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The Wingham Times, 1908-09-17, Page 5loompoivipotaimalmuliiimpumaiwil_ 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. 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S. writes: "My chilciteri were taken with itching, burning eczerne and tore their flesh until it was tete and bleeding. The doctor failed tb help them so we used Dr. Chases Ointment. It did its work well and has entirety cured them. They tottered so they could not sleep nights, sad 1 eat neatly nary feint art iety and lost of races, any hesitation before, I've none left now," "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," ru, x,11,1611,..oar 7r•un;tunUN ,NkrrPO,unnnu•ionn EXACT COPY OF WRAPPCR, 7 RI `ox' Infants and Children. • 9G �.ry c You Nave s Al ��ayBought Bears the Signature of lIi OSS For Over Thrty ears '11104=ekkr"' THC GCN:AU,i COMPANY, Nrtv YOFIK CITY. repiiect 'reapetu. "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. 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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 (To be Continued.) k. • • z "We—Want—Thent !" 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