" "Look there!" said. Ormisto pointing to the plague -spot. "The Is the fatal token. For heaven sake, let us get out .of this, •or a will share the sante fate before zuor • But. Sir Norman did • not naove could net more; he stood there roo •ed to .the spot by the spell of Um lovely, lifeless 'face.• • Usually the plague lett its victim hideous, ghastly, discolored and co ered with blotches; but in this ca there was • nothing' to mar the pe feet- beauty of the satin-swooth skit but that one dreadful mark. • There Sir Norman stood in h trante, as .thotionlees as if som genii out of the "Arabian Nights had suddenly turned him into ston (a trick they were much Addicted to and destined him to remain there a ornamental ilxture forever. •Ormisto looked at him distractedly, uncertai whether to try moral suasiori or t take him by the collar and drag hi headlong down the stairs, when providential but rather dismal eir- eutzunance came to kis aid. A. cart imam rattlitig down ,the street, a bell Was IOndlY rung, and a • hoarse voice arose with it: "13ring out youraeadi 13ring out your dead!" - • Ormiston rushed • doWnstairs to in- tercept the clead-cart, already almest •full on its Way to the phigue-pit. The- driver stopped at hie • call and blatantly followed him upstairs.. arta into the room. Glaneitig at the body With :the utreost sangfroid, he touch- ed the. drese, and thdifferently re •marked: •' . ' "A bride, 1 should isaY-, and an un commonly handsome oho, too. We'l just take • her along as she is, an strip these nice things off •the body' when we get it to the plague -pit." So saYing, he wrapped her in. the, sheet, and directing Ormiston . 'to take,hold Of the two leaver ends,too the Upper corner,hhaiself with th air of a man quite used to that sor of thing. 'Ormiston recoiledfrom touching it, atal Sir Norman, seek what they were about to do, an knowing there was ito help for It made up his mind, like . a •sensibl •young man as he was, to colleen, his feelings, And ealight hold of Lit • sheet himself, :In' this ,fathion- .h ,dead bride vras carried dew.•netair and laid upon ,a shutter '0.11 the Ile of a pile of bodies in the dead-cet t It was now almost dark, and a the cart. started the great clock' o St. Paul's etruck eight. St. Michael's St. Alban's 'and the others. tdok ei the sound; and the two young 'mai paused to listen. For many , week the sky had been clear, brilliant and .blue; but on this night dark clond were scudding in 'wild unrest acres it, and the air was opPressingly close and sultry. • ' "Where are you going !idly?? ask ed Ormiston, Are you for Whitehal to -night?" ' . . "No," mid Sir • Norznan, rather dejectedly, turning to follow the pest -cart. 4 1 am for the plague -pit le Finsbury Fields." • onsense!" exclaimed Ormiston eriergetically;."what will takc. yet there?• Y ou surely ere not mad en- ough to follow the body of, that dead girl?" ' • shail follow it! 'You can Come 'or not, just as you please!" "Oh, if yeti are determined, I will go with you, of course; but it is the craziest freak r ever heard of. After [hie you heed never laugh at. me." • ."I never will," said. Sir Norman, inoodily; "for if you kite a- face you have never demi, 1.011(3'• one X _have only looked on When dead, Does it not seem sacrilege to throw anyone so like an angel into that horrible plague -pit?" "I never semi an angel," said Or- miston, and he and his friend' start- ed to go after the dead -cart. SSAnd daresay there have been scores as beautiful as that poor girl thrown into the plague -pit before now. X wonder why the house has been de- serted, and if 'she was really A. bride. The bridegroom cotild not have loved her much, fancy, or hot even the pestilence could have scared hate n, na, figure tiaerein, took no heed of any- • thing in the heaven above or in the kr, earth beneath, and strode along in 4,.. disnzaleilenca till they reached, at la last, their journey's end. y, As the cart atopped, the two young es men approached the .odge , of the ed plague -pit and looked in with a al• shudder. Truly, it was a horrible 4) sight, that heaving, putrid sea of corruptioh; for the bodies of the n, misera,ble victirns Were thrown in in at cartfuls, and only ecivered 'with a y- handful of earth and quieldime. Here 0;• and there, through the cracking and ha• sinking surface, could be seen pro- • trading a fair vviiite arm or a baby g face, mingled wills the long, dark • tresses of maidens, the golden curls n, of children and the white hairs of re old .age, The pestilential effluvia 's arising from the dreitful