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ns:._r;.cumagc.:_ - " As",_thisf "conviction dawned in her .min_d :.th e`1 yogng woman- felt herself ti th,.;-{L-.VnewT thrill. hgleand Wu, scat u: use xugut. Mina, said Miss Buchanan to the gentle Gorner, when, on her return, she` had nished telling her of this aggressive sortie of the ghostly regi- ment, I told you that when the orie- legged soldier had played his trump card and lost, it would end him. We- will hear no more of our brother~- boarder. I have laid that ghost. "But--- began Miss Gomer. But nothing, cried Miss Buch- anan with conviction. There won t be any others. He will tell the rest!" 'un...4,....... 4.1.- ,.....1-.......I --I-1:-.- CULINARY CONCEITS as do 3 Oyster Mayonnaise.--Al1ow six oystersgfor each person. Just scald. tlsem until they are plump and then quickly drop them into cold water. Take out at once, and let them drain. Take the required number of small salad plates, and arrange on each. sc-me` lettuce-heart, cut very finely, place on this the allotted number of oysters, and pour over a little good mayonnaise sauce. `Sieve the yolks of two or three hard boiled eggs, and chop the whites very small, and gar- nish with both. away, Ill 4 UCIISIVC ICIUYII HFC. .Then she *-closed the xwmdows "briskly, as if the play was over, put. the emptied rie back in the corner, and sat. down to her book again, her small frame trembling from the strain; but grateful. that her "fright had been so assing and her rally so complete. 0 sound but the roar of the logs came to her ears for the . rest of the night. ML... -..:.a 1u.:.... n..-1.------ .- .:.- yu any uLuc1a. LLC will u:u UIC xcau Whatevex--the one-1egged soldier did, he walked no more at Paine s farm-house. M:iss_ Buchanan is con- verted to a belief in ghosts, but {she outs -at them more than ever. She. has routed one. - Diced Liver.-One pound of calf s or lamb s liver, one-half pound of Ibacon; cover with water and simmer lvery gently for two hours, or until` thoroughly tender. Drain and cut in small cubes, return these to the: re and cook for ten minutes, seasoning; with salt and pepper, and tossing frequently, that they may brown lightly and evenly. Serve on strips of hot buttered toast, moistened with the liquor in which the meat was cooked. Chili or Worcestershire lsziuce should be olfered with this {savory supper dish. 11 1': I - A n u away, in a derisive return re. Thar` stun x A`---A` #`- A . ` _"I:II'++-K!~l1-!-9'!-'1-4+++f'-!!-4-+++: I --...J --`.r.. \.-_.... 1 New Peach Pudding.-A peach and ichocolate pudding is an English i novelty that will appeal to those fond. of the latter, and withal it is inex- pensive, as canned or tinned peaches. `are used. Take ne pint tin of peaches_, add an ounce of butter, and stew until soft; sweeten if liked, and then beat them to a pulp. Boil four ounces of chocolate in a pint of milk. until it is smooth. ,Beat four `eggs and `add to the chocolate, and, after well mixing, place the peach.es in a. deep pie dish, pour the chocolate [over them, and__ bake from ten `to I twelve minutes in a moderate oven. Q3 HlE!,l(l'llL Wllll PCILUIILD. "l.~. this Mrs. Paine? . said Miss Buchzmzm ingratiatingly. "\\'..' noon n.-Icon `1It\rrI ncfn , tVt\I1-. mil I DOCTOR S ,Lydia E. Pam sVegeta- blf CQlIll!)0lI`lld Cured Her. _,I.....-.-..- Toronto, Ca.nada..--I shall endeavor to describe to you how I felt before I ' began taking Lydia E. Pinkhanfs Veg- l etable Compound. I scarcely knew l what it was to be w 1. I-had awful; b aring-downpains and usually before rnymonthlyperiods ' 1 suffered terribly and had to go to bed. Iwas not able to walk across the `L 1 floor the pain was _ so bad. I doctoredi fora long time, but the doctor's treat. , ment didnotdo me- any good. I gave up all hopes of ever- -bein .well again; gntillon, daymyhusban saw-the.C'om - 'nE1l one (my my lll.l3U&l.lu can -uuv vvuxr und. advertised in .the paper. Be A cided to get me a bottle, and I am: thankful he did. I had not ta.l:en- one bottle before I began to feel better, ,@.nd'I kept on taking it until now I am. a.`different"woman. It also helped me- dnrin maternity and childbirth. I!` ' t oroughly recommend -your-`Vega. ;'e1:able Compound to any woman: who win amleted with female tnoubl -..=-- Mrs-. J. M. TWEEDALE, 138 ligssouz 86.; V I _ f `ft-__ot an herbs, is un lel _".F.Ith,m;\y-be usedwith perfec condenoebywh1p9'g, -. % ~ wlio mer from displacements," in` ~ bP9i5I*.llmorIi;T :15` *. VB :-ewed Entirely from the Flnesi Mal! and Hops. oumop s'rnae1' EAST- ,B__l3_R I E . snewmc cumuv :91?'3ic`::S"3?'Lym5 E.