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THE GHOST OF
LOCH RAs! N CASTLE
13Y MRS. C. K WILL A],VISON
Author of�� �rl
CCss 1SSe3f "The �C
Lightning
Conduetort," lite., Etc.
Copyright, 1ooti, by Mrs. C. N. Williamson.
that the strange visitant might have
been he, beat upon some mysterious
errand to the haunted tower.
There were secret entrances to
rooms in some old houses -secret en-
trances o skilfully hidden that none
save the initiated would dream of
their existence; Elspeth knew this
very well from hearsay. But what
business could Captain Oxford or any
other man, have in the tower? Who-
ever it had been, ghost or human, the
sudden revelation of her presence in
the room had been unwelcome, and
the apparition had hastened to avoid
d
her by vanishing
in some way, there-
fore she might assure herself that the
visit had not been connected with
her. Thetrick theory was
equally
negatived by the evident appreben-
.sion on the white Puce. If a man lead
•come into the room to play ghosts and
girl • er sacred
fr r iters a out of quarters c.
to his own purposes, he would have
stopped long enough to complete his
work thoroughly, and he would have
attempted to look ,appalling, rather
than appalled.
All these reasonings restored Elspeth
to a semblance of calmness. She took
a candle in each hand, and made as
thorough an examination as she knew
how, of the wall on the right of the
fireplace, into which the figure had
seemed to vanish; but as far as she
.:ould tell by peering closely, and
passing her hand over the surface of
oak, there was no door or any means
of opening the wainscot there.
When she was satisfied that, if the
wall hid any secret, it was not to be
found out by her -that night, she stat
for a time, and waited, so still she
scarcely breathed, for any repetition
of the sounds: But nearly an hour
passed, and `ill quiet, Nothing could
be accomplished by waiting longer,
Elspeth decided, and shivering with
the night chill, she crept back to bed.
She did not expect to sleep, but fa-
tigue overdone fear. and fromapuz-
zling over the mystery in waking
thoughts, she began heavily striving
to decipher it in a tangled maze of
dreams. As before, she slept until
broad daylight; but it was earlier
than on the previous day, and when
She took a candle in each hand.
She had dressed hastily, she thought
?that she would have time before the
coming of the servant with breakfast,
to venture on some explorations. But
;they were even more brief than she
:expected, for as she had supposed,
.there was no way of mounting high-
;er than her own room. The stone
'staircase that had once wound on
above, had been built up with brick,
-which formed a solid wall. On the
.floor below, the door of the room un-
der hers was not locked, and a glance
showed' that there was no mystery
there. The wainscoting had been pre-
pared long ago by some person of
bad taste, and not being renewed evi-
dently, for many years, it had fallen
into bad repair. A few pieces of old
furniture, and some empty packing
boxes and rolls of carpets, were the
sole contents of the room, and all
were plainly visible in the bleak
light which streamed through the two
uneuttafned tvinr1n t R. From the roe''
esternay, pot there was no comiereon
in her brain. She felt that, if she
could only put her hand open one
single first clue she would be capable
of ferreting out others, where now all
seemed chaos.
Breakfast was hurried over so
that she might steal time for a
few words with the housekeeper
before going to Mr. McGowan,
and as an excuse she began by asking
Mrs. Warden if she might make some
little changes in the arrangement of
the furniture in her room.. She would
sofa
1
like she said,t
table differently,a a
butthe
place
and
had not wished
to do so without mentioning it bee
forehand.
dear,"
da
heart,
your my
"Why, bless y r
said the friendly old woman, "yeti
can do just as you like in your Own
quarters. I hope you're quite happy
there. I went up on purpose to ask
how you got on yesterday afternoon,
but you were away -busy, I suppose,
though it was close upon tea time."
This was exactly the turn which
Elspeth had hoped the conversation
would take. She thanked Mrs. Ward.
en, and said that she was delighted
with her room. "It's good enough
far
a duchess, so it would be strange
if I shouldn't be satisfied," she
laughed. "But I do wonder why it
is the only room in the tower which
they've made habitable. There is such
a and the
guests rouldvobjet to thfrom e ghostif fstor-
ies,
to -ies, surely the employes would be
more sensible."
