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It wn the pride of Boy JIn which
to an adventure which makes me ahhrer now
when I think of It.
I It hnppencd In the August o ' 9 , or It
_ I naY have heen In the early days of Septem-
r ber , but I remember that we heard the
cuckoo In Patcham woo& and that Jim Ffl
that porhap It WaR the last of him. I wa
Y atIlI at zchoo1 , but JIm had left , he beIng
\ _ nIgh 16 and I 13. It na my Faturday half
. iohIdny , anti we pcnt It , as we often dtd
out upon the downs. Our favorite place was
. beyond Woistonbury. where wo could stretch
ourselves upon the soft , springy chalk grass
among the plump lIttle southdown sheep ,
chatting wIth the shepherds as they leaned
upon theIr queer old I'3CConbO crooks , made
$ n the days when Sussex turned out more
Iron than all the countrice of En1and.
It was there that we lay upon that glorious
afternoon. If ve choo to roll upon our right
side the whole weald would lay in front of
us , with the north downs curvIng away In
olive green folds , with hero and there the
snow white rift at a chalk pit. If we turned
upon our left we overlooked the huge blue
stretch of tim channel. A convoy , as I can
, vehl remember , was coming up It. that day ,
the timid flock of inerchiantmon In front , the
; ' frigate , like well-traIned dogs , upon the
skirts , and two burly drover line-of-battle
t ships roiling along behind them , MY fancy
i , was soaring out to my father upon the
waters , when a word from Jim brought. it
back onto the graes lko ! a broken-winged
gull.
J "Roddy , " itid he , "have you beard that
' Cilffo Royal I. haunted ? "
. . had I heard it ? Of course I had heard it.
I' % Vlio' was there in all the Down country who
' bad not heard of the Walker of Cliffo Royal ? "
' : "Do you know the story of it , iloddy ? "
: "Why , " iuid I. with some pride , "I ought
to know it , seeing that my mother's brother.
131r Charles Trogehils , was the nearest friend
of Lord Avcn , and was down at this card
party whui the thing happened. I heard the
vicar and my mother talking about it last
week , and it was nil so clear to me that I
. might hiavo been there when the murder woo
done. "
"It is a. trango story , " said Jim , thoughtfully -
fully , "but when I asked my aunt about it
she wouH give ma no anower , and , as to my
uncle , ho cut me short at the very mention
of it , "
° There is a good reason for that , " said I ,
"for Lord Avon was , as I have heard , your
% lncIo's best frknd , and It is but natural that
ho would not wish to speak of his disgrace , "
"Tell me the story , Roddy. "
f % . 1 l an old ono now-fourteen years old-
and yet they have not got to tile end of It.
rf \ 'riiero wore tour of them who had como down
t' . rom London to spand a few days In Lord
Avon's old houre. One was his own young
brother , Captain Barrington. Another was
his cousin , Sir Lothian Ilume. Sir Charles
' ' Tregdllis , my uncle , was the thlrd , and Lord
; 'Avon the fourth. They svero fond of playing
I cards.for money , these great people , and they
laycd and played for two dayb and a night.
Lord Avon lost and Sir Lothiati Ioat , and my
uncle lost , and Captain Ba .ington won vntil
r ho could win no more. Ito won their money ,
but above all ho won the papers from hi. ,
elder brother , which meant a great deal to
him , It was late on a Monday night that
J they stopped playing. On the Tuesday mornIng -
Ing Captain Barrlngtcsi was found dead be-
aide his bed with his throat cut , "
"And Lord Avon did it ? "
I "Iii papers were found burned in the
1 grate. His wristband was clutched in the
dead man's baud , and his knife lay beside
_ 1 . _ . . ' the body , "
- - "Did they hang him then ? "
"They were too slow in laying hands upon
- him , They waited until ho saw that they had
brought it home to him , and then he fled.
Ho ha never been seen since , but it is sold
I that. ho reached America. "
"And the ghost walks ? "
' I "Thero are a hundred who have seen it. "
"Why Is the house still empty ? "
"I3ecauso it is in the keeping of the law ,
Lord Avon had no children , and Sir Lothiian
t Hume , the same who was at the card party ,
r Is his nephew and heir. But ho can touch
i iothing until ho can prove Lord Avon to be
. dead. "
Jim lay silent for a bit , plucking at the
short grass with lila fIngers ,
- "Roddy , " said he at last , "will you come
'with sno tonight and look for the ghosts ? "
It took mo aback , the very thought of it.
"MY mother would not let me , "
- "Slip out when sho' abed. I'll wait for
- Qu at the smithy. "
- "CiliTo Royal is locked , "
- ( "I'll open a window easy' enough. "
- "I'm afraid , Jim , "
' "But you are not afraid if you are with me ,
, Itoddy , I'll promise you that no ghost shall
. . burt you. "
So I gave him my word that I would come ,
and then all the rest of tlitf day I wont about ,
the most sod-faced lad in Sussex. It. was all
very well foi' Boy Jlmi It. was that pride of
his which was taking him there , lIe would go
because there was no one else on the coun-
. try.sldo that would dare. But I had no
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DEAD .I3BSIDII Ills IIBO 'WIT ! ! IllS