=.I?in`kham'8_ 7.. -4554. K` A (3 Ainnlulint` in duh Ift L`1'().~'~#1)Vi1I'V150 SC`S. "\\',.1` uvriiu G Splendid ALE and ronnin. The Best and m-mazes: In cask and some 'P'H_o'u': ' { ave _ FAILED cm.<~-1)urpose*s. ` ' A , \\'-n, you see. . Saul. MMIS; P91 \\i1h 21 qurtilbu touch of`u'r1tatxQn., we ju.~;' do-n- t -use- that'part~ of_the.' 1!ou.~c much._ ,. 1`,he_re s. 111.03!`-, 11P`55i` am1-:md--'-goin s on thare; Natural-. 1} . maple '(I'0't likVe-that." z ' X ` \f2 . ' D.Lnu1n'n1'Q ` nuusc ` ' H .' zfbg In thC_ e`:d'cgt;rn6T."%. *!.' 1: V-large, bgl` '- Bgds` `'9? ;,of the "'corh'cr9r.;= . `_;;jth 'dia!,` '`,a ' A ' Q3 I) maple `U011! IIKC-ulat. ' _ 1 .\Ii-5 Buchana'u's eyres, twlkledr" with She `V-exclaimed 'With lrrcut animation 2 Oh,' '3"O'l1V ':m3:." that _`.'()ll have a gh0St~.?} like 1:; come all thei,m6r`,f03"1_h3*e;7 We'll pay board fo-r,ou;!'9,,1YS, 9.94` the gum, too. I've. V.a11vmEs::wane%d%;` to-live in a house with a \host.: CL 4, -,,n,_,L|_.. . ...... .s..d-'I:._ smile" ` bitious one. wus-H "" -I ' H *"'a ~~ _ | But their primary need now was! to find at farm-house where they could board. t aine s had been men- tioned asoa very desirable one, if'he` would take them. He was a well- to-do farmer with a family. I The house was, in truth, an amw Built of brick, two and a half storeys high, it had` a` White wooden porch in Iront, covered with royal masses of Wisteria. In the rear, another porch ran the whole length, and 3. trellis, covered with honeysuckle, screening its occupants from the sun. '7 anan didn't believe in g`h_0`t:S, Oil; i`b"f A the. gr:1s.~;hoppers -made ; -u mv Ill 21 uuusc wuu a -"(-"A" , She was evidently perfectlgf 91`; cm. and her companion, ior Aitge I!}Q;'i-'_" mem. betrayed no -.more. ; .,em6t1o;1.; `\. "Ian :1 y on ith wall; Mi33 -Bach?` and the thought of onej comfm~tab`le, n1odern'.'1 5f3!,'1*1h9`;*` basking in a ood'of' su'i1`li g11t_,1i":?$'ii.";1`-I! their chirps, seemed L A_j:-V9ngr11o11s. ' ** " i "5, .u|uu.- . I E The two young women, who .re- ded with such approbation. Ear_rn- { er Paines house_, had. b_ut_Jt_1st -arriv- ed in this glorious Virginia valley, yheir artistic souls w_er_e enchanged with the countless p1ctures_ which caught their eyes on every side`. ;L,.:.. -\nouI`U1l\ilIv 1143411` O<|l\u`r Q-virus I s gar . ' ` .135, Minal 3...++, -`'+++666+o`3J % Why, nothing in the_world could During their gst evenings .in. this bebetter," exclaxmed Mass Buchanan _pleasqnt,_farm.h,ome there had been -,1, decision. "If they ll only take '1aug_hujng `congectures Iaboutgthexr " - ` ' hostly -cot'eua1_1t=--; Om-_ Brother: l ;re- b.3"d| " 35' M555.-Bh39~' 83? _ _ . . _ 3 sardesl W M aPP'gba.u hat? fiunbf ?l`1ot\:mu'ro:\17l/cl) ".11`11ehc:`a" r$($33 1 3"?` 5- -"V"-`St am" There was no "doubt the family be- thlig glorious Vlrgmm vane lieved in the ghost There was :1 The ammc W-erie sullen disiuclination on thelr pl-a.rt.,to ll 9O`"meSS `?" `discuss him The Paines one a'nd *ght mm eyes Side` all shunned that end of the house pnmary now , . . _o xd farm house they after nightfall - m 1 I. ' .- .10 * | -11 . u '.u 1 9 cu a strictly independent audit . _ The Books and Statements of this Bahifi-;% Barrie ara..cn.rw'e{po`sm;"f`"" ._` 4._- Head Gener_a l gpntal The Rquing 9fAa Gl%x%osi one dollar opensvan acf:diJnt`:an~-dw % MW WE SAVI N GS -_-..n -- _.'--.-.. -...I B BY JOHN A LBx~:c;u_'-:'r% 5 B_ut nothing more ghostly befell the girls than theripping, shrieking winds _which sometimes swept down on the house from the Devil s Gap, ,a narow.-pass high up on the mount- ains. They would hear the distant roar of the wind gathering there, and `then `the crescent `rush of it, as it, I shrieked like a demon down the slope and grappled with.the sturdy farth- house, tearing on again`w-ith shrill screams down the valley. . This was `creepy and_ exciting. I`l.n nu-:`n `A:nuIr\xr` Gknl `kn `rs:-ac} unccpy a.uu_ cA\.u.nu . 5 . . T he \girls_ learned that the forest, also, which began just above the house, was believed to be haunted with ghostly troopers of `the Blue and Gray whose souls had left their shattered. bodiesithere in wa.rtime., . . ,1 vrI~1__-- ___....|-.. L..,!- ....,..... ......... I auatcvx Cu, lJlJ\Jl`I;_D tII\.I\.'o- J11 I165-ILIIQJVO, `Three weeks had` passed away. The two artists had` grown indiffer- -ent to these local preternaturals, inasmuch as they `had been favored with` no corroborative evidence of their existence. . r\,_ .