"It wasn't worth the trouble and
expense of putting the other rooms in
repair, I suppose," replied the house-
keeper, ` seeing that they couldn't plied.
very well be offered to guests. The "Do, if you care, speak kindly of
one above yours has the roof fallen me to the gentleman. T fancy your
in on it, which was the reason the opinion -you are so yorl,g and frank
stairs were blocked up, rather than re- -would have weight with a man like
store the whole upper story, But you:
needn't worry, the floor is so thick
that there's no danger of the debris
breaking through. It's been' as it is
for years, many years. Nothing would
have been done to repair your quar-
ters, either, for the same reason, and
the whole tower would have been left
to itself, but that room of yours was:
never let fall into a bad state, like
the others. Old Lord Lochrain would»,
n't have that happen; so you see
when the castle was bought for a
hotel there was nothing much to do
there, except to put in a few more•
its of furniture to add a little to the
11 10 WIarGllAlta TIME I SEI TE3W RR 17 t90
the Countess,. with her fascinating
roll of the "r." "You must tell me
about yourself, I would rather hear
you talk than write more letters."
Elspeth demurred at first on the
plea of wasting time, but the Coun-
tess laughed, and said ' slie found it
more amusing to waste time than to
I do most other things, that was what
' time was for, to be wasted by nice
people, such as they both were. So
the girl was drawn into talk about
'herself, as she had been by 'John
leenrith, though in a. very different
way, and at last was led on, before
she quite knew what she was doing,
to discuss the people she had met in
the hotel.
The Countess was enthusiastic in
praise of Lady Hilary Lambart, but
did not like the mother, and Elspeth
was only just prudent enough not
to explain, "Neither de I !" How-
ever, her face must have been ex-
pressive, for the Countess said: "Ah,
I see you agree with my opinion,
though you are too wise to say so
in words. You are only a young girl,
quite a child, yet I see you have a
remarkable insight into human na-
ture. It is a great gift. What a pity
men have not got it, where women
are conee rned ! And the nicer the
man's mind, the less he seems to
know of women, mon There's
I
good]ti r.
Kenrith, for instance. I have not
even met him yet, but I have eyes,
and already I see that Lady Lambert
inters ,
dgtmarryo hire
"I hope she won't !" exclaimed Els-
peth, lured out of her prudence.
"So do I, for his sake, though I do
not know him. They say she is hor-
ridly poor and in debt. It is his
money she thinks of, for he is not her
sort of man, at all. Cannot you -as
it seems you are helping him with
some important work -find a way of
warning him against such a schemer?"
"I don't see how I possibly could."
said Elspeth.
"It is a pity. Bat perhaps you are
too young to undertake such a diplo-
matic mission. By and by I shall
know him, perhaps, and then I will
try to do it so cleverly that he will
not even know it has been done. Only,
unfortunately, I fear he has been in
some manner prejudiced against me.
He looks at me with cold eyes, which
do not seem to see me at all, and -
E am not quite used to that."
"I should think not," Elspeth re -
Mr. Kenrith. Perhaps he thinks I
grudge him the blue diamond which
was -once in my dead husband's fam-
ily, but I don't. I am glad for him
to have it, for I believe he is a good
man. But I should dearly love to
know if the diamond is as beautiful
as those say who have seen it. It is
such a strange mischance that I nev-
er have. If he shows it to you, you
will describe it to me afteri*ards,
won't you?"
"Of course I will," answered Els-
peth.
"What a dear child you are !" cried
the Countess, patting her hand, and
comfort." giving her a charming smile, with
"Used old Lord Lochrain to occupy dark eyes alight. Still, Elspeth ask -
my room, then?" asked Elspeth. ed Herself afterward if she had said
"Oh, dear, no. He never even went anything which might give the im-
there, so far as I can say. But --well, pression that she knew Mr. Kenrith
the bathroom and all the improve- had brought the diamond to Loch-
ments were made for a person who rain with him. She remembered how
was once of importance to the family Lady Lambert had exclaimed against
and as long as the old Marquis live his imprudence in mentioning ft be -
nothing was changed there. 'When „.re n strantrer, therefore she sup-
Mre McGowan took charge of every- posed the presence of the jewel in the
thing he gave orders to have some of house would not be spoken about.
