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Or, A f"1ysterriou Affair.
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' CHARM v,'-(Oon•t"d) stood hand-iut-haul looking down aG the
I swirled the 'subject of the Heather- illlige ekanpllel imvhchttonoilolad it with:cite
fringe of foam, Far away in the ltorth-
west the situ glinted upon the high peak
of Mount Throston, From where we stood
we could see the awoke of the ateamera
as they plewed along the busy water-
way which leads to Belfast.
Is. it not magnificent?" Gleba-lel erten.
sleeping her hands round my arm. nh,
John, why aye we not free to sail away
over these waves together, and leave all
our troubles behind us on the sharer
"And what are the troubles whieh you
would leave behind you, dear surer I
asked. "May I not know them, and help •
you tobear them?"
"I have no secrete from you,. Sohn,,"
she answered. "Our chief trouble is, ae
You may guess, ourpoor father's strange
behavior. Ts it not a sad thing for all
of us that a man who has played such a
distinguiehed part in the world should
skulk from ono obscure corner of the
country to another, and should defend
himself with locks and barriers as though
he were a common thief flying from jus-
tice? This is a trouble, John, which it
is out of your power to alleviate."
"But why does he do it, Gabriel?" I
asked.
"I cannot tell," she answered frankly.
"I know only that he imagines some dead-
ly danger to he hanging over hie head..
and that this danger was' incurred by
him during his stay in India. What its
nature may be I have no more idea than
you have."
"Then your brother has," I remarked.
"I am sure from the way to which he
spoke to me about it one day that he
knows what it is, and. that he leeks upon
it as real,"
"Yes, he knows, and so does. -my mo-
ther,", she answered; "but they have al-
ways kept it secret from me. My poor
father is very excited at present. Day
and night he is in an agony of 'appre-
honsion, but it will scop be the 5th of
October, and after that he will be at
peace.
How do you know that?" I asked in
surprise.
"By experience," said he gravely. "On
the 5th of October these fears of his come
to a crisis. For years back he has been
in the habit of locking Mordaunt and my-
self up in our rooms on that date, so
that we have no idea what occurs; but
we have always found that he has been
mneh relieved afterward, and has con-
tinued to be comparatively in peace until
that day began to draw round again."
"Then you have, only ten days or so
to wait," I rammed, for September was
drawing to a oloee. "By the way. dear-
est, why is it that you light up all your
rooms at night?"
"You have noticed it, then?" she said.
"It comae also from my father's fears.
He does not like to have one dark cor-
ner in the whole house. Re walks about
e great deal at night, and inspects every-
thing, from the attics right down to the
cellars. He has large lams in every
room and corridor, even the empty ones,
and he orders the servants to light them
al] at dusk,"
"I am rather surprised that you man-
age to keep your servants," I said, laugh-
etonee for fear of exciting her, and site,
did not recur to it of her own accord. I
was eouvineed, however, from what I had
heard from her that she had for some
time baok been making her own observe,
tions upon our neigh er:0, and that in
doing so she had put a considerable
strainupon her nerves. 1 could see 'HIM
the mere fact of the Hall being iUumiu-
'ttted at night was not enough to account
tor . her extreme agitation, and that it
must have derived' Its importance in her
eyes, from being one in a drain of thee
dente, all of which had left e. weird. or
unpleasant impression upon her mind.
That was the conclusion which I came to
at the time, and I have reason to know
now that I was right, and that my Meter
had even more cause than I had myself
for believing that there was something
uncanny about the tenants, of Cloombor.
Our interest in the Matter may have
arisen at first from nothing higher than
curiosity; but events soon took a turn
which associated us more closely with the
fortunes of the Heethorstone family,
Mordaunt had taken advantage of my in-
vitation to come down to the laird's
house, and on several occaeions he
brought with him his beautiful sister.
The four of us would wander over the
Moors together; or, perhaps, if the day
were fine, set sail upon our little skiff;
and stand off into, the Irish Sea. On such
excursions the brother' and sister would
be as merry and as happy as two chil-
dren. It was a keen pleasure to them
to escape from their dull fortress, and
to 'shelms, ee, if only for a few hes, friendly
and sympathetic faces round them. There
oouid be but one result when four young
people were brought together in sweet
'forbidden intercourse. ,Acquaintanceship
warmed into friendship, and friendship
flamed suddenly into love. Gabriel sits
beside me now as I write, and she agrees
with me that, dear as is the subject to
ourselves,, the whole story of our mutual
affection is of too personal a nature to
be more than touched upon in title state-
ment. Suffice it to say that, within a
few weeks of our first meeting, Mor -
daunt Reatheretone had won the heart
of my dear sister, and Gabriel had given
me that pledge which death itself will
not be able to break.