-:_u_. .1-.'__-__.___ -1ur:,.,.. 13..-; IHCIY CJKIDLCIIUCL _One night, `however, ' Miss Buch-i anan awoke to feel `her `bed oscillat- ing. Itpitched abouttill she felt as if she were in a steamer crossing the Channel._ She lay 'wide-awake, won- idering what could be `the cause of this. A Suddenly, out of.-the darkness, she heard Miss -Gorner {slowly rum- ` bling into speech: M!-`M3-Molly, is` your, bed -rocking? Vac nnina 5| ham.mnck act. re- your, UCU TUCISIIISS 4 Yes. _Doingba hammockact." 1'0` lplied Muss 1}uc'_hana,n. "Has .yours I rocked, too ? V "`6`\I...-- Sn- lard` an hnnr I n1 `al- "`Yes; for half an hour. I m 917' i1`OCK(l,. top I .most seasick. ' Miss" `Buchanajfs com- pan1on,_ Muss Garner, was not a fac_1le soarer mto the realm of the 1ma.gm- shetfelt that there could be no doubt that the beds had` rocked.` ` H1` _--- ....1._ rant an uni` can ative} and, " tinder the circurnstan_c`es,S mat Int Deg: yuau lU\.l\CU- I am.gou_1g to_ get up and se_ what it Is," she sand promptly. mt`-...-- knd. nuns`; and hncrnn tn in-1 wnat It IS, SIIC 5aIu_p1'uu1.pu_y. They both arose and began to in-' vesfigatep When they had lighted the kerosene lamp, they .-discovered that their small alarm-clock indicat- eu.a quarterafter two. The door lwas the first thing they examined. The bolt was in place, the key turn- ied. Then. they looked under the` beds. Then in the wardrobe, the `only other possible `place in the: room where any one coulgl be. secret- ed. It was as empty a.s 1t ever was. Then they. looked mtoeach otherls countenanees. .. l. K7--- gag `suing srnll \I('II1I' SO spoke, It's very odd, remarked Miss Buchanan thoughtfully, as if conced- ing the utmost that could be allowed : the incident She `went over and ' tried to push her bed. It required . a._ violent effort on her part to even* jar the massive mahogany structure. Perhaps it s "the ghost-:--- ven- ._ tured Miss l.Gorne'r tolerantly. 1 1 Non`sense," T interrupted the oth-` [er woman, with aslittle sharper` de- gnial than was necessary. You know- as well as I do that there aren t such , things as "ghosts! Well, 21 don t. know anything to do. except `go `to ,.bed:.agai'n. ;F1`he door-.. s locked, there's I nob6dy"1in/the- room ~ but- ourselves,i ., and we canit-.s.do.r., malls:-t. .. theibeds any more s_ lid.-r he strange ` 1;h'u`1 -(is.._`t.hat`"`3here-"isn't _a breath_pf win 5. to-n~iQh_t.- .T_hough` any * w: d. that `could - . y k added- wi_th" 5*; short .. laugh, "W011 blown us [through] V the 'is1de. of ~ t,`e.:".s houseg ~`~Y,ou ,dor3 Vt.,_`fe'elq .n'e_rvou:s,;y you?" she asked` with ; ja_ - slrghtjly 7' Sp -_..= V` PriV``3Vt'..~"Wt \7 `V -- f7 I, H `~`No; regljeg; ;._t_hcr s Gggg; i K countcuangca. ... . \ You are 'sure Y0 'f1t.) 0`1|"b'ed H-0'11, :M'ina? said is.s..B11h_3n8n 5` Iverqly, She kine 4t;hatshe had felt` Lu A-nu. Lnea Vwlcu l'CaDIJII _l\ I `ll! \.llll.I\aIIL VIVVVI` "In this great, `bug, beautiful house mere must be someroom you could,` kt us have,-returned Mass Buch- znum persuasively Do take us in! \\ c are in love with the place, and the hou.se."" ' ` ' T 'l`I I . 11-3,--._. l....l a . . . nnnn:IIA`:y I T"J3 '7-3' --.-"" her.`ow'n tgss. " - ` ' | Yes, `replied the other slowly. I didn t want to disturb` you at rst; but it 'continued so,l that I want- ed to get-up and see aboutig and so spoke. _ ._ TH. "Am". nu-hi remarked .N[lSS 1.9, V15 {`~ .U!` `9|$. * - -' ho * aux jhat` ` be? ..: : "eaicvlaimed-` Miss. 3*1hanan.~ ; gshe ;%sats~,np7,-. `arid; ithey-; ._both"- listened. .:5.l`tIe Baines :JV1', "1i.1.v'ariab1y`x-'abed an"d~"'a_slee`p' by J"1a`nA"o?clock, and both the w`_ n! ~k.newr yo'u_,,;couLdn?t hi-re one`-"of t_hgLm.} so c'ome; to-`t11"at .end of the "house % at that hot_1_ArLof..the=night. _The steps, tqo, ,seemed to` becoming from the end.of the `passage; where tn; window was, `-" ; \ ' "-7" I I, HI `wan _ LIIGIII, ll. CEIILC. 5U` CIUSC. CTh_,e steps went on with the same methodic deliber`-ation, passed down the stairs, thn-o,ugh_.the lower hall :0 the front door. `and eceased. "1`he)n had seen nothing! ` , - They closed and locked the. door, returned" to -the table and Miss Buch- ana_n-eset the lampdown on it. Miss (xomer put.two-or `three more logs. on gene open fire, which blazed on me hear in *~ ' i ' I: 3x net, 9. a. ...v.. .. `o... -.....n.v a.au\.:_Lgua;A.. .. she rose,` 'and g`rasp?e_d- the` lamp.' which had. n`o-shade. `nMiss' Gorner dropped her wrister `or : the table. and the `two girls. went to \_the door, -which` they _unlock_ed~ and. opene__d.. Mxss Buchanan held the lamps above `her head So that the `rays would fall on the person when he passed. They - heafa the slow _step'approach, heard 1: ,pa_1ss, and seemed to teele something brush by them, it came so- close. i ~r.