mass was so ve overpowering that both shrank back, n- faint and tack, after a anoments's sur - I vey. It was indeed, as Sir Norman --. • had said, a horrible grave wherein to ts lie. t • areantime the driver, with an eye t to business, and ne time for such xi nonsense as melancholy moralizing, v-• had laid the body of the young girl ee • an the ground, and briskly turned his• cart and dumped the remainder 1, of his load into the pit. Then, liv- ing flung a few handfulls of clay over ie it, lie unwound the sheet, and kneel-. o ing beside the body prepared to. re- move the jewels. The rays of the e moon and 'his dark lantern 1ell on ), the lovely snow-white face together, n and Sir Norman gtoaned despairing. n ly as he saw Its death -cold rigidity, n The man had stripped the riegs off o the engers, the 'bracelets off • the in• arms; but as he was about. to per - s. form the 'same operation toward necklece,. he was stopped by a Startling interruption enough. In his haste the clasp entered the beau- •. • tiful neck,. inflicting a deep scratch, • from which the blood spurted, and at the same' moment the. dead girl • opened her eyes with a shrill, • cry. Uttering a yell of terror, as well he 'might; the men sprang back • and gazed at her with a look of horror, believing that his 'sacrilegious rob- bery had brought the dead to life. .Even the two young Men -- albeit, -. neither of them. was given to tier- ' ousnese or cowardiee--:recoiled for - InStant and stared aghast. Then, I as the whole truth etruck them, that d •the girl had been in a deep swoon, and not dead, both . eimultancously • darted forward, and, forgetting all tear of infection, knelt • by her side. A •Pair of great, lustrous black eyes were Staring °Wildly, around, and ite:. ed, themselves first on one face and t • then on the other.. • • "Where ani I?" .she • exclaimed,' g withsa, terrified apok, as elm etrove . • to raise herself on her eibew,, and fell instantaneously back with a C cry of agohy, as she felt for. the first 1 time the• throbbing agony ot the O wound, . • O -• "You .are with friends, dear lady," s said Sir Norman, in a' voice • iluite ) tremelous between astonishment and . delight. "Veer nothing, for . you d shall be saved." " • • • . The great hlack eyes turned wildly , upon *him, while n fierce • spasm eon- vulsed the beautiful face. ' - my God; remember, have s. the plague!" .And with a prolonged * shriek of anguish, . that • thrilled even' a• the hardened heart. Of the dead -cart O driver, the girl fell beck senseless - 'again. Sir Notinen Kingsley sprang to his • feet, and wit It more the. air . of a frantic lunatic than a. respensi- i. a ..young English knight, caught the • 'cold form in' his orate, laid it in the ' dead -cart, and was about springing into the drivers seat, when that In- dividual indignantly' interposed. i "Come, come; nOne pf that! If you • . were the king himself, you shouldn't 1: run away with zny cart In that fash- • ion; se you Just get mit of my place • as fast as you can!". • . 'iffy' dear Kingsley, •what are you about to do?" a.eked. Ormistoh, eaten- ing his excited friend by the arm, • "Doi" exclainied Sir Normanin a high key. "Can't, you , see that for yourself? And I'm going to have that • girl cured' of the plague, if there is • such a thing as a doctor to be had for love or money in London." ;• "You .had better .httve her taken • • to the pest house at once, then ; there are ehirtirgeons and nurses' , enough there," • I "TO the pest -house? Why, than, I Might as well have her thrown in. • t� the plagiie-pit there, at once! Not Id 1 shall have her taken to uty • oWn, house, and there property cared • kr, and this• good fellose will drive her there instantly." •' - Sir Norman backed this keine/al ei by putting a broad gold piece into • the &facet' band, whith histantiv produced a. magical effect ' en .11;e , rather surly Countenance. I• "Certainly, air," he began, sprieg- • kg into kis seat With alaerity. "Where shall 1 drive the young lady to?" "Follow me," said Sir Norman. "Come along, Ormiston," and seizing • his friend by the arm, he hurried along With a velocity rather uncom- • fortable, considering. they both wore cloaks, and the nightexeeSeie- • ly sultry, The gloomy vehicle abd its • faihting butation followed •close • be- hind. "What do you meat) to do With • her'?" naked Ormiston, as Soon as be I found breath 1.0 speak. . "Haven't I told you?" ;laid Sir Norman impatiehtly. "Take her homn, of course." "And after that?" "Go for a doctor." "And after tliat/" , "Take care of