I have alluded in this brief way to the
double tie which sprang up between the
two families, because I have no wish
that this narrative sbou}d degenerate in-
to anything approaehing to romance or
that I should lose the thread of the
facts which I have set myself to ehroniele,
These are connected with General Heath-
erstone and only indirectly with my own
personal history. It is enough if I say
that after our engagement the visits to
Branksome became more frequent, and
that our friends were able sometimes to
spend a whole day with us when busi-
nese had called the general to Wigtown,
or when . his gout confined him to hie
room. .As toour good father, he was
ever ready to greet us with many small
jests appropriate to the occasion; for
we had no secrete from him, and he al-
ready looked upon us all as his chil-
dren.
There were times when on account of ing. "The maids in these parts are a
some peculiarly dark or resless At of the superstitioue class, and their imagine -
general's it was impossible for weeks on tions are easily excited by anything which
end for either Gabriel. or Mordaunt to they don't understand.
get away from the grounds. The old man 'The cook and both housemaids are
would even stand on guard at the av- from London, and are used to our ways.
ensue gate, or paoe up and .clown the We pay them on a very high scale to
drive, as though he suspected that _ at- snake tip for any inconvenience to : which
tempts had been made to penetrate hie they may be 'nut. Israel Stakes, the
seclusion. Passing of an evening I have coachman, is the only one who comes
seek his dark, grim figure flitting about from this part of the country, and he
in the shadow of the trees. or caught a seems to be a stolid, honest fellow, who
glimpse of his hard angular face peering is not easily scared."
out at me' from behind the bars., My heart "Poor little'.gfrl,'" I exclaimed. looking
would often sadden for hurt as I noticed down at the slim, graceful figure by my
his unceethnervous movements, his fur- side. "This is no :atmosphere for you to
tive glances and twitching features. Who
live in. Why will you not let me rescue
would have believed that this slinking, you from it? Why won't you allow me
cowering creature had once been a dash- to go straight and ask the general for
ing officer, who had fought the battles of your hand? At the worst he could only
refuse."
She turned quite haggard and pale at
the very thought. For God's sake,
John," she cried earnestly, "do nothing
of the kind. lie would whip us all away
in thedead of the night, and within a
week we should be eettling down again
in acme wilderness where we might never
have a chance of seeing or hearing from
you again. Besides, he never would for-
give us for venturing out of the grounds."
"I don't think that he is hard hearted
man," I remarked. "I have seen a kindly
look in his eyes, for all his stern face,"
"He can be the kindest of fathers," she
answered. "But he is terrible when op-
posed or thwarted. You have never seen
him so, and I trust you never will. It
was that strength of will and impatience
of opposition which made him such a
splendid officer. I assure you that in
India every one thought a great deal of
him. The soldiers were afraid of him
but they would have followed him any.
where."
"And had he these nervous attacks
then?"
"Occasionally; but not nearly do acute-
ly, He seems to think that the danger—
whatever it may be --becomes more inimin-
ent every year. Oh, John, it is terrible
to be waiting like this with a ,sword over
our heade—and all the more terrible to
me since I have no idea' where the blow
is to come from."
"Dear Gabriel," I said, taking her hand
and 8rawing her to my side, 'look over
all this peedea t _ellptr aid$$ n�.d ,t,hgg
broad bide sea. s it not al1 pedceful
unit 'ti,'r t'f1 E .2n thews eeletag$0, With
their red tiled roofs peeping out from
the gray moor, there live none but simple
God-fearing men, who toil hard at their
crofts and bear enmity to no man. With-
in seven miles of ue is a large town, with
every civilized appliance for the pres-
ervation of order. Ten miles farther
there is a garrison quartered, and a tele-
gram would at any time bring down a
company of sildiers. Now, I ask you,
dear, in the name of common sense, what
conceivable danger could threaten you
in this eecluded neighborhood, with the
I means of help so near? You assure me
Dr. Easterling, of Stranraer
that the peril is not connected with your
father's health?"
"No, I am sure of that. 'et is true that
,hoe been over
e to see him once or twice, but that was
merely for some amall indisposition, I
can assure you that the danger is not
to be looked for in that direction."
"Then X eau assure you," said I,• laugh-
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augh-
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7 - ink, "that there is no danger at all, 11
must be soma strange r
luolnation. No other hI
the facts."