\A tcfncun no-nab A_ ...:A`- A.I;.. _....... ~l-ler companion s absolute lack of humor often afforded Miss .Buchanan much innocent amusement. Restrain- ing herself to a swift smile over Miss Gorner s acute perception in having `rem-arked the invisibility of the late pedestrian, she said impressively; y"I noted twothings. . If this is a ghost, Mina, and we are goingito have. the 'privilege of studying it, I- shall make the most of the opportunity. Well, `then! First, I noticed the long. in- "terval between the sound of the footfalls, and supposed that this was only the dignied slowness inherent in perambulating spooks. Then I `remarked that the footfallsiwere all on "the same side! , 'VVV.e'll? said . `Miss Gorner. Well, that shows that it is a one- legg`ed"ghost! cried Miss Buchanan. . Now, "that may lead to his discov- ery. There may be. some reason why a one-legged man shouldhaunt this house. ,`"It mzh be. a_ lady,J suggested ' the] pal-Inna ' l yyugr _, : ` ' L I ."' ' :'1am gohag to see. who it 15,- sand Miss Bncn_angn., `I ' I. $1.- ...--'- 1.'.. . 1 H-`I iillu. IIKVC `U. IUUIII LU DICCP 1119, 1 The young `woman had the air of miving many of the points which`! 12;: urdcrs usually insist on. But bar-' ring heat in winter, the most self- dcnying boardercould hardly ask for` loss than she mentioned._ 051' .I..-- 4. LL:...`- T An Rrflnn Dn:\n` I sync: nun ' Q .| Lsn t it a_lit`tle colder? she fe- marked almost apologetically. 'N1'1"ec .1-Inn`-Inna ebuinlp `Ina `nob (sI|I>- auaanou annual. apunugctnuauy. Miss Buchanan stuck her feet out "toward the i'e_ with a sharp, half- nervous,` half-defiant, little laugh. "VA: aka nn;:l '6 ant nnipinr _Il_\-I.V\Jl|D, Illl'\IClIdIlL, JILIJC Jaugu. -`Yes,? she` said. `-`It got colder.` when those_st"eps_ went by us, Mina, she? continued- slowly. "We might as well admit _-the facts in the case; We can do that toeach other with- out any' reserve. Thank. goodness, we '.are neither of us of the weak- -nerved. kind. I don t mean to be- lieve. in ghosts till I have them forc- ed on me. Even then, I don t pro- pose. to atter their odious se1f-con- cent by getting frightened over them. Vnn 1-Inc-\ I> `no! n`-n;:-I AA awn 15:91:: 9 much enthusiasm over the. fact, that she did not. 71-1-.er com-papion cer; tainly did not. seem to be. But had she been scared to death she would have made the best bluff possible at courage. ' ' "TWL-I `vl\IC r\`-:nn 0|oQCr"`1|:GIlw \nnu`:n|n V AVLIDD \l\1l IIVI uupxan MU, VVISIIVJIJI. LUV 1 t>`<`>,mv "1obked.!u;:`*: and '.a"L?%TA1%`. ` non plans 1...) : -_:`_I____ `;..I>~ wa` VULII SC: "Did you noti e anything peculiar about`-that tread. she asked. The two girls had drawn close to the re, and the blazinglogs threw a` ruddy glare on" them`, while the rest. of the 300m seemed plungedin deeper sha- ow. v ,n I"I;,'\I" rug, x. "'No, replie d""M-iss 'Go'x-n`er, "ex- cept you _couldn t see what made the- trgad. ' _-,_.,,,_-- 9 'I,_Au,_. 1,1, -9 vvao u vyuua 1:1 u|.\.u\.u vv\.: suyun J 5 5 5 ou.don t feel afraid do you, Mina? Mass Gorner declared, without too O9I|IIp\L noqbtunan:-`noun l\Il\nn 4-I-A taunt`. Lknt VVG-Jg GII\I IIIIGIIJ ILIIJIILI V\Il\pVu Ef `you d that air front porch in war. times I\ reckon you- dv a-thought `theie was some ong-le'gged fellers connectedwvith the house--` ;, nd one-ar'm"fe1lers, tc'>o.` Right smart ` of em both. The}".d ght round here and Vthentbe 1_ugged~in te-r be amper- .tat ed; Should say there'w_a`s a _one- lt?gged'puson~ conriected with this -house. he `repeated, easingl: another 6 Iog.'oi1t (if the woodpiile. l.t`.i'ed` one-legged _pussons. `LE1..- Dunnlunoinoa \nunr` `run a ran- ive hun- lL'.5b' Llldu auc uu.uuuu\..u._ I don't think I can, Mlrs. Paine` slowly replied, still calmly ey.eing them, as if to see whether they re`-` vealed reason for gny diffe_rent view. 501-- LL-.. .....nnI- Inn l\annQ'u`u` `qnuaa LL I ot,her. 6Gf\|- uulcl. ' , Oh, ex__claim_ed `1\/Iiss` Buchanan 2. little impatxentlyv at this want of pro- per -sympathy with her` analysis of ` the ghost, it_'in_a.y be a centipede; but Whatever It IS, it Vonlyluses one leg and there mustbe something in thaa A one-legged; lady ghost seems- Itheheight of lvulgarity. I don't believe a steal nice .woman,I if she - were a ghost with _only one leg, would go thumping round _on it` at . all hours of the night. nub `J:nn ncuputulunatnns Clll IIUIIIG \._Il ,I-Ill} lllslllo /The next morning Miss` Buchanan, having cor_nere_d her landlord in._the woodshed, where he` was more lo- quacious than in his wife s` resence, asked him nonchalantly: as there ever a one-legged person. connected with this" house. .0!" with the. family, Mr. .Paine?. . ~ ~ n 7Farme.r" Paine looked somewhat `surprised at the question. He. shift- ed his cudfrom his, left to his right cheek, pullgd downa log or two frogn the woodpxle in a halting,.