1 TIII1OATCUT.
, pride of that sort , I was quite of the same I
. way of thinking as the others , and would
: IL \ as soon' have thought of passing my night
. , at Jacob's gibbet on Iitchllng conunon as in 1
the haunted house of ChUTe Royal. Still , I I
could not bring myself to desert Jim , and 1
so. as I say , I slunk about the house with
so 1mb and Pesky a face that my dear
another would have it that I had boon at
the green Aiples ) and sent me to Icd early
with a dish of chamomIle tea for illy supper , 1
England went to rest betimes in those days ,
fo there were few who could afford tb price
of candles , Vhen I looked out of my window
'ust after the clock had gone 10 , there was
* ot a light in the village , save only at the
. inn. It was but a few feet from the ground , v
' so I slipped out , tInit there vas Jim waiting n
for mu at smithy corner , We crossed the t
lit. John's common together , and so imat I
Hidden's farm , meeting only one or two ridIng -
. Ing offIcers upon the way , There was a a
4' brisk wind blowing , and the moon kept
peeping through the rifts of the scud , so that a
our road was sopeinlc
' silver-clear and b
sonietitnes so black that we found ourselves h
" among the bnunbles and gooaebush8 which
' hued it. We came at last to the wooden
) late with the hilh stoii pillars by the roachy
. .lda , and , looking through between the nub , ol
we saw the long avenue of oak. , and at the
end of this ill-bodIng tunnel the pale face of
the house ghitnmorlng In the moonshine.
'mat would have been enough for . me ,
that one glimpse of it , and the sound of the
night wind sighing and groaning among the
branches. But Jim swung the gate open , and
up wo went , the gravel squeaking beneath
our tread. It towered high , the old. house ,
with many little windows In which the moon
glinted , 811(1 with a strip of water running
round three lde of it. The arched ( hoar
stood right in the face of us , and on one
side a lattice hung open upon its hinge.
"We're in luck , ltoddy , " whispered Jim.
"Hero's one of the windows open. "
"Don't you think we've gone far enough ,
Jim ? " eald I , with my teeth chattering.
' 'Phi lift you In first. ' '
"No , no : I'll not go first. "
"Then I will. " lie gripped the sill and had
tils knees on it in an instant. "Now , Itoddy ,
give mo your hands. " With a puli ho had
mo up bjido him , and a moment later we
Were both in the haunted house ,
hlow''isollow it sounded when we jumped
down onti the wooden floor ! There was such
a. sudden booni and reverberation that we
both stood s'ilent for a moment. Then Jim
burst out laughing ,
"What an old drum of a place it Isi" ho
crieI. "We'll strike a light , floldy , and see
where are. "
Ibo had brought a candle and a tinder box
in his pocket , When the flame burned ip we
saw an arched stone roof above our heads and
broad deal shelves all round us , covered with
dusty dishes. It was the pantry.
"I'll show you round , " said Jim , merrily ,
and pushing thlo door open , he led the way
into the hall. I remembered the high oak-
paneled walls with the 'heads of deer jutting
out and a ssigle white bust which sent my
heart into my mouth , In the corner. Many
rooms opened out of this , and we wandered
from ono to the other , the kitchens , the still
room , the morning room , the dining room ,
all filled with the same choking smell of dust
and of mildew.
"This Is where they played the cards.
Jim , " said I in a hushed voice. "It was on
that very table. "
"Why , here are the cards themselves , "
cried he , and he pulled a. brown towel from
something in the center of the sideboard.
Sure enough It was a pile of playing cards'-
forty packs , I should think , at the least-
which had lain there ever since that magic
game which was played before I was born.
"I wonder whore that stair leads , " said
Jim.
Jim."Don't
"Don't go up there , Jim ! " I cried ,
clutching at his arm. "That must lead to
the room of the murder. "
" 110w do you know that ? "
"The vicar said that they saw on the
coiling-Oh , Jim , you can see it oven now
Ho held up his candle , and there was a
great dark smudge upon the white plaster
above us.
"I believe you are right , " said ho , "but ,
anyhow , I'm going up to have a look at it , "
"Don't Jim , don't ! " I cried ,
"Tnt , floddy , you can stay hero if you are
afraid. I won't be more 'than a minute.
There's no use going on a ghost hunt unless
-my God , there's somethIng coming down
the stairs ! "
I heard it , too , a shuffling footstep in the
room above , a d then a creak from the stops ,
and then another creak , and another. I
sav Jim'i face as If it had been carved out
of ivory , with his parted lips and lie , staring
eyes fixed upon the black square or the
stair opening. Ito still held tim light , but
his flngem twitched , and with every
twitch the shadows sprang from the walls
to the ceiling. As to myself , my knees
gave way under me , and I found myself
on tIm floor crouching down behind JIm
with a scream frozen in my 'throat. And
still the steps came slowly from stair to stair ,
Then , harJly daring to look and yet unable -
able to turn away my eyes , I saw a figure
dimly outlined in the corner upon whIch the
stair openeI. There was a silence in which
T could hear my poor heart thumping , and
then when I looked again the fIgure was
gone , an.I 'the low creak , creak was heard
once snore upon the stairs. Jim sprang
after it , and I was left half fainting In the
moonlight.
But it WS not for long , Ito was down
again In a minute , and , passIng his hand Un-
tIer my arm , ho half led and half carried me
out of the house. It. was not until we were
in the fresh night air again that ho opened
his mouth.