Would my father's monomania ere
count for the fact of my brother's hair
being' turned gray and me mother°'wast-
ing away to a mere shadowt"
Undoubtedly," X 'answered. "Tho long -
continued worry of the general's rest-
leeriness and irritability 'would produce
those effects ,en sensitive natures,"
"No, no," said she, shaking her head
sadly, "X have been exposed to his rest-
leesness attd .irritability, but They have
had no such effect upon me. The differ.
enc, 'between us lies in the fact that they
know tine awful secret and wa do not,"
"M dear girl,', said I, "the dye of
Wally apparitions and that kind of thing
are gone. Nobody is haunted now'a-days,
se we can put that supposition out of
the question. ' Having. done to, what re-
mains? There is absolutely no other
theory which could even be suggested.
Believe mo, the whole mystery is that
the heat of Ladle hire bees too niuch
for your poor father's brain,"
What the would have answered I can,
net tell, for at that moment she gave a
Start as if Some Sound had fallen upon
her ear. As the looked round approhen-
lively I suddenly saw her features Tie,
come rigid and her eyes fixed and dilated.
Following the directlen ' of her gaze, X
felt a sudden thrill of fear bass through
Ire ate I perceived a human face Survey-
ing us from' behind one of the trees ---a
This country and had won the palm of
bravery among the host of brave men
around him? •
In spite of the old soldier's vigilance,
we managed to hold communication with
our friends. Immediately behind the Hall
there was a spot where the fencing had
been deo carelessly 'erected that two of the
rails could be removed without difficulty;
leaving a broad gap, which gave us the.
opportunity for many a stolen interview,
though they were necessarily short, for
the general's movements were erratic, and
no part of the grounds was secure from
his visitations.
How vividly one of these hurried, meet-
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peaceful and distinct amid the wild, mys-
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,lead up to the terrible catastrophe which
has cast a shade over our lives. X can
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fields the grass was damp with the rain
of the morning,' and the air.was heavy
with the smell of the fresh :turned earth.
Gabriel w.ae waiting for me ander the
hawthorn tree outside the gap, and we
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face every .feature of which • was distort-
ed by the most malignant hatred and
auger, Finding himself observed he step-
ped out and advaneed toward us, when
I saw that it was none other than the
general himself. His beard was all
a bristle with fury, and his deep-set eyes
glowed from under their' heavily veined
lids with a most sinister and demouical
brightness.
CHAPTER VI.
"To your room, girl!" he cried in a
hoarse, barsh voice, stepping in .between
us and pointing authoritatively toward
the house. He waited until -Gabriel, with
a last frightened glance at me, had passed
through the gap, and then he turned
upon me with an expression so murder-
ous that I stepped baok a pace or two,
and tightened my grasp upon my oak
stick,
"You•—you—" lie sputtered, with his
hand up to his throat, asthough his fury.
were choking him, 'You have dared to•
intrude upon my privacy i Do you think
I built this fence that all the vermin in
thecountry aright congregate round it!
Oh, you have been very near your death,
my fine fellow! lot will never be nearer
until your time comes. Look at this!"
He pulled a squat, think pistol out of leis
bosom. "If you had Dossed through that
gap and set foot on my land I'd have
let daylight into you. I'll have no vaga-
bonds here! I know how to treat gentry
of that sort, whether their faces are black
or white,"
"Sir,". said I, "I meant no harm by
coming here, and I do not know how I
have deserved this extraordinary out -
buret. Allow me to observe, however,
that' you are still covering me with your
pietol, and that, as your hand is rather
tremulous, it is more -than possible that
it may go off. If you don't turn the
muzzle down" I shall be compelled in self-
defense
elfdefense to strike you over the wrist with
my stick."
What brought you here, then?" ,he
asked in a more composed voice, potting
his weapon back into his .bosom, "Can't
a gentleman live quietly without year
coming to peep and pry,? Have you no
business of your own to look after, eh?
And my daughter? how came you to
know anything of her? and what have
you been trying to squeeze out of herP
It wasn't chance that brought you
here."
No," said I boldly, "it was Ifot chance
which brought ma here I have had sev-
eral opportunities of seeing your daugh-
ter and of appreciating her many noble
qualities. We are engaged to be married
to each other, and I' came up with the
express' intention of "seeing her."'
Instead of blazing into a fury, as I had
expected., the general gave a long whistle
of astonieruinvent, and then leaned up
against the railings, laughing softly to
himself.
English terriers are fond ' of playing
with worms," he remarked at last. "When.
we used to bring them out to India they
used to trot off into the jungle and be.
gin sniffing at what they imagined to
be worms there. But the worm turned
out to be a venomous snake, and so poor
doggy paid the penalty. I think' you'll
find yourself in a somewhat analogous
position if you,don't look out."
"You surely don't mean to cast an
aspersion upon your own daughter?" I
said, flushing with indignation.
"Oh, Gabriel is all right," he answered
carelessly. "Our family is not exactly
one, however, which I should recommend
a young fellow to marry into.. And ,pray
how is it that I was not informed of this
snug little arrangement of yours?"