the handsomest pieces of furniture However, on reflection she decided
put elsewhere, but the bed, though it that she had committed no impru-
is the finest of all, couldn t be moved. dance; and as Countess Radepolskoi
Maybe you noticed, it is built into was a rich woman, with many re -
the wall, and has been where it is markable jewels of her own, her in -
for hundreds of years, •I fancy. I terest in Mr. Kenrith's blue diamond
' don't know the date, but I do know could not possibly be a dangerous
it's very old, and I daresay curiosity one.
dealers would give any amount of The following day, as it happened,
money for it, if it were for sale.
Elspeth had learned what she had
come to find out, but she had gained
very little enlightenment, after all.
She saw by a pertain obstinate hard-
. ening of the old woman's good-natur-
ed face that she did not intend to let
herself be "pumped" on the subject
of that vanished "person of import -
the subject of the diamondwas
brought up, and the girl had an op-
portunity of keeping her promise to
the Countess, if she would.
Lady Lambart, with Lady Hilary,
came to the sitting room door just as
Elspeth was finishing her work for
Mr. Kenrith, but at sight of the young
stenographer, made as if she would
/Ince for whose sake, apparently, old retire.
Lord Loehrain had preserved the one "Oh, I thought you would be alone
room in the tower, and Elspeth guess- .by this time," she said. "You told me
ed that the ghost story, whatever it the hour, but"---- (she glanced at
might be, was connected with him. L her bracelet watch) "I see we're a
"If I can find out from any one it few minutes before time."
will be not from her, but from Mr. "It doesn't matter; we have fin -
Grant," she said to herself as she ished," said Kenrith. "You shall see
bade Mrs. Warden good-bye. Her wo- my treasures such as they are."
man's instinct told her already that `Pray, let us wait," began Lady
she would not have to ask favors in 'Lambert, significantly, but Kenrith Elspeth
manner, which peth was
sth
etaken a gaveba t
dif-
she
vain of her fellow employe, and though only laughed. "Miss Dean, you may his
she would have made no serious de- perhaps remember our talking of a ferent impression of the man from
mend upon the young man she de- certain diamond in the train the oth- that she had received on their first
termined to try again to draw from er day. Now I ani going to show it meeting. He had been exceedingly
iiia the story of the haunted tower. b Lady Lambart and Lady Hilary, quiet and self -restrained then, talk -
She had no opportunity of seeing also a black pearl which I have late- ing to her of his employer with mark -
him alone that morning, however, and ly picked up. You shall stop and ed. respect sa er reticence.
Nov heccall-
nothing
Tll-
nothing of importance happened dor- see_ them_ too." . - .. ed theed to him almost truculently, B-
ing the day excepts -41 it could be call- if fwith resentment.
as
ed important --an introduction to of employing her time Somehow Elspeth had been glad not
bridge, instead of em
Countess Radei. Mr, Trow- to see Mr. Grant alone since the day
when he had suddenly asked for her
Himself, lent her to his friend tie friendship, with repressed emotion,
",f --I think perhaps I bad better
not, thank you," stainmered Elspeth,
rising.
"Why, don't you like jeweler' aslt-
ec� "Yes, Kenrith.
but"---- 1
"'Then you must stay," said he, in
his masterful voice.
The girl resisted no longer; but the
s e intoher heada h
ideaflashedt
fla h that oho
woud rather not know where the
millionaire kept his valuables. There
was no definite reason for this feel -
mg, In
'n but she a strong stew
i . g, Lt g y. d
of following Kenrith with her eyes
as he walked to the other end of the
room, she turned them upon Lady
Hilary, with rather an appealing
smile, as much as to say, "I do hope
you don't mind me having stopped?"
But the other girl did not even see
the smile. Her whole soul seemed
enicaentritted in a gaze which was1� fix.
ed upon John Kenrith, or Lady Lame •
bart, who had walkedaway with her
host. •
Elspeth was almost startled by the
look in the girl's face, which hard-
ened it, and for a moment made it
old beyond her years, The eyes were
eager and feverish, the white throat
visibly throbbing under its wisp of
tulle, What is the matter with her?