her till she get "And after that?" • "After thatt After thatf 'HMV do I know vvhat after that?" exclaimed • Sir Nottrian, rather fiereely. "Orinie- ton, what do you mean?" „ Ormieton laughed. a "And after that you'll roarry her, atipposeri "Perhaps X ittaY, it the Will have ma. And what if X dorT "Oh, nothing! Ofily it struelc ni you may be eaving another inalee Wife." "That's true." ;laid Sir Norman, in a subdued tone, " and if ;ouch ehOtild Unhappily be the tatiti,nothing Will realltilt but ' hipst that way." "But, Ormiston, What art extraor- inary thing it is that it ehould be reelsely the same face that the for- une-teller shol,ved me. • There she as alive, arid here the is dead; on ye lost ell faith in La. Masque or Ormiston looked doubtful. "Are you quite aura it ie the eame, ingsleY?" "Quite sure?" eald Sir Nornian, dignitntlY, "Of dourse, 1 o you think 1 could be mistalsen in itch a crawl I tell you 1 would now that face at KainSchatka or he North Pole, lot 1 don't believe here ever was euch atiother ere - "Mo belt, then. YoUr object, of oUrse, in following that Cart is to ake a last look at her?" "Precisely so. Don't talk; 1 feel in o mood for it Nat tit present." Ormiston smiled to hinatelt, and Id not talk accordingly; and in lettee the two Mende followed the ()only dead-eart. A faint •young oon, pale ethcl eldkly, Wee strug- ing through drifts of dark eloude, )d lighted th a loneeoine street); avith wan, watery glimmer. ror weeke e Weather had boa brflhlantly fine the daye all eunehine, the night 1 moonlight; tut now Orinitton, eking up at the hoe Of the troubled y, Concluded mentally that the ord lYfayor had eelected en %%taproot - mitt night tor the grand illumine - on. Sir Norntiett, With hie eyes on 10 pest -cart, and the long White be may be tarried oil by the plague." "Pray heaven that we may not be earrled off by it ourselves!" said Ormiston, with a slight shudder. "X shall dream of nothing but that horrible plague -pit for a week. If it were not for La Masque 1 would not stay another hour in, this pest - stricken city." "Ilere we are," was Sir Norman's rather inapposite allswer, an they entered Piccadilly, and stopped be. fore a large and handsome house, whose gloomy portal was faintlY illuminated by a large lamp. "Here, tay man, just earry the lady in," unlocked the door as he spoke, and led the way across a long hall to a sleeping chamber, elegantly atted up. The mart placed the body on the bed aud departed, while Sir Norman, seizing a hand -hell, rang 4 ;peal that brought the staid -looking house -keeper to the scene directly, Seeing a 'tidy, young and beautiful, in bridal robes, lying apparently deed an her young master's bed at that hour of the night, the discreet matrori, over whose virtuous head 111 ty years and a snow-white cap had passed, started back with a slight scream. • "Gracious me, Sir Norman! What en earth is the meaning of this?" "My dear Mrs. Preston," began Sir Norman, blandly, "this young lady is ill, of, the plague, and----." But • all further explanation was cut short by a horrified shriek from the old lady, and a, perceptible. rush from the room, • Down stairs she .fiew, ineerzning the other servants as she went, between her screams, and when Sir Norman, in a violent rage, - went in search of • her five minutes after, he found not only the kitchen, but the whole house deserted. elven," ,aid Orraiston, as Sir Nor- man strode hack, looking fiery hot and savagel angry. • "Well, :they have •ell fled, every, man and woman of .,thein, Sir 'Norman ground oitt something not quite proper, behind his .mus - tactic. • "X shall have to go for the doctor raYself. Dr. Forbes is a • friend of mine, and lives near;, and • 31.ni," looking at him rather doubt- fully, "would you ixtind staying here lest she Should recover consciousness beforel return?" • •. • • "To teIl you the truth," said Or- misten, . with charmingfrankness, . • should! The lady is extremely. beautiful, must own; but she look Uncomfortably • corpse -like at • this present moment, I do not with to die of the plague, either, until 1 see La Masque once. more; and. so, if it le• all the starne to you, my dear friend, X will have the greatest pleas- ure in stepping' around with you . to the dpctor's." . • . • • • Sir 'Norman, though .he did .not Much approve of this, could net very. well object, So the two sallied forth • together. 'Walking a 'shoet distance up Piccadilly-, •thy struck off into .ct . by street, and soon' reached the house. they Were in „seaecit of. Sir Norman knocked loudly at the door, which - was opened by the doctor himself. 