"We were afraid, sir, that you might sep-
arate us," I replied, feeling that perfect
candor' was the best policy under the cir-
cumatanees, "It is possible that wewere
mistaken. Before -coming to any final de-
cision I implore you to remember that
the happiness of both of us is at stake.
It is in your power to divide our bodies,
but our souls shall be forever united."
"My good fellow," said the general, in ,
a not unkindly tone, "you don't know
what you are asking for. There is' a gulf
between you andany one of the bloodof
heatheratone which can never be bridged
over." All trace of anger had vanished
now from his manner, and given place
to an air of somewhat contemptuous
amusement.
My family pride took fire at his. words.
"Tho gulf may. be less than you imagine,"
I said coldly. "We are not clodhoppers
because we live ill this out-of-the-way
place. I' am of noble descent on oIle` side,
and my mother was a Buchan of Buchan.
I assure you that there is no euoh dis-
parrlt8 L between uta as you Seem to im-
}a t
"rut misunderstand me," the general
answered. "It is on our side that the
disparity lies. There are reasons why
my daughter Gabriel should live and die
single. It would not be to your advant-
age to marry her."
But surely, sire' I persisted, "I am the
best judge of my own interests and ad-
vantages. Since you take this ground all
becomes easy; for I do aeeure you that
the one interest which overrides all other°
is that I should have the woman T' love
for my wife. If this is your only object
tion to''our lnatcJi, you may surely give
us your consent,' for any danger or trial
which X may incur in marrying Gabriel
will not weigh with me one feather-
weight"
Here's a young bantam!" exclaimed
the old soldier, smiling at my warmth.
it's easy to defy danger when you don't
know what the danger is."
"What is it, then?" I asked, hotly.
"There is no earthly peril which will
drive me from Gabriel's, side. Let me.
know what it is and test ate."
"No, no. That would never do," he an-
swered with a sigh, and then, thought-
fully, as if' speaking his mind -aloud.
"He has 'plenty of pluck, and Is a weir'.,
grownae use of him." might
hwent on than
ling to hiniveIf with a vacant stare in.
his eyes as if he had forgotten, my pres-
enco.
"Look here, West," he said presently.
"You'll excuse me if I spoke hastily a lit-
tle time ago. It is the second time that
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Sere's another farmer who ands It pays to food
International Stook Food 1-•
West
N.D.,
1eaav"ragPaRNaAkgeoLrTSmFOOs lert OstoK1
Laving three hoses, four cows, tWo—
csivos, four steers
and sheep. - -Careful testa chew that my milking coke
have given 50 per cent..moro milk since fopodilig Inter•
national Stock Food. It le also frac for caiveo,
-- BEVERLY TOWER.
International Stock rood, Poultry Food, and Veterinary prepnratione are for Salo by dealerp
everywhere. If you cannot obtain our: goods in your town write us direct; •
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD CO., LIIIYiTED . . . . Toronto
41.5 nit
The family remedy for Coughs and Colds.
Shiloh costs so little and does so much!"
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Mrs, West—"My husband .con-
sidered
con-sidered a very long time before he
proposed to me; He was .;very care-
ful. Mrs. East—"Ah, it's always
those careful people who get taken
Some people are never satisfied.
They even want to .make hay when
it rains.
I have had occasion to apologize to yen
for tho same offense It shan't occur
again. I am rather oven particular, no
doubt, in my desire for' complete isola-
tion; but I have good reasons for insist-
ing on the point. Rightly or wrongly, I
have got it into my head that some day
there might bo an organited raid upon
My grounds. If anythlcg of the 'port
should occur I suppose I might I'eekou
ripen Your assistatloeP"
"With all my heart."
"So that if ever you got a mcseage such:
as 'dome up,' or even simply CloomberI'
you would know drat it wee an appear
for help, and rvould flurry, , up immedi-
ately, anon if it were in the' deadof the
night?"
"Most certainly 1r shred!," 1 aneweretl,'
"But migiit X eek you what the datura
of the danger is whicif you apprehend?"
('1'o be continued,) -
is C.c
Free of all Charge,
Thiel guaranteed gold-plate clock will be
given free of all charges to any girl or.
lady who will sell 40 sets of Scenic, Floral.'
Greeting and other postcards at, 10 cents+
a set (six beautiful cords in each 'set).
This clock Is a splendid timekeeper and
le an ornament . to any parlor or hod-
room, It stands 9 inches high.
Send as your name and address and we
will send you the cards to sell. When
sold one us the money, and we will send
you the clock, all charges prepaid:
Address.
Homer -Warren Co.
'apt 129, . TORONTO.
USED SY SUCCESSFUL PLANTERS FOR 60 YEARS.1
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TORONTO ONT.
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