Why does she look like that? Elspeth
rel then LadyLam-
bertherself. And
bort exclaimed, "How extraordinary
of you! Who on earth would have
dreamed of your keeping them there?"
t
The blood suddenly streamed upto
T e
Lady Hilary's face then receded, lav-
ing it very pale.
In spite of herself, Elspeth was
curious to know what there was so
there ceoultt be It question ex itinenese
from me to you. Why, I have thought
of nothing but your face, growing
paler and thinner this last week, from
overwork."
"Oh. it isn't that," answered the
girl, then checked herself quickly.
She did not wish to confide in James
Grant,
nenoughto r you
Y have had i wee
out, anyhow," he said. > "It's a shae.
But I hope it won't be for long. You
to other dayto letto
promisedtl t o ,er mei
be your friend; but you know I want
more than thntn really. I never cared '
about any woman before I saw you.
The sort of girls I panne in contact
with were commonplace creatures,
without any attraction for me. I used
to think it would be niy fate, if I
ever fell in love with n woman, that
elle should be some one so far above
me, it would be hopeless for me to
try to reach her. But you -you are
est dainty and refined and as pretty
as if you were the daughter of a
countess, like Lady Hilary Vane, yet
you are of my own class in life, and
I can dare to tell you now that I
have been in love with you ever since
the afternoon when I drove you up
from the railway station."
"That's only a week ago," stam-
mered Elspeth, distressed and embar-
rassed. "You can't know • your own
mind in such a short time. Please
forget about this. I will be your
friend, of course, but"—
"Don't
axcsrver me yet," broke in
the young man. "I've often heard
that girls always said `no' at first, j
especially if. they were taken by sur-
prise;
ur-
r' that you
p i. e, and I didn't expect a y
I could have learned to love me so soon.
But wait; hear what I've got to say
before you speak."
"I thought you were going to let
me 'rest' this morning," pleaded Els-
peth. "This conversation is much
more wearying, after a bud night, than
attending to Mr. RMcGowan's Torres-
pordenee. I've a headache, and --and
I'm worried about lots of things."
"You need never worry about any-
thing after this if you'll trust your-
self to me, acid do as I nm going tc
ask you to do, presently. First of all
I want you to promise that you will
be my wife, by and by."
"011, I cruldn't !" cried Elspeth. "I
:ins not at all in loye with y ou. I
never could be."
"How do you know that?" asked
Grant. "Unless there is some other
man. Is there --is there? Yon must
tell me that."
"You ought not to ask me such a
question, but -there is no one," the
girl answered. She spoke the truth.
There was no man in her life, and
there never lend been, except her fath-
er and brother. Nevertheless, the
Dolor she had lost slowly streamed
back to her face, and the image of
a pian rose before her eyes. She
scarcely knew him, and he was as
far removed from her as the stars
nbove the earth. Yet^she realized that
he was her ideal, the man she could
have loved if she had been more for-
tunately placed in the world; and
that, compared to him, no man that
she had ever met, or was likely to
meet, would seem in her eyes worth
the. loving.
The thought of him, coming to her
in such a way, almost frightened the
girl, for she lead not been aware what
a hold he had obtained upon her im-
agination, She tried to shame herself
by thinking. "How surprised he
would be if he could dream that the
poor little typewriter had such ideas
about him in her foolish head"; and
it was this reflection that brought
the blush, which . James Grant was
quick to see,
began to lose her color and have blue all," he told himself. "Who can it
circles under her eyes.
The girl knew that her face showed be? Oxford, perhaps? Yes, that's
something of the strain she was silent- the most likely thing. That's why
ly enduring, but she hoped that no she blushes, for she needn't blush if
one would notice the change. Luckily, it were any one who is likely to care
she said to. herself, nobody cared en- honestly, and not just flirt with her
ough for her to observe too closely, to pass the time. That's one more
not even Lady Hilary, who, though black mark against him. If I had
grateful to Elspeth, was naturally
much absorbed in her own anxieties.