'Briefly and rapidly Sir Norman In- formed him ho* and where his sertt- iceS were required; and the doctor being always Provided with . eVery- thingg necessary for 'such cases,' Set out sveith him immediately. Fifteen minutes after leaving his own house Sir •Norman was back there again, 'arid standing In his own chamber ;But a simultaneous explanation of amazement' .and consternation broke from him and Ormiston, as on en - teeing the raina they found the bed • empty, and the lady gone. ° . • A dead 'pause followed, during which the three looked blankly at the ' beci;, and then at each other. The scene, no doubt, would have been • ludicrous enough to a.' third party; but'neither of Our trio could see anything whatever' to laugh ,at• . Ormiston was the first to speak "What in boavereEi name has hap- pened?" he wonderingly exelaiined, Some one has ' been here," Said .Sir Norman, turning very pale, and etuTied her offwhile' we were gone." "Let us seareh the house" . said the doctor; -"yeti should have looked • your- door, Sir Norman; but it may -not be too late yet,", - Acting ,on the hint,. Sir Nornian seized the lamp burning on the table, and started on the search. Ws two friends followed him, and * • •"The highest, the IoWest, the loon - est spot, They searched for the lady and found her not." •• , • No, though there was not the Slightest trace ot robbers, or intrud- ers, neither was there the- Slighteat trace of the beautiful plague pat- ient. liverything in the house 'Was precisely as it always was, but. the silver shining vision was gone, CHAPTER III.. The dearch Was given glver at last In despair, and the doctor took, his hat and disappeared, 'Sit, Norntan and Ormiston stopped ih the lower hall, and looked at each other in mute amaze, • "What can it. all mean?" said Or- raitton; appealing 1nore to soeiety at large than to his bewildered com- panion, ' "X haven't the faintest idea," said Sir Norman,distractedly; only I ant pretty eertain, if dain't find her, X •shall do something so desperate that the plague will be a trifle compared to"Iitti"seetne almost impossible that she can be carried off—don't it?" "If she has," exelahned Sir "Nor- man, "and X find out the abductor, • he won't have e whole bone in his body two reinutee after!" "And yet more impossible that she :can have gone off herself," Ursued • Orinieten, With the air of brie enter- ing an abetruse oubject and taking no heed whatever of kb companion's marginal notes. "Gone oft herSelft Is the man crazy?" 'Omitted Sir Norman, with a stare.. "Pifteon minutes before we left het dead, or iti a dead sWooe, Which is all the Same in Cirhek, and yet he talks of her getting up and going off herself1" "In feet, the only way to get at the bottom of the rtlYsterY," •sald Ortniston, "ie to go in ward), of her. Sleeping, 1 suppose, is out of the question." "Of course it- 10 X shall never 8171eyPittgptiatnseeTiout, d ltoitIfind S al'eirt:"Noittuth this time took' the precaution of Unsling the key, thereby fulfilling the adage of locking the stable door when the steed Was otolen, The night had grown darker and hotter; anti as they walked alotig the eloek of St. 'Paul's tolled nino. "lied now, where shall we go?" in- litfired Sir Norman, as they rapidly litTiliatille"lril' • eeonitnend visiting +13T4 • house where we found her Oa*: If not there, then Ive can try the pot - house." Sir Norman shuddered. "Heaven forbid she a should •be there! It is the moot myeterious thing I ever heard ofl"a "What do you think now of La Masque's prediction, -dare you doubt still?" "Ormiston, 1 don't know what to think. Xt is the garae to,c 1 aw, and yet--" • "Well—and yet?" "I can't tell you --I ,ar* fairly be- veadered. If we don't find the lady at her own •house, I have half a mind to apply to your friend, La Masque, again," • "The wisest thing you could do, my dear. fellow. .4.1.1 anyone knows your unfortunate beloved, where- atiouts, it ie La Iliasque, 'depend upon it." • "rhat's settled, then; and now, don't talk, for conversaaion et th,ls smart pace I don't admire " Ormiston, like the amiable, obeds lent young man that be was, instant- ly held his• tongue, end they strooa along at a breathlees pace. There Was an unusual genctourse. of Men a.broad that • night, • watching* the gloomy face of the eicy, arfa waiung the heur of midnight, to kindle the myriad. of fires; and a.s the two, tall dark figures went rapidly on, all supposed it to be a case of life or • death. In the eyes of one of the • party, • perhaps itwas; and