-uncertahm way. and nally found voice. . I-7` 'upnn :` -ngannn 041-1} n:r `rnnf avrcu UuC"lC35Cu puaauua. ` Miss Buchanan paused for a mo- ment, dazed by thenhumber of elig- _ibles as one-legged ghosts. Then she ;ask'e'd: -W`ash"t there some one of then}, or some other one.-legged per- son, es;)ecial_ly__eo13n_ected. with the house? .. , _ . 4 "Now, jes* you t'e1IVme,-`_1;na an1,h1jwhyif ' u ask that air question? retorted 2&3)-mer. Paine; He. sfoppfed his shuf-L "iw, -about and log-hauling, and look- - at his `lady boardea-," his T` keen, vs gray; = fully-`unli_mobered.~._ {,0 A becL1;se`~_~ thxs. ' thing` that) ~ `wylks _:around w the place A J5 ` - Ont-1012* " d?;.zrepliedf.-.Mis`s<`Bpchanan bluntiy. ~ _!_ h ou;-se,`. the onei-leg'ed~-~ kmd _`_ar`e worse` than .-theF`twoi-1eggedr ones.- ,. _;_,_.._~. :9 ..-...I...-- .`..I-.h..l.. cn1":nd T A% _i(.g0odnes at you `Va-in ..t -t_hat Eat`. _f,It jes.'__A ...ntuy . , T,. _.-Farm _r ,VPam,A l.ooked at.tl_1e young _wgman'-A`1n awefandfadmiratjon. She 2` egg; "ti; spoke: w.t`l1{$lovsr_ Twas actua1Jy is; 1aqttaintd,with., '~0`_` WOTSC mun -Inc; I.WU'lg5.9`u' 1.1. ,1; ~,;'up\po5, ?_ -s11e;_add,e1_1, smxlmg_.. fr-`ohfv thought .t1u_s` might` .h1P. `.0 I`. . 0 7 v ` ` ' _ `-`".="_`1. .".3t'n'..;.`.'..` in}.i.?p}I' at the voumrt `E317 `n`\rANc1:: V shllllhllt \Jl. I.II\'a 5lI\lD|.o I It must make. him feel mean to know that we simply despise him, and aren t a it scared by hissilly little tricks . can t imaginepa great- er insult to any self-respecting. ghost. When he becomes convinced that he can t drive us away, or-even frighten usihe will stump back to his-well, wliereverihe stays, she said to Miss Gorner. . _ A "But perhaps he. will do w--- "Worse things? . replied Miiss Buchanan. I don't believe he can, poor, limited spook! And if he can I want to force his hand. "When h.e `has played his trump card, Mina, and 'doesn t take'the trick 5 he will get 9 out. Mark my words. \. Aknccb n :r\c-C-o-\:tv`1`- Ina-...'. ".\/1'}.-- CA- 9 "` `J VVILII JV. "I never do take boarders, return.- ed Airs. Paine sententiously. . A. V "I don't think we would be much truuhle, persisted Miss Buchanan.- "\'\`c would fall right ito the'ways of me house. All we want is to bc {mi and have a room to sleep in. , I 'I`L.. -.n...g.` \-u-Amman `-ant` O-`Q1; n:Ii A: IIIII-J xv VVlll\-I8 I-IICIII. UIULIICI `UUGJ Ll` ,.er betook himself was to open the bureau drawers and then` violently slam them in. This seemed more. 'p'uerile than terrifying; in fact, con- duct hardly digniined in '-a, martial wr'aith who had deposited a leg on the altar of his country. T 1";-\-`,6 kaunivn `an `uuvnn 1` L $IIIIIU\o he action of the ghost, a few daysl after this, conrmed ~Miss.Buchananl in her view of. his character and strengthened her determination no; go be routed` by him. Thevnew, ac- tivity to which their brother-board- 1... knsnni. 3.2....-..I ..--.... L- ._...... Ll... LIIC IlGl_ IIl L\JLlIltl n _ ,I don t believe he was a Union soldier, cried Miss Buchanan in- dignantly on one occasion when the ghost hadvwantoned in some noisy three-`drawer exercises on the bureau. "That might excuse his spite against Mr. Paine, but it makes his conduct toward "a `New England woman and a foreigner simply conternptible. Th 4-D`1l\n` at-\o'-|G:n-nuqnr` 6-A \nl\8Al\nAul|A`t\ (I `U1 VISIIVL Gllllyl \v\I.Ill-\.l.ll`J_|ylIJl\pg Thelghost continued to promenade the hall, slam the bureau drawers and rock the beds. -Apparently, this was his whole gamut of accomplish- was the bed-rocking, because it kept her` awake when she really needed the sleep. As an outlet for her in- dignant feeling she used to indulge in the most contemptuous dispara- niients. What vexed Mriss Buchanan` gement of the ghost. IQ U\PICIB` vvnnlrts l`I`|l\l\n4| LA . ' .t_l1er.e_vvg.1'jn t...