But on the moaning which completed
the girl's first week at Lochrain Cas-
tle Hydro, James Grant was waiting
for her in Mr. McGowan's room;
and he was there alone.
As Elspeth came in, he sprang up
from his chair at the desk. "At last,"
he exclaimed, "I have a chance to
see you alone. I began to think it
would never come ngaiu. Not once
since the second day after you arriv-
ed, when you promised me your
friendship, have I had five minutes to
speak to you. without McGowan or
someone else bursting in upon us."
"1
She is
can work faster if I'm alone."
extraordinary* about the biding place
Mr. Kenrith had chosen for his jewels.
She had deprived herself of the knowl-
edge which she might have had; but
whatever Lady Lambart had seen, that.
had Lady Hilary been too.
CHAPTER VII.
For two nights Elspeth had a re-
spite. Nothing happened. But as she
lay awake in fearful expectation, or
,started out of her first sleep with her
heart pounding and her forehead
damp, it was not surprising that she
thinking of some one, after
Countess, who had a pretty lit
private parlor, divided from the best
of her suite by an archway with heavy
on the ground floor came sounds of portieres
and an odd air of mystery; and now
she shrank away a little, laughing
uncomfortably.
"As it's Mr. McGowan's own room,"'
she said, "isn't it rather funny to
speak of his 'bursting' in?"
"You know what I mean," replied
Grant, with no answering smile, a8
he closed the door which Elspeth had
intentionally left open. "Anyhow,
there's no danger of Itis intruding up-
on us this morning,
"Is he away?" asked Elspeth.
"Yes, till afternoon. He has gone
to see Lord Loehrain, by his request,
at a place about thirty miles from
'here, where his lorlv i '6 visiting,
before conning on to stop at this ho-
tel. There's some bin iness $bout the
coal on the estate, aquestion of
boundaries, and so en,"
"Well," said the girl in a matter-
of-fact voice, "we musn't neglect our
work, if he is away. I suppose the
letters"-•----
"You need suppoee nothing about
the letters," cut in the young man,
his black ryes brightening. "You are
to rest this morning. I will do your
work and mine, too."
"It's very kind of you to suggest
such a thing," replied Bkspeth hur-
riedly, "but" ------
"Kind 1" echoed Grant. "its if
hammering, and Elspeth guessed tlia
the carpenter who, according to the
housekeeper, had his quarters there,
was already at work. It was more
than improbable that there should
be any visible means of communica-
tion with the upper floors, in a room
used es a carpenter shop, and if there
were a secret one, it would not be
possible for her to seek it while the
carpenter was at work. Altogether the
,girl's exploring expedition did not
last ten minutes, and she gleamed
nothing from it, save one thought,
which struck her as somewhat sig-
nificant. Why, she asked herself, had
this one room -the one she occupied
-been kept in repair, while
the
others had been neglected, . and left
uninhabitable? Was the reason for
this connected in any way with the
story of the tower or watt it concetne
the ghost story? Slie deeidedthat,
without mentioningherr experiences
(for which she still intended to be ere
lent et all events for the present) she
might ask these questions of the
housekeeper.
She was keyed to s hfghl heti d£
nervousi
excitement, which lad n»
Ag ..rat4Am than dims lis iatte
ed with some other secret apart from
Blspeth had fancied that she would
pot like the dark, handsome woman,
who was too foreign in appearance,
in the somewhat narrow opinion of a
young girl, to be freely trusted. But
she found her prejudice melting in
the unexpected charm of the Come.
tess's manner; and, besides, she would
scarcely have been human not to be
a little flattered by the evident wish
of so magnificent a person to win her
regard.
She lead never met any one et all
resembling the Countess Itadepoiskoi;
she had never seen a room so littered
with beantiful things es the Countess's
,,;mall sitting room, nos' had she ever
imagined a tea gown so wonderful as
tliat 311 which the dark beauty re-
•;eived her,
Elspeth wrote a letter or two from
the Countess's dictation, and then the
:nay made a pause to ask questions
about the typewriting machine. She
showed such an intelligent interest
than Blspeth 'was pleased, and then
would not be satisfied unless the girl
explained something about the sys-
tem of shorthand. "But you etre so
Dung end prettyculling to be eing your
young
all alone in the world," said
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"At least, you don't dislike me,"
he said.