"Can you stand , Ttochly ? "
"Yes , but I'm shaking. "
" " said he his hand
"So am I , , passing
Dyer his forehead , "I ask your pardon ,
ROldy , I was a fool to bring you on such
Sn errand , But I never believed ip such
things , I know better now. "
"Could it have been a man , Jim ? " I asked ,
Iucking up my cou ago , now that I could
, oar the dogu barking on the farms.
"It Was A spirit , Roddy. "
" 110w (10 you know ? "
"Becauso I followed It and eaw it vanish
nto a vail no easily as an eel into sand.
Why , Roddy , what's amiss now ? "
My tears were all back upon me , and
wery nerve creeping with horror , "Take
no away , Jimi Take me wny ! " I cried ,
I was glaring down the avenue , and his
yes followed mine. Amid the gloom of
lie oak trees something was coming toward
Is.
"Quiot , floddyl" whispered Jim , "By
, eavezi , come what may , my arms are going
ound it this timo. "
We crouched as motionless as the trunks
) ehind us , heavy stops ploughed their way
hrough the soft gravel , and a broad figure
oomed ULOfl Us in ( ho darkness. Jim sprang
ipon it like a tiger. "You're not a spirit ,
Lily way. " ho cried ,
Tue man gave a shout of surprise , and i
lien a growl of rage. "What the deuce-I"
(0 roared and then , "I'll break your neck if I
ou don't lot go. "
Tim threat might not have loosened Jlna I
rip , but tb voice did. "Vhy , unciol" he I
nod ,
"Well , I'm blest it it isn't Boy Jimi And
htat'a this ? Why , it's young Ma.qter Rod-
oy Stone , as I'm a living sinner ! What In
ho world are you two doing up at ditto i
loyal at ttis tine of night ? "
'w'o had all moved out into the moonlight ,
ml there was Champion harrison with a C
ii ; bundle on his arm , and such a look pt
mazement upon his taco as would iavo I
rought a smile back onto mine had my
earl notetill been cramped with tear ,
" 'o'ro exploring , " bald Jim.
"Exploring , are you7Vell , I don't think
) U Worn Iieant , to be Captain Cooks , either
you , for I uever saw such & pair of peeled-
turnip faces. Why , Jim , what are you
afraid dtl
"I'm not afraid , uncle. I never was afraid ,
Ihut spirits are new to me , and- "
"Spirits ? "
"I've been. in ditto Royal , and we've seen
the gtior't , "
The champion gave a whiintlc.
"That's , the game , is it ? " said he , "Did
1'Ol have speech with it ? "
"It vanished first. "
The champion whistled once more. "I've
heard Ihero is something of the sort up yap-
dot , " said he , "but it's not a thing as I would
IUI'Ise you to meddle with , There's enough
trouble with the folk of this world , Boy Jim ,
without going out of your way to mix up with
those of another. As to young Master Rod-
fey Stone , it his good mother saw that white
face of his she'd never let him come to the
smithy more' .S'nlk slowly on , and I'll see
you back to Iriar's Oak. '
We had gene half a mile , perhaps , when
the champion overtook us , and I could not
but observe that the bundle was no longer
under his arm. Wo were nearly at the
smithy before Jim asked the question which
was already in my mind.
"What took you up to ChUte Royal , uncle ? "
"Well , as a man gets on in yearo , " seth ! the
champion , "There's many a duty turns up that
the lIkes of you have no Idea of , When
you're near 40 yoursclf you'll maybe know
( ho truth of what I say , '
So that was all that we could draw from
him , but young as I wan I had heard of
coast smuggling and of packages cnrried
to lonely places at night , so that from that
titno on if I had heard that the Irovcntivos
had made a capture I was. never eay until
I saw the jolly taco of Champion Harrison
looking out of his emithy door.
ChAPTER III ,
TIlE PLAY ACTRESS OF ANSTB % tROSS.
I have told you something abOut Ir1ar ,
Oak and about the life which we led ih re ,
Now that my memory goes baCk to the old
place It would gladly linger , for , ' verythoad
which I draw from the skiin bf , th past
brings out halt a dozbn othhrs that vere en.
tangled with it. I was In two. mInds whbn
I began whether I had enough in nn to mko
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a book , and now I know that I could write
One about Friar's Oak alone , antI the folk
whom I knew in my childhood. They were
hard and uncouth , , some of them , I doubt
not , and yet , seen through the golden hiazo
of time , they all seem sweet and lovable.
There was our good vicar , Mr. Jefferson , who
loved the whole world. save only Mr Slaclc :
the Baphist minister ofClayton , and there
was kindly Mr. Slack , who was all men's
brother , save only of Mr. Jefferson , the vicar ,
of Friar's Oak. Then there was Monsieur'
Rudin , the French royalist refugee , who llvel
over on the Pangdean road , and who , when
the news of a victory came in , was convulsed -
vulsed with Joy 'beeauso.whad'beztcn * Ilona. ,
parts , and shaken. wlth.rage because. wqIad.
beaten the French , , so that otter the Nile ho
wept for a whole day out' f delight , and then
for another'one out of fury , alternately clapping - ,
ping his hands and stamping his feet.Vell :
I remember his thin , upright figure and the.
way in which he Jauntily twirled his little ,
cane , trw cold apd hunger co'tI not cast ,
him down , though we knew thia ( he had his
share of both. Yet he was so proud and had
such a grand manner of talking that no one
dared to offer him a cloak or a meal. I can
see his fare now , with a flush over each ,
craggy cheek bone , when the butcher made
him the present of some ribs of beef. lIe
could not take it , and yet whillo he was
stalking off he threw a proud glance over
his shoulder at the butcher , and he said :
"Monsieur , I have a dog ! " Yet it was Mon.
sieur Rudin , and not hi dog , who looked
plumper for a week to come.