$iO, need `o guttip ;it tb. `,ftj1?c; a_w:u;1;' saidvbdrnjler raine dnedttzgtivfely, `- nd [swore "ef, he: died hfd ijes harnt tne place. Nd he cud] die, indfit;s huh` as walks; jest out 0.1 cus,sedness,` he added v_xcxously.v ."I `_7(_1_1_dn;t .take his olelegotf. N here }'h_`._I S4_, been Vworryiii me h(1 thexfanuly fgon,e- twenty-nve year, -and queerxnl me place 1o_x;.summer: boarders. 1:;f. youa,ain. t cute to get on 'to_ the cuss! I-Id an LA `at NA:-5 &`\.l Dlulbll VIVLUIJ BIIIIL _l\II I.IIIl_Iu The ' young woman worked tout ghost, and explained it'to' Mliss Liar- ~ner. He does this thing for spite, she" said. `.11-Ie was furious with old fame for letting his leg be taken off, and is doing` his bestqtio annoy -the family: and anybody who may be. staying `there. -It is a,petty spirit ocf revenge, and 'shows'whit a.- narrow.- minded, mean" `thing he is; But, M'ina, he s not `going to drive_ me `away or frighten me either,_ unless he has more tricks up his sleeve than VI` think. ~ ' ff\I_- ;', P .I I . F I .quite a theory about. the oneeleggedf the card, with f`One day. . speaking with her `husband some visit that seemed to be on-the tapis. On. inquiry, she learried-that` \JlI.|-o 'L(lII\ VV \JI Q5- About a fortnight later, Miss Gor- ner was obliged to go to Chicago. She w s very loath to leave her com- panion alone;-or, to speak more by such` unsubstantial company. But there was hardly any choice in the `matter, for her pres- ence in Chicago was" necessary. Miss Buchanan affected erfectwillingness to`, he left unsupported on` the eld. ' >While .-Miss ;Gorner was` away,"-the ghost seemed to lose interest. By III, a natural movement of human van-. _1ty," Miss Buchanan concluded that he felt it was -time Tost to waste his energies on her. It must have been Mina that he hoped to scare. she heard Mrs.` Paine about Mrs. Paine s_people, ten mileseaway, across '-the river, were to celebrate so'me.family anniversary with much pomp and festivity, and all theclan. .ha_dvb_een\ bidden to the jocund gath- ering. :~ ' - . 'I`hl\--| 5u's.....& Inn in Anunn near` cl-11.1! `gvu .,I.IIa3l.1`-\uut_\_. I\I 5V5 \fI1'.;\I_ sllv \-,uo_:_v I ma betook. hims if off t.o~let"Ma's. Paine hear the news, `As for M155 Blgtchanan, havmg gone so far, 'to-.. gwaird establishiing tnq presence. of 3. gho_s_t as to put a tag on. him, it was .nardl3{possit>le tq still out at the Dexnstene of such disembodied. wan- -derer-s. But ghost or no ghost, she was not going tq let it frighten. her; No such victory as that Iorrhim. 'I`ka IvI\IIO1 cur"-rsvvunln vu>r\cnlpn.rI A11`- CIllI`O 3' " _ _``They want us to ~come._.a.nd stay three` days, said Mrs. -Pame, `.`but, of `course, we wouldn t, go off and leave you here all alone. J/`ath'er can go With. Pete and "Rube for a day, and then come back and I ll go` with Sissy and Abe. L01 knows, there won t be no lack 0 company there. XIII... .l.... A.. a.I;.2 ...I. Al: .-....'.L '. 'LL:nru- [WUII |. US HU Iaun U \.UuI.yau_y I.Iu.I Why. don t' thin_k bf_'~su a `trmig f`or`a moment, saxd Miss Buchanan. ` T .1...~_!. ...:..,1 ......-_:..... 1..';...`t.-- ....-- me nousc. = .1 The little Paines had `successively. grnupecl themselves. about their mo- llm-. They took a keen inte`!est in ll'lL' parley; and presently it was de'-` xciupcd that-~there- was la-~'vacart e umln, one_of the largest and nicest in the house, but ;'Mrs._P'a,inc seemed. loath to let" ?heuwomen' have it,` . ".\lar, tell.her,_burst out. one of lhv children at last,- as if weary of lUI'\a IIlUIIlC'l1l, szuu D1135. D}1ClI'd.IlH.ll. V-I don t mind_hsta`ying .here bx my- }self. I shall love` it. Just get .plpent_v' of re-wood`put_in my room, `and leave me `something to ea.t, and go. ` `Mfrs, Paine was proud of her` kin, and the pictureof herself as th'e,cen- ter of her owmfamily `group at suchil a solemn reunion .had been a_ mot attractive one. ` To appear in. two in- `stalmenitse was to shearthe; spectacle of nearl all its `i,rdpre`ssiv'eness: INat'4 A ur_al1y,`jtpze half that went wit_1ouj_tW her `would; show up jioorljv; an'_d""sl1'e. ,_di'd notetelish the `.tho{1'ght" of Iger female re,1'a.f;iv.es-, each anked ~[by_ gtdaatiful lmsbiilnd`, seeing`.heVr1{I.;nsupp93fted by that cVon1p.lementa1'e'-y '{i_j;p_,i1et; - . ' Q.-. 1\/[inn Ilmi'n`nn4-`anti-`~"\o-A11n:`nr` . nn U_l' CEILCII UUKU. - ` - ~ Thr : was something pleasiing` ii/I1? being` mist:-e`ss `(of everything. _~M'is`s Buchanan ~ -rst -pcarefulfy secured -ext- ~erydoor in the house; "e5 =th`e; .,front\ door... Then took h,erfeasel arid- . pa,i1_1tin`?g...materialsfout . on ,th_e"-'fr_o1it .|.porc a.fId.W0rked:.there.; ` .1111. cc :5 nun` nn Ann-Ir` I-,l\ `'`;f | `JIGL \a\JIll.