"Of course not," the girl protested.
"Well, then, that is something. Lis-
ten to what I have to propose. Be
engaged to me -quite privately, if you
like; no one need know till you wish
it, and help me to carry out a scheme
which will make us both. rich. Mean.
while I shall be doing all I can to
snake you care for me, and if I suc-
ceed, so much the better for me; if
not, no harm will have been done,
only a great deal of good, for you
to make you independent. Now, isn't
that a fair offer?"
"It . as fair, but I can't accept it,"
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"Too well satisfied to be willing to
better my condition by being engaged
to a man I don't love."
Grant was silent, looking thought-
fully at the girl, evidently undecided
what to do. Elspeth felt that he was
debating within himself whether or
not to tell her something that was in
his mind. His lips went down at
the corners and suddenly an angry
light sparkled in his eyes. "If there
were no such conditions -if you hadn't
to pledge yourself to me -you. would-
n't be eager enough to make the
money," he said.
"That depends upon the `scheme'
you spoke of," she retorted.
Again he paused. "I could tell you
nothing unless you were bound to me
in such a way that my interests were
yours," he answered at last.
"Then I am afraid you will have
to work alone, or at least without
me," said Elspeth, "for I can only
be bound to you as a friend."
She spoke decidedly, and a dark
flush mounted to the roots of the
young man's hair. He was not only
deeply disappointed, but embittered
by his disappointment, and Elspeth
was half alarmed by the angry,
thwarted look in his eyes. She could
not doubt that he had really been
attracted by her, that he fancied him-
self in love with her, if nothing more;
yet she felt dimly that love denied
would not be enough to bring that
look to his face. Evidently he con-
sidered her help very necessary in
some undertaking important to his
interests, and was almost inclined to
ask for it, though she had just re-
fused to be engaged to him.
"I believe you will change your
mind yet 1" he exclaimed. "1 mast
have you.":
"You know, if you are going to per-
sist in talking to me like this," said
Elspeth. "1 shall be driven away
from Lochrain, though I very much
wish to stay here. Do b.e kind and
leave me to myself now. You leave
excited me a good deal and made my
headache worse. ,L must get at my
anal—tele
"I told you I wasn't going to let:
you work this morning," returned.
Grant, almost fiercely. "Go to your -
room -or take a walk -do anything,
you choose except work. I will do
everything myself."
"I can't have you doing my work,"
said Elspeth, "less than ever sites
what you've said." She would have.
sat down at the desk, but Grant came
between her and the chair, moving it
away,
"You want to hurt my feelings, 1
see," he said. "If you dirin't, you'd
be willing to accept a small fever like
that from me."
It was now Elspeth's turn to hesi-
tate, for, odd as his manner seemed
to her, she did not wish to be un-
generous. "Ole, very well," site an
ewered. "I will leave mese of it to
you, since you are so kind, if your
will promise after this to act as it
nothing had happened between us."
"I'll do my best," replied Grant.
"Thank you. Then I'll just get
things in shape here." She drew to-
ward the desk •again. but still the,
young man kept cher back.
"If you must interest yourself isx
these things, tat,. a few letters -sp
to your room," said he. "I can work
faster if I'm alone."
Elspeth made no objection to this
proposal, which indeed was a relief
to her, for she was far front anxious
to remain in Mr. Gi'ant's society, es-
pecially after what had passed. But
• she was somewhat surprised at the
evident satisfaction he felt at being
taken at hie word. He did not ex -
1 press this. except by his free, yet
i it set Elspeth wondering. Had his
offer to help her, and let her rest, not
been made entirely for disinterested
reasons then? Did he wish to get her
out of the way, and have the room
to himself?
In any case, the girl thought, it
was not her affair, and she was glad
to go, without further argument. She
gathered up a few letters, took her
own typewriter, which she had brought
down as usual, and went away.
It was true, she had been vet+y tired
and slack, but the excitement of the
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"Are you so weII satisfied with your
condition in life, that you are ready
to refuse several liandreds of pound..
without even hearing how easily they
can be earned?"