TI'en l remember Mr. Paterson , th farmer ,
who was what you would now call a radical ,
though at that time some called him a
Priestly-ito , and some a Fox-ite , and nearly
everybody a traitor. It certainly seemed to
me at the time to be very wicked that a
man should look glum when he heard of a
British victory , and when they burned his
straw image at the gab of his ( arm , Boy
Jim and I were among those who lent a
hand. But we were hound. to confess that
he had game , though he might be a traitor ,
for down he came striding into the midst of
us , with his brown coat and his buckled
slices , and the fire heating Upon lila grim
schcolmaster face. My word , how ho rated
us. and how glad we were at last to sneak
quietly away ! "You livers of a lie , " said
he. "You and those like you have been
Ireoching peace for nigh , 2.000 years , and
cutting throats tue whiole time ! If the
money that is lost in taking French , lives
were spent in saving RngIisj ones , you
would hiavo lflOro right to burn candies in
your windows , Who are. you that ( lore to
come hero to insult a law.abldlng men ? " I
"We are tlo , people of England , cried young
Master Ovington , the son of the tory squire ,
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"You-you horse-racing , cock-fIghting oe'or- I
do-wohh , do you presume to talk for tile people -
plo of England ? They are a deep , strong , I
silent stream , and' you ore the scum , the.
bubbles , the pear silly froth that flu.its upon' I
tile surface , " Wo thought him very s'icked
then , but , looking back , I am not sure that 1
% e were not very wicked ourselves ,
And then there were the'smIigglera l'he
dawns swarmed with them , for' since there
might ho no lawful trade betwixt France nnd I
Bngland it had all to run in that channel. I
have boon up on St. John's common upon a
dark night , and , lying among the bracken , I
Iave seen as many as seventy mules and a
man at the bead of each go flitting past me ,
as silently as fish in a stream , Not one of
them but bore its two
azikera of the , rjght S
French , cognac , or its bale of silk of Lyons 0
and lace of Valenciennes , I know Dan LI
Scales , tile head of theti , , and I kdew Tom S
Iiishop , tim riding officer , and. I rolnonlber
tile night they Illet. "Do you fight , Dan ? " C
asked Tom , "Yes , Torn , thou snua fight ii
for It. " On which
Tom drew his pistol and C
blow Dan's brains out , "ft was a sad thing ,
to do , " he said afterward , "but I knew Dan
was too good a maio for me , for we tried J
it out before , " It was Tom yho paid 'a jloet I )
from Brighton to write the lInq , for tiio
tombstone , which we all tliough were very Y
rue antI good , beginning : a
Alasi Swift new the fatal lead ti
Which , lllerced the young ( nan's hleadi y
lIe instant fell , roslgned hits breath , , T
And closed his languid eyes in death , r
Tjiere was no more of it , and I dare say It
Ia all still to be read in l'atciam , churchyard -
yard ,
One day about the time of our Clirfe Royal p
odventurs , I was seated in the cottage hook-
ng around at the curios which my father
tad fastened onto tile walls , and wislliig , ,
Ike tue lazy lad that T was , that Mr. Lilly
ad died before ever 1e wrote h ! Latin
iranunar. wiiei my mother , who Was sitting
nittIng in the WlfldOWf gave a little cry of
rurprzo.
"aood graciousi" shio cried , "What a
tula , looking woman ! "
It wa so fare to iar my' mother say a
'ard word against anybody ( unless it were
leneral Bonaparte ) that I was across the
oem and at the window in a jump , A pony b
liaise was COUIIOg slowly dow , , the village
'trod ' , and in it was the queerest looking
) o5fl that I had ever seen , She was very
tout , with a face that was so dark a red
hat it shaded away into purple over 1140
lose and cheeks , She wore a great list ,
vltti a white curling ostrich feather , and
rum under its brlx ; her two bold black eyes
tared out with a look 0 ! anger and defiance
as if to tell the folk that she thought less
of them than they could of hcr She had
some Port of scariet pe:1F9 : , w.th white
ssansdown , about her neaJ , an she hell
the reins slack in her hiad1 , while the pony
wanderel frim side to alil of the road as the
fancy took hIm. Iach ( Itoh ( lie pony swayed
her head the great hst lwnyel also , sa
that sometmca ; w saw therown of it and
sometimes the brIm , ,
" \Vhat a dreadful slghtP' 1rieJ my mother ,
"What is amias with her'thothcr ? "
"heaven forgive me 'It 1 misjudge her ,
Rodney , but I think t4 ( lie unfortunate
woman has been drinig ? , ,
"Why , " I cried , "she baa' spIlled the chaise
up at the smithy , I'll qtfut ( all tie , news
for you , " and catching ap ny cap , away I
scampered , ; -
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Champion harrison had , een shoeing a
horse at the forge door. , antjr when I got into
the street I could see hin with the creature's
hoot still tinder his arm hind ( lie rasp in his
hand , kneeling down amid the white pargs. :
The woman was beckoning him frono the
chaise , and lie staring at her with the queer-
oct expression upon hiI. ' face. I'resently lie
threw down his rasp and went across to her ,
standing by the wheel and slinking his hiemi
as ho talked to her , Fur my part I slipped
into the smithy where Boy Jim was f.iiishing
the shoe , and I watched the neatness of his
work and the deft way in which ho turned
tip the caulkens. When ho hind ( lone with it
ho carried It out and there wan the strange
woman still talking with his uncle.