neither halted until they came once more in sight of the house, whence a short time previously they had .carried the death -cold bride. A row of lamp over the door portals shed a yellow, uncertala light, around, while the lights, of barges and wherries • were sown like stars along the river. . "There is the house,". cried Ormis- ton, and both paused to take breath; -"and 1 am ta.bout at the last gasp. X wonder if your • pretty mistress would feel grateful is .she knew what X have ocnne through to -night for her sweet sake?" • •• • "There are . zio 'Said Sir Norman, 'glancing anxiously' up at 'the darkened , front of the house ; ."even the link before the door is un- lit. Surely she cannot be there."' . "That remains to be seen, though I'm Very doubtful about it rayself. Alti who have we here?" • The door of the house in question • Opened as he spoke, and a figure—a. mart's figure, wearing a slouched hat and ioxig dark cloak, "canoe Slowly • out. •• He stopped before the house, • and looked at it 'Ong and earnestly; and, by the twinkling light of the lamps, the Mends saw enoughof him to know' he was young a,nd • tinguished-looking.• 'I' should not wonder in the least if that .were the lyiciegroota," yews.. pered Ormiston, in.a.lidiously. . SirNormari. turned' pale with, jeal-- (limy, • and laid • his hand on his. sword, witha qui& and natural im- pulse to make the bride a widow tarthwtth:' But he checked the desire for an Instant as the brigandish -look- ing -gentlemd an, after a prolonged friends could. net be seen, but they . expect; by their dress. Somebody • in/parenthesis; ator this makes twice slight stait. • "Who asked you • be.. • . looks like it, though;" said the men,st ."Can you tell me; 'my .friend," be- . to -night I've been. •asked questions ran screaming out of the house, and they wanted to know what was and .virlid .was Still at hie post. The • some face, .by the. way, What could be the watchraaw.who had given them •Ntivt.);a.,oirvielegial,t,,the •preiniSee stepped up to nian. "I wasn't senthere to • • . - 'nestly indeed,- . • ' •• keep guard over them, was .11 It 10:(3,a,111,)'r"ays?a,i,d the gentle,man, with a low? Where are they, I say?'' become of the people residing ,in yone • Well, said the gentleman„ prolonged• survey. lfnpa- abeut -it." tiently; • "haVe,"you no • tongue, fel the face of the interloCutor-:-s, hand- eeeti of . it—and indulged himself in a der house?." • be- gan the cloaked' unknown,. "what has information • an honr.•or two 'before, could hear, and' they did so. very eer- • "Blessed if know," said • the wateh young geetlernen; lords, 1. The' watchman held his lamp, up to . • •, said the. stranger, breath:. • less, "and then?" . "And then, as 1 couldn't tell them, they went in to see for themselves, and shortly after came. out with a body wrappei in a sheet, which they pat in a pestcart. going by, and had it bUried, X 'suppose, with the rest, . In 'the plague pit." . The stranger fairly staggered back, . and caught a a pillar near for sup- port, For hearly ten minutes • he stood perfectly motionless, and then, • without a • Word; started up and .witiked rapidly away. The, friend • looked at him curiously till he. Was out, of sight. • "So ehe ie not there,": said Orinis- ton; . "and our mysterious friend in the eleak is as much at, a loss as We are otirselves. Where Shall We go inloexuts-(7-7,t,o La Masque Or the • Pest - "She • may be there, nevertheless; and under present ciretinistances it hi the best plate for her," "Don't talk of it," mid Sir Nor- man, impatieetly. "I do hot, and will not believe she is there! If the sorceress Shows her to me in the cal- dron again, 1 Verily believe X shall jump in headforemost." • "And X verily believe we will not find La' Masque at home. She wan- ders through the streets at all hours, but particularly affects the night." • "We shall try, however. • Come along!" The Nettie of the tioreeress wag but a short distariee from that ot Sit Notuutn'e plagucentrickee ladyship* and shod with a sort o( seveteleague boots, they soon reached it. Like the other, it Was all dark and desert- ed, "This is the house," sold Ormiston looking at it doubtfully, "but where le La Mannite?" November '26th, 1903 of the fair lady I showed him Some time ago." • "Madam, you have guessed it. It • is for that purpose X sought you cow." "Then you have Peen her already?" "X have." "Mut love her?" "With all -my heart." "A rani(' flame," said the natufical • voice, in a tone that had just a thought of sarcasm, "for one of whose very existertee you