"Too well satisfied to be willing to
better my condition by being engaged
to a man I don't love."
Grant was silent, looking thought-
fully at the girl, evidently undecided
what to do. Elspeth felt that he was
debating within himself whether or
not to tell her something that was in
his mind. His lips went down at
the corners and suddenly an angry
light sparkled in his eyes. "If there
were no such conditions -if you hadn't
to pledge yourself to me -you. would-
n't be eager enough to make the
money," he said.
"That depends upon the `scheme'
you spoke of," she retorted.
Again he paused. "I could tell you
nothing unless you were bound to me
in such a way that my interests were
yours," he answered at last.
"Then I am afraid you will have
to work alone, or at least without
me," said Elspeth, "for I can only
be bound to you as a friend."
She spoke decidedly, and a dark
flush mounted to the roots of the
young man's hair. He was not only
deeply disappointed, but embittered
by his disappointment, and Elspeth
was half alarmed by the angry,
thwarted look in his eyes. She could
not doubt that he had really been
attracted by her, that he fancied him-
self in love with her, if nothing more;
yet she felt dimly that love denied
would not be enough to bring that
look to his face. Evidently he con-
sidered her help very necessary in
some undertaking important to his
interests, and was almost inclined to
ask for it, though she had just re-
fused to be engaged to him.
"I believe you will change your
mind yet 1" he exclaimed. "1 mast
have you.":
"You know, if you are going to per-
sist in talking to me like this," said
Elspeth. "1 shall be driven away
from Lochrain, though I very much
wish to stay here. Do b.e kind and
leave me to myself now. You leave
excited me a good deal and made my
headache worse. ,L must get at my
anal—tele
"I told you I wasn't going to let:
you work this morning," returned.
Grant, almost fiercely. "Go to your -
room -or take a walk -do anything,
you choose except work. I will do
everything myself."
"I can't have you doing my work,"
said Elspeth, "less than ever sites
what you've said." She would have.
sat down at the desk, but Grant came
between her and the chair, moving it
away,
"You want to hurt my feelings, 1
see," he said. "If you dirin't, you'd
be willing to accept a small fever like
that from me."
It was now Elspeth's turn to hesi-
tate, for, odd as his manner seemed
to her, she did not wish to be un-
generous. "Ole, very well," site an
ewered. "I will leave mese of it to
you, since you are so kind, if your
will promise after this to act as it
nothing had happened between us."
"I'll do my best," replied Grant.
"Thank you. Then I'll just get
things in shape here." She drew to-
ward the desk •again. but still the,
young man kept cher back.
"If you must interest yourself isx
these things, tat,. a few letters -sp
to your room," said he. "I can work
faster if I'm alone."
Elspeth made no objection to this
proposal, which indeed was a relief
to her, for she was far front anxious
to remain in Mr. Gi'ant's society, es-
pecially after what had passed. But
• she was somewhat surprised at the
evident satisfaction he felt at being
taken at hie word. He did not ex -
1 press this. except by his free, yet
i it set Elspeth wondering. Had his
offer to help her, and let her rest, not
been made entirely for disinterested
reasons then? Did he wish to get her
out of the way, and have the room
to himself?
In any case, the girl thought, it
was not her affair, and she was glad
to go, without further argument. She
gathered up a few letters, took her
own typewriter, which she had brought
down as usual, and went away.
It was true, she had been vet+y tired
and slack, but the excitement of the
(To be Continued.)
k.
•
•
z
"We—Want—Thent !"
" The biscuits which please us must be brown
and crisp and firm and dainty, with a well -raised,
evenly -baked crust,
" Mother says such buns require a steel oven, scien.
tifically constructed, uniformly hutted, perfectly ventilated
•-`PANt)011A' OVEN 1 ACTLV.o
'" Whets you see a "Pandora" Range the sale ss miade.
•
21
1,,, : tw • 't, l',':trioef, !'r neouver, Eu• t..tettn.N.ts, ttamnton, C:Y1rgary.
FOR SALT, IN WINGtA1i BY ALEX. YOUNG.