"To that ho ? " I heard her ask ,
ChampIon Iharrison nodded ,
.ho Iooked'at Jim , and I never saw audi
eyes h a human bend , eo large and black and
wonderful , Boy as I wa I know that in
opite of that bloated face ( lila woman had
once been very beaUtiful , She put out a
hand , with all the fibgers going , as if shio
were playing on the harpsichord , and alto
touched Jhji on the shoulder ,
' "I hope-I hope you're , well , " she otam.
sacred.
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' "Very well , marn , " raid Jim , staring from
' her to his uncle.
"And happy , too ? "
, "Yes , main , I thank you. "
"Nothing that yOu crave for ? "
"Why , no , nam ; I have all that I lack , "
"That will do , Jim , ' ' said his uncle iii a
stern voice , "Blow up the forgo again , for
that. shoe wants reheating. "
lint it seemed as if the woman had something -
thing else that she would say , for ohio was ,
angry that he should ho sent away. TIer eyes
gleamed and her head tossed , while the
loilithi , , withi lila two big hands oit'tspread ,
senied to be sotlilng her as best lie could.
For a long time they whispered until at last
1io seemed to be satisfied ,
"Tomorrow , then ? " she cried loud otit ,
"Tomorrow , " be answered.
"You kecp yctir word , P01(1 I'll keep mine , "
l'ail she , nfll dropped tue lash on the pony's
back , Thio smith stood with , the rasp iii his
hand , looking after her until she wau just
a little rail spot on the white road , Then lie
turned , and I never saw hi ! face so grave.
"Jim , " saIl lie , "that's Miss limb , , , who
hia comb to live at tle Maples out Anstey
Cross way. She's taken kind of a fancy to
you , Jim , anti' maybe she can help you on a
bit. r promised her that you would go over
anti see liar tomorrow. "
"I ( lOfl't want her help , uticle , and I don't
want to sea liar. "
"But I've promised , JIm and you wouldn't
make mo out a liar , She doei , but want to
talk with you , for it is a lonely life eho
leads. "
"What would shio want to talk with suca
as me about ? " ,
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"Why , I cannot , sytiiiv' but seemed
very set up'on It , anpsmen hiavo their
fancies. There's ' Stone here ,
who wouldn't refuse 1o' g and see a good
lady , I'll vat'rant , if htetTipught ho might
better his fortune by qolng so. "
"Well , uncle , I'll goI&floddy , Stone will
go wit ) ' . me , " said Jim1
"Of course , he'll on't you , Master
Rodney ? " .
So II ended. in my sayingi yes , and back I
wc'n vit1 . .ahi ny neyetji.ny mother , 'who
dearly loved a little 1411 , o1gossip. She ehook
her head when eheiiOzLi4ihore I was going ,
but ho did , Snot shy.tpa.nd so it. was
settled. : ,
'It was a good four , niles of walk , but
when Ave reached' ' it i au would' not wish
to see a more cosy lip.leIiouse , all honey-
aucklo and creepers , 4wJfh a wooden porch.
"
.and lattice wlndows. A" 'cornmon.lkiiig'
rornan ppened tbeoor'ffpo. - . ' '
"Miss Hinton cannot , cE&you , " said she.
"But she aked us 'totcome , " said Jim ,
"I casI't help that"crled the woman 'In a
rude voice. "I teh1yOutbat she can't see
you , "
We stood irresouterfpr a minute.
"Maybe you would just tell her I am here , "
said Jim at last.
"Tell liar ! 110w am I to tell her wheo lie
couldn't so much as hear a pistol in her
ears ? Try and tell her yourself , If you have
a mind to. " She threw open a door as she
spoke and there , in a reclining chair at the
further end of the room , we caught a
glimpse of a.figure , all lumpeJ together , huge
and shapeless , with tails of black hair hanging -
ing down , The Sound of dreadful , wino'.like
breathing foil upn our ears. It was hut a
glance , and then we vere off hotfoot for
home. As for me , I vat' so young that I
was not sure whether'this , was funny or tori-
ribie , but when I looked at Jim to see how
he took it ho was looking quite white and ill.
"You'll not toil any one , Roddy , " said he.