did not dream of two Wire ago," "Madame Le. Masque," said Sir Norwitz), flushed and haughty, "love is not a question of time." "Sir Norman Kingsley," said the • lady, seinewhat ettallY, "X am aware of that. Tell me what you wisk to know, and if it be in my power, You shalt know it." "A thousand thanks! Tell me, then, as she whom 1 seek living or dead" . "She is alive," "She has the plague?" said Sir hTortnan, "I know it." • "Will she recover?" "She will." . "Where is she now?" La, Masque hesitated, and seemed uncertain whether or not to reply. Sir Nortuan Passionately broke in: "Tell me, madam, for 1 must "Then you shall; but, reznernber, if you get into danger, you roust not blame me,- • "Blaine you? No, I think I woUld hardly do that. Where ant X to seek for her?" ' "Two miles from London, beyond • Newgate,” said the znask. "There stands the ruins of what was once long ago a hunting -lodge, now • crumbling skeleton, roofless, and win- dowlesg. and saki, by rumor, to be haunted. Perhatis you have seen or heard of it?"' "I have seen it a hundred times," broke in Sir Norman, "Surely you do not mean to say the is there?" "Go there and you will see, Go therc. to -night, and lose no time— that Is supposing yob•. can Procure a • license."'• • "X have one already, I have a • pass from the Lord 11.14yor to come end. go from the city when I please," • "Good! • Then, you'll go to'night?" e "X will go. .1 might as well do that as anything else, I suppose; but it, is quite impossible," said Sir Nur- Man firmly, not to eay obstinately, "that she can. be seen there." "Very well—you'll .see. You. had better go on horseback, if you desire to be back in tine to witness the 11- • "I don't Particularly desire to see the illumination, as I know of;. but I will ride, nevertheless. What am I to do when I •get there?" . • "You will enter the ruin and go on until you discover a 'spiral staircase. leading to what was once the vaults. The hags of these' vaults are loose from age, and if yoU should desire to• remove any of them, you will prob- ably not find it an iMpossibility." "Why should I desire to remove 'them?" asked Sir. Norman,who bit dubious, and disappointed; -and in- clined to be dogmatical, •• "Why; you may see a glimmering light—hear. strange noises; end if you remove the stanes.may possibly see strange sights, As I told you before it is runkred to be haunted,. which 'hi true enough, though not In the 'way • they suspect; and so the fOols and the cenamon herd stay away," '-"And if. k. am discovered peeping like a rascally valet, what will be the consequences?" . "Veryunpleasant- ones to you; but, you need not be discovered if you take care. Ah! Look therel” • She pointed to the river, and both her companions looked. ' A barge , gayly painted and gilded', with a light in prow and Stern, came gliding up among less ,pretentious craft, and stopped at a night of stairs leading, to the bridge. It contained four per- sons—the oarsman, two • cavaliers sitting la the stern,' and a lid in the. rieh livery of a court Page in the act. .of 'springing out, -Nothing very .won- derful in all this; and Sir Norman and Ormiston looked at her for an explanation. ' • "no you know these two gentle - Men?" she asked. ' ' "Certainly," 'replied Sir Norman,. promptly; "one Is the ajtike fV•ork, , the other is the Earr of Rochester." "And that page, to which of them does he belong?" •• • ,...erreareseaser!a,sreeemesesseraes.... ate, "krere," said a. Silvery voice at hca elbow; and turning round, they taw a tall, Mendel" figure, cloaked, hood- ed, and Tritiated. "Surely you tWoa do not Want Inc again to -night'?" • Beth gentIentert dotect their plumed hate, and einkftaneously bowed. "Porttine favors tit," said" Sir Nor- man. "Yes, madam, it ito (even so; oho again to -night we would tax yoile skill." "Well, what do you wish to knots'?" "Mariarrie, We aro in the street."' "Sir, 1 am aware of that. Pray prooeod." "Will you not have the goodness to permit us to enter?" said Sir Nor. man, inelined to teel offended. "How earl you tell no what we wish to know here?" "That la my secret,'• said the Street voice, "Probably Sir llormak Kinasloy wLnhd to itilOW something Sunlight Soap will nut a e ou co e ere w burn the nap off woolen.,5 • Really, said sir Nerinen; "we nor the surface off linens. I h itness the poSe, hard." unnnatio?" n • have cprae for a very, different' pur- • 7-rattellealennsielr4rWrhserill When the butter won't come put a penny in the damn," is an old time dairy proverb. 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