}Jl\,lLl\lI L61] GU I-lL\3Lu 1 \ So 1\/Iis`s\Bruchana,n` fevailed on _t_h_em tQ" "g9, _and,Qne..ra,vishing`,..aut+ umnal morning the young woman- 'f_`ouhd` hei'se1f"thie5 Sole tenant ..of the farm"-hO`use.` Pete `had stacked en- ough wood` upon'eith`r `s`i`c1e` of. `die -big-- `;replaAcAe- -for -a~ `week-,A`?_ and`Tf`Mr; Paine had left ~a"-generous ~suupl y Qf cooked? food; which coufd -be -`.`-he}: axxij o'r- eaten cold. ' ` 'I"1.' .'._g 5` _____ -_._;_ .1.:.._-A ..1.'..;.:.... ..-..-' .pUrcI ddlu. Wuxncu uucn;.. 'l'0C.kd `With special italic` the v ' `W11 11 it got too dark to paint9an_v more. she brought her things insid. ; frg_nt_ door, and `went to the kitchen to get ,her Sunper.. The lower .pa:.t of` the house. iiafk a.nd*c1`os`ed,. sremed lofte- In =mdA}she`aecid}ed.- tc fsomgigbd ;;113k=n;,A3'?1}w9%V?,.s% 0* 1`3m`1`P%&* `-1,~ % % _`t_odm dd her :,B9}1t3nst ar!d.::10ckin;;*34J# #3or- - Vieshetygd r-~u9_;; the fire: Eangi .- Qnoe` A. . .b`_ 65%"!-3 3 . e-I ...~,$;;':," . V F. slime` eassemge 1 _ 6 sifl 'n,'d:; :"h_jen-`-at .itIi1~u0 w;1`bS'-ft_,` f_.=1`7E= -. . . .';S%..r999!E:.l.W%,S.` T91'l: ..\I1'Y 'Sii11.t;l.'D1.e:_t_l-V5_.*tllVC. occas1on`,_. .11: ' was 'fne'exq2a,'fthat gentle tale; or a pn- _soned~=.soadier"s in-'ve'*1or ia.` stfstaxnxng ?r'1ow,er.a rns she" sat there` 'ccoi1tente(ny reaqnng,-rthe leapmg name t_.h1f(nv1ng .g*1ea ;t1s, of orange ught on her darx, `serene rage,` me ntue Woman did no: seem.-a.ngas`yd m.arx to nervous rears. -,. as `a matter or prudence, Sne had *go't`vb`ar-mer raine'to leave hxs gun, /s'e1_l.1oaded, m_ner` 1;_9on1.- '1_t stood m the corner ne'ar ghe wmdow. her mte.rest m the book -had made her rorget her lonelmess, when sudden- 1y sue'*_J1eard the slow toottall out m me "echonng `stum.e`ss_ or the passage. 1-1er_tu'_ost thought was whether she had hrmly secured the trout door. `gbfhe remembered perfectly wxth what care `sh ,nad done it. esides, the steps, as -`usual, ,were commg from the window'and going toward the stairs. _It was Only the ghost. R119 11- nine Ir`-In ho-at burn`; alga I-ant` i J I GUCCI 90 J-B. VV (I9 VIII, LII`: . 511`! I D o I But-it` was `the nrst time she had been favored wxth its visitation when she was. absolutely alone, and there was a qmckei-. beat_to_her heart as! she raised her head and listened to. the step. Itcame to th`e door; paus- ed, then, with a slightly quicker pro- gi-ess, pursued. its wonted course uown the stars and to the trout I . ` Cl|A _I' 1.! t'\, `I A, ' I W \.l\J\Jl0 Well; -Mr. One Leg, you have. come and gone`quietly enough this time, she tnought. It must be` that Mina is `the attraction. he probably likes blondes. T 1 I, I . . .1 I r Suddenly, a volley of rie shots rent the still air.a Miss Buchanan gave a quick start and dropped her book. It sounded from the\woods, some distance up the mountain. road. What if the men from_ the still had heard of her being alone and meant to have a "little amusement at her `expense! 'Well, they would hardly break in the doors, She glanced at the'long, dull barrel of the rifle, and took up her book with a quick sigh.` There must be a crowd of them to produce such a terric explosion. Iqu 4-. vmnomnqq a-ucnupsin Q A . _ A .. 51...... IIC`\p IIIKIIIWJ She settled back to the perusal of her book. The odor ot the fresh logs, piled high on each side of the hea-rthstone, se med to bring the sense of the w ods into,_th` house, and the -re crackled in cheerful com- panionship. It-wasn t so bad being left alone, though, of course, there was that sense of loneliness. L`...lJ..--I-- _ ...II..__ ._.C -21.}- _L-A.- ullLll(l!l1.lll lllsllll-lltltlllslyo \\'(." are artists from Boston, con-l tinned .\liss Bucanan. Her compan-l ion luul come to a halt a little behind her. "We expect to "spend two or thrcc months in the valley and are looking about for some plcae'whei`e we vzm stay. We thought that per: hilp.~ you might let us come heft; and DOIHWLI with you. ' v A "L "I . .. ...n.. A.-. on]... `\/\nur`aoDL 9-at-1'11-`I-1- l \J\aIlI\r\ L7\4I\-rll Cl C\vIIIII\r '\vd'\kIl\JaI\JIIo In amoment, much nearer thanl before, there was another quick, crashing `discharge of-'guns. These boorish jesters had evidently con- spired to re at the same time, so as to get a more deafening effect. Let "them re until they are. bank- rupt. "They could not get in. She` glanced through the window. It was one of those divinely beautiful_nights when the sleeping earth is steeped :11 1*`-In c`!|:rI 1Irv1xo-:.r\I\v bc\IAoQr`rsn 1-.` $1;-A \ `V lI\rII IIIL DI\.