"Not unless it's my mother. "
"I won't even tojI my uncle. I'll say she
was ill , the poor lady. It'zi enough that we
should have seen her III liar shame , without
it's being the gosrip of the village. It makes
me feel sick and heavy at heart. "
"She was so yesterday , Jim. "
" \sas she ? I never marked it. But I
know that she 11115 kInJ cyes and a good heart ,
for I sav the one in 'the other when she
looked at , me. Maybe , It's the , want of a
friend that 11011 driven her to this , "
I blighted his spirits for ( lays , and when
it lied. all gone from my mind it was brought
back to me by his manner. But it was not
to be our last memory of the lady will , the
carlet. pelisse , for before the week was out
Jim caine rounil to ask nie if I would again
10 U with hint.
"My uncle ha had a letter , " said he.
'Site would speak with me , and I would
DO easier If you came with me , lied , "
For me it was only a pleasure outing , but
[ could see , as we drew iear the house , that
tim was troubling in his mind lest we should
lad that things were amiss. Ills fears
yore soon set at rest , however , for we hail
iad scarce chiekeL the garden gate before the
voman was out of the door of the cottage
isal running down the path to meet us , Site ii
ma so strange a figure , with some sort of a
and her flushed face c
mrple wrapper oii , big
sailing out of it , that I might , if I had been a
lone , have taken to IIIy heels at the sight
f her. Even Jim stopped for a moment °
5 If ho were not very sure of himself , but
icr hearty ways soon set us at our ease , C
"It is , indeed , good of you to come and ii
00 flU old lonely woman , " atd site , "and I 11
we you an apology that I should give yo'i °
' fruitless Journey on Tuesday , but in a a
eno you wore yourseive the cause of ! t , Ii
lx'co the thought of ' yU F coming had cx- 1.
ited me , auth any e'kclt ment thrown jio
Ito a nervous ( over , 'M' poor nerves ! You
an see yourselves hio'tiey ) serve me. " ,
Site ijohil out her twltcbjng hands as aho 01
poke. Then lie passid o'llb of thteii through
isa's arm , and walke l "with , him up the
ath. ii , 45'LJ ' I IL
"You must let me lh6 * you , and know tc
ou well , " said she. "Ydfr undo and aunt fl
To quite old acquaInsicia of mine , and , f
otigi , you cannot reineiiiber me , I have held ct
ou iii fly arms when you were an infant , SI
all ma , iittie mai' , " pdded , turning to Lt
te , " , wiiat do you tail you.r friend ? " in
"Boy Jim , ma'am , " aidti. d
"Then it you will ndt' ' llpnk me forward I P1
'ill call you Boy Jim We elderly pee- al
ie have our privihegeB ydu know , Am ! now ci
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you will come In wth me and we will take a
dish of teit toeet"er "
She led the way to a cory room , the same
which we had caught a glimpse of when first
we conic. anil there In the nIlikIlo was a
table with white napery sail ph ning glass
an' ' ! gleaming ehiltia , nfld red.cheeked apples
piled up on a center lush , 011(1 a great plate.
fui of smoking mtiflins which the crosa.faccd
mall hail just cnrricl in , You can think we'
( liii justice to all the good things , and Miss
lBnton would ever keep lireasing us to pass
our cue and fill our plato , Twice dur'nrt
our meal she rose from her chair and wit ! , '
drew lnt a cupboard at the enl of thio room ,
and each time I saw Jim's face cloud , for
we heard a gentle click of class against
glass ,
"ConIc , now , little man , " said she to me
when the , table 11511 been cleared. "Why
are you looking round so much ? "
"Because tliero are so many pretty things
upon the walls. "
"Anti which do OU thitilt the prettiest ct
them ? "
"Why , tliatl" said I , pointing to a picture
which hung opposite to me , It was a tail
and slender girl , with the rosiest cheeks and
the 'tenderest eyes-so daintily dressed , too ,
that I had ncver seen anything more perfect ,
She hail a posy of flowers in her hand , and
another one was lying tIPOIl the planks of
wood upon which she was standing.
"Oh , that's the prettiest. is it ? " Sail she.
laughing , "Well , now , walk up to it and let
us liens vhiat is writ beneath It. "
I did as alto asked and read out : "Miss
Pohly Ilinton as Peggy in the 'Country'ifo , '
played for her benefit at thio Ilayinurket thic-
flIer September 14 , 17801"
"It's a play actress , " said 1.
"Oh , youi'rudo little boy , to y it In stick
a tone , " hi said , "As If a PlaY actress
wasn't its 'good 'as onyt oiio else , Why , 'twos
but the other tlhy that the ( lithe of Clarence ,
whio may caine to call himself king of England -
land , married' Mrs. Jordan , who wal : herself
only a play actrea. And whom do you think
this one i"I She istood .untler , the picture
with her arms folded across her great boils'
and liart big black , tyes looking from oi.i
to the 'other of ua. ' , I
" \Vhy , where are 'your ' eyes ? " she cried at
last. " 1 waulMiLu Polly Ilintonlof the hay-
nlarke theater. And perhaps you never
heard the iiaino before , "
We were compelled to confess that we
nov ir hind , And thet very name of play
actiess had filled us both with a kind of
vague horror like tile country-bred folk that
we were. Ius they verc a class apart , to
be hinted at rather than named , with the
wrath of the Almighty hanging over thorn
hihie a thunder cloud , Indeed , Ills judgments
serned to be in visible operation before us
when we looked upon what this woman was
and what she hind been.
" \Vell , " said she , laughing like one viio
is hurt , "You have no cause to say any.
tI irg , for I road on your faces what you have
been taught to thlink of me. So this I thin
upbringing you have had. Jim , to think evil
of that which you do not understand. I
'isht you had beau In the theater that vary
night s ith Prince Florizel and four dukes in
thm boxes , and ll tile vits and maccaronis
of London risiimg at me in the pIt. If Lord
Avon had not given me a seat In his earriago
I 115(1 never got the flowers back to my lodg-
lags iii Yorie street , Westminster. AmId now
two little country lads are sitting in judg-
mInt upon moo. "
( To 130 Continued , )
FIRsP IHtltN TO StiflE.
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' Chicago Chronicle.
In the spring a livelier interest
Every 'politician feels ,
In the spring the young man's fancy
Llghty : turns to thioughlts of wheels ,
Rubber tires become hi hobby
And he longs for checkered hose ,
" , VlliCh , with knickerb1clCers nobby ,
All his charms of form disclose.
'Over maps of country highways
Long ho burns the midnight oil ;
Anxiously the heavens scanning
Lest n. storm the road might spoii.
Wheels of various graIes and prices
He examines with much care
Learns of all the new devices
For a bicycle's repair ,
Then some morning bright and early
, Illes Jim to the. boulevard ,
Clean and smooth and quite inviting ,
Alsovery 'very hard.
With his wheel so new and shining
lie essays to' take a wioIr , '
, gnowledgoua and wise , repining
' 'JhatUq , dId , iot bringhis girl ,
- aitit with. hi first 'mov&imnsteady
'
' Thisyoung man of'grat renown
Finds himself not yet quite ready
And the cycle throws him down.
Bruised amId dazed , he finds a pedal
Firmly jabbed into his side
And remembers. of a sudden ,
He forgot to learn to ride.
Ccok's Extra Dry Imperial Champagne 'has
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ItELIGIOUS.
Ex-Governer McKinley will deliver arm address -
dress at the quadrennial general conference
of the Methodiat church , which will be held
in Cleveland In May. _ _ _ _ _ _
A bronze tablet is to be placed In the I'arI
Street church , Boston , bearing the 'names of
[ 1ev , Dr. S. F. Smith and Lowell Mason. The
latter w'ae one of the founders of the Handel
and Haydn society of Boston.
The hebrews of both Boston and Phila-
fielpltia make serious ciiarges of proselyting
against the Christians of these cities , and
are very much distressed over what they
consider improper methods , of carrying on
their religious work ,
The golden jubilee of Archbishop William
Fer.ry Elder of Cincinnati will be celebrated
In June. The exact date is the 10th , but
the jubilee will continue all of that week.
It ie expected that many of the highl priests
md dignitaries of the Catholic church in the
united. States will be present.
There are inoro Latter-Day Saints in this
ountry , outside of utah , than many people
suppose. There are 'no ' baa than eighteen
Irgonizatiolls in Now York state , fourteen in
Pennsylvania , eighteen in Ohio , eight in
tiassachusetta , forty-two in Missouri and
: welve in Texas.
The interesting fact is stated that the
ociety for the Propagation of the Gospel in
? oreign I'amts , which was established as a
ociety for extending the Church of England.
n the colonies of the United Kingdom , lies'
iourished more since than before the with-
Ii'swal of the patronage of the state , , whIch
'ears ago it enjoyed , Tiio total income for
895 was 501,200.
Bishiop Hendrix of thio Metho'dist church ,
outii , who recently returned from a tour of
nspection of the misaion fields of his church
n Corea , Japan and China , brings this inca-
ago from Li hung Chasig to the American
hurches : "Say to the American people for
110 to send over more men for the schiois
ad hospitals , and I hope to be in a position
oth to aid ami4 protect them. "
Prof. Max Muller in one of hia lectures re-
entiy called attention to the largest boolc
ii the world , the wonderful "Kutiio Daw , "
L consisto of 729 parts in the shape of whiito
iarblo plates , covered with inscriptions ,
ach plat ? built over with a temple of brick.
L is found near the old priest city of Manda-
ty , in Ilurmab , and this temple city of mnore
ian 700 pagodas virtually makes up this
tonster book , the religious codex of the Buil-
lists. ' It. is written in I'ail , amid was
reeled In this century by command of ICing
lindomin of Burmahm ,
The members of the Second street Method-
It church of New York City wete treated
I a mild anrl.ploasing sensation last Sunday
orning , It baa just paid off its debt of
; ,00o , for wbtich a mortgage existed , To
iebrato the event the pastor prepared the
) ectacio of burning the mortglgo , With
silver plato in lila hand ho stepped out
to the gaze of the congregation , placed thio
cument in it and touched a snatch to the
tper , Tue fIre blazed up In the sight of
I , and then the congregation , led by the
toir , sang the Doxology ,
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"That a bed is ; * h dangerous
Instrunierit Is ot rio moment in ( lila
case , " Miii the court , in hoblitig that
the seller of a folding bed falsely' represented
to be safe Is liable to alt , person whip may
be injureil while using t. In , this ease it
was warranted to "stand upright nalnst the
cahl tiuring thitf daytinic' , ' ' nail t''ia , It si'
pears , It would (10 , lImit the trouble arose
over a further warranty that itt night when
the front hart 'val lowered "the lege of the
narno 'would nutornaticaliy descend slId
ctmrely lock theniselves , " 'rho complaint of
an injured lad ) ' ahlegeil "that being about to
retire for the night , and the legs thereof being -
ing apparently secure , plie , in 1110 course , ot
liar vreparations for retiring , lennei with
her left arm upon the iilo of 'the ' bed , aini
while sIte vits In lhls attitude the heavy
framework of the bed fell forward and
dawnwaril upon the botiz.ontal part anti tipomi
the plaintiff , breaking her arm and otherwise -
wise injuring her to her damage , " Consequently -
quently the e'oller of this trap was hell ha-
blo to be mulcteil in damages because of its
vicious propensities ,
A quotation Irene "The Case of lic'resy , "
7 Coke , f.G , says : "The nrchibishiop anti
other bishops , and other the clergy , at is
general synod or convocation , mighit convict
an heretic by the common law , But for
tiIs , that It was troublesome to cali'n , eon-
vocation of the whiola province , it was ordained -
dainod by the titatuto of L lIeu , IV , , chap.