\rPIlI5 Lal `II I3 3I.CCy\3\l in the shimmering splendor of the moon s fullest/radiance; and eld, and trees, and road, and walls seem- ed set in a crystal calm by the in- vndatingpbod of silvery light. The sharp crack of the fusillading `mar-| auders wasva ruder blow to the earl from contrast with this subduing hush. Once more, this time much nea.rer,_ came the riotous bu.rst of exploding ries. Not once, but twice_! thrice!!-`with,not a. second s defay between them-came the volleying crash. G91 :.`*c 1'11 u . '- Ll. (ID!!- This certainly could be no band oil straggling bumpkins or larkishn rnoonshiners! There had been scar-l cely time to reload and re, the shots! had come in such qtiick'succession;l yet` the volume of sound was thel sameas before. This seemed a bat-l talion pouring a stormy salvo from hund-redsof guns, till the. windows rattled and, the. house shoolg. "FL- 1.-- -r .1, Id!-LICLL auu. LlIC- IIUUDC DIIQUIS. ` ,Thevhear.t--of the plucky little wo- man, sitting there in mordant lone- liness, ceased for a_'moment to beat; she held her very breath, and her brain grew cold with terror. Her hands fell to her sides and stiffened there spasmodically. She closed her `eyes tightly and her whole gure quivered in V_ the thraldom of `blind fright. 'What. was this detonatingl force---this unknown throng of tor- mentin riemen-e-hounding her in he; isoa.tiof1 !' ' IICI. IDUIG-LIUIIL For one mqment this deathly ter- rorheld her In its grasp. 'I:he next came.the reaction, equally intense. &`x,|`1nl>'Atvno- :4 w-nova GL1`. oqnqcn `ro\t'\ut \v$IOl.\p . ll\r IBIDEIIQII, \u\-1II(IIlJ I`-W`-I U Whatever it was, she must know. Bounding to her feet, she sprang to; where the rie stood, clutched it,| ung open the window` wide, and with the weapon in her hands, stood there, the yellow 1ight__of the lamp _c_>_u_t_l.-i,ning her-'-`form distinct1y.. They hould [see that they had not terried her. She stood there, full in their! view, deant, looking down on TL- r.+:n..-.. ....\..;'-1.-..1......1.. .1; V IL VV \L\;'IlGIII. I\J\)I\lI.I5 LIKJVV II `.11! -Th e stilIes,t,' m'ost' absolutely de- serted aspect of thevalley that had ever. meteher eyes. The smallest ob- I1;A\`1\ `urns-A.` `\n(\u;ru-In6- rxcc :0-u GL4: I`I`IFl'I`._ jects were brought out in the dazzl- ing white light of-gthe moon with, startling distinctness. There was not the faintest breath of wind. All was as motionless and quiet as death. \-V\l- JAIL -L llbl VJLD. J.l.l\. GIILQIIVOI. uur The rough, yellow road that wound past the-house, and uncoiled itself into the valley, showed not agsingle. form upon_its tawny length. There was something of solemn repression! in the silence and the solitude. Miss Buchanan rushed breathlessly std` me: other window that command- zied...-.t-he..roakl--till` it disappeared in the . * of thexmount-a;in.-$7 ;H er eye searched gture in sight --an where. V -V -. A-"".2I.:L t-.. woods,_higher up `toward the crest] along itszentite, length. "Not a crea-A 63 `Asia ".4.i.-i.}-l nn :1-nrn _enothfer terric explosion of musk- `e`=i*ti.iiking.ihcr,ears ache with its blat- _l-LIIC DI$IIl- fllly VVlI:.IC- As She sto`o'd the_re'm:irve1ing, from the woods be1o-w- her belched forth. ;etrv.`the`crashing din of the ring [ant fury. It` fas a salvo _fr m a- wholejregiment"srmuskets, wit not `one living ,soul- in evidence. .4 '.l"'L-..' - a.I.---...I.4. '."....L..'.` 2.4..` La.- UUC IIVIIIK ,3lJ|.|l' Ill CVIIJLIID Then aythought dartedhinto her` mind-t-.-that. wood haunted by dead` soldier's! The persecutipg one.-leg- ggfd ghost` was playinglhis last card! `e had._marsh_a1ed_ the spirits of his ,omx:a.de's~, and ..thfs. uncanny cohort had` mia_d'e`_a 'unit`ed_e"ort to down ; `1ir`4':`u2:"""-an-\;1-'i}v{o\'O;`r\`!\>` anynn in host- i be," Miss Buchanan said. But it did Standing high up on the mountain side, it overlooked the village, nest- ling a couple fo miles away in the valley below. The view of theibroad slopes of richly varied farm lands,._ with the wide river sweeping ma- jestically through them, was superb. Just as Claude Lorraine-ish as can not demand a highly artistic temp- crzunent to nd delight and delicious repose in this widely stretching l21ll(lSC2l])C. . ' V . ' The young women, opening the gate, niudc their way to where a wo- man was sitting on the back porch. The sunlight Sifted through thei honcystickle screen and made pat- ttrns of light over her comely pro-l portions, while the summer breezei was fragrant with perfume. "l. Id. `-\rf.an Dn;nn9 Q'|:t` Rificd