35 , that every bishop in lila diocese might
convict , heretics. And if tiio sheriff was
present hio might deliver ( ho party convict
to be burnt without an' writ tIe haerc'tico
comnburcnlo : hut it thic sheriff be absent , or
if he be to be burnt In another county , then
there ought to ho a writ the haeroiico coin-
burendo , " This revered coiuinoii law authority -
thority should not , ho disregarded. Nothing
less than the formality of a writ do
heeretico comburenilo will satisfy a heretic
vhien 'ho is to be taken to another county
to ho burned , S
In a life insurance case a federal judge recently -
cently charged the jury as follows :
"Now , gentlemen of the jury , I try to chose
my eyes , as well as I cmi , to the fact that a
woman and child have any interest whatever
in the result of a controversy when it is
brought Into court , I cannot always do it. I
don't atipposa you can , It is not expected.
If a man can do that , Ito is no better ( lien a
brute. lb is as had as tIme Iieatheim is supposed -
posed to be , and verse than time liorsethilef is
thought to be , It he close lila eyes to that
fact , lose all seilso of decency and self-
respect , he would not be fit for a juror. But ,
so far as it Is IOl'CiblC for you to do that , you
do so , and decide the case precisely as you
would if it Wflt , between man amId mIlan , or between -
tween a woman aild a woman , " And yet the
illstmraflce coimlpany tools an exception to the
charge.
The Century , Standard , International and
Encyclopaedic dictionaries are steadily falling
behind time courts. One recent decisicil es-
tabhishes that rhten a man Is lurng by a mob
it i an "accident , " A child whose paralts
aria living lieu also been declared by an call-
neat judge to ho an "orphan , " and when life
innmrance was taken by a man whiiie unmar-
ned , it was judicially declared to have been
"eftec'ted 'by a husband. " In addition to
these , 'an talmarried woman has been do-
dared by our highest court to ho a "olimgie
man , "
Some years ago a court , speaking about a
deceased canvasser for insurance , said there
was proof "that in an interview with the
president , the deceased remarked that lie
could procure a grert number of applications
in Newark , . J. , to which the president in
oubstance replied that he must be cautious ,
as the company (11(1 not wish to insure insaiis
persons , or persons of habits of intoxication. "
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vltnt , Ii'nleru handle their goods.
HAUS , IIEIILAI' AND TWINJO.
BEMIS OMAhA BAG CO.
Manufacturer. of all kln'ia of tton sad bur-
Lp bags , cotton flour sacks sad twins a apse-
ilty. G14 61Gt15 8 , 11th St.
1IILEViCIIIldS ,
OM1tIIA JIRE'tVING ASS'N.
Car loAd .hipment.u mails in our own refrig.
'ator car. . Blue Ribbon , Elite Export , Vienna
xport , and Family hixpoia , delivered to all parts.
city ,
FLOUR.
S. F , GILMAN ,
Manufacturer of aols Meda Flour ,
' B , Black , i4anaxer , Omaha.
111015 VOJtlCS.
tAXIS & COWGII L IRON WORKS
. irian gtmd ilraus , Founders ,
Manufacturers and Jobber. of Machinery ,
rnerai repairing a specialty , 1IOL 1503 and 1505.
ickson street , Omaha , Neb.
INDUSTRLtL IRON WORKS
unufacturing and Itepairing of all kinda of
aciilmiery , engine. , numsa , iieyaiom'a , printin
sues , hiangera , shafting aniS couplings 1(05 an
)5 lfuwsrd St. , Omaha ,
tX'i'ON& VIERLING IRON V'RKs
Msnufactureim of , Arcitiioctural Iron Work ,
nersi Foundry , Machine and hliackamith V.'crk ,
glneeri and Conirselora for Fire Proof'
jildingu. Ornce .me work. ; U. 1' , Sty. amid'
. lilt , atreet , Omaha ,
NIGUT WATOII.FIRI0 NJdRViOifl.
AMERICAN DISTRICT TELE.
GRAI'lI.
is only perfect protection to property , Examin
lOcal thing on earth , Reduce. inaurgoc
tee. 1304 flougiaa fit.
SUulIT FACTORIES ,
' 11 , EVANS-NEBRASKA ShIRT'
COMPANY ,
icIuiitf. custom .hhc sa15cs. W Faaaa , .